Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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G THE GLEANER lacked the- spirit of self-organization and within a period of six months we disbanded the council. But we rejoice tonight at our contributions to the school. During our stay-twenty-seven letters were awarded to members of our class- It is the largest number of awards to any one class during three years stay at Farm School. A We must not forget the Gleaner. Attention toward our publication was never neglected, and since it. was put under our care it has won the aprobation from its many readers. f 'Tis but a few days, and the sharp edge of Time wil cut the cord of friendship that has bound our shief. Then we will become seed 'once more! Not to take on new growth on Farm School soil, but upon the ground, stamped and tramped 'neath the footsteps of life. Upon this soil we are to take root. Upon this soil we are to grow, and continue another new page in our history. What sort of history are we going to write? . GUSTAVE TAUBE. + The stars come nightly to the sky, The tidal waves unto the sea, Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, l Can keep my own away from me. Burroughs. + . A VOICE I hear a voice-'tis calling My heart as lonely I roam, With life far in the distance, Behind me a place called home. ,Tis you that I am leaving, l'm sad and sorrowful at heart, But my ear lends toward the echo: Farewell! This day we part. I'm strong to make my journey To life's goal, steep and high. I can not be with you forever, And let my calling pass me by. I hear its echo, 'tis waning, I must leave you, and as I roam, With life far in the distance, Behind me a place called home- GUSTAVE TAUBE, '21.

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THE GLEANER 5 lack of centralized student government. We became Juniors, and under the leadership of Trupin, our thoughts became actions. We proposed a system of self- government. The Seniors refused our plans and the idea was dropped for the time. The second baseball season was nearing, and the spring of our Junior year found enthusiasts on the James Work Athletic Field. Greenwald, Stone, Samuels, Zinn and Silverman played on the varsity team, which proved to be the best in the history of the school. During the summer the work was not so tiresome. Ourexperience, with our theoretic knowledge helped us to conquer many a task that only a year ago seemed a physical impossibility. We took active part in the social life of our school and in so doing our pleasant summer sped rapidly. This summer we took our second baseball toll from the Freshmen. We trounced them to 24-6. So sped our second summer- Once again our books were taken from their shelves. Classes were resumed with fervor. It was not long after classes started when we received a well known ex-soldier into our class. He was Abraham Krotoshinsky, the hero of the Lost Bat- talionf' i .It was at this time that the athletic fever enveloped us. Our class again proved ourselves to be great enthusi- asts. Our enthusiasm provedits purpose. Fifty per cent of the 1920 varsity football team were members of the '21 class. The team proved the greatest in the history of the school. The team was captained and managed by two ex-'21 men, Mills and Smith. Our spirit was kept aiire until after our third victory. In the final inter-class foot- ball tournament we proved the victors over the Fresh- men-52-0. Our Junior year was at an end, and the great re- sponsibilities that once loomed from the distance, were now facing us. The old idea, that our school lacked a centralizec' government began to make its assertions. This time, with positive results. Immediately the organi- zation was becoming a part of the school. The student council was a representation of all classes and organiza- tions of the school. Altho the idea and purpose of the council was that of the highest, yet in its organization we met our iirst real defeat. Not becauseof lack of ability, not because of being impracticable, but because of lack of co-opera- tion on part of the underclassmen. Being younger they

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THE GLEANER 7 gxffepfteey Sepjuly, 41, 1931. Dear Fate. I have often tried to learn your secret, but no matter how hard I tr yto find out, no matter into what depths I may pry the only satisfaction I can get is from your tireless fore-runner who continually whispers his name, Time, Time! It was back in 1921, just a few days past February 22, when I first got the longing to know you. Besides this longing I had ambitions to follow, a goal to seek and a name to make. But I weighed them all and thought Af- ter I reached my goal what then? How long would it take? Would it be ten years? I cried to you, but your only answer was from your fore-runner Time , Work and wait those two I must do. I could do neither without the other. But to work-to use energy, just to see the results not for mine. There must be a way in only waiting. . But I soon realized it would not be my own fate I would thus see, but that of others. And why not others? I had friends in my old class that I thought it worth to worry about so I would try the experiment Cm them- But to lose myself for ten years and not work. It seemed impossible. I would trust in you, Fate, and per- haps you would tell me. Ambition was always there ad- vising me how to work it, but like ambition it was al- ways unsatisfactory. lt suggested that I go to Borneo and spend ten years in trying to teach the cannibals to raise polar bears. But what if they would eat me? It chilled me to the bones at he thought of it. Then it tried to coax me to kill myself and take the chance of being incarnated ten years later. But what a chance? What if I were incarnated in the form of a leech? Horrors! I wouldn't be more than a sucker. I threw away all ambitions of solving the problem, when thanks to you Fate, Disgust came along with a helping hand. There's only one thing for you to do, It said, and that is get pinched. Do something unlawful and be lock- ed up in the cooler for ten years. There they will feed you, clothe you and you will lead a lazy life. After ten years you can come out and see what Fate has done.