Sketch by David R. Brown, Architect, of proposed Memorial Gates and Tablet.

Bio/Historical Note: The Memorial Gates are a military memorial that is part of the University campus. Sixty-seven University students and faculty lost their lives while on service during World War I. The impact of the war on the University was immense: 330 students and faculty served during the War, a number equivalent to nearly all of the students who had registered the year prior to the beginning of the conflict. The desire to honor the staff and students who had fallen during the Great War was strong within the University community. As early as August 1918, 3 months prior to the formal Armistice, University President Walter C. Murray began making enquiries into the cost of a suitable memorial. What was settled upon were gates made of solid bronze, imported from England; the remainder, made of local greystone. Architect David R. Brown estimated the cost of what would come to be known as the Memorial Gates to be $30,000, with an additional $10,000 required for the memorial. The cement work was done by Richard J. Arrand in 1927-1928. A concerted fundraising effort among students and alumni helped cover the costs. The Memorial Gates were unveiled by President Murray and dedicated by the Bishop of Saskatchewan on 3 May 1928. A stone tablet, positioned between the bronze gates, bears the inscription: "These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War and gave their lives that we might live in freedom." For many years after, the site was used for the university’s Remembrance Day services at which wreaths are still laid every November 11th. These Gates were originally the entrance gates to campus and flanked University Drive. In the 1980s, due to increased traffic to the southwest portion of the campus, primarily Royal University Hospital, a new road entrance was built to the west. The gates remain, with the remnant of University Drive passing through them renamed Memorial Crescent. The gates are now primarily used by pedestrians, though the roadway is open to vehicles.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to William G. McIntosh at fall convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: William Gordon McIntosh was born in 1915 in Hanley, Saskatchewan. He grew up in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where he received his early education. McIntosh attended the University of Saskatchewan in 1932-1933 and obtained his pre-dental qualifications. McIntosh, a scholarship student, received his Degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Toronto in 1937. McIntosh became one of Canada’s first teachers and researchers in the field of Periodontics, a new clinical field at the time. During World War I McIntosh was a member of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps; he carried out highly significant research into the management of periodontal diseases. He conducted a practice for many years, primarily in Toronto, specializing in the field of Periodontics. McIntosh was a valued contributor to the teaching program in his specialty at the University of Toronto. He held positions of great responsibility in the Canadian Dental Association, the largest and most influential dental organization in Canada. He was chairman of the Research Committee of the Association during its early formative years; he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Dental Association from 1957-1961; and he was the Association President in 1959-1960. In 1965 McIntosh accepted the position of Secretary (now Executive Director) of the Canadian Dental Association. Following his outstanding dental career, McIntosh attended the Ontario College of Art from 1977-1984, building a hobby career as a fine sculptor. Primarily working in bronze, his works range from fountains and decorative pieces to the cranial mould that is still used by the Canadian Standards Council to test helmet safety. McIntosh combined his dental dexterity and artistic skills volunteering for many years as a tactile sculptor for the CNIB. For this and for years of recording talking books at the CNIB, he received the Queen's Jubilee Medal. McIntosh died in 2015 in Ontario at age 100.

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Charles G. Power at Convocation at Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Charles Gavan (Chubby) Power was born in 1888 in Sillery, Quebec, He was educated at Loyola College and Laval University, graduating in law; while a student he was an outstanding athlete, and ultimately was a star with the Quebec Bulldogs of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA). A proficient scorer, he scored four goals in one game in 1908 and five goals in a game in 1909. Power served overseas in World War I, first as a captain and then as an acting major. He was wounded during the Battle of the Somme and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during military operations. Power entered politics in the 1917 federal election in which he was elected as a "Laurier Liberal" during the Conscription Crisis of 1917. In 1935, Power was appointed minister of pensions and health in the Liberal cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. During World War II, he served as minister of national defence for air and was responsible for expanding the Royal Canadian Air Force. Power’s opposition to conscription led him to resign from the cabinet during the Conscription Crisis of 1944, after the government passed an Order in Council to send conscripts overseas. Power sat as an "Independent Liberal" for the duration of the war and was re-elected as an Independent Liberal in the 1945 federal election. He then rejoined the party and ran to succeed King in the 1948 Liberal leadership convention but came a poor third. Charles Power retired from the House of Commons in 1955. He was appointed to the Senate on 28 July 1955 and served until his death in Quebec City in 1968.

Grave of Richard St. Barbe Baker at Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon; trees and headstones in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Born 9 October 1889 near Southhampton, England, Richard Edward St. Barbe Baker was educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham; Emmanuel College, University of Saskatchewan; and Cambridge University where he completed forestry studies. Following service in World War I, and a brief stint with the British civil service, Baker was appointed Assistant Conservator of Forests in Kenya. There in 1922 he founded the Men of the Trees, enlisting the help of 9,000 voluntary tree planters in an attempt to arrest the invading Sahara. This society, which grew into an international organization, became the central cause of Baker’s life. He became a renowned forestry consultant, and over the years was called upon to advise governments in many nations on forestry and conservation matters, including Palestine, New Zealand, the United States, Africa, and India. Baker also was active in promoting international co-operation and was involved in preparations for the first World Forestry Congress held in Rome in 1926. In addition to his extensive forestry and conservation activities, Baker wrote and published widely and has more than thirty books and scores of articles to his credit. While much of his writing is autobiographical in nature, he also wrote about tree, forestry and conservation concerns, spiritual and religious topics, health matters, and horses, and also produced some material specifically for children. Throughout Baker’s life he was in demand as a public lecturer, speaking to numerous audiences in many countries, and gave talks in schools all over Britain and New Zealand. Baker’s radio talks were featured on the BBC in Britain, and he was also heard on radio in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and Africa. Beyond his forestry and literary activities, he was strongly involved with the Baha'i Faith, and was a proponent of healthful living. He received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1972, and in 1977 the Order of the British Empire was bestowed upon him. In 1959 Baker lived in New Zealand until his death on 9 June 1982 in Saskatoon while visiting the University of Saskatchewan. He was 92 years old.

View of a portion of the Roll of Honour, inscribed with the names of 23 persons who served as volunteer nurses during the Influenza Epidemic of 1918) on the first floor of the College Building. Names: Mrs. John Allan MacDonald, Abigail DeLury, Annie M. (Nan) McKay, Christina Cameron Murray (daughter of Walter Murray), Eileen Bell, Kathleen Stevenson (became ill), Stella Methery, Ada Louise Staples (became ill), Katherine Margaret Manson (became ill), Isabel [Isobel] Aberdeen Reid, Vida Mooney, Lulu Mabel Barr, Etta McLeod (became ill), Tena McRae (became ill), Ethel Annie MacFarlane (became ill), Oscar [Oskar] Knodt (became ill), Otto R. Thompson, William G. Hamilton (died), C.S. Hallman, T. Thorvaldson, Mrs. W.C. Murray (Christine Cameron Murray), Janet Crawford, Merle Elizabeth Soare (became ill).

Bio/Historical Note: As the Spanish flu arrived in Saskatoon in 1918 after World War I, Walter C. Murray, University President, gave people a chance to leave the campus if they wished, then ordered a quarantine. The campus for the most part was isolated from the rest of the city, except for Emmanuel College, which became an emergency treatment centre staffed mostly by women volunteers. In granting the use of the building on 19 Oct. 1918, the college only asked that the city fumigate the building and bedding when they were no longer needed. One of the student volunteers who assisted at Emmanuel College became ill after two days and died several days later, Murray reported to the man’s mother in a letter. The student, William G. Hamilton, received full funeral honours, including a procession at the university. Hamilton, a widower, left behind three young children. Murray wrote to his mother that if he had known the young man had children depending upon him, they would have tried to dissuade him from offering his services.

Head and shoulders image of Roy A. Spencer, College of Engineering, 1921-1954.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Roy Aubrey Spencer was born in 1889 in Port Morien, Nova Scotia. He came to the University of Saskatchewan from Dalhousie University in 1921 and served as assistant professor of Civil Engineering. Dr. Spencer married Marguerita MacQuarrie in 1922 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He was appointed dean of Engineering in 1944 and retired in 1953. He also served in the University Senate from 1942-1954. Roy Spencer died in 1967 in Saskatoon. Spencer Crescent, Lane, Place and Way in the Silverwood neighborhood are named for the Spencers.

Bio/Historical Note: Born into the large musical McQuarrie family of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1892, Marguerita (Rita) Spencer studied piano, organ and cello at Halifax Ladies’ College and at McGill University. From 1918-1921 she trained as a nurse at Toronto General Hospital. In 1922 Rita married Dr. Roy Spencer; they moved to Saskatoon, where he taught engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. During World War I she accompanied silent movies; she also played troop concerts then and during World War II. She continued her studies in Saskatoon under Helen Davies Sherry, Lyell Gustin, and others. She performed on a weekly CBC program and with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, and headed the Saskatoon Women’s Musical Club and the Musical Arts Club. Of Rita's nearly forty compositions, she is best known for Prairie Suite No. 1 and 24 Preludes; but many of them appeared on music festival programs and conservatory exams throughout Canada. Partly blind in old age, Rita used a tape recorder and transcriber. She received the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal and recognition in international music sources. Rita Spencer died in 1993 in Saskatoon at age 100.

E.C. Leslie, chancellor, University of Regina; George F. Curtis, dean of Law, University of Calgary; and Walter A. Tucker, Saskatchewan CCF politician, chat at an unidentified event.

Bio/Historical Note: Everett Clayton Leslie (1893-1978) contributed to the profession of Law and post-secondary education in his adopted province of Saskatchewan. He served with the 85th Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders during World War I. Following his return from Europe, he earned a BA from Acadia University and an LLB from the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to carrying on a general law practice, he served as a member of the Board of Governors of the U of S and was installed as the first Chancellor of the University of Regina in October 1974. Leslie was awarded honourary degrees from Acadia and Queen’s universities and the University of Saskatchewan (1959), Leslie was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1969.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Adam Tucker (1899-1990) earned his BA from the University of Manitoba and an LLB from the University of Saskatchewan. He won a seat in the House of Commons of Canada where he was a Liberal MP for Rosthern, Saskatchewan from 1935-1948. Tucker served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Veterans Affairs from 1945-1948. He moved to provincial politics to lead the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in the 1948 provincial election against the CCF government of Tommy Douglas promoting the Liberals as the defenders of capitalism against the socialist CCF. While Tucker was able to win a seat in the provincial legislature and become Leader of the Opposition, he failed in his attempts to defeat the CCF government in 1948 and then again in 1952. Tucker resigned his seat in the provincial legislature in 1953 and returned to the federal House of Commons in the 1953 federal election. Tucker was re-elected in the 1957 election but was defeated in the Diefenbaker landslide the following year in the 1958 election. In 1963 Tucker was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan where he served as a judge until 1974.

E.K. (Ted) Turner, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. Leon Katz at spring Convocation ceremony held at Centennial Auditorium. Iain MacLean, University Secretary, prepares to hood recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Leon Katz was born in 1910 in Lutsk (then part of the Russian Empire; after World War I part of Poland), He emigrated to Canada in 1920 and was reunited with his father who emigrated in 1914. During these early years Dr. Katz studied at Toronto Central Technical School to become an electrician; however, through an exchange program with Queens University, he was able to transfer into a science program working part-time to afford tuition. Dr. Katz completed his undergraduate and MSc degrees at Queen’s University, and received a PhD from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Katz specialized in Accelerator Physics, RF Systems and, in later life, Chaos Theory. After working for Westinghouse Electric Company on radar equipment for aircraft, in Pittsburgh, in 1946 Dr. Katz moved to Saskatoon to become an associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan. In collaboration with Drs. Haslam and Johns he was part of the team that was successful in bring a Betatron to the University of Saskatchewan. It was used as the first radiation therapy facility in the province and also for research. Dr. Katz was the founding Director of the Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory from 1964-1975 that eventually led to the formation of the Canadian Light Source. He received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 1990. Dr. Katz died in Saskatoon in 2004 at age 94.

F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to A.Y. Jackson at Convocation ceremony held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Registrar, prepares to hood recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Alexander Young Jackson (1882-1974) was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Jackson made a significant contribution to the development of art in Canada, and was successful in bringing together the artists of Montreal and Toronto. He exhibited with the Group of Seven from 1920. In addition to Jackson’s work with the Group of Seven, his long career included serving as a War Artist during World War I (1917-1919) and teaching at the Banff School of Fine Arts from 1943-1949. In his later years he was artist-in-residence at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario. In 1964 Jackson submitted his own design during the Great Flag Debate. It was similar in design to the Pearson Pennant. In 1965 Jackson had a serious stroke that put an end to his painting career. He recuperated at the home of friend and painter Ralph Wallace Burton, and later moved to the McMichael Conservation Estate in Kleinburg, Ontario. Jackson died in a nursing home in Toronto in 1974. He is buried on the grounds of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. His niece Naomi Jackson Groves published several books about his life and work including Two Jacksons (2000), an account of a shared trip through France and Germany in 1936.

F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree to Murdock A. MacPherson at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Registrar, prepares to hood the recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Murdoch Alexander MacPherson was born in 1891 at MacPherson House on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He attended law school at Dalhousie University in Halifax. MacPherson served in World War I and commanded a company of the 10th Battalion at the Battle of Vimy Ridge where he came out unscathed. He was wounded by shellfire, however, at Arleux, near Arras, a few days later. MacPherson Avenue in Regina, Saskatchewan was later named in his honour, and is an official memorial of the Canadian Department of National Defence. After the war he practiced law in Saskatchewan and eventually became a Queen's Counsel (QC). MacPherson was first elected to the Saskatchewan legislative assembly in 1924, and remained a member of the Legislative Assembly until his defeat in the 1934 provincial election that wiped out the Conservative Party. He was called to Ottawa late in the term of the R.B. Bennett government to assist in creating the Farm Credit Corporation. In 1959 he headed a Royal Commission: the MacPherson Commission. In 1938 and again in 1942, MacPherson was a candidate at the federal Conservative leadership conventions, coming in second place on both occasions. The University of Saskatchewan awarded MacPherson an honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree in 1961. MacPherson died in Regina in 1966.

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. Harry S. Hay at spring Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Harry S. Hay was a local leader in art, music and education and served in numerous charitable organizations in Saskatoon. He began an optometrist practice in Saskatoon in 1922. Dr. Hay was a member of the Saskatoon Collegiate Institute Board from 1950-1969. Dr. Hay served as president of both the Saskatchewan School Trustees’ Association and the Canadian School Trustees’ Association. He was a member of the University Senate from 1959-1962 and was active in the University’s Golden Jubilee Fund campaign. Dr. Hay was president of the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association, a member of the Board of Managers of the Saskatoon Art Center and a member of the committee for a Saskatoon City Auditorium. For ten years he served as provincial chairman of the Easter Seal Committee for Crippled Children and Adults (the name changed to Saskatchewan Abilities Council in 1984). Dr. Hay served his country in both world wars. During World War I he was a member of the University of Saskatchewan’s Tank Battalion. During World War II he was chairman of the Canadian Army Show, and chairman of the “Milk for Britain” Committee. Dr. Hay was invested as a Member of the British Empire for auxiliary war services. He was President of the Saskatoon Rotary Club, District Governor and a member of the Rotary International Board of Directors. Dr. Hay died in Saskatoon in 1976.

Image of the University Company of the 28th Battalion. Members, back row (l to r): Arthur G. Gruchy, C. Day, H. Barr, C.A. Scott, Louis Brehaut. Second row: Harry Berry, W. Garrod, Herbert Olding, John Bolton Allen, William Burd and Corporal William Exton Lloyd. Front row: Sergeant Arthur Stephen Kenyon Lloyd, Sergeant J. Eadon Reaney, Lieutenant B. Smith, Sergeant H. Spackman and Sergeant Reginald J. Bateman.

Bio/Historical Note: The 28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The 28th Battalion originally recruited in Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Fort William and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario and was mobilized at Winnipeg, Manitoba. The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 29 May 1915. It disembarked in France on 18 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920. The battalion had five officers commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel J.F.L. Embury, CMG, 29 May 1915 – 17 September 1916; Lieutenant-Colonel A. Ross, DSO, 17 September 1916 – 1 October 1918; Major G.F.D. Bond, MC, 2 October 1918 – 6 November 1918; Major A.F. Simpson, DSO, 6 November 1918 – 16 December 1918; Lieutenant-Colonel D.E. MacIntyre, DSO, MC, 16 December 1918-Demobilization.The 28th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours: Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, 1918; Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1916, 1918, Vimy, 1917, Scarpe, 1917, 1918, Hill 70; Ypres 1917; Passchendaele; Amiens; Hindenburg Line; Drocourt-Quéant; Canal du Nord; Cambrai, 1918; Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders, 1915-1918.

View looking north of the most westerly Memorial Gate; University Hospital in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Memorial Gates are a military memorial that is part of the University campus. Sixty-seven University students and faculty lost their lives while on service during World War I. The impact of the war on the University was immense: 330 students and faculty served during the War, a number equivalent to nearly all of the students who had registered the year prior to the beginning of the conflict. The desire to honor the staff and students who had fallen during the Great War was strong within the University community. As early as August 1918, 3 months prior to the formal Armistice, University President Walter C. Murray began making enquiries into the cost of a suitable memorial. What was settled upon were gates made of solid bronze, imported from England; the remainder, made of local greystone. Architect David R. Brown estimated the cost of what would come to be known as the Memorial Gates to be $30,000, with an additional $10,000 required for the memorial. The cement work was done by Richard J. Arrand in 1927-1928. A concerted fundraising effort among students and alumni helped cover the costs. The Memorial Gates were unveiled by President Murray and dedicated by the Bishop of Saskatchewan on 3 May 1928. A stone tablet, positioned between the bronze gates, bears the inscription: "These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War and gave their lives that we might live in freedom." For many years after, the site was used for the university’s Remembrance Day services at which wreaths are still laid every November 11th. These Gates were originally the entrance gates to campus and flanked University Drive. In the 1980s, due to increased traffic to the southwest portion of the campus, primarily Royal University Hospital, a new road entrance was built to the west. The gates remain, with the remnant of University Drive passing through them renamed Memorial Crescent. The gates are now primarily used by pedestrians, though the roadway is open to vehicles.

Looking north at progress of construction of the Memorial Gates. Physics and College buildings in background, with St. Andrew's College at far right.

Bio/Historical Note: The Memorial Gates are a military memorial that is part of the University campus. Sixty-seven University students and faculty lost their lives while on service during World War I. The impact of the war on the University was immense: 330 students and faculty served during the War, a number equivalent to nearly all of the students who had registered the year prior to the beginning of the conflict. The desire to honor the staff and students who had fallen during the Great War was strong within the University community. As early as August 1918, 3 months prior to the formal Armistice, University President Walter C. Murray began making enquiries into the cost of a suitable memorial. What was settled upon were gates made of solid bronze, imported from England; the remainder, made of local greystone. Architect David R. Brown estimated the cost of what would come to be known as the Memorial Gates to be $30,000, with an additional $10,000 required for the memorial. The cement work was done by Richard J. Arrand in 1927-1928. A concerted fundraising effort among students and alumni helped cover the costs. The Memorial Gates were unveiled by President Murray and dedicated by the Bishop of Saskatchewan on 3 May 1928. A stone tablet, positioned between the bronze gates, bears the inscription: "These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War and gave their lives that we might live in freedom." For many years after, the site was used for the university’s Remembrance Day services at which wreaths are still laid every November 11th. These Gates were originally the entrance gates to campus and flanked University Drive. In the 1980s, due to increased traffic to the southwest portion of the campus, primarily Royal University Hospital, a new road entrance was built to the west. The gates remain, with the remnant of University Drive passing through them renamed Memorial Crescent. The gates are now primarily used by pedestrians, though the roadway is open to vehicles.

Looking northeast at progress of construction of the Memorial Gates. Workers digging in foreground. College Building visible in background, with St. Andrew's College at far right.

Bio/Historical Note: The Memorial Gates are a military memorial that is part of the University campus. Sixty-seven University students and faculty lost their lives while on service during World War I. The impact of the war on the University was immense: 330 students and faculty served during the War, a number equivalent to nearly all of the students who had registered the year prior to the beginning of the conflict. The desire to honor the staff and students who had fallen during the Great War was strong within the University community. As early as August 1918, 3 months prior to the formal Armistice, University President Walter C. Murray began making enquiries into the cost of a suitable memorial. What was settled upon were gates made of solid bronze, imported from England; the remainder, made of local greystone. Architect David R. Brown estimated the cost of what would come to be known as the Memorial Gates to be $30,000, with an additional $10,000 required for the memorial. The cement work was done by Richard J. Arrand in 1927-1928. A concerted fundraising effort among students and alumni helped cover the costs. The Memorial Gates were unveiled by President Murray and dedicated by the Bishop of Saskatchewan on 3 May 1928. A stone tablet, positioned between the bronze gates, bears the inscription: "These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War and gave their lives that we might live in freedom." For many years after, the site was used for the university’s Remembrance Day services at which wreaths are still laid every November 11th. These Gates were originally the entrance gates to campus and flanked University Drive. In the 1980s, due to increased traffic to the southwest portion of the campus, primarily Royal University Hospital, a new road entrance was built to the west. The gates remain, with the remnant of University Drive passing through them renamed Memorial Crescent. The gates are now primarily used by pedestrians, though the roadway is open to vehicles.