Three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; taken outside Saskatoon Armouries.

Two rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; taken outside Saskatoon Armouries.

Three rows of COTC officers in uniform and hats; taken outside Saskatoon Armouries in winter.

Three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; taken in indoor studio.

Three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; taken outside Saskatoon Armouries.

Three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; winter scene.

Two rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats. Indoor scene with drapes in background and carpet on floor. Officer seated at centre holding plaque.

Four rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats; outdoor scene with bare trees, picket fence and buildings in background.

COTC officers pose in front of entrance of building [on campus].

Eight COTC officers in uniform without hats. Seven men identified: H.A. Jones, Benson, [W. Hasner], Herman H. Ferns, Joseph H. Thompson (professor of Accounting), Arthur E. Potts (professor of Dairy Science), William A. Carrothers (professor of Economics).

Three rows of COTC officers in uniforms and hats. In front row: Lt. R.R. Rankin, Capt. J.P.R. Brown, Maj. J.H. Thompson, Col. Arthur E. Potts, Maj. R.M. Ferguson, Capt. H. Williamson, Capt. P.W. Mundell. Indoor scene.

Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.

Six rows of COTC officers and cadets lined up in front of the College Building; winter scene.

COTC parade with soldiers and guests in Rutherford Rink. G.A.H. Trudeau saluting men marching by with J.H. Thompson at his side. Soldiers with rifles with bayonets in foreground.

COTC cadet in battle dress and another as student seated on float. Two Union Jack flags visible as well as draped armaments. Sign on float reads: "Both the pen and the sword."