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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ?AGE THREW
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DORM TELEPHONES:
Surveys Try To Help Harassed Phone Operators
Justice Douglas To Talk Here
On Political Conflicts in Asia
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By ARLIS GARON
Caught in the fury of answering
flashing lights, pulling cords and
pressing buzzers, switchboard op-
erators at women's dormitories
have a busy job.
"It's the busiest board I've ever
seen," a harrassed operator com-
mented. "I wasn't half as busy
when I worked on the hospital
switchboard."
"We're swamped with calls on
nights 'before a big weekend or
when weather is bad," she con-
tinued. "Some nights I give more
than 80 or 90 busy signals in an
hour, and the other two operators
do about the same."
Facilities Centralized
Facilities for Alice Lloyd, Mo-
sher-Jordan, and Stockwell dor-
mitories are centralized at a main
switchboard in Alice Lloyd. The
switchboard has three positions
with 10 outgoing lines. There are
also 30 incoming lines which can
be used either way when incoming
traffic is light.
Before Alice Lloyd was built,
Stockwell and Mosher-Jordan each
had their own small switchboards.
In the fall of 1949, according to
Catherine M. Claus, office super-
visor of Alice Lloyd, they were cen-
tralized to improve service..
Three More Effective
The move was made in the hope
that three operators working to-
gether on one switchboard would
be more effective than three work-
ing separately.
A few improvements have been
made in the last few years, Alice
Lloyd's Dietician Manager Helen
M. Queenan said, pointing to the
Stocklen To Talk
Dr. Joseph Stocklen, tubercu-
losis controller of Cuyahoga Coun-
ty health department, Cleveland,
will talk on "Management of Tu-
berculosis Patients at Home" at 4
p.m. today in the School of Pub-
lic Health auditorium.
"Service to students in dorms
would be improved if users of serv-'
ice would make every effort to cur-
tail length of calls," Prakken stat-
ed.
Mrs. Claus added operators try
to enforce the "three-minute rul-
ing" especially during peak hours.
If students knew room numbers
of their calls, service would be
faster, she continued. Operators
have an especially difficult time in
the fall before student directories
come out. /
Author, judge and world-travel-
er William 0. Douglas, associate
justice of the Supreme Court, will
lecture at 8:30 p.m., Thurs. at Hill
Auditorium as the fifth attraction
of the University Lecture Course.
Justice Douglas will discuss "De-
mocracy vs. Communism in South-
east Asia."
Appointed to the Supreme Court
by the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1939, Justice Doug-
las had previously served on com-
mittees set up by the Securities
and Exchange Commission, De-
partment of Commerce and the
Yale Institute on Human Rela-
tions.
Admitted to the New York Bar
in 1926, Justice Douglas practiced
law and taught at Columbia and
Yale law schools between 1925 and
1934.
"Of Men and Mountains," "Be-
yond the High Himalayas" and
"North from Malaya" are three
of Justice Douglas' numerous books
on Asian affairs.
Hill Auditorium box office will
be open today through Wed., 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. It will remain open
on Thurs. up to lecture time.
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FREQUENT PROBLEM FACED BY DORM CALLERS:
"SORRY THE LINE IS BUSY!"
installation of more corridor
phones.
Staff members have received ad-
ditional phones and Inter-dormi-
tory Councils were given direct
outside phones last year.
With East Quad and West Quad
each having three direct tie-lines
with "the hill," service has im-
proved somewhat, Mrs. Claus add-
ed.
Two new pay phones were in-
stalled in Alice Lloyd recently as'
an improvement, reported Business
Manager of Residence Halls Leon-
ard A. Schaadt.
The need for more pay phones in
Stockwell has been reporter' to the
phone company, Schaadt said.
Stockwell Most Fortunate
A recent survey by Michigan
Bell Telephone Company revealed,
Alice Lloyd has 23.8 girls to onej
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corridor phone, Mosher - Jordan
has 19.9, and Stockwell is most
fortunate with only 16 girls per
phone.
Commenting on these figures,
Schaadt admitted Alice Lloyd's to-
tal was very high and would have
to be looked into carefully.
He said they are considering the
possibility of installing more cor-
ridor phones and more direct tie
lines with men's dorms. However,
at present there is little chance of
expanding the switchboards with
more trunk lines because of ex-
pense.
No "Go Ahead"
Nicholas J. Prakken, Manager of
Michigan Bell Telephone Com-
pany, said they have been given
no "go ahead" on installation of
more corridor phones. Even with-
out more trunk lines, Prakken said
more corridor phones would be a
big improvement.
He explained that students
would find it easier to make con-
nections with their party once they
reache'. the dormitory number. In-
directly the switchboard burden
would be eased because operators
would no longer have to spend so
much time giving busy signals.
The telephone company, which
sends observers to watch the
switchboard about once a month,
pointed out other service problems
in its recent survey.
Buzzers Answered
In addition to shortage of cor-
ridor phones, buzzers are often
answered slowly because the phone
may be located far from the stu-
dent's room. Frequently the wrong
girl answers the call, tying lines
up until the right party comes.
Robert E. Larkin, commercial
representative at Michigan Bell
for the University, emphasized the
problem of repeat calls coming in.
He said when many students
find corridor lines busy, they dial
back almost immediately forcing
operators to give as many as six
busy signals to the same caller in
a few minutes. This keeps opera-
tors busy and slows up other calls.
Surveys Made
Other surveys have been made
concerning the situation, Schaadt
said. About three years ago a poll
was taken in all dorms to see if
students would be willing to pay
extra to have phones in each room,
as in South Quad.
The consensus indicated that
they were interested in improve-
ments but only at no increased
cost.
Last year Assembly Association
and Inter-House Council studied
the problem, but reached no con-
clusive decision, past president of
Assembly Association Dolores P.
Messinger, '55Ed. commented.
Miss Queenan summed up the
situation indicatingthatmore fa-
cilities could never completely al-
leviate the rush at all times.
"When it's at its peak," she said,
"there will always be a waiting
line."
Training Open
For WAVES
University coeds are offered an
opportunity to participate in' the
United States Navy Officer Train-
ing Program for Women.
WAVE officers are now serving
in such fields as personnel ,admin-
istration, public relations, commu-
nications and intelligence in the
United States and countries all
over the world.
Lt. jg Mitzie L. Jacobson, WAVE
procurement officer from Detroit,
will be on campus tomorrow to dis-
cuss the United States Navy pro-
gram for women.
Workshop Set
By Assembly
New residence halls, house ju-
diciaries, and a variety of other
questions pertaining to : dormitory
living will be discussed at the An-
nual Assembly Association Work-
shop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat-
urday at the League.
Sixteen workshop groups, meet-
ing for an hour each, will be at-
tended by dormitory representa-
tives and guests to the conference.
A summary of group discussions
is scheduled for 3:30 to 4 p.m.
Ford Man To Talk
Edwin H. Sonnecken, program-
ming manager of Ford Motor Co.,
will speak on "Meeting the Mov-
ing Market" at 7:30 p.m. today in
Rm. 130, Business Administration
Bldg.
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