Wikipedia: A cardboard boat race, sometimes known as a boat regatta, is a common school-spirit competition for students of high school and college age. The earliest documented cardboard boat regatta was the result of a design problem created by Davis Pratt at Southern Illinois University in 1962. The Great Cardboard Boat Regatta: In 1974, Richard Archer, a professor of Art and Design, dreamed up a final examination for students in his freshman design class. Buckminster Fuller, then a Distinguished Professor at SIU, had espoused the principle of doing the most with the least, and faculty members found it intriguing to apply these principles in their classes. Archer felt it would be a real test of students creativity and three-dimensional design skills to build human-sized boats made only of cardboard -- and more than 20 years later, it is still happening. Im sure there are other versions of its origins, but I the idea for these races was invented at SIU! The 41st Annual Great Cardboard Boat Regatta takes place Saturday, April 26, at Campus Lake.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:51:13 +0000
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