Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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. THE GLEANER 3 Zase jfis-Esozrg This day is a memorable one- Not only is it full of memory to us but also to our friends, who have watched us grow to our present manhood. Today we tell the his- tory of our class life, recount its defeats and victories and honor those classmates who made our organization worthy of memory at this institution. I present the Class '21 as a sheaf of ripened grain, sown and grown on the grounds of the National Farm School. Twenty-three sheaves have been garnered by our Alma Mater before, but unlike the events that en- veloped the earlier fruit, ours was born under dishearten- ing times. We were sown and culivated when war plow- ed and furrowed- the entire globe. Today we are the pro- duct of that seed-full grown with a great significance to the starving reaper and harvester-the world- Like a plant whose life history is divided into three divisions-the seed, its growth and the fruit, our life history too, is presented into three different periods cor- responding respectively to the plant,-the Freshmen, Junior and Senior year. Our Freshmen year represents the seed. What a variety! They came from Tennessee, Virginia, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey. Such seed !-and all to take root on this well prepared seed bed -the National Farm School. Our stay at this school for the first year was not a happy one with relations out side our own class group. For a time we were filled with stress and hate, but midst the common desires, our brawls disapeared. To Morris Glick belongs the honor for the wonderful aid he gave us in ascertaining our rights from the upper classmen. We regret that he is not here with us to share our joy and sorrow today. The spring of our freshmen year saw us get into athletic stride. For the first time since we can recall to our memory, four of our men represented us on the varsity baseball team. Hounk Zinn was the star twirl- er that year and kept his position on the mound for three successive years. Today, like many of us he leaves, much to the regret of the students. Piggy Mills then in our class, Was behind the bat, Summer Smith and Morris

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2 THE GLEANER ' What a different school we are leaving in 1921 than in which we entered in 1918. Thanks to the tireless ef- forts of our President and Founder, Rev. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf and to the Board of Directors that in the-se three years the National Farm School has become a big- ger and better institution. PHILIP TRUPIN, '21, .. + D 1 Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal, Dust thou art, to dust returnest. Was not spoken of the soul. Longfellow. + DO THEY MISS NIE? Do they miss' me at home, do they miss me? It would be an assurance most dear, To know this moment some loved one Was saying, I wish he were here. To feel that the group at the fireside Was thinking of me as I roam, It would be joy beyond measure To know they missed me at home. Do they set me a chair at the table, When the evening pleasures are nigh, When the candles are lit in the parlor And the stars twinkle in the sky? When the good nights are repeated, And all lay down to their sleep, Do, they think of their beloved one, And wish him good-night while they sleep. P-BURTEN BURLACK, '22. +1 If any of our readers decide to take a drive in the 011611 they can ind hammer and MUS in the Gd1t0f'S

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4 THE GLEANER Glick were there too. All with that twenty-one -spirit. We have the honorable distinction of beating the Juniors in the annual baseball tournament-a feat that has occurred only twice in the history of our school. But what a game! In spite of the many threats of our adversary, every soul was in the game. To Hounk Zinn and Mills, our batteries, too much mention cannot be made. It was the twirling of Zinn with the super- guidance of Mills, that resulted in our victory, 4-1. After this game our minds were no longer on athle- tics, at least for the season. Work, real work followed' Who does not remember the days spent in the haymow? Tho laborious-yet enjoyable. And the Neshaminy, whose placid water bathed and gave boundless joy to our weary bodies. That summer was a happy one. Enter fall. Autumn found us both at a loss of some of our classmates and also at new additions. Mills, Smith and Goldberg were advanced to the junior class. In return Iv 3 received Samuels who proved to be a wonderful asset to our athletic world. Harry Krauss came and proved an asset as business manager of the Gleaner. Taube arrived a few days later, now he leaves the editorship of the Gleaner Later came Statman, who proved a worthy car- toonist for our magazine. We soon organized ourselves again under the lead- ership of Di Veto. Once again we were beginning to feel that spirit that has for us won our first fracas with the Juniors. It was time for our second battle with the upper- classmen. This time for football supremacy. Although the odds were against us, we were confident of victory. Nothing could in the least effect our '21 spirit. With Zinn, who played halfbackg Greenwald, who proved to be an iron wall on the line and with Cooper, Silverman, Taube, DiVeto, Gross, Statman, Swerdlou, nothing could make us feel discouraged. But-then-the inevit- able! The morning before the game, Samuels, our quar- terback, while being drunk with enthusiasm, injured his hand. Had this occurred during the game, the loss would not been so great-but with fate against us our spirit was broken. Our players were broken hearted- In such a condition we entered the game. But once started we fought desperately and fell before our adversaries. They beat us 20-0. The close of our Freshmen year was nearing. In the distance we saw the great responsibilities that would be put upon us. Ever mindful Qi! Qui' task We S-HW the