A corporal in the COTC climbing over [wall] during obstacle course.

J.S. Thomson, University President, and Major John Wesley Joyce inspecting COTC cadets on campus; winter scene.

Five rows of soldiers of No. 5 Platoon in uniform and holding rifles; at Camp Hughes, Manitoba.

Major General Brown inspecting COTC cadets in field uniforms and holding rifles at Saskatoon Armouries.

Captain Ross Brown, bandmaster, with COTC band, posing with their instruments at Saskatoon Armouries.

COTC band members standing in rows with their instruments. Indoor view with other cadets visible at upper left and a unique wood burning stove in background at right. Taken at Saskatoon Armouries..

Eight COTC officers in uniform without hats. Seven men identified: H.A. Jones, Benson, [W. Hasner], Herman H. Ferns, Joseph H. Thompson (professor of Accounting), Arthur E. Potts (professor of Dairy Science), William A. Carrothers (professor of Economics).

Four rows of COTC non-commissioned officers in uniforms and hats. Taken outside Saskatoon Armouries in winter.

COTC officers standing and sitting informally for indoor group photo; flags and emblems visible on back wall at Saskatoon Armouries.

Seven rows of COTC officers and cadets seated in front of Chemistry Building.

Elevated view of COTC officers and cadets lined up in groups standing at attention while they shoulder their rifles inside Rutherford Rink. Flags and emblems in background; "No Smoking" signs hang from rafters.

Squadron marching in street of unidentified German town. Buildings of European design, people and Volkswagen in background.

Three rows of COTC officers and cadets sitting and standing, wearing black armbands. Indoor scene with photographs and trophies on back wall.

Head and shoulders image of Major-General Arthur E. Potts, professor of Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, 1919-1948.

Bio/Historical Note: Arthur Edward Potts was born 24 October 1890 in Northumberland, England. Potts was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, Scotland, and subsequently studied at the University of Edinburgh (BSc) and Cornell University (MA in agriculture). He worked as an instructor at Ames College in Iowa. He came to Canada in 1914 to enlist as a private soldier in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in World War I. He was wounded twice while overseas. After the war Potts was appointed professor of Dairy Science at the University of Saskatchewan. He held this position until 1939 when he went overseas again as Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the Saskatoon Light Infantry. He became Brigadier-General in 1940 to command the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. In 1942 Potts was promoted to Major General, commanding the 6th Canadian Infantry Division. After the war Potts joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in Kingston, Ontario, to become the Department's district administrator. Potts died in September 1983 in Kingston at age 92.

Portrait of Jack Mooney, COTC cadet, seated and dressed in uniform and hat.

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.