What do Kleenex, the Winter Olympics, Band-Aids, Caesar salad and College Royal at the University of Guelph all have in common?
They all turn 100 in 2024.
For those unaware, College Royal is the largest student-run university open house in North America.
And it started in 1925.
“It was started by a group of people who wanted to show livestock,” Lexi Johnston, a Bachelor of Science in agriculture student and current president of College Royal, told Farms.com. “So, the roots of College Royal really run deep in ag.”