University of Toronto Engineering Society - Skule Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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DON ELLIOTT KEITH MclNTYRE PETER COPLAND JOHN SHULTZ JOHN STEWART JACK ELLIS JOHN FOULDS E.A.C. Rep. Dir. Prof. Rel. Athletic Pres. Dir. Pub. Pub. Editor Toike Oike Editor Yearbook Debates Club EXECUTIVE 1956-57 though I have heard that My Fair Lady is having a fairly good run on Broadway. One night an engineer is enjoying a per- formance by the fine university symphony orchestra . . . the next day, he is beating a garbage pail in the Lady Godiva Memorial Band, confident that it is the sweetest music this side of heaven. This is Skule Spirit! ! But Skule Spirit extends beyond the walls of the little red Skulehouse. Every engineer is aware of his loyalty and duty to the fine university of which we form a part. It has become a tradition at S.P.S. that we help out the Caput in assuming the responsi- bility of disciplining the Medsmen at which we have been most successful in the past and will continue to be so. It might seem that Victoria needs a bit of this same discipline as well. I was interested to find that U.C. — if you will pardon the term — had a course in Civil Engineering from 1857 to 1883. It seemed too much to ask of an arts college and al- though much effort was put into the course, in the twenty-six years of its existence only seven engineers graduated. A need was seen for a faculty of Engineering and in 1878 Skule was built. It wasn ' t until 1906 that we were recognized as the Skule of Practical Science. Times were hard. Our first Dean, Mr. Galbreith, received an annual salary of $1,- 000.00 almost comparable to the present graduate engineer ' s starting wage. And ap- parently heating conditions were so bad in the Faculty buildings at the turn of the century that labs had to be cancelled in mid- winter because the chemicals had frozen on the shelves. Times have changed. Now in- stead of the big freeze in lectures during the winter, we sit in the Mechanical Building and fry. Well, Skulemen, we are by no means per- fect — but we ' re getting there, and it ' s the great traditions and spirit behind Skule that have made it the fine institution it is today. JOHN M. RUMBLE BOB WARNICA Aeronautical KEN VACING WALT SCHMIDA CAM FERGUSON ALBERT MATTHEWS OTTO RENELT FRANK COLLINS President 5T7 Vice-Pres. 5T7 Treasurer 5T7 President 5T8 President 5T9 President 6T0 ' Efi 13

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JOHN RUMBLE CHARLES MAYER JACK STEVENS DAVE WATSON DAGNY VIDINSH MIKE LAUGHTON Dl HALLAMORE President First Vice-Pres. Second Vice-Pres. T reasurer Secretary IV S.A.C. Rep. III S.A.C. Rep. ENGINEERING SOCIETY HERE ' S TO SKULE Gentlemen of the Faculty of Applied Science: As you progress through the four years of Engineering you find a bond developing, that leaves you wishing that the end of your uni- versity life were not so close. To be finished with lectures and exams will be a victory, but nevertheless there is a feeling of regret when you see your time at Skule coming to an end. On that first day back in 1953 when I walked through the Skule Building entrance which was painted a musty green and looked like it suited a barn more than a building of the faculty, I was faced with dark dingy halls and rooms that looked as if they had been there since the beginning of time. How was I going to enjoy four years in surroundings like that? As our old barnyard philosopher Bob Hill 5T6 used to say, The beams in Skulehouse are so old, that if the termites stopped holding hands the whole building would fall down. However, after four years of Skule, I find myself hoping that the termites keep a firm hold for many years to come. Why do we feel this way at the thought of graduation? 5 The answer can be found in the Skule spirit that grows stronger in every one of us as we advance through the four years that most of us spend at S.P.S. A well-known figure at our university stated a short time ago, that what universities need today is more characters . . . Well, we ' ve got them. Skule spirit reigns supreme on the campus and for this very reason. We are a faculty full of characters . . . with character! One day you see a Skuleman proving his great abilities by diving off goalposts, amusing the throngs. Another day he is on the football field win- ning honours for Skule. One day a Skuleman in his beer-soiled tee- shirt is out winning the chariot race against the artsmen (to which the fear-ridden arts- men never turn up) . . . the next, he is a dapper Dan in Skule Nite, the outstanding show of the campus, if not in America. Al- DAVE SHANNON JOE BOURGEOIS DON GRANT TED WHITE TED GRAYSON PETER HARRIS RAY SMITH Civil Mining Met. Mechanical Eng. Business Eng. Physics Chemical Electrical

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0 0 7 be Sactal ' tyea ' i School Dinner Speaker Prizes were awarded too . . . 0 This article usually gives First Vice-Presi- dents a chance to pat themselves in the back and say that truly this past year has been the biggest, best, and most successful ever. Since it is not my opinion that is important, I shally only try to outline the past social events, in hope that I may bring back pleas- ant memories to you, and let you decide how successful the year has been. To those of you who did not attend, my sincerest sympathy; you are not getting the full benefit from your few years at University. The School Dinner heralded the start of the social year. The tickets were sold out well in advance. As an experiment a guest speaker was invited who was not an Engineer, with the hope that he may arouse our interests in some field outside our own. Dr. J. B. Hanson- Lowe, a noted geologist from England, spoke on the highly pertinent problem of the ma- jority trying to force the individual thinkers into stereotype patterns. After the presenta- tion of the scholarships the group dispersed to the K.C.R. , Plaza Room, and other such places of intellectual stimulus to discuss the problem further. No sooner had the hangovers from football- weekends cleared up, than it was time for the Cannon Ball. Under the direction of Frank Collins, Artists Al Landsberg and Jim McCart- ney chose the History of the Cannon as the theme, but after an unexpected visit from Yodar Kritch some of the captions got slightly distorted. Ray Smith invented a new way of viewing Godiva — down the barrel of a cannon, and according to reliable sources even 14