O. A. C. Review Volume 24 Issue 3, December 1911
Publisher: Ontario Agricultural College
Published: 1911-12-01
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: OAC Review; College news; editorial; agriculture; Christmas; travel log; Rome; Charles Dickens; poetry; photograph competition; conservation movement; wheat breeding; flour strength; Niagara District; fruit farming; fruit grower's forecast; poultry department; Iowa Agricultural College; O. A. C. Review history; agricultural co-operation; O. A. C. Review competitions; faculty; college societies' presidents; marriage; athletics; track and field; football; biographies; past editors O. A. C. Review; Halloween masquerade; Cosmopolitan Club dance; women's gymnastics; women's baseball; Schools' and Teachers' Department; agricultural education; public school; alumnae; local news; personals; alumni; advertising; Guelph
Description: This expanded Christmas issue contains articles on the farming heritage in Christmas celebrations, a travel log of a Roman holiday, the Christmas spirit in the writings of Dickens, and the Conservation Movement in agriculture. The Experimental Union article addresses creating varieties of wheat with high gluten content. The Horticulture column features an article by E. D. Smith reporting on Niagara district fruit and an outlook for fruit growers for 1912. The Poultry column contains reviews of the poultry department at Iowa Agricultural College, and O. A. C. poultry department. This issue also printed the winners of the O. A. C. Review's competition in stories, poems, cartoons, and photographs. Campus news reports faculty changes, biographies of the 4 new college organizations presidents, and the athletic results in football and track and field. The Macdonald articles are regarding the success of the Halloween masquerade, theatre night, Cosmopolitan Club dance, and women's athletics. The Schools' and Teachers' Department column features the advancement of agricultural education in Ontario schools. Alumni news provides current biographies of past editors of the O. A. C. Review.