Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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,

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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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196 THE GLEANER such men as Schulster, Kadansky, Goldenbaum and Rosett. Our contribution to the baseball team was in- creased by Snyder. tlcllcs, Krivonos and Schulster. From the Freshmen Class we received such men as Fox, Schorr. Wenger and others, who helped increase our rec- ord. Football season was welcomed with outstretched arms. Men of the Twenty-Two class who fought for the school were Snyder, Gelles,and Goldfield. Then came that blessed age when we entered upon our duties as Seniors. As the song goes on, And when we reach our Senior year, Of all things we have lost our fear. The year was started with Rabinowitz as president. With the help of Mr. Ostrolenk, our class advisor, we iiourished and prospered. The baseball season was well taken care of. A tennis team was started, which We hope will grow and become a real part of the A. A. Un- der Fox the Literary Society bloomed forth in all its col- ors. Under Frishkopf the Gleaner and A. A. garden flourished to heights unknown of before. The A. A. un- der Snyder has been completely reorganized and formed into a real machine. The tennis courts, under Berlack, have had excellent care. The football team, under Wen- ger, has an unbeaten record. With Toffler as head of the dance committee, many fine affairs have been run off. And now we leave, fully confident that our work has not been in vain. And, as the song ends! And now into the world we come, We've made good friends and studied someg But till the sun and moon shall pale, Our Alma, Mater we will hail. ee f AT PARTING To you, Oh noble Seniors who are about to pass into this wide world, we, the Class of '24, wish the best of luck and success. You, who have handed down to us the spirit and traditions of this school, we know will succeed. We will strive to keep up these traditions, and as we do so, we will remember the '22 Class that instilled them in- to us. May those of the '22 Class, when they are out in the world, still think of their Alma Mater and their friends they left behind. May happiness and luck attend you wherever you go. Au revoir. N. LEFKOWITH, '24, 1