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1934: U of S Saves Regina College From Bankruptcy
The combination of economic depression and drought had a profound
effect on the life of Saskatchewan’s people and institutions. The University of Saskatchewan saw a
dramatic reduction in its provincial grant.
So too had the province’s junior colleges. The University had accepted the idea of junior colleges in 1923
when it allowed several schools to offer first year university classes. Though
the system had been implemented in part to assure a degree of standardisation,
it was also seen as a means to curtail the growth of independent, religious
colleges in the province.1
The largest of the junior affiliates, Regina College, found itself in
1934 unable to continue operation without a new source of funding. By mutual agreement and with the help of a
grant from the Carnegie Corporation, the buildings and grounds of Regina
College were turned over to the U of S.
It was to be a second campus, funded and administered through the U of
S. This arrangement continued until 1974 when it became the University of
Regina.2
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1934a: President’s Office fonds, RG 2001, Series I, B.88.
1934b: President’s Office fonds, RG 2001, Series I, B.88.
1934c: Regina College, [ca. 1934]. Photograph Collection, A-5714.
1934d: Regina College - Art class in session, [ca. 1945]. Photograph Collection, A-2943.
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1. Hayden, p. 121.
2. Thomas.
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