Thursday, October 5, 1961 University Daily Kansan
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Mechanical Typist Helps Out at KU
By Elaine Blaylock
A "typist" who turns out some 9,000 lines per hour helped process the record enrollment at KU this fall. This speedy worker was the accounting machine of the IBM system in KU's statistical services department.
Despite a 35 per cent increase in enrollment since the IBM equipment was installed in 1955, enrollment can now be completed in two days whereas it has taken three days in the past according to James K. Hitt, registrar.
BY 1955; he said, the Registrar's
Official Bulletin
All students planning to apply for Fulbright or foreign government awards for 1962-63 should make an appointment for a medical examination. Medical examinations must be taken at the academic institution at which the students are enrolled.
Catholic Daily Mass: 6:30 a.m. St.
John's Church, 13th & Kentucky.
Officers of Organizations: Should be reported at once to the Office of Dean of Students, 228 Strong for listing in the Student Directory.
TODAY
Der Deutsche Verein trifft sich am Donnerstag; den 5 Oktober um fuern ihr Geburtstag zu stellen. Sie ueber Studium im Ausland und Stipendien dafür. Es gibt auch Erfrischungen.
Hillel Friday Night Services: 7:30 p.m.
Highland Community Center. 317 Highland Drive
TOMORROW
Episcopal Holy Communion and breakfast: 7 a.m., Carterter House.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship:
7.30 p.m. Cottonwood Room, Kansas Union. Second in a series of discussions of the life, of Christ.
International Club Reception: Union lounge, honoring Gunnar Jarring. Swedish Ambassador to the UM., directly obliged his speech on Sweden's foreign Policy.
SATURDAY
Episcopal Evening Prayer: 9:30 p.m.
Danforth, Chapel.
Ph.D. Reading Exam in German: 9 am., 426 Lindley.
SUNDAY
Hillel Caravan: 5 p.m. Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive. Free food, Faculty Forum, based on the censorship of pornography.
section had reached the point where clerical workers were barely able to keep up with the booming student population. With the addition of IBM, they accomplish even more tasks with only a slight increase in personnel.
The familiar permit cards and class cards of each student are sent to the statistical services section in the basement of Bailey Hall following enrollment.
"Each student's card and class cards are run through a machine which transfers information identifying the student to his class cards." Jerry D. Davis, director of statistical services explained. "With these class cards, rosters for each class at the University can be run off in about 15 hours."
THESE CARDS are used many times throughout the semester to gain various information, and are finally punched with the student's grades.
In the business office IBM also simplifies and speeds up fee payment, gids in collection of dormitory rent, and enables that office to furnish the KU budget to the Kansas legislature within two and a half months after the end of the fiscal year.
Rent for the IBM equipment now being used here is about $1,900 per month. But Mr. Hitt pointed out that it is well worth the cost. He particularly cited the machine's uncanny ability to spot errors.
"YOU KNOW if the machine doesn't report any mistakes, there aren't any," he explained.
With enrollment expected to grow even more in the next few years, newer and faster IBM equipment is slated for installation at KU next summer. This equipment will include a printer and computer capable of printing 36,000 lines per hour, with each line having a maximum of 132 characters.
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