W.J. Brennan, dean of Commerce, presents the Goodspeed Award to Maureen Yvette Gutek of Humboldt during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Georgia Marie (Dodie) Goodspeed was born in Battlefords, Saskatchewan. She was awarded a Governor General’s Medal while in high school, and entered the University of Saskatchewan to study accounting in 1935, earned her Bachelor of Accounting degree in 1939. Goodspeed returned to the Battlefords for three years to article with V.J. Ferguson and Company. She became an instructor in Accounting at the U of S in 1942, an assistant professor in 1950 and professor in 1956. Goodspeed earned an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1949. She was assistant dean of Commerce for many years, and was acting dean twice – in 1962, and from 1964-1965. A champion of the college, Goodspeed was instrumental in upgrading the Bachelor of Commerce program to a four-year degree, and fought hard for the establishment of the Commerce Building. She was also the first woman in Canada to be named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (1960). She retired in 1984 and was named Assistant Dean Emerita. Dodie Goodspeed died in [October] 1986 in Saskatoon. The Goodspeed Award is given to the top graduate of the Edwards School of Business. A state-of-the-art lecture theatre in the college was named in her honour in 2000.

J.L. Blackburn, dean of Pharmacy, presents the Martin Prize in Pharmacy to Kendra Joan Gilbertson of Melfort at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Dr. Ian M. McDonald, dean of Medicine, presents the Lindsay Gold Medal in Medicine to Brian Arthur Thiessen of Saskatoon at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Action shot of a Huskies game at Griffiths Stadium. Fans in bleachers in background.

Looking northwest at the most westerly Memorial Gate and Tablet.

Cup winners (l to r): L. MacDonald, M. McLure, B. Phillips, M. Galon, B. Turner (coach), Jim Scissons and K. Rever.

View of front of Linear Accelerator Building with building sign visible.

Bio/Historical Note: The building of the Linear Accelerator (Linac) was not a random event but rather the result of a series of developments on campus. The Department of Physics had over the previous decades built a reputation for experimentation and innovation. The post-war period saw the University of Saskatchewan in the forefront of nuclear physics in Canada. In 1948, Canada’s first betatron (and the world’s first used in the treatment of cancer) was installed on campus. It was used for research programs in nuclear physics, radiation chemistry, cancer therapy and radiation biology. Next the world’s first non-commercial cobalt-60 therapy unit for the treatment of cancer was officially opened in 1951. With this unit research was undertaken in the areas of radiological physics, radiation chemistry and the effects of high energy radiation on plants and animals. When the construction of the Linear Accelerator was announced in the fall of 1961, it was portrayed as the next logical step on the University’s research path. Varian Associates, Palo Alto, California, designed and built the accelerator with Poole Construction of Saskatoon employed as the general contractor. The 80 foot electron accelerator tube was to create energy six times that of the betatron. The cost of the $1,750,000 facility was split between the National Research Council and the University of Saskatchewan with the NRC meeting the cost of the equipment and the University assuming the costs of the building. The official opening in early November of 1964 was more than just a few speeches and the cutting of a ribbon. It was a physics-fest, with 75 visiting scientist from around the world in attendance presenting papers and giving lectures over the period of several days. Three eminent physicists were granted honorary degrees at the fall convocation and hundreds of people showed up for the public open house. For three decades the Linac has served the campus research community and will continue to do so as it has become incorporated into the Canadian Light Source synchrotron.

Hockey team members, back row (l to r): Allan A. Smith, Arthur Hughes Sargeant, J. Harvey Harrop, Arthur Wellesley Henry (coach). Front row: Thomas Caldwell, Leonard Cooney, Pontus Wicklund, Henry Dell Perley. Outdoor image.

Looking north at Qu'Appelle Hall (men's residence) before Place Riel was built; road and tree in foreground.

Summer scene looking south of Qu'Appelle Hall, the men's residence. Sidewalk and lamp post in foreground.

Looking southeast at the John Mitchell Building (Soil and Dairy Sciences). Sidewalk, lamp post, and trees in foreground.

View of campus at centre; South Saskatchewan River and 25th Street Bridge at bottom; University lands and Sutherland in background. College Drive running at right of image.

View looking southeast with campus at centre of image. River, riverbank and Lutheran Seminary at bottom of photograph; College Drive intersects image. University lands and residential areas in background.

Looking north at campus buildings (l to r): Engineering Building, Livestock Pavilion, and Main Barn.

Indoor posed image of team members; C.M. Andrews, G. Entwistle, W.E. Greenhalgh, H. Newton, Prof. Millman, Smith Atimoyoo, H. Vines, A. Cummings, W. Buxton (capt), H. Jones, N.H. Atkinson (mgr).