Word: hummed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then tone was considered. The astronaut might hum different notes, and a simple device could translate this code into control commands. This system, which has been widely used in telephone switching, was rejected, says the report, because it relies "on musical skills not naturally possessed to any marked extent by the average astronaut...
...Social Sciences and Humanities, however, general education means more than training in methodology or style of thought. What it does mean no one has yet been able to specify. Some Soc Sci and Hum courses present a cross-departmental overview of an area. Others treat important topics that do not fall clearly in any department. Still others use the Gen Ed rubric to introduce the student to the great men and books of Western Civilization. They all, however, share a common purpose: to interest the beginning student in broad academic topics that are in that area, central to the understanding...
...Hum 135, "The Enlightenment," to be by Herbert Dieckmann, Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Language will return after a three-year...
...version of an old lower-level Humanities course, Hum 8, covering "all aspects of theatrical experience," will be given by Robert Chapman, associate professor of English and director of the Loeb, and Daniel Seltzer, assistant professor of English. According to Chapman the course will give a small number of students some experience with directing, acting, and stage production...
Beyond Belief. When a pro aces, it's kind of ho-hum. The world-record holder of holes in one, Art Wall has 35 aces to his credit after 16 years on the tour-and has yet to make a dime out of any of them. "I don't even talk about it," he says morosely. Neither does Jerry Krueger, a California pro, who got his fourth in last week's Bob Hope Desert Classic. The trouble was that he shot it on the seventh hole in the third round. The Chrysler people were offering a convertible...