Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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14 THE GLEANER covered with bristling hairs. I greeted him and asked him how it came that he had such a grizzly top. Our Dean and Director, Dr. Sidney Stone put it there. Stone! Director? I exclaimed. No wonder you have hair on your head. Where is he at I must see him, I told him and after receiving directions I bid him goodbye and started for the campus. But what a sight when I reached it! It was Saturday afternoon and when we used to be in chapel, here were students shooting crap. I was speaking to a group of them when I felt my legs shoved from under me and later found myself sprawling in the dirt. It was a common occurrence when I was a student so I did not get angry. I asked who did it and for an answer I found or rather felt Sidney Stone all over me. Oh! What a happy meeting that was. We kissed each other, cried over each others shoulders and asked. a hundred questions of each other. I asked him what made him shave his mustache off, how were the little pebbles and asked him to tell me of himself. Well, he said, when old timers meet each other, it is no more than right to confide in each other. Listen -But no, not here- Lets go over to the chapel where we won't be bothered. Nobody ever goes near the place so we will be left alone. I followed him to the chapel, but oh, what an edifice! The windows were overgrown with poison ivy, cobweb covered the pulpit and the whole place was dilapidated. Even the prayer books were decaying. c To begin with, he said, after I graduated this school, I went to Storrs, Connecticut, to take up norm- al work in agriculture. I was a good student there, and at the end of four years I was sent here to have control of the Domestic Science Dept. an addition since we left. I wasn't here two weeks when I got disgusted. I was about to quit when I heard that the Director was resign- ing. Then of course a vacancy was left, and, having a strong pull with the women voters on the faculty, got the job- I've had the job for six years now. Everybodyis satis- ed. The Freshmen are allowed to associate with the girls. Juniors haze the Freshmen every night and the Seniors. doing us the favor of staying here three years, are al- lowed to do two hundred dollars worth of damage each week. I did away with Chapel and allow the students to

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THE GLEANER 13 and Fertilizer Works situated at Pontaloonia, Wisconsin. They were well organized too. Krauss took care of the chickens and Taube supplied the fertilizers. They did not forget that co-operation is the keynote for sucessf' They had learn't it in their classes at Farm School and carried it on thru life. I forgot to mention that the' flour that MO1Sllod bread was made of came from the Headgear Hesch Hotv house Co. Hesch is making good too, tho he is not specializing. He took out his electric lights and uses moonshine to keep his place attractive at night. He is doing a flourishing business and is quite happy- My next destination after leaving Chicago was New York, the City of Bombers. I thought it best to use the sbrre leather line there. It was more enjoyable, cheaper and not such a close line as being railroaded over. Besides Ilhad plenty of time and who knew but what I wouldn't come across some of the boys. But it was not until I had trudged seven hundred and thirty-two miles before I did see some one. I was glad to meet him to be sure, but it was past my expecta- tions of him. It was quite saddening. He was a poor old soul, but as a farmer he was a wonder. He had corns all over his feet, calves on his legs and cauliflower on his face. I always did wonder why he had hares on his head. They could easily have fallen down on his shoulder blades and cut themselves. He must have had trouble with his daughter for when I first came up to him, he was mumbling to himself, You 'cantalopej you 'canta- lope.' You may think your beau's a 'seedy' fellow, but I'll make him 'hop.' VVhen I asked him his name it took me some time to find out he wasn't saying Hell, Hell, but Hill. Poor old Hill. He used to be such a handsome little youngster when I last saw him and now look at him. His wife must have been responsible for that. But after meeting Hill I did not see anybody I knew for three days when suddenly as tho it came to meet me, I found myself in a Farm School orchardll looked about and saw only students pruning trees. There must have been at least twelve to each tree- And what a conglomeration of students! Big ones, small ones, con- sumptives, imbiciles, 'boys and girls and the forever present soap box politicians. I wandered out in the orch- ard some fifteen minutes when I came upon Mr. Richly. But what a change! His once billard ball head was

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THE GLEANER 15 run dances off instead. I have no trouble in keeping the 'coeds' in step with the rest of the school. I have also made several additions to the depart- ments. I put plush lounges in the shop, a student's cream supply in the dairy and opened a tannery to supply the students with cowhides. - I heard from Zinn the other day. He runs a big threshing concern out West. He buys up old lumber and threshes the grain out of the wood. I've also heard from a few of the other fellows. Ap- ple has a big tobacco ranch in North Dakota. He's happy. The first few years after he left F. S. he led a high life. Later he married a discarded theatrical star. Then he settled down on a farm, bought a couple cows and showed his wife how to live the milky way- If you ever have a chance go over to see him. Livingston got tired of raising flowers, so he went back to Ireland to raise a revolution. I got a letter from Gross two weeks ago. He's out in Palestine and is making good. He's doing community workg making things look lively out there. He changed the 'Dead C' into the 'Live B! The old timers had salty dispositions over the matier, but he soon got rid of them, installed Farm School Pep and got things going good, The Jipper always was a good worker, so watch for his success. That's all I know about the fellows. Now tell me about yourself. But first you must come over and get something to eat. Besides I want you to meet my wife Effie. I'll give you a 'knock down' to some of the broads at the Domestic Science Building. There are some high steppers there and I'm sure you will enjoy yourself. I went with him to dine and told him all I knew. But they sure did know how to entertain there. I almost felt I was in the Sultan of Turkey's private play room. I spent an enjoyable day there and in the morningof the next day took a train for rather the train took mel to New York. When I got off the train and stepped down into that hast hurlv-burly, hustling city I felt a bit out of place. sort of unadiusted to my surroundings and felt a little relief by calling a newsv for the morning paper. WuXtra! wuXtra! he called- W'hat'll ya have? 'Morning Stretchf 'Spooners Gazettef or 'Daily Yappf WuXtra!