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

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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

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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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li Q .s A .i. 5 l :- i 5 i l I I D .Q-1 The firsi' graduaTing class of The UniversiTy-l9l2 debahng clubs were noT long appearing on The scene. The GaTeway made iTs debuT during The Third session and published a monThly edifion given over To liTerary eTTorTs. Assiniboia was builT in l9I3 and Pembina comple-Ted in TI4. The Three buildings were used Tor classrooms as well as residences, an arrangemenT causing much laughTer To sTudenTs and misery To proTessors who had To lecTure againsT The baThTub bariTone oT some aspiring Caruso. The TirsT FaculTy of ArTs and Applied Sciences saw an annual increase in sTuden+ enrolrnenT. The l:aculTy OT Law was added in l9I2. Applied Science was separaTed Trom ArTs in I9l3 and The De- parTmenT of ExTension was opened The same year. On April I4, l9I4 The SenaTe accepTed The consTiTuTion oT The C.O.T.C. and aT The same session reTused The moTion ThaT lecTures in peace be given by The UniversiTy. The original ToundaTions oT The ArTs building were blown up and larger ones laid, On AugusT 4Th, IQI4 GreaT BriTain sTepped inTo The conTlicT in Europe: Canada Tollowed a Tew days laTer and war became a grim realiTy Tor The young UniversiTy noT yeT six years old. i Jr' The firsf basement of Aris which was demolished +o make way for a larger foundaflon. Twenty-five I