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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, April 27, 1 949
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NIGHT NEWS EDITOR M. J. MTI.ICK
Gientlemen :
Engineers' Week and especially the Open House is
carried on as an educational program. It is designed for
the practice of planning and management on a large scale.
The experience growing out of such a program is vital to
the later practice of the professions of engineering and
architecture.
I welcome this opportunity to explain briefly the manner in
which the work is carried on.
Planning for Engineers' Week is the exclusive obligation of the
students in the College. All ideas are presented through the various
groups including the Student Branches of American Society of Ag
ricultural Engineers, American Instiute of Architects, American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, American Society of Chemical Engineers,
American Institute of Electrical Engineers and American Society
of Mechanical Engineers and the Honorary Society of Sigma Tau.
Planning is initiated through the Engineers' Executive Board which
coordinates the group activities. The operations of the Executive
Board are observed by and sponsored under the leadership of Pro
fessor J. S. Blackman.
Open House sees literally hundreds of students performing tasks
which have never previously been undertaken and for which no re
hearsal has ever been held. I greatly admire the ingenuity of the
students, the thoroughness of their planning and the effectiveness
in carrying on this large display with a precision which is remark
able. It can truly be said that each Engineers' Week has been more
constructive and more educational as the years have passed. This
is a possibility because key chairmen in the various activities file a
written report of their activities, their problems and suggestions
for improvement These reports are studied by succeeding groups
as they plan and prepare for the occasion.
Upon this occasion I especially wish to express my deep grati
tude to the students of the college, to the members of the faculty,
and to the University community for its friendly assistance in
carrying out the program of the Week.
Sincerely yours,
ROY M. GREEN,
Dean, College of Engineering
and Architecture.
the I
Chairman
Bob Bottum and Mend Wil
helms have guided the work of
Engineer's Week '49 as co-chairmen.
Bottum, a senior in the me
chanical engineering department
is a member of ASME and man
ager of the ME's basketball team.
A former Navy pilot, he was field
day chairman of E. Week last
year.
A senior in civil engineering,
Wilhelms is a member of ASCE,
Bottum
Wilhelms
"N" club and past president of
the Mid-Continent Conference of
the student chapters of ASCE.
Neil E. Shields has served as
secretary-treasurer. Departmental
chairmen are as follows:
ARrtcultural Engineering:: Leslie Jochens
Architectural Engineers: E. A. Griffiths,
Richard J. Kusek.
Chemical Engineers: Ed Flnley, Puane
Morin.
Civil Engineers: Joe Peterson Charles
West.
Klectrlcal Engineers: Floyd Bean, Al
Schefdeler.
Kngineerlng Mechanics: Darrel Freder
ick. Navy Engineers: Jim Peterson, R. L.
Zwart.
neology: O. E. Graham, Maurice Men
dcnhall, Max Christcnsen.
Mechanical Engineers: Carl Hellerlch,
John Powell.
Military Engineers: Marvin L. Klug.
Special chairmen are:
Banquet: Charles Kellogg, Alexander F.
Kerry.
Contest: Edgar L. Coleman.
Convocation: Cecil J. Doiibt.
Field Day: Charles Roberts.
Inquiries: Andrew Miller.
Photographer: Joe Rogers.
Program: Paul Versch.
Publicity: Kent Tiller, William E. Splin
ter. Ribbon Salts: Burnell Furstenau.
Pledge: Dan Jones. '
Traffic: Lloyd R. Dobney.
Window Display: Vernon L. Hasting.
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In the Beginning
Engineers' Week had to begin somewhere, sometime,
and the book of minutes of the old-time Society of Electri
cal Engineers indicates that the idea originated in the mid
nineties. To be sure, full organization of the plan was a
development over a term of years, and it wasn't until later
that it became known under fts present title. The germ
was the E. E. Show a display of new things in elctrical
phenomena and nearly all electrical things were new
fifty-five years ago!
How much these early events were appreciated is evi
denced by a letter from Chancellor Geo. E. McLean trans
mitting a resolution of thanks from the Board of Regents
(February 19, 1898) "for the excellent program that you
arranged for Charter Day eve. . .for the excellent lecture;
also for the exhibit. . ."
The lecture mentioned was given by Mr. T. C. Martin
of New York City, speaking on Niagara Power at the Funks
Opera House and was attended by dignitaries in dress
suits. Admission was "... free to the public, but a certain
number of seats will be reserved for those especially in
terested at a cost of twenty-five cents each, . . .".
As a "Week," the engineers' celebration have included
many features. For several years a parade was staged on
downtown streets. This proved to be too heavy an under
taking on top of the great Night Exhibit of all engineering
departments, and was allowed to lapse. Engnieers' Night
took on new significance and possibilities with the com
pletion of the Mechanical Engineering building now chris-
tianed Richards Laboratory. The three early engineering
societies negotiated a general group known as University
Nebraska Engineering Society at the turn of the century,
and their joint efforts brought out many new ideas and
experiments in entertainment and display. Finally, and
now for a term of years, the program settled down to
Engineers' Night regularly placed on Thursday of the
chosen week and beginning in the afternoon to accommo
date the crowds and visiting out-of-town high school stu
dents; the Friday morning convocation, with a prominent
engineering speaker; Field Dy, generally Friday atfernoon;
a dinner and dance Friday or Saturday.
Prime importance in all of these events is given to
student planning, and particularly is this true of the ex
hibits. Downtown window displays are upon an assigned
basis, and the results are judged and rated comparatively
by departments. Similarly, the judging committee rates
the evening performances of Engineers' Night. A student
committee computes Field Day scores. All of these ratings
are compounded and at the banquet a plaque is awarded
to the "Winnah!"
And, oh yes! the SLEDGE! Well, of that scurrilous
sheet, probably the less said the better, but it has been a
"tradition" for a quarter of a century..
And there were the days of the "brown derby" and
the 'green derby" the latter still in the dean's office a
peace offering of laws to engineers after a formal debate
over who should possess the former. Some wild scraps
have been staged between laws and engineers over the
campus sign for Engineers' Week, occasionally wrecked.
But it may be related truthfully, to the chagrin of both
sides that laws and the engineers alike were sucked into
the worst scrap in history by a sportive student of another
college (a pretty bit of amateur detective work was in
volved in his later identification) who staged carefully
timed depredations with a paint brush and stood on the
sidelines the rest of the week watching the cracking of
heads, the wrecking of property, and final subduing of the
mob by fire department hose. Our files still contain the
lists of names recording the "head tax" collection from
students of both colleges to pay the piper. And he was
paid! I know, for I chipped in with the boys!
O. J. Ferguson
will take your picture with a
television camera and project it
on a receiver.
Ever watched a prospector pan
for gold? See the display at Mor
rill hall. It's your chance to get
rich.
Learn about the elements of
television. The EE department
Don't miss the Engineer's Week
Open House Thursday. See the
petrographic microscope and the
Geiger counter.
Tickets: $1.20-$1.80-S2.40
$3.00 and a few Seats at
$3.60 Including Tax
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