Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

Page 22 text:

204 THE GLEANER where he wrote jokes for Life to keep up a reputation. Lew Foreman swings a mean hodful of mortar. He was a contractor and was rising in his business. From the first to the second floor. Towner and Buddy were together in business as mechanics of tractors, automobiles and aeroplanes. Goldfeld was running a fruit stand on South street, being supplied with strawberries right from his farm in Jersey. Wenger and Blumer were now in the undertaking business. Wenger knew all about stiff legs when he went to National School Farm. It was decided at the banquet that we were to get to the school the next day and challenge their football team for we had with us that night Gelles, Potsy, Wen- ger, Spike, Krivie, Leedes, Robbins, Towner. We arrived at Farm School the next day and who met us at the sta- tion but Snitz Snyder, who was professor in Jewish and Profanity. He was another addition to our football team. Mack Paris was director we were told and was ruling with an iron hand forgetting the Socialism that he preached when he was a student. He allowed two va- cations each year--for six months each. No chapel-no military drill. Mr. Campbell was in charge of Farm No. 1. We played the game in the afternoon and as was ex- pected with such a gang of former stars-we taught them a lesson to the score of 220-2. Kid Schnaaz was in his glory-straight-arming, swearing and raising cain to his heart's content. Everyone else played a good game, the same as way back in '21. The school is changed greatly. It is now a college, a co-ed college with girls. If we had goils at the school in our time the Director would have a hard time stopping us from becoming P. G's. But the boys are having a good time there now. -There are modern up-to-date barns, buildings and equipment. Mr. Hyam Kraft is there, he is still in the prime of life, just having turned nigh on 103. He means well but the old boy ain't on the shelf yetg he is too proud to hand over the lines to Dutch Groman. Howard F. Young is Professor of Language and has written many books on rhetoric and composition. His latest book is With Jennie on the Susquehanna Trail. When Spike saw all the women, you can guess what happened. Yes, he appointed himself matrong he never could see the girls lonely. Well finally, we left Farm School and got started on our way back to dear old California. We got on the train for Chicago and got set-

Page 21 text:

THE GLEANER 203 ning a sanitarium for run down and nervous people and was doing a rushing business. Mike l+'rishkopf was hav- ing his ups and downs---he was running an elevator in the Woolworth Building. lle still has to rise to the pin- ochle of his success. Well we started for Philadelphia after a few days and arrived there safely. Going to the hotel in a taxi we had an accidentg our driver must have been asleep, because we hit a big beer truck and the next thing I knew I was hung on a lamp post with a tire on my neck and some- thing flying past memit looked like a man but no it was only Scootch Cirotti-that noisy little wop-the pride of Miss Churchman. Spike Mazor and Krivie were stretched on their backs and just coming to. Spike was brought back to consciousness by a drink of White Mule. He only fainted 18 times after that. Then he tried to stand up and thought he was standing, but he was laying down all the time. We gathered around Scootch and soon made him our guide to show us around the city. First stop was Seventh and the avenue where We found our friend Toby Gelles, a manager of prize tighters. Having such boys as Kid Ochesj' Kid Nebuch and Joe Leedes .qtnder his wing. Leedes out of his last 150 bouts won once. He is doing fine, Oh my yes! Gelles and Leedes were very much pleased to see us and immediately they ar- ranged for a big banquet to be attended by all our form- er classmates that lived around Philadelphia. At last the night of the banquet arrived and every- one was present-Leedes, Robbins, Kiesling, Cirotti, Ru- benstein Toffler, Gelles, Towner, Lew Fonash, Patsy Goldfield, Wenger, Blumer and Buddy Aukburg. We had a most wonderful reunion. lt reminded me of a breakfast we got one morning near graduation day at N. F. S. We swapped stories and in this way I learned what all the boys were doing. Robbins had his own farm near Chalfont and was raising cows , chickens, kids and everything. He had ab- ducted the beloved Jennie and had got hitched. He alf ways said two could live as cheaply as one. But he dosen't look it. Kiesling manufactured rubber balls. He became very successful because he had a good pull with the mayor. I-Ie had the highest bouncing balls in the country. Rubenstein was just finishing a history entitled. The Life of Mendel Bailess or the Cause and Effects of Rheumatismf' Toffler was'the sexton of Cohen's Reformed Church,

Page 23 text:

Sumls Xl uoAg.1 'SO U21 Q- SD C CD I3 5 CD ff' NS'+ L cn co Q- cm fs pAuS 'qdng '19 -Q 'UHIZ 9II9'S 50 E 5 'cs CUC' E cn S? muq :U TAI 'l S CD v--4 n-I O o sw O P' dol 1191 'mol 01 qffpx 1 ujslsuoaqng- mrew 193 6 . meg 1019 'uoumag 'p QV OIIIOJ u CZHAA IQUH zJ,gAAOu INV3.L 'TIVSHSVE LZ6L