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ENGINEERS' EDITION The Daily Nebraskam XIX. NO. 136. ENGINEERS BACK IN THE HARNESS College and Department Organi zations Show Remarkable Post War Growth. A a. E. LARGEST IN WORLD The year 1919-20 has been great in achievements in the Engineering Col lope. During the war period, the per sonnel of the college, both student and faculty, was greatly reduced in numbers. A large number of the faculty, led by Dean O. V. P. Stout were called to the colors, and the student body was reduced to less than half of the normal size due lo the same reason. With the starting o. the term this year, there came a great number of students, some new, some with one or two years out of their college career. The Engineering Society, the oldest studpnt organization on the campus, immediately set out to effectively or ganize this great mass of students for work not only for the College of Engineering, but for the whole Uni versity. About sixty per cent of the Engineering students were enrolled the first two weeks as members of this society. Almost at the beginning of the year a few of the older I n1,nnnM nf t fll jon nriranized a chapter of the UUf CT American Association of Engineers. After some delay in receiving a cr-ar ter from the National Association forj ihe chapter, these men started to work for new members. During Drivj Week, the early part of December, j about two hundred new members were obtained. This made the Uni versity of Nebraska chapter the larg est student chapter of A. A. E. in the world. The splendid result achieved was due in no small measure to the co-operation of the faculty. The A. A. E. With a membership nearly equal to the Engineering Society and with the majority of each organization belong in? to both, there seemed to be but affiliate the two societies under one one thing to do. and that was to came, A. A. E. This was done at the clofe of the first semester of school. At the start of school, the Nebraska Elue Print was faced with a similai difficulty; the staff were all new to their positions, there was a deficit in the treasury, and there was no sub scription list. Everyone, however, went, to work and the magazine is now on its feet financially. St Patrick Engineers Late in December, the A. A. E. re ceived an invitation to send a deie rate to the national convention of the Ouard of St. Patrick to be held at the University of Missouri. Recent discoveries have proven St Patrick to have been an Engineer, and he is now honored at a number of Engineer ing Colleges throughout the Missouri Valley. His birthday celebration at Nebraska was inaugurated this year with a St Patrick's Ball held as neai to March Seventeenth as University rules would allow: This list of acbitveroents would not be complete without telling of the way Engineers Week celebration Citte back after being handicapped two vears because of war conditions. However, this is told in anothei column. The work of the Engineer ins students may be summarized in the facts that the University of Ne tmka Chapter of the American As wiation of Engineers is the largest one in the world, and the only one I'Bblitbing its own paper; and tha 'hir College of Engineering now cele brates the birthday of St Patrick. In comnjon with nearly every Engineer ire College in the Middle West 0h Three Big A thletic Events Thursday, BASEBALL South Dakota vs. Nebraska 4:30 P.M. BASKETBALL MEN Coach Schissler wants all last year' Freshman Varsity and all men who intend to go out for basketball next year to be pres ent at a meeting to be held Wednesday morning at 11:50 in the Athletic Office. At this meeting Coach Schissler will take up some very important points and every man intending to go out for basketball is urged to be present. Roll will be taken and those not present will not be issued suits next season. MEMORIAL TABLET GIVEN TO SCHOOL Students Make Bronze Gift in Commemoration of Engineers Who Died in War. The Annual Engineering Convoca-1 tion was held Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock in Memorial Hall. This annual affair is given under the auspices of Sigma Tau, the honor ary engineering fraternity. President Wing opened the convocation by a formal presentation of a tablet com- niAninmtiniT t h A ('fllva ToHrSlskll T-TV stu-,gjneers wno logt lhejr iives jn their - v country service during me uieai War. According to the usual tradition of Sigma Tau, a portrait of some man who has been connected with the de velopment of engineering at the Uni versity of Nebraska is presented yearly at the Engineers' Convocation. Sigma Tau gave the beautiful com memoration tablet. Dean O. V. P. Stout responded to the presentation with an expression of appreciation from the faculty and students of the (Continued on Page Four) PROGRAM ENGINEERS' FIELD DAY Morning Events 8:30 All Engineers meet at the M. E. Building. 9:20 Baseball. M street park. Agricultural Engineers vs. Electrical Engmetrs Tennis Schedule to be on M. A. bulletin board this evening. 10:40 Baseball, M street park. Civil Engineers vs. Ar chitectural Engineers. STATE FARM CAMPUS Afternoon Events 1:20 Track events. Annual Faculty Horse Shoe Tournament 2 00 Leveling race. 2:30 Baseball, between win ners of previous games. RULES GOVERNING THE LEVEL RACE 1. Entries must be with Bing and the level selected before 6:00 Wednesday. 2. Two men to a party. 3. Each party must provide their own turning points. 4. Stadia cannot be used. 5. The first party to turn in the difference in elevation to within plus or minus one tenth wins. Report to the Judge. Five dollar prize to the win ners of this event May 6 LINCOLN, NKUKASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY FATAL BLOW TO HONOR SYSTEM Amendments to Student Council Constitution Decisively De feated on Tuesday. MASS MEETINGS THURSDAY i i OFFICIAL COUNT Amendments for Constitution of Student Council For adoption 225 Against adoption 580 Honor System For adoption 252 Against adoption 591 - i - Both the. honor spirit plan and the amendments to the Student Council constitution were overwhelmingly de feated in the light vote polled Tues day. Tin; votes for the amendments number 225; against 580; for the honor spirit plan. 252; against, 591. Much enthusiasm was shown by groups of students, but it was by no means general. A few students were electioneering. Students were wait ing in. line to vote at ten-thirty and at two o'clock, but most of the time the polls were not crowded. Many students favored the theory of the honor spirit plan, but thought that it was impractical. They thought that it could not be a success unless student opinion was strongly in favor of it Those who voted for it gen erally said they believed it would succeed if the majority wanted it Some said they would rather have it defeated than passed with a bare ma jority. No one seemed to want i: tried out if there was danger of failure. It is the general sentiment among the majority of students that the Stu dent Council wished to obtain suffi cient power to crush a number of the present school organizations and also to place the bulk of control in the hands of a few members of the Coun cil. Te result of yesterday's balloting was evidence of the student body's opinion. Mass Meetings Thursday Student Council members for next year will be nominated under the original constitution. Mass meetings will be held Thursday at eleven o'clock to nominate the representa tives of the various colleges and the Senior members. (Continued on Page Four) TnftrpA Old Emblem Of Many Battles Replaced By New Flag In the Engineering Activities office there hangs a tattered old flag. And over University Hall this week, there flies a huge new one. The old em blem of the Engineers flew over U Hall every Engineers' Week for many long years. Each Tuesday of the week of celebration it was raised, each Saturday of the same week it was carefully lowered, and tenderly carried to its place of safe keeping. But now, having fulfilled it period of active work, it ba ;een retired to a place where it can be gazed upon by future generations of Engineers. From this place of honor. It looks down upon all Engineers to remind them of the traditions of Engineers' Week. What stories this old flag could tell, what scenes it could portray. If it but had the power of speech. In 1908 Engineers Week was inaugu rated. That same week, the flag Friday, May 7 BASEBALL South Dakota vs. Nebraska 4:30 P.M. 5, l'J-'O. PROGRAM Engineers' Week Wednesday Engineers' edition of the Daily Nebraskan. Thursday Engineers' Field Day, State Farm. Friday Engineers' Night, all Engineer ing laboratories. Saturday Engineers' Banquet, Grand Hotel. LOOSE PLAYING IN FRAT TOURNAMENT Sig Ep and Farm House Baseball Nines Conquer Alpha Thetas and D. U.s The Sigma Phi Epsilon baseball nine outclassed the Alpha Theta Chi team Tuesday afternoon at tho M street lot winning the seven fraii.es with a one-sided score of 14 S. The game was marked with numer ous blunders on both sides c.iusin? the bulk of the scores. The victors put across seven counters in the sixth stanza which placed them within the safety zone, "arm.n of the Sig Eps w:s mate of the situa tion and his twisters were at timl-s difficult to fathom. Hollingsworth re ceived Carman's del,very. Watson and Spoon constituted the battery for the Alpha Thets. The Farm House bunch upset the dope when they pranced over the Delta Upsilon diamond moguls at Cushman park yesterday to the tune or 9 to 7. Judging from the score it would seem that the game was hotly contested in every department From the spectators standpoint it was loosely played. Carson on the D. U. lineup connected with one of Mr. Atkinson's curves and clouted a homer with one man on the sacks. Studely heaved the pellet for the D. U.'s with Webb behind the b?t. The Farm House was represented with Atkinson and Hedges on the slab and Taylor receiving. Today's games Alpha Sigma Phi vs. Acacia. Cush man park, one o'clock. Phi Delta Theta vs. Phi Kapj a Psi. M street park, six o'clock. Silver Lynx vs. Delta Tau Delia M street park, five o'clock. made its first appearance over U Hall. Many gazed upon it. wondering what the white E on the blue field could signify. Then it dawned upon them that this was the emblem of the r,n gineors. One or two minor attempts were made to tear it down, but it was not lowered until the end of the week, and then by the proper com mittee of Engineers. Each of the fol lowing two years saw an organized attempt to lower the flag during the K-M-k hut ihev failed disastrously It remained flying each time until Satur day of the week. From that time on. there has been no attempt made to molest it The Dew flag is larger than the old one. as Is only right since the Engineeilng College has grown to be Ine largest specialized college on th campus. It will undoubtedly float over U Hall for many years to come. and will then be retired to the side of the original Engineers' flag. May 6, TRACK AND FIELD MEET Haskell Indians vs. Nebraska 2:00 P. M. FIVE CENTS PER COPY AG ENGINEERING HALL MATCHLESS Farm Building With Complete Equipment Cost Univer sity $240,000. ATTENDANCE INCREASES Construction of Agricultural En gineering Hall was started in 1916 and first occupied for war training work while still incomplete in 1918. It became available for regular class work in the spring of 1919. This building with its equipment cost about $240,000. The main part of the building has a frontage of 180 feet and is 76 feet deep. It is two stories in height and has a basement under the entire front portion. The base ment floor is devoted to testing labo ratories, locker and toilet rooms ana storage. The first floor houses thp farm machinery laboratory, the car pentry laboratory, tool room and lum ber storage. The rear wing, 84 by 140 feet, houses the forge shop, farm motors and automobile laboratories, ignition and carburetor laboratory. farm grain handling laboratory, farm lighting laboratory, farm hydraulic laboratory and a large lecture room. The second floor is devoted to offices, class rooms, agricultural physics labo ratories, a drafting room and a ladies rest room. The importance of this lane of engineering nas impressed not onij college men but commercial men. such as implement manufacturers. trade magazines, tractor firms, etc. These are continually on the alert for men who are trained in Agricultural Engineering lines. That the supply for such men is rather limited is in dicated by the fact that during the last year hardly a week has passed that has not brought requests for our graduates, either as professional or technical writers for magazines, teach ers in colleges and universities, or as salesmen and designing engineeis. Woodwork Courses The Wood Shop with easy access to the tool room, lumber room and varnish room, is equipped with forty eight work benches, each containing wood-working tools sufficient for ordi nary purposes. Tools for special work may be obtained from the tool room. Instruction is offered in the selec tion, care and use or wooa-worKing tools and the principles of construc tion, roof framing, furniture making and lathe work. Special attention is given to the repair and preservation of farm buildings, farm gates, wagons. wagon boxes, and farm implements and to proper materials used for these purposes. Forge Work The first part of the course in forge work is devoted to a number of exer cises dealing with bending, weldin.T and twisting of iron, making of bolts, chaines, clevises, etc. After the less difficult exercises are mastered an 1 the students have obtained a fair are allowed to work with steel. The steel exercises include the making of cold chisels, drills, hammers, welding, hardening and tempering of steel. In later exercises the student is given an opportunity for special work such as the making of wrenches and cleavers, knive scrapers, etc., and in repairing farm machinery. Farm Machinery In the farm machinery courses an effort is made to furnish the students with all the different types of ma chinery with which they must deal on the average Nebraska farm. The classroom discussion -fr8 op the (Continued on Fae Four) 7 and 8 Saturday, May 8