Item is a photograph of President Henry Hicks, on a Caterpillar Bulldozer breaking ground for the Weldon Law Building. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 257). A second photograph and a photographic negative can be found in MS-2-718, PB Box 13, Folder 54.
Item is a photograph taken during the presentation of a $21,000 grant to Dalhousie University by IBM. The photograph shows Keith Johnston, Vice-President of IBM Canada Ltd., Eastern Region; Dr. Henry D. Hicks, President of Dalhousie University; W. Blair Dymond, Manager of IBM's Atlantic provinces data processing division; Dr. W. R. Smith of Dalhousie's departments of mathematics and physiology and biophysics; and Dr. Guy R. MacLean, Vice-President academic and research.
Item consists of three photographs of Henry Hicks speaking at a podium during a convocation ceremony. The three photographs have been printed together on one piece of paper, along with captions below each photograph.
Item consists of a statement released by Dalhousie New Democratic Youth (DNDY) about 75 students taking control of President Henry Hicks's office in response to the desire to table the George Report (on university government structure) until September 1970, "so that all interested members of the university community could express their views".
Item consists of a brief released by the Dalhousie Student Union early on April 13, 1970, outlining the Dalhousie New Democratic Youth (DNDY) position on the powers and responsibilities of the Dalhousie Campus Police, released on the afternoon prior to a sit-in o President Henry Hicks's office undertaken by 75 Dalhousie students later that evening.
Item is a copy of The Alumni News (Volume 20, Number 1, published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association. Numbering for this new series restarted in 1943. Issue includes an article by Prof. W.A. MacKay about the law school and an announcement about Henry Hicks' appointment as Dalhousie's new president.