Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...speech entitled Physiology and Computational Devices, William J. Crosier, professor of General Physiology, cautions that so-called "thinking machines" such as the Mark III can never take the place of the human mind. No machine, he points out, could over not up a problem or analyze the results obtained through its own calculations...
...role in general physiology,--as aids to the clarification and the concreteness of thinking, and as springboards for new experiments. Somewhat crudely put, but not unfairly the question has arisen: Do complex, fast, computation devices provide an effective model of mental processes, or even of one general class of human cerebral operations?--even to the extent that such machines, with developments of kinds now foreseeable, may be used to serve as surrogate for human decisions or actions...
...author of "Democracy and Freedom," two editions of "The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization," and "The Social Problems of an Industrial Civilization," Professor Mayo's books were widely used in many College and University courses. They comprised one of the first comprehensive studies ever undertaken to determine the effects of a highly industrial society on the individual and groups. Most famous of Professor Mayo's surveys is his treatise on the Western Electric Company's experiments on worker efficiency and phychology in specialized assembly line tasks. This book is a standard text in Social Relations...
International activities, such as exchanges of radio programs and publications, study tours, and art festivals, will also be increased. The NSA plans to conduct more orientation programs, as well as offering vocational guidance, psychology tests, and human relations clinics...
...accompanying lectures directed at non-concentrators; a lodging bureau-to line up quarters for both men and women on weekend safaris; a faculty rating system-the rating to be done by students, also successfully used at Michigan; a book re-purchasing agency-to buy and sell used texts; a human relations institute; study-travel tours; placement of DP students-seven will be placed this year; and a national art exhibit...