Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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!

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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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16 GLEANER Give me the 'Daily Yappj I said. The only reason why I took the 'Daily Yapp' was because I didn't take any other. I put the paper in my pocket and for the want of something else to do I ask the newsy for his name. I told him he had clean cut features but a dirty face and I patted him on the shoulder and called him Sonny.'f I may have gone further but he interfered and said: ' Say mister, cut dat 'sonny' stuff. If yer want my name an' history I'll tell yer. I say it about six times a iay anyway to sech guys like youse, so here goes. We- ie mudder, pop an' me odder two mrudders-11ve in a shanty next to the Count. The Count's a bannaner con- noisseuer. If yer want ter come down some day I'l1 in- terdooce yer to me Pop. He's a school teacher. We ain't as poor as you might think, only pop don't want ter pay the income tax, so we live in a dump. What did you sa that banana venderis name was? I asked him. ' I didn't say, he replied, but if your anxious, I tell yer. He's Dominick DeVito. Him an' me Pops old friends. No sooner than I heard the I felt like a life long resident of New York. I have found another classmate! Then I asked him for his father's name. Me Dad's Phil Trupinf' he answered- I'm Jake, me mudder's Rose, an' me oder two brudders is Ike an' Wait a minute! I exclaimed. You say your dad is Phil Trupin? Here's a dollar. Take me to him. I gave him the dollar but he didn't seem to want it very bad. I-Ie said he would use it to buy his smaller brother the cigarettes he ow'd him. We agreed that he should first take me to the banana merchant and then he would take me to his , Pop. On the way to DeVeto's stand, he asked me if I have been to the new mooseem yet. I told him I hadn't, so he offered to take me up there. . Dey got a great artist there now, he said, wot paints dat sentimental stuff. He's got a picture there of a friend of his'n and a girl. Its stunning. The museum was on our way so when we came to it we went in. I was looking at the various pictures when my young friend nudged my side and whispered, There's ture. A the guy now. He's watching, the crowd around his pic-