Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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I TI-IE CSIQITANER 13 SALUTATORY By IsAAc SHAPIRO --l1 1' f Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentle- men: Tonight the Nineteen Hun- dred and Seventeen class welcomes you to its farewell exercises. Wlien our predecessors were on this same threshold we were only listeners, but thrilled with the anticipation for such a marked event in our lives, As compensation for our hopes we enjoy tonight its realiza- tion. Cn this event we are grateful to the many friends who are here to share with us the accounts of our past career, the peep into the future and the confluent ,feelings of joy and sorrow that are with us at this stage of our progress. Three years have rolled by since we first entered upon the vocation of agriculture-the foundation of all industries. In that time many were the principles that impressed and gave light to the seeker. But as an underlying axiom we learned of the dependence ot mankind upon the fruitfulness of the soil. Here the farmer takes his place and utilizes the gifts that nature provides to supply us with the basis for our material existence. The farmer began his work in prehis- toric times, and with the growing and advancement of civilization ag- riculture has played an important role. In historical records of a land that became the home of a people, and consequently marked with advancement and expansion. very little credit is given to the fact that the tiller of the soil was the one to make the settlement pos- sible. He started in with develop- ing the existing natural resources, planting the seeds and producing the bread for the maintenance of his fellowmen. When our forefathers settled in this country they found that the natives were scarce for the exten- sive territory they occupied yet barely managed to exist. Greatly would their numbers be decreased when they fought each other for the possession of the food that was not in abundance. The Indian was often too lazy to farm, and as a result of which his race dwindled and his land taken up by the indus- trious settlers with the farmers producing the food that was re- quired by the fast growing colonres. Farming has kept pace wrth the advancement of civilization. VVhere there was an increase in the popu- lation there was a broadening of the fields of agriculture. XYhen there was advancement in the arts and sciences of the world, farming was marked with its improvements. It has been so in every way that farming has kept its rank with the other progressive industries. Farming has its opportunities for becoming as perfected as any other industry, and is certain of inter- minable life. The knowledge that we are amongst the few who toil in such a free-leading and resource- ful occupation for the upkeep of humanity, leads us with an un- daunted step into the work our forefathers began.

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14 THE GLEANER CLASS HISTORY By A. RADLER It feels rather pleasant to have a history and a good one. Look- ing back over our three years' stay at the Farm School we can outline an inventory of our accomplish- ments, which should not only be profitable to our class but of vital interest to the coming classes. On the 17th day of March, 1914, forty-five specimen of the homo order issued forth from all parts of this broad country of ours to seek their fortunes by a new under- taking, viz.: to become agricultural uplifters and to enlighten the al- ready tillers of the soil. Of the many who have braved the wild and desolate regions in the unheard of county of Bucks, few have with- stood the perils and great hardships which lay before them.. But of the chosen few who have remained- great has been their compensation. The first to step forth on the shores of the promised land was one, Aaron Lieberman, a native of the wild and wooly Texas. Great was his surprise and consternation, on heholding a group of ragged rufhans-who were at the station to receive him with open arms-in place of his conjured conception of gentility. lt took this sad youth many weeks to acclimate himself to the environmental conditions. Nur next addition was a delicate young chap--hlulius Schultze, alias Dutchie, who brought with him his natural elements. lle was mag- nanimous in the revelation of his glory. when the very lirst rcpast at the school consisted of sausages for the main dish---the lllg thick kind that are a pride to every Dutch housewife. Cf the many more to follow as fast as the railroad called P. 81 R. could drop them off, bag and bag- gage, few were there who could be classed among the agricultural type. Cf the anarchists, reformers, prison authorities, clerks, free thinkers, socialists and adventurers from nearly every state in the union, that undertook this unknown step in the dark, for the advance- ment and good of his fellowmen, few-yea! verily so-have suc- ceeded to create a sensation with Prof, Bishop. It was not long, however, before Mr. Chas. Newsbaum. president of the senior class, called a freshman meeting to elect a temporary presi- dent. Mr. Donchin was elected. Mr. Newsbaum and Mr, Louis Helfand, a post graduate, each de- livered a very inspiring talk. On April 15, l9l-l, Mr. Kauf- man was added to our ranks, and it was not long before we realized his capabilities for the leadership of our class. Ile was unanimously elected president. lfnder his leader- ship there was a manifestation of true spirit in all school enterprises and activities. Un May 5, 1914, we played our first interclass hasehall game and gained our lirst victory. livery one tried hard to make the varsity hast-hall team, and we made a grand showing, having eight mcmhcrs on the varsity team of that season,