Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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COUNCIL STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES - Back Row. Laurence Coulson, John Bishop, Ronald Paakanen, Melvin Perrier, Murray Summers, Earl Johnson. Front Row: Ronald Christianson, Janet Thorn, Sin Soo Kung, Karen Hegge, Roderick Ward, Frank Sargent, Maurice Price. 15

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STUDENT PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE We all realize the many disadvantages of a small university. The lack of adequate social and cultural ac- tivities, and, in our case, the additional lack of athletic facilities, are all as obvious as they are frustrating. There is one outstanding advantage, however, that makes a college like ours worthwhile. The individual student finds the stimulus and encouragement to develop to his full potential. This, the great aim of education, is fulfilled at Lakehead College. Education is not confined to book learning; the extracurricular program contributes to the development of character in ways that the academic cannot. Most of us realize that the numerous organizations on campus offer ample opportunity to learn and grow. Lakehead College, with its small enrolment, has as many organiza- tions and activities as other larger schools. A far greater percentage of our students, then, are involved in activities; in other words, we have a correspondingly larger number of students whose potentials are being tapped. The Student Council finds itself at the head of the extracurricular program. Nor is this an easy task. Those of you who have served in any executive capacity realize the great effort involved. Merely keeping up with the activities of past councils is a job in itself; to introduce something new is a definite accomplishment. This year has been one of great accomplishment. We have not only carried on the functions inherit- ed from previous councils, but have added a few of our own. This year we placed a team in the Senior Basketball League; our college paper, ' The Manifesto ' , made its debut; our girls formed the first ladies broomball team the college has had; the first inter-faculty dance competition proved high- ly successful; in addition the first college radio program, ' College Line ' , made its appearance and we finished off the year with the first Trophy Night Banquet. Without a doubt, the extracurricular pro- gram has experienced one of the biggest booms in the history of Lakehead College. Our institution has pushed itself into the public light as never before. Locally our basketball and broomball teams, as well as our news column and radio program, have given us tremendous publicity. Through the Manifesto, we momentarily flashed upon the national scene. In fact, every major uni- versity in Canada is now aware of the diminute but dynamic Lakehead College. But why have we made so much progress this year? The reason is simple. We on the Council have made it our policy to delegate the work load to the many competent people we knew were in the college. There is always the group of steadfast dependables who voluntarily step forward to assume their share of the work. These are the people — the Shannon ' s, the Helper ' s, the Caddo ' s — on whom the burden of leadership has always fallen. But we searched further. We enlisted the aid of the equally competent people, who through shyness or humility, held back. And these students, the Evans ' , the Senyk ' s, the Bahrynowski ' s and the MacKay ' s, were the reason for our progress this year. We harnessed the potential of the student body and the development of that potential gave our college the greatest push in its history. What is the Lakehead College? It is not the walls, nor the chairs and desks, nor even the build- ing itself, but the people within the building. In helping to develop the students, we develop the college as well. The students, then, are responsible for the growth of the college this year. BOB MC ALPINE 14

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RADIO CLUB Back Row. Bill Evans, John Draho, Ed Golomb. Middle Row: Lome Jeffers, John Bishop, Greg Yurick, Jeff McKay, Jerry Kmet. At the Key. Mike Skillen. After one year ' s absence from the ether, the Lakehead Col- lege Amateur Radio Station VE3ECT returned to the air this year with a powerful signal on three ham bands. With a hard core of approximately ten avid members and an executive consisting of Bill Evans, President, Mike Skillen VE3- EDX, Vice-President, and Lome Jeffers, Treasurer, the club soon overcame the host of difficulties it faced in September. Starting from scratch, the club erected a vertical antenna, borrowed a receiver and radiotelegraph transmitter, and applied for a license renewal. Unfortunately due to lack of an advanced license, the 180 watt radiotelephone transmitter was rendered useless barring the necessary conversions. Thus, most activities of the club appeared as clear as mud to layman students of the College. Nevertheless, the many contacts made with distant hams and other universities in North America provided many thrills for the educated few . The club provided a library of magazines and data which proved very educational to all those interested and many have provided incentive for several people to obtain their own amateur licenses. Our thanks to the Students ' Administrative Council for their generous grants and encouragement, to the students who put up with the squeals, howls and static, and to the College ' s builders who put a bonded roof under our antenna. 73 ' s. 16