Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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.

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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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16 THE GLEANER FAVORIT NA1ME AMBITION DESTINY EXPRESSIO AIDMAN To get married A soap box orator O you son uvagun 7 BECKEIR A mlk tester A barber pole Aw fellows cut it out will you BOYES To be a tough guy A parson I say s to hlm say s I FISHMAN A co lege professor Owner of a harem The quest on 1 1 One sfhall I HALPERN To raise beef cows policeman A11 dont you think I am t cause It IS KUNIS To be among the elite bell boy Ill admit I dont 11' LEVITCH A Journalist dope fiend Gggrge got de mak MAYER A rose grower street cleaner AW Sher Op MoCO'OL To be an editor newsboy Doggone lt I kne it a. 1 the time ROVIN A proh1b1t1on1st drunkard AW what the h 1 SHERMAN To be a singer button hole maker That S the mme I fffffiiooled you SCHUFFMAN To be a chemisl bugler Oh Im so dizzy Qropheeg Joseph Kums It was in the year 1937 The Central and Allied powers were still grappling with ea.ch other on the battlefields of Eu- rope for world supremacy. What was iirst a coniined European War was now, in truth, a world conflict, the grip of Mars having drawn every nation of the unl- verse to one side or the other. For the last ten years We had been slowly driving the Germans back inch by inch through their own territory simply by dint of milltary force and superior man power The popular conception that Germany would in time have to submit to defeat because of lack of food and internal re volt had long ago been proven a fallacy , Twelve years ago I enhsted in the 730th regiment, Pennsyl- vania Infantry. Gradually, by accumulated experience and KNCCKS AND BOOST i - I ' . . , , .A ' . - T: ' X ' . A 1 . . ' ' , I , r D ' - 'lx' - A . ' ' ' I in au, but- ' . A V ' . . , ,gig ' A ' 1 ,L . T i , I- . , , A - . V 1 , .. ,,,g . . . . D , A . , 4 h --- 'll f . ,A - A . ' - , , wt. A . i ,G '1 . , A l , I 0 . , . .