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Summer School for Teachers - Forestry Farm - Group Photo

Rows of men and women stand and sit on the grass at the Forestry Farm in Sutherland; Superintendent's Residence at centre.

Bio/Historical Note: The University Summer School emerged in 1914; for the first three years (1914-1917), the Department of Education assumed responsibility for the direction and support of the school. Only school teachers took the courses; these were designed to improve instruction in agriculture, household science, nature study, art, and elementary science. In 1917, at the request of the Department, the University took over management of the school, and classes were offered leading to a degree. Classes were given in English, Latin, Chemistry, Physics, and Field Husbandry. From 1919 to 1937, George H. Ling was Director; during his tenure it grew into one of the largest and best known university summer schools in Canada.

Department of Field Husbandry Building - Construction

Excavating for foundation of the Field Husbandry Building. Two vehicles in foreground; construction equipment in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Field Husbandry Building was conceived and constructed as a direct result of the fire that destroyed the Engineering Building in 1925. The Department of Field Husbandry, which had moved to Engineering four years earlier, lost its entire seed stock to the blaze. The Engineering Building that rose from the ashes was not, however, to include the Department of Field Husbandry. They were to have their own new and separate structure. Designed by David Brown, the stone clad structure was finished in 1929 at a cost of $260,000 and contained offices, classrooms and laboratories. The building also acted as a screen to mask the brick portion of campus from the buildings around the Bowl. In 1937 an addition, designed by local architect and University lecturer G.J.K. Verbeke, extended the building northward. The School of Medical Science moved into the addition from their cramped quarters in the College Building and stayed until the completion of the Medical College in 1950. Field Husbandry changed its name to Crop Science in 1962 and remained in the building until the College of Agriculture Building was completed in 1991. In 1997 the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology moved into the building, which was renamed accordingly. The Department of Anthropology was amalgamated with the Department of Religious Studies and relocated from the building in 2002; the building was subsequently renamed the Archaeology Building.

Agriculture - Plowing Matches - Allan

Crowd gathered among cars on grass for plowing match; flags waving on long poles in background.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1910 the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture turned over to the University the responsibility for the development and delivery of agricultural and women's extension programs throughout the Province. To fulfill this mandate, the Department of Agricultural Extension (1910) and Women's Work (1913) were established within the College of Agriculture. Initially the activities of Agricultural Extension focused on services to the Agricultural Societies--short courses, institutes (meetings and conferences), plowing matches, field crop contests, stock judging, etc.

In Memory of T. Burford Hooke

Image of a plaque that reads: "IN MEMORY / OF / T. BURFORD HOOKE / EDITOR OF THE / MORNING LEADER OF REGINA /WHO DIED JUNE 23RD 1929 / HE BEQUEATHED HIS ESTATE TO THE / UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN / TO FORM THE HOOKE TRUST FOR THE / PROMOTION OF RESEARCH IN AID / OF AGRICULTURE. / HE WAS AN ENGLISHMAN BY BIRTH, BUT / BY ADOPTION AND AT HEART HE WAS A CANADIAN AND HAD BOUNDLESS FAITH IN THE FUTURE OF THE DOMINION / IT WAS IN THIS SPIRIT THAT HE / DETERMINED THAT WHAT CANADA HAD / GIVEN TO HIM HE WOULD GIVE BACK / TO CANADA."

The Wood Fairies' Christmas Deed

Dr. Ferguson wrote The Wood Fairies' Christmas Deed in 1929 for his children. This book was the only fictional work of Dr. Ferguson who maintained his permanent residence at the Sanatorium with his wife Helen, and their 7 children.

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