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Show Brain machine to debut today Teachers get Kiss, Gigo Zabriskie "Who talked bark to Principal Lowell Thomson'." "I don't know, but I wonder what will happen! !" It may seem incredible, but the one giving the back talk is none other than the Daily Demand Computer. Upon receiving Mr. Thomson's scheduling information the following message was rattled off by the computer: Roses are red Violets are blue Here is an error Message for you Error diagnosis The most serious error of all. . . No request submitted from this teacher. Dear Brother, No hard feelings but . . . ought to bean you Today marks the first time a will use a computer in Daily Demand scheduling in the United States, according to Rex Arnett, chairman of the DDCS Committee. "We believe we are safe in saying we're the first in using a coma puter in daily scheduling-aft- er lot cf study ot similar studies and programs in the nation," Mr. Arnett explained. He further stated that be is even getting letters asking about BY High's new DDCS program. The hopes of the committee are that all will go smoothly, and there will be a minimum of problems. If it w ill hurt or slow down the educational program, the school will revert back to the traditional system, according to Mr. Arnett. The bugs" of the run will be worked out and then another trial will be given. "If all runs right, we could stay on the program indefinitely." declares Mr. Arnett. Because of students scheduling of their classes, school of necessity must continue until 3:30. Mr. Arnett stated that it is entirely possible that 15 minutes could be cut oft if the students cooperate in making their succeeding days schedules. When in operation. DDCS will allow for small group instruction, large group instruction, and independent study in variable blocks of time rather than a rigidly structured schedule presently employ- By Noel I Love, Your friendly computer This is just a sample of the happenings taking place in conjunction with the new Daily Demand Computer Scheduling or DDCS. Quite a few messages similar to this have been issued to teachers who have made errors in sche- duling themselves and their students in the scheduling practice round. The seemingly almost human machine has chastized teachers in a variety of ways and is causing a lot of raised eyebrows among the teachers. There are five s besides the poem issued to Mr. Thomson, and only one teacher was privileged to receive all five. On Mr. Gary Penrod's card was written: Dear Brother, ought to bean you. ought to shut myself off. tongue-lashing- I I ought to bop you a good one. ought to bop you a good one. Good Grief. Love, I I Your friendly computer. The computer also gives little reminders to those who feed it in- correct information. They are "KISS" and "GIGO. The' latter means, in computer talk, "garbage in. garbage out." The former means "keep it simple, stupid." Printing names of those who have received "kind" notes from the "friendly computer" would cause a lot of embarrassment among teachers, so we will just school Really mixed up in the IRM computer on RYU campus are Mr. Robert Rowe, left, of IRM. and Mr. Rex Arnett of RY High; this pair has put together (along with others) the first computer scheduling for a high school in the l .S. and its no joke on April 1, today. Get out of our sky , you stupid hawk! Striped kite soars into stormy stratosphere bet mme of those guy.- - ever flew a kite off the roof before." aid Roger Sheffield. derisively speaking of a group of juniors. He was speaking of another first for RY High, considered hy some to ho their most uplifting high school experience and a hawk. startling experience for a high-flyin- g The day was Wednesday, March lb, 19bb. Phil Thomas. Roger Sheffield, Lynn Tolley. .John "Teense" Roshard, and Larry Christensen had decided to fly a kite from the roof of the Education Rmlding. They purchased the kite from Gene Evans Pharmacy on their way Lack from Zesto. They also appropriated one roll of kite string. dust after school toe boys journeyed through the passages, holes, and doors necessayv to reach the roof, carefully carrying the kite. L rose immediately into the 111 -- stormy stratosphere. With one roll of string it went high. After two trips back for the further pur-ciia- se more rolis (six of whLh were attached, making a total of seven), the siring broke, but not before a huge hawk had approached it menacingly. T'urses and foreign languages (not of H taught in the ordinary classroom) warned hi magainst any hasty action, and eventual-l- v drove him away (Get out of our you hawk stupid Finally, just after a Piper Guh had d dipped its wings to the flimsy little broke. the kite, Surprisingly, string the kite went up instead of down. It amended until it vanished, still high in the sky. The group is presently negotiating with the Cedar City Chamher of Commerre for possession of a similarly mark d kite which was shot down by a SAC bomber Laved out of Henderson. Nevada. "Talks are proceeding veil. said John Roshard in a prepared taienu TLur-de- KISS!!! tiger-stripe- v. Orvy Williams makes qood BULLETIN Vacation cancelled Smith's vow; tower filled Spring Vacation, originally scheduled for Wednesday through Friday of next week, has been cancelled, according to Lowell Thomson, principal. The reason given by Principal Thomson was that Daily Demand Computer Scheduling demands that extensive trial runs be taken during the "vacation." Also. "My wife planned a bridge party for next Thursday, so Brother Allred and I had to cancel our fishing trip to Lake Powell, next to the Nevada state line." School will commence each day at 8 a.m. for scheduling, and instructional periods will begin at 8:30. School must last until 3:30 p.m. so that Mr. Arnett can have time to clean up before going The bell tower of BY High was when finally tiled ye-teid- av Larry Christenson. Brigadier co- editor. installed a golden bell. The bell, mem swing four inches and two inches high Well, thats one way to get a bell in the tower even if it is only a cow hell from Switzerland which can be heard for five miles. wide, was donated by Mr. Hal William-;- , Brigadier advLer. This fulfills the promise made by Student Body Pie-ideSherman Smith last spring during the student body elections. Therefore, this clears the vow made by Shtrm and relieve him of all responsibility. "If's-th- e least that I could do for BY High." stated "Orvy" as referred to him by his newspaper colleagues. "You'll know that silence is golden when you hear this little 'jewel." added Orvy. m home. This is the first time in school history that any vacation had to be cancelled. Mr. Thomson added. "It shows you how machines have taken us over." ed. Each student will benefit by this program by having more individualized teaching, a school day with more variety, an opportunity to participate in a special activity without missing another class, and being able to eliminate the difficulty of having to choose between two courses taught at the .same time. Mr. Arnett concluded. Summer School brochure available Information brochures tire available today for the BY High and Junior High summer school uhLh will begin on June 22 and continue through Aug. 13. All classes will meet five days a week during the eight weeks. Elementary classes will run from 9 a m. to 12 noon, and secondary classic are scheduled from 3 a m. to 12 noon A tuition fee of S7 per Gas-- - v.'iil be charged. Art classes to be taught will be mmeff ial Design and Commercial Art. a beginning course. Introduction to Guman is the only roif go language class listed. Personal s wing wili be in the homemaking sod km. Industral arts v, T have a Hass each in Grabs Wood'--. and Metals. In in-wa-mamusic. Advanced Band. B( ginning Band, and Harmon.) will be offered. in language arts, dm following ciiioe are schedukd: Indivi dual 'z'-Engish. How to Write a Paper. Steps in Reading Purposeful Writing, Imr-- jetton to Literature. Study SkillFundamentals of Readmg, arid .journalism. Mer.' matins R n presented by in Basic Matin maies. Inroe troduction to Algebra. Introduction to Geometry, and Advanced Mb: hematics. Science Depart mint will offer Earth Science and Introductory Science. Principles of Government and Current Events will be under the Social Studies Department. Speech .'.i1! Older General Speech and Drama. st i Bc-gwsi- nc Re-occv- h L't'-rature- . d - |