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

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THE ROYAL VISIT All school boys like holidays. The Tech boys are no exception. Our holiday of the October 18th, 1952, was such a one, and doubly enjoyable so, as it was the occasion of the visit of our Royal Guests, the then Princess Eliza¬ beth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh. Time has since magnified the importance of this visit as we now hail Her Royal Highness as Her Majesty Elizabeth II. Calgary and her schools turned out in the full degree of her splendour and with controlled excitement thronged the streets cheering her visitors. As if unable to resist the temptation and eager to show just what Western winter could do, it turned cold and snowy—presenting a background suitable enough to portray the hardiness and vigor of the peoples of the West. As a result, warm and enthusiastic hearts welcomed our Royalty and felt their greeting reciprocated. The immaculate and smiling Duke showed himself a gallant escort to our willing, if perhaps rather shy Princess. As they smiled and waved from their limousine, they left with us a picture as noble as it is precious. The school boy in all of us at Tech felt an added thrill of loyalty and admiration for the heiress. Our visitors not only proved themselves worthy of their position, but they fully captured the hearts of all Calgary and the West, as they rubbed shoulder to shoulder with the common man, and sat through the cold and snow to watch our Stampede in miniature. For me, perhaps, the final climax of their visit came as they emerged from the Indian Tepees and almost brushed those of us who unwittingly stood by the flaps, scarcely realizing that Royalty was so close. So it was that to the Indians they became as Indians, to the French- Canadians as French and to us in Calgary as Galgarians and true Westerners. To all they proved the oneness and personal identification, showing un¬ mistakable appreciation of our efforts and love. Such a couple we of Calgary and Tech laud with joy as our beloved Queen and noble Duke. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN. LUKE MacNAB, L.S. 1. Page 12

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ALLAN BUEHLER EDITOR LEE GUYN ASSISTANT EDITOR MARY BELL LAWSON BUSINESS MANAGER PAUL SEMBALIUK ART EDITOR ART HOPPING ART EDITOR BILL OLIPHANT PHOTO EDITOR BOB HILKER ADVERTISING MANAGER NORM BAKKEN SALES MANAGER BOB KEYS CANDIDS J. PLATT EDITORAL ADVISOR S. E. BLODGETT ART ADVISOR J. A. MIDDLETON PHOTO ADVISOR A. J. BOWERING ADVERTISING ADVISOR Page 11

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ifflISfll PROVINCIAL IP«STlTUTi 0 TECHNOLOGY 6 ART UNIVERSITY Of AlBERTA CALGARY BRANCH INSTITUTE BUILDINGS Starting in temporary quarters in East Calgary in 1916 the Institute has been continually expanding. In 1921 the present quarters were started to provide a new home for the Institute and also the Faculty of Education. These buildings consisted of the present main building, shops building and power house. The shops have had two additions made to them—in 1926 and 1929. In 1940 the Institute moved out of their buildings and loaned them to the Royal Canadian Air Force to form the nucleus of No. 2 Wireless Station. The Art and Dressmaking Courses were carried on in the Coste House and the other courses were carried on under the grandstand at Victoria Park, for the duration of the war. It is most interesting to note that during this emergency period the Institute provided at one time around the clock lectures. These were, however, later changed to two shifts a day. The Institute returned to their home in 1945 and were able to secure a number of the thirty-odd buildings the Air Force had left behind. Thus the Aero Hangar, Building Construction and Drafting, and the Crafts buildings were added to an expanding Tech. In 1951 three npw class rooms and additional offices were built in the form of a corridor from ' the Main Building to the Shops. The gateway to Tech was given a new face lifting and the University of Alberta began operations in the former Faculty of Education premises. This summer we will see a new addition to the Institute in the form of a new half a million dollar Shops building. This new building will house the Building Construction Department and provide more shops for the Motor Mechanics Department. Another addition that it is hoped will be forthcoming soon, is a new building to house the Drafting Department and the Craft Work. A third new building, is also being planned to house extensions of the apprenticeship training programme.