The Depression and World War II - (1929 - 1945)
...“Professor Winspear thinks the Department of Accounting should be called the Department of Commerce, and expand its teaching of Business Administration and other applied subjects, e.g., Personnel Management, Industrial “Engineering”, etc.”  President Robert Newton, June 21, 1944 With the end of World War I in 1918, it appeared that the University of Alberta and,...

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Foreward / Time Capsule - - Page 1
...I certainly didn’t know that one of our former Deans organized rodeos on campus, that Francis Winspear invited his students to his home for study sessions prior to exams, or that the concept of a Business Advisory Council has been around for eight decades. I hope you discover a few unearthed facts about your school as you read and enjoy our Chronicle. Thanks, Bill, for seeing this projec...

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Foreward / Time Capsule - - Page 2
... in 1982. The Winspear Business Reference Library opened in 1984. The Francis and Harriet Winspear Business Students’ Centre opened in September 1998. Adding Up The first external Advisory Committee was established in 1932. Links with the Institute of Chartered Accountants formed in 1935. Student fees increased by $10 to $145 with the beginning of WWII in 1939. ...

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The Depression and World War II - (1929 - 1945) - Page 2
... My Mind, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta, 1919 and Revised in 1998, p.28]  Francis Winspear was to spend almost two decades in teaching a variety of accounting courses – discontinuing lecturing in 1948.  He, however, remained a major advocate of the School of Business as will become apparent later in this Chronicle....

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The Depression and World War II - (1929 - 1945) - Page 3
... as well, attempting to build his own practice which he had initiated on February 9, 1930. Francis Winspear, Op.Cit. p. 36....

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