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

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TECH-ART RECORD Message from the Alberta Minister of Education On the occasion of the publishing of its Year Book, I wish to congratulate the Students’ Association on this further very tangible evidence of the vigorous life of the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art. The rapid but natural and wholesome growth of the Institute since its beginning has been very gratifying, and justifies the prediction that a wonderful work lies before it in training the hands and minds of the future citizens of Alberta for their part in the development of this great Province which is their heritage. PERRIN BAKER, Minister of Education. Page Six

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- Foreword - I N publishing this edition of Tech-Art Record, the editorial staff has made an earnest effort to overcome the shortcomings of the two previous volumes. Special features have been added and others have been dropped; some sections, have been treated from a different viewpoint, some have been reduced in size and some have been increased; all with the aim of making the book a more typical souvenir of student life during the year 1930-31. Whether or not the changes have been worth the extra effort involved is left to you to decide. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, so we hand to you, the students of 1930-31, the finished volume with the earnest hope that it will serve in a small way to keep green in your minds the golden memories of your Technical Institute days. Page Five

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TECH-ART RECORD The Provincial Institute of Technology and Art is developing a prestige and securing its place of usefulness in the Province of Alberta. An efficient tool has been given it by the government of the Province in the splendid buildings and the excellent equipment provided. A staff of highly qualified instructors is engaged. A wide program of studies has been provided. But all these are of no avail without students. The student is the centre about which the whole organization revolves. Instruction is of no avail without re¬ ceptive, capable and willing students. The reputation of the institution in the final analysis depends upon the contribution the students make to their generation after leaving the Institute. A student leaves the Institute to try his learning and his powers upon the waiting world. Great things are anticipated. More problems than ever await solution. Never were such premiums placed upon personality, dependability, tact, skill and knowledge as at the present time. Given natural endowments with application and technical training, the world will yield rich rewards. The richest, juciest and most delicious plums grow at the top of the tree. With you, when you leave the Institute, go the best wishes of every member of the staff. Your failures will be regretted, and our sympathy will follow you. Your success will be our joy and every facility will be proffered. May you suffer not from an in¬ feriority complex. May you not be unduly puffed up. May your life be full of human sympathy. May your desire to serve be high. May you have your proper share of this world’s goods and the rewards that may be your due. May your joy and happiness be com¬ plete in the consciousness that you have chosen to serve in a worthwhile vocation, giving a necessary service for which the world will be brighter, better and happier. Page Seven