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Seven rows of soldiers and faculty of the Radio Technicians, Course #1, University of Saskatchewan Detachment, Royal Canadian Air Force. Image taken at Griffiths Stadium. Front row has A. Michalenko (Electrical Engineering), E. Thackery (Physics Department, Regina College), C.A. Mackay (Physics), Balfour W. Currie (Physics). Walton, the Officer-in-charge is also identified.
COTC band members standing in rows with their instruments. Indoor view with other cadets visible at upper left and a unique wood burning stove in background at right. Taken at Saskatoon Armouries..
Winter scene of COTC cadets marching out of [Engineering Building.] Lead soldier saluting a group of officers and Walter Murray, University President, as others follow marching and shouldering rifles.
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.
Eight COTC officers in uniform without hats. Seven men identified: H.A. Jones, Benson, [W. Hasner], Herman H. Ferns, Joseph H. Thompson (professor of Accounting), Arthur E. Potts (professor of Dairy Science), William A. Carrothers (professor of Economics).
COTC reunion banquet. Seated at head table are J.W.T. Spinks, University President; Norman K. Cram, R.W. Cram and Mary Spinks; waiter and waitress visible 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 cadets lined up in groups standing at attention while they shoulder their rifles inside Rutherford Rink. Flags and emblems in background; "No Smoking" signs hang from rafters.