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Foreward / Time Capsule - - Page 2
...Chapter I: The Initial Years of the School (1916–1929) In 1917, there were no students in Accountancy due to WWI. In 1918, the University closed because of the Spanish flu epidemic. Donald Allan, Max Palmer, and Robert Page graduated in 1923. Chapter II: The Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Francis Winspear Francis Winspear was appointed the first...
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Initial Years of the School - (1916 - 1937) - Page 1
... In the words of Walter Johns in his A History of the University of Alberta, 1908-1969, “No institution can evolve without a propitious background of events and circumstances.” Chapter I of this Chronicle of Commerce – A Brief History of The School of Business at the University of Alberta, is an attempt to provide a context on how the University of A...
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Initial Years of the School - (1916 - 1937) - Page 2
...TOTAL UNIVERSITY STUDENT ENROLMENT Crucial to the establishment of any new programmes would be the growth of the University in terms of students. While there had been relatively substantial growth in total numbers, this growth tapered off due to the effects of World War I. In an unsigned Report of the Faculties 1915-1916, addressed to the Chancellor and Senate, the effect of World W...
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Initial Years of the School - (1916 - 1937) - Page 4
...THE KHAKI UNIVERSITY With the end of World War I and the University’s recovery from the effect of the Spanish Influenza, the University began its return to a more normal atmosphere. However, another fascinating aspect of the impact of the war and subsequent demobilization was the creation of “The Khaki University.” In a report prepared by Dr. Tory (December 26, 191...
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The Depression and World War II - (1929 - 1945) - Page 17
...UNIVERSITIES AND THE WAR EFFORT In July, 1940, the Conference of Canadian Universities met in Ottawa to consider two major questions: 1) what could Canadian Universities do to aid the war effort and 2) what types of military training would undergraduates take given the enactment of compulsory military training. A number of issues were raised, but it was suggested that Universities i...
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“The idea conveyed by the word Commerce is that of growth and expansion. Though the School of Commerce here is as yet very young, it is a lusty infant whose membership is growing by leaps and bounds, as an increasing proportion of new students turn their eyes toward the extensive and varied field of business. Technically we are but a sub-faculty; yet in spirit we are already more, and the time is undoubtedly near when we shall be regarded as equals by the five older faculties of the University…”