Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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'PHE GLICANER 17 we were up against was morefa victory than a defeat, and was felt by everyone as such. Christmas drew near, and then an event occured which was a mighty bereavement for us. Our beloved and esteemed classmate Disbo had left us. No one could experience the grief that we went through. Nay we will never forget that estimable character. At the close of our year we celebrated with a banquet held in Doyles- town. It was an unforgettable incident and one that will never be forgot- ten by the cohorts of the Brown and Gold. There was resolved To do unto others as we would have others do unto us in regards to the Freshman. Whether we did or not is up to that noble body to decide. We started our new year under the leadership of Bennett, who retained it to this day. We started our Junior year living up to all expectations of us. We plac- ed four men on the baseball Varsity. The Freshmen though reprimaded were always given a square deal. In the interclass baseball game they held us to a 12-12 tie. We were a trifle disappointed of course, but had to ad- mire the Freshmen for their noble spirit. This year was most enjoyable to us. The Seniors handled all affairs remarkably well and we did our share of enjoying the results. The dances and picnics were declared the best ever. The summer labor held no terror for us this year for were we not almigh- ty Juniors. The work seemed trivial in comparison to the way it seemed the year before. . .. . . The football season opened with a bang and we succeeded in placing four men, Herman, Savage, Duskin and Schwartz on the best team Farm School ever had. However we were disappointed when the Freshmen held us to a 0-0 tie in the interclass game. ' One thing that was upheld this year by us was a high scholastic stand- ard. Although specific instances are not needed the generalized attitude of the class was commendable. On February 25 our Junior year was at an end and those responsibilities that we looked upon once with awe were now facing us. Primed with reso- lutions we set out on our Senior year with high hopes. In the case of unsuccessful teams and social affairs we are completely. exonerated. For teams we needed material and we were very sadly in lack of it. The social ffairs rely on the entire student body. We did our share but the affairs could have been much better. However, the year passed quickly for most of us, but we look back with a feeling of satisfaction real- izing what valuable knowledge we have picked up, that will prove important in our future. This event is the turning point in ou lives. We out the tithes now, that bind us, symbolically speaking, to law and authority. It is up to us to uphold the name of our Alma Mater, and inscribe our names with those who have given to the world, something. VW kwa

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16 THE Gl.l'IANl'Ill Gllass Hisinrg ' By DAVID PLATT What a day this is! What it means to us. How in joy depart we from the protecting folds of our Alma Mater in the world. How many will feel this self-same joy a few months hence. That is the question all graduating classes must face. To-day it is our tum to make history, in the future: to bring fame to our Alma Mater. Our future history is a blank: our past history will now he presented. The prime object in a student coming to this school is to study agricul- ture, in order to take lt up in later life. Farm School however is a great assimilation pot. Here students come from all stations of life and are as- similated into one. From all over, the lure of the farm attracts young men, so therefore we have on a certain day in March, 1920, a group of curious beings being bundled off a Philadelphia and Reading train, at Farm School. What a motley throng they presented and what a curious jabberlng arose. The Philadelphia twang held the greatest sway, but the New Yorkers were heard also. In a few days they came piling in from Chicago, Cleveland, New Jersey. Maryland, Tennessee, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Colorado. After a week's stay the act of assimilation really began, especially after being introduced into the varoius intricacies and sciences of Farm School. We became very much wiser men after a week's stay. Our class was organized by the Seniors and David Rothstein chosen president. Those early days were filled with the squabbles, and our deep planted hatred for our schoolmates. We were changed by their well mean- ing action from docile beings into a vengeful pack. Oh! we were green. Now that we had become settled in our classes and work, we imbibed more and more of the good old Farm School spirit. Baseball season was on hand and we did our bit by contributing to the Varsity such men as Bennett and Bein. Then we began to prepare for our first great event, the Fresh- man-Junior baseball game. The Juniors won 6-2, but were we discouraged, I should say not. Up to this time we were getting smatterings of work, but now, with the advent of harvest we began to experience real farm labor. Then the process of weeding out began. We lost many good men, but those that remained were shown to be nobler of spirit, for the reason of their remaining. The joy of those days I am sure will never be forgotten. Who could for- get those glorious days of pitching hay, wrestling with it in the mow and the glory of tough growing muscles. But the work had its compensations, for there was the lake to receive our tired bodies in its cooling water, and the tennis courts were always being fought over by anxious players. Every- one of us can say that it was the most enjoyable summer that we have ever spent. Autumn came and with it classes and promotions from our class. We 'lost some of our best men by promotion, namely, Fox, who was to become president of the 1922 class and of the Literary Society: Schorr, who was to necome Business Manager of the 1921 Gleaner: Wenger, who was to become captain of the 1921 football varsity: Blumer, Awkburgh and Rothstein. This left our class bereft of its leaders, subsequently we set about elections. Trupin was elected president in which capacity he served till he left us in January. At this time we experienced the height of our spiirt for were we not primed up for our football fracas with the Juniors. Oh, revenge would be sweet, consequently we set about our practice in such business-like manner that we held that haughty tribe to a 20-0 score, which in the face of what

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