COTC cadets training with rifles and bayonets in Rutherford Rink.

Posed winter image of three rows of COTC warrant and non-commissioned officers in uniforms and hats. Bare trees and building in background.

Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921). The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.

Elevated view of COTC officers and non-commissioned officers training with field artillery at Saskatoon Armouries.

Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.

Three COTC cadets wearing field belts during class in Rutherford Rink.

COTC officers and professors standing together. Front row (l to r): John S.M. Allely (Economics), Harry Edmunds (Geology), Joseph H. Thompson (Accounting). Back row: John V. Bateman (Philosophy), Ansten Anstensen (Classics), Herman H. Ferns (Mathematics), J.B. (Jim) Mawdsley (Geology), and Dr. Wes MacAulay (Pharmacy). Several in uniform and others in tuxedos; flags and photographs in background.

Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.

Posed indoor image of three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats. In front row: Lt. R.R. Rankin, Capt. J.P.R. Brown, Maj. Joseph H. Thompson, Col. Arthur E. Potts, Maj. R.M. Ferguson, Capt. H. Williamson, Capt. P.W. Mundell.

Head and shoulders image of Charles Henry Greenway, Department of Engineering, and officer in the COTC, in uniform.

Bio/Historical Note: Charles Henry Greenway joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1935 after graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering. Before the war he was employed on flying instructional duties at Trenton and Camp Borden (Ontario), and in 1940 went overseas with 112 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. Repatriated for training duties under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Group Captain Greenway was Chief Instructor at MacLeod, Alberta and Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and served on the West Coast for two years. In 1944 he became Commanding Officer at No. 4 Flying Training School, Saskatoon, and later was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at No. 2 Air Command Headquarters in Winnipeg. In September 1946, he was appointed Commanding Officer at the RCAF station at Camp Borden, a position he held until his appointment to Ottawa as Director of Ground Training for the RCAF. Greenway was awarded with the Order of the British Empire.