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Students Instructed
In Use of Computer
The high-speed electronic digital computer is'no longer
an instrument solely for the use of the scientific researchers
and engineers in industry and government.
The computer is now; a necessary tool for the engineering
student, Merritt A. Williamson, dean of the College of Engi
neering. said recently. |
• For this reason, every j engi
neering student on all of tlv; Uni
versity's campuses receives train
ing in his freshman year.'-in the
algebraic language necessary for
him to communicate with the-
electronic computer at the
ComputatiorCCenter. ~
Dt'ADDITION to the freshman
instructions courses in computer
programming and technology for
upper class and graduate students
in all, curriculum's are iaught.
WilliarriSofTsaid that the,..demand
for this training continuer to in
crease and more .than 200 si udentr
are , currently enrolled in these
courses. &
, The program for freshman was
staged thiscyear and will enroll
ai£pf the more than 600 engineer
ing. -students here and the addi
tional 300 at the Commonwealth
‘campuses. During the fall term,
110 of these freshmen are enrolled
in the coursp taught by Charles
Forney, Jr.,*assi.4ant professor of
research engineering.
University Theatre Sets
Tryouts for 'Fantasticks'
Tryouts for the UriivPrsit v
Theatre production of r "The Fan
tasticks." a musical," will be held
at 7:15 p.m. Monday and Tuesday
in the Little Theatre in the base
ment of Old Main. ]
Dancing and singing,sk|ills. will
be reviewed at the tryouts All
actors must -bring one soijg tojjte
tryou{lf. Crew sign-ups aad man
ager petitioning will alsolbe held
“The Fantavtjcks." currently
continuing an off-Broadivay run
'in - New York.fwill be presented
■Feb. 7-16 at Center Stage.
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By LINDA SMETS
Assisting the executive com
mittee of the college id supervising
this program is a spri’ia) corpmit
tee composed of Otis £. Lancaster,
Lawrence J. Perez,,' Francis T.
■Hall/ Jr., Arthur TTThompsoniand
Forney. j
Course material and instruction
al procedures are now being pre
pared for computer! programming
instruction at the Commonwealth
campuses bvj_Fornev in.-co-opera
tioncwith If all and; the "faculty at
the campuses. • •
IN ITS SECOND iypar under the
Dean's colloquy Serif.-.-. more than
100 faculty members of the Col
lege have been instructed m this,
new technology and fmanv are in
tegrating computer >use into the
instructional
The CompuTktion Center, di
rected by Donald [T, Laird, is an
instructional and research service
of the office of the Vice president
for research. ' “
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NSF Awards
Now Offered
For Summer
Graduate students who have
been teaching assistants for one
academic year are eligible; for a
National Science Foundation fel
lowship for study this summer.
Approximately i,OOO fellowships
will‘be awarded in the fields oil
biology,. engineering, mathema
tics, medicine, physical sciences,
anthropology, economics (exclud
ing business administration), ge
ography, history and philosophy
of science, psychology (excluding
clinical) and sociology (excluding
social’ work).
Interdisciplinary fields such as
geochemistry, meteorology, and
oceanography are also included.
The fellowship will pay tuition
and a' stipend of S5O to $B5 a
week for 8 to 12 weeks.
To be eligible, the graduate
student must have had not less
than one academic year of teach
ing experience in. a field related
to his major.
Students interested in applying
for a fellowship must first re
ceive a note of approval from
their major department.;Applica
tions are available al the Grad
uate School and mfe,st be returned'
by December 7. A foundation
panel will select the recipients
of the fellowships - *
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Recreation Time Offered To Women
White Hall has become a place
for faculty women to meet people,
participate in sports and have an
all-around good-time.
The Faculty Wdipen's Athletic
Program, run by ’ the at
White Hall to provide recreational
facilities for faculty women, fac
ulty, wives. women graduate as
sistants and of graduate
assistants, began l its third year on
Oct.; 16.
The purpose of the organization
is to offer these women a social
situation and recreational exer
cise to fulfill individual needs'.-
Swimming, bowling and bad
minton are available to members
from 3-to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and
Display of Student Architects 7 Work
To Feature Basic Design, Exhibits
Also on display in the archi
tecture library will be ao..exhibit~
that represents a cross-section' of
the work in a’five-year‘curricu
lum in architecture.
• This exhibit was assembled by,
the Student Chapter of the Amer- 1
iean Institute of Architects with
the help of Robert J. Napier, as
sistant professor of architecture.
Napier recently returned from a
regional meeting of the Associa
tion of Collegiate Schools of Ar
chitecture held at Ohio State in
architect’s raw material—space. Columbus. Ohio.
An exhibition of student work
in architecture will be on'display
from 8 u.rit to 10 p.m. starting
Monday in £5OO Sackett. The dis
play will run through Dec. 1.
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The display emphasizes an ap
proach to ihe beginning ’of ah
understanding of architecture and
exhibits the work done in the
freshman basic design course.
Through visual material, the dis
play highlights the aspects of the
language of visual design and the
handling and definition of the
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p.m. on Thursdays.
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Faculty Women’s Club, is i open
to all women connected w'itti the
University. It is a service organ
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bowling fee.
The White Hall program:staff,
headed by Virginia Wolf, instruc
tor of physical education alnd ath
letics. provides the facilities and
organizes the activities only from
the standpoint of instruction.
At preseint; there are about.9o
participants, in the program, but
membership will remain open
Jhrough the spring term. *
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