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

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A Message to the Students from E. W. Wood Principal In bidding farewell to you, the Institute graduates of 1958, I should like to say that it has been a privilege for us to have been associated with you. Partly as a result of this association, it is now our hope that as you go out into the world, each one of you will grow and continue to grow by coping with the challenges and problems of the work at hand. Your connection with the Institute has, we trust, enabled you to develop those qualities which underlie continued success. Such qualities as concentration, curiosity, and enthusiasm should become a permanent part of you. There is no doubt that each of you will enter the world of industry with the highest hopes. As a recipe for success, may I suggest that first of all you learn to appraise, with a fair degree of accuracy, your personal strengths and weaknesses, and your real interests. Secondly, if you are to succeed and to move ahead, it is absolutely essential that, in addition to possessing basic knowledge, you learn how to detect a problem, gather additional information for yourself, and apply that information. Only in this way will you effectively solve problems. In other words, it is most important that in your development you learn to think for yourselves. Equally important in the development of a successful career is imagination. This is sometimes called “restlessness”. By this I mean the development and maintenance of sufficient curiosity to go beyond immediate requirements, to look for a better way, to evaluate what has been done, and to project possible improve¬ ments. Technological advancement is possible only if the curiosity, the imagina¬ tion, the restlessness of the individual enables him to see opportunities for improve¬ ment. A technician who believes that there is little new to be invented or developed is unlikely to keep pace with the very rapid technological advances we expect in the future. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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A Message to the Students from Hon. A. O. Aalborg Minister of Education The preceding year has seen momentous changes in our contemporary world. Science, wedded to technology, has produced man-made machines which have penetrated outer space. Such fantastic topics as the establishment of national sovereignties on the moon are being seriously debated by outstanding experts in the fields of law and government. The invention of self-propelled missiles of destruction has altered the basis of power, creating problems for those concerned with human relations as well as those responsible for the development of instruc- ments for defense. The remainder of this century promises, if not security, at least the excitement of conquest on strange and distant frontiers. Nothing com¬ parable has happened since the discovery of the Americas in the sixteenth century. Certainly institutes of technology have an important role in the period that lies ahead. The industrial machine that must support our present standard of living, and, at the same time, provide instruments for the conquest of space, will require an increasing supply of scientists and technologists. The Calgary “Tech” is one of the many institutions which will be needed throughout our country if we are to develop the human resources necessary to keep this machine in action. We look to the graduates of the Institute to assume important roles in our increasingly technical society. May I wish you every success in your chosen fields. ANDERS O. AALBORG Minister of Education

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Besides imagination, it is very important to develop the element of judg¬ ment. Judgment is involved to a greater or lesser degree in the performance of every job. A person whose judgment is poor may fall at one of two extremes. On the one hand, he or she may neglect detail, overlook implications, or make careless mistakes. On the other hand there is faulty judgment in too great attention to detail. A person guilty of this tends never to get anything done. He strives for perfection far beyond the practical limit. The development of judgment then is largely the development of balance, or common sense. Finally, in my opinion, the quality which governs most the general de¬ velopment of the successful technician is that of energetic interest or enthusiasm. Fundamentally, development is something which a person accomplishes for himself. If a person is interested in his work, if he has a real drive or ambition to get ahead, and if he responds with enthusiasm to the situations in which he finds himself, he is almost certain to succeed. Lack of ability in a person is only very rarely the cause of failure. More often it is a lack of persistence, a lack of drive, a lack of en¬ thusiasm and a failure to do one’s best. The man who does not keep abreast of the technological advances of today, falls further and further behind, and eventually drops out of the picture. To keep abreast requires both formal and informal study, as well as drive and enthusiasm. As you leave the Institute to take your places in the rapidly expanding world of industry, it is my hope that while here you have learned some of these essentials for success. E. W. WOOD, Principal. This year a number of cover designs for the Year Book were submitted by some of the advanced Commercial Art students. It was felt that due recognition should be made to the artist whose design was chosen. The one selected and used was designed by Ken Samuelson, a 1958 graduate of the Art Department.