Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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6 THE GLEANER 2.-The campaign of railroad and land corporations who seek to further their own interests by beautiful descriptions, artistic photographs and magnificent circulars. 3.-Ignorance and laziness, the desire to get something for nothing, to reap a rich harvest with the least expenditure of money and energy. Success depends upon which one of the three causes has induenced the selection-whether you have taken agriculture as a means of making a living or you have taken it as a new fancy or fad. We, the students or the National Farm School, have come under the first infiuence. The honest purpose, noble enthusiasm and cease- less efforts of our President, Dr. Krauskopf, the proper train.ing, and ability to impart that knowledge, of our teachers, and the able control of our Board of Directors have done a great deal to show us the true path, be it rough or even. They have shown us the picture in light and shadow, and to-day we stand here, proud champions of our school and vocation. E The two remaining reasons may lead to an existence-after a manner-yet the man ought not to claim credit for the little success which he may attain. Nature is generous, she rewards every little effortgand for this reason, a man who would become a total failure in the city, manages to exist-make a living on the farm. ls this success as we understand it? Most certainly not. Most people may not consider the farmer a social or intellectual equal. This I again attribute to ignorance and lack of information. A little study of the subject will enlighten and surprise our egotistical cousins. Is it necessary to say that the farmer holds the key to the World's storehouse? Yet this same farmer has been the subject of joke and humor, but how soon can this comedy be changed into an awful tragedy if he stopped work-went on a strike? In forty-eight hours our great cities would be on the verge of starvation. Eat, if you can, your magnifi- cent buildings, your granite skyscrapers. Scratch with bleeding, feeble fingers your girders of iron and steel. Race with the wind in automobile or aeroplane, but the hand of Death will clutch and kill you among the sham glories of your proud creations. Fellow-schoolmates, this institution in which we find ourselves, prepares more than farmers. She prepares men to become leaders in useful communities, leads them to victory in a world whose motto is the survival of the fittestf' At the dawn of another day we shall begin our various journeys to different parts of the world, some of us never to see each other again, but no matter where we are, our spirit will be with you.

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, THE GLEAN ER 5 great, for it is they who have taught us, have reared us during our stay here, it is they who have shown us ideals toward which we should strive. Then let us all join in heartfelt thanks to all, President, Board and Faculty, and let us prove an honor to our Alma Mater, remembering: T Build it well, whate'er ye dog Build it straight and strong and true, Build it high and clean and broad, Build it for the eye of God. Walehictnrp BY MARTIN FEREsHET1AN, '13 The object of education is to teach men how to live, and the proper use of that training for humanity at large determines its value. Wliat the world needs to-day are men who do things, men who can shoulder some part of the world's common burden, men who have a well-balanced development 3 men whose cultured brain controls and directs atrained hand. ' We are living in a practical age, and all things must be done with asystem and definite object in view. The training of men for agricul- tural pursuits must be done as carefully and earnestly as the training of those in the so-called higher professions. There is a prevalent, yet erroneous idea, that any one may become an agriculturist, or farmer, if you please, without any study or previous preparation. This in itself lays a false foundation for a successful career. The reason why there are so many failures among men,-and there are many, who go from city to city to the farm with the expectation of finding riches with the least effort,-is the too much enthusiasmnand very little if any temperamental or vocational fitness. i It is difficult for a man to change the training and mode of life of years to one entirely new and diametrically opposite and find content- ment or happiness, yet every day we hear about men who sell their business or take what money they have and launch on a vocational sea as strong and treacherous as can be, without the rudder of sufficient experience to make the voyage safe or the destination sure. There are several causes which have shaped this popular opinion of back-to-the-land movement, and I can safely say that it has become a fad to some people, the principal ones of which are 2- 1.-Men who are earnest and think of the welfare ofthe people and seek to relieve the sorrow and suffering of our congested cities. Q - p .

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THE GLEANER 7 It is with a very heavy heart that We, the Class of 1913, leave you- you who have been our companions in joy and sorrow, victory or defeat. We leave in your hands the institutions and ideals which We have loved and supported. Work in harmony in the Athletic Association, uphold the GLEANER, which is your united voice, encourage the Literary Society, and carry forth the banner of our glorious Alma Mater proudly as We have done during our stay here. It is your moral duty to strengthen each one and leave it safe in the hands of classes which are to follow you. Do not betray your trust or shirk your duty. To our director, Dr. Washburn, and members of the Faculty, Who have strengthened us so that We may more ably fight in the battle of life, We beg that they forgive us for any trouble or anxiety which We may have given them. May God give them strength in the noblest of all pro- fessions-that of making better and more useful men and upright citizens! To the Board of Managers, friends and supporters of our school, matrons, and all who have given their time and support to make our school one of the best of her kind, We thank one and all for their interest in the institution and in us. I To our President, Dr. Krauskopf, We can say but one thing: his life We shall take as an example of perseverance, generosity, kindness, and all the qualities which make a man great and noble, that which makes life Worth the living. Then, schoolmates andqprofessors, Directors and Board of Managers, matrons ana friends and our beloved Pres? dent, the Class of 1913 bids you farewell-an affectionate and longing farewell. UP, classmates! Up! You all who will go forth under the Orange and Black, step fearlessly into a Waiting World! Forward! The World gives no quarter. Let us fight back to back, shoulder to shoulder, for the glory of our parents, friends, Alma Mater and the noblest country in the creation of God! Fare thee Well. Enines I'd stay with you but I cannot, Opportunity drums on the pane, The voice from the city is Calling, So I'm to the World again. The woods and fields and meadows, Your broad, free fields are a prison, They call and call all day, The earth is wide and free, But what's that call to the voice I The hand from the city still beckons, hear? So the asphalt street for me. So I'm for my svveetheart's way. -J. W., '13,