Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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LAKEHEAD TECHNI ' CAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK THE PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATES: It is a privilege to extend sincere congratulations and every good wish to the graduating class. We of t he staff have watched your progress through the Lakehead Technical Institute with keen interest. Now as you go out to join our growing group of Graduates we look forward to your con- tinued success. Graduates in both the Technical and University Divisions are making an enviable reputation. Now the challenge is yours. Graduation is only the first hurdle. There will be many more ahead. Approach them with the same confidence and enthusiasm that you have displayed at the Lakehead Technical Institute. Canada is a land of unlimited opportunity for you who graduate in 1953. Let us not forget, how- ever, that the Canadian way of life stands for something more than abundant natural resources, automobiles and automatic washing machines. Canada is a land of liberty. Lord Acton said that there is one constant in history: the idea of liberty. But this liberty involves far more than the rights of man or the pursuit of happiness. Indeed, said Acton, if happiness is the end of Society, then liberty is superfluous . . . Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. Let us all accept the full responsibilities of Canadian citizenship. The growth of our country depends on what we are ready to do to-morrow. HAROLD S. BRAUN, Principal.

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LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK MESSAGE FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD The Lctkehead Technical Institute is now in its fifth year. Many students have been graduated in Technical Mining and Technical Forestry. Several others have completed the first-year university course in Applied Science, Forestry, Arts, and Commerce. Besides this, many short courses have been given in special subjects and trades. Those who have graduated in Technical Mining and Technical Forestry are nearly all pursuing their chosen calling in their respective fields and reports from the industries indicate that they are a credit to the Institute. Those who have gone ahead to various universities have done well in the courses they have chosen. Part of their success at least is due to the sound training they received at the Lakehead Technical Institute. All this would seem to indicate that our school is now beyond the trial period — it has proven its worth. It remains for us to decide where we are going to go from here. The Lakehead Technical Institute can be the forerunner of a junior col- lege at the Lakehead and a junior college in turn can be the forerunner of a university. People who believe that Northwestern Ontario will continue to grow in population, industry and wealth feel that with proper support and wise planning such an objective can be reached in the not-too-distant future. The present quarters of the school and its location do not lend them- selves to expansion nor for use as a junior college. A start must be made on the new school, on the inter-city site to which it holds title. Architects plans are now being submitted to the Department of Education for approval. Every effort is being made to get this project under way. It can be said that future opportunities in this District for our young citizens depends on the success of this effort. P. V. LeMAY, Chairman, Advisory Board. — 4 —