[4][5][6] That same year, Edmund H. Oliver began his tenure as the first principal of the college, appointed by the Presbyterian General Assembly of Canada.

[5] The college was initially founded to meet the needs of students "who had declared their intention of entering the ministry",[7] and in 1920 started training workers among New Canadians.

[8] In 1914, Presbyterian Theological College began the construction of a building on the University of Saskatchewan property but was disrupted by World War I after most of its student body enlisted.

[6] St. Andrew's invested its first woman graduate in 1922, Lydia Emelie Gruchy, though it would take an additional 13 years for her ordination by the United Church of Canada.

[12] The concept of justice and equity were increasingly preoccupations of the college throughout the 1960s, cementing its reputation as a progressive and politically activist theological school.