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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1955
"Mechanical Brain’ Computes
Accurate Examination Grades
Irate students who find errors recorded against them on their ex
am grades shouldn’t blame the professor. He's only human, and
chances are the test was graded by a machine.
Those HIM ‘'mechanical brains” In
the guidance center In Candler Hall
seldom suffer menial lapses as they
swiftly and efficiently scan and cor
rect about 350 multiple choice ques
tions an hour—nearly one every 10
seconds.
In the course of a quarter, these
machines pass precise judgment on
some 6,000 to 6,000 exam papers,
mostly In chemistry, parasitology,
political science, contemporary Geor
gia and the biological sciences.
The IBM machine grader must be
set for each group of papers, but af- :
ter the Initial adjustment the me
tallic minds are on their own.
They grade impartially and almost
unerringly every paper that goes
through, cancelling out any tenden
cy on the part of the professor to
allow bias to enter hiB final grade i
sheet.
Any argument, therefore, with the I
IBM machine is misdirected, since j
the mechanical computer doesn’t
even have a deaf ear to turn.
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CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFS
AAUP To Hear Bolton in Library
The local chapter of the American Association of University Professors will hear Comptrolled J. D.
Bolton speak on the University’s financial problems at its regular meeting Monday night in the library
auditorium, Willard A. Range, assistant political science professor, anounced today.
The meeting is open to all faculty
members. Range said. The subject
of the speech, he noted, is especially
pertinent since the University re
cently requested $13,000,00, twice
as much as it now has, in order to
carry on an adequate educational
program.
• • •
Const ruction bid for the Phi Delta
Theta fraternity house was let Tues
day to Fennell Construction Com
pany, Gainesville, for approximately
$108,000. Work on the structure, to
be built at the corner of Lumpkin
and Baxter streets, is expected to be
gin within the next 10 days, Joseph
|A. Williams, assistant to the presi
dent, announced Tuesday. “It is;
hoped that the house can be com
pleted in time for the fraternity to
move in fall quarter,” Williams said.
• • •
A cup for contribution in music
has been awarded the music depart-
: ment by the Federated Music Clubs
[of Georgia. Representing the Univer
sity on the Student Convention Pro
gram at the annual meeting in
1 Gainesville were Arden Smith, flut
ist, Atlanta; Nan Raney, soprano,
J Katonton. and Bob Triplett, organ
Chester, S. C.
• • *
Dr. B. O. Williams, sociology de-
} partment head, recently addressed
j students at Tallulah Falls Institute
on “The Requisites People Need for
(Success in College.”
William A. Reynolds, Arabl, was
elected spring quarter Ag Engineer
ing Club president Tuesday night.
Reynolds will succeed Robert A.
j Downs, Bogart. Other officers elected
included Jack Courtenay, Gaines-
ville, vice-president; Linnard Bart-
ilett, Thomson, secretary; Joseph G.
Long, Girard, scribe, and Shigeyoshi
Kawai, Osaka, Japan, sergeant at-
! arms.
* • *
Delta Sigina Pi, commerce busi
ness fraternity, initiated 12 new
members Sunday night in the Hol
man Hotel. Newly initiated members
|are William J. Brown, Robert J. Dil
lon Jr., Ted D. Frisbee, Robert C.
Green Jr., Claude H. Guyton, Donald
L. James, James J. Kehoe, George
H. Penland, Fred D. Puckett Jr.,
Joseph F. Pizzo, Allen D. Roe and
Glenn D. Summers.
• • •
Two staff members from the
School of Veterinary Medicine will
participate in a meeting of the South
ern Animal Disease Research Work
ers April 5-6 in Lexington, Ky. Dr.
Dennis Sykes and Dr. Paul Piercy
will represent the University.
E E E
Carolyn Miller, Monticello, and
Mildred Sparks, Commerce, were
elected vice-president and reporter
of the Georgia Home Economics As
sociation at the organization’s 35th
annual session in Augusta Saturday.
Other students attending the meet-
ling were Bennie Jane Allison, GHEA
president; Joyce Smith, GHEA re
porter; Betty Bohannon, Homecon
president; Nadine Brown and Jane
Whiteman. Theme of the meeting
was "Today’s Challenge to the Home
Economist.”
• EE
Geechee dub will sponsor a shrimp
dinner for club members and other
Savannah students during spring
holidays at Johnny Harris’ in Savan
nah March 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Howell, prior to March 16.
Blue Key Barbecue
To Aid Chapel Fund
Blue Key, national honor frater
nity, will sponsor a barbecue March
30 to raise funds for the Danforth
Chapel solicitation drive, which be
gins on campus next quarter.
Jake McCorkle, Buena Vista, pres
ident, announced that the barbecue
will be held at the American Legion
Hut on Lumpkin street from 5:30
to 7 p.m. The Athens firemen will
cook the meat. Tickets, priced at
$1.50 each, will be sold by Blue Key
members.
This will be one of the first cam
pus activities for the benefit of the
chapel drive, the goal of which is
$5,000. Blue Key is a service or
ganization for men selected on the
basis of leadership, scholarship, ath
letics, publications or forensics.
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Air Force Cadet Graduates
To Receive Officer Ratings
Ten graduating Air Force ROTC
cadets will receive second lieutenant
commissions in the Air Force or Air
National Guard at the end of this
quarter, Col. L. G. Duggar, profes
sor of air science and tactics, an
nounced today.
Cadets to receive commissions in
the Air Force are William E. Bowen,
William G. Morris, William W.
Compton, John D. Williams and Ed
ward W. Rinker.
Commissions in the Air National
Guard will go to Floyd L. Langston,
Spencer W. Boyd Jr., John H. Per
kins, Charles P. Miller and Richard
W. Riley.
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