Looking northeast toward Qu'Appelle Hall (men's residence) at centre. The Bowl, Physics Building and College Building are visible in top left corner. Trees and bare land in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: The area now filled by Marquis Hall and the Murray Library was used as a baseball diamond; and a road leading to the Bowl is a dirt track.

View looking down on the 64-chair main Dental Clinic. Image taken just after the building opened in January 1979.

View taken shortly after construction, prior to landscaping, showing the front of the building.

Elevated view of School of Vocational Agriculture Association executive meeting. Identified on back of photo are Ken Gronsdahl, chairman, and Hope Bell, secretary. View from back of class looking toward two unidentified men standing at front of classroom.

Huskies in action against the Harlem Stars at Physical Education gymnasium; the Stars won 61-56.

Dr. Harold R. Baker, director, Extension Division, 1963-1973, speaking at unknown event; Phyllis Baker seated in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Harold Baker was born in 1927 in Merrickville, Ontario. He received a BSA from the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph (1950); an MSc from the University of Wisconsin (1956); and a PhD from Cornell (1959). Prior to taking graduate studies, Baker worked in agricultural extension for the Ontario Department of Agriculture. In 1958 he joined the Centre for Community Studies in Saskatoon and, in 1962, was named research specialist in Extension. From 1963-1973 Dr. Baker served as director of Extension Division. His resignation as director enabled his return to more direct involvement in community education and development and allowed him to research social indicators and their relation to life-long learning and planned development. Dr. Baker served on the Community Planning Association of Canada, Canadian Association for Adult Education, Canadian Council on Rural Development, and was a board member of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, Canadian Council on Rural Development, and Canada World Youth. Harold Baker died in 2011 in Saskatoon.

Lorne Gray, president, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), and University of Saskatchewan alumnus, at podium during College of Engineering Awards Day held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Dr. C.J. Mackenzie, Academic session speaker, at podium in Convocation Hall during the Engineering 50th Anniversary Reunion.

Attendees at a tea following a University Senate meeting held at the President's Residence. Third and fourth from left are Mary Spinks and J.W.T. Spinks, University President.

Dr. J.B. Mawdsley, Dean of Engineering, addressing the audience at the opening of the Engineering Addition official opening; part of the College of Engineering 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Joe Griffiths, director of Physical Education, leading a college cheer in Convocation Hall.

Three images of construction of Qu'Appelle Hall, the men's residence.

Bio/Historical Note: Originally known simply “Student’s Residence No. 2,” the name “Qu’Appelle Hall” was first mentioned in the minutes of the Board’s executive committee in September 1916. Designed by Brown and Vallance as a men’s residence, construction began on Qu’Appelle Hall in 1914 but was sporadic. Delays meant that some building material was subject to the war tax, an additional 5%; and over the winter of 1915 frost damaged the swimming pool, another of many unforeseen expenses. The building was finally completed in 1916, at a cost of $250,000. It included a swimming pool, with lockers purchased from the YMCA, and the dining hall was immediately put to use as a gymnasium–facilities “rendering the Physical Training, which all must take, a pleasure not a penance.” As well as student quarters, Qu’Appelle Hall was used to provide office space and a place for a museum. Normal School (Education) used the first floor; some language classes were also taught there. In 1917 part of the building was used by Emmanuel students while returned soldiers studying Engineering used their building; and in the 1930s, the COTC was quartered in the north end of the Qu’Appelle Hall basement. The building was used for classes and offices until construction of the Arts building in 1960. In the early 1960s the Board of Governors decided that “there should be accommodation on campus for at least one-third of the out of town students,” and authorized an addition to Qu’Appelle to house another 60 students–an increase of 50%. The $731,000 addition, designed by Izumi, Arnott and Sugiyama, was completed in 1963.

Rocky prairie field

Exterior shot of complete St. Andrew's College building. Front view with trees and sign.

Aerial view looking northeast of the Observatory in winter. Construction of the Memorial Union Building at centre; Emmanuel College at right.

Bio/Historical Note: The Observatory was designed by Gentil J.K. Verbeke and constructed in two phases using local limestone from 1928-1930 for about $23,000. The R. J. Arrand Contracting Co. was contracted to build the Observatory Tower in 1928 for a cost of $6625. The firm completed the tower $353 under budget on 14 April 1929, for $6,272. On 20 June 1929 R. J. Arrand was again awarded a contract by the University, this time to build the small classroom wing of the Observatory for $15,640. Work on the classroom wing was completed on 23 January 1930 for $15,034.50. University funding for the construction of the building was supplemented by private donations. Along with the Field Husbandry Building, the Observatory would be among the last free-standing buildings constructed on campus until after World War II. A plaque with the names of many donors still hangs inside the dome of the observatory. Saskatoon residents will find many of the names highly recognizable even today. A sundial was added to the exterior of the Observatory during the 1940s. It reads:
I am a Shadow
So art thou
The observatory facilities are available for use by both university students and visitors to the campus. The telescopes and other scientific equipment are used by students during the laboratory component of their courses. University personnel regularly offer tours of the observatory to elementary and high school classes, youth groups and other community associations. The Observatory is staffed year-round on Saturday nights so that any visitor may view celestial objects through the telescope.