Willam Hughes Arscott was born 13 March 1924. His early education was at Westmount public school and Bedford Road Collegiate; from 1945-1948 he attended the University of Saskatchewan, earning a BComm. He served in the army from 1943-1945 and was discharged with the rank of Corporal. Arscott served on numerous organizations, including the Kinsmen Club; the YMCA board; was director at large for the Canadian Arthritic and Rheumatism Society, served as president of the University Alumni and was elected to the senate of the University in 1963. He was active in politics, first with the Progressive Conservative party and later, with the Rhinoceros party; although he was never successful in his bids for elected office. Arscott worked in the life insurance business since 1951, eventually establishing his own firm, Arscott and Associates. Arscott was well-known for his humorous observations of the Canadian and Saskatchewan political scene. He died in Saskatoon in 2002.

R.J. "James" Arrand came to Saskatoon from Ontario in 1906, forming a short-lived construction company with his cousin, Walter Thomas Arrand (1868-1952). Later, James Arrand specialized in concrete construction, working on several high profile projects in Saskatoon in the 1920s and 1930s, including the University Memorial Gates, School for the Deaf (now the R.J.D. Williams Building), the Capitol Theatre, the Broadway Bridge and the Borden Bridge.

Jesse H. Arnup, (1881-1965) was a Methodist and then United Church minister and later the Moderator of the United Church of Canada. He was born in Norfolk County, Ontario in 1881. In 1905, he was received on trial by the Methodist Church in Estevan, Saskatchewan. He graduated from Victoria College in 1909 and received his D.D. from Wesley College, Winnipeg, in 1924. From 1910 to 1912 he was Secretary of the Layman's Missionary Movement of the Methodist Church, Assistant Secretary of Overseas Missions from 1913 to 1925, and Secretary of United Church of Canada Foreign Missions from 1925 to 1952. He served as Moderator from 1944 to 1946.

Gladys Arnold was born in Macoun, Saskatchewan in October, 1905, the daughter of CPR official Cyranus Albert Arnold. She received her high school education in Calgary, Edmonton, and Weyburn, then taught in rural Saskatchewan schools for four years before resigning to attend Success Business College in Winnipeg. Upon graduation she taught English at the new Success Business College in Regina. In 1929 she joined the staff of the Regina 'Leader Post' where she served as a secretary, reporter, columnist, feature writer, and editorial page assistant while attending various evening classes at Regina College and Luther College. In 1935 Miss Arnold traveled to Paris where she worked as a correspondent for the Sifton Newspapers and the Canadian Press, and did some freelance writing. From 1939 until June of 1940 she was the only Canadian foreign correspondent in Paris. Fleeing Paris just ahead of the Nazi occupation, she reached London and returned to Canada in August 1940. She resigned her post with the Canadian Press in order to establish, with Elizabeth de Miribel, the Free French Information Service in Ottawa. When the Information Service closed in December, 1947, Miss Arnold was asked to set up the French Information Service at the French Embassy in Ottawa, and she served as its director until her retirement in 1971. In 1951 she obtained her B.A. in Journalism from Carleton University. Gladys Arnold has written numerous articles and in 1987 published a book about her wartime experiences, 'One Woman's War: A Canadian Reporter with the Free French' (Toronto: J. Lorimer, 1987). For her service to France she was named Honorary Brigadier in the French Free Forces in 1940, and Chevalier de la lgion d'honneur in 1975. In 1988 the University of Regina presented her with an honorary Doctor of Laws.

The Saskatchewan Research Council and the University's Department of Geological Sciences co-operated in the project and soon more graduates became involved. R.G. Arnold was head of the Department at this time.

Thomas Johann ("Tom") Arnason was born in Brown, Manitoba, in 1905. During his long career at the University of Saskatchewan he taught in a broad range of specialties in plant biology, including morphology, evolution, cytology and genetics. His research activity included studies on gene transfer in wheat hybrids, meiotic behaviour of corn-teosinte hybrids, sterility in potatoes, maternal inheritance in the cereals and mutagenesis by ionizing radiation and alkylating agents. He and one of his students, ME. Cummings, were among the first to demonstrate chromosome anomalies induced by absorbed radioactive isotopes in plants. Professor Arnason was also active in the formation of the Genetics Society of Canada and served as its president in 1957-58. He was named Professor Emeritus when he retired from the University in 1972.

Hazen Robert Argue was born January 6, 1921 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In 1926, his family rented their Kayville farm and moved to Avonlea. In 1944, Argue graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture.

In 1945, Argue was elected to the House of Commons as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member for Wood Mountain. In 1958, he was elected House Leader and in 1960, he was elected CCF leader. In 1961, the Canadian Labour Congress and the CCF joined forces and created the New Democratic Party (NDP). Argue ran for the leadership of this new party, however, he lost to Tommy Douglas. Argue then left the NDP for the Liberals in 1962. He was able to hold his seat this year, but was beaten in 1963 and 1965. He was appointed to the senate in 1966 and held this position until his death in 1991. Argue also held the position of Minister of State for the Canadian Wheat Board until 1984.

In 1989, he was accused of using government funds to assist his wife’s political career with the Liberals. He was charged with fraud, theft and breach of trust; however, in 1990 the charges were dropped due to complications with his health. Argue died October 2, 1991.

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George D. Archibald was born in Truro, NS in 1884, where he graduated from King's College, in Windsor, N.S. He Married Janie MacKenzie in 1911, and came to Saskatoon in 1914. He died in 1947.

A native of Broadview, Saskatchewan, John Hall Archer served the province as Legislative Librarian and Provincial Archivist prior to 1964. In that year he was appointed Director of Library Services at McGill University, a position he held until moving to Queen's University in 1967. At Queen's he served as Associate Professor of History and University Archivist, and completed his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Administration of Archival Institutions in Canada," in 1969. In October 1969, Dr. Archer was appointed Principal of the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, and when the University of Regina was established on July 1, 1974, he became its first President, serving until the end of 1975. John Archer has written and edited numerous articles and books on Saskatchewan's history, and has been a popular speaker throughout the province and elsewhere. As an archivist and librarian Dr. Archer participated in a number of professional associations, particularly the Canadian Library Association of which he was president (1967). He served on the Saskatchewan Constituency Boundaries Commission (1972-1974), the federal Royal Commission on Government Organization (1961), and participated in a study of Brandon University's financial problems for the Universities Grants Commission of Manitoba.