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

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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

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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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General opinion was ThaT The war would lasT six monThs aT The mosT so in The Tall oT ThaT year mosT oT oT The old VarsiTy crowd were back To carry on in The same way, alThough The C.O.T.C. assumed a new imporTance. The auTumn oT l9I4 was made Torever noTable in UniversiTy annals when The rugby Team cap- Tured Their TirsT Provincial Championship. ln OcTober oT The nexT year The main building and new home oT The FaculTy oT ArTs and Science was oTTicially opened. The PresidenT and oTher TaculTy mem- bers moved Trom behind Their desks in AThabasca To The new careTully planned building oT oTTices and classrooms. During The winTer oT ThaT year proTessors and sTudenTs TogeTher drilled wiTh The C.O.T.C. in Con Hall. There Tollowed The years oT khaki graduaTions. LisTs oT men receiving degrees became smaller and smaller unTil in l9l7 KaTie lv1cCrimmon was elecTed The TirsT woman presidenT oT The STudenTs' Council. ConsTrucTion of The High Level Bridge, The proiecT which made The U. of A. a parT of EdrnonTon. OTTawa auThorized The TormaTion OT The l96Th BaTTalion C.E.l:., wiTh one company Trom each oT The wesTern universiTies. AlberTa's company was housed, Ted, and Trained on The campus, which assumed The air oT a miliTary camp. When we recall ThaT aT The ouTbreak oT The war The sTudenT body numbered only 440 we real- ize ThaT AlberTa did her biT by sending 494 persons inTo acTive service. A simple bronze TableT aT The door oT Con T-lall bears The names oT The eighTy-Two who made The supreme sacriTice. An unusual and ouTsTanding conTribuTion made by The UniversiTy during The war was The esTablishmenT oT The Khaki UniversiTy headed by Dr. Tory. A school aT Ripon in Yorkshire oTTered direcTion and advice To sTu- denTs, and TurThermore provided insTrucTion in every conceivable subiecT. ln l9I8 when The Tlu epidemic made iT necessary To close The UniversiTy, Pembina was Taken over by The ciTy To isolaTe some oT The vicTims. ATTer The ArmisTice, enrolmenT was swelled by The reTurn oT The Troops and discipline sagged somewhaT. A craze Tor social aTTairs developed wiTh house dances The order oT The day. An addiTion in The Torm oT a brass rail was made To The balcony OT Con l-lall Tor The proTec- Tion oT The Med sTudenTs who climaxed Their annual Med NiTe celebraTions by TesTing Their equilibri- um by sTrolling around The TooT ledge. Twenty-six