196th Western Universities Battalion - Inspection
- B-88
- Item
- 1916
Soldiers stand in formation in foreground at Camp Hughes, Manitoba. Tents, buildings, "Empire Theatre,""Twin Theatre," and automobiles in background.
196th Western Universities Battalion - Inspection
Soldiers stand in formation in foreground at Camp Hughes, Manitoba. Tents, buildings, "Empire Theatre,""Twin Theatre," and automobiles in background.
196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 11 Field Ambulance - Group Photo
Grouping of members of 11th Canadian Field Ambulance (CFA) standing and sitting outdoors in front and on steps of monumental building.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - At Attention
COTC cadets with rifles at attention awaiting inspection.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
COTC cadets at table studying map; indoor scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training.
Elevated view of COTC non-commissioned officers practicing first aid at Saskatoon Armouries.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
COTC cadets receiving small arms instruction at Rutherford Rink.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
A sergeant with rifle and bayonet during training at Rutherford Rink.
Bio/Historical Note: Built on a site previously used for an open outdoor rink, construction of “The Rink”, later known informally as the “Dog House”, was due to student initiative. A campaign to have a closed rink facility began in 1920; by 1928, the Students Representative Council appointed a committee to look into the feasibility of the student body assuming responsibility for construction. The Board of Governors loaned SRC the funds; which the student council hoped to pay back by instituting a $3 student fee. Although opened for use in December 1929 the rink, “already the most popular place on campus,” had its official opening on 23 January 1930, with an inter-varsity hockey game against the University of Manitoba (Saskatchewan won, 5-1). 650 attended the opening; and between 18,000-20,000 people used the rink during its first year of operation. The original design included “waiting rooms” on the west and east side, primarily for use by men and women respectively. The rink was used for general skating, “scrub,” faculty, senior men’s and girls’ varsity team hockey practices, the “fancy skating club,” children’s skating, and band practice, and winter carnival activities. Speed skates were allowed, but the rink was “not responsible for injury resulting therefrom.” During general skating, “playing tag,” “cutting in,” “cracking the whip,” and “reckless disregard and abandon in speed skating” were not tolerated. The building was renamed in honour of William J. Rutherford, the University’s first Dean of Agriculture, after his sudden and unexpected death on 1 June 1930. Minor renovations occurred over the next 88 years. Merlis Belsher Place, a multi-use ice facility, opened in 2018, mercifully replacing the ancient Rutherford Rink. The new arena is located on the south side of College Drive near the Field House.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
COTC cadets in civilian attire holding rifles in front of Saskatoon Armouries.
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.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Inspection
J.S. Thomson, University President, and Major John Wesley Joyce inspect COTC cadets outdoors; winter scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Homecoming Parade
COTC cadets marching as they pull a gun carriage on a downtown Saskatoon street. Store fronts and signs in background.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Inspection
Elevated group photograph of COTC officers and cadets in dress uniforms and standing at attention at Saskatoon Armouries..
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Band
COTC band members seated and in uniform, seated in bleachers at [Rutherford Rink].
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
Five COTC cadets at table studying and reading a map; indoor scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets - Marching
Cadets marching during winter on the University of Saskatchewan campus. College Building visible in background.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Training
Elevated view of six COTC cadets standing at ease dressed with packs, helmets and holding rifles; at Rutherford Rink.