General Motors Institute - Reflector Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Fall, 1961: GMTE Adds Fifth Council Chairman Peganoff directs discussion at the monthly meeting. Last year, GMTE established the Professional Groups Council as the guiding body of the organizations affiliated with the various professional groups in industry. These professional groups are dedicated to furthering the understanding of men in their fields of endeavor by promoting the mutttal interest of these men. At GMI, this objective is accomplished by means of discussions, speeches by men from Industry, dinner meetings, tours, and other related activities. This council includes the Society of Automotive Engineers, the recent national affiliation with the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers, and the student chapter of the American Foundrymen’s Society. Other clubs under the jurisdiction of the council are the Industrial Engi- neering Club, Welding Engineering Club, and the Electrical Engineering Club. These organizations have, during the past year, come into their own as a worthwhile part of the educational program of General Motors Institute. A ge — Let’s see, are these introductory notes in the sequence I want them? Elected members being sworn in as officers of ASTME. 27

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Fall, 1961: GMTE Gets New Quarters PEE-S aTMO JQMUOD IVITUD3X3 pt ncemanrenmans: stim mee etree meee echt nesses Inside the main office of the GMTE Executive Council. This year saw the GMTE Executive Council move their offices into Room 2-339 by the entrance to the main cafe- teria. Because of the many functions being carried on by the Publications Council of the Executive Council, and also be- cause of the many students who are constantly working on The new office of the Publications Council. the Publications Council, it was given its own work area offices in Room 3-337. The Publications Council Chairman also has his office space with the Publications Council in order to facilitate more harmony between the different publi- cations and to help establish supervisory proximity. As this writing takes place, however, the Executive Council has been moved from Room 2-339 to Room 3-501. This latest move provides them more space and also brings the student gov- erning body in proximity with the governing body of the In- stitute. It takes a capable man to fill this chair. The Reflector editor has his own private area.

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28 1961-1962: Three Fraternities Acquire New Homes In keeping with the changes and expansion policies at were made almost simultaneously by the two fraternities. the Institute, three of the eleven fraternities on campus have The summer of 1962 marks the move for Omega Epsilon acquired new homes. Gamma Mu Tau Fraternity moved into Fraternity also. Omega Epsilon followed the example of Al- the home they had built on Dupont Street early last year. pha Gamma Upsilon and Gamma Mu Tau in building their Gamma Mu Fraternity sold their former house on Stevens house in the much talked about “fraternity row” section at Street to Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Thus, two “big” moves Dupont and Flushing roads. Kappa Sigma Kappa Gamma Mu Tau Omega Epsilon