Provincial Institute of Technology and Art - Record Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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TECH-ART RECORD Finances Re-organized At some time or another, almost every government that has ever existed has been rightfully accused of being lax in its methods of handling certain branches of its finances, so it was not surpris¬ ing to find that the Institute student government, while painfully efficient at extracting membership fees at the beginning of the term, would have to plead guilty to a charge of gross negligence in making special collections from students and also in the matter of expenditures. As a result, the successive treasurers, Michael Clarke and Crawford Goode, with the capable assistance of Mr. W. H. Broughton, have given the financial system of the Students’ As¬ sociation a thorough vacuum cleaning and have added improve¬ ments that at the present time appear to make the student cashbox, water, fire and accident proof. The appointment, at the beginning of the year, of Louis Litchinsky as sales manager for the association was a preliminary step in the clean-up. By placing all sales and collection work for Christmas cards, rings, crests, school pins, caps, pennants and berets in the hands of one man, the association has insured itself against small leakages in the accounts, and at the same time the sales manager has sufficient recognized authority to make collect¬ ing easier. Leakages in expenditures have been completely stopped by the belated introduction of the order system, whereby no merchant has a claim against the association for goods delivered without an order signed by the president and secretary. The checking by a member of the staff, of all materials delivered to the association, has also reduced chances of leakages, and a stricter check on ticket sales for dances and other functions has considerably in¬ creased the revenue this year. Page Tivelve

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COMMITTEES - 1930-31 STANDING FALL TERM Athletic —T. Gibson, chairman; K. J. Fraser, Miss A. Cook. Social —T. Lees, chairman; M. Wood, Miss E. Todd. Literary —L. Litchinsky, chairman; W. Schullz, L. Hutton. Finance— M. R. Clark, chairman; J. Bishop, L. Hutton. COMMITTEES WINTER TERM Athletic —J. Anderson, chairman; T. Gibson, W. P. Patterson. Social —R. Rae, chairman; Miss T. Luck, E. G. Tallman. Literary —K. Carpenter, chairman; W. Pringle, L. C. Cabelka. Finance —L. C. Goode, chairman; M. R. Clark, J. Anderson. SPECIAL COMMITTEES Banquet —L. C. Goode, R. Rae, W. Slinn, Mr. Mongeau. School Yells —Tom Moore, P. Walrod, Miss T. Luck, F. G. — Y oung. Constitution Revision —Tom Moore, Harry M’tcheltree, T. Gib- son, W. A. Pinkerton. Field Day —J. R. Anderson, R. Rae, T. Gibson, L. C. Goode. STAFF COMMITTEES Staff Secretary and Banker —W. H. Broughton. Freshmen Committee —F. G. Young, W. A. Pinkerton, J. O. Howells. Placement Committee —A. W. Baxter, J. Fowler, C. C. Rich¬ ards, W. H. Broughton, C. A. Choate, 1 . A. Hedley, F. N. Rhodes, L. E. Pearson, L. H. Bennett. Literary —Dr. W. G. Carpenter, C. C. Richards, F. N. Rhodes, W. A. Pinkerton, A. Higgins, L. H. Bennett, H. J. Rees and Miss Smith. Social —J. Fowler, H. P. Wright, Miss Smith, R. Mongeau and A. C. Leighton. Athletic —C. A. Choate, J. Larsen, S. A. Nelson, L. C. Brown¬ ing, A. A. Peebles, S. Simons, F. B. Wynne, A. W. Rider, F. Sturdy and A. C. Wagner. Page Eleven

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A Matter of History While the century-old universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Edinborough, and even those of Eastern Canada, may consider anniversaries of less than fifty years hardly worth giving attention to, a comparatively new seat of learning in a comparatively new prov¬ ince, may be pardoned for voicing its jubilation at having attained the age of fifteen years. Fifteen years is quite a long span of time ir a city that has only recently celebrated its own fiftieth anniversary, so we take pride in proclaiming the fact that fifteen years ago the Alberta Provincial Institute of Technology and Art began its useful contribution to the educational world. No elaborate buildings were erected to house the infant Institute when it was introduced to an unappreciative public of Calgary in 1916. A borrowed schoclhouse cradled the new institution, and a small staff of teachers nursed it through troubles and trials in plenty until today it stands as a pioneer in a new branch of education, a pioneer of which the Calgary public can speak with pride. Perhaps it is that the bustling West breeds in its sons little feeling of reverence for those who have pioneered in such matters as education, or perhaps it is that the school has been too busy going forward to look back on its past; at any rate, the student of today can find no imposing portraits of the men who helped to found the Institute, adorning the corridor walls. The loss may not be so great as it first seems, however, since on the present teaching staff are still three members who helped give the Institute its start in life. The native shyness of Mr. James Fowler, the earnest desire to remain young evidenced by Mr. Lindley H. Bennett, and the natural reticence of Mr. Leo E. Pearson, have all combined to keep from general circulation among the students the information that they were members of the first Technical Institute teaching staff. It is true, however, that the year 1931 marks the fifteenth anniversary of their first association with the school. Many events have occurred since 1916, and while the triumvirate of “originals” has not spent the entire fifteen years in the ser¬ vice of the school, it has watched happenings of outstanding importance to the Institute take place from time to time. The borrowed buildings in East Calgary have given way to the imposing structure now standing on the North Hill; the places of thousands of returned soldiers, who gained a new start in life through the medium of the school, have been taken by a new gener¬ ation of men who know little of war; the meagre list of courses first offered has grown to be an, almost complete index to the technical trades conducted in the West; and the leadership of the school has passed from the hands of Dr. J. C. Miller, through Mr. Dolan, Mr. L. F. Fyles and Mr. J. H. Ross, to Dr. W. G. Carpenter, who, since 1924, has been responsible for piloting the Institute to a firm position among the educational institutions of Canada. Some time in the future, when the Institute grows hoary with age and soaked with tradition, a mere matter of fifteen years will be of little concern to the school’s historians. Today it represents a complete lifetime, during which the Institute has climbed from feeble beginnings, through bold experiments, to triumphant success. With this in mind, the students and teachers of the Institute feel that they need make no excuse for celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of that which only three present members of the staff witnessed —the inception of a new type of higher education that gives to every man a chance to make a niche for himself in today’s mechanized world. Page Thirteen