Sidney Buckwold, mayor of Saskatoon, addresses guests at opening.

Bio/Historical Note: The Alvin Buckwold Centre (ABC) was established in 1967. Now the Alvin Buckwold Child Development Centre (ABCDP), it is located in the Kinsmen Children’s Centre, connected to Brunskill School in Varsity View. ABCDP is named after Dr. Alvin Buckwold (1918-1965), a Saskatchewan pediatrician with a keen interest in children with disabilities.

View of the head table and some of the smaller ones with the guests enjoying their meal. J. Gerrard speaking to the guests. R.W. Begg is seated on the right with his back to the windows in the background.

T.C. Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan, speaks from podium during the Alumni Association Golden Jubilee dinner. W.P. Thompson (at right), University President; and Frank Bastedo, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (at left) seated.

People seated on the grass having a lunch break and a few people are standing with the group; trees in the background.

James G. Taggart, federal Deputy Minister of Agriculture and honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, speaks from podium during Alumni Association banquet held at Bessborough Hotel.

Bio/Historical Note: James Gordon Taggart was born in 1892 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia and raised in River Hebert, Nova Scotia. He attended public and high school in River Hebert, followed by post-secondary studies at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and then the Ontario Agricultural College. Taggart was principal of the School of Agriculture in Vermilion, Alberta before entering the federal public service and becoming superintendent of the Swift Current Dominion Experimental Farm for the Department of Agriculture. Taggart was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan under the ministry of Premier William John Patterson and served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture. Following his tenure in provincial politics, Taggart served as Deputy Minister for the federal Department of Agriculture from 1949 to 1959. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Taggart died in Toronto in 1974. Taggart was posthumously inducted to the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1976.

Claude Bissell. president, University of Toronto, speaks from podium during the Alumni Association Golden Jubilee dinner.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, addressing alumni at a dinner in North Battleford.

Guests signing the register before the banquet.

Guests seated at tables; view from back of room towards head table during the Alumni Association Golden Jubilee dinner. Banners in background.

Elevated view of Alumni seated at their tables at the Bessborough Hotel.

Elevated view of University of Saskatchewan alumni seated at a long table which is set for a meal.