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"What do frisbes have to .do with hand-calculators?

The conceiving of an idea knows no barrier. A toymakér in the United States con- jured up the idea of a playful object which would bring delight and a source of exercise to many people.

i The frolici 3 youth were

1the,intendedﬁmarket for a

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gdisc, which is called a

"ﬁfrisbe". Soon adults were attracted to spinning this object into the air be- cause it has a graceful? ness about it. It also brought adults into temp— orary contact with child- ren. No parent would de- prive his child from the proud ownership of this toy. The uncontrolable' nature of the frisbe in flight worried some parents A few broken panes of glass should over-rule the price of children having fun.

The United States Gov- ernment was intrigued by this simple toy object. They had good reason to believe that military va1—_ ue existed in its design.

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tiDepartment could not vis- ualize a military appli- cation from.this toy's,de—~ sign. ’

0n the other hand, the

same government has spent millions in designing min— ute circuitry for applif

' cation in its space program. One of the commercial usa- ges of space age technology exists in the well known, portable, hand calculator. This little beast is used by many students to carry out the mundane calculations, which have plagued them since grade one. After»ex- periencing these operations in simple mathsnatics for twelve years, most proved to be competent. However, some people have neVer

.given up the use of their fingers to determine some

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This is just a note ‘to thank all the people who Save their time and effort to make Fall - Fest, the sucess it was. . . We would like to-thank the Fall Fest Committee and especially Kevin Newman.' Their assistance was greatly appreciated.- I We thank Jane MacCormack for all the things she helped with. r t I The Maintenace Depart- ment was a big asset this

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solution to a mathematic-

ally implied situation. To these people the advent of the calCulator is a blessed

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The hand calculator has

'become the adult frisbe on

this campus. The calculator is now the preferred port- able item over the high school days of toting a transistor radio. The util— ity of this invader is imm— ense. It can‘be carried in a brief case, or hidden in a purse, by professor

and student alike. As with books, we now have a common denominator to share with our professors. Instructors have admitted their per- sonal attachment to their own calculators. Could the student\body be purchasing these calculators so they will not be outclassed by the university staff? w However, this‘little creature, which.has the admiration of all, for ob- vious reasons, does not

-receive an admitted wel-

come in all situations on this campus. Some profess-

‘thoso helping on

year and‘took a big work

load off our backs. To

them we are very grateful. Again this year the

. Campus Police and Bar Tenders

did .a great job.. We thank them for keeping things going. we would like to thank Moosehead Breweriesyfor_their assistance. ‘ We thank Student Services and Security for their help. _ Also We Would like to thank Radio C.I.M.N. and at this time congratulate

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ors‘will_consider these "logic units" as additional material in their classroom domain. Tradition has estab- lished a precedent which has given principle on which he or she can act. Notably, the intention was and is to control those materials which may aid and abeit students in managing a respectable pass in a subject with all the pro— babilities of a heavy gamr ble. Can a calculator, brought into a testing sit-

devious nature? It has a logic circuit which can

[simplify any calculation,

but, it is only as good as an extention of One's ab— ility to operate it.

' The question of a diffi— cult calculation is not a necessary consideration. Each individual has an un— determined math factor which can be upset by either speedy solving, or pressure, and cause carelessness at the wrong time. All of us

tare prone to unbelievable

error making and would Fall F at

We thank the Cadre for the coverage they gave us.- Last but not least we

Vthank the Students who sup} _ported this event. I

We wish the best of luck to Wade MacLaughlan and Winter Carnival and hope

that everyone supports him and it. ’

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Once again thank—you all.

Ted Crockett

CADRE, NOVEMBER 12. 1974, page 3

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appreciate the comfort of our calculator in any sit- uation of testing. Since 'many of our courses have

a math input, the use of

a calculator must be wel— comed in all appropriate classroom situations.

I think it is about time that U.P.E.I. make a uni- versal stand on this issue of the banning of calcu— lators by some instructors because of individual pre- ferences. If it is not a significant question to be resolved, I, then suggeSt that entire departments, one by one, approve the

holesale use of hand cal- culators in their stream of subjects.

The problem of unfair advantage to the "havenots" is resolved by the borrow- ing technique rather than outright purchase. A few years ago, I can recall Dr. O'Grady mentioning that Dr. Samual Johnson devised the peOple of this world to be of two kinds; people were either "lenders" or "borrowers". The reference at this time was to books. Many items today are being exchanged under the notion of borrowing. There is no reason to exclude hand cal- culators in this honorable habit of borrowing. Use the family frisbe as collateral. Once this issue is resol- ved (By whom?) can we ex— pect more difficult cal— culations on the exams? If this should occur, then, our ability to manipulate the calculator becomes more important than the testing of mathematical concepts.

Peter Tremblay

This article is the result of an actual classroom situation, which prompted me to do something about it.

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