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

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our addition to the homecumming parade: pollution on 18 wheels. DIRTY DEEDS OF THE NEFARIOUS AND DOUBLE PRIZE WINNING LGMB. Back in 1948 a group of Engineering students were wondering how to make fools of themselves in public, and since one of them had bought a pawned trumpet, these men decided to form a double prize winning Memorial Band. Then by appointment by His Majesty The King, just like HP Sauce and Peak Frean Biscuits, the Lady Godiva Memorial Band came into existence. Over the years the Band became World renowned at The Bohemian Embassy, Subway Closings, Ediface Openings (e.g. Ontario Place, EXPO) and McGill Weekends. Therefore to celebrate our 25th year of existance The Band, thanks to the skilful directing of Doug Hooton, did very little, and played with utmost apathy (even better than usual). The LGMB was awarded an Executive Suite (converted from a Broom Closet) for its Silver Anniversary and now has become fat and corrupt. Evidence of the Band’s decadent ways and “practices” are told by the surrounding photographs, some of which are not even from this year. the Ottawa weekend, eh Sven. the intense concentration demanded by the L.G.M.B Oktobertest with Mark F® and the honey bee

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These idiots recorded an album? Harriet eyeing Jim’s bone. Rick shows the correct way to hold a clarinet. Eipll , - - i , Not a bad idea, eh? Band members of yesteryear discuss the merits of Albanian dwarves. Showing the colours at the Centenial Ball.

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WOMEN IN ENGINEERING Long before Women’s Lib even started to take form women were full-fledged practising engineers. Although it has never been a very popular occupation for women on this continent, the number of North American women engineers is definitely increasing and U of T’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering has shared in fostering and encouraging new trends for women in engineering fields from the earliest period. In 1912 our first woman graduate received her B.A. Sc. There were four women enrolled by 1918. The trickle had begun and now there appears to be a new upsurge in the number of women in pursuit of the Iron Ring (wearing one that is, not marrying one). Perhaps it is a reflection of the change in technology away from beer and brawn towards more sophisticated methods for problem solving. The female is becoming more and more an integral part of engineering - a part we shouldn’t have to get along without. The current figures for female enrolment are 35 in 1971-1972 and now in 1972-1973 there are 40. Every en ntion that the women that have entered the Faculty of Engineering at U. of T., although outnumbered, have not been outclassed. For example Elsie Gregory MacGill was one of our earlier graduates (1927) in Electrical Engineering, famous for her work in the aeronautical field (responsible for ‘winterized’ Hurricane, Maple Leaf Trainer II and numerous other aircrafts). She has gone on to open her own office as a Consulting Engineer (Aeronautics). Our undergraduate women are not a docile minority either. Their program of activities are both energy and time consuming. At the beginning of each school year a dinner is organized to make efforts to see that “frosh” women have an opportunity to meet other women students in engineering Alumnae Skule-women are welcome to participate in this dinner also. This year the women were given representation on the Engineering Athletic Society by the appointment of one of them to a new post - Women’s Athletic Commissioner. The representation was well deserved as active participation by many of the girls allows them to sport volleyball, basketball, hockey and curling interfaculty teams - this year even broomball was added as a special event. Some of the girls participated in class teams also for the Centennial competitions. 18 of the women participated in the Ecole Polytechnique Exchange - an active weekend for them as our four sports teams were made up of practically all the same girls. Some of our female undergraduates have been or are presently active members of the LGMB, the BFC (Diane Longbottom, Industrial 7T 1 , was once their chief), the Engineering Society, Course Clubs, Departmental Committees and the Faculty Council. The experiences of the young women in our engineering school reinforces the view that the female student is encouraged, treated as an equal and given every opportunity to move towards her career goals. Our women graduates are proving the potential of women engineers in the working world, but there is still room for more women in our faculty and it is up to us to encourage them to give it a try.