Computer Difficulty
Delays Registration
By Laurel Capune
Business Manager
Mechanical difficulties with the
computer and the element of
luman error combined to slow
summer registration this year,
tccording to E. Erdley
Beauchamp, dean of admissions
and records.
Student lines started in the
registration office in C101 and
often extended as far as 30 yards
down the hallways. Students,
\ ncluding those with priority
lumbers, waited in line anywhere
rom 20 minutes to an hour.
“The long lines were the result
(f two problems. We had an-
icipated being able to handle
I more students than it turned out
ve were able to, and computer
ailure compounded the
iroblem.”
Eight hundred students a day
rnd been scheduled to register
>etween 8 a.m. and 9:15 p.m.,
ccording to clerks in the
egistration office.
Registration came to a halt
vhen the main computer located
in the fourth floor in R Building
ailed and caused the terminals in
'101 to break down. When the
pmputer was “down” students
/ere obliged to wait or were asked
> come back at a later time.
Down” periods during
registration lasted anywhere from
15 minutes to three hours.
Though the computer was used
in connection with registration
last summer, many more services
have been incorporated into the
system this year.
“A year ago it was a limited
procedure. Under the present
system the computer keeps track
of attendance figures, prints out
teacher roll sheets and makes
resident checks,” said Ernest F.
Neumann, dean of counseling
services.
“At any given time we can see a
whole class, the people in it, and
what happened to them. We can
see if they dropped and when. This
is done instantaneously. Whole
systems are tied together which
never were before,” said William
G. Norris, dean of extended day
and summer sessions.
Reactions to the new system
vary.
“There are three types of
people. Those who think it’s great,
those who hate anything new and
those who say, ‘Let’s give it a
chance’,” said Dean Beauchamp.
“It’s just humanly impossible to
anticipate everything that could
happen. It’s a great system. It just
has to be refined,” said Dean
Norris.
Ed Pottoroff , a clerk who deals
directly with the computer said,
“It’s pretty smooth compared
to last time. Under the old system
we had to pull a separate card for
each class a student wanted. The
cards were sent to data processing
where information was added to a
card carrying their name.
Students wouldn't know what they
had been programmed for until
they received their program in the
mail.” He demonstrated how all of
these procedures now took less
than three minutes.
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■ —Courier photo by Steve Hunt
FINALLY WORKING— The computer programming system
in C101 experienced long delays and problems. Students
registering for the summer semester often had to wait for as
long as three hours to program or were informed that the
computer was “down” for an indefinite period of time. Cathy
Hunefield is shown being programmed for fall by Elaine
Komai.
PCC COIRiE3
VOL. 42, NO. 1
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JULY 2, 1976
To Increase Understanding
England and America Trade
Katherine Dabelow, PCC social
science teacher, has been chosen
as an exchange teacher under the
Mutual Education and Exchange
Act of 1971.
The stated purpose of the act is
to enable the United States
government to “increase mutual
understanding between the people
of the United States and people of
other countries by means of
educational and cultural ex¬
changes” by arranging and
financing these exchanges.
Mrs. Dabelow has resigned her
post as Faculty Senate president
to Keith Miller and is scheduled to
leave for Washington, D.C. on
August 19 for orientation and then
to England on August 23.
She will teach three courses in
American studies: Immigration,
Slavery and Minorities; Foreign
Policy; and a General Survey of
American History at Middlesex
Polytechnic in Hendon, a district
in Northwest London.
Althogh she does not object to it,
Middlesex Polytechnic was not
her choice for the teaching
assignment, but it was the only
place that a suitable exchange
could be arranged.
Geoffrey Jones, the other half of
the exchange, will come to
Pasadena from Middlesex
'rof. Leaves
й
I
/lusic Dept. ! 1931 —Einstein at Dedication
Dr University
William Hatcher of the PCC
usic Department, has left
ksadena to take on the
pponsibilities of “visiting
ofessor” at the University of
&shington. During his year’s
ive he will be replacing a
bfessor who is taking a tern¬
ary leave.
Since September of 1969, Hat¬
er has been the director of the
amber Singers and the Chorale,
tcher has in the past taken the
amber Singers on tour to attend
ious music conventions. This
:r’s tour took them to Las
?as, Flagstaff, Scottsdale,
na and San Diego during the
ik of April 2-7. The Chamber
gers’ annual tour is self-
i oorting through various fund¬
ing events.
jring this past year he has
1 ructed voice classes, and upon
jreturn in September 1977, will
tinue to conduct rehearsals on
fiday night for the Pasadena
(•ale.
|atcher received his B.A. and
I . from the University of
j raska and began his teaching
! er in Nebraska. In 1960 he
|e to California and began
fting choral music and music
I ry at Santa Barbara until 1969
|i he came to PCC. Since then
I as conducted church choirs
j a variety of programs in the
: By Toni Flores
j Staff Writer
; Dr. Albert Einstein, world
renowned theoretical physicist,
:• dedicated the Pasadena Junior
> College Observatory on Feb. 26,
\ 1931.
;• Dr. Einstein addressed an
:• assembly of 8000 students, fellow
;j scientists and educators. He
:• spoke in German and was
> translated by then PCC president
i John Harbeson.
:• “My dear young people, I am
:• glad to see you this day, happy
i youth of this sunny and blest
! land.
:• “Bear in mind the fact that the
wonderful things which you come
:■ to know in your schools are the
|i product of many generations
) which has been accomplished in
:■ enthusiastic struggle and with
:• great effort in all countries of the
i earth. All this is now laid in your
i hands as your inheritance to the
; end that you may receive, honor
: and advance it and someday
:j faithfully convey it to your
; posterity. Thus we mortals are
i immortal in that we work
■ together in never-ending
• achievement.
; “If you will constantly bear this
• in mind, you will find a meaning
• in life and effort and will attain
the right attitude toward other
j people and other times.”
A bronze dedicatory plaque
: which still hangs in the Ob¬
servatory carries a quote offered
for the occasion by Dr. Einstein:
“It is the supreme art of the
teacher to awaken joy in creative
expression and knowledge.”
Dr. Catherine Robbins, former
president of PCC, participated in
the dedication ceremonies and
remembers the Occasion well.
“The dedication by Dr. Einstein
was a very impressive event,” x
she said.
Dr. Robbins remembered him &
as a very humble man who >:•
showed a sincere interest and
appreciation for young people. :j:j
Dr. Einstein was on an ex-
change professorship at Cal Tech
when he accepted the invitation :$
to be present at the event. :•>
DEDICATING THE OBSERVATORY — Albert Einstein is
shown here dedicating the then Pasadena Junior College
observatory. He spoke with encouragement to the 8000
students, faculty, educators and fellow scientists.
Polytechnic to teach American
institutions and American history.
Jones is the son of English and
American parents who now live in
Los Angeles.
Mrs. Dabelow is looking for¬
ward to the exchange position as a
“tremendous experience.” She
feels that it will be especially
interesting during the Bicen¬
tennial year to see the British
perspective on the American
Revolution.
The length of her stay will be
one school year. In between
semesters and at the end of the
school year, she and her husband
intend to explore England and
Scotland and take side trips to
Italy and Yugoslavia. The trips
will be an _ addition to their
previous experiences in Europe
five years ago.
Class Gives
First Aid
to Nurses
Graduate nurses from several
foreign countries and from
throughout the state congregated
at Sexson Auditorium this week to
attend a five-day Review for
Nurses course.
Review for Nurses, an intensive
review of key nursing skills and
principles, aids recent graduates,
out-of-state nurses and foreign
nurses in preparing for the
California State Board Licensure
Examination.
Sally Lagerquist R.N., M.A.,
coordinator of the program,
emphasized that the class is held
nationally and is specifically
designed for state board exam
preparation. She also stated that
me purpose of the class is to help
the students organize their
thinking and knowledge to better
prepare them for the exams.
Ms. Lagerquist commented that
the class, taught by selected
faculty from leading schools who
have expertise in their area of
presentation, “highlights, un¬
derscores and emphasizes the
most important related
knowledge and principles of
medicine, surgery, psychiatry,
obstetrics and pediatrics.”