The school occupied temporary premises at first, then moved to a handsome brick and stone building on Avenue A North in 1922.

[2] In 1920 it was decided to build a permanent home for the school on the west side of Saskatoon on Avenue A North.

According to Weir, "the real values of the Scholarship Project depend very largely, not so much on what these teachers actually teach, as on what they are, – on their character, influence and personality.

"[6] The Church of England missionary societies recruited male and female Anglicans as teachers in Britain to work in Western Canada.

[2] Weir advocated placing practice teachers in conditions "that obtain in rural communities" instead of in urban schools.

[8] 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%.

[9] 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.

[10] In the summer of 1941 the Normal School gave up its building to the Defense Department for use in training air force recruits.

[2] The University of Saskatchewan had established a separate College of Education in 1928, open to students with undergraduate degrees.