The Canadian Foundation for the Advancement of Pharmacy entrance bursary worth $250 is presented to Arden Ashdown by Dr. James G. Jeffrey, dean of Pharmacy.
W.J. White, dean of Agriculture, presents the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists Prize to David James Domes at Convocation at Centennial Auditorium.
An audience of adults and children watch a demonstration of gaseous anaesthesia performed on a horse by a Veterinary employee or student at Vetavision.
View of crowd assembled for the official opening of the Health Sciences Building B Wing. Construction of south wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library in background.
Bio/Historical Note: The oldest wing of the Health Sciences Building, the A Wing, dating to 1949, was originally the Medical College Building. The Health Sciences A Wing has heritage value as the cornerstone of the medical precinct at the university and was designed by architects Webster and Gilbert. The A Wing was renovated and reopened in 2019. The B Wing was completed by 1971.
Note on back: "Dr. Jack Millar, Department of Physiology, addresses students in the largest lecture theatre in the Health Sciences Building. The theatre, which seats 150 students, is fully equipped for audio-visual instruction".
Queen Elizabeth II travels by car on the sidewalk in front of the Murray Building. Mrs. Elsie Begg accompanies her. Health Sciences Building visible in background; spectators stand on the grass.
Dr. D.L.T. Smith, dean of Veterinary Medicine, presents a $300 University third year undergraduate scholarship to Terrence Church (left) of Elrose at the College's annual awards banquet in Marquis Hall. Dignitaries seated in background at head table.
Dr. D.L.T. Smith, founding dean, WCVM, addresses gathering at the official opening of additions and renovations to the main building of the WCVM. Unidentified man seated facing camera in foreground. Scene in new students' lounge.
Head and shoulders image of Dr. K.J. (Jack) Paynter, first dean of Dentistry.
Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Kenneth J. (Jack) Paynter received his DDS from the University of Toronto in 1944 and a PhD in Anatomy from Columbia University in New York in 1953. In 1951 he joined the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, and served as head of the Department of Oral Anatomy from 1952–1967. Dr. Paynter was appointed the first dean of the College of Dentistry, University of Saskatchewan, in 1967 and served as dean until 1973. In 1973 he was appointed director of the Grants Program of the Medical Research Council in Ottawa and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1984. Dr. Paynter was president of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada at the time of his death in a car accident on 30 January 1985.
