Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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

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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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THE GLEANER 5 lack of centralized student government. We became Juniors, and under the leadership of Trupin, our thoughts became actions. We proposed a system of self- government. The Seniors refused our plans and the idea was dropped for the time. The second baseball season was nearing, and the spring of our Junior year found enthusiasts on the James Work Athletic Field. Greenwald, Stone, Samuels, Zinn and Silverman played on the varsity team, which proved to be the best in the history of the school. During the summer the work was not so tiresome. Ourexperience, with our theoretic knowledge helped us to conquer many a task that only a year ago seemed a physical impossibility. We took active part in the social life of our school and in so doing our pleasant summer sped rapidly. This summer we took our second baseball toll from the Freshmen. We trounced them to 24-6. So sped our second summer- Once again our books were taken from their shelves. Classes were resumed with fervor. It was not long after classes started when we received a well known ex-soldier into our class. He was Abraham Krotoshinsky, the hero of the Lost Bat- talionf' i .It was at this time that the athletic fever enveloped us. Our class again proved ourselves to be great enthusi- asts. Our enthusiasm provedits purpose. Fifty per cent of the 1920 varsity football team were members of the '21 class. The team proved the greatest in the history of the school. The team was captained and managed by two ex-'21 men, Mills and Smith. Our spirit was kept aiire until after our third victory. In the final inter-class foot- ball tournament we proved the victors over the Fresh- men-52-0. Our Junior year was at an end, and the great re- sponsibilities that once loomed from the distance, were now facing us. The old idea, that our school lacked a centralizec' government began to make its assertions. This time, with positive results. Immediately the organi- zation was becoming a part of the school. The student council was a representation of all classes and organiza- tions of the school. Altho the idea and purpose of the council was that of the highest, yet in its organization we met our iirst real defeat. Not becauseof lack of ability, not because of being impracticable, but because of lack of co-opera- tion on part of the underclassmen. Being younger they