View of new office equipment, with Dr. Choi C. (Chuck) Lee, professor, Department of Chemistry, seated at his desk in the Thorvaldson Building.

Two unidentified women working at desks in the College of Pharmacy main office.

Students walking to entrance of Thorvaldson Building; bushes in foreground.

Dr. Bruce R. Schnell, assistant professor of Pharmacy, presents the Regina Druggists' Auxiliary entrance bursary to Debra Charmaine Adam. Taken in Thorvaldson Building, with a display case marking "100 Years of Filling Prescriptions" visible in background.

View looking northeast of Thorvaldson Building; northwest corner of Murray Building in foreground. Physics Building, the Bowl, and Administration Building visible in background. Taken from roof of Arts Tower.

Note on back: "Dr. R.L. Eager, Chemistry Professor, inserts a reactor containing aspen poplar, water, carbon monoxide and a catalyst into a holder, which in turn will be placed in a heavy walled stainless steel vessel for heating. The vessel is located behind steel walls in view of the high pressure generated". In Thorvaldson lab.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Richard Livingston (Dick) Eager was born 27 August 1917 in Kenaston, Saskatchewan. He earned a BE (1943) and an MSc (1945) from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1949 he received a PhD from McGill University. Dr. Eager was appointed special lecturer at the U of S in 1947 and was a full professor by 1965. He retired in 1984 and was named professor emeritus. Dr. Eager died in Saskatoon in 2003.

View of walkway between Thorvaldson and Biology buildings; people standing near trees in foreground.

Evening scenic view of Thorvaldson Building at left. Parked cars at right, with road in foreground.

Sketch of the Chemistry (Thorvaldson) building showing the front door in an archway and two sides of the building. Trees in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Department of Chemistry was established in 1910, and in 1912 conducted its first laboratory instruction in a poorly ventilated space in the basement of the College Building. The Chemistry Building opened in 1924 and was one of the last of the original stone collegiate gothic buildings designed by the Montreal architect David Brown. The building was sheathed in greystone and the façade has a castellated roof line and an arched portal. The four-storey building was built to house the colleges of Home Economics and Pharmacy, and the Department of Chemistry. It was the most elaborate of the early campus buildings. Designed specifically to meet the needs of teaching and research in chemistry, it was a far cry from the makeshift laboratories in the basement of the College Building and reflected the confidence of the 1920s. It faced not inward toward the Bowl and the original buildings, but outward to what was expected to be an expanding future. Dubbed by one critic as an “expensive show to make an impressive front,” it was to have a second identical north wing but depression and war brought a halt to all thoughts of capital expansion. The first floor was composed almost entirely of classrooms, with two small laboratories. An auditorium was located on the second floor, with a tile dome rising 68 feet, as well as laboratories featuring acid-proof lining on all fume vents and drains. Storerooms were located in the basement, with a sub-basement containing the ventilation, heating and sewage systems. The Chemistry Building was finally expanded with a second wing and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966.