Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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THE NOR ' WESTER Htsftorp of tjje Hafce eafc tolmtcal institute Prior to 1948, high school graduates at the Lakehead and in other parts of Northwestern Ontario who wished to continue their formal education were forced to go, at very great expense, to universities and technical colleges far away from home. As early as the latter part of 1944, a committee of Lakehead representatives investigated the educational needs of North West Ontario. When the committee completed its survey in 1946, it found that the need was greatest for an institution providing courses in Mining, Forestry and Agriculture, with university courses when suitable facilities were available. As the result of a brief containing the committee ' s finding and submitted to the Department of Education, Province of Ontario, an Order-in-Council was passed on June 6, 1946 to establish a Provincial Technical Institute at the Lakehead to be known as the Lakehead Technical Institute. The school was to be administered by an advisory committee consisting of representatives — 7

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THE NOR ' WESTER STUDENTS ' ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL The President ' s Message The graduate of a Canadian University assumes a posi- tion of great responsibility. By virtue of his training, the graduate must accept a position of leadership. And he must be careful not to lead in the wrong direction. Every graduate should have a common goal: the de- velopment of Canada. The individual ' s training will determine the channel through which he moves to achieve the goal. But the goal must be the same. The engineer, technologist, and technician must supervise intelligently the utilization of the nation ' s resources. The student of political science and history must guide the nation through the labyrinth of government. He must preserve the traditions of government we already have, and contribute to the progress of our changing democ- racy. The student of literature, art, and music must create a national culture that will survive the influence of older, established cultures. Some emphasis, in the development of Canada, should be placed on the creation of a national culture. In giv- ing the realm a character of its own, we are giving ourselves a nationality of which we may rightfully be proud. There are great problems confronting the Cana- dian setting out to establish a truly Canadian mark. But he will need more than training. He must be able to exert himself, perhaps more than ever before. He must be the sort of man of whom Peter McArthur wrote: A man! a man! There is a man loose in Canada. A Man of heroic mould, a ' throwback ' of earlier ages. Vigorous, public-spirited, not afraid of work! A doer of deeds, not a dreamer and babbler; A man, simple, direct, unaffected. His feeling of accomplishment will be ample reward. ROBERT SAXBERG 6 —

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THE NOR ' WESTER Jltetorp of tfje Jlafeeljeab edmtcal Snjstttute - Conttnueb from Mining, Forestry and Agricultural industries, from labour organizations and from the various Boards of Education. This advisory committee was to be responsible to the Department of Education. In 1947 the committee decided to obtain temporary quarters and begin classes with a course in Technical Mining. The first class assembled January 5, 1948. The following September, courses in Technical Forestry, Arts, and Applied Science were added. In the fall of 1949, a course in professional forestry at the university level was added. The courses available at present are as follows: two years in each of Technical Mining and Forestry, both terminal courses; one year of University Forestry, one year of Arts and one year of Applied Science. Up to the school term 1953-1954, there has been no course in Agriculture. The academic courses are accepted in the Universities of Ontario, British Columbia, Mani- toba, New Brunswick, and various universities in the United States. The Mining and Forestry industries support the Institute by helping the students to find summer employment, and by providing scholarships. Within a year or two we hope to move from our present cramped, inade- quate quarters on Cumberland Street to a new home on Oliver Road between the Twin Cities. An architect ' s model of the future Lakehead College heads this history. These plans represent good common sense for in the six years since its inception, the Institute has proved itself worthy of the faith placed in it by its founders. —IRENE KAUHANEN. 8 —