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

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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

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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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M IIARULD JOHN l'UllMORlC. 'That t-vt-r with u frulit wt-lf-tune ttmlt 'l'ht- thuntlt-r antl tht- sunshmt-, Cutltly took his first tlivt- at Pali-rmo, Ontario, but soon afterwartl ntovel his family to I'ronte- in tnrtlt-r to ht- nearer the lake. Here someont- prt-sentetl him with a baseball: the hitherto somt-what mtnrost- littlt- chap at once began to rlt-vc-lop rapitlly anti to take an interest in life. Ho matlt- his way through Pulilit' antl lligh Schools :intl lit-im.: hUl'tlt'lllllll'2llly 1nt'hnt-tl t-ntt-rt-tl O. A. t . ulth 17 Al'tt-1' starring in hast-hall tor three years, anrl winning tht- Aquatic Championship in 1916, llaroltl signt-tl with tht- 56th Battery for the bigger game. He tlitl his hit well in France antl G:-rmany, antl in tht- intt-rvals ot' strafing the Hun won a hart-rsat-ltl'ul of athletic and auquutic medals. 'l'ht- rt- wrt that ht- swam tht- Channel in his QMSZEIIILJSS to rt-turn to Vanzitla after hostilities ct-ast-tl l W is nrohahly tmtuuntlt-tl: howt-x't-r, here he is again, an l acting as t-ollt-1:0 aquatic manager. On tht- t-timplt-tion ot' his uourst- ht- starts on his own as a fruit grow.-r: anl all shoultl ga swimmingly with him: ht-'s a gootl stutlt-nt. a gootl athlt-tt-, antl a guotl st-out. WILLIAM l.l'I l'I.l'I l'URRlER. JR. 'l'h'-rt- nrt- smilt-s ,... . A - - - - 1' tht- time that wht-n it's ahst-at you wontlt-r at - Yt-s, :mtl smilt-sg antl Inll has ont so muth tl onvt- what's goat- wrong with tht- univt-rst-. Tht- samt- animation which prompts his smiles is the kvyntitt- ot' all his at-tivitit-sgantl they art- many. Ht- is quick to form and voit-e an opinion, quick to gt-t pt-t-vt-tl. quit-lt to torgivt-, tguiult to st-t- :intl act 1 most wontlt-rt'ul ot all, quit-lt tu tinish any task alltittt-tl, :mtl quirk to It-ntl syinpatht-tit' aitl to tht- laggartl. llill was Loin at hustling Yanltt-t- tlown in Nt-warlt, N..l., but early in liI't- movetl to Ottawa antl has ht-rn trying: t-rt-r sintt- tu injt-t't a littlt- ii,-11 into that t-ity ot' unuivil st-rvants. Ottawa Matlt-l St-haul, tlttawa t'ollt-giatt-, antl tht- tl. A. t'. have rlont- tht-ir worst, but they have not tlis- turht-tl l'lill's t'ht-t-ry naturt-. Examinations havt- always place-t'l him near tht- top: the Athletic Ifltlittxrship ot' tht- lit-vit-w antl Prt-sitlenty txt' tht- t'o-opt-rativu Society have taken up much ot' his spurt- time: hot-ltt-y antl hast-hall has given him an outlt-t for some ot' his overflowing t-nt-rgy: yt-t ht- always has timt- anl t-nthusiasm to tlevott- to any worthy cause. Hn rart- tit-t-asions llill appears at t-ollt-ge tlanuus: hut the beauty circle around the Mac Hall wt-ll nt-vt-r vit-wt-tl him t-timing t-hocolat---latlt-n through tht- hall lit-low. Howe-vt-r, he has ONE gtmtl rt-ason. 'l .trait