An exterior view of a storefront located in Argo, Saskatchewan

Two boys standing in a field

Five children in a field

A man sitting on a threshing machine in a field

Eight children sitting in a car in front of the Neola Rural School near Biggar, Saskatchewan

COTC cadets in civilian attire holding rifles in front of Saskatoon Armouries.

Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.

Display of machinery, plows and ropes in the Mechanical Car of the Better Farming Train. Unidentified man standing at right.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

Oval-shaped portrait of Edward L. Wetmore, first University Chancellor, wearing an official gown and mortarboard.

Bio/Historical Note: Edward Ludlow Wetmore was born 24 March 1841 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Wetmore received a BA from the University of New Brunswick in 1859. He was called to the New Brunswick bar in 1864. From 1874-1876 he was mayor of Fredericton. Wetmore was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and was Leader of the Opposition from 1883-1886. In 1886 Wetmore was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. In 1887 Wetmore was appointed puisne judge of the first Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and from 1907-1912 he was appointed the first Chief Justice of Saskatchewan. In 1907 he became the first Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan and served in this position until 1917. He assisted the first president, Walter C. Murray, in setting the by-laws for the university. He attended the cornerstone laying of the Agriculture Building, done by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, to mark the beginning of the building of the University. An honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree, the first honourary degree awarded by the U of S, was awarded to Wetmore in 1919. Wetmore died 19 Jan. 1922 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Composite photo of Edward L. Wetmore, first University Chancellor, wearing an official gown and mortarboard, along with small photos of the first Board of Governors: James McKay; W.J. Bell; James Clinkskill; John Dixon; A. Forrest Angus; Arthur Hitchcock; A. MacDonald; Levi Thomson and Archibald P. McNab.

Returned men driving tractors (l to r): Heider 12-25; Case 12-25; Mogul 30-60.

Posed indoor image of Allan S. Kyle, Agriculture graduate of 1914 and World War I veteran, wearing a hard hat or helmet.

Fire breaking out at the Regina Exhibition Grounds on July 25, 1917; possibly the Industrial Building on fire

Certificate of Award for First Premium on Sheaf Hard Red Spring Wheat from the International Farm Congress and Soil-Products Exposition.