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CONTENTS

Vol. XXXIX. 'Guelph, November, 1926. No. 3

Agriculture in High Schools.....97 By C. D. Jarvis, B.S.A., Ph.D. “The Men of Kildonan”.100 By J. B. Reynolds Agricultural College Work in India.101 Letters of a Wealthy Scotch Landlord.104 By L. E. G., ’24 Salt for Horses . 105 By R. S. Hudson, Michigan State College of Agri¬ culture and Applied Science The Dominion Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S.108 Eastern Wool Clip. 113 By Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers' Limited Singapore Naval Base .114 By J. MacArthur Russell, (O.A.C., (1898-99-1900) British Columbia Tree Fruits .116 By W. H. Robertson, Provincial Horticulturist, Victoria, B.C. Dirty Work at the Crossroads.120 By Cecil Cox, ’27 News and Views . ...126 Editorial .126 College Life .132 Athletics .136 Macdonald . 141 Alumni .146

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Agriculture in High Schools By C. D. Jarvis, B.S.A., Ph D.

IN responding to a request that he know that if they are to hold their submit an article for publication own in the markets of the world they on the subject of High School must not allow other nations to out¬ Agriculture the writer is conscious strip them in vocational efficiency. of the fact that he is discussing a They have a right, at least, to be in¬ topic concerning which the people of formed of new movements in agri¬ Ontario know very little. A few at¬ cultural education and to have any tempts to introduce the subject have new methods adequately demonstrat¬ been made, but so far as the writer ed. knows there has been no conscient¬ There are those who do not ap¬ ious effort made to teach real voca¬ prove of any further effort to teach tional agriculture in the high schools agriculture in the high schools, but of Ontario. My remarks, therefore, such a belief surely must have come are likely to assume the form of an from the unsatisfactory experience argument in favor of teaching agri¬ of the past coupled with a lack of culture rather than a discussion of knowledge of what has actually been methods and courses of study. accomplished in the United States. On the outset I must express my Until a few years ago the same be¬ amazement that those responsible lief was common across the line, but for directing educational affairs in after the introduction of a radically Ontario have been content to com¬ new method, popular opinion con¬ placently watch the development in cerning the teaching of agriculture agricultural education in other coun¬ to boys of high school age has un¬ tries without even so much as to dergone a complete change. call attention to the remarkable pro¬ The Home Project Method gress that has been made. If they It was the introduction of the are not familiar with developments “home project method” or the “sup¬ in other countries it would seem that ervised practice method,” as it is there should be some agency or bur¬ variously called, that has revolution¬ eau which will keep in touch with ized the teaching of agriculture in new educational methods and pro¬ the United States. As a principle of cedures and which will investigate teaching it is not new, for it has and demonstrate those worthy of been applied successfully to the adoption. teaching of other subjects for many It is a serious matter for the On¬ years. As applied to the teaching of tario farmers. They have no desire law it is known as the “case method,” to become a peasant class and they and consists in the study in all its 98 THE O. A. C. REVIEW relationships of an actual law case. ers but only as an incident in their As applied to agriculture it is the plant breeding exercises. study in all its relationships of an The results of this method of in¬ actual farm project, such as produc¬ struction have been far reaching. ing eggs for market, raising and sell¬ Agricultural practice in the neigh¬ ing apples, growing corn, producing borhood of schools following the milk, or the management of a farm. method has been materially chang¬ The word “home” has been ap¬ ed. For example, in the vicinity of plied to the agricultural students a school in Southern Illinois the project because the actual operation acreage devoted to soy beans on the is performed on the home farm un¬ farms of students has increased with¬ der normal conditions. Project in¬ in three years from three to 608 struction is possible also on a school acres; that devoted to chinchbug- farm, provided the projects selected resistant corn from 75 to 503 acres; are real farm enterprises and are and that to sweet clover from 10 to carried out on a normal commercial 185 acres. These are improvements basis. Best results, however, have which are in accordance with the attended the work when it has been teachings of the agricultural college done on the home farm in co-opera¬ nd experiment stations of the State. tion with the father and under the The number of schools following supervision of the school. this method of teaching has rapidly The home project is intended to increased. In 1918, the first year af¬ form a background for the instruc¬ ter the passage of the Vocational tion given in the classroom. If it Education Act, there were but 609 is the intention to study animal hus¬ such schools. The number in 1925 bandry during the current school had reached over 4,000. There are, year the students are requested to of course, many others teaching select animal projects. The follow¬ agriculture, but their work is not of ing year they may plan to study crop such a character as to warrant Fed¬ production and the students will eral support and they are not listed select projects relating to field crops. as vocational schools. The number The important part of the work of teachers in these schools has in¬ creased during the same period from is the centering of the classroom in¬ 895 to 3,500. The number of stud¬ struction about the projects. Here ents enrolled in the agricultural the ingenuity of the teacher has full courses in these schools is now close play. The lessons are taken up in to 100,000. natural order, just as the various The maintaining of a supply of problems present themselves. In agricultural teachers for the high other words the farm sequence schools has extended the influence method of approach, rather than of the agricultural colleges and has the text-book method, is the rule. opened up a vast field for agricultur¬ For example, instead of assigning a al college graduates. Each of the lesson in the structure of flowers the agricultural colleges of the United teacher announces that the next les¬ States has a teacher-training depart¬ son will be corn breeding. The stud¬ ment and this has tended to develop ents may learn the structure of flow¬ a professional spirit in these insti- THE O. A. C. REVIEW 99 tutions. After a half century of the opinion of economists we are floundering between secondary and facing a commercial crisis. Interna¬ collegiate education the American tional competition during the com¬ agricultural college is gradually find¬ ing years is bound to be keener than ing itself and the public is fast com¬ ever before and it must be apparent, ing to realize that it must look to the even to the casual observer, that we, high school to turn out skilled farm¬ as one of the great agricultural ers and to the college to turn out peoples of the world, are neglecting agricultural teachers, agricultural one of the most effective means of engineers, agricultural journalists, preparedness for the coming con¬ managers of farm enterprises, and flict. other leaders in the interests of The most urgent need is not for country life. large stimulating appropriations to The writer has called attention re¬ extend the facilities of our high peatedly to the necessity for action schools, but rather for simple de¬ along the lines suggested here. He monstrations. A few normal examp¬ could scarcely expect action as re¬ les placed at strategic points sult of such humble recommenda¬ throughout the Province should be tions. However, there is danger in sufficient to demonstrate the value delay. Every year that action is of high school agriculture. If the postponed puts us that much behind methods are successful the move¬ other countries. From the standpoint ment will proceed under its own of preparedness, vocational efficiency momentum and the work will be in¬ in agriculture counts just as much troduced into the several communit¬ in a trade war as battleships and ies as a result of a demand on the armaments in a conflict at arms. In part of the people concerned. ioo THE O. A. C. REVIEW “The Men of Kildonan’’ By J. B. Reynolds.

ACK McCulloch has sent me a copy less landlords. The privations and of his new historical romance, sickness during the long ocean voyage; “The Men of Kildonan.” The the landing at Fort Churchill, on Hud¬ merit and interest of the book itself, son Bay; the vicissitudes of a winter and the fact that the author is an spent in tents on an Arctic coast; the alumnus of the Ontario Agricultural trek to Fort York, and the longer trek College, warrant some notice of this to Winnipeg, are pictured with inci¬ literary event in the pages of the Re¬ dents full of strivings and fortitude view. and heroism. Then at Winnipeg the John H. McCulloch, according to his little band of Kildonan folk found own confession, was born a subject of themselves in the midst of the war be¬ the Ancient Kingdom of Galloway, in tween the Northwest Company, who the Southwest of Scotland. Here wished to keep that vast land for hunt¬ he grew to young manhood until, pos¬ ing and fur-trading, and Lord Selkirk, sessed by that ambitious spirit that has whose aim was to establish an agricul¬ driven so many of his clansmen to re¬ tural colony. mote parts of the Empire, conquering It was said that the blood of the and to conquer, he migrated to Mani¬ martyrs is the seed of the Church. It toba. In course of time he found his is equally true that the blood of the way to the Manitoba Agricultural Col¬ first settlers in Canada, east and west, lege, where he spent three years. He is the seed of the nation. Jack McCul- continued his agricultural education at }och has done something worth while Guelph, where he was graduated in in picturing the first cost, in human 1916. courage and endurance and sacrifice, Manitoba claimed him again, and of transforming a wild prairie into a there he followed journalism. great Canadian Province. And he has In Manitoba he naturally became in¬ told his story well, with the tang of terested in the story of the Selkirk and Scottish speech and the impress of Scot¬ Kildonan Settlements. “Selkirk,” he tish character. One is reminded that says, “is a name to conjure by in Gal¬ a hundred such tales might be told, of loway.” The “Men of Kildonan” is settlements in all parts of Canada by the story of the emigration of people English, Irish, Scotch and other racial from the parish of Kildonan, in Suth- groups, if writers like Jack McCul¬ erlandshire, under the land settlement lough and Mabel (Dunham could be scheme of Lord Selkirk. These people, found, to make contribution of their according to the story, were driven Jove and patience and literary gifts to forth from their native home by heart¬ the doing of the task. THE O. A. C. REVIEW 101 Agricultural College Work in India Dear Friends,— Fathers have preferred for their own The first rain of the monsoon pro¬ sons the safer professions which were vides a thrill which must be experi¬ already overcrowded, but the oppor¬ enced in order to be appreciated. tunities in which were proved and de¬ Imagine months without rain, with finite. Sons preferred types of educa¬ the thermometer rising, gradually but tion free from manual labor. Since steadily, to 100, 105, 110, and then for the Institute raised its standards for two or three weeks playing around 115 its main courses to those of an interme¬ as a daily maximum. Crops have long diate college, its classes have not been been harvested, and the 'grass and full, and this limitation on our use¬ weeds left in the fields are dead and fulness has been a cause of regret. It brown. The scorching wind demands has also been a challenge to us to so that those unable to escape to the hills present the cause of agricultural edu¬ remain indoors during most of the day. cation that students would see in it an Then comes the first sign of the mor- opportunity not only to earn a respect soon, a few clouds drifting overhead. able living, but also to be worthy ser¬ The fierce heat softens, but ascending vants of India. humidity makes life no more comfort¬ In this effort, the Institute has by able. For a week or two, or three, no means been alone. There are a the clouds increase, and finally form number of other factors at work. Gov¬ a gray blanket over the heavens. Per¬ ernment, through its agricultural col¬ haps a few light showers give promise leges and departments, has been able of coming relief. We live in the hope to do a great deal both to impror/e that surely to-day will bring the burst methods of cultivation, and to popu¬ of the monsoon. And then it comes. larize these with the people. Keen The clouds roll up darker than ever, students of the welfare of the country thunder booms overhead, and the rain have been preaching the need of agri¬ comes in torrents, then settles down cultural propaganda and education. to a steady fall. The thirsty earth During the last year this has become a drinks it in and rejoices. Overnight, very popular subject with the politi¬ almost, the fields and lawns become cians and newspaper writers, so has green, and the farmer turns to his been more and more before the edu¬ planting. All inature seems to be cated classes. The climax of this agi¬ doubly alive. And we all rejoice at tation came last spring with the ap¬ the coming of the rains. . pointment of a farmer, Lord Irwin, Something very much like that has as Viceroy of India, and of a Royal been happening to the Institute. Commission to study the agricultural Founded in the face of a great need, its situation in this country. This Com¬ first great difficulty has been to con¬ mission will soon start work, and ex¬ vince the public of that need. Many pects to visit the Institute some time have assented mildly to the proposition this winter. that the progress of India depends on That India would sooner or later the improvement of agriculture, but in awaken to her need for agricultural the past comparative few have been education has been evident to us at willing to stake their lives on it. Allahabad for some time. Seeing the 102 THE O. A. C. REVIEW need for an agricultural school of col¬ that a smaller percentage seemed to be lege grade, we finally succeeded, large¬ locking for Government service and ly through the untiring efforts of Dr. guaranteed positions. But always be¬ Higginbottom, in having such a course fore large numbers have asked for the established by Government, two years prospectus, and we could not but won¬ ago. The Institute admitted the first der how many of these prospective class to it before the course was finally students would materialize. The clouds approved. Six or seven students were were there, but would it really rain? admitted, but only two of those who With the opening of school, July 7, finished the two years were eligible we found that our hopes were not un¬ for the Government examination. Both found. d. Never before had new stu¬ of them were successful in it, and ha /e dents c ome as they did. In the .spring received the diploma, being the first we had ordered 18 copies of one of the students to receive this government text books, thinking that would be diploma. The next year there were enough for the new class. Up to date many enquiries, but few students could 39 new students have registered in find courage to take the step, and person, and of these 28 show signs of various causes reduced this class to peimanence. That is about the limit two also. If you ever tried lecturing which we thought we would dare ad¬ to two students, day after day, you mit, but others are still coming, delayed know how little of inspiration there is by one cause or another. This largs in that. Those would have been dis¬ class has presented new problems, of couraging days last year, had not accommodation and equipment. By larger registrations in the dairy and adding here and there to what we had, farm mechanics courses brought our we will be able to get through the total student body up to about fifty at year. And a change in the type of all times, and had there not been the problem facing us has been most wel¬ hope of better days to come. With come.. that hope, it but furnished further in¬ But if we have 28 students in this centive for our campaign for students, class, and about 60 in all, we must be which included last year the publica¬ prepared next year either to admit tion of literature and personal visits manv more than that number, or to tr a number of the high schools of the turn away worthy applicants. For it province. is scarcely possible that the country As the beginning of the new school will ever return to its old indifference year grew closer, it became obvious towards agriculture. Each student that the agitation and the increased in¬ who returns home in the vacations terest of the public in agriculture were serves to turn the thoughts of others having an effect. The num'ber of re¬ toward the study of agriculture. The quests for our prospectus, a booklet other agricultural colleges of the of about 20 pages, describing the In¬ country, five in number, cannot hope stitute and its courses, ha 5 been far- to care for all who want this training, greater than ever before. In the last as most of these cannot teach many three months more than 100 copies more than 100 students at a time. 1 ave been sent out in response to de- It is of interest to know more about Onite requests. Many wrote lor more our new students than merely their detailed information, and we notice numbers. As might be expected, the THE O. A. C. REVIEW 103 largest number come from the United encouraged him, and he was trans¬ Provinces, in which Allahabad is situ¬ ferred to the Arts course of Ewing ated, but only 7 are in this group. Christian College. Next come two extremes, Persia and Caste difficulties cause some to leave, Assam, with three each, while Madras, as they did two boys from one of the another extreme, is represented by two, most particular sub-castes of Brahmins. as are also the Central Provinces, Ben¬ They felt it was condescension to eat gal and the Punjab have but one each, in the same mess with the other Brah¬ the remaining 7 coming from various mins. The cook also was a Brahmin. native states. / but when they found out that the as¬ As in the population at large, the sistant who washed the dishes was not, majority of these new students are they had to leave the mess, and so Hindus, 15 being of that faith. Strange¬ lasted all that day. The next day they ly enough, all but two of these are of started a mess of their own, when, alas, two castes, Brahmin and Kayastha the sweeper, unaware of their extreme Brahmins, of course, rank as the high¬ orthodoxy, stepped into their kitchen est caste, and are forbidden by caste and ruined everything! Another twen¬ rules even to touch a plow. The EAyas- ty-four hours without food, and no thas are a caste originally rather low, wonder they were ready to pick up and but because of their caste occupation leave. of writing, they have been fond of But perhaps the most common cause education, and are perhaps the most is homesickness, for coming here is to progressive of Hindus to-day. There many of them like going to a foreign are four Moslems in the class, and one C'Uitry. People are strange, the lan¬ Sikh and one Jain. Seven of the boys guages are strange, and the ways are are Christians, including three Armen¬ strange. The necessity of manual la¬ ians, who intend to return to their bor is also often hard to accept. Many homes in Persia after completing their are like the boy who joined the dairy education. Thus we are a cosmopoli¬ class in January. The second day he tan group regarding religion as well as came around and anounced that he geographical distribution. had been made to work in the barn: Perhaps you will wonder why so ‘I got my clothes dirty, I got my hands many of the students leave after start¬ dirty, a cow kicked me, and I’m going ing here. We wonder about some *f home!” them ourselves, for sometimes they go And so they come and go, but the off without a word. One boy said he best stay, in spite of their difficulties was going to the river for a bath, and and homesickness. Perhaps this weed- when he failed to return, we feared he ing-out process is an advantage, for was drowned, and had the river drag¬ it leaves us a fine group. It still takes ged. It was not until two days later courage and initiative to break away that we found a note saying he was from the beaten paths and come here leaving. Another of the boys came to study agriculture. It takes serious¬ around the second or third day of ness of purpose and ability to adapt school, saying that he had just at¬ oneself and make the best of things tended his first chemistry lecture and to stay. Comparisons are not the best that he knew that he could never learn of form, but we do feel that our stu¬ science. Nothing that we could say dents rank above the average, and are 104 THE O. A. C. REVIEW the material from which leaders are he loves so well. And we pray to God made. In this time when India needs that under His guidance and in His leaders, we are thankful for the op¬ strength we may be able worthily to portunity we have to shape them, and meet the wonderful opportunity which to send them out with the technical is ours. qualifications they need, and with the Very cordially yours, Christian attitude toward the problems W. B. HAYES. they will meet. We would express our [We are indebted to the Plublication thanks to you who are making it pos¬ Branch, Ottawa, for their permission to sible for us to be here, and to have the publish this letter, giving a most in¬ equipment we need for the work. We teresting account of experiences in are happy to know that Dr. Higgin- carrying on agricultural college work bottom will soon be back among us, among the native populations of In¬ and actively engaged in the wnrk which dia.—Ed.]

Letters of a Wealthy Scotch Landlord to His City Tenant

By L. E. G., ’24 Letter No. 5

Summary Mr. G. E. Wilmore.

As predicted in 1910 by a fortune My Dear Frend,—Yor card I hav teller at the Calgary Stampede, this reseeved and was glad to hear from wealthy Glengarry Scotch bachelor, you to and by the way may I ask plasterer by trade, has experienced the you to keep this $21 the ba 11ans* off three great financial failures and the this year,s reent and add $37.90c. off disappointment in love and is now January’s reent, which will mak the ready to be crowned with the promis¬ total off $58.90c the ballans off dat ed success. After being tossed about monnie onn 110 sunneside which I in Western Canada in '‘rough and want you to paie and geet a reseet for ready style, and also in Northern On¬ the saim then wee will hav clear sail¬ tario, he has drifted, as many other ing and no tails to worie about I also Canadians have done, to Detroit, the wish to say In cais you wish to do anie automobile city of the world. The high meor d_c rating you may do so onn wages of skilled labour are very en¬ yore one expens as I feal you hav a couraging to our Scotch hero, who fairili good snap cff It onn your reent, continues to toil and save. The exten¬ I have desided to tiy and pay off som sive building operations in Detroit have off my deet therefore I want to saiv provided steady employment for our as much off the reent monnie as posi- bachelor plasterer and friend. He con¬ bel, Wishing you a happie and prospers tinues to marvel at the growth of the New Year metropolis and the magnitude of the industry of the busy city of Detroit. 'Yurs trully J. A. McM. THE O. A. C. REVIEW ^ 05

✓ Salt for Horses

The Importance of Salt as a Factor in Successful Horse Feeding, is Realized by only a few Feeders B. S. Hudson, Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. THE custom of many farmers is to Henry’s Feeds and Feeding says feed salt in the stable once a that “a reasonable allowance is two week, or to go to the pasture on ounces per head daily.” This fact is Sunday morning and throw several not generally known, even this state¬ handfuls upon the ground where the ment does not in any way suggest the colts and other live stock may lick it great variation in the quantity requir¬ up. Horses confined in the stable usu¬ ed by different animals or the change ally get their salt in one of three ways: in quantity consumed at different sea¬ 1. Once a week in the box where sons. grain is fed. On May 1, 1925,—twelve horses, 2. In a small box within reach of ranging in age from 2 to 16 years, the horse where he may lick it at will. doing farm work and general hauling 3. A small quantity along with a at Michigan State College, were select¬ feed grain each day. ed for a trial to determine the amount There is probably no very accurate of salt consumed by horses at different concepton on the part of the majority seasons. of farmers or feeders as to the quantity Barrel salt was placed in small boxes of salt required for horses. fastened on the side of the stall over

Fig. 1.—Percheron Mare Leila, 1926 Grand Champion at Chicago, and foal, illustrating the usual method of feeding salt to livestock. 106 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

the mangers. Each horse was allowed weighed and deducted from the amount all the salt he wanted and the amount put in at the last filling period. weighed and recorded from time to Table one shows the amount consumed time. The test was closed December 22, by each horse in each month of the and the salt remaining in the boxes was test. Table 1.—Amount of salt, in ounces, consumed by each of 12 horses, May to December. Team 1 Odd Horses Team 2 Jasper Dexter Jirene ; Pat Baldy Nig Month oz. oz. oz. oz. oz oz. May. . . . . 32.0 56.0 24.0 24.0 16.0 8.0 June. .. . . 28.8 48.0 16.0 24.0 8.0 24.0 July...... 104.0 120.0 28.8 88.0 8.0 65.6 August. .... 123.2 147.2 73.6 72.0 118.4 92.8 September. .... 96.0 136.0 64.0 48.0 80.0 80.0 October. .... 72.0 104.0 32.0 24.0 64.0 56.0 November. .... 64.0 64.0 32.0 40.0 32.0 24.0 December. .... 80.0 96.0 56.0 80.0 24.0 11.2

Total. . . . . 600.0 771.2 326.4 400.0 350.4 361.6 Odd Horses Odd Horses Team 3 Joe Clyde Kate Don Dime Duke Month oz. oz. oz. oz. oz oz. May. .... 16.0 24.0 8.0 24.0 8.0 0.0 June. . . . . 40.0 24.0 32.0 40.0 8.0 0.0 July. . . . . 112.0 113.6 72.0 88.0 24.0 24.0 August. . . . . 158.4 142.4 104.0 78.4 48.0 24.0 September. .... 121.6 120.0 80.0 104.0 32.0 8.0 October. .... 104.0 96.0 40.0 88.0 16.0 8.0 November. .... 40.0 48.0 32.0 40.0 8.0 0.0 December. .... 19.2 75.2 32.0 32.0 19.2 0.0

Total. . . . 611.2 643.2 400.0 494.4 163.2 64.0 Average Daily Consumption Duke consumed 64 ounces during the entire period of 236 days and Dexter, a The average daily consumption for five-years-old Percheron gelding con¬ the horses in the order in which they sumed 771.2 ounces during the same are named is,—2.54, 3.26, 1.38, 1.69, period, or an average daily consump¬ 1.48, 1.53, 2.59, 2.72, 1.69, 2.09, .69, tion of 0.27 for Duke as compared with .27 ounces respectively, with an average 3.26 ounces for Dexter. daily consumption for the twelve horses This table shows a constant increase of a little more than 1.82 ounces. in the quantity consumed by each ani¬ The foregoing figures show a great mal from May to August, and a grad¬ difference between the maximum quan¬ ual decrease from that time to Decem¬ tity (158.4 ounces) consumed by Joe, ber when the test was discontinued. a three-years old Percheron gelding It is evident also that a greater quan¬ during August as compared with the tity was being consumed in December quantity (24 ounces) consumed by than in May. This fact cannot be at¬ Duke, a nine-years-old cross-bred Per¬ tributed to the feed or to the work as cheron Belgian during the same month. is shown by the data in Table 2. THE O. A. C. REVIEW 107

Table 2.—Age and handling of horses in test. Team Name Age Working Pasture and no grain Grain and idle 1 Jasper 4 May 1 to Nov. 1 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 1 Dexter 4 May 1 to Nov. 1 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 Jirene 3 May 1 to Dec. 22 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 Pat' 3 May 1 to Oct. 30 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 2 Baldy 4 May 1 to Dec. 22 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 2 Nig 5 May 1 to Dec. 22 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 Joe 3 May 1 to Nov. 1 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 Clyde 3 May 1 to Nov. 15 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 Kate 16 May 1 to Nov, 1 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 Don 12 May 1 to Dec. 22 3 Dime 8 May 1 to Nov. 1 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22 3 Duke 7 May 1 to Nov. 1 Nov. 1 to Dec. 22

Table 2 shows that some of the ani¬ Conclusions mals not working were on pasture a 1. A wide variation exists in the part of the time receiving no grain. amount of salt required by different horses as demonstrated by Dexter in Others worked and received dry grain team 1 and Duke in team 3. and hay throughout the period, while 2. The quantity of salt consumed still others were kept in the stable after varies with the season, increasing from November 1 and received dry feed. In May through August and into Sep¬ all cases, the amount of salt consumed tember, after which the weather grew by each animal decreased in about the C' (ler and the amount of work de¬ creased, and the consumption of salt same proportion after August, which lessened. indicates that weather conditions in¬ 3. Horses, therefore, should be given fluence the appetite for salt more than salt in such a manner that they may any other factor except individuality. have free access to it at all times. 108 THE O. A. C. REVIEW The Dominion Experimental Farm, Nappan, N. S.

The Dominion Experimental Farm at Experimental work is being conduct¬ Nappan, Nova Scotia, was one of the ed under the following divisions: Ani¬ four branch farms established by the mal Husbandry, Field Husbandry, Federal Department of Agriculture in Cereal, Forage Crops, Chemistry, Poul¬ 1888. try, Fibre crops, Horticulture, and Api¬ The object in view in organizing the culture. Experimental Farms Branc h of this Animal Husbandry Department was primarily to improve This division includes the breeding the farming conditions in this country. and feeding projects in beef and dairy It was decided that a systematic study cattle, swine, sheep and horses. The of agriculture was necessary to find work with beef cattle up until 1920 ways and means of improving the meth¬ consisted of projects in steer feeding, ods of farming, in order to increase the comparing types and ages of steers in production of higher quality produce feeding qualities, also advantages of and market this in the best possible dehorning and feeding in box stalls, manner. and comparing different feeds. In The centre of this study and experi¬ 1920 a ,herd of Shorthorns was estab¬ mental work for the Maritime Pro¬ lished and breeding and feeding work vinces was located at Nappan, where was carried on until 1925, when the some three hundred acres were pur¬ increase in the dairy herd forced the chased, forty-five acres of dyked marsh abandonment of this project. land, one hundred and twenty of up¬ During the winter of 1925-26 sixty- land under cultivation, and the bal¬ eight head of steers were carried ance in rough pasture and wood land. through the winter and shipped to From 1915 to 1918, ninety-two acres of Great Britain in April. This is the the latter were cleared and in 1919 an¬ third shipment of its kind made from other farm was purchased, in order to this farm. provide room for the increasing ex¬ In 1911 a grading-up experiment with perimental work in live stock, cereals, dairy cattle was started, using pure¬ chemistry and agrostology projects. bred sires on grade and scrub stock, The present area of the farm is about and good results were obtained, both four hundred and sixty-five acres, with Ayrshires and Holsteins. The first eighty acres of this marsh producing improvement was noted in the influence grain and hay, and two hundred and of the sires in stamping breed type on seventy-five acres of upland under cul¬ their off-spring. The conformation of tivation. The character of the soil these in color, size and general type ranges from a heavy to a light clay was very marked, and in production of loam with a clay subsoil underlying milk and butterfat the progeny have most of the fields. Under drainage has given an increase over dam in almost helped to a great extent in lengthening every generation. Data were compiled the season, by enabling earlier seeding on (a) cost of rearing heifers to date of and later working in the fall. first calving, (b) feed costs for each THE O. A. C. REVIEW 109 lactation period and costs of produc¬ A flock of some eighty pure-bred tion of milk and butterfat, together Shropshires is kept and a number of with the profits over feed cost for each rams are sold each year in different individual. parts of the Maritime Provinces. A Of the different sires used in this grading-up experiment with sheep was project, some have been from ancestry carried on for some years, and good having official records, while others results were obtained. The increase in have not had these credentials. In market type and also in the quality every case the former gave a larger and weight of wool clip was very notice¬ number of progeny superior to their able in the grades as compared with dams than did the latter, showing the their dams and grand-dams. value of selecting a sire from higher The horses kept at the Nappan Farm, producing stock than the cows to which twenty-two head, are all grade or pure¬ he is to be bred. The grade herd num¬ bred Clydesdales, and records are kept bers forty-four head at the present of the hours of work and feed con¬ time. sumed for each horse, together with In 1920 a herd of pure-bred Quern¬ the cost of raising colts. s' ys was established, the foundation Field Husbandry. stock coming from the Mixter and Sher- born Farms in Massachusetts, and the This branch of the work comprises Corning herd in Yarmouth, Nova all cultural experiments, cost of pro¬ Scotia. The sires being used are from duction compilations, manure and lime¬ high producing ancestry, and records stone tests on marsh lands and the are being kept as with the grades, of various rotation tests. all costs in connection with this herd. The cultural tests include the differ¬ A number of young bulls have been ent methods of soil preparation for sold to private breeders and the herd roots, silage icrops and grain, number¬ at present comprises some forty head ing in all ten different projects. Dis¬ of registered stock, over thirty of these tance apart and dates of seeding ex¬ females. periments are conducted with sun¬ Feeding experiments are also con¬ flowers, and in addition a number of ducted each year comparing turnips other projects relating to corn, roots with corn and sunflower silages for and other crop treatments have been milk production. concluded in former years. Costs of The swine herd at Nappan formerly production of the various crops alre comprised both Yorkshires and Berk- recorded each year. These include the shires, but the latter being of only fair rent of land, use of machinery and labor bacon type, were discarded and a high charges, taking the actual time spent class herd of approved bacon type at the different operations. Yorkshires is being developed, through On the marsh, experiments are under the use of imported sires. The feeding way to (determine the value of renew¬ projects consist of comparisons of dif¬ ing marsh lands every eight years, also ferent feeds for pork production, the of rowing hoed crops and of shorter value of skim milk substitutes, such as rotations in handling marsh lands, of fishmeal and tankage, also pasture which there are some thirty thousand crops and green feed and heavy versus acres in this district. lighto feedingo of brood sows. Experiments are being made with 110 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

limestone and basic slag on the marshes, aim to include all the varieties that also complete fertilizers versus barn¬ might be of economic importance in this yard manure. district. By conducting this work in Field Crosses between Huron and Early Husbandry carefully, year after year, Russian wheat, two varieties which it has been found that most of the have done well here, were made in Ot¬ common farm crops of this section, such tawa, and are being grown here for as oats, barley, turnips and hay, can reselection. Growing grain singly and be produced more cheaply than can the in combination is another of our pro¬ same amount of feeding value be pur¬ jects and is giving some very useful chased and it is recommended and the data. farmers are urged to increase their The production of registered grain production of grain, roots and clover and its distribution to the grower is hay in order to reduce the huge bill being practised, although it is not our for mill feeds, which this Province has aim to do this in any great quantity, every year. but rather we aim to produce a small Cereals quantity of really good seed with which The objective of this division is the to start someone else in the business. testing of the various varieties of grain, FORAGE CROPS both old and new, to determine their relative value, and the multiplication The work of this division consists of the most suitable varieties for this mainly of variety tests of the various district. classes of forage crops, together with The first cereal projects bear the the production of club root resistant date of 1892, and four of them have been swedes. carried on continuously to the present The variety tests have been carried time, viz: Variety tests of wheat, oats, on consistently for several years, and barley and buckwheat. during the last few years the number In addition to the seemingly more im¬ of varieties under test has been greatly portant work, considerable time is increased. The variety tests include spent on head selection in order that roots, corn, sunflowers, clovers, timothy our best varieties may be kept up to a and alfalfa. high standard of purity. There is some Various grass and clover mixtures evidence that considerable natural are under test, in comparison with crossing may be taking place under our grasses alone and with grass mixtures climatic conditions and individual containing no leguminous base. heads have been carefully studied since As Alfalfa has never been winter 1923 hardy under our soil and climatic con¬ In 1924 the rod row system of testing ditions, an attempt has been made to nnd studying the different varieties isolate a strain sufficiently hardy to was inaugurated and has met with withstand our winters. This being a great favor. Some seventy to eighty of new project no forecast as to its out¬ our best known varieties of wheat, oats, come could safely be made at this time. and barley are being carried in this For several years the Bangholm var¬ test and considerable useful informa¬ iety of swedes has been selected for tion is being collected. New varieties club root resistance with good results. are being added each year and it is our Its yielding ability is not particularly THE O. A. C. REVIEW 111

high, but it is highly resistant to club plemented with Superphosphate and root infection, the last three years not Muriate of Potash. (6) Cyanamid and running higher than two to three per Urea in comparison with Nitrate of cent, even when grown on badly infect¬ Soda, and Ammonia Sulphate, each ed ground. In addition to its club root being supplemented with Superphos¬ resistant tendency, it is also high in dry phate and Muriate of Potash matter content. In all our fertilizer experiments three Chemistry and four year rotations are used and There are two main experiments with all increases or losses are figured on an fertilizer being conducted at this farm. actual cash basis. The first is testing the relative merits Poultry of complete fertilizers of different for¬ Very little work was done with poul¬ mulae applied to the potato crop in a try breeding until about ten years ago. three-year rotation (potatoes, oats and Since that time the experimental work clover hay), at three rates of applica¬ has been increased, comparisons of tion : 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 pounds per different breeds made and the Barred acre. The second is a comparison of Plymouth Rock selected as the most the different brands of basis slag, suitable for Maritime conditions. Pedi¬ ground rock phosphate, and superphos¬ gree breeding has been carried on for phate applied to the grain crop in a some years, and records kept of all three-year rotation (grain, clover hay birds raised, both of their breeding and and timothy hay). production. The production of the Besides these two main experiments birds has been greatly increased, and there are six smaller but no less import¬ at present an effort is being made to ant experiments, viz: (1) An experi¬ increase the egg-weight, which dropped ment with Malagash and common salt as a consequence of the increase in as applied to root and grain crops and production. their effect on subsequent crops in the The Nova Scotia Egg Laying Contest rotation. (2) Calcitic versus Magnesian is being conducted at Nappan, and re¬ versus Gypsum versus Hydrated Lime gistration work is carried on in con¬ as used in the correction of soil acidity. nection with this. In all about six (3) Sulphur and Gypsum (a) to ascer¬ hundred mature birds are kept, besides tain the effects of Gypsum and Sulphur a large number of chickens during the on crop yields; (b) to determine, if •spring and summer. possible, whether the beneficial effects of Gypsum, if any, are attributable to Fibre Division the Sulphur contained in the Gypsum; The work carried on in this division (-c) to ascertain the effect of Gypsum, consists of variety tests, dates of seed¬ Sulphur and Superphosphate on the ing, dates of harvesting and rates of suppression of potato scab. (4) Ephos seeding flax and hemp for fibre pro¬ Basic Phosphate in comparison with duction. These projects were started other sources of Phosphoric Acid, when in 1923, and have been continued to used alone and when supplemented the present date. Both flax and hemp with nitrogen and potash. (5) Ammo- do well here and these experiments Phos in comparison with mixtures of will be carried on until we have aver¬ Nitrate of Soda, Ammonium Sulphate ages from a sufficient number of years and Superphosphate—each being sup¬ to be of value. 112 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

Horticulture and kinds of stores best suited for winter feeding. Tlie Horticultural Division includes In addition to the above experimental all variety and cultural tests of garden work at the farm, some co-operative vegetables, and small and tree fruits, grain and sugar-beet work has been also all experiments with annual and carried on in different sections of perennial dowers, shrubs and orna¬ Northern Nova Scotia; educational ex¬ mental trees. The lawns and dower hibits and judging at local exhibitons, beds cover ten or more acres, and there and various meetings addressed by is even more than that area in garden members of the staff. The farm itself and orchard. is the centre of a large number of pic¬ Apiculture nics during the summer, and manv farmers take advantage of this to get Twenty-two colonies of bees are kept in direct touch with some of the ex¬ and records compiled as to production perimental work carried on. and kind of honey, also experiments in the prevention of swarming, methods SMITH A. HILTON, B.S.A. of handling and caring for the bees, KENNETH COX, B.S.A.

The First Plough THE O. A. C. REVIEW 113 Eastern Wool Clip Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited. AN increase of ten per cent, is Coarse has been so great from the ow¬ estimated for the Canadian wool ners of paper mills, both here and in the clip of 1926, compared with United States, that these two grades that of a year ago. This of course, is the are now selling within five per cent of result of more sheep being raised in the ttie finer grades. This is a decrease in Dominion, particularly in Alberta and the spread of fully 45 per cent in the Quebec. The total clip is now placed at past five years. These coarse grades 11,000,000 pounds, compared with 10,000 come from sheep largely of the Leices¬ 000 pounds in 1925. This only includes ter, Cotswold and Lincoln breeds, and as the wool removed from mature breeding sheep, no account being taken of that these sheep turn out a fleece of about 9 considerable portion from lambs which to 10 pounds compared with 7% to 8 is known as “pulled wool.” Generally pounds from finer wool breeds the total speaking, it has been removed in good revenue per sheep is much higher. condition, and there is every indication The Western Domestic wools from that gradually sheep men in this country the farms of the Prairie Provinces and are turning out a superior product. Since British Columbia are possibly the best the buying of wool has been placed on a that have ever been received. The range graded basis it is only occasionally that wool from Southern Alberta and Sas¬ a clip now reaches the market tied with katchewan on the other hand shows a binder twine or otherwise unsuitable for falling off in quality, and does not con¬ sale in direct competition with the main tain the same high percentage of bright grades from other countries. wool as was received in 1925. The Eastern Domestic wools coming Since 1921 there has been an increas¬ from Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime ed percentage of the total clip consign¬ Provinces have been quite up to the ed by growers to their own marketing usual standard in the matter of length, company for grading and sale on a col¬ strength of staple, and cleanliness, and lective basis. The present season is no although there has been a somewhat lim¬ exception with total receipts of 3,708,000 ited demand as compared with the last pounds compared with 3,270,000 for three or four years, they are still in fa¬ 1925. All Provinces save those located vor amongst the makers of paper felts. in the Maritimes report an increase, Indeed during the past few years with the biggest gain reported in Al¬ the demand for the two coarse grades berta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, known as Low Quarter Blood Staple and and Manitoba. Farmers in Ontario Raising More Sheep Figures just received from Director crease is reported, and the larger num¬ of Statistics W. O. Galloway, of the bers of animals being retained for Ontario Department of Agriculture, breeding purposes would indicate that show that there has been considerable expansion in the sheep industry through¬ further increases are in prospect. To¬ out Ontario during the past year. For day the total sheep population is esti- the first time since 1920 an actual in- (Continued on Page viii.) 114 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

Singapore Naval Base J. MacArthur Russell (O.AC. 1898-99-1900.)

THE town of Singapore lies on dock for local shipping and a larger the south of an island of the one which will take steamers of the \ same name, some eighteen ocean going class up to about 20,000 miles long, and fifteen broad, and is tons. situated on a bay about five miles The large dry dock—called the across. The city occupies a central King’s Dock — can take warships of position on this bay so that the land considerable size but could not ac¬ curves away from the town to the commodate the latest class of war¬ south-east and south-west forming a ship now being built. It is for this big natural harbour, which, how¬ reason that a dock, capable of taking ever, is exposed to the wind and seas in the largest warship afloat or con¬ coming from south-east. It is less templated, is urgently required east exposed to the weather from the of Suez. At present there is no such west or south as there are a large dock, and as Britain is prohibited number of islands here, some belong¬ from building another dock in Hong¬ ing to Britain and some to Holland. kong or from making Hongkong In recent years a big mole was thoroughly up to date, another site constructed to protect the smaller must be selected. The site chosen is ships in the harbour while loading Singapore. and unloading. This mole thus di¬ There are many reasons for this vides the harbour roughly into two, choice but the chief are the follow¬ an inner, for small coasting vessels, ing: and an outer for ocean going ships. If a circle of 1,500 miles in dia¬ These small ships, of which there meter be drawn with Singapore as are hundreds, ply between Singapore centre, that circle would embrace all and the Ports of Malaya, Sumatra- the seas touching the south coast of Java, Borneo, the Celebes and many India as far west as Ceylon, the small islands within a radius of whole of Sumatra Java, Borneo, the three or four hundred miles, bring¬ Phillipines, Cochin China, Siam, ing their produce for transshipment Tonkin and the north part of Aus¬ to the larger steamers which call tralia, but would not include Hong¬ here and convey these cargoes to all kong, from which Britain is special¬ parts of the world. ly debarred from making into a more In addition to the harbour thus formidable fortress, out of deference described there is the Tanjong Pagar to the feelings of the Japanese and Dock and Wharves. These are situ¬ by international agreement. A fur¬ ated on a smaller curve to the west ther reason for its selection is the of the town, the wharves being about ease with which the approaches to one and a quarter miles long. They Singapore may be defended. There were completely rebuilt of granite are numerous islands, the Straits are some eight years ago and are very very narrow in places and also shal¬ up to date. There is a small dry- low, thus leaving the approaches THE O. A. C. REVIEW 115 easy to guard by nets or mines from for years to come. Had they been an attack by hostile forces, either built simultaneously with the base a from Capital ships or submarines. considerable saving would have been In fact the latter would be practical¬ effected. ly useless in an attack on shipping As a naval station the healthiness in port, as navigations underwater of a place must be taken into con¬ would be very difficult, and any sub¬ sideration. Here again Singapore is marine would easily be spotted from favourably placed. While malaria, an aeroplane, the water being very typhoid, cholera, smallpox and pla¬ clear and comparatively shallow, in gue do occur, ordinary precautions many cases the channels having as now adopted in tropical countries sandy or coral bottoms. are sufficient to ensure good health The site thus chosen has definitely amongst the white population, either been decided on as the East Coast civil, military or naval. We are only of the island of Singapore. The ap¬ 90 miles north of the Equator, have proach to this portion is fairly open plenty of sunlight, a liberable rain¬ for ships of very big tonnage and is fall and ample supplies of fresh na¬ far enough away from the city to tive fruits, while vegetables are ob¬ make the base easily protected from tained from outside sources—India, spies seeking information, also easy Australia and China, all supplying of access for the heavy machinery potatoes, cabbages, onions, cauli¬ and all other accessories required in flower, etc., making it easy for a its construction or upkeep. liberal and varied diet to be main¬ The land on which the Base will tained, all of which tend to keep up be built is at present agricultural, the health of the Europeans who live some Rubber and Cocoanut Estates, here. and also some native owned. The The supplies of labour either for soil is chiefly laterite, a hard red¬ the building or maintenance of such dish clay, and should make a good a station are easily obtained. Chin¬ foundation for heavy buildings. ese coolies flock here in thousands There may be some underlying and good artisans are readily obtain¬ swamp but as the land will no doubt able. Fitters, turners and boiler mak¬ be bored to test its suitability for ers come chiefly from China—usual¬ such buildings the site thus chosen ly Canton, and make good average seems in every way suited for the workmen. It is a curious fact that purpose. while the recent strikes in China Already many oil tanks have been took place not a single case of sym¬ built in anticipation of future use. pathetic striking took place in Sing¬ There are probably 80 or 100 of apore, though the bulk of the popu¬ these and as each is capable of hold¬ lation probably two-thirds is Chin¬ ing some 5,000 tons of oil the total ese, and we are only five days sail capacity must be about 500,000 tons. from Canton. With good treatment, Unless these are to be used for the reasonable pay and opportunities for temporary storing of supplies for their few pleasures the native is con¬ naval use, in my opinion it has been tented and as he knows he gets jus¬ a mistake to have them already built tice and fair dealing, in the great when the base may not be completed (Continued on page xviii.) 116 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

British Columbia Tree Fruits

W. H. Robertson, Provincial Horticulturist, Victoria, B.C.

HILE one of the youngest pro- Kind of Fruit 1923 1924 1925 w vinces in the Dominion from Cars Cars Cars the standpoint of fruit pro- Apples .4742.8 3649.6 3945.1 duction, British Columbia is ranked Crab Apples . 195.9 167.0 150.8 to-day as the leading province in Pears . 150.4 173.0 38.5 the production of boxed apples and Peaches . 136.8 45.7 2.9 third in the total quantities of ap¬ Plums and Prunes... 319.7 193.2 105.2 ples produced. When we mention Apricots 50.4 36.8 4.5 apples specifically it must not be Cherries 114.9 71.4 69.8 thought that apples alone are the It should be noted here that while only tree fruits grown. In support the 1925 figures show a marked de¬ of this statement it is advisable to crease in production, particularly of quote the following figures showing stone fruits, that this decrease was the production in cars of each of the due to the severe freeze of 1924, various tree fruits for the years 1923 which seriously damaged the fruit to 1925 inclusive: — buds in many sections.

Jonathan Orchard in full bloom in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Note furrows marked out for irrigation. THE O. A. C. REVIEW 117

The Early History of Fruit Growing ed many apple trees in the vicinity of Victoria and ten years later we The growing of fruit in British find his name amongst the exhibit¬ Columbia dates back to the first ors at the first agricultural exhibi¬ settlement of the Pacific slope by the tion held in Victoria. Apples were early fur-trading companies. The also exhibited at the first agricultur¬ North West Company and later the al exhibition held in New Westmin¬ Hudson’s Bay Company were really ster in 1867. So much for the Coast

An Okanagan Packing House. This is typical of the many local packing houses in the Okanagan and Kootenay districts of B. C.

the pioneers of farming in British sections where at the present time Columbia. In 1837 the Puget Sound the growing of tree fruits is of se¬ Agricultural Company, a subsidiary condary importance. of the Hudson’s Bay Company, is In the interior sections the time of recorded as fencing in 3,000 acres the first fruit plantings is rather in¬ for agricultural purposes where they definite. At Kelowna in the Okana¬ grew, in addition to grain and vege¬ gan Valley Messrs. Thos. Stirling tables, various kinds of fruit. and J. L. Pridham both started in In 1851 Sir James Douglas plant- the early eighties orchards on a com- 118 THE O. A. C. REVIEW mercial scale. These plantings were portant small fruit sections in the followed somewhat later by the province. plantings on the Coldstream ranch The principal tree fruit section of by the Earl of Aberdeen. In the the province is the Okanagan Valley Kootenay district it is reported that and Similkameen. This territory, plantings were originally made by which may be roughly described as a French settler and forgotten, and extending from Salmon Arm on the when a succeeding settler cleared main line of the Canadian Pacific away the bush which had grown up Railway to the International Bound¬ around the original plantings very ary, produces approximately 75% of satisfactory fruit was found. This the tree fruits grown in the pro¬ was taken as an indication of the vince. It is for the most part an suitability of that district for tree irrigated section with variable cli¬ fruits, which has been proven by matic conditions. The northern sec¬ the number of successful plantings tion produces apples, pears, plums that have been made since that time. and prunes, while the southern sec¬ From these early plantings in both tion in addition to the fruits men¬ the Okanagan and Kootenay Dis¬ tioned produces cherries, peaches tricts have grown the extensive and apricots. The extreme southern plantings of to-day. section of the valley, which includes The Provincial Horticultural the Oliver and Osoyoos districts, is Divisions particularly adapted to the growing of the more tender stone fruits and In order to acquaint the reader is also devoting increasing acreage with the fruit growing areas, the each year to the production of canta¬ Province may be divided into four loupes. sections- From west to east they The Boundary and Kootenay dis¬ are as follows: — tricts embrace the country adjacent (1) Vancouver Island and Gulf to Grand Forks, the Arrow and Koot¬ Islands. enay Lakes and the Creston district. (2) The Lower Fraser Valley. Apples, pears and cherries are the (3) The Okanagan Valley and principal fruits grown and while the Similkameen. district for the most part has suffi¬ (4) The Boundary and Kootenay cient rainfall to ensure satisfactory districts. growth, when supplemented by irri¬ As the article deals principally gation, the increased production has with tree fruits it is not necessary usually warranted the outlay neces¬ to go into detail with regard to the sary to establish an irrigation sys¬ first two sections mentioned above. tem. The area devoted to tree fruits in The Industry as it is To-day these two sections is limiited. The production is small and the number There has been a marked change of commercial plantings few in in the fruit growing industry during number. Before continuing it might the last 35 years. In 1891 it was es¬ be pointed out that these two sec¬ timated that there were 450,000 tions (which, as the titles indicate, trees in the province. In 1911 the are coast districts) are the most im¬ plantings had increased to 2,677,486, THE O. A. C. REVIEW 119 while at the present time according keting and profitable returns to the to figures obtained by the Provincial grower is what will ultimately en¬ Department of Agriculture the total sure progress of the industry. It number of trees is 1,837,607. This can be safely said that 60% of the shows a decrease during the past 15 fruit crop of British Columbia is years- To any one familiar with the marketed through co-operative chan¬ plantings in the province this is not nels. Even the independent houses surprising. Between the years 1905 this year have formed a joint sales and 1915 the fruit industry was mak¬ organization so that the grower of ing an abnormal growth and many tree fruits in the province is assured areas were planted which were total¬ of securing the best possible price ly unsuited to fruit growing. These for all he produces. have since been abandoned or are In conclusion it might be stated being devoted to crops which can be that while it is highly improbable grown under these particular soil that the high prices which prevail¬ and climatic conditions. The indus¬ ed just after the war will likely ever try at the present time may there¬ be repeated, the grower of fruit in fore be considered as on a sound British Columbia may hope for sat¬ basis and while new plantings are isfactory returns on what he pro¬ being made they are in keeping with duces in the future. Whether these growing conditions and the demands prices are received through the co¬ of the market. operative or through the independ¬ Marketing the Crop ent it matters not. That the grower While the growing of a crop and receives them is essential if he is go¬ the securing of maximum produc¬ ing to stay in the business and the tion per acre is important, the mar¬ industry is to prosper. 120 THE O. A. C. REVIEW Dirty Work at the Crossroads

“Wally” Tells Another One By Cecil Cox, ’27. THE kid from Pittsburg started it! get away from sometimes. “Let me Us kids was all hanging around the think,” says the kid from Pittsburg. store one night not knowing what “Go ahead! Think all you wapt to,” to do with ourselves, when Buck Skin¬ says Buck, ‘‘and think better of that ner said ‘‘That’s the worst of these fall maybe stuff. If there is anything your nights^ it gets dark so early, you can’t old gang could do just let us know do much in the dark What’s the dark about it and we will do it a little better. good for anyway?” Of course murders is a little new to us Then the Pittsburg kid said, ‘‘Oh the but we could easily get used to it, I dark is all right sometimes; if you want guess. Tell us how you work it kid!” to commit a murder for instance; it’s “When I hear a man talk like that I all right then!” feel encouraged,” says the kid, “you do Buck Skinner laughed right out at it like this—just a minute there’s old him scornful-like. Buck is big and man Cudney with an eye on us, let’s go strong and likes to have his own way in back of the schoolhouse and I’ll tell you everything, even an argument; if he all about it!!!” can’t get the best of you by talking he So we tracks over back of the school- likes to grab you and wrestle it out. house all excited. Of course we knew it Buck sure can wrestle and he has got a was all some sort of a joke and we was great head lock hold which he wins a all ready for the fun of it, all except lot of arguments with so he laughs at Oswald Plumptree who can’t do nothing the Pittsburg kid and says, “I suppose except get the best marks in school and you would like to pull off a couple of win all the prizes and spelling bees. Os¬ murders tonight for instance?” wald kept tagging after us saying “Why yes!” says this kid? “maybe “That Pittsburg kid will get you all in tonight would do. When it gets a little trouble, boys. I wouldn’t have anything darker maybe. My old gang down to do with anything he suggests. It will home used to be real good at that sort most certainly lead to trouble, boys/’ and of game until the cops got on to us. things like that all the way over. Maybe I could teach you fellows to be Well we gets behind the school house just as good—maybe?” where it is dark and quiet and the kid ‘‘What are you giving us?” said one tells us quiet how to do this murder bus¬ of the Sloan kids. We all started to iness. He explained how he needed an razz the kid from Pittsburg for talking old suit of clothes and some rags and a too smart but he did’nt mind us much, good long, strong rope and Buck Skinner just kept rubbing one bare foot over his made some of the kids go home for the other shin bone and thinking with his things he needed, the Matthews kid went tongue in his cheeks not minding us after a coat and the Sloan kids were although there was about ten of us lean¬ sent home for a pair of pants and I chas¬ ing up against the front of the store, ed my kid brother home for some rags. counting my young brother who I can’t We was stuck for a rope until we THE O. A. C. REVIEW 121 thought of borrowing the trip rope off squirmed when they touched a thistle or the hay fork in old Cudney’s barn? but something and once in a while some one it was getting late and we didn’t want to would give a short tug on the rope to disturb old Cudney so we thought maybe see if the dummy was still on the other we should just borrow the rope and not end and hadn’t got off and the dummy bother him at all. The Sloan kids lived would twitch like, like a nigger in his half a mile away and we had to sit and sleep. We waited a long time; it was kind wait in the dark until they came back. a comfortable laying there so cozy on When they did come back they was kind the long grass and talking to ourselves of scared because they had brought theK and laughing at how smart we were and pa’s Sunday pants out of the house by thinking of the fun we were going to mistake, but the kid from Pittsburg said have as soon as anybody came along but they would do just as well as an old pair we didn’t talk very loud all except that and Buck said it was all right as the darned Oswald Plumptree who was Sloan kids father only used them once or behind us in the bushes and kept saying twice a year so it didn’t make much “Some one will get into trouble over di f f erence anyway. this affair. This matter will be the means Well, with all the things we had we of some one getting hurt!” Over and put a pretty good looking dummy man over he kept saying it—until we got togemer and the kid from Pittsburg tired of hearing him saying it. stutfed a few big robes in amo.g the All of a sudden Buck whispers tense old rags in the middle of the dummy, like ‘‘Keep quiet everybody ? here comes a to feel more like bones when the auto¬ car!” mobiles drives over him,’’ he said and Sure enough comes the flash of head then we knew right away what he was lights high up in the trees. Then it’s all up to, you bet we did. dark again and then comes the lights Then w,e all goes down the road past again low down and right near this time the old iron bridge to where it bends and we hears the soft rumble of mud sudden like around a clump of choke guards and the quiet swish of gravel, cherry trees and burdocks near old Cud¬ and lots quicker than I can tell about it, ney’s farm gate. The Cudney farm it all happened. house is away back from the road but A man all alone in an open car comes its funny, the new hydro light in their round the corner right plump and ker- kitchen window lit up the road, just a bang over our old dummy. He lets out piece as wide as a table top, so that you one awful yell like the whole world had could see it lying all dusty white in the come to an end. You would think his light from side to side. The Pittsburg lungs were as big as six bag-pipes and kid says this is just the place and lays some one had jambed him in the middle the dummy down in the light with the with a red hot rail, kind of a yell and a arms and legs all sprawling and then we deep groan all together and then twists all hides in the bushes with the rope on the car all over the road (after its too the dummy and waits. late to miss anything and we hear the We waits there a long time. brakes on his car go ‘screeck’ and the There we was laying down on our tires bite into the gravel in a long ‘scug- stomachs in the dark where you couldn’t g-g’ and then his headlights are glaring see nothing but the faces of the kids that still and bright on the twisted tree turned to speak to you or when they trunks down the road and we hear the 122 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

man getting out of the car saying over others necks. They are on to the dummy and over again ‘‘My God. My God!” in a flash and they all squawks together By this time we have the old dummy as they hit the corpse and one crazy girl safe among the bushes with us and we keeps screeching and screeching as they lays on it while the man hurries back in rounds the bend in the road away from a kind of a waddling run. He’s a fat us. We hears the engine slow down and man and terribly excited and we can see stutter like and then stutter some more, his open mouth just gasping and the louder and faster, and then we hear them whites of his eyes show plain as plain; skurrying off in the night as fast as they even his clothes seem to have come all can drive. That was all there was to it: to pieces with excitment. He comes to just a bit of singing, some yelling and the light in the road and looks and runs the noise of that whole cheap, mean around and groups in the ditches saying crazy outfit running away in the night. “Oh Lord! Oh Lord!” and “Where are “By gosh,” I says, “they kill a man you? Where are your” and then he does and leave him to die in the road, by a funny thing; he looks straight up in gosh!” the air and all around over his head. Well sir we was certainly a mad bunch You would have thought he could have of kids for a while. I think we forgot it heard us laugh when he done it. was only a dummy they killed we was so But bye and bye he quiets down a bit mad. and after looking around a little more he “There is all kinds of people in the walks off talking to himself but not be¬ world,” said young Matthews. fore he comes back once or twice to “No, there isn’t” said the kid from look around again and finally he runs to Pittsburg,” there is only two kinds; these his car and jumps in and drives off in a that stop when they hit a man and those mighty big hurry and then we can that don’t.” laugh out loud. “Maybe they was just scaredV said Buck Skinner says, “That poor dub somebody in the dark. Buck snorts will never know another minutes’ peace “Sure cowardice excuses everything, I suppose!!” as long as he lives!” “He’ll read the newspapers anyway Nobody said nothing. for a few days,” says the kid from We was a long time laying in the dark Pittsburg. for the next victim and when he did “Boys, I object to this procedure!” come, it was Old Man Carrutheis. I says Oswald Plumptree,” someone will guess I had better tell you about old man surely get hurt. You mark my words!’’ Carruthers first because he is sort of an We did; but we told him to keep his institution and an awfully proud old man mouth shut in the meantime. although ‘things have not been going Then someone hollered, “Get cut the right wi'h him lately’ as Pa says. dummy, here comes the next victim!” Old Carruther’s farm is in the same and we just got the old corpse ready block as ours; his grandfather was a U. when the next car came. E.L. and his father was a Major and They was. singing in the car. We Old Carruthers himself always wears a could hear them coming singing some stand up collar away from home because cheap kind of song and we see that it is once he ran for Parliament. But he a cheap closed car full of young fellows didn’t get in. There is one party in Ni¬ and girls with their arms around each agara that never gets in but they nomin- THE O. A. C. REVIEW 123

cited a man .every time there is an election how early Pa makes me get up in the and he makes about six or seven speeches morning I can always see the yellow here and there to about fifteen or twenty light in the Carruther’s kitchen window people each time who agree with every on account of Mrs. Carruther’s being thing he says and then he gets licked, for an invalid and Old Carruther having to the honor of it.Well that’s wat happen¬ do the kitchen work before chore time ed to Old Carruthers a long time ago and in the mornings^ and if you go over to with that and one thing and another and the Carruther’s place of an evening you the high taxes and all of his boys being will always find Old Carruthers poking girls and fruit selling so cheap when around the untidy stables somewhere there is any of it Pa says Old Carru¬ with a smoky old lantern that only lights thers seems mighty discouraged lately up enougn space to show him and he wouldn’t be surprised to see auc¬ where to put his feet. He never tion sale bills up on the telephone posts seems to get anywhere any more most any fall now, with ‘‘Valuable Farm and late in the fall last year when Stock” written across the top of them everybody had finished their grape pick¬ and “T. B. Carruthers, Prop.” across ing, and almost forgotten about grapes, the bottom. You feel sorry for Old Car¬ Pa and me past Old Carruthers on the ruthers when you see him standing in the road heading for the winery with half a village waiting round sometimes. He load of Concords. He’s always behind. stands with his shoulders hunched and But Pa says he’ll always have his pride his head thrown forward a little and and his stand up collar on. Once Pa and his hat askew and all his clothes humped some neighbours tried to help him some; on him as he stands there with his hands they tried to get him in as tax collector. in his trousers pockets kind of thinking, Pa went with a deputation to see him thinking. But he still goes to every meet¬ about it. They told him it would mean ing we have in the town hall no matter $500 a year to him and nothing to do what it’s about and he always gets ups only he would have to first “see the and takes his hat off very polite and asks light" and “admit the error of his ways” the chairman if he has the floor dignified and “join the only party in Niagara —like and then he tells everybody just which could do him any good.’’ what to do about it.Nobody butts in when Pa said it was no use but it was a he’s talking, for one thing they like to treat to see the way Old Carruthers gav^ hear him do it—just like a book so a snort and drew himself up like an smooth and persuasive like, and the Indian chief in a picture and hear him big new words he uses you understand say “No sir! I am an honest man! You right away the way he uses them—but cannot bribe a Carruthers, sir! Never!” when he clapps his old felt onto his bald and Pa says he was as proud and happy head and sits down slow and stiff like with himself as a lord for almost two while he watches everybody’s face with weeks after. But Pa says after that he a kind sort of look why—why he’s done saw the bailiff talking to Old Carru¬ and everybody votes or does something thers on the road one day and the bailiff else. had a long folded white paper in one YV hen cold weather comes around hand and Old Carruthers didn’t look so and the leaves fall you can see the old happy. Carruther’s homestead across the level It’s funny though the way everybody fields from our barnyard but no matter is so sorry for the Carruthers. There 124 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

is lots of peole around here that is just We was laughing fit to kill'ourselves as hard up that is more sorry for the at first (having to laugh and stay quiet Carruthers than they are for them¬ at the same time hurts a lot) but after selves. Then back behind us in the a while it didn’t seem so funny and then swamp there is people who have had bye and bye we began to feel sorry for hard luck all their lives fighting poverty Old Man Carruthers he was taking it and bed bugs all the time but nobody so hard. e^ er feels sorry for the “swamp angels.” I heard Buck and the kid talking to But they all feel sorry for the Carru¬ one another and saying “You do it!” thers because they are just bginning to and then ‘‘No you Buck!” and then I have some hard luck and because they heard Buck say “You do it kid, you once thought they was better than most don’t live here regular so it don’t mat¬ anybody else and kept a nigger coach¬ ter.” man. It’s funny. So the kid from Pittsburg hollers out Well, anyway as us kids was lying telling Carruthers that it was only one of there along came old man Carruthers. the boys and that he wasn’t hurt at all He’s driving his old jitney pretty slow and afer a lot of arguing and explain¬ and when he teeters round the bend and ing Old Carruthers was satisfied and joggles over the dummy he stops the car we all stood around him in the roadside in a length or two almost before he’s while he scratched his head and felt the done letting out that awful yell that Pittsburg kids ribs and said “Most re¬ everybody gives. It was funny to see markable, most remarkable! You are that dummy streaking out of there from certainly a very robust young man. I behind the old flivver wheels with his could have sworn I broke every bone head and arms wobbling. Old Carru¬ in your body when I ran over you,” and thers is out of the bus quick with his he walks off to his car saying “Most coat tails flapping and he waddles back remarkable!” in a kind of daze and moaning ‘‘Oh Dear! Oh Dear! Oh Buck Skinner ran after him and picked Dear!” up his old hat which had fallen on the He goes through the performance of road and set it on his poor old head for hunting his victim all over the road, him. Buck Pfad to start the flivver too moaning all the time and then when he for him and that took some time but at can’t find anybody he has to come back last we got him away. to the spot where the dummy lay and Oswald Plumptree starts up again look up in the air and all round all be¬ about this time about ‘somebody getting wildered. That’s what I can’t figure out hurt’ and ‘marking his words’ and Buck why they all has to look up into the air says “All right Oswald, we’re marking for. Then Old Carruthers begins to pace them but we’ll mark you if you don’t up and down and close in the ditches and shut up a bit” and Oswald Plumptree gutters and we heard him muttering “I’ll did. never leave this spot till I find the poor Well it was later than nine o’clock so fellow! Oh dear! Oh dear!I’ll stay here we lays the poor dummy out again (I till daylight if I must! Oh dear! Oh was beginning to feel sorry for him by dear! Oh what trouble I have made for this time) and back we crowds into the everybody! I must stay and find him; it bushes and long grass and watches the is my duty.’’ and he keeps right on road again. searching and carrying on like that. It’s funny the way you see a car com- THE O. A. C. REVIEW 125

ing on a winding road. First you see a not like those flat silly faces you see on flash of light away across a field on a the magazines > this girl’s face has got barn or a bush or something and then it that high, clear look about it and she goes out with a swerve and maybe you stands so and walks so and her eyes see another flash half a mile oflf on the can flash so that you feel you would just other side of the road and you don’t naturally take your hat off and answer know for sure if it’s a car doing it or “Yes m’am” or “No m’am,” when she what or which way it’s going. In about spoke to you. She’s dressed smart too, ten minutes we see a flash or two com¬ kind of mannish with a white collar on ing and then the car was around the that makes her face look awfully pretty bend. We couldn’t hear it coming be¬ and her hair where it coils below her cause it was one of those big, long, round felt hat is combed and brushed heavy roadsters that runs so quietly. and burnished and glossy like a thor¬ There is a man and woman in the oughbred’s and not dull and greasy like seat and the man of course almost splits a huckster’s horses or like a common a blood vessel when he yells at the dum¬ woman’s. The man too is dressed kind my and the woman gives a loud, loud, of smart with a soft felt hat and out “Oh!” door clothes and real linen and with Well sir, that car didn’t swerve or those expensive real leather boots all polished like they was varnished and hesitate a bit but it just picks up speed and turns the corner quick and smooth with half inch soles on them that helps and then we hears in the night a wo¬ most anybody feel and look a man. man’s voice shouting “Stop! Stop! Only his face was. kind of heavy and I Stop, you beast!” didn’t like his mouth and you could eas¬ ily see that he didn’t feel much like a Then we hears a faint sound as if the man just then. car had stopped and a man saying quick ‘‘Let’s get out of this Muriel!” he “Let go that brake lever. For the says. “This will mean trouble for us Lord’s sake, Muriel, let’s get out of sure ! Let’s get away!” here!” But the girl keeps looking and look¬ And then the woman’s voice saying ing. The only time she stops searching ‘‘No! Never! Go back! Go back! along the roadside is when she stops to Go back!” beg that stupid man to help her find There’s a lot more excited talk and a that 'poor chap’ and finally she tells the small scuffling noise and then back man with her that she’s through with around the bend comes the woman walk¬ him for good. ing fast and the man trailing after her. “Muriel!” he gasps.. When she comes to the light of course “I mean it,” she says “but never mind there’s nothing there and although this that now. For God’s sake help me find woman is mighty excited (she kept that man we hit.” pressing one of her fists against her Then us kids saw that it was time to cheek all the time and her eyes were as give ourselves away just like we did wide) she’s not afraid one bit and she with Old Man Carruthers. Besides we looks every where but the man is pretty didn t want that girl and man to stay jumpy and scared and he keeps looking around all night. . If more cars came down the road towards his car every and we got caught we might get into few seconds. She’s a fine looking girl trouble especially if one of our own too, young; her face is pretty but it's (Continued on page xvi.) 126 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

News and Views

The Agronomy Club

The fourth annual organization meet¬ those present, the club is going to have ing of the Agronomy Club was held in a banner year. Massey Hall on Nov. 1st. Several of the best speakers obtaina¬ Officers for the year were appointed ble will be invited to address the club as follows:— on up-to-minute subjects which should Hon. Pres.—Dr. C. A. Zavitz. interest the whole student body. At the Hon. Vice-Pres.—J. Buchanan, B.S.A. College Royal in January a section will President—N. I. Clark. be open for exhibits of grain, roots and Vice-Pres.—G. P. Collins. tubers, and during the winter term a Secretary—H. E. Ford. judging competition will be held. Treasurer—R. H. Graham. These and other activities should en¬ Year Representatives—G. M. Hart, list the support of all students. The exe¬ 4th year; F. A. Lashley, 3rd year; cutive are anxious to make the club E. M. Mackey, 2nd year. worth while and suggestions from any From the enthusiasm displayed by student will be appreciated.

Midnight Folly

It was in the early hours of the morn¬ colors of night attire dashed hither and ing, the fifteenth of November. A tired thither. Some were huddled in corners. student of Mills Hall was about to crawl Others, braver than the rest, leaned out into bed, when the persistent ringing of of the windows and pointed excitedly the telephone demanded his attention. to certain bushes, trees, etc., where the With a muttered curse he strode to the enemy was supposed to be hiding. What booth and yanked down the receiver. a sigh of relief when our heroes dashed Instead of the usual sweet “Hello,” or to the rescue, Directions came thick and “Are you there,” the student was aston¬ fast. “Here—no, there;” “run after ished by: “Come on over to Mac Hall them;” “sit on them*'” “catch them;” at once,—thieves,—men peeking in at “kill them.” Thus spake the gentle sex! the window,—everything,—-oh—.” The How brave they had suddenly become. receiver was slammed down. Instantly The would-be knights beat the bushes, the tired student was transformed into here and there, but no bearded peeker-in- a warrior. He hastily pulled on some of-windows was to be found. The night garments* and roused a dozen or more was none too warm and in their haste lion-like spirits. Thus? a little later, amid they had not put much on; consequently the blackest darkness, attired in glaring they began to get chilly and rather dis¬ white sweaters and armed with long gusted at not having made a spectacular sticks and chivalrous ideas, the brave capture. A dawning suspicion entered the little cavalcade set forth. chief’s mind that perhaps it was all a At the Hall, pandemonium reigned hoax, and a smothered giggle confirmed throughout. Girls attired in all forms and his suspicion. Rounding up his band he THE O. A. C. REVIEW 127

said. ‘‘There’s nobody here, girls,” and as Tom Thumb or Cranford, because strode haughtily off. The only solace to whether this little episode was the re¬ his wounded feelings was found in a sult of a dream after having read such a sweet young thing who, casting her eyes book, or purely the work of an imagina¬ heaven, soulfully said, ‘‘What would we tive mind, it seems hardly fair to inter¬ do without the men.” This little article is to ask the girls rupt what little sleep the men of Mills not indulge in such exciting stories Hall enjoy.

Further Honors for Stock Judges

More honors were brought to the O. The team consisted of A. H. O. Col¬ A. C. when the Stock Judging Team won bert, W. M. Hart G. M. Hart, A. H. first place at the Royal Agricultural Stevens, A. D. Runions and N. I. Winter Fair over Macdonald College, Clark, spare. The individual scores made Quebec and the Manitoba Agricultural were, Colbert, 821; Gr. M. Hart, 809; College. The long lead of 330 points, Geo. Hart, 807; Stevens, 786; Runions, which the College team had, was gained largely in dairy cattle where the team se¬ 753. Stevens won the gold medal in hogs cured 1st, 2nd, 4th and two men tied with 193 out of 200 and Runions won for 5th. The score was 3976 for O.A. the gold medal and the Stonehouse C. and 3446 each for Macdonald and Memorial Cup in dairy cattle with the Manitoba. same score. The consistency of the team in all This is the second time the Farmer’s classs speaks well for the able coaching Dairy Trophy has been won by the Col¬ of Prof. R. G. Knox who has been work¬ lege and three more times will give per¬ ing hard with the boys during the fall. manent possession. 128 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

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L. 0. YOUNG, ’27, Editor-in-Chief. Ii. G. TILLMAN, ’28, Associate Editor. D. F. PUTMAN, ’27, Live Stock. H. G. MASTER, ’28, College Life.- N. I. CLARK, ’27, Agronomy. E. C. BECK, ’28, Alumni. G. C. WARREN, ’27, Horticulture. G. B. HOOD, B.S.A., Alumni. W. R. GRAHAM, ’29, Poultry. Corresponding Editor, E. WILKES, ’27, Dairy. H. J. COLSON, ’29, Athletics. D. A. ANDREW, ’27, Apiculture. A A. KINGS COTE, O.V.C., Art. E. H. GARRARD. ’27, Science. R. W. THOMPSON, ’28, Locals. MISS E. PARSONS, Mac. Rep. MISS M. LANGSTAFF, Jr. Rep.

EDITORIAL The Modern Student is 1 hinking T is indeed a source of great pleasure that the move is indeed a wise one. to know that Morning Assembly That this move arose from a desire * has been assumed at the 0. A. C., on the part of the students, should fur¬ and this, too, largely through the ef¬ nish food for thought, to those of us forts of the students themselves. Last who are inclined to unkindly criticize year at times the attendance at this the so-called shallow and superficial assembly was rather slim, and hence life of the modern student. These cri¬ it was decided this fall by the powers ticisms may be more or less true in that be, to discontinue the practice un¬ many cases, but at the same time, un¬ til such time as the students themselves derneath it all, there is a greater seri¬ gave evidence that they wiere willing ousness of purpose, a greater interest to support this activity, not merely in in the higher and nobler things of life, the abstract, but also in the concrete, and a greater desire for truth among by the actual assurance that the ma¬ the students at the present time than jority of the students would make it ever before. That this highly com¬ their duty to attend regularly. This mendable spirit is not lacking at Mac¬ assurance was at once forthcoming, donald Institute and the O.A.C. is and so we have Morning Assembly once shown by the almost unanimous vote again. Although we have not as yet in favor of the continuance of the had a one-hundred per cent, attend¬ morning Assembly. ance, yet it has been such as to con¬ Carrying the matter further afield, vince the more optimistic ones at least we find that the public is slowly begin- THE O. A. C. REVIEW 129 ning to realize the presence of this of the college students to poll an over¬ spirit. In a comparatively recent is¬ whelming dry vote. sue of a Toronto paper, a vigorous edi¬ And we know that this paper has not torial appeared, urging that college stu¬ misplaced its confidence, and further¬ more we know that the students of the dents be permitted to vote in Toronto, 0. A. C., having the welfare of the pro¬ and not have to return to their respect¬ vince at heart, will rise in their might, ive homes to exercise their franchise. paid after a careful and thoughtful con¬ As this paper is an ardent supporter sideration of the question, will sup¬ of the 0. T. A., it is at once evident that port the policy that will bring the it has entire confidence in the saneness greatest good to the greatest number.

Let Us Sing WHERE, oh where are the old these songs must be set to music and College Songs which used to published in book form, and made reverberate through the corri¬ available to every student through the dors of Johnston Hall in the medium of the Co-op. In addition a days gone by? Where, oh where are copy should be placed on the piano the old refrains which used to spur our in each of the common rooms on the teams on to victory? Where, oh where campus, within easy reach of our nu¬ is that joyous upraising of voices in merous pianists. This factor in itself song which used to be heard wherever would at least treble the popularity of a half-dozen or so students were ga¬ our College Songs. thered together? Here, then, is an opportunity for Gone?-Yes, and almost forgot¬ some organization to confer a real and ten, and in their wake as the years lasting favor upon its Alma Mater. To roll by, a widening gap in our Col¬ any organization desiring to take this lege life, an emptiness that can hardly matter up, the Review promises its be described. It is true that we have hearty co-operation in the collecting of all sorts of musical substitutions, but these old songs, many of which are never can these replace the singing of unknown to the present day student. those old College songs. There was a Undoubtedly it will mean hard work, something in these old songs which and lots of it, but consider the reward. seemed to bind the students together in Within two months from the time these one common family, and which was books go on sale at the Co-op, we ven¬ productive of the highest type of col¬ ture to say that the humming of “Col¬ lege spirit. lege Days” in the various halls will be During later years there have been just as prevalent as that of “Bye-Bye several attempts to revive these songs Blackbird,” and other songs of tran¬ by the issuance of printed pamphlets. sient popularity at the present time. This has met with only partial suc¬ Verily, the effort is great, but the cess. Thus we need something more—- reward is greater. 130 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

College Comment

Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us

Western U. Gazette: Following the opinion, advanced the better argument Imperial Debate held here last spring, in the better way. “Points” are given a considerable amount of controver¬ for style, clarity, expression, argu¬ sial material appeared in this paper ment, and so on. At the end of the concerning the difference between the debate each judge writes his decision English and Canadian forms of de¬ on a slip of paper which is handed to bating. Some strongly criticized the Im¬ the chairman, who solemnly declares perials for the comparatively humor¬ which is the Winning team. ous manner in which they approached There is no voting on the motion. their subpect; others were inclined to Indeed, no one pays very much atten¬ feel that the Western men, debating tion to the motion, except the debat¬ in the characteristic Canadian fashion ers : and they pay far to much! were, on the other hand, too serious. Wit and humor in a speech are rare. Extremely interesting light is thrown They are regarded somewhat as a waste on the subject by an article, just come of time. Every moment must be filled to hand, written by Mr. R. Nunn May, up with the advancement of solid, of Birmingham, leader of the Imperial point winning argument. The two debaters. The article appears in ‘‘The teams line up opposite each other on University,” the organ of the Nation¬ the platform. For an hour and a half al Union of Students of Great Britain. the debaters rise one after the other He gives his impressions of Canadian and fire off set speeches, carefully university life and of Canada gener¬ learnt by heart. Each team follows its ally. He was particularly impressed own line of argument, and ignores with the modern and complete equip¬ with delightful nonchalance the points ment of most of our Colleges. Concern¬ brought forward by the opposition. ing the Canadian, or generally speak¬ Only at the end, when the affirmative ing, American type of debating, he side have a short “rebuttal” speech, says: or summing up, is there much attempt “From St. John we lost no time in to refute points brought forward by getting to the real business of the the other side. tour. The day we landed found us in The amount of preparation given to our first debate with the Acadia Uni¬ the speeches is almost incredible. For versity at Wolfville (Nova Scotia). months the debaters study the sub¬ And here we had our first experience ject. They cast and recast their of the Canadian system of debating. speeches. Every sentence must be We found ourselves in a strange at¬ pregnant with argument. Every un¬ mosphere. In Canada debating is re¬ necessary word must be expunged. garded not as an art to be practised Finally, the speeches are learnt by and enjoyed, but as a game, a battle heart and carefully rehearsed. to be waged grimly, one team against In many cases they are submitted the other. The debate is “judged” by to one of the University professors, three men sitting in the audience. who acts as a “coach” to the team, as¬ They decide which team has, in their sisting them in the development of THE O. A. C. REVIEW 131 their argument, and polishing their “works his way” through college. style. In the United -States this idea That is to say, in the long summer va¬ is taken to the extreme of employing cation he takes a job, preferably some¬ professional ‘‘debating coaches,” who thing that gives him experience in his do nothing else but train the members own subject, and earns the money to of the debating team. keep himself at college through the It is an interesting system; very term. Even if it is not essential for different from our own rather care¬ him to do this from the financial point less, free-and-easy method. Our first of view, he does it for the sake of ex¬ contact with the packed, scientific perience. argument of a well-trained team filled The result is that everybody is us with dismay. Yet the “judges” anxious to get through the university seemed kindly disposed toward us, in the shortest possible time. There and we lost only about four of our de¬ is very little appreciation of “learning bates in Canada.” for learning’s sake.” University edu¬ Mr. May goes on to deal with the cation is largely a matter of technical primary object of the town intercourse instruction, fitting men t j earn thei - with the students of Canadian univer¬ living in the world; and that means sities, and the furtherance of a nation¬ li'dng to earn, rather than learning t. al union of students. He is slightly de¬ live!” precatory concerning Canadian educa¬ While we cannot agree with all of tion in general. Of it he writes: Mr. May’s opinion concerning us, it “The Canadian university student is is always interesting to see ourselves almost without exception, a man who as others see us.

Note—Be sure and read the article on “The Men of Kildonan,” on page 100. This is a brief review by President J. B. Reynolds, of a Historical Romance, written by John McCulloch, a graduate of this College in 1916.

There is no dearth of kindness, In this world of ours; Only in our blindness, We gather thorns for flowers! —Gerald Massey.

A man is seldom more manly than when he is what you call unmanned— the source of his emotion is championship, pity, and courage; the instinctive desire to cherish those who are innocent and unhappy, and defend those who are tender and weak.—Thackeray in English Humorists. 132 THE 0. A. C. REVIEW

FOURTH YEAR HARD TIME such an important social function. DANCE In spite of the enforced absence of the football players, there opened in Patches, tears, holes and rips, what Macdonald Hall, on the evening of a tough looking gang! October 29th, one of the most enjoyable Owing to the lack of suitable wea¬ dances it has ever been our pleasure ther conditions the proposed 4th year to attend. Weiner roast had blossomed forth as Now that we have returned home we a hard time dance. A most disreput¬ have memories of— able looking crowd of some thirty odd Dressing, couples assembled in the College cafe- Meeting our fair partners, teria, the night of October 25th. Tom Entering the ball-room, stockings, patched trousers and an at¬ Miles of streamers, mosphere of carefree abandon was the A moon with a wink, order of the day, or rather night. An excellent orchestra, Ye old tyme square dance was first Dreamy, unreal, moon waltzes, on the programme, danced to the ac¬ Going upstairs, companiment of the celebrated Kapus- Black cats, pumpkins, kasing Orchestra. We were just be¬ A peppy fox-trot, ginning to get the hang of this hop' Cider, when the regular pianist swung into More dances, a rollicking fox trot, and we were Supper, away in a cloud of tatters. Mr. -- Paper hats, at the piano, with Tommy Clark very A novelty fox-trot, kindly supplementing on his bango, Serpentines, balloons, furnished the necessary syncopation. Snakes, fun, The cafeteria staff served their usual The last waltz, excellent supper. God Save the King, and Too soon were heard the opening Farewell. strains of “God Save the King.” The And so it ended—nay, not so, for dance ended with the verdict that a we have memories. good time was had by all.

HALLOWE’EN DANCE INTER-YEAR DEBATE — (FOURTH YEAR VS. THIRD YEAR.) That the dance had to be held the night before two rugby games was un¬ The Inter-Year Debate between the fortunate. Friday, however, was the Senior and Junior Years, and the only logical night on which to hold splendid programme arranged by the THE O. A. C. REVIEW 133 officers of the Union Literary Society, been planned while the star “Bad attracted an unusually large audience Luck ; was in the ascension. Rain and to the October “Lit” meeting in Mem¬ postponement have seemed the order orial Hall. Prof. Unwin was in the of the day, and so, with the arrival of chair and opened the “Literary Year" the appointed day for the Third Year with a few well chosen remarks. The Roast, rain was naturally expected and college orchestra made their first ap¬ postponement naturally ensued. pearance of the year and their well The second attempt, however, was rendered popular numbers were ;ap- more successful and Wednesday, Oct. preciated. The presentation of Mac¬ 13, blossomed out with sunshine galore. donald Hall Field Day medals by Mrs. The evening might have been made for Reynolds and Miss Sisson proved of a roast—the stars, the moon, and every¬ interest to all. After Miss McCague thing—and the old Dairy Bush was had been acclaimed “Winner of Mac. just dark enough and just silent enough Field Day,” the chairman called the to make a big, roaring fire appreciable. inter-year debaters to their places on The party started off with a zest the platform. The affirmative of the and enthusiasm; the weiners were good debate, “Resolved that motor trans¬ —politeness demands that—though portation on the highways of Ontario some were burnt and others were quite should be encouraged,” was upheld by raw; the coffee was good; everything A. Stevens and E.. H. Gerrard, of year was good. ’27, P. W. Thompson and J. Johnson, “Dad” Harrison was on hand with of year ’28, advancing the arguments his Kapuskasing Orchestra, and the for the negative. Rev. Canon Davis, of old melodies fitted well with the moon Guelph, gave the judge’s decision in and the mood. Some sang, others sat favor of the affirmative. He congratu¬ back and enjoyed it. “Tubby” sur¬ lated the debaters on handling the sub¬ passed himself with his “Why Gome ject so ably, stressing the fact that the to College.” He barked, he grunted, grounds for decision were very small. he squeeled and he chirped, and when While all the speakers acquitted them¬ he mooed and someone happened to selves remarkably well, special mention rattle a pail, every farmer m the crowd is due A. Stevens, whom, we believe, felt just a little pang of homesickness. won the debate with his firev and con¬ Nothing was dull, nothing was slow; vincing three minute rebuttal. While even the time travelled faster than the judges were coming to a decision, usual, but though reluctant to got, Prof. Leitch presented G. Thompson everyone was happy as the fire died with the ’05 Scholarship. The “grand away and the glow of it left alone to finale” of the evening was the 'Tableau the night. V'ivant Musicale,” adapted from Rus¬ sel Jenning's play, “The Vagabond THE BARN DANCE King,” arranged and directed by E. Wilkes. It was very well received by “Mornin Sigh, Mornin, how are the critical audience. The evening you feeling this mornin. ’ ’ closed with “God Save the King.” “Well, Hank, I’m a feelin’ pretty fine. You know that bad touch of rheumatism I’ve had since we took the THIRD YEAR WEINER ROAST hay off?—well, it’s clean left, me now. Weiner roasts, this' year, must have You know how I rid myself of that, 134 THE O. A. C. REVIEW don’t you, Sigh? Well it’s like this. well, I soon put a stop to that. I made I went down to Pumpkin Centre yester ’ her wear that red dress she wore to mornin’, and while I was in the black¬ Hank Ford’s barn raisin’. smith shop getting a hind shoe put on Well, after we did a lot of a’ friggin’ old Maria, I gets a’ talkin’ to a bunch about we managed to pull out of the of the fellers, and they tell me that yard by 7 o’clock. We didn’t make them An. Husb. Club fellers were put¬ \ery good time for old Maria was pret¬ ting on a hard times’ barn dance that ty blamed tired. She had been a’ night, and its a’ goin’ to be a better haulin’ turnips in the jumper all the one than last year’s. They said all the afternoon and that sore shoulder of fellers from Pumpkin Centre and Vine¬ hers was pretty touchy. Well, we got gar Hill were a’ goin’ and they wanted there at the same time as old Jenkins me to go along too. Well, I was there and his woman got there, so we all last year and I had a whale of a good went in together. When we got inside time, but I didn’t know how I was a’ the barn door they tells us we had to goin’ to make the grade this year, be¬ climb up into the mow—well, that cause that dog gone rheumatism just wasn’t so bad , but we had to go across about had me floored; and besides I a couple of bents of oat sheaves—it had a lot of turnips a’ lyin’ out in the was pretty hard a’ goin’ there and field, and I wanted to get them all in them blamed sheaves were full of this¬ before the snow came. Well, anyway, tles, too. Nancy fell down a couple of on my way home, I says to myself, I times, but I managed to get her back wonder what Nancy will say to this. on to her feet again and get the this¬ Well, when. I got home and after put¬ tles pulled out of her, and then we ting old Maria in the stable for her had to go across a couple of bents dinner, I hits for the house and told where there was some baled hay. Well, Nancy about it, and believe you me, we got to where the baled hay was all Sigh, she just about went wild. She right, but then we had to jump back says, “You know, Hank, we’ve not on to the barn floor agin’. I didn’t been to a barn dance since Felix was like the idea of jumping ’cause my old a baby, and that’s nigh 32 or 33 years knee wasn’t any too safe, but anyway ago.” old Jenkins and his woman jumped, so Well, anyway, I hustled around that I says to Mary “I guess we’ll have to afternoon and got all the turnips in jump for it too.” but one load. Nancy and the kids done Well, I takes her by the hand and we the chores, the two older girls done the jumped—how long we were a jumpm 1 milkin,’ Sarah fed the calves and Fred¬ don’t know but we got there just the die put down the hay for the night and same—I was there just a little ahead of got the wood in. Well, by five o’clock Nancy—I saw her light and we both everything was fixed up outside and rolled out into the centre of the floor we hit for the house to have supper nearby where young Dad and the rest of and get dressed for the blamed affair. his gang were a ‘playin’ Anyway I got I had no trouble in gettin’ fix up, for her to her feet again and we started a all T had to do was to shave and change ‘dancing’. My old knee was pretty stiff my boots, but Nancy, she wanted to for a round or two while old Nancy get rigged right up. She even wanted she was a ‘tryin’ to bounce around like to wear the dress we was married in,— a “hen on a hot griddle.” Well, after THE O. A. C. REVIEW 135 a couple of dances, in comes a bunch of came around throwin’ apples around. fiddlers from the city and plunks them¬ 1 took c. flyhjg tackle at a couple of selves right on top of the granary. Well, them and managed to land one for Nan¬ I ain’t got much use for them city folks, cy and one for myself. They didn’t have but they sure rolled uut some tolerable any high-toned eats that night but after good music. It was all that fast kind, filling up on cider and apples I didn’t you know Hank, but once I got the want anything else. ‘‘hang” of it I sure did step around. The old dance broke up about 11 bells After stepping around for quite a while and then we hit for home. Both Nancy I got pretty warm in them overalls and and I were pretty tired but we sure had was just a ‘goin’ down into the cow one good time. barn to take them off when Nancy tells me they was some cider over in the cor¬ When I got up this mornin’ I sure ner. Well, we hit to where the barrel expected to find my old legs all tied up was and doggone it there was more fel¬ in knots with that blamed old rheuma¬ lers around there than what you’d see tism but I sure was surprised to find that at a ‘threshin’. Finally I managed to it had all gone and left me. Whenever it squeeze my way in, fill up a couple of comes back on me I’m sure going to one cups and squeeze my way out again. of them An. Husb. club dances for it’s My! it was rollickin’ good stuff Hank. a sure cure every time. Well Sigh I must Every time I had a cupful of that blam¬ be a ‘goin’ home and get that last load ed stuff my old legs wanted to do that of turnips in,—so long Sigh.” jig they call the Charleston. Later “Be good Hank.” on, one of them big husky farm lads ‘‘Get-up-Maria.”

I find the great things in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.—0. W. Holmes.

' “He taught us

To hold

In loving reverence

Poor men and their W'Ork,

Great men and their work,

God and His work.”

—John Ruskin. 136 THE 0. A. C. REVIEW

RUGBY—VARSITY DEFEATED They also missed a good chance to O. A. C. firsts made it three straights score, when they blocked a kick and by beating Varsity intermediates to the dribbled nearly to O. A. C. goal lirijp, tune of 7-0 on Varsity’s home grounds. but Thompson recovered just in time. The teams were very evenly matched The victory was a very costly one for but the booting of Wilson won the day. it was near the end of this game that The college team started in on the jump, Ed Hall had his leg broken. and in a few minutes of play had Var¬ sity on their 25 yard line. Wilson at¬ WESTERN TIE GROUP tempted a field goal but missed by in¬ The steady rain and the mud of the ches, the ball however going to the dead field apparently just suited the Western line for the first score of the game. “Mustangs” for they swept through to On their third down Varsity kicked a 16-6 victory on October 30:h to stay and Wilson returned, O. A. C. recover¬ in the running for group honours. They ing the ball on a fumble. Wilson then apparently couldn't do anything wrong, kicked for three points. Varsity got while our team just couldn’t seem to hit down to work in earnest and began a their stride and played aw-ay below march up the field, but the college line form. stiffened and Varsity lost the ball near Wilson and Thompson played well centre field. Tommy Thompson got away together, but got through for only a for one of his spectacular runs, and was few of their usual long runs as the line finally brought down on Varsity’s 10 wasn’t blocking the Western tacklers, yard line. This ended the first quarter. who were thus able to get the pair be¬ At the start of the second quarter, O. fore they could get started. Griffith’s A. C. ran the ball out in front of the played a great game defensively. He goal posts, and Wilson kicked another broke through and got several plays be¬ field goal. This ended the scoring and fore they got started. the play was nearly even until half tin;e. Western scored their points on two Tn the second half the ball changed touch downs, one by Bowman on a hands repeatedly, but the play was most¬ trick play, and the other by Kennedy ly in Toronto territory.Varsity narrow¬ who picked up a loose ball 10 yards out, ly escaped being forced to rouge on and on six kicks by Warren which went several occasions. for singles, Wilson’s booting accounted Varsity seriously threatened on two for four of the O. A. C. points the other occasions. Wilson lost the ball on a two being gained when the line broke Varsity kick? and a Toronto man recov¬ through and forced a safety touch. ered with no one between him and the 0. A. C. ELIMINATED goal line, but Thompson brought him Having won the toss for choice of down before he had gone many yards. ends, Western not only had the advant- THE O. A. C. REVIEW 137 age of playing on their own field, but al¬ Great credit must however be given so had a small hurricane in their backs to our team who not only played all sea¬ in the first quarter while they were son under the handicap of inexperience, fresh. As a result they got the jump on but also in the final games were only a the College team, and had an eleven shell of their former selves due to injur¬ point lead before the Art Wilson’s 90 ies.. Bamforth was their only lineman yard punt gave them their first set back. with much previous experience, and their Even in face of such a handicap the O. outsides were not up to the strength A. C. fought to the last whistle, even they should have been due to lack of after Warren had broken away on a fake men who had played before. The list kick for the third time, and things look¬ of seriously injured was also much lar¬ ed hopeless. ger this year than usual. Right at the There is no doubt but that Western first of the season Tommy Clark who deserved to win as they played smart was a good prospect for outside had his rugby, though had they not got the shoulder injured, and was out for the break of having the wind with them in rest of the season. Then Ed. Hall who the first quarter—but that is all in the had been showing great form on the game. Art Wilson played a great game, half line had his leg broken^ and it was this kicking was as usual a feature, while very difficult to fill his position. “Bam.” his playing in the first period when he Bamforth was put out with an injured ran 15 yards with the ball and then boot¬ head, and there were several others who ed over the heads of Western backs were kept out of one or more games showed what a quick thinking, all through injuries. round rugby player he is.Tommy Thomp¬ Art Wilson was a very efficient coach, son worked like a trojan. He was taking and his playing was always superb. It punts from all angles and made sev¬ was certainly no fault of his that the eral good gains even though he was al¬ team did not go further, but it must ways surrounded by a mob of tacklers. be admitted that he was at a disadvan¬ The line held much better than they did tage in coaching two teams and playing the week before, and the only really big besides. gains that Western made were the three The support given the team by the fake kicks by Warren which caught the student body as a whole was not any wings napping and accounted for fifteen too good, especially when the college points. Warren booted for their other was playing against Western and need¬ points while Wilson’s punting was what ed their support most. scored for O. A. C. The team lined up at full strength:—• Western have a good team, and they Flying Wing . Art Wilson should go a long way in the hunt for Halves.Geo. Thompson the title. We wish them all success. . ‘‘Silky” Silcox “ .. Ed. Hall RUGBY SUMMARY Quarter . Dick Graham Western Intermediates proved them¬ Snap . GrifT. Griffiths selves the better team this year by tying Insides . ‘‘Red” Hodgins up the league on Saturday, October 16th . Dan Dempsey by defeating O. A. C. 16 to 6, and on Middles .■..Don Stuart the following Saturday again winning .‘‘Bam” Bamforth to gain the Western section title by a Outsides . “Scotty” Scott score of 25—-5. “ . Geo. Hull 138 THE 0. A. C. REVIEW Spares .Art Donald their second victory over Western, de¬ . Mac. MacKendrick feating them 20 to 6. It was a good “ .“How.” Watson game to watch, the end runs and return¬ . “Don.” Hewer ing punts by the College halves be¬ “ . Geo. Hart ing very spectacular. They were masters “ . Davis of the situation in all but the third period, . Goodwillie and a few moments at the beginning of the fourth when Western put on a spurt THE SECOND TEAM and scored their six points. The London¬ The second rugby team tridmphed ers could make no headway against the where the firsts fell down, in that they College defense, and their only great defeated Western, but Varsity Juniors gains were made on fake kicks which were their stumbling block and elimina¬ worked several times. ted them in the semi-finals. O. A. C. started out right when Wat¬ One of the main objects of the sec¬ son grabbed a loose ball for a touchdown ond squad is to develop material for which Scollie converted. In the second the senior team, and this purpose at period eight more points were added least was well carried out for several through a touchdown on a buck by men from [heir lineup have become real Hart, a safety touch, and a rouge. In pr spects for next year. They had good the second half the score was ,even at team spirit and played well together, six a piece. Western got a touch on a considering the instability of their line fake kick, and a single point on a kick. up due to men being shifted to the firsts. Plumb made a nice run for O. A. C.’s touch and Goodwillie kicked to the 0. A. C. 1; WESTERN 14 deadline for the other score. Their first game of the season was with Western in London, ard was play¬ VARSITY JUNIORS ed on a very wet field. With the wind in The Varsity freshmen had little their backs O. A. C. forced the play from trouble in eliminating the College sec¬ the start, and after a few minutes of onds from the Intercollegiate series, de play Scollie kicked to the deadline for feating them by 36-4 score. Their inter¬ the first point. This was followed soon ference was too much for the O.A.C. after by two touchdowns in quick suc¬ defence who showed only occasional cession by Scott, and another point fashes of the form they had against from a kick by Scollie. Play was more Western. even in the second quarter but to¬ Varsity had the wind in the first wards the end of the quarter Good¬ quarter but O. A. C. held them well in willie kicked for a rouge. Western forc¬ 'his period, and played their best rugby. ed the play after half-time and scored Watson did some good plunging and the their lone point by a kick to the dead¬ halves played a good game, though they line. The \College then settled down, rarely had a chance to get away. Even showing much ability in line plunging when the score became hopelessly one and in end runs, gaining another sided, they didn’t give up trying for a point on a kick to the deadline. minute^ and they scored two of their points in the last period; WESTERN AGAIN DEFEATED The team was :— Playing a very dashing game of rug¬ Flying Wing. Scollie by the seconds slid through the mud to Halves . Goodwillie THE O. A. C. REVIEW 139

. Plumb O. A. C. took first place in one event “ Donald and third in six. Misener was winner in Quarter . Colsc n the mile walk, while the third placers Snap . Baker were Wright in the running high jump Insides . Sutherland and the 120 yd high hurdles, Walker in . Macdiarmid the pole vault, Jamieson in the running Middles . Watson broad jumps, and Dempsey in the half “ Hart mile run and the mile walk. “ Butler Outsides . Davis INTERCOLLEGIATE TRACK MEET “ Biggs By running up a score of 55 points, Subs . Hillary O. A. C. for the third consecutive time . Bulmer won the Intercollegiate Field Day and . Lory retained the Guthrie Cup. Western w,ere “ Mader a close second with 49 points while Mc- . Collins Master were third with 13 points. . Sykes The meet this year was held in London “ Walker at the University Campus on Friday, /’ctober 22nd. The day was cold and the THE TRACK TEAM grounds were very wet from the morn- The track team have had a very suc¬ ng rain, which made conditions very cessful season, and have made some ex¬ unfavorable for the atheletes. cellent showings considering the very “Stew.” Mitchell carried off the indi¬ poor fall it has been for training, and vidual championship with 10 points also that their sprinters were forced to which he earned by winning both the 120 run on cinder tracks in competition yards high, and the 220 yards low hurd¬ after having trained on sod. les. His wins came at a time when They won the Intercollegiate track things were looking very black for O. meet for the third consecutive/ time, and A. C. and marked the turning point ir the Inter-Faculty Harriers race for the the meet. fifth consecutive year, while their show¬ Batzold and Boehmer showed up well ing at the Inter-Faculty meet was better in the short runs, while Cowan and than last year when they had but five Dempsey secured 11 points in the two men placed. long runs. Jamieson and Wright were Bruce Foster has been a very able prominent in the jumps, and Douglas manager, and has had a great deal to do •and Jamieson secured places in the with the success of the teams. weight events. The relay team put the meet on ice when they came in second. INTERFACULTY TRACK MEET After the meet Western entertained The Inter-Faculty meet was held at their visitors to a chicken supper after the U. of T. Stadium at Toronto on which the awards were presented. October 15th. The day was fine and bright but a little cool. However in spite THE INTER-YEAR HARRIER RACE of this there were several records equall¬ Travelling in a steady drizzle of cold ed and two broken. -The Meds. won the rain and over a course that was slippery meet, the future doctors collecting a to¬ with mud, E. C. “Cocoa” Cowan of year tal of 44 points with University College ‘28 came home ahead of a field of four¬ a close second with 38. teen starters in the annual five mile race. 14-0 THE O. A. C. REVIEW His time was 31 minutes and 32 their opponents territory but apart from seconds, just 32 seconds behind some hard luck shots, Mike Chepesink the record held by M. A. Watt of the Freshman custodian had very little '25. Cowan led all the way but he was trouble in coping with the attack. never very far away from the first seven, The Old Boys’ defensive were doing and at the finish was closely pressed by some great kicking and the long, strong ‘‘Hasty” Banks. The first seven were: ‘‘butts” of both Prof. Blackwood and 1— Cowan ’28; 2—Banks 29; 3—Fer¬ “Major” Harris were often responsible guson ’28; 4—Griffiths 29; 5—D.emp- for the breaking up of the forward sey ’29; 6—Kerr 29; 7—Wilson ’27. line’s combination which at times was INTERFACULTY HARRIERS RACE good to watch. On Friday, November 5th. O.A.C. for Bett, O.V.C., was responsible for the the fifth consecutive time carried off the second pip by beating Prof. Baker with Interfaculty Harriers Title and the a difficult rising shot which just slipped Brotherton Cup, with rpen finishing by the tips of the goalies’ fingers. Des¬ fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, giving pite many reasonably good tries for the them a score of 46 points against 40 Old Boys net the half time whistle for Knox, who were second, one po: found the score still standing at 2-0 for ahead of Meds. This years race was the O.A.C. first on the new course, and it was a The change of ends gave the O.A.C. very fair test with all kinds of u~ the slight advantage of the wind but a foot conditions. The order of finishing change in the Old Boys’ forward line was: 1—W. Graham (Knox) (30-40); made things very interesting for O.A. 2— M. Mitchell (Meds.) ; 3—W. Mitch¬ C’s defense division and real hard luck ell (Knox) ; 4—Crozier (U.C.) ; 5— was the only thing that kept them with¬ Banks (O.A.C.) ; 6—Ferguson (O.A. out a point. Gradually however the Old C.) ; 7—Dempsey (O.A.C.); 8—Cowan Boys’ began to show signs of wear and (O.A.C.); 11—Kerr (O.A.C.); 13— the play was carried into their territory Wilson (O.AC.) but no further score was made. SOCCER The prospects as judged from this The Soccer season officially opened on performance and the good turn-outs Saturday October 23rd when this year’s since that day look favorable for this aggregation went into action against a years’ team and with the careful coach¬ strong team, fielded by the Old Boys, and ing of Prof. Blackwood with George ran off winners, with a 2-0 score. With McCague as ‘‘skipper” the possibility of last year’s defeat by the Old Boys’ winning the Arts’ Cup looks bright. team still fresh in the minds of the Old Boys’— last year’s regulars it wasn’t to be won¬ Goal—’Prof. Baker; Full Backs—Prof. dered at that they started in to test out Blackwood, Major Harris; Half Backs Professor Baker who was between the —Bruce Medd, Stanley Joss, George sticks for the Old Boys. Paton ; Forwards—‘‘Scotty” McFar- However the shots as a whole did not lane, Stewart Page, Hugh Stanley, give this worthy much to worry over Drury. until the “Pasts” defense were penaliz¬ College— ed and Bett scored from the “spot.” Goal—Chepesink ; Full Backs—Thomp¬ With the score standing 1-0 in favor son ; Smith; Half Backs—Foster Me- of the Presents the “Old Boys” settled Cague, Buer; Forwards—McLeod, Bett, down and began to take the play into Bett, Brank, McKean. THE O. A. C. REVIEW 141

A Week End at Belfountain J. I. H., Mac. ’27.

A most unique Conference, which “Ever just over the top of the next proved an innovation in the annals of brown rise, the S. C. M. of 0. A. C. and Macdon¬ I expect some wonderful thing to flat¬ ald. Inst., was held at Mack’s Cottage, ter my eyes.” Belfountain, on Oct. 8, 9, 10. Nor were we disappointed, for Na¬ The delegates on their return from ture glowed in all her wealth of color Elgin House, came back to us filled on the rugged slopes. with re-created interest in our win¬ In the evening we enjoyed two most ter’s work, with a wish that it he interesting talks. Mr. Brace, who has stimulated by a conference of 0. A. C. been engaged in Y.M.C.A. work in students. This resulted in twenty- China, outlined the Chinese position five young folk enjoying a profitable of the present, clearly showing the week end among the Caledon Hills. urgent need of men of calibre in the On Friday night, after the wants business world, as well as in the profes¬ of the inner man had been satisfied, sional work. Dr. .Schofield, of the 0. we listened to sketchy talks from Y. C., who has just returned from our Elgin House delegates. We Korea, gave us a brief talk on the Ja¬ gleaned a fund of enthusiasm |rom panese situation and their relation to their remarks, much food for thought, Korea. They, too, need workers, who and a desire to be among this chosen love not only their work, but the peo¬ company next year. ple, giving them friendship and fellow¬ ship. Saturday morning Mr. Brown, a On Sunday morning Mr. Brown gave travelling secretary of the S. C. M. us an outline of the methods used in led an anylytical study group on study group work and their relation Mark’s Gospel. Afternoon proved a to our work in College was brought happy occasion when the merry crowd into discussion by the members. hiked across the Caledon Mountain, After a hearty vote of thanks was visiting the beauty spots in the Credit tendered, our host and hostess), Mr. valley and about the Caledon Moun¬ and Mrs. Mack, the conference was tain Club. As we climbed we experi¬ brought to a close, the students return¬ enced, as Chas. G. D. Roberts describes ing with a new zest for the winter’s in the lines: work. 142 THE O. A. C. REVIEW Odds and Ends The Mac. Hall representatives to the Darch, Marion Kennedy, Alice Martin. Elgin House conference last Septem¬ Jean Charters, Mrs. Hamilton (Gladys ber, gave their reports at a very jolly Eaton, ’24), Mrs. Bill Henderson informal meeting and party in the (Myra Mausz, ’26), Misses Marion Es- common room after church on Sunday, dale, Helen Orr, Gladys Becker, Winni- October the twenty-fourth. The girls, fred Bell. _ seated in a huge circle in the centre of The Seniors were given a most inter¬ the room, were called to order by Miss esting treat on the morning of Fhiday, Dorothy Sisson, who acted as chair¬ the twenty-ninth of October, when Mrs. man for the occasion.Short, interest¬ Gladys Eaton, Hamilton, showed them ing and instructive talks were given just how a crockery demonstration by Miss Helen Williams, Miss Jean should be given. Mrs. Hamilton, who Hart, Miss Helen Robertson and Miss was really with the Consumer’s Gas Florence Young. A piano solo by Miss Company, of Toronto, is an experienc¬ Lawrence and a vocal solo by Miss ed artist in that particular branch of Behrns, were pleasing additions to the Household Science, and so her methods programme: Last, but certainly not were watched with much interest. For least, came the party, with its refresh¬ her subject she took “Hallowe’en Nov¬ ments served by the executive of the elties,” and gave many unusual and S.C.M. As usual these were much ap¬ delightful suggestions for a very preciated. spooky party. Her skilful manipula¬ tion and attractive methods of present¬ The usual yearly visitations of those ing her subject were watched with at¬ interesting denizens of the underworld, tention and en\y by her audience of little grey mice, have begun again this budding demonstrators. Surely, now, year in full force, especially on third that next dem. will not be such a dread¬ floor of Macdonald Hall. These small ed ordeal. animals are the source of much com¬ motion and speculation. Their ap¬ Where did all the cider go to after proach is usually heralded by piercing the Hallowe’en dance? I wonder! shrieks, while violent thuds and thumps Could there be any connection between mark their somewhat hurried exit. As that same cider and the present illness in the case of their predecessor, Theo¬ which is invading Mac. Hall? I won¬ dore Agememnon, of ’26, some come to der !! untimely ends, being cut off in the Late that night there was a steady prime of life by vicious whacks of a clip-clop, clip-clop down the stairs and broom or the lightning spring of an halls. The stream almost resembled a unsuspected trap. Would it be any troupe of Parasol Ants stripping a rose help to suggest that crumbs and crusts bush, but in this case it was a string really are not good for mice? of thirsty girls, many have been aunts, too, drawing the aforesaid cider bar¬ Among the Old Girls who were back rel. It is hard to say if this wild taste for the Hallowe’en Dance were the for cider was acquired in Bacteriology Misses Bee Blandford, Grizzell Hart, class or not, but the fact remains, the Jean Pembleton, Lena Dingle, Jean cider disappeared and the girls are sick. Clark, Aileen Preston, Wilhelmina Did we keep it too long? I wonder!!! THE O. A. C. REVIEW 143

Notes (We are indebted for the following sociation has completed its formal affil¬ bits of news to Miss Ruth Lampkin, iation with the American Home Econo¬ Chairman of Publicity, MacdonaldAl- mics Association, and they have thus urnnae Association.) become the first member of the Ameri¬ can organization outside of the United The Toronto Macdonald Club, 6a, States. The officers of the Edmonton branch of the Macdonald-Alumnae As¬ Home Economics Association are grad- sociation, commenced its year’s activi¬ nates of Macdonald Institute, namely: ties with a social evening and President—Miss Mabel Patrick. “Bridge.” A farewell was also ten¬ Sec.-Treas.—-Mbs M. Malone. dered one of the active members, Miss Councilor for Universities and Hos¬ C. Black, who is leaving Toronto to pitals—Miss M Patrick. discharge her new duties as Dietitian Alternate—Mrs Chas. Gillespie. for the Sun Life Assurance Co., Mont¬ We congratulate the Edmonton As¬ real, Que. The membership of the sociation on the progress which it has Macdonald Club now reaches thre? made and their organized effor" U score, with a possible ten before the promote Home Economics in Western next meeting in November. The three Canada along the well laid constitu¬ groups responsible in /turn for the tional lines of the American Home programmes are, the Dietitians, Teach¬ Economic Association. ers and Homemakers. Any Macdonald Institute graduates passing through or Miss E. Chapman, Assistant Super¬ visiting in Toronto, are welcomed to intendent for the Women’s Institutes, these monthly meetings. The President has been addressing the eight provin¬ for this year, Mrs. C. H. Burns, Dieti¬ cial fall conventions of the Ontario tian at Toronto General Hospital, will Women’s Institutes and reports much be glad to give any information re¬ progress in the work accomplished by quired re club activities. the various Institutes throughout On¬ The Edmonton Home Economics As¬ tario. Athletics THE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT After a year of delay Mac. Hall de¬ cides once more to play baseball. The Joy, anxiety, cheers and fears mingled girls were enthusiastic to play and the together on the south campus when the aches and pains after the first practice Homemakers met the Junior Asso¬ were the cause of much amusement. ciates in the final soft ball game. To The tournament was to take place in the nine girls on the winning team it the form of house games between the means the honor of possessing an M, different classes. and each of the eighteen girls was de¬ On Monday, October 5, the. first game termined to bring honor to her team. was played between the Junior Asso¬ At the close of the game “three cheers” ciates and the Institutionals, the As¬ were raised for the Homemakers who sociates taking the game. The Nor¬ had been successful, the score being mals and Homemakers played the fol¬ 8-7. lowing night, when the Homemakers 144 THE O. A. C. REVIEW were successful. Wednesday night was were: Jean Hart, Normals; Grace to have been the by-play between the Gray, Senior Associates; Jessie Taylor, Senior Associates and the Homemakers, Junior Associates; Evelyn Shaver, but owing to the amount of water that Homemakers; Neta Morphy, Institu- had fallen, the amount that was falling tionals. The referees were Dorothy and the amount that was about to fall, Sisson and Helen Robertson. the game was postponed. The follow¬ Those on the winning team and who ing Monday the game was played, suc¬ are receiving the M’s are: Evelyn cess once more coming to the Home¬ Shaver, Bud Sorenson, Betty Robin¬ makers. Tuesday night decided the son, Ruth Cook, Margaret Scadding, winners of the tournament. Ruth Gibson, Jean Rutherford, Nora The captains of the different teams Revell and Isabel Brewster.

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“The fastest tournament ever staged sent. Unusual athletic ability was in the annals of Macdonald Hall,” was displayed by the girls and some ex¬ that played this season when eager citing finishes and numerous ties kept competitors met each other in swift up the interest in every event. Great games on the campus tennis courts. credit is due Miss Pepler for the num¬ Each day at noon and after school erous entries and also for the business tournament games claimed the courts like way in which the programme was and interested spectators looked on carried out. from Mac Hall windows. Piling up the remarkable score of The tournament included both double 38 out of 53 points gained by her class, and single competitions. The final Miss Agnes McKague, a Junior Associ¬ game in the singles was played be¬ ate, carried off the grand champion¬ tween Miss Dorothy Sisson and Miss ship. Miss McKague captured five Bee McMurtry, the former being the firsts in the open events and almost winner and receiving the silver pin won the class championship for her awarded. In the doubles the final con¬ year, who were defeated by the Home¬ test was played by Misses Dorothy Sis¬ makers by the narrow margin of two son and Vera Maines, versus Misses ponts. Competiton for the class honors Elsie Johnston and Margaret Laugh- was very keen. Between races the I. lin. The victors were Miss Sisson and O.DE. booth was a popular resort. Miss Maines. The winners of the events were as Thus finished Mac. Hall tennis tour¬ follows: nament and three cheers for the win¬ 1. Over and under relay—1, Home¬ ners ! maker B, Capt. Ruth Cook; 2, Home¬ M. A. L. maker, Capt. Jean Rutherford; 3, The annual Field Day of Macdonald Junior Associate >C, Capt. Francis Hall was held on the campus on Fri¬ Milne. day, October 17th. The weather could 2. Book relay—1, Homemaker C; not have been improved upon and a 2, Senior Associate, Capt. Mary McKil- very large attendance of residents of lop; 3, Homemaker B. the city and township, as well as the 3. Dash—1, Agnes McKague, Jr. students of the two Colleges, was pre¬ Associate; 2, Marjory Karn. Jr. Asso- %

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ciaie; 3, Dorothy Gibson, Jr. Associate. 10. Walking race—1, Betty Cowan, 4. Standing Broad Jump—1, Ruth Sr. Associate; 2, Alice Rinag, Jr. Asso¬ Cook, Homemaker; 2, Norah Revell, ciate ; 3, Gertrude Sorensen, Home¬ Homemaker; 3, Jean Rutherford, maker. Homemaker. 11. Human hurdle relay—1, Home¬ 5. Basket ball throw—1, Dorothy maker, Norah Revell, Capt; 2, Home¬ Sisson, Sr. Normal; 2, Agnes Mc- maker, Jean Rutherford, Captain; 3, Kague, Jr. Associate; 3, Evelyn Shaver, Sr. Normal, Dorothy Sissons, Captain. Homemaker. 12. Driving the pig to market relay 6. Jump Wand relay — 1, Home- —1, Sr. Normal. Capt. Dorothy Sissons; maker C, Capt. Evelyjn Shaver; '% 2, Sr. Associate, Francis Dent; 3, Jr. Homemaker; 3, Jr. Associate, Inez Associate, Inez Graham. Graham. 13. High jump—1, Agnes McKague, 7. Back to back—1, Agnes Mc- Jr. Associate; 2, Betty Cowan, .Sr. As¬ Kague, Jr. Associate, and Edith Wil¬ sociate; 3, Ruth Cook, Homemaker. liams, Jr. Associate; 2, Gladys Jen¬ 14. Running hop, step and jump— nings and Louaine Ferguson, Jr. Nor¬ 1, Agnes McKague, Jr. Associate; 2, mal ; 3, Gertrude Sorensen, Home¬ Ruth Kirkpatrick; 3, Norah Revell, maker, and Agnes McEwen, O.A.C. Homemaker. 8. Running broad jump—1, Agnes 15. Three-legged race—1, Edith McKague, Jr. Associate; 2, Ruth Cook, Williams and Agnes McKague; 2, Ruth Homemaker; 3, Gladys Jennings, Jr. Kirkpatrick and Margaret Hall; 3, Normal. Gladys Jennings and Lorraine Fergu¬ 9. Baseball throw—1, Agnes Mc¬ son. Kague, Jr. Associate; 2, Betty Robin¬ 16. Archery contest—1, Flora Dur- son, Homemaker; 3, Dorothy Sisson, Sr. nin, Sr. Associate. Normal. M.L. 146 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT sleeveless gown of pleated white chif¬ fon, made simply, on long lines, with Mr. and. Mrs. Charles T. Moore, overskirt trimmed^ with Chantilly Guelph, announce the engagement of lace, and embroideed with seed pearls their eldest daughter, Vera Reynolds, and rhinestones. Her veil of tulle was to Herbert Lancely Thomas, B.S.A., el¬ held by a coronet of Chantilly lace dest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thomas, and a wreath of orange blssoms. She Strathroy, the marriage to take place carried a shower bouquet of bridal the latter part of November. roses and lily of th'e valley. /The bridesmaid was dressed in a gown of We are pleased to report the follow¬ June rose taffeta, with bouffant skirt ing marriages, and extend hearty con¬ trimmed with green silk net and French gratulations : flowers, and black velvet picture hat. She carried Premier roses. Later Mr. MACKENZIE-FISHER and Mrs. Mackenzie left, taking the The marriage was solemnized on Saguenay trip, from there motoring to Wednesday afternoon, September 15th, Oxford, Nova Scotia, the bride travell¬ at 3 o’clock, at the home of the bride, ing in a smart navy blue frock with 137 William Street, Lindsay, Ont., of pleated wrap and small black hat with Alice Marguerite, daughter of the late French flowers. Mr. and Mrs. T1. A. Fisher, and Arthur “Mac” graduated in ’23, and is now Whittier Mackenzie, son of Mr. and Agricultural Representative at Ox¬ Mrs. B. Mackenzie, Elmsdale, Nova ford, N.S. Scotia, the Rev. Gordon Holmes offi¬ ciating. The house was tastefully de¬ THOMAS-SYMES corated with gladiolus, sweet peas, as¬ St. Paul’s Anglican Chuch, Fort ters, and ferns. The bride, who was William, was resplendent with blooms given away by her brother, Mr. C. B. of gladioli, asters, palms and ferns this Fisher, was attended by her sister, morning, at 10.30 o’clock, on the oc¬ Miss Helen Fisher. Mr. John Fisher, casion of the marriage of Mis.s Myrtle brother of the bride, was best man. Irene Symes, elder daughter 'of Mr. Mrs. Neill Gregory played the wed¬ and Mrs. Symes, to Fletcher Stewart ding music. 'During the signing of the Thomas, of Port Arthur, son of Mrs. register Miss Daisy Davidson, cousin M. Thomas and the late Joseph P. of the bride, sang. ,The bride wore a Thomas, of Toronto . Rev. H. A. Sims THE O. A. C. REVIEW 1*7 officiated. The bride, who was given tiful gifts of all descriptions were re¬ in marriage her father, wore a ceived by the bridal couple, including beautiful white bridal gown of geor¬ a cheque from the bride’s father. The gette and taffeta, fashioned with over¬ gift to the bridesmaid was a purse, a skirt of the fabric falling softly into of enameled gold mesh; to the soloist, petals trimmed with silver. Her hat a gold vanity case, to the best man a was of white taffeta with silver trim¬ silver cigarette case, and to the organ¬ ming. She wore white shoes and ist a novelty cigarette container. Mr. stockings. She carried a shower bou¬ and Mrs. Thomas left by motor for a three weeks’ honeymoon trip, the quet of orchids, butterfly roses and lily of the valley. The bridesmaid, bride travelling in a dress of cedar- Miss Rheta Symes, sister of the bride, wood flat crepe, trimmed with gold wore flat crepe in tan-bark shade, hat lace, brown velour coat, with a' fur to match of velvet and satin, with collar and cuffs and close fitting hat to tarn crown, ,shoes and stockings to cor¬ match. She carried the-wedding gift respond, and carried a bouquet of pre¬ of the groom, a French beaded purse. mier red roses. The groom was at¬ Upon their return they will reside in Port Arthur, where Mr. Thomas is tended by Frank W. Dryden, of Win¬ nipeg, cousin of the bride. B. Gunton Agricultural Representative for the Smalley presided at the organ, and Provincial Government. played Lohengrin’s Wedding March, and during the signing of the register, JACKSON-GALBRAITH accompanied by Miss Gladys Carter, who sang, “0 Promise Me.” Follow¬ At St. Andrew’s United Church, Ver¬ ing the marriage ceremony a reception non, on Wednesday evening, Sept. 22, was held at the home of the bride’s at eight o ’clock, a marriage of unusual parents, 441 South Vickers Street. The interest took place. The bride, Miss mother of the bride wore navy blue Frances Kathleen Galbraith, only georgette and lace, with black picture daughter of Ex-Mayor and Mrs. Gal¬ hat and a corsage bouquet of roses and braith, is a recent graduate of Mac¬ lily of the valley. A buffet luncheon donald Institute, Guelph, and took was served to about seventy immediate post-graduate work in dietetics at St. friends and relatives. Cut flowers de¬ Luke’s Hospital, New York. The corated the house and the bride’s table groom, Mr. George Thompson Jackson, was picturesque with a three tier wed¬ son .of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Jack- ding cake, surrounded with pink tulle son, Toronto, is a graduate of Toronto and pink roses and accessories of silver University. The church had been beau¬ and cut glass. Assisting at the recep¬ tifully decorated in autumn leaves, tion were Mrs. A. Sinclair, tea room berries and flowers by friends of the hostess; Mrs. C. B. Symes and Mrs. R. bride. The ceremony was performed B. Pow pouring tea; Mrs. Fred. Symes by Rev. T. J. S. Ferguson. Before the cutting ices; Misses Marjorie Symes, ceremony commenced the choir sang Theodore Harvey, Dorothy Wells, “The Voice That Breathed O’er Eden.” Audry Fitzgerald and Evelyn Austin, The bride entered the church on the servitors. The toast to the bride was arm of her father. She was beauti¬ proposed by R. B. Pow, and respond¬ fully gowned in white French georg¬ ed to by the bridegroom. Many beau¬ ette with rhinestone trimming. Her 148 THE O. A. C. REVIEW tulle veil was embroidered with true- white. Buffet luncheon was served lovers-knots, and held in place by a from tables tastefully decorated with a wreath of orange blossoms and carnations and chrysanthemums. pearls. She wore silver pumps and Mr. and Mrs. Jackson took in Seca- carried a shower bouquet of Ophelia mous, Banff and Calgary on their roses. The maid of honor, Miss Zeta honeymoon trip. The bride wore a Bailey, was gowned in mauve georgette three-piece ensemble suit of rose-blonde trimmed with satin ruffles and wore a with feather trimmed turban to match. wreath of mauve and sequin flowers. They are going to reside at Moose- Miss Jean Berry, of 5076 Connaught jaw, and extend a hearty invitation to Drive, Vancouver, was bridesmaid. any O.A.C. and Mac. Hall students She wore a very becoming frock of visiting there. They also wish to be pink georgette trimmed with a single remembered to their friends on both velvet and sequin flower, and a ban¬ sides of the campus. deau of pink and sequin flowers. The maid of honor and bridesmaid carried STEWART-WILSON pink and white carnations. Little St. John’s Church was the scene “Didi” Dent, as flower-girl, was very last night of a very pretty wedding sweet in ruffled blue silk dress and when the Rev. F. A. P, Chadwick, bandeau. From her dainty basket she rector of St. John’s, assisted by the scattered rose petals before the bride Rev. Montague Bruce, united in mar¬ and groom as they left the church. riage, Muriel Grace, younger daughter The only out-of-town visitors were of Mr. A. E. Wilson, of Brandon, Mani¬ Mrs. T. Jackson, mother of the groom, toba, formerly of Victoria, and Mr. Mrs. R. P. Anson, niece of the Peter Stewart, of Ottawa, son of the groom, and J. M. Roxburgh, ’26. late Mr. D. Stewart and of Mrs. Stew¬ Mr. Horace Galbraith, brother of the art, of Wick, Scotland. bride, was best man, and the ushers Given in marriage by her uncle, Mr. were Mr. Harold Galbraith, Mr. Fred. Keith Wilson, the bride was a picture Galbraith, Mr. Russell Heggie and of grace in her wedding gown of ivory Mr. John Webster, the latter two being white satin fashioned with a long O.A.C. old boys. waist-line and flare skirt on which was Gifts from the groom were, to the embroidered a petal-like design in bride, a white gold wrist watch, to pearls, while small satin flowers cen¬ the maid of honor and bridesmaid, tred with rhinestones were dotted over each a string of seed pearls, to the the waist and skirt. A court train flower girl, a signet ring; to the or¬ edged with rhinestones hung from the ganist an ahaloni pearl ring, to the shoulders and was lined with soft pink bride’s mother an amethyst and pearl crepe de Chine. Over the gown was brooch, to the groom’s mother a pearl draped a filmy veil attached to the ring, to the best man a pearl stick pin, coiffeure with a coronet of orange blos¬ and to the ushers alligator wallets. soms and having on the hem a true- A reception followed the ceremony lover’s knot embroidered in pearls. at the residence of the bride’s parents. Her bouquet was a shower of butterfly The bride’s table was centered with a roses, white heather and swansonia. three-tiered wedding cake under a The bridesmaid was Miss Gertrude suspended flower bell of silver and Fox, of Vancouver, who was smartly THE O. A. C. REVIEW 149

gowned in pale green georgette, made P. Stewart is now Secretary of the with the fashionable long waist and a Canadian Seed Growers’ Association. flare skirt flonnced with all-over silk lace, a bonqnet of red roses forming a cabochon on one side. With this was Fort William, Sept. 8th, 1926. worn a hat of white georgette having Dear Sir:—I just want to be sure embroidered on one side a spray of that you have a note in the Alumni floAvers. Her bonqnet, a sheaf of pink section, in the next copy of the Re¬ carnations, tied with pink tnlle. Little view, regarding the wedding of Betty Chadwick made a charming Frank Moran. Frank, as you know, flower girl in apricot taffeta, carrying was a ’24 man, and one of the best a golden basket of chrysanthemums. known and liked fellows at the Col¬ The groom was supported bv Pro¬ lege. He was also a track and fessor D. G. Laird, of the University of wrestling champion. He was mar¬ British Columbia, Vancouver. ried on Saturday, August 21st, at The service was fully choral, with 9.30 a.m., in Fort William, to Miss the choir in attendance and Mr. Jen¬ nings Burnett presided at the organ, Mary MacDonald, daughter of Mrs. and during the signing of the register J. MacDonald, of Fort William. rendered an organ solo. Frank is at present working with the For the happy occasion, the church Fort William Pulp and Paper Co., had been decorated in a color scheme the largest of its kind in America, of yellow and white by the members and is holding down a good job- of the Girls’ Auxiliary of St. John’s Yours very truly, Church, of which the bride has- been a member for a number of years. Elgin Senn, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart left on the Agricultural Representative. midnight boat for Vancouver, en route for Ottawa, where they will make their future home, and on their way east Jack Roxburgh, ’26, since going will visit friends and relatives in Banff, West, has met the following fellows: Calgary, Brandon, Winnipeg and Fort Russell Heggie, Associate ’25, ranch William. The bride’s travelling gown foreman for the Land and Agricultural was of gray flowered georgette, over Company of Canada at Vernon, B. C. which was worn the groom’s gift, a The ranch covers some 3,000 acres, and handsome fur coat, and her hat was a hay, grain and cattle are raised on a chic toque of black velvet. To the large scale. bridesmaid the groom gave a white Johnny Webster, ’25, managing his gold bar pin set with peridot, to the father’s fruit farm, a few miles out flower girl a bar pin set with a sap¬ of Vernon, B.C. phire, and to the best man, military “Cowboy” Hayes, Associate ’26, at brushes. present working with his father on the Among the out-of-town guests were home ranch, but intending to take the bride’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and another throw at the O.A.C. next fall. Mrs. Norman Wilson, of Salt Spring Eddie Twiss, Associate ’26, managing Island, and her aunt, Mrs. A. G. his father’s Ideal Dairy Farm in the Crofton, of Salt Spring Island. Fraser River Valley. 150 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

Banes, Oriente, Cuba, Rain spoiled the polo game scheduled Oct. 17th, 1926. for Sunday afternoon, so the remain¬ der of the day was spent in recounting “We took the wife and kiddies old escapades, such as visits to the or¬ And sent them for a drive; chards, water fights in the Hunts, etc., Then we got the gang together etc. And drank to twenty-five.” The meeting broke up early Monday A meeting of the Cuban division of morning, when those present scattered the O.A.C. Alumni was held in Banes, to their different farms to continue Cuba, during the week-end of Oet. 10, their efforts at-making two stalks of and was so successful that a repetition sugar cane grow where one grew be¬ is a certainty in the near future. fore. Since each man had orders to leave The party consisted of: the wife and family at home the party F. F. Baird, ’26, Divisional Patholo¬ was entirely stag, excepting Saturday gist, Banes. evening. In fact, the above quotation J. J. Brickley, ’26, Supt. of Cultiva¬ was carried out to the last letter. tion, Banes. The party commenced Friday noon, J. A. B. Berry, Asst. Overseer, Lin¬ when Mr. J. J. Brickley, who had been ders Farm. appointed a committee of one, met R. G. Snider, ’26, Asst. Overseer, the visitors from Preston and escorted Veguitas Farm. them to his palatial residence on Los A. J. Cox, ’26, Asst. Overseer, Corua Angeles Ave. The afternoon consisted Farm, Preston. of sight seeing in Banes, and evening R. L. Demaray, B.S.A., ’25, Asst. brought the remaining members of the Overseer, Los Angeles Farm. party from the different farms in the Mr. J. W. Woodeforde, of Los An¬ Banes division of the United Fruit Co., geles, a prospective O.A.C. man, and and the entire party occupied a box in Mr. Spillman, of Cn a, a former stu¬ the Theatre “Heredia” during the dent of Kentucky Agr. College, were evening performance. welcome additions to the party. Saturday morning the visitors were During the week-end an 0. A. C. shown Los Angeles Farm, and the af¬ Review", announcing the nuptials of A. ternoon was spent on the Los Angeles G. Kirstine, ’25, made its appearance, race course. There is some argument and we wish to take this opportunity as to who is the best picker of ponies of extending our congratulations and but no one came home dead-broke. good wishes to “Shorty” and his bride. Saturday evening’s entertainment con¬ Since the above re-union wie have lost sisted of a dance in La Casa del Em- one of our number, in Mr. Berry, who pleados, Los Angeles, and gave Baird has left for Guelph to continue his and Berry another opportunity of car¬ pursuit of the B.S.A. After his search rying on their shiek-like tactics with has proven successful, however, we the Senoritas. The refreshment stand think the call of the open spaces and at the dance was well patronized, and the lure of the Senoritas will prove too while some casualties were reported, strong for Berry and we shall be able none proved fatal, and each member once more to call him one of the Cuban answered to roll call on Sunday morn¬ O.A.C. Alumni Association. ing. R. L. Demaray. THE O. A. C. REVIEW 151

Singapore, Straits Settlements, ment. Later he moved to Picton, where 3rd October, 1926. he judged at School Fairs throughout Dear Sir,—I enclose a small article Prince Edward County. Finding Rep¬ written to supply an inquisitive son resentative Work quite agreeable he with a little information. located more permanently in Norfolk Perhaps it might be of interest to County, as an assistant to Frazer the readers of the 0. A. C. Revew, of Ross, with headquarters at Simcoe. which I was business manager some Vic Elton is at College of Ed., and 26 years ago. has “Shike” Lewis to keep him com¬ Kindly accept greetings from a Scot pany. who made Canada his home for a few Walt F'isher and Louis Schenck are years and has very warm feelings to¬ in their old habitat of the Peninsula. ward Canada and Canadians. They were both at the College for the In the early summer of 1928 I shall Old Boys game. probably be retiring from my labors Of course you have all heard of in the Orient and purpose going home ITerbie Hannam! Our old Review Edi¬ to Scotland via Canada. I am looking tor is now Live Stock Editor of the forward to that trip and of making Canadian Countryman. a further stay with old frends, to whom Nellie Kemp is takng his Masters I send my best greetings. degree between Guelph and the Botany Faithfully yours, Department, Toronto. When last heard J. MacArthur Russell. of he was teaching Hort. to the Mac. Hall girls. NOTES Herb Knox spent most of his time G. E. Patton, 68 Gormiey Avenue, at the Ex. in the live stock ring. He ’22, motion picture operator; family, is with Gunns Limited as a cattle son, and a good one. Some are blessed buyer. with a sense of humor !! John Lang wrote recently and says A. B. C. Thomas, ’22, went over to he has a job for the winter on the England to investigate the shipping Scottish Plant Breeding Station at of live cattle to England. Covatorphine, near Edinburgh. His Harold Philips, South Africa, grad¬ address will be “Ingleston,” Rutho uated 1912, prominent stockman; died Station, near Edinburgh, and he would July, 1926. Married graduate of Mac¬ be glad to hear from any of the fel¬ donald Institute. lows. Cecil Tice, T9, 3138 Cook St., Vic¬ Omer Lemieux, according to the toria, B.C., Chief Agronomist in the latest reports, has a position with the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Deloro Chemical Company, of Deloro, recently organized a Potato, Bulb and N.Y.(Now with the Chemistry Dept, at Seed Show, covering the entire Pro¬ the O.A.C. vince, and held in Victoria, November Howard MacArthur is with thq 24-27. Eganvilleville Creamery. Gordon MacKinney is taking his M. YEAR ’26 A. in the Chemistry Department at George Cruikshank, spent a couple of Toronto. months with Gunns Ltd., at Toronto, Haddon McLeod, when last heard of as a member of their buying depart¬ was at the Laboratory of Plant Path- 152 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

ology, University of Saskatchewan. the C.O.T.C. and explaining the mys¬ “Tarz” has been out West harvest¬ teries of gas engines at the College. ing, and between sleeping under rail¬ A1 Cox is still in Cuba—that is if the way bridges and swiping meals from bandits have not potted him by this the Salvation Army, he’s having a time. good time. Mark Morton is a valued member of Archie MeGugan is fighting com the staff of the Walkerville Creamery borers in the “Sun Parlor” of Ontario, Company at Walkerville. He and Stan Essex County, where he is Assistant Wilson turned out almost enough ice Rep. Cream this summer to freeze Lake Erie. Roy Pugh has been grading honey Arnold Kennedy is of the opinion for the famous Honey Producers, and that a veterinary course is of great is down at Cornell for a post graduate value to a stockman and is now back in course. Guelph enrolled as a veterinary stu¬ Gord Reid has gone to the Elmira dent. Creamery. Harry Miller, wmrking hard and Archie Rintoul, as far as we know, making lots of ice cream in Wolfeville is still with the Blue Valley Creamery. Dairy, Nova Scotia. He was lost in the wilds of North 'Da¬ Bill Miller is now back in Guelph kota the last we heard of him, prob¬ after his eventful trip west. He seems ably chasing “the dairy coos oot of the none the worse for wear. He is now boosh.” negotiating to buy out the Guelph Box was in Wellington this summer dairies and start a combine. as field man for the Canners Seed Com¬ Fred Richardson has been touring pany, but is at home now. Rumor Ontario on poultry work and was back has it he’s heading for B.C. (The ru¬ in Guelph to put forth a good leg at mour has been confirmed.) the Old Boys game. Jimmie Simpson is field man for the Bain Stewart has long since ceased Live Stock Branch and was last seen to feed chickens and has now blossom¬ in charge of the Ontario herds at the ed forth as the Assistant County Rep. National Dairy Show at Detroit. in York County, with headquarters at Jim Wharry has changed his allegi¬ Newmarket. ance from the Fairmont Creameries to Ed. Webb has been working on the ihe Quaker Oat Company, of Pittsburg. Gladioli at Guelph all summer, and is He's at his chosen occupation—selling now with the Mechanics Department. live stock feeds. His only regret is Bruce Medd spent the summer as that the company has not a B. C. manager of his father’s creamery at branch. Exeter. Pretty soft, Bruce, old boy ! Joe Whitmore has been at the Do¬ Shorty McEwan, vdien last heard of, minion Experimental Farms, Ottawa, was travelling tiie western circuit with all summer. We don’t know his plans a crack herd of Doduies. for the winter. Russell Hawkins put in an appear¬ Baldy Young spent the summer ance as a judge at School Fairs, but preaching the gospel (?) to the heathen has since dropped out of sight. of New Glasgow, N.S., but has return¬ Wild Tony Banks left Guelph on ed home safely. the run and has never been heard from Hr. Kendal is still forminsr fours with since. If not heard of or from in two THE O. A. C. REVIEW 153

weeks’ time we’ll start searching the Miss “Al” Pringle (Mac. ’24), subnor¬ police records. mal for some time, finally collapsed 6luart Walley has vanished too, and before the onslaught of six feet two, a search warrant is issued for his ar¬ fuzzy black hair and oversize shoes, rest. after a gallant but fruitless attempt to repel the invader. We refer to W. Les¬ EXTRY! EXTRY! lie Paterson, originator of that death¬ HALITOSIS less couplet, THE SEMI-ANNUAL BREATH OF “Ther® is a Uttle Town caTLed Sarnya, SCANDAL If ya don’t live there, goldarnya.” 0. A. C., ’25 Shorty was married in Walkerton, MARTYR’S NUMBER Des. in Guelph, George in Vernon, B.C., INNOCENT LIVES HAVE SAD END¬ and Bill in Hamilton. (Ed. Note—“So ING sad, so strange, the days 'hat are no FOUR PROMISING SOULS SNUFFED more.”) OUT IN DREAD EPIDEMIC News Jottings Petrolia, Out., Oct. 5, 1926—During the past few months a highly noxious Cecil Freeman teaching Science at bacterium has invaded our ranks with Shelburne High School. sorrowful results. As we go to press J. B. Cross back in Canada after we are confronted with four tragedies “studying” the booze (brewing) busi¬ —four cases in which as many gallant ness in Birmingham, Paris and Copen¬ martyrs have paid the supreme sac¬ hagen. He reports having taken a rifices. The following is a list of the iden- whole page of notes, but proof of this lified corpses as reported from the remarkable feat is not forthcoming. Provincial Matrimonial Morgue :— Des. Hember teaching in Gananoque A. G. Kirstine, 35, Walkerton, Out., Code gate. laborer. C'has. Da*y in the lumbering business G. T. Jackson, 17, Scarboro, Ont., oil at Port Haney, B.C. promoter. Wilf. Webber farming at Wallace- A. D. Hember, aged, Toronto, Ont., burg with side trips to Guelph. C. N. News Agent. Evvie is with Canadian Milk Pro¬ W. L. Paterson, 35 (or what have ducts Co., Tills onburg, plump and you?) Sarnia, Ont., divine. pleasing as ever and apparently in Details are not clear but it is evident dve. that four maidens apportioned one to Saw Tubby Borthwick on King St., each of the above have likewise suc¬ Toronto—looks prosperous enough to cumbed. The causes of their downfall be either a bank president or a but¬ vary. Miss Kathleen lammill is cher. a victim of white hair. Misses Ellen AT. Pridham studying for doctor’s Badey and K. Galbraith (Mac. ’25) degree at Cornell University. passed out from heart failure, follow¬ Judge Jones has dsappeared. Ru¬ ing repeated visitations of small black mor has it that he now golfs. excrescenses, known to th® owners as Hurtchie in New Liskeard when last mustaches. The gentlemen ^ posses- heard from. sio of these pathological monstrosities Cageball Davey on inspection work are Des. IIember and George Jackson. at Victoria, B.C. He states emphati- 1 54 THE O. A. C. REVIEW cally that the report that he has entered Doc Paine on the farm at Orillia the movies is without foundation. (dairy work). G. R. (“Heg”) Heggie wrote me L. W. “Mac” McIntyre is home at from 1115 Nelson St., Vancouver, where Chilliwack, B.C., growing gas service he was rooming with Georg© Jackson. stations and Jersey cows. He was doing some selling work for Happy Colbeck is chief engineer on a an Okanagan Valley ranch. barnyard products disseminator (sten¬ It is being noised abroad that Scot- ographer must be considered) at tie McFaFane was engaged to a Macite Grand Valley, Ont. of ’24, but blew up and fled home to Wyvern Page is at Motsqui, B.C. Ghsca. The expense of the conven¬ tional marriage ceremony appalled E. -S. Lewis, 84 Ottawa St., Hamil¬ him. He is now coming back with ton, specialist and teacher of piano and lresh courage. pipe organ. Major Harris, who took a year with Dave Owens, in Alberta, has grown us in ’21-’22, is in a store in Bradford. one inch—Dear, dear. His picturesque presence attracts many Chug-chug Chalmers on the farm at buyers, as do his little voyages when Poole, Ont. running errands with the coaster wagon. 0 Tempora ! 0 Mores ! Professor G. J. Spencer, our original Ilec Robinson farming near Wat¬ honorary president, is now a sober ford. married man. He has recently suffer¬ S. McClure doing well on his farm ed a bereavement in the loss of his near Paris. Seems he has an heir now. dear little rattlesnake Hubert. Official Hi Thomas teaching Belleville Col¬ dignitarium, Professor of Zoology, Uni¬ legiate. versity of B.C. Jack Rox with commercial concern The Edtor of this little periodical, at Wellington, Ont. Canners or Quaker “Halitosis,” still feebly pursuing Oats, I believe. various bugs. Headquarters 0. A. C. Tommy Clark spent summer with 0. Dept, of Entomology. A. C. Poultry Dept. He graduates Now for the love of Mike if you want with ’27. to know, or do know anything about Pitch Richardson is growing White anybody, send in your letters. We Leghorns, Rhode Island Greenings, must not spend good shekels sending Polled Wyandottes and other bipeds at this compendium if we are not sure Guelph. you are getting it. Gord. Reid has disappeared. We For those who write—our hearty hope this will produce a letter. thanks. For those who do not—our No news of Prank Baird and Russ hearty curses. Snyder at Banes, Oriente, Cuba. Johnny Webster mantains a cold Yea gang! aloofness at Vernon, B. C. Doesn’t Jas. Marshall, even write us about the Jackson-Gal- Sec.-Treas., ’25 Alumni. braith nuptials. The major now a Prov. Motorcycle Hugh MacDonald is at 0. V. College. cop. Tubby Tolton on the 0 A. C. Me¬ chanics Dept. Bo.. Forward postgrad, Cornell. THE O. A. C. REVIEW 155

SCHOOL OF ELEMENTARY AGRI¬ Veterinary Science—J. A. Sinclair, CULTURE AND HOME V.S., Cannington. ECONOMICS Horticulture and Vegetable Growing —Harry Sirett, B.S.A., Brighton. To be Held at Dunnville, Ont., Nov. Floriculture—H. J. Moore, Isling¬ 30th, 1926-Feb. 25th, 1927. ton. Soils and Fertilizers, Physics and Staff of Instruction. Chemistry—V. C. Lowell, B.S.A., Chat¬ ham. Principal—C. C. Main, B.S.A., Cay¬ uga. Drainage and Land Surveying—V. C. Lowell. Assistants—A. A. Toole, B.S.A., Ag- incourt; Miss Lulu Row, Curries. Farm Mechanics—Edwin Newsome, Weston. Home Economics Gas Engines and Farm Tractors—J. Household Science—Foods and Cook¬ Horace Shaw, B.S.A., Hespeler. ery, Household Administration, Laun¬ Agricultural Botany, Economic Ento¬ dering, House Planning and Decoration mology, Bacteriology—D. R. Sands, B. —Miss Lulu Row, Curries, S.A., M.S., O.A.C., Guelph. Home Nursing and First Aid—Mrs. F'arm Management, Civics, Market¬ M. E. I /owe, 121 Walker Ave., Toronto. ing—Douglas Hart, B.S.A., Woodstock. Sewing—Miss Edith Collins, Ancas- Apiculture—T. H. Shield, B.S.A., Pe¬ ter. terborough. Millinery—Mrs. Gertrude Hawkey, Farm Forestry—G. R. Lane, B.S.A., G38 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto. B.Sc.F., Reforestation Division, Fores¬ Agriculture try Branch, Toronto. Animal Husbandry—C. C. Main, B. Farm Arithmetic—A. A. Toole, B.S. S.A., Cayuga. A., Agincourt. Field Husbandry—John Buchanan, Public Speaking—C. C. Main, B.S.A., B.S.A., O.A.C., Guelph. Cayuga. Poultry Husbandry—J. F. Francis, English—Rev. Gordon Hern, B.A., B.S.A., O.A.C., Guelph. Dunnville. Farm Dairying—C. 0. Hand, B.S.A., Music—Rev. Gordon Hern, B.A., 209 Robert St., Toronto. Dunnville.

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Be active first thyself, then seek the aid of heaven; for God helps him who helps himself.—Euripides. 156 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

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The boy arrived late at school, and “Do you act toward your wife as on being asked for an explanation, he you did before you married her?” informed the teacher that a gentleman “Exactly. I remember just how I had dropped a quarter in the street, used to act when I first fell in love with which caused a crowd to collect, and her. I used to lean over the fence in until it dispersed he could not leave. front of her house and gaze at her “But why?” inquired the teacher shadow on the curtain, afraid to go in. And I act just the same way now.” “Because,” answered the boy, “I was standing on the quarter.”

A day’s work is a day’s work, neither Forethought more nor less, and the man who does it needs a day’s sustenance, a night’s A Scotchman was taking a friend repose, and due leisure, whether he be over a new home he had built. painter or ploughman.—Bernard Shaw. “But,” exclaimed the visitor. “I notice that you’ve not pasted the paper on the walls, but nailed it. What’s “There is a feeling of unrest in Eng¬ that for?” land,” says a writer. Surely men are “Oh, aye,” responded the Scotch¬ man. “You see, we may not be living not adopting their heavy-winter under¬ here always.” wear already! THE O. A. C. REVIEW 157

TRUE ROMANCE smiled and nodded to acquaintances. The groom was able to walk un¬ The bride tottered up the aisle on aided with the assistance of two the arm of her father, who was handsome mahogany crutches. His wheeled in his arm chair by three head was bald and his false teeth of his grandchildren. She was ar¬ chattered a little, nervously. rayed in white and carried a bou¬ They were the couple who had quet of white rosebuds. Her hair, waited until they could really afford though grey, was bobbed and she to get married.—Managra.

Kitchenettes

I have been at great pains to look wias accompanying my host (I trust up the literature on kitchenettes, and it was my host), said they were my pains (sharply, across the back) the ginger ale loft, I came suddenly are all that is left me, for I have made to the threshold. The enormity of the the saddening discovery that of the moment is still upon me. Before me literature on kitchenettes available swept an area of shiny floor; or, hap¬ for the aspiring kitchenetter there is pily, some of it was unswept... Miles', absolutely none. And so the kitchen¬ away, at the southern end, a tiny ette, I must assume, is just another stove, no more than the merest spee;r.- of the essentials of life, like trou¬ Somewhere in the west—appropriate¬ sers and suspender buttons, in them¬ ly-—a sink, and far to the north selves extremely important to the in¬ what would upon inspection have dividual, to society, and the police, surely proved to be a kitchen table. but lacking somehow in the vral ro- Across those waste spaces, cooks and mantisme so necessary for adequa e slaveys must have moved at their public appreciation and interest. Yet priestlike tasks, perhaps for days not I must not belittle my subject; there within hailing distance. I speak of must be something in it which mono¬ it in a hushed voice. My host (yes, graphers have missed. Let us squeeze it was my most), said they were it like a sponge and see. quite used to It. But with no diffi¬ By smallest chance, not long ago, culty at all I could imagine whole din¬ I happened into the largest kitchen T ners being lost in transit from the have ever seen. What had certainly oven to the pantry, or crashing to the been at one time two or three rooms, floor when the second maid tripped on her roller skates. Luckily, in these or perhaps the complete ground plan of the left wing, was now a single days, such a kitchen is the exception culinary chamber of devastating pro¬ rather than the rule. portions. . . . Sometimes, when yoor lx has been sagely remarked that eyes are very tired, if you close the n the ancient solidity of the New Eng¬ you will experience a strange sensa¬ land household was founded upon the tion of looking into a bottomless pic. simple fact that the kitchen remained Into a terrible, frightful infinity. I ^e center of the home. There onions hope you are never that tired.) As I were peeled, doughnuts designed, the 158 THE O. A. C. REVIEW kpinet exercised; there the Rev. Ed¬ and landlord, seems, when the apart¬ wards was duly received, reputations ment is new and no rich garden pro¬ were refuted; and there (had it ex¬ duce has ever boiled ferociously in isted, which it did not) the Atlantic its secret recesses, an escapable quanti¬ would have been read. In such sur¬ ty. You trickle through unpainted roundings, you may be sure, appear¬ rooms piled high with fixtures and ed the first Cape Cod fire-lighter; and radiators unattached, and sweet with shortly thereafter civilization began the flavor of fresh shavings. After you in deadly earnest. have seen the sleeping porch (what And now the kitchenette. We must dreams!) and the view of Otto’s garage have either the largest or smallest from the front room, and heard that of everything. The largest automobile, the water will be running by October 5, the largest income, the largest circu¬ and the electricity turned on Nov. 17, lation, the largest theater, the larg¬ and that the gas may do the right est university, the largest Guernsey thing by a match around Christmas; bull. But the smallest kitchenette. I after you have finished with that and am positive that the man who invent¬ have mentally hung all the pictures ed the kitchenette was born and three times and decided that the piano brought up on a submarine. The K- can stand just as well over there as something, quite likely. He recogniz¬ here in the corner, you will remember ed the sweetness of efficiency. He the kitchenette. You had forgotten all made ten kitchens grow where but one about it. And so the folding be I grew before and Jonathan Swift would comes down with a crash or a dumb¬ have loved him. In the year 1926 waiter yawns, and lo! you are in it. the stove still stands in the kitchen¬ But here at last my subject fails ette. It is only a matter of time, how¬ me. There is everything about a kit¬ ever, until the kitchenete will go into chenette but the genuine capacity lo the stove. produce a meal, so why discuss it fur¬ Let me divide mankind roughly in¬ ther? I have seen the makings of to its two components. Let me speak a meal go into it many times but T as follows, even though in the speak¬ have never seen the finished item ing I offend some sensitive heart. The emerge. The projects underaken there world (let me say) is divided into tw.i are too vast. To expect a kitchenette classes; those who cook with the kit¬ to compound a dinner is like expecting chenette door open and those who do to hatch an eagle from a humming¬ not. The officers and executive com¬ bird’s egg. It can’t be done. The mittee of the second club live in our kitchenette is simply too far in advance apartment house, but I am informed of our age. Shun it. Let it alone. It on very good authority (the public is intended to go with an era in which mortuary records) that a certain num¬ people (fortunately, reader, not you ber of them make the supreme sac¬ and I ( shall live on capsules and predi¬ rifice every year. A horrible deatu, gested pills. From the present state of don’t you think? It is in some such my stomach I fear the hour is nearly connection that the irritating phrase, at hand. . . You will excuse me a mo¬ “smothered in onions” originated. ment ? I think I smell something burn-, The kitchenette itself, while un¬ ing.—David McCord, the Boston Tran¬ doubtedly the pride of its architect script. THE O. A. C. REVIEW vi LIBERAL - CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION

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(Continued from page 113.) mated at 886,500 compared with 868,500 While beef cattle are not any higher in 1925, and 870,300 in 1924. The pres¬ than they were in 1914, the average ent total, of course is a far cry from the price of lambs on the Toronto market to¬ 1920 population of well over a million, day is 50 per cent above pre-war values hut undoubtedly the pendulum has com¬ The bulk of the lambs in Ontario are menced swinging the other way. This marketed in October, and during this change has been predicted and expect¬ month in 1914 the average price of good ed b}^ agricultural authorities for some stuff ran around $8.00 per hundred, time, who have repeatedly pointed out compared with $12.00 during the same that sheep raising was one of the best period this fall. Moreover, ever since paying lines on the farm. Barring a 1922 prices at this season have held re¬ brief period following the war, both markably steady, never falling below lamb and wool have held up remarka¬ $11.25. bly well in price, which fact is the main reason behind the present expansion. Continued on page xi. THE O. A. C. REVIEW X THE O. A. C. REVIEW -W.J. .■?». -v.

The Coining Agriculture HE old idea of economy / T was to do without con¬ veniences. The new econ¬ omy makes use of them to save labor, time and money whenever possible. There are twice as many tractors on farms today as there were six years ago and other machines for economi¬ cal production are coming into con¬ stantly increasing use. This is the Established most significant development in 1842 Agriculture today. Farm Tractors 3 sizes It means that farmers are changing over to the best practices, reducing production costs, Skid Engines saving on power and labor, using the most Steel Threshers 5 sizes efficient equipment they can buy. A reor¬ ganization of Agriculture is taking place, Combines Prairie based upon the new economy—that lower Hillside production costs and greater output per Silo Fillers worker are the best guarantees of profit in 4 sizes farming. Baling Presses 2 sizes It is interesting to note that Case machines, Steam Engines with 85 years of experience behind them, Road Machinery stand today at the forefront of the move¬ ment for a better paying Agriculture. J. I. Case Threshing Machine Cmpasiy Incorporated Established i84£ Alberta—Calgary, Edmonton. Manitoba—-Winunsiseg, Brandon. Saskatchewan—Regina, Saskatoon. Ontario*—Toronto.

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Better Wool

Continued from page viii.)

Prof. M. G. Snell, Iowa State College, The explanation was given that such after watching the judging of wool at a fleece required the making of too many the Iowa State Fair, by C. J. Fawcett sorts at the mill. Numerous fleeces were of the National Wool Exchange, came criticised because of breaks, caused, as to the conclusion that a wool to be good was explained, by anything which affects must be uniorfmly good; that is, it the well-being of sheep such as short should be uniform in length, strength, pasturage, or a feverish condition due and fineness of staple, and be as free as to lambing and similar factors. Produc¬ possible from foreign vegetable mat¬ ers were told that a few hard burrs were ter. He says : not highly detrimetal, as they could be combed out. Soft burrs, chaff and oth¬ “A fleece from a show ewe of down er foreign organic matter, however* breeding was turned down because of could be removed only by an expensive its uneveness of staple. The ewe had process known as carbonization.” been blocked for showing. Her fleece, Continues Prof. Snell: ‘‘We know therefore, showed uneveness of fibres. A that wool varies in length and fineness. nice fine wool fleece was turned down We can do much, however, to improve because it fell short of the 2^2 inch sta¬ fleeces by discarding from the breeding ple necessary to put it in the combing flock those animals which show a great class. Another fleece was turned down deal of variation in the length of the because it was too coarse at the britch. Continued on XII. XU THE 0: A. C. REVIEW

If It’s New We Have It. JACK SINCLAIR

The Clothier and Haberdasher

Where QUALITY COUNTS and PRICE is a CONSIDER A TION

Phone 108 35 Lower Wyndham St.

Better Wool

(Continued from page xi.) good condition. A period of short feed wool grown, or which have coarse, hairy apparently may not greatly affect sheep, britches. We can also do much to see but it may considerably lower the value that sheep are well-fed, and kept in of the wool.” Is Little Change in Wool Situation THERE is little change in the are likely to improve with the recent wool situation, according to G. E United States elections out of the way. O’Brien, General Manager of the Much depends on the demand in over¬ Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, seas markets and the latest word from who with Colonel Robt. McEwen, the these is not altogether reassuring. President of the Company, has just re¬ “As half of the Canadian wool clip turned from a visit to the Boston wool eventually finds its way into American market. The recent advance in prices in mills, naturally we are interested in the United States has resulted in a mo¬ their market” pointed out Mr. O’Brien. mentary tendency on the part of buy¬ “About fifty per cent ot fhe domestic ers to hang back, although a fair vol¬ clip in the States has already gone to ume of wool has changed hands to date the manufacturers, and as ours here is Holders are confident that they will very similar wool we expect that they be able to sell stocks at present values will soon have to turn our way for sup- at least, and point out that conditions (Continued on page xviii) THE O. A. C. REVIEW xm

V-O-T-E FOR SAM CARTER Defusion Candidate for South Wellington

Defending the majority rule of the people and Ontario Temperance Act with all its advantaes.

SAVE THE YOUTH WITH YOUR VOTE ON THE 1ST OF DECEMBER

Government Sale Cannot make Booze a JBlessing

rr . ' I /- Chilean Nitrate of Soda Tbe Fertilizer that furnishes Nitrogen KENNEDY’S In the Immediately Available Nitrate Form

“WAITED THIRTY YEARS FOR Where for over twenty years discrim- TREES TO BEAR—NITRATE in a ting students have been photo- GAVE RESULTS” graphed. is the title of a new publication con¬ taining press reports on the merits of Portraits easily solve the Christmas Nitrate of Soda. Among other publi- Gift problem, and someone some- cations, which may be obtained free, where wants your photograph. on request, are: The Chilean Nitrate Industry Chilean Nitrate of Soda—Some Re- suits from its Use PRICES REDUCED TO Fertilizers in the Orchards STUDENTS Nitrate Note Book—A Handy Refer- ence Book Nitrate of Soda for the Home Garden List of Dealers in Chilean Nitrate of PHONE 498 Soda 1 FOR AN APPOINTMENT. Chilean Nitrate Committee (Dominion Delegate: B. Leslie Emslie R. M. KENNEDY Member of the C.S.T.A.) PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER Reford Building, Toronto. k —-.-—------i Please mention the O. A. C. REVIEW when answering Advertisements XIV THE O. A. C. REVIEW

■ | IT LEAVES NO FILM You would not varnish your skin nor smear your body with foreign sub¬ stances as a substitute for a bath in pure water with a free rinsing material. Yet whenever dairy utensils are washed with a cleaner containing a soapy base, a thin and often invisible veneer or unrinsed grease is left on the sup¬ posedly clean surface, eventually to be absorbed by the clean, sweet milk with whi^h it will come in contact.

INDIAN IN CIRCLE is an effective dairy cleaner because it is greaseless and free rinsing, and because it leaves all washed surfaces clean, pure, and sweet smelling.

IT CLEANS CLEAN

The J. B. Ford Co. Sole Mnfrs. Wyandotte, Mich

ARE SURE ir YOU USE MHESO nif* N? t HOW MANY,MANY TIMES YOU NEED SOMETHING OF THIS KIND, TO KILL LICE ON A COLT OR CALF. TO TREAT A CASE OF MANGE OR RINGWORM,TO WASH OUT A CUT OR A SCRATCH, TO A WOUND OR A RUNNING SORE OR GALL HOW OFTEN YOU COULD MAKE GOOD USE OF A RELIABLE ANTISEPTIC IF YOU ONLY HAD IT. KEEP KRESO DIP N?l ON HAN YOU WILL FIND IT THE BEST KIND OF AGAINST LOSS FROM PARASITES AND DISEASE. S A REAL NECESSITY ON EVERY FARM iERE IS ALWAYS GOOD MONEY IN HEALTHY, THRIFTY, WELL KEPT STOCK. LOUSY, MANGY, DIRTY, NEGLECTED ANIMALS /ARE A LOSING GAME ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. USE A GOOD DtP AND YOU WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE. BE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT KINO NO QUESTION ABOUT IT IF YOU USE KRESO DIP NO.Ii FOR SALc. BY ALL DRUGGISTS Manufacured by Parke, Davis & Co..Walkerville, Ont. THE O. A. C. REVIEW xv

FOR QUALITY AND RIGHT The Stores in which to buy PRICES TOILET ARTICLES CHOCOLATES MILTON'S FILMS PATENT MEDICINES Meat Market BOGARDUS and BARTON The Home of Baby Beef St. George’s Sq.—Opera House TRY Block Q7TR HOME-MADE SAUSAGE Phone 631 2o Carden St. Quality Drug Stores

THE ROYAL CITY PRESS SKATE NOTICE Printers

53 MACDONALD STREET PHONE 1414 See us for your Hockey Skates and Shoes. Skate Grinding and Repairs Hockey Sticks, Gramaphones Repairing. C. C. M. W V. BAGG Bicycles and Accessories.

PHONE 808 49 QUEBEC WEST BROWNS BICYCLE STORE Cleaner & Presser--Alterations 49 CORK STREET h Suits or Overcoats Pressed.$ -50 Monthly Contracts Per Month. 1-50

Agent CITY BATTERY SERVICE SCOTLAND WOOLEN MILLS The Home of All Makes of Bat¬ SUIT — $25.00 — O’COAT teries. Also Electrical Repairs Made to Order Phone 1641F 169 Woolwich St. HOWARD E. BOLTON, PROP. Represented by C. F. Griffenham

EARLE FRID THURSTON’S Right opposite the Post Office, near Royal Bank NEW SHOE STORE FRUITS, FLOWERS AND FUNERAL DESIGNS MOVED TO UPPER WYNDHAM ST. We Deliver Everywhere Phone 1121 Past the Post Office

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Dirty Work at the Crossroads (Continued tom page 152) neighbours caught us. So Buck this time steps out and we all follow him and he tells the girl everything and we bring the dummy out and show him. The man laughs, laughs loud and too loud I mean, like he was nervous and had been mighty scared like but the girl stands up straight and still and gives us a look that makes us feel ashamed of ourselves. The man laughs and says “Come on Muriel, the joke is on you!” But the girl just stands there proud and straight and then she has a glove off one hand and she is tugging at one finger of that hand and then she says “There!” and drops something small that sparkled into the man’s hand and he stands there looking at it silly-like with his mouth open. Nobody says anything for about a minute and us kids stands around straight and still watching them for we knew there was something up. The rran says “Don’t be ridiculous MEN/ Muriel. You can see I didn’t kill any one or anything!” “Oh yes you did!” says the girl quick like. “Come along! College Clothes I’m through with you though my good with man!” And she and the man starts down the road to their car, the girl CLASS DISTINCTION walking in front and straight with her at head turned away from the man. A POPULAR PRICES few of the kids follows them a piece and we sees them climb into their long roadster. The girl climbed into the SI9.75 to S35 back seat by herself and didn’t look at the man at all. Once the man said nasty-like “Evi¬ dently I’m still good enough to drive you Powells home anyway?” COLLEGE CLOTHES SHOP The girl says “One isn’t particular about a mere chaffeur!” 20 Lower Wyndham St. Instead of starting off the man turns (Continued on page xx)

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SHOEM AN 98 Wyndham Street

°<2f2) FINE SHOES DANCING PUMPS THE MOST UP-TO-DATE CAFE BOUDOIR SLIPPERS GYMNASIUM SHOES AND BANQUET HALL IN THE FOOTBALL BOOTS CITY.

37 Lower Wyndham Street

Save Your Eves t The man who Neglects his Eyesight, neg¬ The Store Handy to the lects happiness, health and learning cap¬ Street Car acity. Have your Eyes Examined Murphy & Jones Betty Brown Candies Fresh OPTOMETRIST Daily OPTICIAN } All the Popular Magazines TSV U?flk WYNDHAM 5TvGU£LPrJ*0iTC Next to Bond’s Phone 2019 PHONE 1659-J

Sporting Goods COLE BROS. & SCOTT At Club Kates 29 and 31 Wyndham St. RUGBY, SOCCER, Headquarters for Men’s High Class Ready-to-Wear Clothing and SPRINTING AND HOCKEY Furnishings.

Ordered Clothing a Specialty See Us First also General Dry-Goods. THE BIG SHOE STORE THE PEOPLE’S STORE GUELPH J. 1). McArthur Sritisb Columbia (Eafr Sporting Goods -o- The best equipped Restaurant in Guelph for comfort and service RADIO, TENNIS SUPPLIES AND of patrons RESTRINGING Prices reasonable Excellent service Full course Meal 25 cents NEWTON’S 52 Carden Street Phone 2011J 34 Carden Street L. K. Clioy, Proprietor Guelph Phone 1851 W XV1I1 THE O. A. C. REVIEW

Singapore Naval Base (Continued from page 115) majority of cases he settles down in Presenting a place for years and though he does not give up his nationality makes a for Winter good citizen. Having spent some twenty-four years in Singapore and knowing 1926-1927 local conditions fairly well I con¬ sider that no better site could have A Truly Aristocratic been chosen for the Naval Base. If Collection of trouble broke out in India, China, Women’s and Misses or Japan, with Singapore as our centre of operations we could deal Coats, Wraps, with it quickly and effectively. There Dinner Gowns, is only one potential enemy and that is Japan. Though friendly for years Dance Frocks, the time must come when she wishes Party Dresses, to expand beyond her own borders. Afternoon and Then will be the time when British Sport Frocks warships will be required, not neces¬ sarily to wage an aggressive war, but also the more probably to restrain Japan’s Smartest aggressive attitude to China and en¬ sure for Britain equality of treat¬ Costume Accessories ment, which we certainly would not Garments that reflect a receive without the strength at hand dignified, refined personal¬ to insist on obtaining it. ity at prices shorn of ex¬ travagance Is Little Change in Wool Situation We cordially invite you to (Continued from page ’12) view this comprehensive plies. Present Boston and Philadelphia collection of newer ideas prices, while attractive enough on the as approved by Dame other side of the line are not so inter- Fashion for^1926-1927with¬ estng when translated into Canadian out feeling the sligest obli¬ values.’’ The duty of 31 cents per pound gation to purchase on a clean scoured basis amounts to ap¬ proximately 17 c°nts on Eastern wools, and from 14 to 15 cents as an average on Western wools in the natural greasy OSTER’S condition. Freight averages about % of a cent. “Prices will have to advance still Guelphs Foremost Fashion Shop further before we can hope to do much Catering Exclusively to Women business with American buyers” con¬ cluded Mr. O’Brien. Please mention the O. A. C. REVIEW when answering Advertisements THE O. A. C. REVIEW xtx

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Snap Shots HAVE

Bring your Pictures to us to be Your Watch Clock, Jewellery, Sil-. finished verware and Eye Glass Re¬ pairing’ done at The work is done by an expert pho- tographer SINGER’S

rite He has the reputation of sivins: 3r|V Satisfaction where others have failed I ALEX STEWART W. G. GARNET SINGER DISPENSING AND FAMILY Jeweller Optometrist CHEMIST Wellington Hotel Block

Our Store is next the Post Office Guelph Phone 1340 W Phone 190 v---l * — -— ^

(r Your Suit Measured by KELEHER & HENDLEY’S Guelph and Ontario at $28 and Upwards Investment and If you have delayed ordering; a custom tailored suit because of the initial cost, here is a combination Savings Society tailoring service that will appeal. Our New connection with the Semi- Ready Tailors means that the meas¬ 31 °/ urements are made by us—backed 2 /o by seventy years experience—and that you have a smart, true fitting per annum suit at a moderate price. allowed on deposits SUITS AT $28 AND UPWARDS Subject to Cheque Withdrawal OVERCOATS AT $25 AND UP¬ WARDS ! Safety Deposit Boxes KELEHER & HENDLEY'S for Rent. Limited Geo. D. Forbes, J. M. Purcell, Model Merchant Tailors, Furnish¬ President Manager ers and Furriers Office: Corner Wyndham and Cork ESTABLISHED 1854 Streets, Guelph

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Ready Money 1 ASH from your field crops comes in only once a year. A regular milk cheque, a few hogs, and a well-selected flock of poultry will provide a cash income month by month. The farmer who adopts mixed farm¬ ing always has something to turn into cash.

Ask for a copy of our Milk Weight Book. It is handy for keeping a record of your milk shipments. The Royal F637 of Canada Guelph Branch - > R. L. Torrance, Manager 631 Dirty Work at the iCrossroads (•Continued from page xvi) and says ‘‘Suppose I don’t care to drive of the bushes after they had disappear¬ you home just now, my lady? What ed. then ?” The kid from Pittsburg says “She “Would you have me tell this tale all said thank all the boys for me except¬ over the town?” says the girl. ing, Oswald Plumptree!” “She did?” “What!” says the man, “you would?” “Yes, she did!” says Buck, “Abso¬ The girl says “Absolutely!” lutely !” That shut the man right off and he And that word shut Oswald up too drove off but before they got going just like it did the man. You can’t say fast the girl turns and waves a hand to anything back when the other person us and says the queerest thing ‘‘Thank says ‘‘Absolutely!” you’re done, that’s you all, boys! Thank you very, very all. much!’’ Well that ended that fracas and then “Gosh!” the kid lugs the dummy out and guesses “What did she say?” said Oswald that although he looks pretty well dis- Plumptree who just came creeping out (Continued on .page xxii) THE O. A. C. REVIEW Xxi

ROBINSON'S BAKERY

for Bread, Rolls, Cakes and Pastry

Robinson’s Band Prize Winners at C. N. E. Open for Engagements at Concerts, Skating Rinks, Etc.

Try Both at Your Next Social Phones 1217 and 1701 W Guelph, Out.

IT PAYS

GET YOUR DRUGSTORE NEEDS

\FE_ REM ABLE- DRUG STORE PRECISION AND PERFECTION We examine eyes with the proper scientific knowledge and the most 18 Lower Wyndham St modern facilities. We examine exact¬ ly into your vision-requirements. Here Phone 66 you find relief from imperfect eye¬ sight. A. D. SAVAGE, Optometrist Savage Building, Guelph. Phone 1091W.

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Dirty Work at the 'Crossroads ''Continued from pase xx) couraged he’s good for one more laugh. But that last laugh wasn't a laugh at At all and I’m going to tell about it quick and get it over with. It happened quick Your Service anyway. We’d just get safe hidden when we hears a funny noise coming along the road and Buck hollers “The motor¬ The AGNEW-BOOT-SHOPS. bike cop ! Good night!” A chain of 18 Big Stores Com¬ Then the cop rounds the corner on mand an Enviable position in his motor bike Pop! Pop! Pop! and hits the Shoe Markets of Canada. the dummy and turns a somersault off Being the Largest Exclusive his machine and there he is sitting in the Retailers of Shoes in Canada. road holding his head and the motor¬ bike roaring and jiggling on its side in Buying in Large Quantities the ditch like an upset June-bug. We’re and at all times Ready for New too scart at first to move a hand or foot Creations, We are in a Position and then them darn Sloan kids began to Offer you all that’s New in hauling on the rope (account of it being Footwear for every Occasion at their father’s Sunday pants on the dum¬ PRICES THAT ONLY AG- my) and the cop jumps up and dives NEW’S CAN GIVE. into the bushes on top of us with a leap and there he is grabbing and thrashing among the choke cherries and yelling May Stop! Stop you little devils! Stop!” We didn’t. We beats it across Mat¬ We Serve thew’s pasture and runs into Matthew’s sheep where they was laying peaceful You ? near the bushes and they jumps up and goes bucketing and blaaing away in front of us in the dark. But they don’t gain on us much and when we come to the “Four" they breaks off to each side like new’s jumping grey ghost animals but we flounders and splashes through the shallow water and keeps right on going. BjOOT It’s funny the cop never caught any of us. We met behind the school house ten minutes later and we was all there, SHOP all but that pest Oswald Plumptree. 22 Lower Wyndham St. The next day was Sunday and we asked Oswald if he had got caught but Phone 1787 he says “No,” but it’s funny, he walked queer all the way to the church and all “Canada’s Largest Shoemen” the way home again, just like a sick cow and he sat on a big thick cushion all through Sunday School. THE O. A. C. REVIEW xxui

STATIONARY HOWDEN HARDWARE COMPANY GIFT BOOKS Dealers in General Hardware. Paints, LATEST BOOKS Glass Stoves. Builders’ and Farmers’ CHINA FOUNTAIN PENS Supplies <2. Attiirrsmt anil (En. 30 and 32 Macdonnell Street St George’s Sq. Phone 964 Guelph, Ont.

Anything in Shoes Repaired SHEET METAL WORK by the GOODYEAR WELT SYSTEM ROOFING HEATING AND VENTILATING at D. Campbell 51 Quebec St.

H. OCCOMORE PROMPT SERVICE 80 Norfolk St. Guelph YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS M.J.Rudell,D.D.S.,L.D.S. Will be carefully General Dental Prectice and X Ray Work DISPENSED Over Guelph Trust Co. at Corner Wyndham and Cork Streets Phones. Office 16, Residence 147 MARSHALL’S DRUG STORE Upper Wyndham St.

“Say It With Flowers” Ross Hamilton Wing, D.D.S. ARTISTIC FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS General Dental Practice FOR EVERY NEED 23 Lower Wyndham Street (Over Savage’s Jewelry) (gilrtjriBfs 3flomv PHONE 1500 GUELPH, ONT. Member of Florists’ Telegraph Association Phone 4.5 St. George’s Square W. R. MCCARTNEY

Manufacturer of Burnell Binding and Printing HIGH GRADE SWEATER COATS AND LUMBER JACKS WIND BREAKERS Company Toques to Match BOOKBINDERS, PRINTERS Wholesale Prices to Clubs LOOSE LEAF SUPPLIES 41 LONDON RD. W. GUELPH, ONT. 89 Quebec Street PHONE 1107 Qhntral daft Wong s O.K. Laundry 67 Wyndham Street EIGHT OPPOSITE FIEE HALL The Highest Class Cafe in the City Our work and prices are right, Give us a trial.

Get Your Ethel—Do you like Beethoven’s SHOES AND SPORTING GOODS works, Mr. Ponks? Repaired at GEO. STOVEL’S 52 cork st. e. Mr. Ponks—Never visited ’em. Wot (Next door to Mr. Baulk’s Tobacco Store) does ’e manufacture?—Judge. If We Please You, Tell Others.

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The Peacock Programmes Letterheads and Envelopes, Cards, Candy Shop Invitations, Menus, etc., artisti¬ for cally designed and neatly HOT DRINKS, CANDIES AND printed BEVERAGES

Where Quality Counts Kelso Printing Co. Fine Job Printers 107 Wyndham Street Phone 888 Guelph TOVELL’S BLOCK GUELPH

sr College Cafeteria 11 ^ Qradg Printing

BELOW DINING HALL For Society and Social Functions Artistic and Unique Designs LUNCHEON 12 to 2 AFTERNOON TEA Commercial and Book Printers SUPPER 5.30 to 10.30 Meals a La Carte The Wallace Printing Company Open Sunday Parties Caterfd for Tel: 1913 by Arrangment 45-47 Cork Street GUELPH Phone 458

R. E. COTTEE F. 0. R0WEN MENS’ CLOTHING and John Armstrong FURNISHINGS Limited DRY GOODS Cottee and Rowen Opposite New Wellington Hotel

W. S. WORTON let us show YOU OUR

Model Bakery Eversharp Pencils and Waterman Pens We have a nice selection of these FOR CHOICE BREAD AND PASTRY from 75 cents to $10.00. SMITH & MAHONEY TRY OURS Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, China, Silverware and Glass 75 Quebec St. Phone 1754J Phono 628 Waterloo Ave Please mention the O. A. C. REVIEW when answering Advertisements THE O. A. C. REVIEW XXV

Salubrious

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That Delicious Lasting Sensation of For the Future Palatable Contentment Bride Try our After she has made you happy CANDY with one little word, make her happy by choosing the cherish¬ ICE CREAM ed token from our special dis¬ play of Engagement Rings. SALADS $25 to $500 Savage & Co. Leading Jewelers Kandy Kitchen GUELPH

The $. 5* (Uimpenny

Dominion TAILOR AND PRESSER Bank Men’s Suits made to measure Established 1871 Complete Banking Facilities $24.00 Manufacturers and business houses carrying their accounts with the Dominion Bank are assured of effi¬ cient service.

WE INVITE ACCOUNTS OF THE Contracts, $1.50 STAFF AND STUDENTS 4 Suits Savings Department / Interest allowed on deposits and paid or added to accounts twice a year. 54 Cork St. StovePs Block

GUELPH BRANCH Phone 400 A. E. GIBSON, MANAGER

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DIAMONDS

Exclusive creations in flawless Jewels

Phone 527

THE HOME OF SUPERIOR MOTION PICTURES

Symphony Orchestra—Popular Prices Matinee Daily 2.30 Evenings 8 o’clock

TWO SHOWS SATURDAY AND HOLIDAY EVENINGS 7 and 9 o’clock

Buy a Scrip Book. Convenient and saves you money. Good for admission in sixty different Theatres. $10.00 Books $8.50, $5.00 Books $4.50.

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The LEADER for SIXTY YEARS

* "" Barn Equipment of every kind to meet every condition. Barn Planning Ex¬ perts to advise on Layouts, Construc- tion, Ventilation, Lighting, Drainage, etc.

ADVICE FREE LOUDEN MACHINERY CO. OF CANADA Ltd.,

GUELPH - - ONTARIO

Bond for General Hardware —and— 1847 Rogers Silver Plate Have you seen the new Argosy Pattern? Wm. A. Rogers' Silver Plate. BRASS WARE—A large assortment. FIRE PLACE SETS—A splendid choice ELECTRIC HEATERS—The Handy Heater ELECTRIC IRONS—Toasters, Grills, Heating Pads ELECTRIC CURLING IRONS A suitable box supplied with each Christmas Gift. Spalding Sporting Goods Slazenger Badminton Racquets and Birds Automobile Gauntlets SEE OUR TOY DEPARTMENT Phone 1012 THE BOND E CO., Limited

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WINTER’S long evenings — the farmer’s season of greatest leisure—will soon be here. Shorten the darkness with brilliant, safe electric light. The new, automatic Delco-Light will do it, for only a few cents a day. This fully automatic Delco-Light has no storage battery other than a small automobile type battery to make the plant self - cranking. It starts, runs, stops automatically — whenever an electric light or power switch is turned on or off. There’s a type and size of Delco- Light for every need, built by Delco- Light Company, the world’s largest builders of farm electric equip¬ ment. Write today for full infor¬ mation, together with low prices and easy terms on this new auto¬ matic Delco-Light.

Delco-Light Company of Canada, Limited (Subsidiary of General Motors Corporation) Toronto, Ontario

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If Cews Gould Talk THllk me, with _a DcLmcU They would Say

T IS a fact proved by thousands of De Laval Milkers in use on more than half a million cows, that the cows like it better than any other I method of milking.

In a recent questionnaire received from 1160 De Laval Milker users, this question was asked: “How does it agree with your cows?”

98.52% answered this question favorably. 358 said “Fine.” 204 “ “All right. fj 143 “ “Good.” > > 132 “ “Better than hand milking. All the rest—except 13 out of 1160—gave favorable answers.

The De Laval pleases the cows because it milks them with the same uniform, gentle and soothing but stimulating action day after day and year after year, without variation. Cows almost invariably produce more milk when milked the iDe Laval Way than with any other method, and 'Owners say they have less udder and teat trouble with a De Laval. And of course the De Laval saves a great deal of time and is easy to keep in a clean and sanitary condition. De Cava) Cream Separator The world’s best cream separator. Has the wonderful “floating bowl.” Guaranteed to skim cleaner. Furnished in seven sizes, with hand, electric or belt drive.

See your De Laval Agent or write nearest De Laval office below.

Cbe De Caual Company, Limited Montreal Peterborough Winnipeg Vancouver

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A iniinm (Eariia, flaatcra ffirngraromra atth Strkrta

OUR CONCERT AND ENTERTAINMENT PRINTING IS EXECUTED IN A MANNER THAT GETS RESULTS. IT COSTS NO MORE BUT WHERE DISPLAYED COMMANDS ATTENTION.

WE OFFER YOU SERVICE FROM THE PREPARATION OF YOUR COPY TO THE DELIVERY OF YOUR ORDER

THE GUMMER PRESS DOUGLAS STREET TELEPHONE 872

LEST YOU FORGET

We remind yon that ive manufacture KITCHEN CABINETS, LINEN AND CLOTHES CUPBOARDS, BOOK CASES, WINDOW AND DOOR SCREENS, OUTSIDE SHUTTERS, PERGOLAS FOR THE GARDEN, and many other articles that make your house Your Home

LUMBER AND PLAINING MILLS GOODS

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9 McCORMICK-DEERING AS WE make our way through life, surrounded by the wonders of the day, let us not forget that modern farming is the basis of modern living. All the com¬ forts and luxuries of civilization are but the children of enlightened agriculture. They could not come until the swift methods of better farming had sent men from the soil into the world's workshops. To-day the very existence of indus¬ try and commerce rests on the prosperity and contentment of millions of farm families. McCormick and Deering machines have come up through the years with agriculture. After the reaper, and the thrill it gave the world, came invention after invention. Machine after machine came to subdue the wilderness to save labor and drudgery, to put in and to harvest all crops with swiftness and efficiency, and to build yields higher and higher. Mil¬ lions of McCormick and Deering machines, on millions of farms, trusted servants of the Canadian farmer, one and inseparable with Canadian progress. To-day these two famous names, linked into one—Me- Cormick-Deering—stand as the mark of quality, efficiency, true economy, and lasting service on the McCormick-Deering line of farm operating equipment. In thousands of communi¬ ties over Canada the stores of the McCormick-Deering Agents are headquarters for this good equipment which is destined to make good farmers better and better.

NTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED HAMILTON - CANADA /

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Schedule of Short Courses 1927

1—STOCK AND SEED JUDGING (Two Weeks), January 11th— January 22nd.

2—POULTRY RAISING (Four Weeks), January 11th—February 5th

3—BEE-KEEPING (Two Weeks), January 11th—January 22nd.

4— DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE SURVEYING (Two Weeks), January 11th—January 22nd.

5— HORTICULTURAL COURSES.

1. Fruit and Vegetable Growing, February 7th—February 18th.

2. Floricu'ture and Landscape Gardening, June 6th—June 17th

No. 6—DAIRY COURSES.

a. Course for Factory Cheese and Buttermakers, January 3rd— March 18th.

b. Cow-Testing, January 10th—January 21st.

c. Farm Dairy, January 2 4th—February 4th. .

d. Ice Cream, including Mechanical Refrigeration, March 21st— April 1st.

e. Creamery and Cream Grading Course, together with Cheese making and Mechanical Refrigeration, March 2 2nd—March 24th.

No. 7—FARM POWER, including tractors, gasoline engines, etc. (Two Weeks), January 2 5th—February 5th.

No. 8—SCHOOL FOR BAKERS (4 months). (Course now in prepara¬ tion. )

Extra copies of this Circular or Calendar and information concern¬ ing regular courses may be procured by writing to the Ontario Agricul¬ tural College.

J. B. REYNOLDS, M.A., A. ..M. PORTER, B.S.A.,

President Registrar.