Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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Some guys and gals went out to the athletic fields and passed by the gyms. They were astounded by the immensity of the campus. SC covers forty-two acres with the new Library at the northeast boundary point, the new classroom building at the south- east corner, and the sports fields all along the west line. This innocuous looking door was misleading, for this door lead to the den of the IBM monsters . . . the things to which students, teachers, and administrators alike paid homage. Teachers cried Where are my IBM class cards? Counselors demanded Where are my IBM lists of counselees? Students moaned Look at that IBM report card, But the IBM machines whirred, clicked, and garrumphed on as if to ignore human exist- ence. Page 5

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w mESfm Registration was quite hectic, but last minute counseling in the person- nel center helped late students to get to classes on the first day of school. After acquiring a complete schedule, new registrants were left to their own devices, and most of them wandered around the campus trying to orient themselves with their new classrooms. They strolled down the covered walk- ways and peered into the various classrooms that they would soon be occupying. Some walked by the Barn area and discovered the snack bar, student store, and one of the locker rooms.

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Automation. The monster at the right was the daddy of them all at SC. Its brain was ex- posed at the lower left, a com- plicated system of wires that told the machine what operation to perform. The most sinister of machines was this, because it printed the report cards. Page 6 Automation. The lovable little monster at the left sorted IBM cards faster than students could think up excuses for being late or absent. Automation. With its protec- tive cover plates removed and its nerves, arteries, veins, and other vital pieces exposed, one can study the elaborate work- ings of a mechanical monster.