A Narrative By Gary Lowell - Pledged Spring 1964

the school.” The next meeting is set for September 16, 1932.

Lawrence Institute of Technology opens its doors on September 10, 1932 at the former Henry Ford Trade School on Woodward Avenue in Highland Park. Eight hundred students are expected.32

Thirty-eight attend regular first meeting of the newly named Phi Kappa Upsilon fraternity on September 16th. Incorporation procedures are discussed and 9:30 pm on Friday nights is determined the best to accommodate class schedules for the regular meetings. September 30, 1932 is set as the next meeting.

The September 30 meeting is attended by 54 who hear of the formation of a new “Minute Men” committee, the Education Committee (apparently handling L.I.T. education business) report that there were 200 students in the Industrial Executive Course. Also all are reminded of “the necessity of members in regard to addressing all instructors and faculty members without undue familiarity in order to maintain respect.” Comments on fraternity pin/insignia designs are heard and October 28, 1932 is set as “the last day of registration of Charter members.” A motion to incorporate is passed unanimously. The date for the Annual meeting (Convention) is set for October 28, 1932 at which time elections would be held. Dr. Glauner reports concerning the prospects at L.I.T. and his European trip. The next regular meeting is set for October 21, 1932.

At the October 21st meeting, a representative of Alpha Gamma Upsilon national fraternity makes a presentation of the advantages of affiliating with a national fraternity. The Education committee reports smooth running of classes and schedules at L.I.T. The next meeting is set for November 18, 1932.

On November 18th, it is reported that Phi Kappa Upsilon had $85.10 in the treasury. The Education committee reports that students need to pay attention to the instructors and that some Physics class schedules need readjusting. There are 48 paid and 58 unpaid members and negotiations are ongoing with Bauer Lemke Co., fraternity jewelers, on design and cost of the new pins. The Dramatics committee plans to copyright the fraternity song. There is extensive discussion on joining Alpha Gamma Upsilon, but a decision is made to defer any action indefinitely. Meeting times are changed to 8:00pm.33

By the spring of 1933, the first issue of the L.I.T. newspaper is published with an article about the founding of Phi Kappa Upsilon which has 116 charter members from the Junior Executive courses at L.I.T., students from U of D, and Detroit City College.34 The 3rd issue of the Lawrence Tech News covers a meeting of Phi Kappa Upsilon.35

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• The Boulder (Hoover)

Dam is completed.

•The United States Social Security Act is signed into law.

•Babe Ruth retires from baseball after hitting his 714th home-run.

•The United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) is organized in Detroit.

•Detroit Tigers win World Series

•Du Pont chemist Wallace Hume Carothers creates nylon, the first completely synthetic fabric.

•Aircraft-detecting radar is pioneered by Robert Watson-Watt in England.

•US Unemployment rate is 20.1%

1936:

•FDR is reelected in a landslide. The Electoral College vote is 523-8.

•Rome-Berlin Axis is proclaimed (Japan to join in 1940).

•King George V dies; succeeded by son, Edward VIII, who soon abdicates to marry an American-born divorcée, and is succeeded by brother, George VI.

•Japan and Germany sign anti-Comintern pact; joined by Italy in 1937.

•The British Broadcasting