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. |
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. |
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. |
1964 |
- Became part of the University of Guelph as a founding College. |
1965 |
- School of Landscape Architecture opened. |
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. |
1918 |
- Closer affiliation with the University of Toronto was affected. - C. D. McGilvray appointed principal. |
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. |
1964 | - Became part of the University of Guelph as a founding College. |
1965 |
- New building for avian pathology, wildlife diseases and virology opened. |