MemorySask

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Formal studio head and shoulders image of Aldis Peterson, star athlete in basketball and tennis.

Bio/Historical Note: Aldis Marjorie (Pete) Peterson graduated from Nutana Collegiate and enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1941. Peterson competed in both basketball and tennis. An outstanding forward, she served as team captain for two years. As a member of the tennis team, she was runner-up in singles at the 1944 Western Championships. For her participation in sports, Peterson was awarded a Major Athletic Award in 1943-1944. She served as secretary to the Women's Athletic Directorate and became the first president of the women's Athletic Board. She was a cheerleader for two years and served as vice-president of the SRC in 1944-1945. In 1944-1945 Peterson was awarded the prestigious "Spirit of Youth" Trophy for having exhibited outstanding athletic skills combined with high qualities in leadership. Peterson married Fred (Bud) Carson (1923-2013), also an inductee into the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame. She died in Toronto on 16 April 1998.

Atina Ford - In Class

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Atina Ford delivers a lecture standing in front of a white screen.

Bio/Historical Note: Atina Ford (nee Johnston) is a world champion and Olympic champion curler. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as the alternate for Sandra Schmirler. She also won the World Championships in 1997 as the alternate for the Schmirler team. Ford won a bronze medal in the 1991 World Junior Curling Championships in Glasgow as skip for the Canadian Junior women’s team. Ford has a BEd and is qualified to teach French immersion.

College of Arts and Science - Men's Track and Field Team

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Posed indoor image of Cairns Cup winners. Names: H. Sharp, Clarence Edmund Maguire, Alfred Lazaresco, H.A. Sutherland, Walter Whittaker, Alfred Leroy Paine, [Edward or Edwin Hubert Mapleton] Knowles, J.D. Beavis, W. Johnson, Stafford Zimmerman Bennett, Drayton Ernest Walker, Harold Lockhart Winter, Robert Mowatt Muirhead (mgr); Joe Griffiths (coach) standing with the Cairns Cup on a pedestal.

Don Clark - Portrait

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Head and shoulders image of Don Clark, University of Saskatchewan alumnus.

Dorothy Rutherford - Portrait

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Image of Dorothy Rutherford, member of Huskiette basketball and track and field teams.

Bio/Historical Note: Dorothy (Rutherford) Logan, a graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BHSc 1934) in 1929. Rutherford excelled in the 220-yard dash and broad jump, and was an outstanding scorer for the basketball team. As well as competing on the two teams for four years, Rutherford was a member of the University Athletic Directorate, including a term as vice-president. Rutherford received a Major Athletic Award in 1933. She was killed in a car accident in Terre Haute, Indiana, in May 1966.

"Girls' Swim Meet" - Action

A-1064
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1955-1956

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Four images of women's intramural diving; two images of intramural swimming races; in the Qu'Appelle Hall pool.

Bio/Historical Note: The University of Saskatchewan’s first pool opened in 1916. Located in the basement of Qu'Appelle Hall, it was 18 feet wide, 45 feet long and around 8 feet deep with a spring board and changing rooms. Speed swimming, diving, water polo and recreational swimming soon became popular activities in the long Saskatchewan winters. The pool closed soon after the Physical Education pool opened in October 1964.

Jean Storey - Portrait

A-7162
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[ca. 1946]

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Head and shoulders image of Jean Storey, Education graduate and sports award winner.

Bio/Historical Note: Jean Storey Thompson was born 21 April 1924 and spent the majority of her life in Saskatoon. A graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BA 1946) in 1943. She was a member of the Huskiettes basketball team for four years, serving as captain in 1945-1946 and was noted for her playmaking ability. Thompson was also an accomplished tennis player and won the 1946 intervarsity doubles title. Thompson served on the Women's Athletic Board for four years and was vice president of the Students' Representative Council. Following graduation Thompson was an alumni representative on the Women's Athletic Board and was assistant director of physical education at the U of S from 1946-1950. Her first teaching job was at Balfour Tech in Regina. After two years she returned to Saskatoon. Thompson worked at Nutana and Mount Royal collegiates as a physical education teacher. Her love of sports allowed her to enrich many female students and athletes. Her move to Mount Royal in guidance counseling enabled her to focus on her compassion for mentoring students. Thompson was actively involved in the Saskatoon Kiwanis Club, members at Saskatoon Golf and Country Club and Nutana Curling Club. She was inducted into the U of S Athletic Wall of Fame as a two-sport athlete in 1984. Jean Thompson died 23 June 2011 in Saskatoon.

Law-Commerce-Education Rugby Football Team - Group Photo

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Intramural championship-winning combined Law-Commerce-Education team. Names: Matheson (assistant coach), Marushak (Education), McKercher (Law), Bonney (Law), Whiteman (Education), Bingley (Commerce), Meiklejohn (Commerce), Tkach (Law), Phillips (Law), Armitage (trainer), Greenough (Commerce), Horner (Law), McKay (Education), Kern (Education), Richards (Commerce), Sisson (Law), Hammond (Commerce), Pinch (Commerce), Crowe (Commerce), Kozak (Law), Hutchinson, B. (coach), Pete (mascot), Hutchinson, J.(assistant trainer), Wolfe (manager, Law).

Louis Tapper - Track and Field

A-12488
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Mar. 1976

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Studio portrait of Louis Tapper, BEd'77, BComm'82, sprinter and relay runner.

Penta Kai Deka - Activities

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Big and Little Sisters hockey game during Pente Kai Deka Week.

Bio/Historical Note: From the Greek for ‘five and ten,’ Pente Kai Deka was created on 8 April 1911 with the first 15 women students on campus – five “big sisters” and ten “little sisters.” Every woman entering the University automatically became a member. Eventually the group became its own directorate within the Students Representative Council, and the PKD president, the vice-president of the SRC. Activities of the group included a Big Sister-Little Sister Dance, June in January, Jeanboree, a Spring Tea and a Frosh Week fashion show. As the sexual revolution loomed large in the late 1960s women on campus grew increasingly ambivalent toward the group, which had been seen by many female students as irrelevant and antiquated since midway through the decade. It was this attitude, as well as the sheer increase in the number of women and students in general at the University by the late 1960s that led to the group’s demise after the 1968-1969 academic year.