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

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1.—The castle-in-the-air. 2.—Alma Mater for the girls; Alma Mecca for the boys. 3.—The grand-stand event of the year. 4,—“One night of splendour—amid trappings joyous to behold. S.—This year’s Academy Award—“The Moving Finger.” 6.—“Four and twenty pretty maids were seated row on row . . .” 7.—Ureka—it works! 8.—Where would we be without dr aftsmen? 9.—This welder caught the bride’s bouquet. 10.—The secret of our beautiful scenery in “Way Out West.” 11.—Ride her cowboy! 12.—The spacious luxury of the Electric Shop. 13.—How to keep that schoolboy figure. 14.—“Oh gee, they saw us!” IS.—“A man had seven apples, if he ate three . . .” 16.—“ . . , then turn right on Route 99.” 17.—Four “dopes” doping in the Aero Shop. 18.— Precision makes perfect in the Machine Shop.

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THE EMERY WEAL 27 D. P. 4CCCNATICS GEORGE W. HEALY Red Deer, Alberta. Very reliable and very understanding. George has great perseverance, and the tougher the job the tougher he gets. He also has a weakness for motorcycles. DOUGLAS BERG Delia, Alberta. Douglas hails from Delia and due to his handsome curly hair is a continuous feminine attraction. An ardent follower of sports and filing. ALLAN EDWARDS Delia, Alberta. Allan hails from Delia and like most Delia boys is an ardent ladies’ man. His favorite sports are hockey and base¬ ball. Age 20. MIKE PAWLOWSKI Spedden, Alberta. An awful man for work and women, but he seems to go places with his work as well as with the women. THOMAS CARLISLE BOND Beaver Lodge, Alberta. Bond is a great little guy. Can take it or dish it out like a true sportsman. He hopes to become a pilot in the R.C.A.F. LEONARD C. GRAY (Len) Cowley, Alberta. Never happy unless in an argument. Favorite sport, hockey. Likes the girls (nursese). Favorite saying— “Ishkabibble.” LAWRENCE M. BROWN Strathmore, Alberta. Short and dark and never stuck for an answer, except when Mr. Cipperly says, “Hadn’t you better do that again.’’ FRANK HARRISON Gleichen, Alberta. Should be called “Limpy” but we are afraid it wouldn ' t ease the fair sex. Hobby—chasing girls. Pastime— Flirting. Future—you tell us. LEE LEOPOLD PALFREYMAN Rimbey, Alberta. Came from Dorchester, England, so he is just another greenhorn. Hobbies—Jitterbugging. His perfect girl must really “jit.” DONALD KEITH Rimbey, Alberta. Was born in Halifax a couple of decades ago. Hobby— sailing. Pastime—setting his opponent behind the eight ball in the pool hall, SAM ROY SOLDAN Elk Point, Alberta. Soldan seems to be getting on very well in the motor shop. Nearly every Saturday morning since school started I’ve seen him in the bus station with a certain young lady. IVEN W. TERRILL Twin Butte, Alberta. One of the quiet men from the land where the Rockies meet the Prairies. Too fond of walking at night, dancing, roller skating and Eileen. HUGH M. WILLIS Elnora, Alberta. Not exactly the Adam Lazonga of the D.P’s but a very- close second. If he could just connect one of his choppers to an aero engine he would be very, very happy. ARTHUR (Duke) STAFFORD Ponoka, Alberta. A genial cuss with always a laugh for everything, in fact treats life as a big joke. Likes—Food, Zenith carburetor. Dislikes—Getting up, work in general, and copper tubing in particular. WALTER R. SPREEMAN Olds, Alberta. A son of the soil with ambition to become a steam engineer deluxe. Drives a DeSoto and likes Mary? Attends choir practice and is addicted to the measles. BOB HANNAN Blairmore, Alberta. ' “Slim” was a store clerk before arriving at Tech. Is a confirmed woman-hater (hates to be without them). Favorite sport—Fitting plugs, pounding copper tubing, Ron Hunt. CLAUDE E. PECKHAM DeWinton, Alberta. The Gladys Rid,ge Tornado. We’re going to miss that familiar shuffle through the halls one-half a jump ahead of the instructor and consequent work. Likes Brownies and matching for nickels. HARMAN RONALD HUNT Calgary, Alberta. Red-headed playboy of D.P’s. Has more personality than Joe E. Brown. Former C.P.R. newsboy. Weakness—Varety vaudevilles. Hobby—Physical training (he needs it). Women are Harman’s smallest problem. DONALD (Duck) DOUGLAS Blackie, Alberta. Chased out of his liome town so came to take up engine fitting. Biggest worry is how to file without exertion. DON DOUGLAS All round athlete and star baseball player. Biggest trouble is to keep his girl friends from getting married on him. VARNO (Vermin) WESTERSUND Blackie, Alberta. The Adam Lazonga of the D.P’s, or should we say Alberta. Hobby—Secretaries (plural) . Pastime—More women. HARRY NORTON Pincher Creek, Alberta. Upstanding youth. Possesses the following character¬ istics: Keen sense of humor, likes dances at Victoria Hall, has weakness for blue slacks. DOUG AULD Calgary, Alberta. Used to run a motorcycle delivery of his own (business man). Belongs to the militia, but has dreams of the Air Force. Also a woman-hater. VIRGIL D. STEVENS Rimbey, Alberta. Born in Minneapolis, Minn., under Capricorn, the star of genius. Favorite Sport—Hunting for a perfect blonde that hasn’t been found yet. ROBERT A. HAYDEN R.C.A.F., Rimbey, Alberta. Was born in Southampton, England. His favorite hobby is boxing; often seems to be a practical one. Motto—“I’ll be seein’ you over Berlin, honey.” HAROLD (Hal) KNAPP Ponoka, Alberta. Right from the “Nut House”—says he worked there(?.). Sports—Very good. Habits—Overlooks few. Reliable and conscientious—puts cylinders on backwards. Carries a stick to beat the women off. WESLEY LAWRITSEN Olds, Alberta. The tank man from the north that insists that his hallucin¬ ations of men on aeroplanes are true. A ladies’ man that gets along with the fellows. THEODORE (Ted) GILL Calgary, Alberta. Ted talks a pretty fair game of bench fitting, but that’s al(. One of our ardent bridge fans, who expects to be march¬ ing next month. Likes dancing and chewing gum. BRUCE SIMPSON Claresholm, Alberta. Left his farm to learn and knows all about Gypsies (engines). Likes to sleep through the noon hour if possible. HARRY W. HARRISON Gleichen, Alberta Is a person with quite a bit of ability. Has a pleasing personality and takes quite an active part in everyday life, and is quite a ladies’ man. J. WELLSMAN Lethbridge, Alberta. Most mornings during lecture you can hear his snoring DONALD HAY Ponoka, Alberta. A regular fellow, making aero mechanics his career. Pastimes—batching, and visiting the second floor of his boarding house. Sports—baseball and tennis. FRITZ VOLSTAD Claresholm, Alberta. Joined the benedicts. Likes music and horseback riding, and also sings in a choir. Thoughtful and considerate. Very active in all affairs, and popular among the younger set.

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THE EMERY WEAL 29 SOCIAL Fellow students, as Lady Godiva would have put it, our school year is drawing to its close. This brings us to write a resume of the social activities during the school year. Now if any second-year student or ex-student reads this, he will say, “What is there to write on? We haven’t had as many socials as we did in previous years.” But that is a hasty conclusion. We have had considerable social events, considering what we had to go through to get them organized. Why, we recall when our class came in this year. We registered at the old Institute buildings, then we went through the shops. All shops were bare, and empty, except the Aero shop, which was being torn down at the time. We then went to the grandstand and found all the shops cluttered up with equipment of all kinds. Due to the excellent organization of our institution, our instructors had prepared a place for us where we went to work with our fitting and welding. We lost no time getting started. As the days rolled along other classes started coming in. Their work was organized in a short time, too. The students, both of the first and second years, co-operated with the staff so faithfully that the whole school was back on its old basis in a few short days. We found a similar grade of co-operation in our social affairs. After the first term was started and our elections were held, Mr. A. B. Rowley was elected social convenor, and it is no easy job during normal years. However, Dell went through the crisis with such high spirits and astonishing results that we were all suprised. With the expert aid of Mr. Fowler, and the committee nominated by Dell, this committee arranged many successful dances for us. With the able co-operation of Mr. Rowley and Miss Betty Clarke, obstacles were overcome, and a Hallowe’en dance was sponsored at the Coste House. There was a great array of various costumes, taking in everything from old cabalero garb to the present- day evening suits. The upper floors of the Coste House were reserved for those who wished to play table tennis or darts, while the rooms downstairs were occupied by the dancers. In all this looked more like a house party than just a dance, and proved just as successful, if not more so. Several more dances were held at the Coste House during Mr. Rowley’s term of office, each of them being as successful as the first. On November 29th came our first Tech, dance, sponsored by both houses of the Institute. It took place at Braemar Lodge. The music was supplied by Stan Robins’ orchestra. Another success for the In¬ stitute’s socials was chalked up. On December 14th, much to the surprise of former students of the Institute, the ice was broken and Tech, and Normal were put on a friendly basis. Such a friendship was created that the Normal students in¬ vited Tech, to several of their social functions, includ¬ ing their formal dance, held just recently. Much of the class spirit was shown during this Tech-Normal dance, with class and school yells going back and forth, including slams at other classes. All classes, being of sporting type, did not take a slam seriously, but just returned them good-naturedly. We are sure that if the A1 Azhar Temple could taik it would tell us that there never has been a gayer crowd within its walls. We are looking forward to another Tech-Normal dance before the classes disperse for the summer. With this, the first term, ended and the second term begun, new faces were on the executive. Among these was a face of a second-year Motor lad, Mr. G. Ernes, who in short time was to start another round of social functions. Mr. Erne’s career came in at just as critical a point as did Mr. Rowley’s, for we were all wondering if we could have a banquet this year. It was an-