Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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

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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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'-v THE GLEANER 195 Gilman liiatnrg BY BURTON BERLACK Ladies and gentlemen:- It was in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen and in the month of March that the Philadelphia and Reading train from Philadelphia dumped a load of bag- gage in front of the Farm School station. After close examination, a small animal was seen struggling in the midst of it. Ma.ny conjectures were made as to what sort of specie it was. Mr. Marcovitz, our eminent biolo- gist at the time, said it looked similar to the specie marco- vicie, but he was not sure of it. Meyer Goldman said it resembled an aborigine of the Fiji Islands. At last Miss Colvin, the acting governor, came along and took charge of the small insect. After close questioning, she found it to be Joe Leedes, the first member and nucleus of the Class of Nineteen Twenty-two. From this time on the Farm School station took on the appearance of the Read- ing Terminal as more members were added to the clan. As train after train entered the school, the tribe increas- ed. The Seniors welcomed us with open arms, farmeris gold, the horse trough, etc. Our Hrst athletic endeavors were to see just who could pay the most dues and initia- tion fees to the upper classmen. As time went on, more and more entered, while others left. How well do we re- member Texas, our star second basemang Berman, our star third basemang Ross, our honorable vice presidentg Bob Hays, the galloping cow-boy, Seidman, our noted president, and Feder, the comedian. During the sum- mer, the Zionist fever struck us, and many Zionists came here to learn farming. When they left we found a poor, dejected 'dgure in the building where they had resided. After proper nourishment and good treatment, it turned out to be Mike Frishkopf, the future Editor-in-Chief of the Gleaner. In the fall we lost some of our best men in the persons of Hill, Krauss and Hesch, by promotion. In our freshman year we gave to the baseball team a man who was destined to captain the team in his senior year, namely Joe Leedes. To the football team we gave Sny- der, the star of the Nineteen Twenty-one Football Team. The end of our freshman year was marked by a banquet held in Chalfont. In Junior year we acted our parts. The freshmen were welcomed with due respect. We saw the student council come and go. To the orchestra we contributed,