Lakehead Technical Institute Yearbook (1957)

Lakehead Technical Institute Yearbook (1957) was the 1957 yearbook of the Lakehead Technical Institute at the Lakehead (Port Arthur and Fort William, now Thunder Bay), produced by its students.

People

The volume names about 120 students and 31 staff and other adults, together with 82 names printed with initials only or without a first name. They are listed on Lakehead Technical Institute Yearbook (1957) roster; individual portraits cropped from the scan are in Category:Lakehead yearbook portraits.

Contents

• Lakehead Technical Institute (scan page 1)
• THE Table of Contents (p. 5)
• Editorial (p. 7)
• THE Principal's MESSAGE (p. 10)
• THE S.A.C. President's MESSAGE (p. 11)
• THE Faculty OF L. T. I. (p. 13)
• THE Students OF L. T. I. (p. 15)
• Extension Classes (p. 23)
• THE Convocation 1956 (p. 24)
• Gay Night Clubs (p. 27)
• THE Social SECTION (p. 28)
• Macbeth At Hansen's (p. 30)
• THE Sports SECTION (p. 32)
• Curling (p. 34)
• My First Experience at the Game of Curling (p. 39)
• S.A.C. Executive (p. 43)
• Athletic Council (p. 44)
• OCTOBER 23, 1956 The Dark Day for Hungary (p. 45)
• I Know Something Good About You (p. 46)
• The Song of The Buttermaker (p. 51)
• Prospector's Heaven (p. 52)
• On Ageing (p. 55)
• The Funeral Bouquet (p. 57)
• The Private Eye (p. 63)
• From There To Eternity (p. 67)
• Mobile Radios (p. 75)
• Scutted By A Moose (p. 79)
• "Friends" (p. 81)
• Well Equipped (p. 82)
• HOLIDAY outing (p. 83)
• Miners Dilemma (p. 85)
• INDEX to Advertisers (scan page 92)

Groups and organizations

• Student's Administrative Council Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology (council)
• L.T.I. Advisory Board (council)
• L.T.I. Alumni Association (association)
• Students' Administrative Council (council)
• Year Book Staff (committee)
• M.A.S (association)
• Psychology (class)
• History (class)
• Curling (team)
• Table-tennis (club)
• S.A.C. Executive (council)
• S.A.C. Representatives (council)
• Athletic Council (council)
• The Second Year Foresters (class)
• Forestry Students (class)
• Pre Cambrian Club (club)
• Technical Mining II (class)
• Technical Forestry I (class)
• Technical Forestry II (class)
• Technical Mining I (class)
• Technical Chemistry I (class)
• Tecnical Mining I (class)

Write-ups and events

• School Crest: The crest of Lakehead Technical Institute displays symbols for Mining, Arts, Forestry, and Science, along with the names of the twin cities Port Arthur and Fort William.
• History of the College: The institution began following a 1945 announcement by Premier Drew, with the first technical mining class held in 1948. After operating in temporary quarters on Cumberland Street, the school was renamed Lakehead College of Arts, Sciences, and Technology in 1956, with a new campus building scheduled to open for the fall of 1957.
• Editorial: The 1956-57 school year marks the transition from the old Cumberland Street location to a new site on Oliver Road. The editor reflects on the need for continuity between years, the formation of an alumni association, and the shift from first-term apathy to second-term activity in sports and yearbook production.
• Editor's Message: The editor provides advice for future yearbook production, suggesting earlier deadlines for advertising and photography to ensure a smoother process. The piece also highlights the introduction of a monthly newsletter to keep students informed and concludes with thanks to those who assisted with the yearbook.
• According to the Cynics: The author addresses first-year students to debunk sarcastic and negative rumors about the school's quality. He asserts that Lakehead Technical Institute has excellent teachers and a vibrant student body, encouraging students to defend the school's reputation.
• Editorial: The editor discusses the transition of Lakehead Technical Institute into the Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology. He highlights the successful launch of a student newspaper and proposes the formation of an alumni association to support the growing institution.
• The Principal's Message: The Principal congratulates the graduating class, noting they are likely the last to graduate from the Cumberland Street barracks before the move to the new Lakehead College. He discusses the nature of scientific discipline and responsibility by quoting a conversation between General Leslie Groves and Dr. Arthur Holly Compton regarding the atomic bomb project.
• Principal's Message: Principal Braun reflects on the reliability of democratic processes and the importance of making value-based decisions as students pursue advanced education.
• The S.A.C. President's Message: The student council president discusses the final year of the institute before its transition to a new college name, highlighting social programs and the importance of the Common Room.
• Faculty Appointments: The page details the careers and new appointments of faculty members, including the departure of a forestry instructor to private business and the arrival of a new department head and assistant librarian.
• Convocation 1956: The Lakehead Technical Institute held its eighth annual convocation on May 10, 1956, at St. Paul's United Church's Youth Hall in Port Arthur. The event featured an invocation by Reverend W. C. Mercer, a welcome from Principal Harold S. Braun, and a guest speech by Alexander Phillips regarding regional development.
• Gay Night Clubs Illustration: A humorous full-page cartoon featuring a dapper character in a top hat, a jukebox, and a quote from Shakespeare about the effects of alcohol.
• The Social Section: The school year featured several social events including an initial stag at Walter Malchuk's home, a dinner-dance at the Flamingo Club, and two stags at John Lychek's residence. The highlight was the Mid-Winter Formal held on February 8, 1957, at the Port Arthur Golf and Country Club with music by Howard Huby's orchestra.
• Macbeth At Hansen's: A parody of Macbeth's 'Is this a dagger' soliloquy, reimagined as a student playing a game of pool at a local establishment.
• Sports Illustrations: A page of hand-drawn cartoons depicting various sports activities including basketball, ping pong, hockey, and curling.
• Sports Section Review: The 1956-57 athletic year at Lakehead Technical Institute focused on participation and fun across curling, table tennis, hockey, and basketball. The school looks forward to improved facilities and higher enrollment at their new location next year.
• My First Experience at the Game of Curling: A humorous narrative by Doreen Inouye about her first day of the curling season on January 7, 1957, where she was assigned to a team of three men and struggled to understand the rules and physical demands of the sport.
• A First Experience with Curling: A female student recounts her humorous first attempt at curling, where she struggled with the rules and the behavior of her male teammates. Despite the confusion over sweeping techniques and the eccentricities of the other players, her team eventually emerged victorious after a four-hour match.
• The Dark Day for Hungary — or for world communism: An anonymous author describes the historical events in Hungary from 1945 to 1956, detailing how the Communist party seized power, suppressed other political parties, and established a police state. The article explains the economic exploitation of the country by Russia and the systematic removal of intellectuals and political opponents through deportation and execution.
• Hungarian Revolt: The text describes the conditions in Hungary under communist influence, leading to the October 23, 1956, revolt in Budapest. It highlights the contrast between propaganda and the reality of poverty and cold, culminating in a student-led silent march that turned into a fight for freedom.
• Proverbs 4: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10: A selection of biblical verses from the Book of Proverbs emphasizing the importance of seeking wisdom and understanding for a long and honorable life.
• The Song of The Buttermaker: A poem describing the process of making butter and comparing the quality of butter made by various women in a community.
• Signs of the Times: A poem contrasting the bleakness of autumn and death with mundane social concerns like matching gloves and hats or going to the movies.
• Prospector's Heaven: A poem narrated by a young man recalling a story told to him by Old Joe about a mythical afterlife for prospectors where they live in luxury and throw eternal parties.
• The Funeral Bouquet: An autobiographical essay describing a child's experience in a Japanese-Canadian relocation community in British Columbia during 1944. The author recounts traveling by bus from New Denver to Lemon Creek to attend a family friend's funeral while carrying a bouquet of flowers.
• Bus Crash Narrative: A first-person account of a bus crash on a narrow mountain road during a storm. The narrator describes the vehicle rolling down a slope, being rescued from the wreckage by their father, and eventually being picked up by a moving van.
• The Private Eye: A humorous detective parody written by John Lychek featuring a private eye named Sledge Hammer. The story follows his interactions with a woman named Martha regarding a bribe for the City Council and his visit to a cafe in Fort William.
• I Hate Blondes: A humorous noir-style short story concludes with the narrator returning to his office and mistakenly shooting his secretary through a door, thinking she was a rival named Laughing Lloyd.
• The Evolution of Science: A humorous fictional narrative tracing the history of human progress from a caveman named Ugg to the modern era. It describes the accidental discovery of fire and long-distance communication, leading up to the establishment of the Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology.
• Scutted By A Moose: Vince Kenney recounts a fishing trip on Simpson Island where he and Charley Lance attempted to rescue a drowning moose calf, only to have the mother moose charge and destroy their canoe.
• Moose Encounter: The narrator and Charley survive a moose attack that destroys their canoe, forcing them to swim to shore and trek five miles back to camp in the dark. Despite the ordeal, the narrator feels a sense of respect for the moose's maternal instinct.
• Friends: A student reflects on his social anxiety and his father's outgoing nature, contrasting his own difficulty talking to people with his father's habit of chatting with neighbors like Ed Crozic. The narrative concludes with the father's sudden change of heart toward a neighbor after reading about his driving accident in the newspaper.
• Well Equipped: A humorous cartoon illustration depicts a man heavily laden with absurd survival and field gear, including an umbrella, snowshoes, a sundial on a cement stand, and a rubber boat.
• Forestry Faculty Field Fundamentals: Second-year forestry students participated in several field trips, including cruising at Fish Lake and visiting various logging operations and mills. The group traveled in a fleet of personal vehicles and observed mechanical operations at Caramat before returning to Port Arthur.
• Miners Dilemma: The mining students participated in several field trips during the 1956-57 year, including an October outing where they and their instructor, Mr. Page, became separated at Hilldale Road. Other excursions included rock classification at Shuniah and Thunderhead, magnetometer mapping at Finmark, and a tour of the Coldstream mine. In January, the Pre Cambrian Club traveled to Atikokan to tour the Steep Rock Mine.
• Library Identification: This page shows a library book pocket for the 1957 Nor'Wester yearbook from Lakehead University in Port Arthur, Ontario, marked 'NOT FOR BORROWING'.

Advertisers

The volume carries 144 advertisements from 121 businesses: Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited, Ontario Department of Mines, Department of Lands and Forests, Royal Canadian Air Force, The Thunder Bay Automobile Dealers Association, Lakehead Motors Ltd, Dominion Motors, Jessiman Motors, Kam Motors, S. J. Hill & Sons, Gibson Motors Ltd, Port Arthur Motors, Wilson Motors, The T. Eaton Co. Limited, Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited, McNulty's Ltd, Provincial Paper, Limited, Shaw's, International Transit LIMITED, C. D. Howe COMPANY, LIMITED, Tourtellot Hardware Company Limited, E. Thompson Whiteley, Gardener-Denver Company Canada Limited, Centennial 1857 - 1957, Madsen Red Lake Gold Mines Limited, Coca-Cola, The POWELL EQUIPMENT Company Limited, The University of Manitoba, Andrew Insurance Agency Limited, Perciante & Laprade Sporting Goods Limited, The University of Western Ontario, Bonin-Dobie-Jackson Limited, Newaygo Timber Co. Limited, Queen's University, G. R. Duncan & Co. Limited, Peterson Electric COMPANY, LIMITED, THE DAY COMPANY of Canada Limited, St. Michael's College, Lowerys LIMITED, Mahon Electric Co. Ltd, The Corporation of the City of Fort William, Northern Wood Preservers Limited, Birks Stitt Credit Jewelers Ltd, Agnew Surpass Shoe Store, LeCocq the Florist, R. C. Addison, MacLEOD-COCKSHUTT GOLD MINES LIMITED, ATKINSON'S Jewellers Limited, Bourke's DRUG STORE LTD, The Great Lakes Paper Company Limited, Bryans, Cochrane Hardware (Western Limited), Victoria College University of Toronto, Van Peteghem & Henry, Ruttan-Bolduc-Adderley LIMITED, D. A. Clark, Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Company Limited, St. James Gift Shop, Louis Helper Limited, Marathon Corporation Of Canada Limited, Kresge's, CLEMENS Grocery and Meat Market, The News Chronicle, The Willson Stationery Company Limited, The J. H. McLennan Lumber Company Limited, University of New Brunswick, Andres, L. D. Dack, Gent's Toggery, Woodgates, Rutledge Stationery Limited, Taylor's Men's Wear, King's Business College, McCartney's, C. R. Strachan, Chapples Limited, Abitibi Power & Paper, Agnew Surpass, Andrew Insurance, Atkinsons Jewellers, Birks Stitt Credit Jewellers, Bonin Dobie & Jackson Ltd, Bourkes Drugs, C. D. Howe Co. Ltd, City of Fort William, City of Port Arthur, Cochrane Hardware, C. R. Strachan Jewellers, Dept. of Lands & Forests, Dept. of Mines, Day Company, Eaton's, Gardner-Denver Co, Great Lakes Lumb. & Shipp, G. R. Duncan, Great Lakes Paper Co. Ltd, J. Clemens, J. H. McLennan Lumber Co, LeCocq Florist, Lowerys Ltd, MacLeod-Cockshutt, Madsen Red Lake Gold Mines, Mahon Electric, Marathon Corporation, McCartney Jewellers, Newaygo Timber Co, Perciante & Laprade, Peterson Electric, Powell Equipment Co. Ltd, Provincial Paper Mill, R. C. Adisson, R.C.A.F, Ruttan-Bolduc-Adderly, Shaw Baking Company, S. S. Kresge, The Willson Stationary, Thunder Bay Auto Assoc, T. Whitley, University of Western Ont, Van Peteghen Furs, Victoria College.

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.