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2 The Daily Tar Heel Thursday. March 9, 1972 Computer raoiieer to roe iL -eivs in by Harry Smith Staff Writer Commander fir-jce Murray Hopper, one si the pioneers in the f;e!d of electron;, computers, v. . ' ) -peak at p.". ! .d r. in f,vrrird H-!l. 'I he o5-year-oid v.oman. a retired o'fi.er m the vovai Reserve, developed the first practical compiler for the computer. A compiler is a high-ievei . ompuf cr program that enables progra rnmers To write instructions jn another, cioer to handle, programming language without a loss of eff i.ieruv. Bureau of Ordnance Computation f'ro:e;: C: at Harvard -a here she learned to program more : the first large-scale computer, the Mar?: I. automat in 1946he joined the Harvard fa.-lt;. .porta "r'h ?-Oo,-;- .. ( ( U( H :r : Hrat 3egin O fr If! Fr Or j.n.o he :.m- "Nobody F 1 it dd be done. the v,h;:-h.:med voonan -.aid last fa!!. "'It v. j the ohv:ou thing to do. Vhy start fro;o riit-.h th every Single program .u write'.' Develop one that would over i: d over aain do a lot of the work for S ' l u . "I) '. o.' a -o.no pilcr .-. : a iogi.a; mow. hut ui matters like this vou don't LU,.i,Oldti'J.i iil-..O.d lO. ;cs '..e.c continued on the Mark II and M computers for the Navy. In 19 49, she jo:n-:j Lckert-Mau.hly Computer or: then budding the UN! VAC I. as a mathematician. She remained wit company after it v.as bough Remington Rani: in Vi'A. named a taf f ' '--ntist. She Meeting tonight ndians try Do : ... --'. Ed liord. . I r - , - H T! o 11 n DUlldll o j n ' oou. you run against people Junge their mind.. These individii.j - don't say it, but what they are thinking 'Let's not ro.k the boat.' 'Trn in the Navy and I like to rock the I oat ." Commander Hopper joined the Naval Reserve in 1 94 3 and was commissioned a boutenaii! (j.g.l. She was assigned to the Union schedule announced I he spring recess schedule has been announced for the Student Union. Bo v, line lanes will he closed Friday :nd v. ill reopen at 4 p.m. Sunday. March I'h f he billiards room will close Friday at 5 p.m. and will reopen at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 't. I he Union building will close Friday at ( p.m. and will reopen at 4 p.m. Sundav. March I ). i s y A meeting over the .or.trov e.-oa! d .-..i-ior. to raze the Old Main lo.h h: e on the Pembroke State University .a.mpu will be held today at :30 p.m. in the Student Union. Sponsored by the N.C. Legal I).:. Fund, the mieeting will include .k-:o from the Lumbee Indians oi R-.-e-.m. County, leaders of the Save Old Main Movement and statements by rw- U.Nf law professors who are providing legal aid to the Indians. The Old Mam is the original boo! d:nu on the campus of Pembroke State University. The 4H-year-o!d building is the only remaining building ot India:: heritage on campus. Old Main housed the first two-year and then four-year college for Indians -n the United States. While Pembroke State University was still an all-Indian college. Old Main was also a civic and cultural meeting place for the Indians of the community. ES5TI I Will IIBiiSfflSM MHMi ficicins The I'e I he I. .:.' . , 1-oio.ns : oo:o Old ..o. Toes ,. . Tripodi to push annual assembly i . r-.-ld I V -:. N.( . HO is; rHo incidents in jame: A O ?x a 0 . ' Prescriptions Accuratt'ly Filled Lenses Duplicated Headquarters For Quality Sunglass's Contact Lenses Fitted Contact Lens Accessories John and Lib Southern 121 E. Franklin Street Between Varsity Theatre and Intimate James Dormito:;. rer -uo incidents this weekend uttvr a iiess s restrictions on entry were implenier Fridav and Saturdav . The dorm had been the s;t- ot disturbances in the past, and the restrictions on entry were imposed weekend to curb their rec'urrance. "As expected, no incidents ocvu: that I am aware of. and b and lame l)e. M, !;.s o. 1). :.o. 0 MITCH SAYS: DID YOU KNOW THAT only about 10 of the money budgeted in 1971-72 by the Orange County Commissioners for welfare programs will come from county property taxes the rest primarily from state aid sources? From Orange County Budget 1971-72. EARL N. MITCHELL, CANDIDATE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, ORANGE CO. 3" 18 l V . - r-.V. h I i Oi in in iii-iiiii-iM'i-i ii - 1 m i Mimd of the oyli:Di: 11 he Sootherai Soul '? U i 'i M Mil Jf w k " 1 1 MI r i P . S 1.1 If II J ( II r f-f, Ji . ii' fltf.. .:Snr 1 Sly M w $nh ifal iwm :' ,! , i i-i if - . .1: s;J. "There's .0 o ::: i : .:.: e. :: elected. I .so. to;. : .e'.sLture to piss a b;il exter.dmg .;:: f t:n:e :t nseets and no-.k'- he i. i en era 1 AssetnbK c urrentlv no c v er t wo years. ripod: also said that ii the leg;s:.; hi' not pass his bill, he would dor 2.4uO annual salar to ar: DUKE PLAYERS PRESENTS SHAKESPEARE'S ET3 MARCH 10, 11, 12 PAGE AUDITORIUM WILLIAM STYRON NASCAR robert coles benjamin mays doc watson sen. ernest Rollings george wallace barbeque terry sanford willard watson and STILL L MARCH 20-31 brief drive Internships now available Tire-chani n contest slated M I he n y HJ 8:15 P ... RESERVATIONS: 634 4059 JAMES DICKEY i k : u OLYMPIA BRA BAND JULIAN BOND C. VANN WOODWAR I'll ; i ; if, i tr t: :'l h i. J J: ! ;b ! I i s : ! i i: I I. S( I. 'I APPALACHIAN CRAFTS JESSE JACKSON GOV. LINWOOD HOLTON HARRY ASHMOF 'i BENJAMIN HAYES ; GHOST STORIES and MORE i. 'i in i
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