THE DAILY' NEBRASKAN'
"Yhurs'day, October 23, 1947
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an epreB.i.n of student nr find opinion only. Arrnrdlnf. In . rtlrlo II of inn ny
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'II in he declared policy of (he Hoard that puhllratl m under It j.irUdiellon .hall
be free from edltorlnl censorship on the part of the Board, or on the part of any
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ID1T0RIAI. STAFF
Pake Novotny
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Ne rMUor. Jeanne" rirlKan. NonVlurr. W.lly Becker, tub Clem. Tot tie nddoek
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El'KINKSS STAFF
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. . ' Jack Seller
!bhI Wilkin. Merle Madlrr, Irwin Chenen
Itn.lne. Manaper
Circulation Manager
Aallnnt Bunlnen Manager
F.d Note: The opinion expressed hy eohimnlsts In The Pally Nebrakan do not
erearily represent those of the I nlverslly or The Dally Nchrnskan.t
Sidewalks or Lawsuits
Campus improvement on Ag were quite numerous
over the summer months, and students hailed the final
realization of several long needed construction jobs. New
sidewalks were laid and oil roads were resurfaced. It seems
regrettable to this writer that the campus improvements
did not include the replacement of several sidewalks which
are in a bad state of repair.
A glaring evample of a walk in this condition is the
one leading from Ag Hall to the bus stop. It would be a
comparatively easy thing to step in one of the wide cracks
which appear in this particular stretch and come up with
a broken ankle. The walk mentioned is especially bad due
to the- large number of students who pass that way in a
hurry trying to make the "quarter of" bus.
This oversight is not the fault of the Student Faculty
Board. Dean Burr stated that he has made recommenda
tions as to these needed repairs but that nothing had
materialized as yet. Whether the job was too big for the
funds allocated we do not know. If finances are the trou
ble we feci sure that the replacements would be undoubted
ly cheaper than one damage suit resulting from injury to
some student. Students and faculty are thankful for the
improvements made, but this does not cover up the fact
that something needs to be done about present walks.
K. F.
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Free T(Hfth Reneravtion
nv TORCI1E REDIGEU
Over KKG way there is Little
Sally "Birdie" Keeker who is con
stantly being kidded about how
skinny she is. One of her sisters
was overheard to say the other
day that Birdie would never be
able to play archery for fear that
she might be mistaken for the
arrow.
Question of the Week
Is it really as teady deal be-,
tween Tri Dolt June Fislar, and
Phi Gam Squat Myers? If so why
did Squat call Alpha Chi Jo Jesse
for a coke date just this week?
Watch These Couples
John Peck Phi Gam and Lou
Eiler Tri Delt seem to have found
an interest in each other and plan
to date each other quite a bit.
Marilyn Nelson AOPi anl Joe
Sauchez have even decided to go
steady already. Quick work kids!
Going to the Phi Delt House par
ty Friday night will be Sue
Samuelson and Tom Shea, Jane
Hale and Dave Davis. Oh-these
popular dorm girls.
Flash!! News has just been re
ceived that a couple familiarly
seen on campus last year were
secretly married in July in South
Dakota namely Al Bush, Tau
and Barb McKinley, Gamma Phi.
Coming back to that sad subject
of break-ups! Barb Dunn KKG,
has decided to end here steady
deal with Phi Delt Dale Hatch.
Guess she likes the free life, eh
Barb!
Another sad boy who seems to
have gotten the brush off this
week is Don Smith from Janet
Kahn, Alpha Phi. Even though
Marilyn Lowe and Boots Gardner
made the break-up a couple weeks
ago they are still dating one an
other as they have a date for
the Mo. game.
Break-Up
We hear there are possibilities
of a break-up between "practic
ally steadies" Bev Owens, Towne
Club, and Bob Watson. Maybe
those reserved football seats will
link them back together.
At a candy passing at the SDT
house, the girls jumped to con
clusions and started congratulat
ing two "possibles" whose names
were read only to find out the
event was really in honor of the
engagement of alum Mary Arbit
man and Marvin Feld of Omaha.
Pot Saout announced her engage
ment to George Sweeney by pass
ings of the sweets to Towne Club
Monday night.
A certain Tassel really puts her
heart into the yells for the young
er Fischer brother. Can't you hear
her calling, Kenny?
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Kme Snturriay. Bill Starka, 2-J709.
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LOST Blue Ksterhrook pen. In or near
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ROOM StudVnt desirinR to share double
room call 5-8S68 after 3:30 p. m.
FOR SALE Kensinptnn double breasted
tux. Size 3. Like new. Max Hay ward,
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FOR SALE Double decker bunk beds.
Wood with sprinpa and mattresses.
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Court. Nellie Speidcll. Telephone 3-5480.
LOST Lor Lop Dccltrip slide rule In
Avery lab Thurs. Reward! Clayton
Sumpter, 241 No. 12th St.
WANTED University pirl to share larpe
attractive room in pood location. Phone
3-2354.
GIRL students We hHve an openinp for
experienced diniup room help. Short hours.
Tillman's Grill, 118 S. 11th.
MALE university student interested in
single basement room. Cooking privi
leges. See E. R. DALEY, 1517 No. 33rd.
1MB OPERATORS Supervised by H. M. Cox, director of the bu
reau of instructional research, demonstrate the machines as used
on university registration cards to the Daily Ncbraskan reporter.
IBM Machines Speed Up
Grading System; No Errors
Reports while they are slill J and revisions indicated by in
warm that is the long suit of ; structors. A copy of these see
the IBM service as applied to
university registration and grad
ing reports.
Accuracy must be the prime
consideration in recording regis
tration 'data. Dr. F. V. Hoover,
assistant to the director of ad
missions, emphasized. Without
the IBM machines, time consum
ing multiple records had to be
kept for cross reference to catch
clerical errors.
With the IBM system, operated
by the bureau of instructional
research under the direction of
H. M. Cox, rosters, grade reports,
and permanent records may all be
prepared accurately, quickly and
at the time needed. Information,
once correctly punched onto IBM
cards, may be printed innumer
able times onto lists and indivi
dual reports without error.
Real Merit.
Both Cox and Hoover empha
sized that the real merit of the
system is the saving of time and
effort where it counts. Much
registration routine can be re
moved from peak periods. All
data except for the student's
name can be put on class cards
long before registration begins.
With the machines a small staff
can handle the rush at registra
tion time and during the prepa
ration of periodic rosters and re
ports. About 90,000 IBM cards are
now filed in Cox's office. These
may be sorted to give systematic
lists for a variety of purposes.
The machine does this with a
single operator in but a fraction
of the time required for clerical
separation.
First Test.
The first full scale test was the
preparation of summer grade re
ports. These were available with
in ten days after the term ended.
Already this fall', two complete
sets of class rosters have been
prepared. The first were given
department heads for distribution
the Monday following registra
tion. The second set included late
registrations, all drop and adds
STUDENTS-FACULTY
HAVE YOU TRIED
MAIN DINING ROOM
STUDENT UNION
Restaurant Service 11:00-1:00
Monday Friday
For prompt service come before 12:00
Prices same as in the Cafeteria
ond rosters will be returned by
the instructors with final changes
indicated for the printing of his
grade report sheets.
Grade reports and permanent
records for the registrar's file
will be printed with IBM ma
chines. Grades for all courses carried
by a student during the semester
will be printed on a single report
form which, in time, will replace
the unofficial credit books now
used as registration aids.
Machines Aid Directory.
Student directory listings were
prepared for the Student Foun
dation as soon as the first rosters
were distributed. This required
a completely alphabetized list in
cluding every student registered.
The first try at the directoiy
list proved the machines not infal
lible. An error in wiring the
bookkeepiing machine put a zero
in place of the last figure of all
telephone numbers.
Even though superhumanly in
telligent the machines are suscep
tible to errors of the human mind.
Each student registered re
quires two different cards for his
personal data and one for each
of his classes. In all there are
about seventy thousand class
cards, each identifying the stu
dent and giving the complete des
cription of the course. Twenty
one file drawers are needed to
hold class cards alone.
Seven Machines.
Seven machines of four dis
tinct types are used by the bu
reau to punch and interpret the
cards. Four are punching de
vices', one an automatic sorter,
and two are different types of
reading and printing machines.
Three of the punches are key
board machines operating in the
manner of typewriters or adding
machines. The fourth is a du
plicator which will reproduce
any portion of a card desired.
This is used to punch the dupli
cate data on all the cards of any
one class section and to enter the
student's name from his master
personal card onto his individual
class cards.
Many Listings Possible.
The sorting machine will sepa
rate the cards on the basis of
any information desired. Listings
may thus prepared by classes,
alphabetically, by student num
bers, or from some special list
ing as the studen's age.
One of the reading machines
prints information on the card
from the punches in it. enabling
visual identification of the cards.
The IBM bookkeeping machine
is the central unit of the system.
As converted for general use it
can print 88 characters, 43 of
which are letters and 45 numbers.
It will print as many carbons
as desired of selected information
from punched cards fed to the
machine. In combination with
the sorting machine, rosters and
similar selective lists can be
quickly prepared by the book
keeping machine.
Application of the system to the
university's registration proced
ures is the result of eight years
preparation. Installation of the
machines and transition to the
IBM registration cards has taken
nearly 15 months.
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