- A-199
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- June 1960
Looking northwest with Griffiths Stadium in foreground, campus buildings north of College Drive at centre of image. Construction of Arts Building in progress.
Looking northwest with Griffiths Stadium in foreground, campus buildings north of College Drive at centre of image. Construction of Arts Building in progress.
View facing southeast with Arts and Chemistry buildings and the Bowl in foreground. Other campus buildings behind the Bowl; Marquis Hall and St. Thomas More College additions visible.
View looking southeast with Arts Building, University Hospital and campus buildings in foreground.
Looking northwest with partial view of Griffiths Stadium in foreground; Physical Education Building and campus buildings surrounding the Bowl at centre. Arts Building in background. College Drive runs along bottom of image.
View facing east with Ellis Hall and University Hospital in foreground; Arts Building and other campus buildings at centre. College Drive visible at right.
Looking west with barns and feed (grain) elevator in foreground; the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre.
View facing west with barns and feed (grain) elevator in foreground, the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre. Construction of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine underway.
Looking east with Ellis Hall, University Hospital and St. Andrew's College in foreground; the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre. College Drive runs along right side of image. Construction work visible on Marquis Hall and St. Thomas More College buildings.
Aerial view facing northwest with the Bowl at centre with surrounding buildings in background. College Drive running along bottom of image with Griffiths Stadium at left foreground..
Looking north with College Drive and the Bowl with surrounding buildings in foreground, prairie fields in background.
Looking northwest at College Drive and the Bowl with surrounding campus buildings in foreground.
Looking north at St. Andrew's College, and Medical College building in foreground. University Hospital at centre, with surrounding buildings. College Drive running along bottom of image.
Medical Building - Construction
Aerial view of the Medical College under construction; St. Andrew's College and Observatory in background.
Bio/Historical Note: A medical college was part of President Walter Murray’s design for the new University of Saskatchewan, and was consistent with his view that the university should serve the needs of the province. In 1926 a School of Medical Sciences was established, which provided the first two years of medical training. Between 1928 and 1954, 605 students completed the course and then went elsewhere in Canada for the clinical years. In 1944, a survey of the health needs of the province (Sigerist Report) recommended that the School be expanded to a “complete Grade A Medical School” and that a University Hospital of 500 beds be constructed for scientific teaching, clinical instruction, and research. A medical building was completed in 1950, a four-year degree-granting College was inaugurated in 1953, and University Hospital opened in 1955. The College admits sixty medical students per year, supervises the training of 200 residents, and provides basic science training to 330 students in Arts/Science. The aim of the program is to produce a “basic” or undifferentiated doctor capable, with further training, of becoming a family practitioner, specialist or research scientist. Between 1953 and 2003, the College of Medicine has graduated 2,134 MDs, of whom 30.5% were women.
Looking east at campus buildings (l to r): Chemistry, Physics, Administration, Saskatchewan Hall and Qu'Appelle Hall. Construction in progress on the John Mitchell Building and Physical Education Gym addition.
Looking west at University Hospital under construction. Thorvaldson addition of the Chemistry Building under construction at right. Qu'Appelle Hall at left foreground; Physics Building at right foreground.