University of Alberta - Evergreen and Gold Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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FACULTY OF DENTISTRY , AlThough The FaculTy oT DenTisTry is a comparaTively new TaculTy on The campus, plans are already under way To expand presenT TaciliTies. IT is hoped ThaT in The noT Too disTanT TuTure The FaculTy will Take over one oT The mosT modern and besT equipped universiTy denTal clinics in Canada. The courses in DenTisTry are so planned as To provide a sound educaTional baclcgroundq and a Thorough knowledge oT The various diagnosTic and TreaTmenT Techniques. Through The unTiring eTTorTs oT Dean W. S. l-lamilTon and his capable sTaTT, The FaculTy oT DenTisTry has aTTained a very prominenT posiTion among Canadian and American denTal Training insTiTuTions. FACULTY or ARTS AND science T T Dean J. MacDonald heads The l5aculTy which has been The mainsTay oT The i i N 6- UniversiTy since iTs origin in I908. During This period oT Time, many oTher TaculTies have been born wiThin The FaculTy oT ArTs and Science, and have been guided along unTil such Time as They were able To carry on alone. The UniversiTy's iiMoTher l:aculTy aT presenT is experiencing growing pains resulTing Trom The huge inTlux oT sTudenTs Tollowing The mosT recenT World War. Classes and laboraTories in boTh The ArTs and Medical Buildings are Tilled To overTlowing. WiTh hope Tor relieT sTiIl ouT oT sighT, Dean MacDonald is doing a Truly crediTable iob in lqeeping This iiawl-,ward' TaculTy rolling during so diTTiculT a period. ADVISOR T0 WOMEN STUDENTS Miss Simpson, Advisor To Women STudenTs, noT unliTe her predecessors, has discovered ThaT The undeTined duTies oT her posiTion are maniTold, and ThaT They oTTer greaT scope Tor real service To universiTy sTudenTs. An exTremely energeTic person, Miss Simpson reTuses To adhere To oTTice hours, being ready and willing To help any sTudenT aT any Time. While her chieT capaciTy is Advisor To WomenT STudenTs, one can resT assured ThaT no mere man has ever been Turned away Trom her door. lT has been said ThaT Miss Simpson has played The parT oT MoTher Con- Tessor and a True Triend To innumerable sTudenTs, ranging all The way Trom The lowly TresheTTe aT The coTTee parTy To The club execuTive planning a special social aTTair. ln addiTion To her oTher duTies, Miss Simpson Tinds Time To lecTure in The FaculTy oT EducaTion. EDUCATION Dr. E. M. l.aZerTe, Dean oT The FaculTy oT EducaTion, is head oT a TaculTy in which evoluTion and expansion have characTerized iTs Teacher Training program in The UniversiTy since iTs beginnings abouT TwenTy years ago. ln l93O The School oT EducaTion was esTablished wiTh a TaculTy oT Two, and a sTudenT enrolmenT oT eighT. STudenTs regisTered in The School oT EducaTion aTTer graduaTion Trom The l3aculTy oT ArTs and Science, and gualiTied Tor a l-ligh School CerTiTicaTe in one year. During l94O and l94l The Teacher Training insTiTuTion was called The College oT EducaTion. The graduaTing class had increased To approximaTely sixTy by l942. FaculTy, auThorized by The SenaTe in IQZ8, was Tinally compleTed in l942, and a program oT Training leading To a Bachelors degree was inTroduced. The closing oT AlberTais Normal Schools in 1945 and The inTegraTion oT all Teacher Training under The FaculTy oT EducaTion resulTed in a sudden increase in The number oT EducaTion sTudenTs, unTil Today There are over 950 sTudenTs in The TaculTy. Twenty-three 6.23 , 'ls ' A mini- T 5

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I Q I FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE The UniversiTy oT AlberTa saw The creaTion oT The FaculTy oT AgriculTure in May I9I5. This embryonic organizaTion advanced by leaps and bounds, soon To become one oT The besT esTablished and mosT popular TaculTies on The campus. Today, wiTh a permanenT sTaTT oT Zl and an enroImenT oT over 300, The EaculTy oT AgriculTure is Turning ouT high-calibre personnel To manage our naTion's chieT indusTry. FurThermore, iT is conducTing exTensive research programmes in such Tields as Animal l-lusbandry, Dairying, Field Crops and Soils. Dean R. D. Sinclair, The presenT man behind The scenes has seen his TaculTy Through good Times and bad since I94I. Under The capable leadership oT an individual so deeply concerned wiTh The progress oT AgriculTure in our province, The TuTure oT This EaculTy is assured. FACULTY OF LAW The EaculTy oT Law was esTablished in I9I9 wiTh sixTy sTudenTs enrolled. Wi+h The adopTion of The unique case sysTem oT Teaching, sTudenTs have learned Their law by reading and discussing acTual cases. Each sTudenT is given The op- porTuniTy To argue a MooT each year, The bench consisTing oT Seniors and over- Town lawyers. Dean W. F. Bowlcer succeeded Dean M. M. MacInTyre in I945 and wiTh limiTed sTaTT and TaciliTies has proven his meTal in puTTing Through an ever- increasing number oT sTudenTs in This already overcrowded TacuITy. FACULTY OF MEDICINE In OcTober I9I3, insTrucTion began in The EaculTy oT Medicine. buT iT was noT unTil I924 ThaT a compleTe Tive year course leading To The degree oT MD. was oTTered. The same year The School oT Nursing was added To The EaculTy. Classes conTinued To swell unTil in I945 DenTisTry was separaTed Trom The I:aCUlTy OT Medicine, becoming a TaculTy in iTselT. During The Second World War an acceleraTed course in Medicine was designed To meeT The increased demand Tor MO's in The armed Torces. The relenTless eTTorTs oT Dr. Ranlcin The TirsT dean. coupled wiTh The generosiTy oT The Rocldeller FounclaTion in placing halT a million dollars aT The disposal oT The UniversiTy Tor medical Teaching purposes, are in a large degree responsible Tor The repuTable sTaTus oT AlberTa's FaculTy oT Medicine. WiTh The largesT classes on record in aTTend- ance This session, and The Pre-Medical years Tilled To overTlowing, iT is expecTed ThaT The FaculTy oT Medicine will assume an even greaTer role on The campus in The near TuTure. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING The FaculTy oT Applied Science was separaTed Trom The FaculTy oT ArTs and Science in The auTumn oT I9I3. During The TirsT Two years oT iTs exisTence The TaculTy held classes in AThabasca I'lall. ln l9I5 classrooms were moved To The ArTs Building, which had iusT reached compleTion, and in l9I9 The engineering laboraTories were added To The lisT oT Temporary UniversiTy Buildings. Dean I-Iardy now heads The progressive TaculTy. The recenT expansion oT The oil indusTry in AlberTa wiTh The discovery oT The Leduc Tield has produced inTensiTied eTTorTs wiThin The TaculTy To add a course in PeTroIeum Engineering To an already exTensive curriculum including Chemical, Civil, ElecTrical and Mining Engineering. Twenty-two

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. , A gk Ulf ,, 5.4.5,--ei-Trwf l iHiS'C0l'g of the niversitg of lberta ln i906 aT The TirsT session OT The l.egislaTure oT The newly Tormed Province oT AlberTa, Dr. Alexander Cameron l2uTherTord, Premier and MinisTer oT Educa Tion, urged The immediaTe esTablishmenT oT a Provincial UniversiTy. DoubTing Thomases argued ThaT There were more imporTanT Things needed by The new province, buT many Tar-sighTed men agreed wiTh Dr. RuTherTord and The Uni- versiTy AcT was passed. A wild sTreTch oT land on The souTh bank of The Sask- aTchewan River was chosen as The siTe Tor The campus. Dr. RuTherTord visiTecl his Alma MaTer, McGill UniversiTy, and persuaded Dr. l-lenry Marshall Tory To leave The comTorT and securiTy oT his posiTion as ProTessor oT Physics and go wesT To become PresidenT oT a UniversiTy wiThouT sTaTT, sTudenTs or buildings. Dr. Tory assumed oTTice on January I, T908 and on SepTember 23rd OT ThaT year, The TirsT class meT on The upper Tloor oT whaT was Then The Duggan STreeT' School. ForTy-Tive sTudenTs, including Tour graduaTes, regisTered. This was The ioneer class Tor alThough There were graduaTing exercises in l9I l The class OT I3 . I9I2 were The TirsT genuine 'beginning To endi U. oT A. grads. ln January oT I909 The classes and Their one Truclc load oT UniversiTy equip- menT moved To The upper TToor oT The STraThcona Colle-giaTe lnsTiTuTe. This was Their home unTil I9lI when The TirsT UniversiTy building, AThabasca l-Tall, was compleTed. ln spiTe oT The monThly quizzes and Two Tull seTs oT Tinals each year exTra curricular acTiviTies became an imporTanT parT oT VarsiTy liTe. Among The TirsT organizaTions To appear was The I.iTerary SocieTy which managed mosT oT The campus acTiviTies. AThleTics sTarTed oTT in Tull swing wiTh rugby, hoclcey, and baslceTbalI The TavouriTes. A DramaTic Socie-Ty, Glee Club, OrchesTra and several 'T' it 1.1114 .-4, The campus iusf prior To The compleTion of Assiniboia Hall-I9l2. Twenty-four