History
The Canterbury College Engineering Society was founded by the Engineering School Dean, Professor Robert Julian Scott on May 19, 1897 when the School of Engineering was merely 10 years old. As such, it is one of the oldest surviving student clubs at the University of Canterbury; only being younger than the Christian Union by a couple of months.
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