196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 5 Platoon - Group Photo
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- 1916
Five rows of soldiers of No. 5 Platoon in uniform and holding rifles; at Camp Hughes, Manitoba.
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196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 5 Platoon - Group Photo
Five rows of soldiers of No. 5 Platoon in uniform and holding rifles; at Camp Hughes, Manitoba.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Inspection
Major General Brown inspecting COTC cadets in field uniforms and holding rifles at Saskatoon Armouries.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Band - Group Photo
Captain Ross Brown, bandmaster, with COTC band, posing with their instruments at Saskatoon Armouries.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Band
COTC band members standing in rows with their instruments. Indoor view with other cadets visible at upper left and a unique wood burning stove in background at right. Taken at Saskatoon Armouries..
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets - Marching
Winter scene of COTC cadets marching out of [Engineering Building.] Lead soldier saluting a group of officers and Walter Murray, University President, as others follow marching and shouldering rifles.
Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Commissioned Officers - Group Photo
Eight COTC officers in uniform without hats. Seven men identified: H.A. Jones, Benson, [W. Hasner], Herman H. Ferns, Joseph H. Thompson (professor of Accounting), Arthur E. Potts (professor of Dairy Science), William A. Carrothers (professor of Economics).
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Non-Commissioned Officers - Group Photo
Four rows of COTC non-commissioned officers in uniforms and hats. Taken outside Saskatoon Armouries in winter.
Lt. Col. J.H. Thompson - Portrait
Head and shoulders image of Lt. Col. J.H. Thompson in COTC uniform.
Bio/Historical Note: Born in Nottingham, England, Joseph H. Thompson received his early education in Saskatoon. Enlisting for service in the Great War, he joined the RAF overseas. Badly injured in a crash he lost the sight of one eye and the other was seriously impaired. He later became an accountant with his own practice in Saskatoon until 1938 when he became an accounting instructor at the university. Thompson became dean of the School of Accounting in May 1940 and also took over command of the COTC that same month. He continued as dean of the newly named College of Commerce from 1944-1951. Thompson’s command came to an end 21 March 1947 having served with the COTC since 1921 (with the exception of Active Service in Regina from 1939 to 1940). In addition to being Dean of Commerce he was chairman of the Board of Governors of Emmanuel College. He had retained his military affiliations as aide-de-camp to lieutenant governors J. M. Ulrich and William J. Patterson and was also Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the COTC. Thompson died suddenly on 9 March 1952 at 55 years of age.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Officers - Group Photo
COTC officers standing and sitting informally for indoor group photo; flags and emblems visible on back wall at Saskatoon Armouries.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets - Marching
COTC "A" Company marching in front of Engineering Building.
War emergency medical training undertaken by women on campus for three hours per week during World War II. Two women watch a third woman work on a fourth woman as a 'patient.' [In a classroom setting].
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Group Photo
Seven rows of COTC officers and cadets seated in front of Chemistry Building.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Reunion
COTC reunion banquet. Seated at head table are J.W.T. Spinks, University President; Norman K. Cram, R.W. Cram and Mary Spinks; waiter and waitress visible in background.
Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Inspection
Elevated view of COTC officers and cadets lined up in groups standing at attention while they shoulder their rifles inside Rutherford Rink. Flags and emblems in background; "No Smoking" signs hang from rafters.
Better Farming Train - In Transit
The Better Farming Train as viewed from across a prairie field.
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.