1979-06-21 The Auburn Plainsman

              THE AUBURN
PLAINSMAN Number 27 June 21, 1979 Auburn, Ala. 36830 12 pages
Increase
Auburn budget gets restoration after proration decrease
Relaxed Photography:
As students drift into the relaxed atmosphere of summer quarter,
Rebecca Hockman 4 EEC gets a chance to do some of her classwork
outside. Students in the elementary art for teachers course were assigned
to do crayon drawing of Auburn Methodist Church, and Rebecca is
working on her project.
By Scott Thurston
Editor
Approximately $1.6 million was
restored to Auburn's 1979-80 budget
two weeks ago when Gov. Fob
James cut his proration order from
six percent to three percent.
Most of the restored money will
be used to pay a $900,000 debt
accrued by the university over the
past few months as the result of
increased utility costs, according
to Dr. Ben Lanham, vice president
for administration.
James' order came after studies
showed this year's revenues from
state taxes to higher that expected.
Lanham said the president's of­fice
has earmarked the restored
funds for specific uses. According
to Lanham,
—$900,000 will go toward pay­ment
of current utility bills.
—$220,000 will be returned to the
maintenance budgets of various
departments in the same propor­tion
as the original cuts.
—$107,000 will be used to offset a
40 percent increase in the cost of
the faculty hospitalization plan.
—$100,000 will be released from
the special equipment account
used for the purchase of materials
such as laboratory equipment,
which has been frozen since Feb­ruary.
—$81,000 will make wage adjust­ments
in the light of the impending
minimum wage hike from 2.90 to
3.10 per hour, which goes into effect
Jan. 1..
—$97,000 will be used to update
the wage scales of Buildings and
Grounds employees.
—$83,000 will be used to increase
student wage rates.
Lanham said the $900,000 utility
debt is the result of both inflation
and the university's underestima­tion
of utility costs.
"We had no idea the power
companies would be granted au­thorization
by the Public Service
Commission to raise rates as much
as they did," he said. "We thought
they'd go up a little, but not that
they'd double."
Without the $1.6 million returned
by the state, the debt might have
increased to "over $1 million" by
the end of the year, according to
Lanham.
Despite the current $900,000 debt,
Lanham dismissed the possibility
of the university's power being cut
off, saying, "I can't imagine any
power company cutting us off, at
least not when they know that
we're trying our best to pay the
bills."
The $220,000 million being re­turned
to various departments will
be returned in an amount exactly
proportional to the original cut­back,
said Lanham, so that no one
department will benefit the most
from the return of money. All the
money returned to departments
will go into maintenance budgets
and will not be used for salaries,
according to Lanham.
All freezes on hiring implemen­ted
last February will remain in
effect, said Lanham, "except in
exceptional cases."
Business Manager Rhett Riley
said the university has not yet
received any money from the state,
but will begin allocations as soon as
it does.
Riley said the university had
anticpated the order, but "we were
hopeful of getting even more
back."
Auburn may still receive as
much as another $1.6 million in the
next few months if tax revenues
continue to exceed expectations,
Lanham said.
The original six percnet prora­tion
order, which witheld approxi­mately
$3.2 mllion in allocated
funds from the university, was
made by James last February
when it appeared revenue for the
Special Education Trust Fund
would be less than expected.
Trustees grant emergency funds
for engineering renovations
Lonnie Adamson
News Editor
The School of Engineering has
been granted $500,000 by the budget
committee of the board of trustees
as immediate aid to help alleviate
overcrowding and safety hazards.
Budget committe members
granted the money after hearing a
presentation by Dr. Grady Cox,
acting dean of the School of En­gineering
and representatives of
the alumni Engineering Council
Airport expansion causes controversy
By Don Sproul
Assistant News Editor
The right of Auburn University to
move families to attain land for
development, and the accuracy of
cost figures are points of conflict
private citizens are raising in
regard to the recently approved
master plan for the Auburn Uni­versity
owned and managed, Au-burn-
Opelika Airport.
The plan projects major devel­opments
of the airport to be under­taken
from the present to 1995. The
largest,and controversial, develop­ment
is the proposed extension of
the East-West runway 1,500 feet,
but the plan also calls for the
building of more hangars, taxi-ways
and additions to terminal
facilities, lighting and parking.
The proposed expansion is sup­posed
to cost $4.28 million, ac­cording
to the figures of Gary
Kiteley, Auburn airport manager.
The proposed developments will
be funded in part by Opelika.
Auburn and Lee County with the
University, according to the mas­ter
plan. Kiteley said though there
will be funding from these areas, a
large part of the funding will come
from the Federal Aviation Ad­ministration
in the form of grants.
But Kiteley noted the present
F.A.A. grant systems of 80 percent
funding of community airport de­velopment
projects, is contained in
the Airport and Airways Develop­ment
Act, an act which will expire
next year.
"So," saidKitely, "we're looking
at funds in a law that hasn't been
renewed yet." Kiteley srid he does
hope that the percentage amount of
F.A.A. funding will at least stay the
same, and that he has little doubt
that the bill will be renewed.
If the F.A.A. matched funding
grant percentage does stay the
same the university will be paying
about $250,000 as its part of the
$4.28 million developments, ac­cording
to figures in the master
plan summary. But, said Kiteley,
those estimates are based on fig­ures
that are five years old. They
will have to be readjusted accord­ing
to the inflation over the past
five years, he said.
The proposed extension of the
east-west runway will run into a
subdivision on Watson Road, ac­cording
to diagrams in the master
plan. Kiteley said, "We don't know
which houses we' will need to have
at this point." He noted that though
the lines had been drawn off on
maps and diagrams in the plan,
there has been no engineering
survey to see what houses will have
to be bought to have the F.A.A.
required controlled air space on
either side of the extension.
Though residents in the area
know that no one exactly knows
which houses will have to be bought
and which families moved, they
are upset by the plan.
"We've fixed up a whole lot and
really made improvements, and
where are we going to find another
subdivision like this," said Mrs.
Josie Williams of Watson Street.
Another resident of the street,
Mrs. Edna Dowdell, said that they
bought their house three months
ago and had no knowledge of the
proposed airport expansion.
Rozell Sims, also a resident of
the street said, "It's going to
inconvenience a lot of families."
Sims' wife said, "This kind of area
See AIRPORT, page 3
citing what they felt the school of
Engineering needed in the way of
funding.
The $500,000 along with approxi­mately
$200,000 which engineering
had previously recieved for reno­vation
of facilities will be used for
renovation primarily in the chemi­cal
engineering department but
aiso in associated departments,
Cox said. Several courses have.
been cancelled in chemical engi­neering
because of lack of labora­tory
space.
Department heads will be
working together, Cox said to
decide how to reallocate available
space. Dr. Robert P. Chambers,
head of chemical engineering said
if no agreement can be made on the
allocation of space, we are sure to
lose accreditation. It's going to be
like a family working together.
Everybody can't have their iwn
way."
Because of the time required for
renovation, "We are certainly
going to cancel a number of
courses this fall," said Chambers.
He added he thinks the department
will probably "see the way out by
winter or spring".
The department doesn't have the
lab space to handle the rising
enrollment and the increasing
number of research projects in the
department, he said. Enrollment
has increased "four fold in the last
five years."
Cox, said the cancellation of
courses could lead to the loss of
accreditation.
The shortage of lab space also
threatens to force chemical en­gineering
into giving up three
research projects, according to
Cox.
Each of these projects
deals with energy source research
It is "very good that our faculty
is good enough to compete with
others "for these projects. It would
"not look good" if the department
has to give the projects back, he
said.
Breaking the committment to
carry out these research projects
requires the school to pay a penalty
and might also cause professors to
leave to do the work elsewhere,
Cox said.
According to a safety report of
the Engineering School, ventilation
in Ross Chemical Laboratories
building, which houses some
chemical engineering labs, is in­adequate.
Cox said accidents usually in­crease
as crowding increases. Part
of the $500,000 can go ventila­tion
hoods but other safety equip­ment
like safety glasses, consi­dered
supplies, can not be bought
with the money, he said. The
department has recieved help from
private industry which instead of
donating money, sent supplies like
safety glasses.
Referring to funding for the
entire School or Engineering Cox
said, "I think we'll know something
by the end of the summer. We will
have to."
Vallery to end 21-year career as assistant to Auburn presidents
By Ford Risley
Plainsman Staff Writer
Dr. H. Floyd Vallery, assistant to
the president of Auburn since 1958,
will retire effective July 1.
The announcement of Dr.
Vallery's retirement was made at
the last meeting of the Board of
Trustees by President Harry
Philpott.
There is no word yet on a
successor and Vallery said he
could not comment. Philpott was
out of town and also unable to
commment.
Dr. Vallery said there is no
particular reason behind his deci­sion
to retire only that, "It is
time. I could stay on until I am 70,
however I see no particular advan­tage
in doing that."
"Retiring is not a decision
arrived at lightly. I thoroughly
enjoy my work and I am going to
miss it. There is no question I will
miss it."
As assistant to the president,
Vallery said his position has "no
real description. It's to do what
ever needs to be done to keep the
University in operation."
Relaxing in his office in Samford
Hall, Vallery said the sign on his
door probably best describes his
position. Given to him be several
women in the office, the sign reads
H. F. Vallery—Ombudsman. "That
Inside
Sports Editor Ed Moore looks
into Auburn's performance at
both the NCAA and AAU nation­al
track and field championships
on page 7.
Campus Calendar
Classifieds
Editorials
Entertainment
Fenton
Sports
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sign really honored me," said
Vallery.
Vallery said Philpott once de­scribed
his position when he intro­duced
him, "Dr. Vallery does what
I do not have time to do, the deans
do not know how to do and the
janitors will not do."
Vallery came to Auburn in 1950
from Columbia University where
he received a master's degree in
education and a doctorate* in
student personnel administration.
He also holds a bachelor's degree
in English and a master's degree in
speech from Louisiana State Uni­versity.
Before accepting the position of
assistant to the president, offered
to him by the late Dr. Ralph B.
Draughon, Vallery served for 10
years as coordinator of men's
housing and was the first director
of Student Guidance Services, now
Student Development Services.
He also served as adviser to
foreign students although never
holding a title.
Professionally, Vallery has
served as consultant to schools and
industries in quidance and testing.
He has also been advisor to the
state of Alabama for the education
of exceptional children.
Vallery is a member of several
honor societies and was recently
presented the Algernon Sydney
Sullivan Award. The award, which
recognizes character and attitude
in the individual, is presented
annually to one man and one
woman student and to one non-student
whose lives have been
deemed by others to have served as
models for others to follow.
Vallery said his immediate
plans for retirement include
"doing personal things at home
and around the community."
He said he also hopes to make
some extended trips overseas.
Vallery said the trips would not
be short tours but "a live-in kind
of thing where we would spend
several months in one place."
Vallery also said he and his wife
might offer their services as a
teaching team. Vallery's wife,
Georgia, is a professor of psycho­logy.
Vallery has been named assis­tant
to the president emeritus in
recognition of his long and out­standing
service to the University.
VALLERY RETIRES
.assistant to the president ends 21-year career
The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, June 21,1979 page 2
Photography: Mart Almond
GOV. JAMES
...speaks to Opelika group on state issues.
The World this Week
State
TAX INCREASE DEFEATED
A 4 cent a gallon raise in gasoline taxes proposed by Gov. Fob James
was soundly voted down in the Alabama House Tuesday, 69-31.
The funds raised by the tax were to be earmarked for road and bridge
maintenance. The tax would have generated an estimated $100 million a
year for the next four years.
NATIONAL GUARD BEGIN HAULING FUEL
Albama Nationl Guard tankers began hauling fuel for commercial
distributers in Birmingham yesterday as the ten-day old independent
truckers strike continued, according to "THe Montgomery Advertiser."
The order for the Ntional Guard tankers to begin hauling followed the
independent truckers rejection of a 5.7 percnet surcharge proposed by the
Alabama Public Service Commission Monday.
National
CARTER CRACKS THE WHIP
Senators were shocked last week in Washington over a statement by
President Jimmy Carter saying if Ten Kennedy ran for the presidency in
1980, Carter would "whip his ass."
Kennedy,, who leads Carter in polls as the Democrat's most popular
choice for the 1980 election, commented on Carter's statement jokingly.
"I always knew the White House would stand behind me," said
Kennedy according to Time Magazine "but I didn't realize how close they
would be."
On a more serious note, Kennedy told reporters that were he to run in
1980, which he did not intend to do "I would hope to win."
International
CARTER, BREZHNEV SIGN SALT II PACT
After seven years of negotiations between U.S. and Soviet diplomats,
President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev signed
the SALT II treaty Monday morning in Vienna. The controversial treaty
will limit U.S. and Soviet military buildup by setting ceilings on the
numbers and types of missiles and long range bombers that each country
can have at its desposal. After the signing, Carter told his "Fellow
citizens of the world" that the treaty was a "victory for peace,"
according to AP reports.
AMERICAN MUSCLE CONQUERS ENGLISH CHANNEL
Twenty-six year old Bryan Allen of Tulare, Calif, made the first muscle
powered flight across the English Channel last week when he pedaled his
"Gossamer Albatross" from Folkestone, England to Cap Gris-Nez,
France. Bryan pedaled non-stop for nearly three hours inside the 13
pound glider, which has a wingspan of 96 feet -longer than that of a DC-9.
At one point Allen dipped to within six inches of the water, but somehow
managed to pull up and make it to the French coastline despite painful leg
cramps.
FIGHTING CONTINUES IN NICARAGUA
Fighting continued this week in the streets of Managua as well as
throughout the Nicaraguan countryside as Sandanisto guerillas continue
their attempt to overthrow President Anastosio Samoza. The guerillas
have reportedly occupied a section of Managua, but government forces
have launched a major attack aimed at driving the Sandanistas from the
city. Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force continued its evacuation of
Americans from the war torn country.
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In truckers strike
James: Law must be obeyed
By Don Sprout
Assistant News Editor
Warning violent truckers in­volved
in the current strike and
guaranteeing protection to Alaba­ma
citizens, Governor Fob James
spoke to the Opelika Rotary Club
Tuesday.
James, in an analysis of how
the rising cost of diesel fuel was
causing problems for truckers,
stated firmly that though he could
understand and sympathize with
their problems, he will not tolerate
a shutdown of Alabama by the
strike.
Most of the truckers are
peaceful, said James, but for those
who are "bullies and bums and
cotton to violence, we're going to
run'em out of Alabama as fast as
we can get hold of them."
"Whatever it takes we aren't
going to see this .state paralyzed."
James, who has been studying
problems of the truckers, said they
are due to two reasons; the rising
cost of diesel fuel and the 56 mile
per hour speed limit.
It's just more expensive to drive
a truck at 55 than at 65, said the
Governor, "it is sheer economic
fact." James said he felt the
truckers have the right and good
reason to demonstrate. But, as he
said, "The law has got to be
obeyed."
And the governor has called out
an impressive force to assure the
law will be obeyed. James stated
that 400 to 500 state troopers will be
on the highways at all times until
the strike is over. He has also
called out 100 Alcohol Beverage
Control Board enforcement of­ficers,
plus State Game Wardens
and is using armed helicopters to
enforce the law.
But even these measures may be
surpassed, for when James was
relating the severe shortages of oil
in the Tri-cities area and Hunts-ville,
he said he "will take the
national guard with tanks" into the
area if they are needed to assure
relief.
James also discussed his pro­posed
4 cent per gallon highway
maintenance tax. The tax is need­ed,
said James for various reasons.
"The roads and highways of Ala­bama
are its largest single capital
concern, and should be treated as
an investment", he said, and the
tax is needed to keep our capital
investment in good condition. The
tax is not going to be used to build
new roads, but to repair bridges on
existing roads. -This need for up­keep
is a "serious problem." For
this past year many of the people of
Alabama were driving on 12,000
bridges which the state considered
unsafe, said James.
"Some people call it a tax but I
call it an investment," said James,
also noting that the tax would raise
$100,000 for state highway upkeep
in four years. Some people are not
supporting this tax because they
don't believe that it will be retired
after the four years, but James
said, the end-date of the tax will be
written into the bill and only
passage of another tax bill will be
able to renew it.
James went on to say that of the
$170 million dollars now collected
from gas taxes for the highway
program, $40,000 has to go to the
retirement of bonds floated for past
road construction and improve­ment.
James indicated that this
form of incurring future debt for
present needs has to stop.
The cost to the average citizen
who drives 15,000 miles a year will
be about $40, said James, but those
who drive more will pay more.
"The fairest tax is a users tax
where you pay the tax in proportion
to how much you use the roads," he
said.
"You may have read in print that
as governor I am responsible for
the high gas prices. I'd like to
refute that, " said James.
The governor said since he has
been in office the price of gas has
risen from 63 cents a gallon to 85
cents a gallon, and that projections
are that the price of a gallon of gas
would be $1.00 by Christmas and
$1.50 by the mid-summer of 1980.
There is one reason for this rise
said James, "sooner or later the
law of supply and demand comes
into play."
"And everytime somebody
messes with it, the American
people get ripped off. We have
been spoiled on energy. And trying
to ration in peacetime isn't going to
work."
James went on to say whether
the state got a niickel or a dime of
the money spent on gas didn't
matter, but that he hopes the
people of Alabama don't take the 4
cent tax and let it go to "building
roads in the deserts of the Middle
East."
James, touching on other topics,
said he thought progress on the
new constitution is going well. He
said although the constitution had
lost its provision for recall in the
Senate, home rule and initiative
had survived Senate passage and
perhaps recall may be revived in
the House.
He admitted that there are some
"messes" in the area of compe­tency
testing and teachers'salar­ies
but says he intends to straight­en
those messes out and provide
compensation for those hurt by the
problem.
James also said he had no
knowledge that President Harry
Philpott was going to resign.
James requested consideration of
the proposed Board of Trustees
resolutions, on the $4 million Stu­dent
Activities Building and on the
statement of role and scope of
Auburn University, so he could
appear and have input in those,
areas. Next year, James said his
goals will be tax reform and
government re-organization.
Student activities fee studied
for feasibility of rate increase
By Mark Almond
Plainsman Staff Writer
The summer student senate will
conduct a feasibility study on
increasing the student activity fee.
According to SGA President Ron
Taylor, Auburn has the lowest
student activity fees of any school
in the Southeast.
The Senate will compare
Auburn's fee system to those of
other schools to determine whether
a fee increase is necessary.
"You really get a lot for the $7.50
you pay in student activity fees,"
said Taylor. "An increase of $5 per
student would provide an addition­al
$250,000 a year in revenue."
Taylor said the additional fees
could be used to fund projects of
individual organizations on
campus.
Buddy Barfield, President of the
Senate, has optomistic plans for
the Senate. According to Barfield,
last year's summer Senate did
little more than pass a resolution to
have a party, but this summer's
Senate will be an effective re­search
body.
"I want to set the wheels in
motion for Ron Taylor's adminis­tration,"
said Barfield. "The
studies done by the summer Senate
should provide a solid foundation
for Ron and the regular Senate."
Ron Taylor plans to make exten­sive
use of the summer Senate.
"Since most of my cabinet
members are not attending school
this summer, I plan to use the
Senate in their place," said Taylor.
The summer Senators are not
elected to their positions but are
appointed by the regular Senators
who are not attending school
during the summer. The summer
Senators must fulfill the same
qualification for office as the regu­lar
Senator he replaces.
The powers of the summer
senate are limited by the Student
Government Constitution. It has
the power to pass resolutions of
opinion, conduct studies of student
problems, and present programs
and legislation to the regular Stu­dent
Senate. It does not have the
power, though, to initiate constitu­tional
amendments or make code
of law changes.
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John Wayne emphasized dignity
By David Housel
Plainsman Advisor
John. Wayne...
There Is the temptation, the strong temptation, to
wax sentimental at a time like this, to try for
eloquence.
Not this time. Not for John Wayne. He was not an
eloquent man. Therein lay his greatness, his appeal.
He was rough around the edges, Just as we, the masses
are rough around the edges. That is why we loved him.
Far be it from me to speak for John Wayne. He could
speak for himself and he never spoke more eloquently
than in "The Alamo." This is what he, as Davey
Crockett, told Linda Crystal as she urged him to forget
the Alamo, to leave with her while there was still time,
to live happily ever after.
"I'm gonna tell you something," he told her, "and I
want you to listen tight. It may sound like I'm talking
about me, but I'm not. I'm talking about you. As a
matter of fact, I'm talking about all people every­where.
When I come down here to Texas, I was looking
for something. I didn't know what. It seemed like if
you added up my life, I'd spent it all either stomping
Airport
From page 1
is hard to find. It's a quiet dead-end
street with no problems with traffic
and protecting our kids.'' Sims also
said when he bought his house twc
years ago, he thought the plan to
expand the runway in their direc­tion
had been canceled. Now he is
seeking an attorney, he said.
Cox Realty, Inc., has sold four
houses in the area in the past two
years, one to Mr. and Mrs. Dowdell
about three months ago.
Mrs. Dowdell said the agent did
not tell them of the proposed
expansion. She refused to name the
agency, but neighbors narrowed
the field.
An agent at Cox Realty said he
did not know which of their agents
handled the sale of houses in that
area, and other representatives of
Cox Realty were unavailable at the
writing of this story.
A developer of lots in the area
which will probably be affected by
expansion of the runway, James D.
Orr Jr., said, he had hired an
engineer to survey the cost of
expanding the north-south runway
as opposed to the east-west run­way.
He said that the University
figures, drawn up by Speas Assoc­iates
of Atlanta, were "grossly
inaccurate." He said the Speas
Associates had estimated it would
cost $1.66 million more to develop
the North-South runway than it
would to develop the east-west
runway. "I say it will cost less than
$100,000 more, and the University
won't have to dislodge all those
families," said Orr.
Kiteley in response to Orr's
statemnt, said he would have to
believe the Spea figures until
someone disproved their vadility to
him. He also noted that the Uni­versity
has held public hearings on
the issue at the airport, and that all
the residents of the area were
invited. One resident of the area
remembers the hearing took place
about a year ago.
The University is in the airport
business, said Kiteley, because of
our programs in Avaiation, Aero­space
Engineering. The airport has
not had any major Improvements
like runway expansion, since its
aquisition in 1939 to support teach­ing
programs, said Kiteley, who
stated that it is time the airport
was expanded.
"We like to think the improve­ment
we are planning will benefit
all users, not just private aircraft,''
said Kiteley.
Goal of 1500 pints set
for summer blood drive
A goal of 1600 pints of blood has
been set for the Kappa Psi phar­maceutical
fraternity / SGA spon­sored
blood drive to be held in the
Haley Center lounge July 18-19,
according to Charlotte Davis act­ivities
adviser from the Office of
Student Affairs.
Betty Bradford, Auburn Red
Cross Chapter Chairman, said
students should eat a good meal
sometime during the day before
giving blood.
Students who are taking medica­tion
need not refrain from giving
blood, Bradford said, but should
come to Haley Center and let the
Red Cross decide if they are
ineligible. Many medications that
were unacceptable a few years ago
will now be accepted. One benefit
to giving blood, Bradford said, is
that blood pressure and iron level
is checked.
Davis said each person can
expect to spend about an hour to go
through the whole process of giving
blood unless a crowd is present.
Anyone interested in helping at
the blood drive should attend the
June 26 meeting in the Pharmacy
Auditorium at 8:16 or contact the
SGA or Office of Student Affairs.
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other men or, in some cases, getting stomped. I had
me some money and had me some medals, but none of
it seemed a life time worth the pain of the mother that
bore me. It was like I was empty.
"Well, I'm not empty any more. That's what's
important. To feel useful in this ole world, to hit a lick
against what's wrong or to say a word for what's right,
even though you get walloped for saying that word.
"Now I may sound like a Bible-beater yelling up a
revival at a river crossing camp meeting, but that
don't change the truth none. There's right and there's
wrong. You gotta do one or the other. You do the one
and you're living. You do the other and you may be
walking around, but you're dead as a beaver hat..."
I met him once, in 1974 at the Georgia Cattlemen's
convention.
On the drive from Auburn to Callaway Gardens, I
began to wish I were not going. There is no way, I
thought, that John Wayne could be as big, as
commanding, and, in his own way, as pure, as he
appeared on the screen.
I was wrong. He was.
There was a flurry of movement In the back of the
press room. He walked in, just as big, just as tall, just
as commanding as he was on the screen and, he talked
the same way too.
John Wayne's movies, all 200 of them, were not
great works of art. A few were. Most were not. I, for
example, always get "Riol Lobo" confused with
"Chlsum." But that doesn't matter. They were, in
later years, a wholesome change of pace for movies
overly .concerned with making a sociological or
psychological comment.
In the John Wayne movie, the good guys always
won. In the end, he always won or died-(only five
times)--defending what he interpreted to be right,
truth, justice, and the American way. There is nothing
wrong with that. There is something good, something
wholesome about that kind of man, the John Wayne
man.
The "John Wayne character" was not a "goody
goody" kind of hero. Never an Ashley Wilkes. Damn
the Ashley Wilkes of the world! John Wayne
characters always blended a little bad with a whole lot
of good. Underneath, always underneath, there was
steel.
In his book, "Duke," Mike Tomkies catches the
essence of John Wayne, the John Wayne movie, and
what this man has meant to America and Americana:
"John Wayne suggested the existence of another
world, a world of just and simple virtues, where, if a
man had the courage to do what he had to do, he could
live by his own code and one day ride away with his
girl around that bend in the flowing river where the
tall pines combed the morning wind... .
"Maybe that world never existed, but we believed in
it with all our hearts."
John Wayne often was asked how he would like to
be remembered.
Always, his answer was the same
"ll'eo, fuerte y formal."
"He was ugly, was strong and had dignity."
John Wayne will get his wish.
There will be emphasis on dignity.
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Editorials Engineering problems affect us all
Thursday, June 21,1979 page 4
Shape up
It's about time Haley Center and the rest
of the buildings around the Auburn Univer-sity
campus had exterior facelifts. Let's face
,< it, the paint chips on Haley Center are
getting old.
Last summer, Paul Kearney, Director of
the Auburn University Physical Plant said
, Haley Center had not been painted since
construction of the building was finished
. back in 1969. Between summer and fall
, quarters last year, parts of the building were
painted, but it's still obvious that the entire
• building needs another paint job.
It wouldn't take too much time for
Kearney and his paint crew to examine some
of the bad spots on major buildings around
Bad Friday
Suppose you gave classes and nobody
came.
That is exactly what happened last Friday
as literally thousands of students boycotted
their first classes of the quarter. Students did
.. not boycott the classes for political reasons,
but for practical ones.
Given the choice between cutting an
already short summer break by three days or
coming Friday to opening day classes, where
often little is accomplished anyway, most
students decided to stay on vacation.
The decision of the students to boycott
. their first day of class was not necessarily a
*.' good one. But it was one that was expected.
Professors throughout Auburn's campus
. realized few students would probably show
Relief
For a university bombarded by funding
deficiencies and pressing academic needs,
Gov. James' recent cut in proration from six
to three percent comes as welcome relief.
When he announced proration last Feb­ruary,
James promised that if tax revenues
exceeded expectations, he'd reduce the effect
of proration accordingly.
And he has.
Of course, the reduction doesn't get us
completely out of the woods yet, as one
university official put it. But it does take a
little of the heat off departments that have
had to ' 'tighten their belts," as James says, to
the point of suffocation.
Unfortunately, even behind this silver
lining their appears to be a cloud. The
l/Miap^ssss.
up to their classes. One department on
campus even took an informal pool and
made bets on what percentage of their
students would show up.
Realizing how small a percentage this
would probably be, many professors planned
accordingly and did little of nothing on the
first day. What it amounted to was that
Friday was wasted not only for the few
students who showed up, but also for the
professors, who were expected to teach classes
that were ofter as much as three-fourths
missing.
The decision by students not to show up
for the first day of class probably was not very
intelligent, but it was at least as logical as the
decision to begin classes on a Friday.
university has run up a $900,000 debt the
past few months because of the dramatic rise
in utility costs, and more than half of the
$1.6 million Auburn will get back will be
used to pay that bill.
So, even with the cut in proration,
departments will only have a fraction of what
they contributed to the belt tightening effort
returned to them.
We think it's kind of ironic. The power
company not only is granted a rate increase
but ends up getting a good chunk of what
the university had to contribute to James'
austerity program.
Our guess is that it just goes to show ya,
"It's always something."
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"Over the past few weeks I've felt sort
of like a priest administering last rites." Q / v ^ **
—Dr. Grady Cox, acting dean of Auburn's .
School of Engineering, at the June 4 meeting T * L . •«*** 4>^~«
of the Board of Trustees. 1 t l U T S t O t t
the campus. After all, this is supposed to be
the "loveliest village of the plains."
Auburn University is something that its
students should take pride in, but its hard to
ask this if the buildings are not maintained.
If painting Haley Center is too much to
ask, then officials should at least replace the
letters that spell out the name of the building
so visitors will know what it is.
When fall quarter comes to Auburn,
football fans and alumni won't be pleased
with the maintenance of the university. We
can let the paint chip out from under us. We
need to push the physical plant department
into painting and maintaining our buildings.
Another year cannot pass without Physical
Plant doing something about the condition
of the exterior of Haley Center.
To students who came to Auburn because of
the outstanding reputation long held by
its School of Engineering, statements like that
by the dean of the school must be pretty
discouraging. ,
And certainly, Cox, a quiet man by nature,
wouldn't think of making such alarming
statements without good reason.
But, sadly enough for Auburn engineers and
ultimatly all Auburn students. Cox's likening
. of the situation in the School of Engineering to
that of a priest administering last rites to
teminally ill patients is probably a very
accurate summation.
As you may have already read in the news
accounts of the meeting, Cox's presentation to
the board was a shocking indictment of the
inadequacies currently plaguing the School of
Engineering.
The inadequacies are myriad, and are
enumerated in a seven page report prepared
by Dober and Associates, a New England
based consulting firm.
To quote the report: "...no engineeering
institution comparable to Auburn's has poorer
facilities...quantitatively the available space is
about half that required to support the present
curriculum...classroom instruction is carried
on in space never intended to serve that
purpose...due to overcrowding, there are
serious safety and security problems...the
situation can likened to a sinking life raft..."
and the list could go on and on.
As a solution, the report urges preparation
of a ten year development plan including long
and short range actions. "It speaks well of the
faculty and administration in the School of
Engineering that the ground-work for such a
plan has been laid, " the report says, "On the
other hand, it is equally dismaying that
s uch a plan does not now actually exist.''
Here, Dober and Associates have asked the
obvious question-how could a school like
Auburn, rich in engineering tradition, let its
School of Engineering suffer such a gradual
decaying?
As Cox pointed out, the problems, though
probably a revelation to most non-engineers,
are nothing new. In fact, according to Cox, the
school has been requesting needed improv-ments
since 1958.
So where have the administrators and
trustees who are supposed to look out for such
things been? Surely they couldn't have dept
their heads in the sand for the past 21 years.
More than likely, they (the administrators
anyway, since the trustees are apparently
oblivious to such workaday concerns) were
concentrating their efforts on the rapid
expansion of Auburn's liberal arts programs
and the development of a School of Business
witnessed in the late sixties and early
seventies.
Few would argue Auburn's liberal arts
expansion hasn't vastly increased Auburn's
standing as a well rounded educational
institution, but the price has evidently been a
lot more than perceived at the time.
But Cox didn't go headhunting at the
trustees meeting. He wasn't out to place
blame, only to "get the problems out in the
open," as he said, and to ask for some action. A
written request asked the board for a
commitment of $22.5 - $27 million, ($6 million of
which will be provided by the state) in the
form of a Capital Development Campaign to be
coordinated by Alumni director Buck Brad-berry.
Cox hoped for an immediate approval of the
plan, but it wasn't forthcoming, with the
trustees justifiably asking for some time to
look into it. They did, however, give Cox
$500;000 at their budget meeting which,
according to Cox, will only finance more
emergency, stopgap measures.
Further study of the matter is fine and
dandy, but Auburn University has had the
past 21 years to do so, and each delay of action
means another day of jury-rigging, overcrowd­ing
and frustration for engineering students
and faculty, all occupants of the "sinking
liferaft." ^^
There appears to be no decision involved.
The money must be had. Soon.
Because if the School of Engineering goes
down the tubes, it will take Auburn Univer­sity's
good name with it.
Shug 's questions set good example
It is pleasant to see someone who not only
will come out and state the truth about a
problem but will also attempt to correct the
problem.
I'm speaking of coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan
and his attempt tojmpr^velbe Auburn.Board
of Trustees and theaebyJthteUniversity.
Several weeks ago*Jordaifealled the board a
lethargic, inactive, rubber-stamp body, and in
the June 4 meeting of the Board seemed to
make every attempt possible to spark interest
. in and discussion about the topics considered.
Jordan said in a Plainsman story before the
June meeting, 'The Board ought to become
more active and take a more profound interest
in the University..." But he went on to say he
had no specifice remedies for increasing the
Board's input into University activities.
In the same storey, B.C. Bamberg, Board
vice-chairman, said the Board can not be
effective with the information it is provided by
the administration. He went on to blame
President Philpott for not supplying informa­tion
as he should.
Well gentlemen, whether you realize it or
not you have at least a partial solution to the
two problem of a rubber-stamp, inactive Board
and lack of information. That solution is Coach
Jordan's own pains-taking, meticulous one
issue at a time style of asking questions and
sparking discussion. In this way, trustees can
become active in the workings of the Univer­sity
and gather at least some of the
information.
Coach Jordan's method does seem to work.
At the June 4 meeting of the Board a
Lonnie
Adamson
resolution came up for discussion allowing a
sewage easement for a private individual
across Auburn University in Montgomery
property.
President Philpott, who read the proposal
before discussion began, made the comment
that the resolution probably wouldn't be as
controversial as the previous resolution on the
Airport Master Plan which drew much
discussion.
Indeed a sewage easement is something I
too wouid think could be passed off without
much discussion, but Coach Jordan proceeded
with his questioning saying he didn't know
whether it was less controversial or not. The
questions by Jordan (and more importantly on
this issue, questions by trustee Morris Savage)
led to tabling the resolution until research
could be done to answer some of the questions.
The Board may, in the end, allow the
easement, but at least the trustees will have
examined the issue and perhaps have avoided
difficulties in the future.
Granted, this meticulous process will pro­bably
not cause the members of theBoard to
become interested in the workings of the
University, the initial desire to improve
conditions has to be in the trustee to begin
with, but the process will offer the trustees a
way to become more involved.
The process is obviously not a sufficient
information gathering method either. It is
important that trustees receive the informa­tion
they need from the administration. During
the June meeting of the Board, trustees finally
learned of overcrowding and safety problems
that have been going on in the School of
Engineering for several years.
Obviously neither sufficent facilities nor
time or available at the meeting for trustees to
collect their needed information in such a
meticulous manner. It is imperative that
administrators present the trustees with
information. Information like the safety and
overcrowding problems that were presented
to the Board by Engineering Dean. Grady Cox
and members of an engineering advisory
board. Members of the advisory board said the
School of Engineering has been neglected for
many years, but one trustee said he didn't
recall the Board of Trustees being given any
information about the situation before that
time.
The chief feature of Coach Jordan's method
of questioning though, is that it questions
everything that might cause difficulty no
matter how unimportant it might seem. If the
university is to achieve its greatest potential,
the trustees must become active in studying
every issue the great as well as the seemingly
unimportant.
Salt II: just another pig in a poke?
The SALT II treaty may look wonderful to
the idealists, to the pacifists and to the
communists; but to the realists in this country
it should appear as it is - a pig in a poke.
The treaty is a bad deal for the United
States for two main reason. First, the Soviets
have demonstrated by their actions since the
last SALT treaty that they have no intention
of slowing down in the arms race. Secondly,
the treaty has limited indirectly the U.S.
defense systems in the past.
And its Senate support is being bought and
paid for with the $30 billion (trench) missile, an
expensive project with at best debatable
cost-effectiveness.
It also appears that on the eve of the 1960
i presidential election that President Carter has
a personal political stake in the passage of the
treaty. For if the president backs down in the
face of strong Senate opposition, it will appear
that he lacks coviction in his support of the
treaty. If he fights for passage and fails, it will
appear that he has no power in Congress -
something that will hurt him in the coming
election.
Though Carter may actually believe in the
value of the treaty on its own merits, he has
committed himself politically to the extent that
he may be facing the loss of his comfortable
home in Washington if the treaty dies.
Carter's political style is a determining
factor in his chances at the moment when even
old-time party Democrats are not coming out
in strong support of the treaty. Carter should
be facing the lesser of the two evils - backing
down and compromising. His lack of considera­tion
on this point, shows his inflexibility and
lack of expertise in foreign policy. This
inflexibility, to take into account public
opinion and opposition, demonstrates not only
the personal political stake he has created for
himself, but also his shortcoming in presiden­tial
policy - lack of the ability to readjust and
Don
Sproul
realign policy to conform with the desires of
the American people.
Carter as president is supposed to represent
the American people, not just govern them.
Carter, realizing that a hard fight is before
him over SALT II passage in the Senate, has
opted for the development of the MX (trence)
missile. The promise of the development of this
missile has been termed by his Deputy
Assistant of Liason and Personnel as a
"political ploy." The MX would be mobile in
a 20-mile trench. Its position would never be
known to the Soviets so if attacked there
would be Httle possibility of destroying the
But it was later discovered that trenchs are
very good conductors of blast waves. So if
there was a Soviet hit anywhere in the trench,
the missile would be destroyed. So now the
plan is to build hard points in the trenches to
protect the missiles from schock waves but
thereby cutting the areas where the missiles
could be and reducing the effectiveness. It is
apparent that though the MX may be a
valuable political ploy for Carter, it is for
puposes of cost and defense a proverbial dud.
The massive extent of Soviet build up since the
1969 SALT treaty demonstrates the Soviets
have no real interest in limiting their power.
According to the figures of Robert L. Bartley,
editor of Wall Street Journal, the Soviets have
in the period from 1989 to 1978 essentially
doubled their nuclear arms and massively
increased the strength of their conventional
arms by spending one seventh of their income
on defense.
And what has the U.S. done in the same
period? Next to nothing, while our power in
conventional arms shrank. In fact a previously
planned Safeguard missile system designed to
protect us against a Soviet first strike was
limited by the SALT treaty to 100 missiles.
The production of the system was killed at
home. The logic was, why build a defense
system to protect our missiles, if it can be
destroyed by 101 Soviet missiles? So what we
have now is a system of unprotected ICBM*s
which can be destroyed by a massive Soviet
first strike.
But what good do the missiles do us when it
comes down to the 'if you destroy us we will
destroy you' deterent. If a Soviet attack is
launched, they will already have taken the
probability of their losses into account.
So that's the SALT treaty. Maybe it'll limit
us defensively, maybe not (Carter says no - but
what can be expected?). But it will definitely
cost us money, and it is doubtful that the
Soviets will really slack off on defense
spending.
Carter said in his Tuesday speech to
Congress that any production of missiles over
the 6,000 limit set by SALT II will easily be
detected by U.S. electronic surveillance • And
that any expansion over the limit will be
clearly seen as a violation of the treaty.
Carter was very firm about so called clearly
seen violations, but he suggested no recourse if
the'treaty is violated. What can the U.S. do if
the treaty is violated? Return to the economic
battle of Cold-War days?
A missile in a trench? A missile in a silo
being removed because it is over the limit? A
SALT H treaty? A pig in a poke. Let's hope the
Senate doesn't buy it.
Opinion Truckers' violence solves nothing
Thursday, June 21,1979 pages
S.A.A.S. wants truth to show
no matter what the cost
Editor, The Plainsman
One thing that history certainly bears out is
that you can never hide the truth. It always
comes out no matter how long it takes.
For over a year, the State Association of
Auburn Supporters has been telling members
of the Auburn Board of Trustees, Auburn
officials. Auburn alumni, and people in general
dedicated to a better Auburn that serious
problems exist at Auburn University - not only
in the athletic field, but also academically in
several schools. Finally, at a recent Auburn
Board of Trustees meeting the deans of two
schools made it public that their school were in
an accreditation crises. "I can't remember any
dean ever appearing before the board to
appeal for the meeting of needs," said Auburn
University Vice President for Academic Af­fairs,
Taylor Littleton.
A letter from a professional firm employed to
assess the engineering program needs said in
part:
—1. No engineering institution conparable to
Auburn has poorer facilities.
—2. The present situation at Auburn can
best be described as desperate and worsening.
—3. The situation is extremely critical.
The School of Engineering and the School of
Business are not the only schools facing serious
problems. These problems did not just pop up.
They have been developing at Auburn Univer­sity
for several years and worsening with the
time passing on the clock.
Since its organization, the State Association
of Auburn Supporters has been under a verbal
attack by the paid professional staff members
of the National Alumni Association office. They
have tried every way possible to discredit our
credibility.. They have told local Auburn
alumni groups that our organization was only
set up as a political organization; that Ron
Creel was political and he was not interested in
Auburn's good welfare; that S.A.A.S. was a
splinter group made up of sore heads; that
there were no problems at Auburn and
everything was taken care of; and any other
ridiculous statements that they felt would
discredit our credability. Their charges were
not true and they knew it.
The State Association of Auburn Supporters
was organized because we saw a very
desperate need to formulate a committee to
independently study rumors, charges, and
conditions being circulated throughout Ala­bama.
Trying to get straight answers from the
establishment controlling Auburn University
was an impossibility. Also, the By-laws of the
National Alumni Association state that the
employment of the Executive Director must be
approved by the President (Chief Executive
Officer of the University. An investigation by
dedicated Auburn Alumni, not dependent on a
job within the University system, was the only
answer.
The bottom line and most important to the
future of Auburn University is where do we
stand now and which direction do we go. No
one in this world today is perfect and everyone
makes mistakes but there is always a time in
one's career in which it is time to step aside.
Now is the time that the president of Auburn
University should make that decision. The
leadership and philosophy at Auburn affects
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It is also a time that Auburn alumni must
communicate to members of the Auburn
Board of Trustees their feelings about the
present situation. It was once said "We must
not put off until tomorrow what must be done
today." If greatness is to be returned to
Auburn, action must be taken immediately.
Ron Creel, President
State Association of Auburn
Supporters, Inc.
Alabama is under attack.
Widespread, ruthless acts of violence are
being committed on our highways.
Innocent people are being injured and their
property destroyed.
I am referring to the nationwide wildcat
strike of the independent truck drivers.
The independent truckers are on strike for
many reasons. They are protesting high fuel
prices, the 55 mph speed limit, weight and load
restrictions, and other regulations. This is not
the problem.
The problem lies in the group's use of
terrorist tactics to harass the non-striking
truckers.
Whether these people are truck drivers or
individuals looking for a way to cause trouble
is unimportant. They must be stopped in order
to make it safe to travel on the highways again.
Non-striking truck driven have been as­saulted
in such ways as shooting into truck
cabs, dropping rocks and concrete blocks onto
passing trucks from overpasses, and forcing
trucks off of the road. These attacks have been
made in all parts of the state, but mostly in
North Alabama and the Montgomery area.
Virtually all of the state's highways have
become target ranges for the attackers.
Mark
Almond
The purpose of these attacks could be to
draw public attention to the plight of the truck
driver. But no sane person could accept the
torturing of innocent people in order to gain
recognition as a rational manner of behavior.
Violence is not the way to solve anything.
Shooting truck drivers or blowing up trucks is
not going to make the public sympathetic to
the strikers. Such irrational behavior leads to
stereotyping of the striker as a thoughtless
militant hoodlum.
However, this is not true of the majority of
the strikers. They are simplytrying to improve
their working conditions and standard of
living. The small minority of truckers and
outsiders who are making these attacks on the
non-striking truckers could not possibly be
interested in changing the trucking situation.
They are more concerned with causing as
much trouble as possible. Their violation of the
rights of the non-strikers have led to the
critical injuries of a young trucker's wife.
A young part-time truck driver brought his
wife along for her first trip in a truck. It may
well prove to be her last.
The young couple were not even aware that
a strike was taking place. This did not matter
to the person who fired three shots into the
truck.
One shot hit the lady in the ribs.
One person was nearly killed. Another was
happy that he hit the truck without being
caught.
It is sad that a person would make an
attempt on another's life for such petty
reasons.
The only way this problem will be resolved is
for the people attacking the trucks to come to
their senses. Their actions are hindering the
efforts of the striking truckers who are trying
to better their standard of living.
Perhaps if these attacks cease, the strike
will come to a quick end with satisfactory
results for all involved.
Draft reinstatement could put Americans on losing end
Editor. The Plainsman:
I am writing in response to Mark Halloway's
letter in the May 31st Plainsman concerning
the reinstatement of the draft registration and
universal service
I wonder if in this day of sophisticated
weaponry whether we would ever engage in
any major ground warfare operations with
another power requiring masses of troops.
Assuming that we would not, then perhaps the
outnumbering 4:1 ratio of communists to U.S.
'and European forces that Mark speaks of may
not be an entirely realistic figure to gauge
their potential danger to our internal security.
Besides, 'all communist nations are hardly a
coalition of unified interest.
Considering the cost of maintaining a
military stature of the communist magnitude, I
would think that they are financially and
humanistically on the losing end.
I would think that as far as manpower is
concerned our volunteer army is sufficiently
adequate to accomplish the worthwhile task of
assisting other nations halt or at least check
harmful aggression, if it is indeed possible.
Our best supportive efforts should reside
primarily in a technical, non-combative role
exempting our soldiers from shattered limbs.
Reinstating an archaic system mandating
the registration of eligible individuals for a
possible future draft would be a channeling of
wasted money into an unmerited set of files
destined to become covered with dust and
cobwebs.
In light of the multiplicity of pressing social
and domestic needs shared by less fortunate *
countries, I would think that the money some
legislators feel is available to develop a plan for
draft registration could be trimmed from the
bloated Defense budget and used to bolster
programs designed to feed hungry mouths and
upgrade living conditions. No amount of salt or
other seasoning could vitalize the tastelessness
of a long list of computer-typed names.
Like Mark Halloway, I believe Americans
have a responsibility and moral obligation to
our country. However, with regard to national
service, I differ in how this duty should be
expressed.
I see little difference between national
service opportunities (e.g. reserves, VISTA,
national guard, postal service) which are
imposed upon people and a mild form of
socialism. Making national service jobs avail­able
to. those who exercise their freedom of
choice in accepting the positions is one thing.
But, I question how much of a national service
is it to involuntarily force a person to perform.
Selfish or not, our system of free enterprise
must work within its self-imposed limitations
and man-induced corruptions without planting
too many socialistic seeds. Otherwise, we
would undermine the foundations of our
fundamental liberties and deteriorate still
further our democratic process.
Government level decisions and dictates
administrating to the good of the people should
reflect our right to say 'no'. Hopefully the
American people won't allow this basic right to
be gradually destroyed.
John M. Hamilton, 6IP
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Ihe Auburn Plainsman Thursday, June 21,1979 Pagee
Playing fields resodded
By Jimmy Sailors
Plainsman Staff writer
The new intramural fields lo­cated
off West Samford Avenue
will be "Off-limits during the sum­mer
because parts of the fields
need resodding," according to In-tramuals
Director Claude Saia.
The fields, opened last April,
were damaged from softball play
during spring quarter in certain
areas; along baselines, around
bases and home plates, Saia said.
Frank Hudson, campus foreman
at the Physical Plant, is in charge
of the resodding project which
began on Monday. Hudson esti­mates
the resodding will cost about
$1,000.
When the fields reopen fall quar­ter
the new field house should also
AU students receive
$1.3 million in loans
By Guy Parsons
Plainsman Staff Writer
Some 1,300 Auburn students
receive roughly $1.2 million an­nually
in the form of National
Direct Student Loans.
This loan program enables many
people to go to college, who other­wise
wouldn't be able to afford it.
Most of this money goes to under­graduate
students, but 7 percent of
graduate students, , also receive
loans.
The idea behind the loans said
Larry Ridgeway, director of finan­cial
aid, is that the loans will be
revolving or self-perpetuating.
Once the funds have been set up,
the students will repay each year
as much as their fellow students
need to borrow. The funds, he
explained are $9 of Federal money
to match each $1 of contributed
University money.
Auburn has been involved in the
program since 1958, but only in the
past few years has its involvement
become substantial. This means
that Auburn has not yet had the
time to become truly self-perpetuating
in their loan funds,
Ridgeway said.
The default rate on national
direct student loans at Auburn is
5.2 percent.
This may sound large, but that
figure compares favorably with an
overall statewide average of 18
percent and 17.3 percent national­ly.
Ridgeway said the idea that
many students receive loans in
college, graduate and find good
jobs, then default on their loans is
basically false. They simply may
not be able to afford to pay back the
loans, he said.
Also the universities haven't
been operated like banks, they are
more likely to fall for "hard luck" -
stories than a bank, whose sur­vival
may depend on collecting
loans, Ridgeway said.
In some case the University just
loses track of the person, and
cannot collect the loan, he added.
Ridgeway said Auburn has a
lower default rate than many
institutions because of its students.
Colleges who serve low income
urban areas or impoverished rural
locations have a traditionally high­er
default rate.
At Auburn most graduates get
the jobs they need to repay the
loans, he said.
The federal government has not
previously provided guidelines for
advice, or even incentive for col­lection
on default loans. This is
changing with a default rate as
high as 50 percent at some institu­tions,
Ridgeway said.
Now if a college requests addi­tional
funds it may be penalized in
the amount of funds it gets, ac­cording
to its default rate. Ridge­way
said this is not a concern at
Auburn, since only institutions with
a 10 percent or higher default rate
are subject to such penalization.
be completed and ready for use.
The field house will contain men's
and women's locker rooms, rest-rooms,
two offices, a storage room
and an issue room.
The storage room will house
equipment such as softballs, bats
and umpire gear to be lent out to
intramural teams and umpires tor
intramural games.
According to Bill Jay, assistant
construction engineer at the Phys­ical
Plant, the intramural fields
cost the university $276,000. and the
field house will carry a bill of
$293,000.
Coach Saia said these are only
the first two phases of his plan so
far completed. "Our next step
should be lights for the intramural
fields, "said Saia.
Another of the steps in Saia's
plan is the construction of 12 more
fields beside the 12 existing ones.
When the 12 new fields are com­pleted
they will take the place of
the ROTC drill field as the site of
intramural softball and football
games.
Campus
INTRAMURALS FIELDS CLOSED
..a resodding project will go on this summer
Photography: M M * Almond
WESLEY FOUNDATION -
The Methodist Student Center will
hold an open house Saturday at
7:30 p.m. All are invited, especially
new students. Homemade ice
cream will be served, and enter­tainment
will be provided by Rain­water,
a Christian folk group. The
Foundation is located on Gay
Street next to Superfoods.
GLOMERATA'S-Copies
of the 1979 Glomerata are
still available to students and may
be picked up or bought in room 304
Martin Hall, the Office of Student
Affairs. The cost for Glomeratas
sold to non-students is $5.50. A
limited number of the 1975, 1977,
and 1978 editions of the Glomerata
may be purchased for $1.00.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS
An intramural sports organization­al
meeting will be held Sunday at 7
p.m. All unit (team) managers are
encouraged to attend.
GRACE UNITED METHODIST
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Rainwater, a contemporary Chris-tion
folk group, will give a concert
Bite victim awaiting results of rabies test
Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Grace
United Methodist Church. Anyone
interested is invited to attend.
STUDENTS' INTERNATIONAL
MEDITATION SOCIETY •
The society will hold two intro­ductory
lectures on Transcenden­tal
Meditation today at noon and
7 p.m. in Foy Union 204. Anyone
interested is invited to attend.
by Barbara Emans
Plainsman Staffwriter
Auburn student Katherine Milly
was chased and bitten on both legs
by two dogs as she rode her bike
near Haley Center Monday morn­ing.
Now she must wait 10 days as
Auburn public health officials
watch the dogs for signs of rabies,
said Willa McAnally, a Campus
Security police clerk.
The dogs, described on police
reports as one brown and one black
dog, "medium sized with short,
slick hair," seem very much like
many of the dogs frequently seen
around campus.
And like many of these dogs, the
dogs that bit Milly "were owned
but were not on a leash," McAnally
said.
Milly is not the only one to have
been attacked by free running dogs
on the Auburn campus this year.
Spring quarter, two dogs fitting
the same description as the ones
that bit Milly, bit a student on both
legs through her pants as they
roamed unsupervised near the
Haley Center, according to
McAnally.
"Last fall quarter a girl from
Montgomery was bitten at the back
door of Thach Hall. The dog was off
the leash at the time."
Others who were not actually
bitten by roaming dogs on campus
have been harrassed by them.
Students learn to ride on the Plains
By Mary Jo Keeble
Plainsman Staff Writer
Wild horses literally couldn't
keep some students away. Away
from what, you ask? Away from
tjie University-offered horseback
riding classes taught by Betty
Butterworth, a qualified and avid
horsewoman.
Coordinated by Butterworth and
Dr. Mary Fitzpatrick, the Univer­sity's
riding program began in
1973.
It's title since then has been
"Basic Equitation". Butterworth,
who has been instructing the
course since then explained that
the name is derived from the
french term "equine" referring to
a horse.
"This particular course is geared
to the individual because some
people have some background in
riding and some students have
never been on a horse. Because it is
individualized, the classes average
four to five people," Butterworth
explained.
Last quarter, Butterworth had 45
students who were taking her
course. Their class met twice a
week for an hour, and if the student
desired he could have an hour of
practice time.
Students first learn to groom and
tack (saddle) a horse. Before their
classes end, they learn to jump,
ride bareback and cross country.
Located about three miles out
Wire Road on a beautiful 300-acre
farm, the stables house about 40
horses. Ten of these are
Butterworth's "school horses".
These are the horses used in her
class instructions.
"The school horses actually
teach the student. The student
learns from the horse about jump­ing,
cantering-techniques such as
these. I serve as a guide for them,"
Butterworth explained.
Most of these horses are 8 to 10
years old, the average age of a
norse, according to Butterworth.
However, one of the school
horses is a surprising 20 years old.
He is a good school horse,
Butterworth said, because he has
been taken care of. She explained
that if a horse is fed and exercised
they can be used up into their 20s.
The variety of horses ranges
from mixed breeds, throughbreds
and quarter horses. Butterworth
added that mixed breeds are the
easiest, best tempered school
horses.
While the course isn't taught
winter or summer quarters, it is
offered during fall and spring.
Butterworth said that spring and
fall seem to be a better time of the
year to teach riding to the Univer­sity
students because of the
pleasant weather and the number
of students interested.
Horseback riding courses aren't
limited to University students.
Presently, Butterworth has a
group of 6 year olds she is training
to be equestrains.
Once someone has participated
in her courses and proved their
riding ability, they may come out
and ride anytime for a small fee.
"We have a lot of calls that say
there's a pack of dogs hanging
around, "McAnally said.
According to Auburn's animal
control law a dog must be on a
leash at all times unless it is in its
owner's yard. Even then it must be
under the voice control of the
owner," said Police Chief Barney
Harding.
But Auburn has "had a problem"
enforcing the law, he said.
People feel about their dogs the
way they feel about their child­ren,
"he said. "They feel their own
should have the freedom and it's
always the other people's dogs that
cause the problems," Harding
said.
Even so Harding said he thinks
Auburn's police department is
making an effort to keep the city's
dog population under the control of
dog owner.
Three persons work full time for
the city in animal control and "we
are constantly picking up dogs and
citing people for letting dogs run at
large," he said.
But Auburn's animal control
department has "not been in­volved
in cases of uncontrolled
dogs on campus, even though it
"will handle any cases in the city
limits proper," Harding said.
This is because most people call
the campus security police for
dog problems on campus, he said.
But, if a person on campus is
bothered by dogs he can call the
Auburn Police Department for help
from Animal Control, Harding
said.
If the person is bitten, he has
"the perogative to have the animal
quarantined for 10 days under a
licensed veterinarian for observa­tion,"
said T.J. Parker, rabies
inspector for Lee County.
"The person is responsible for
the cost if it is a stray. The
animal's owner is responsible
otherwise," he said.
Parker's office handles "on the
average a couple of bite cases a
week," although some weeks there
may not be any bits reported for
Lee County, and some weeks more
than four.
Even so, most dogs are not biters
and most of the ones you see
running on compus are probably
someone's pets out for a playful
romp, he said.
But if a dog should chase you in
an open area, it usually helps to
"stop and stand your ground."
Small dogs in particular tend to
bite you from behind and will stop
if you face them, he said.
This usually works unless the dog
is exceptionally vicious, Parker
said.
"A person has to make a spon­taneous
decision, and the one he
makes isn't always the right one,"
he said.
UPC-The
University Program Council
will hold an organizational meeting
today at 4 p.m. in Foy Union 213.
All interested students are invited
to attend, and as members of UPC
committees may have influence on
campus entertainment planning.
AUARC-The
Auburn University Amateur
Radio Club will hold its first
meeting of the quarter at 7 p.m. on
the fourth floor of Broun Hall.
Anyone interested in amateur
radio may attend. Among the
topics to be discussed will be the
$1,650 allocation from the conces­sions
board for equipment and
Field Day. Anyone interested in
participating in Field Day, a
nation-wide emergency communi­cations
exercise, contact Gary Key
at 821-6387. Students participating
in Field Day do not have to be
licensed radio operators.
AREA ORGANIZATIONS -
Any area organizations not
sponsored by student activity fees
are invited to set up abooth in Foy
Union Ballroom during each of the
eight pre-college counciling
sessions this summer. For more
information call Charlotte Davis at
826-4710 or Tanya Stacey at
826-6977.
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TheAuburn Plainsman Thursday, June XI, 1979 page 7
Track team fourth
By Ed Moore
Sports Editor
The Auburn University track
team finished its best season with a
fourth place finish at the NCAA
Track Champioships at the Uni­versity
of Illinois track, Cham­paign,
HI.
UTEP won the , championship
with 64 points, followed by Villa-nova
48, UCLA 36, Auburn 30,
Oregon 28, Washington 26, USC
25%, Maryland and LSU 22 and
Washington State 21.
"It was the highest an Auburn
team has ever finished," Coach
Mel Rosen said. "We should have
gotten third, Harvey's injury hurt.
But UCLA had some problems so
the breaks evened up. A finish
anywhere in the top 10 proves that
you have a top quality team, and
we've been consistently doing that,
its quite gratifying."
Harvey Glance finished third in
the 100 meter race behind Jerome
Deal of UTEP and James Sanford
of USC. Deal ran 10.19, Sanford
10.20, and Glance 10.22.
James Walker accomplished a
four year goal by placing in the 110
high hudles. Walker ran 13.60 to
finish third in the event behind
Renaldo Nehemlal of Maryland,
12.91, and Dan Oliver of Ohio State,
13.55.
Walker followed that finish with
a victory in the 400 intermediate
hurdles, which he also won last
year. Walker ran away from the
field winning in 48.68. Dennis Otono
of Mississippi State finished second
In 49.76.
The 400 meter relay team
finished the scoring with a second
place finish in 39.67. It was a
makeshift line up, because of an
injury to Tony Easley, of Eugene
Miller to Walker to Steve Strother
to Glance. The changed line up
made hand-offs difficult according
to Roserij
Auburn finished fifth last season
at the meet and eighth in 1977 and
1976.
Smith wins 400 in AAU
WALKER AND SMITH IN STRIDE
.Both had impressive performances at AAU's last weeekend
I'd rather brag than complain
By Ed Moore
Sports Editor
If you're a newcomer to Auburn,
or you've been here six years, or
even if you're an alumni, and you
continue to complain about Auburn
athletics, this column is directed at
you.
Of course what you're really
complaining about is the football
and basketball teams' perfor­mance.
(It always amazes me that
fans who know little or nothing
about these sports think that their
ideas are the standards by which
sports are run.) In recent years the
athletic department has had good
if not great year. This season was
no exception.
The football team finished third
in the conference for the second
straight year. Not bad. It may have
not been good by Auburn stan­dards,
but we can't base every
season on 1972.
Basketball. Ever heard of re­building?
New coach, new team,
give them time. Years, not weeks.
The baseball team had probably
the most disappointing season, but
One
Moore
Time
that was because so much was
expected of them. No one is quite
sure what happened to them, but
that's what sports is about.
Now for the great finishes.
The cross country team finished
second in the SEC and 13th in the
nation. What joy there would be on
the Plains if a "major sport"
finished 13th. (Next year I think
Toomers Corner should be rolled at
the conclusion of the cross country
season.)
The indoor track team won the
conference and finished third in the
nation. That's third. One, two,
three. They could not have possibly
done much better.
The outdoor track team won the
conference and finished fourth in
the nation. The team boasts three
recent graduates to the Pan Am
Games. That's more than any
college In the nation.
The wrestling team finished
second in the conference and 33rd
in the nation. If you've never
attended a wrestling meet, do. The
SEC meet was enough to put any
fan on the edge of his seat, if he
could keep it.
The swimming team had a third
place SEC finish and a sixth
nationally. It also has three poten­tial
Olympians. That gives the
University six or seven potential
Olympians. That's a lot for one
school.
Golf is not exactly a spectator
sport on the college level and that's
too bad. The team was third in the
SEC and 17th nationally, and has
some excellent golfers.
And the tennis team, although
finishing seventh, was an exciting
team, worth watching. It also has
some strong players that will be
heard from after college.
The sports program here is in
great shape. I suggest you do what
I do. Brag. I tell everybody I see
how good we are. It's more fun
than complaining.
By Ed Moore
Sports Editor
Auburn's world class athletes
proved why they are, as Willie
Smith, James Walker and Harvey
Glance had impressive showings at
the AAU Championships last
weekend at Walnut, Calif, enabling
the three to make the Pan Ameri­can
team for the Pan Am Games in
July.
Willie Smith won the 400 meter in
45.10, the fastest time in the world
this year. Smith, who defeated
Alberto Juantorena earlier this
year, will be one of the favorites at
the games.
James Walker finished third in
• the 400 intermediate hurdles with a
49.13. He finished behind Edwin
Moses, the world record holder,
47.89 and Quentin Wheeler, 48.39.
Harvey Glance finished second
in the 100 with a 10.15, his best time
this year. Glance finished behind
James Sanford, who ran a 10.07,
the best time in the world this
season. Glance ran despite severe
muscle cramps that have hindered
him his last few meets.
"Auburn has more people going
to the Pan Am Games than any
other school," Auburn Track
Coach Mel Rosen said. "I felt like
Willie and James would make it,
but wasn't sure about Harvey,
because of his muscle cramps. He
showed he was a true champion.
He had to make it on the track to
make it to the games. All three
people proved they are world class
in top competition."
Coach Rosen will be one of the
managers for the Games July 1-15
at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Glance
will also run a leg of the 400 relay
and Smith will run a leg of the 1600
relay. The Games are considered
to be a preview of the Olympics.
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The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, June 21,1979 page 8
Golf signees should contribute
WALKER AT AAU'S
Candidate for Athlete-Of-The-Year
By Lorayne Bryan
Plainsman Sportswiiter
Coach Sonny Dragoin Is very
optimistic about next year's golf
team. In fact he'll tell you that next
year's golf team will be nothing but
the best.
One of the reasons for his optim­ism
is the signing of four top
athletes to the team. Add two high
school state champs, a regional
runner-up and a state runner-up to
a team which already includes All
SEC All American Ricky Small-ridge
and All SEC Bill Bergin and
you're bound to come up winning.
Conference Athlete-Of-The-Year
James Walker is Auburn Univer­sity's
candidate for SEC Athlete-
Of-The-Year.
The Southeastern Conference
Athlete-of-the-Year will be elected,
recognized with a beautiful trophy
and a $2,500 scholarship for his
school, then announced to the
nation Friday evening, June 22. All
ten student-athletes, one from each
school, receive a trophy and a $500
scholarship.
Showcase for this event is a
banquet in the fabulous Enterprise
Ballroom of the Presidential Park
Hotel in Atlanta at 8:00 p.m.
Highlight of the evening will be
announcement of the winner by Dr.
Boyd McWhorter, SEC Commis­sioner,
on opening a sealed en­velope.
The ten outstanding athletes,
chosen for 1978-79 to represent
their universities in the competi­tion,
participate in four different
versity sport—football, basketball,
baseball and track. They are, by
alphabetical order of their schools:
Alabama: Reggie King, basket­ball,
F., Auburn: James Walker,
track hurdler; Florida: Jim
Watkins, baseball, LF; Georgia:
Willie McClendon, football RB;
Kentucky: Jim Kovach, football
LB: LSU: Charles Alexander, foot­ball,
RB; Ole Miss: Jim Stroud,
basketball, F.; Miss. State: Mike
Kelley, baseball, CF; Vanderbilt:
Frank Mordica, football, RB.
The 1978 SEC Athlete-of the Year
was Jack Givens, who led Ken­tucky
to the NCAA basketball
championship. In 1977 the honor
went to Larry Seivers, two-year
honor, in 1976, was awarded to
Harvey Glance of Auburn, an
Olympic sprinter.
The Top Athlete is selected by
vote of the sports directors of the
ten television stations and sport
information directors of the ten
SEC schools. They make their
evaluations by personal observa­tion
of the athletes in action during
the sports seasons, by written
material supplies by the schools
and by a 4-minute film on each
canidate, produced by the TV
stations.
WSB-TV of Atlanta and the Uni­versity
of Georgia are hosting this
fourth SEC Athlete-of-the-Year
awards dinner. The first one was
held in Baton Rouge in 1976 and
sponsored by LSU and WBRZ-TV,
whose owner, Doug Manship,
developed the idea for the event.
The second was at Birmingham,
with WAPI and the University of
Alabama sponsors and the 1978
affair was at Jacksonville, with
WTLV-TV and the University of
Florida making the arrangements.
In 1980 the University of
Kentucky and WLEX-TV will serve
as hosts in Lexington. Other televi­sion
stations participating in the
program, in order of their schedule
for hosting the banquet, are:
WTWV of Tupelo, with Mississippi
State; WATE of Knoxville, with
Tennessee; WSFA of Montgomery,
with Auburn; WAPT of Jackson,
with Ole Miss; and WTVF of
Nashville, with Vanderbilt.
ALABAMA-REGGIE KING,
Basketball Forward. 6-6. 225.
Senior. Birmingham, Ala. Starter
as freshman. 3-vear AH-S^C anrt 9
year All-American, King captained
the Crimson Tide as junior and
senior. As floor commander, he
kept his players out of trouble.
All-time Alabama scorer, 2,168
points, third in SEC history. Set
NIT record of 132 pts. Led '78 SEC
rebounding.
AUBURN-JAMES WALKER,
Track hurdler. 5-10. 155. Senior.
Atlanta, Ga. SEC 4-year champion
in high hurdles and NCAA inter­mediates
for 2 years, Walker ran
the 400-meter event in 0:48.48, best
time for any collegian in 1979. Also
won the NCAA indoor 440 for '79. A
tough, durable and highly competi­tive
athlete, James has his sights
set on the 1980 Olympics.
FLORIDA-JIM WATKINS, Base­ball
outfielder. 6-0. 175. Indiana­polis,
Inc. A two-year All-SEC
player, Watkins led the Gates to
the NCAA Regionals in both 1978
and 1979. For 1979 he batted .354
and led the SEC in stolen bases
with 37. He was successful on every
attempt of base-stealing in the '79
regular season. Great defensive
player. Exceptional baseball
acumen.
GEORGIA-WILLIE
MCCLENDON, Football tailback.
6-2. 202. Senior. Brunswick, GA.
SEC's number one ground-gainer
for 1979,1,312 yards at a 4.6 clip for
13 TDs. An outstanding blocker,
McClendon was the key to the
Bulldog 9-1-1 surprise season.
Broke Georgia seasonal rushing
mark (1,103 yds( set by Frankie
Sinkwich in 1941. Voted MVP by
SEC coaches in Nashville
BANNER poll.
KENTUCKY-JIM KOVACH,
Football linebacker. 6-2. 230. Medi­cal
school. Parma, O. A four-year
starter, three-year All-SEC, Aca­demic
All-America. All-time Wild­cat
tackier. 310 main tackles and
235 assists, total of 545. Averaged
15 per game in 1979. Defensive
captain of the 'Cats. A member of
Phi Beta Kappa, Jim considers
Medicine his profession and
Football an art.
LSU—CHARLES ALEXANDER,
Football halfback. 6-1. 213. Galve­ston,
Tex. The top rushing yard­age
player in SEC history, Alexan­der
set the season record of 1,686 in
1977 and the career record of 4.035
in '78. Extremely durable, Charlie
missed a game; he carried the ball
855 times, another SEC mark.
Two-year All-SEC, two-season All-
American.
OLE MISS-JOHN STROUD,
Basketball forward. 6-7. 215. New
Albany, Miss. Led the SEC in
scoring and ranked number 8
nationally with 26.3 ppg. In SEC
first seven of every offensive sta­tistical
category-9.2 rebounds per
game, 57.9 percent on FGs and 80
percent on FTs. In the 3 games
against Kentucky John scored 27,
35 and 39 points. Two-season
All-SEC and honorable mention AP
A-A.
MISS. STATE-MIKE KELLEY,
Baseball outfielder. 5-8. 155. Des
Plaines, 111. Sparkplug of team
which won the SEC and the NCAA
regional tournament, then gave
national champ Fullerton State
their only loss in the final round.
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even .400 average. Set SEC career
records in hits, 267, runs, 177, and
stolen bases, 132. Rare All-
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TENNESSEE —REGGIE
JOHNSON, Basketball forward.
6-9. 210. Junior. Ellenwood, Ga.
Won starting job in freshman year
as rebounder, but proved a n even
more skillful scorer. Reggie
averaged 21.2 ppg both sophomore
and junior seasons while leading
Volunteer rebounding. Led Ten­nessee
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Honorable mention A-A.
VANDERBILT-FRANK
MORDICA, Football halfback. 6-1.
198. Senior. Tallahassee, Fla.
Frank set the all-time SEC one-game
rushing record, 321 yards, at
14.6 ypc, against Air Force.
Scott Beard, the Kentucky high
school champ, is expected to con­tribute
much to the success of
Auburn's golf team.
Although several fine schools
recruited Beard, he chose Auburn
primarily because of Dragoin's
reputation for being a good and fair
man as well as an exeptional golf
coach, according to Beard's father.
Beard got a head start on most
golfers, playing in his first tourn­ament
at the age of four. In the
eighth grade he became the young­est
person ever to win the Kentuc­ky
Invitational. He won it again as
a sophmore in high school. That
year Beard finished second at the
high school state meet, and third as
a junior.
His career has also been high­lighted
by numerous wins in junior
tournaments. Beard finished
eleventh in the PGA National
Junior Tournament at Callaway
Gardents.
Perhaps golf expertise runs In
the family. Beard's uncle, Frank
Beard, has been on the pro tour for
17 year.
Another of Auburn's golf signees,
Bill Anthony, lends support to the
theory that golfing ability is in the
blood. Anthony has two brothers
who are successful golfers.
His brother, Richard Anthony, is.
an Alabama state amateur golf
champion. Another brother, David
Anthony, is a junior on Auburn's
golf team.
Following suit, Bill Anthony has
been the number one high school
golfer in Alabama for the last two
years. He was also the winner of
the Dixie Junior Tournament.
Anthony coslders this his major
accomplishment.
Auburn is fortunate to have the
Alabama State high school
champion, as well as the runner-up,
Walton Ashwander of Decatur,
Ala.
Although attending Auburn is a
tradition in his family, golfing is
not. "Nobody in my family plays
much golf. A friend of my parents
took me golfing when I was about
eight or nine, and I've been golfing
ever since."
Ashwander finished second in the
North Alabama Invitational for
two years, and was the two-time
champion of the Tennessee Valley
Conference.
SEE Golf Page 9
Briefly
. Darrell Lockhart, Auburn's 6-foot-9-inch basketball signee from
Thomaston, Ga., has been named the 10th best high school basketball
player hi the nation by BUI Brill of the Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va. Ken
Mink of the Knoxville, Tenn. New Sentinel named Lockart Slst and
named Auburn as the 27th best school for this years recruits. That
ranking in based only on Lockhart. In the same ranking Kentucky was
first, Georgia fifth, Alabama 29th, Tennessee 33rd and LSU 46th...Missis­sippi
State finished fifth In the NCAA College World Series with a 1-2
record....Western State College, Gunnison, Colo., was put. on probation
by the NCAA at the same time as Auburn. Western State subsequently
resigned from the NCAA...Regina McBride, Auburn's Woman sprinter
competed in the AAU meet In California last weekend. She did not
place....Colin Smith won the Junior-Senior tennis tournament in
Sarasota, Fla., at the Field Club Junior Invitational. Smith, of South
Africa just completed his freshman season at Auburn....Smith, Bud Cox
and Chip McCarthy are playing in the Bancroft Invitational at Atlanta
this week. Cox Is the number 12 seed.
Marcia Player was invited to try out for the Women's Olympic
basketball team. She made it through the first round and will go to the
Semi-Finals Marianne Merrit became the first woman basketball
player in Auburn history to be drafted by the pros. She was the 12th pick
in the third round by the Chicago Hustle.
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TheAubUTl Plainsman Thursday, June 21,1979 page 9 Auburn Tigers invade pro baseball ranks in 79
By Barry Coleman
Plainsman Sportswrlter
The Auburn baseball program
lost three and possibly four tal­ented
players to the pro draft and
graduation at the end of last
season. The four players are
Dominick Fucci, a senior, Steve
Renfroe, a senior, J.B. Brown, a
senior, and Pat Keedy, a junior.
Two of the players, Renfroe and
Keedy, were drafted by the Califor­nia
Angels, Fucci was drafted by
the Chicago White Sox and Brown
who was not drafted has been
talking to the Kansas City organ­ization.
Three of the Auburn foursome
went rather early in the draft.
Fucci, Auburn's first baseman,
who signed with the White Sox's AA
Team was number 117 in the draft.
Pat Keedy, Auburn's short-stop,
who signed with the California
Angels Single A team, was number
120 in the draft and Steve Renfroe,
Auburn's out-fielder, who was the
171 player to be drafted has not
signed yet with California Angels.
Because of great college records
these four baseball players will
have no problems adjusting to
professional life.
Keedy, an All-American, goes
into the professional ranks holding
six all-time individual records for
Auburn. During his last season the
Auburn junior batted .274. Keedy
had 34 hits and 31 RBI. He had six
doubles, five triples, nine singles,
four home-runs and one grand
slam homerun. Keedy hit the grand
slam against Alabama.
In Keedy's senior year in high
school (Gardendale) he was
drafted by the Chicago White Sox.
He did not accept the draft from
high school because his parents
wanted him to go to college. Keedy
also did not except the offer be­cause
he did not think he was ready
for the pro ranks.
Keedy was not only thought of as
an Ail-American baseball player
on campus but also as an All-Amer­ican
Guy. "Pat is a very nice kid,"
said Auburn Head Baseball Coach
Paul Nix. Keedy was involved with
off-campus functions such as talk­ing
to elementary students in the
local area about baseball.
Renfroe from Lilburn, GA., has
not yet signed with the California
Angels. He has not signed because
of a second shoulder operation on
his throwing arm. He was having
GLANCE FINISHES
Second place qualified him for Pan Am Games
problems with tissue healing from
the first operation, so doctors
removed the pin in his shoulder and
replaced it in a different place. Tim
Ellen of Auburn Sports Informa­tion
Office said that the operation
was successful and that Renfroe is
in weekly contact with the Angels.
As a high school senior Renfroe
was drafted by the Cincinnati
organization, but decided to come
to Auburn. During his freshman he
also had two hits in 13 games for a
SEC record.
Fucci, who is considered by most
Auburn baseball fans as being Mr.
Baseball, worked his way into
every Auburn all-time record cate­gory
except pitching in his four
years at Auburn. Two of Fucci's
four years at Auburn he helped the
team to SEC Championships. He
was All-SEC last year, Third Team
All-American and was selected to
the NCAA District HI All-State
Team. During Fucci's stay at
Auburn he has collected nine indiv­idual
records. He was Auburn's
number one hitter with 71 hits in
1978. The Auburn slugger broke
SEC records with 58 runs, leads
Auburn with 28 stolen bases last
season and holds second place
Olympic awareness
in loveliest Village
By Lorayne Bryan
Plainsman Sportswrlter
In an effort to get the towns­people
of Auburn involved in
raising money for the 1980 Olympic
Team, WAUD radio station is
sponsoring an "all comers" meet
at Wilbur Hutsell Track on June 24,
1979. It's calling the meet "Run for
the Olympics."
Through entry fees and dona­tions,
WAUD hopes to raise its goal
of $2,000. All the proceeds will go
directly to the U.S. Olympic Com­mittee.
Two of Auburn's potential Olym­pians,
Harvey Glance and Willie
Smith, will be at the meet, announ-ing
and assisting in the presenta­tion
of awards.
Photographers will be on hand to
take pictures of persons wishing to
pose with the world-class athletes.
WAUD radio personality Tim Ellen
will also participate in the festivi­ties.
All age groups will be included in
the competition, and first, second
and third place finishers in each
. category will receive awards.
Each participant will itetieive
either a commemorative T-shirt or
sun visor, donated by local mer­chants.
The cost for competing in the
meet is $2, and the spectator fee is
50 cents. The events will begin
Sunday afternoon at 2 and continue
until about 6 p.m.
Golf
From page 8
Ashwander said that members of
his family have been attending
Auburn for year, and playing golf
at Auburn is something he's always
wanted to do.
Keith Waldrup of Montgomery
also comes from a family of War
Eagle fans.
Waldrup, the number one golfer
at Lee High School for three years,
is excited about attending Auburn
in the fall. "I think it's a good
school and I'll have a chance to
play a lot of golf," he said.
Waldrup began golfing as an
eight-year-old because his father
needed someone to play with. In
high school he was among the top
15 golfers in the state and runner-up
in his region.
Waldrup said that no single
tournament stands out in his mind.
He added that learning to be '
patient has been a major accomp­lishment.
Waldrup plans to study landscap- experiences on golf courses and
ing at Auburn. He's had a lot of would like to landscape golf
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position In homeruns with 10 in
1978. Recods in RBI (44; 1978),
doubles (15; 1978), triples (4; 1978)
and in the Batting Average (.401;
1978) categories.
The other Auburn baseball star,
J.B. brown, was not drafted by a
professional organization, but has
a strong possibility of signing with
a pro team, maybe Kansas, City.
Brown, Auburn's second base­man,
made first team All-SEC last
year after ending the 1978 season
with a .388 batting average. The six
foot Gardendale High School grad­uate
was named to the NCAA
District III Team in 1978 and holds
two all-time individual records at
Auburn. He is tied for ninth in hits
with 49 in 1978 and he holds a spot in
the doubles category with. 12 in
1978. Brown lead the team this
season with 87 runs, batted in 17
runs, had five doubles and hit three
home runs. He walked 37 times and
batted.273.
Brown, like his high school and
college baseball team mate, visited
elementary high schools in the
area to talk to the kids about
baseball.
The Auburn baseball program
will be greatly hurt by the absence
of these four players from the
roster. The fans will miss their
hitting abilities, the fantastic
double plays turned by Keedy,
Brown and Fucci and the great
out-field playing by Renfroe.
The foursome will be missed, but
Auburn fans will love the idea ol
Auburn Tigers on professional
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Entertainment
The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, June 21,1979 page 10
Auburn Theatre offers
three comedy shows
Street Dance
Luv 'n' Haight will be tonight's featured band in the appearance at Auburn. The music will begin at 8 p.m.
first of four UPC-sponsored street dances scheduled on the Union Patio. Remaining street dances include
for this quarter. The Atlanta-based group will bring Menagerie on July 9, Rabbit Branch on July 26 and
rock and roll, bluegrass, jazz and disco hi Its first Oconee on July 30.
Area Entertainment ——
ATLANTA
Yes will appear at the Omni on June 28 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $6.50 and $8.50.
kiss will appear at the Omni on June 30 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $9 and $10.
Champagne Jam '79 will take place at Grant Field on
July 7 at 2:30 p.m. Featured bands will be the Dixie
Dregs, The Cars, Mother's Finest, Aerosmith and the
Atlanta Rhythm Section. Advance tickets are $13.50
and tickets are $15.50 the day of the show.
Bad Company and Carillo will appear at the Omni on
July 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8.50 and $9.50.
The Kinks will appear at the Fox Theatre on July 20 at
8 p.m. Tickets are $8.50.
Blondie will appear at the Fox Theatre on July 20 at 8
p.m.
Poco will appear at the Fox Theatre on July 24 at 8
p.m. Tickets are $4.94.
The Kool Jazz Festival will take place at the Atlanta
Stadium on June 29 and 30. Featured artists will be
Aretha Franklin, Ashford and Simpson, Bar-Kay's,
Peabo Bryson, Rick James. George Benson, Tyrone
Davis, Chic, Rose Royce and B.B. King. Tickets are
$8.50, 9.50 and $11.
Arlo Guthrie and Shenendoah will appear at the Great
Southeast Music Hall on Aug. 16-18 at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
The Bee Gees will appear at the Omni on Sept. 29 at 8
p.m.
BIRMINGHAM
Yes will appear at the Civic Center on June 24 at 8 p.m.
Poco will appear at the Civic Center's Concert Hall on
June 28 at 8 p.m.
The Kinks will appear at the Civic Center's Concert
Hall on July 17 at 8 p.m.
Leif Garrett will appear at the Civic Center's Concert
Hall on July 26 at 8 p.m.
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The West Georgia Bluegrass Festival will be held at
Villa Rica, Ga. on June 16. Tickets are $6.
Kansas and Louisiana's Le Roux will appear at
Huntsville's Von Braun Civic Center on June 28 at 8
p.m. Tickets are $7 and $8.50.
Poco will appear at the Columbus Municipal Audi­torium
on July 26 at 8 p.m.
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By Nancy McKee
Plainsman Staff Writer
The Auburn University Summer
Theatre Repertory Company
began work on its summer season
this past week and announced the
opening dates for its three produc­tions,
scheduled to begin play in a
continuous repertory July 12
through Aug. 12.
The three shows produced this
summer will be "You're a Good
Man, Charlie Brown," a musical
based on the Peanuts comic strip;
"You Can't Take It With You," a
classic comedy by Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman; and to round
out the season, the Neil Simon
comedy "Plaza Suite."
A gala opening night at Telfair B.
Peet Theatre is tenatively planned
for July 12, the opening night for
"You're A Good Man, Charlie
Brown." A reception and unveiling
of a special artwork is planned-prior
to the show.
"Charlie Brown" leads off the
season on July 12, followed by
"You Can't Take It With You,"
scheduled to begin July 18.
Rounding out the season will be
"Plaza Suite," scheduled to begin
July 25. The plays will then alter­nate
night performances and
Saturday and Sunday matinees at
2:00 p.m.
A "ticket hotline" is being used
for ticket reservations this year, a
new innovation for the theatre box
office. Phone orders and mail-in
reservations are being accepted
starting July 9.
To get your name on the
theatre's mailing list for an­nouncements
about productions at
the theatre, call the ticket hotline
at 826-4154
Ticket prices are $3.00 for gene­ral
admission for "Charlie
Brown," and $2.00 for "You Can't
Take it With You" and "Plaza
Suite."
For futher information on tick­ets,
show dates or any other
information on the company, call
the theatre office at 826-4748.
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Album Reviews Big stars, subdued humor in 'Silent Movie'
Rockets
ROCKETS
The first time I heard of
"Lucille" on the radio, sandwiched
between songs by the Village
People and the Bee Gees, I thought
they must surely be the saviors of
rock and roll.
After listening to the group's new
album, ROCKETS, I decided that
was something of an over-estima­tion.
The Rockets are five more in the
seemingly endless line of street­wise
young toughs out to take the
country by storm with grim looks
and hard-driving music.
The Rockets are from Detroit,
and one of the best songs on
ROCKETS is "Long Long Gone,"
written by fellow Detroit native
Bob Seger. The song is particularly
suited to the Rockets, since the
band creates a sound similar to
that of such "common man" bands
as Seger and the Silver Bullet,
Foghat and The Cars.
While the group breaks no new
ground with this album, it does
credible jobs on a variety on
numbers ranging from the semi-discoish
"Can't Sleep," the group's
biggest radio success thus far, to
"Lucille," an energetic, fifties-style
rocker.
John Stewart
BOMBS AWAY DREAM BABIES
John Stewart's new album,
BOMBS AWAY DREAM BABIES,
has been on the shelves and been
given spatterings of air play for
quite some time now. As a matter
of fact, Stewart has been around
quite a while himself.
This album is co-produced by
Stewart and Lindsey Buckingham,
who lends a very West-Coast pop-rock
sound to Stewart's able folk
abilities.
The musicianship is very fine,
provided by the likes of Russ
Kunkel, Brian Garofalo, Joey
Carbone, Richard Shlosser, and
Chris Whelan. Whelan has some
very fine moments on acoustic
guitar with Stewart and Bucking­ham.
The tunes are all penned by
Stewart and reflect his ample
talents as a writer. The opener,
"Gold," has received the most
radio airplay, bearing a very close
resemblance to the tried-and-true
rock formula of a certain noted
supergroup heavily influenced by
Buckingham and Nicks.
"Lost in the Sun" follows with a
smoother feel, easing momentarily
away from the driving rock ten­dencies.
The driving beat resumes
with "Runaway Fool of Love," but
is followed by a strong folk tune
very similar to many Peter, Paul,
and Mary songs of the 60's and is
one of my personal favorites.
The dual acoustic guitars and
lilting vocal harmonies make
"Somewhere Down the Line" a
throwback to that kind of folk song
that almost everyone misses from
time to time, but hardly anyone
does anymore.
"Midnight Wind" closes Side one
on a "Rhiannon"-llke note kind of
haunting and nicely executed.
.'.•• Side two opens rather disappoint­ingly
with "Over the Hill.'.' best
described as spar fJllei. Things
look up quickly with "lue Spinnin'
of the Worlu," another folksy song
with stronger female back-ups to
counter the strummirj guitars.
"Coming Out of Nowhere" stays
in this vein, but picks up the tempo
smartly with less back vocals and
biting guitar interjection" to con­trast
the tasty steel-type licks.
"Heart of the Dream" leans
more towards rock and somewhat
parallels John Prine lyrically. The
album's closer, "Hand Your Heart
to the Wind", is dream-like, sailing
like a phantom ship, the lyrics
flowing and soothing...so much so
that you may not notice when the
song ends.
BOMBS AWAY DREAM
BABIES is not an album that
many will appreciate immediately
upon hearing it, rather the pleasant
mix and simple, yet fluent arrange­ments
grow on the listener with
each playing.
The album successfully com­bines
folk and rock elements into a
pleasing package, albeit with an
offbeat title, and would easily
complement almost anyone's
collection.
—Mark Heard
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David Gilbert's lead vocals are
consistently good throughout the
album and the musicianship is
always at least adequate. With the
exception of "Can't Sleep," all the
songs on ROCKETS are either hard
rockers or slow songs. Perhaps the
most impressive thing about the
Rockets is the way they handle the
changes in tempo.
' 'Oh Well,'' the third song on side
one, is a hard, slashing rocker that
is followed by drummer John
Badanjek's "Lost Forever, Left for
Dreaming," a long powerful song
in which Gilbert's vocals shine.
The change is like night and day,
but the band does admirable jobs
with both.
But despite the album's high
points, it probably won't make
stars out of the Rockets, mainly
because while there are some good
songs on it, there really isn't
anything that great.
The album sounds almost for­mulated.
In other words, while ROCKETS
is a refreshing sound in today's
disco-pop barrage, it also shows
what has happened to rock and roll
after being forced to live in the
shadows for the past few years.
-Scott Thurston
Slapstick recipe: Take 86
minutes of time, blend in Mel
Brooks, Sid Caesar, Marty Feld-man,
Dom DeLuise. Stir briskly,
adding musical accompaniment,
title cards, and one spoken word.
Sprinkle with cameo appearances
by five top-name stars. Call it
"Silent Movie".
This week's free offering at
Langdon Hall Is just that, a f or-real
silent movie. Mel Brooks puts a
film within a film in this 1976
production about a reformed alco­holic
motion picture director who
wants to save his career. To do so,
the director (played by Brooks)
must also save a failing movie
company led by Sid Caesar.
And just how is the rescue
brought off?
You guessed it. Mel Funn, the
director, convinces Caesar that a
silent movie loaded with stars is
the only way.
And thereafter the film is off and
running as Brooks and his pals
Feldman and DeLuise buzz around
Hollywood trying to sign up big-name
stars.
Brooks tries to make the film
work by keeping the three heroes
busy chasing down stars, boosting
the health and morale of studio
chief Caesar, and outwitting the
shenanigans of the villainous New
York-based conglomerate, Engulf
and Devour.
The film does indeed have
number of laughs in it, but they are
mostly of the mediocre one-liner
variety.
The humor comes from the
written title, which read in a soft
tone to apparently spare us the
harsh reality of the true dialogue.
One of the drawbacks to this film
is the fact that Brooks not only
directed it but also co-authored it
and starred in it. Sound like too
much of a good thing? It is. If he
had spent more time at the type­writer
developing the story and
less time in front of the camera,
both the film and the audience
would have been much better off.
And another thing. Brooks plays
a character reminiscent of the
comedians in the old silent films
and this just doesn't fit Mel Brooks.
Remember "Blazing Saddles" and
"Young Frankenstein"? Brooks is
calmer in "Silent Movie".
"Silent Movie" might not be the
greatest film Mel Brooks has done,
but if you know it beforehand you
can just sit back and watch the
show.
-Don Wilson
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Students discover
financing is difficult
By Jill Anthony
Plainsman Staff Writer
The greatest obstacle for a stu­dent
trying to buy a house, car or
any large purchase Is raising
enough cash for the down payment.
Dr. Robert F . Herbert, econom­ics
professor here said that infla­tion
is a major cause for the down
payments.
He said, "People keep taking
money out of their savings and
putting it elsewhere to get a higher
yield. This leaves the banks and
loan institutions with less money to
lend." He also pointed out that
there are so many loans requested
now that mortgage money is tight.
Large down payments are re­quested
in order to make up for the
lack of funds needed to loan out the
money they (banks) have, said
Herbert.
Not only is the percentage of
expensive purchases requiring
down payments increasing, but the
cost of the actual good is also
increasing due to inflation.
Herbert anticipated that infla­tion
will continue to rise for the
next few years and he didn't see
any immediate relief in sight for
those trying to meet down payment
requirements.
Contrary to the statement that
the percentage of down payments
are increasing, Philip A. Gipson,
vice president and loan officer at
Central Bank in Auburn, said the
percentages are still the same, but
the cost of the product keeps rising
causing down payments to be
more.
Gipson said it is probably harder
for young people to obtain the
money for down payments because
they often need a loan to help pay
for it.
Students who have not held high
paying jobs generally do not have
the necessary credit ratings to
secure a loan, he said.
Gipson said the bank can only
handle small consumer loans that
require payment within 10 years.
He said most banks loan money
toward new automobiles fairly eas­ily.
In order to get a loan for a larger
purchase, such as a house, he
recommended a savings and loan
institution.
Suggestions given for securing a
loan on a house included a Federal
Housing Administration insured
loan and mortgage loans.
The Veterans Administration
will insure the full amount of a loan
up to $60,000. This program is
offered to all home buyers, but is
directed to those in moderate-to-low
income households. It requires
a minimum down payment of 3
percent of the first $25,000 of the
appraised value of the home as
compared to the standard 20 per­cent
down payment required on
houses not covered by the loan. The
loans runs for a maximum of 30
years.
The Veterans Administration
can help veterans or those still in
the service with down payments by
having lenders waive part or all of
the down payments with the
guarantee that the government will
stand behind a portion of the
mortgage loan.
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Council applies for HUD funds
Auburn City Council gave the go
ahead this week for reapplication
to the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) for a
5th Year Community Development
Grant which should bring the city
$104,000 to be used next year for
various city projects.
In public hearings held prior to
Tuesday's council meeting,citizens
expressed their feelings that
$34,000 of the $104,000 should be
used for social services. Commun­ity
Development Director, Frank
Scully, advised tne council that
HUD might not approve such a
large amount for projects ear­marked
for a particular program
such as Project Uplift •
Scully suggested monies to be
earmarked for social services be
"reprogrammed" and used for
street repairing and other solid
community development projects.
The money for social services, he
suggested, should be taken from
the unspecified local option fund
which the city can spend in any
way it chooses. This precautionary
measure would assure, if the appli­cation
is approved by HUD, that
social service projects would be
funded sufficiently.
Councilman James Earl
Kennamer, who is on the Commun­ity
Development committee, ex­plained
after the meeting, that
HUD allows some funds for social
services but for the most part it
views fund requests for social
services as a part of The Depart­ment
of Housing, Education and
Welfare's job. If the requests
aren't listed properly and whole or
part of the application is turned
downL then Project Uplift would
get only a small portion of funds
it needs.
In other actions the council
passed an amended ordinance that
will allow private schools "with
curricula substantially the same as
that offered in public scnools" to be
built in residential zones. The
added amendment provided that
kindergartens would be permitted
only when grades 1-3 are offered.
Another ordinance requiring cit­izens
who damage city sidewalks,
curbs or gutters to restore them
was passed unanimously. The im­petus
for this sidewalk ordinance
stems from the council's desire to
protect investments of the recently
completed downtown renovation
project.
Other safety improvements ap­proved
were caution lights at the
intersection of Loachapoka Road
and West Glenn Avenue and a t the
intersection of Dean Road and
Thach Avenue. The council also
approved a crosswalk for North
Donahue.
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Summer & Fall. Large 2-bedroom
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Mobile home for rent. Furnished,
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Male tenant for two rooms, bath,
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