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OLUME 79. NUMBER %
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA. 30602
THURSDAY. APRIL S 1973
Photo bv SUSAN PARKER
REGENT BOBBY SMITH CHECKS THE LINTY COTTON SEEDS
He owns one of the largest cotton seed plants
NEW REGENT SAID
Success not from college
By SUSAN PARKER
Slate Affairs editor
WINDER — A farmer who doesn't think a college education
is necessary for success is the newest member of the Board of
Regents.
PR. “Bobby” Smith. 48. owner of a cotton gin and a cotton
seed processing plant in addition to his 1000-plus acre farm,
was sworn into the Board of Regents last month and already
has been to his first Regents' meeting.
Smith said he did not have any preconceived ideas about the
board and did not know enough yet to take a stand one way or
the other on issues like the Ft. Valley desegregation order
facing the board.
"I'm not a crusader," he said. “I’m not carrying the banner
for any radical causes."
SMITH is the only member of the board with a close
connection to agriculture, though, and he said that a lot of
people would probably see him as representing agribusiness
But he said he is interested in all areas "I’d like to see all
schools increase their scope and depth to continue the
progress of the last 25 years," he said
Smith said the University System needed to stay in touch
with industry. "We need to adjust the curriculum to meet
industrial employers needs," he said.
"Agriculture offers the greatest opportunity for changes
Everyday there are new seeds, new ways of growing, new
ways of harvesting,” he added
He said that agribusiness is the largest employer in the
state and would continue to grow. Smith raises cotton and
cattle on his farm and runs the largest cotton seed processing
plant in the country.
SMITH takes lint-covered seeds from the gins, cleans and
packages them for planting. (His plant processes enough seed
daily to put 6300 acres in cotton !
"The country's greatest potential is in agriculture — if
necessary, we could feed the whole world," he said.
Although the new Regents, — also a trustee of the Christian
College near the University — has never held a governmental
post before, he has been a frequent visitor to Washington to
testify before (he Congressional agriculture committees
Smith was also greatly influenced by the late Senator
Richard Russell, one of his neighbors, who. he said "had a
real impression on me " The conservative Regent describes
himself as a Jeffersonian Democrat.
He has known Gov. Jimmy Carter ever since he succeeded
the Governor as president of the Georgia Crop Improvement
Association in 1959 He said he was meeting with Carter on
other matters when the Governor asked him what he would
think of becoming a Regent.
BollltV SMITH succeeded James Dunlap of Gainesville as
Regent from the Ninth Congressional District. Dunlap, whose
term expired in January, stayed in office until Smith was
sworn in this March.
Candidates discuss issues
of campaign on WUOG-FM
By MIKE CLARK
Assistant news editor
This year's executive slates from
Coalition and PSA spoke on WUOG-FM
last night in the second of three
broadcasts concerning the upcoming SGA
elections.
Presidential hopeful Steve Patrick of
Coalition stated "a serious lack of
innovation and commitment on the part
of SGA leadership" has resulted in the
failure of student government Patrick
cited student body President Joe
Fowler's letter to state legislators
Team is told
not to solicit
By BERNEY BACON
The activities of the Traveling Team
of Young Socialists, sponsored by the
Young Socialist Alliance and scheduled to
last through Friday, were halted when
the four members were ordered to stop
selling and soliciting on University
property
Allen Mellman, national field secrea-
tary of the YSA and spokesman for the
Traveling Team, said that since his
group supported themselves solely by the
sale of their literature, they had no
choice but to curtail activities and leave
the campus
Director of Student Activities, William
Powell, who ordered the selling to stop,
said the group’s activities were in
violation of state law which prohibits sale
or solicitation of any kind on state
property The YSA was also going
against a student organization's regula
tion which prohibits fund-raising for the
"personal benefit of an individual," he
said
There is a provision for fund-raising
deemed educational, philanthropic, or
beneficial to a large segment of the
University population. Powell said, but
the YSA request did not meet these
standards
(See SOCIALIST, page 2)
concerning allocations as exemplifying
the erosion of student influence
Danny Hughes, PSA's presidential
hopeful, agreed saying Fowler "has
exhibited a total disregard for the needs
and wants of the general student body
population."
Bobby Tankersley. executive vice
presidential candidate for PSA, attribu
ted "making the Student Senate the
laughingstock of the University Campus
to Coalition's "catering to the wishes of
only a few special interest groups, such
as gays or blacks or any group that is not
concerned with student welfare "
EFFORTS of the Committee of the 6000
"to end the residency requirement and
bring about improvements in dormitory
life" were endorsed by Coalition's
executive vice presidential candidate
David Bell. Students should "want to live
in dormitorites because they are
congenial, pleasant and attractive, and
not because they are forced by
University regulations to live there," he
said.
In keeping with his statement that PSA
"is dedicated toward the researching and
implementation of the ideas which
directly concern the majority of students
on this campus." Hughes proposed
revisions in the present registration
methods and the creation of an
Off-Campus Association to help solve
“problems peculiar to the off-campus
student ."
Hughes also stated PSA would "work
with the Athens merchants in establish
ing a list of those merchants who will
offer student discounts.”
Coalition will continue its "commit
ment to veterans," stated Bell, by
"marshalling" the "full force" of student
government "to assure passage” of a
veterans' scholarship bill.
BELL also stated Coalition's lobbying
efforts "to influence policies that affect
students at the Capitol and at the Board
of Regents" would be expanded He
pledged to continue voter registration
efforts and to secure legal counsel for
students
Women s group files
discrimination case
Debbie Currier, PSA's administrative
vice presidential candidate, called for
funding of women's athletics "if women
are to continue paying mandatory
student athletic fees."
Coalition's administrative vice presi
dential candidate Susan Fansler stated a
need for "a larger number of women
faculty members and administrators"
and the adoption of a single admissions
standard for both men and women.
By MITCHELL SHIELDS
The University, along with 24 other
colleges and universities, has been
charged with sex discrimination by a
national women’s rights organization.
In a complaint filed with the
Department of Health, Education and
Welfare (HEW) the Women's Equity
Action League (WEAL) charged that
since all the named institutions sponsor
chapters of Phi Delta Kappa, a
professional education society which
limits its membership to men, they are
being discriminatory against women
“Membership in the prestigious Phi
Delta Kappa society can enhance a
person's standing in the profession.
Therefore, a college or university which
sponsors an organization that denies
women the participation in and the
benefit of educational and professional
activity is in violation of Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972," a press
release from WEAL says.
TITLE IX says, in part, that "No
person in the United States shall, on the
basis of sex, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of,
or be subjected to discrimination under
any education program or activity
receiving Federal financial assistance ”
The WEAL release also says that
WEAL, in its letter of complaint,
requested HEW to send a letter
immediately to the President of each of
the 25 institutions requesting them to
sever all connections with Phi Delta
Kappa.
Groups give
party planks
By ANTHONY HKALY
Assistant news editor
Proposed women's platforms of the
Coalition and the Progressive Student
Alliance (PSA) parties were brought
before a meeting of the University's
WOMEN Tuesday night by presidential
candidates Steve Patrick and Danny
Hughes.
Appearing with PSA's platform chair
man Jim Langford, Hughes told the
audience that his party supported
converting a resident hall into a women's
graduate dormitory, conversion of other
halls into married housing units, funding
of women’s athletic sports, and providing
a health advisement manual to all
students.
Patrick, who appeared with executive
and administrative vice-presidential can
didates David Bell and Susan Fansler.
defined Coalition's positions along with
Fansler.
ALSO PROPOSED was expansion of
women's course offerings, investigating
the University's career counciling service
for alleged discriminations, arranging
free pap tests for women at Univerity
Health Services, setting up an abortion
loan fund, distributing contraceptive
information, making athletic and physi
cal education facilities more available to
women, funding women’s teams by the
Athletic Association, and having self-
determination for dormitory residents
(See WOMEN, page 2
HOWEVER. PRESIDENT Davison s
secretary said that no such communica
tion has been received from HEW
Dr Horace Hawn, assistant professor
of elementary education and Phi Delta
Kappa area coordinator for Georgia, said
that in the past years the question of
admitting women has become a "serious
concern” with Phi Delta Kappa
But. he said, a white paper prepared on
the subject by the Phi Delta Kappa
national headquarters indicates they do
not feel they would lose a court suit.
Lawyers have investigated the situa
tion. the white paper says, and could find
Capsule news £
Fee deadline extended
SGA has extended the April 1st deadline for student activity fee allocations
requests to April 13th at 5 p m
All organizations requesting allocation of student fees should turn in their proposed
budgets totheSGA office in Memorial.
According to the Allocations Committee, money left in each activities account on
June 30 will be called back to a contingency fund.
This year's requests will be reviewed by a seven member committee with final
responsibility for approval resting with the Dean of Student Affairs
The approved allocations will be for the fiscal year which runs from July 1. 1973.
to June 30. 1974
County cleanup help needed
Volunteers are needed this weekend to participate in a massive cleanup project to
help the city crawl out from under the debris left bv the tornado
Volunteers are instructed to meet at the Old Fairground across Hawthorne Street
from the YMCA at 8 a m on Saturday and Sunday The uniform of the day will be
old clothes and gloves tools will be provided, as will be Army Reserve trucks for
hauling debris
Inside the paper today
GUEST SPEAKER — Hans Heine. German broadcast official, spoke at a seminar on |
international communications See page 3
‘no basis under existing statutes for
prohibiting such discrimination insofar as
not advancing membership to other than
males.”
"WE FIN'D,” the paper continues, "the
applicable statutes are directed toward
the problems of employment, equal pay
and so forth ”
In 1971 and 72 similar cases were
brought to court in Michigan and New
York, respectively, and in both carses the
courts ruled that discrimination can exist
"only in employment" and that "public
accomadations." such as Phi Delta
Kappa, do not fall under the discrimina
tion laws, the white paper says.
Area eligible for
disaster funding
By FRAN FULTON
City editor
Clarke County, along with other
tornado stricken areas, is now eligible for
federal assistance, due to a decision
made by the federal Office of Emergency
Preparedness and announced by Gov.
Jimmy Carter yesterday
The seven counties in the path of the
storm have been declared a disaster area
and victims are now eligible for federal
money in the form of one year’s rent-free
housing, grants to individuals, and low
interest loans. The disaster area status
will also permit federal relief agencies to
work closely with state agencies at relief
centers, such as the one at the Lyndon
House, which were established by the
Governor,
“This is as rapidly as the federal
government has ever acted in an instance
such as this," the Governor said, noting
that the money would not be a "gift" but
would come from the "insurance" paid
by Georgians in the form of federal
taxes.
TWO COUNTIES — Henry and Oconee
— that were not originally included in the
request for relief aid have also been
awarded disaster area status. According
to Civil Defense estimates, Rockdale
County, which includes Conyers, was
hardest hit by the storm, followed by
Clarke County, which registered a total
of over 123 million in financial damage
MOVIES — The University Union has several new movies for next week See page 2 |
for the preview
MUSIC - The Athens barbershop quartet will sing here Saturday night See page 2
The northwest Georgia counties hit by
floods earlier in March were also
declared disaster areas yesterday and
will be eligible for similar aid.
Exactly how much money will be
channeled into Clarke County is
impossible to determine, according to
Doug Cummings, an assistant to the
Governor.
"MOST OF the relief will be in the
form of grants and loans,” he said. "The
important event was having the counties
declared a disaster area.”
To Athens Mayor Julius Bishop, the
decision means that revenue sharing
money, already stretched thin by cuts in
the budgets of local social service
agencies, will not have to be expended
for disaster relief.
"There is no way to visualize (the costs
of) a thing of this kind," the Mayor told
the City Council Tuesday night before the
federal decision was announced "It's
going to take a lot of money. If the
county is not declared a disaster area,
the tornado may have eaten up our
revenue sharing," he said.
CIVIL DEFENSE figures released
Monday pegged the damage done to
Clarke County at $23.8 million A total of
189 homes were completely destroyed
and 525 were damaged, while 19
businesses were demolished and 39
damaged
Photo by RICK DUNN
Boone speaks at King raiiy
Crowds ol up to 200 people or more look off part of the day yesterday to attena a rally
commemorating the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
Speakers such as the Rev. J. E Boone iabove) spoke to the students concerning Martin
Luther King and the black's struggle in the United States today The rally began with
recordings of the speechs of King and included songs by fhe Pamoja choir and a dance
by a group of black women Boone said that King would be unpopular with the
establishment today because he "would not stand for the injustice being done ”
