University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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up to raise over 325,000 from stu- dents alone in 1950-51. At the beginning of the school term, Bill Haggert was appointed head of the committee by President Nonie Donaldson. At first com- mittee tried to raise fund by pep meet, dances, etc., until they found they were not going to reach their objective. The start of the second term found committee members speaking before every class asking them to give 253.43 per student for the com- pletion of the gym. As the term ended student con- tributions for 1950-51 had been 325,000 from pledges, 33,000 from the Madri Gras, 31,000 from other functions, and 534,000 from their A M S fe e s for a total of ' j563,000. Housed on I fo u r floors, th e million- g 0 Gig d o l 1 a r me- morial is the largest a n cl most modern gymnasium in Canada. A steam room, sun room, physio- therapy facilities, message room and individual activities and six bowl- ing alleys will be housed down two levels in the sub basement room. Up one floor are locker rooms which will provide accommodation for 2,500, team rooms, a forty-two- seat snack bar and a small gym 04 New 'za in paula i'Famous six-foot Leland twins returned to campus for unofficial opening of the Gym. During intermission they performed antics with the old Jokers Club. 'A'Next picture shows basement of structure before the basketball floor was put on it. 'kPart of the crowd that crowded gym dur- ing opening night. Attendance almost touched l0,000 in the two-day affair. Workmen worked all summer to complete outside of U.B.C.s memorial to students killed during the last two World Wars. 'l'BeIow is the committee that raised over 525,000 to help finish structure. Committee was headed by 4th year engineer Bill Hag- gert. Other committee members Joe Noel, Phil Anderson, Mary Rettrick, Bill Sparling, Terry Nichols and Barry Baldwin. F. W mam primarily for wrestling, tumbling and boxing. One flight higher is the upper part of the memorial lobby with a large common room with a twolway view towards the north shore mountains, a board room and an alumni lounge. The main court of the gym is 160 feet long and 96 feet wide, with roll in glass blackboards at each end. There is ample space for three basketball courts or 12 badminton courts. 55

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.flfilfion .Lanai gym For its memorial to the dead of the last two wars, U.B.C. students have built a new million dollar gym. lt is a practical monument, one which shows the initiative, deter- mination and courage of the stu- dents to embarck on such an am- bitious program. Early in 1945 Student Council decided that the war memorial for the students of the University who gave their lives in the two world wars would be a modern gymna- sium complete with swimming pool and other facilities. The Government of B.C. on the request of the Student Council and the Board of Governors started the fund-raising campaign with 3575.000 At the fall general meeting in '46 students raised their Alma Mater 54 fee from 1513 to 11215 and allocated five dollars to the gym campaign. A general student drive was or- ganized with fund-raising antics on the campus, parades through the streets of Vancouver, and appeals over radio programs to bring the student drive to liS175,000 by the end of 1947. Students authorized Stu- dent Council to borrow 3150.000 whenever necessary to start con- struction. Meanwhile students still continue to pay five dollars out of their AMS fees to the campaign. In October of 1948 university au- thorities confirmed site of the struc- ture. After a student delegation went to Victoria, provincial government contributed 3200.000 to the construc- tion of war memorial, bringing their total contribution to E275,000. In 1949 contracts are let for the con- struction of the gym, but costs soared to such an extent that the swimming pool had to be left out. The loan authorized by the gen- eral meeting in 1947 was negotiated and the five dollars per year slated to retire debt. Then a campus committee was set 'kU.B.C.'s million-dollar gym as it looked on February 23, the day of the unofficial student opening. Below shows progress construction of the gym early in the fall term. Overhead steel was installed during the summer months. After it was up steel pillar at left was removed. Construction took 17 months to complete and gym is the largest in any Canadian university. 1

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Doreen Scott, AMS office staff, and her engin- eering husband, Roy, enioyed the ball. Eleven hundred UBC engineers climaxed their 1950-51 season's entertainment at the annual Engineers Ball held this year at the Commodore, February 22nd and 2.3rd. The gala two-night party cavorted this year under the intriguing title of Godiva's Gallop in honor of the Engineers' dream girl-the lady who rode through Coventry, and scantily dressed, too, so the story goes. The annual contest produced this name, culled from the fertile brain of Grant Hepburn, 2nd year Engineer, and for this feat of mental gymnastics, he was awarded two tickets to the hall. Professors and students alike shed their school- time togs, ditched their slide-rules, and had a howling good time at the party. Reports have it that even some Artsmen attended, and solemnly swore to make it an annual habit. Contrary to campus opinion, UBC Engineers must be a fairly well-behaved group, since they received lyiuquets and congratulations from the management of the Commodore Cabaret following the hall. Nick Kogos, cabaret manager, sent EUS representatives a congratulatory letter on their conduct at the Commo- dore. The letter said in part: lt is the feeling of the entire staff here that this dance was the finest En- gineers' dance held here to date, and was one of the most orderly and best organized functions ever con- ducted by a university group. VVe sincerely hope that we will have the pleasure of doing business with the Engineers again, the letter concluded. Engineers dispensed with the annual queen con- test at this year's ball, claiming that the judging and 'kwinner of the display competition was the Dawson Club, which showed a model oil well operation. Below, couple enioy oscul- ator which was designed by Arts Student AI Goldsmith four years ago. Has been used at every ball since then, but Engineers have long since forgotten that kissometer is property of Goldsmith. A large crowd gathered around machine, which was by far the most popular at 'Godiva's Ball'. 56 awarding took too much time out of an already jam- med evening. The other big item on the program is the judging of the displays produced by all engineer- ing sections. Ball patrons spent much of their time admiring and trying out these ingenious displays. Most popular of all displays was the Electrical En- gineers' Kissometer , another annual attraction of the ball. Engineers claim it registers intensity, heat, pres- sure, and then transforms them into a numerical rating on the needle graph in the machine. Absolutely tops in all ways rates ten on the scale, and large red neon letters spelling STOP light up on top of the machine when ten is reached. The Kissometer was designed four years ago by Artsman Al Goldsmith, president of IFC this year. Few patrons of the ball missed a visit to this popular machine. Wititier of the display contest was the Dawson Club, composed of geological, mining, and metallurgy engineering students. Their display was a model of an oil-well drilling rig, with cross section of layers of earth through which the drill passes. Prize for the exhibit was a twenty-sixth of the traditional Engineers' beverage. Second prize went to 3rd and 4th year Civil Engineers for their display of a model of the cience NJ? JJUJVI