'Chicken Machine' Answer To Basket Weaving Course Automation and electronic computers have invaded the realm of manual arts at KU. Rumors that the engineering manufacturing processes class was the engineer's answer to "basket weaving" led to the discovery of one machine that operates on the principle of a chicken (if chickens can be said to have principles), and another that thinks faster than engineering students—no mean trick Page 3 Howard Rust, instructor of the class, explained that technical advances of scientists have forced the department to initiate new courses to keep abreast of the times. "We have new types of materials to process and evaluate. You can't be happy with present processes. You have to keep developing to keep up with scientific advances," he said. But we found no snap course. Mr. Rust said that is the reason the school has initiated a course in automation. Several pieces of heavy industrial equipment have been made fully automatic and are used as training aids for automation students. Among the machinery is an automatic screw machine, an elec- on the latte that operates like a chicken, material is fed in one end, and a finished product, like an egg, rolls out the other. The process is completely automatic, requiring no operator. tronic tracer milling machine, and two automatic lathes. The course in automation was offered last semester and will be offered again next fall. The second new course, not yet on the curriculum, is in manufacturing analysis. "Automation is nothing more than applying the principles of electronics, pneumatics, hydraulics, and mechanics, to the operation and control of machine tools." In answer to the question "what is automation?" Paul G. Hausman, associate professor of engineering manufacturing processes, said; Mr. Rust explained that "just as much science is needed in manufacturing as in any other field. Metalurgy, physics, chemistry, mathematics — the manufacturer needs them all." b. v n y - r d. r r r r, s In some phases of manufacturing it would take an engineer many hours to compute certain problems, he added. Thursday, March 19, 1959 University Daily Kansan machine that thinks faster than an engineer. The machine, a Carboloy machinability computer, can instantly solve problems to determine tool life, production rates and costs, and tool efficiency. The computer is about the size of a large suitcase, or smaller than most engineers. The outcome of this need is "Developing paper into hardware. The engineer has to know what materials and tools he has to work with. Teaching him this is our job." When asked the exact function of engineering manufacturing processes, Mr. Rust said; "If this is "basket weaving," it is the most technical and thorough "pud" course on the campus. The fourth in the series of Darwin-Linnaeus lectures will be given at 7:30 tonight in Bailey Auditorium Dr. Keck of NSF to Give Dr. David D. Keck of the National Science Foundation will speak on "Recent Advances in Systematic Botany." Dr. Whittington said some college instructors are not interested or fail to notice the behavioral changes of a student. However, some instructors do direct the student to professional guidance, he said. Emotional Trouble Seen Causing Many Drops Forty-six Adirondack Mountain peaks are more than 4,000 feet high. The director of psychiatry at Watkins Hospital says about one-third of the students that drop school each year probably have emotional problems. Dr. H. G. Whittington, instructor of social work and psychiatry, said there was no valid way of determining this, however. He expects more cases this year because the student body is larger. "A student's mental capacity cannot be blamed for low grades. The students we have received have been scholastically above average." "Of the 250 patients the psychiatric clinic received last year, 5 percent were referred to us by deans and 3 percent by faculty members," Dr. Whittington said. "Some students have academic trouble because of their failure before college—failures in independence, social adjustments and sexual judgments," he said. He continued: Expanded facilities will also accommodate more patients, he said. Most patients receive one to five hours of attention, he said, and most of their problems are acute. "Of the problems students have pertaining to grades, I think the biggest is the failure to study," Dr. Whittington said. "Social demands are frequently hindrances to the student's scholastic achievements," he said. HATFIELD England — (UPI) Undergraduates of the Hattfield Technical College breathlessly claimed a world record today—19 of them jammed into a telephone booth. 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