Peace Corps Names
Former UO Students
Three former University stu
dents have been named I'cuce
corps Vounteers recentlyi and
have left for their new posi
tions
Phillip I,. Thomas and his wife,
Sharon Muekln Thomas, left for
Malaysia last December Thomas
received a Bachelor of Arts de
gree in classical languages from
the University, He is a mem
ber of Phi Beta Kappa Mrs
Thomas received a BA in Eng
lish Literature,
Robinson Wins
Theatre Grant
Horace W Robinson, professor
of speech and theatre and di
rector of the University Theatre,
has been awarded a $7,459 re
search arant by the Arts and
Humanities Branch of the U.S.
Department of Health, Kducation,
and Welfare.
Robinson will select a group of
specialists who will meet to dis
cuss what a theatre should be
like in an academic situation. He
will choose the specialists from
among theatre directors, acous
tics experts, and other, through
out the United States.
He will report the findings on
theatre space and equipment in
secondary schools and higher edu
cation institutions by July, 1900.
The report on architectural rec
ommendatioir. will be published
and distributed by the federal
government
Currently on a USO tour in
Europe as director of the Uni
versity Theatre’s “Guys and
Dolls” company, Robinson will
return to the campus in Febru
ary.
Lecture Series
On Sculpture Set
•'Cnderstanding Sculpture" will
be the topic of a winter term lec
ture series taught by Mrs Donlyn
I.yndon, visiting lecturer at the
t'niversity’s School of Architec
ture and Allied Arts
The lecture? which are open to
anyone who wishes to participate,
will emphasize the history and
meaning of three dimensional
forms They are sponsored by the
t Diversity Office of Continuing
Education.
No examination, grade, or aca
demic credit will he given Fee
for the ten lectures is $12. Ses
sions will take place at the First
Congregational Church. 1050 23rd
Avenue East, Eocene, from 10 to
II 45 am. Tuesdays, Jail. 5 to
IIarch 8.
Checks should be made payable
to Continuing Education. Further
information may Ik* obtained
from the Ollicc of Continuing Ed
ucation.
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Robin Ernest Manela, who re
ceived ,i Bachelor of Science de
«ree in biology in 1065, left Mon
! day for work in Kenya.
Peace Corps Volunteers will
teach English, mathematics and
science in secondary schools
throughout Kenya and Malaysia.
Education and commercial sub
jects in primary and secondary
schools and colleges will also be
taught in Malaysia.
The departing Volunteers join
the lO.fMK) other Peace Corps Vol
unteers now working in 40 nations
of Asia, Africa and Latin Amer
ica. Persons interested in starting
| a two-year Peace Corps assign
; inent this winter need to com
plete and submit a Peace Corps
'application and take the Peace
Corps placement test.
The placement test will be giv
en at 9 a m. Saturday in room
12 of the Post Office building
downtown The test is given the
second Saturday of cacti month.
Information can be obtained
at the Post Office or by writing
the Peace Corps, Washington,
I).C. 20525.
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Computers
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their first choice whenever possi
ble
That will probably be the sys
tem they’ll test next—either this
spring or next year Students will
mark what courses and sections
they want, the computer will
schedule them, and the schedules
will be compared with the stu
dents' actual schedules to see
which system gave the most stu
dents their first choice sections.
Of course, it’s this kind of
computer registration that has
caused riots and angry protests
against students "becoming num
bers” on many campuses.
Hut Carlson, who's also a mem
ber of the Flemming appointee!
committee studying registration,
says it may be the only practical
way to conduct registration here
"What we’re for," says Carl
son, "is a program that will allow
the student to come as close as
possible to what he wants to
take ” The best way to do this
may be computer scheduling, he
says.
“Policy Decisions"
University officials will first
have to make some "policy deci
sions” before they can test com
puter scheduling. And they also
plan to test student reaction to
the idea, says Constance.
Those decisions will concern
what will he given primacy when
the computer schedules classes,
hours set aside for work, faculty
choices, etc.
Students may also be given
some choice on what they want
to emphasize, says Carlson. For
example the student may be able
to mark a form so that he will
take any class schedule which
gives him the courses (not sec
i tions) he wants within the work
schedule he must maintain But
administrators, according to Carl
son, will have to make some of
these choices for the whole stu
dent body in advance.
No “De-humanization"
Carlson pooh-poohs the idea
that computer scheduling will
“dehumanize” registration. “I
don’t see much warmth or com
passion in the present system,”
he says. "Do you get individual
treatment from the guy at the
table who takes your card? I
don’t think so.”
There are other possibilities
from computerized registration
Pre-registration could be used
more under computer scheduling.
Certain data, such as parents’
names, students’ home addresses,
etc. could be obtained only from
new students and stored in the
computer’s “memory." Returning
students would provide this in
formation only when it changed.
But those things—like the rest
of the computer registration pos
sibilities, including full compu
terized scheduling—won't go into
use here until fall of 19(i7, at the
earliest. ("That’s a very flexible
target date,” says Constance.) In
the meantime, registration at the
University will still mean a packet
full of cards and lots of long,
long lines.
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