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University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections Athletes√ With digital objects
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Aldis Peterson - Portrait

Formal studio head and shoulders image of Aldis Peterson, star athlete in basketball and tennis.

Bio/Historical Note: Aldis Marjorie (Pete) Peterson graduated from Nutana Collegiate and enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1941. Peterson competed in both basketball and tennis. An outstanding forward, she served as team captain for two years. As a member of the tennis team, she was runner-up in singles at the 1944 Western Championships. For her participation in sports, Peterson was awarded a Major Athletic Award in 1943-1944. She served as secretary to the Women's Athletic Directorate and became the first president of the women's Athletic Board. She was a cheerleader for two years and served as vice-president of the SRC in 1944-1945. In 1944-1945 Peterson was awarded the prestigious "Spirit of Youth" Trophy for having exhibited outstanding athletic skills combined with high qualities in leadership. Peterson married Fred (Bud) Carson (1923-2013), also an inductee into the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame. She died in Toronto on 16 April 1998.

Atina Ford - In Class

Atina Ford delivers a lecture standing in front of a white screen.

Bio/Historical Note: Atina Ford (nee Johnston) is a world champion and Olympic champion curler. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as the alternate for Sandra Schmirler. She also won the World Championships in 1997 as the alternate for the Schmirler team. Ford won a bronze medal in the 1991 World Junior Curling Championships in Glasgow as skip for the Canadian Junior women’s team. Ford has a BEd and is qualified to teach French immersion.

"Girls' Swim Meet" - Action

Four images of women's intramural diving; two images of intramural swimming races; in the Qu'Appelle Hall pool.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.

Law-Commerce-Education Rugby Football Team - Group Photo

Intramural championship-winning combined Law-Commerce-Education team. Names: Matheson (assistant coach), Marushak (Education), McKercher (Law), Bonney (Law), Whiteman (Education), Bingley (Commerce), Meiklejohn (Commerce), Tkach (Law), Phillips (Law), Armitage (trainer), Greenough (Commerce), Horner (Law), McKay (Education), Kern (Education), Richards (Commerce), Sisson (Law), Hammond (Commerce), Pinch (Commerce), Crowe (Commerce), Kozak (Law), Hutchinson, B. (coach), Pete (mascot), Hutchinson, J.(assistant trainer), Wolfe (manager, Law).

Penta Kai Deka - Activities

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.

University of Saskatchewan Fencing Club - Group Photo

Posed indoor image of team members. Names: Hamilton, John Driscoll Rublee, Robert Noverre Millman, Cooke, Prof. Millman, Newton, Joe Griffiths, Ronald Harry Stafford, Yorsh, ?, Currie, Lobb, Kenneth Andrew Miners, Thorburn, ?, Gordon Shaw Moxley, Watson, Hatton, Holmes, Crowder, Harrison, Forsythe, Mallin, Fairclough, [Norman] Lowe, John Clark Simpkins, Harold McSherry, Howson, Hamilton, Johnston, Vines.

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