Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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THE Table ofQontents Editorial 6 Chairman ' s Message - -- -- -- 7 Principal ' s Message ------ 7 Student ' s Administrative Council - 8 Faculty --------- 9-10 The Student Body ----- 15-22 Extension Class — French and History 23 Convocation — 1954 ----- 24 Social Pictures ------ - 27 Social Events - -- -- -- --28 Sport Section - -- -- -- --29 L.T.I.— L.C.A.S.T. Diagrams -------39 L.C.A.S.T.— Sketch by M. W. Bartley - - - - 40 Ring in the New by Ian Kingston ----- 41 Poems D. Moziar, K. Craig - - - 42 Sechs Jahre in Canada by Sadie Miller - - - - 43-45 You Figure it Out, by Roy Hartviksen - - - 51 Charlie by Duane Howes - - - - 51 On Education by Gordon Murray - - - - 53 On the Art of Writing by M. Krenta ------ 57 The Dog by Carl Anderson - - - - 63 And Fve Met the President by G. Reguly ------ 65 An Overwork Trauma by ]. L. Beedell ----- 67 The Turning Point by R. Exell ------ 69 The Case of the 64 Bees, by G. Reguly ------ 75 Injuns, by E. Geiger ------ 79 L.T.I, in Pictures ------- 81 More Pictures -------- 83 Index of Advertisers (back Fly-Leaf)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This volume of the Nor ' Wester — the sixth — has been a rather ambitious experiment. We have tried to present a yearbook worthy of our prospective status as a junior college — a book that would set a high standard for those in future years. Our success in this venture may be attributed to the combined and cooperative efforts of many people — above all, our advertisers and contributors, and the staff: James Mitchell, Charles Farr, George Reguly, Ian Kingston, Rochelle Kostick, and advisors Dr. Miller and Mr. Fisher. Photography by Pouncy ' s Studio and Charles Farr Published in 1955 at Port Arthur by the Lakehead Technical Institute Printed on Multifold Enamel made by Provincial Paper Limited, Set in 11 point Cornell type and printed by CUEIGIITON SHERLOCK LIMITED PARK STREET

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EDITORIAL Variety may be the spice of life; it may take all kinds of people to make a world. But do we not overdo these platitudes? Most of us can concede that life is in- teresting because it has variety; that excite- ment comes from repulsion and attraction to variations in individuality. Personality traits, national and racial characteristics, regional customs, and religious traditions are part of the sum of individuality that gives us our manner of living. Revert to the individual, however, and it is essentially the opinions and outlooks expressed that make him distinctive and separate. Such distinctiveness is precious. Are we protecting it? Are we not in danger of shap- ing ourselves from the common and com- monplace mold? Do we not force ourselves into the path of mediocrity through fear of being different; through fear of rising above, or falling below, the level of the average? The development of personality is sel- dom consciously regulated; this is a dem- ocratic country; we are free to express our opinions; to be different! Why, then, do we impose artificial restrictions upon ourselves? Why do we hesitate to commit ourselves on even the most trivial points of controversy? We, as students, should be eager to con- tribute our fresh, if not new, ideas, to a society which — we should have the naivete to believe — is eager to hear them! The fear of criticism and bold analysis will be evident in this very book. It should be a showcase for tale:it and a medium for more than laudatory words and encomiums. There is so much to criticize in ourselves; there is much that we could say construc- tively and analytically about our school and its professors. Our building may be little more than a dump. But we may hesitate to say so. Some of our lecturers may be brilliant; others we know reflect an ordi- nariness like our own. Do we minimize appalling physical conditions or personal mediocrity by ignoring or glossing them over? Perhaps we think we do. We tend to make feeble excuses in an attempt to soften the sharpness of unflattering detail. We plod along under the weight of an affable reticence; we make no effort to rise above our situation. We cannot expect to grow and mature under such conditions if we close our minds to them, refusing to ac- knowlege their existence, except in the gos- sipy intimacy of the smallest group. The truly sad fact is that there is no need for this shyness, this diffidence. We need only to realize that we should be assertive, vigorous, demanding. Certainly we shall be knocked down. Of course, we may sound shrill. But we will develop individuality. To draw the best from our environment; to re- ject the worst — only thus can we stand out as individuals and begin to achieve truly interesting lives. X (i