Yesteryears at the University of Saskatchewan 1937-1949

Hardcover with dust jacket, 91 pages, 5.5x8.5 in - 22x11 cm, B&W photographs.

Jacket wrapped in Brodart, wrapping taped to boards at flaps by previous owner. Jacket lightly worn and rubbed, jacket back lightly soiled; jacket spine lightly rubbed at head. Front free endpaper and p.5 stamped by previous owner.

James Sutherland Thomson presided as the University of Saskatchewan’s second President from 1937-1949. In this memoir, Thomson recollects the challenges of overseeing the University at the end of the Great Depression, during World War II, and in the aftermath of veterans returning home. Rather than affecting a tone of administrative history, Thomson embraces his personal vantage point: humorous asides and intimate reflections permeate the slim volume’s account of Thomson’s twelve years as President.