View looking northwest with College Drive running along bottom of image. Physical Education Building prominent in foreground; river and view of city in background.

View looking north of Biology Building; students walking on pathway. Trees visible in foreground; Administration Building partially visible in background.

View looking north of Saskatchewan Hall. Students walking on sidewalk; trees visible in foreground. Physics Building visible in background.

A.C. (Colb) McEown, Vice-President (Admin), addresses the crowd at a luncheon at the Elks Hall, held during the Commerce Alumni Reunion. Unidentified guests seated at head table.

Image of 3-D model of the proposed Poultry Science Building with surrounding trees, sidewalks and roads.

Unloading gun mount; crane at centre of image, with unfinished Linear Accelerator Building at left.

Bio/Historical Note: The building of the Linear Accelerator (Linac) was not a random event but rather the result of a series of developments on campus. The Department of Physics had over the previous decades built a reputation for experimentation and innovation. The post-war period saw the University of Saskatchewan in the forefront of nuclear physics in Canada. In 1948, Canada’s first betatron (and the world’s first used in the treatment of cancer) was installed on campus. It was used for research programs in nuclear physics, radiation chemistry, cancer therapy and radiation biology. Next the world’s first non-commercial cobalt-60 therapy unit for the treatment of cancer was officially opened in 1951. With this unit research was undertaken in the areas of radiological physics, radiation chemistry and the effects of high energy radiation on plants and animals. When the construction of the Linear Accelerator was announced in the fall of 1961, it was portrayed as the next logical step on the University’s research path. Varian Associates, Palo Alto, California, designed and built the accelerator with Poole Construction of Saskatoon employed as the general contractor. The 80 foot electron accelerator tube was to create energy six times that of the betatron. The cost of the $1,750,000 facility was split between the National Research Council and the University of Saskatchewan with the NRC meeting the cost of the equipment and the University assuming the costs of the building. The official opening in early November of 1964 was more than just a few speeches and the cutting of a ribbon. It was a physics-fest, with 75 visiting scientist from around the world in attendance presenting papers and giving lectures over the period of several days. Three eminent physicists were granted honorary degrees at the fall convocation and hundreds of people showed up for the public open house. For three decades the Linac has served the campus research community and will continue to do so as it has become incorporated into the Canadian Light Source synchrotron.

E.L.M. Burns, Lieutenant General, Canadian Army, addresses crowd at Fall Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Unidentified dignitaries seated at left; J.W.T. Spinks, University President, seated at right.

Bio/Historical Note: Lieutenant General Edson Louis Millard "Tommy" Burns CC, DSO, OBE, MC, CD (1897-1985) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army and a diplomat.

Elevated view of a group of male wrestlers in action.

Swimming class in progress at the new Physical Education swimming pool. An instructor stands at pool's edge, with a group of swimmers in pool; two diving boards visible in background.

An unidentified man uses the parallel bars at the new Physical Education facility while a group of three students watches.

J.B. Kirkpatrick, dean of Education, presents the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Prize in Education to Marion Lorraine Moffat during Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Dignitaries wearing academic robes seated in background.

Bernhard George Nickel receives the Association of Professional Engineers Prize from A.D. Booth, dean of Engineering. Nickel also was awarded the Kimberley Clark Canada Ltd. prize.

Elevated view of cattle within the pens.

Alexander H. McDonald, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, gives an address at the opening of the experimental feedlot.

View looking northwest of steel structure for the four-storey addition of the Arts Building.

Bio/Historical Note: The Arts Building was constructed in four major stages from 1958 to 1967 at a cost of $758,491. The first stage of construction began in September 1958 with the raising of the classroom wing. The classroom wing was constructed by W.C. Wells Construction, and was designed by Shore and Moffat. It was officially opened on 28 September 1959. The second phase of construction was completed in 1960. It involved the building of the first seven floors of the Arts Tower, the Arts Theatre, and a link joining the Tower to the classroom wing. The Arts Tower project was contracted to Bird Construction while design of the building was again carried out by Shore and Moffat. The Arts Tower was officially opened on 16 January 1961.The addition to the Arts Tower was constructed from 1963-1965 by Bird Construction. While the initial tower completed in 1960 had been designed to accommodate another three floors at a later date, by 1963-1964 improvements in structural building techniques allowed the architectural firm of Shore and Moffat and Partners to add an eleventh floor to the building designs.