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Dorothy Rutherford - Portrait

Image of Dorothy Rutherford, member of Huskiette basketball and track and field teams.

Bio/Historical Note: Dorothy (Rutherford) Logan, a graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BHSc 1934) in 1929. Rutherford excelled in the 220-yard dash and broad jump, and was an outstanding scorer for the basketball team. As well as competing on the two teams for four years, Rutherford was a member of the University Athletic Directorate, including a term as vice-president. Rutherford received a Major Athletic Award in 1933. She was killed in a car accident in Terre Haute, Indiana, in May 1966.

Fred (Bud) Carson - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Fred (Bud) Carson, Physical Education graduate and sports awards winner.

Bio/Historical Note: Fred (Bud) Carson (1923-2013) enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BE 1945) in 1942. He was a member of the Huskies football team for three years and was captain of the team in 1945. Carson was a guard on the basketball team for three years and also played water polo. He was president of the Men's Athletic Board for two years (1943-1945), and also coached the Huskiette basketball team for one year. In 1945 Carson received the Rusty McDonald Trophy for sportsmanship, leadership and athletic ability during his undergraduate years. He married Aldis Peterson (d. 1998), also an inductee into the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame. Carson died in 2013 in Brockville, Ontario at age 90.

Diane Jones - In Action

Diane Jones, Huskiette pentathlete, running on an indoor track, coming to the finish line holding a baton.

Bio/Historical Note: Diane Helen Jones-Konihowski was born in 1951 in Vancouver and raised in Saskatoon. In 1967 she represented Canada internationally for the first time as a high jumper and javelin thrower. Jones won her first international medal, a high jump bronze, at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games. She represented Canada in the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Jones was a gold medalist in the pentathlon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City; that same year she was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year. Jones graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1976 with a BEd. In 1978 she won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in her career. Jones married fellow athlete John Konihowski in 1977; the wedding ceremony was carried live on CFQC-TV. In 1979 she won her second Pan American Games gold medal. Forced to miss the Moscow Olympics of 1980 due to the boycott that Jones-Konihowski strenuously opposed, she seriously considered going to the Soviet Union to compete as an athlete without a flag or nation. Jones-Konihowski eventually decided it was safer to not attend and athletically made her statement two weeks later at a pentathlon in Germany, winning gold, and beating all the Moscow 1980 Olympic medalists. During her career Jones-Konihowski ranked first in the world twice. Jones-Konihowski was awarded the Order of Canada in 1979 and inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. She was the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Sport & Recreation Award in 1988. In 1996 she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame. Jones-Konihowski has remained active in Canadian sports, having worked as a coach and sports administrator for many national athletic boards including Fair Play Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada, the Canadian Olympic Association, as well as the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. In 2000 Jones-Konihowski led Canada’s Olympic Team to the Sydney Olympics as the Chef de Mission. She was presented with an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 2002. In 2005 Jones-Konihowski was elected to the board of directors of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Jones-Konihowski is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (2020) and the Canada West Conference Hall of Fame (2021).

Fred (Bud) Carson - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Fred (Bud) Carson, Physical Education graduate and sports awards winner.

Bio/Historical Note: Fred (Bud) Carson (1923-2013) enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BE 1945) in 1942. He was a member of the Huskies football team for three years and was captain of the team in 1945. Carson was a guard on the basketball team for three years and also played water polo. He was president of the Men's Athletic Board for two years (1943-1945), and also coached the Huskiette basketball team for one year. In 1945 Carson received the Rusty McDonald Trophy for sportsmanship, leadership and athletic ability during his undergraduate years. He married Aldis Peterson (d. 1998), also an inductee into the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame. Carson died in 2013 in Brockville, Ontario at age 90.

Joe Griffiths - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Joe Griffiths, director of Physical Education, 1919-1951.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1885 in Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, Wales, Ernest Wynne (Joe) Griffiths accompanied his family to a homestead at Patience Lake, Saskatchewan. After a youth of varied activity, Joe, as he was known to everyone, joined the Royal North West Mounted Police prior to going overseas with His Majesty's forces in 1915. After his discharge in the fall of 1920, he came to the University as its entire Physical Education Department. For the next 32 years his coaching ability in track and field and in swimming had a great impact on the varsity athletic programs. Among the athletes he coached were Ethel Catherwood, gold medalist in high jump at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics; Phyllis Haslam, who broke the world record in breaststroke in 1934; Orvald Gratias, sprinter; and 1952 Olympic decathlete Bob Adams. For 11 years, his swimming teams were unbeaten. In 1936 and 1948 he was asked to serve as a Canadian Olympic team coach. Griffiths organized the first provincial high school track and field meet. The facility, which has been used for national and world-class meets was named Griffiths Stadium in his honour. Griffiths retired in 1951. He helped shape the Saskatoon Playground Association. In his lifetime he was made a life member of the Royal Life Saving Society and received the honour award of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Griffiths died 22 July 1967.

Better Farming Train - Demonstrations

An unidentified man lectures to crowd in front of the Livestock Car. "Better Farming Train" banner on railroad car.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

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