Rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel; photographs of King George VI and the Queen Mother on background wall.
Three rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Names included are George Rea, Major John S.M. Allely, Weeks, John Wesley Joyce and Merriman. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel; photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on background wall.
Four rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel; photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on background wall.
Four rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Names included are Hugh Edmunds, R. Hart, Major John S.M. Allely, R. Weekes, John Wesley Joyce and S. Smith. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on the background wall.
Three rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Men identified are O/C Keeler, O/C Pancratz, Jack Summers, Major John S.M. Allely, Oxley, George Rea, ? and Wright. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel; photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on background wall.
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.
Three rows of officers and cadets sitting and standing in a [gymnasium]. Man in front row is holding a trophy; three women seated in front row. Those identified: John Bachynsky (sixth from left); Don Angle (seventh); Jack Summers (eighth), J. Francis Leddy (ninth); John Wesley Joyce (tenth); Allan Pettigrew (eleventh), Otto Lang (twelfth).
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.
Four rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting indoors with flags; photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in background.
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.
Four rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting indoors. Names included are Marcel de la Gorgendiere, John Merriman, Hugh Edmunds, John Wesley Joyce, J.W.T. Spinks, Jack Summers, Norman Cram, [Bill?] McCoy, Dale Brownin and Dick Kucey.
Four rows of COTC cadets and officers standing and sitting. Names included are Marcel de la Gorgendiere, Bruce McCorkell, Norman Cram, John Joyce, Edmunds, McCo[y], Murray Scharf, Ken Turner, Al Pettigrew and John Bachynsky. Indoor scene with flags, trophies and photographs of military personnel and Prince Philip on background wall.
COTC cadets and officers standing at attention for inspection; Biology Building in background.
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.
Outdoor winter scene with dignitaries standing on podium (l to r): Major John S.M. Allely; J.S. Thomson, University President; Norman K. Cram, University Registrar. E. Bruce McCorkell stands next to podium. Major John Wesley Joyce and Marcel de la Gorgendiere stand in foreground..
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.
Inspection of COTC group, standing on podium are Major John S.M. Allely; J.S. Thomson, University President; and Norman K. Cram, University Registrar. E. Bruce McCorkell stands at attention next to podium. Winter scene.
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.