2 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

Published by the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Manitoba, 640 - 17 5 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3C JR8

President -K. M. Jardine, P. Eng. Vice-President - D. E. Cross, P. Eng.

Council - R. C. Isaak, P. Eng., F. A. Jost, P. Eng., R. W. Haywood, P. Eng. A.G. NcNicho!, (,­ P. Eng., R. R. Foster, P. Eng., J. M. Fulton, P. Eng., G. A . Morris, P. Eng.

The Manitoba Professional Engineer is published under the direction of the Bulletin Committee.

Editor - R. A. Kane, P. Eng., Associate Editor - L. F. Schmidt, P. Eng. Committee Members - E. A. Speers, C. H. Templeton, R. F. Piotrowski, E.W.J. Clarke, S. M. Matile, J. Luc~s. S. J . Armstrong, B. V. Halkewycz, A. 0. Dyregrov.

Correspondents - F. S. Gira, Flin Flon, B. E. Maxfield, Thompson, D. S. Taylor, Lynn Lake. Production Manager - Loreen Dunklee Opinions expressed are not necessarily those held by the A.P.E.M. or the Council of the A .P.E.M.

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, JUNE, 1982

President's Message We Can't See or Touch Nostalgia by K.M. Jardine, P. Eng.

For those Manitoba Engineering stu­ na:I equinox had previously been only a dents who didn't chuck their 11 :40 classes date in March, a spot on the classroom in favour of bridge and early lunch, a ceiling. great lesson was to be learned from Pop Milne's astronomy lectures. I shall never forget that tall erect figure, long arm and pointer outstretched indicating a spot on the classroom ceiling near the back of the room. He has an intense look of the visionary as he fervently proclaims "there is the vernal equinox". - ' !"· The tf..J.lth of the statement wasn't to ·be doubted, so convincing was the aspect .of the professor. And for the purposes of , '.that lecture at least, the vernal equinox 1 ~.became, in the minds of these scientifi­ ~cally oriented students to whom the ver- K.M. Jardine P. Eng. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 3

The Great Lesson was, of course, that I hope that all of you will take time to things unseen and untouchable have a visit us at the Oasis during the festivities reality of their own. Nostalgia, our unful­ of July 1 to 3. Councillors and Past Pres­ fillable desire to return to ~vents of the idents will be there, and a business card 'ast, is one of these things. display board will tell you who's attend­ The big 7 5th anniversary Engineering ing and what are their current business Faculty reunion is a nostalgic event that activities. not only has a reality of its own but has a great benefit in adjusting perspectives of our profession and our world. Those I also urge those of you who haven't were important days when we were mak­ yet decided about the event to take in at ing such carefree decisions. on matters least some of the activities. I'll be there that would determine the course of our to see whether the vernal equinox is still lives. in place. '. The Engineering Faculty ....:... Fifty Years of Association I By Jack Hoogstraten, P. Eng. Dean Emeritus (Past President and Honorary Life Member A.P.E.M.)

My first recollections of the univer­ served as a hydraulics lab. The Provin­ ,ity are associated with my own under­ cial Gaol was located, and still stands, graduate years, beginning with in the same block and seemed to be part registration day in September 1924, and of the campus. At least one man was my dismay at finding that fees of eighty executed ·by hanging on a scaffold dollars were immediately payable. erected in a small enclosed courtyard. The university at that time was hou­ Although we were endeared to our sed in a group of buildings opposite the university, we had an instinctive feeling Legislative Building, bounded by that the word 'campus' hardly applied Broadway, Osborne, York and Ken­ to that ·group of second-hand buildings nedy, and included portions of the orig­ in which we spent our days. inal legislative building and the old Law Courts. The original three-storey uni­ At that time we finished high school versity building stood at the York end at grade eleven and entered a special of the block and was used by Science. first year Arts and Science program The main building, originally built as a before entering the first of the four years temporary structure for some other pur­ of engineering. ";:ise, was a wood frame and stucco Our first three years were spent at ' building in the form of an E, with the the Broadway buildings. Chemistry and back of the E along Osborne St. The Physics lectures were taken with stu­ civil, electrical and thermo labs occu­ dents from Arts and Sc;ience in classes pied about 1500 square feet of floor space of some one hundred or more in Theatre in the Broadway wing. A dingy room in A,. right across the corridor from what the basement of the old Law Courts was grandly called the common room. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

This was really a locker room in which all interesting men, with qualifications there was standing room only as we ate won largely in the engineering world our bag lunches, never far enough away rather than academe, and served ably in from the stink of the Chemistry labs just what was principally an undergraduate down the hall. But if the physical facili­ institution. All continued to serve unt·r ties were somewhat wanting, we had retirement. wit. h t h e exception. of . p ro-\ I great confidence in our professors. First fessor Stoughton who returned to New year lectures in chemistry from Profes­ York, and J.N. Finlayson who in 1936, sor Parker, mathematics from Dean Tier, left to become Dean of Applied Science 'Daddy' Knowlan and N.B. McLean at the University of British Columbia. were highlights. Professor Argue is one I graduated in the spring of 1929, the who will be remembered by generations beginning of the depression years, and of freshmen. He presumably taught us engineering jobs were practically non­ English, but imparted much more existent. One member of our class, I thr:ough a generous humanitarian spirit. recall, worked for a number of years as He knew each student on a first name a butcher in a chain store and later basis, and never failed to stop for a kind became city engineer in a city in West­ word whenever you met him in the halls. ern Canada. I joined the faculty as a If he met you on a crowded street in the demonstrator in the civil department and mornings he would throw his arms began lecturing the following year. around you in greeting, often to the mild dismay of the studentwho was unused In 1932 the university suffered to such a public display of affection. severe set-back in the defalcation of uni­ versity funds. The story broke in the fall, After the pre-engineering year, stu­ just before the opening of the next uni­ dents were admitted to the first of two versity session, when it was learned th~t years with a common, mostly civil, cur­ the endowment fund was lost. Poor riculum, and in third year elected either investments had been covered by undis­ civil or electrical, the only two programs closed withdrawals from the fund until offered. The curricula were rigid, and there was nothing left. AHhough the loss completely devoid of electives. amounted to ·only some fifty-thousand dollars per year, the university was hard The engineering staff consisted ofE.P. hit, and I, with many others, lost my job Fetherstonhaugh, dean of the faculty and as lecturer, to be re-hired three years head of electrical, J.N. Finlayson, head later. At the same time, because of the of civil, Bob Moffatt, Bill Riddell, John general deteriorating economic condi­ Dorsey, A.E. Macdonald, N.M. Hall and tion, government grants were reduced George Herriot. Architecture, at that and salaries were cut. time, and for some decades thereafter,

' : ·~ ... was a school in the faculty. This pro­ By this time it had finally been­ gram drew some dozen students and decided. that the permanent site of the included selected subjects taken with the university would be ai Fort Garry, and engineers. The architectural subjects the Arts Building (later named the Tier were taught by A.A. Stoughton, an Building) and the Science Building (now architect from New York. These were the Buller Building) were completed in TH~ MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

1932. But these, together with several felt that the establishment of a full of the old red brick buildings which had department supported by adequate lab­ formed, part of the Agricultural Col- oratory facilities was beyond the means Jege, were, in total, insufficient to house available to the faculty, and, as well, the · 1e whole of the university. So in 1933; history of mining schools in Canada left only what became known as the Senior the matter in some question. So in an Division including 2nd., ,3rd., and 4th innovative move, a four year program in year engineering and 3rd and 4th year Geological Engineering was established Arts and Science were moved to the Fort with the cooperation of the Department Garry campus. The Junior Division of Geology, under the able leadership of which included pre-engineering and first George Russell, himself a mining engi­ year engineering as well as 1st and 2nd neer. The program consisted of courses year Arts and Science remained at carefully selected from Geology imposed Broadway. This unsatisfactory condi­ on most of the Civil program. Because tion was to prevail through the thirty's of the heavy curriculum load, only the and forty's. The commuting,: often · by abler students entered. Although these street car, between two cam.puses some classes were. small, graduates were much nine miles apah, imposed a burden on in demand and enjoyed successful both administrative and teaching staffs. careers in the mining industry. However, despite these difficulties as The close of the decade of the 30's ell as those imposed by the general marked the end of'the depr(!ssion, but economic attrition, Engineering made opened the upheaval of war. During the some gains. The faculty was established war years, many of the teaching staff in the 3-storey red brick building for­ were involved with additional duties merly used by Agricultural Engineer­ providing basic instruction for workers ing. All laboratory equipment was moved · in war industry. A special summer coµrse from Broadway, and for the first time, was provided for 250 radio technicians the faculty had a building of its own, for the R.C.A.F. Because of declining although not large enough to accom­ enrolment it was found necessary to sus­ modate pre-engineering and I st. year pend the program in geological engi­ ·which remained at Broadway. The neering. At the beginning of the war, School of Architecture, now under the the student residence was requisitioned directorship of Milton Osborne was by the army and a large area of the south moved to the upper floor of the new Arts end of the campus was fenced off. Many building. army huts were erected and the old River In 1936, following the resignation of Park skating rink was dismantled and · N . Finlayson, A.E.Macdonald was re-erected on the campus on the location .tppointed to head the civil department. where it still stands . At this time, some thought was given Up ·to this time, engineering estab­ to the possibility of adding mining engi­ lishment and enrolmen~s had remained neering to the faculty's offerings so as relatively static. When the war ended in to reflect the growth · of the mining 1945, however, things began to happen industry in the province. However, it was as the war veterans flooded back to the 6 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

university. The teaching staff had to be ing ratio of 1:37. Today's ratio of 75 quickly expanded, often with people with staff to some 1200 students comes to no graduate training or teaching expe­ 1:16. rience. In many courses, class notes were multigraphed to assist inexperienced· First year engineering, which up L instructors. The skating rink was divided this time had remained at Broadway, by a maze often-test partitioning to serve was brought to Fort Garry despite the · as lecture halls and staff offices. All of shortage of space at this site, so that for the army huts were utilized in one way the first time, all of the faculty was or another to provide additional class located on one campus. room, drafting room and office space.

In 1947, heavy enrolments made eco­ The veterans' village was constructed nomic the establishment of the depart­ nearby, consisting of small two-room ment of Mechanical Engineering, and huts in which veterans lived with their N.M. Hall was named the first head. famlies under conditions which can only be described as primitive. Despite the trying conditions under which they lived In 1948 a one-storey civil engineering and studied on their $80 per month vet­ testing lab, occupying an extension to eran's allowance, these young men, the south wing was completed. The fol:_ (many of them not all that young) fowing year saw the completion of \ brought to the university a maturity of handsome new building adjoining the~ approach to their studies that has not north side of the complex, devoted been equaled before or since. They had entirely to lecture rooms and staff offices. been many years out of school, forgotten Both these structures were planned by much of what they had learned, and Professor Macdonald, and the thfrty faced a difficult transition from the years that these buildings have been in adventures of war. But they were grate­ service attest to the soundness of his ful for the opportunity to obtain a uni­ work. versity education at a period in their lives when such an opportunity was regarded Dean Fetherstonhaugh retired in as having been long since forgone. 1949 after 40 years with the faculty and A.E.Macdonald became the new dean . .W.F. Riddell was named head of Civil, In order to accommodate the heavy and N;A. Williams became head of influx of veterans, special accelerated Electrical. programs were offered during spring and summer sessions in order to ch~ar the crowded conditions as early as possible. Jn 1950, the program in Geological Some idea of the teaching loads carried Engineering was re-established, and by staff at that time can be gleaned from Electrical opened the first move to mod­ enrolment figures. In 194 7-48 engineer­ ernization of curricula with the estab­ ing enrolment stood at 882, and staff lishment of a· four-year program in numbered 22 which_translates to a staff- Engineering Physics. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 7

In 1955, Nev Williams.resigned and at the PhD level were made mandatory. J.P.C. McMath was appointed head of It was slow going at first, because engi- Electrical. In the following year, . R.E. neering PhD's were in short supply, and -Ghant became head of Mechanical, fol- those who were available were reluctant .wing the retirement of N.M. Hall. to accept engagements at schools where The Fetherstonhaugh High Voltage research facilities were meagre. But per­ sistence paid off. The growing numbers Laboratory was opened in 1957, financed of new staff, trained in research at uni­ by funds raised from industry under the versities throughout the English-speak~ leadership of D.M. Stephens, Richard Noonan and others. Over the following ing world drew increasing support from granting agencies such as the National five years major additions to the three · Research Council. These grants were wings of the original red brick building used to support graduate students and were completed. . also brought major funding for the In 1957 I resigned to assume the acquisition of expensive laboratory presidency of Nova Scotia . ·Tech and equipment. Graduate work at the PhD returned to the university in 1960 to level was begun and the growing ranks direct the plan~ing and extension of the of graduate students provided an ample university's physical facilities. In order cadre of teaching assistants and dem­ to significantly increase classroom ·uti- ·· · onstrators. ~ .?:ation, I invented the· university-wide .,10t system of.time-tabling classes which Undergraduate curricula were automatically resolved final examina­ upgraded and a full complement of elec­ tion scheduling, which, largely because tives was offered, made possible by the of the increase in electives, had· become varied qualifications of new staff. The so complicated as to defy the best com­ old grading system; involving trouble­ puter software available. The system was some supplemental examinations was subsequently widely adopted by other replaced by a letter-grade system which universities. I returned to the faculty as proved to be so successful that it was dean in 1964, after the untimely death ad9pted by all other faculties within two of Dean Macdonald and after W.F. Rid­ years. dell had served a year as acting dean. Beginning in 1964, several members After a decade of depression, another of the faculty were engaged for some decade of war and its aftermath and a five or six years in assisting in the estab- . period of general attrition extending lishment of a new university at Khon­ through the fifties, federal funding for kaen in North"East Thailand. This was ·niversities became available. President a million dollar CIDA project directed .1ugh Saunderson was now in a position by the dean with the cooperation of the to support the belated modernization of dean and members of the faculty of the faculty and the addition of graduate Agriculture. Engineering and Agricul­ facilities to .what had been, up to this ture were 'the first two programs to be time, mainly an undergraduate school. established at the new university, a The main drive was directed to the pragmatic decision based on the needs recruitment of staff, and qualifications of the North-East region. Because of the THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

paucity of Thai professional literature, Today, the state of the national econ­ it was decided that Khonkaen would be omy has once more placed engineering an English-speaking institution, and for faculties throughout Canada in seri­ this reason, held a unique position in ously underfunded positions. It is, L. Thailand, although the second language think, an interesting observation tht posed added problems. Solid assistance Canadian Council accreditation today was also provided by Manitoba in stands as a buffer against the kind of ,"' obtaining Colombo Plan funding to train attrition that could prevent engineering Khonkaen graduates, who aft~r gradu­ education from attaining its due poten­ ate work here, were obliged to undertake tial. Certainly the threat of non-accre­ a period of teaching at their alma mater. ditation was useful to Dean Wedepohl On my last visit to Khonkaenin 1974 in winning concessions. Now it is on the occasion of the celebration of their reported that Toronto's accreditation tenth a'nniversary, I had the oportunity may be in question. This seems to mean to assess what the Thais had achieved that accreditation is no longer (if it ever in their first ten years, and it was was) gauged by comparison with the best impressive indeed. What had begun as of Canadian faculties, but is now meas­ an outpost in the somewhat neglected ured solely against what is to be achieved North-East had become a thriving, bus­ by the engineering profession and what tling town with an impressive campus is expected from it. This may well roughly the size of Manitoba, now with become a major challenge for the prq - ) additional faculties in Science, Nursing vincial associations. ' and Medicine. This project brought an interesting international flavor to the undertakings of the faculty. Bulletin Reporter Much of the expansion of the sixties Acclaimed was made possible by the huge influx of Carson Templeton was granted an < students born in the war years who honorary degree at the May convocation of the University of Manitoba. It was a reached university age during this period. I But after these 'war babies' had passed fitting tribute to this exceptional engi- through the university enrolments neer for his remarkable contributions to declined leaving many faculties over­ the entire country. Carson Templeton has staffed. This together with the worsen­ received both this Association's Merit ing economic condition of the seventies Award and our Outstanding Service once again posed financial problems for Award. Also conferred on him, at a the universities and the faculty was once national level, has been the Order of again exposed to underfunding. Dean Canada. He has brought reflected hon· Wedephol who succeeded me in 1974 our, integrity and distinction to tH. waged a one-man war and brought the Association ever since his initial registra­ underfunding to public attention. His tion with us in June 1955. efforts, in which he 'was assisted by the We commend the University of Man­ Association brought increased support itoba for selecting such a distinguished from the university as well as from professional engineer on whom to confer industry and both levels of government. an honorary degree. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 9 Reunion '82

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Greetings old Engineering building at Sherbrooke Do I remember the University of and Portage. It was our base while we Manitoba? How very well I remember ran ex.tensive surveys in the vicinity of registering for Pre-Engineering at the old Stevenson Airfield (now the Interna-­ Arts building on Kennedy Street in the tional Airport), Omand's Creek and th. Deaf and Dumb buildings in Tuxedo. fall of 1930. The economy at that time ., was a disaster, like tod;iy but different, After dark we were introduced to the stars ,.. with frequent demonstrations by the and their significance in navigation and unemployed at the Legislative building. the practice of land surveying. My father had convinced me that to pur­ sue an education in engineering was the Come the fall of 1933 we were moved thing t-0 do. So there I was in a group of to the Engineering building at the Fort two hundred plus would-be engineers for Garry site, and for the first time all stu­ a year which I consider was one of the dents in the faculty were togethe·r under worst of my life. I had real difficulty with one roof. To me this consolidation was the language and chemistry courses and very beneficial in that the staff were much ended up with a number of supps which more accessible and the class rooms and meant spending an unpleasant summer laboratories were more conveniently in Summer School. located. Of course, for those not residing In the fall of 1931 I entered Engi­ on campus, it did mean daily travel from_ neering and for the next two yeafs enjoyed and to the city on crowded trolleys, d courses that I could get my teeth into. buses. It was impossible to stand uprighC The hydraulics laboratory in the musty in many of the buses. which meant that basement of the Arts building under the many students became prematurely direction of George Herriot opened up a hunched. whole new world for me, a plumber's son. The physics course and laboratory At this stage we were introduced to directed by Professor McLure in the old Jack Hoogstraten whom I considered to Physics building fascinated me and I was be the master of the teaching profession. completely sold on the advantages of the He seemed gifted with the ability of mak­ metric system. Other members of the staff ing the most complicated problem seem including Bobby Mofatt, Bill Riddell, so simple. Our most unforgettable pro­ Don Stephens, Sib de Jong and Ed Magill fessor was John Dorsey the brilliant but were always available and most helpful. absent-minded head of the Electrical Then there were the Oxford and Aber- Department. Then there was Dean deen Hotel parlour~ where some mem- F.eatherstonhaugh that fine gentleman hers of our class enjoyed a break over an who provided the statesmanlike leade:r ­ Indian Pale Ale or Standard Lager. ship of the faculty. I would be remiss . I ., ' : .. Somehow today's beer never seems to I failed to mention Mac Macdonald, taste as good as it did in those days. Pos- Major Hall, John Finlayson, William sibly the fact that we were under age may i Scott and Mr. Cunningham all of whom have had something to do with it. 1 ·had their own special knowledge and Survey School in the fall of 1933 pro- ·· ability to inspire a restless bunch of vided our first opportunity to enter the would-be engineers. THE·MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER II

Finally it was time to graduate in May the University and its Engineering Fac­ of 1935. Convocation was held in the old ulty. Naturally it had a great influence Winnipeg Auditorium adjacent to Mem­ on my life which has been most satisfy­ orial Boulevard. Between final exa·mina­ ing, and which I would not want to change . ·ons and convocation manyofus sprayed if I could ... oil for the anti-mosquito campaign and There are at least a dozen engineers looked like boiled lobsters when we finally from our year living at the west coast. received our degrees. There were 26 elec­ Three of us live in close proximity on the trical and 30 civil graduates: Gold med­ same street in Tsawwassen. My wife Kae als were presented to Charlie Gregory in and I look forward to being present-at Electrical Engineering and to George the 75th Anniversary of the Engineering Griffiths in Civil Engineering. Jobs in Faculty and particularly to the opportu­ engineering were scarce so it was off to nity of renewing acquaintances with other British Columbia for this budding engi­ graduates and their wives some of whom neer to shovel gravel at twenty-five cents we have not seen since graduation. an hour. Looking back over the years I consider - Jim Rettie B.Sc. C.E. 1935 I that I was very fortunate to have attended (Former Member A.P.E.M. Council)

Reflections of a Retired Engineer By W.L. Wardrop, P. Eng. (Honorary Life Member and Past President A.P.E.M.)

Forty-three years ago it was my good In reflection, my years at the Univer­ fortune to graduate from the University sity were extremely interesting,_ because of Ma.nitoba with a degree in Electrical it was during this period that Prof. John Engineering. Class '39 included 23 Elec­ Dorsey was in the midst of his research tricals and 14 Civil graduates. There were on D.C. transmission theory. I recall being ·not many jobs available locally for elec­ alone with him during one of his impres­ trica:l engineers that year and I ended up sive corona tests, when he was about to obtaining a survey job with the Manitoba close a high tension circuit and hesitated Government Reclamation Branch, car­ abruptly and exclaimed, "Wow! that was

I rying out revisions on the proposed Pointe a close call." He was often described as I du Bois road, and subsequently on a loca­ I the typical absent-minded professor, not i'! tion survey for a new road between Bis­ uncommon for those with minds border­ .ett and Beresford Lake. Supervising ing on the "genius". But today, as we all engineer for this work was Chris Fisher know, this concept has proven to be a who has enjoyed an outstanding engi­ great electrical achievement, and his neering career for many years with name attached to the Qorsey D.C. Ter­ Armco Canada Ltd. The project was ter­ minal will remind future generations of minated in the late fall, influenced no his outstanding contribution to society. doubt by the start of World War II. Many will also recall the maze of extra 12 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER wires and switches in his car used to competitive in my final years, which I achieve maximum power from a battery attributed to the improved environment during cold weather. It really was an for studying. My greatest scholastic thrill exciting time to be attending university. was receiving full marks in the final A.C. exam. Not, of course, to be compared ii Class '39 produced some promipent the same league with Aaron Gusen, with engineers. A few that readily come to something like four lOO's and Ray ., mind are Jack Fraine and John Demcoe, .~ Woodfield who was another scholarship senior executives withth'e CPR and CNR man. respectively, Joe Boux, founding meinber of Supercrete Ltd., Gordon Nicholas, Life in residence was really a great President of Cowin Steel, Harvey Malm­ experience. Dr. and Mrs, Hugh Saun­ grem formerly of Malmgrem Equipment derson were marvellous in their roles as Ltd., Howard Dixon of Douglas Aircraft, Deans of men and women, respectively. Paul Shane of Manitoba Hydro, Bob Winter recreation consisted of skating on Stewart of Winnipeg Hydro, and Aaron an open air rink at the back of the resi­ Gusen of Ontario Hydro. No doubt there dence and skiing along the river banks. were others from our class who.have been There was always the gym and swim­ equally successful. ming pool available. I have very fond memories of my two and half years in My pre-engineering year was taken at residence - the lovely evening dinners Wesley College, with first year engineer­ and particularlythe times when ice crea r ing at the Broadway site, even though the was served, which was made locally in­ Faculty had moved to its new location at the dairy next door. We kept the wait­ Fort Garry campus in 1933. I decided to resses busy taking bowls back for seconds move into university residence midway and often thirds. through my second year because of two failures in first term. I found the street I was particularly interested in inter­ car trip to the Fort Garry campus very faculty hockey which at that time was time consuming, along with the extra time played in the Olympic Rink located along taken up with batching, which I was doing north Main at the corner of Church Ave~ with a medical student from my home nue and Charles'Street. It was.a long trip town. from the University, but thanks to our Manager, James Kerr, who just hap­ Two architectural students, Nora Pat­ pened to have a Packard limousine, terson and Betty Crawford lived near me transportation was hardly ever a prob­ in the vicinity of ·Balmoral Street. One lem. The Engineering faculty was well day on a dare it was decided to walk to represented on the Varsity hockey team the University rathe~ than take the street with outstanding players such as B .. car. As it turned out, Nora and I were Wood from our class, and Jack Perrin, the only ones that made the 6 a.m. start­ together with Frank Alsip and Doug ing time and completed the walk. Johnson from the Architects. ·The move into residence proved to be While I had a special interest in elec.­ a good decision because I was successful trical engineering, I returned to the Uni­ in my second year and became fairly versity in 1940 to attain a civil engineering THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 13

I degree, which appeared to offer a greater Graphical Statistics, because Prof. Jack ~ opportunity for me in this province. For­ Hoogstraten was away on sick leave. · I tunately, I was able to work part time as emphatically turned it down because of a demonstrator in the draughting labs sheer fright. At the time I was staying in 'uring my spare time. Saturday morn­ a boarding house on Edmonton Street ings were spent taking C.O.T.C. training with eleven other roomers, including one at Minto Barracks. Although I was wait­ young lady. After being persuaded by this ing for a call from the Air Force, Major young lady that turning down this assign­ Baxter, the officer in charge ofC.O.T.C., ment was no way of getting ahead in the convinced me, becau.se of niy electrical world, I reconsidered, and accept~d the degree, to apply for a commission in the challenge. The lecture was far from being Royal Canadian Signal Corps, and I was a resounding success, but somehow I got accepted in June 194 I.On rny discharge through it and since then I have never in 1946, at the request of Dean Macdon­ backed away from such challenges. Inci­ ald, I returned to the University during dentally, that young lady later became the summer, as a demonstrator for the my bride, and for more than forty years veterans' course. Subsequently, I com­ has shared in my decisions. pleted my civil degree with Class '47. Part-time work as a draughtsman with How nice it is to join with other grad­ the · City of Winnipeg Engineering· uates in celebrating the 75th Anniver­ ·· ')epartment during this period led to my sary of the Faculty, of Engineering. As .tcceptance of a position with the City a retired engineer, I can attest to the great following graduation. In retrospect, my opportunities that came my way through communications experience in the the privilege of attending the University services, coupled with my electrical and of Manitoba. Each engineering class, civil engineering degrees, proved of great through individual efforts, has made its advantage in my work as Engineer of mark in contributing to. the betterment Water Works and Sewerage. of society. Our Faculty certainly can be One of my most traumatic experi­ proud of its impact on the engineering ences at University occurred when Dean community throughout Canada and Macdonald asked me to give a lecture in many parts of the world.

Civil Engineering 1966

It seems like a lifetime since gradua­ Those early days do not bring to mind i tion sixteen years ago, in fact two life- many significant events but were filled 11 imes since first setting foot in the old with long hours of classes, study and end­ f engineering building. I recall the early less assignments as we struggled to grasp l message from the profs that the mortal­ the concepts of Calculus and Physics. The I ity rate would be high - one out of three cold dark days of Janua;ry and February would flunk out of first year - the same seemed to never end. However, at long again. in second year. They were right, as last the dreaded final exam time arrived. I later found out. I considered it a minor victory in passing 14 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

10 of 12 with Spherical Trig and Physics Broke and faced with the prospect of III being my only downfalls. repeating second year I opted to sit out the next year and attempt the remaining After escaping from first year by pass­ 3 courses as supplementals. This proved . ing one of the two "supps" (Trig.), I ven­ to be a good decision as I quickly learne1 tured forth into second year with renewed that it was difficult to live on $42.50 per confidence and vigor. My .elation was week. Another bout with supplementals shortlived however, as second year pro­ got me by 2 of the 3 and into third year vided an even heavier load of lectures, Civi( a definite high point. labs, assignments and study, (14 courses , in total). Third year Civil - 64-65 was a strange collection o~ drinkers, athletes and keeners. Over the course of the last 17 Second year provided some comic years, the descriptions are probably still relief, however, in the form of Philosophy valid but some of the roles have no doubt 206. This attempt at providing Engineers changed. This group has its share of with some exposure to the "Arts" was a characters such as Bill Wilton, Bob Gibb, disaster as the course was plugged into Jim Gill, Dave Hicks; Murray Carvey, the lunch period of a day which already Barry Jorgenson, Larry Ife, Cliff Tottle, contained 3 or 4 lectures in the morning Rudy.Triffo, Gerry Pyper, Ferg Mcintosh and a three hour lab in the P.M. As a and Guy Cooper to name just a few. In­ result, Philosophy was digested along with contrast with first year, III Chad man, _ salami and bologna sandwiches and milk, memorable moments such as Astronomy punctuated with an occasional belch. First Observation Lab nite, a class stag, Power and second years were topped off with Prom, the A.J. Carlson Sewage Plant survey school. After several weeks of Tour, numerous shuffleboard tourna­ study and exams, it was hard to bear down ments at the Montcalm and the occa­ for this course. I recall the chaining ex~r­ sional field trips to the Royal Albert Arms cise down the "Row of Elms" which or Harry's Bar in Pembina. The infa­ resembled more of a relay race. With mous Bob Gibb (Harvard grad) coat rack Pichurski and Jorgenson in the group, the escapade at the Vendome comes to mind object was to finish by 11 :00 a.m. in order as well as the mid-winter trek to Bill to be at the Montcalm for pub opening Mathews' cabin. (a unanimous decision). I also recall our plane table survey crew being inter­ Electrical lab was a frustrating expe­ viewed by a police inspector one sunny rience for civil engineers. This nightmare day. Som.ething about some underaged of wires, v9ltmeters, OHM - meters, etc. damsels who had been rescued from the was eventually solved by a quick wirin - clutches of the law at the Montcalm. We job and turning on the voltage. This w ~ didn't know anything about it. usualiy accompanied by a lot of smoke and sparks followed by shrieks of horror The lightheartedness of survey school from our laboratory assistant who would was followed by the bitter reality of exam immediately correct the problem, thereby results which left me with 4 failures, one saving the lab equipment and freeing us of which I passed in the summer "supps". for the rest of the afternoon. TtfE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 15

Academica·lly ·speaking IIIC was honest work was done in order to convo­ somewhat easier than either first or sec­ cate. ond year, perhaps partly because _apart from electrical lab the course content was I recall the feeling of pride and :arting· to become relevant to civil engi­ accompli~hment on Convocation Day neering although it was still a lot of hard which was mixed with a touch of sadness work. Third year finals left me once again ;is the day marked the separation of our with one third year and one second year ~lass, many_ofwhom I have not seen since "~upp" to write in August - both of that day. The upcoming 75th Anniver­ Which I passed - the weight came off sary Reunion of the Faculty of Engi­ my shoulders as I had written my thir­ neering will present an opportunity· to teenth and final supplemental exam. renew old acquaintances. In addition to the regular program July 1 to 4, 1982 a IVC '66 Class Stag is being arranged for IVC was by the far the most enjoya­ Friday nite July 2, 1982. I look forward ble. This was also the first yea.r .that mid­ to seeing many of my old classmates and term finals were written in t)le first week reminiscing about some of those memo­ of January instead of December, result­ rable moments. ing in a Christmas and New Year spent - A.W. Bischoff, P. Eng. studying. To compensate "Civil New ·­ year's" was celebrated by the class Jan- .ary 5, 1966 at the Gay Cavalier result­ ing in one of the most memorable New Year's celebrations.

That final year passed quickly. By now, the group had come to know each other pretty well with guys like Bill McDonald, Alex McLellan, A. V. Choo Ying, Ray Van Cauwenberghe, Frank Babienko, Bill Boyaniwsky all starting to make their mark. Wilton's wedding, win­ ning the 8 man football and hockey championships, the IVC Morale Chart, Power Prom, Bridge .labs and Grad's Farewell were all memorable moments. Grad's Farewell was particularly mem­ \" 'lrable, as it was originally scheduled for «1 Aarch 4, 1966, the day of the great bliz- zard. As a result, it was postponed sev­ l' eral weeks during which time the graduate mugs sat in some dusty hotel storage room. The traditional toast was marked by 35 beers served with a "black The picture of this non-graduate was taken when head". Apart from all this revelry enough she was about the same age as the graduates 16 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

REUNION '82

These pictures ran in our April issue and starting at the top left their identities are Alf Poetker, Carl Anderson, Bruce Clapham, Richard Pietrowski, Carl Kummen, Dan Card, Jerry Kruk, Sandy Gibb, Jon Stefanson, Ed Tymofichuk, Alf Bischoff, Ken Buhr · THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 17

Vice-President later when I became a councillor of the Dave Cross A.P.E.M. that I learned you can also have Remembers sandwiches for dinner! It is the beginning of April and I am One of the highlights of the day was .;itting in the airport to begin my flight the religious break at 9:20 A.M. Then to Gjoa Haven, North West Territories. the coffee squad made the run to the res- The sight of students returning from their ''idence cafeteria no matter what the midterm break reminds me of those days weather. Twenty minutes of hot swjl! in the late fifties when as a first year woke us up and washed away the dryness engineering student I faced the onslaught of the first lecture. Our brains were of thirteen final examinations. It was all sharpened to absorb the next three hours or nothing. I remember milling like cattle of Mechanics, Strength of Materials, and at the doors of the UMSU gymnasium Physics, taught by aging science profes­ and then being stampeded as the doors sors. swung open. I rushed to finq .the correct The fun of six man football and the paper. What a tough way to get an edu­ trip to the mighty metropolis of Brandon cation. to play the University of Brandon's Arts l also remember the first days of the faculty are also fond memories. We left draftipg lab w)1ere everything wen.t at 4 P.M., played at 8 and arrived back smoothly until the day we started draw- in Winnipeg in time for morning classes. ng on lim;n. In pencil we meticulously It is funny how one forgets the outcome drew our carefully measured vice. Then of the game and remembers only the fun. the instructions came down from on high. Survey school .... everyone else Break out the ruling pens and fill them started their summer jobs at the begin­ with ink. What a disaster! First there was ning of May except the engineers. They the dripping of black india ink and then got to survey the cow fields, the railway the blot. The ink may have been black tracks and the river banks. but the air turned blue with curses. A sharp razor blade would lift the ·dried Finally graduation day arrived and we mistakes from the linen or destroy your were set loose to prove that our education effort completely. But the best news was was worthy of pay. It will be great to see saved until after graduation .... linen old classmates at the seventy-fifth reun­ and ruling pens became extinct. ion. Perhaps they will be able to add to What about those super lunches in my memories of my university days. UMSU. After ·four morning classes a whole hour was allotted for lunch.· The ;( I 'lrown bags were hastily removed from Important Notice ·· _.. he basement lockers. Egg salad sand­ Any member whose 1982 Annual wiches, made the night before, had Fees have not been received in the warmed and mellowed. We t.rekked across office by June 30th will be removed the quadrangle to eat in the sumptuous from the Roll of Professional Engi­ dining hall of UMSU, amid the remains neers. There are no exceptions. (By­ of old sandwiches, bags etc. left by Arts law 32). and Science students. It wasn't until much 18 THE MANITOBA PROFFSSIONAL ENGINEER

The Alumni Olympics Prof. Art Carlson A prominent feature of the 75th Anni­ Room 350 Engineering Building versary Reunion will be the "Alumni University of Manitoba Olympics", to be enjoyed on Friday Winnipeg R3T 2N2~ afternoon, July 2. The Faculty of Physi­ cal Education and Recreation Studies has reserved all of the University's athletic Shirley Matile Looks facilities for E~gineering alumni and Back friends. You can play racquetball, squash, (Sh~ was Shirley Stock) handball, basketball, softball or tennis, Remember the Fall of '72? Mini-skirts you can swim, ru:n, walk or crawl. or you and bell-bottom jeans were all the rage, can participate in the feature event of the Hewlett-Packard calculators were just day. reaching the market, and the Engineer­ ing Symonized. Marching Band, even THE GREAT ENGINEERING then, was sounding as if it could use a VOLLEYBALL CHALLENGE tune-up. Rumored to have originated in ancient Jack Hoogstraten was Dean of Engi­ Greece, this extravaganza is now held neering, Art Carlson was Assistant Dean, once every seventy-five years ·on the and Ben (now "Oulton") Rogers was Senior Stick. Jim Warrener, George Ba1 Quadrangle of the U. of M. campus. 1 Legendary Engineering heroes of the past acko, Gren Yuill and Ken Adam wer ... will return to do battle on the field of still professors, and Ed McGill was honor. teaching mechanics (and the use of the slide rule) to first year engineering stu­ Each of the major disciplines: Civil ·dents for the last time. (and Geological), Electrical and This was the year of the APEM Bread Mechanical (and Agricultural) will be Roll Eating Contest, and the Festival of represented by a team from each "era" Life and Learning's Reach for the Pot (for example 1960 to 1964). The three and GreatTrike Race. This was the year teams from a given era will play a round we finally had enough girls ( 4) to form a robin to earn points for their discipline. Rifle team, and won the ladies rifle, the The discipline earning most. points (the senior hockey and the innertube basket­ Civils of course), will be crowned in glory ball championships. This year we grad­ as Olympic Champions. uated such notables as Bill Brant, Kelly Kjartanson, Don Mulder, Ron Soro­ Although the sport of volleyball may kowski, Ross Webster and Tom Win~ be set back a century or two, new heights grove. (Not to mention Wells Peever, wl1 will be reached in fun, and laughter. Bring later went on to bigger and more lawful your volleyball uniform (the more out­ things!) landish the better) and take part in this weekend highlight. 197 3. The year of the strike. This was the year Assistant Dean Carlson spent To sign up, send your name, gradua­ much of his time sweeping the hallway tion year and discipline to: floors. Don Osman was Big Stick, and THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 19

Rob "Slobbie" Patterson was Little Stick. This was the year that jobs in Mani­ The Engineering Band, still no better, toba were becoming scarce; the year of a (although they are the only guys w_ho can mass exodus of U of M graduates to the __9rink, march and play at the same time!) oil companies out west. elped raise moriey in Campo for the l 982:That's the year we get together March of Dimes, and were actually paid _ again. Oulton Rogers is APEM Regis­ for their efforts. 'trar and General Manager, Wells Peever is the APEM's solicitor, and we are anx­ This was the year of electroniC calcu­ ious to ·find out what has become of the lators, df Dean Hoogstraten's retirement, members of the playing-drinking-march­ of Aldis Hallson's running for Senior ing band. Stick and . bf the graduation of John Ewing, Dwight Gibson, John Kupskay, Bill Larkin, Derek Longfield, Les Moore, Arnie Permut, Mike Quinn, Reinhard Seems Like Yesterday Sprenger, Jim Tchir, Grant .Wichenko "Ben Rogers! _I haven't seen you for­ and Bernie Wiebe. what-nine years? Can it be that long? ' - The Class of '73'! Seems like yesterday! 1974. Texas Instruments' SR50's were Hey, whatever happened to that funny under $300, and we were ordering them­ kid, you know - what was his name?? in bulk. Karl (or was it Oscar?) Tonn Remember the time the bus ran over his .vas Senior .Stick. The Band was now slide rule?? drinking, marching and playing at the stadium on a regular basis, and we were Those were the days, weren't they? the six-man football and intramural soc­ And those really WERE the days! I cer champs. Mooning was now the rage suppose every graduating class feels their at the pep rally, at beer and skits, in the year is the best; we KNEW ours was the halls ... whenever! Martin Wedepohl was best ever! And, thinkins back it was the the new Dean of Engineering, and there people that made it that way. were now over twenty girls in the faculty. Remember STEVE FACHE? Sure This was the year of the Electricals' W.D. you do! Stevie, with the muscles, and the (Wooten DeGroot) Day, and of the grad­ Big Bikes! He won the great 'Trike' race uation of Aldis Hallson, Dave Olinyk, in first year, Well, Steve is now Dr. Fache Ron Fish, and half the band ("Slobbie" (M.D., not PH.D.); he's just finishing a Patterson, "Moulfe" ·Jonasson, Ron residency in radiology in Vancouver. Meisters, Ken Bielak .' .. ). Hasn't changed - still has women fol­ lowing him around, the dog! 1975. The year the mechanicals (1 - J . econstructed a volkswagen in front of And BERT - 01' "Ferd Berfel" - } the library. The year Hedley Auld where are you? Bert got top marks in became Senior Stick and Rhodes Scholar. Cynicism 102 and Disillusionment 12 l. The year Jim Snidal ran for (and became) RINDALL'S still ih Hydro. No, I UMSU President. And the year Jill Lex­ don't think he's G.M. yet. He's got the ier, Dave Krahn, Dave MacMillan, Gary cutest two daughters; they obviously take Tencha and Dave Woytowich graduated. after Yvonne! 20 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

CARL SABANSKI glows in the dark. MORLEY SELVER is with·Abitibi­ One of the side benefits of working on Price Central Engineering in Sheridan the reactor at A.E.C.L. Pinawa. Park, Mississauga. He's training ter­ RAY BORIS finally left Brandon; still mites to chew up the trees for one stage­ with Hydro, though. of the paper making process. AAH( Technology! Morley and Rosemary have BRUCE KONDRATUK may still be .. three boys - he had trouble with Glen ,.. diving for gold on Island Lake . .In his Morris' stats. course. spare time he manages projects for Indian JOHN MCNICHOL and GREG Affairs. Did you learn that from Rocky FRASER are with Manitoba Hydro in Russell, Bruce? (Rocky's back from Winnipeg. John took a masters at U of Mexico, I hear) M in 1978. DA VE MAGNUSSON is DON SOLKOSKI is alive and well there, too. and living in Brandon. Don arranged the Remember DARRELL LOWRY? recent A.P.E.M. 'Brandon Area' meet­ (His wife used to work in Richard John­ ing. According to my calculations, it's son's office). Darrell is Manager of W.L. now "Don XIII E" (you had to be there). Wardrop's office in Regina. I ran into DON KREUGER in BRIAN LAN OWA Y is still working Regina. What's .a kid from the bush at getting the K-cycle engine on track. (Thompson) doing working for P.F.R.A.? JOE LUCAS, another mechanica( LORNE LAUTENS .and JOE graduate, is with Klein and Dashevsky, - ROMEO are with the Department of Consulting Engineers'. He serves on the Highways and Transportation, Lorne A.P.E.M. Bulletin Committee. designs bridges under the watchful eye of (Past President) Geo DePauw; Joe installs culverts. Seriously, Joe reviews develop- ment proposals. · ED RYCZKOWSKI is Chief Engi­ neer for iJMA Winnipeg. At the recent opening of the Canada Wire & Cable Fiber Optics facility where Ed did the electrical designs, also present were DA VE VOKEY, Manager of Design and Development for C.W.C., and RICK JACQUES c/w red bear (also C.W.C.) and yours truly. A inini class reunion! BRIAN KLAPONSKI, Engineering and , , , . Marketing Manager with Carte Electric was also there in his capacity as l.E.E.E. Manitoba Chairman. I talked to TERRY LEWIS recently. Terry is with Telsat in Ottawa, where even the salaries are in orbit! Senior Stick Rogers THEMANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 21

JOHN SLEVINSKY is City Engi­ Memories neer in Brandon. Looking Good, John! By Clyde McBain, P. Eng Do you mechanical graduates remem- (Past President A.P.E.M.) "ier WELLS PEEVER? Long haired, It wouJd be a rare person indeed who Jike-riding Wells Peever? Wells is now a has attended University and does not have laywer with Pitblado and Hoskin, and not ,enough memories to last a lifetime. Cer­ just ANY lawyer, but the A.P.E.M. law­ tainly I have - and possibly more than yer! And conservative, three-piece suit, most (probably due to my spending more shor.t hair! (I don't know about the time as an Engineering undergradu_ate bike ....) than was contemplated by the University I last saw BOB KOOYMAN about cale.ndar.) three years ago. He was with Schlum­ Again, and probably not surprising as berger, heading for the middle east, I you get older, it is the people you meet think. ·and the friends. you make who give you The barefoot golfer DAVE:OPPEN­ the best and most lasting memories. HEIMER is with I.D Engineering in I remember survey school in 1950 ~ Winnipeg. So fs DON MULDER, who having to quit because the flood water always looks good at the A.P.E.M. Tour­ was rising and then going directly to work nament; does I.D. design golf courses? ·· at sandbagging ort the dikes. I'm sure my KELLY KJARTANSON is an Envi­ first grey hairs were caused by riding to ronmental Engineer with the Provincial U in Herb Till's old car - it had cable Government. brakes, they used to freeze up, and we Where's GORDON NG MON? used to travel all the way non-stop, red "MONSKI" was last heard of, back in lights and stop signs notwithstanding. The Trinidad as Chief Engineer for the Trin­ old Roseland Dance Gardens we~e a idad Hilton. Does he still wear his mask? favorite spot when we were in funds, and (Well, it was an improvement ... ) with a nice girl, and a mickey of rye BRIAN SHELLRUDE is still with (under the table of course) - what a Hydro, having survived Great Falls. Did time you could have! My most memora­ Great Falls survive Brian; they're still ble Roseland experience occurred one Fall rebuilding the dam! - after the dance was over and the girls dropped off, Bob Byers, Harry Cochrane To all of you I've missed, my apolo­ and I went straight to Netley Marsh to gies, dig out the old yearbook (Yes, we hunt ducks - the lucky birds have never really DID things like that) or, better still, been so safe. before or since! Bob Byers come to the 75TH Anniversary. and Al Francis worked one summer in i1 Can y<;>u spot the old. faces, without the Alberta oil fields - and to get home -their disguises of long (or any) hair? Can they invested in a 1936 Plymouth - the you relate jeans and t-shirts to suits and Big Green Unit. It got reasonably good expanding waistlines? Come on out and gas mileage, but unfortunately used at try! ' least as much oil as it did gas, and to - Oulton A. Rogers, P. Eng., watch_ it roll down the highway was General Manager & Registrar. enough to make a navy veteran think of 22 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

a destroyer laying a smokescreen to cover The Class of 1971 a war-time convoy. Our old buddy John Klassen earned the nickname Straight By Frank Roberts, P. Eng. Line Klassen - he used to get his par­ The class of 1971 seemed bound eter­ ents' car and offer to drive us in the gen­ nally to sit squarely on the "leading edg~· eral direction of home, but never deviated of change: As we entered the University from the shortest line between the cam­ towards the end of the perilous 60's we ,., . pus and his home. Gasoline was expen­ were initiated into an old institution sive in those days too! I remember great steeped in traditions of freshie parades, summers working on power surveys on and freshie r~ids through the other facul~ the Nelson River, and playing poker in ties and residences. But somehow it our tents using transit boxes for seats. Al changed, even as we tried to aquaint our­ Knight, Bob Gottfred, George Skinner, selves with this solid institution. Tradi­ Ayuah Mohammed, Jim. McGuirk, Joe tions were swept away amid the new Gurowka, Jim Conway, Gerry Clayton, phenomena of pacifists, activists, anarch­ Bill Beley, the late Jack Verner, John ists and those who were more akin to Klassen, and others made these memo­ catatonics. rable experiences. The computer was new. Although its There is, of course, lots more - a life­ language was cumbersome and its hard­ time of memories; and how fortunate we ware was monstrous, we were soon faced are to have them. with the use of numerical methods ir - C.R. McBain, P. Eng. many subjects where we were not com-~ fortable with it or it with us. While the computer was new the hand-held calcu­ lator was still unheard of. It is hard to think back to doing all the calculations of an engineering course using a slide rule. Engineering has always been some­ what of a pressure cooker. We found relief, as did classes of years before and after, through sports and campus activi­ ties but more often at the invincible "Montcalm" or the "Voyageur". These places did not just afford relaxation - they held a challenge. Through first, sec­ ond and third year with most of us aged 18 to 20 it required some boldness to cas~ ually saunter in and belt back a few drafl

I ! ·~ ..· .- which after all was what we had been Jed to believe engineering was all about. l Finally came fourth year and as we turned '21 there was a certain smugness about being legally in the pub while others sat Young Clyde McBain in fear of being asked for their I.D. THE l\1ANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 23

But change once again caught up with 1962 - staged a memorable Grad's us! How utterly deflating and demoral­ Farewell, climaxed by Rich Gitten's izing to turn .21 within a month of the demolition of the hotel's bathroom ~gal drinking age being dropped fo 18. door, either to rescue his wife locked he intrigue was gone! inside ()..f to get at the bathtub full of Certainly if change was what we had beer. most to cope with then our years in Uni­ 1:962 - was the climax of the world's versity prepared us well for our lives to longest penny curling hon.spiel, with follow. If that was the "leading edge" then the Ray Roscoe rink pitted against we see now the turbulence which tumbles Dennis Deagle at the Brain Exchange by. cardboard rink. The faces of each one of my class­ mates are as clear to me now as they were I 962 - grads had long ago adopted a that decade ago. I feel yet that I could whistled version of the Colonel Bogie sit down in class again and continue writ­ march as their theme song, having dri­ ing notes in calculus as if the day had not ven Mr. Lewis from the drafting rocim passed. As I see a ·number of those faces with their discordant unison 4 years today nothing seems to have changed and earlier. we are those same people we were in class. I 962 - was the year Alvin Macatavish Yet as I look back through the yearbook changed his name to Al. :JW young our faces looked. I long to see as many of those faces as possible again 1962 - was the year of overtime in the in July. Stanley Cup playoffs, with Phil Wake still thinking he won the hockey pool. 1962 - was the year of the red cumber­ 1962 with Wally Rooke bund, symbolic of an early Civil triumph of spreading terror and hope 1962 - was the cat's ass! The year a into the hearts of Home Eccers with furry feline cartoon courtesy Trevor Carling Red Caps dotting the campus, Wignall and numerous anonymous courtesy L~s Crosthwaite. imitators, caused panic in VLD and his architectural parabaloids. I 962 - was the year when . ... Larry Foster mastered his pipe 1962 - was the year of the King of the but still wouldn't line us up with the World, with Bob McKibbin's evan­ chicks in his car pool! gelical spiel leading a cast of thou­ .... Ed Lipinski won another golf sands through a ceremonial arch of T tournament; Ci squares to welcome King Don Ram­ .... Wayne Sorby found time out of say and Queen Gerald Lackey to the the gym to graduate; Engineers' kingdom. We did share a .... Dave Johnson surprised us all by small corner of our world with an 80- showing up at three consecutive year old pretender tci the throne.· As classes; usual the Manitoban didn't under­ .... Jack Richtik finally took his slide stand. rule off his belt; 24 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

. ... Vern Ramptol) constituted a .... Bob Johannson sold his first whole department; Chevy; .... Ken Dedrick designed his first .... Pat Coinner donned his coat of bomb shelter; many colors.

Council Meeting February 8, 1982 by S.M. Matile, P. Eng.

At 3:40 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2. Consultiflg Engineers - Dennis 1982, and under great duress, Council Whittaker (Chairman); E. Weisz­ President Jardine called to order a meet­ mann; G.H. Cui::rie; H. Haak; J.Klein; ing attended by Councillors Cross, J.G. Malus; R. Morrison; A. Penman; McNichol, Isaak, Fulton, Foster, Morris B.J. Rossen; J.L. Babletek and Haywood, and General Manager and 3. Membership - Chuck Whalen Assistant Genera:! Manager Rogers and (Chairman); Gren Yuill; A.F. Esh­ Dunklee. made; A.A. DeLuca Several items were added to the 4. Practice and Ethics - Dave Ennis agenda; the minutes of the January I I th (Chairman); Ray Scouten; C.R. meeting were adopted as amended; and Mcintyre; Frank Fowler; Al Lans­ all licences, engineering graduates, reg­ down; Walter Saltzberg; Russ Hood istrations and . reinstatements were 5. Salary Schedule - A.D. Round~ approved. It was decided that the prac­ (Chairman); N ..Fedorchuk; C.E. Ire­ tice of showing the ages of the applicants land; B.D. Rindall; B.F. Klaponski; on the lists for approval was in contrav­ C.E. Anderson; D. Duncan; F.S. Gira; ention of the Human Rights Act, and W.P. Clement; Amjad Mian would be discontinued. 6. Sports -V.W. Becker (Chairman); The next item on the agenda was the A.H. Permut; A. Cornies; A.E. Gibb; assessment of a penalty for late payment J. Boge of examination and administration fees 7. University Liaison - W.J. Horner; for those enrolled in the examination pro­ E.T. Cheong; D.G. Chapman; W.R. gramme. After much discussion, · Coun­ McQuade; N .B. Ulyatt; M.V. Klein; cillor Morris moved that a penalty of A.D. Gould; D.R. Grimes $25.00 be assessed for any fees submitted 8. Continuing Competence (Ad Hoc) - after January 15th (the deadline) and R. Borland; K.A. Buhr; E.F. Mac­ before January 25th. After the 25th, no Kenzie; G.E. Sims; J.H. Bachmann: applications would be considered. The R.O. Lambert; B.D. Rindall; G. ' ...... motion was carried. Swan; R.M. Stokes (For this Com­ Next came the appointment of Com­ mittee, the proposed Terms of Refer­ mittees, as follows: ence were discussed, amended and I. Admissions Review Board - Dave approved, and it was agreed that there Cross (Chairman); Grant McNichol should be an additional member rep­ (Vice-Chairman) resenting the University of Manitoba. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

Councillor Isaak observed that there able", and asked General Manager Rog­ is only one consultant on the commit­ ers to write and tell the CCPE so. tee, and asked if Council considered The Salary Schedule Committee had only consultants to be incompetent). requested approval from Council for a The next item on the agenda was the new survey, This would cost an estimated appointment of the Executive Commit­ $2,900, due to the high cost of mailing, tee. This Committee comprises the Pres­ and Council was concerned that the ident, the Past President, the Vice­ returns may not be representative, any­ President, and one other council mem­ way. It was decided that Art Round be ber. The first three positions being filled invited to the next Council meeting. to automatically, a fierce battle raged for determine ·whether such a survey would, the fourth position, with Bob Foster and in fact, be worthwhile. Glenn Morris splitting the votes evenly. A report was received from the Con­ At this point, the meeting was sulting Engineers' Committee, which is adjourned so that Council could indulge looking at increasing the recommended in sandwiches. and cookies ·and watch fee for Principals to $75 per hour. The Wells Peever, t!\e APEM's lawyer, search Committee will be substantiating this Bourinot's rules for the correct procedure recommendation at the next Council for breaking a tie. Wells having decided. meeting. ·'hat the chairman could cast the deciding Finally, John Fulton, our Thompson ,ote, and Ken Jardine having decided that Councillor, proposed that the April he would prefer to avoid expressing an Council meeting be held in Thompson, to opinion, it was decided that Councillors which everyone was agreeable. Foster and Morris would be given until The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. the next ·Council meeting to campaign, and the meeting reconvened. Next came the CCPE news. President New Members Jardine announced that Gilles Perron D.P. Barchyn, G.N. Bucholtz, E.H.S. would be attending the March 8th Coun­ Fung, P.J. Horvath, C.T. Lui, E.A. Trost, cil Meeting to update Council on CCPE T.R. Drennan, T.J. Szkolnicki, R.C. matters. He also said that there would be Blunden, B.J. Thompson, S.J. Singh, P.C. a CAB meeting on February I.8th and Baracos, M.I. Elnaggar, M.A.F. Fedi­ 19th in Ottawa. Councillor Morris, who kow, W.C. Hood, R. Pearson, B.D. Sem­ had planned to attend anyway, volun­ chuk, I. Shpancer, D.W. Shwaluk, teered to act as an observer for the F.D. Stern, L.L. Teeter, N.A. Chandler, A.PEM. Council was then presented with B. Fry, J.G. Kelly, R.K. Lyons, A.A. Ali, Je CCPE's proposed "National Guide- J. Blenkiron, S. Chan, R.W. Diakiw, -lines for Offering Professional Engineer­ A. ~enkins, M .A. Kirby, L.J. Kuczek, ing Services'', and asked to comment. One C. Militano, J.S.D. Parker, M.J. R,oss, Councillor summed it up quite suc­ T.E. Snure, Jr.; A.S. Vt;:rnon, T. Voutsi­ cinctly: "harmless, but· quite unneces­ nas, B.F. McCormac, S.Y. Reitsma, E. sary". Council agreed th.at the proposed Wojczynski, G.R. Pool, P.G.S. Trainor, guidelines contained "nothing objection- H.T. Goldie, K.H. Ng, G.A. Russell. 26 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER Who's Who??

Councillor 'Bob Foster, Ed Faraci, Ken Lailey, Al Macatavish, Rudy Schilling, Jack Yellowlees, Vil',. Steciuk, Larry Buhr, Carl Pentilchuk, Bob Kirk, Vic Becker, Guy Cooper.

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Council in Thompson and pumpkins. Registrar Rogers drove sleep­ Brandon ing Councillors back to Winnipeg and deposited them at their various homes Council held its April meeting in shortly before 2 a.m. ~hompson, leaving Winnipeg at 7 a.m. It is hoped that engineers in both _,n April 12. Registrations, licences, Brandon and Thompson will be better transfers and engineering graduates were informed about the Association as a result studied and approved. Gary Swan was of these meetings. Now if something could appointed as this Association's repre­ only be done about Winnipeg engineers. sentative on the Advisory Committee for If we could draw the same percentage.in Engineering and Technical Education. Winnipeg as happens in Brandon and Voting procedures for electing executive Thompson we would have· to hold our members were approved. Spouses travel meetings in the arena. is to be assumed by the A.P.E.M. where it is appropriate that our representative should be accompanied by, pis wife. Licences Issued Council discussed by-law amendments G.F. Bourassa (Sask.), T.W. Coch­ that will go bef6re a meeting on June 15, rane (Sask.), S.W. Hagemoen (B.C.), and approved the terms of reference of A. Kovic (Que.), C.S. Seaby (Ont.), the Consulting Engineers Committee. · H. Ahmad. (Ont.), B.N. Deegan (Alta.), E.S. Deutsch (Ont.), D.D. Dunbar (Ont.), Then it was time for a meeting with R.W. Gush (Sask.); J. Kirwen (B.C.), . hompson members who fired questions G.E. Mulvey (Ont.), K. Ojala (Ont.), and views at Council for about an hour. P.G. Stipanitz (Ont.), J.P. Dueck (Alta.), The dessert came after the serious mat­ W.G. Lee (Ont.), T.W. Purdy (B.C.), ters were digested - a reception and an G.E. Selme (Alta.), B. Singleton (Alta.), ·opportunity to visit with th.e Thompson E.F. Vickers (Ont.), A.D. Williams engineers, to find out how the bridge was (Alta.), J.C. Draper (Que.), H. Mira­ co~ing along, (Blake and Martha Max­ syedi (Que.), E.L. Poole (Ont.), J.L. field staged a come-back, or so they felt. Smith (Alta.), H.G. Berger (Ont.), D.H. George Stewart was not convinced.) Eric Featherstonhaugh (Ont.), R.W. Kennedy Wilson, Councillor John Fulton, Bill (Alta.), N.L. Leipciger (Ont.), B.J: Lukes Clement and Blake Maxfield were once (Ont.), J. Misic, (Alta.), J.A. Patra again in the forefront of the northern (Alta.), D. Pristach (Ont.), A.A. Ravins hospitality. (Ont.), R.W. Savage (Ont.), B.F. Tessler * * * (Ont.), J.M. Tupling (Ont.), Z.L. Szeliski Brandon engineers didn't have the (Que.), J.J. White (Sask.), D.J. Morrow ''enefit of a Council meeting held in their (B.C.), P. White (Ont.). _.rea, but they did fire some of the same questions at a general meeting as had Oops! been aimed at Councillors in Thompson. Our Council reporter erroneously The Brandon meeting drew members reported that $10,000.00 would be spent from Boissevain, Birtle and Dauphin, and publishing the names of new members in they didn't let Councillors off the hook the local press. The actual figure would until it was noticed they were turning into be closer to $1200.00. To err is human. 28 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER THOMPSON

I ! ·~ ..· ; THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 29 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING REUNION

A.P.E.M. OASIS

DROP IN TO THE A.P.E.M. ROOM IN UNIVERSITY CENTRE THURSDAY EVENING July 1,

ALL DAY July 2 and 3

POST YOUR BUSINESS CARD WITH US SO• YOUR FRIENDS WILL KNOW YOU ARE HERE

HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE .. - MEET OLD FRIENDS

Life Membership, Nominations Honoris Causa Wanted The granting of Life Membership, Honoris Causa is intended to recognize Merit Award meritorious service rendered to the Asso­ The Merit Award is intended to rec­ ciation. ognize outstanding achievement by an individual member or group of members Please contact the Association office of the Association including the direct . - 942-6481 - advancement of the profession of engi­ neering in Manitoba. Outstanding Service Award Engineering Graduates The Outstanding Service Award is Enrolled intended to recognize outstanding service W.A. ·Macaw, A.R. Robinson, K.R. rendered to, or on behalf of the Associ­ Drysdale, R.B. Rob, W.D. Shaw, W.A. ation of Professional Engineers of the Slack, W.T. Shymanksi, M.W. Town­ Province of Manitoba by a member of send, T.W. Zulkoski, R.W. Demianyk, the Association. C.K. Wong. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER Who Are These Youngsters?

Nick Diakiw, Charlie Mcintyre, Ed Lundman, Jack Karras, Art Sparling, Jim McGuirk, Jack Iliffe, Bill Brisbin, Jim Warrener, Bob Jeske, lchero Teranishi, Les Wardrop, Reg Blackman, Brian Faurschou, Bill Hanuschak and Wells Peever, the A.P.E.M. solicitor who got a degree in engineering before taking law. THE MANITOBA PROFFSSIONAL ENGINEER 31

Council Meeting May 10, 1982 By R.A. Kane P. Eng

The opening salvo came at 3:30 P.M, wording of one of the By-Laws Council 1hen Ken Jardine noted a quorum was accepted the changes for presentation at present and business could begin. It did, the Special Meeting. with the approval of an agenda of twenty­ A number of Committees were two items which was increased to twenty­ assigned Liaison Councillors. While on three. Council handled as a group the the subject of Committees a new com­ passing of new Licences, Engineering mittee was struck made up of Fred Jost, Graduates, Transfers and Registrations. Bob Foster, and Dick Haywood, which to There was only one concern voiced where the chagrin of one of the members will one candidate showed his engineering be called the Review Committee of Com­ school as being Tri-State University, mittees. It is charged with assessing all Angola. After some searching around it of the APEM'S standing committees as was found that it is Angola, Indiana and to their respective terms of reference and not the more •widely known African to check with other Associations to see country. what they are doing. A single reinstatement was handled ·· A letter from the P. and E. committee 1dependently and passed. was endorsed by Council, which in essence told a member that withdrawal A report from Dick Johnson on of engineering services because of a strike C.C.P.E. was circulated and reviewed. may be deemed by the Association as a Council expressed a concern which they breach of its Code of Ethics. The mem­ will ask Dick to convey about the budg­ ber must make up his own mind and be etary allotment to the Canadian Engi­ prepared to accept the consequences neering Manpower Council (C.E.M.C.) either way. which seemed to be getting a dispropor­ tionate increase against the explanation Before breaking for supper Council given. received a delegation from the Ad Hoc Committee on Continuing Competence. Since Ken Jardine is to be in the area Their report was extremely thorough, and of the next CAB meeting he was their answers to the questions of Council appointed as the APEM observer. Finally were sufficient. to cause Council to pass on CCPE, Council instructed Dick John­ the following three pronged motion: son to see if he could get Winnipeg on a (I) Express Council's appreciation for ··~t of sites for C.C.P.E.'s annual meet­ their work . .. ,1g. (2) Council basically accepts the pre-· Moving right along, Council then cept of a voluntary action of addressed itself to a proposed list of By­ improvement in engineering skills. Law changes which will be put before the (3) Council will establish a standing membership at a special meeting in June. committee on continuing compe­ With only a very minor change in the tence. 32 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

The Committee will be rriade up of Because time had run out Council nine members whose terms of reference quickly approved paying for a quarter will be: page ad in the U. of M. Engineering (a) Develop a practical voluntary com­ Yearbook. petence program to monitor contin­ A letter was discussed wherein i uing competence activities of member of the A.P.E.M. wondered about ., individual members of the Associa­ transferring from one provincial jursid­ '~ tion. iction to another. The upshot of the dis­ (b) Continue to monitor the activities of cussion is that acceptance in Manitoba similar ogranizations in the U.S. and of one's crecfentials does not give auto­ Canada and other professions. matic entry into another, and that the (c) Monitor the voluntary program on a candidate when making a move will be continuous basis making improve­ judged by the group to which he. is mov­ ments as required to maintain a ing. C.C.P.E. is aware of this lack of uni­ workable effective program. versality and plans to discuss this, but for the moment that is the position. All of the above will be presented at Five itemspn the agenda were deferred the meeting in. June for general discus­ meaning that the meeting could conclude sion by the membership. with Ken]ardine requesting that as many A report by the Consulting Engineers members of Council as possible mak" C9mmittee 'was endorsed accepting their themselves available to the A.P.E.N, proposed recommended fee schedule tying booth during the U. of M. 75th anniver­ the Consulting Engineers' fee structure · sary reunion.· to the Annual Salary Survey .. The meeting concluded at 7:50 P.M. Believe it or not, we are only two thirds done, and it is already 7:00 P.M. but without even a passing notice of the clock SEE YOU ... on the wall Council plunged into a gen­ eral discussion of the plight of the Pre­ AT THE mier's Award for design excellenc.e. They felt that the awards were brought into question when the Premier was given one REUNION! of his own awards for no design at all. Further the restrlctiOn of submissions by July 1, 2' 3' 4 size was deemed lud~crous, and a letter expressing A.P.E.M.'s grave misgivings DROP IN TO THE will be issued to this group. A.P.E.M. OASIS ' ! '· .... A discussion on engineering partICI­ pation in social issues consumed far too UNIVERSITY CENTRE much time since no one could even find out how A.P.E.M. should be involved nor what good it would do. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 33 Faculty of Engineering Reunion July 1-4, 1982 · If you run into these professional engineers at the reunion will you recognize them?

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.om upper left to lower right they are Ted Rimmer, Gerry Kendall, Bud Christie, Al Francis, Walter Saltzberg, Frank Roberts, George Minaker, Richard Johnson, Bob Stokes, Wally Rooke, Keith Walker, Merv Robinson 34 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

THIS IS WHAT WAS SAID - IN THE SLIDE RULE

, VINCENT UU ' Vince (alias Jeffery) came to us from Hong Kong. Starting out at a technical school. his own ambition and drive has made him an "hor.iourable member" of this graduating class. His future is either a srructui:al job in Toronto or Post Grad, work in Structures. On his favourire subject, the opposite sex, he often quotes his most vener­ able grandfiitber "Ping" Pong Hoi - his favourite Quorar,i.on being Htwo loose in bush better than one in hand".

LARRY WHITNEY IVC's answer to Jackie Gleason skips his own rink and is Engineering's Curling Convenor, He is also the high-scoring left-winger On the "Married Marauders". Larry plans on being a Municipal Engineer, possibly for Ontario Water Resources.

ALEX E. BU RN STEIN Graduate of St. John's High. President of Zeta Tau Alpha Fra­ ternity and p·articipates in football, curling and basketb11ll. Alex will be tying the nuptial knot in June and start worrying about employment.

ROBERT McKIBBIN This ch11rmer with the continental approach will leave many broken hearts behind when he goes to Hamilton for a job with Stelco. Bob spent his fifth and final year as chief .engineer for SPD. Naturally his pleasing smile and winning personality should lead to success, marriage and everything that goes with it. ---

EDWARD SMENDZIUK Hails from Fishing River and graduated from Dauphin College. He is one of the fortunate fellows · who owns a car of. his own and supplies a fairly regular taxi service to the Soda Shop. Ed plans on doing post-graduate work. {In addition to taking the big step?)

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LAWRENCE F. SCHMIDT 1 Lawrie comes to us from D.M .C.I. and United cdilege. One of the many married men of the class, he is active in Kappa Sigma Kappa Fraternity and is distinguished by his little red car. Lawrie's future interests lie in the concrete and consulting fields. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL "ENGINEER 3S

FRED KARDEL ... Fred "ask a question" Kardel can usually be seen with his arm up in class. Re­ cently married, he now has a tough time getting up for classes. His outside interests are handing in assignments early, coffee breaks, drinking, and ·mlling Steve's hair in class, and going to bed ~arly. Fred is destined to become a snap-on di­ ode maker.

RICK JAQUES ... Rick was one of the more honest, quiet guys in class. Like the old saying go.es, "Quiet men are dangerous in dark corners I hope the MTS Bldg. has good lighting, or Borowski will be "scrutinizing" Manitoba Tele­ phone.

BRIAN KLAPONSKI ... "Klapper" has one main ambition - to find a job: Probable occupation: job hunting. Brian was an avid member of the "bush" hockey league which won one game (by default?) in two years. Klapper also hopes to improve his 5olf game, and success iS imminent; after all, who can't break 150?

GEORGE SCHULTZ Geo. hails from D.M.C.I. and is a staunch supporter of football and hockey. Always thinks they do it a better way at Dominion Bridge. This might account· for George's being ·a keener?? Future looks promising as a structural designer.

BARRY W . PRENTICE

The pride of Souris Collegiate, Barry is a keener?, and a member of the Hotelmen's Association. He is an Ontario Highways Department "hardrock," but his ambition in life is to work for big money so he can buy a new Ford with his first paycheck.

BARTON J. ROSSEN A biq man in the Lumber Industry, Bart came to th~ campus via Kelvin High School. As we ll as participating in curling and rifle teams, Bart was an active member of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity. Although in good health, General Hospital seems to hold a great attraction for him . .. Future?? Post grad work in Business Administration. 36 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

The University of Manitoba Faculty of Engineering 75th Anniversary Reunion PROGRAM Thursday, July 1, 1982 1500-2100h - Arrival and, Registration - Information and Registration ··centre, UMSU Council Chambers, University Centre. 1900-2200h - Wine and Cheese Reception, Multipurpose Room, University Centre. Friday, July 2, 1982 0815-1015 - Pancake Breakfast, Multipurpose Room, .University Centre. 1000-1030 - Musical Presentation, East Gym, UMSU. 1030-1130 -,-:... 'Opening Program, .East Gym UMSU. . ___:__ Welcome to U of M - President Naimark. - Welcome t.o Faculty - Dean Kuffel. - Opening Address - Nick Diakiw, Chief Commissioner, . City of Winnipeg. 1130-1300 - No-host lunch - on or off campus. 1300-1600 - ·Engineering Open House, Engineering Bldg. 1500-1900 - "Alumni Olympics" and Beer Garden - University Centre and Quadrangle, Fun "athletic" events such as the 26 meter marathon, 5 meter sprint, volleyball tournament, boat races, etc. (Get your volleyball and boat race teams lined up early). ·· 1800-2000 - Giant Western Barbecue for the entire family, Pan Am Stadium. Saturday ~ July 3, 1982 1200-1400 - Engineers' Alumni Assoc, Annual Meeting and Luncheon. 1400-1700 -:- Class Group reunions or free time. 1800-1930 - Cocktails, Winnipeg Convention Centre. 1930-0100 - Banquet and Dance, Winnipeg Convention Centre - Music by Jimmy King's Orchestra. Sunday, July 4, 1982 - Open for Class Activities.