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fESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

October 1959

Vol. 5, No. 1

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LETTER

BM INSTALLATION PUT INTO OPERATION

Automated Record Keeping Now in Use at WesternBy Norma Cochran

A new sound emanates from room112 Administration Building atWestern Michigan University, whichsymbolizes a new phase of the reignof the machine.The advent of IBM equipment on

campus is the result of four years ofcareful, painstaking planning, insti-

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Smith, assistant registrar. Installation of IBM is the natural result ofthe rapid growth of Western Michigan. Enrollment has leaped from107 in the fall of 1904 to 8,303 inthis fall of 1959; the faculty hasgrown from less than a dozen to 450.This phenomenal growth has

necessarily produced a correspondingly larger amount of clerical workand record keeping. Few people realize the amount of detailed work required to keep running records ofthe students enrolled, including theircredits, grades, honor points, classescarried each semester, curriculum.

grade, name and address changes,academic and military standing, etc.The recording and posting of

grades is the most intricate of these,since it necessarily involves everystudent enrolled at the university.Immediately after registration, including the allocated period fordropping and adding courses, workis begun on tnc summation SuCClS,i.e. large columnar sheets typedalphabetically to include studentname, classification, curriculum,hometown and the name, numberand section of each class in whichthe student is enrolled. With approximately 35 students on eachpage this means about 240 typedsheets.In addition to the summation

sheets, a class list must be typed foreach course by section, giving analphabetical list of the students properly enrolled in the class. Before thiscan be done, the class cards turnedin bv the student at registration (in

no order but that resulting from acasual toss into large boxes) must besorted into departments, course numbers and sections. This sort requiredtwo people working steadily for threeweeks. When, at last the class listsare typed they are compared withlists submitted by the instructors (ona form previously prepared by theR.ecords Office and mailed to eachinstructor) and a final list is typed.These lists (approximately 1,500 innumber) are then mailed to the instructors at the close of the semesterand are returned by the instructorswith the final grade inserted.In the meantime, several people

have been engaged in typing reportcards. A card is typed for each student showing his name and address,parents' address if a freshman, andthe courses, numbers and semesterhours credit for each course carried.The completion of these cards required almost the entire semester.

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NEW FACULTY-FALL 1959School of Applied Arts and Sciences

William O. HaynesInstructor in Distributive Education

Haynes is a native of Southwestern Michigan, and had eightyears of experience in the supermarket field before completing hisdegree work at Western. During1958-59 he held a graduate fellowship in distributive education.He is married and has five child-

Col. Albert H. JaclcmanProfessor of Military Science and TacticsCol. Jackman took over com

mand of the ROTC unit inAugust. He is a graduate ofPrinceton University and holdshis Ph.D. in geography fromClark University. Before comingto Western he was deputy chief,research and engineering division.Office of the Quartermaster General, Washington. Col. and Mrs.Jackman have two children.

Joseph Pellegrin, Jr.Instructor in Industrial Education

After teaching for two years atCarlisle, O., Pellegrin joins thefaculty as a teacher of generalmetals and hand woodworking.He is a native of West Virginia,with his AB from Fairmont StateCollege. His MA is from StouteState College. He is married.

James L. Ulmer

Instructor in Industrial Education

Ulmer completed his MS degree at Kansas State College, Pittsburg, where he was a graduateassistant in the printing department last year. He is a native ofNorth Dakota and is unmarried.

Capt. David E. WadeAssistant Professor of Military Science

Capt. Wade is a graduate ofthe University of California, LosAngeles, and had served overseasbefore coming to Western in lateSeptember. He is a native ofIowa. He and his wife have twochildren.

School of BusinessJames G. CarterAssistant Professor of Accounting

Carter is an experienced accountant, earning his CPA inOhio in 1951. He is a graduate ofMiami University and MichiganState University and this last yeartaught at the University of Georgia. He taught at MSU for fixeyears. He is from Dayton. O..married and has three children.

Dr. Fred V. HartensteinAssociate Professor of Business

A native of Austria and longtime resident of Pittsburgh, Pa.,Dr. Hartenstein earned three degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught there andfor the last 12 years at Washington & Jefferson College. He ismarried, and has two daughters.

Dr. Chris KogikuAssistant Professor of General Business

Dr. Kogiku is a native of Japanwho worked as an advisor to theU. S. Military Government fortwo years and then came to theUniversity of Denver. His advanced studies were at the University of Wisconsin, completinghis doctorate in June. He is married.

Dr. William F. MorrisonAssistant Professor of Business

A lawyer with 20 years' experience, Dr. Morrison comes to theWMU campus from Iowa City,Iowa. There he was also ownerand president of the Iowa CityCommercial College. A graduateof the State University of Iowa,he also served in the Iowa Houseof Representatives. He is marriedand has five children.

School of EducationNewell D. BurtSuperintendent, Paw Paw SchoolsA graduate of Kalamazoo Col

lege, Burt has had 15 years ofexperience as a superintendent ofschools at Quincy, New Buffaloand Byron Center. He has his MAfrom Michigan and additionalgraduate work at MSU. Burt ismarried and has two children.

Arthur L. ChristensenAssistant Professor, Campus School

Upon graduation from the University of Michigan Christensenaccepted his first teaching post atHolly. Three years later he movedto Greenville, remaining for sixyears. His special field is English.He is married and has two child-

Donald A. DavisAssistant Professor of Education

A Californian, Davis came toMichigan in 1958 with the Michigan School for the Blind and thislast year was an education and research consultant for the Department of Public Instruction.He graduated from UCLA andSouthern Califorinia, is marriedand has two daughters.

Dr. Elven E. DuvallAssociate Professor of Education

Dr. Duvall is a graduate ofEastern Michigan. U-M andColumbia University. He hastaught at Tecumseh and Addison,and for the past two years was aconsultant for the Department ofPublic. Instruction. He is marriedand has four daughters and one

Robert EpskampInstructor in Physical Education for MenA onetime Bronco trackman,

Epskamp returns to the campusafter four years of coaching at theMonroe high school. He will assist in track and with the intramural program. His MA wasearned here in 1953. Epskamp ismarried and has two children.

Gerald C. MartinPrincipal, Paw Paw High SchoolAfter seven years of teaching in

Berrien Count, Martin completedhis work at Western and since1942 has been at Stephenson, thelast 11 years as high school principal. He has been a leader ineducation. The eldest of the fiveMartin children graduated withhonors from WMU last June.

P. Judson NewcombeInstructor, Paw Paw High SchoolNewcombe returns to the WMU

faculty to teach speech, followinga six-year absence. His teachingexperience has been at Big Rapidsand Allen Park, after earning hisMA at Northwestern University.He is unmarried.

Dr. Edward V. PerkinsAssistant Director, Campus SchoolDr. Perkins graduated from

WMU in 1941. He has taught atShepherd College in West Virginia, MSU, and the past fiveyears as a professor of biology atHighland Park Junior College.His advanced degrees are fromthe U-M and MSU. He is married and has two children.

William S. FoxInstructor, Campus SchoolCompleting his BS and MA

work on the campus in 1957, Foxaccepted a social studies positionat the Otsego high school. Hishome formerly was in Albion,and he is married.

Dr. Neil LamperAssistant Professor of Education

Dr. Lamper served as a visitingprofessor in the summer. He is agraduate of Calvin College, U-Mand MSU. For five years hetaught at the Kelloggsville highschool. Dr. and Mrs. Lamper havefive children.

Carl A. LindstromAssistant Professor of Education

After WMU graduation in1938 Lindstrom taught at Midland, La Grange, 111., and BattleCreek Lakeview, where he hasbeen junior high principal for 11years. He is a native of Cadillac,married and has one son.

James W. Perry, Jr.Instructor, Paw Paw SchoolA WMU graduate, Perry join

ed the Paw Paw faculty in 1957,and will now serve as a supervising teacher for practice teachersin the fourth grade. He is a nativeof Muskegon, is married and hastwo daughters.

MaryLou StewartAssistant Professor of Women'sPhysical EducationMiss Stewart came to Kalama

zoo two years ago to teach in thepublic schools. She is a graduateof Oberlin College and WesternReserve University, and has alsotaught at Shaker Heights, O.,Western Reserve and Geneva College. She is unmarried.Robert W. WintersAssistant Professor, Campus SchoolWinters is a Central Michigan

and MSU graduate, who last yearserved as principal of the Schoolcraft high school. He has taughtat Centreville and Three Rivers,and tried a two-year industrialinterlude. He is married and hastwo children.

Catherine Jean YocumAssistant Professor of Women'sPhysical EducationMiss Yocum comes to Kalama

zoo from the University of Bridgeport. She studied at East Strouds-burg State College in Pennsylvania and Arizona State University, and has taught in the publicschools in New York, New Jerseyand Pennsylvania. She is unmarried.

School of Liberal Arts and SciencesRichard D. BrewerInstructor in BiologyA native of Illinois and grad

uate of Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois,Brewer is an ornithologist. Forthe last three years he has been aNational Science Foundation pre-doctoral fellow. He is marriedand has one son.

Dr. Parviz ChahbaziAssistant Professor of PsychologyDr. Chahbazi is a native of

Iran and is now a naturalizedcitizen. His education has been atColby College, Tufts and CornellUniversities. The past three yearshe has taught at Lake Erie College. He is married and has twochildren.

Roger L. ColeInstructor in Language

A Bay Cityan, Cole has been ateaching fellow at the University of Michigan, following granting of his MA degree. His specialfield is German. He is married andhas three children, including twinsons.

Dr. John A. CoppsAssociate Professor of Economics

No stranger to Kalamazoo isDr. Copps, who taught at Kalamazoo College before going toStetson University, and now isback at Western. He is a nativeof Wisconsin and earned his degrees at the University of Wisconsin. His special field of interest islabor. Dr. and Mrs. Copps andtheir twin sons are living at Henryhall, and serving as its directors.

Dr. W. Jackson DavisAssistant Professor of Biology

Dr. Davis comes to the campusfrom St. Cloud, Minn., where hetaught in the spring semester.He is a graduate of the VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and was ateaching assistant at the University of Kansas while earning hisdoctorate. He is married.

William J. EmblomInstructor in Philosophy and Religion

Born in Michigan, Emblom waseducated at Baldwin-Wallace College and the University of Illinois.He has taught at Allegheny College and the Univesrity of Missouri. He is married and has twodaughters.

Robert H. EngstromInstructor in Art

Engstrom has operated his ownstudio in Grand Rapids sincegraduating from Michigan StateUniversity. His works have beenwidely exhibited across the nation, and he has completed manyprivate commissions. Engstrom ismarried and has three daughters.

Clyde T. HankeyInstructor in English

Hankey has taught the pastfour years at the University ofColorado. He is a graduate of theUniversity of Pittsburgh and University of Michigan, and hastaught in a Pennsylvania highschool. He is married and hastwo children.

Dr. Robert W. KaufmanAssistant Professor of Political Science

Dr. Kaufman is a student ofAmerican political parties andthe Congress, and earned his doctorate at American University. Hehas also studied in France. He isa native of Wisconsin and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Kaufman is married.

Dr. Jean M. LawrenceInstructor in Biology

Dr. Lawrence came to Kalamazoo as a housewife, her husband being a medical doctor withthe Upjohn Company. She is agraduate of Yankton College,Wellesley College and Northwestern University. Dr. Lawrence hasthree children.

James W. MclntyreAssistant Professor of Speech

Mclntyre is not unfamiliar withthis area, having taught at Niles.He is a. graduate of Denison University and the University ofMichigan, and comes to Westernfrom Case Institute of Technologywhere he was director of forensics.He is married and has two sons.

Roy O. MesickInstructor in Physics

Retirement in June as head ofthe science department at Kalamazoo Central high school proved short for Mesick. He is aWMU and University of Michigan graduate. Mesick is marriedand has two daughters.

James E. NadonlyInstructor in Political Science

Another University of Pittsburgh graduate, Nadonly has continued his advanced study at theOhio State University. He is unmarried.

Roy H. RodgersAssistant Professor of Sociology

Rodgers has been deputy director of the Minnesota FamilyStudy Center at the University ofMinnesota the past two yearswhile working on his doctorate.He is a graduate of Wheaton College and the University of NorthCarolina. He is married and hasthree children.

Dr. James A. SchellenbergAssistant Professor of SociologyDr. Schellenberg comes to

Western from the University ofKansas where he earned MA andPh.D. degrees, and the past twoyears was assistant director ofthe Western Civilization program.He is a graduate of Baker University, Phi Beta Kappa; is married and has one son.

Dr. Lloyd J. SchmaltzAssistant Professor of Geography andGeology

Dr. Schmaltz is a Chicagoan,educated at Augustana Collegeand the University of Missouri.He has also taught at both schools,his special field being geology.He is married and has three children.

Nancy Ann SchrockInstructor in English

Miss Schrock is a WMU graduate, who after one year of teaching, completed her master's degree in English at the Universityof Wyoming. She is a native ofLa Grange, Ind., and is unmarried.

Robert E. SechlerInstructor in Mathematics

Since graduating from AlbionCollege, Phi Beta Kappa, Sechler has earned his MS degree atMichigan State University, andfor the past two years has beenan instructor there. He is a nativeof Chicago. Sechler is marriedand has one daughter.

Robert L ShaferInstructor in English

Another native of Illinois, Shafer earned his bachelor's degree atthe University of Michigan, PhiBeta Kappa, and his MA at Harvard University, He has been aMichigan teaching fellow, andunder a Fulbright grant taught inCologne, Germany. He is unmarried.

John R. SommerfeldtInstructor in History

A specialist in medieval history,Sommerfeldt is a native of Dearborn. He has been educated atthe University of Michigan wherehe is completing his doctorate.This past year he was an instructor at Stanford University.He is married and has two children.

Karl Van DitzhuyzenInstructor in Physics

A onetime Fulbright scholar onthis campus, Van Ditzhuysen returned to the campus this fallfrom his native Germany. He hasstudied at the University of Bonn,and this summer taught in hishometown of Duesstdorf. He ismarried.

Robert S. VogelInstructor in Geography and GeologyAfter graduating from Central

Missouri State College, Vogel began his studies at Michigan StateUniveristy where he earned hisMA degree in 1957, and has beenteaching since 1956. He has alsospent a year as a research associateat Harvard University. He is unmarried.

Melvin W. WachsAssistant Professor of Political Science

Wachs comes from CornellUniversity, after earning two degrees at the University of Michigan. He has traveled abroad extensively, particularly in the FarEast, and has lived in India,Thailand and Hong Kong. He ismarried and has one child.

Arthur G. WilnerInstructor in Geography and Geology

A Kansan, Wilner holds twodegrees from the University ofMichigan, and for the past twoyears has been teaching at Eastern Michigan University. He ismarried.

Other ActivitiesJ. Donald Neill IIInstructor, Counseling BureauNeill is a native of New Jersey

who studied at Michigan StateUniversity. Since completing hisMA there he has worked withtheir International Teacher Exchange Program and their counseling center. He is married andhas two daughters.

Mary M. WilcoxCataloger, Waldo LibraryMrs. Wilcox is a longtime resi

dent of Kalamazoo and a graduate of the University of Michigan. She completed her MA inlibrarianship at Western this pastsummer. Mrs. Wilcox is marriedand has four sons, two of themnow college students.

Editorial Work Assumed for Three JournalsNew recognition is coming to

Western Michigan this year in theappointment of two faculty membersas editors of national publicationsand the intent to start an unusualpublication on the campus.Dr. John L. Feirer, head of the

industrial education department, hasbeen appointed editor of IndustrialArts and Vocational Education magazine. During this academic year Dr.Feirer is on leave while teaching atthe University of Hawaii.

Editing of the School Librariesmagazine will become an additionalduty for Dr. Jean Lowrie of the librarianship faculty.Announcement from Dr. Thane

Robinson, director of the C. C.Adams Center for Ecological Studiesis that the center will sponsor thepublication of a new magazine tobe called Occasional Papers of theC. C. Adams Center for EcologicalStudies. It is expected to receive awide reception around the world.

Robert Baxter, formerly an accountant for H. J. Cooper, Inc.,locally has been named administrative assistant to Comptroller C. B.MacDonald. He is a University Highgraduate and attended WMU andthe Michigan Rehabilitation Institute.

DURING THE FINAL REHEARSAL for the 14th annual band day(oldest in Michigan), some 2,600 high school students spread across

Thirty eight students from otherlands are enrolled on the campus thisfall, with 21 of them here for thefirst time. There are also 11 studentshere from Hawaii and one fromPuerto Rico.

the Waldo Stadium turf. Under the baton of Leonard V. Merettathe visitors presented an inspiring musical show. —Gazette photo

Automated Records(Continued from page 1)

With this preparation, the actualrecording and posting of the gradesdemands approximately ten dayswith eight or ten people workingten to twelve hours per day. Thesteps are these:The summation sheets are divided

alphabetically among those posting,usually eight. As the class lists comein from the instructors they are passed from person to person, with eachworker recording the grades for thosestudents (approximately 1,000) inthat "book."When the "book" is completed,

i.e., a grade is recorded for eachcourse of every student, the reportcards are marked. Several assemblylines are created to facilitate thedistribution of the report cards. Themulti-sheet forms must be "torn,"separated into piles for the variousoffices on campus; the students' copies must be folded and "stuffed," i.eput into envelopes, boxed and mailed.

With these report cards disposedof the task of posting to the students'permanent record cards (PRC's) remains. First to be posted are thegraduating seniors whose cards mustbe audited; secondly, those studentswho have requested transcripts; andfinally all remaining students.

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But, IBM has revolutionized thislengthy, archaic process. It is nolonger necessary to type summationsheets; manually prepared grade reports are outmoded. The grades arerecorded by IBM and, therefore,class lists are no longer typed. In evidence of the improved efficiency, thetime required for reproducing gradereports, after faculty reports thegrades, has been reduced from fiveor six days to thirty hours. The timenecessary for posting PRC's is nowforty-eight to sixty hours. The classcards selected by the student at registration are sorted by machine andclass lists are printed. These sameclass cards are sent to the instructorat the close of the semester (previously the class lists) ; the instructor indicates a grade and returnsthe cards. These cards are then resorted by machine and a grade report is reproduced.The machines reposing in room

112 which have effected this revolution are eight:a) Two key punches—these ma

chines "punch" or perforatethe cards with the required information ;

b) Tabulator—prints and totalsinformation;

c) Coallator—arranges, integratescards;

d) Reproducing punch;

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e) Interpreter—prints informationon the cards;

f) Sorter—takes apart cards, putsinto categories;

g) Verifier—ascertains correctnessof the punching.

The main evidence of the newsystem as affecting the student isfound in the registration process.Each student has five cards plusname, address and data cards. Inpreparation for registration, cardsare prepared for each section ofeach course. Registration occurswhen the student cards and the classcards are matched. The emphasishere is on section, the importanceof which is often overlooked by thestudent when enrolling. If a studentasks for and receives an incorrectsection, he is not properly enrolledand must process a change of enrollment (which process IBM has notappreciably abbreviated) or receivean "E" in the course—all this evenif it is "just changing one letter toanother." The amount of writing and"filling out" a student must do is lessthan half of what was formerly required and, in addition, class cardsare no longer "to be completed bythe student—in duplicate." Insteada student need only enter his studentnumber in the upper left hand corner.