Joe Griffiths, coach of the track and field team, and Orvald Gratias, captain of the team, stand outside a tent.

Bio/Historical Note: Orvald Arthur Gratias, a native of Kinistino, Saskatchewan, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BSc ‘28; MSc ‘30) in 1925. During his five years on campus he competed in basketball, football and track & field. He excelled in discus and hammer throw and was captain of the track & field team in 1930. In 1928, the Sheaf named him Saskatchewan's most versatile athlete. Joe Griffiths later described Gratias as one of the greatest all-around athletes to wear the green and white. He received a Major Athletic Award in 1930. Gratias was president of the University Athletic Directorate and went on to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, studying particle physics. Gratias parlayed an MBA into a second career as a research analyst with the Montreal blue-chip firm MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier, specializing in market movements. Gratias died on 23 July 1996 in Ottawa at age 87.

Coach Tryhuba and a student beside some badminton rackets in a gymnasium

Members of the Junior Badminton Teams posing with a badminton rackets in a gymnasium

Names of members printed on front: Back row, left to right: Jack Brooksbank, Jack Ennis (captain), S. Kent. Front row, left to right: W. McMillan, Geo. Guillaume, M. Mapes, O. Kempel. Winners of Commercial League 1929-1930, sitting and standing for portrait

A professional portrait of Lee Trotchie

Leslie McTavish and Laurie Flasch posing with a badminton rackets in a gymnasium

Group photo of Medical students basketball team. Names at bottom of print: "Purdy, Chipperfield, Kirkpatrick, Kinnear, [Harold] Dalgleish, [Emile Esram] Therrien, McBurney, (Mgr), McNab, Morse".

Four people standing behind a display of trophies, curling brooms and curling rocks

A professional portrait of Mike Livingston

Moose Jaw bowling team members are: Left to right: (1) Mrs. George Maharg; (2) Annie Bristow; (3) Irene Maharg (dau. of #1); (4) Nancy Graham; (5) Les [?] ; (6) Jack Innes; (7) John Carrick.

A candid photograph of basketball coach, Mr. Oiler, in Biggar, Saskatchewan

Official opening of 1931-1932 season of Moose Jaw Carpetball League, played by men. At centre of image one man has seven carpetballs at feet; one man is ready to throw a carpetball, and a third man holds a trophy

Two people playing tennis at the outdoor tennis courts which were located beside the Canadian National Train Station in Biggar, Saskatchewan

A parade float hitched to two horses
Written on the back in blue ink: "Sports Day - July 1st 1913" and "Ms GR. MacKay 223 Railway St. Saskatoon."

Members of team pose in swim suits by the [Qu'Appelle Hall] pool. Back row: Grace Hardy, Betty Moore, Marion Proctor and Mary Boyd; Front row: Mary Varey and Pat Willis.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.