Members of team pose in swim suits by the [Qu'Appelle Hall] pool. Back row: Grace Hardy, Betty Moore, Marion Proctor and Mary Boyd; Front row: Mary Varey and Pat Willis.

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.

Posed indoor image of he first group of University of Saskatchewan employees to take the equivalent of 10 half-day workshops in Human Resource's year-old Leadership Development Program were honored at an Oct. 23 celebration in the Faculty Club. Top row (left): Theresa Curry; Naomi Frankel, (certificate recipient and HR's facilitator of this leadership program); Anne Summach, Marcia Caton, Lucille Otero, and Sharon Cochran, associate vice-president for Human Resources. Bottom row: Kim Hunter, Louise Barak, Colleen Teague, and John Ault. Missing are: Pauline Molder and Garth Parry. Frankel says participants take required workshops like "Responding Assertively to Offensive Behavior in the Workplace", "Essentials of Conflict Management," and courses in Human Resource Essentials, and Diversity. They can also take electives in Communication and other areas. Frankel told the group that in the first year there were 67 participants, and already this fall 88 have registered. She said the program promotes leadership as an attitude towards oneself and others, and encourages staff to be active rather than passive.

Bio/Historical Note: Image appeared in 27 October 2000 of OCN.

Dr. Bruce R. Brandell (left) watches how artifical electrical stimulation modifies the co-ordination in normal gait between muscle activity and movements in the lower limbs of a subject walking on a treadmill. Also participating are Frank Dowling (second from left), research technician; Cathy Smith, subject; and Cindy Smith, technician.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Hughes Goldie, Microbiology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Hughes Goldie is Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology.

Head and shoulders image of Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, FBA (15 January 1914 – 26 January 2003), an English historian. Trevor-Roper's reputation was "severely damaged" in 1983 when he authenticated the Hitler Diaries shortly before they were shown to be forgeries.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Hugh Nicholson, professor, Department of Animal and Poultry Science.

Boi/Historical Note: Dr. Hugh H. Nicholson was born 30 September 1923 near Lloydminster, SK. After high school he joined the RCAF and served during World War II. After the war he enrolled at UBC and earned his BSc in Agriculture. He earned his PhD in Corvallis, Oregon. After many years with the Range Experimental, Department of Agriculture Canada in Kamloops, British Columbia, he joined the Department of Animal and Poultry Science as a professor until his death 11 December 1990 in Saskatoon.

Head and shoulders of Wei Ze Huang, Soil Science.

Howard Leyton-Brown, director of Conservatory, in recording booth in Darke Hall addition, Regina Campus.

Bio/Historical Note: Howard Leyton-Brown was born 19 December 1918 in Melbourne, Australia, and raised in that city. At an early age he demonstrated an extraordinary talent for music, and in 1937 he left Australia to study violin in Europe. World War II interrupted these studies and he enlisted in the Royal Air Force, serving as a pilot in Bomber Command and also as an instructor and examiner with the Commonwealth Pilot Training Program. Leyton-Brown received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his wartime service. While stationed in Estevan, Saskatchewan he met his future wife, Myrl, and she joined him in England in 1944. earned the Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music, receiving the highest marks ever awarded in the British Isles. Leyton-Brown subsequently performed as a soloist and also served as leader of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1952 he accepted a position as head of the String Department of the Regina Conservatory of Music, becoming director in 1955, and was appointed director of the Western Board of Music Examination system in 1953. He held both directorships until his retirement in 1987. Leyton-Brown remained active as a soloist and conductor, notably of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, and served on the boards of many organizations dedicated to music and the performing arts. He was founding Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Regina, earned a PhD from the University of Michigan and continued to contribute long after retirement in 2016. He was the recipient of many honours, the most significant of which include being named a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1955, Member of the Order of Canada in 1991, Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1996, and Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour in 2015. Howard Leyton-Brown died 13 January 2017.

Dr. Wilf Rae standing with Mrs. Rae and holding a plaque that reads:"Testimonial to Prof. Wilfrid John Rae on the occasion of his retirement from the Poultry Science Department of the University of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Poultry Board presents this testimonial in appreciation of his thirty seven years of devotion, and for the outstanding contribution made to all phases of the poultry industry."

Bio/Historical Note: Wilfrid John Rae was professor and head, Department of Poultry Science, between 1929 and 1966.