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University of Georgia Wednesday, October 17, 1979 Volume 86, Number 17
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Hayden urges
economic
democracy
By SALYNN BOYLES
Assistant city editor
ATLANTA—Activist Tom Hayden,
speaking Tuesday in Central City Park.
to*d the crowd. "We have to move from
what wc have today—political democracy,
to what wc need tomorrow—economic
democracy."
Hayden and his wife. Jane Fonda, came
to Atlanta as parr of a 35-day. 50-city tour
of the country, to speak against nuclear
power and to gain support for their political
organization. Campaign for Economic
Democracy.
Hayden said the country has conic a long
way in the 20 years since he had lived in
Atlanta, hut it still faced the major problem
of obtaining economic cquulitv. “Civil
rights without economic rights is meaning
less." he said.
"There continues to be a double
standard in this country." he said citing
what he called- "the affair of Andrew
Young" as an example. "People said Andy
Young was tired ticcausc of his improper
actions." he said. "Wc were told 20 years
ago that it was improper to try and
desegregate lunch counters."
He said if the term improper applied to
Andrew Young it should also appl\ to
Senator Herman Talmadge. "Andy Young
didn't hide skimmed money in old
clothes." he said.
FONDA SPOKE of the "new move
ment" of women who arc. for the first
lime, becoming politically active, "lam so
moved by women—housew ives und secre
taries. who never thought of themselves as
members of a protest movement but have
staned knocking on doors." she said.
"Word has it that the country has moved
to the right." she said. "Don't you believe
it. The curtain of apathy has moved."
Also speaking at the rally was civil rights
worker Rosa Parks, who was arrested in
1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a
white mun on a Montgomery. Ala. bus.
Called a "catalyst of the civil movement"
of the 5()s and 60s. Parks was honored in a
proclamation from the Atlanta Citv Council
SAT scores here
still above average
Hy JOHN JOHNSON
and I*AM Mi DOUGALL
Photo by SALYNN BOYLES
Tom Hayden, Rosa Parks and Jane Fonda address crowd at Central City Park
as an out standing citi/cn.
"Sometimes famous people like Toni
und me get credit for movements." Fonda
said when introducing Rosa Parks, adding
it was nice to set* people like Parks getting
the recognition they deserved.
Parks said she would continue to
struggle against all obstacles as she did 24
years ago in Montgomery. "I believe now
as I did then that there should not be an\
obstacles in the way of living full and
fruitful lives because life is short." she
said.
She was glad to be in Atlanta, the home
of Martin Luther King Jr., to pay tribute to
the civil rights leader und others like him.
"Without them it could not have been
done." she said.
"That day in Montgomery was not the
first time I had problems on buses but it
was the first time I bad the cooperation of
DISSENTION DELAYS ACTION
20 years later: Still no preservation ordinance
the city's community leaders." she said. "I
regret that many who have fallen arc not
here to witness this day ."
The crowd of about 2000. mostly
business people on lunch breaks, seemed
basically supportive of the remarks of the
speakers. There were however, a few
people from pro-nuclear groups at the rally
holding signs saying things like "More
Nuke. Less K.*oks" and "Send Fonda Back
To Hanoi."
"I believe we need to have nuclear
power plants." said Lois Baird, an
employee of the Nuclear Assurance
Corporation, a nuclear consulting firm. She
added she felt nuclear power was
completely safe. "They build safety imo
the nuclear plants." she said
After the rails Hayden and Fonda
attended a number of private meetings
during the afternoon. They then spoke
again Tuesdas night at Atlanta’s Emory
University.
For many years the College Entrance Examination Board has reported a decline in
the national average Scholastic Aptitude Test score but the average for entering
freshmen at the University already is well above the national mean and has been rising
steadily for the past six years, aomtssions officials say
According to the board the 1479 national average dropped two points in the verbal
section and one point in the math section Irom the year before Figures compiled by tfie
admissions office show the University's freshman scores rose six points one verbal and
five math, above the entering class of 1978
The College Board said the national average SAT score for 1979 college bound high
school seniors is 844 . 427 verbal and 467 math
According to statistics recently released by the admissions office students entering
the University had an average of 1028. more than 130 points above the national average
with scores of 493 verbal and 535 math
These scores are above the state average, reported by the board as 390 verbal and 424
math ‘814 total)
As with the national trend freshman males scored higher on both sections of the test
than females, although the females have higher grade point averages than the males
Several factors contribute to this contrast in the scores. Dr Claire Swann of the
admissions office explains The l niversitv is a large state supported school, with such a
large number of applicants yearly that admissions must be selective Most students
scoring below a 900 on the SAT must be rejected, she said These students will ttien
attend state junior colleges until they are ready to transfer to this campus or will
participage in the University's special studies program Swann said
The freshman average is also raised by out-of-state students, approximately 15
percent of the class, who must present scores 100 points higher than an equally-
qualified resident of Georgia to ensure acceptance
Swann also said the University average should continue to increase because as the
University’s academic programs improve, the school receives better applicants and the
admissions office must raise its standards to ensure a proper size class
This past year the College Board's admissions testing program administered the SAT
to approximately one million high school seniors Designed to measure a student's
acquired verbal and mathematical abilities, the test results are used by college
admissions committee's to help predict a student's ability to succeed at the college
level.
In 1975 the mean score at the University was 994. with 2499 freshmen enrolled This
year's score was 1028. with 2542 freshmen enrolled The University admitted 4623
freshmen from 7072 applicants
See SCORES, p. 3
UGA Today
When Upshaw Speaks . . .
All politically minded people join
together tonight as Mayor Upshaw
Bentley will speak to the Young
Democrats at 7:30 in Room 202 of
Baldwin Hall Everyone is invited to
attend
Mahler’s Ninth
Tonight on Groat Performances.
Leonard Bernstein conducts the
Vienna Philharmonic in Mahler's
Ninth Svmohonv The Ninth has been
called Mahler'a farewell to life, and
Bernstein notes In each of the four
movements he is saying goodbye to
something " Tune in to Channel 8 at
S p m.
Also at 8, is. what else" Eight is
Enough, where one finds Nicholas
feeling responsible for all the bad
tidings bestowed on the Bradfords
after he broke a chain letter
Arts & Sciences
The Franklin College of Arts and
Sciences urges its Lower Division
students to come to Room 104 New
College for advisor assignments and
Winter Quarter pre registration advis
ing The final day for sign up will be
Friday. Oct 2b
Students are welcome to talk with
one of the ten academic advisors at
any time during the quarter for
advising needs of any nature For
more information, call 542 1412
Fdilor's note: This is the first in a scries of
three articles on historic preservation in
Athens.
Hi BETT NOKC ROSS
and STACI KRAMER
Historic preservation, planning and
/nning are complex, persistent problems
that don't change with a change in the
times.
” Athcns-C larkc County Planning and
/onmg Commission told a jam-packed
crowd of about 150 citizens last night that
their comments would be considered and
a historical residential district plan for
Milledgc Avenue would be presented to
the Mayor and Cit\ Council..."
Athens Banner-Herald, Oct. 16, 1959
"Athens City Council Tuesday night put
•iff a decision ..on a controversial proposal
to enact a historic preservation ordinance
in the city."
—The Red and Black, Oct. 4. 1979
Dcja mi. right? These articles were
written 20 years apart, but don't you get
that old haven't ! bccn-hcrc-bctorc' feel
ing? And now you're saving, "hasn't
an\thing been accomplished in 20 years?"
Well, yes and no
Who is involved in preservation in
Athens? W hy is there dissent ion? W'hat's
happened in the past? And what about the
future?
Read on.
According to Phinizy Spalding. Univer-
sity history prolessor and head of the
Historic Cohhhani Foundation, a preserva
lion movement didn't begin in Alliens until
the early I9w)s "when Hl'D (Dcpannicnt
ot Housing and Urban Development >
began demolition of Lickskillet." the
College Avenue area.
I he College Avenue redevelopment
project involved I2h acres. J"5 structures.
KM) families ami $5.5 million.
One id the endangered buildings in
Lickskillet was the Church-W’addel-Bruni-
bv House, now (he Athens Welcome
Center, h was built around IH20 and is
believed to be the oldest home in Athens
Dunks to the efforts of concerned
iiiizctis who later founded the Athens*
Clarke Heritage foundation in Jatiuarv
|9n*. and private, municipal and federal
funds the Brunihy House was saved—
moved and restored.
Hl’D's contribution, by wav of a
nuuh»ng grant, made this the tirsi
urban-renewal-funded historic restoration
project in the southeast." Ann Dure,
administrative director ot the heritage
foundation said m an article in the Spring.
|9‘ , 9. issue off The Georgia Historical
Quaricrlv.
Athens seems to be a preservationist's
paradise The many concerned include
vanous neighborhood groups: businesses:
sororities and fraternities: the University :
ciiy government: the Athens Historical
Society founded in 1959: the heritage
foundation and the Historic Cobbliam
Foundation chartered in 1977. which
began as the Cobh Hill Street Communitv
Association in 197J.
Hut with opposition to tearing down and
building up. why is there still dissent ion?
—"We all don't have .i singleness of
purpose." said Ethel Chatfui. an active
member of the heritage foundation.
—"The biggest problem confronting
Athens is deciding what thev (the citizens)
want it to he like." Ronald Ncislar Athens-
Clarke County planning director, said.
— It (preservation) is all philosophi
cal. said University journalism professor
John English, a trustee ot Histone
(obbhani Foundation, who is renovating a
house on Prince Avenue and would like to
see everyone taking pride in the commun
ity.
And then there are those who don’t
believe all buildings should be preserved.
See PRESERVATION, p. 3
Bacteria could aid production of gasohol
Hv M ARK I OT ANE
University scientists have isolated two bacteria strains which
may significantly improve the process ol fermenting glucose to
alcohol and their research could aid the nationwide push for
production of gasohol. the petroleum saving mixture of gasoline
and alcohol
Dr Lars Ljungdahl and Dr Jurgen Wiegel are researching
the physiology and metabolism - f the bacteria strains, which
live in relatively high heat without oxygen and offer advantages
over ordinary years in the fermentation process
Wiegel. a microbiologist and researcher from Germany,
found the bacteria strains in a hot spring in Yellowstone
National Park during a vacation there
In the bacterial fermentations carbohydrates are converted
to ethanol used in gasohol production, and to acetic acid, used
in the plastics industry
Fermentation using a newly discovered bacterium may have
definite advantage* over the yeast fermentation in use today,
the scientists say The new bacterium requires no oxygen and
ferments at I7n degrees Tins heal will virtually wipe out
bacteria that may contaminate yeast fermentation
In weighing the practicality of the two systems. Ljungdahl
said the bacterial systerr is easier to control Also there is a
wider source base ot . arbohydrates with the bacterial
fermentation since my thing from sweet potatoes to straw can
be used as biomass for Hie process
Using a combination ot two bacteria even fibrous material
such as paper or straw can be converted to fuel One type of
bacterium breaks the tood down to simple sugars Another
bacterium breaks the simple sugars down to ethanol and acetic
acid
Ljungdahl said using this dual bacterial system there it
enough fuel in the form of unused farm vegetation and waste
paper to equal 10 to 15 percent U S petroleum consumption.
Weigel ha a previously attempted to isolate bacteria that could
grow very high 1 •> He found two 1 h bsclffii
which produce large yields of (thanol, important to gasohol
production One ol these bacteria is not a new find, having first
been isolated in 1967 but it has never been studied to the extent
it is now
There s a lot o( work to be done and a lot of problems to be
solved before a practical application can be found to Die
production of gasohol using the bacteria." Ljungdahl said "1
think the l Diversity and the industry have to work together on
an eventual application We don’t have the resources to handle
such ilarge scale- research "
The current work came about because of an "interest in pure
basic research." Ljungdahl said He said he is first and
foremost a basic research scientist and not an applied scientist
lie's interested in "what there is in nature to observe what wc
can learn and how we can use what we've learned "
Ljungdahl said research it very important in teaching
students and to the University
The way this University can be recognized is through its
research and publications It is a great thrill for me if I can go
into the classroom and relgtc what happened that day in the
lab." ljungdahl said
Students should have the most up-to-date material available
on what is going on today in the laboratory and in the research
journals "
Women, Come Forth and Conquer!
The UGA Ad Club will hold a special meeting tonight at 7:30 in the
Forestry Auditorium Guest speaker will he Leslie Freidman ‘listed in
Who's Who Among American Women), who will present a slide lecture
on the image of women in advertising
Yes, Culture Still Lives
The Department of Drama Season Subscription Series will go on sale
today at Memorial Plaza from 10 a m to 3 p m Subscription prices are
$8 25 for students and lit 00 for non students Foi more information,
call the Box Office at 542 2838
Such a Country in the City. . .
The Atlanta Rhythm Section with Delbert McClintou will be at the
Coliseum on Oct 31 at 8 p m Tickets go on sale todax at the
Memorial Business office Sludent tickels sell for it and non-student
tickets are going for 17 Get yours now