Faculty retirement banquet for F.C. Cronkite, Dean of Law, held in Bessborough Hotel. Elevated view of head table guests (r to l): J.W.T. Spinks, University President; Mrs. Mary G. Cronkite, Dr. Arthur S. Moxon, and two other unidentified attendees.

Durward Thomas, LLB '29 (Sask), registrar of the Court of Queen's Bench and former Saskatoon alderman, pulls a cord revealing painting of F.C. Cronkite, Dean of Law from 1930-1961, on display.

Bio/Historical Note: Born on a New Brunswick farm on 22 December 1894, Frederick Clinton Cronkite received his early education locally, including a BA from the University of New Brunswick. Upon graduation he studied at Harvard, obtaining both an MA in economics and government and an LLB. Cronkite returned to New Brunswick were he practiced law until 1924, when he joined the faculty of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1930 he succeeded Dr. Arthur S. Moxon as Dean. During his tenure enrollment in the College of Law increased and the College broadened its curriculum, providing classes in both labour and administrative law. Cronkite was active in civic politics, serving as an alderman for ten years. He was also active provincially and nationally, aiding in the presentation of the Saskatchewan case to the Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, serving on the Royal Commission on Transportation, corresponding on various other royal commissions, and serving on the Saskatchewan Reconstruction Council, the Committee on Urban Assessments, and on the Saskatchewan Health Services Planning Commission. Between 1945-1961 he was asked to hear several labour arbitration cases. Upon Cronkite's retirement in 1961 he was named Dean Emeritus; and in 1967 the U of S awarded him an honourary Doctor of Laws degree. Dr. Cronkite died in April 1973.

J.W.T. Spinks, newly-installed University President, shaking hands with Arthur Moxon, Queen's Counsel of Saskatoon, after his official greetings speech during Installation ceremony held at Physical Education gymnasium. Both wearing academic gowns; other dignitaries seated in background.

Bio/Historical Note: John William Tranter Spinks was born in 1908 at Methwold, England. He received his PhD in Science from the University of London in 1930 and that same year joined the University of Saskatchewan as assistant professor of Chemistry. While on leave in Germany in 1933 he worked with Gerhard Herzberg, future Nobel prize winner in Chemistry, and was instrumental in bringing him to Canada. In 1938 Dr. Spinks became a full professor of Chemistry. During WWII Dr. Spinks developed search-and-rescue operations for the RCAF and took part in the early work on atomic energy. His scientific research led to major international achievements in radiation chemistry and his work included over 200 scientific papers. Dr. Spinks was appointed head of the department of Chemistry in 1948; Dean of the College of Graduate Studies in 1949 and was installed as President of the University, which he led through a very active period of development from 1959-1975. Dr. Spinks received many honours: Companion of the Order of Canada (1970); the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (1982), Saskatoon's Citizen of the Year (1985), and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (1996). He married Mary Strelioff (1910-1999) on 5 June 1939 in Rugby Chapel on the U of S grounds. Dr. Spinks died in 1997 in Saskatoon at age 89. The north-facing four-storey Spinks Addition is home to the departments of Computer Science and Chemistry. It was completed in 2003. Spinks Drive in College Park honours Dr. Spinks. The University of Saskatchewan open source computer labs were named the Spinks Labs.

Banquet for the first seventy students enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan. Seated (l to r): Dr. Arthur S. Moxon, Professor of Classics; Mrs. Eleanor (Ross) Fife; Sarah E. McEown (Mrs. George Watson); Douglas McConnell; W.P. Thompson, President Emeritus; Reverend Conor F.J. Fife.

Elevated view of Dr. Arthur S. Moxon, retiring chairman, University Board of Governors, speaking from the head table during a Alumni Association banquet at the [Bessborough Hotel].

Elevated view of dignitaries at the opening of the Medical Building. From l to r: Hon. T.J. Bentley, minister of Public Health; Dr. Arthur S. Moxon, chairman, University Board of Governors; Sir Henry Dale, chairman, British Medical Council; T.C. Douglas, premier of Saskatchewan; F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor; W.P. Thompson; University President; Dr. W.S. Lindsay, dean of Medicine; Dr. J.F.C. Anderson, president, Canadian Medical Association, and Dr. John Fiddes, professor emeritus of Physiology.

Law students and faculty pose in front of a doorway on campus. Names (not necessarily in order):
Back row: William Hughes; Rod Holmes; W.J. McLellan; Henry C. Rees; J.C. Jocelyn; William Pope. Fourth row: Sam Nahornoff; E.C. Leslie; Cairns King Smith; Winslow Benson; Ernest Whitmore; Harvey Bell; Jack Wright; S. T. Bigelow. Third row: Frank Cousins; Percy H. Maguire; H. Gilding; Donald Armstrong; Murray Tweedle; D. Yanda. Second row: Sol Saper; Cliff Reid; Chris West; A.V. Svoboda; D.C. Disbery; Walter Francis; Walter Tucker; unknown; James MacNicol. Front row: Frank Harris; Walter Nelson; Prof. Thaddeus Hebert; Dean Arthur Moxon; James Wilfred (Bill) Estey; Roy Phillips; Arthur McLorg.

Indoor posed image of members of the Varsity football league champions. Names, back row: Dr. E.H. Oliver, J.L. Malcolm; Walter C. Murray (University President), Harold V. Mighton, George H. Ling (professor); Arthur Moxon (professor). Middle row: T.J. Williams, T.H. Wells, J.R. MacDonald (capt), James Barr Stirling, John Anderson Rae. Front row: H.G. Munro, R.H. MacDonald, Prof. Reginald Bateman (trainer), J.J. Moore, William Exton Lloyd.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Arthur S. Moxon, first professor of Classics.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Arthur S. Moxon was born in 1881 in Truro, Nova Scotia. He received a BA from Dalhousie University in 1906. He then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, earning both a BA in jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Common Laws degree. Dr. Moxon was appointed professor of Classics for the new University of Saskatchewan in 1909 and was one of the five original faculty members. Dr. Moxon became a lecturer of Law in 1911 and was promoted to professor of Law in 1913. He was dean of Law from 1919-1929. Dr. Moxon was named King’s Counsel in 1927. He was with the law firm of McLean, Hollinrake and was estates manager of the National Trust Company before he became dean of Law. Dr. Moxon held many positions, including on the University Senate (1934-1937) and was a member of the Board of Governors (1937-1953), serving as chair for four of those years. In 1953 Dr. Moxon received an honourary Doctor of Civil Laws degree from the U of S. Dr. Moxon died in Saskatoon in 1963. He was the last survivor of the band of five pioneers who constituted the original faculty of the University: Bateman, Ling, Moxon, Murray and Oliver. At the time of his death he was University Solicitor. The College of Law Alumni Association established a scholarship fund in his honour for post-graduate study. Moxon Crescent in the Greystone Heights neighborhood of Saskatoon also honours him.

Editorial staff (including two women) of the Dalhousie Gazette. Arthur S. Moxon, future professor of Classics at the University of Saskatchewan, seated at centre.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Arthur S. Moxon was born in 1881 in Truro, Nova Scotia. He received a BA from Dalhousie University in 1906. He then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, earning both a BA in jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Common Laws degree. Dr. Moxon was appointed Professor of Classics for the new University of Saskatchewan in 1909. He was one of the five original faculty members of the U of S. Dr. Moxon became a lecturer of Law in 1911 and was promoted to professor of Law in 1913. He was dean of the College of Law from 1919-1929. Dr. Moxon was named King’s Counsel in 1927. He was with the law firm of McLean, Hollinrake and was estates manager of the National Trust Company before he became Dean of Law. He held many positions at the University. Dr. Moxon served on the University Senate (1934-1937) and was a member of the Board of Governors (1937-1953), serving as chair for four of those years. In 1953 Dr. Moxon received an honourary Doctor of Civil Laws degree from the U of S. In 1961 the College of Law Alumni Association established a scholarship fund in his honour for post-graduate study. Dr. Moxon died in Saskatoon in 1963. He was the last survivor of the little band of five pioneers who constituted the original faculty of the University: Bateman, Ling, Moxon, Murray and Oliver. At the time of his death he was the University Solicitor.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Arthur S. Moxon, first Dean of Law, 1909-1939.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Arthur S. Moxon was born in 1881 in Truro, Nova Scotia. He received a BA from Dalhousie University in 1906. He then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, earning both a BA in jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Common Laws degree. Dr. Moxon was appointed professor of Classics for the new University of Saskatchewan in 1909 and was one of the five original faculty members. Dr. Moxon became a lecturer of Law in 1911 and was promoted to professor of Law in 1913. He was dean of Law from 1919-1929. Dr. Moxon was named King’s Counsel in 1927. He was with the law firm of McLean, Hollinrake and was estates manager of the National Trust Company before he became dean of Law. Dr. Moxon held many positions, including on the University Senate (1934-1937) and was a member of the Board of Governors (1937-1953), serving as chair for four of those years. In 1953 Dr. Moxon received an honourary Doctor of Civil Laws degree from the U of S. Dr. Moxon died in Saskatoon in 1963. He was the last survivor of the band of five pioneers who constituted the original faculty of the University: Bateman, Ling, Moxon, Murray and Oliver. At the time of his death he was University Solicitor. The College of Law Alumni Association established a scholarship fund in his honour for post-graduate study. Moxon Crescent in the Greystone Heights neighborhood of Saskatoon also honours him.