Biology Building - Official Opening
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- 15 Sept. 1960
Allan E. Blakeney, Saskatchewan Minister of Education, speaks during official opening.
Biology Building - Official Opening
Allan E. Blakeney, Saskatchewan Minister of Education, speaks during official opening.
Biology Building - Official Opening
Elevated view of the crowd in the lecture theatre.
Biology Building - Official Opening
Students dressed in Roman togas and outfits interrupt the ceremonies as dignitaries are seated behind and laughing during the official opening.
Biology Building - Official Opening
View of dignitaries, some in caps and gowns, standing on stage as a speaker addresses the crowd during the official opening.
Biology Building - Official Opening
Presentation of scissors by Herb Pinder, member, Board of Governors, to Dr. W.P. Thompson, head, Biology, and third University President,
Biology Building - Official Opening
Family members of W.P. Thompson, former head, Biology, and third University President, among the crowd after the official opening.
Biology Building - Official Opening
J.W.T. Spinks, University President, speaks during official opening.
Biology Building - Official Opening
Presentation of key by J.W.T. Spinks, University President, to Dr. Donald S. Rawson, head, Department of Biology, during the official opening.
Biology Building - Official Opening
F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, addresses the audience during the official opening. J.W.T. Spinks, University President, seated in background.
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Biology Building west side of north extension with trees in foreground; Summer.
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Walkway to Biology (W.P. Thompson) Building north entrance; Summer.
Biology/Geology Building - Architect's Concept
Architect's conceptual sketch of the Biology/Geology Building.
Bio/Historical Note: Designed by the architectural firm Black, McMillan and Larson of Regina, the Geology Building was given a neo-Collegiate Gothic exterior to blend harmoniously with the other buildings in the central campus. The two-and-a-half-storey building was erected just south or the bowl side of the W.P. Thompson Biology Building providing 8,543 square metres for office, laboratory, library, classroom, and storage space for rock and fossil samples. The exterior was clad with greystone and dressed with tyndal limestone. The dominant feature of the interior was a two story atrium that featured the mosaics for the former exterior walls of the Thompson Building, a life-size skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and geological and biological displays. The $18.5 million Geology Building was completed in 1986 and fused the space between Physics and Biology and linked through a walkway with Chemistry, creating an integrated science complex on campus.
View from northwest across the Bowl with buildings (l to r): Thorvaldson, Biology, Physics and Administration. Students walking on grass in foreground.
Two images on card stock. Image 1: "The "Bowl" Looking West" with north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library at left, Chemistry and Arts buildings in background. Image 2: "Looking East from the Arts Building" with elevated view of buildings from l to r: Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Administration and Physics buildings and north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library.
View from Administration Building looking southwest across the Bowl. University buildings in background (l to r): Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Chemistry Building, and Biology Building. Landscaping and road in foreground.