Editing University of Manitoba (section)

=== World War I ===
Many of the university's students went off to fight in the [[Canada in the world wars and interwar period|First World War]], for which the University of Manitoba also served as a training ground.<ref name=":32"/> Between 1914 and 1915, the University Council established a Committee on Military Instruction, authorizing the teaching of [[military science]] and [[Military tactics|tactics]], and a university [[corps]] is also organized. In 1915, the [[196th Battalion (Western Universities), CEF|Western Universities Battalion]] (the 196th) of the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]]s (CEF) was formed. On the first of March that year, the appointment of the [[Canadian Officers' Training Corps]] of the university was published.<ref name=":2" />
[[File:FletcherArgueUManitoba.jpg|thumb|Fletcher Argue Building ]]
In 1914, the [[University of Manitoba Faculty of Law|Manitoba Law School]] was founded by the University of Manitoba and the [[Law Society of Manitoba]] as an affiliated college of the university. Officially opening on 3 October 1914, the School would have 123 students (including 5 women) and 21 academic staff in 1920.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="yearbook" /> On 23 April 1915, a [[Baccalaureate address|Baccalaureate Address]] was given at the end of the academic session for the first time in the university's history. In 1919, the University of Manitoba would found the first school of [[architecture]] in all of western Canada.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Architectural Education|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/architectural-education|access-date=2008-06-15|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062027/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/architectural-education/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1916, the Departments of Arts (including Mathematics) and Architecture, the [[University of Manitoba Libraries|Library]], and the administrative offices of the university were moved into the former Law Courts Building. Also that year, Englishman [[Frank E. Nuttall]] became the first trained [[librarian]] for the university.<ref name=":2" />

In 1916, an Overseas Correspondence Club was established to write letters to UM students serving in England and France during the War, keeping them up-to-date in on University activities during their absence. At a March Faculty Council meeting in 1917, taking note of the [[Russian Revolution]], the Faculty ordered the sending of a congratulatory telegram to the [[Provisional Government of Russia]]. The telegram was subsequently answered by Foreign Minister [[Pavel Milyukov]].<ref name=":2" />
[[File:DuffRoblinUManitoba.jpg|left|thumb|Duff Roblin Building]]
During this time, university enrolment reduced significantly due to military enlistment; students dropped from 925 in 1914–15 to 662 in 1916–17.<ref name=":2" />

In 1918, the university's board of governors arranged for all men with a record of overseas service in the CEF, or who have served for a year or more in Canada, to receive full tuition remission in Arts and half tuition fees in Engineering, Architecture, Pharmacy, and Medicine. Also this year, the [[Spanish flu]] epidemic and the subsequent ban on public meetings closed the university for several weeks from October 11 to December 2.<ref name=":2" />

By the end of World War I on 11 November 1918, a total of 1160 students and 14 faculty/staff from the University of Manitoba enlisted; 123 were killed or died during the war; and 142 received [[military honors]].<ref name=":2" />