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A(;K I C L" LTURE 



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IIou. Geo. S. Heury and Hon. Manning W. Doherty. 



From 1874 to 1887, the regular College course 

 extended over a period of two years, at which time 

 a diploma was granted to each student who com- 

 |)lefed the course satisfactorily. In 18.S7 the College 

 was affiliated with the University of Toronto and 

 an additional year was added to the course. The 

 final examinations were conducted by examiners 

 appointed hy the Senate of the University and the 

 successfid candidates wei'c granted the degree of 

 B.8.A. at the regular University convocation. In 

 1901 the College year was reduced from tliree to two 

 terms, viz., Fall and Winter, and an additional year 

 was added to the course. Thus a diploma was 

 granted at the end of two years and the B.S.A. 

 degree at tlie conclusion of two additional years. 

 In 1920, two distinct courses were inaugurated, viz., 

 a two-year course for the Associate Diploma and a 

 four-year course for the degree of B.S.A., the latter 

 i-equiring for entrance qualification an Ontario Ju- 

 nior Marieulation certificate in Arts and Science, or 

 its equivalent. This necessitates the .student select- 

 ing .one or the other of these two courses at the 

 beginning of his College career. 



In addition to the I'egular two and four-year 

 courses, numerous Short courses of two, three, four, 

 six and twelve weeks' duration have been conducted 

 in the practical departments of the College, includ- 

 ing the Macdonald Institute. 



Approximately 21.600 young men and young 

 women have eni-oUed at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College since its inception in 1874 to the end of 

 the calendar year, 1920. In the early history of the 

 institution the number of students was compara- 

 tively small. It is interesting to note that for the 

 first five vears. from 1874 to 1879. the yearlv at- 



tendance was as follows: 24, 32, 40, 87 and 106, 

 respectively. According to the College records, the 

 total enrollment now shows that about 4600 entered 

 the regular agricultural course. 8800 tiie Winter 

 short courses, 3100 the Summer short courses, 200 

 the Manual Ti-aining course, and 4900 the long and 

 short courses in Home Economics. 



In 1919, a survey was made with the object of 

 securing the present adilresses and occupations of 

 the ex-students who entered the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College for the regulai' course in agriculture. 



Of tlie 4491 registrations in the regular agri- 

 cultural course, 554 were students in attendance, 

 1574 had received the Associate diploma in agri- 

 culture granted by the College at the conclusion of 

 the two years' course, and 698 had received the 

 B.S.A. degree at the end of the complete course of 

 four years. 



The addresses of the ex-students showed 85 per 

 cent, located in Canada, 9 per cent, in forty States 

 of the American Union and 6 per cent, in thirty-one 

 other countries. Of the ex-students of the regular 

 course now residing in Canada, 72 per cent, of the 

 total number and 67 per cent, of the B.S.A. men 

 are located in the Province of Ontario. According 

 to the recent information received, 80 per cent., or 

 four-fifths, of all the ex-students of the regular 

 course ; 80 per cent, of the Diploma men, and 92 

 per cent, of the B.S.A. men are engaged in agri- 

 cultural work. 



It is found that if the forty-four years of the 

 College, from 1874 to 1917, inclusive, are divided 

 into four periods of eleven years each, the ex-stu- 

 dents of the regular course are engaged at the pres- 

 ent lime in occupations according to th«> following 

 percentages: 



A section of the Horticultural Hiounds at the O.A.C., where experimental and plant breeding work is conducted with fruit 



fruits and \'e^etal»Ies. 



