Lakehead University Geology - Journal Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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It will be appropriate hor me to gtve a. brieh reviejw on the short history oft oua G eology Club In our Firs 1 Geology VeaA Book. Oua University is young and oua club is still youngeA. But: its activities aAe last as varied and plentiful and oua enthusiasm just as high as any. The loosely established Precambrian Club maAked the ilut attempt by the students to organize a club hor the Geology Department. But it war In 1968 that the club war fat Art o totally ertabltrhed unde A the name oh Lakehead University Geology Club. The executive ion the three years oh the. club’r history have been: 1 968-69 ' President: Lou Covello Secretary Treasurer: Vhil Walhord 1 969 nc President: Veter Vans tone Secretary T rear urer: 1 970 71 Vret tdent : Joe Kararda Patrick Fung Secretary Treasurer: J writ, Idanovskis When h-itrl established three yearr ago, club actlvttler were limited to gatherlngr oh rtudentr, virltr to miner and varlour f c Ed trlpr. In the recohd year, It began to participate In external actlvttler , Including correspondence with other university Departments and geological organizations . It also rent the httsl group oh representatives to the First Central Canada University Geological Conherence in Ottawa University . The representatives were: Brian Clerihew, Roy Shegelski, Peter Uanrtone. This year, we also rent oua represent- atives to the Second Central Canada University Geological Conherence in Queen ' r University. Oua representatives were: Patrick Fung, Rick Middaugh, Roy Shelgerki Next year, we are going to rend one student speaker to the 8th Western Inter University Geological Conherence to be held in Manitoba in October, 1971. Also, we have had some very distinguished geologists to be our guest speakers throughout this year. The names oh these and. their topics are given in another part oh this Sear Book. It is an honour to have them to come and visit us. I am sure all oh at have benehited by their lectures. The idea oh a Geology VeaA Book war h rr suggested by Dr. E. Mercy and Dr. J. Mothersiii at the beginning oh the academic year and war supported by all the haaulty members and rtudentr. The rtudentr h fl0m second year were particularly keen and enthusiastic especially the Chieh Editor, Juris Idanovskis . But hall credit should be given to all those who helped in producing the Vear Book and all those who have contributed to it. We hope that it will be published every year in the hature. As President I wish the Geology Club every possible success in the hature. May I remind you that success depends up the enthusiasm and interest oh all the geology students. We have made an- excellent beginning - I hope that you will continue this good work. Patrick Fung, President, Geology Club. ' fa icJl pUtJj, 6

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Dr. E« A. Ross, Dean of Science, Lakehead University It is a pleasure to write this short address to the Geology Club of Lakehead University. I heartily commend the editor, Juris Zdanovskis, co-editor Patrick Fung, and photographers on their enthusiastic enterprise in producing this Year Book. I believe it is the first of its kind to be produced by any of the Students’ Clubs in Departments of the Faculty of Science, and the Department of Geology should be justly proud of this agreeable achievement. The significant role played by geologists in the discovery and development of the resources of Canada is marked by history and yet my belief is that the best is still to come. Reference to the Science Council of Canada Report No. 7 on the Earth Sciences would amply justify the tenor of that statement. The future prospects of exciting and creative work in geology, geophysics, geochemistry and the other earth sciences must appeal to many of our brighter students who are oriented towards the scientific disciplines. Many promising c areers are and will be available to graduates in research, development, consulting, management and so on. Of course, a successful study of geology means continuous hard work, but when was any worthwhile success or achievement obtained without such effort? Since, in Pantin ' s terms, geology is an ' unrestricted ' science, the graduate geologist must and does have a wider knowledge and appreciation of the other sciences than his colleagues in neighbouring disciplines with the possible exception of the biologist. I firmly believe that students of geology have chosen their subject wisely. Go to it and your rewards will be many. To the members of the Geology Club of Lakehead University, I wish every accomplishment in the future and extend my strongest hopes and support for the success of this excellent Year Book. R. A. Ross Dean of Science 5

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The Geology Department is quite new to this University; it is small and not well known to the rest of Canada; therefore the principal purpose of this first Year Book is to advertise the Department and to make ourselves known. The first talk of publication occurred at the beginning of the school year, but little was done until a few weeks before Christmas, when a few of us began to consider where the money would come from to pay for the publication. To my surprise, the response was remarkable; the Geology Department was first to indicate mathematical figures that sounded impressive. The Science Society, slow but sure was next in line. The rest of the money had to come from advertising, a source which did not look too promising at first, because of our late start. The companies were agreeable and were sufficiently interested to pull us through with the final cash resources. Faced with a staff of bushwackers, who had little experience in publishing, we worked slowly; but with all the problems we were still capable of putting out an excellent book. I should like to thank Dr. Edward Mercy, Chairman, Department of Geology, Lakehead University, for his eager response in helping us to publish the book. Many thanks to the Geology Secretary, Mrs. Jean Helliwell for her help with the business side, and her typing. Without Sam Spivak ' s help and his artistic talent with the drafting pencil our advertising would have been a mess. I enjoyed working with the staff that I had and hope to have them back next year for the second publication. me and we If you, the reader, have any criticism of the book, please forward your remarks to shall try our best to improve the book. Thanks to my staff for their time and patience. Patrick Fung Les Tihor Paul Strandberg Eric Brown Elizabeth Hillary Ron Wrigley Ron Green Dave Powers Ralph Bullough Co-editor Photographer Layout Juris Zdanovskis, Editor. 7