University of Saskatchewan - Greystone Yearbook (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada)

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IURR Y MEMORIAL LIBR RY Dean Cronkite speaks ut the opening of College of Law. V gxirkv Q i f 1 iw K V2 P- Q i Zqf ffii Z - ' 'A Q g ,. b b S .. ws' 'i N . - A X n 'X 0 . -it , 1- I N I K.. P g :ILM W 5 ,, -3 -'. I Q i 1 ,A 5 -1' m I df., . 1 ' f ' 1 , Y Reserve BOO!! ROOITI. -Q f X ,M ' 6 1--- L ..Q , - M . , I TEX Library opening. President Thompson opens College of Lawn ' ' ,f W ,... ,.,, N, . Reference Room. Book Stacks on lhircl floor. -vu -Q

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MURRAY MEMORIAL LIBRARY M' 'fn 'gl.?a'xRx 1 '1l: Tf ,x it .4k!.n. Y Dio ,- DR, AULD, CHANCELLOR E, unveils portrait ol' Dr, Murray T.. 4, af.. 5 3 42- iff G' 3 45,00 45' 4' ,f x. f- - - ts: On November tlwirtietlm. 1957. tile Murray' Nlemorial Liiarary was officially opened lay time Honoralale Xfvoodrow Lloyd, Minister of Education. Qne ol the linest and most modern buildings on time campus. it houses time College of Law and a lnrancli ol tile Saslcatcllewan Archives in addition to time regular library facilities. Tlie l'Juilclin,q itself was originally tendered for a million and a hall dollars, Tlie library is named in memory ol time late Dr. Charles Nlurray wlio was tlwe lirst president ol tl'tis university and lleloi tliis position lrom 1908 to l03T. ln I9-15 a memorial fund for tlie building of a library was begun by friends ol time late president, Seventy-Qliree tlwousand dollars was raised. Tliis money was later turned over to tlie Saslxateliewan Department of Public Xvoilcs wlio began construction in tlie spring ol 1955. Dr. Jean Murray. Professor of History at the University ol Saslcatrlwxxan and dauglmter ol Dr. Murray. turned the lirst sod on June twenty-tliirci ol that year.

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ST. THOMAS MORE COLLEGE .Hill it EOEE as X W' i ' 4 L f 'S 1, ip, t Q? M - . ,I iw: ... ,fix 5, Q 1... S. O 'ig . I .. I l l t i s V On Felvruznry T, 1057, a 5600.000 tnuilcting of native Sastcatctieuan greystone openect its doors on ilu- lelniversity ol Saslcatrlfieuan tampus. Tliis event fame twenty-one years atter ttie iouncting ot St. Ttiomas More College. Two clecartes nl' acliievement liave loeen rlimaxerl by tlie construction ot a new spacious tolli-ge lnuilcling in uliirli tlie Basilinn Fatliers resicic anrt uliere Catlwolic stuclerits at ltie university uorslwip, stuely. ancl mix socially at their Utiome away from l'lUIllCn. Tlie estattlisliment ot tlwe college in IOS6 is creclitect to a number ot persons wtio uere interested in nclvnnting tlwe 1-mise ot lwigtwcr education in tl1is provinee. Among tlie tounclers as they may be called. were Bisliop Geralcl lxlurmy ot Sasliatoon, Fattier Henry Carr ancl Dr Xvalter Nlurrav. tlie lnirst presictent ot tlie university. On registration ctay Catllolic' students NYI'lU tiave been accepted tor Arts and Science try the University Registrar enrol in mint pav tuition to St. Tlwomas Ntore College. Ttiis enrolment ctoes not limit tl1eir elioice ol imiversitfy sulvierts, lout it ntlorrts tlwem an opportunity to select. it tliev wists, courses given by priest! professors in tlie tolloxxing sulujeets: economics, English. Frencli, lwistory, ptnlosoptiy, political economy. ,wliiirat srienfe, psyeliology ziml sociology. Besides tlweir aractemic pursuits. students ot St, Tlwomas fxtore fvollepe partiaipnte in all stuclent zntivities ot tlif: university. New man Clulv, in uliirli all tlwe Catliolif students attending tlie university linrl ri liome, is really ai part ot St. Tliomas lxlore College. Here ttie stuctents meet in tiospitatmle. trienctly surroundings, lwere tlmey associate uitli one zinotlier :intl xwitti ttie priests: icleas are exrtiangect. outloolts lnroacleneri. trienflstwips macle. It is tor Catliolirs tlie tiulw ol tlic university, wlwere men ancl women learn to live a full, wliolesome, pleasant, socialite, intellectual, religious lite-a place wliere memories are sown uliirli are loouncl to lunar rirti fruit in tlie lives tlwe stuctents will lead in tlie years tliat tie atleaci. ffl, nfpff' ,, f--ZX The ld A, tl t v. 3. . me .fi The New If .Ls 26 3 E Q 3 Q 1, re., x t 9+ .cw Se SL gr. gi X -gg - QQ i . ij rn? .. .J 1 :fx 5.g: T ug, I' we- i W g,,:L,, i N .ff- X LXR. 5 ,e . -- ...LSR 's -A A 0 tl, r nfs 'gf' ruff? r 3 2 ii J' t I A iffy vs at f X KM., .. Q .... i ' ..-qi ---Q W ,.c. si 'f' - -,J -ze-,,,,...,. 'h'? 1