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

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ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ,f+4 ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE To The Graduate ITI-l mixed feelings, the University of Toronto salutes you. In our farewells there is a note of sadness, That is relieved, however, by our pride in you. We are confident that you will form a link in the University's splendid chain of service and bind more closely your colleges to your University. ln the ceremony of graduation, the Chancellor will enfeoff you with the ofhce of graduate, which is endowed with permanent privileges. In return for that grant, you will pledge your hdelity and fealty to your Alma Mater. In affection .and loyalty you will be constant in fulfilling your indissoluble bond. Your diplomas should be as naturalization papers into the republic of wisdom in which beauty and truth prevail. You should have the capacity to divine excellence without having it tagged or labelled for you. You should have the power to think clearly and courageously. You should possess intellectual honesty and its twin sister, intellectual humility. With an abiding sense of true values, m-ay youdistinguish in thought and action, 4 Nloney from Wealth, Excitement from Pleasure, Interference from Influence, Notoriety from Fame, False Pride from Self-respect, Speed from Progress, Luxury from Elegance, Fashion from Refinement, Respectability from Worthiness. and, above all, 'lhe Temporal from the Eternal. litre welll Fare Thee Well!

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ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE 3, . 'X f' 'i an 3- bfi ' M 1 Zin ifillemuriamn .C O RECALL the pearls of character and accomplishment of a friend is a dithcult task - not because one fails to recognize his many outstanding qualities, but because standing in the very presence of our erstwhile companion one finds that he has taken for granted the magnitude of qualities that will spring into life to the last day when Wilfred D. Tolton's name is mentioned. We knew him but a few years, but long enough to be impressed with the breadth of his interests. We remember him iirst for his mechanical genius - how he used to encourage the boys with their aeroplane models - later the quite unusual ability he developed in the held of construction of exhibits. I-le saw beauty in the skies. and the hills and the waves, in the flowers and fields and livestock. We do not know - nor will we ever comprehend what charms of the Creators handiwork he saw in the sunset and the landscape, but he has left not a few paintings and kodachrome reproductions that are a memorial to him. A But great and good as were these interests, they are but the habiliments of the line personality that seems to have been snatched from earth at the very time of its fruition. He was a man of honesty and industry, a man of vision and determination. His kindly heart had room for the problems of the discouraged boy or girl and man or woman, be they students or fellow travellers on the road of life. l-lis cheerfulness was infectious especially when the skies were cloudy. The crowning gem of his character was his unwavering loyalty to his Family, his College, and his God. Through years to come the memory of Wilf. Tolton's life will continue a prized treasure to .ill who knew him. lim-I

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ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 1 A Ll ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE Q Class '50 HE graduation of Class 'SO from our various universities marks the end of an era, as it is the last class to graduate in the hrst half of the twentieth century. Ninety per cent of the members of Class 'SO at the Ontario Veterinary College are veterans of World War II, and as such brought a mature element into campus life. It is the largest group to go forth from the college since 1910, the year in which this institution was afhliated with the University of Toronto. As a group, you have consistently maintained high standards in your academic work. You have diligently performed the tasks which were set before you, and have enthusiastically participated in such extra-curricular activities as athletics, music, and dramatics. By fulfilling the requirements set forth in the undergraduate curriculum, you have completed your formal education. Your true education is just beginning. Whether you enter governmental service, private practice, or the field of scientific research, your future development will depend on the way you use the basic knowledge obtained at college and in proportion as you avail yourselves of the opportunities which present themselves, An open mind, willing to accept new viewpoints after careful consideration of the question at hand, will serve you in good stead. You are commencing your career as veterinarians equipped with agents and facts which were un- known a decade ago, and can render services which previously were not possible. Your mission will not be fulfilled merely if you become expert practitioners or brilliant research workers. It is not enough for a man to make a living. I-le must make a spiritual contribution to the com- munity in which he lives, as welll As Robert Louis Stevenson has said: There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. A well-adjusted personality stems from a knowledge of oneself, and from a capacity to live one's iife without worrying what other people think. Remember to be loyal to your Alma Mater. This institution has a greater interest in your welfare than has any other individual or group, aside and apart from members of your own family. Loyalty is .i great attribute and is a basis. of friendship and fellowship. Best wishes to each and every one of you. ' 5 M? lluyl '