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

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RIO AGRI 29 X. -. isaka A - XXVE URAL COLLEGE 19 '-'lhnmF He brought an eye for all he sawg Ile mixed in all our simple sports: They pleased him. The Memorial llall, too, and the older Massey Hall. will always be associated with his memory: for whether he was chairman at a public gathering, or judge or critic at a debate, or acting the part ot' Mr. Pim in that delightful comedy. he played all uniformly well. There are, the Old Boys of the College can call to mind the earlier he himself won prizes in Public- Speaking, or tempe1'ed justice with mercy as Dean of Resident-eg and the ex-students who knew him in these early days have, one and all. an abiding affection for him. Among the students and ex-students, too. there are not a few who have happy memories of the hours spent in his home, these parts too. among those who days when him even more intimately,-those who spent part of the summer with hiim in his retreat at Muldrew Lake, and who shared with him his enthusiasm for the paddle and the sunset and the wood fire of the outdoor camp. As for me, I like best to think of him in his favourite corner in my office, chatting familiarly of books and friends ors and the events of the day: or stroll- ing arross the campus on a Spring morn- and the out-of-do ing with Pete and Peggy to be whistled for, when they went, as they always did. beyond bounds. The one thing above all others that made him a delightful companion for student and friend was his unfailing zest for life, and because he touched life on many sides and because his view of life was sane and wholesome, he found and held the affection of many friends. No fidget and no reformer,-just i A calm observer of ought and mustg A lover of books, but a reader of man. with Mrs. Vnwin as gracious hostess. 'V ' There you saw him at his best. for you enjoyed not only his generous hospitality 'but the never-failing flow of wit and hmnour and of personal reminiscenee,-for he had a wealth of varied experience to draw from. Among the guests who shared his fireside, there were a few who knew No cynic and no charlatan. ew him, was Professor Garton Herbert Such, as I kn KHGHITIEYUI Unwin. O. J. S. l':uL:i- six

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I GRIC TURAL COLLEGE R 0 I 9 EDITORS PAGE U GAIN the silent wheels of Time. their annual round have driven, and once more graduating classes are about to turn their backs on college halls and lecture rooms, and their faces to the world. For all of us, graduation day marks a new dawn on the horizonefrom laughing, carefree youth to the responsibilities of manhood and xvomanhood. We are setting sail into the years. tl many are the things that are out in the years: Thtre are visions of joy, bright hopes and dark fearsg There are gleamings of smiles, and cloud-mists of tears: There are beautiful things far out in the years. Too soon we shall scatter to the four winds, and forget perhaps, little by little, year by year, until our time here will seem like a day rather than years. By the publication of a volume such as this, we hope to forge a li11k between the happy college yesterdays, and the uncertain tomorroxvs. To this end we have laboured in the creation of this. the Year Book of l5J2Et. Since the publication of the last volume, a change has come in the presidency of the College. Dr. Reynolds. after many years of service to the Institution. has retired from a busy executive life to one useful but less st1'enuous. Dr. G. I. Christie. a graduate of '02, who in the twenty-five years since his graduation, has become one of the outstanding agriculturists of the l'nited States, has succeeded Dr, Reynolds in this very important position. The Degree of Iloctor of Science has been conferred by the University of Western Ontario upon one of our Senior Faculty. in the person ot' Dr. Harcourt. We all rejoice with him in this manifestation of esteem. The past year has marked the passing to the Great Beyond of Miss Jean C. Bradley of the Macdonald Institute staff, and Professor G. H. l'uwin of the Department of English. We regret very deeply tl1e loss of these members of the staff. who have always given so unstintingly of their knowledge and experience, to help make our paths easier. The Editor wishes especially to thank the Associate Editor for her very valuable assistance, and also the members of the Committee. To those who have supplied mamiscripts and rendered other assistance. the Committee is much indebted. This loyal support and assistance have alone made possible the production of this volume. - THE EDITOR. imwl I-.ight