Arlington State College - Reveille Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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Progressive Changes Achieved In Library and IBM Processing Library study and reference work will become more pleas- ant with the addition of four stories to the present building. Work began this year on the library, and the building should be completed before September, 1967. Three elevators will be installed for student use in the seven story structure. Library space has been a big problem at ASC, but with the new addition, ample space will be provided. The ground floor will be reorganized to include technical processes, a browsing area where the reserve room was, a larger reserve room, the circulation desk, and the card catalogue. Reference material and documents will be located on the second floor. Periodicals, study areas, and general reading will compose the third, fourth, and fifth floors. The sixth floor will contain special collections, archives, displays, and a large lecture room seat- ing 100 persons. Audio-visual aids and possibly a snack bar will fill the basement. This addition, which will more than double the book capacity, is subsequent to last year's scrapping of the Dewey Decimal System for filing books. Under the new Library of Congress System, a letter rather than a number is used to signify the book's subject matter. Another progressive change has taken place in the Data Processing Department. IBM computers process the records of almost 12,000 Arlington State College students each semester. Data Processing maintains the addresses of all students and produces all class rolls and teacher, student, and class schedules. It also processes the annual budget and a fee audit and runs a special report on student credit hours. During the fall a new IBM academic process was developed whereby the student's standing is evaluated on his overall academic performance. ig-3 t iii W 'Q ri' , Q. ,xiii , .V v- Q ,M s -f ? H 5 'ii' t X Q f 9 55 'V 5 .1 35 ,A N. S' i ,g ' f f ,. ff ' W' f fx t, Z M., 'eg ,, , f if 'Z -'Q U JZ mug, uW1i2H'5?2TX17zJ f's 4'AV?.L' ti, A W A '7'ff. W . f , A... . . 7' wwf L - ...M if - ff It S H

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Commuters and Night Students Comprise Majority of Enrollment Commuters from Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and sur- rounding areas constitute about 89 per cent of the students at Arlington State. Since such a vast majority of students are commuters, they play a large part in determining the atmos- phere of the college. Students find it less expensive to attend college while living at home. The parking facilities that surround the campus are a characteristic of ASC. Approxi- mately 8,000 parking permits were issued for the fall semester to students who commute. Equally important to ASC are the night students, who number 2,868 Most of the students work during the day. Many are married. Ling-Temco-Vought employs math, science, and engineering students in their co-op program, and these young men and women take night courses at ASC. Most are serious-minded students striving to achieve an academic goal. Commuters and night students play a major role in ASC, and they will continue to do so. ASC fills their needs and provides the opportunity for education to many who would not have the opportunity otherwise. The college is the unify- ing factor for these people of diverse backgrounds, it draws them together in their struggle to comply with the high standards set by ASC.