View of attendees of opening ceremonies, including Dr. Bernadette Bujila,, Mrs. Katherine Leddy, Mary Spinks, Dr. Hope H. Hunt, Dr. Hilda Neatby, Dr. Margaret Cameron and Dr. Edith C. Rowles, plus many others.

Students studying in west wing classroom of Arts Building.

View of students studying in west wing classroom of Arts Building; windows in background.

Head and shoulders image of G.A. Jones, Assistant Professor, Dairy Science.

Head and shoulders image of Taylor Steeves, professor, Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1926 in Quincy, Massachusetts, Taylor Steeves obtained his B.Sc. at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and in 1951 was awarded his Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University. As part of his graduate training he had spent a year as a Sheldon Travelling Fellow at the University of Manchester, and in 1953, while still a Harvard Fellow, he was a Visiting Investigator at the Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques in Versailles, France. In 1954 he returned to Cambridge to join the faculty of Harvard University as an Assistant Professor. He remained at Harvard for five more years, and in 1959 was recruited by Professor Donald Rawson to the Department of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan as an Associate Professor. He was promoted to full Professor in 1964. He served as Head of his department from 1976 to 1981 and returned to serve as Acting Head in 1987-1988. For his distinguished service, he was named the Rawson Professor of Biology in 1985, and he retired from the University of Saskatchewan in 1994 as Professor Emeritus. His early research focused on several aspects of plant development, with particular emphasis on the application to this study of tissue culture techniques he had acquired in France and introduced to Canada. In the latter stages of his research career his focus shifted to the then somewhat unfashionable study of native plants of the prairies, and in this vein he supervised a number of graduate student projects on the prairie lands surrounding the wheat and hay fields of his farm on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River. Throughout his career he was active as an author and published many papers, some with his wife, Margaret Wolfe Steeves, also a professor of Biology. In 1992 the University of Saskatchewan awarded him the earned degree of Doctor of Science in recognition of his research, and in 1998 he received an honourary Doctor of Science from the University of Guelph. Of his many honors and awards, he stated that the most meaningful to him was the Master Teacher Award granted to him by the University of Saskatchewan in 1990. Steeves was an active member of the Anglican Church, which he joined only as a young man on his arrival at Harvard. He served as Deacon in his local parish in Saskatoon and for many years participated at the national level in the organization of his Church. In 1991 the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad of the University of Saskatchewan awarded him an honourary Doctor of Canon Law in recognition of his services to the College. Steeves died in Saskatoon in 2011.

Three men, including J.W.T. Spinks (left), University President, and J.H. Beatty pose in the President's Office in front of bookshelves.

Head and shoulders image of Minoru Yamasaki, master planner of the Regina Campus.

Bio/Historical Note: One of the major works of Minoru Yamasaki’s (1912-1986) career was the planning of the University of Regina and the adjoining Wascana Centre. This is a 2000 acre park containing the provincial legislature, cultural institutions, and a new university. Yamasaki was chosen because of his imaginative concepts and his ability to relate design to the environment.

Students sitting at tables in the Convocation Hall.

Alvin Hamilton, Progressive Conservative MP and federal Minister of Agriculture, addressing a large group of students in the Upper MUB lounge.

Exterior of the Hardy Laboratory; Engineering Building at far right.

Bio/Historical Note: In the fall of 1961 the Evan A. Hardy Laboratory was completed as part of greater construction on the building. The laboratory project included extensive space for the Department of Agricultural Engineering, the Agricultural Engineering Research and Development Section and the Divisions of Hydrology and Control Systems. The project was completed in 1963 for $611,761; it was constructed by the W.C. Wells construction firm. The laboratory was designed by architect J. K. Verbeke while the further addition was designed by the architectural firm of Webster, Forrester and Scott.

Doctors studying a man hooked up to various machines in the Cardio-Pulmonary Lab at University Hospital.

Looking west at the Biology Building; landscaping and student walking on pathway in foreground.

The Intensely Vigorous College Nine, a marching band, plays in front of a crowd of people sitting in the stands during the U of S homecoming weekend.

Bio/Historical Note: The Intensely Vigorous College Nine marching band was founded on 1 October 1954 by “Bobs” Caldwell as a spoof on college marching bands. It began life as the Dawn Sommers-Irvine Epstein Memorial Band, in reference to a 1954 prank in which three law students convinced everyone on campus that an aspiring Winnipeg actress visiting campus was actually a rising starlet on contract with Paramount Studios. Irvine Emmanuel Epstein was supposedly the one who exposed the hoax, hence the name. In the fall of 1954 the band changed its name to the G.B. Armstrong Memorial Vegetable Soup Contest and Tug O’ War College Marching Band before settling on the Intensely Vigorous College Nine, perhaps in reference to the ‘College Nine,’ a popular student swing band of the late 1940s. Having rehearsed regularly and dismissing rumours that they were learning only one number, members summed up the band’s progress by noting “she’s not much for music but she’s hell for laughs.” Their first public appearance was at the Homecoming weekend parade. So unusual was their talent, so original their arrangements and so spirited their participation during those festivities that the College Nine were named “Men of the Week” by the Sheaf. The Intensely Vigorous College Nine remained a campus tradition long past the graduation of its original membership, and was an entertaining presence at the University until the mid-1990s. In addition to being active participants in student life, many band members went on to great achievement in their professional careers. Indeed, one alumnus of the College Nine, Ray Hnatyshyn (1934-2002) PC CC CMM CD QC QC (Sask) Hon. FRHSC, became Governor-General of Canada in 1989.

Large group of students standing and looking at the camera. Floats and buildings can be seen in the background.

Images from the musical variety show "Bon Voyage". Features Ukrainian dancers, salsa dancers, a "GE" office setting, two actors dressed as tourists, and can-can dancers.