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

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mp 10:- hoo NTARAO -OQAGRICULTUFLAL - co LLEGE 00. 5 PROFESSOR EVANS HE announcement of Professor Evans' decision to retire from active duty at the College was received with sincere regret by his many friends on the Stall' and in the Student Body. Professor Evans was born on the Island of Amroth, oft' South Wales, and as this island is con- sidered to be in Pembroke and Carmarthon, he may claim to having been born in two Counties. He attended the Public and Grammar Schools at St Clears, in South Wales, and completed his academic training at King's College, London, and at the Uni- versity of Nottingham. The growth ot' the Sloyd system in Sweden was at this time attracting' the attention of educators the world over, and after a technical course at the City and Guilds Institute in London, Professor Evans went to Nazis. in Sweden, where he studied under Otto Salamon, thc founder ot' the system. The work done in hand and eye training through the medium of wood in Sweden was being carried out through the use of metal in Germany and it was not long until Professor Evans went to Leipzig. Shortly after his return from Leipzig, we tind him holding the responsible position ot' Organizer of Technical Education in Leicester- shire and Carnarvonshirc, and it was while he was engaged in this Work that he was invited to come to Canada to assist in the introduction of Manual Training in Ontario. He was first stationed in Ottawa, but in Janu- ary, ol' 1903, he was sent to the Ontario Agricultural College, where he not only taught the regular course students, l,ut was also responsible t'or the training of teachers in Manual Training. This work was car- ried on tor about 20 years, when the growing de- lU2lllflS of the College induced him to request the Department to relieve him ot' the duty of training teachers. From that time on, his llepartment has devoted its attention to Farm Mechanics. Professor Evans' cheerful presence is missed at the College, but it is sincerly hoped that the rest he is now enjoying will be the means ot' sparing him to his friends for many years to come. l'ni:c Nint-

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F t-eo NTARJCD-liAGlLlCU,l.!TUI1gAL-i COLLEGE -21, 5 DR. C. A. ZAVITZ N 1884 a farm boy by the name ot' Charles Ambrose Zavitz, from Middlesex County, entered the Ontario Agricultural College as a Freshman. He was then twenty-one years of age anfl hail received what, at that time, was more than the average education for students entering the Ontario Agricutural College--a second class te:icher's certi- ficate. He was a good student while at the Ontario Agricultural College, capturing the first Silver Medal for General Proficiency in his second year. In 1826 and 1887, under Professor Brown, he spent his summer months working in the Experi- mental Plots and had the title of Assistant Experi- nientalist. He received the Degree of B.S.A, from Toronto University with the first graduating class in 1888. For the next tive years he occupied th:- position ot' Assistant Expcrimentalist under thc: direction of Professor Thomas Shaw. In 1893 he was appointed to the position of Experimentalist, which he filled until 1904, when he was made Professor of Field Husbandry, a position which he held until his resignation in June, 1927. In 1916 Toronto University, in recognition of his services to Canadian Agricul- ture, conferred upon him the Degree of Doctor of Science fD.Sc.J. Dr. Zavitz was a man of kindly disposition, always willing to help those who needed his assist- ance. During his forty-two years at the Ontario Agricultural College, he took an active part in those movements which had for their aim the betterment of the community. Not only had he the fore-sight to plan important experimental projects, but he was a master of detail as well. Dr. Zavitz's claim to deserve well of his fellow- countrymen i'ests securely on the experimental work he did at the Ontario Agricultural College. the work of the Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union. of which he was for many years the Director, and the introduction through this latter organization of improved vari- eties of farm crops originated by the Department of Field Husban- dry, which have added millions of dollars to the wealth of the Province of Ontario and the Dominion of Canada. Eight

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OCQNTAFLIQ AGiLlcu,i1gugrz.AL - QLOLLEGE QQ Emma? To the Graduating Classes of l9Z8 F ORTY years ago the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture was conferred at the University of Toronto for the first time. Five men received the Degree in 1888. Two of the class, J. J. Fee and B. E. Patterson, went into lusiness. Three of that class followed professional agriculture. J. A, Craig became a noted live stock authority in the United States: G. C. Creelman was former President of this College from 1904 to 1920: C. A. Zavitz, as Experimentalist in Field Crops and Professor of Field Husbandry, has been identified with crop improvement in Ontario for all these forty years, and retired but a few months ago. The first graduating class set the example in choice of occupation. Whether in so doing they have fulfilled the function of the College or not may be a matter of opinion, but the fact is that few of the Graduates have become farmers. Some have gone into manufacture and commerce, but the most of those who are not farming have entered the public service in some branch of technical agriculture, and not a few have made notable contributions to agricultural progress. J -if W-Mao Pune Ten