J.W.T. Spinks, newly-installed University President, walking with W.P. Thompson, President Emeritus, during ceremony held in Physical Education gymnasium. Both wearing academic gowns.

Bio/Historical Note: John William Tranter Spinks was born in 1908 at Methwold, England. He received his PhD in Science from the University of London in 1930 and that same year joined the University of Saskatchewan as assistant professor of Chemistry. While on leave in Germany in 1933 he worked with Gerhard Herzberg, future Nobel prize winner in Chemistry, and was instrumental in bringing him to Canada. In 1938 Dr. Spinks became a full professor of Chemistry. During WWII Dr. Spinks developed search-and-rescue operations for the RCAF and took part in the early work on atomic energy. His scientific research led to major international achievements in radiation chemistry and his work included over 200 scientific papers. Dr. Spinks was appointed head of the department of Chemistry in 1948; Dean of the College of Graduate Studies in 1949 and was installed as President of the University, which he led through a very active period of development from 1959-1975. Dr. Spinks received many honours: Companion of the Order of Canada (1970); the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (1982), Saskatoon's Citizen of the Year (1985), and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (1996). He married Mary Strelioff (1910-1999) on 5 June 1939 in Rugby Chapel on the U of S grounds. Dr. Spinks died in 1997 in Saskatoon at age 89. The north-facing four-storey Spinks Addition is home to the departments of Computer Science and Chemistry. It was completed in 2003. Spinks Drive in College Park honours Dr. Spinks. The University of Saskatchewan open source computer labs were named the Spinks Labs.

Harry Thode, president of McMaster University, addressing guests at a banquet held after the installation of J.W.T. Spinks as University President.

Members of the University of Saskatchewan swim team dressed in suits, white shirts and ties, B. Francis (1), R. Simpson (2), B. Davies (3).

Dinner guests at the Tri-Service Ball seated and talking at a table.

View of Field Husbandry Building at centre; National Research Council Building at left and Engineering Building at right.

Bio/Historical Note: Field Husbandry changed its name to Crop Science in 1962.

Group of male students standing on risers, holding sheets of paper, and singing at Awards Day; Dr. David Kaplan, director. Held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Images of the Frosh Week Parade travelling down the 100 block of Second Avenue South, as well as on campus.

Large group of people mingling in the Memorial Union Building (MUB) lounge.

Marching band and cheerleaders crossing the University Bridge during Homecoming Parade.

Durward Thomas, LLB '29 (Sask), registrar of the Court of Queen's Bench and former Saskatoon alderman, pulls a cord revealing painting of F.C. Cronkite, Dean of Law from 1930-1961, on display.

Bio/Historical Note: Born on a New Brunswick farm on 22 December 1894, Frederick Clinton Cronkite received his early education locally, including a BA from the University of New Brunswick. Upon graduation he studied at Harvard, obtaining both an MA in economics and government and an LLB. Cronkite returned to New Brunswick were he practiced law until 1924, when he joined the faculty of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1930 he succeeded Dr. Arthur S. Moxon as Dean. During his tenure enrollment in the College of Law increased and the College broadened its curriculum, providing classes in both labour and administrative law. Cronkite was active in civic politics, serving as an alderman for ten years. He was also active provincially and nationally, aiding in the presentation of the Saskatchewan case to the Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, serving on the Royal Commission on Transportation, corresponding on various other royal commissions, and serving on the Saskatchewan Reconstruction Council, the Committee on Urban Assessments, and on the Saskatchewan Health Services Planning Commission. Between 1945-1961 he was asked to hear several labour arbitration cases. Upon Cronkite's retirement in 1961 he was named Dean Emeritus; and in 1967 the U of S awarded him an honourary Doctor of Laws degree. Dr. Cronkite died in April 1973.

Back row: Batham, Drinnan, Duncan, Ellard, Fairgay, Filarczuk, Hartman
Third row: Jordan, Ketcheson, Konik, Lasby, Long, Lindgren, McNulty, Miller
Second row: Nickel, Parker, Shevkenek, Shier, Smith, Snider, Sokil, Thies
First row: Tomlinson, Vogeli, Vopni, Young, White, Whittome, Witmer

Back row: Anderson, Axford, Bailey, Banham, barnes, beech, Bell, Best, Chernoff, Coulter B., Coulter J., Daniels, Ewart, Floding, Foster, Fulford
Third Row: Hnatiuk, Isaak, Knicade, lambert, Leontowich, Leschasin, McAfee, McGowan, Maksymiuk, Miller, Milne, Munro, Nicholson, Panko
Second row: Peters, Plaster, Pratt, Preston, Proznik, Quine, reid, Riekert, Ruse, Rusnak, Ryde, Schmidt, Shaw, Spalding
First row: Sproule, Straub, Stuehler, Symes, Taylor, Thompson, Veeman, Weinbender, Wilkinson, Young, Zunti
Absent: Stolze, Welsch, Wiebe

Elevated view of the six floors that are formed and mainly covered. "Bird" sign on scaffolding, equipment and vehicles in foreground.

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 1963-64 improvements in structural building techniques allowed the architectural firm of Shore and Moffat and Partners to add an eleventh floor to the building designs. The second classroom wing of the Arts Building was completed in 1967. This fourth and final phase of construction was built by W. C. Wells Construction and was again designed by the architectural firm of Shore and Moffat and Partners. The building on opening contained a gross area of finished space amounting to 82,980 square feet. In addition, 3,564 square feet of unfinished space was provided in the basement. Plans to adjoin the Addition to the planned Law-Commerce Complex were also included in the design. The building was considerably larger upon completion than initially planned, and included laboratory space as well as classrooms. On opening, the second classroom wing contained one 350-seat theatre, one 150-seat theatre, six 95 seat classrooms, six 45 seat classrooms and one 20 seat classroom as well as three departmental seminar rooms. In addition to these, four laboratory units were added to the building for Psychology, Geography, Languages and the Computation Centre. The second classroom wing was faced in tyndall limestone while the interior main corridors of the building were lined with painted concrete block. In 1974 a pedestrian connection was built to the Arts Building for $394,342. It was designed by BLM Architects, and was contracted to Poole Construction. Portions of the Arts Building, including the theatre, were renovated as part of the first phase of the Place Riel Project. This renovations were designed by D. H. Stock and Partners, and were contracted to Smith Bros. and Wilson. They were completed in 1976 for $178,080.

Looking northwest across the Bowl at the Chemistry Building; crowd of people stands at centre. Union Jack flag flies from top of building.