TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 IBM M The tremendou; magic. The “brains” o: the International Business Machine Co. were located in a small cor ridor near the men’s locker room in Recreation Hall during registration. ised by Harry A. Sperber, assistant scheduling officer, do td. ".to id thr ilmost do that. These machines, superv: everything ,except print the sti They count, assort, open new sections, and a hundred and one other things. And they operate at almost unbelievable speed. Master Card Is Key The key to the entire registra tion process is the master card, the orange one numbered “1," re ceived by students before enter ing the main floor of Rec Hall. It contains all the vital infor mation about the student—the ma triculation number, sex, curricu lum, and major. As the student makes his rounds to schedule courses, he receives two number six cards for each course. As he leaves Rec Hall, all the IBM cards are collected and rushed to the IBM’s, with the mas ter card on top. All Cards Punched The cards are punched by a ma chine, placing all the information contained on the master card on every other card. The next step is to separate the cards —all the number three cards in one pile, number four cards in another pile. After the sparation process, an other IBM machine takes over. This one checks to see that the machine which punched all the cards from the master card didn’t slip up somewhere on its 100-stu dents-a-minute operation. Within two hours after the stu dent handed in his cards, the pink number six cards are back at the registration tables where the stu dents picked them up. Cards Determine Roll The pink cards are then kept "by the departments to determine the roll for the first class. The official roll, a printed sheet from the scheduling office, is not com pleted until sometime near mid term. The other cards go various places: the number one (master), two ' (official registration), three (statistical data), four (directory), five (selective service), and six (course cards) are kept on record in the scheduling office in the basement of Willard. The number seven card goes to the files of Public Information, the University’s official news bureau, and the number eight card, the office of either the dean of men or the dean of women. The ninth card, religious preference, goes to the University Chaplain. 'Two Extra Cards Graduating seniors receive two other cards, numbers 10 and 11. The number ten card goes to the registrar, and the number 11 to the Alumni office. Almost as important as the mas ter card in the IBM registration process is the student matricula tion number. This number puts the student in an alphabetical grouping. The IBM machines are rented from the International Business Machine Co. Farm Bureau Agency To Interview Seniors The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative Association will be on campus to interview seniors in terested in employment on Wed nesday and Thursday. Those interested will meet at 7 tonight in 105 Forestry. 1 PENN STATE JAZZ CLUB Presents... J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding Quintet Schwab Auditorium FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Bs3op.ni. Tickets—4l.oo On Sale at HOB Wednesday agic Aids Registration By ED DUBBS task of registering over 12,000 students is made almpst easy by IBM —Ron Walker photo AN OPERATOR punches one of the many IBM machines found in Recreation Hall during registration. These rented "brains" make the task of registering over 12,000 students almost easy. ÜBA Until The Used Book Agency, student-run book exchange, wil continue to sell books until noon Saturday. Hours for the ÜBA, located on the basement floor of the Hetzel Union Building, will be 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Books for Business Administra tion and Engineering courses and History and Literature books are selling the fastest, according to John Knaff, ÜBA manager. Books for, these courses will continue to be accepted this week. However, yesterday was the last day other books were accepted. Starting tomorrow books pur chased at the ÜBA which are no longer in use or in any other way unacceptable for a particular course may be returned and re funded. The ÜBA will return money for those books that have been sold and return the unsold books be ginning February 20. A 20-cent handling charge is made for books sold and also for books bought. There is no charge for books selling for 50 cents or less. Knaf said that books “are mov ing well and perhaps better than last semester.” The total number of books sold by the ÜBA cannot be printed because of complaints from downtown book sellers, he added. Last semester the ÜBA sold 2000 books on the first day, setting a new record of first day’s sales. This was double the number of books sold on the first day the semester before. , The Book Exchange, sister or- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA to Sell Books Noon Saturday Agriculture Building Name Is Changed To Armsby Hall The Agriculture Building was recently renamed Armsby Hall in honor of the late Dr. Henry, Pren tiss Armsby, who served at the University from 1887 to 1921. The building, which was con structed in 1907, provides facili ties for the Office of the Dean, the director of the Agricultural Ex periment Station, the department of animal nutrition, and other de partments. Included as a unit of the build ing is the calorimeter building, constructed in 1902 by Dr. Armsby to house his world-famous respira tion calorimeter. Dr. Armsby served as director of the- Agricultural Experiment Station from 1887 to 1907; as dean of the College of Agriculture from 1900 1 to 1904; and as director of the Institute of Animal Nutrition, now the department of, animal nutrition, from 1907 to 1921. ganization to the ÜBA, has also been swamped with customers. The BX carries everyday school needs, including notebooks, paper, and pencils. 236 For Coeds Register Formal Rushing 'Two hundred thirty-six coeds have officially registered for formal sorority rushing, according to Jeanne Lindaman, assistant to the dean of women in charge of Panhellenic affairs. Miss Lindaman will be available at the Panhellenic post office in Womens’ Building to answer rushees* questions. For the formal rush program last fall, 424 women were regis tered. At the end of the two-week rush period, 67 per cent were rib boned, the highest percentage of ribbonees during any rushing per iod. The drop in registration, Miss Lindaman said, is probably due to the new average required for rushing. Second semester women must have a 2.3 All-University average, while upperclass women must have a 2.0. This is the first year freshmen have been allowed to rush, she added, and they may feel that they are not yet ready to join a soror ity, Rushees will continue to attend informal coke dates in sorority suites from 1 to 5 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 8 tonight. Invitations were picked up yesterday morning at the Panhel post office, and rushees scheduled coke dates from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 6:30 to 8 p.m. yesterday. Tomorrow rushees will pick up MISS BUNNY SCHENK Bermuda Bound!! This June some lucky co-ed will find herself cruising at 360 m.p.h on a luxurious 8.0.A.C. sky giant. She’ll be headed for an all expense paid vacation in Bermuda, with our compliments. Who Will It Be?? A team of judges will make the selection from the girls who were picked to be our OK Joe girls (our weekly ad) and any girl whose name was mentioned in this column. This might be a girl who we may have noticed while photo graphing a Saturday night party, or some co-ed';we photo graphed at the studio. Judges will interview the girls in person. This will include all ads from this past October to this May. Goodbye Ruth!! Ruth Mendelson, our faithful “Girl Friday” has left us for N.Y.C. She bids a fond adieu to the many student friends she met up here for the past 3 years. Marty Field, a beautiful Pottstowner will replace her. Parties?? Due to other commitments, we’ll be shooting fewer parties this semester, so best make your reservations a few weeks in advance. too Late?? Yes,, it’s too late for Valentine portrait unless we already have your negative in our files. In other words you still have time' to have a re-order made. bill coleman's lion studio invitations for Wednesday and Thursday, and return them to Pan hel post office in the afternoon. Rushees may spend about an hour in each suite,' if they have enough free hours. No refresh ments are served at coke dates. No rushing will be held Friday or Saturday. A Bermuda Party, by invitation only, will be held in all suites from 1:30 to 5:15 p.m. Sunday. The Panhel rushing booklet em phasizes that each rushee should answer every invitation she re ceives. If the sorority does not re ceive an answer, it does not know if the girl has received her invi tation. $lOOO Grant Given A grant of $lOOO from the Per fect Circle Corp., of Hagerstown, Ind., has been presented to the University. The money will be used in support of the Motor Fleet Supervision Training pro gram conducted by the Institute of Public Safety. Sincerely, b.c. 136 E. College Ave. PAGE FIVE OJtJoe?
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