First year students observing the operation of a grain dryer under the direction of instructor R.A. (Bob) Dodds.

First year class taking in a lecture; classroom has double windows and a painting of wild cattle on background wall.

Class members in a soil field study with W. Van Haulem (centre) instructing. Identified are B. Sproule, Edmund Higgin and A. Mewis.

Elevated class underway in a farm machinery lab; view of back of class towards instructor.

Two male students, one reclining on a bed the other seated at a desk. Samples of grain and pictures on the background wall.

Dr. Bruce D. Owen, assistant professor, Department of Animal Husbandry (later Animal Science), showing four students some finer points in Animal Husbandry in the Livestock Pavilion.

E.J. Bowler, H. Hasel, C. Culler and M.M. Slater, Agriculture students, working in a laboratory.

Class in session with E. Bowlee speaking and instructor R.A. (Bob) Dodds seated.

Huskie football team standing on hash marks. Names: Duncan Grosch, A.C. (Colb) McEown (coach), J. Quinlan, Ronald Henry (Skipper) Hall, Gordon David Galbraith Howden, [Neil] McLeod, A. Lionel Laberge, Wallace Beatty Clark, McDonald [Russell Holmes Macdonald], Lloyd MacDonald Lockhart, D. George, Herbert Charles Pinder, William Adelbert Murphy, William John McPherson, Donald Storr, William Monteith Wilson, J.A. McQueen, Bent Border, Ronald Sinnot Graham, Jerry Matthew Smithwick, Edmund Higgin, Earle Wallace Bowman, Harold George (Bud) Weaver, George H. Brent, Bud Carson (trainer), John Clair Traynor, Al Gregory (mgr). Field and trees in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The colours green and white were chosen in 1910 by Reginald Bateman, a native of Ireland and the first English professor at the University of Saskatchewan. The name Huskies was included in an article in the 20 September 1932 Star-Phoenix: “The Varsity Stadium yesterday morning saw the advance guard of over twenty gridiron Huskies swing into action.” One of the earliest pictures of players wearing sweaters with ‘Huskies’ on them was the 1932-1933 Greystone yearbook, showing the men’s hockey team in uniforms with the new name. Women's teams were called "Huskiettes."

View of dignitaries, some in caps and gowns, standing on stage as a speaker addresses the crowd during the official opening of the Biology Building.

Bio/Historical Note: The W.P. Thompson Biology Building is named after Walter Palmer Thompson, the University of Saskatchewan's third president and founder of the Biology Department (1913). Designed by Izumi, Arnott and Sugiyama, it was constructed between 1957 and 1959 and officially opened in 1960. Set back from the Bowl, the flat-roofed cube style building was located between the Collegiate Gothic architecture of the Chemistry and Physics Buildings. It originally consisted of a teaching wing and a research wing but a header and greenhouse complex was added in 1962. Unlike many other Canadian universities the Department of Biology remained a single unit, balancing diverse sub-disciplines rather than separating into several distinct departments. Prior to the building's opening in 1960, work in biological sciences was scattered among four campus locations. Perhaps the most striking of the building’s features is the mural of mosaic tiles that adorns the south and west exterior walls. The mural depicts the four main stages of cellular mitosis. The artist, Roy Kiyooka, chose chromosome patterns as a testament to Dr. Thompson's important discoveries regarding the genetics of wheat rust. In 1986, the Geology Building was completed on the south side of Biology, resulting in the transformation of the south façade from an exterior into an interior wall, part of a new atrium.

Winter view looking south at final stages of construction of the Biology Building.

Bio/Historical Note: The W.P. Thompson Biology Building is named after Walter Palmer Thompson, the University of Saskatchewan's third president and founder of the Biology Department (1913). Designed by Izumi, Arnott and Sugiyama, it was constructed between 1957 and 1959 and officially opened in 1960. Set back from the Bowl, the flat-roofed cube style building was located between the Collegiate Gothic architecture of the Chemistry and Physics Buildings. It originally consisted of a teaching wing and a research wing but a header and greenhouse complex was added in 1962. Unlike many other Canadian universities the Department of Biology remained a single unit, balancing diverse sub-disciplines rather than separating into several distinct departments. Prior to the building's opening in 1960, work in biological sciences was scattered among four campus locations. Perhaps the most striking of the building’s features is the mural of mosaic tiles that adorns the south and west exterior walls. The mural depicts the four main stages of cellular mitosis. The artist, Roy Kiyooka, chose chromosome patterns as a testament to Dr. Thompson's important discoveries regarding the genetics of wheat rust. In 1986, the Geology Building was completed on the south side of Biology, resulting in the transformation of the south façade from an exterior into an interior wall, part of a new atrium.

Dignitaries, in caps and gowns, descend stairs toward the stage while the audience stands during the official opening of the Biology Building.

Students dressed in Roman togas and outfits interrupt the ceremonies as dignitaries are seated behind and laughing during the official opening of the Biology Building.

Students working at lab desks in the Soils Lab.

Presentation of scissors by Herb Pinder, member, Board of Governors, to Dr. W.P. Thompson, during the opening of the Biology Building.