Saskatoon Technical Collegiate Institute - Techalogue Yearbook (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

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June,1946 THE TECHALOGUE 67 be a period of bona-fide expansion, the speaker warned his listeners that, after getting a job, they must still look forward to further train- ing themselves for that particular business. If the school sends the right person to a particular job, the graduates will find most employ- ers alert to the payment of adequate wages. They must bear in mind, Mr. Sanford went on, that, to be a success, every commercial gradu- ate must be a salesman, even to getting a job. Salesmanship he de- fined as the art of dealing diplomatically with people to win their confidence and friendship. Possibly the most serious implication in accepting a job is that the employee becomes part of the firm which will be interpreted through those who work for it. Mr. Sanford laid down several principles and techniques which from his experience he thought should prove helpful to commercial graduates. They must cultivate a friendly and well-modulated voiceg letters badly set up and marred by errors often destroy good-will of the client. The failure of an employee to say thank you, can drive customers awayg tact is always a desirable quality-patrons should never be obliged to say anything that humiliates them. Two basic points, Mr. Sanford concluded, are implicit loyalty and attractive but conservative dress. Miss Loraine Loraas proposed a toast to the school, to which Mr. R. V. Humphries responded. The speaker of the evening was introduced by John L. McKinnon. Misses Doreen Graves and Helen Halina con- tributed a charming piano duet, and Miss Mary Anderson gave a recitation which displayed real talent. A well-balanced quartette of the Misses Josephine Basaraba, Mary Anderson, Lucille Acton and Mabel Vandale was much appreciated. .lvl ORATORY During the current year, oratory was under the supervision and dir- ection of Mr. Mathers. Time allotted for instruction and training was during the last hour on Wednesday afternoons. A fair number of stu- dents joined the club but only three remained to enter the school elim- ination about the middle of January These three were Phyllis Turple, John Holme and Joe Flynn, all members of 4B. Topics selected were contained in the list as sup- plied for the Bryant Oratory Con- test. Phyllis spoke on The Achieve1 ments of Science and Research , John discussed The Atomic Bomb and Joe explained The Co-opera- tive Movement in Canada. John JOHN HOLME caused The Atomic Bomb to ex-

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66 THE TECH HERE AND THERE: Haden Wilks graduated in the local university. Fred Wiles also Engineering physics. Doris Reeves A L 0 G U E June, 1946 engineering class of 1946 at the came forth with his degree in senior ring 1942-3 now Mrs. G. Woelke, lives in Vancouver. They have a baby daughter. Lola Jack- son, senior ring 1940-1, is attending the U.B.C. and will very shortly be a Home Economics teacher. Catherine Macpherson, winner of the Tech final for the Bryant Oratory eliminations in 1938, is head dietitian at the Saskatoon City Hospital. ..,-A-,.l TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HELD SUCCESSFUL REUNION The annual reunion and dance of the Alumni Association was held in the auditorium, February 8. The large crowd of graduates, senior students, and staff-members all appeared to have an excellent time. For the first time since 1938, the gathering met under peace- time conditions, and there was manifest a spirit of hopefulness which had not been conspicuous during the war-years. Preparation and organization were in the hands of a represent- ative committee of graduates and teachers, under the leadership of Mr. W. V. Agnew as general chairman. Jack Ayres did an effective job as master of ceremonies. His well-modulated voice and extensive experience as a radio announcer contribute very greatly to his effectiveness. ' The newly-elected executive is composed of Ray Crone, presi- dent, Lewis Crutchlow, vice-presidentg and Jessie Glazebrook, sec- retary-treasurer. Patronesses for the evening were Mrs. Robert McGregor, Mrs. R. V. Humphries, and Mrs. John L. McKinnon. Music by Frank Wieler and his College Nine was popular with the dancers. Miss Peggy Hill delighted everyone with her solos. Delia Holme, Dorinne Chater, and Wilma Wilson contributed pleasing vocal trios, with Shirley Sudom at the piano. ...M-A-.T SPECIAL CLASSES OF TECH COMMERCIAL DEPT. HELD GRADUATING BANQUET One Friday evening in the Blue Room of the Elite Cafe, the stu- dents of the special one-year classes in commercial work at the Tech- nical Collegiate held their graduating banquet. Present also were the members of the commercial teaching staff. Bill Berrington, a few weeks ago graduated to the business world, was toastmaster. The guest speaker was Mr. W. Gordon Sanford, District Super- visor of the Confederation Life Association. Congratulating the gradu- ates that they are entering the business world at what appears to

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68 THE TECHALOGUE June,1946 plode so effectively that he was a decided winner over the other two contestants. In a determined effort to bring success to himself and honor to his school John continued and worked hard enough to take top honors by defeating, on February 1, eight contestants representing the three other city collegiates and districts adjacent to Saskatoon. This was the semi-final in the Bryant Oratory Contest. The finals of this contest were held in Knox United Church, Regina, on February 15. For the past 25 years or more this event has been considered as the wind up of the general convention of the Saskatchewan School Trustees' Association convention. In a very creditable manner and before a large audience, John once more demonstrated his ability to handle effectively a subject of current interest. As a result of his provincial prowess, the first in the history of t'Tech, a gold medal and the Bryant Oratory Cup for Public Speaking were presented to him by the President of the Trustees' Association, Professor E. A. Hardy. The Techalogue extends congratulations to all those who felt the need for training in public speaking, and to John Holme we ex- press the very real pride of students and teachers in his unique achievement. -1.-ki..-. THE ATOMIC BOMB The Techalogue owes thanks to John Holme of 4B, winner of the Bryant Oratory Contest for Saskatchewan, who has consented to our reprinting the text of his address: 'iOn July 16, 1945, a new expression burst into our vocabulary, an expression of only two words, of only 10 letters, yet an expression which holds within it more power than has ever before been imagined: 'Atomic bomb', 'atomic bomb'. Such blasts as levelled Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 5 and August 8, 1945, never occurred on the earth before-nor in the sun or the stars, which Lburn' from sources that release their energy much more slowly than does uranium. Historians may regard the bombs that fell on those cities as the immediate cause of Japan's surrender. Others, however, of the creators, say the bomb which really defeated Japan exploded on July 16, 1945, in the 'badlands' of New Mexico. This was the date of the first and only test the atomic bomb ever had. These others I mentioned include such notable scientists as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, who had been in charge of laboratory workg Sir James Chadwick, Britain's most celebrated nuclear physicist, who won the Nobel prize for proving the neutrons existenceg General Marshall, Secretary of War Stimsong and, as boss of the bomb, Major General Leslie R. Groves. As the man most responsible for the development of this gigantic project, General Groves had a man-sized job. He is a big man with a grey mustache and thick graying hair. At interviews his movements of hand and massive figure seem almost languid. Yet the languor must be deceptive. A languid man couldn't have been on an army football team, a languid man couldn't play tennis the way the general plays, a languid man could surely not undertake a project with a