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I0UTK1 »*; tVl'l r«M IVl.MKI IT • IT1NI 1.9 Kt | r AMtPASADENA,; CAUFORNtA, MONDAY, NOYEM« 19, 1962—SloH PfKfo-.CARp, STUNTS-^Kim.Gibson; left.'and Pei* ChriilV, PHS A seniors,pf on in struct jo n*. !o i nech o nk aMi; o'n • Io1 $p eed : up oVgonIzotionYof-lt;PHS‘cq«d ifurni.*-Atito/notcd. plan' rrioVes- *?' possible ‘-.for7 PHS’ to* double Lits card' slunt -repertoire, yet-cut preparation-hovus:eboul:8Bpercenh» ! ■ 'Students: With Acc Up TheirSleeves -Save .Many Work Hours* j - . . * ‘ . :V: By. ElMER WEU5 'Most high schools feel lucky-if: they carvmanageito get‘10 rooting-section^ card-stunts ready-for;a football contest. . ' _ 'At rasadcna HighrSchool;lhls'IS‘not-so.-.Tenistunts Ss a snap.-The new PHS repertoire is more like ;17 or 20.The credit goes to Pete Chr»My,U6, ar.d'Kim Clbson,' 17, both seniors.* \ ) ' • • .They: decided - that. the sp^ce jagc,* with* Its* virtual myopic concentration’ on• rockets and-satcllitcs,*had'been neglecting-some’.of the'»rr.ore mundane1 segments^of our society, like the card stunt. • !BcJicv eil Jla'chihc Could jJDcuIt■ -■“' •'Thls^unds like, something decided to see if I,could write a program fore computer.I.wanted.to work’out something that cuts.the time* it takes to set up* the. card.6tunts.” he said., iThe students explained that ordinarily it takes about 320 man hours to write the instructions for a SOOcard . section such as PHS. If a variety of card stun ts^ want- ’ ed, with changes at each game, the detailedMvork’-be^ . comes a nightmare. V-• ^For example, separate instructions have to bo written*; cut for each student in the card section, sincc’aUdo riot#-hold up the same color card ’at the $am time;* Atfthe^ number of stunts desired increases so does the labor Jn*-deciding which students in which seats WUi boki up what:; color, card*. -k « V; • • ? *•.. . v:’: 'Devised System in Week . - -* * . ! *••*;. Christy figured that if punch'ed computer cards eould» ’be devised wiih code nunibcre;corresponding to ieat num-'/; hors-and the color of 4bev'c*rd‘desired,Sjhe '.problem of../ setting up new. card sfln^-Wouid be simplified.-‘He and Gibson, he,sAjd.1 worked about‘a^tteek to.dp-U. system.' ft*Involves Intricate mathematical.: ;tquatidr^,'such as:.(lir-^l3x.J2 ... .i; NormalJy, the students e.xplained,-in setting-up a new.' ^,cpXft*stunUa’.lt;jiagram Is first drawn. Then, while folfow-''l.ng/thc^diigrRjn, someone has to‘*copy out the tns^iuc- •Cots for cadijseat. Tfiis takes 120 man hours or better./1 *_ * XCr,v whefi PHS desires a new trick, afier/ttfc; dia-’* _ ^grarp’^dratyn, the punched cards are arranged from;thc'... V-dfigfan* afording -to mathematical formula.. This* takes • i5qfdurs. • •; ’ . .-• *.V VjVThc'idrds arc then; put into a computer.*-The com-/ fjpuwr’ttWds Its Instructions on a magnetic * tape/. The
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Mon, Nov 19, 1962
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