Excavation begins on construction of the Administration Building addition. Looking northwest towards John Mitchell Building.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1979 portions of the Administration Building (College Building) were declared unsafe. The building that had been at the heart of University life for seven decades was showing its age. A weak roof structure and deteriorating cement precipitated action on the part of the University’s administration. From a number of options available, the choice was made to build a new building adjacent to the original structure. The Administration Building Addition (East Wing) was opened in October 1987, construction having began in the fall of 1985. Designed by Wiens Johnstone Architects of Regina and built by Penn-Co Construction of Calgary, the $6.6 million three-story stone-clad building contained 4,646 square metres of floor space, approximately the same office space as the College Building. The two buildings were directly linked with some of the College Building’s exterior walls in the addition’s interior space.

View of main entrance to the Administration Building addition.

Looking northeast at the Administration Building addition.

Looking east at the Administration Building from across the Bowl.

Two identical images showing 4 lines of tables covered in boxes and displays. Sheaves of wheat are displayed at back of room. On back of first photo: "Extension. Boys Grain Club section provincial Seed Fair University, January 1931". On back of identical second photo: "Prov. Seed Fair 1940. Top Floor Eng. Bldg."

An outdoor display under a canopy with a truck parked nearby; G.B. Sanford, H.J. Mather and E.A. Palmer in attendance. Held at Kindersley, Saskatchewan.

A summer view of the Administration Building from across the Bowl. A Christmas card from the University of Saskatchewan.

Summer view of the Administration Building from across the Bowl.

Five Provincial Seed Fair silver cups sitting on a table; mural in background.

Students Judging a class of draft horses; Livestock Pavilion and Rutherford Rink in background.

Bio/Historical Note: By 1910, 19 horses had been purchased by the College of Agriculture that were good work horses or suitable for student class work. Two were purebred Clydesdales. Three light horses were also purchased. One named Barney was used in the morning to deliver milk to faculty in Nutana and in the afternoon on the buggy as Dean William R. Rutherford made his farm rounds. In 1920 the province asked the Animal Husbandry Department to establish a Clydesdale breeding stud. This led to development of an outstanding collection of prize winning horses that became a focus of the department. In the 1920s the Percheron and Belgian breeders also demanded support for their breeds and some cross breeding was undertaken. The campus horses were used for field work for all departments, general hauling and site work for new buildings. An unofficial use was for the Lady Godiva ride across campus each fall. By the 1940s it was clear that the era of horses as a main source of farm power was over. The final stallion used in the breeding program was the imported "Windlaw Proprietor," grand champion stallion at the 1946 Royal Winter Fair.

Men, horses and wagons at work in a grain field; separator blows straw onto a stack.

Fields with rows of plants in foreground; view from northeast with the College Building and Saskatchewan Hall in background.

Students posing with threshing machines and other agricultural equipment as part of the threshing machine short course offered by Agricultural Engineering.

A man on a Titan 10-20 tractor pulling a poultry house across a field.

Individual photographs of graduates grouped. Names: Kingdon, F.A.; Adamko, E.I.; Nawrocki, O.J.; Johnstone, R.W.; Barsness, R.M.; Pedersen, J.B.; Robertson, R.K.; Fender, W.D.; Wedrick, H.J.; Copithorne, K.F.; Easton, L.F.; Willett, J.W.; Smith, R.P.; Reinhardt, G.G.; Bjornson, H.H.; Culler, C.H.; Hextall, E.L.; Jensen, H.C.; Brown, J.M.; Wilson, W.L.; Hasel, H.; Harris, N.L.; Neufeldt, R.E.; McGowan, H.N.; Mountford, W.A.; Hoogeveen, L.A.; Turner, S.H.; Wilson, D.W.; Evans, J.A.; Vogt, P.G.; Bethune, R.J.; Thomson, D.B.; Morningstar, R.L.; Barnsley, W.F.; Penner, D.E.