Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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.

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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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I I I THE CLEANER 15 zvesentatisn of jjfjoe ' T Jose h Levitch, President D Twenty-one years ago, the people of this country incredu- lously saw the foundations being laid for a school, such as which few men had ever seen or dreamed of. That it yas estab- lished to teach agriculture was clear enough, but to the skepti- cal amazement of the doubters, it purposed to instruct its stu- dents in the practical as well as theoretical phase of the pro- fession, and, as a climax, its students were to be composed, almost wholly, of a race, which for centuries- had been away from the soil. The fundament- al truth of Dr. Krauskopf's aims have since been made evident. Today they are acknowledged facts. T his transformation from wavering doubt to firm belief, has been due in no small meas- ure to the diligence of its stu- dents during their stay at the school, and after they have left it . to utilize their acquired knowledge and power. As a symbol of this quality of indus- try, the Hoe was chosen by the firstgraduating class in 1901. It has been painted Green and Gold-fitting colors. They are truly representative of our life, our profession, and our Alma Mater. Green e the glory- of the Springtime. Spring - the verdant season that bud and bloom brings forth With green hath clad the hill -So the poet singsg and so in- deed, doth green symbolize that glorious season and just as tru- ly doth it recall youth, the spring of our individual lives and of the life of our School. Gold represents harvest, the season of mists and mellow fruitfulnessf' It marks the ma- turifty of our lives, when we shall reap as wfe have sowed, and of the life of our Alma Mater, the time, fast aproaching, when it can look back to a long and hon- ored list of graduates, all striv- ing mightily to uphold and ex- alt her fair name. Ladies and gentlemen, for the past nineteen years the passing of this symbolic Hoe from the trust of one class to the keeping of another, has been a mark of the transition of the class from the joyous student days to those of future strife. Each gradu- ating Class has transmitted it to the following Seniors as their recognition of the new leaders in student thought and life. I, therefore, as Presid'ent of the Graduating Class of 1918, pass on to you, Mr. Mannes, as President of the coming Seniors of the National Farm School, this Hoe , as it is passed on to me by the Class of 1917 one year ago. , With the deliverance of this Hoe, the regime of the Nineteen Eighteen 'Class is at an end. We leave in your hands the duty of fostering the Farm School traditions and activities. Ac- cept our hearty congratulations and our earnest hopes that the coming year will be a most suc- cessful and promising one for the Classes of '19 and '20.