Notable Dates In Connections with Colleges

Author: Unknown

Publication Date: 1966

Edited: 2021

From: The Guelph Daily Mercury, Tuesday, November 30, 1965.

Ontario Agricultural College:

1869	- The Hon. John Carling proposed the establishment of a School of Agriculture in Ontario.
1874-1879	- William Johnston appointed principal. His regime saw a firm foundation laid for the future.
1874	- June 1: Guelph had 31 students in residence at the School of Agriculture and Experimental Farm.
1879-1904	- James Mills appointed president.
1880	- February 11: Act of Legislature created the Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm, Guelph. - Associate Diploma officially approved. - Ontario Agricultural and experiment Union formed.
1886	- Three-year course organized.
1888	- Five candidates granted the B.S.A. degree.
1889	- First issue of OAC Review appeared.
1893	- February: Dairy school opened.
1901	- Massey Hall and library completed.
1902	- B.S.A. program extended to four years.
1903	- Macdonald Institute opened.
1904-1920	- George C. Creelman appointed president.
1914	- New buildings completed, including field husbandry and poultry buildings, as well as a new dining hall. - New physics building under construction.
1918	- First woman admitted to regular long course in agriculture.
1920-1928	- J. B. Reynolds appointed president.
1920	- Mills Hall completed.
1924	- Opening of Memorial Hall.
1926	- Degree for a Masters of Science established.
1928-1947	- G. I. Christie appointed president.
1932	- New Administration Building opened.
1941-1944	- No. 4 Wireless School stationed at the College.
1947-1950	- W. R. Reek appointed president.
1947-1948	- Eight grade 13 papers required for admission to the first-year of degree course.
1950-1962	- J. D. MacLachlan appointed president.
1959	- Department of Extension Education opened.
1962	- Became part of Federated Colleges. - N. R. Richards appointed as Dean.
1964	- Became part of the University of Guelph as a founding College. - Ph.D. program set up under the University of Guelph.
1965	- School of Landscape Architecture opened. - School of Agricultural Engineering formed from Department of Engineering Science.

Ontario Veterinary College:

1861	- Professor Buckland sent to Scotland where Professor Dick recommended Andrew Smith to head a veterinary school in Canada.
1862	- Ontario Veterinary College granted a private charter.
1866	- First class of three men graduated as veterinary surgeons.
1908	- E. A. A. Grange appointed principal. - The College was acquired by the government and placed under the direction of the Minister of Agriculture.
1918	- Closer affiliation with the University of Toronto was affected. - C. D. McGilvray appointed principal. - Course lengthened to four years.
1922	- College transferred to Guelph.
1945	- Andrew L. MacNabb appointed principal.
1946	- Degree changed from Bachelor of Veterinary Science to Doctor of Veterinary medicine.
1949	- 46-acre experimental research station set up. Course lengthened from four-years to five-years.
1952	- T. Lloyd Jones appointed principal.
1955	- Permission obtained from University of Toronto to give a complete graduate program.
1959	- Medical-surgical building opened with the most advanced facilities on the continent.
1962	- College celebrated its 100th birthday. - Became a part of Federated Colleges for administration purposes.
1964	- Became part of the University of Guelph as a founding College.
1965	- New building for avian pathology, wildlife diseases and virology opened. - Undergraduate course changed to a four-year professional course and entrance requirements changed to include two years of pre-veterinary education at University level.