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Author Ross, Alexander M., 1916-

Title The college on the hill : a new history of the Ontario Agricultural College, 1874-1999 / Alexander M. Ross & Terry Crowley
Edition 2nd ed
Published Toronto : Dundurn, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
Contents Preface; Chapter One: A School for Scandal; Chapter Two: Firmer Foundations, 1874-1879; Chapter Three: Consolidation, 1879-1904; Chapter Four: O Brave New World? 1904-1920; Chapter Five: College Days and Nights to 1930: The Beginnings of Youth Culture; Chapter Six: Interregnum, 1920-1947; Chapter Seven: The Golden Years: The Advent of the University of Guelph, 1947-1973; Chapter Eight: Symbiosis, 1974-1999; Notes; Appendices; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary How has the Ontario Agricultural College contributed to Canadian education? What role has the college played in the development of agriculture since it was founded in 1874? This history of Canada's oldest agricultural college revolves around these two questions. It shows that the college's mandate has changed in its attempt to serve both education and agriculture. The Ontario Agricultural College was established to enshrine science in farming, but it also became the testing and extension arm of the provincial ministry of agriculture. Direct government control for ninety years pr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index
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Subject Ontario Agricultural College -- History
SUBJECT Ontario Agricultural College fast
Subject Agriculture -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Ontario -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
Agriculture -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Ontario
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Crowley, Terence Allan, 1946-
Ontario Agricultural College.
ISBN 9781554883196
1554883199