Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK STUDENTS ' ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL FRONT ROW, left to right: Nadeen Gilchrist, Hugh Couch, Ken Methot, Hal Moran, Joyce Walneck. BACK ROW, left to right: Ted Iwasa, Arvo Vinni, George Miller, Mr. Ross, George Hohol, Ron McKitrick, Ron Landgraff. EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT - Ken Methot VICE-PRESIDENT ------ Hugh Couch TREASURER ------- Hal Moran SECRETARY Nadeen Gilchrist FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES ARTS -------- Joyce Walneck APPLIED SCIENCE ----- Ron McKitrick George Hohol TECHNICAL FORESTRY I - - - - Ted Iwasa TECHNICAL FORESTRY II - - Ron LandgrafI TECHNICAL MINING I - - - - Arvo Vinni MEN ' S ATHLETIC REP. - - - George Miller STAFF ADVISOR - - - - - Mr. A. M. Ross — 6 —

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LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK It was my honour to fill the position of President of the Student ' s Administrative Council at the beginning oi the second term. I wish first to acknowledge the able direction given by our former president, Bob Saxberg, and to wish him the best of luck. The Students ' Administrative Council tried to present an adequate . social programme to a very lively student body this year. The Council and I wish to thank you very much for your co-operation. We also wish to thank Mr. Ross, the staff advisor, and Mr. Braun, the Principal, for their advice and assistance. The Year Book Committee, under the guidance of Editor Shizuye Togawa, and the Athletic Association, directed by President George Miller, also deserve con- gratulations for their admirably performed tasks. The most interesting fact regarding this year ' s enrolment at the Lakehead Technical Institute is that more students are in Applied Science than in any other faculty. The need for more engineers and technicians has been apparent for some time in Canada ' s growing industrial system. Most of the reason for this interest in Applied Science are economic: the vastness and proximity of natural resources, the existence of a ready market for goods in America and Europs, and the need for defensive armament against an unmistakably bright-hued enemy. Never before has democracy depended so much on the abundance of material goods. Our chief concern today is security. We have urged on our industrial expansion in the hope it will save us from an economic downfall and from direct aggression. We have set aside the humanities as being too impractical to cope with the present world fears. Once the nations are at peace again, we may return to the humanities as offering a rational approach for our scientific achievements. No more dubious scientific triumphs like guns and atom bombs! We agree with Mr. H. G. Wells: But if the dangers, confusions, and disasters that crowd upon men in these days are enormous beyond any experience of the past, it is because science has brought him such powers as he never had before. And the scientific method of fearless thought, exhaustively lucid statement, and exhaustively criticized planning, which has given him these as yet uncontrollable powers, gives him also the hope of controlling these powers. ■ — KEN A. METHOT. — 5 —

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LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK EDITORIAL After months of dreaming and planning and the hectic last-minute alterations, the 1953 edition of the Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book has finally come through with flying colours. All that has been accomplished has been achieved through the co-operative efforts of the Year Book staff and all those who contributed material to the magazine. The advertising staff once again with its terrific drive saved us from financial embarrassment. I would like to thank them all, and especially, Mr. Ross, who, although often busy, woul i alway; have a few minutes to spare ear or a hand when we met with dif- ficulties. It has been suggested that our Year Book be given a definite name, a proposal which the Year Book staff considered worth contemplating with all seriousness. A name chosen wisely and with care will do much to enhance such a fine book as the one we have. Feeling that a matter of such importance should not be dealt with in undue haste, the Year Book staff have decided to retain the present name for this volume. Perhaps at this time next year we shall see this chronicle bearing a new name, a name we can be proud of, a name worthy of this book. So from now until that time, keep thinking about it! The year 1953 will long be remembered by the entire world as being unusually eventful. The world held its breath as the final figures were announced, confirming the victory of General Eisenhower in the United States Presidential election campaign . There is much sorrow in our war-threatened world today and only when it comes on with such shocking unexpectedness as the recent floods and hurricanes in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium are we all aware of the misery involved. The loss of life and property alone speak of the nations ' plight. It is a pity that a catastrophe such as this occurred as Great Britain is preparing for the Coronation in June of this year. Yes, 1953 will not be quickly forgotten, for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II will be one of this century ' s spectacular social functions. As each of us goes his separate way, some to university, others to posi- tions of responsibility in the industrial field, the Year Book will serve to bring us together, wherever we may be, by recalling to us the happy moments we shared in the short time we spent at the Lakehead Technical Institute. -SHIZUYE TOGAWA. — 7 —