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Official Student Publication of the University of Louisville
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Vol. 8 Louisville, Ky., Friday, April 12, 1940 No. 26
Speed Royalty
To Open
Engineers’ Day
When the Engineering College
holds its annual open house and
exhibition for the University and
the public Friday the engineers
will have their own Queen reign-ing
over the festivities.
In keeping with the spirit of the
school and of the day, the Queen
will open the exhibits at 2 P. M.,
by throwing the power switch
which will start the equipment
and machinery. A crowd which
should number 5,000 will flow
through the various departments,
being enlightened and mystified
by the various displays and stunts.
A complete souvenir program
is being prepared for free dis-tribution
to the visitors, and in-terested
parties may view the
smiling face of Queen Peggy in
these pages. At some time in the
early evening, Dean F. L. Wilkin-son
will receive the Queen in
front of the Speed Building. She
will be presented with the key to
Speed School, and escorted on
a tour of the exhibits by a Com-mittee
of Student Council mem-bers.
Speed Sponsors
All-Campus
Convocation
An all campus convocation with
oomph—that’s what Speed School
is sponsoring at the Playhouse,
11:30 Thursday morning. This
e-normous, colossal affair, is the
engineers own way of preview-ing
the wares that they will
“peddle” on Engineers’ Day. Each
of the four Engineering depart-ments
and the physics depart-ment
will be allotted 10 minutes
during which they will demon-strate
why this year’s “open
house” will be the best in the
history of the school.
The Chemicals plan a speak-easy
scene in which they will do
something on the order of turn-ing
water into wine or versy visa.
The Civils intend to map the
place with one of their lightning-fast
surveying crews. The E. E.
boys, not to be outdone, will pull
some stunt with about 15,000 of
their precious volts. Mum’s the
word with the Mechanicals as to
what they have on the program.
The Physics Department will be
right in step with an interesting
bit of magic. Dean Wilkinson of
the Speed School, will climax the
gathering with a brief pep talk
for Engineers’ Day.
A gigantic, in fact, a terrific
crowd is wanted at the convoca-tion,
to prepare the Speed boys
for the gigantic and terrific crowd,
to which they’ll play host Friday.
-Caufield and Shook
Message From Queen Peggy
I want lo lhank the Speed Student Body on behalf of the Pi Beta
Phi's for the splendid honor I have received. We have always thought a
lot of our friends in Speed School, and we will continue to cooperate with
you and support your activities.
I had a wonderful time at your Engineers' Ball, and appreciated the
lovely flowers I received from the Student Council. I'm wishing you a
successful Engineers' Day, and I'm anticipating helping you in its celebra-tion.
You are to be commended upon the new method of electing your
queen and the significance you have added to an already great honor.
PI PHI’S PEGGY HOBLITZELL CROWNED
Close Race
Decides Victor
The Eighth Annual Engineers
Ball clicked off Thursday night
at the Madrid to the highly en-joyable
rhythms of Jimmy
James and his fifteen Jammers.
Six hundred collegians alternately
sweeted and swinged as James
evolved his repertoire. Two
vocalists supplemented the
melody occasionally, and one of
them (the blonde, you know !)
supplemented many a Joe Col-lich’s
interest in his date. In fact,
this young miss is credited with
temporarily suspending all break-ing
at several of last winter’s
debutante balls by adsorbing the
stag line.
The Speed School faculty turn-ed
out in force to give its moral
support and morals supervision.
Among the dancers were noticed
a number of Speed graduates,
many of them accompanied by
recently acquired wives. As the
minutes slipped by, tension grew
as the question of the result of
the Queen election was in the
collective mind.
At midnight, Carey Evans,
chairman of the Ball Committee,
wished the crowd a pleasant even-ing
and introduced Dean Ford L.
Wilkinson. With a few explana-tory
remarks, Dean Wilkinson
told of the closeness of the race,
the excellent spirit of the com-petition,
and the obvious suit-ability
of all the candidates.
Then amid shrieks of thrilled
Pi Phi’s the Dean called for
Queen Peggy Hoblitzell. Peggy
took her place on the throne as
the crown of red and while car-nations
was placed on her head.
The entire group of Engineers and
friends paid homage to the first
real Engineers Queen.
The seven Maids of Honor, each
burdened with a large mixed bou-quet,
grouped about the rose-bear-ing,
dimpled Queen.
Photqgraphers’ bulbs flashed,
streamers spiralled into the air,
and some impassioned soul shout-ed,
“Long live the Queen !”
Concrete Expert
To Talk At
Speed School
Herbert M. Stoll, district
structural engineer for the Port-land
Cement Association,
Indianapolis, will speak at a
meeting of the student chapter,
American Society of Civil Engi-neers,
at the Speed Scientific
School, University of Louisville,
Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p. m.
Local engineers and architects
will also be present.
Mr. Stoll’s subject will be “The
Effect of Construction Methods
on Reinforced Concrete Design”.
Arrangements for the talk are in
charge of Prof. W. B. Wendt, off
the Civil Engineering Department.