COMPUTER FODDER
A Data Processing' Center visitor, Nancy Leach, gets a
briefing from programmer Jim Forehand about operation
of the IBM 7094, a high speed computer. Information from
9,000 cards in boxes on the left, is logged on 1,750 feet of
magnetized tape on the spool held by Mrs. Leach. A print
ing machine can spew the information back in 15 minutes.
Officers Assigned
To Air Academy
Capts. Clifford J. Trimble and
Larry M. Austin, graduate stu
dents at A&iMI, will assume teach
ing positions at the U. S. Air
Force Academy in Colorado
Springs after graduation in May.
Both are Air Force Institute of
Technology students who came
to A&M to work for their master’s
degrees.
Trimble received his bachelor’s
degree in mathematics and physics
while attending night class at the
University of Southern Mississi
ppi. His master's will be in
Computer Science, the course h?
will teach at the academy. '
Trimble has 18 years of service
in the Air Force with nine years
enlisted as a commissioned officer.
He received his commission
through "Operation Bootstrap.’’
Austin received his bachelor’s
degree in mathematics from Mem
phis State University and will
receive his master’s in mathema
tics.
Austin has nine years service
as a commissioned officer and
is a rated navigator.
Vietnam has long been famous
for the production of lacquer
made from cay son trees.
Graphics Prof Writes
John P. Oliver, professor of
engineering graphics, has pub
lished his second article this
year in the "Journal of Engineer
ing Graphics.”
Research Article
His latest research paper, "A
Solution for Three Unknown
Forces” appears in the February
issue. The project explains a
new method to solve vector prob
lems using descriptive geometry.
BATTALION CLASSIFIED
Political
Announcements
Subject to action of the Democratic
Primary May 7, 1966.
For Congressman, Sixth Con
gressional District:
OLIN E TEAGUE
(Re-Election)
For County Clerk:
FRANK J. BORISKIE
FOR SALE
FOR RENT
Allstate 60 cc three speed foot shift
scooter. 460 miles. Must sell. 846-7891.
276t3
Trailer House, furnished, air conditioned,
carpet, couple only, $65.00 a month, after
5:00 & weekends 846-6408. 274t4
1961 Corvair 600, 2 dr., $360 or best
offer. Call 846-7604 274t6
Furnished apartment, 4407 Aspen, corner
of Foch, See after 6 :00 and weekends. 274t4
STATE MOTEL, rooms and kitchen, day
and weekly rate, near the University, 846-
5410. 262tfn
1960 Metropolitan Convertible, good con
dition, $826, 1308 Skrivanek, 823-6092.
274t4
VICTORIAN
APARTMENTS
Midway between Bryan &
A&M University
• All General Electric built-ins
• 1 & 2 bedrooms with 1 or 1% baths
• Central heat & air
• Large walk-in closets
• Beautiful courtyard with swimming
pool
• Carpets & Drapes
• Carports & laundry facilities
• Furnished or unfurnished
• Resident manager. Apt. 1
401 Lake Phone 822-2036
164tfn
1966 Honda 160, used since Sept. 1966,
1800 miles. $600, 846-8666. 274t8
Two excellent air conditioners—Philco,
Friedrich, $76.00 each, 822-0473. 274tfn
WANT AD RATES
0m day 4# par word
Id Par ward aach additional day
Minimum charge—-SO*
DEADLINE
4 p.m. day before publication
Claaaificd Display
••d Par column inch
aach insertion
1961 Volkswagen with sunroof, excellent
condition, new tires. Call 822-4142 after
6 :30 p. m. weekdays. 274t4
Electrolux Sales and Service. G. C. Wil
liams, 1106 E. 28th St., Bryan. Phone
823-6331. 268tfn
Massey-Ferguson Tractor, recently over
hauled. Phone 822-3980.
CHILD CARE
EMPLOYMENT
Child care in my home, infants through
< years, 846-8317. 270t8
SPECIAL NOTICE
NOTICE
Designations as to sex in our Help Wanted
and Employment Agency columns are
made only (1) to indicate bona fide occupa
tional qualifications for employment which
an employer regards as reasonably necee-
sary to the normal operation of his businsss
.or enterprise, or (2) as a convenience to
our readers to let them know which posi
tions the advertiser believes would be of
more interest to one sex than the other
because of the work involved. Such desig
nations shall not be taken to indicate that
any advertiser intends or practices any un
lawful preference, limitation, specification
or discrimination in employment practices.
Will keep children. Fenced back yard,
near University. 846-4439. 268tl6
SUL ROSS LODGE NO. 1300 A.F. A A.M.
Called meeting, Thursday,
March 3, 7 p. m. The Fellow-
craft degree will be conferred.
W. W. Spurlock, WM
Joe WOolket, Secy.
Child care, all ages. Baby food fur
nished. 846-8161. 257tfn
Child care 8 to 6; Call 846-6636 for
Information. 262tfn
Gregory’s Day Nursery—846-4006. 218tfn
See WHITE AUTO. College Station,
when you need hardware, household items,
appliances, large or small. SAVE DOL
LARS. 846-6626.
HUMPTY DUMPTY CHILDREN CEN
TER, 3406 South College, State Licensed.
828-8626, Virginia D. Jones. R. N. 99tfn
Save from $100 - $600 on new Volvos,
Lotuses, Triumphs, Sunbeams, Alfas. See
Mike Stover, Dorm 1-120 or call 846-9802
after 8:30. 271t7
HELP WANTED
WORK WANTED
Waitress Wanted: Apply in person at
The Ramada Inn. 298tfn
Typing—Printing. Complete Thesis, Dis
sertation Service. IBM Executive type
writers, Professional Typists, Glidewell
Secretarial Service, 2007 South College
Avenue, Phone 828-1693. 274tfn
INCOME TAX
ACCOUNTING
B. B. TRANT
Phone 846-7842
R.N. to work 3-11 p.m. and 11-7 a.m.
and relief shift at Madison County Hos
pital. Starting salary $360.00 and up.
Meals provided; uniforms laundered. Con
tact B. Tugger, R.N. at VI 6-6493 after
6 p.m. 187tfn
Typing, 846-6832. 274tfn
OFFICIAL NOTICE
REPAIR WORK, patios, awnings, addi
tions.—GAL CONTRACTORS. Phone 822-
1636. 247tfn
Official notices must arrive in the Office
of Student Publications before deadline of
1 p. m. of the day preceding publication.
Typing, 823-6410. 207tfn
AUTO INSURANCE
FOR AGGIES:
Call: George Webb
Farmers Insurance Group
3400 S. College 823-8051
May graduates may order Graduation
Invitations Feb. 1-Mar. 4, 9-4 at Cashier’s
Window MSC. 270tfn
SOSOLIK'S
TV & RADIO SERVICE
Zenith - Color & B&W - TV
All Makes - TV - Repaired
713 S. Main 822-1941
SPRING AWARD SCHOLARSHIP
applicants should apply at Student Aid Off.,
803 YMCA—Feb. 10-Mar. 81. No applica
tions will be accepted after 6 p. m., April 1.
270tfn
TRANSMISSIONS
REPAIRED & EXCHANGED
Completely Guaranteed
LOWEST PRICES
118 S. Bryan —Bryan— 822-6874
GIL’S RADIO & TV
Sales: Curtis Mathis,
Westinghouse
Service: All makes and models,
including color T. V.
& multiplex F M
2403 S. College 822-0826
ATTENTION
May Graduates!
Deadline for Ordering
Graduation Invitations
March 4
Monday-Friday, At The
Cashier’s Window
Memorial Student Center
HOME & CAR
RADIO REPAIRS
SALES & SERVICE
KEN’S RADIO & TV
303 W. 26th 822-2819
\ DAMAGED and UNCLAIMED
FREIGHT
(New Merchandise)
Furniture, Appliances, Bedding,
Tables, etc. A little of everything.
C & D SALVAGE
E. 32nd & S. Tabor 822-0605
Havoline, Enco, Ama
lie, Conoco 30c qt.
Quantity Right Reserved
Filter % Price (most cars)
All brands Wholesale
Parts Wholesale Too
MAJOR BRAND
Motor Oil 20c qt.
Carpet, Nylon Front & Rear
$30.00 Value Now $16.95
Shock Absorbers Installed
Most Cars $4.79
• Watch Repair
• Jewelry Repair
• Diamond Senior
Rings
• Senior Rings
Refinished
C. W. Varner & Sons
Jewelers
North Gate 846-581G
Cecil Sez:
"We meet all advertised prices
on major brands motor oil—No
limit. Oil Filters M PRICE—
all sizes.
100% new oil 10< qt.
All Brands Motor Oil
Wholesale Prices.
Come in register for free
Case of Oil of your choice.
BRYAN OIL WHSE.
805 N College (Highway 6, N)
at 19th
Utex interior paint gal. .. $2.69
Mufflers—Chevy, other
many models $6.98
Sealed Beams 4001-2 98c
(List $1.45)
Brake shoes—most cars
exchange $2.90
We carry several thousand
Parts, you never pay list price
'°r good parts. Trade where
toost Aggies and others trade.
‘0 years in Bryan.
Quality Oil lOtf qt.
Auto trans. oil 29tf
AC - Champion - Autolite plugs
fires—Low price every day —
Just check our price with any
other of equal quality.
Your Friedrich Dealer
Joe Faulk Auto Parts
220 EL 25th Bryan, Texas
JOE FAULK ’32
20 years in Bryan
TYPEWRITERS
Rentals-Sales-Service
Terms
Distributors For:
Royal and Victor
Calculators &
Adding Machines
CATES
TYPEWRITER CO.
909 S. Main 822-6000
AUTO REPAIRS
All Makes
Just Say:
"Charge It”
Cade Motor Co.
Ford Dealer
“MOONEY”
The Name To Remember When You Wish To Buy Any Type Of Musical Instru
ment, Domestic and Imported Instruments Of Outstanding Quality Are Available
At
MOONEY PIANO A ORGAN CO.
Expert Repair Service
1298 So. Coalter Dr. Bryan
Phone 823-5945 — Res. 846-3538
THE BATTALION
Wednesday, March 2, 1966 College Station, Texas Page 8
Brainy Computer Collects
Student Information Data
A " Supercalifragilisticexpidiali-
docious” computer at Texas A&M
knows almost everything about
9,000 students.
The tongue-twisting adjective
refers to the IBM 7094, among
the world’s brainiest computers.
More than a quarter-million
items of information about stu-'
dents are instantly available to
university officials. •
If a dean wants a list of sen
iors, he relays the requests to
A&M’s Data Processing Center.
When the computer program is
developed, a high-speed print
ing machine can crank out the
information in 1.6 minutes.
Some students are already sing
ing the computer’s praise. IBM
cards keyed to the computer
helped speed up spring registra
tion noticeably. Even employes
of the Registrar’s Office man
aged to smile about the time
saving plan.
The card plan works something
like this: A student is handed
a packet containing seven cards.
THURSDAY
Arthur Anderson and Company
— accounting, general business,
industrial engineering.
Cities Service Oil Company —
chemical engineering, civil engi
neering, electrical engineering, in
dustrial engineering, mechanical
engineering, petroleum engineer
ing.
Phillips Petroleum Company —
chemical engineering, civil engi
neering, electrical engineering, in
dustrial engineering, mechanical
engineering, geological engineer
ing, geology, geophysics, archi
tecture, architectural engineering,
chemistry, business administra
tion, physics, accounting, econo
mics, finance.
Armco Steel Corporation — ac
counting, business administra
tion, finance, economics, mechan
ical engineering.
none of which should be folded,
bent, spindled or mutilated.
Women students have an addi
tional card to fill out — a pink
one on which they list status
as an immediate relative of a
student, faculty or staff member.
When the cards are gathered,
they are fed into the ravenous
IBM 7094. Information, ranging
from the student’s hometown to
the number of hours he is car
rying and his overall grade point
ratio, are logged on magnetic
tape by the mechanical marvel.
One of the cards, for instance,
is for updating information al
ready on file. If all information
requested on the card is the
same as last semester, the stu
dent simply checks a block.
Should his address have changed,
he prints the new address in an
other space.
The computer raced through
these cards in 41 minutes, regis
tering its findings on 1,760 feet
of tape.
Calls —
Corpus Christi Independent
School District — education and
psychology, industrial education,
English, biology, chemistry, math
ematics, physics, modem langu
ages, history and government,
health and physical education.
Hughes Aircraft Company —
electrical engineering.
Southern Pacific Company —
civil engineering, electrical engi
neering, industrial engineering,
mechanical engineering.
Bell Telephone System — civil
engineering, electrical engineer
ing, industrial engineering, me
chanical engineering, mathema
tics, physics.
Douglas Aircraft Company —
aerospace engineering, civil engi
neering, electrical engineering,
mechanical engineering, physics,
chemical engineering, chemistry,
mathematics, nuclear engineering.
But any computer, no matter
how sophisticated, is no better
than the people who feed and
program it.
Programmer Jim Forehand,
who helped devise the memory
bank system, is aided by DPC
Operations Supervisor George
Taack, programmer Lester Wood,
16 key punch operators, three
full time employes and three
graduate students.
All the "bugs” have not been
chased from the plan. More
research is in progress.
Registration may remain pain
ful, but the likelihood of stu
dents suffering from writer’s
cramp is diminishing.
Bulletin Board
WEDNESDAY
Aggie Wives Bridge Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
Newman Club will meet at 8
p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Cen
ter.
Hillel Club will meet at 6:30
p.m. in Hillel Building.
Corpus Christi Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC
lobby.
THURSDAY
Bell County Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room
206 of the Academic Building.
El Paso Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 2A
of the MSC.
Fort Worth Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room
3A of the MSC.
Williamson County Hometown
Club will meet at 7 p.m. in room
2C of the MSC.
Beaumont Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in toom 208
of the Academic Building.
South Louisiana Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
MSC lobby.
Galveston Island Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
room 3B of the MSC.
Physics Colloquium
Slated Next Week
New studies in astronomy and
molecular research will be dis
cussed in a Physics Colloquium
next week.
Dr. R. E. Mintum of the Oak
Ridge National Laboratory nu
clear division will speak March 9
on "Molecular Beam Studies in
Physical Chemistry.”
SALE
on
SHIRTS & PANTS
$1.95 Each
or 3 for $4.50
At
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846-8811
Job
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and challenging 7-part test
and win a free
GENIUS button!
Part 1. Write your
name and school.
Part 2. Write your
street address.
Part 3. Write the
city where you live.
Part 4. Write the
state where you
live.
Part 5. What year
are you in at
college?
Part 6.'What field
do you plan to be a
GEnius in after
graduating?
Part 7. Now, cut
out and mail the
coupon to General
Electric, at this
address.
DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGIN6 7-PART TEST’
“Room for GENIUSES,” General Electric Company,
P.O. Box 215, Church St. Station, New York, N. Y. 10046
7
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