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ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Vol, XLVI APRIL-MAY, 1934 No, 6 THE O. A. C. REVIEW 393 CONTENTS EDITORIAL .397 LEADING ARTICLES: A Call to the Diamond Jubilee ____399 Pioneers of Home Economics ____400 Ontario Training School for Girls i______405 Report of Dietetic Association C.__407 A Letter From Oxford _I_410 Newer Phases in Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus _412 The Good Old Summertime _415 Mothercraft Instruction _ 417 Behind the Scenes in a Zoo Acquarium__>_442 Final Examination Results _ 445 DEPARTMENTAL NOTES: Literary Section _ 422 College Life _...___425 Macdonald News _ 428 394 THE O. A. C. REVIEW 1; v jh i>\ ,//. lYl 15 >35. MILL -LV. £5 Al »ssp|Sf! YOUR t\\ All OWN FEEDS V/ and SAVE MONEY Save up to 25% on feed costs by using a MASSEY-HARRIS HAMMER MILL. Easy to operate, simple to understand, and now selling at especially attractive prices. With one of these mills you can quickly, easily and cheaply prepare rations for your stock from home grown grains and roughages. 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Capacities of rectangular tanks in gallons per foot deep up to 6 feet in height. 4 feet x 4 feet—100 gallons per foot in height 4 feet x 6 feet—150 gallons per foot in height 6 feet x 6 feet—225 gallons per foot in height 6 feet x 8 feet—300 gallons per foot in height 6 feet x 10 feet—374 gallons per foot in height For larger or other type of tanks consult our Publicity Department at Montreal. Canada Cement Company Limited Canada Cement Company Building Phillips Square - - Montreal Sale Offices at MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG CALGARY CANADA CEMENT CONCRETE FOR PERMANENCE The O.A.C. Review “Meliora semper in agricultura quaerimus” THE O. A. C. REVIEW is published eight months of the year by the students of the Ontario Agricultural College. SUBSCRIPTION: One dollar a year to residents in the British Empire or the United States and one dollar and fifty cents elsewhere. A rate of five dollars for six years is allowed. All subscriptions and enquiries concerning the dispatch of THE REVIEW should be addressed to the Business Manager. Advertising rates may be obtained from the Business or Advertising Manager. STAFF 1934 BOARD OF DIRECTORS—George C. Trenaman, Editor-in-Chief; C. D. Hutchings, Associate Editor: F. Keith Anderson, Advisory Editor; G. N. Ruhnke, M.S.A., Faculty Repre¬ sentative. DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS—John Dryden, Alumni; L. G. Vickers, Athletics; Frank L. Love, College Life; F. S. Newbould, Literary; Frances Edwards, Dorothy Kent, Mac Hall; G. C. McLaren, Special Features. REPORTERS—A. E. Barrett, Agronomy; A. C. McTaggart, Animal Husbandry; W. W. Hall, Biology; G. C. McLaren, Chemistry; J. M. Appleton, Horticulture. BUSINESS MANAGER—N. S. Northmore. Vol. XLVI Guelph, ApRil-May, 1934 No. 7 This issue of the Review is devoted primarily to the subject of Home Economics and has been prepared by the girls of Macdonald Institute. We wish to thank Dr. Christie, Professor Buchanan, Miss Cruik- shank. Miss Miller and Miss Christie for their kind help and co-oper¬ ation which made it possible for us to get out this issue of the Review. The articles, which we feel will be of the most interest to the graduates and students, are those concerning the dietetic convention held in Toronto, April 27th and 28th; the work being done at Mac¬ donald in the field of mothercraft; the Ontario School for girls at Galt and the recent trend in the treatment of diabetes. Besides these articles, which are of interest chiefly to the women readers, we have attempted to give the latest campus news from O. A. C. and Mac. and a little ‘‘dorm, gossip.” We wish to assure the men of O. A. C. that the Review has not permanently become a women’s magazine. This issue, an experiment tried for the first time, has attempted to maintain the standard set by previous issues of the Review and in some respects to raise it. 398 THE O. A. C. REVIEW On behalf of the students of O. A.' C. and Macdonald Institute, the Review wishes to extend to Dean Sands sincerest sympathy in his recent bereavement. The Review wishes to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Goring on the birth of a daughter on Saturday, April 21st, 1934. The Review extends its congratulations to the graduating classes of 1934 and wishes the members every possible success after they leave this campus and go into their respective fields of life endeavour. O. A. C. GRADUATE OF 191 1 HONOURED IN B. C. (From “Vernon News/' Vernon, B. C.) News of the appointment of P. E. French, of Vernon, as one of .ne members of the Pattullo government's Economic Council, under the chairmanship of Professor W. A. Carrothers, has been received with pleasure by his many friends in this city and district. The other members are J. O. Nicholls, miner, Nanaimo; J. G. Robson, lumberman, Vancouver; T. W. Bingay, Trail; J. H. Lawson, barrister, Vancouver; Dr. H. C. Winch, hospital superintendent, Hazelton. A wide agenda of subjects for the Council to deal with has been prepared; a survey of the economic uses of land, forests and other natural resources of the province; mar¬ keting and producing problems; co-ordin¬ ation of bodies studying existing problems; development of unemployment policies; analysis of financial condition of the people; study of markets; these and a host of other matters will be investigated with a view toward preparing data for the guidance of the government. “The home has been called the workshop for the making of men,’ therefore, an education which will create a greater sense of responsibility in the home-maker and establish a higher standard of home life and influence is essential to the harmonious organization of society.” —Anonymous THE O. A. C. REVIEW 399 A CALL To The Diamond Jubilee Of The Good Old O.A.C. THE Ontario Agricultural College opened its doors on May 1st. 1874—60 years ago. The Sixtieth Anniversary will be suitably celebrated at the College on June 22nd, 23rd and 24th. For this occasion Alumni of all years and in all parts of the continent and of the world are urgently invited to visit the Home of their student days. A most interesting programme is being arranged and a special effort is being made to bring back surviving students of the earliest years. An Historical Review will be one of the finest features of the- programme. A number of the old classes will hold special class re-unions and there will be abundance of time for all to renew old friendships, to visit old scenes, and to recall the achievements and escapades of the past. There will also be opportunity to visit the many college departments, to look over the new buildings, and to mark the great changes and abundant signs of progress and improvement everywhere. The Alumni and their families will be comfortably accommodated in the college dormitories at very reasonable rates, and the campus will be in all its June glory. Special entertainment will be provided for the children, so don't fail to bring them with you if you can. They will surely enjoy a rollicking romp on their daddies’ or their mummies’ old college campus: and the growing lads, with eyes aglow, will view with pride the very turf where dad in days of yore made valiant plunges or brilliant runs for yards and touchdowns. Yes, come along and bring your children—and your children’s children, if you are old enough. It will be an occasion for the young and the old and the very old, so come along, come along, come along To The Diamond Jubilee Of The Good Old O.A.C. 400 THE O. A. C. REVIEW Pioneers of Home Economics in Ontario by Mary M. Darby, B.A. IT IS always interesting to discover the beginning of things and to follow the growth and development of any movement. Progress in any field can usually be attributed to the vision and far-sightedness of one or more persons.

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