Savitar . Top row—Rodgers, Perry, Egan Bottom row—Houston, Kassebaum, Gass Page 221. John Calvert The Shamrock G. Godwin Editor Business Manager The Shamrock THE SHAMROCK, like many things of note, had a modest beginning. Onespring day in 1903 when the profs were deluging them with work, the Engi-neers decided that they needed a holiday. St. Patricks Day being near, theydecided to celebrate his birthday and declared it a holiday in the School ofEngineering. It has since been celebrated with due pomp and ceremony on everyseventeenth of March. In 1906 the first Shamrock appeared as a chronicle o
Savitar . Top row—Rodgers, Perry, Egan Bottom row—Houston, Kassebaum, Gass Page 221. John Calvert The Shamrock G. Godwin Editor Business Manager The Shamrock THE SHAMROCK, like many things of note, had a modest beginning. Onespring day in 1903 when the profs were deluging them with work, the Engi-neers decided that they needed a holiday. St. Patricks Day being near, theydecided to celebrate his birthday and declared it a holiday in the School ofEngineering. It has since been celebrated with due pomp and ceremony on everyseventeenth of March. In 1906 the first Shamrock appeared as a chronicle of the events of theyears 1903, 1904 and 1905. Each year thereafter a book has been issued onSt. Pats Day. The first Shamrock was rather small, but gradually it has increased in sizeuntil today it is the year-book of the Engineers much like any college present it is an integral part of the School of Engineering and of the celebra-tion of St. Patricks Day.
Size: 2506px × 997px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectunivers, bookyear1922
