Big and Little Sisters hockey game during Pente Kai Deka Week.

Bio/Historical Note: From the Greek for ‘five and ten,’ Pente Kai Deka was created on 8 April 1911 with the first 15 women students on campus – five “big sisters” and ten “little sisters.” Every woman entering the University automatically became a member. Eventually the group became its own directorate within the Students Representative Council, and the PKD president, the vice-president of the SRC. Activities of the group included a Big Sister-Little Sister Dance, June in January, Jeanboree, a Spring Tea and a Frosh Week fashion show. As the sexual revolution loomed large in the late 1960s women on campus grew increasingly ambivalent toward the group, which had been seen by many female students as irrelevant and antiquated since midway through the decade. It was this attitude, as well as the sheer increase in the number of women and students in general at the University by the late 1960s that led to the group’s demise after the 1968-1969 academic year.

On back of photo: "'Sharon Ferster checks a U.B.C. opponent.' Huskiettes won the Western Canada Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association conference title that year.

Bio/historical note: This was the first year the sport was accepted by the association.

Two women grappling.

Posed indoor image of team members in uniform and posing with a basketball. Names: Bailey, M., Whelock, M., McKay, J., Willis, M., Cowie, R. (mgr), Cox, G. (capt), Vincent, M., Locke, D., Alexander, M., Standing: Ethel Mary Cartwright (asst. coach); Ray Frey (coach).

BBio/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.

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.

Posed indoor image of team members in uniform posing with a basketball with '22-23' on it. Names: Ethel Hovde, E., Wilson, F., Trumpour, S., Mooney, O., Miller, F., Mitchell, D., Cumming, Margaret, Margaret Morton.

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.

Posed indoor image of team members in uniform and caps. Players: Elsie Hart, L. Eyrikson, Ada Louise Staples, Beulah Bridgeman, Muriel Agnes Buttery. Basketball has '19 marked on it, representing the year of graduation.

Bio/Historical Note: This team was the champion of the Inter-Year Basketball League in 1917.

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.

Action, group and coach photos on page mock-up for the Huskiettes hockey page in the 1949 Greystone.

Posed indoor image of team members holding racquets while standing on a court (l to r): Irene Eilers, Ruth James, Daphne Lane, Barbara Toren.