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- 1963
Looking southeast with the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre.
Looking southeast with the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre.
Looking north with the Bowl and surrounding campus buildings in foreground. Construction work progresses on Marquis Hall and St. Thomas More College.
Image looking northeast at Griffiths Stadium with College Drive at bottom with campus buildings at centre.
Looking east with Ellis Hall, University Hospital and St. Andrew's College in foreground. Arts Building, the Bowl and other surrounding buildings at centre. College Drive runs along right side of image.
View facing southeast with Arts Building and University Hospital in foreground; Chemistry Building, the Bowl and Administration Building at centre.
Looking northwest across campus; river and city in the distance.
View of campus at centre; South Saskatchewan River and 25th Street Bridge at bottom; University lands and Sutherland in background. College Drive running at right of image.
Looking west at construction on Biology and Arts buildings; Physical Education Building in foreground.
View looking northwest with relocation of Griffiths Stadium underway with track visible at bottom of image. College Drive and campus buildings at centre, with city in background.
View looking west at Preston Avenue running along bottom of image; campus in foreground.
Thorvaldson Building - Aerial View
New addition to the Thorvaldson (Chemistry) Building.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
University of Saskatchewan College of Education Building
Aerial view of the exterior of the College of Education building and Diefenbaker Centre.
Aerial view of flooding around campus buildings; Field Husbandry barn at right and greenhouses at left.
Thorvaldson Building - Construction
Aerial view of foundations of Thorvaldson Addition being laid.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
Medical Building - Construction
Aerial view of the Medical College under construction; St. Andrew's College and Observatory in background.
Bio/Historical Note: A medical college was part of President Walter Murray’s design for the new University of Saskatchewan, and was consistent with his view that the university should serve the needs of the province. In 1926 a School of Medical Sciences was established, which provided the first two years of medical training. Between 1928 and 1954, 605 students completed the course and then went elsewhere in Canada for the clinical years. In 1944, a survey of the health needs of the province (Sigerist Report) recommended that the School be expanded to a “complete Grade A Medical School” and that a University Hospital of 500 beds be constructed for scientific teaching, clinical instruction, and research. A medical building was completed in 1950, a four-year degree-granting College was inaugurated in 1953, and University Hospital opened in 1955. The College admits sixty medical students per year, supervises the training of 200 residents, and provides basic science training to 330 students in Arts/Science. The aim of the program is to produce a “basic” or undifferentiated doctor capable, with further training, of becoming a family practitioner, specialist or research scientist. Between 1953 and 2003, the College of Medicine has graduated 2,134 MDs, of whom 30.5% were women.