Lakehead College Nor'Wester (1959)

Lakehead College Nor'Wester (1959) was the 1959 yearbook of the Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology at the Lakehead (Port Arthur and Fort William, now Thunder Bay), produced by its students.

People

The volume names about 141 students and 21 staff and other adults, together with 44 names printed with initials only or without a first name. They are listed on Lakehead College Nor'Wester (1959) roster; individual portraits cropped from the scan are in Category:Lakehead yearbook portraits.

Contents

• The Nor'Wester (p. 1)
• Acknowledgements (p. 2)
• Editorial (p. 3)
• Principal's Message (p. 5)
• Student Council (p. 6)
• Faculty (p. 8)
• In Memoriam (p. 11)
• Applied Science (p. 12)
• Arts (p. 16)
• Engineering Technology I (p. 26)
• TECHNICAL FORESTRY First Year (p. 32)
• Chem Tech (p. 35)
• Tech Mining II (p. 36)
• Engineering Technology II (p. 40)
• Convocation (p. 43)
• The Miners:- Feild TRip Scene. (p. 45)
• The College Girl as Seen by, (p. 46)
• Other College Girls. The Public. (p. 47)
• The College Boy as Seen by (p. 49)
• Teachers. By Girls (in general) (p. 50)
• By Himself / By the Police (p. 51)
• Dances (p. 52)
• Athletic Council (p. 55)
• Curling (p. 56)
• Hockey And Broomball (p. 57)
• Page 59 (p. 59)
• Part Time Arts (p. 61)
• Page 62 (p. 62)
• Yearbook Staff (p. 63)
• Caught By Our Cameraman . . . . . (p. 67)
• Literary Section (p. 69)
• Lost In The Soup (p. 71)
• From A Painting (p. 73)
• La Chambre Des Communes (p. 75)
• Nanabijou (p. 76)
• Have You Bought Your White Bucks Yet? (p. 77)
• When There Are Swallows (p. 80)
• It Seems Like Only Yesterday . . . (p. 81)
• A Reader's Guide To Othello (p. 83)
• Storm (p. 86)
• Assassination (p. 87)

Groups and organizations

• Nor'Wester (club)
• Student Council (council)
• Arts (program)
• Fort William Canucks (team)
• Court Kings (team)
• Athletic Council (council)
• Hearts, Spades and No Trump Society (club)
• Social Committee (committee)
• Common Room Philosophers Club (club)
• Debating Club (club)
• Port Arthur's City Band (club)
• Bluenotes (club)
• Lakehead Motorcycle Club (club)
• Athletic Society (club)
• Eng. Tech (program)
• College hockey team (team)
• A.A. (Athletic Association) (association)
• Lssr (club)
• Tech Mining II (class)
• Engineering Technology II (class)
• Board of Governors (council)
• Hockey Team (team)
• Curling (team)
• Broomball League (club)
• Debating (club)
• Yearbook Staff (committee)
• Literary Section (committee)
• Students' Administrative Council (council)
• Second Year (class)
• Engineering Technology I (class)
• For. Tech I (class)

Write-ups and events

• Acknowledgements: The yearbook staff expresses gratitude to the students, faculty advisor, and professional partners who assisted in the production of the Nor'Wester.
• Editorial: The author discusses the prevalence of political apathy in Western democratic societies, arguing that citizens often prioritize material comfort over the responsibilities of democratic participation. The piece concludes that while voter turnout is low and people may be easily swayed by material gain, one should not surrender to these faults.
• My faith and loyalty: Stewart Smith writes a philosophical reflection on the strength of democracy and the duty of Lakehead College graduates to actively defend and improve society as they enter the world.
• Principal's Message: Principal H. S. Braun congratulates the largest graduating class to date, specifically mentioning the first graduates from the Engineering Technology program. He encourages students to face the challenges of a changing society and to make dynamic efforts toward solving its problems.
• President's Message: The President of the Students' Administrative Council reflects on the challenges and achievements of the 1958-59 term, expressing gratitude to the student body and the council representatives.
• Professor as seen by Students: A humorous illustration depicting a professor as a devilish figure with horns, laughing over a stack of exams while a bat flies nearby.
• 1958 Convocation: The college held its inaugural convocation on May 8, 1958, at St. Paul's United Church. Diplomas and certificates were conferred by college officials, and C. J. Warwick Fox delivered the guest address.
• The Miners:- Feild TRip Scene.: A humorous cartoon illustration depicts various students in a cave setting during a mining field trip. The drawing includes caricatures of students relaxing with beer, holding boxes of toothbrushes, and shivering in blankets while an engineering student climbs a ladder.
• The College Girl as Seen by,: A page of humorous cartoons depicting how college girls are perceived by college boys (as a pin-up figure) and how they see themselves (as a bride dragging a graduate to the altar).
• Other College Girls / The Public: A page of humorous illustrations featuring a cartoon cat labeled 'Other College Girls' and a caricature of a female student in a letterman jacket labeled 'The Public'.
• Her Teachers and Her Parents: A page of humorous illustrations depicting a student's life as perceived by her teachers and her parents, including a drawing of a student under a large hair dryer and another showing 'morals' flying away.
• The College Boy as Seen by: A series of humorous cartoons depicting stereotypes of a college student from different perspectives, including the public's view of him as a lazy drinker and his parents' view of him as a reckless spender in a fast car.
• Student Cartoons: This page features two hand-drawn cartoons. The first depicts a teacher daydreaming about alcohol, gambling, and women, while the second shows a man chasing a small, frightened woman.
• By Himself / By the Police: Two humorous illustrations depicting a student studying late at night and a confused police officer standing near a vehicle with a 'VEA TEAM' flag.
• November 7-58 Record Dance: The first social event of the year was a highly successful dance in the Common Room, featuring autumn decorations and music from records purchased by the council.
• November 19-58 Dinner Dance: A semi-formal supper dance took place at the Flamingo Club with fifty couples and staff members attending to hear a guest speaker and dance to live music.
• November 28-58 Christmas Dance: Despite extensive planning and festive decorations including large Christmas trees and streamers, this event suffered from low attendance.
• January 16-59 Sleigh Ride: Students braved freezing temperatures for a sold-out sleigh ride followed by donuts and dancing in the Common Room.
• January 30-59 Record Dance: This dance had poor attendance attributed to a lack of effort by social organizers, though leftover Christmas decorations were used.
• February 20-59 Mid-Winter Formal: The annual formal at the Prince Arthur Hotel featured a lecture on European defense followed by dancing, lasting until the early morning hours.
• President's Message: The president of the athletic council reports on the year's activities, including a new bowling league with hospital nurses, broomball, and the popularity of curling. He notes that students used facilities at the Y.M.C.A. and local high schools, and mentions the success of the second annual hockey night and dance.
• Curling: Curling was the most popular sport at the college this year with twelve teams participating, including nurses from the local hospital. While many were beginners, the rinks led by Pete Hindle and Jim Sargent were the most successful competitors on Wednesday afternoons.
• Bowling: A bowling league consisting of sixteen teams of students and nurses played on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Although interest declined mid-season, the group funded a year-end banquet by paying a small fee per line.
• Hockey and Broomball: College hockey began at the Port Arthur Arena but was halted when all equipment was stolen in January. Students pivoted to broomball at the Oliver Road Rink, forming a three-team league that proved highly popular. The college also played successful hockey and broomball exhibition games against local schools, and celebrated a national-level scoring leader.
• PART TIME ARTS: A student reflects on the growth of the part-time arts section in 1959, noting the dedication of students working toward their B.A. degrees through evening lectures in subjects like Economics and Psychology.
• DEBATING: The college established its first debating group, which won two matches against Port Arthur Collegiate and traveled to Duluth for a competition at the University of Minnesota. The season concluded with a trophy donation from the S.A.C. to encourage future competitions.
• Yearbook Staff Message: The literary editor reflects on the effort to document the 1958-59 school year's triumphs and personalities, thanking the student body and contributors for their help in creating this memory book.
• Candid Campus Life: A collection of candid photographs showing students playing cards, working in a lab, playing hockey, and posing for informal group shots.
• LOST IN THE SOUP: A first-person account of a hazardous electro-magnetic survey flight in the Arctic that encounters thick fog. The crew, including Archie and Jim, attempts a landing at their base near Desolation Lake but crashes after a miscalculated approach in the zero-visibility conditions.
• Lost in the Soup: An anonymous narrator describes a harrowing plane crash into the snow. After the aircraft was destroyed, the survivors trekked to a nearby camp by following the sounds of seagulls at a dump.
• La Chambre des Communes: A French-language creative piece describing the atmosphere of the college as a 'House of Commons' where students engage in intellectual pursuits, card games, and laboratory work in physics, chemistry, zoology, and botany. It reflects on the academic environment where complex theorems are memorized and the interaction between professors and students.
• HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR WHITE BUCKS YET?: Stewart Smith writes a critical essay on the rise of conformity in American society and education, arguing that the pressure to fit into 'The Group' is destroying individual creativity and democratic ideals.
• THE END.: A philosophical reflection on the dangers of social conformity and the loss of individuality within modern institutions like the church, concluding with a call to remember the importance of the self.
• IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY . . .: A six-year-old boy in Islington, London, in 1944 listens to the sounds of an air raid from his bed in the hallway. He watches searchlights and a falling plane from his window before pretending to be asleep when his parents check on him.
• The White Cliffs of Dover: A short narrative fragment describing a person falling into a peaceful sleep while hearing the 'All Clear' signal and music from a nearby radio, oblivious to the gravity of their situation.
• A Reader's Guide to Othello: A humorous and satirical summary of Shakespeare's Othello, describing the plot and characters with modern slang and anachronisms, including footnotes that add further comedic commentary.
• Othello Parody: A humorous and irreverent retelling of Shakespeare's Othello, focusing on Cassio's drunkenness, Iago's manipulations, and Othello's growing jealousy and rage. The narrative includes numbered footnotes that provide comedic interpretations or puns on the text.
• Othello Parody: A humorous summary of a play performance involving characters Desdemona, Othello, Emilia, and Iago, featuring comedic interpretations of the plot and stage directions.
• Assassination: A fictional story about Peter Menshilov, a mechanic and member of the Russian Anti-Communist League, who plants a time bomb in a Soviet Commissar's car in Minsk before fleeing by train toward East Germany and the West.
• The Mission: A man named Peter successfully executes a plot to bomb a commissar's car in Minsk. After the explosion, he escapes through a forest to a rendezvous point where a driver in a Volkswagen picks him up for a high-speed journey to Berlin before checkpoints are alerted.
• Berlin Escape: A man named Peter is smuggled into Berlin in a car and meets a contact who provides him with a Red Army colonel's uniform. He is instructed to use a grenade to clear a path through a border checkpoint and then seek political refuge at the British Embassy.
• Untitled Story: A fictional narrative about a man named Peter who infiltrates a Russian zone in uniform, uses a hand grenade to eliminate guards, and escapes to the western side.
• Library Card Pocket: This page shows a library card pocket from the Lakehead Technical Institute yearbook, numbered 31427, with a Lakehead University Library stamp in the corner.

Advertisers

The volume carries 46 advertisements from 46 businesses: Walker's, Clemens Grocery and Meat Market, THE CORPORATION of the CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, Le Cocq THE FLORIST, Rutledge Stationery LIMITED, Abitibi Power & Paper Company, Limited, Provincial Paper, Limited, The Ontario Paper Company Limited, The University of Western Ontario, J. H. McLennan Lumber COMPANY LIMITED, International Transit LIMITED, Birks Stitt Credit Jewelers, Agnew Surpass Shoe Store, Chapples LIMITED, Crooks Rexall Pharmacy, Perciante & Laprade Sporting Goods Limited, Atkinson's Jewellers Limited, Taylor's Men's Wear, Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited, Madsen Red Lake Gold Mines Limited, Kimberly-Clark Pulp and Paper Company Ltd, The University Of Manitoba, King's Business College, The Ontario Department Of Mines, R. C. Addison, McNulty's Limited, Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, Victoria College in the University of Toronto, The Corporation of the City of Fort William, Newaygo Timber Co. LIMITED, The Bootery SHOE STORE, L. D. Dack, Shaw's, Powell Equipment Co. Ltd, Texaco Canada Limited, Personality Beauty Clinic, Lowerys LIMITED, E. Thompson Whiteley, The Willson Stationery Company Limited, Dryden Paper Company Limited, Ruttan-Bolduc-Adderley Limited, Bev. Porter's SPORTSWEAR SHOPS LTD, The Great Lakes Paper Company, Limited, Boyles Bros. Drilling Ltd, The T. Eaton Co. Limited, Yearbook House.

Transcription notes

Transcribed from page images of the Internet Archive scan. Descriptions of write-ups are summaries in the wiki's own words. Names printed with initials only cannot be matched to people and are recorded on the roster as printed.