Louis Brehaut (standing), head, Department of Philosophy, and Reginald J.G. Bateman, head, Department of English, looking at [some papers].

Bio/Historical Note: Louis Brehaut (1881-1932) was born in 1881 in Nova Scotia and graduated from Dalhousie University in 1904 with high honours and medal in Greek and English. Brehaut spent several years teaching at Oxford and St. Andrews University in Scotland. Brehaut eventually returned to Oxford and finished his degree. He then lectured in Manchester University (England) and acted as examiner for St. Andrews. Brehaut joined the University of Saskatchewan. He enlisted in 1914, became a victim of shell-shock in 1915 and was invalided home to Canada. Brehaut was unable to continue teaching and resigned in 1916. He died in [Prince Edward Island] at age 51.
Bio/Historical Note: Reginald J.G. Bateman (1883-1918) enlisted in 1914, went overseas in 1915, and returned to the U of S in 1916 to raise a company of the 196th (Western Universities) Battalion. Of the 5,374 men in the 46th Battalion, 4,917 were either killed or wounded. Bateman was killed near Dury, France on 3 September 1918.

Image of Neil Richards (Library assistant) and Valerie Korinek (professor of History) with a part of the 25 Lives display.

Bio/Historical Note: "25 Lives: Out & Proud," was the 25th-anniversary project of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA). The Toronto-based organization selected 25 inspirational people in the LGBTQ community to honour those whose achievements and openness about their sexuality have had an impact on Canadian society. Their portraits, mainly done by artists within that community, were donated. There are 13 women and 12 men, there is regional representation, and people from a number of different cultural backgrounds. Indeed, the honourees range from politicians and entertainers to writers and activists. Among the 25 were Svend Robinson, k.d. lang, Jim Egan, Mary-Woo Sims, Anne Bishop, Persimmon Blackbridge, Robin Metcalfe, Ken Popert, Robert Laliberte, Jovette Marchessault. Tim McCaskell, Shelley Tremain, and Audrey Butler. The exhibit was co-ordinated by Neil Richards (Library) and Valerie Korinek (History).

Head and shoulders image of John Kenneth Galbraith, Honourary Degree recipient; possibly taken at time of presentation.

Bio/Historical Note: John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as Ken Galbraith, was born in 1908 at Iona Station, Ontario. After study at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Agricultural College (now part of the University of Guelph; BS 1931) and the University of California, Berkeley (PhD 1934), Galbraith, who became a U.S. citizen in 1937, taught successively at Harvard and Princeton universities until 1942. During World War II and the postwar period, he held a variety of government posts and served as editor of Fortune magazine (1943-48) before resuming his academic career at Harvard in 1948. He established himself as a politically active liberal academician with a talent for communicating with the reading public. A key adviser to President John F. Kennedy, Galbraith served as ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963, when he returned again to Harvard; he became professor emeritus in 1975. He also continued his involvement in public affairs, and in 1967-68 he was national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action. Galbraith’s major works included American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power (1951), in which he questioned the competitive ideal in industrial organization. In his popular critique of the wealth gap, The Affluent Society (1958), Galbraith faulted the “conventional wisdom” of American economic policies and called for less spending on consumer goods and more spending on government programs. In The New Industrial State (1967) he envisioned a growing similarity between “managerial” capitalism and socialism and called for intellectual and political changes to stem what he saw as a decline of competitiveness in the American economy. Among his many other works were The Great Crash, 1929 (1955), The Liberal Hour (1960), Ambassador’s Journal (1969), A Life in Our Times: Memoirs (1981), The Anatomy of Power (1983), Economics in Perspective: A Critical History (1987), and The Culture of Contentment (1992). He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1946 and 2000. Galbraith died in 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at age 96.

A straw gas retort made of brick with a metal front in [Engineering Building]. In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances.

Bio/Historical Note: Prof. R.D. MacLaurin, head, Department of Chemistry, was interested in the production of gas from straw as a fuel for heating and for engines. Though he was not alone in the research field, MacLaurin built a small extraction plant in the late 1910s and operate a McLaughlin Motor Car using straw gas. The research was promising but far from a breakthrough. The volume of gas produced was small and the mileage between fill-ups low. The most significant aspect of the research was not scientific but financial. MacLaurin felt cheated when Walter C. Murray, University President, distributed provincial research funds to several campus projects. Though he had the largest share of the grant, MacLaurin felt he deserved it all. He alleged Murray had misappropriated funds. A battle ensued for the control of the University administration. Murray was able to maintain the confidence of the Board of Governors and MacLaurin and three of his supporters - Samuel Greenway, Extension director; Ira MacKay, professor of Law; and John L. Hogg, head, Physics - were dismissed. Research into straw gas was discontinued.

Students working in the soil laboratory.

Members of first inter-varsity debating team with female students as members (l to r): Claude E. Lewis - Arts '22; Mabel E. Sharp [Mrs. W.R. Roberts] - Arts '22; Marian L. Massey [Mrs. A.M. Nicholson] - Arts '24; and Charles W. McCool (ad eundem).

Posed image of members of the Ceramics Society at standing on front steps of the Engineering Building. Front row (l to r): E. Welter (pres.), M. Reagen (sec.), Prof. Wolsey G. Worcester, Elene Isfan, K. Bill, R.A. Campbell, H.S. Wilson; Second row: J. Scott, K. Jumphrey, H.N. Burrows, E.G. Child, W.M. Naish (Treas.), A. Posnick, S. Johnson, M.F. Parsons, S.A. Perry, R. Robinson, L.R. Sargent, F.C. Muttit.

Students stand on a stairwell in the Administration building. Portrait of President Walter C. Murray on wall behind them.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Allister H. Ewan, Head of Animal Husbandry, 1930-1953.

Bio/Historical Note: The controversial and obligatory resignations of Dr. Allister H. Ewan, head of Animal Science, and R.F.J. (Fred) Hopkinson, farm manager, occurred in 1953 following an investigation of farm and department operations and complaints by students concerning teaching.

Bio/Historical Note: The name of the Department of Animal Husbandry changed to the Department of Animal Science in May 1962.

Returned men, taking a short course, stand in front of the Engineering Building; winter scene.

Saskatoon Symphony in the Physical Education gymnasium with conductor Alexander Reisman, professor, Department of Music.

Head and shoulders image of M. James Hendry, Geology.

Bio/Historical Note: Jim Hendry was awarded an earned Doctor of Science degree in Geological Sciences by the University of Saskatchewan in 2008.

E.C. Leslie, Chancellor, University of Regina; George F. Curtis, Dean of Law, University of Calgary; and Walter A. Tucker chat at an unidentified event.

Bio/Historical Note: Everett Clayton Leslie (1893-1978) contributed to the profession of Law and post-secondary education in his adopted province of Saskatchewan. He served with the 85th Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders during World War I. Following his return from Europe, he earned a BA from Acadia University and an LLB from the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to carrying on a general law practice, he served as a member of the Board of Governors of the U of S and was installed as the first Chancellor of the University of Regina in October 1974. Leslie was awarded honourary degrees from Acadia and Queen’s universities and the University of Saskatchewan (1959), Leslie was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1969.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Adam Tucker (1899-1990) earned his BA from the University of Manitoba and an LLB from the University of Saskatchewan. He won a seat in the House of Commons of Canada where he was a Liberal MP for Rosthern, Saskatchewan from 1935-1948. Tucker served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Veterans Affairs from 1945-1948. He moved to provincial politics to lead the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in the 1948 provincial election against the CCF government of Tommy Douglas promoting the Liberals as the defenders of capitalism against the socialist CCF. While Tucker was able to win a seat in the provincial legislature and become Leader of the Opposition, he failed in his attempts to defeat the CCF government in 1948 and then again in 1952. Tucker resigned his seat in the provincial legislature in 1953 and returned to the federal House of Commons in the 1953 federal election. Tucker was re-elected in the 1957 election but was defeated in the Diefenbaker landslide the following year in the 1958 election. In 1963 Tucker was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan where he served as a judge until 1974.

Saskatchewan Hall, U of s Residence, with horse and cart standing out front

Elevated view of an architectural model of a library, classroom building and laboratory building on the University of Regina campus.