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S C 1 E X T 1 I- I ( • AGRICULTURE 



Man-h. V.m. 



stimed his official duties early iu July of the same 

 year. As was the ease with both Dr. jNIills and Dr. 

 Creelman, President Reynolds spent his early days 

 on an Ontario fann. He graduated from Toronto 

 University as a Medallist, after which he taught 

 school for a time and then joined the Staff of the 

 Ontario Agricultural College in 1893, where he re- 

 mained for twenty-two years, first as Assistant 

 Resident Master, later as Professor of Physics and 

 Lecturer in English, and still later as Professor in 

 English. In 1915 he was appointed President of 

 the ilauitoba Agricultural College, where he dis- 

 charged his duties until he was recalled to Guelph 

 to take the Presidency of the Ontario Agricultural 

 College. 



President Reynolds brings with him high scholar- 

 ship, excellent experience, strong convictions, and 

 the capability of expressing himself clearly and 

 forcibly on the public platform. It is anticipated 

 that under the careful administration of our new 

 President the institution will continue to make steady 

 and substantial advancement. 



While it is important to have wise leadership, it 

 is equally essential to have a teaching staff whose 

 members possess, not only the required efficiency 

 and adaptabiliy for performing their various duties 

 satisfactorily, but also the esteem of eveiyone 

 through their high ideals of character so essential 

 in the successful development of an educational in- 

 stitution. 



No matter how efficient the faculty of an Agri- 

 cxdtural College, the best work cannot be accom- 

 plished without suitable land, buildings and all es- 

 •sential equipment throughout the entire institution. 



The land at the Ontario Agricultural College has 

 been increased from 550 to 717 acres and has 

 proven to be very well adapted to its various re- 

 quirements. With "the process of advancement, the 

 resident acconuuodation has been increased from a 

 remodelled farm dwelling capable of housing thirty 

 students in 1874 to two large residences accommo- 

 dating nearly four hundred boys. In addition to 

 this, the Macdonald Hall, which is also a part of the 

 College proper, makes a delightful residence for one 

 hundred and twenty girls. Besides tliese tliree resi- 

 dences there are nineteen other large, well equipped 

 buildings in use for the various needs of the insti- 

 tution. Plans are now in progress for the erection 

 of at least three more in the immediate future, 

 viz., the ilemorial Hall, one for the Dairy Depart- 

 ment and one in connection with Veterinary Science. 

 All buildings have been erected by the Ontario 

 Government with the exception of the Massey Hall, 

 which was donated by the Massey Estate, and the 

 Macdonald Hall and ilacdonald Institute by the 

 late Sir William C. Macdonald. Some of the recent 

 buildings have been erected by the Provincial Gov- 

 ernment by money received from the Federal Grant. 

 The Agricultural College is a Government insti- 

 tution and in its forty-seven years of existence has 

 come under the control of the Conservative, the 

 Liberal and the Farmer-Labor parties. From 1874 

 to 1888 it was under the direct control of four Com- 

 missioners, in the following order: Hon. Archibald 

 :\[cKellar, Hon. S. C. Wood, Hon. Jas. Youjig anil 

 Hon. A. M. Ross; and from 1888 to the present time, 

 under the jurisdiction of six successive Ministers 

 of Agriculture, viz., Hon. Chas. Drury, Hon. Jno. 

 Dryden. Hon. Nelson :\Ionteith. Hon. Jas. S. Duff, 



devoted to Field Husbandry at the O.A.C. The cereal crops grown 



\ view showing part of the 2,500 experimental plots 



on the plots are threshed in the barn shown in the picture. 



