View of main dining hall with students having a meal.

David Steuart, Canadian Senator, presents the Nursing Gold Medal to Janet Baldwin during the Nurses' 8th Annual Graduation.

The Golumbia brothers [Arnold, Joe, Sam] stand in an unidentified room in Qu'Appelle Hall, making a donation of furniture to Qu'Appelle Hall.

Bio/historical note: The Golumbia brothers [Arnold, Joe, Sam] all attended the University of Saskatchewan and were businesspersons in Saskatoon.

A crowd of people stand beside a control console during the open house held in conjunction with the Linear Accelerator Building official opening.

Bio/Historical Note: The building of the Linear Accelerator (Linac) was not a random event but rather the result of a series of developments on campus. The Department of Physics had over the previous decades built a reputation for experimentation and innovation. The post-war period saw the University of Saskatchewan in the forefront of nuclear physics in Canada. In 1948, Canada’s first betatron (and the world’s first used in the treatment of cancer) was installed on campus. It was used for research programs in nuclear physics, radiation chemistry, cancer therapy and radiation biology. Next the world’s first non-commercial cobalt-60 therapy unit for the treatment of cancer was officially opened in 1951. With this unit research was undertaken in the areas of radiological physics, radiation chemistry and the effects of high energy radiation on plants and animals. When the construction of the Linear Accelerator was announced in the fall of 1961, it was portrayed as the next logical step on the University’s research path. Varian Associates, Palo Alto, California, designed and built the accelerator with Poole Construction of Saskatoon employed as the general contractor. The 80 foot electron accelerator tube was to create energy six times that of the betatron. The cost of the $1,750,000 facility was split between the National Research Council and the University of Saskatchewan with the NRC meeting the cost of the equipment and the University assuming the costs of the building. The official opening in early November of 1964 was more than just a few speeches and the cutting of a ribbon. It was a physics-fest, with 75 visiting scientist from around the world in attendance presenting papers and giving lectures over the period of several days. Three eminent physicists were granted honorary degrees at the fall convocation and hundreds of people showed up for the public open house. For three decades the Linac has served the campus research community and will continue to do so as it has become incorporated into the Canadian Light Source synchrotron.

View of construction work on Thorvaldson addition in the winter.

Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.

L.E. Kirk, member, University Board of Governors, pulls the curtain unveiling the plaque in honor of Evan A. Hardy at the Hardy Laboratory for Agricultural Engineering.

Bio/Historical Note: Evan Alan Hardy was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on 1 Oct. 1890. He spent his formative years and completed his early education in Sioux City before enrolling in agricultural engineering at Iowa State College. In 1917 he earned a B.Sc. and accepted a teaching position at the University of Saskatchewan. He returned to Iowa to continue his studies but was back in Saskatoon by 1922 with his MSc. From 1926 to 1951 Hardy was head of the department of Agricultural Engineering. During his career at the U of S, Hardy advocated the growth of mechanized farming and designed many implements for use on the prairies. While on leave in 1951, he went to work for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization in northern Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. He took early retirement from the university and 1952, and remained in Ceylon. In 1956 he moved to Amparai where he founded the Technical Training Institute, now known as the Hardy Institute of Technical Training. He remained there until his death on 4 Dec. 1963. Hardy received an LL.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1957; a Saskatoon school was named Evan Hardy Collegiate in 1963; and in 1964 of the Hardy Laboratory for Agricultural Engineering was posthumously dedicated in his honour.

Image of the new University of Saskatchewan feed mill. Note on back: "The new feed mill which was completed recently at the U of S, Saskatoon, is part of the University's Beef Cattle Research (Station) Project. Livestock feed is processed by several different methods, and the processes are being evaluated to determine the most economical".

Hazel Keeler, director, School of Nursing, presents the Ellis Prize in Nursing to Elsie Janet Baldwin of Antler, Saskatchewan, at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Otto Lang, dean of Law, presents the Brown Prize in Law to Mitchell Harold Gropper, BA, of Saskatoon at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

R.W. Begg, dean of Medicine, presents the Lindsay Gold Medal in Medicine to Roger Conrad Gustafson of Goodwater, Saskatchewan, at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Note on back: "A cheque for the $300 Plainsmen Bursary was presented to Merle A. White of Instow, Sask. at the annual convention of the Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association. L to R - Dr. W.C. MacAulay, Dean of Pharmacy; Miss White; Art Carey, President of Saskatoon Plainsmen". Mr. Carey is dressed in full native costume. Dinner held at Harvey's Cumberland House restaurant on 8th Street and Cumberland Avenue South.

Professor Dee gives the Rutherford Memorial Lecture, in honour of W.J. Rutherford, first Dean of Agriculture.

Thomas.H. McLeod, vice-principal, Regina Campus, presents the University Prize in Arts to Marilyn Wendy Gossen of Regina during Convocation.