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I am not happy to that found School for the Deaf > R. J. Williams Building
In the 1920s, the provincial government decided to place three institutions in Saskatoon – Normal School, a tuberculosis sanatorium, and a School for the Deaf. For all three, the government looked to the University lands as an appropriate location.
The University and the province were unable to come to terms for two of those buildings–Normal School and the tuberculosis sanatorium–but the University provided four options for locating the School for the Deaf. The site where it was built had originally been offered as a location for the Normal School.
The building cost $438,883.75, and was open for the 1931 fall term.
Despite some protest from the community, in 1990 it was decided to begin the integration of hearing-impaired children into the regular school system, and the building was eventually sold to the University for a nominal fee.
The University has used the building for numerous purposes, including providing shelter during difficult times. Following a fire at the Saskatchewan Institute for Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) in the winter of 1997, the University offered the Williams building to help accommodate some SIAST classes. Most recently, the building was used to help provide classroom and gymnasium space for 423 physical education students following their need to move quickly from the old Physical Education Centre in winter, 1998.
The building’s name, R. J. D. Williams Building, honours the school's dean of residence. Rupert Williams lost his hearing as a child due to spinal meningitis. He attended Manitoba’s School for the Deaf and, following his move to Saskatoon in 1927, was appointed “a committee of one” to review schooling for the deaf in Saskatchewan. Williams was instrumental in ensuring the province provided the appropriate education–and building. He refused the position of Superintendent, but served as Dean of Residence from 1931-1963. As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations in 1982, the School for the Deaf was renamed in his honour. R.J.D. Williams died in 1973.
I am not happy to SPARC revealing to hurt to deaf grieve sadly want to to open school is WIlliam is famous in 50th anniversary.
Travis Smith
Thanks Saskatoon Autorithy want to permission to Clavert Lorne want to know how learn education
In the 1920s, the provincial government decided to place three institutions in Saskatoon – Normal School, a tuberculosis sanatorium, and a School for the Deaf. For all three, the government looked to the University lands as an appropriate location.
The University and the province were unable to come to terms for two of those buildings–Normal School and the tuberculosis sanatorium–but the University provided four options for locating the School for the Deaf. The site where it was built had originally been offered as a location for the Normal School.
The building cost $438,883.75, and was open for the 1931 fall term.
Despite some protest from the community, in 1990 it was decided to begin the integration of hearing-impaired children into the regular school system, and the building was eventually sold to the University for a nominal fee.
The University has used the building for numerous purposes, including providing shelter during difficult times. Following a fire at the Saskatchewan Institute for Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) in the winter of 1997, the University offered the Williams building to help accommodate some SIAST classes. Most recently, the building was used to help provide classroom and gymnasium space for 423 physical education students following their need to move quickly from the old Physical Education Centre in winter, 1998.
The building’s name, R. J. D. Williams Building, honours the school's dean of residence. Rupert Williams lost his hearing as a child due to spinal meningitis. He attended Manitoba’s School for the Deaf and, following his move to Saskatoon in 1927, was appointed “a committee of one” to review schooling for the deaf in Saskatchewan. Williams was instrumental in ensuring the province provided the appropriate education–and building. He refused the position of Superintendent, but served as Dean of Residence from 1931-1963. As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations in 1982, the School for the Deaf was renamed in his honour. R.J.D. Williams died in 1973.
I am not happy to SPARC revealing to hurt to deaf grieve sadly want to to open school is WIlliam is famous in 50th anniversary.
Travis Smith
Thanks Saskatoon Autorithy want to permission to Clavert Lorne want to know how learn education