Dignitaries parading from the Administration Building to the special convocation ceremonies in the Bowl during the Learned Societies Conference, U of S, 22 May-8 June 1979.

Bio/historical note: A special convocation was held 2 June 1979 to celebrate the "Learned Societies Conference". It was 20 years since the last conference was held at the University of Saskatchewan. Honourary Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) degrees were conferred on four outstanding scholars: Jean Sutherland Boggs, Sir Moses I. Finley, Amartya Kumar Sen, and Arthur G.C. Whalley.

Bio/Historical Note: Learned Societies, a term applied in Canada to the large group of scholarly organizations that hold conferences annually from late May to mid-June at a different university location each year. Society members come not only to hear and discuss scholarly papers on the latest work in their fields, but also to renew contacts and share common concerns. The gathering of these associations in one place over one period is distinctively Canadian and owes more to practical evolution than to planning power. Selecting one site with suitable university accommodation was an answer to Canadian distance that allowed scholars more economical joint arrangements, let them attend meetings of societies besides their own, and encouraged them to visit varied geographical areas. The older Royal Society opened the way by moving from its Ottawa base to annual conferences at Montréal, Kingston or Toronto. Younger, more specialized associations - such as those in history, political science and economics - joined in, holding their own meetings along with, or just following, the senior scholarly society. By the 1930s the practice of holding an annual learned-conference period at a different site each year was well established, though such sites were usually in central Canada, where most larger universities were located. But in 1949 "the Learneds" went to Halifax, and soon afterwards to Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. In April 1996, the conference name was changed to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Elevated view of College Building in winter. Saskatchewan Hall at right; students walking on path. Possibly taken from Qu'Appelle Hall.

Freshmen stand in front of the College Building.

Freshmen stand and sit in front of the College Building as they pose for the camera. College signs are visible.

Freshmen stand and sit in front of the College Building as they pose for the camera. There is also two men in a cow suit.

Elevated view of Engineering and Crop Science buildings at left, College Building at centre, Saskatchewan Hall at right. Taken from Qu'Appelle Hall; winter scene.

Elevated view of the Bowl and College Building at centre; Crop Science and Engineering buildings at left. Taken from roof of Qu'Appelle Hall.

Elevated view looking east across the Bowl showing cars on road and people walking on pathways. Campus buildings in background (l to r): Physics Building, College Building, Saskatchewan Hall and Qu'Appelle Hall. Taken from the roof of the Chemistry Building.

Looking east across the Bowl at flower beds and road in foreground. College Building at left; Saskatchewan Hall at right.

Front view with three parked cars.

Bio/historical note: The building was also known as Administration Building.

View of the Nobel Plaza at the entrance of the College Building.

Bio/Historical Note: The Nobel Plaza honouring the two Nobel laureates with University of Saskatchewan connections was officially opened on 24 October 1997. The $200,000 Plaza was sponsored by the Meewasin Authority and Meewasin Foundation and presented as a gift to recognize the university’s 90th birthday. Two bronze plaques honour Henry Taube (BSc. 1935, MSc. 1937), who was a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry in 1983 when affiliated with Stanford University, and Gerhard Herzberg, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1971. He had an illustrious career with the National Research Council, Ottawa. The Plaza is attached to the main exit from the building and the Bowl and consists of a pedestrian concourse with a stone clad speaker’s podium faced with the two bronze plaques.

COTC cadets marching during winter on campus; College Building visible in background.

Group photo of club members in the Bowl at University of Saskatchewan. College (Administration) Building in background.

Three students pose for camera in Chemistry Laboratory: [Ashley McIntosh Walker, Eugene Maurice Follens, Charles Neil Cameron]. Lab in basement of College Building.

View of Chemistry lab in basement of College Building; beakers, samples, burners, etc. in foreground.