Image of the Intensely Vigorous College Nine mixing with the crowd at a football game at Griffiths Stadium. Press boxes and camera perch visible in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Intensely Vigorous College Nine marching band was founded on 1 October 1954 by “Bobs” Caldwell as a spoof on college marching bands. It began life as the Dawn Sommers-Irvine Epstein Memorial Band, in reference to a 1954 prank in which three law students convinced everyone on campus that an aspiring Winnipeg actress visiting campus was actually a rising starlet on contract with Paramount Studios. Irvine Emmanuel Epstein was supposedly the one who exposed the hoax, hence the name. In the fall of 1954 the band changed its name to the G.B. Armstrong Memorial Vegetable Soup Contest and Tug O’ War College Marching Band before settling on the Intensely Vigorous College Nine, perhaps in reference to the ‘College Nine,’ a popular student swing band of the late 1940s. Having rehearsed regularly and dismissing rumours that they were learning only one number, members summed up the band’s progress by noting “she’s not much for music but she’s hell for laughs.” Their first public appearance was at the Homecoming weekend parade. So unusual was their talent, so original their arrangements and so spirited their participation during those festivities that the College Nine were named “Men of the Week” by the Sheaf. The Intensely Vigorous College Nine remained a campus tradition long past the graduation of its original membership, and was an entertaining presence at the University until the mid-1990s. In addition to being active participants in student life, many band members went on to great achievement in their professional careers. Indeed, one alumnus of the College Nine, Ray Hnatyshyn (1934-2002) PC CC CMM CD QC QC (Sask) Hon. FRHSC, became Governor-General of Canada in 1989.

Members of the Pharmacy Students' Society sit, socialize, study, and smoke together.

Head and shoulders image of E. Kent Phillips, member, University Board of Governors.

Bio/Historical note: Edward Kent Phillips was born in Ottawa on 31 July 1904 and came to Saskatoon as a young boy. He graduated from Nutana Collegiate and received an MA in Engineering in 1925 from the University of Saskatchewan. He received his MA in Civil Engineering from the U of S in 1927. From 1925 until 1947, Phillips was a lecturer in the College of Engineering. From 1960-1966 he served as a member of the University Board of Governors. He was also a member of the University Senate and president of the University Alumni Association. Aside from his academic career, Phillips was also a prominent athlete. He played forward for the University of Saskatchewan hockey team in 1921-1922, the year the team became champions of the Saskatoon-Prince Albert Hockey League. He was also involved in rugby, having been part of the Saskwanis Rugby Club when they were Western Canadian champions in 1922. From 1928-1937 Phillips coached the football team and was an assistant coach from 1941-1943. In 1947 he became the first president of the Saskatoon Hilltops Junior Football Club. In 1948 Phillips became president of the Canadian Rugby Union. In 1951 Phillips was appointed commissioner of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, the precursor to the Canadian Football League’s West Division. He was also a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders executive. Phillips died on 5 March 1972 in Saskatoon. He was inducted posthumously into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. The E. Kent Phillips trophy is one of the Major 7 Awards given out by Huskie Athletics annually. The first E. Kent Phillips trophy was given to Dan Marisi in 1966. Prior to 1989, the award was awarded to an outstanding male athlete of a team sport. After 1989, the award was awarded to male recipients competing on an individual basis.

Image of speaker addressing audience at the first Physiotherapy Graduation held in Convocation Hall. View from back of hall looking towards dais.

Head and shoulders image of Linda J. Pipke, Extension Specialist, Department of Extension, 1970-1972.

Studio portrait of Bob Polischuk, Huskie high jumper, wearing a track uniform in an indoor scene.

Bob Hills (left), president, Engineering Students' Society, presents a Robert Hurley painting to Arthur J. Porter, departing Dean of Engineering.

View of model of Physics Addition with minor landscaping. Made by Nik Semenoff, according to The Business Leader, Vol. 1 no.1 August 1964.

Indoor group photo of members (including five women) of the University Physics Club.

Image of J.A. (Jack) Pringle, University Controller, talking on the telephone while seated at his desk.

Bio/historical note: John Alexander (Jack) Pringle was appointed Vice-President (Admin) on 1 July 1975. The Board of Governors created the position as part of the major administration reorganization after the creation of the University of Regina. Pringle had been employed by the University since 1947 in a variety of administrative positions including Bursar and Controller. His V.P. duties included the development of policy and procedures in the area of financial management, personnel relations, physical plant administration, purchasing and business operations, such as residences, food services and the bookstore. Pringle retired in 1981.

Head and shoulders image of J.A. (Jack) Pringle, University Vice-President (Admin).

Bio/historical note: John Alexander (Jack) Pringle was appointed Vice-President (Admin) on 1 July 1975. The Board of Governors created the position as part of the major administration reorganization after the creation of the University of Regina. Pringle had been employed by the University since 1947 in a variety of administrative positions including Bursar and Controller. His V.P. duties included the development of policy and procedures in the area of financial management, personnel relations, physical plant administration, purchasing and business operations, such as residences, food services and the bookstore. Pringle retired in 1981.

A male lab worker operates a machine in the Pulmonary Research Laboratory.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Frank Quance, first Dean, College of Education, 1928-1947.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Francis Melville Quance was born in 1883 in Elimville, Ontario. He attended Normal School in Regina before going on to the University of Alberta, where he earned both a BA (1914) and MA (1915). He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1926. Dr. Quance first taught in rural and secondary schools in Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan between 1901 and 1916, and became an inspector of schools in 1916-1917. In 1917 he joined the staff of the Normal School in Regina as an assistant; by 1927 he had been appointed principal. That same year Dr. Quance came to the University of Saskatchewan to organize the School of Education, and the following year was appointed the first dean of the newly-created college. Under his leadership the College of Education developed from a one-year postgraduate certificate course to an undergraduate degree program. Dr. Quance retired in 1947 and was named Dean Emeritus. That same year he established the annual Quance Lecture Series. During his career Dr. Quance gained a reputation as a leading Canadian educator, and was particularly well-known for developing the first spellers in Canada based on research. The U of S awarded him an honourary Doctor of Laws in 1959. Dr. Quance died in Saskatoon on 10 September 1968. Quance Avenue in Greystone Heights honours him.

View looking south across the Bowl of Qu'Appelle Hall; shrubbery in foreground.

Head and shoulders photo of Dr. David L. Kaplan, Professor, Department of Music, from 1960-1991.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. David Leon Kaplan was born in Chicago on 12 December 1923 and grew up in a musical family. His father, Joshua Samuel Kaplan, played euphonium in a Russian army band and later in Chicago brass bands. His mother, Nettie (née Lurie), born in Lithuania, was a student of the piano. David Kaplan served with the United States Army Sothern Command Variety Ensemble from 1942 until 1946 under the direction of Major Wayne King, known as the “Waltz King of America”. Dr. Kaplan credited his wartime service for exposing him to new musicians and new musical styles, including jazz. Over the next number of years he earned a series of degrees - Bachelor of Music from Roosevelt University (1948), Master of Music from Oberlin College (1950) and a PhD in Music from the University of Indiana (1978). He taught music in Chicago, rural Illinois and West Texas State University before moving to Saskatoon in 1960 and a two-year term position at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Education. He remained at the U of S for the rest of his career and served as Department of Music head from 1966 to 1982, introducing several new programs. He taught courses in music history, theory and world music until his retirement in 1991. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Kaplan was very active in the music and social life of his newly adopted community. He conducted the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) from 1963-1969 and again from 1970-1971. He also composed music for plays and musical productions, adjudicated at music festivals, gave public lectures and wrote about the clarinet and music education. A number of organizations benefited from Dr. Kaplan’s involvement, including the Canadian Music Council, the Canadian Music Centre, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Nutana Rotary Club and the Saskatoon Multicultural Council. He was founding chair of the Saskatchewan Music Council in 1967. He co-founded the Saskatoon Festival of Faith bringing together people of different faiths, including Aboriginals, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and others, to express their spiritual traditions through speech, music and dance. Dr. Kaplan was the festival’s music director from 1985 to 1989 and wrote five choral works on multicultural themes. An impromptu jam session at a bar mitzvah at the Congregation Agudas Israel synagogue led Kaplan to found Zmarim: the Saskatoon Klezmer Band. He went on to write more than 200 arrangements for the ensemble. The inaugural Saskatoon Klezmer Music Festival was held in November 2007. Dr. Kaplan was also an avid collector of musical instruments and donated his personal collection of almost 200 instruments to the U of S in early 2013. Dr. Kaplan received numerous honours, including the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (2006) and induction into the Order of Canada (2002). In 2009, he was named ambassador of the Canadian Music Centre in recognition of his life’s work. Kaplan Green, in Arbor Creek, a residential neighbourhood in northeast Saskatoon, was named in his honour. Dr. Kaplan died in Saskatoon on 6 April 2015 at age 91.