Six members of the Women's Figure Skating team pose indoors: S. Hill, J. Art, Judy Gathercole, C. Hull, P. White, M. McClocklin.

74-year-old Ruth Eleanor McCuaig of Kenaston, Saskatchewan, receives her bachelor's degree in Arts and Education at Convocation and Installation of Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson as University President held at Centennial Auditorium. McCuaig being hooded by Norman K. Cram, University Secretary, while shaking hands with Emmett M. Hall, University Chancellor.

Bio/Historical note: Ruth Eleanor Anderson was born in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, Manitoba in 1906. She married Duncan McCuaig (1907-1983) in 1929. Ruth McCuaig died in Saskatoon in 1994 at age 88.

Five members of the figure skating team in skates on ice (l to r): C. Phillips, C. Anderson, B. Phillips, G. Mayer, C. Hung.

Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, speaks from podium during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. U of S logo in background.

Construction materials, a crane and a cement truck on site at the Diefenbaker Canada Centre. University Bridge and downtown in background.

Art Knight, dean of Arts, presents the University Prize in Science to David Llewellyn Twist of Prince Albert at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

P.M. (Michael) Swan, Head, Department of Greek and Roman Studies, and Nicholas Gyenes, Professor Emeritus of Art, look at an exhibit at the official opening of the Museum of Antiquities. 'Hermes of Praxiteles' is in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Museum of Antiquities is an archaeological museum at the University of Saskatchewan. It opened in 1974 to provide an opportunity to study ancient works. The Museum currently features a variety of Greek and Roman sculpture, and contains a collection of Near Eastern, Egyptian, Byzantine, Islamic and Medieval art. It is one of only a handful of museums of its kind in Canada. The project which became the “Museum of Antiquities” began in 1974. It was initiated by ancient history historian Michael Swan and art historian Nicholas Gyenes, both professors of the University of Saskatchewan. The collection began with a small group of replicas purchased from the Louvre, but grew to include replicas from other museums and workshops, as well as original artifacts. The collection grew through the generosity of the University and private benefactors until, in 1981, new facilities in the Murray Library were acquired, the collection was officially opened as the “Museum of Antiquities”, and Catherine Gunderson became the first curator and director of the museum. In 2005, the ever-expanding Museum moved to a larger space in the newly renovated College Building now known as the Peter MacKinnon Building. Tracene Harvey became director in 2009. The long-term aim of the Museum is to offer a reliable and critical account of the artistic accomplishments of major Western civilizations and epochs from approximately 3000 BC to 1500 CE. The first step in this endeavor was the presentation of a dependable picture of ancient Greco-Roman sculptural art, as it has heavily influenced much later Western art. The present collection focuses on items from the Middle Helladic (c. 1500 BCE) to the Late Antique (c. 500 CE) period and now has expanded to include pieces from the ancient Near East and ancient Egypt. The Museum's pieces mainly consist of plaster cast replicas, making the collection one of a few cast collections in Canada, and the only one in Saskatchewan. The replicas in the Museum are, in general, not crafted from the same material as the original. Most are casts of plaster or resin, not marble or bronze, for reasons of expense and weight. The replicas by large workshops—such as those at the Louvre, Paris, the British Museum, London, and the Gipsformerei der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin—are created from moulds taken directly from the original pieces. They therefore replicate exactly any damage borne by the original. After the plaster cast is unmoulded, it is painted and given a surface finish which matches the original. The collection has replicas of several famous pieces, such as the Rosetta Stone and the Venus de Milo. The collection features original sculpture such as the 17th century portrait of Hannibal. Other original pieces include a storage amphora, a false door and a substantial collection of ancient glass.

Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, speaks from podium during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Lectern has Auditorium logo on front. Seated dignitaries wearing academic robes in background; U of S logo hanging on wall.

Action shots of the Engineering football team playing the Eagles, a combined team of Commerce, Law and Education, in a benefit game for Doug Tilden, who became ill with polio and had been a University of Saskatchewan Huskie football team member.

Bio/Historical Note: Douglas Iver Tilden was born 7 March 1931 in Ettington, Saskatchewan. He enrolled in Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, playing Huskie football for two years, during which Tilden was stricken with polio in 1950. He earned a BEng in 1953 from the U of S, and later obtained an MEng from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Tilden accepted a job with Boeing in Huntsville, Alabama. He was involved in the race to the moon, working on the Saturn/Apollo Vehicle and the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Tilden was awarded the Astronaut's "Snoopy Award" for his role in the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the Apollo 15 moon mission. Tilden retired from Boeing in 1993, concluding his career by working on the International Space Station ‘Freedom.’ Tilden died on 5 January 2011 in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, presents the Governor General's Gold Medal to Gwenneth Ellen Chapman of Elrose at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Seated dignitaries in academic robes in background.

View looking southeast of the Livestock Pavilion, taken just after completion.

Bio/Historical Note: The Livestock Pavilion, one of the five original campus buildings, was designed by Brown and Vallance and constructed between 1910-1912. Built of red brick, slate and translucent glass panels (some of which could be opened for ventilation), it included a large show arena with seating. The Pavilion had a slaughter room and cold storage for the butchery courses. It was demolished in 1986.

Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, speaks from podium during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Dignitaries wearing academic robes seated in background.

Elevated view of ceremony dedicating the Memorial Gates. Dignitaries, military, band and crowd in foreground. Union Jack draped over Memorial Tablet. St. Andrew's College behind dais, and Little Stone School in background.

Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, University President, presents the President's Medal to Robert Bruce Gordon at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Robert Bruce Gordon was born 14 November 1962 and spent his early years on a farm near Marsden, Saskatchewan, and later moving with his family to Saskatoon. He played for the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League and was captain of the Saskatoon Blades in 1981-1982. He was the voice of University of Saskatchewan men’s Huskies’ hockey for nearly four decades. Dr. Gordon’s 28 years in the Saskatoon Police Service included assignments such as detective sergeant in both the Sex Crimes Unit and the Major Crime/Homicide Unit. After retiring from the SPS in 2012 Gordon briefly worked as director of Investigations for the new civilian oversight agency in Vancouver before enrolling in the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. Upon graduation in 2016 Gordon launched his legal career with Cuelenaere LLP, and was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in June 2017. Dr. Gordon died 29 May 2020 in Regina at age 58.

Shelley Jean Archibald of Naicam, awaits presentation of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Prize by Naomi Hersom, dean of Education, during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.