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

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ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE :gli -'4, ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE Zin ilillemuriamn R. Cl-IARLES DUNCAN NRGILYRAY, who passed away suddenly in Guelph, Sunday, April 17th, was horn in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1886, He was an ardent supporter ofthe Presbyterian Faith and a highly honoured memher of the Session of Knox Preshyterian Church. Dr XlcGilvray entered the Ontario Veterinary College in 1898, and during his course he was an outstanding student. as Clhief Inspector of Health of :Xnimals Branch in Nlanitoha, he made an outstanding contrihution in the eradication of glanders in horses, When Di: XlcGilvrax assumed the principalship, Ontario Veterinary College was located in Toronto, and xx as an alliliate of the Uiiiversiti of Toronto. ln 1922, the Ontario Xieterinaiji College was moved to Guelph under his guidance. During his principalship, he gathered ahout him a strong and ellicient faculty. Matticulation entrance to O,XfC, was enacted in 1919, and the institution was approved hy the A.V.M,E. Dre XlcGilvrav was a loyal servant ol' the state. He administered carefully and iudiciously. I-le .is held in high esteem hx all who knew him.

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ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE C0 TE TS ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE FACULTY -A--- - 11 ONTARIO VETERINARX' COLLEGE GRADUATES -A - - A - 15 ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FACULTY A - - - - 33 ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE GRADUATES ------ 37 MACDONALD INSTITUTE DIPLOMATES ------ 63 CLASSES ------------- 73 CLUBS, SOCIETIES, AND ADMINISTRATIONS ------- 99 ATHLETICS ----------M-- 133 COLLEGE LIFE ------------ 151 ADVERTISEMENTS -------M- - - 167 PUBLISHED BY TIIE ORADUATING CLASSES OF ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COI.I.IiGIc, ONTARIO XvILTI1RIN.XRY COLLEGE, AND N1ACDON,XI,D 1N5'I'1TL 1'E. Vu.: 3

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ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE Zin 1HlIemnriam R. FRANCIS NATHAN NIARCELLUS, l3.S.A., D.V.M., A.I.C., died at St. Josephs Hospital, Guelph, in his 64th year. An active worker in the Canadian poultry industry, Dr. Marcellus graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1911 and the Ontario Veterinary College in 1925. He was horn at Nlorewood, Ontario, in 1885, In 1912 he was appointed director of poultry extension at the Ontario Agricultural College where he developed the Ontario poultry hreeding station program. Dr. Marcellus left the O.A.C. in 1919, and returned, after two years ahsence, as professor of Poultry Hushandry. He hecame head of this department in 1940. Ill health hrought ahout his retirement in'luly, 1948. Dr. Marcellus took a prominent part in numerous agricultural organizations. The Agricultural Institute of Canada, of which he was a memher of long standing, honoured him hy making him a Fellow in 1948. For many years he was a memher of the Poultry Science Association. having served on the executive as a Director and as President in 1936. He was a memher of the Worlds Poultry Science Association, serving as a Canadian Director. He was also a memher of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Ontario Yeterinarv Association, the Chemical Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society of.Animal Production. He was verv active in the work of the Poultry lndustry Committee of Ontario, heading numerous committees, particularly during the war years. I . . - . . . , Dr. Marcellus was most active in Church and fraternal organizations in Cuelph. He was an elder I in St. Andrews Presbyterian Church and was a life memher of the three Guelph Xlasonic Lodges. lyvr-I N