University of Missouri College of Engineering - Shamrock Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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l oiie 5Bamroclli'h e '+i?W agg. e 9 14 h il 1 , M ill N , i l I tl il' li l A , ' w, N , gl ' 1 W I il i l l' l lil l. ,w , .lmssn IERWIN VVRENCI-I, Kvzight of Sa,i-at Patrick 1 Summa Cum Laude 1928. Jesse Erwin lvreneh was born September 10, 1882, in Afton, N. Y. He re- ceived his 'education at a rural school, Afton Academy, and Cornell University, from which he was graduated with an A. B. degree in 1906. He studied in the American School at Jerusalem during the year 19011-1905. Subsequent to his W! graduation he attended the University of YVisconsin for one year, and during the I year 1907-1908 he was with the Cornell expedition to the Near East. He again at- M tended the University of VVisco-nsin during the year 1908-1909, and then went to Syracuse University as instructor i11 History., where he remained until 1911. VVith the exception of one semester instructor at the University of Wvisconsin in 1912, he has been here since 1911. Ni VVe Engineers consider it a great privilege to take into our organization a man ,, H who has striven to make our Alma Mater a better place to live and learn. There l is no student activity thought of that Monkey, as he has been affectionately , termed, has not been asked to participate in, and being asked he has responded with ,l his whole heart. He says, regarding the Engineers, If I had not been a historian ii I should have liked to be a civil engineer. I was barred from that, however, by my inability to grasp inatheinatics beyond the knowledge that two and two make four. Q I have enough Gaelic blood to appreciate St. Patrick, and to realize that he is the ideal Saint to head the Engineers, but as a historian I do not forget that Iinhotep, il the first Engineer, ought. to receive some recognition. if Page 38 ii

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A HISTORY OF SAINT PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI From the Records of the National Guard of Saint Patrick. Let profs do their worst, there are moments of joy, Bright dreams of the past which they cannot destroyg VVlhich came in the night time of Flunker's Despair. And bring back the features St. Pat used to wear. Thus began the Shamrock of 1906, the first of :1 series of annuals that was destined to record the yearly activities of the engineers of the 'University of Mis- souri. and which continues to be published upon the day of homage to our Patron Saint. The celebration in honor of St. Patrick began with the discovery of the Blarney Stone in the excavations for the foundation of the Engineering Annex in the year 1903. The stone was found to be covered with ancient figures resembling the hieroglyphics of old, and for a long time these obvious purveyors of some im- portant text were unread, but the strange writings were finally translated after some concentration on the part of the Senior Electricals, and the translations were given to the world. These men announced that the results of their researches into the languages of the past ages had given them the knowledge whereby they found the Blarney Stone to convey the fact that Erin Go Braglf' meant St. Pat- rick VVas An Engineer. Such is tradition. As a matter of fact the whole thing started from a dis- cussion in the Senior Electrical Design Room one night. A history of St. Pat had been published by some historian and was causing comment throughout the country. That night an engineer asked the question: 'Who was St. Patrick? The immediate reply was, An engineer, of course, and it was decided that March 17 should be a holiday. On the morning of St. Patrick's Day a large group of engineers attended the prayer meeting in a body and held a later meeting in the general library where they dedicated themselves to the service of their Patron Saint. It is said that it was :1 most imposing and impressive scene. After this they followed the band , ,., ,, ,Y ENGINK E QE Page 40 IW' . f,-, --Yi f E- Y., .W f is Y-Y Y Y 7 ---1 --if f G K'vQAa'f6is.fwf.A. ,Y fe, -: f Y +4l Q' -7 -T lf' xi! ffGBe Stlaimfioc 'Q