Saskatchewan : The Making of a University / Arthur Morton; Carlyle King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, Arthur, Author.

Contributor:

King, Carlyle, Editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Saskatchewan.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 120 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume tells the story of the University from its beginning to the end of its first and most formative period in 1919-20. At his death in 1945, Professor Arthur S. Morton left uncompleted a manuscript of a history of the University; and from his material Dr. Carlyle King has extracted and assembled this book.

Contents:

Cover; FOREWORD; I EARLY PLANS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, 1879-1903; II THE FOUNDING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN; The University Act of 1907; The First Steps; III THE FOUNDERS; Haultain; Calder; Scott; Wetmore; McColl; The First Board of Governors; IV IN SEARCH OF A PRESIDENT; V IN SEARCH OF A POLICY; VI CHOOSING A SITE; VII THE LAND, THE CAMPUS, AND THE FIRST BUILDINGS; The Land; The Campus and the Buildings; The Stone School House; VIII THE UNIVERSITY OPENS ITS DOORS; Choosing a Staff; The First Staff; The First Classes; IX THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE EXTENSION DEPARTMENT

The Hon. W. R. MotherwellThe Advisory Council in Agriculture; The Staff of the College; The Extension Department; Homemakers' Clubs; X THE UNIVERSITY BEGINS TO GROW; Constitutional Changes; Affiliated Colleges, Schools, and Societies; Emmanuel College; St. Andrew's College; New Courses; The Student Body; The Official Opening; XI THE UNIVERSITY IN THE WAR AND AFTER; The Impact of War; Special Courses for Returned Men; "The Flu"; Developments in Spite of War; XII DR. MURRAY AS PRESIDENT; INDEX

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 22, 2007).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7787-7

OCLC:

1129222784