Guests in evening attire seated at dinner table during the Tri-Services Ball.

Crowd of people in foreground taking refreshments at a booth at right; parked vehicles in front of the home of Charles Marks of Midale, Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: The event at the farm of Charles Marks was the first of its kind to be known as a Field Day. Charles M. Hamilton, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture; A.M. Shaw, professor of Agriculture, and John G. Rayner, director of the Extension Department, attended.

Bio/Historical Note: “A new feature was tried out this year, viz. that of holding a picnic or field day at the home of a farmer who had made good in some one or more lines of endeavor, such as crop or live stock production. One was held on the farm of Charles Marks at Midale. Mr. Marks has the only silo in his district and a herd of good Holstein cows, quite a large acreage of corn, sunflowers and sweet clover. What Mr. Marks had done was used by the speakers present from the College and the Department to show others what might be done to improve agriculture. An automobile tour was arranged in the Snipe Lake district and a number of good farms were visited to the end that suggestions might be found that would lead to improvement in farm practice.”
Dean of Agriculture’s Report, 1922.

Bio/Historical Note: “A new feature was tried out this year, viz. that of holding a picnic or field day at the home of a farmer who had made good in some one or more lines of endeavor, such as crop or live stock production. One was held on the farm of Charles Marks at Midale. Mr. Marks has the only silo in his district and a herd of good Holstein cows, quite a large acreage of corn, sunflowers and sweet clover. What Mr. Marks had done was used by the speakers present from the College and the Department to show others what might be done to improve agriculture. An automobile tour was arranged in the Snipe Lake district and a number of good farms were visited to the end that suggestions might be found that would lead to improvement in farm practice.”
Dean of Agriculture’s Report, 1922.

J.C. Bates, J.B. Kirkpatrick and Art Stilborn standing together before the banquet.

View of the head table which includes J.W.T. Spinks and J. Pringle along with other guests seated throughout.

John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, speaking from podium during an Alumni Association banquet at the [Bessborough Hotel].

L.E. Kirk, Chief, Plant Industry Branch, Agricultural Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, speaks from podium during the Alumni Association Golden Jubilee dinner. T.C. Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan; W.P. Thompson, University President; Frank Bastedo, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, and Mrs. Irma Douglas seated at head table.

Banquet guests seated at table are (l to r): Mrs. Margaret Tubby and J.W.T. Spinks, University President, are seated as Ansten Anstensen is being congratulated by Roger C. Carter behind them.

Head table guests at University of Saskatchewan Convocation Alumni banquet held at Bessborough Hotel. From l to r: Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada; Walter D. Brice, alumni president; Hon. W.J. Patterson, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan; Mrs. Lionel Massey (daughter-in-law of Vincent Massey) and T.C. Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan.

Guests are seated in the foreground while the head table guests stand during their introduction. Banner in the background reads, "Edmonton Branch, University of Saskatchewan, Alumni Association."