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If it would be possible to have, at this point, a fan-fare of the LGMB, a rousing round of “Lady Godiva”, a blast of the Skule Cannon and maybe even a few fireworks for effect there should be; but you can imagine them anyway. In the 1972-1973 Skule year a great change took place. Perhaps spurred on by the upcoming Centennial of Skule and undoubtedly due to an extremely energetic executive and a very dedicated, wide-eyed President, the course of skule spirit and society activities was to be reversed. During the 1972-1973 year new programs would be initiated, many of the old Skule activities would be revived, and interest in both the Society and spirit of Skule would come to life again. From the minute the new Council took office in March, planning and preparations for the next year began. Most of the Council and Executive was made up of new people interested in seeing changes take place and more important, willing to carry them out. The Executive Committee and most of the other committees of Council held regular meetings all summer. By the beginning of August the entire year of activities had been planned, dates had been set, and many of the necessary arrangements were being made for as far in advance as March, 1973. Ultimate commitment to these ambitious plans was made in the form of a Skule Calendar which in the eight months of the academic year showed the dates for all the new and old activities that the Society had planned. As it turned out all of these ambitions were realized, and as the year progressed new ideas came to mind and were also carried out. Social activities, professional development programs, educational events; conferences, congresses, exchanges; Skule Nite, job seminars, a French course; a new Cannon; an “Old Red Skulehouse’’, a glorious Centennial Ball; a new constitution, “Centennial Awards”, a preliminary report for an Engineering Centre; new Stores and Offices, a weekly Tiny Toike, Synergetics; Pub Crawl, the Car Rally, a Chariot Race; Cannonball; Election Dance; Founding Day; Grad Ball, Irong Rings, PHT’s, Oktoberfest, our own Float Parade; Orientation; Faculty Council, the Alumni Executive, SAC; the APEO Conference, Ecole Polytechnique, a trip to Vancouver; a Beard Growing Contest, Founding Day, “Ralph”; the Toike Oike, no BFC, our LGMG; a much loved and respected retiring Dean. The Engineering Society of 1972-1973 has had a great year. It is the sincere hope of the outgoing Executive and Council that the spark of Skule Spirit that has brought smoke to our kindling will bring fire to yours. Best of luck to next year’s Society.
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ENGINEERING SOCIETY EXECUTIVE The Engineering Society of 1972-1973 took office at a time when Skule spirit was at an all time low. For reasons that are very difficult to explain, interest in Skule activities had been slowly decreasing since the early sixties. Many of the traditional events, programs, and capers that had once been the focal point of university life for thousands of Skulemen were disappearing. By 1972 there was no longer a yearbook for instance; it had been dropped in 1968. Skule Nite, the Election Dance, the At Home, the Skule Dinner, the Skule Formal and many other smaller activities had also died at various stages over the last ten years. And so when the 1972-1973 Engineering Society Executive and Council took office it had a very sparse program to maintain of which many events were suffering from lack of interest and would, it seemed, also be dropped before long. But more to the point, they began office with the great problem of facing a Skule spirit that was practically non-existent.
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