Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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student and faculty alike term registration where are the b's suposed to be? oh sure, look at the line. this is unreal: it's worse than last year. student number? listen, i can't remember it, but i can tell you my name it that would help. excuse me, but that's my toot you're stand- ing on. english l02 can't be closed out: i'm graduating this quarter and i've got to have it. so what it i pulled advanced weight litting? i've been having trouble at biggio anyway. needless to say, tall registration was hell! students and faculty alike termed it disastrous, disorganized, and dis- combobulated. criticism was directed primarily at the chaos caused by this new method. This was the tirst experience with computer registration during tall quarter and many students telt it was in essence a tailure because there was not ample time to pick up schedules and pay tees. the head ot the registration committee admitted that the heat was unbearable, the conditions pathetic and deplorable. naturally many suggestions tor improved registration were immediately otiered. according to albert killian, registrar, the new tield house, it available, will be used tor registration tall quarter of I968. it not, registration and payment ot tees will be completed by mail. campus drives committee seemed to have the winning suggestion, though, when they proposed that registration be combined with the blood drive. brice james, committee chairman said, as long as you're drain- ing students, you might as well drain them etticiently. dean ot admissions herbert hawlrins and registrar albert lrillian work diligently to improve '68 registration. I file ,as 4 disastrous . . . disorganized . . . discombobulated. 26

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in auburn university student body prior to becoming president ot auburn university, harry philpott had attended only one auburn tootball game at which he cheered for the other side. in addition to being anti-auburn, he was an ordained baptist minister, who always wanted to teach religion but never had a church. what emerges from the background ot this previously misguided man? none other than auburn's president who tinds his church in the university with a membership ot over l2,000 students. He not only inspires his most enthusiastic congregation at a wreck tech pep rally, but also feeds the freshman multitudes on his lawn each tall. with the expected increase ot his already large congre- gation to 20,000 by I975, president philpott sees the in- dividual sutdent as his main concern. therefore he plans to recruit and maintain the best possible taculty and reduce class size. this interest in the student comes naturally to the amiable president who says that he has learned to love auburn because the spirit ot the students is tound every- where and is unlike that anywhere else. friendly as the cry ot war eagle in tiger territory, president philpott exclaims at the mention ot his own warmth to students, i put on shoes just like everybody else. as vice-president of academic affairs, dr.-wiltord s. bailey works with an open-door policy tor students as head ot the instructional program. dr. ben lanham, vice-president in charge of research, envisions use of Sli million research budget. i , , .. l dr. fred robertson, vice-president ot extension, ponders plans 'For auburn university's tour-year college in montgomery. 25

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disastrous, disorganized, and discombobulated ernesf a. phillips, bursar and william +. ingram, business manager, fake a break from universiiy finances. . ,, k,'- .ew ss s I i clwaoiic compufer regisirafion. 27