The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 18, Ed. 2, Saturday, October 29, 1983 Page: 4 of 8
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Career in computers
A career as a computing professional
offers substantial challenges and
rewards In order to produce graduates
capable of long-term success the
department of computer science seeks
to blend the best of scholarship and
professionalism. To ensure its com
mitment to excellence the department
maintains a diversified course offering
that follows the guidelines as set forth
by the 50000-plus membership of the
Association of Computing Machinery
model curriculum guide Curriculum
78.
Majors may now select any one of
three degrees the B.A. in computer
science the D.S. in computer science or
the B.S. in computer science education.
All computer science majors take a
core of coursework dealing with
problems in business industry and
engineering. The B.S. degree offers
three different tracks. The general
computing track enables a major to
select advanced clectives in other
disciplines such as mathematics
business physics art and psychology
to name a few The systems software
track requires courses in compiler
design operating systems and elec-
tronics. The scientific applications
track requires more mathematics and
' physics but fewer business courses.
Last spring a new B.A. degree in
computer science was approved by the
university. This B.A. degree specializes'
more on the business and professional
aspects of programming and gives the
graduate very marketable job skills.
. Last summer a new teaching field In
computer science was approved by the
' Texas Education Association. The BS in
1 Education offers the student an ad-
vantage in the competition for teaching
jobs. Many high schools are in-
corporating microcomputers Into their
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David Spann works at the assembly statiorMn advanced woodworking.
Industrial Ed students
learn mass production
A rather popular course that is of- design lay out the research and
lereq every lourtn. .semester in me
industrial education department
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always results in a quality product that
the students can take home with them
The advanced machine woodwork
cl.jss allows the students to use nine'
ueeks of their time to mass-produce an
industrial product The requirement is
that the students must produce enough
products 'for every person in the class
plils' one The extra project belongs to
the teacher dr Jerry Drennun. and is
tfomptirries referred to as Industrial
Education Course "Student Ex-
fcJoitiitiontt" the' co'iiiie content requires that
MUdentS'artfcipateln a group activity
to providcran industrial product)
cxcrcTse The latter part iif the coury $
involved' Vth Industrial materii'W
testing1 and industrial mat? ul
finishing
During the industrial production
exercise the students are required to
Academic Update
curriculum and the demand is expected
to far exceed the supply for years to
come.
A very active ACM student chapter
provides nationally-known guest
speakers and social activities. The
students have demonstrated their
abilities through successful com-
petition in regional and national
programming contests. In 1878 1979
and 1981 the ACU Computing Team
won the Southwest Regional Computing
Contest competing against teams from
Rice Texas A&M Baylor Arkansas
and more than 20 other universities in
Texas Louisiana Arkansas and
Oklahoma.
Through remote connections to the
University of Texas students have both
terminal and RJE access to a CDC Dual
Cyber 170750 an IBM 370158 a ?r'
1170 a VAX 11780 and a DEC 20 . .1
example of -the capability of this time-
sharing network connection vas
demonstrated by Cary Gray a
graduate student working on a Ph.D. in
computer science at Stanford
University.
While visiting his parents in Abilene
during the month of August Gray was
able to continue his research work on
the SUN computer at Palo Alto Calif.
This was done on the network that
"connects ACU to- UT ttf "Stanford"
University and at a total cost of $3 per
hour. Incidentally his funded research
grant paid for all his computing ex-
penses. Intense use of microcomputers Is
made in the freshman laboratories as
well as in advanced courses where
special attention is paid to Interfacing
problems. The university's graphics
equipment currently consists of five
GIGI color graphics terminals con-
nected to ACU's PDP 1134 and a
aeveiopmeni exercises develop a
production line engineer jigs ana
fixtures set up equipment processing
develop quality control stations and
market and sell any pxtra products.
The woodwork course is required for
industrial production majors and is also
a popular course for industrial arts
education majors as well as industrial
management majors.
Students last year were involved in
making clocks. They were' Steve
Brittain. industrial production major
from Corpus Christ! ; Dancan Clarke
industrial technology major from
Littleton Mo . Terry Duan industrial
management major from Odessa
Iticky Kittley industrial production
rrrajor from Rule Mike Magnusan
Industrial arts education major from
Memphis. Mich. Randy Simpson.
Industrial production maJonYfrom
Medina arid David Spann industrial
production major from Abilene
provides challenges
Tektronlcs 4812 graphics terminal
connected to the university's PDP
1144. The PDP 1144 was acquired this
fall and is used primarily for research.
Pascal Baste Cobol Fortran and
assembly language are currently being
taught at ACU. Statistical packages
such as SPSS and Minitab also are
frequeatlyitfed.
Two faculty members have joined
our department this year John
Smallwood has transferred from the
ACU math department to work with
computer science full time. Before
coming to ACU he worked as a
programmer for the Texas Highway
Department in Austin and taught for
the UT computer science department.
Clare Galloway has come to ACU
from the Physical Science Laboratory
at Las Cruces N.M. While there she
Worked on the Installation of a VAX
11780 to handle the analysis of data
being gathered at the White Sands
Testing Grounds. Bob Kish is working'
for the department part time.
This fall Dr. Dwight Caughfield
department chairman was appointed
director of academic computing for
ACU. He has oversight of these com-
puting facilities that are available for
general class or faculty use. Among
these faculties are the PDP 1134 PDP
1144; ''the"' computer - Hteracy lab-
microcomputers and the library's
microcomputers.
Agriculture
The faculty and students of the
department of agriculture are involved
In numerous ongoing research and
demonstration projects In the
disciplines of agronomy animal
science and range science. Students are
provided opportunities to participate in
activities that give them valuable
experience and practical knowledge in
their chosen fields. Many awards and
honors have been received in these
areas.
StiKJMitActlvitlM
Darrell Stewart 1963 agriculture
business graduate won' third place in.
the 1963 National Block and Bridle
Outstanding Senior Award competition.
Announcement of this recognition was
made in August at the 75th annual
meeting of the American Society of
Animal Science at Washington Stale
University in Pullman Wash. This
award is sponsored by the TUCO
Division of Upjohn Company.
Janlc Swamm senior animal science
major is serving as tho national
secretary for Delta Tqu Alpha
agriculture honor society. She was
elected to the J963-84 term at the
national convention in March at
Eastern Kentucky University
Ken Hounsel 1981 recipient of the
Trustee's Award and Lisa Butler have
been accepted to the College of
Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M
University
A number of undergraduate
scholarships have been awarded by the
agriculture department during the past
year Jan Johnson and Ricky Jackson
shared the Robert Malone Memorial
Scholarship for Range Science majors.
Wes Pringle was the first recipient pf
the Churchill Scholarship Lloyd Sims
received the Colby Memorial
Scholarship and Brent Carpenter was
awarded the Ex-Aggie Scholarship
The following students have each
been awarded grants from Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo Endowed
Scholarship Fund: Charles. Idol Shane
McClung Mike Bragg Philip
Donaldson Dritt Stuart Steve Graham.
Pam Neathcry Don Johnston Neil
Prather Mark Bishop Ben Head
Devin Stewart Sid Sawyer Janie
Swann Kayce Frye Danny Nujt Keith
Lawrence and Austine Kumalo
ACU's judging teams have con-
sistently achieved high placing? in
livestock range soils and crops In state
and national contests. Jn AprjIJhese
teams tied for the Sweepstakes Award
at the National Association of Colleges
and Teachers of Agriculture contest at
Caughfield also is responsible for
coordinating the purchase of hardware
and software by the university's 38
academic departments Another of hts
responsibilities as director Includes
coordinating the new computer literacy
modules being offered for the first time
this fall. These modules will provide
students with a working knowledge of
the microcomputer as a word
processor for handling spread sheet
functions as a data manager and using
Basic disk operations
Graduates of the computer science
department have been successful in the
business world. Over the last three
years some of the companies hiring
these graduates were International
Rockwell Triad Texas Instruments
Texas Power and Light ARCO
Hewlett-Packard and Prido Refinery.
Several graduates are continuing their
education at schools such as Stanford
University the University of California
at Davls-Livermoore Laboratory UT
and Texas A&M University.
The increasing demand for
programmers is shown at ACU by the
increase in computer science majors.
The department Is growing at a rate of
about 80 percent per year. The
department strives to keep up with the
fast changing pace of the computer
world so Hs graduates wiM continue to
be well-prepared for today's job
market.
gives experience practice
Illinois State University.
During the 1983-84 school year the
senior livestr1 judging team will
compete in contests at the Kansas
Junior Livestock Show at Wichita and
the North American International
Livestock Exposition at Louisville.
Ken. The junior livestock team will
compete at the Louisiana State Fair at
Shreveport the Denver National
Western Stock Show and the Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo. The
freshman livestock team will compete
at the Louisiana State Fair and the
Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock
Show In Fort Worth
The soils team will compete in the
Region 4 Soils Contest sponsored by the
American Society of Agronomy which
will be at the University of Southwest
Louisiana In Lafayette. The range plant
identification team will attend the
contest at the International Meeting of
the Range Management Society to be in
Rapid City S.D. These teams will again
set their goal on winning tho Sweep-
stakes Award at the NACTA Contest
which will be during the last week in
April at the Hawkeyc Institute of
Technology in Waterloo Iowa.
Students also assist with many ac-
tivities sponsored by the department or
departmental clubs. Each spring many
students are actively involved In the
Agriculture Field sponsored by the
agriculture department. This event
brings approximately 709 FFA and 4-H
students to ACU to compete in
livestock range and soils contests.
In October the Block and Bridle Club
Will sponsor its first AQHA-approved
horse show Many students also par-
tlciptc in NIRA rodeo activities and will
co-host their first NIRA rodeo this
spring
A new activity begun by the
agriculture department during the 1932-
83 school year was the church outreach
programs to rural Churches of Christ
Some 40-50 students and faculty
members from the department ore
involved in this prograrn.
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Dr. F.M Churchill had two articles
recently published In the Journal of
Range Management They are
"Prescribed Burning in Callahan
Qpunty" and "Soil Depletion by YUcca
in Nolan County Texas." Churchill has
initialed a new research project in
Nolan County concerned with the
chemical control of yuccaThis project
fs funded by a granTfrom the jACU
Research Council. He will lead range
students on a special tour of the Knox
Dr. James C. Uradferd oi n
department ef mathematics was a
member H a tfalisjslbw at tattyer'
sHy matJwmstfcfcMC whe vfatoed the
Peepfe's WepuMic of CMm in June
of IMS. Mrs. BraoYerd whf is a
homefeewmi teacher for the AaDene
Independent School District ac-
companied her husband on the
three-week trip.
Peopie-lo-Peofil International
arranged the visit at the Invitation of
the Mathematical Society of the
People's Republic of China. The
Mathematical Association of
America assisted Peoplc-to-People
in selecting participants.
Bradford has served tho
association In a number of roles
including a nine-year term as
secretary-treasurer of Its Texas
Section. At present he is a member
of the board of governors of the
association and Is public in-
formation representative for the
Texas Section.
PeopIe-to-Pcople International
was founded by President Dwight D.
Eisenhower in 19S8 to foster goodwill
and understanding between
Americans and cHlsens of other
countries. The organisation has
developed Project MOPE Sister
Cities Intermtienal the High School
Ambassador Program
Amabassador Program and other
projects. Oyer the years Presidents
Kennedy Johnson Nixon Ford and
Reagan each have supported the
efforts of the organisation by ser-
ving as honorary chairmen.
The delegation visited Peking
Shanghai Wiui Ssuabeu Hengshou
and Canton and returned through
Kong Kong. In each city visited the
delegation met with Chinese
mathematicians with whom they
discussed developments in the
teaching of mathematics. A number
of the Americans' including
Bradford prepared presentations to
givo if requested.
In Peking Bradford presented a
description of ACU's undergraduate
major in applied mathematics. His
audience showed approval as he
described a project for Chaparral
Airlines carried out by Dr. Euline
Green's operations research class.
They expressed surprise mixed with
pleasure when he UM of a female
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Davis.
Dr Edwin DuBose attended the
Eighth Equine Nutrition and
Physiology Symposium at the
University of Kentucky April 28-30 He
presented a paper titled "Weight Gains
of Weanlings and Yearlings Fed
Rations Containing Urea." The paper
also was published in Uh proceedings of
the symposium In addition to coaching
the junior and senior livestock judging
teams DuBose also serves as the of-
ficial judge at area shows. He judged
the American Association of Sheriff
Posse and Riding Club Horsi Show
Antmais at ACU.'s An Farm pfovkte
the sorfcutture department.
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Bradford was much impressed
with the level of mathematics being
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only the most talented and weM-
prepared students can attend
universities. Furthermore since the
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students receive a great deal of
personal attention from their
teachers.
An additional factor contributing
to the high level of learning is that
almost all the students' courses are
in the majw subject. Apparently in
this socialist country the well
rounded personality produced by a
liberal arts education is not
preferred to the narrow specialist.
The "cultural revolution" which
lasted from about 1M6 to 1976
caused many economic setbacks
and personal tragedies. Its' par-
ticularly devastating effect on
hiaher education is still bemg Wt
teriy denounced by professors and
admlntstraters.
The delegation was struck by the
contradiction between me apparent
openness of the Chinese society and
its absolute centre) ever the.!tves of ;
its eitiseM. The delegates were free
to venture about at will within the
cities being visMed. There is almost
no street crime or personal risk in
being out at any time
The Chinese popie are extremely
friendly open and helpful. They are
wtinMbitedly curious about foreign
visitors. Many especially the young
speak English and are eager to
converse.
While many Chinese are open in
discussing their feelings there Is no
doubt of the absolute control of their
lives by the society. One remarkable
illustration of this occurred in
Peking where a cardiology teacher
from the medical school was
assigned as tour guide for the
delegation of mathematicians
A number ef the Americans ex-
pressed admiration for the simple
non-materialistic Mfe-style of the
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him in judging.
Dr Ed Brokaw attended the 75th
annual meeting of the American
Society of Animal Science Aug. 2R-29 at
Washington State University. Pullman.
The Houston Livestock Show and
Rodeo has made available grants for
conducting research in swine beef
cattle sheep and equine sciences.
These grants fund rcscach conducted
by both Brokaw and DuBose
Dr Keith Justice attended the
meeting of the Texas Section of the
American Society of Agronomy in
Austin Several students were able to
attend Ihemeetingwilhhint
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