Three swimmers dive into the pool from starting blocks to start a race in the Qu'Appelle Hall pool. Other swimmers standing and seating at pool's edge.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.

Action shot of men playing a water-polo game in Qu'Appelle Hall pool as others watch on the side.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.

Posed indoor image of members wearing swimsuits. Names: Joe Griffiths (coach), Len Purdy, Pendlebury, Les Skinner, Doug Willis, Bob Barr (mgr). Front row: Young, Hodge, Wilson, Gouin, Jones, Pete Gavin, Murray Matheson, Clarence Garvie, Leroux.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.

Bio/Historical Note: Green and white were established as the official colours of U of S sports teams in 1909-1910 by Reginald Bateman, a native of Ireland and the first English professor at the University of Saskatchewan. But the Huskies name did not appear at that time. Teams were generally referred to as “varsity” or “the green and white” when they played or appeared in media. The name Huskies was included in an article in the 20 September 1932 Star-Phoenix: “The Varsity Stadium yesterday morning saw the advance guard of over twenty gridiron Huskies swing into action.” The origin of the Huskie name is unclear. One of the earliest images of players wearing sweaters with ‘Huskies’ on across the front was in the 1932-1933 Greystone yearbook, showing the men’s hockey team in uniforms with the new name. By 1937 women’s teams were generally referred to as Huskiettes.

Individual portraits of team members grouped (l to r): McCallion, D. Sedler, J. Grantham.

Team members seated at edge of the Qu'Appelle Hall pool. Members: Esley Gordon Tallman, S. Farrell, N. Smith, Joe Griffiths (coach), B. Bie, "Curly" Holmes, J. Fife.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.

Bio/Historical Note: Green and white were established as the official colours of U of S sports teams in 1909-1910 by Reginald Bateman, a native of Ireland and the first English professor at the University of Saskatchewan. But the Huskies name did not appear at that time. Teams were generally referred to as “varsity” or “the green and white” when they played or appeared in media. The name Huskies was included in an article in the 20 September 1932 Star-Phoenix: “The Varsity Stadium yesterday morning saw the advance guard of over twenty gridiron Huskies swing into action.” The origin of the Huskie name is unclear. One of the earliest images of players wearing sweaters with ‘Huskies’ on across the front was in the 1932-1933 Greystone yearbook, showing the men’s hockey team in uniforms with the new name. By 1937 women’s teams were generally referred to as Huskiettes.

Ned Feehan of Law breaking the provincial senior men's 100 yard breaststroke record.

Bio/Historical Note: Francis Michael ('Ned') Feehan graduated from Law in 1944. Feehan died in Edmonton, Alberta in 1986.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.

Emmett M. Hall, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. Jessie Caldwell at special 75th anniversary Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Iain MacLean, University Secretary, applauds at left.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Jessie Rowles Caldwell was born in Manchester, England in 1901. The family emigrated to Canada in 1910, eventually settling on a Saskatchewan homestead near the Alberta border town of Empress in 1915. After attending Normal School in Saskatoon she taught at Eston before enrolling in the University of Saskatchewan in 1920, earning her way by teaching in rural schools and working for the Dominion Chautauqua during the summers. In 1924 Dr. Caldwell received her BSc, graduating in the same class as her brother William Rowles, and preceding one other brother and two sisters, all of whom graduated from the U of S. Following her marriage in 1924 to Dr. Alexander L. Caldwell (1892-1959) and the establishment of his medical practice in Cabri, Saskatchewan, she began her public service in earnest as chairman of the Cabri Consolidated School Board from 1929-1941. Dr. Caldwell served the U of S from 1930-1951 as the first woman alumni representative elected to the University Senate, and was an active member of the University Women's Club for 40 years. When her husband joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1941, she and her son Thomas David Roberts (Bobs) Caldwell (1933-2019) moved to Saskatoon where she was appointed to the volunteer Dependents' Advisory Committee to the Armed Forces for the Saskatoon Region. Dr. Caldwell was the first woman appointed to the National Film Board of Canada. Her keen interest in international affairs and her work with the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, and the United Nations Association in Canada, Saskatoon Branch, was recognized by her appointment in 1953 as a member of the Canadian delegation to the Eighth General Assembly of the United Nations, the first Saskatchewan citizen to serve on the delegation. Dr. Caldwell later served as joint chairman of the Saskatchewan World Refugee Year Committee and travelled and spoke extensively on the work of the United Nations. Dr. Caldwell's years of service to the Council of Women were rewarded by life memberships of all three levels of the Council - local, provincial and national. As well as serving as president or on the executive at all levels, she wrote and edited the Saskatoon and National newsletters for many years, and wrote part of the history of the Saskatoon Council. Dr. Caldwell was a founding member of the Canadian Association of Consumers.
A member of Knox United Church, Dr. Caldwell held office at all levels, including serving on the National Board of Evangelism and Social Service and the National Commission on Immigration. For 6 years she was a member of the Board of Governors of St. Andrew's College. Dr. Caldwell stood for election twice: in 1952 for the provincial legislature and in 1958 for the Parliament of Canada. She served as president of the National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada and as first vice-president of the National Liberal Association of Canada, following similar service at the local and provincial levels. Dr. Caldwell was a founding member of the Saskatoon Art Centre Association. She was president and honourary president of the Saskatoon Archaeological Society and was an honourary life member of the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society. In addition to the host of honourary and life memberships, and listing in the Canadian Who's Who, She was honoured as Saskatoon's Citizen of the Year, and the Government of Saskatchewan, and was named a Canadian Achiever by the Government of Canada. Dr. Caldwell died in 1990 in Saskatoon at age 89. Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Jessie Rowles Caldwell was born in Manchester, England in 1901. The family emigrated to Canada in 1910, eventually settling on a Saskatchewan homestead near the Alberta border town of Empress in 1915. After attending Normal School in Saskatoon she taught at Eston before enrolling in the University of Saskatchewan in 1920, earning her way by teaching in rural schools and working for the Dominion Chautauqua during the summers. In 1924 Dr. Caldwell received her BSc, graduating in the same class as her brother William Rowles, and preceding one other brother and two sisters, all of whom graduated from the U of S. Following her marriage in 1924 to Dr. Alexander L. Caldwell (1892-1959) and the establishment of his medical practice in Cabri, Saskatchewan, she began her public service in earnest as chairman of the Cabri Consolidated School Board from 1929-1941. Dr. Caldwell served the University from 1930-1951 as the first woman alumni representative elected to the University Senate, and was an active member of the University Women's Club for 40 years. When her husband joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1941, she and her son Thomas David Roberts (Bobs) Caldwell (1933-2019) moved to Saskatoon where she was appointed to the volunteer Dependents' Advisory Committee to the Armed Forces for the Saskatoon Region. Dr. Caldwell was the first woman appointed to the National Film Board of Canada. Her keen interest in international affairs and her work with the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, and the United Nations Association in Canada, Saskatoon Branch, was recognized by her appointment in 1953 as a member of the Canadian delegation to the Eighth General Assembly of the United Nations, the first Saskatchewan citizen to serve on the delegation. Dr. Caldwell later served as joint chairman of the Saskatchewan World Refugee Year Committee and travelled and spoke extensively on the work of the United Nations. Dr. Caldwell's years of service to the Council of Women were rewarded by life memberships of all three levels of the Council - local, provincial and national. As well as serving as president or on the executive at all levels, she wrote and edited the Saskatoon and National newsletters for many years, and wrote part of the history of the Saskatoon Council. Dr. Caldwell was a founding member of the Canadian Association of Consumers.
A member of Knox United Church, Dr. Caldwell held office at all levels, including serving on the National Board of Evangelism and Social Service and the National Commission on Immigration. For 6 years she was a member of the Board of Governors of St. Andrew's College. Dr. Caldwell stood for election twice: in 1952 for the provincial legislature and in 1958 for the Parliament of Canada. She served as president of the National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada and as first vice-president of the National Liberal Association of Canada, following similar service at the local and provincial levels. Dr. Caldwell was a founding member of the Saskatoon Art Centre Association. She was president and honourary president of the Saskatoon Archaeological Society and was an honourary life member of the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society. In addition to the host of honourary and life memberships, and listing in the Canadian Who's Who, She was honoured as Saskatoon's Citizen of the Year, and the Government of Saskatchewan, and was named a Canadian Achiever by the Government of Canada. Dr. Caldwell died in 1990 in Saskatoon at age 89. The Rowles sisters - Jessie Caldwell, Edith C. Rowles Simpson and Winnie Rowles - are honoured with the designation of 'Rowles Road' in the Silverwood neighborhood of Saskatoon.

Male students sitting and standing in Qu'Appelle Hall gymnasium during a swimming and lifesaving class. Joe Griffiths, instructor, stands in back row centre.

Bio/Historical Note: The University Athletic Directorate recognized swimming as a separate branch of athletics. The life-saving class was organized and conducted by director Joe Griffiths and was a great success. This was the first class of its kind in Saskatoon.

Team members and "B" league champions sitting in swimsuits on a diving board. Members: Smith, Martin, Allan, Davidson, Sealy.

Sketch of the proposed swimming pool of the Regina Campus physical activity centre.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Pat Lawson, instructor, School of Physical Education.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Patricia A. Lawson was born on 18 November 1929 in Saskatoon and attended Caswell Elementary School. Lawson won every track and field event she entered while attending Bedford Road Collegiate. She won provincial titles in six different sports and five Canadian titles in three sports. She broke records for the 220- and 440-yard events in speed skating, and became Canadian intermediate ladies champion in 1947 and Canadian senior ladies champion in 1949 and 1954. While attending the 1947 Canadian track and field championships, she won gold in shot put, the first time she had competed in the event. Lawson won two Canadian basketball championships; one with the Vancouver Eilers in 1956 and one with the Saskatoon Adilman Aces in 1959. She was one of five Aces to represent Canada at the 1959 Pan Am Games in Chicago. Lawson had similar success as a golfer: she was a five-time winner of the Saskatchewan Senior Women's championship, Lawson represented the University of Saskatchewan on 13 teams over 4 years (basketball 4, swimming 4, tennis 3, track and field 2). She graduated with a BA (1950) and a BEd (1953). In 1956 Lawson joined the faculty of the College of Physical Education at the U of S, where she was a teacher, coach and administrator before being named women’s athletic director. She coached the Huskiettes basketball team from 1956-1964 and again in 1967-1968. In 1966 she was named coach of Canada’s national women’s basketball team. Lawson completed an MA in physical education at the University of Oregon (1959) and a PhD at the University of Southern California (1967). Lawson retired from the U of S as Professor Emerita in 1990.
In 1984 Lawson became president of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER). She was also president of the Canadian Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Union, which improved opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics, and served a term as chairperson for the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport. Lawson was named a Fellow in the North American Society Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance. She was honoured with the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER) Honor Award. Lawson was a member of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame for golf, basketball, and with the Adilman Aces basketball team that won the Canadian Championship and competed at the 1959 Pan‐American Games. The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame inducted Lawson as a multi‐sport athlete to recognize her provincial championships in six different sports: swimming, track and field, tennis, basketball, speed skating and golf. The U of S has honoured her twice as a member of the Athletic Wall of Fame. Lawson was also recognized by the College of Kinesiology as one of the “First and Best” in 1996. She competed nationally as a member of Saskatchewan golf teams seven times in the Amateur Women’s and 12 times in the Senior Women’s. She was provincial Senior Champion five times, and runner‐up four times between 1980 and 1994. Lawson was the first woman elected to the Riverside Country Club Board of Directors. She won the Waskesiu Ladies’ Lobstick five times over four decades from 1968 to 1991. Lawson was also a member of the Bedford Road Collegiate Hall of Honour and the Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame; Additional recognition included being recipient of the College of Arts and Science "Alumni of Influence Award"; and the U of S Alumni Achievement Award in 2018. Lawson died of lung cancer in Saskatoon on 10 October 2019 at age 90. She was survived by partner Barbara Dorsey, former professor of Physical Education at the U of S.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Pat Lawson, professor, School of Physical Education.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Patricia A. Lawson was born on 18 November 1929 in Saskatoon and attended Caswell Elementary School. Lawson won every track and field event she entered while attending Bedford Road Collegiate. She won provincial titles in six different sports and five Canadian titles in three sports. She broke records for the 220- and 440-yard events in speed skating, and became Canadian intermediate ladies champion in 1947 and Canadian senior ladies champion in 1949 and 1954. While attending the 1947 Canadian track and field championships, she won gold in shot put, the first time she had competed in the event. Lawson won two Canadian basketball championships; one with the Vancouver Eilers in 1956 and one with the Saskatoon Adilman Aces in 1959. She was one of five Aces to represent Canada at the 1959 Pan Am Games in Chicago. Lawson had similar success as a golfer: she was a five-time winner of the Saskatchewan Senior Women's championship, Lawson represented the University of Saskatchewan on 13 teams over 4 years (basketball 4, swimming 4, tennis 3, track and field 2). She graduated with a BA (1950) and a BEd (1953). In 1956 Lawson joined the faculty of the College of Physical Education at the U of S, where she was a teacher, coach and administrator before being named women’s athletic director. She coached the Huskiettes basketball team from 1956-1964 and again in 1967-1968. In 1966 she was named coach of Canada’s national women’s basketball team. Lawson completed an MA in physical education at the University of Oregon (1959) and a PhD at the University of Southern California (1967). Lawson retired from the U of S as Professor Emerita in 1990.
In 1984 Lawson became president of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER). She was also president of the Canadian Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Union, which improved opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics, and served a term as chairperson for the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport. Lawson was named a Fellow in the North American Society Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance. She was honoured with the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER) Honor Award. Lawson was a member of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame for golf, basketball, and with the Adilman Aces basketball team that won the Canadian Championship and competed at the 1959 Pan‐American Games. The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame inducted Lawson as a multi‐sport athlete to recognize her provincial championships in six different sports: swimming, track and field, tennis, basketball, speed skating and golf. The U of S has honoured her twice as a member of the Athletic Wall of Fame. Lawson was also recognized by the College of Kinesiology as one of the “First and Best” in 1996. She competed nationally as a member of Saskatchewan golf teams seven times in the Amateur Women’s and 12 times in the Senior Women’s. She was provincial Senior Champion five times, and runner‐up four times between 1980 and 1994. Lawson was the first woman elected to the Riverside Country Club Board of Directors. She won the Waskesiu Ladies’ Lobstick five times over four decades from 1968 to 1991. Lawson was also a member of the Bedford Road Collegiate Hall of Honour and the Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame; Additional recognition included being recipient of the College of Arts and Science "Alumni of Influence Award"; and the U of S Alumni Achievement Award in 2018. Lawson died of lung cancer in Saskatoon on 10 October 2019 at age 90. She was survived by partner Barbara Dorsey, former professor of Physical Education at the U of S.

Head and shoulders image of John V, Bateman, Department of Philosophy, 1920-1961.

Bio/Historical Note: John Victor Bateman was born 11 June 1897 at Eden Terrace, Limerick, Ireland, attended Trinity and was a lecturer there. He played rugby and was a member of Pembroke Swimming Club. Bateman moved to Canada and took a post in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan. He was awarded a doctorate by Edinburgh University in 1934. Bateman died at Colwood, British Columbia in 1986. He was the brother of Reginald J.G. Bateman (1893-1918), first professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan, who was killed in action in France on 3 Sept. 1918.

Team members sitting and kneeling on the pool's diving board. Members: Marg Hardy, Helen Wood, Jean Wimmer, Pat Lawson, Margot Good, Peggy Wilton, Molly Dunn, Ruth Noble, Betty McGregor.

Members of team pose in swim suits by the [Qu'Appelle Hall] pool. Back row: Grace Hardy, Betty Moore, Marion Proctor and Mary Boyd; Front row: Mary Varey and Pat Willis.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.