Waterloo College Canadian Officers' Training Corps ball, 1957

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Black and white photograph of two male Waterloo College students and two women attending the 1957 Canadian Officers Training Corps ball. The event was held at the Old Post Office Armory in Kitchener, Ontario. Seated on a sofa, left to right: 2Lt Fred Dahms; Barb Fice; Lordel Fletcher, 2Lt Harold Russell.

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The university-based Canadian Officers’ Training Corps (C.O.T.C.) trained undergraduate students for officer commissions in the Canadian Army reserves. Cadets pursued their degree throughout the school year, and served Canadian Army corps during the summer. The Waterloo College detachment of the University of Western Ontario Contingent was established in 1940.

Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.

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1957

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