This image includes the students and staff from the Colleges of Agriculture and Arts and Science and “the theologs” (members of the university’s theological colleges) during the winter of 1912-1913.
The photo was taken in the first year that classes were held on campus, with the group assembling in front of the recently completed College Building.
The multi-purpose building was open for use in the autumn of 1912 but was not officially opened until the following May.
Total enrollment for the 1912-13 academic year was 248 fulltime students. Tuition was $30 for Arts and Science students but in the College of Agriculture it was $15 for residents of the Province and $30 for non-residents.
Future Prime Minister and University Chancellor John Diefenbaker can be seen in the last full length row just to the right of the building’s entrance.