Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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' THE GLEANER 19 9 zvesentctsion of Moe M. M. Schlosberg. Ladies and Gentlemen:-Nature has never given man a greater task than that of imitating her in her various artsg that of tilling the soil not least among them Undoubtedly she was ahead of man in that opera- tion, making free use of the Weather elements and the myraids of animal life burrowing hither and thither thru the soil. But man has found here, as in many other things natural little diiliculty for improvement. First by the crude and simple means of a stick and later With the now indispensable hoe. The hoe has always been with us since its advent the genius of man has made the means of til- lage almost perfection. It will ever remain with us be- cause it has a part to play and it plays it Well. We have made the hoe a symbol of our aims-to iind the part we have to play in this school and the vvorld and to play that part vvell. We have taken this particular hoe and have eb- bellished with our colors green and gold to emphasize and enhance its symbolic nature. v Green-the glory of the springtime-the youth of man. Gold-the harvest and the sunshine-the ripe old age of man. N In conjunction with the hoe they teach us the use- fulness of a lifetime-to find the part we have to play and to play it Well from green youth to ripe old age. To you Mr. Groman I give over this hoe. With it goes the heritage of the Senior class and its duties. In your hands I leave its sacred trust. For twenty-one years it has been the guiding light and inspiration of each Senior class. Each, to its utmost power, has striven to uphold its traditions, to raise its symbolic value a notch higher, to make itself Worthy of its trust. As the hoe has made a niche for itself in the World, so do you have the task before you of making for your class a niche in the annals of the schools history of its classes. You are the pilot of all student activities. To your hand falls the task of bringing each activity to

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20 THE GLEANER a successful termination in its season. I wish you suc- cess for the ensuing scholastic year. The regime of the '19 class ends now with the deliverance of this hoe. May you cherish and uphold its traditions, as we have done. 0 - -Ualediatorg M. M. Schlosberg. Ladies and Gentlemen:-I believe I am speaking the truth when I say that Agriculture has taken its greatest leap in progress within the past twenty years. Within that time it has risen from one the humble callings of mankind to the ranks of the worlds leading indus- tries. It does not stand out as do some industries, but in its humble way has kept astride of science. It has made its advancements as science permitted, eagerly, assimmilating its discoveries of facts and ad- vantageouesly making use of its appliances. Science quickly demolished the impregnable wall of seclusion surrounding this most interesting and impera- tive of vocations. Once it gained a foothold, once' it penetrated the armor of its traditionally persistent Con- serva+ives,f science swept away in an irresistable flood of enlightment the superstitious of ignorance. The preju- dices of a thousand years were overcome by its waves of scientific fact governing treatment of soil and growth of crops, and appliance of modern inventions to home and field, to barn and pen. Previous to its wonderful progress the vocation of farming was open only to those fortunate enough to be direct descendants of generations of farmers. Now it is open to any one who would make it their vocation, their hobby, if only the necessary training and knowledge is acquired and put to efficient use. To explain before the publication of Agricultural Literature, the necessary knowledge condusive to farm- ing, even simple as it then was, had to be gotten by word of mouth from generation to generation, and sub- sequent experience, making it possible only for the son of a farmer to be a farmer. This condition is done away with at the present day. The farmer's son of today has no advantage, with