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

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Wll.l.l.KM GORDON Hll.l.. A nu-trier man Within the llniit ot' ln-cunning niirth I never spent un hour's tall-Q withal. I ' It was in 1801 that Gord made his debut as an infant ot' the genus homo. ln his tender years. it is said that he attended Deer Park Public School and later mnt1'iculated I'roni Jarvis Collegiate. There is also evidence to be had that he put in a year at S.P.S, He entered definitely into our ken when he appeared on the lleights with 'lT. llowever it was not ordained that he should pursue the H,S.A. without interruption, with the Vorining ol' thc Uullcge Battery in the spring of 'Ili tlord was among the tlrst recruits. He served in l'll'llllL'U with thc titith Battery ami won an N.t',O,'s rank. Unfortunatelb' fel' llll' l'.l'2.l . hl' WHS lllVlllllll'-l ill lilllrlilllll ill Jan. 1918. On his return to Camula in 1919 hg rendered most valuahle service with tlie S,S.ll. until September, when he returned to the fold. Gord is gi fellow one doesnt mind meetiiigl While a diligent worker one never found him so deep in thought or so pressed for time that he could not crack a joke or smoke the old pipe with you a while. A keen supporter ot' athletics generally, he played tirst base on thc hasehall team in pleas- ing style. Like many other good men he was a lvllllllltf mUml1l'l'0l' ihl' llUlllNlS. As for his attitude towards the fair sex. we feel certain that the weakness is present, lint on account ot' his precautionary disposition no circumSi2lIlti2ll Willvllfv CHN lil' Dl'f'fll'l'l'll- While we will leave time to tell the story of Gord's rise to prominence. we may safely predict that he will he appreciated as he has been at the 0.A.C- GEORGE B. HOOD. I wanta tight. i clnet tlnng to yilnfh fuoiift owes his success as a student, journalist, and live-stock judge is the quality embodied in the foregoing phrase-though he is not at all pugnacious unless very much riled. He has to be shown before he believes, convinced before he will give in and then, when his mind is made up, his Scotch appears. Since his boyhood days out in Paisley lllock, Guelph Township, where fat steers were originally fattened. we are told, G. H. has steadfastly kept to the path ot' learning, tirst in the Guelph Fol- legiate Institute and then at Model School. It was while goading youthful minds into assimilating the rudiments of a primary ezlucation that he decided preaching truths to farmers was a less para- sitical profession than telling lies for pickpockets, which two-faced lite he had planned to follow. In the fall of the same year in which this great idea gripped him he became a member ot' '20, then in their second year. Although living down town George has taken an active part in class and college activities. He was editor of the Review in 1919, and has been vice-president of the class forthe past two years. When the smoke of battle had cleared away after the Chicago Judging Competition, G.B. was high man on the College team. His favorite occupations are writing, arguing, attempting to get to first lecture on time, and iluking new shots on the Club billiard table. He is following up the first named, having decided to write fillers for one ofthe Farm papers in Toronto. Indications point to the housing problem becom- ing one of Georges future worries, but, of course, this will be duly gazetted in the Review.

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ALVIN I . H A NSULD. Still water.: run deep, hy .links! llural Puhlie Sehuul, 'l'avistm'k f'untinuatiun, Stratl'nrd Vullegiate, and Stratffn'd Normal tuium-ml uul Alvin as a fully qualitierl teziehr-i', hut four year's expwieiire in iuulining the twig fle- riflerl him against surh a prufessiun. iVIrlVlaster University Arts course attraeterl him fm' a time, hut Year '20, tl,A.t'., exvrterl a nwri- powerful magnetism anfl has helfl him for the full course. l ur the past four summers he has her-n Assistant Distric-t Rep, fur Waterloo County, special- izing in St-linul l air wurk. He was one uf the oriyginaturs of the Township Teavhers' Association sc'hi'l11s-wliieh has taken such a strmn: holrl in rural districts, aufl his teaching experience has eri- uhh-zl him tu appreeiate anfl meet the prnhleni ut' the munlry sehuol. Alvin is une ut' thust- quiet, uirissuming inrlivirluals who think much aufl say little, so none uf us linuw lletiiiitely the Wi'lk'l'l'i.0l'L' ul' his mysterious weekly clisappearanees-hut we can g'll9SS. Rlt'llARlJ ll. H URHT. Ili-antn-1 in ruin thu-ii pn-tty eyes may full, X ll' you shuulil uri-1' happen tu llrup intu the lliulugy huiltling anil hear suinehurly whistling with all the strengtli uf an healthy set ot' lungs-that will he Richard. Dick was huru in Pietmi, Nura Si-utia, ami completed his twu year L'0lll'St' at the Nova Scfitia A51l'iCllitllI'ili Vullepre, Truru, N.S,, in 15118. He ents-real 0.At'. with Year '20, an'l, having hafl sc-i'i-ral years' expr-rieiiee in the employ of the Iluminiun Department of Botany, sleeided to take the liiulugy option, sperialixing in plant pathnlogy, Erirlently scientific names hulfl nn horrors for him. Ili-ing stucliuus as well as practical he has prm'e'l lieyonrl a iluuht that the curriculum of the lliulugy uptiun. invlurling such l rench rt-ailing as is fuuml in Les Alu-illes, can he altacke'l and 1u'1-i'rm1n- with 1-uiiiparalive ease. A 1:1-neral guuil ll-lluw, funil ul' a euml time. he has maule .fur himsell' a wimle rirele ul' friends ainung lmth liuys aml girls. llicharml inte-urls staying in tlntariu un i-umpletinp: his 1-nurse, hut we helit-ve he will always he an :mlent suppurternt' the liast, ul' whuse heauties' lliuth n'ilural anrl paintecl J he never wt-aries ut telling. With his ,iuxial ilisnusitiun anil linarli ot' saying' the right thing in the right place we feel sure that in his future wurk he will mem-t with every measure ut' a well meriteml success. A 'I .unit

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t'ountv. llt-rt-, too, he attentlt-tl pulilic school, where he usetl to take much tlelight in the birtls lIl'IIllSlCll'l' CIA Y'l'0N ll0l'l'ER. Ilona You an-tt-ss, llert has always occupietl a foremost place, not only in his class but in College life' Without lit-ing arraignt-tl as a plugger. he has always toppetl the examination lists. As well he has garnered in the tlovcrnor-Iit-nt-ral's Silver Metlal, the t'hapman Prize in ltlnglish, the '05 Scholarship antl a l'rotit'it-ncy Scholarship. 'l'ht- l'ountIation tor such achievt-nients was laitl up at Mcrivalt- Public School, antl in the come nu-rcial forms ol' Ottawa t'ollt-giate lnstitute. llis lirsl impressions ol' lite wt-rc ohtainctl at t'ht-lst-a, Que. Although engagetl in otlicc work for a few years, llert olit-yetl the call ot' the agrarian blootl in his rt-ins by bt-coming a farmer ofthe hill. Here his influenct- was felt in many circles. From freshman represtintative on tht- Philharmonic he liccanie its Presitlent. As well he was a member ot' tht- College quartet for a couple ol' years. In his thirtl year, too. he was etlitor ot' College Lite on the Rt-view. lle won his greatest tame, however. by his unerring .iutlgment ot' livestock,-with tht- rt-snlt that he olitainetl the opportunity ot' viewlng the Chicago stock-yartls as a member ot' the iutlging team. Ilut other executives antl circles have felt l3erl's prt-st-nce. t'hiet' among these is the Ilall ot' l Natural lleauty across the way, where his quiet, natty person antl agile feet ai'e to be seen when- l ever Aggies antl t'o-etls mingle for mutual pleasure. In this case prophecies are unnecessary. g lntleetl, anyone who cannot tlip somewhat into Bert Hoppe1 stutureneetlsto look most carefully to his own. .XNGUS BONSAI, JACKSON Nature answers itll ln' asks. . .lacli--as ln- is atl't-t-tionately known by his l'rientlsgreceivetl his tii'st impressions ot' tht- lvt-autit-s ot' nature when he gaxt-tl upon the pleasant pastoral scenes ol' Glcuallan, Wellington lwittt-ring on tln- maple boughs outsitle, the buzzing humble-bees tlyiug through the open wintlow, :intl the llit-s crawling tip tht- wall: ot' which quality hc is now making application After gradu- ating from l ergus lligh School. he spent a yt-ar at tht- Faculty ot' ltltlucation, Toronto University. 'l'lius primt-tl with st-it-nec ot' etlut-ation ht- taught pulilit' school for two years and high school for one year. llaving tlt-t-itletl to t-mlirace thc nolilt- prott-ssion ot' agriculture he enteretl college as a sopho- more with 'ISL lfailing in an t-!l'ort to enlist wilh the ll. A. F. he also took his thirtl year with tht-m. llt- then tlecitletl that some practit-al knowltttlgc woultl form an excellent basis for his fourth yt-ar, so t-ngagetl in botanical work tor tw.-lve mttnths. When the larvae of ltlltl began pupating A. li. tlecitlt-tl to become a unit ot' composite '2tt. As an athlete quiet .lack has numerous scalps hanging front his belt for perforniances at huth outtloor antl intloor met-ts: in tht- l'lit'lt- t'luli t'ompt-titious he coultl always make his compet- itors tlraw a gootl bow to score more bulls than himself. Ot' tine feathers Jack is an expert judge, Not only is he an authority on the migrating habits ot' our avian frientls but also a gentlemen of R consitlerable knowletlge ot' the changeable ways ut' human birds. t it-tttflt