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

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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

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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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proposed Guthega Dam at Alex- andria in New South Wales, Aus- tralia, and the 4th year Mechanicals rated third with their scale model of a Theoretical Gas Turbine. Other exhibits included model log- ging-mills, sets of chemical distilling apparatus, and saw-mill sets. Guest of the Redshirts at their ball was Ubyssey Editor-in-Chief Ray Frost, who shortly before had thwarted EUS plans to produce an issue of the Ubyssey in red ink, and with traditional engineering jour- nalism. Results of the fracas saw Pubsters and Engineers both pro- ducing and paying for papers on their own. Don Duguid, EUS president, planned a repeat of the coup d'etat staged by Cy White in the session of 1949-50. White arranged for the kidnapping of that year's editor, Iim Banham, and Monday Senior Editor Hugh Cameron, while swarms of Redshirts stormed the Publications Board and prevented the regular staff from producing their issue. The redshirts also gave Ubyssey columnist Les Armour a much needed haircut, albeit a little ragged. This year, Duguid's plans went slightly astray. Engineers bungled when they let Cameron, then Totem Editor, escape their clutches, and he managed to warn other pubsters of the raid. All evaded the net of redshirts except Monday, Senior Editor Ann Langbein, who was ab- ducted early in the morning before she could be contacted by Cameron. Ron Pinchin, ex-Ubyssey Sports Ed- itor, was captured later in the morn- ing, but proved to be of little value to the Redshirts. Pinchin and Miss Langbein were held throughout the day at the Albion Auto Court in 'i'7 'X liurnaby South on Kingsway. Both reported later that they were well- treated. Cameron contacted Editor Frost who immediately laid plans for a special one-page flyer to appear on the campus the following morning. Meanwhile, Engineers were going ahead with plans for their paper, after little resistance in taking over the empty pub. nnua! if fo Ciefebfzaie eafz 57