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.

Looking northwest at Physical Education Building and the Bowl with surrounding buildings in foreground. Portion of College Drive visible at bottom.

View facing east with Ellis Hall and University Hospital in foreground and the Bowl with surrounding buildings in background. Construction of the Health Sciences Building addition and the Education Building in background. College Drive runs along right side of image.

Looking north with the Bowl and surrounding campus buildings in foreground. Construction work progresses on Marquis Hall and St. Thomas More College.

Looking southeast with the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre.

Display of two chickens and baskets of eggs in the Poultry Car of the Better Farming Train.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

Head and shoulders image of Walter C. Murray, first University President.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Charles Murray, first president of the University of Saskatchewan, was born in Kings County, New Brunswick, in 1866 and received his BA with honours in 1886 from the University of New Brunswick. Having won the Gilchrist Scholarship for Canada, for continued studies overseas, he attended the University of Berlin and the University of Edinburgh, where he received his MA with first class honours in 1891. Later that year he joined the faculty at the University of New Brunswick as Professor of Philosophy and Economics. In 1892 he was appointed Professor of Philosophy and lecturer in Education at Dalhousie, where he remained until joining the University of Saskatchewan as president in 1908. Murray served as president for 29 years, retiring in 1937. Murray was successful in building a progressive university with a beautiful campus. His own work was in education and education history, but he was also a supporter of art and music. Murray served on numerous councils and commissions, including the National Research Council from 1916-1932. Murray married Christina Cameron (1866-1947), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1895. They had three daughters: Christina Cameron Murray, Lucy Hunter Murray and Jean Elizabeth Murray. Murray died in Saskatoon in 1945. The city of Saskatoon honours him with "Murray Place" in the Dundonald area; Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, opened in 1965 and located near Market Mall; the Murray Building on the University of Saskatchewan campus; and President Murray Park, located in the Varsity View neighbourhood.

View facing north with College Drive and campus in foreground.

Aerial view with the Bowl at centre with surrounding campus buildings; College Drive running along bottom of image.

View facing west with University barns and fields in foreground, the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre

Quonset building under construction at the PFRA Peterson Building site.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1958 the federal government leased a three-acre site in what was then the north end of campus from the University for $1 a year. On that site was built the PFRA-Peterson Building, home of the northern Saskatchewan PFRA (Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act) regional group. Staff worked on planning for the Gardiner Dam, soil conservation, and provided a variety of technical services to its prairie clientele. Sold to the University of Saskatchewan in 1998 for $1, the building's name refers to Bob Peterson, PFRA's first soil mechanics and materials engineer who was involved in the design and construction of many of the PFRA dams in Western Canada.

A photograph from the studio of Gus Kenderdine in Blackpool, England. Written in Kenderdine's hand on the reverse is: "The French Lesson Will Clarkson and some other boy masquerading as a girl."

W.P. Thompson, outgoing University President, receiving a standing ovation after receiving an honourary Doctor of Laws degree at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Palmer Thompson was born 3 April 1889 near Decewsville, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (1910), and from Harvard with an MA (1912) and PhD (1914). Thompson came to the University of Saskatchewan as Professor and Head of the Biology Department in 1913. He was an important figure at the University for the next fifty years. Thompson served in a variety of administrative positions: Dean of Junior Colleges (1934); Dean of Arts and Sciences (1938); Acting President (1942); Director of Summer School (1948); and President of the University (1949). Dr. Thompson retired in 1959 and became President Emeritus. During his academic career, Thompson gained international recognition for his work as a geneticist, particularly for the development of rust resistant wheat hybrids. The W.P. Thompson Biology Building, opened in 1960, was named in his honour. Upon his retirement as President, Thompson was appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Medical Care. The recommendations of this committee were an important foundation for the provincial Medicare system. In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, one of the first to receive this award for "merit of the highest degree". He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws egree in 1960 by the U of S. Thompson died in Toronto in 1970.

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Science degree to Dr. John Ansel Anderson at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Registrar, at far left.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Ansel Anderson was born in [1903] in England, and came to Canada at the age of nineteen. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and his Master’s degree in plant biochemistry from the University of Alberta, he returned to England and received the PhD degree in organic chemistry from the University of Leeds. He then spent nine year with the National Research Council in Ottawa as a biochemist. He was appointed Chief Chemist of the Board of Grain Commissioners at Winnipeg in 1939 and Director of the Agricultural Research Station in 1962. In 1963 he was appointed to the important and responsible post he now holds. Dr. Anderson retired from public service in 1968 but then pursued an academic position of research professor position at the University in the Department of Plant Science. Dr. Anderson published over 100 scientific papers on basic cereal chemistry. In 1957 the American Society of Cereal Chemists awarded him its highest honor, the Osborne Medal, to recognize his distinguished contributions in that field. This medal had been awarded only nine times in the 31 years of its existence. This field and its applications are of supreme importance to the agricultural economy of Western Canada. Dr. Anderson’s contributions related to malting barley, durum and bread wheats led to an increased understanding of those factors necessary for high quality products.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Clifford H. Whiting at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. N.K. Cram, University Registrar, waits to hood recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Clifford Henry Whiting, farm and community leader, was born in 1908 in a log house on the family farm at Pleasant Valley, Saskatchewan. His formal schooling was obtained in a rural school, in Melfort High School and in the School of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan. Except for two years when he worked for a farm implement agency in Melfort, Saskatchewan, his home and his career has been on the family farm at Pleasant Valley. He was a school trustee in his district for 22 years; a councillor of the Rural Municipality of Flett’s Springs No. 276 for 10 years; president of the Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies Association; director and chairman of livestock and oil co-operatives; Saskatchewan Wheat Pool delegate for 17 years; 4-H Club leader for five years; and a board member of the 4-H Foundation, convener of farm boys’ camps; a board member of Northern Co-operative Trading and Co-operative Fisheries; a member of the provincial council of the Commonwealth Co-operative Federation; a member of the Saskatchewan Jubilee committee (1955); and a member of the Thompson Advisory Committee on Medical Care (1959-1961). Whiting served 12 years (1946-1958) on the Board of Governors of the University of Saskatchewan, five as chairman. He was honoured by the Saskatchewan Agricultural Graduates, Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies, the Melfort Agricultural Society, the Melfort Credit Union, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and the Canadian Council on 4-H Clubs. He received the Co-operative Certificate of Merit. In 1963 the University of Saskatchewan conferred on him an honourary Doctor of Laws degree. Whiting retired from his grain and livestock farm in 1987. He died in 1997 at age 89.