Activities and facilities at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario. Many of the buildings at the college are shown: Massey Hall and Library, the Gymnasium, the Animal Husbandry Building, the Judging Pavillion, cattle barns, poultry buildings, dairy barns, physics and biology buildings, field husbandry building, the dining hall, Mills Hall (men's residence), Macdonald Hall (women's residence), apiculture, horticulture, and farm mechanics buildings. Scenes of science and agricultural instruction to men and domestic science instruction to women are shown. Includes footage of: track and field sports at the college; five sprinters racing toward the camera; winner crossing the ribbon; Ontario Agricultural College in the background; the start of a long distance race; starters and spectators watching the race; spectators cheering; four sprinters running; winner crossing the ribbon in front of the camera; girls in college uniform in a long line, marching two by two into a "W" formation, stopping and then starting again, ending in two long lines crossing the field; girls in college uniform running an obstacle race; girls running in bare feet cross a field, rummage through a large pile of clothing and shoes, emerge wearing shoes, jackets, raincoats, hats and scarves, and finish the race while carrying open umbrellas; and six girls wearing college sweaters stand with their backs to the camera and then turn to the camera and smile. A visit by Governor General Viscount Willingdon shows him arriving in an open convertible, followed by four other cars, the motorcade stopping at the main entrance steps, the Governor General alighting, being greeted by college officials, the officials and the Governor General walking down the steps and watching a parade of livestock, the Governor General inspecting a shorthorn, the Governor General walking with others in a field and the Governor General raising the Union Jack. A sequence on a convocation ceremony shows large crowds of students entering the main entrance to the college, students turning and waving to the camera, the Governor General with college officials posing for the camera, female students wearing graduation gowns coming out of the college, carrying bouquets, a student walking up the path to MacDonald Hall, girls waving from the windows, student outside waves back, and MacDonald Hall Matron Mrs. Fuller coming out of the hall and greeting a former student. Footage of a visit by the Prince of Wales shows the arrival of the motorcade on the college grounds, cheering crowds, the Prince of Wales shaking hands with students and college officials, and crowds waving and cheering as the Prince departs. Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science visit the college. Footage shows some of the scientists touring the grounds with college president Dr. G.I. Christie and looking at a bull, Dr. Russell of Rothamstead looking at some plants in a field, G.I. Christie writing while seated at a desk, Russell and Christie look on as a building is under construction at the college; and the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the new building by Ontario Premier G. Howard Ferguson. <23mn>
