Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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THE GLEANER l 93 modest Walls, let us remember the spirit that prevailed at Farm School. The usefulness of a stamp is that it sticks to the let- ter until it gets there, and so the success of a man's life is measured by his stick-to-itiveness and usefulness to benefit mankind. Farming in any of its branches is the noblest occupation of man. Stick to farming, and you shall reap as you sow--success will be within your reach: you will be a credit to your Alma Mater and the pride of your friends. Let us remember the parting words of Pol- onius to Laertes: This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day thou canst not then be false to any man. I avail myself of this opportunity to heartily thank our honorable President, Director Ostrolenk, the mem- bers of the Faculty and matron for their kind interest in our welfare. Here we have passed a period in our young manhood, while you have molded our characters and of- ten mended our Ways. We are greatly indebted to the earnest efforts of the members of our school board, and hope to see the day when this school shall be a bigger and better Farm fSchool, and even exceed the fondest hopes of its founder and President, Dr. Joseph Krauskopf. :lk Si: S6 it :XS if And While ushering in the program of the day, I cor- dially bid you welcome. IN OUR CLASS A Resume As it is Opposites The most athletic boy Gelles Paris The most handsome boy Goldfeld ' Schorr The most popular boy Wenger Goldenbaum The most literary boy Frishkopf Cohen The most humorously boy Toffler Pastanack The cleverest boy Morris Forman The Wittiest boy K1'iS116I' SHYC161' The best ortor FOX Ylllke The best danger Rothstein Rabinowitz The best actor' MHZOI' Ring The best worker Ki9S1i11S Ullman The best leg puller Towner Zelanko The leading Socialist Leedes F19iSC1Q11Lilll Miss Churchman's favroite B61'121Ck C11'0fU

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192 THE GLEAN ER association with our instructors, re-enforced by the rigid guidance of our Director Ostrolenk, led us to victory. Yes, how well we remember that year of 1919, when the entire world, robbed of its flowering youth, was but slowly recovering from the inhuman monstrosities wrought by the most cruel menace of 111ankind-war. At last the people have learnt the tragic lesson that war is a curse at all times. The thinking few of the younger gen- eration have begun to appreciate the dire need of the rap- idly decreasing number of men and women who produce, who bring forth, who grow food and raiment for the hun- gry and needy harvester-the world-as compared with the non-essential class, who consume or unprofitably waste and squander the products of human toil. Hence our motto: The pen is mightier than the sword, yet mightier than either, and n1ore necessary, is the hoe. And so we hope for the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah: It will come to pass ' ' ' ' and they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooksg nation will not lift up sword against na-- tion, neither will they learn war any more Graduation, the word reminds me of two sim- ilarly sounding words-grade and graduate measure.,4- The merchant or buyer grades the merchandise, and the pharmacist uses his glass graduate when dispensing the Elixir of Life, to see whether he has enough or too much of the life-giving and life-destroying elements. So is our graduation to-day a criterion to measure or grade the degree of ability with which we are fitted to enter a higher step. The name, Belshazzar will suggest to you the histori- cal handwriting on tl1e wall. While the king of Babylon was feasting with his courtiers, the hand appeared on the wall and wrote, Mene, mene, tekel, ufarsin -your na- tion was graded and found deficient--and the result was the downfall of Babylon. The same pair of scales that found a kingdom deficient are now registering an over- balance in our favor. And while we are today sailing on the great black boat of life, fortified by a preparation to enter into and interpret Nature's laws and secrets, do not let us forget our happy old Farm School, where bloomed our first flowers of knowledge, and where many life-long friends were gained, where so many happy hours were spent, and dear traditions were upheld: where earnest effort was rewarded and hard work always reigned supreme. Ever so far we may be drifted from these, Dr. Krauskopf's

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194 THE GLEANER lirrzrntatinn nf tin, Thur BY LEWIS I. FOX Ladies and gentlemen :- In this world the majority of people are so dovetailed that each o11e depends upon the other for a livelihood. More or less, we are all dependent upon Nature. But there is one person in this universe that can be really in- dependent if necesa.ry, and that one is the Farmer. Throughout the ages and even to this very day, and no matter how far ahead agriculture may advance, there is one implement that will remain as the foundation. That is the HOE. The colors of our hoe are Green and Gold, being em- blamatic of certain symbols in Nature. Green-for the spring of the year, when youth bubbles over with exuber- ence. Gold-for the harvest and sunshine when we reap the products of what we have sown. This very hoe will soon pass into the twenty-fifth year of its existence. With it has gone the best wishes of one class to another. To you, Mr. Bennet, as president, and the entire Senior Class of 1923, this occasion should be an event that will always be remembered and cherished for the rest of your lives. Now you are assuming the leadership and welfare of the school, and in behalf of the 1922 graduating class, I, as president, honor you and bequeath to you this useful hoe. I hope you will always avail yourself of every op- portunity to adopt everything for which it stands-hon- esty, industry and brotherly feeling. Thus terminates our stay at the National Farm School as Seniors, and I heartily wish you all a successful year, both scholastic and athletic. May you uphold the traditions of the school and be ready whenever you are called upon to do your share. f Q