J.W.T. Spinks, University President, speaking at first dental awards banquet. Head table guests (l to r): R. Lien; Elsie Begg; Hon. Walter Smishek, Saskatchewan Minister of Public Health; Mary Spinks; Dr. Kenneth J. Paynter, dean of Dentistry.

Three male students in costume on set likely performing [Hamlet].

Head and shoulders image of Fr. André Renaud, OMI, professor, College of Education, and head, Indian and Northern Curriculum Program.

Bio/Historical Note: Concern over high turnover of teachers in northern communities, and in particular the high drop-out rate for First Nations students, led to the establishment of a special course, first offered in the summer of 1961. EDIND 357, “The School Program in Indian and Northern Communities,” was offered in conjunction with the College of Education. The first instructor was Father André Renaud (1920-1988), OMI, who had been seconded from the Oblate Fathers’ Indian and Eskimo Education and Welfare Commission. Renaud was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1973. Renaud died in Saskatoon in 1988.

Dr. Kenneth J. McCallum, dean of Graduate Studies, speaking from podium during Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. R.W. Begg, Saskatoon Campus principal, visible at left in background.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, standing with Dr. Gerhard Herzberg, winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, enjoy the musical stylings of the Intensely Vigorous College Nine during a dinner held in Marquis Hall in honour of Herzberg.

Bio/Historical Note: The Intensely Vigorous College Nine marching band was founded on 1 October 1954 by “Bobs” Caldwell as a spoof on college marching bands. It began life as the Dawn Sommers-Irvine Epstein Memorial Band, in reference to a 1954 prank in which three law students convinced everyone on campus that an aspiring Winnipeg actress visiting campus was actually a rising starlet on contract with Paramount Studios. Irvine Emmanuel Epstein was supposedly the one who exposed the hoax, hence the name. In the fall of 1954 the band changed its name to the G.B. Armstrong Memorial Vegetable Soup Contest and Tug O’ War College Marching Band before settling on the Intensely Vigorous College Nine, perhaps in reference to the ‘College Nine,’ a popular student swing band of the late 1940s. Having rehearsed regularly and dismissing rumours that they were learning only one number, members summed up the band’s progress by noting “she’s not much for music but she’s hell for laughs.” Their first public appearance was at the Homecoming weekend parade. So unusual was their talent, so original their arrangements and so spirited their participation during those festivities that the College Nine were named “Men of the Week” by the Sheaf. The Intensely Vigorous College Nine remained a campus tradition long past the graduation of its original membership, and was an entertaining presence at the University until the mid-1990s. In addition to being active participants in student life, many band members went on to great achievement in their professional careers. Indeed, one alumnus of the College Nine, Ray Hnatyshyn (1934-2002) PC CC CMM CD QC QC (Sask) Hon. FRHSC, became Governor-General of Canada in 1989.

Students sitting in a gymnasium, many holding sings for "Otto Lang" and some signs for "Bill Patrick" - appears to be a liberal political rally.

Dr. K.J. Paynter, Dean of Dentistry, speaks at the Dentistry Awards Banquet. Head table guests are (l to r): J.W.T. Spinks (partially obscured), University President; Elsie Begg; Hon. Walter Smishek, Saskatchewan Minister of Public Health; Dean Paynter; Heather Thomson, president, Students' Dental Society; Mary Spinks; R.W. Begg, Saskatoon Campus Principal.

On back of photo: " Dr. Roger Stretch, head, Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, takes a reading from the complex system that records the behavior of monkeys which have learned to self-administer drugs. Dr. Stretch is directing a study aimed at determining the basic conditions under which psychological and physical dependence on drugs are maintained."