Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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THE GLEANER 13 liant and illustrious candidates. Finally Mr. Helfand was chosen president and under his leader- ship there was a manifestation of true spirit in all school en- terprises. So things slowly but surely progressed. We participated in all school activities, including farm work, pillow fights, social- istic debates and bomber meet- ings, which were then running in full swing. As the months rolled on, we became more intimate and dis- covered many talented youths in our midst. One in particu- lar, Abe Jaqobstein, alias Pick- les, a corpulent Kentucky Gen- tleman, made the startling dis- covery that In Onions There is Strength. With this knowledge of its overwhelming powers he proceeded thenceforth to plant the seeds of this rare and odor- ferus herb, while lying on his back, much to the amusement of his fellow-classmates and dis- gust of our Horticultural Pro- fessor, Mr. Fancourt. At this point of our career, our capabilities for organization having developed to an abnorm- al degree, a few of us formed a Waiters' Brotherhood. the chief purposes of which were to up- hold the dignity of the waiters and insure an equitable distri- bution of food among the wait- ers and their respective tables. For a time- it ran smoothly on this purely socialistic basis, but soon the inherent capitalist appetite of Sherman overcame his powers of restraint and re- sulted in the disorganization of the Union. As President Halpern said in his farewell address, ' Brethren, the demand is bigger than the supply and we must once more sink down to the low level of the modern chaos. When the baseball season ar- rived, we suffered a defeat in the annual inter-class game. The following months were spent in preparing for the all important football season. To us belongs the honor of having ushered in the gridiron sport with the larg- est boniire and best rally that any class has ever arranged. In the inter-class football game that followed, we again bowed down to defeat at the hands of the Juniors. Though we fought bravely and displayed our pluck, we had to yield to their over whelming' weight and experi- ence. So ended our Freshman year, when bliss and ignorance reign- ed supreme. The advent of the Junior year, with its added cares and responsibilities, was marked by a gala banquet at Goss' Hotel, Furlong, Pa. With Mr. Sabbath as presi- dent, the outlook for the coming year was very promising. How- ever, due to a complication of affairs which a.rose in the insti- tution soon after, many of our classmates, including our presi- dent, left our ranks. We soon recovered from the blow and re- organized under the leadership if Mr. Levitch.

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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-

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14 ' THE CLEANER In this settled state, the year pased rapidly, the major part of our ime being expended in the study of Plant Pathology, Economic Entomology, Agricul- tural Bacteriology and Econo- mic Fungi, under our worthy Professor, Miss Borden. The breathing spells that she occas- ionly spared us, we devoted to the various school sports, in- cluding shuffle board. In the inter-class game that occured at the end of the f0'ot- ball season, we made repara- tion for our defeat of the pre- ceding year, by emerging as easy victors. The twelve members that still remained of the original thirty- two, now faced a new era under a changed administration. Dr. Washburn having retired after fifteen years of faithful and com- petent service, the duties of the directorship were placed in the hands of Mr. Ostrolenk, a for- mer graduate of this institution. Under his guidance, our Senior Year was an eventful and inter- esting one. Realizing that this year was the last stage of our mental up- lift, we set to our tasks and worked laboriously. VV e assum- ed the responsibility of all school activities and as leaders did our utmost to promote them to the highest degree. Our diligence was interrupted only by the appearance of two gatherings, Camp Arden, in our midst, and the other, Camp Un- ity, in the near vicinity. Being composed almost entirely of the fair sex, they proved a great at- traction to the Farm School stu- dents, and a keen competition arose between them, each camp striving to outdo the other in attaining the highest record of broken hearts. Judging from the heated discussions that ob- tained among their admirers, it was obvious that the concensus of opinion favored the Yipsils, or Unity girls. However, though outnumbered and outmaneuver- ed the Camp Arden damsels maintained a strong op- position. May their efforts prove more successful in the coming year. - At the breaking up of the camps, we returned to our for- mer diligence and spent the last few months in acquiring a broad and worldly view of agriculture and life in general, under the fatherly instruction of Professor Bishop. So ends this brief history of the 1918 Class. So has Dame Fortune guided us through events and occasions of joy and gladnes. So , has her iickle daughter led us thru experiences so varied and diverse that it may truthfully be said, Here is an organization that has seen and felt more changes and lived thru more tribulations than any pre- ceding classf' May the grac- ious Goddess of Destiny be as lenient to us in the future years as she has been to us here and may Miss Fortune never so dis- courage us that we deviate from the straight and narrow path that leads to success and pros- perity.