Elevated view of ceremony dedicating the Memorial Gates. Dignitaries, military, band and crowd in foreground. Union Jack draped over Memorial Tablet. St. Andrew's College behind dais, and Little Stone School in background.

Looking northwest at the most westerly Memorial Gate and Tablet.

View looking north of the most westerly Memorial Gate; University Hospital in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Memorial Gates are a military memorial that is part of the University campus. Sixty-seven University students and faculty lost their lives while on service during World War I. The impact of the war on the University was immense: 330 students and faculty served during the War, a number equivalent to nearly all of the students who had registered the year prior to the beginning of the conflict. The desire to honor the staff and students who had fallen during the Great War was strong within the University community. As early as August 1918, 3 months prior to the formal Armistice, University President Walter C. Murray began making enquiries into the cost of a suitable memorial. What was settled upon were gates made of solid bronze, imported from England; the remainder, made of local greystone. Architect David R. Brown estimated the cost of what would come to be known as the Memorial Gates to be $30,000, with an additional $10,000 required for the memorial. The cement work was done by Richard J. Arrand in 1927-1928. A concerted fundraising effort among students and alumni helped cover the costs. The Memorial Gates were unveiled by President Murray and dedicated by the Bishop of Saskatchewan on 3 May 1928. A stone tablet, positioned between the bronze gates, bears the inscription: "These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War and gave their lives that we might live in freedom." For many years after, the site was used for the university’s Remembrance Day services at which wreaths are still laid every November 11th. These Gates were originally the entrance gates to campus and flanked University Drive. In the 1980s, due to increased traffic to the southwest portion of the campus, primarily Royal University Hospital, a new road entrance was built to the west. The gates remain, with the remnant of University Drive passing through them renamed Memorial Crescent. The gates are now primarily used by pedestrians, though the roadway is open to vehicles.

View looking north of a man walking through most easterly Memorial Gate. University Hospital in background; winter scene.

Looking northeast of the Memorial Gates; trees in background.

Two images of detail of metal work on Memorial Gates. Trees in background.
Photo A: One open gate facing west.
Photo B: Two closed gates facing north.

View of Memorial Tablet and west gate of Memorial Gates with trees in background.

Fifteen views of the Memorial Gates in winter.

Postcard looking north at Memorial Gates; St Andrew's College at right. Campus buildings in background.

Looking northwest at the Memorial Gates; Memorial Tablet at left.

Two different views of the Memorial Gates.
Image 1: Looking north at the most westerly gate of the Memorial Gates.
Image 2: A woman standing near the Memorial Gates.

Looking north at University Hospital as seen through the Memorial Gates.

Dr. Harold D. Dalgleish places a wreath at the Memorial Gates on Remembrance Day.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Harold Dalgleish was born in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan in 1907 and attended the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba. He established a general practice in Saskatoon in 1936 and became a specialist in surgery 1960. He taught at all three city hospitals and was chief of staff at City Hospital from 1964-1968. Dr. Dalgleish was president of the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1961-1966 during the medical care dispute. Dr. Dalgleish was elected president of the Canadian Medical association in 1968 and was awarded that association’s medal of service in 1969. He retired from practice in 1970 to assume duties as registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he served until 1977. Dr. Dalgleish died in Saskatoon in 1984.

Progress shot of construction of the most westerly gate of the Memorial Gates. Thorvaldson (Chemistry) Building in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Memorial Gates are a military memorial that is part of the University campus. Sixty-seven University students and faculty lost their lives while on service during World War I. The impact of the war on the University was immense: 330 students and faculty served during the War, a number equivalent to nearly all of the students who had registered the year prior to the beginning of the conflict. The desire to honor the staff and students who had fallen during the Great War was strong within the University community. As early as August 1918, 3 months prior to the formal Armistice, University President Walter C. Murray began making enquiries into the cost of a suitable memorial. What was settled upon were gates made of solid bronze, imported from England; the remainder, made of local greystone. Architect David R. Brown estimated the cost of what would come to be known as the Memorial Gates to be $30,000, with an additional $10,000 required for the memorial. The cement work was done by Richard J. Arrand in 1927-1928. A concerted fundraising effort among students and alumni helped cover the costs. The Memorial Gates were unveiled by President Murray and dedicated by the Bishop of Saskatchewan on 3 May 1928. A stone tablet, positioned between the bronze gates, bears the inscription: "These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War and gave their lives that we might live in freedom." For many years after, the site was used for the university’s Remembrance Day services at which wreaths are still laid every November 11th. These Gates were originally the entrance gates to campus and flanked University Drive. In the 1980s, due to increased traffic to the southwest portion of the campus, primarily Royal University Hospital, a new road entrance was built to the west. The gates remain, with the remnant of University Drive passing through them renamed Memorial Crescent. The gates are now primarily used by pedestrians, though the roadway is open to vehicles.

Looking north at Memorial Gates from College Street.