Past and present - the Y.M.C.A. at the O.A.C. 1888-1915, OAC Review, v.27, no.4, Jan. 1915, p.154-157. 1915.

Ontario Agricultural College. Student Societies. Literary Society.

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Trophy awarded to encourage competition and participation in the work of the Philharmonic Society, the Union Literary Society and the English Division of the College Royal. From the description of Intramural Phil-Lit trophy presented by Year '50 O.A.C. for annual competition. 1950. (University of Guelph). WorldCat record id: 626334560 ...

OAC Review Index

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Zavitz, Charles A. (Charles Ambrose), 1863-1942

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Charles Ambrose Zavitz (1863–1942, born Coldstream, Ontario) was born in 1863 into a family that was a combination of both Quakers and United Empire Loyalists. Upon graduation in 1886 from the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario, the college hired him as a junior chemist, promoted him in 1888 to Assistant Superintendent of Experiments, and again in 1904 to head the new department of Field Husbandry. Zavitz revitalized the Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union. "By 1924 mo...

MacLaren, A.

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Young Men's Christian Association (Montpelier, Vt.)

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After several preliminary attempts, the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) was established in Spokane Falls, Washington Territory on November 4, 1884. William Markham was its first secretary. The Association, combining interests in social, physical and spiritual welfare among men, grew rapidly in the rapidly expanding trade center of eastern Washington. Soon after 1900, attempts were made to raise funds for a permanent home with full facilities. A large new bui...