sent into the field. Saskatchewan was a mainly rural province. Weir advocated placing practice teachers in conditions "that obtain in rural communities" instead of in urban schools. In 1930 the occupations of the fathers of students were farmer: 49%, skilled mechanic: 11%, storekeeper: 10%, executive: 9.4%, unskilled laborer: 6.5%, professional: 5% and deceased: 6%. In the years that followed World War I (1914–18) the prairie provinces experienced a great influx of immigrants to Canada, mostly from northern or eastern Europe. In 1937 the principal of the Normal School reported that 45% of the students had non-English origins. In the summer of 1941 the Normal School gave up its building to the Defense Department for use in training air force recruits. The Normal School moved temporarily to the Wilson School, whose students were relocated to other schools. It returned to the Avenue A premises after the end of World War II (1939–45). The Saskatoon Normal School had an enrollment of 617 student teachers in 1945–46, of which three quarters were women. In 1953 the Normal School was renamed the Saskatoon Teacher's College. Teachers were now to be educated in teaching rather than trained in teaching. In 1959 the entrance requirements for normal schools and colleges of education in Saskatchewan were standardized. The college had 584 students in 1961–62. Successor The University of Saskatchewan had established a separate College of Education in 1928, open to students with undergraduate degrees. It prepared students to teach in high schools and collegiates, and also undertook research in education. The college did not offer training in elementary education until 1952. In 1964 the Department of Education and the University of Saskatchewan agreed to integrate the Saskatoon and Regina teacher's colleges with the university's College of Education. Classes continued in the building at 1030 Avenue A North, now called the University of Saskatchewan Avenue A campus. A new building was constructed on the university campus, opened in the spring on 1970. In 1986 the original Saskatoon Teachers College building was renamed the E.A. Davies building in honor of Fred Davies, a pioneer of technical education in Saskatchewan. Noted teachers and students Henry Bonli (1927–2011), artist Ernest Julian "Ernie" Cole (1916–2000), politician Reta Cowley (1910–2004), artist Arnold Feusi (1912–1998), politician Allan Ray Guy (born 1926), politician Herschel Lee Howell (1912–1990), politician Ben Klassen (1918–1993), white supremacist Roy Knight (1891–1971), politician Olga Kotelko (1919–2014), nonagenarian athlete Miro Kwasnica (born