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Published by the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Manitoba 710-177 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B OW9

President -W. Saltzberg, P. Eng. Vice-President -R.C. Isaak, P. Eng. Managing Director and Registrar - T.W. Algeo, P. Eng. Council - W.P . Clement, D.E. Cross, ,') K.M. Jardine, R.A. Johnson, F.A. Jost, J.W.J. Lewis, G.W. Swift 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, 0 .A. Rogers, R.F. Piotrowski, S.M. Matile, B.V. Halkewycz, Paul Shane B.A. Faurschou, S.J Armstrong, D.J Frost, G.A. Smith,

Correspondents - F.S. Gira, Flin Flon, D.S. Taylor, Lynn Lake­ Leaf Rapids; B.E. Maxfield, Thompson; 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, FEBRUARY 1980

President's Message By Walter Saltzberg, P. Eng. I The success of the last Annual that is the legal requirement to act:. ·/ Meeting and the confidence in Council minister the terms of "The Engineer­ leadership, as expressed at its closing, ing Profession Act." the approval at the Annual Meeting of Whether the Act is being adminis­ the proposed by-law changes and their tered or "enforced" (the latter term is subsequent mail ballot ratification very popular at A.P.E.M. meetings) it would lead me to believe that the surely involves more thanjust granting membership is completely satisfied the right to practise professional en­ with the direction of the Association gineering in this province or disciplin­ and the manner in which affairs are ing erring members. A very important being run by Council. aspect of the Association's responsi­ One could easily become compla­ bility is to make sure that those not cent were it not for the fact that in spite qualified do not practise professional of fairly good support for the engineering. It is in t.he area of Association's activities there is a monitoring these types of violations demonstrated lack of understand­ that the Association has not performed :ng within the membership at large with any degree of success ·in the pa!jt i dbou t the Association's functions The failure to do so is the result i.;.~- and responsibilities. the mistaken belief by a large majority To set the record straight, it must be of Professional Engineers that it is un­ made clear that the Association of Pro­ professional to assert themselves. fessional Engineers has one function Their failure to use the seal as required which overrides any other activity it by the Act or the words P. Eng. in their may sponsor or become involved with, correspondence and title or simply THE '\IANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 3 state I AM A PROFESSION AL The Association can 'and does be­ ENGINEER and proud of the en­ come involved in activities other than gineering profession accomplishments the administration of the Act, provid­ blends the P. Eng. with the maze of ing that such activities are not incon- .Para-professionals, and makes it ex- . sistent with the Act. r ·emely difficult, if not impossible, for The scope and variety of any a( che Association to enforce the Act in tivities depend upon the support ana-· this way. irivolvement of the membership. The How many of our members have payment of the annual dues, be they taken seriously and advised the set at $65.00, $100.00, or $500.00 will A.P.E.M. office of any violations not assure the Association's ability to under the following sections of the administer the Act nor carry out any of Act? its other activities unless they are sup­ 11(1) Only those persons who are ported in an active professional man ~ members of the association or who ner by the membership. have received a licence from the coun­ I urge each member of the Associa­ cil as hereinafter provided, are entitled tion to ask not what is the Association within the Province to engage in the doing for me, nor is the Association practice of professional engineering, performing the way I want it to, put or to take or use the title: "profes­ what can I do, what can I, as an indi­ sional engineer" or any abbreviation vidual member, do to help the Associ­ thereof. am. ation in what should be its prime pur­ 1.9 Except as herein otherwise pro­ pose, that of protecting the public ( .Tided, no person shall knowingly em­ Manitoba. Think seriously on th1 ..... ploy as a professional engineer, or matter and when you have figured out for any work that requires the services what you as an individual member can of a professional engineer, any person do, everything that you can do, to help who is not either a member of the as­ the Association activities, then trans­ sociation or the holder of a licence late the results into actions on your issued under this Act. R.S. M., c. 73, own part as well as into advice and s. 19; am. suggestions to Council. · Council Meeting - November 5th, 1979. By D. J. Frost, P. Eng. This was November 5th, the date The next item on the agenda was the with which some may associate Guy · Salary Recommendation for July 1980, Fawkes' failure in his attempt to presented by Art Round and Nick "blow up" the Houses of Parliament. Fedorchuk. · Due to this I felt somewhat uneasy as Art commenced the presentation by ·p.e proceedings continued, without a apologizing for both the mass 9f' .aahg! paperwork involved, and for son( . 1 2200members of the Association, who · Prior to my late arrival at .5:00 p.m., had not assisted in pro.viding informa­ things had followed the normal course tion for the recomdi.ended salary by acceptance of the minutes of the schedule report, but was quick in his previous meeting, approval of the thanks to the 400 or so members, who agenda, etc. had. THE \IA"l/ITOBA PROFESSIONAL E"IGll'\IEER

Nick Fedorchuk continued by journed, presumably for consumption thanking Ted Hassenrueck for his of a 10-year-old vintage wine, offered work in compiling most of the data to the Council members and others used in formulating the report, which present, by Andy Gilliland, in honour ,. ~had among other things established of the retiring President, Dick John-_ \at Manitoba Engineers were lagging son .. behind salaries paid to Engineers in Alberta, by approximately 9%; no Dick Johnson continued with the trend by thanking Andy Gilliland for doubt Nick would like td offer his per­ sonal thanks to Ted, however Ted is his service to the Council since 1974. now working in Alberta, doubtless John Lewis used the intermission as a hoping to confirm his findings. platform for re:election to the Council, receiving some support from Rudy Andy Gilliland expressed concern Isaak. that in relation to the future .growth projected for Manitoba, the recom­ Next, accounts were accepted, and mendation of the Salary Schedule a number of licences, Engineering Committee may not be achievable, Graduates, transfers and registrations and that a further erosion may occur. were approved. At this point a lengthy debate com­ The next item on the agenda was the menced regarding the true meaning of Brief to the Department of Labour "erosion was decreasin.g," to estab­ concerning proposed changes to regu­ lis-h if salaries paid to Engineers in lation 287/78 under the Power En­ ( --1anitoba were lagging, leading, de­ gineers' Act. Discussion revolved. Jelerating or accelerating· towards in­ around a draft letter prepared by Bili flation and the Canadian economy. Clement, stating the general observa--- / Nick offered to clarify that section of tion, concerns and recommendations the report prior to submission at the the Association would suggest be Annual Meeting. made in modifying the regulations to Responding to a question from Ken adjust for recent technological ad­ Jardine, Nick stated that in compiling vances and that the regulations should the salary structure that supply and be evaluated from a safety and effi­ demand for Engineers was not con­ ciency standpoint. Edd Klassen sidered, but it was based largely opened the discussion by commenting that the letter reminded him of a dog upon productivity and inflation. going round in circles looking for a Rudy Isaak commented that since place to "dump it." the report was based upon data re­ Prior to approval of the budget for ceived from a minority, from govern­ 1980 which was estimated to be a ment bodies and large corporations, $13 ,200 deficit, John Lewis questioned that the scales were not, in his opinion, why this had been the trend since 1975. truly representative of the salaries paid Terry Algeo advised that this was '. the private sector. This statement 1 mainly due to escalating postage , riot surprisingly went unchallenged. printing and stationery costs. This Ken Jardine moved to accept the must have alarmed Rudy Isaak who on recommendation, with Andy Gilliland ae optimistic note stated that only 5% requesting that "great thanks" be ex­ of qualified Engineers were not tended to those involved in preparing registered, and that the other 95% the report. The meeting was ad- should be well advised of the \ THE \1ANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 5

Association's new address, if this oc­ yawning, 116 of the 2600 members of curred before March 1st, so that all the APEM staggered through the reg­ fees may be received, which was a istration line in an attempt to reach good 'cue' for entering into the· next the coffee pot, which would help to · ~ubject, revision to By-law 32. prepare them for the 60th Annu·-'­ No doubt due to the preceding dis­ General Meeting. Many of the "re~ , cussion, Walter Saltzberg. who had lars" were commenting on the in~ been unusually subdued, recom­ ereased attendance this year - ·there mended that the annual fee ceiling be was barely a seat to be had on the increased to $100, which was not sur­ non-smoking side of the room! · prisingly seconded by Rudy Isaak, Shortly after 9:30 a.m., President gleefully rubbing his hands. At this Johnson called the meeting to order. point both Ken Jardine and Walter He then introduced the members of Saltzberg debated increasing the pen­ Council and eleven out-of-town mem­ alty for late payment of fees to $10. bers and guests. The minutes of last John Lewis taking th~ initiative ten­ year's AGM and the two special meet­ derly suggested $20, which was fortu­ ings of May 10th, 1979 and June 26th, nately rejected. 1979 were approved and adopted. Due to the relative lateness, "Other The first report was given by 'Dr. Business" was discussed not neces­ Paul Lowe. With regard to continuing sarily in the following order: competence, Dr. Lowe advised that A discussion developed suggesting the activities of other Associations: hat the Association should promote across Canada were being observ~ better liaison with government offi­ and that perhaps a special meeting cials. Walter Saltzberg was quick to should be called to discuss the subject. offer his services where the govern­ R.J. McRae, Chief Scrutineer, de­ ment officials were female. clared D.E. Cross, G.W. Swift, John Lewis reported that the Prem­ J.W.J. Lewis and P.A. Jost elected as ises Committee was looking into five Councillors for a 2-year-term; and the or six possible locations and that these winners of the Early Bird Draw were would be discussed at the Annual w. McCulloch and I. Weiszmann. Meeting. No doubt John would be Congratulations, all of you. pleased to consider any reasonable President Johnson outlined briefly suggestion, providingthat the building the roles of Council and of the Practice be complete with concrete foundation and Ethics Committee regarding the as pointed out by Rudy Isaak. Winnipeg Arena Expansion; Council­ The meeting finally closed at 9: 30 lor Lewis reported on the activities of p.m. with Dick Johnson again offering the Premises Committee, presented his appreciation and thanks to Terry some of the alternatives under consid­ '\lgeo, Andy Gilliland and Edd Klas- eration, and requested suggestions r~ __. en for services to the Council. garding new Association headquartel,_ from the Membership; and the Au-­ ditors' Report was adopted. Annual Meeting Th~ 1980 Budget wa's adopted after By S.M. Matile, P. Eng. considerable discussfon centered on It was 9:00 a.m. on Friday, the participation of the APEM in the November 24th. Bleary-eyed and CCPE; Messrs. B.E. Maxfield, F.E. 6 THI' \1A!'llTOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

Stock and D.A. Shearer were elected delayed and she did not arrive in Win­ members of the 1980 Nominating nipeg until shortly before 2:00 p.m.) . . Committee; and Councillor Isaak put Following the luncheon, President forth a resolution regarding the legali- Johnson and C.R. Bouskill presented ~ , ·7.ation of Corporate Practice in En- Outstanding Service Awards to F.M._ Ineering in Manitoba. This evoked Fowler and W.R. Newton, and bf, lengthy discussion; an amendment stowed Honorary Life Memberships' was made. Roy Lindseth (President of upon M.N. Collison, R.T. Harland A.P.E.G.G.A.) and 'Tim Benson and G.E. McLure. Congratulations, (President of A.P.E.0.) were invited gentlemen! to speak on the experiences of their respective Associations regarding Our after~iuncheon speaker was Corporate Practice; and the amended Ted Turner, President of the motion was finally adopted. C.C.P.E., who explained, at length, the purpose, the basic structure and At 11:30 A.M.; President Johnson the activities of his organization. received an urgent message from June Westbury. Apparently, a snow storm Due to the very slow disposal ofbus­ was imminent, and the 'Councillor was iness during the morning session, the requesting that the Association accept meeting reconvened at 2:05 p.m., con­ full responsibility for deciding whether current with the scheduled E.I.C. the seats in the Arena expansion Panel Discussion on Continuing Edu­ cation. (Needless to say, attendance at ~ should be opened or closed for that "vening's hockey game, in which the the Panel Discussion was dismal). i Jets were scheduled to play the Van­ A motion regarding the Ritual ofthb-' · couver Canucks. When the laughter Calling of an Engineer was defeated; subsided, Bill Greenfield suggested the Recommended Salary Schedule that the Association inform the Coun­ for July 1, 1980 was approved (what­ cillor that the hockey game was to be ever that means!); a motion regarding played in Vancouver. More laughter. the separation of licensing and disci­ Finally, President Johnson announced pline activities was defeated; the that he would inform the Councillor amendment to by-law 32-2 (a) (as cir­ that the Association could not accept culated) was approved for submission such responsibility (the game was to members for ratification by letter played in Winnipeg, the snow storm ballot; and President Johnson thanked did not materialize, and the expansion the retiring members of Council for seats were closed). their contributions to the Association. At 11:35 A.M. the meeting ad­ Back to the question of C.C.P.E. journed so that the Council could meet dues, a motion was made whereby a to elect its new officers, while the re­ by-law be submitted to the members, maining members socialized. empowering council to pay an annu91 1 / At the luncheon, one could not help assessment to the C.C.P.E. of up , but notice a sudden increase in atten- 10% of the Association's membership . dance. (If that was due to the fees , with this amount shown on the scheduled appearance of Quebec Pres­ ;statement of annual membership fees. ident Micheline Bouchard, there were 'The motion was carried, and President many disappointed engineers in atten­ Johnson agreed to accept the motion dance, as Mme. Bouchard's flight was as advice to Council. THE \1A'

E. F. Glass presented, in absentia, a "member" upon taking the obligation. summary of five issues that he wanted The Corporation of the Seven War­ members to be aware of. Copies of this dens does not "belong" to members summary were made available to the way the Association does. It was members at the meeting. · conceived by Professor H.E. T. Hal­ tain in 1924, simply to provide the oc' -· ' President Lindseth (A.P.E.G. casion on which engineers could, h.· G.A.) and President Benson :th,ey wished .to do so, obligate them- (A. P. E. 0.) extended greetings from their respective associations; a tele­ selves to their calling. Rudyard Kip­ gram from President · Brown ling was commissioned to write the (A.P.E.S.) was read by President ceremony and certain Landmarks Johnson; George Durnin congratu­ (hammer, anvil, chain, rings) were in­ lated the President and members of corporated. A simple "Rule of Gov­ Council for their leadership through­ ernance" was adopted and no other out the year; and the meeting finally form of constitution exists. The whole adjourned at3:53 p.m. It's a good thing authority was vested in the self­ these meetings occur only once a year! perpetuating Seven Wardens, who del­ egate to the Wardens of the Camps. The first seven wardens were seven Kipling Ritual past presidents of the Engineering In­ stitute of Canada. The following statement was read by Dean Jack Hoogstraten at the an­ The Seven Wardens are charged . ual meeting at the time the motion with preserving the integrity and pu~ - Jealing with the Iron Ring Ceremony ity of the Ritual of the Calling of arr .... was being discussed. It is published at Engineer with its due ceremonies and the request ofthe Wardens of Camp 8. Ancient Landmarks precisely as laid down. A ST A TEMENT RE RESOL U­ The whole organization is simple TION #1 Annual Meeting, A.P.E.M. and direct. It is devoid ofbusyness and Nov. 23, 1979 carries a simple grace; It has served Fundamentally, the Ritual is the ac­ members of our calling for over half a ceptance and declaration of an obliga­ century and is becoming a valued tra­ tion to oneself and to his calling, in the dition. Neither the-Association or the presence of his peers. The undertaking Institute have any authority regarding of such an obligation is essentially a the Rule of Governance. personal matter, deeply related to one's moral beliefs and to his con­ While there is nothing to prevent the science. To open such a ceremony to Association from expressing its views the public for public relations purposes to the Seven Wardens, my own feeling is gross. It is unworthy of the funda- · is to leave well enough alone. I should _) entally decent concept of an obliga­ let you know, however, that as one ci. tion. In my opinion, to advocateOit re­ the Seven Wardens,_I intend to uphold'-~ veals a lack of precisely that sense of the position that the Rule of Govern­ discernment which the Ritual was de­ ance be strictly adhe~ed to, which signed to promote. after all, is the responsibility with which the Wardens are charged. To do An initiate does not become a less is to fail our trust. 8 THE MANITOB. A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEE~ THE l\1ANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINE.ER 9

From Ghetto to President his schooling in Grade 9 at Machray Walter Saltzberg was born in War­ School. One year of Arts at the Uni­ versity of Manitoba convinced him saw, Poland in 1931. During the early . that Shakespeare was for others and part of World War II he lived in the after a session with the C.N.R. on thr­ l-hetto in Warsaw.' For the last three . construction of the Sherridon-Lyn. fears of the war he was in hiding out­ Lake railway line during which he".. side the Ghetto, the last several ..Progressed from a cookie to a bridge months being spent in a small excava­ · inspector, Walter decided to take en­ tion with four adult males. During the gineering. He~held down many part­ fighting between the Polish under­ time jobs in order to finance both his ground and the occupation forces, he high school and university education, suffered a serious leg injury. After the including delivering telegrams, clean­ takeover of Warsaw by Russians Wal­ ing manholes, digging trenches, sort­ ter was placed in an orphanage. _He ing parcels at a department store and spent six months in a Russian military delivering Christmas mail. Walter field hospital following

Walter had spent several years on astonished at those who do. Association committees before he was He will take his role as President first elected to Council, where he has very seriously and deal diligently with now served for five years. He has also the Association's affairs and with it all _.f:ou?d time for service through the Op- he will maintain his keen sense of pust Club and is a Past President. humour. We wish him well in his yea\ · Walter's talents spill over into many 'at the top'. - S.J.A. . areas. He is a capable Mr. Fixit, can repair anything, build ro·oms and cedar Dave Cross closets, renovate old furniture. He has Dave Cross was born in Winnipeg culinary expertise over the barbecue. and has resided here all his life. He He acts as financial adviser to some, as grew up in the River Heights ·area of father confessor to others and is a sort Winnipeg, attending Sir John Frank­ of junior patriarch in his neighbor­ lin, Robert H. Smith and Kelvin hood. His wife, Joan, is warm and Schools. Dave was quite active in hospitable and their home is often school and while at Kelvin High overflowing with people. While Walter School served as President of the has mastered French, Swedish school and Captain of the football Polish, and, with the help and encour~ team. During his final year at Kelvin agement of Dick Johnson and Shake­ he won the Harry Hood memorial speare, he is working on English he trophy, an award given to the top high sits in his livingroom looking wise 'and school player in ·the city who best '"""".S if he understood every word while combines athletic and scholastic abil· - ,.iends converse in one language he . I rty. ~- has not learned, Jewish. D~ve attended the University of Walter need ~ot worry about filling Manitoba, graduating in Mechanical Dick Johnson's shoes. Dick did that Engineering in 1961. and well. Walter Saltzberg grew up when he was eight years old. He has After graduation, Dave had a varied been filling his own -shoes, and they career, working initially with North­ have not been easy shoes to fill. He has ern Electric Wire and Cable Division had no free lunches in this life and and then Babcock-Wilcox in Boile; there were years when he was lucky to Design, Honeywell Controls in Com­ have any lunch at all. (A diet of water mercial Sales, and GBR as a Design and onions for several months is more Engineer. In 1968 he joined MMP at­ than most of us can imagine.) taining the position of Director of 'En­ gineering, before leaving to join Un­ Walter Saltzberg has a great sense of derwood McLellan Ltd. in 1979 as duty and responsibility. He works in­ Chief Engineer in their Commercial­ dustriously and tirelessly at anything Industrial Section. he undertakes. He has the courage to ·7and alone if he feels the cause is J?av~ and his wife Diane presently. ,;ght. He shirks from nothing. He can reside m St. James-Assiniboia witl have serious differences of opinion their two children Sharon 16 and Ste- - with others, still maintain his respect ven 13. Dave's hobbies include for them and when the discussion is qross-country skiing, do-it-yourself over, as far as Walter is concerned carpentry and the family cottage in the amicable relationships are untar~ Kenora area. nished. He holds no grudges and is Dave is past President of the Man- THE '\1ANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER II

itoba Chapter of ASHRAE, Secretary tinue. Those who would have con­ of the Engineering Alumni Associa­ straints placed on this magazine have tion and was previously on the Board only one hope and that is join this of Directors of the Knowles School for committee and work hard as a member Boys. within to change the general copy. Dave has maintained an interest in I have approached personally so(-· the Association and its activities over complainers to join but they are "too the years and brings a fresh approach b.usy.'' Euphemistically I suggest this to the position of Councillor. He is 1s a convenient out ... a cop out. looking forward to participating in the As for my philosophy, I suggest that major decisions that lie ahead and to a large segment of this organization having some impact on the. future of would have us lose the reason we the Association. - G.A,S. exist. Frankly things like salary schedules, Grass Root Committees, Professionalism vs. legal fee assistance for various groups Whining of engineers are not the reasons for the · APEM. That these groups receive Since the edition in which the Grass more funding than say Public Rela­ Roots Committee surfaced as an issue tions is a travesty. In fact, even that to be written about we have received the Bulletin receives more money than many comments about the Bulletin. P.R. is wrong. Some of the critical comments have We have an image problem, been legitimate, but like much of what everyone says that. We do nothif I feel is wrong with this organization as about it because we are .spending a ... with the whole of our society a great our money fighting these selfisn self­ deal of the criticism has been cruel, interest crusades. The APEM is here rude, uninformed and downright to protect the public from quack en­ wrong. I am not a particularly sensi­ gineers. There.are people who would tive guy, in fact over the years my seal drawings that would fail, who skin has thickened to such a point that could remain as engineers were we not I am forever dieting with no success. carefully policing our members. The Nevertheless I would like to address u.· of M. Engineering Faculty is of the whiners and complainers out there. interest as much to the rest of Canada The Bulletin is a Committee of vol­ as it is to Manitoba since almost as unteers. They work hard at publishing many of the U. of M. graduates leave this th.ing and do it because of personal Manitoba as stay, hence accreditation reasons which can only be a labour of problem of that institute is a problem love. Notably the Bulletin Committee not of the APEM but of engineering has spawned over the years numerous everywhere. Further how much a typ­ persons who are now, and were, ical engineer makes 5 years, 10 years Councillors. We are independent in and 20 years after graduation is nr• 0ur thinking, no one has the authority worth paying thousands of dollars ~. to tell another of this Committee how get published since this does nothing to or what to write, and if anyone expects check the professional quality of the someone to work as hard as each members' work. i member of this Committee must, then The general public doesn't have a it is only under these sorts of circum­ clue that each member ofthe APEM stances that this .magazine will con- puts his career on the line every time 12 THE \L\"ilTOHA PROFESSIO"IAL E"IGINEER

he stamps a drawing, since if he is verse effect not only to the residents of deemed unprofessional by his peers Turnbull Drive but also on the reach of his licence to practise is gone. The the Red River south to the Town of P.R. Committee could talk of this and Morris. The grant of assistance is thus, ~were people to know this then the high according to Mr. Grant's man, "con- _ taiity of the membership may be science money" paid out in order to1 appreciated. When a member reviews placate the collective guilty con­ a drawing and rejects same they would sciences of the Engineers of the Water understand he is only doing that be­ Resources Branch. cause of pr~fessional · criteria which override all. Instead we see people It is somewhat of a mystery to me referring to it as sour grapes. Sour why, if this •:-engineer" is a Profes­ grapes; my foot. This is a society of sional Engineer, ifhe has the qualifica­ professional people here to protect the tions to properly study and assess the public from boobs who would foul up a situation and he has made the kind of profession steeped in a history of high study a Professional Engineer should ideals and remarkably free of scandal. make in order to be able to come to this Why then do we allow our purpose to kind of conclusion, he feels he must be watered down by these whining report anonymously through a colum­ self-interest groups too afraid to stand nist for a local newspaper. Such a pro­ up on their own. cedure makes one suspect the credibil­ ity of Mr. Grant's "engineer". I am opposed in principle to behind­ '~f!-scenes bitching which we seem to Supposing, however, that Mr. ,;, very well. If anyone has a com­ Grant's man is a Professional En-1 plaint say it out loud. At least we as gineer with qualifications and experi- ~ · contributing members of the Bulletin ence in the field of water management do not hide behind phoney excuses but sufficient to properly assess the situa­ say what we think. I challenge others tion and supposing that he is as confi­ to do the same. - R.A.K. dent of his findings as Mr. Grant im­ plies he is, then it would follow that, since he is actually claiming negligence Letters and cover-up on the part of the Water Resources Engineers, he should in fact Vic Grant and Ethics be laying a charge of negligence against one or all of these engineers. Dear Mr. Editor: My reading and my interpretation of Vic Grant, in his Tribune column of the Code of Ethics suggests that he in Friday, October 5th, reports that "an fact is obligated to lay such a charge. engineer'', after spending considera­ I do not intend to debate with Mr. ble time in the study. of the situation Grant's mystery man in the pages of m2w terms the provincial government the Bulletin. I do however suggest that ·mt of assistance to the Turnbull since this mystery man is so confident ~ v"rive residents as "conscience of his case as to make the accusation money". Mr. Grant's "engineer' in­ that he has made and since he has not fers that his study indicates that (a) the c~osen to protect the public by bring­ control structure at the Floodway is idg the culprits to justic'e, that he him­ being improperly operated and (b) that self is in fact negligent. I therefore this-improper op~ration has had an ad- challenge the mystery man to come THE \IA'\'ITOllA PROt'ESSIO'\'AL E'\'Gl'\'EER 13

forward and formally approach Coun­ C.C.P.E. Director that the total cil with a charge of negligence or to amount in the C.C.P.E. budget admit that he made his public state­ 1979-80 for assistance to its National ment without the qualification, experi­ Committee of Salaried Engineers is a ence and technical evidence to do so. big 0%,. ,Perhaps the President , ­ Mr. Grant's engineer also suggested C.C.P.E. would like to recognize th'u. to Mr. Grant that he has made the 0% of $460,000.00 is still zero dollar government people responsible aware return of benefit to those who are being of his findings. A rather thorough assessed the tax to support C.C.P.E. search by me has not brought forward and its unwanted and unnecessary any evidence that any such informa­ committees and Engineering Man­ tion has been put forward by any en­ power Council. gineer. This supports my view that I am probably one of the few ordi­ Mr. Grant's man is talking more from nary members who has tak'en the time the standpoint of the political thanthe and opportunity·to visit the C.C.P.E. tt;chnical. offices in Ottawa, an invitation ex­ I am satisfied that Mr. Grant's en­ tended to us by the current C.C.P.E. gineer is in breach of the Code of President at the annual meeting. I did Ethics in at least thn;e areas; hence not find it to be an inspiring experi­ should I become aware of his identity, ence. It is my impression as a past I do intend to lay a charge against him director and first past chairman of (or her) in these areas; that is my obli- C.C.P.E.'s National Committee for 5ation to my profession. Salaried Engineers that we have sori well-paid executive staff down there iil· Yours truly, Ottawa spending most of their time W.R. Newton, P. Eng. promoting "motherhood" items. Any worthwhile co-ordination of issues C~C.P.E. and Motherhood important to the Provincial Associa­ tion is being done or should be done Dear Sir: and can best be done through the I am writing this for those members well-paid ·Provincial Managing .Direc­ of our Association who care or want to tors and Registrars. We don't need a listen, and especially for those mem­ $400,000.00 expenditure by C.C.P.E. bers who attended our annual meeting to achieve this objective. at the Holiday Inn on November 23, In support of motherhood, the 1979. members are constantly being told that we must pay our dues if we want to The President of the Canadian practise engineering. The problem is Council of Professional Engineers that even C.C.P.E. cannot define (C.C.P.E.), during his luncheon ad­ what is the "practice of engineering."

not deemed to be practising engineer­ . .. I am enclosing short pieces on an ing as long as one avoids the use of the excellent IEEE conference and title Professional Engineer. Conse­ marathon running. Please notice how quently, none of the individuals doing concise and well worded they are. For -~· ~'1.Y of the foregoing is an engineer un- members wanting more information I - Us he or she is wearing an iron ring have given names and phone numbers, perhaps? The question has to be asked to all. ., then, what is the Registered Profes­ If the members will support the Bul­ :• sional Engineer doing that can be con­ letin I believe we will surpass the qual­ sidered the Practice of Engineering in ity of the golden years which occurred the eyes of the office of the three years ago. Attorney-General? Yours sincerely, So there you have it - the only per­ John W.J. Lewis, P. Eng. sons that our Association can come down hard on should he or she be deemed to have violated our Code of IEEE Overvoltages & Ethics or have made'an innocent error Compensation in his or her design calculations, are Overvoltages and compensation on those who voluntarily become regis­ integrated;AC-DC Systems will be the tered and pay for the privilege. All subject of an international conference others engaged as .described above, in­ to be held in Winnipeg in July, 1980. cluding the "Iron Ring" engineer, are - ~'tempt from relating to our Code of Topics are selected to bring to the Bthics and the requirements of the attention _of the informed AC-DC en,~ Act. gineer, the most recent developments'~· Is it not obvious then that the real in: - and effective protection of the public - Reactive power control by static can best be achieved by making mem­ compensators, forced commuta­ bership in our Association attractive tion, and other alternatives. and meaningful, that is, something to - Overvoltage experience and field be voluntarily sought after? The ques­ results from existing AC-DC inter­ tion is, membership for what purpose? faces. Yours truly, - Modelling techniques and study re­ G.A. DePauw, P. Eng. sults. - Application of metal oxide arres­ Contributions - Good, ters. Bad or In Between The Winnipeg IEEE Section and Power Engineering Society, Chapter Dear Editor: have organized this conference which The Bulletin was a topic of Council occurs in the hundredth year of com­ ':·iscussion in January. The Bulletin is mercial electricity in Manitoba. Pleas•/ perceived as good , bad, or in between help us by telling your confreres frorL - depending on the reader or non­ around the world about the confer­ reader. ence. Brochures and more information One Councillor stated that dissi­ from Publicity Chairman, Brian Ber­ dents might improve the Bulletin by nard - 775-4571 supporting it with literary contribu­ , or from W. Mc Dermid - tions. 474-3787 THE l\'1ANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 15

or R.W. Menzies - 474-9603. By-law No. 32-2 (a) had a vote of500 Contributed by J. W .J. Lewis for, and 237 against which is a 67.8% 943-8991 average in favour of increasing the dues. Marathon Running By-law No. 39 had a vote of 598 fou- The 1980 Manitoba Marathon will 133 against, and 6 blank which is f be run on Sunday, Jun~ 15, 1980. 81.8% average in favour. "- Elsewhere in the Bulletin is an arti­ . At this point it would be easy to cle setting the goals of massive partid­ leave off with .a comment that the re­ pation by engineers and splendid fund sults have been reported to the APEM raising in aid of the mentally retarded. membership. However, because of the It is reasonable to set a goal of $1000 of pattern of the voting on by-law No. 39 pledges for each runner. some interesting questions have been raised. Running a complete or partial marathon can be a serious individual Is it not curious that more people are achievement. It is always recom­ in favour ofraising the dues to the En­ mended to have a medical checkup be­ gineering Graduate members (who do fore you start training. Then there are not have voting rights) than are in questions of dehydration, overheat­ favour of raising their own? Why ing, what to eat, what to wear, when to would people cast votes in such an quit, how to go the distance. Unless overwhelming manner to raise dues to you are already well informed, it is engineering graduates on a ballot that nost helpful to attend clinic workshop had no maximum? Surely the salaril sessions. For more information, call of new engineers are less than the· the Marathon office at the Reh-fit salaries of the full members who voted Centre, 453-0931, ask for Charlie or to raise the dues of the engineer Barb. graduates. Contributed by J. W .J. Lewis Is it fair on the part of 98 members (presuming that they were the same ones) who voted against raising their Fuzzy Thinking own dues; yet were willing to raise the In December, 1979 the members of dues of others? Are the six blank bal­ APEM submitted their ballots on two lots cast on. bylaw No. 39 not the proposed by-law amt;ndments. By-law fairest or most honest ballots? 32-2 (a) was to allow the membership The question that is most puzzling, dues to be increased to a maximum of is the balloting pattern indicative of the $100.00 while the second amendment engineers' thought process or does it to by-law 39 was a proposed increase reflect· what people in general would in the dues for engineering graduates think on similar questions in greater with no maximum amount stated. numbers than they. - B.A.F. Both by-law amendments were ap­ proved. The following is a summary of Curling Anyone? \ ... the balloting ]:Jy APEM members. This was the most 1,musual curling The number of ballots returned was bonspiel in our history.\ Finally; even­ 739, of which two were spoiled. This is tually, and at last, Bill MacKenzie will a percentage of 28.6% returned of the have his name engraved on the trophy 2576 ballots mailed out. along with the names of Bill Saunders, 16 THE \1A!'llTOBA PROFESSIONAL E!'IGINEER -

Larry Williams and Hank Penner. Wally Pyl and Doug Chapman gave Certainly they were the best curlers of Bill MacKen.zie the most problems, the day, but before they were declared and Brett and Company came in sec­ winners they had to produce their ond (an unusual place for Doug ~.~,PEM membership cards, birth cer- Chapman whose academic record£ Hicates to prove they were for real, would be hard to beat.) take an 1.Q. test and a saliva test. In the Second Event Dave Sharpe ·• (They flunked only one of the forego­ was helped to victory by Dale Wood­ ~ ing and we'll never tell.) Actually ruff, Stan Bailie and Ken Jenkins, in everyone was delighted. Bill has been disposing of the Arborg quartet of the class of the curlers for a long time, Gerry Patterson, Ken Boyd, Larry . but one non-member on his team has Man and Karl Dem. In the C event relegated him to the bush when it came John Fry, Bill Boyaniwsky, Fred to first prize. Nicholson and Bob Harris won over The Sports Committee got com­ the Stewart, Linton, Morris, Bukoski pletely out of character, deciding it team. Psychologically this team got off would look better if they weren't in the to abad start. One member had a zip­ prizes. There were a few comments to per problem,' and the only solution the effect that Chairman Al Bischoff seemed to be to use one of the new didn't m~ed to go to such lengths and name-buttons to pin up the offending one query as to how to spell 'shellac.' piece of clothing. /....,., Buttons were introduced th_is year The group taking off their identifica-. "r the first time. No one was able to tion buttons before moving forward td pretend he was someone else when he be recognized for their achievement"--.:· let go with a bad shot because all the included Ron McCasin, Norbert players were named. These buttons Hansch, Ed Lach and Doug Knight. proved to be useful for more than one There were kindly suggestions that purpose, about which more later. perhaps they should consider taking Brett Davies, John McNichol, up photography, knitting or stamp col-

President Saltzberg with Bill MacKenzie and his winning curlers. THE \1A"llTOBA PROFESSIO"IAL E"IGINEER 17

lecting ...,..- in whatever area their unob­ Kinley, Dunklee, Algeo and Saltz­ vious talents lay. Norbert did get off to berg. Certainly it was a distinct hon­ a shaky start. He arrived late, parked our for them to be there sharing the his car so that the Granite Club staff day with such a fantastic group of could not get onto the lot, had to move athletes and we hope this is what/-' his car which resulted in a breathless meant: "- and late start for his team. The costumes were varied. Dave The Bill Morris who achieved some 'Stanbra was one of the better dressed notoriety is William H. C. Morris, not curlers, with his moustache matching to be confused with Glenn Morris who his outfit. But it was decided that Dave piloted a portable recording machine Sharpe should win the best-dressed hither and thither signing up runners award because, for the occasion, he for next June's Marathon. By the time had had his hair dyed a sort of tanny John Lewis made his pitch for this red to match the stripes in his sweater. Marathon, everyone present had al­ Bob Harris Wall a close contestant in ·, ready been signed up whether they this area being the only one there who knew it or not. · had no holes in his socks and who could take his shoes off. Bob Farish Councillor Rudy Isaak introduced a also knows as much about attire as he new trick. He substituted here and does about curling. He had slacks, there until he found a rink up (or down) shoes, sweater and broom in matching to his caliber. The Patterson, Man, blues, and he gave a crash course in Boyd, Dem rink from Arborg were a curling, strategy and scoring to igr( fine addition to the usual group from rant gallery viewers, (without ont:t::-· out of Winnipeg. Also on hand were Sean Kavanagh (who struggled unsuc­ mentioning the Schedule of Fees for such consultation.) Glenn Morris cer­ cessfully with Ken Jardine, Ron Gor­ tainly got top honours for the best don and Barry Rowley), Doug dressed broom - a candy striped Struthers (who suggested he might handle decorated with porn porns. take up a collection for his fees), Ed Lipinski, Merv Robinson and Barry Dean Gould had a new psychedelic Tinkler. Ken Boyd, of course, is really shirt and Gordon Marshall has retired from Sanford. Sean Kavanagh showed the ducks and was wearing a new a complete lack of respect for Presi­ geometric d!!sign. We missed Wayne dent Saltzberg by snitching Walter's Stewart and George De Pauw and ] fork at lunch, leaving Walter to figure their scarf act. Laurie Schmidt is in out how to eat chicken pie with a knife. training from his house renovations J During lunch it was explained that and showed no signs of a two year by eliminating Vic Becker from the layoff from curling. Norm Ulyatt eked phoning Committee it had been possi­ out the most spectacular loss of the ble to get everyone at the right rink at day against Hot Shot Davies. Larry the designated time. Al Bischoff an­ Man introduced the Arboi"g pret\ nounced that he wanted to introduce type of sweeping to Winnipeg ei'i"" distinguished guests who were pres­ gineers. It isn't likely to catch on. ent. He did not say wherein lay the Most of those present ~re simply not in distinction and we're still wondering good enough shape for such an accom­ because who should pop up to answer plishment. Al's roll call but persons named Mc- Someone tipped Jerry J(ruk off that 18 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

he was in line for the worst dressed years. It was a very popular win, and prize (he came dressed as an under­ we trust he will be back next year pre-' taker) so he snuck off before his name senting a challenge in more ways was called. than one to the rest of the group. Of ~'':Y'le hope Bill Beley, Art Sparling course, he should still bring the Fd Grant Sims do as good a job of sputum test results. It really is diffi-1 following Glenn Morris along the cult to believe that engineers in their Marathon trail as they did in following right minds can curl that well. his ballerina white-gloved gestureS.:.on -S.J.A. the ice. Gary Swan had to ring in untrained We regrettu record the deaths of substitutions at the last minute which C.W. Jones, P. Eng., J.G. Broda, explains why we have only now men­ P.Eng. and J.M. Kay, P. Eng. tioned his name. Wally Rooke has gone back to the dr;Uting board which explains likewise. Craig Sommerville By Popular Request made the mistake of having a Sports Answers Committee member on his team and In response to requests from our Al Nelson, Dave Stanbra and Sam members we are publishing another Donachuk made the mistake of having 'reverse quiz'. Here are the answers. a Sports Committee member as skip What do you think the questions would (Alf Comies). be? Please tum to page 29 for the actu- -.,;'Our thanks to Al Bischoff, Amie al questions. 1 rermut, Vic Becker, (don't phone us, l. I pass 5. Separation we'll call you), Landis Krause, Alf 2. Esquire 6. Union Comies and Sandy Gibb for whatever 3. Unisex 7. Quick quack it is they do to make it all come out 4. Yes 8. In the mirror right. The reason we are not mentioning Lynn Lake- Leaf Rapids two or three items that were obvious to everyone is because we were By D.S. Taylor, P. Eng. threatened with legal action, which we can't afford. At this time. Contribu­ It is winter in the north, as you tions may be sent to the Editor. If southerners now know after we sent enough come in, it will all appear in the you a couple of good blizzards. The next issue. weather up here has been relatively Many thanks to Canadian Portland mild, and the snow is only a foot or so Cement Association for donating deep. prizes. The news from the Lynn Lake - ,All the flak that was levelled at Bill Leaf Rapids area has been the move­ lcKen~ie at the event and all our ment of engineers in both of S herritt' s 1 comments indicate quite a lot. Bill is mining operations. Mr. Dave Libby, one of those rare creatures who is has left our Ruttan Operations and re­ more gracious in losing than in win­ tttmed to the British Isles to work for ning, he is the essence of good Terra Mining in Ireland. Garry sportsmanship and he has put a very Hughes, P. Eng., has been transferred great deal into this bonspiel over many to Sherritt's Toronto office as Man- THE MANITOBA PROFF.SSIONAL ENGINEER 19

ager of Mineral Resource Develop­ Those with high-school education may ment. Slavco Koscevic, P. Eng., has be presumed to command an inventory left our Ruttan Operations to go to ofup to 2000 words in the usual case. It Labrador City, Newfoundfand as a thus becomes plain that the language Mines Inspector. permits great scope for expression ..- Replacing Dave Libby as our Rut­ The·Encyclopedia Britannica staf tan Operations Manager is Bob that major languages contain nine McCombe, P. Eng. , and Mr. Ian basic classes of words: (1) standard; J. Plummer, P. Eng., has replaced Mr. (2) informal or colloquial; (3) slang; (4) McCombe as Fox Operations Man­ cant; (5) jargon; (6) argot; (7) dialect; ager. We would like to welcome back (8) non-standard; and (9) taboo or vul­ from Elliott Lake Pete Goodwin, to gar, in order of declining "acceptabil­ his new job as Operatioris Manager at ity". In this little dissertation it is in­ our Ruttan Operations. tended to examine briefly the third and To the north we would like to wel­ fifth categories of this list in particular. ., :.- come the following graduates as En­ Jargon is defined in one dictionary gineering Graduates at our Fox Oper­ as "3, the technical or special vo­ ation: Laurie and Dennis Bergen, and cabulary of a profession''. The pro­ at our Ruttan Operation: Hazel De fessions could be presumed tq in­ Neuve, Tom Lanzer, Chris Thomas, clude that of the politician, in a general Rob Robinson arid ·V. Keung. · way. One of the ways in which a new We are now eagerly awaiting the ar­ word can be coined in English is to rival of Chicken Little Saltzberg and add the suffix "ize" to a noun or![ the remainder of his wild brood, who adjective.' The latest example of t•~~J intend to drop into our burgeoning device on the part of a politician to metropolis at the end of January to talk coin a new word is the term "privat­ about how the sky is falling and other ize", attributed to the Hon. Sin­ important topics in northern engineer­ clair Stevens, president of the Privy ing. Council.' This little beauty is presum­ ably meant to . describe a process whereby a government disposes of FADS, CLICHES, AND public property by sale or even gift SLANG to so-called private investors. By Paul Shane, P. Eng. There are many precedents for this method of creating new words. A few One is often ied to wonder whether of these are: other languages are as endlessly flexi­ ble as English. The Third New Inter­ terrorize (Terror, a noun, plus ize); national Dictionary by Webster con­ publicize (public, a noun or adjective, tains some 460 000 entries.· Likewise, plus ize); realize (real, an adjective, all major languages have hundreds of plus ize); visualize (visual, an adj~c­ thousands of words. New words also tive, plus ize); harmonize (harmonf( keep appearing with new products, in­ noun, plus ize). . - ventions, processes, and situations. Perhaps in time "privatize' will at­ Winston Churchill, with his notable tain the first rank in Britannica's list, abilities as a writer and orator, is said. namely: standard. In the interim, it has to have possessed perhaps 10,000 been treated with circumspection by words in his personal vocabulary. the newspapers, which usually have 20 THE MASITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

little compunction about getting on the. this view by placing the two categories fad-word bandwagon. They have been in juxtaposition, jargon being evi­ printing the new "word" in quotation dently somewhat less acceptable in the marks. hierarchy of word categories. It must be recognized, naturally, that the jar- ..- ­ _, '·, r\ll of which brings us to the subject goo of the respective professions may\. ~~J slang. It is defined in one dictionary be fully justified if it leads to clarity or as "n. [i.e. - a noun]l, those words or specificity of meaning. phrases which though regarded as not permissible in formal or written lan­ Many of the slang words or phrases guage, are used in popular speech for are faddist in J:!ature. Older slang dis­ the sake of picturesqueness or appears as new and fresh words appear novelty; 2, the language or jargon of a on the scene. "Oh yeah?" was highly particular group or profession; as popular as the universal rebuttal in the thieves' slang". It may be less than 1920's and 1930's; but is seldom heard flattering to professional persons that today. "So is your old man!" ·was this dictionary groups thieves' slang another crushing rejoinder to a real or with the jargon of their particular fields imagined insult or aspersion on one's of practice. character or ancestry. To use this old cliche today would mark the user as a Slang, of course, is used by millions sort of modem Rip Van Winkle. of people in all walks of life in every­ day conversation. ·Its appeal lies not Like "guy" (a non-descript term for ~~y in that it forms a "picturesque" a male person), some of the slang 1 _ ..1d of speech but it provides a sort of terms have shown remarkable tenac-1 . unwritten standard for expressing ity. Words like "cop", "booze", '--· common, "run-of-the-mill" thoughts. "dough (money)", "buck (a dollar)" , One, for example, could say that acer­ "square meal" and others have been tain party is not performing his duties with us for a long time. They are still adequately or does not have the requi­ not accepted as standard English; but site characteristics or qualifications continue in everyday use at all levels of to perform adequately. These are, of society. · course, formal ways of expressing a As a general rule, slang words have certain thought. With slang, it is not few or no synonyms. One exception, necessary to seek for such formality of for instance-, concerns the slang terms speech. "He wasn't cutting the mus­ for money. Some of the slang tard" suffices. synonyms are "bread", "moolah", Slang itself seems to have subdivi­ and ''the long green''. The importance sions which border on cant or jargon. of this commodity in many sectors of Cant is defined as ''the words or our society may explain why even the phrases peculiar to a certain trade, slang words for it have synonyms. "Jfession, or group, as the slang used More typical, however, as an exam- 1 ) thieves" in one dictionary, while pie, is the case of the word "blunder". jargon is defined in the same reference In standard English, it has numerous as "3, the technical or special vo­ alternatives with various shades of cabulary of a profession". Thus, cant m~aning. Thus one could substitute and jargon, in the view of the lexicog­ fo~ "blunder" such terms as fault, raphers who compiled this work, are miss, oversight, slip, error, etc. In the very similar; and Britannica confirms realm of slang, all types or grades of THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 21

blunders are simply "goofs". Again, Then let us look at the title accorded amongst some categories of the to the recipient of the missive. If you citizenry, one does not depart, take are addressing a Federal Cabinet leave, leave, or even go. One "splits" . Minister you are expected to say (if Thus, while slang terms may be you want to get some goodies from th~ "picturesque" or "novel", they tend public purse), "The Honorable ~f to cre~te a rigidity of spe~ch when John Doe". Now you and I know h"c used consistently q,r repeatedly. The would not have got a cabinet post un­ net effect of addiction to slang is to foss he had tramped roughshod over deoase or impoverish the language: the other members of the caucus to get Hence, the written language tends to hold of the power (and the money). try to preserve its "purity" either by Obviously, this standard term like ignoring fads, jargon, and slang or, by 'Honorable' is not appropriate. A including in the more voluminous dic­ salutation should be used which would tionaries and more enduring slang more properly describe the individual. terms, and even some of the "vulgar" Now, let us look at the closing salu­ words, by identifying them as such re­ tation. In olden times, this was a spectively. Almost daily assults on the means of expressing honor or respect standard language by slang, self­ but today anyone who can truthfully authorized improvisations, and fad­ say they honor and respect the reci­ words have been heavy. Perhaps a pient is a hypocrite. new English language is emerging. It In the closing salutation, the com­ remains to be seen. Our generation is mon usage is the w0rds 'truly' or 'si{ too close to this scene · to be able to cerely' and if you really want to sno~ •. judge effectively. the recipient, you stick a 'very' in front. If the letter is true, you are not doing what your employer expects of Letter Writing Explained you and even apart from the The Bulletin believes that it should employer's wishes, it's just not done bring the members up to its literary today. It's like going around with your standards and in one small step in this fly open. Letters are as sincere as the direction suggests that the salutations expression, "Now Mary is my dearest in letters should be made applicable friend BUT ... ". There are many four and precise. letter words.that will express yourself. First, take the salutation "Dear". Use them. Now most people writing business let­ Engineeringis a precise science, the ters don't even like the person they are terms used in letters should be as pre­ writing to, let alone wanting to set up a cise as engineering terms. 'dear' relationship. This has about as much m~aning as the lawyer's favorite "Without Prejudice". There can be .:? .1othing farther from lack of prejudice Pay Your Fees \ than a lawyer's letter headed "With­ Annual dues must be in the As­ out Prejudice". All it is intended to do sociation office beforf the end of is inflame the recipient to start the law­ February in order to avoid. the $5 .00 suit so that the lawyer can thereafter penalty. charge $100 an hour for the work his secretary does. 22 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER NEW MEMBERS WIDE AWAKE - AWAKE - HALF ASLEEP - ASLEEP! I THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 23

The Ritual of the Calling for four miles. If John Lewis and Glenn Morris can go for 26 miles, as of an Engineer they did last year, the youngsters can Camp #8 certainly make it for four. After all, as The next Iron Ring Ceremony is Glenn pointed out, why should it 1:¥>· scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, humiliating to have four ladies aF, .. March 26, 1980, at the Masonic Tem­ ·three 6-year olds go flying by you ...::: ple, Corydon Avenue and Osborne think positively. Concentrate on the 83 Street. The Wardens would request year olds you may pass if you hustle. that all obligated Engineers, regardless An Ad Hoc Committee was set up of their Camp, attend the ceremony. on November 22, to get the ball rolling. For these graduating engineers and It consisted of Alex Murchie, Glenn other candidates receiving their iron Morris, Al Bischoff (the non curler) rings, the ceremony is a profound ex­ Barton Rossen, Dick Johnson, Paul perience. A large attendance of Obli­ Lowe and John Lewis. (All old men gated Engineers will make the cere­ except for two - you name them, we mony more meaningflll for the candi­ wouldn't dare.) The objectives that dates. Plenty of parking is available. were set out were (a) to raise money The ceremony will take about an hour. for the mentally retarded, (b) to,en­ Following the ritual, refreshments courage wholesome living among will be provided for the candidates and members (c) to compete with other or­ those attending. Cost to Camp mem­ ganizations. bers will be $1.00. The meeting will be On that November evening the f{­ completed by 9:30 p.m. lowing were selected to join the group~­ Gary Swan, Edd Klassen, Roy Hous­ If there are qualified engineers who ton, Kees Vogel, Ernie Hanson, Gene have not taken the obligation and wish Arpin, Dennis Sigurdson, Hy to make application, they are re­ Dashevsky, Cy Howard, John Atchi­ quested to contact Mr. N.P. Feschuk, son, Bill McDonald, Dave Brown, P. Eng., Secretary-Treasurer, Camp Vic. Becker, Ed Debusschere, Blair #8, 220 Tecumseh Street, Winnipeg, McLenaghan· and Brian Faurschou. Manitoba, R3E 2B2, Telephone: Then came the Curling Bonspiel, 946-0417. Applications for the March there were many volunteers and three 26, 1980, ceremony must bereceived draft dodgers who were seized. So by the Camp prior to March 7, 1980. now we add Jerry Kruk, Glen A Fall ceremony is tentatively Neufeld, Bill Larkin, Bob Waddell, scheduled for November 1980. - Bill Beley, John Fry, Bill Boyaniwsky, N.P.F. Art Sparling, Fred Nicholson, Nor..: bertHansch,. Ron McCasim, Dave A Challenge to and from Woytowich, Richard Sawchuk, Bob Zimmerman, Gerry Sm!th, Glf Engineers · Tavemor, John Tuck, Amie Permt1\.,­ We are challenging the other profes­ Dick Girling, Garry Winch, Dick sions in Manitoba to a contest in the Russell, Bill Borlasel Bill Woroby, Manitoba Marathon to be held June Dwight Gibson, Brian Chambers, Bob 15, 1980. To be eligible a member must Stewart, Scott Komus, Landis be breathing, his fees must be paid and Krause, Al Francis, Bill Arkin, Dean he should be in shape to toddle along Gould, Henry Daniels Ray Bodnaruk. 24 THE: MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

We pause here to explain how Al complete and send in the form below, Francis could volunteer when he to the Association office. wasn't at the bonspiel. On second Let's show John Lewis and Glenn thought, we'll let Al explain that one. Morris that it isn't only. the older /Qn with the group: Chuck Whalen, members who are fit. liug Kozusko, DQn Flatt, Dave An­ Name of volunteer or friend ...... derson, I. Teranishi, Cliff Tottle, John Friesen, Dave Magnuson, Craig Jones, Grant Mohr, Bert Phillips, Bruce Newton, Rudy Isaak, Henry Business telephone number ...... · . . Penner, Rick Keeler, Ed Lach, Doug ...... ~ •- ...... Struthers, Ken Jardine, Dennis Shick, Ki'm Froese, J. Boge, Bev Fisher Address ...... (thought you were hiding didn't you?), Ken Adam, Alf Cornies, Dave Stanbra, Sam Donachuk, Al Nelson, Men Get All the Glory Dave Sharpe (with hair to match his t-shirt), Roy Houston, Ed Rivalin, Written into history are the words Bruce Clark, Jon Stefanson, Bill ''One small step for man, one giant MacKenzie, Bill Saunders, Larry Wil­ step for mankind" - at least they are liams. written into some histories. There seems to be some dispute about them Other recruits include: Bill Tabber­ which is not part of this study ...... ,.,.. , Dave Mcintyre, Ken Williamson, ..... urray Fraser, Clarence Thio, Wes Little is said in history books about i Dolhun, Sam Dolhun, Ed Dolhun, Mrs. Noah, the lady who kept house ' Sandy Thornton-Trump, Doug Daw­ on an ark loaded with animals for over son. a year, afloat in a flood. She must have If you are over 25, please get a medi­ had two choices - keep the ark cal clearance from your Doctor. cleaned up every day or abandon ship. By day 360 as the waters were receding Ifyou don't see the names of all your the ark may not exactly have still been friends on our list please phone Glenn afloat. It is no surprise that it came to Morris at 474-9220 or John Lewis at rest on the top of Mount Ararat. What 943-8991. Don't wait for them to vol­ we do not know and can only speculate unteer. Do it for them. What are on is how far above the siudge was friends for? Mount Ararat still sticking put. There will be a couple of trial runs As the soup thickened Noah first and tests before the big event. We will sent a bird off. The bird returned with a enter our team in the Tribune's lOK leaf indicating that somewhere beyond run, and for those who abhor metric the sewage lagoon there lay land. we will also enter the team in the 2 mile From there on history is a bit vague rt Run to be held on the second day and we can only speculate. Did Noah 1 of the Canadian Society of Civil say to his helpmate, "Take one baby Engineering's national conference step, dear." and did she say, "May I," being held in Winnipeg May 29 and 30. anp step off the ark and into ... well We are aiming to field a team of350 our speculation is that it was one big professional engineers, so it is obvious giant step for woman and the step was we still need many recruits. Please really a beaut. How is it that the THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 25

women's libbers have not erected a the President by Dr. Thornton­ statue in the Charleswood sewage Trump. As a long time member of the lagoon to this historical lady? - Bulletin committee it is possible to feel S.J.A. that we are loved by everyone because this is the way we have been for year.;"· .. Council - January 14 Well this is not always the case. WI\ With seven Councillors, the Manag­ it may be disquieting to find we are nor ing Director, a President and one re­ universally accepted we take solace in porter seated in the board room of the the knowledge people think about us. APEM offices it seemed only appro­ A letter from Manscett caused priate to have a meeting. This began at Council to "rise and report." Which the prompt hour of 3:30 to 4:00 P.M. put a note of officiality to the general With a slight correction the minutes conduct of Council. After rising they were adopted and Council im­ came back to earth to send a letter mediately looked at business arising. congratulating the work of Manscett and further suggested that the The results of a letter ballot regard­ APEM-Manscett Interface Commit­ ing the changes to by-laws 32 - 2-and 39 tee meet to discuss points arising. indicated an overwhelming majority in favour. Committees then came under a great deal of discussion. Ratification of eight Also arising is the Engineering committees was easy. However when Graduate fee for 1980 which was set at it got to some others a great deal of $15.00. discussion ensued, Some committt( With these items acted upon Coun­ wanted to unilaterally dissolve whk"' cil moved to new business and they Council didn't think was possible. approved the licences, accounts, En­ A request from the U.M.E.S. re­ gineering Graduates, transfers and questing money for assistance to at­ registrations. tend a conference in Edmonton A special report of the CCPE min­ opened Council purse strings for $200. utes was given by Andy Gilliland. Council deferred discussion of This was accepted with Council ratify­ members to serve on the Winnipeg ing certain resolutions as required. In Building Commission, and that a lend­ conjunction to the CCPE report a ing library pe established, until the pamphlet was distributed to Council February 11 meeting. which will be included with the Bulle­ tin in some way. After some discus­ Council concluded the meeting at sion it was decided to mail this piece 7:30 P.M. with Walter Saltzberg I~ ' coincidental with the Bulletin in the agreeing to attend a meeting regarding most economical way possible. a possible credit union for the APEM. -R.A.K. A letter from John Lewis suggesting a "Special Meeting" be called will be ;' acted on. Mr. Lewis had laid down a Senior Citizens Hocke~_ format which, in essence, would have Both Editor Roger Kane and Past discussion on some fundamental prob­ President George De \fauw are sport­ lems confronting members. ing some pretty fancy scars and stitch­ The Bulletin came under some gen­ ing, which, so they claim, resulted eral discussion prompted by a letter to from hockey games, in different parts 26 THE l\1ANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

of the city at different times. If there shapes and sizes were the models. are any witnesses to these accidents On November 27th there was a din­ will they please report to the Associate Editor of the Bulletin. ner followed by an address by a member of the Winnipeg Police Force on the subject of'' Safety for Women at \\ Coming Events J ·Home and on the Street,'' which gives t Illuminating Engineering Society, us a big clue as ·to why the engineer meetings February 26, March 25, with the black eye who wandered into April 29-for further information con­ the office refused to say how it had tace lvaldo Pasini at 474-3402. come to be. In January the ladies lis­ Institute on River Mechanics, Col~ tened to a speaker on "Stress Man­ orado State University, July7-l l, 1980 agement" so if any husbands are suf­ - Fee $490.00 U.S. Contact H.W. fering from stress there's help on the Shen Colorado State University, Fort home front. · Collins, Colorado 80523. There will be a brunch and card Northern Engineering: Construc­ party at the Winnipeg Winter Club on tion Technique and Design Considera­ February 26th. On March 18th the tion, Thunder Bay - March 27, 28, girls will take their Little Sisters to the 1980. For further information contact annual Big and Little Sisters dinner R.A. Harrington, P. Eng. Lakehead and show at the Hollow Mug, and on University. April 22nd, the Association will cele­ brate its 40th Anniversary at the ~,,~all We Join the Ladies Luncheon and Annual Meeting at the Fort Garry Hotel. ! , , The Professional Engineers' Wives Association of Manitoba (hereinafter This is an interesting, well-balanced called the Association) is in the middle program. We sent a reporter disguised of another active year. The reason we as a guest speaker to a couple of the have established at the outset that we Association's luncheons, arid the will refer to the girls as "the Associa­ word Wru! that the ladies are also in­ tion" is because Councillor Joan teresting and well-balanced. It's a Sommerville has pointed out her own great group, they have a good time and reluctance to use initials, as APEM they do good works. This year's Pres­ does. Joan's point of view is easy to ident is Elaine Long (489-2988), the understand. Regardless of where one Membership Chairman, Chairperson stops with the initials (PEW PEW A and Chairlady is Lorraine Saramaga PEW AM) one does not have a (253-0764). If there are any A.P.E.M. melodious result. Our counterpart in members who would like to give their Saskatchewan suffers from the same wives a treat they could furnish them problem. with a membership in the Association. The ladies began the season with a If there are any ladies who would like .he and Cheese party at "the home to join regardless of whether or not ~ of Mrs. A. McLellan." (Aside to Mr. their husbands are in the mood for a McLellan, this is the wording on the treat, please contact the lady who official program, perhaps you should hqlds the Chairpersonship. check the certificate of title.) This was 1PEW PEWA PEW AM followed by a fashion show by PEWAMUS PEWATUS PEWANT Amanda Fashions. Members of all -S.J.A.

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These were the C,-.'<\Olation Winners in the 1963 Alumni curling bonr -· 'l. The Bulletin Com~ittee has offered a prize ~--·· ~he correct identification of' .;e youths. (Highways Department Engineers no~ ~ible.) · · I !l 28 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

A.P.E.M., 710 - 177 Lombard Ave., Canadian Society for Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B OW9 by Civil Engineering April 15, 1980. Terms of Reference I" ,;''J.~ ..... 1980 Annual F J Conference 1. The Awards Committee shall\ May 29 and 30, 1980 make recommendations to Council \, ' each year regarding awards to mark The fourth annual conference of outstanding achievements by en­ the Canadian Society for Civil En­ gineers of Manitoba. gineering will be held at the Holiday 2 . . An award may be made on an indi­ Inn, downtown Winnipeg May 29 vidual basis or on a group basis in and 30, 1980. The conference will which case it shall be made to key feature approximately 80 technical members. papers in the following areas: Struc-· tural, Transportation, Hydrotech­ 3. In general, an award should be nical, Computer Applications, made' to engineers of Manitoba but this Municipal Environment, Con­ should not necessarily exclude a struction I Project Management. Canadian engineer for his achieve­ The Conference opening address ments for the people of Manitoba. ''The Challenge of the Eighties'' 4. The basis on which merit for an will be presented by Dr. Angus award may be judged shall be: , · ""'·runeau, President of Bruneau Re- 1 4.1 A contribution to the literature Jources Management Ltd., St. showing outstanding scholarly John's, Newfoundland. achievement; A post conference \our of the 4.2 Magnitude of works successfully Nelson River hydroelectric power completed; generation sites has been or­ 4.3 The pioneering achievement in ganized. fields of engineering or of engineering For the 350 members of the application; APEM Marathon team, there will 4.4 Outstanding public service. be a two mile "Fun run" beginning at 0700 Friday, May 30, to be fol­ 5. The procedures that will apply to lowed by a 'runners breakfast.' the Committee on Awards are: 5 .1 All members of the Association For further information conta.ct have the right to nominate an indi­ Dr. Glenn Morris at the University vidual or a group for an award. of Manitoba (204)-474-9220. 5.2 These nominations should be in Council's hands prior to June 1st of any year. 5.3 The Committee on Awards may Merit Award 1 initiate nominations. The A.P.E.M. Awards Committee 5 .4 The Committee on A wards shall is· open for nominations for the above review nominations and make recom­ award from the general membership. mqndations to Council. All nominations must be accompanied by substantiating information and 6. The awards will be presented at the submitted to the Awards Chairman, annual meeting. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 29

Gold Medal Moose Milk The Eighth Canadian Engineers' Ray Scouten has explained to us Gold Medal went to Dr. Rob~rt F. why moose have funny horns. It Shaw, C.C., P. Eng. of Montreal. The comes from drinking moose milk. It) 'iward. was established in 1972. ; The enough to curl their antlers. R( medal is the highest honour conferred should know. He tried some of Frad11.. by the profession. It is designed to be­ Fowler's special recipe for moose milk stow distinction on an outstanding en­ over the festive season and ended up gineer in Canada, and to recognize ex­ with antlers. Frank's recipe is very ceptional achievement's iri chosen secret. Wf; suspect he doesn't even fields, irresJ?ective of any affiliation remember what he puts in the stuff with a given society, institute or as- himself. sociation. ' Dr. Shaw was born in Montreal and Questions graduated in Civil Engineering from Here· are the questions, for which McGill University in 1933. Rejoined the. answers appeared on page 18. the Foundation Company of Canada and rose to be President in 1962. His , 1. What do castor oil and bridge have engineering responsibilities have in- in common? ' cluded: · 2. What is one twentieth of an Esream,? 1. The construction of the Dew Llne 3. What do you get if you cross a un­ across eastern arctic, . ; icorn with a saxaphone? l. The first thermo-nuclear shelter; 4. Is or is not CC PE news of interest c,,. 3. The construction of the N.R.;U. our members? experimental reactor at Chalk 5,. What do Wonderbra and Rene River, · Levesque have in common? 4. The Canada-India re.actor at Bom- 6. What is a swelling at the ase of the ig bay. I toe? In 1968 Dr. Sha~ was made a Com­ 7. What is the name of a disreputable panion of the Order of Canada. He has member of the health team in a hurry? received the Centennial Medal (1967), 8. How do members of the Bulletin The Gold Medal of the A.P.E.O. Committee see themselves? (1967), the Julian C. Smith Award of the Engineerini Institute of Canada (1968), andthe Queen's Jubilee Award Raising Things (1978). Dr. SWaw has received honor­ Other than Cain ary doctoratd~ from McMaster Uni­ At this time of the year the seed versity and Nova Scotia Technical catalogues entice us to try our hand at College. raising our own produce. The size 9f­ the bill at the supermarket urges son' effort to grow greens, root crops and fruit, like tomatoes. The cost of A gentleman is a man who creates an greenhouse flower sto~k in the spring atmosphere in which people behave will not be lower this year. So-here's their ,best, particularly himself. how! - If you are a beginner, several ordi- 30 THE \1A!lllTOBA PROFESSIONAL E!llGll\IEER

nary flat wooden containers 24" x 18" doors. Warm weather vegetables x 2" will do to get started. Be sure should be planted out after the last there is drainage, that is ; some holes in frost, or about May 15 - 24th. These the bottom in the event you overwater vegetables should be started indoors J.i;eeds rot in a swamp.) The soil should about six weeks _before that date: \her be a purchased general purpose cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, egg soil sifted through a v.i •• screen or two plant. Pumpkin and melon seeds grow parts of soil, one of peat, plus one part very fast and should probably be vermiculite or sand, and tnix well. The started about two to three weeks be­ rough screenings can go on the bottom fore the last frost date. They are ideal to help in the drainage. The box should for teaching children about the facts of be filled to the top with the soil mix­ seeds. ·' ture. Level off with a board. Follow the directions on the seed pack for Peas, beans, lettuce, radishes planting seed. After the seeds have should be planted as seed, outdoors grown to the two-leaf_ stage, they after danger of frost .is passed. should be ·transplanted. To do this, fol­ Hints: - Choose a cloudy day for set­ low the directions above for filling ting out plants. another soil container. Dipple holes - Stake tomatoes before plant­ about 2" apart in the soil, place. the ing. Set tomatoes deep or seedlings in, tamping the soil firmly side-ways, removing the around the roots. Water thoroughly lower leaves. The secret is J--:~rn the bottom and keep in the shade that all the stern that is cov­ i: a couple of days to let the plants ered will develop roots and recover. After that keep well watered provide greater nourishment ...._ ·· and in full light, otherwise they will to the plant. grow spindly and weak. Fluorescent - To foil cutworms add a 2" col­ lights are a good source of light. Place lar of stiff paper around the the plants close ~o the lights: tomato sterns at planting, burying it 1" in the ground. Vegetables such as broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, parsley, beets, - The secret of minimum care is swiss chard, spinach and cauliflower a summer mulch of straw are cool weather plants which can be around the plants, to keep in transplanted into the garden about a the moisture and cut down the month before the last frost (about weed growth. April 15th in Winnipeg). Seeds should May you have a Green Thumb! - be planted about a month before, in- E.A.S. SPRING DANCE I OKTOBERFEST IN MARCH Saturday March 8, 1980 International Inn Re~ervations 942-6481 Guests Welcome THE l\llANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 31

WATCH FOR SPECIAL NORTHERN EDITION COMING SOON

USE OF SEAL Section 18 of The Engineering Pro­ fession Act reads as follows: Plotting curling !!trategy over lunch. Every person registered under this Act shall have a seal, the impression of which shall contain the name of the engineer and the words ''Registered Engineer, Province of Manitoba," with which all estimates, specifica­ tions, reports, working drawihgs, plans and other documents issued from his hand shall be sealed.

Moving? Messrs. Langman (with bun) and Teranishi PLEASE let us have your change of at the curling lunch. address

Dave Sharpe and his winning (?) team of curlers. 32 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

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