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

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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

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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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WVUTER ANTHONY SCOTT DE LONG. I llm it is a scholar, and :i ripe and good om-5 NICIIOIAS CURTIS. Roth strength ot' liinli and policy of mind. Nick's Iirst neighbors were the t'ossacks of Southern Russia. At an early age, however, li migrated to the land of the Pharoahs, to commune with the Sphinx an1l the Pyramids. Possibly it was through his association with the mummitied ancients that he learned the rudiments of the diplomacy which now ranks as one of his chief assets. When hc had accumulated all the knowledge stored up in the Monks' school at College des Freres, Cairo, he journeyed to Lincoln, England, for further tuition, and in 1909 joined the Faculty of Engineering of London University. Crossing to Canada. he started in on the B.S,A. course in the Fall of 1911. In 1913 he was appointed Dean of Residence. and in May, 1915, joined the llith Battery. C.F.A.. with the rank of lieutenant. Owing to the effects of German gas, Nick was invalided home in the Spring of 1918, and. with the passing of the summer, fell into the thin red line ol' Year '3o. In his third year he was one of 20's representatives onthe Students' t'ounciI and distinguished himself on one occasion during a threatened attack on Grub Alley by his cool, futherly advice to the succulent invaders- Because ol' this :inl recognized ability he became President of the Council. As guiding spirit of the student body he has become well known by all, from dignified seniors down. His other chief interest has been live stock, particularly beef cattle. In latei' years we expect to tind Nick concerned in some way with cattle, of which he is a good judge: but whatever his occupation, wc would as soon back him as the fourth year baseball team. 0 luxcce ling wise, fair spoken and persuading. This genuine Blnenose was discovered at O.A.C. in December, 1917. A feverish crowd of stu- dents was elbowing, pushing, jostling, near the College bulletin board with the hope of seeing their names near the top of the recently published list of examination papers. The First name they saw was that of De Long., De Long ..., De Long, who is he anyway 'Z .... What is he like? . . . . Does he ever visit Mac. Hall? Outside of his roommate and table companions no one seemed to know much about this man. Someone, more curious than the rest rushed to the Presidents otlice for information. Then he found that Acaciaville. N.S., was the unknown's birthplace, that he had tirst appeared there in '94, and that he had completed the two year course at the Nova Scotia Ag- ricultural College in 1916 and was Gold Medalist. Further investigation disclosed the fact that De Long had subsequently spent some time with the Entomological Department at Truro and had entered 0.A.C. with '19 in the fall ot' 1917. As one would infer from the above his unassuming disposition was not conducive to popul- arity, but those who succeeded in penetrating his reticence found an agreeable personality, never averse to a joke or a smoke. During his iinal year De Long has specialized in chemistry, a phase of Agricultural work in which his power of application should win him 21 degree which means somc- thing.