Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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THE GLEANER 11 ment of his desire, -a bigger, broader, better Farm School. To the rest of the Faculty, all of whom have constantly and ardently striven to perfect us in the science of agriculture, both in the field and fthe classroom, we wish to leave our hearty ap- preciation for their labors, sev- ere and trying at all times, in our behalf. To the Matrons, Miss Abrams and Miss, Churchman, for their motherly care and concern, nev- er-ceasing in their solicitude for our welfare, we offer our grate- ful thanks and assure them of our heart-felt love and esteem. We ask the Board of Mana- gers, who so unstintingly give of their time and energy to the needs and demands of this school, to accept our sincere ap- preciation. To the Founder and President of the school since its inception in 1897, Dr. Krauskoff, a paragon of perseverance, an illuminating example of stead- fastness of purpose despite tre- mendous odds, we respect -the words with which we hailed the anniversary of his sixtieth birth- day on Monday, January 213 May you continue in full vigor for many, many years to come, and may the National Farm School be a torch to the realiza- tion of your ideals. l Lastly, to you, Fellow-schoo1- mates and comrades. We have come to the parting of the ways. The day has come when the bonds of comradeship, welded by our common purpose to up- hold the standard of our Alma Mater in studies and in sports, must be broken. The recollec- tions of your association, of the time that we have lived, suffer- ed and rejoiced together shall remain with us as sweet and hallowed memories. List ye well to the tale of our Farm School experiences. Benefit by our mistakes. Let the story of our errors serve to remove from your path some of the obstacles you are bound to encounter in the coming year. Tonight, members of the 1919 Class, we leave in your trust, the heritage of Farm School's cher- ished ideals. See to it, see to it that they receive no check, but go ever onward and u p w a r d , higher, higher, higher. Give your unqualified support to your various associations. S t a n d firm and true to the noble tra- ditions of the school and above all, let nothing sully, let nothing mar the honored and respected name of our beloved Alma Ma- ter. von if on- Qn - -Q 'sa' :Q-. el 1 l - gif, ff mo no, 'ik'

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10 'THE GLEANER aZutasQ2fg V Joseph Levitch ' Members of the Faculty, Fel- low-Students and Friends:-In behalf of the graduating class I extend to you a cordial welcome to our Class Day exercises and hope that you will fully en- joy the time that you will sperfd with us. Today, you witness the culmi- nation of the career of the Class of 1918 at the National Farm School. Three years have roll- ed by since iirst we entered its gates as timid, trembling fresh- men, in utter ignorance of the new vista of life that later grad- ually unfolded itself before our eyes, a life fraught with new meanings and possibilities. With us, on that day, came twenty others, twenty hopeful hearts, just as enthusiastic, just as eager to learn a.s we. But inexorable Fate has drawn them to other pursuits and out of the thirty-two you'ths who. came three years ago to this institu- ion in the quest of agricultural knowledge, there are but twelve that leave it tonight, o put their new-found energies and capa- bilities to the severe test of life. Here w'e steadily and earnest- ly prepared ourselves for the great struggle of existence we are soon to encounter, that when the time should come when we would be called upon to take our part in the world, we would not be found want- ing. For Fdrin School, be it known, is a world in itself, a miniature world, with its sor- rows and its joys. its problems and perplexities, its failures and successes. Here, thanks to the teachings of r our Faculty, we have been instilled with the spir- it to conquer, and the time that we have spent here means three years of serious, sedulous study, of hard and earnest work, 'con- centrated in us. It is .only in the years to come that the fruits of this industry will be apparent and, classmates, it is our duty, nay, our privilege, to be in the vanguard of those who shall proudly carry the banner of our Alma Mater to fame and re- nown. I I take this opportunity to voice to all those who have had a part in the shaping of our career at this school, the feel- ings of gratitude present in the heart of' every member of th-e 1.918 Class. j To our Director, Mr. Bernard Ostrolenk, who came to us a lit- tle over a year ago, bringing with him an intense desire for sincere, mutual-benefitting co- operation and kindling in us anew, there-by, the feelings of loyalty to theschool and its tra- Iditions, of love for all theassoci- ations, since grown so near and dear to us, we can only express our regard in the wish that his good work may never stop and in the hope that the culmination of his efforts will be the attain-

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12 THE GLEANER glass scQx?g Davin Rovin A History repeats itself ! lf that be the case, Dame Fortune has led us thru many varied repeti- tions, indeed. However, to the noble youths who were to com- prise the 1918 Class, Dame For- tune presented these repetitions as new and varied experiences, and, occasionally her daughter, Miss F'ortune,,took a hand. Gur Class History was auspic- iously begun on April 7, 1915, when six callow youths, on hear- ing the conductor's call of Farm School , made haste to plant their feet upon this Gar- den of Eden. Four of them man- aged to do so with dignity, while Sherman and Kunis, in an impetuous attempt, jumped off on the wrong side, and, with bag and baggage in hand, as per regulation- rolled down the cin- dered embankment and landed in a heap. The later trains brought additional specimens and on the last freight, sent by special delivery from New York, hidden in a barrel half full of excelsior and labeled Handle with Care! This side up was discovered George E. Aidman, philosophically musing over his dire past, blissful present and hopeful future. It was, indeed, a representa- tive group that lined up for en- rollment. Mr. Prouty, a gover- nor from Massachusetts, check- ed up m.any peculiar types, among them being free-think- efrs, Bolsheviks, Presbyterians, lnnternationalists, Bible Stu- dents and many other species of the Animal Kingdom. On the second day after our arrival, we felt very ambitious and were :filled with an over- whelming desire for work. The upperclassmen, understanding our youthful exuberance as a natural trait in all newly- arriv- ed freshmen, gave us the privi- lege of performing various tasks. One was sent to the dairy for a bucket of steam, others went scouring the various farms for post holes and squash stretch- ers, while some were even initi- ated into the mystery of the Babcock Tester, which, how- ever, bore a strange resemblance to a tree-trunk. One poor soul, after a diligent search, even managed to discover a lost plow in the haymow. Then came themeeting of the S. S. A. We freshmen receiv- ed a special invitation to attend. life were led to believe that the affair had been arranged in our honor and at- the me-eting, the reception was so cordial that we felt the effects of it for weeks afterward. In fact, for several days, Farm School had the appearance of a sanitarium rather than of a school for teaching agriculture. . Having passed the acid test, we were ready to be organized. Thereupon the president of the Senior Class herded us together in the folds of the laboratory one afternoon and the 1918 Class was established. It might be mentioned that we had diffi- culty in selecting our officers, due to a superabundance of bril-