r TUE SDAY, rLmnUAny 22,1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY VAGE THREE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ?AGE THREW 1 DORM TELEPHONES: Surveys Try To Help Harassed Phone Operators Justice Douglas To Talk Here On Political Conflicts in Asia " 'I 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. CIRCLE THESE DATES FEBRUARY 28 and MARCH 1, 1955 You can discuss career opportunities with our representatives at this time. Our THREE-MINUTE STORY is in your Placement Office. ELECTRO METALLURGICAL COMPANY A Division of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation -Daily-Fred Day 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 N E iL Shell 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. 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