Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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THE CLEANER lass iiaisturp YERYTHING, large or small, x H new or old, has a history. I donit know whether we belong to the latter or former class, but, strange to say, when we arrived in the National Farm School, in the early part of March of 1921, the newspapers were negligent enough to overlook the event. Food for thought is no more essential than the other type of that well-known viand, and even though we were only freshmen, we knew enough to invade the dining room. After the battle was over we were gently informed that our after-dinner smoke must be postponed for the next three years. We soon learned that this meant that our after-dinner smoke must be postponed until we could get under cover. Vile were soon introduced to genuine farm work. 'Tain't so bad now, after three years of it, but then, oh, how could our fathers have ever stood for such torture through all these genera- tions. For the sake of variation we were then sent to our classes. After these classes each day we were free to enjoy the wonderful country air. Strange to say. many of us preferred to retain our old habits, and instead of taking advant- age of our good fortune we preferred to inhale smoke during our leisure hours. Since smoke is not one of Bucks County's natural provisions. such as is its fresh air. in order to fulfill their desires. smoke had to be produced by artificial means, via famels, Piedmonts, and Lucky Strikes. The nurseries were full of them. as well as of us. Wie seemed to enjoy the company of those shrubs. but. strange to say it was not at them but through them that we gazed. How could and why did those seniors and juniors punish us for smoking when we were not smoking Paiqr S1'.rli'u11 at the time they caught sight of us. They couldn't prove it, nor did they try. How unfair they seemed to us at that time. A year later, we realized that they also had at one time been freshmen and had also been homesick for the smoky at- mosphere of the city. And so, we survived our first few months. Soon We were staring our fresh- man-junior baseball game square in the face. Now, it is but a pleasant recol- lection, tying the score 12-19. In the fall we again tied the score of our football game with juniors 0-0, being the Hrst class to be beaten in either of those games. lVinter came and went and we became juniors. Old faces left and new ones took their places. YVe lost our baseball and football games with these newcomers through the loss of some of our best material. We now mnnbered 15 as compared to our original 36. In the fall of 1922 we received a few new members from the Class of 1925 who were soon to become our leaders. Soon another class disappeared and we were again joined by representatives of most of the states of our Union. lVe were Seniors. Oh, that grand and glorious feeling! Our senior year was a success even though we mourned the loss of eight of our class- mates who left us soon after we became Seniors. ln our senior year we produced a bigger and better CiLE.-XNER, had fairly successful baseball and football seasons, and our social life was an inspiration to our studies. lYe are nearing Commencement and this history will soon become only a, collection of fond recollections to the 15 men who are to be graduated from the National Farm School on February QQ, 192-L. B. L. KLEIN.

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THE CLEANER had we had the support that was neces- sary to carry out that most radical enter- prise, we are sure that we should have carried out the ideals set forth, to a reasonable conclusion. AVL' have set a goal. Il is for you lo reach it. lYhy hasn'l it been done this year? YYell, lirst of all, we, the fiI.ICANI'IIt Staff, are not bloated millionaires: secondly, we are far from being literary geniuses. 'l'hirdly, the attitude toward the fiLEANIC1t has not always been friendly. This may have been due to the fact that the Litterateurs were i11 the minority. and it probably was. Throughout the year, the hue and cry has been Help the A. A. Build it up. Give, give, sacrifice, and then some. Atruly admirable spirit. Yirile. red-blooded. redolent. of manliness, etc. And NYll6I1 the poor, weak. starving little GLEANER poked its timid head above the turmoil and chirped for help the iron heeli' was applied. Now fellows, y0u've got an important decision to make. lYill you have a CQLEANER or not! If you want a GLEANIQR, then its importance has got to establish itself in your minds. You've got to get behind it and boost. Understand! Wie do not intend to underrate the A. A. To us, it seems that the GLEANER is a more visible mark of your mentality, than a successful A. A. The Athletic Asso- ciation doesn't want the Paper to horn in. All right. Divide your at- tention between the two. After all, the Student Body runs the A. A., and if the students say that the GLEANER shall be published, who shall stop them? Let the Athletic Associations advisory board understand that the GLE.ANER deserves some of tl1e financial advantages and privileges that the Athletics have, and you will have peace. lYell, we arc winded. We can say that we have done our best. We the Seniors of the staff, wish to say in farc- well, that we hope that next year you will put out as good issues of the Q-iLEANliR, and many more. 1 is h ard to say Good-bye. After months of expectancy, after such patient waiting. we suddenly find the final breaking away from old friend- ships. familiar surroundings. and from friendly interests, is decidedly unpleasant. Some of us will go to College. and others will make a direct start in their chosen paths. And like the rest of the Youth of our Generation. we do not see the trials and tribulations of worldly con- tact, as our elders know them. Vtle will suddenly lose that spirit of confidence which our last. year as Seniors has instilled into us. Let us hope that we all reach our goal, whatever that may be. hlay our success be spiritual as well as material. llay we remember that we enter the world un- known, and to us, is given the task of carving our way. Now, on the eve of our last farewell, let us forget all of our bitter thoughts, and carry away with us, just a sunny picture of the Campus, of the cheerful Ivy-covered Dorms., of the rolling hills and of the cheery, browned faces of our undergraduate friends. As a parting thought, we wish to thank our Blatron, Mrs. Dennison, and our old friend itliss Gross. for the kindly, whole- hearted interest they have taken in us. Oh, Alma ltlater, when we next are here may we see you as bigger in every way, and as pleasant and inspirational as you have always been. Page FQ !ccn

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THE CLEA NER ilaft will mth Testament nt the Glass of illtnentpzjfnur E, THE Class of 192-I-, of the National Farm School, of the County of Bucks, of the State of 1'ennsylvania. United States of Ainerica, being three years of age, and not under the influences of either the Pythagorean proposition, or the magnetic attractions of a barrel of hard cider, or infected with the disease germ Hoocl1icora, feeling that the bitter end is at last at hand. snatch this opportunity to exude the mystic power of Postum imbibed in the Hashroom, or a dark corner of the beanery. pleading momentary abnormal insanity, and do hereby give, will, bequeath, dedi- cate Cor in other wordsj, dispose of in this, our last will and testament, our individual and acquired properties, merits and demerits collectively to those so fortunate as to follow in our most. noble benign footsteps to wit: I. Samuel Cahan, President of the Senior Class. do bequeath this honorable position to 1Iartin II. Cohien of the Junior Class, to continue with the good work that our class started. I. Samuel Filgut. alias Kid Form, do will to Ed. Hardiman the most valued volume of mine, How to attain and keep in form. I. Nathan Brewer, Chief Guelt Snatcher of the Senior Class, do in bank- ruptcy's cause tdue to this Commence- ment Issuej wish upon Harry Rabinowitz the TASK of keeping tif that is possiblej the Class Treasury supplied with Shillings. I, Irving A. Victor, Editor of the GLEAXER. after worthy consideration of the fact, do when a new leaf is turned bestow upon Froggie ltinnenberg my worthy position. Yes! Try and get it, Froggie. I, Francis Entwisle, Tennis Shark and hIanager. do leave to Georgie Green the promising title of Tennis Champ of N. F. S., the messy job of altering and caring for the tennis courts, to go along with my ribbons and cups Cshaving ones includedj. I, Sidney J. lIichaels. alias 'iSir Sid Mikef' after a thoughtful investigation do transfer my -locky Club Licensef' to Cop Gottlieb along with a free meal, each time a horse is gotten at Childs'. I, Nathaniel Always Late Topp, do hand down to VVeinnie Horwitz my well earned title Better Late than not at all' along with my most valuable collections of magazines and papers dating back to Noalfs time. I, Samuel Business Blau Packer, alias Leg iNIassager Sam, do in sound and unsound mind Cmostly unsoundj hand over to Solis Galob, my newspaper establishment along with my Non Skid, one mule Cselfstartingj bike, hereby trained for cross-campus flights only. I, Burton Klein, Chief Condensed and Evaporated iN'Iilk Tester of Farm School , do transfer to Ed. Gordon flf1iNfCl7I.lI relative of Gordens llilk Companyj the title of Class Scribe along with a. dozen or more perfectly good girls' ad- dresses to be used frequently. I. E. Elliott. alias Pitching lIuscle Stud, when in the course of some freak event do hand over to Ed. Form Hardiman the dope of 1Iy Successful Career as a Pitcher at N. F. Page Scuslihfe I1