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College of Home Economics - Class of 1946 Reunion

Group photo of dignitaries at a special ceremony held to recognize Dr. Hope H. Hunt's work in the School of Household Science/College of Home Economics. Standing: Mrs. Minto Symons; J.W.T. Spinks, University President; Lorna Davis. Seated: Dr. Edith C. Rowles Simpson, dean, College of Home Economics; Dr. Hope Hunt; Dr. Anne Kernaleguen, former Home Economics faculty member; and Mary Spinks. The ceremony was part of the 25th anniversary reunion of the Home Economics class of 1946.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Hope H. Hunt was dean of the School of Household Science and of the {renamed in 1952) College of Home Economics from 1942 to 1965. She died 21 January 1995 in Saskatoon at age 97.

Dr. Wanda Young - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Wanda Young, professor of Home Economics.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Wanda Ena Young was born 4 January 1923 in Park River, North Dakota. She achieved a Bachelor of Household Science degree at the University of Saskatchewan in 1943. Home Economics was taught for a year in Prince George, BC before completing a BEd at the University of Alberta in 1946. Junior and Senior Drama Certificates from the Banff School of Fine Arts supplemented teaching home economics at Scott Collegiate and Sheldon Williams Collegiate in Regina until 1968. In 1956 Dr. Young received an MA from Columbia University in New York. During her years in Regina she was president of the Regina Home Economics Association, Saskatchewan Home Economics Association and Canadian Home Economics Association. She became senior vice-president of the International Federation for Home Economics. She received the City of Regina President's Award. Dr. Young was invited to teach in the College of Home Economics at the U of S in 1968. She was an associate member of the College of Education. She completed a DPhil at Michigan State University in 1977. She retired as Professor Emeritus in 1990. During this time, Dr. Young received a number of research grants for projects in communication, women in science, home economics education and family studies. Her professional practice included membership of the Canadian Bureau for International Education Selection Committee for CIDA, peer reviews for home economics publications and parliamentarian for home economics associations at all levels. Dr. Young was a member of the Saskatchewan Department of Education Home Economics Curriculum Committee. She assisted the International Foundation for Home Economics at the Food and Agricultural Organization meetings in Turkey, Rome and Paris. Wanda Young died 6 October 2016 in [Saskatoon].

Department of Household Science - In Class

Department of Household Science - In Class

Ethel B. Rutter, instructor in Household Science, standing at far left at a lab station with ten students in the Household Science lab, located in the northwest corner of the College Building. Kitchen equipment in foreground; blackboard, clock and a set of doors in background. Students (l to r): Lula Mabel Barr, Bessie Mary Lakken, Lillian Ivanella Crum, Mary Elizabeth Jeanetta (Jean) Moore, Ethel Falkner, Rhea Walker, Mable Jane Pollock, Beulah Ferne Bannerman Bridgeman, Hilda Gruchy, Mildred Smith.

Bio/Historical Note: Formal instruction in Home Economics began at the University of Saskatchewan in 1916. Ethel B. Rutter came to campus to teach household science to Normal School (Education) students and students in the College of Arts and Science. Her first laboratory was in the College Building, with lectures given in Emmanuel College. Rutter described the equipment in the original foods laboratory as being two New Perfection coal oil stoves, one sink, a small ice refrigerator, two large cupboards and Bunsen burners under metal screening for top of the stove cookery. The Household Science department became a school in 1928, a college in 1942, and in 1952 was renamed the College of Home Economics. The college was disestablished in 1990, with the Home Economics teaching area continuing in the College of Education. The Nutrition program continued in the College of Pharmacy, which was renamed the College of Pharmacy & Nutrition in 1995.