Queen Elizabeth II shakes the hand of R.W. Begg, University President, as Prince Philip looks on.

Note on back: "Dr. T.R. Bone, principal of Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow, Scotland, was the first first speaker in the 1977-78 University Lecture series". Dr. Bone operates an overhead projector while speaking.

Note on back: "A new lily, named 'Saskatoon', was unveiled at the 30th International Lily Show by Saskatoon Mayor Cliff Wright (right) while E.A. Maginnis, Associate Professor of Horticulture Science, looks on".

Note on back: "Brazilians (l to r) Julio Meira e Sa, Clemente Carneiro da Silva, Marivone Gonzaga de Almeida, and Waldeciro Colaco gather a cylinder of soil adjacent to the U of S experimental grain plots for isotopic and nutrient analysis. The students are undertaking two-year doctoral soil science studies at the University and will return to Brazil in the fall of 1978 to begin projects related to tropical soils".

Note on back: "Dr. D.J. Cotton, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, calibrates the newly acquired mass spectrometer".

Dr. J.H.L. Mills, President, Faculty Club, speaking at annual faculty retirement banquet held in the Garry Room, Marquis Hall.

Note on back: "Prof. F.W. Bigsby, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, prepares to install one of the new monitors he has developed for farm tractors that indicates fuel efficiency in acres per gallon".

Note on back of photograph: "Dandina Nagarajo Rao (left) assembled the pilot plant in a chemical engineering laboratory at the U of S before taking it by truck to Prince Albert. Here, he discusses the plant's operation with Profs. N.N. Bakhshi (centre) and Doug Macdonald. The two containers at the top receive effluent from the pulp mill's bleach plant, the one on the left highly colored caustic effluent and the one on the right acid-containing effluent goes into the bottom right container where the fly ash is introduced. The acidified fly ash is then piped across to the bottom left container to treat the caustic effluent, which flows in from the top left container".

Note on back: "Dr. John Weil (seated) examines a model of a quartz crystal with Darbha Suryanarayana, a post-doctoral fellow whose employment is subsidized by the NRC [National Research Council] fund. The instrument in the background is an electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer, which is used to analyze defects in quartz crystals".

Close-up of greystone (local limestone), used in the construction of university buildings.

Prof. [R.T.] Robertson reads from a book during a class in English. are seated in desks.

J.B. Conway, Assistant Professor of Psychology, conducts abiofeedback experiment on a female subject. Subject is reclining while wearing headphones. An unidentified man sits behind subject in front of equipment.

J.D. May, Assistant Professor, Economics and Political Science, lectures to students in an Economics class.

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.