A library employee receives food from a boater-hatted committee member at an event held outside of Kirk Hall.

Bio/Historical Note: Though the first recorded withdrawal from the University Library occurred in October 1909, nearly five decades passed before the Library had its own building. The early collection was housed either on the second floor of the College Building (later known as the Administration Building) or was scattered among a number of small departmental libraries. Plans for a new library building in the late 1920s were ended by the start of the Great Depression; but a dramatically reduced acquisitions budget was offset by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation in 1933. In 1943 the University hired its first professional Librarian. A combination of provincial grants and University fundraising financed the construction of the Murray Memorial Library. The library was named after the University’s first President, Walter C. Murray. Designed by noted Regina architect Kioshi Izumi working under H.K. Black, Architect, it marked a change in campus architecture away from the more angular and elaborate Collegiate Gothic style to that of the less expensive cube. Building materials included granite at the entrance and Tyndall stone as a wall cladding and window trim. In addition to the library, the building housed the College of Law, an office of the Provincial Archives and a 105-seat lecture theatre equipped with the latest in audiovisual teaching aids. The most dramatic transformation took place between 1970 and 1976 when a six floor south wing was added along with an extensive renovation of the 1956 structure. Designed by BLM, Regina, the south wing was unlike any other building on campus. Clad in Tyndall stone panels made to look like concrete (through a "bush hammered" finish), the grey almost windowless building is industrial and utilitarian in appearance. The University's master plan required buildings in the core of campus to be clad in stone. However, the "bush hammered" finish was used since the Library addition was built during a period that saw the flowering of "Brutalist" Architecture, so called because of the wide use of exposed concrete. The new (south) wing, originally called the Main Library, was officially opened on 17 May 1974, and also became the home of the Department of Art and Art History, the College of Graduate Studies and the University Archives.

Head and shoulders image of John G. Egnatoff, professor and head, Department of Educational Administration, 1968-1975.

Bio/Historical Note: John George Egnatoff was an educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Melfort from 1948-1952 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in 1914 near Perdue, Saskatchewan. He worked as a teacher and school administrator in rural Saskatchewan, Nigeria and Saskatoon from 1935 to 1978. He was defeated by Clarence George Willis when he ran for election in the newly-created riding of Melfort-Tisdale in 1952. Egnatoff ran for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in 1954. From 1968-1975, he was professor and head of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1981, he was named to the Order of Canada. Egnatoff died in Saskatoon in 2005 at age 90. Dr. John G. Egnatoff School in Saskatoon's Erindale neighborhood, along with Egnatoff Crescent & Way in the Silverwood Heights neighborhood are both named in his honour.

Gordon Walburn, full-time manager of radio station CJUS-FM, speaking.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1959 a campus group calling themselves "University Radio Productions" approached the federal government for a broadcast license to operate a student-run FM station on a non-commercial basis. Licensing requirements demanded that licenses only be issued to the university itself; in 1960 students approached the Board of Governors for approval. Operation of the station, including a constitution, was formalized in 1965 between the University and the Students Union (USSU), and CJUS-FM was launched. Studios were initially located in the basement of the university's Memorial Union Building, but were moved to the basement of the Education Building in 1980 next to the Department of Audio Visual Services. The station was launched through a partnership between the university's board of governors and its student union. For a number of years, the station also aired some programming from the CBC Stereo network before CBKS was launched. In 1983, with the station in financial trouble, it began to accept limited commercial advertising, and briefly changed its call sign to CHSK. The following year, the university's board decided to discontinue its funding of the station, and CHSK ceased broadcasting on 30 September 1985. CJUS was relaunched as an Internet radio stream in 2005.

Bio/Historical Note: Gordon Einar Walburn (1925-2012) was born and educated in Winnipeg where his fascination with radio began in early childhood. He knew then that when he grew up he wanted to "push buttons". A long and distinguished career in radio broadcasting would fulfill that desire. Following graduation from Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, Gordon was hired by CKRC in February 1944 as a transcription clerk. He was also their record librarian and an announcer. Later he worked for stations in Kenora, Ontario and Brandon, Manitoba, prior to leaving Winnipeg for Saskatoon in May 1951 to work as an announcer for a new station, CKOM, set to launch the following month. He was promoted to production manager of CKOM in August 1952 but continued to be a popular and well-respected occasional on-air personality. Always committed to providing listeners with quality community programming, Walburn began intensive preparations to present a brief to the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a hearing in Ottawa in his bid to bring the first FM radio station to the province of Saskatchewan. He was granted the license and CFMC-FM went on the air in December 1964. Walburn chose to sever his connection with this commercial venture to head up the University of Saskatchewan's fledgling student radio station CJUS-FM that began broadcasting on a limited frequency in December 1965. He trained students, guided and monitored programming, eventually oversaw a move to a larger facility on campus and succeeded in achieving a power increase in order to bring the station to a wider listening audience. Under his expert guidance, CJUS (changed to CHSK in 1983) became a "model for all other FM stations in Canada." (CRTC Commissioner Pat Pearce) Gordon accepted early retirement in 1985 when, sadly, in spite of its popularity, budget cuts at the University resulted in an end to its funding of their campus radio. Walburn died in Winnipeg in 2012 at age 87. CJUS was relaunched as an Internet radio stream in 2005.

Head and shoulders image of Clarence Tracy, Department of English, 1950-1966.

Bio/Historical Note: Clarence Rupert Tracy was born in Ontario in 1908 and received his education at the University of Toronto and at Yale. Tracy was a professor of English from 1950-1966. at the University of Saskatchewan, and head of the department from 1964-65. The author of a number of scholarly works, he was secretary-treasurer of the Humanities Association (1952-1954). Tracy died in 1988.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Clarence R. Forsberg, Department of Civil Engineering, 1938-1971.

Bio/Historical Note: Clarence R. Forsberg was born in 1914. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering in 1938. Dr. Forsberg died in 1994. A memorial scholarship bearing his name is awarded yearly by the College of Engineering.

Head and shoulders image of Alfred R. Byers, Department of Geological Sciences.

Bio/Historical Note: Alfred Roddick Byers was born on 25 February 1911 in Ste. Agathe des Monts, Quebec. He received his BSc (1932), MSc (1933) and his PhD (1935) from McGill. Prior to joining the University of Saskatchewan in 1940, Byers was employed as a geological consultant. He was made full professor in 1957 and Head of the Department of Geological Sciences in 1965. He also served as acting director of the Institute for Northern Studies in 1964. Byers retired from the University in 1972, and died in 1992.

Head and shoulders image of Laura E. Glazer, Extension Specialist, Extension Division, 1958-1974.

Head and shoulders image of Andrew Michalenko, professor of Engineering.

Bio/Historical Note: Andrew Michalenko was born in 1909 in Borden, Saskatchewan. He was a faculty member of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan for 34 years. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1974. Michalenko was a member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral in Saskatoon in which he was active in its construction and administration. He played a significant role in the administration and renovation of the P. Mohyla Institute during the difficult post-depression period and during the construction of the new Mohyla Institute. He was active in the Ukrainian Self Reliance League of Canada at all levels; In the Ukrainian Canadian Committee and in his Professional Engineering Society. Michalenko died in Edmonton in 1981.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. James Naylor, Professor of Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. James Maurice Naylor was born in 1920 in Hawarden, Saskatchewan. Following service with the RCAF during World War II, he entered the University of Saskatchewan, earning a BSA (1949) and an MSc (1950). Dr. Naylor continued his postgraduate work at the University of Wisconsin, receiving a PhD in botany in 1953. He joined the Uof S in 1953 as assistant professor in Agriculture, and moved to the Department of Biology in 1961. Dr. Naylor was promoted to full professor in 1964 and was named head of the department in 1968, a position which he held for five years. Dr. Naylor instigated the Division of Life Sciences, and, with Ray Skinner, formed the Saskatoon Committee for the Control of Radiation Hazards. He also served as Chairman of the Faculty Association. Dr. Naylor died in Saskatoon in 1984 at age 64.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. William J. Maher, Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. William Joseph Maher was born on 10 March 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. After a brief stint in the United States military, he studied biology at Purdue University, graduating with a BSc in 1951. He earned an MA in Zoology from the University of Michigan in 1953. For the next two years Dr. Maher was with the U.S. Geological Survey as a research technician working on a permafrost project. In 1955 he returned to his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Maher began the ecological study of the pomarine, parasistic, and long-tailed jaegers in northern Alaska, earning his PhD in 1961. Dr. Maher joined the Department of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan as a visiting assistant professor in 1963. The following year he was appointed associate professor rising to the rank of full professor in 1974. Dr. Maher retired in 1994 and was named Professor Emeritus. Specializing in vertebrate taxonomy and ornithology, his research took him to many and far flung locations including the Canadian and American Arctic, Antarctica and Australia. Dr. Maher died on 28 July 2016 in Parksville, British Columbia, at age 89.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. P.J. Thair, professor of Agriculture and head of Agricultural Economics. and Anita Thair, who is holding a bouquet of flowers.

Students gathered around the Frosh Welcome Week booth in the Bowl.

Image of Gordon W. Snelgrove standing in front of three paintings (l to r): Many Chiefs, Piegan Chiefs; James Henderson; and Bears Paw, Stony Chief.

Bio/Historical Note: Gordon W. Snelgrove (1898–1966) was a painter, art historian and one of the first people in Canada to receive a PhD in art history. In 1936 he served as professor of art and art history at the University of Saskatchewan’s Regina campus. Later he joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Saskatoon campus as head of the Art Department and remained in that position until his retirement in the fall of 1965. He died in February 1966. The Gordon Snelgrove Gallery was opened in the basement of the Murray Building in 1966. It serves as a venue for students to showcase their work and acts as a tribute to a man devoted to art and teaching new generations of artists. It also curates the collection for the department of art and art history, comprised of select works from graduating students that are displayed throughout the campus.

Head and shoulders image of Ralph K. Larmour, Department of Chemistry, 1923-1945.

Bio/Historical Note: Ralph Kenneth Larmour was born in 1894 in Irena, Ontario. He spent his youth in Morrisburg and later taught school in rural Ontario and Saskatchewan. During World War One, Larmour served with the 78th Winnipeg Grenadiers and received the Military Medal following action at Passchendaele. In 1919, he enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan, earning both a B.Sc. (1923) and M.Sc. (1925); in 1927 he received a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Larmour joined the Department of Chemistry in 1927 and for the next 18 years built a solid reputation for research in cereal chemistry. During those years, he was also active with the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC). In 1945 Larmour accepted an appointment as Director of Research of the National Research Council's newly established Prairie Regional Laboratory in Saskatoon, where he remained until 1947. Concurrent with this appointment, he served as Scientific Advisor to the Canadian High Commissioner in London. From 1945 to 1963, Larmour served as the first Director of Research of Maple Leaf Mills, Toronto. Larmour retired in 1963 and settled in Grimsby, Ontario, where he died in 1970.

Wesley C. MacAulay, Dean of Pharmacy, standing at podium during a Kiwanis Club event. Large sign behind him reads “Kiwanis Action”. View of back of room looking towards speaker.