Photograph of the canon that sat on the southeast corner of the memorial grounds

Lucy Murray, second from right, with three mountain climbing friends, rest after reaching the summit of Mount Thompson, Banff National Park, Alberta.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1902 in Nova Scotia, Lucy Hunter Murray was the second daughter of Walter C. Murray, the University of Saskatchewan's first president, and Christina Cameron Murray. Lucy Murray received her BA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1923 and her MA from the University of Toronto in 1925. Then followed a B.Ed. degree in 1933 at the University of Saskatchewan where she received the McColl scholarship in 1933. Murray earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1935. She joined the Regina College's department of English in 1936 and was an Associate Professor there at the time of her death in 1967. Murray was given the Cliff Shaw Memorial Award for her contributions to the Blue Jay, the journal of the Saskatchewan Natural History Society.

Image of part of an architectural drawing of the proposed Haultain Hall.

Bio/historical note: The main entrance to a proposed Arts Building put out to tender in 1930, but stopped by the depression. It was to be named Haultain Hall after Sir Frederick Haultain, Premier of the North West Territories, 1891-1905, Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, 1917-1939. His ashes are buried near the Memorial Gates where there is a tablet to commemorate him. The architect was David Brown.

Display with labels of varieties of sorghum and a man standing at left to indicate the height of the crop.

Display with labels of varieties of corn and a man and a child stand in front to indicate the height of the crop. Varieties displayed are Longfellow, North Dakota White Flint, Sunshine Dent, King Philip Duke, Rustlers White Dent, and Pioneer White Dent.

Evan A. Hardy, professor of Agricultural Engineeering, demonstrates plows at the Saskatoon Exhibition. Crowds observing; large building in background.

Posed indoor image of students sitting on bleachers.

Posed indoor image of students.

Head and shoulders image of William W. Swanson, Department of Economics, 1916-1945.

Bio/Historical Note: William Walker Swanson earned a BA with Honours in Political Science from Queen's University, and studied under Professor Adam Shortt. He earned a Ph.D. at Chicago University. Swanson died in 1950.

Head and shoulders image of J.G. Rayner, Director of Extension, 1918-1952.

Bio/Historical Note: John George Rayner was born 1 Oct. 1890 in London, England. At age 2 his family came to Canada, settling on a farm near Virden, Manitoba. After completing his high school education there, he attended the Manitoba College of Agriculture in Winnipeg, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree in 1913. In 1914 Rayner was employed as agricultural representative with the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture, his district taking in a large portion of the northwest part of the settled area of the province. With an appointment in 1918 as director of boys' and girls' club work at the Extension Department at the Saskatoon campus, University of Saskatchewan, Rayner began a 34-year association with the rural young people of Saskatchewan. He was dedicated to the principle of development of the individual, and was one of the founders of the Canadian Council of Boys' and Girls' work in 1933. Rayner served as the council's president in 1937 and 1947, and was instrumental in getting the name "4-H" applied to rural youth clubs in Canada. He served as director of the Extension Department from 1920 until the time of his death in 1952. Rayner was a charter member of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists (now the Agricultural Institute of Canada) of which he became a fellow. He was also a charter member of the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists. As secretary-treasurer of the Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies Association and the Saskatchewan Horticultural Societies Association he was responsible for the supervision and direction of these organizations for 32 years. In 1965 the 4-H Foundation's Camp Rayner was named in Rayner’s honour, and in 1973 he was posthumously named to Saskatchewan's Hall of Fame. Rayner died in Saskatoon on 30 June 1952.

[?] Gowen sitting on a furrow plow and driving a twenty horse outfit during a plowing match.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1910 the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture turned over to the University the responsibility for the development and delivery of agricultural and women's extension programs throughout the Province. To fulfill this mandate, the Department of Agricultural Extension (1910) and Women's Work (1913) were established within the College of Agriculture. Initially the activities of Agricultural Extension focused on services to the Agricultural Societies--short courses, institutes (meetings and conferences), plowing matches, field crop contests, stock judging, etc.

W.R. Motherwell (left), Member of Parliament for Melville and former Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, looking on as three men grade their poultry as they stand amongst crates of birds indoors.

Cross bred [Barred Rock hens and New Hampshire males] feeding at the trough.

Bio/historical note: The Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture gave every encouragement to poultry producers to improve the quality of their market. "Poultry Public", fattening stations were established and numerous killing and fattening demonstrations were given.

Dr. Wilf Rae and Percy Vials, Poultry Science, standing at each end of boxes of chickens that are crated ready for shipping.

Head and shoulders image of Frank E. Riches, Business Manager, 1921-1942.

Bio/Historical Note: Frank E. Riches was the business manager at the University of Saskatchewan from 1921 to 1942, during those inter-war years when the institution was developing rapidly. To him fell the responsibility of establishing a.business routine that could match and at the same time regulate that growth. He set up the University Bookstore and the post office. He instituted a budgeting system for all university departments. Riches died in Ontario in 1968.