stu Volume 68
N umbe r 96
Utah State University ,
July l 9, 1971
4 pages
Newcoach
Plain hitshead-on into fans' sparks By Preston Peterson
Picking a coach is like marriage, no matter who you pick it ls never good enough for the family. Utah State's choosing or T. L. Plain as head basketball coach has caused sparks to fly in the
usually mildewing town of Logan. Plain, a frlen(\ly southern gentlemen, is looked
go "anypla ce thete ts a good basketbalJ player." At that press con!e rence Plain was very forcefull too in saying that he 11won't make major Inroads into the present program." Plain praised the tradition that Anderson had established at Utah State and said that the style of play wouldn't
change that much.
upon by the supporters of Dale Brown and Dutch
Belnap as a foreigner who will devistate the USU basketball program with his you all's instead of the familiar wallsville. KENTUCKY EXPERIENCE Plain in reality ts a 1950 graduate of Western Kentucky University who has had nine years of
coaching experience in co llege 00.sketball. A native of Sacramento, Kentucky, Plain started In collegiate basketball as head coac h and athletic director at Kentucky Wes leyan College. He preceeded this with 13yearsasahigh sc hool coach .
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record with 11 district and sectional victories, 5 regional champions hips and three finished in
essential part of his plans. He c laimed that a fast break offense could still be run from a fUll co urt or half court press. LaDell Anderson's practice of not recruiting jwtior college players should continue. Plain said from the junior college ranks it would be limited and "l o !i ll individual positions only." TASK OF ASSISTANTS
At Kentucky Wesleyan, Plain compiled a 63-34 tn four years.
Choosing assistant coaches will be Plain' s first task. The new Aggie coac h said that "I need a coach from the area/' and that he would like to "sell coaches Brown and Belnap on staying." An event which isn't likely to happen. Plain said that he had no commitments on assistant coaches from Kentucky, but with the likely hood of Brown and
state basketball championships.
NEW AGGIE COACH - T . L. Plain spoke to a crowd of newsmen and interested persons last week .
PRESSING DEFENSE The biggest change in playing sty l e should be the pressing defense. Plain said that this ts an
TOP RECRUITER
Belnap staying on being next to nothing it is l ogica l
When Plain's qualifications are mentioned rec ruiting seems to be the top on the list. Plain recruited ABA star Dan Issel for the University of Kentucky when he was an assistant to Adolph
that the assistant Aggie coaches will have an accent to match Coach Plain. A university athletic department lsa theocracy. Once decisions have 1:>eenmade it Is no use to
Rupp.
llght it because it won•t be changed. At the risk of
During his introductio n to Aggie !ans Mon -
day, Plain ca ll ed recruiting the "backbone of a team." He said that he would attempt to "sell players in the State on Utah State," but that he would
sounding pro athletic department, I think its time everyone helped Coach Plain because its hard to fill the shoes of a l egend.
ESP expert to'search minds' indemonstrat •
Dr. Charles C. Scott, an authority on extra-sensory perception (ESP) will lecture at USU Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. According to Scott who is a medical doctor, the government should pay more attention to ESP as a means of communication. In a lecture he told a group that the Soviet Union is very mu ch interested in telepathy as a "possible medium of communication between their cosmonauts and Earth when radio communications fail." PARALLELS IDEA He noted that this parallels with the Soviet idea that an individual can be controlled by ESP. The Soviets, he said, "are far ahead of us in studying the science of telepathic communication.'' Scott believes that there is no bound -
out a few years ago, he says, is now becoming a reality. Dr. Scott believes that some day the process of ESP will become invaluable in medical diagnosis .
USE OF SYMBOLS He uses, in his programs, a techni que involved with symbols . In his audience tests he usually employs the symbols but may also get involved in anything from diagrams to words to colors and all sorts of things , he has commented. Scott is working along the lines of acquiring ESP. "I think ESP can be acquired ," he said, "and I am working along these lines ... there's no definite way to train people; I think we all have it and that it is latent in all ofusbutwehave forgotten
come to rely on our other senses ." Scott declared that violent emotions are common ESP transmissions. INVOLVES FEAR "Most spontaneous experiences re valve around some frightening event," he said. "Predi ctions for example, are usually fore casts of catast rophies and the dreams we have about our families. It seems that ESP dreams usually involve disasters and catastrophie s and not the ni ce things in life and unfortunately fear is a potent factor in ESP." Scott has been known in his lectures to call members of the audience to help him in his "expl orations of inner space" by having them concentra te on drawn symbols, objects in sealed envelopes and music titles. There is no admission charge for Dr . Scott's lecture.
Editorial:
New"Andy"
to halt cagesuccess?
Population seminar helps teachers relate tochang By Lucy Thomas Demography (population studies) at Utah State University is "the only known seminar in the United States specifically designed for the training and teaching development of populat ion studies for use in the high school classroom/' said Dr. Yun Kim, director of the third NFS Summer Institute in
Population Studies at USU. The Institute, which runs daily from July 1 to August 25, is being conducted by the sociology department of which Dr.
So quietly youcoutdatmosthearthejawsdrop, Utah State's budding basketball program faced an abrupt halt. T. L. Plain, who will become the new "Andy" to Aggie folks had taken the Utah State basketball helm. And the muchdebated decision has already drawn fire from both sides. Goodbyes were not said to Dutch Benap and Date Brown. And if they leave , alt s.emblance of the once-outstanding coaching trioka leaves, too. USU washed out its basketball program when a house- cleaning was certainty not needed. Indeed, if anything was not needed it was this vacuuming of the coaches. The hour glass will tel1 if Frank Williams made the right choice. And believe me , he'U be griUed right down to the bones if Plain turns this winning team into a loser ... or even a medio cre bunch. Andy, Dale and Dutch had too much going for them to be dismantled now. If anyone's ever been on the interrogating seat , Plain is front and center. Cache County folks give basketbaU as much attention as they do themselves. If there's anything here that gets the Barber-Shop gossip pole going, it's basketball. Andy was beloved. Dale and Dutch were household names. Now, which may be a major mistake, they're ju st memories. WRONG MOVE MADE The thinking here, which is just speculation, is that Anderson himself put Plain in the coaching box. And one simple word could have changed that. Andy failed to support one ca ndidate when he .stepped down. He supported them both ... which was probably the downfaU of both Brown and Belnap. Had he distinguished one of the two ... despite hurting one's feelings ... it would have been nothing less than a formality to elevate him to the vacant position. I hope that both men stay on as assistants ... providing Plain will have them. But as it usuaUy goes in situations like this, Plain will bring in one of his own and ask one to stay. Losing Andy was plenty, losing Dutch or Dale would hurt even more. ONE YEAR TRANSITION The coaching transition should take the 1971-72 year to iron itself out . Obviously, USU cage patrons were counting on that year to be THE year ... the give-UCLA-the-runfor-it season. Plain probably won't know when to play certain people in certain situations ... like Ron Hatch against a short forward or Terry Wakefield against a zone defense or Ken Thompson against a fuU court press. It will likely take the better part of a year to open his eyes to everyone's ability. And then there's the talented crop of freshmen. Maybe Richard Haws doesn't want to play for anyone but Dutch Belnap. Maybe Jimmy Jones decided on USU because ofDale Brown's recruiting genius. What if Lafayette Love doesn't fit into Ptain's scheme of coaching? I'm glad he's coac h , not me. IT'S HISTORY So now the history and future of USU basketbaU rests in the hands of T. L. Plain ... a man who perhaps doesn't even know who Nate Wiliams is. He'll have three months to prepare a program before practice begins ... hardly enough time to get situated to a community, a team and his inclivictual working relations with the USU athletic people. I have nothing against Plain. He must produce and he knows it. If he doesn't he'U hit the road and fast. But I do wish to lodge one formal complaint: - -Here is a basketbaU program reputed among the nation's finest. The foundation of the success was poured by LaDett Andersen and :nurtured by Date Brown and then Dutch Belnap. They are responsible for the Nate Williams', the Bob Lauriski's, the Jeff Tebb's and the Jim Boatwright's. They -wrought this community's basketball love to what it is. They built a new arena that houses the greatest names and teams in the nation. They ARE basketball at Utah State. But then, Adolf Hitler wasn't satisfied with Germany , either. And you see what happened to him . Greg Hansen 1971-72 Editor
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Kim is an associate professor. The purpose of the course is to "provide up-to-date information and interpretations relating to world, national and local population problems and help high school teachers integrate this material into high school socia l problems and social science curri cula. "
FEW POPULATIONSTUDIES Until about ten years ago, explained Dr. Kim, there were very few opportunities to study population areas in secondary s chools. There is an increasing amount of interest in not only the population explosion, but also in the "shifts of populations from rural to urban areas with resulting 'massing' of population in our cities, problems of our aging population, our youth populations, etc." Lack of materials , substantial courses in population at universities , and hesitancy of teachers to sele ct a course of significant numerical content have contributed to the general lack of knowledge in secondary schools on population studies.
TO ORIENT TEACHERS A portion of the Institut e wi II orient the teachers with basic information about population studies by providing "substantive information on current population trends and their impli cations, and ... general orientation tothetechnique of measuring and analyzing population." Four courses (12 credits) are taught for these purposes: Sociology 154, 289, 203, and 207. In addition, there will be seven special sessions dealing with teaching methods and materials. The concluding section will deal, possibly, with hypothetical solutions to some of the world's population problems. Dr. James Mapstone from the State University of New York , is the guest full-time staff member teaching with Dr. Kim. other instructors from USU are Dr. Don Smellie, instructional media ; Dr. Richard Knight, micro-teaching with video taping; Dr. James Shaver from the Bureau of Educational Researchi and Dr. There! Black, head of the Sociology Department.
SPECIAL LECTURES Special lecturers during August will be Dr. Sidney Goldstein, chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Brown University, and Dr. Charles F. Westoff from Princeton University and the executive director of the Presidential Commission on Population Growth and the American Future . Dr. Goldstein will be here for two weeks and Dr. Westoff , who will hold one open lecture seminar for the public , will be at USU for three days. Of over 700 applications submitted this year, only 1 out of every 23 could be accepted, Dr. Kim stated, which shows the rapidly increasing rate of interest in demography in the
United States.
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Lyric Repertory toopen 'HayFever', lastofthree summer plays toopen The title of "Hay Fever," the next attraction at the Old Lyric Repertory Theatre opening on July 22, has no bearing at all on the plot of the play. It was written by Noel Coward , the pr oli fic English playwr ig ht- actor composer- dire cto r . It was first
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done i n London and quickly brought to New York for i ts American debut , which was a smashing success in 1925. It is considered to be one of the most delightful comedies in
the English language and one which anyone and everyone will enjoy.
themselves in quite a tangle of predicaments. The bewildered people conclude that their hosts are somew hat mad, or, at least, very near to it. In the midst of a domestic quarrel "scene,,, they quick ly steal away unnoticed by
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ing Jar ce -comedy evolves around the Bliss famil y - a family of eccentrics -- and a weekend in their countr y home. The mother plays the role of a retired actress who
cannot
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for get
her
stage roles , and comp ulsi vely turns every conversation and incident of her daily life into a "scene" from her past repertoir e of pla ys. The recurring joke is that Mrs . Bliss is given to theatri ca l effects and under the stress of any emotion begins to spout banal lines from banal plays before she r ealizes what she is doing , and the unconcern ed members of her family pick up her cues. The father is a novel writer of sorts. The son and daughter are the results of parental blockheadedness . The plot begins to thi cken when it i s discovered that each memb er of the family has invited weekend gues ts .. and none to the pleasure of the others. The guests arr ive, a rather strange lot , too ... and find
any of the Bliss fami ty. This "Hay Fever" produces no sniffles, sneezes or tears - - only happy laughter. It is a funny jamboree, a play of hoot and horse-play ... it tickles the funnybone.
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The last original public building in Mendon, west of Logan, is being kept "country sty le" by a group of conce rn ed citizens. The building, which is presently called the Jim Bridger Country Trade, was originally the old Mendon railroad station. ''lt was the old Bamburger Line at first, then it was the utah- Idaho Central. The Mendon kids used to ride the t r ain to school in Wellsville," Richard Watkins, head of the company who leases the store sta ted. In remodeling, records from the railroads that had occ upied the building were foWld in the attic. Since that time it has been used as the city post office until the post office department was recently moved in to the schoo l bui Iding adjacent to the store. According to Watkins, the purpose of starting the business was to help the economy in Mendon and to establish a business that would fit in with the atmosphere in the town. The store is still in the process of being remodeled but already stacks of goods, an old Fr ank lin stove, and sca les to measu re candy sates can be seen in the decor. The owners say they are attempting to stock everything the way it was in grandpa's day. "We are not after the tourist trade," Watkins added. 11 We want the valley folk to come and trade with us ." Watkins says that he hopes that after the threeyear lease held by the store runs out , that the building will be converted into a muse um and libr ary to help preserve even more the old-ti me atmosp here displayed there.
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Ambassador Utah State will pr esent an honorary doctor's degree to His Excellency Dr. Amir As ian Afshar, Iranian Ambassador to the United · States, at a special AilUniversity Convocati on July 22, USU President Glen L. Tag gart annoW1ced re cently. The degree will be awarded at 8 p.m . in the Chase Fin e Arts Center Theater. Att endance wili be by invitation but a block of tickets has been r ese r ved for students and ar e available at the USU ticket office. "The designati on of Dr. Afsha r for this honor is a de serv ed acknowledgment of his humani tarian service and his esteemed efforts in promotin g goodwill between the United States and Iran " Dr . Taggart stated. D~ring the past half ce ntury in which Utah State has had close association with Iran , numerous Iranian students have att ended USU and many USU alumnu s now occupy positions of im portance in the Iranian government. The university has also sent contract technicia ns to Iran to assist with agri cultural improvements by pro viding te chni cal assistance. In honoring the Iranian ambassador Utah State University provides 'yet another connecti ng link of friendship between Utah and Iran. Dr. Afsha r is the second (ranian to receive an honorary degree from USU. Dr. ArdeshirZahedi 1 a 1950 graduate of USU and currently Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs was awarded an honorary doctor hrlawt in 1960. President Taggart will conduct the convocation which will feature speeches by Dr. Afshar and Pres. Emeritus Darryl Chase. Dr. Afshar began his government career in 1948 when he joined the Foreign Service. Since that time he has serve_d_in nu~-
to be honored Adjutant to His Imperial Majesty Shahanshah of Iran; Irani an Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly; Ministe r Extraordinair and Pleni potentiary; Iranian Ambassador to Austria; chairman of the Board of the Governors of the Atomic Energy, Vienna 1 Austria; and accredited Ambassador of Ir an to Mexico. He has received decorations fr om Austria, Denmark 1 France, Germany 1 Holland 1 Jordan and Thailand , plus numerous Iranian deco ration s . Among his publications are " Study of the Constitution of the Ger man Reich, " "Ways and Means of Ir an's Participation in International Organization,'' "God Created the World," "Th e Dutch Built Holland," and " Report on America." He received his doctorate degr ee in political sc ience fr om the University of Vienna. Dr. Afshar is marri ed to the form er Camille Saed, and the couple has two children . vil
A. Asian Afshar Iranian Delegate to the AsianAfrican Confere nce; Deputy to the 19th and 20th Session of the Iranian National Assembly; Ci-
THE MUSICIANS AND CAST of "Carnival" begin the final week of rehearsing before a five-night production of the Broadway musical. Pictured above with the puppets is Winnie Skidmore . "Carnival" is this year's offering by the USU Summer Opera Workshop . The show will be on the stage of the Fine Arts Center concert hal I each night at 8 p. m . beginning July 27 and ending July 31.
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Footballfield
Crews break upsoilbase The a thl etic department has turn ed a football field with a base like cement to an exce llent soil base, according to Nog Hans en, assistant athletic dire cto r . Han sen sta t ed that the problem fie ld was surveyed by the Utah State enginee r s and soil pe ople headed by Al Bishop who tested the soil and irrigation of the area. They found, immediately under th e sod, pacted soil so hard that the water would not pen et rat e. Since that time, c r ews hav e br oke n up the base, pul ve ri zed it and th en mixed it with hundred s of tons of manure and th en mul-
FIELD RE-SODDED - Problems in keeping the turf up led Utah State soil men to discover o ce ment-like turf which has rece ntly been redone.
HELP L[NE - Need someone to talk to? Ca ll help-line 7523964 from 7 p. m. to 1 a. m.
Tournament tennis champs announced P HI DELTA
Iri ck
won the
singles
title and the team of Davidson and Powers won the doubles title ln l ast week's lnt ramuralstennis
I vs. Math n. Field II - 5: 30: Upward Bel. II vs. Math I.
Field II - 6:30 : SkanckyGang vs. King and His Court. Bye - Math Ill
tournament. Ir ick defeated Neal Davidson in the finals. Iri ck uses a fast first service and a c ra zy spin se r vice to frustrate his opponents. It is very bad for the ego when the ball bounces crazily up and down and you are batting for it wildly. Davidson and Powers won the
doub les title over Shadbolt Tob ler.
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Intramural volleyball competition is moving into its third week.
The schedule inc ludes:
July 21 Beach Bums vs. Math Inst.
Upward Bet vs. Fred's Boys July 28 Beach Bums vs. Upward Bd. Fred's Boys vs. Math Inst. Aug. 4 Beach Bums vs. Frecl's Boys
Upward Bound vs. Math Inst. Aug. 11 Beach Bums vs. Math Inst. Upward Bd. vs. Fred's Boys Intramural softball moved into its final week with the Aggie All-Stars and King & His Court as the top contenders. Schedule for July 20: Fie ld I - 5:30: Aggie AllSta r s vs. Math IV. Field I - 6: 30: Upward Bound
KAPP A
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Vincent Rogers from the University of Connecticut, will speak on July 20 at noon in UC, room 208. He has had a considerable amount of experience in co n nection with the British Infant Schoo l System. He is cond uct ing a workshop in Elementary Education and will be spending a week wl th the faculty of the Edith Bowen School. He will discuss some of the newer co nce pt 6 in education with emphasis on the openschooiandthe human ization of educatio n.
National nutritionleader oncampus this week Dr. Helen A. Hunscher, distinguis hed natio na l leader in the fie ld of materna l and child nutrition, will be on campus at utah State July 19-23 to teach the first week of the uMaternal and Child Nutrition Workshop ." The workshop will be held 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday Jul y 19-30. The second week of inst ru ction will be given by Dr. Et helwyn B. Wilcox, head of the USU Food and Nutrition Department, and Bonita Wyse, USU Food and nutrition staff. Dr. Hunscher, professor and chairman of the Depar tm ent of Home Economics at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, is a past pre sident of the American Dietetic Associatio n. In 1970 she presented t he L. F. Cooper Memorial lecture at the national ADA convention. Among her other honors is the
M.H. Copher Memoria l Award bestowed on her by the ADA. In part It stated : "to her brilliant abilities in research, teaching and writing, she adds vision, the touch of genius and inspirationa l leadership which transforms movement to improve human well-being." The workshop course will include maternal and chi ld nutrition as affec ted by biochemical, physiological, psycho logica l, socio logical and economica l changes. Acco r ding to Dr. Wilcox , organic chemistry and physiology are prerequisites for the workshop. One credit may be ea rn ed for attendance the first week, and thr ee c r edits for attendance both weeks. Fo r further information on the workshop Dr. Wilcox may be contacted at USU, Food and Nutrition Department.
by PhilFt-ank
football field.
The sod was repla ced Wednesday afternoon after crews had worked on the problem field for about a week and a half. Hansen said they also plan to purchase a co ver for the area to aid in further protection.
ON CAMPUS
lntramurals
Jeff
ched it together. According to Hansen this hlse is excellent for sod to grow and unless there is extremely heavy rain the soil will take care of it. Anothe r advantage of the redone field, according to Ken Mitche ll , sports information dire ctor I is that the field will now have an excellent contour which is necessary for any good
NEW HOURS FOR HPERBuild-
ing - Beginning today the HPER building will c lose at 6 p. m. Monday through Friday. Saturday hours will be from 9 a.m. to noon.
NO HOLIDAY - There will be no hoHday on either the Fr iday before or the Monday after July 24. School will be held as usual. SUMMER
RECREATION
There will be a paddleball tournament for boys and gir ls start ing July 21. A golf tournament will begin July 29 in Smithfield at 1 p.m. for both boys and gir ls. All golfers whether beginners or pros are urged to participate. Prizes will be given for various golfin g skills. Sign up in the Intramural Ot'flce 126. MEDITATORS ~ Anyone who pra ctices Trans ce ndental Meditation is wel come to come to a gr oup meditation this Wednesday at 145 N. 500 W. at 8 p.m. VOLLEYBALL
ICE CREAM SOCIAL - There will be another Ice Cream Socia l on Tu esday at 12:30 p.m. on th e UC Plaza. ROCK DANCE - A Rock Dance will be held Thursday at 8 p. m. on the UC Plaza. In case of bad weather it will be in the ballroom . There is noadmlsslon char ge.
SCHEDULE
The intramural volleyba ll sum~ mer schedule is as follows : July 21 - - Aggie All-Sta r s vs. Math Institute. Iranian Students vs. Fred's Boys. Beach Bums vs. Iranian Students (6:30)
July 28 Beach Bums vs. Math Institute Fred's Boys vs. Aggie AllStars Iranian Students vs. Fred's Boys (6:30)
Math Institut e vs. Aggie AllStars (6:30)
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Deadline: Tuesday 3 p.m. before date desired lott&foundfN•-~-
LOST - One wallet taken from purse July 13. If found please co ntact Shari at 752-3706 after five or return to the information desk. FOR SALE: 16 n. Day Sailor. Includes trailer, 3 sails, 22 ft. mast. $400 752-3267 STEREO Repai r s, custom built speakers. We take particular pride in our speakers. All types of stereo's r epaired. Call Dave Allen , 752-0384.
Monday: Go Go Girl, "Dancing Sam" Tuesday: 11 Crystal" Wednesday: Live Music, 11 Father Sky"