Four unidentified men break from starting blocks in a track race.

Joe Griffiths firing the starting pistol to start the Gil Watson Annual Torch race at "Griffiths' Rally," part of annual Frosh Week activities. Four unidentified male racers crouch holding torches.

Posed indoor photo of men's track team members. Names: Joe Griffiths (coach), E.C. Carr, Clarence Edmund Maguire, H. Sharpe, Edward Hubert Mapleton Knowles, W..J. McLeod, William P. McLean, Charles W. (Charlie) McCool (mgr), Alfred Leroy Paine, William Charles Broadfoot, R.C. Russell, A.V. Svoboda, Percy Hathaway Maguire (capt), William Whittaker, Stafford Zimmerman Bennett, Arthur E. Drew, Drayton Ernest Walker.

Competitors in the "Little 500" bicycle race dressed in Montreal Canadiens-style sweaters. Main Barn in background.

View of the head table at the first Athletic Alumni reunion banquet held in Marquis Hall. "Welcome UofS Athletic Alumni" banner in background.

Members of the WIAB. Standing: Pat Connolly (St. Thomas More), Pat Baird (Nursing), Marilyn Wearring (Physical Education), Muriel Callander (WASA). Seated: Jane Art (Home Economics), Hazel Cubbon (Pharmacy), Sharon Art, Hilda Glemser (President, Education).

Head and shoulders of Jim Hay, men's Intramural Athletic Board member and Huskie football player.

Bio/Historical Note: James Miller Hay was born in 1931 in Regina, Saskatchewan. A graduate of Central Collegiate in Regina, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BE. 1950) in 1947. He earned a BE (Chemical Engineering), University of Saskatchewan, an MPE (Petroleum Engineering), University of Tulsa, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto. While at the U of S, Hay excelled at both football and hockey. He played both sports for three years and was captain of the teams in his senior season. A centre, Hay led the Huskie hockey team in scoring in 1947-1948 with four points, including two goals in four games. In 17 career games, he had 18 points, including six goals. He received a Block S Award in 1947-1948, received his Senior Colours in 1949 and was given a Major Athletic Award in 1950. Hay also served on the Men's Athletic Board for two years. He went on to become president and CEO of Dow Chemical Canada.

An engine in the interior of the Mechanical Car of the Better Farming Train.

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.

Two nearly-identical images of men's team members (l to r): Leo Lubin (mgr); John Kilburn; John Leicester (coach).

Andy Phoen clearing the high jump bar.

Co-ed game in action.

Indoor posed image of team members with one member holding the ball; S.A.C. marked on the ball.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.

Unidentified man holding a husky dog, thought to be the first Huskie mascot.

Bio/Historical Note: Green and white were established as the official colors of U of S sports teams in 1909-1910, but the Huskies name did not appear at that time. Teams were generally referred to as “varsity” or “the green and white” when they played or appeared in media. The name “Huskies” began appearing in the 1930s, first in a September 1932 article in the StarPhoenix. Media caught onto the name and continued to use it; the name appeared in the 1932-1933 edition of The Greystone - the U of S yearbook at the time - along with a photo of the men’s hockey team in uniform with “Huskies” across the front. The origin of the Huskie name is unclear, but women’s teams were generally referred to as the “Huskiettes,” while men were the Huskies. On 15 Feb. 1946, The Sheaf printed a photo of an unidentified man holding a husky canine on campus, thought to be the first mascot. The husky appeared at various sports functions to lead the players onto the field and watch from the sidelines — on a leash. The late 1970s and early 1980s were the first time that the mascot appeared as a human dressed in costume. The women’s hockey team co-coach and trainer in the 1970s, Murray Gordon, began wearing a dog outfit and appearing at hockey games as “Hymie the Huskie.” Gordon also dressed up for football games and other campus events. The Huskie was generally accepted as the official mascot by this point, and appeared in 1980 on the men’s hockey team sweaters as a side profile of a dog’s head and neck. By the 1990s however, an outward-facing head of a dog appeared on all teams’ uniforms. The first official mascot costumes were created in the 1980s as well. A woman named Elva Finlay created a Huskies mascot costume in 1985 and restored a 1980 version of the costume that same year. The two new mascot costumes were worn by two university students, Lori Winter and Chris Mirwald, who attended U of S events and Huskie games. Today, the Huskies mascot is known as “Howler” and there are multiple people employed to dress in the Howler costume as the U of S mascot.