A day in the life at the University of Pretoria. 04 May 1984

On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" the student newspaper, Die Perdeby reported on the annual engineering week.

Perdeby 04 May 1984

The week started, as reported in the article featured above, with a dance. A paper plane flying competition was launched with planes flying of the Aula roof. The paper planes that flew the furthes and most fanciful won the During this week the Engineering queen was also crowned. The Ingkontra week ended with the biggest peddle car competition the campus has ever seen.  

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