Ontario Agricultural College - OAC Bulletin Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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CECIL ARLEIGH CAMPBELL. , Well,- what ot' it? The clan t'anipliell was augmentetl indeed with the advent ot' a certain small but forceful indi- in the late 90's. Mingled with the choieest Scotch we have evidence of ind hence the Cecil Arleifzh. Welland Vounty had the honor of lieinu for the further information of those desirous ot' visiting the tuture shville was the exact location. His early education was acquired at an ll l 'l toundition a substantial superstructure was l vidual on that eventful date an eminent Southern strain. 1 ' the liirthplace ol' F. A. and shrine, we may add that Mar ordinary red hrivk school house and on this we av 1 ' .' . . . . . roninienced at the Wclland High School, from which he graduated in 1912. Since he is a modest man, although hearing 4, politician name, we will fortear mentioning' at what a tender age this was accomplished. 5 ' Ailcigh enttred OAC with vear '19, which he accom- Atter three years on the tarni ' ' . . . , panied during: its tirst three years, achieving: a high standing in his work and the esteem ot' his classmates. With yn-ar'1Ztl he has maintained his high record, And now we must mention the least successful ot' his endeavors, namely, the fact th'1t he frequently attempts to convince himsi-lf, an'l incidentally others, that he has an aversion to the fair sew. With regard to it we would only remind him of the old saying that love and a cough cannot be hid and that we are , hoping: he never catches a cold. I g Hlltlll M,U,t'0l,lVl t'AMl'l'lEl.l,. Muni .Km l no' n lionny l'echterl Way hack in TNS. llughie chose Wallterton, Ontario. as his postal address. After absorbing quantities ol' learning from the local founts he combined chemically with '17, helping to form that powerful explosive which was wont to shake up things periodically at the O. A, C. Attei three years with '17, he reacted to the call ot' war, and united with the 5tith tO. A. CJ li1llll'1'Y- lillt'l'lil'll15I transt't-ri'ed to the titith. with which he went to France. After some m0nth's si-ryice he was invalid:-tl to lllighty, hut upon recovery returned to the tront, this time with the t'anadian Anti-Aircraft Battery. iVl'lt'l1il'lt'l1t'Ct'SSlij'0i'l11ll'I1l11t'l'lll1!llGll1lOl12ltl passed, Hugh acted as Khaki University In- structor in Agriculture to his battery for at time, and then took an agricultural course at Edin- lrurgh University. Returning to Fanada in August. 1919, he was discharged and is now devoting his attention to the weird and wonflertul mental gymnastics demanded hy the Chemistry Option. Hugh is polyvalt-nt, displaying marked ullinity for work, sport, Lady Nicotine, and other ladies. ln short ht-'s an all-round man, and may lze dt-pt-nfled upon to tind a way or make it. I-,wliviuv

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WILLIAM BISSETT. JOHN BIRD. Milk held no mystery for him, And cheese no terror: nor did Klini. Jack was born in Ipswich, England, some time in the late Victorian periozl. lleyond this fundamental fact, we have been able to pry very little from our hero, who has coverefl his track with great skill an l secrecy. He came to Canada when fifteen years old, anl earned an honest penny at the dairy business until joining Class '16 at 0.A.tT. in 1912. At the end of his second year, Jack dropped out to aet as demonstrator in the Dairy Ilepartment, later becoming: Assistant Superintendent of Dairying for Nova Scotia. He took his third year with '17, but joined the 56th t'.F.A. as soon as it began recruiting. Now if ever a man was born to be a sergeant, 'twas John Bird, and Sergeant John Bird he was from Petawawa Camp until demobilized with the Distinguished Conduct Medal and a warm place in the heart of every gunner and driver that ever knew him. .lack didn't spend his time howling for bigger gratuities. After a busy summer he returned to the College with '20, ani graduates a specialist in his first and best love, Dairying- e lt t conditioned and unweuried spirit. About the later part of the 19th century a big noise was heard about a mile from Goderich After an investigation it was found to be Bill. To those who know him it will he difficult to picture him as a wee thing, a little round soft fellow, slashing and hacking with his little tin cup. His youthful days are surrounfled by a haze. However, we know that hc attended Goderich Lil. and grew up in God's rich air by the lake, though he is no fish. He commenced his college career with Year '17. A big, good-natured, genial fellow, the only thing crooked about Bill is the first linger on his right hand. After applying: the agglutination test he was found to be immune to the Bacillus Mac Hallieusf' Bill is a good student and an athlete, anti has played on the College basketball and baseball teams, showing more pep than a barrel of dynamite. He has served his time as treasurer ot' the Athletic Association and has made the books balance, He enlisted with the Colllege Battery in 1916. In the army he was the same old Hill. llc played second base for the Canadian Corps lndoor Champions. He could juggle an 18-pounrler like a base- ball and duck like a Hell Diver. After the armistice Bill was out of a job, so hc came back to College to finish up. lie is still full of pep and at his old tricks. We expect he will soon launch his ship on the seas ol' niatrimony, and we all wish him and his crew a long, happy and prosperous voyage.

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1 .L l'. l'lARli. Ili:-li lu-:nh-il :ind ln--li heznli-il, xonin- :intl stioni-'. When il eomes to A, I', t'lurlt l'ew ever knew A. l'. nn-:int Amlrew l't-reivzil. Horn us1HlS1il'3'l111Nlv 111 1393. 011 il tzirm nt-ur Doe Luke, Pnrry Sound District, und Inter s journing with his pnrents to pioneer zi lzinrt- tract of our Vunauliun l'r:iirie. we tirst tiud him uppeni ing :it the 0.A,t'. in 11115, with Cluss '1fl.: u very well e lueaited 1'urm youth, with at vigorous :unli tion to become at reul cluirymun ol' fume, with the degree ol' l3.S.A. :is zi handle to his nzune- humzin hands could work in one ot' Oxford t'ounty's lim-st them-se l':n-tories. The following summer eireumstzinees euused him to return to the old Sziskziteln-n'un liomestezu lionst ot' u new expert when Clurk Ol11L'l't.fl S from the O.A.t'. g Though just when we cannot say. PETER C. CONNON. 'A stark moss-trooping St-ot wus he. , We do not hesitate to In-lieve that droll, quiet Peter was horn in the igrziy rily ol' North Srot- land, Aberdeen. His eolor sense was clevelopeil among the Reds, Whites and Koons in the heurt of the Fruickshank Country. Probably, to this day, many shorthorn breeders in Scotland have memories ot' u. tull youth prodding their euttle in the rilis un'l druwling out lnudutory or dispurug- ing remarks us he saw tit. Possibly some ot' them took exception to this treatment us we tind saiid youth in Vuiiznlu in 19117, Where he was in the next few yeurs would lie more ditlieult to tell thzin where he wus not. Sutliee it to suv thut the Full of 15111 found Peter ut the O.A.t7, He SIWIU hw summers druining Ontario in the druughting room und in the tield. Next the District Reps otliee, in Leeds and Grenville, mutle his uequziintunee. He took his third yezir with '16, with the Mae. Hull on the horizon and Romance and the gray stone lmrid1.5e over the Speexl in the t'oreground, ln the summer of 1915 he strolled into New Ontario.-- 1 stopped to get zi drink ol' buttermilk :intl wuteh the girls make up the butter. The trziin wus gone. I wnlked. -tt'onfe-ssions of P. V. VJ When the 56th Battery wus formed Peter found un old saw und hummer :in l got u job :is wheel- wright, und as such built stands to hold the beer barrels in the eunleen. With the urmistiee signed, Peter renewed his ut-qtuiintuiiee with the live stock ot' llreut llritqiin and then came back to College to specialize in shorthorns, Lotuny, und tobacco. He's twenty-eight, gets a weekly newspaper from B.C. in manuscript, and in the Sprint! is ' going West,-You know the rest. rin.,-i i 0 i During the season ol'1917 we found him weighing milk and turning cheese us lust us but with the beginning ot' the New Yezir he wus buck nt the dt-:ir Almzi lllziter, pursuing the daiiri short course, which gave him excellent l'oun lution for his :itlvuiieeil work in the lluiry option this year, He has hurl ax good training in the lluiry business und some lirovinre ol' this lloniinion will A. P. has distinguished himself in hnsebull und liuskethull. is ai steznly worker :incl eluiins to he the youngest member of our class. He has never been seen ut Mate. Ilull :is :L lusser, hut his trienfls miss him every Sunday, zinxl perhaps the O.A.t', Review will suun utmounee the ri-.ison