Generations of Students
A Mere Detail
The above image is a scene from the film. The plot involved three college boys who become heirs to a girls’ high school.
Convocation
The first University of Saskatchewan Convocation met in 1908, a full year before the start of classes.
Film Society
The society logo, a candle illuminated projector, was designed by Nik Semenoff of the Department of Art.
The Grain-for-fees Program
In August 1970 the university announced that its grain-for-fees program would be offered for a second year.
Health for Students
Four decades before the province enacted a system of universal health services, University of Saskatchewan students began a system of health insurance on campus.
Heating and Ventilation Laboratory
This photo of the Heating and Ventilation Laboratory in the College of Engineering is undated but appears to be from the late 1950s.
The Hilltoppers
This souvenir program from the 1956 Student’s Representative Council’s concert/dance features “America’s Top Vocal Combination,” The Hilltoppers.
Memo to Sheaf staffers
The well known crime novelist and criminal lawyer William Deverell was editor-in-chief (1959-60 and part of 1958-59) of the Sheaf, the student newspaper.
Men’s Lit. Chorus
This image, Men’s Lit. Chorus, was printed in the 1930 Greystone student yearbook.
Microscope
Two unidentified students view slides in a College of Medicine classroom laboratory in this photo from 1961.
The Student Prince of Gravelbourg
For many years, a major event in the student calendar was the University Follies. Held once a year, it was a variety show that featured a series of skits and musical acts performed by various schools, colleges and student organizations.
Physical Training
In the 1920s students were required to take two years of Physical Training in addition to their regular classes. There were three lectures and five practice periods per week.
Pixies
The pixies or fairies are thought be part of the cast for the Nov. 18, 1921, College Night production of the well-received “A Mid-Winter’s Night Dream.”
The Big Hoax
With the Feb. 14, 1954, Sheaf headline “Paramount Star Sparks Blood Drive” the public phase of the university’s “greatest prank” began.
The Redeye
Two students are shown sharing a copy of the University of Saskatchewan Engineering Student Society newspaper, The Redeye.
Telephone Directory
From the early 1930s until the mid-1960s the University Saskatchewan Students’ Union published a telephone directory.
The Ore Gangue
The Ore Gangue, the geological students' society, is one of the oldest societies at the University.
The Skull Motif
The skull and (sometimes) crossed bones was a favourite motif for the school and later the College of Medicine.
University Fight Song
Fight, fight, fight for the dear old Green and White, Saskatchewan, our University.
Airport Student Residence
The Canadian government implemented the Post-Discharge Re-Establishment Order in 1941 as a program to help returning soldiers reintegrate into the general population.
“The Jurelles”
Ted Benedict (B.Ed. 1966) plays a sax while performing the limbo at a university dance.