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

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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.

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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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:uh-my and lfltlinliurgh .nivvrsi 5 pi iirit-s, st-ntlinp' his hausturia into tht- I.at-unihu tlistrit-t, Allivrla, with 'lt5. lluwtwcr, bt-t'urt- tht- spring exams, hupassvtl up t'ollt-ge life for that ot' thu C. E. F., en- listing in tho lst Uniwi'sity t'on1pany. ln July ut' the same year hu was in France with the ' P. l'. I.. I. llt- tlistiuguisht-tl himst-lt' as a snipt-r and wun the M. M. and ai Commission. sl ccialty was arpriit-nu-iits. CARI. MANNINU IIICKEY. l nr what l will, I will :intl tln-iv :tu n-ntl l' V ll sulitil whtn uni- Se-pt lqth tiftht'l'ittc-1' part ofthe 'l'hu dt-stiny ol' the Annapu is a t-y was .' '- 1 , . J , . lflth t't-ntury, t':u'I arrive-tl to takt- cliarme ul' allairs at his home near Uppt-r t'auartl, N.S. Littlv is knuwn ot' his early st-huol lift- ur his four ytlars at Kt-ntville High School. Iluwever, as his taste ' ' ' . .. ' v ' , T V h for agrit-nlturu was not satisfied after taking two yt-.ns at thu Agl'lClIllllIl2ll tullegt at rtno, me travt-llt-tl to Gut-lph coming in for his third year with '14. After spending a year with thu tl. A- C . Furl wt-nt out as Ilistrirt Rcpi'esviitativt- in Norfolk County for a year and a halt. Ilt- saw :wt-rseas svrvirt- with tht- Sith Siegf Ilattt-ry, guiiigovt-1' with the lrzitttwy as sig- nallur, :intl staying un the jul: until the Armistice. At presont t'arl is finishing with Class '20, having taken sirius with l'ltil'llL'tllllll'U. Although nut arhlictetl tu talking, everyone who has pierced his reserve has learned to respert his opinions in matte-rs ui' importanuv. His aliility anrl jutlgnient to go after anrl get the things that count, i alung with his goutl naturt- will rarry him tu the front in any work hu unhfrtaltt-s. NORMAN D. DOW. Slut-li inuy l t- nianlo ut' a Svotvliuixiii, il' hv ht- raniyflit yutiiiigf' Norman was hurn :it lhtlinann t'astIt-, Pt-rthshiri-, Srutlantl. llt- passt-tl quit-kly through Pt-rth L' ' 't ' :intl as a Xllllllg nian tit' twcnty yt-urs was a ll.Sc., Agriculturt-. urtly aittt-rwartls ht- was Iillt-il with :i grvzit att-sire fur plain living su lHlg'l'1ll0.l tu tht- t'1in:uli:in In thc tall ut' 1014 ht- ll'tll1Slil'l'l't'tl his Iuggagt- tn the 0.A.t',, wht-rv he vntcretl the thirtl year , On his rt-turn to t'anatla ht- was Fit-ltl Supervisor tin the S. S. U. in Alberta, to which position will return in Juiw. At Utillvigu his chit-t' rt-crt-:iliuiis have been tlant-ing anrl skating and his l i .-imww