Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1941 volume:

— The Class of 41 Out on a limb so small was born A common seed, just a small acorn. This embryo fell on fertile soil, There to grow instead of spoil. Then in the year of 41, The fated seed felt the April sun. Out of the ground and into the air, A mighty tree both strong and fair. Some limbs were bent, lost and broke In the fight that won a mighty oak. Boughs now ' free from one another, But always firm to the trunk, their mother. Strong and green in the midday sun, A tree and a class were made as one. — Benjamin Bershtein Dr. Joseph Krauskopf, Founder TIIK NATIONAL I arm Srlaool Tin OAK 19 4 1 Presented by THE SENIOR CLASS FARM SCHOOL IViiiisvlvsiiiia ttttW tt rpHE OAK, similar in literary and physical content - - to all other yearbooks, attempts to express and re- cord in permanent form many of the experiences, am- bitions, and idiosyncrasies of the Class of 1941. The title — The OAK — is only a gesture to compare the growth of our small group from its infancy to maturity with that of the mighty OAK. Our entire theme is based principally upon the natural stages of life of any oak tree, from the germination of the acorn to the majestic parent. It is our sincerest hope to be able to trace the many pleasant times the Class of 1941 has spent together, and to bring to life these memories many years after we have graduated from our Alma Mater. OciSriinjiU To the tillers of the soil; To those who cause the earth to yield bread for the nourishment of all mankind ; To that group whose works we wish to emulate and of which we hope to become a part; To the Farmers of America The Class of 1941 Proudly Dedicates THE OAK TH€ OflR HflfF Benjamin e«Wtein €d md Gro rkopf Wfcrren KMtncr CdwArdK tz 5o omon £U  n« ku Kwrt NAthan n £1 x Sern rff$K.ii Chtiter Titter |F CUUTYflPVlSOtiy I ) EUSBB M ' ' . GurbArg Mr. Strong Mr. Samuel j TIP WK K V ' YEARBOOK EDITOR ' S MESSAGE T ISREGARDING the cheers from the grandstands and the jeers from the - bleacherites, our small class hurries off the field of action leaving behind them the dust of three memorable years of Farm School life. Entering Farm School at one of the most critical periods in its history, we were confronted with the skeptical remarks of the upperclassmen and the unfor- tunate conditions then prevailing. However, we assumed a neutral attitude towards these school affairs and grimly determined to stick it out and find for ourselves a happy future in Farm School. The grinding down of our class to a finished product wasn ' t as hard as was thought. Such abrasives as routine farm work and strict upperclassman punish- ments soon chipped off the loose particles of our constitution. Some very valuable men were lost, but the product left by such vigorous treatment will be appreciated for its qualities of sturdiness and durability. Our class does not boast of any outstanding individuals. The ideal of our class has been for each individual member to share the class responibilities and to execute his proportionate amount of work to the best of his ability. It was this enthusiastic co-operation that has carried our small group through the trying years of the class ' history and is now the principle force which governs Farm School ' s entire social and agricultural life. The Class of ' 41 has truly realized the meaning of co-operation. .And as a member, I know that in an}- enterprise of life its members may choose, this ideal will appear continually, reminding each one that individual success is not attainable unless accompanied by a co-operative spirit. II.1.1AM EISBERG APPRECIATION The Class of 1941, acting as an impartial jury, witnessing the whole procedure, announces that: We have found Samuel J. Gurbarg guilty in the re-establishment of the true Farm School spirit. We hereby sentence him to twenty years at hard labor, as the Social Director of The National Farm School. Our class, in particular, is indebted to him for his guidance and teaching of which he gave so freely. We thank you. Air. Gurbarg, for all you ' ve done. This yearbook would not only be incomplete, but would fall short of its purpose, if the name of Samuel J. Gurbarg were not singled out. The Class of ' 41 are competent character witnesses acting in favor of Air. Gurbarg. We entered the School when everything was at a new low. We leave a school now where a fine spirit of friendliness and co-operation pervades every nook and corner of the campus. This change of spirit and our way of living here has been the most outstanding achievement of the School ' s transition. A WORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT The Class of 1941 is leaving its Alma Mater at a critical time in the life of our country. It is true, there have been other pe- riods of wide-spread anx- iety and deep national con- cern. But it is doubtful if any previous crisis ever left the whole population, adult as well as youth, in such a state of complete uncertainty. This fact has been so frequently emphasized that it requires no further amplification from me. But, whatever comes, we need have little fear for the future of you Farm School graduates of 1941. In fact, I take considerable satisfaction in the knowl- edge that you are well prepared for any eventuality. A certain percentage of you men will be called out under the Selective Service Act to serve your country in the Army. I know that all those who may be included in this group will perform their duties with enthusiasm and with distinction. Few young men could be better prepared for such an emergency duty. In learning to face successfully the rigorous life that is involved in farm work, you have prepared yourselves well for the strenuous demands of a brief army career. By far the greater proportion of you will be called upon to serve your country by pursuing the vocation for which you have here prepared. And this will be a service much more important than many now realize. With the sudden intensifica- tion of our industrial program, there is sure to be a growing demand for agricul- tural products of all kinds. As this need increases, farming will become more and more an integral part of our home defense program. Having been trained to produce the footstuffs and other agricultural products that are essential to the nation ' s peace-time economy, you will now find yourselves bringing forth from the land raw materials that are vital to our country ' s first line of defense. Yes, America will need The Farm School graduates ol 1941. And you men are going out well prepared to fill that need. Harold B. Allen, Litt.D. Farewell to The Class of 1041 IT is with more than usual regret that it becomes my duty to say farewell to the Class of 1941. From the very beginning of your Freshman year you were a group of young men who took an unusual interest in your work. This interest con- tinued throughout the three years, and has now manifested itself in your ability to take up your life work better prepared than a great many who have graduated before you. It was a genuine pleasure to be able to recommend most of you for better positions than were available several years ago. When you entered Farm School, agriculture seemed to be about the only field in which young men were almost certain to secure positions. Owing to the chaotic conditions of the world and the active preparedness for defense in this country labor conditions have changed, and it is now possible to get fairly good positions in many fields of work. With the many temptations there may be to lure you away from agriculture, my advice to you is that you weigh conditions very care- fully before making such a decision. It has weathered the storms when business and financial conditions did not. Agriculture is still the backbone of our country. I wish all of you a very happy, bright, and prosperous future. C. L. Goodling, Dean SOCIAL DIRECTOR ' S MESSAGE IDEFORE me lies a popular magazine portraying some of the medical miracles of ■ - the year; amazing evidence of man ' s ingenuity in the field of medical science. As I ponder upon these discoveries and thrill with the thought of their boon to mankind, I wonder when equally great discoveries will be made in the field of human relations. ' Thus far, apparently, we have failed to discover the miracle that would enable us to get along with each other, and with the people with whom we work. e can cure undernourishment of the body, but we cannot cure the more virulent disease of undernourishment of the ego. A whole world suffers from man ' s inhumanity to man, but no successful remedy has yet been devised to cure man ' s greed and lust for power. In a world where new inventions are continually being made, where science assures an abundant food supply, where man crosses continents daily, where people talk to each other freely over vast distances, the truly human qualities of friendli- ness, neighborliness, and understanding arc submerged in a mad conflict that now threatens to destroy civilization. As you leave the portals of The National Farm School with my best wishes for your success, bear in mind this great uncharted sea of discovery. It is a great challenge to youth. You go forth into a world torn by conflict; nevertheless, its problems will soon be in your hands for you to direct. You must discover a uni- versal key to man ' s good will, if civilization is to survive. The National Farm School is proud of the achievements of her sons in agri- culture. Should you be inspired to accomplish similar achievements in the field I human relations, she will be doubly proud. Good luck to all of you. Samuel |. Gurb vrc THE FACULTY IVTITH the arrival of Dr. H. B. Allen, the new resident president, our Junior ' ' year opened with newer ideals and higher standards as a goal for the future. Immediately, entrance requirements, classroom and supervised practice training became more stringent. To perfect and round out the various objectives of this new reform, various changes were made in our Faculty. The basic aim was to have, as Heads of the various departments, college graduates holding a degree. Messrs. Samuel Meisler and Harry Rothman, both of Rutgers, were appointed Head and Assistant-Head of the Poultry Department respectively, while Mr. Phillip Ellman, also of Rutgers, was put in charge of the Creamery, and Mr. Benjamin Horowitz, of Connecticut State College, was elected Head of the Floriculture Department. Mr. J. Claud Strong, a graduate of the University of Delaware, was appointed secretary to President H. B. Allen, and assists the Social Director in many of his functions. Much may be said regarding the new members of the Faculty besides their capacity as teachers, but one outstanding feature is their general youthfulness. In the average there is probably not more than ten years difference in age between them and the Seniors. This made it easier for them to join more frequently with us in our activities, and also stimulated closer bonds with the rest of the Faculty. We recall with pleasure the Faculty baseball games, and all the dances where age and social standing were dismissed, so that we all enjoyed each other ' s company. Let us continue these closer contacts with young and old, since they have been so beneficial to all of us. Seated: Mr. Fiesser, Mr. Samuels, Dr. Massinger, Dr. Allen, Mrs. Maines, Mi ' . Ingham, Mr. Gurbarg Standing: Mr. Rothman, Mr. Cook, Mr. Soskin, Mr. Weaver, Dr. Hankin, Mr. Webster, Mr. Middleton, Dean Goodling, Mr. Meisler, Mr. Schmieder, Mr. Antonioli, Mr. Purmell, Mr. Horowitz, Mr. Ellman Jn iHpntortam TRONICALLY enough, it was the second World War which ■ • brought about the untimely passing of the dear friend of The National Farm School, Judge Theodore Rosen. After losing an eye and arm through outstanding bravery in World War I, his unquenchable spirit of patriotic loyalty to his country forced him to answer the call to arms sounded a few months ago. While in voluntary enlistment at one of the training camps. Judge Rosen contracted pneumonia and subsequently was called by his Maker. We, of The National Farm School, lost a true friend and a great benefactor. It can be truly said of Judge Theodore Rosen — His righteousness cannot be forgotten and the glory o) his work cannot be blotted out. — Scriptures ACTIVITIES T NASMUCH as the study of agriculture is the prime purpose of The National Farm School, life would be dull and monotonous if not spiced occasionally with extra-curricular activities. Many opportunities in the various fields of action are afforded those energetic students desiring to spread their spheres of influence throughout Farm School ' s social register. It is the more progressive student who feels the need of carrying on these activities and who firmly implants himself in as many fields as he feels capable of carrying. Dances always held a prominent part in the school ' s social calendar. Dances come and dances go but the ones this Class will remember best are the Hobo Dance, Junior Prom ' 40, Sadie Hawkins Dance. Junior Prom ' 42, and The Christmas Ball ' 41. Aside from the lighter phases of extra-curricular functions, there exist many outstanding organizations whose sole strength lie in the hearty co-operation and interest of its individual members. Although we get our specialized vocational training in the classroom and in supervised practice, much valuable instruction and experience is acquired outside the school room. Many a student got his first insight into the value of joint effort by taking part in organizing some enterprise on the school grounds. Many graduates who have made excellent reputations in other fields of enter- prise developed their earliest interest in such fields while doing something along those lines in School. Many students by taking part in the various campus activi- ties found expression for latent talents which they might never have developed. In the field of self-government and personal responsibility, we students in The National Farm School had endless opportunity to exercise our talents. A miniature community of about 200 citizens, we had to adjust our needs and inter- ests to each other. On the Class of 1941 devolved most of the leadership in such group action. On the whole, we believe, our Class conducted itself in those activities very com- mendably. We hope our efforts have stirred responsive chords amongst the under- graduates so that they may carry them on with even greater success. ACTIVITIES GLEANER STAFF Weisberg and Teller, Co-Editors 1st row: Levitsky, Bogdonoff, Grosskopf, Teller, Weisberg, Schalman, Sernoffsky, Males 2nd row: Heller, Nathan, Miller, Berger, Wilensky, Polakoff, Mr. Samuels, Mr. Gurbarg, Mr. Strong, Mr. Ellman, Schoenbach, Leber, Bernstein, Yaniak, Ershler, Gerson 3rd row: Weintraub, Berkowitz, Priemazon, Cohen, Schultheis FARM SCHOOL BAND Jay Wolfe, Student Leader 1st row: Chwick, Lowenstein, Gourley, Brooks, Nathan, Wolfe, Dr. Allen, Weisberg, Angelo, Zipper, Domsky, Wolfson, DeLeon .. '  ( row: Berkowitz, Cohen, Polakoff THE GLEANER I ' TNDER tlie supervision of Messrs. Gurbarg, Strong, and Ellman, the Cleaner - has become a progressive publication, with a staff capably covering news of the various departments and activities, writing stories and poems appreciated by all, and presenting humorous and serious, well-written, enjoyable material. The Gleaner will miss the services of the Seniors who contributed so much of their time and ability: Editors Weisberg and Teller, and their assistants, Males, Sernoffsky, Schalman, Grosskopf, Levitsky, Ershler, Nathan, and Bogdonoff. The size of the Gleaner was changed from 12 x I7y 2 inches to 9}A x I2yi inches early in the year. This smaller size was immediately successful, and its popularity is such as to warrant the continuation of this size for the coming year. The Administration has many times approved the Gleaner and the manner in which its policies coincided with that of the Administration. The spirit of progressiveness and achievement that is evident in the Gleaner is but a reflection of the feelings of the Administration and the students. The Gleaner is a unique publication arranged and edited by the students of a unique institution, and has met with enthusiasm, approval and success. DRAMATIC CLUB A FTER several futile attempts by interested members of the student body to - - organize a Dramatic Club, their hopes were fulfilled due largely to the sincere co-operation of Messrs. Strong, Elman, and Silverman. Student officers were elected, with Irwin Cohen, ' 42, as President; Edward Katz, 41, as Vice-President; and Philip Priemazon, ' 42, as Secretary-Treasurer. The Barnstormers was the name appropriately chosen by the Club members. On November 15 The Barnstormers presented their initial contribution to the School entitled, Curse You, Jack Dalton, a modern melodrama presented in a modern manner. The enthusiasm shown by the student body inspired the Club to greater achievements. The Barnstormers expect to accomplish much more during the coming year due to the ever-increasintr desire to tread the boards. THE NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL BAND r I HE X. F. S. Band serves as an outlet or interest for those men who do not - - desire to participate in sports or other activities. Last year the deserving members of the Band were awarded sweaters and Band letters. This served as an incentive to the new members. The past summer was a rather slack season but with the start of the football season the Band had a busy time playing at all the games. With the class of 41 go two of the regular members, and we are all hoping tiiat the new freshmen class will present the school with some musically inclined members for the band. STUDENT COUNCIL Lester Males, President Seated: Mr. Strong, Leber (Secy.), Males, Dansky (V.-P.), Mr. Gurbarg Standing: Katz, Baral, Levitsky, Groben, Silverman, Samovitz, Resnik, Wolfe, Dublin, Goldfarb, Schalman VARSITY CLUB Robert Groben, Presiden, 1st row: Cohen, Bershstein, Males, Mr. Samuels, Levitsky (Secy.), Groben (Pres.), Berger (V.-P.), Nathanson, Weisberg, Bedick 2nd row: Shutsky, Draving, Brauer, Wolf, Kastner, Goldfarb, Bogdonoff, Rappaport, Sernoffsky, Baral, Rozeman, Katz, McFadden, Silverman 3rd row: Gordon, Thomas, Malinsky, Gudykunst STUDENT COUNCIL YV7HFX the class of ' 40 left at the beginning of the year, the student council resumed activities under the able guidance of the new seniors with Augie Levitsky as president. However, after a mid-year shake-up, Males was appointed to the president ' s post and for the seniors Schalman replaced Teller, who did a good job. Throughout the year, this instrument of the student body brought about several improvements for the benefit of the students. Following in the previous council ' s footsteps, certif icate awards were presented to those deserving them. The last gesture of the council of 1941 was to sponsor a farewell dance for the seniors. The five senior representatives of the council who retired were Males, Levitsky, Groben, Katz, and Schalman. FORUM ' T ' HIl weekly meeting of this group each Wednesday night is one of the most - - interesting and educational extra curricular activities found in the school. Held under the able supervision of its faculty adviser, Mrs. Maines. the group dis- cusses current problems and their possible solutions. The meetings are held in a round table discussion form with all the dignity of parliamentary procedure observed. Some of the more recent topics discussed were on Conscription, the Lend-Lease bill and, while it was then a much dis- cussed topic, the third term. Individual opinions and heated arguments are often inevitable, all of which goes to make the meeting more interesting. Refreshments are always served and over a hot cup of cocoa or a refreshing glass of punch all amends are made. The meeting is finally adjourned about 9 P.M. and the members leave with an eye toward the next week ' s discussion. This group serves a valuable purpose at Farm School, so let us hope that it will continue to exist in the years to come. VARSITY CLUB Q 1NCE the reorganization of the Varsity Club, it has enjoyed great success, and gotten many new members. Sponsoring the school ' s many intra mural activities such as baseball, boxing, football and last but not least the basketball league, it has stimulated a real spirit of sportsmanship among the students. Ijv means of the Bam Dance, conducted by the Club, enough Funds were taised for the Varsity Banquet. This was held at a hotel in Philadelphia and turned out to be a big success. The club ' s major objective is to further the spirit of good fellowship and sportsmanship among those members who have earned the varsity F in varsity ci impetition. A. A. BOARD Lester Males, President Seated: Mr. Samuels, Dean Goodling, Dr. Allen Standing: Flaum (V.-P.), Bogdonoff, Levitsky, Males, Groben, Grosskopf (Secy.) HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Edward Grosskopf, President Seated: Malin, Weisberg, Wilensky, Mr. Puimell, Grosskopf, Nathan (Secy.), Auch Standing: Frank, Levinowsky, Silberstein, Miller, Cohen, Samovitz, Neu- man, Schultheis, Lax, Guggenheimer, Yaniak, Beishtein, Salm A. A. BOARD TMIE Athletic Association Board was formed to award those participating in varsity sports letters when they have earned them. This is decided by the various members of the Board who are elected to the position by the entire student body. The A. A. Board is composed of a president, vice-president and secretary and the captains and managers of the various teams. Meetings are held only after a sport season is ended and there the Board decides who is deserving of a letter, after discussing the player ' s record as to the number of games he participated in, etc. The retiring officers are President Males and Secretary Grosskopf. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY T HROIGHOLT the past year, the Horticultural Society has presented some - - of the most outstanding speakers ever to come to Farm School. Under the leadership of Edward Grosskopf, President; Herman Wilensky, ice-President; ?nd Kurt Xathan. Secretary-Treasurer; and Mr. Purmell, who is responsible for getting most of the speakers, the Society has become one of the outstanding organizations in the School. Mr. George Carver, of the Andre Greenhouses, and one of the foremost authorities on roses in this vicinity, spoke to the Society on rose production. As a second speaker Mr. Morrison, of the Calco Rainmaker Company, gave an excellent demonstration on irrigation. Franklin D. Jones, of the Ambler Chemical Company, related the connection between hormones and fruit production. Other talks were given by Mr. Bishop, the noted authority on strawberry production, who presented the newest ideas in strawberry growing; Mr. Schmieder who honored the Society with a very practical discussion on ' ' Beekeeping in Relation to Horticulture ; the well-remembered Dr. From who offered a fine talk with moving pictures on the subject of ' ' The Evolution of Animals. ' Some of the noted Farm School graduates who the Society presented are: Carl Schiff, of the Brooklyn Department of Parks, who discussed the opportunities in landscaping; and Bing and Hoguet, of the Campbell Soup Company, who spoke on tomato growing. In the early part of the season, a majority of the members attended the Philadelphia Flower Show. From time to time, seniors representing the plant departments in the School, told the members of the progress being made in their respective departments. New ideas, new theories, and new facts in the plant world were offered to all the students of the School in 1940 under the auspices of the Society. Students who participated gained in every respect; hence, we consider the past year successful. JUNIOR CLASS Milton Samovitz, President (Faculty 1st row Yaniak Nathanson, Rosenfield. Domsky (Secy.). Wolf. Coogan (V.-I ), Mr. Ingh Advisor). Samovitz, Dansky, Flaum (Treas.), Polakoff. Wilensky, Berkowitz, Angelo 2nd row: Orel, DeLeon. Fox, Bilsky, Handler, Chwick, Brauer, Lax, Alson. Farb. Lowenstein, Salm 3rd row: Rich, Kugelman. Brooks, Fowler. Kincaid. Leber. Garber, Priemazon, Nelson, Rothro. Guggenheimer, Schultheis 4th row: Shutsky, Weintraub. Neeson. Rebert, Kaufman, Frank. Levinowsky. Feldstein, Shapi Lutterer, Heyder. McFadden. Cohen FRESHMAN CLASS 1st row: Wolrson. Gerhart, Nevelstein. Draving, Sch Ellman, Goldfarb. Resnik, Jaffe, Loser, Radovitz, Gerson 2nd row: Cohen, Hendrick, Goldpaint, Zipper. Kaufman. Lipeles. Weiser, Nickel. Silberstein, Miller, Mollick, Paul, Schwart .berg. Kizner, Selio :ird row: Windholte. Schraeder. Levison, Greenberg, Schoenberg, Chart Stein, Evans. Mcllor, Heller, Zerfing. Fox Sol Dublin, President tz (Secy.). Oken (V.-P.), Dublin (Pros.). Mr. Lipeles, Weiaer, Schoenbach, Orner, McKinney, THE JUNIOR CLASS C IXTY-TWO high spirited boys (the Class of ' 42) have always shown great interest in the activities around the campus. The gap left by the departing seniors will be filled by us and we shall assume the responsibilities that come naturally. In the spring we found ourselves Juniors. We were proud and determined. The defeat of our noble boxers by the Freshmen brutes temporarily threw us off our feet. Then, the Junior Prom, The Garden In The Pines, displayed our ability and originality by reproducing a nature scene as a background for the dancers. Leavi ng the past behind, we released a well-coached baseball team which defeated the Mutts by the borderline score of 6-5. The curtain went down on our Class feud after a 0-0 stalemate on a muddy gridiron. Throughout the year our Class was active and showed a co-operative spirit in our struggle for better things. To our friends, the departing Seniors, we wish a full life splashed with success and happiness. THE WEIGHT-LIFTING CLUB A MONG the quiet (:) and smooth-sailing organizations in Farm School is our - -recently rejuvenated Weight-Lifting Club. It was reorganized one and a half years ago by Dan Neubaucr, who has since left Farm School. However, the pro- found interest in body-building created such an impetus that the Club suffered very little by Dan ' s absence. The officers and members for the past year were as follows: President, C. Bernstein; Vice-President, B. Bershtein; Secretary, W. Weisberg; and R. Wein- traub, L. Domskv. L. Kleinman, I. Flaum, I. Cohen, I. Kauffman. L. Danskv. W. Kizncr and T. Schwartzberg. FRESHMAN CLASS r 1 1 HE Class of ' 43 entered The National Farm School in a quiet and serene - - manner, but quickly snatched the limelight by pounding the haughty Junior boxing team to a humiliating defeat — 3 wins, 3 ties, and 1 loss. This was beyond doubt, the most decisive beating a Junior team has ever taken. The class was not so athletically alert in soccer or baseball, losing both inter-class sports by one point. However, it successfully upheld its fighting spirit, and on a sloppy, soggy gridiron managed to check the heavier and more experienced opponent. The encounter ended in a scoreless tie. yet the Freshmen skidded around for twelve first downs to their opponent ' s two. Socially, this class is just becoming calloused to the liner techniques of society. A never-to-be-forgotten Scarlet Fever quarantine cheated them out of the Freshman Welcome Dance. Nevertheless, the Freshman Class is slowly becoming a pan | Farm School ' s extra-curricular whirl. Godspeed, and the best of luck to the members I the Cla oi ' 41. LIVESTOCK CLUB Allan Sobelman, President 1st row: Bernstein, Leber, Dr. Massinger, Mr. Ingham, Sobelman, Mr. Ell- man, Mr. Cook, Groff (Secy.), Ershler 2nd roiv: Loser, Charlesworth, Eder, Evans, Kincaid, Thomas, Malinsky, Handler, Parb, Nickel, Riess, Wolfson, DeLeon, Lowenstein, Gourley, Seligman, Adler LIVESTOCK CLUB Ti L ' RING the past year, the Livestock Club has had many interesting speakers - and events. The spirit of the club was maintained by its able officers: Allan Sobelman, President; Charles Bernstein, Vice-President; and Jerry Groff, Secre- tary-Treasurer. Throughout the season many interesting topics were discussed by authorities on various subjects of widespread interest to livestock m en. One of the first men to speak at our meetings this year was the Assistant County Agent, Mr. William Wilson, who brought with him a very interesting gentleman who spoke on horse-pulling contests and the spirit shown at all county and state fairs where these contests were held. Dr. Wesley Massinger, one of our advisors, spoke on injections, serums and vaccinations for livestock. He demonstrated his talk with instruments of all kinds, showing how curatives and preventives were administered. He also spoke on the control of various contagious diseases. Mr. Evans, the father of one of the boys here at school, who represented the Larrow Feed Company, gave an interesting talk on feeds and feeding of cattle; he showed us slides and pamphlets dealing with the manufacture of feeds, and proper use of feeding charts. He also demonstrated a tape whereby cattle can be measured around the heart-girth, whereby the weight of cattle may be determined. At the end of this lecture, an informal discussion took place which lasted until late in the evening. The following week. Mr. Charles Young, of the Louden Machinery Company, spoke on dairy-barn construction and equipment. Many new ideas were brought forth in this interesting discussion of modern construction and equipment of barns. The last speaker of the year was Mr. Kenned) ' , of the Cherry Burrell Com- pany, who showed talking motion pictures of butter churns and ice cream freezers. These films showed the inside operations of each individual machine, how butter is churned, and how ice cream is manufactured. Earlier in the season, the Livestock Club took charge of fitting and show- ing cattle in competitive contests within the Club. Under the supervision of Mr. Cook and Mr. Ingham, these cattle were handsomely groomed and an excellent exhibition was put on for the Harvest Day Festival held at the School. POULTRY CLUB rpHF. Poultry Club was oiganized this year through the assistance and guidance • ■ of Messrs. Meisler and Rothman. Student officers were elected. They were: Vincent Hendrich, President; Irwin Cohen. Vice-President; and Seth Lowenthal, Secretary-Treasurer. Among the events that took place this past year were two good movies concerning poultry which met well with the students ' approval. Novel displays of poultry and its products were carefully prepared and exhibited by Club members for both Founder ' s and Harvest Day. Judging of the different breeds of fowls that were carefully chosen and prepared for exhibition, and the showing of eggs were among the most interesting of the undertakings. Arrangements for the coming year are already underway and the Poultry Club is looking forward to a banner year for 1941-42. SYMPHONY CLUB rp O extend our extra-curricular activities at school to the field of art that so far - - had been left out, a new club was founded. The main purpose of the Symphony Club is to acquaint its members with the best that has ever been produced in the field of classical and modern symphonic music. This goal is accomplished by the purchase of records which are played at the weekly meetings. One of the members finds out facts about the composer and his music and presents an analysis in a short speech. Since the start in September, our club has been an exclusive group ol students who are interested in serious music, and under the able leadership of Bernard Zipper, and with the splendid support of Mr. Samuel Golden, the Club has been able to get a good start and to secure a fine collection of records, including Tschaikowsky ' s Nut Cracker Suite. Grieg ' s Peer Gynt Suite. The Fledermaus Overture, and others. With the many new activit ies planned, the Club hopes to increase its library of records and to gain more popular support from the student body. DISCUSSION GROUP A MOXG the latest organizations to develop in Farm School was the Discussion • Group, which was brought about by the desire of some students to discuss freely certain social problems. It was felt that such groups are important and fundamental in our democratic way of life, and what is necessary everywhere to bring about a better understanding of events that are taking place about us today. This group has just ended the adjustment and organizational period through which all clubs must go. It started with six members and has steadily grown to fourteen staunch supporters. Next year, with more experienced leadership, it in- tends to take in greater numbers of the student body who are interested in social welfare. Fundamentally, this group was founded for informal gatherings of students who have a common interest in learning more about domestic and foreign affairs in relation to our personal and national welfare. The topics discussed have ranged over many controversial subjects, such as Japanese-American Conflict in the Pacific, ' ' Agriculture and the Farmer ' s Union, and others. Those students who have taken part in our informal gatherings were Gross- kopf, Schalman, Miller, Dublin, Silberstein, Heller, Alson, Orel, Adler, Schwartz- berg-, Bernstein, Schoenbach, Kaufman, and Bogdonoff. Senior Top Notehers Most Versatile Groben, Weisberg Most Entertaining Grosskopf, Pekeris Most Popular Groben, Teller Handsomest Baral, Thomas Best Dressed Baral, Males Biggest Yanks Nathan, Rappaport, Sobelman Best Atldetes Groben, Levitsky Greatest Lovers Grosskopf, Kastner Best Business Men Bogdonoff, Weisberg Best Workers Binder, Malinsky Wittiest Groben, Schalman Misogynists Binder, Klein Best Socialites Malinsky, Sernoffsky, Weisberg Most Likely to Succeed Class of ' 41 CLASS HISTORY Who am I: you may ask. Where do I come from; you may also inquire. What am I doing here? That ' s a long story and I shan ' t go into that at length but I suppose it ' s only fair that I tell you a smattering of my past. I was born many, many years ago, just how many I really don ' t recall. I do remember red-skinned men pitching camp around me. I can recall a group of quiet, conservative people who used to worship their God in my shade. (I think they said they came to this country because they were not allowed to speak, or write, or worship as they pleased). Oh! yes, they were Quakers. And then I heard that different races of peoples who had come from across the ocean to this free land, had banded themselves together declared their independence from a tyrannical rule, and formed a government, which guaranteed every man, woman and child the right of free speech, free press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of worship. How fortunate was I to be born in this great country so that I might be a witness to the struggle and the progress in the building of these United States. But I see that I bore you with my retrospection. Please forgive me, but when I think of what I have seen it overwhelms me so that I must tell someone about it. Just about forty years ago a learned Rabbi founded a School, the purpose of which, I am sure, you all know. I have watched it grow, as a baby grows into child- hood and then to manhood. I have seen many groups of green city boys come and leave as confident farm students. Of one class I am especially fond. This class entered the school during one of its crises. Let me tell a bit of their days spent at the National Farm School. GERMINATION TT was a dark and dreary day on March 31, 1938, when forty-seven hopeful, but very bewildered young men from cities all over the country entered The National Farm School to begin their careers as future farmers. Among this number were a few fleeing from the tyranny and oppression of other peoples. It was indeed a dismal time, for the school was just recovering from a siege of internal trouble. This immediately affected their morale and led many to leave. It was soon to pass, however, for they rose with the School out of the depths to the greatest heights which it has known. Many a time have I heard how the upperclassmen kindly did their part to acclimate the Freshmen to the new life which they were to lead for the next three years. Who has forgotten that S. S. A. meeting and those Sunday evening parties that followed? As the green of spring appeared so was I able to see the outbreak of bright green neckwear and those lovable Mutt Caps. There were whisperings of the hold Mutts who used the front walk and front doors — when no upperclassmcn were about. SAPLIXG rpHEY began to grow, those children. The class decided after their setback in - - boxing that they must get organized; and held their first class elections on May 2, 1938. They first learned the true meaning of Wolf at their first social affair, the Freshmen Welcome Dance of May 21st. Their belief in organization was fulfilled when they defeated the Juniors in baseball 14-1. The last of the newcomers arrived towards the end of June, bringing such notables as Sobelman, Schalman, and Teller. At the same time the school lost the services of Mr. Zieglcr. With the arrival of Rabbi and Mrs. Cook at the beginning of the summer, the first step toward the raising of the spirit of the student body was begun. For the first time in the history of the school the student body was taken twice a week to cool off in the pool at Forest Park. Plans for a recreation room were begun. Meanwhile many of the boys availed themselves of the socials at Kenneseth Israel Temple. I saw the dream, or shall I more appropriately say nightmare, of those nineteen days of rain when the boys in G. A. shocked and reshocked 120 acres of wheat. In August Mr. Groman left to be succeeded by Mr. Weaver as head of the General Agriculture department. Rabbi Cook also left at this time to take up his duties in the city but continued his interest in the school. The beginning of the football season marked a great step forward in the education of the greenhorns , the burning of their caps and tics , halfway to freedom, the}- said. Harvest day in ' 38, was a day of days in the annals of Farm School history. I in it brought the beginning of a new era. The coming of Mr. Samuel J. Gurbarg, whose friendship, advice, and guidance, to a very large extent has helped make the fellows more completely happy and brought the morale, and spirit of the school up to its present high state. Great was the rejoicing as the Class of ' 4(1 was defeated in the annua!. interclass football classic, 13-7. The winter witnessed the breakdown and then the reformation of the student governing body under the guidance and ideals of Mr. Gurbarg which he has striven so hard to inculcate into the thoughts oi the boys. I was indeed witnessing a great change in the ways of life at Farm School. Graduation came quickly that year and they were free — no longer to bear the stigma of Mutts. Most important, however, this day brought the new President of Farm School. Dr. H. B. Allen. He. in his own quiet way, began practicing his ideals which are a stepping stone to greater things lor Farm School. Very shortly, main- of these proud seniors got their first lesson in the handling of the correct end of a paddle. The new Mutts, to show their appreciation for this introduction to higher learning, came back with a 4-3 victory in boxing. Shortly the Juniors gained vengeance by defeating the Freshmen in Baseball 11-7. Our boys told me of the new honor received by Farm School when Sycamore Etta was chosen as one of the thirty Ayrshires in the U. S. and Canada to be shown at the 1939 New York ' s World Fair. For the first time at Farm School a soccer team was formed as a result of the activity of Edward Grosskopf. It is hoped that this will be a permanent establishment. As the day for the Junior Prom approached there was great bustling, and talking, and planning. Despite the rain that came it was a great event in the ' Crystal Ballroom. The Freshmen Follies were enjoyed by all. In July, we lost two old friends, Messrs. C. J. Toor and M. Mayer, who left us to go into private business. To take their place in July came Mr. Samuel Meisler and Mr. Harry Rothman, both of Rutgers, to head the Poultry department, and Mr. Benjamin Horowitz, from Connecticut, as Floriculture Instructor. DIVERSIFICATION A T the end of October the members of the Class of ' 41 were called upon to - - make one of the most important decisions of their lives . They were to make their choice of a branch of agriculture and what they hoped was their ultimate career. Few shall ever forget the time they spent in Dr. Frank ' s Soils classes. The Freshmen came back for vengeance in the annual football classic to pass and rush a tiring Junior eleven to a 12-7 defeat. It seems that in this year of changing times, there were many new ideas. A great plan materialized into a Student Loan Fund, to be used for the benefit of the student body. Also for the first time a movie benefit was held, the proceeds of which were applied to the same fund. Added to these innovations was a new type of student publication. The old ' ' Gleaner magazine was changed to a newspaper to permit more frequent publications and newsier news to be printed. During the winter of ' 39- ' 40 the grading systems were modified and improved, one more step upward in the course of the National Farm School. MATURATION TT ' INALLY the time came when my young friends took over the leadership of - - student activities, for they had become Seniors. One evening in May I was surprised by the arrival of the entire Senior class. Due to a Scarlet Fever epidemic i he Freshman Welcome Dance of ' 43, was called off. To alleviate the pains of the disappointment this active and energetic group gathered beneath my spreading branches. Through the long starlit hours with songs and cheers the lovesick crowd whiled away the hours in one of their most colorful bull-sessions of the year. In August, 1940, The National Farm School lost the friendship and guidance of one of its most beloved board members. Judge Theodore Rosen, of Philadelphia, who passed away after a short and sudden illness. Let us pay tribute to a real man. Greater and better things for Farm School seem to be the order of the times. The annual Harvest Day was held amid great splendor. For the first time there were all sorts of competitive contests — in the different departments. A new activity was added. Through the help of Mr. Rothman a car was gotten from a friendly benefactor, and driving classes for the seniors began for the first time in Farm School. Shortly after his entrance on the campus Mr. Claud Strong, Secretary to President Allen, organized The Barnstormers. With the able assistance of instructor Philip Ellman and roadside manager, Herman Silverman, the heart- rending melodrama, Curse You Jack Dalton, was presented with tremendous success. At a Corner in the Pines, the last official dance of the Class of ' 41 was held. To the tunes of a wonderful orchestra, the Senior Prom made new friends and renewed old acquaintances. The Mutts of ' 43 played their antics in the annual Follies. As three years drew to a close the duties of upper classmen were turned over to the Juniors so that they would have more time to prepare themselves during the last days at Farm School for the responsibilities that were soon to follow. My companions left me at their Commencement Exercises on Sunday, March 23, 1941. DISSEMINATION A ND so, as I have seen this country now from its birth, through its period of - ' ■ transition to the present da} ' , I see a great future for The .National Farm School. This class has met its opponents bravely and has emerged victoriously. Now do you still ask. Who am I: I am The OAK. My branches are 1 owed in sadness as I see this group of youthful agriculturists leave me. liut I console myself with the thought that others will take their places, and I will witness the day when the name of The National Farm School will be honored throughout the land; that these boys, now leaving me, will bring credit to their Alma Mater. lonJei w J HaT b ' 1 XX - WALTER F. AUCH, JR. Ouch 1806 Northampton St. Easton, Pa. Wilson Hish School Horticulture Nine bean rows I have there, a hive for the honey bee and live alone in the bee-loud glade. — Yeats FRESHMAN: Basketball Squad. Our dear friend, Wendell, a staunch Re- publican from Easton, Pa., polished off his last year at F ' arm School as a Hort senior, with a grip on Mr. Purmell ' s legs. It seems that his favorite habit was to see how many dances he could miss compared with his roommate, Neuman. Ouch was never much of a socialite. He spent a great deal of his time belaboring the Democratic party or ridiculing other fellow ' s dates. As an athlete, he did his share in interclass football and baseball and was a three-year scrub on the Basketball team. With these accomplish- ments, Ouch seemed quite content in letting nature take her course. CHARLES WILLIAM BARAL Redsy 137 East 96th St. Newtown Brooklyn, N. Y. High School Poultry Hang sorrows! Care will kill a cat and there- fore let ' s be merry. — George Wither FRESHMAN: Class Baseball. Class Football, Poultry Club. Student Council, Football Squad. Band, and Class Boxing Trainer. JUNIOR: Class Baseball. Class Football. Class Basketball. Poultry Club, Student Council, Intra-mural Basketball, and Junior Prom Committee. SENIOR: Student Council, Senior Cheer Leader. Intra-mural Softball. Senior Prom Committee, and Intra-mural Basketball. The sharpest article ever to knife through his three year course in Farm School — was none other than this hip-swishing freckled- faced lad from the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Reds ' social life began early in his Freshman year, when he became in- terested in the Arsenic Lane group from South Philly. He soon switched localities as he grew older (with traces of fuzz appearing on his face!) And now at graduation (he ' s shaved once!) he ' s made a complete circuit of Philly ' s socialites. Reds was an active athlete possessing the honor of having been the only scrub on the 1939 football squad! Although rugged in nature, he had a tender, considerate heart for his feathered friends. Reds ' glory is to raise a flock of birds with plumage as fiery red as his own. o r lk BENJAMIN BERSHTEIN Turk 5830 Hazel Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. West Philadelphia High School HERMAN BINDER Ma Red field 7. X. Broadway Baltimore, Md. Southern High School Landscape His voice was ever soft, Gentle and low. — William Shakespeare FRESHMAN: Class Boxinc. Class Football, and Livestock Club. JUNIOR: Class Boxing. Class Football. Foot- ball Squad. Soccer Squad, Wcinhtliftinjr Club. Class BoxinK Coach, and Intra-mural Basketball. SENIOR: Freshman Boxinc Coach. Horticul- tural Society. Weinhtliftinix Club. Varsity Football, Chairman of Class Rini- Committee. Varsity Club, and Senior Prom Committee. ■ ' Turk, who possessed a wide variety of ominous aliases, was respected by all under- classmen, not because of his strength, but because he put it into practice. Turk ' s burst of power did not blossom forth until his Senior year when he entered into the arduous held of weight lifting and football. Auto- matically, the faintest hint of oriental music threw him into a frenzy of impromptu Egyptian dances which made the gang scream and King Tut roll in his grave. In addition to his crazy antics and muscle- binding exhibitions. Bershtein possessed a true love of nature, and we expect to find Turk a successful landscape! ' and married to the girl of his dreams. General Agriculture My strength is as the strength of ten Because my heart is pure. — Tennyson The only Eskimo to live south of the Arctic Circle and possess such unnatural disease resistance is our happy-go-lucky Ma Rat- field. Herman earned the title of Ma Rat- field thru his mother-like catering to his ever-ailing trio of roommates. Always satis- fied with whatever his assignment was. he found contentment in hard work. His ap- parently shiftless and uninterested altitude was only a disguise for his classroom brilliancy. Ma ' s social calendar was tilled with prominent blank spaces from one yeai to the next, but this was because the girl of his dreams hadn ' i strayed far enough from her farm to catch Herman ' s heart. Of all of us Herman is most likely to stick to farming. We wish him the best of luck in his farming career. NATHAN BOGDONOFF Bog 41 12 41st Street Stuyvesant Sunnyside, Long Island, N. Y. High School Landscape Would ' st argue? Call on me! — Bill Nye FRESHMAN: Class Football. Varsity Base- ball. Dance Committee. Band. JUNIOR: Varsity Baseball, Class Basketball, Class Football, Varsity Club, Soccer Team, Weight-lifting Club. SENIOR: Varsity Baseball Captain, A. A. Board. Weight-lifting Club. Business Man- ager of Gleaner and Year jk. Varsity Club. Soccer. Slightly on the windy side of things, Bog- donoff hit the class of ' 41 with the complete views of world conditions at his fingertips. A fine orator, Bog could talk some poor so and so out of his existence. As a business man, he managed to care for himself quite capably through his newpaper and laundry concessions. And woe to him who didn ' t pay up an overdue bill. Besides these capabili- ties, Bog did a fine job in his last year captaining the baseball team. He now proudly bears three stripes on his well- muscled left arm! Nate, we might say, was a landscape senior who was able to identify a Retinospora squarrosa without batting an eye lash, or even losing his temper. Sunnyside, here we come! HARRY ERSHLER Doc 813 Morris St. High Point. High Point, N. C. High School Dairy A pack of cards is a devil ' s prayer book. — German Proverb FRESHMAN: Dance Committee. Forum, Class Baseball. Class Football, Gleaner. JUNIOR: Dance Committee. Forum. Class Baseball. Class Football. Gleaner. Junior Prom Committee. Intra-mural Basketball, Livestock Club. SENIOR: Gleaner Staff, Class Football. Senior Prom Committee. Intra-mural Basketball, Business Manager of Yearbook, Intra-mural Softball. Livestock Club. An unexpected drift in the direction of a Southern tornado landed Doc Ershler calmly in the laps of the waiting upper- classmen. This experience was never for- gotten, for as Red advanced, he, too, became a terror with his six-foot paddle! His canny knowledge in the art of timely racketeering placed him on the industrial black list several times. However, as soon as he settled down to Dairying he immedi- ately switched roles and became a tutor of the freshman hand-milking class. Doc did his share in promoting Farm School ' s social life by assisting on many dance committees. His outstanding characteristics were his dancing finesse and terrific pinochle play- ing! Having gained a slight knowledge of rabbinic technique from his father, we ' ll ex- pect to find Red a kosher meat inspector some dav. 4? J ' A %:fc ROBERT RAYMOND GROBEN, JR. ■ ' Pop 1 732 E. Chelten Ave. Germantown Philadelphia, Pa. High School General Agriculture Who mixed reason with pleasure and wisdom with mirth. — Goldsmith FRESHMAN: Varsity Baseball. Varsity Foot- ball. Varsity Basketball. Class Football Coach, and student Council. JUNIOR: Varsity Football. Varsity Basket- ball. Class Baseball. Class Football Coach. Class Basketball Coach. Student Council. Varsity Club, and Junior Prom Committee. SENIOR: Co-Captain of Varsity Football. Varsity Basketball. President of Varsity Club. Class Baseball. Student Council, and A. A. Board. With legs as mighty as his stature, a chin as prominent as the Rock of Gibralter, and a sense of ready wit at the tip of his tongue. Farm School sadly bids goodbye to the only one of his kind — Pop Groben. Always the life of our bull-sessions, he possessed a strange sense of rhythm, and frequently was found dancing with his three roommates. As much as he bragged about several girls, they were always just out of town and rarely did we see Pappy with a little Mammy at our dances, lie is a versatile athlete and before the dust of his Freshman year had settled he had proudly won three different Varsity letters! A dirt farmer at heart, Pop hopes to raise everything from cane (eain) to a prize winning field of French fried potatoes! EDWARD GROSSKOPF Dictator 2 Willow Road Friedrich List Realschule (neat Neck, N. Y. Leipzig, Germany Landscape He adored whatever subject he spoke upon by the most splendid eloquence. — Chesterfield FRESHMAN: Band. Gleaner Staff. Forum. and Intra-mural Basketball. JUNIOR: Literary Editor of the Gleaner. Band. Coach and Captain of Soccer Team. Intra-mural Basketball. Forum. Junior Prom Committee. Horticultural Society, and Class Football Trainer. SENIOR : Secretary of A. A. Board. Literary Editor of the Gleaner. President of the Horticultural Society. Symphony Club. Forum. Yearbook Staff. Freshman Soccer Coach. Captain of Soccer Team. Possessed of an aggressiveness that could not be checked, Eddie captured the sport- light (arc lights) by organizing a successful soccer team. So much enthusiasm was ex- hausted in promoting soccer that the Oriental Jitterbug nearly forgot his other activities. Although small in stature, he led his organizations with an iron hand, gaining the title of Dictator. As active as a bee, Eddie ' s name was found ass ociated with many school activities, A talented novelist, Eddie wrote main worth) articles for the Gleaner, and later clinched the Literary Editor ' s post. Eddie ' s secret ambition-is to compete with Hollywood ' s handsomest. ith such a smile and quick-witted brain, he should have little trouble in breaking up many a romantic duel in his favor. l stU OZc c r — - VINCENT C. HENRICH Leghorn Belle Mead Farm Frankford R.F.D. No. 2 High School Bristol, Pa. Phila., Pa. Poultry A good mouth filling oath. — Quoted JUNIOR: Basketball Manager, Varsity Foot- hall Squad, Class Football, and Poultry Club. SENIOR: Basketball Manager. Entering Farm School tame as a field mouse, and initiating Groben as his first roommate. Vince became in his last year the wild and woolly terror of the poultry department. Bristling like a mad cock w hen his ire was aroused, he made quite a spectacle with his arms Hying about like those of a windmill, his reddening face and his none too diction- ary-like language. As manager of the bas- ketball team, he was always doling out pills to the players under his wing. His football career was short-lived, for in his junior year, his shoulder refused to stay in place. Thus he made his exit from football, heaping blessings on his opponents and rueing the day he ever started. A capable poultryman, he ' ll probably find his heaven in his poul- try plant. RICHARD KARLSEN Swede R. T. I. Box 71 John Harris High School Vacaville, Calif. Harrisburg, Pa. Horticulture Every one is as God made him, and of tentim.es a. great deal ivorse. — Miguel de Cervantes FRESHMAN: Band. JUNIOR: Class Football. SENIOR: Intra-mural Softball. Leaving an orange grove in the fair state of California, the ' ' Swede, as Karlsen was called, came to Farm School to learn the ways and means of agriculture. With one of his c. -cronies, Swede yanked his way through the General Ag department for two years only to wind up as a Hort man in his last year. Karlsen was never much of a socialite where the women were concerned probably because of a certain fair damsel who stepped out of his life, but he managed to carry on by attending a few dances, stag. Although Swede did little in the way of extra-curricular activities, he helped in the advancement of the class of ' 41 to the fullest extent. % EDWARD MEYER KATZ Pussy 32 Stanwood St. Roxbury Memorial Boston, Mass. High School Poultry beard were all, the goat would be winner. — Danish Proverb FRESHMAN: Band. Student Council. Class Baseball. Class Football, and Assistant Business Manager of the Gleaner. JUNIOR: Class Boxing. Baseball, Football, and Basketball. Soccer Squad, Assistant Manager of Varsitv Football Team. Base- ball Squad, and Assistant Business Man- ager of the Gleaner. SENIOR: Varsity Football Manager. Senior Advisor of Soccer Club. Student Council. Dramatic Club. Intra-mural Softball. Year- book Staff, and Varsity Club. From Boston, Massachusetts, came Katz (pronounced Cates or else) with the blood of the Puritans still washing his hones. Tall, thin, bespectacled, and ever in need of a shave, Eddie was the dynamic spark plug of the Class of ' 41, fighting for all that was right and against all that was evil, lie made soccer history in Farm School by playing an outstanding game as goalie. Quite an ac- tive member of the senior class, he was ap- pointed to the student council, on which he did a line job. It was not until his senior year, however, that Eddie started to be- come a bit of a socialite. Simultaneously he embarked upon what he considers to be the grandest profession — poultry husbandry. WARREN F. KASTNER • ' Lor, ' 6S5S N. Uber St. Olney Philadelphia, Pa. High School Landscape Lord, I wonder what fool invented kissing. —Swift FRESHMAN: Band. Cheerleader, and Forum. JUNIOR: Class Boxing, Class Football, Base- ball and Basketball. Cheerleader. Intra- mural Basketball, and Junior Prom Com- SENIOR: Head Cheerleader Intra-mur: 1 Soft- ball. Class Baseball. Clas s Ring Com mittee Yearbook Staff. Senior Prom Com mittee and Varsity Club. Truly a great lover, Kastner blew into Farm School with some wonderful stories of his conquests of the fair sex. Girl after girl ex- perienced his charms and beautiful blue eyes, and fell wildly in love with this small edition of humanity. However, worse al- ways comes to worse, and Warren met the girl of his dreams and thus his many esca- pades were suddenly halted. As a leader among men. lie was captain of the cheer- leading squad in his senior year and co- operated with the class in every way b participating in class sports, working on dance committees, etc. To cap all these triumphs. Warren was another ol those over-ambitous landscape men with one am- bition: to wind up in California, in a well- landscaped bungalow with his dearly be- loved. 0 t V ABE LEVITSKY Augie 186 Griffith St. Salem, N. J. Salem High School Dairy See the conquering hero comes! Sound the trumpets, beat the drums. — Dr. Thomas Morell FRESHMAN : Varsity Football and Basket- ball, Class Baseball, Class Football Coach, and Dance Committee. JUNIOR: Varsity Football and Basketball, Class Baseball, Class Football and Basket- ball Coach, Class President, Junior Prom Committee, Gleaner Staff, Varsity Club, Vice-President of Student Council, Class Boxintc. SENIOR: Co-Captain of Varsity Football. Captain of Varsity Basketball, Class Base- ball, Sport ' s Editor of the Gleaner, Class President. President of Student Council, Senior Prom Committee. Secretary-Treas- urer of Varsity Club. Boxinn Bouts An- nouncer, Freshman Baseball Coach, and A. A. Board. Carrying a load of responsibilities ranging from the Gleaner through all sports to such odds and ends as dance committees and other organizations, Augie pivoted and twirled through all opposition to emerge as an all-around athlete and activity man. His main interests were football and basketball, which he co-captained and captained respec- tively. Because of his physique and good looks, Augie ' had little trouble in getting dates for the various occasions. With sports as his mainstay, and studies as an alibi, we expect to find Aug a spotlight on some worthwhile college team. THEODORE KLEIN Teddy 1 560 Amsterdam Ave. New York, N. Y. Textile High School Poultry ' He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of the hens. — Proverb FRESHMAN: Poultry Club, and Band. stock Club. Chee, everytime I t ' ink of me goil on a hunnert an ' toity-toid street, I get so oik- some. His power and his ability to grab all outside seats at mealtime, makes Theodore one in a million. After slaving through days of work and classes for two years, he finally wound up as a poultry senior, cutting quite a figure marching Dolly up and down the range, feeding the ever-hungry pullets. Klein ' s greatest ambition in life, however, is to open up a boilyque and get a goil all his own or perhaps become an instructor of phonetics in some university. SETH ROBERT LOWENTHAL Rusty 1436 Clay Ave. De Witt Clinton Bronx, N. V. High School LESTER MALES Curly 39 High St. Passaic Passaic. N. J. High School Poultry Only life forms the man And words signify little. — Goethe FRESHMAN: JUNIOR: Trc SENIOR: jltry Club. -er of the Poultry Club. Often referred to as Pope Pius or Rusty, ' Seth complained his way to his Senior year, where he became quite a poultryman, even to the point of acting like one of his pullets. At the dinner table, Seth was alway in- volved in transactions, concerning the changing of cake for his dessert or vice versa, especially when the menu called for ice cream, which he ate with a critical air. Seth had a few heart throbs while at school and took little part in school or class activi- ties during his three-year stay. However, Rusty managed to keep himself occupied with his vociferous arguments, protesting this, that, and stuff with a patient group of Farm School boys. Landscape None but himself can be his parallel. — Theobald FRESHMAN: Class Vice-President. Class Football and Baseball. Varsity Basketball, Dance Committee. JUNIOR: Student Council. Class Football and Baseball. Varsity Club. Varsity Basketball. Junior Prom Committee, and Gleaner Staff. SENIOR: President of Student Council. Var- sity Club. Varsity Basketball. Gleaner Staff. President of A. A. Board. Freshman Class Advisor, and Intra-mural Softball. The Beau Brummel of the Class of ' 41, who, incidentally, hails from that one-Main Street town. Passaic, N. J., was usually found in the titling role of sorting out the students ' fan mail. His basketball training at Passaic High was a great asset to Farm School when he came to play for this insti- tution and help build a line team. Always active in extra-curricular activities. Les wound up his Senior year as President ol the Student Council. Humor Editor of the Gleaner and Varsity Basketball man. r A A ARNOLD MALIN Mutt 5748 Marvine St. Philadelphia, Pa. Olney High School Horticulture He thinks too much, such men are dangerous. ' 1 — W. Shakespeare FRESHM AN: Senator and leader in gym, Mutt Arnold Malin drifted through Farm School as a Hort man, always getting the raw end of a deal. Arnold participated little in extra- curricular activities, but as far as doing his part in livening up dances, he did all right, by aiding lost souls in getting dates. Poor lost souls! Malin acquired his senatorial title by confessing that he held that position in high school. Arnold was the butt of the boys ' sense of humor when he had his hair clipped close in order to keep his new crop intact. SOLOMON S. MALINSKY Pete 1346 43rd Street Seward Park Brooklyn, N. Y. High School Dairy Oh! it is excellent to have a giant ' s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. — W. Shakespeare FRESHMAN: Class Boxinc, Band, Varsity Football, Basketball Squad. Class Football Coach, Intra-mural Basketball. JUNIOR: Class Boxinfr, Class Football Coach, Basketball Squad, Varsity Football, Intra- mural Basketball. Varsity Club. Forum. Livestock Club, Dance Commitee. SENIOR: Varsity Football, Basketball Squad. Intra-mural Softball, Livestock Club. Forum. Varsity Club. Dinins Hall Monitor Committee. Freshman Boxing Coach, Year- book Staff. From south of Hell ' s Kitchen, came this massive structure of manhood to get on the football team as guard and be a terror to the scrubs. When the Angel first came to Farm School, he was a slaphappy article with a desire to knock the daylights out of everybody, but he quieted down after a while and became a slavedriving dairyman, instead. Despite his physique, he managed to have a way with the women, and from a flat-footed hick, he became quite a jitterbug, even with his wrestling tactics. Malinsky, however, spent a good deal of time telling his frisky roommate, Weisberg a thing or two, even though they were inseparable partners in foraging for the, opposite sex. KURT NATHAN Hushel, Jr. 272 Main St. Goethegymnasium Binghamton, N. Y. Essen, Germany Horticulture Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. — Chesterfield FRESHMAN: Band JUNIOR: Band. Horticultural Society. Class Football. Junior Prom Committee, and Gleaner Staff. SENIOR: Band. Secretary-Treasurer of the Horticultural Society, Gleaner Staff. Year- Book Staff, and Senior Prom Committee. Always on the quiet side of things, Kurt came from Binghamton. N. V.. to startle the inmates of Farm School with his capa- bilities where work and learning were con- cerned. Never much of a shining star where social functions were involved, Kurt was to be found in the Doylestown movie when a dance week-end showed up. However, with all kidding aside, Kurt proved himself all right where his extra-curricular activities were concerned. He did a fine job on the Gleaner, dance committees, etc. Outside ol this, he had a hard job quelling the ambi- tions of his ever-taunting roommate. Bui to all this Kurt shrugged his shoulders and cm his way. WALTER NEUMANN •Spike ' C. o. H. Hardie 62 E. 90th St. New York. N. Y. Quakerschool Eerde Ommen Holland Floriculture Plain as a iose in a man ' s face. — Rabelais FRESHMAN: Livestock Club. JUNIOR: Livestock Club. SENIOR: Horticultural Society. Spike was often referred to as Rudolph Rassendale after the villain in the comic strip, Hairbreadth Harry because of his facial contour. He wasn ' t a bad man but one would think so by the way he vehe- mently puffed on his various sawed-off pipes. Spike had a craze for firearms, ranging from water guns to gasoline- powered sprayers. His mania for the experi- mental problems in Chemistry nearly found the end of his greenhouse career in a test- lube when he compounded the chemical spray of the century (:::::). With chemis- try as a background, and Floriculture as a future, we ' ll find Spike a contented gravel-culturist ol tomorrow. ARTHUR PEKERIS Jake 91 Trawbridge St. Alytaus-Lietuvos Cambridge, Mass. Valstybes, Gyminazia SIDNEY M. RAPPAPORT Rappy 4701 N. St. Louis Ave Roosevelt Chicago, III. High School Poultry He who has a ready smile Makes this life a game worth while. — Quoted FRESHMAN: Band, and Class Football, Soc. iseball. Squad SENIOR: Head Waiter. Class Baseball, Soccer Souad, Poultry Club, and Intra-mural Soft- ball. Jake, ' ' the kid with the golden smile, came to Farm School with as much knowledge of the English language and agriculture as a freshly hatched chick. His quick wit and enthusiastic ambition soon put Jake in Farm School ' s limelight, for he quickly mastered the language and became one of the fastest hand milkers in this diverse class. Jake found great profit in his newspaper and laundry business, which incidentally, was seldom in the throes of depression. His greatest interest was in the Poultry Depart- ment and his speed of operation soon daz- zled his feathered friends. Although Peck was none too active in the extra-curricular field, his social calendar was usually satur- ated with large date marks. Poultry The very hairs of your head are allnttnibered. —Bible FRESHMAN: Band. SENIOR: Class Secretary and Treasurer, Poul- try Club, Varsity Baseball Manager, Head- waiter, and Varsity Club. Leaving the good old stockyards behind him, friend Rappy came from the scene of that famous conflagration, Chicago, to discover just what the East has that the West doesn ' t, and wound up in Farm School. Tall, thin, bespectacled, and slightly on the Kreml ad side of things, Rappy was in short order, manager of the baseball team, head-waiter, and secretary-treasurer of the Class of ' 41. Almost an avowed mysoginist, he gave his heart to a woman of his dreams. And then financial difficulties set in. An- other poultryman, Rappy continually be- labored his ever-obedient roommate with the finer side of the poultry business. With graduation past, he is on his way back to Chicago, where he ' ll set up a poultry plant in the loop. FRANK G. RIESS Ox 833 Lake Washington Blvd. Dresden Seattle, Wash. High School SEYMOUR SCHALMAN Sy VHi 84th St. New Utrecht Brooklyn, X. Y. High School Dairy A noticeable man with large gray eyes. — William Wadsworth Football. Livestock Club. Nicknamed the Ox because ol his ponder- ous proportions, Riess grumped his way through three years of Farm School and wound up as a dairyman after giving the greenhouse a try. Apparently not much ol the lover type, he seldom missed up on bringing a fair damsel to a dance and show- ing her a good time. Although the Ox participated little in other activities, he was an asset to the class where class football and baseball were concerned. The Ox, who by the way, hails from Seattle. Wash ington. faced one nemesis created by his roommate when the latter organized his Pinochle Society. And so we leave the Ox for greater things in the wild and woolv West. Floriculture The jen is mightier than the sword. — Bulwer Lytton FRESHMAN: Bund. A. A. Store, and Dance Committee. JUNIOR: Assistant Editor of the Gleaner. Junior Prom Committee. Class Football and Baseball. A. A. Store. Assistant Band Man- ager, and Soccer Squad. SENIOR: Feature Editor of the Gleaner. Class Baseball. Assistant Editor of the Yearbook. Intra-mural Softball. Senior Prom Com- mittee. Student Council. When our taciturn friend. Sy, first arrived here at school, quite a few boys predicted a short stay, after seeing how he got almost twenty-three out of twenty-four hours ol sleep. Sy, however, passed I hat stage and his activities were soon quite wide-spread, ranging from Class spurts. Cleaner work, down to humoring his roommate. Rappa- port. Although lie was a bit clandestine about his affairs, from tellable sources — could it be — Grosskopf, S was known to get around in some pretty cute company. We will stop here with the old skeleton mi! 1 in the closet, and just say. Think of the boys sometimes when you ' re wailing on those beauties in the greenhouse, Sy. SOLOMON B. SCHWARTZ Fang 1200 Hoe Ave James Monroe New York, N.Y. ' High School Poultry He cannot lay eggs, but he can cackle. — Dutch Proverb JUNIOR: Football Squad, Class Boxing, mural Basketball. Livestock Club. Football, and Weight-lifting Club. The Noah Webster of the Senior class, Sol Schwartz invented more screwy phrases than a mad scientist. Words such as Blute and Good Kid were always on the tongues of Farm School boys, thanks to this up-and- coming poultryman. Outside of inventing these phrases, Sol, christened Fang, ac- quired a reputation for certain actions which managed to make any instructor blow his top. Sol, however, was an ambitious worker in poultry, and together with his croney, Pekeris, he managed to do twice the work in half the time. In classes Sol also managed to do all right for himself; while in his social life, he nobly resisted the ad- miring glances of les fcmmes. MAX SERNOFFSKY Buff 381 Huntington Ave. Buffalo Bennett Buffalo, N.Y. High School General Agriculture The sleep of a laboring man is sweet. — Ecelesiastes, V. 12 FRESHMAN: Band, Varsity Football, Forum. Class Baseball. Intra-mural Basketball, and Class Football Coach. JUNIOR: Varsity Football. Forum, Varsity Club, Class Baseball and Basketball. Class Football Coach. Intra-mural Basketball. Soccer Suuad, Junior Prom Committee, and Baseball Squad. SENIOR: Varsity Football. Forum, Varsity Club. Class Baseball. Intra-mural Softball and Basketball, Campus News Editor of the Gleaner. Yearbook Staff. Senior Prom Com- mittee, Baseball Squad, and Freshman Foot- ball Coach. Buffalo ' s gift to Farm School, Max Sernoff- sky, failed to wow many of the opposite sex during his three-year stay. Buffalo ' s uncanny ability to sleep soundly has been the cause of many an uproar on the first floor of Ulman Hall, whose occupants used every available means to arouse him in time for details, employing such tactics as cold showers, throwing forcibly from bed, etc. Most of Buffalo ' s time was spent in reading Amazing Story magazines or bickering with his temperamental roommate, who calmly (?) took his abuse. As far as literary ability went, Buff did a fine job as Campus News Editor of The Gleaner. ' , P fe ALLAN SOBELMAN Dean Mearns Road Ivvland, Pa. Cheltenham Hitrh School CHESTER JACOB TELLER, II Chet 1418 Conlyn St. Central High Philadelphia, Pa. 1 [igh School Dairy Very like a whale. — W. Shakespeare FRESHMAN: Class Football. Forum. Live- stock Club. Class President. Intra-mural Basketball, and Student Council. JUNIOR: Class Football. Chairman of Forum. Basketball Squad. Livestock Club. Junior Prom Committee, and Class Baseball. SENIOR: President of the Livestock Club, Class Rim- Committee, Basketball Squad, Class Baseball, and Senior Prom Committee. Strange to say that opposites attract, es- pecially in Farm School, Al, who was the heaviest and largest member of the Class of ' 41, lived with Teller, the smallest and lightest member. However, size had nothing to do with the Dean ' s ability to manage our dairy in the most commendable way. In addition to being fond of our cattle he also prized a battle-ship grey, ten-gallon hat which occasionally served as a roost for his diminutive roommate. Al ' s physique came in handy, however, during interclass sports especially as a tackle in football. His heart, however, was in Atlantic City with the girl of his dreams. Good luck to you in your new job. Poultry Men are not measured in inches. — Quoted FRESHMAN: Forum. Poultry Club. JUNIOR: Student Council. A. A. Board. Gleaner Staff, Junior Prom Committee. Class Baseball Manaser. and Student Loan Fund. Through the three years that Chester spent here at Farm School, he did little in gaining in height but much in gaining the admira- tion of the weaker sex. Chester ' s one main worry was who was to be next date or whether or not he ought to shave. He was the only G. A. minded poultryman in School and he walked into abuse from either party. We cannot forget, however, that Chet was one of our mailmen, who broughl us both joy and sadness. When a Councilman he was always for the underdog, again causing disturbance. Chet was one of our out- standing journalists and as Co-editor ol the Gleaner, he did a line job. CHARLES THOMAS Tommy 14 Lincoln Avenue Manoa, Del. Co., Pa. Haverford High School General Agriculture Beware the fury of a patient man! — Dryden FRESHMAN: Secretary of Class, Football Squad, Class Wrestling. Class Baseball, Var- sity Football. SENIOR: Vice-President of Class ' 40. Council ' 40, Varsity Football. Sergeant-at-Arms. Varsity Club, Senior Prom Committee. With blonde hair and fine stature, Thomas made his way through his Farm School career, leaving behind him the remem- brances of girls whose hearts he broke. Be- coming a senior through a trick of fate, Thomas carved himself quite a record with his football prowess. Seemingly mild-man- nered, he was aggressive when something had to be done except for getting away with anything as far as Mr. Samuels was con- cerned. Tommy majored in General Agri- culture in his senior year and didn ' t do a bad job in aiding in the upkeep of the pro- duction of that department. With little left to say for friend Thomas, we regretfully lake leave of his company, hoping to sec him ' ' ii as an overseer of a farm, galloping around on his Farmall F-30. WILLIE WEISBERG Captain Snatch 683 1 Buist Ave. West Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. High School Floriculture Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. — Anonymous FRESHMAN: Band. Class Boxing Manager, Class Baseball and Football. JUNIOR: Band, Varsity Baseball Squad, Vice- President of Class. Intra-mural Basketball. Class Baseball. Captain of Class Football Team, Arrangement Editor of the G leaner, and Weight-lifting Club. SENIOR: Editor in Chief of the Yearbook, Assistant Leader of the Band, Varsity Baseball Squad, Intra-mural Softball. Varsity Club, Weight-lifting Club, Class Baseball. Vice-President of Class, Horticultural So- ciety, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Gleaner, Sen- ior Prdm Committee. An outstanding character on the Farm School campus — when he was there — was quickly recognized wearing an old dilapi- dated sailor cap, from beneath whose brim loomed a flashing carmine schnozzola. Flow- ever, these personal attributes had little to do with Willie ' s enthusiasm. Entering Farm School ' s journalism in his Junior year, he advanced rapidly, and with little effort hung his Co-editor ' s sign on The Gleaner, and the Editor ' s sign on this Yearbook. The Dating Bureau was his nemesis, and he will always be remembered for all those blind dates he got . . . and those lie didn ' t. FALLEN LEAVES Aran v, Donald Balick, Nathan Barker, Benjamin Berger, Howard Campbell, James Cki.nkley, Mai hew Feldman, Nathan Gevurtz, Isadore Goldfarb, Meyer Goodman, Herman Grackin, Julius Green hals, Aaron Henningsen, Otto Heyman, Harold Hockman, Leslie Kazminsky, Hym n Kerbel, William Kornweitz, Leonard Krinsky, Seymour LewiNj Herbert Mercer, Edward Nathans, Abraham Phelps, Charles Relkin, Howard Robinow, Wolfgang Rosenthal, Hans SciIOENEELD, MoRRIS Schwartz, Sidney Segal. Albert Singer, William Slutsky, Sidney Smith, Alvin Spiyack, George Teller, Charles Vincent, Joh n Wein, William We en stock, Milton fa O r Si - ■ ■ ■ - B  S I sis CLASS FANTASY ALUMNI DAY 1961 jj as a HEREVER I turn I can see only sky and stars, nothing h as a clear appearance. The scenes passing by rapidly change into clouds and clouds, space and space, all is indefinite: no beginning, no ending. It is driving sane — how do I fit into all this: Something touches me gently. Get up honey! What are you doing with your hands in the air: It ' s time to rise! My wife stands in front of the bed smiling, charmingly. The sun plays upon her blonde hair daubing it with its glittering golden beams. ' ' Did you say it was July 4th, today: Oh darling, honey, — sweetheart — please call the airport. I forgot, today is the 20th Reunion of my class and I must reach Farm School in a few hours. Again I am taken through boundless space — but now, in reality. Within two hours — Missouri, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio, pass by and then, lovely — Penn- sylvania! From the airport, I take a train to Farm School. Car after car pulls into the attractive campus of The National Farm School and well dressed gentlemen jump out of their vehicles. A few bring sacred gifts — their wives and children; the majority of the married men leave their families at home. Many of the ' 41er ' s are lady killers and not even the year of 1961 can hide this fact from us, especially when we look at the various pretty-babies Hitting about the campus. Strolling along the front walk between Ulman and Lasker Hall, I meet Solomon B. Schwartz. Remembering clearly original speech mannerisms, which he so successfully introduced here once upon a time (and for which he has since received world renown), I think. My — what a handsome ' blute ' he turned out to be. Solomon, now is a language professor at Vale. However, in spite of all his studies of foreign and dead languages, he claims, that, A franzuck comes from the Greek meaning, nonsense. Still slightly on the mad side of things, Solo- mon, also called Fang, is as great a fellow as ever. Flastily approaching us, comes Nate — De Gonoff, who has gained tre- mendous fame within the last few years. Even during our Farm School days, he was familiar with statistics concerning labor unions and organizations. He now is president of the X. I. S. I). S. F. P. L. I. R. L... National and International, Socialistic and Democratic, Labor, Farmer and Professional, Liberal. Intellectual. Reactionary League, witli its National Headquarters in New Britain, Pa. The program of this party consists of a combination of various political, religious, and social doctrines. While I am debating with Nate as to whether or not America should destroy Japan completely or put it under its protection, we hear a loud crash. — Arthur Pekeris, whom all of us consider America ' s speed demon, number one, jumps out of his airplane, which -is still in motion, to land on Farm School ' s new- soccer field. He raises his left arm and yells Yoooooo-oo. From baby to grand- parent, everyone knows and loves America ' s Sweetheart of Aviation, ' Arthur Pekeris, and his famous contraption, — a modern trailer-size airplane with kitchen and bathroom installed. The masses call him Pekerony and famous psychologists have named the disease of the motor-type-man Pekeriscidiosis. Later we received a telegram from Sid Rappaport and Ed Katz, whom the government has sent to Germany for Ration Indentification. Rappaport is in charge of the butter department. He sees that all workers under him learn to square off every piece of butter to 1.763 ounces. Eddie Katz, Doctor of Animal Husbandry, makes the final inspection on these slabs. Seth Rusty Lowenthal is on his way over to this God-forsaken country to conduct experiments, in collaboration with Eddie, in producing a chickened flavored type of dog-meat by means of various chemical processess. At the big poultry house, I meet three handsome poultrymen, who are now directors of the Hen-Dreck Chicken Farm, Inc. (namely Vice-President Baral, Secretary Klein, and owner, manager, and director Henrich) Henrich tells me that he has been able to obtain the highest egg production in this country — and his method of cursing at chickens makes his production rise higher and higher. The old one o ' clock dinner bell rings. As we step into the dining hall, we feel that we are entering a mad house. Malinsky, Levitsky, Sernoffsky, Groben, and Thomas, who are all too fat to look like football players, demonstrate the old fashioned football formations taught by Coach Samuels way back in 1940. After a traditional chicken dinner, we meet Harry Doc Ershler and Frank Ox Reiss who have just arrived from their dairy farm in Seattle, Wash. Their research work on artificial insemination at first shocked and amazed the world, but is now fully recognized. This class of 41 brought fame to a new birth. In the reception room a bull-session is in full swing. To my surprise, I see everything in a new style. Straw and hay are strewn all over the paved floor and burlap bags hang from the wall — How naturalistic! Hello ' Pop ' Groben, I shout joyfully. How is your ninety acre farm coming along? Just swell, says Pop, pushing that typical Groben-Chin out. Mother Ratfield or Rinder-Binder, the iron-man, says Pop, is still at home grading potatoes, but he promised to get here in the evening. As we leave the reception room, a student announces, A telegram from Walter Xeuman, who is head of America ' s Espionage System. Best wishes to your twentieth reunion and all the success in the future Stop Sorry that I cannot join you Stop But secret service work takes all my time Stop — — Walter Ncuman Someone tells me that Walt lives in Quakerville. a new city just recently developed, and that his hobby is raising hundreds of breeds of cats, and further- more, that he has developed the so-called Mono theory of reproducing livestock. As we are walking down the front walk to prepare for a baseball game with the freshmen class of ' 64, we see two parachutists in the air. Both of them land almost in front of our feet and as they take their masks off, we see with astonish- ment that they are Willie Snatch Weisberg and Ben Turk Bershtein, who have just completed an aerial-hike around the world. Fully dressed and in their right mind they enthrall us with their adventures. The Chinese gave Turk Bershtein a medal for lacing the strongest man in China (they must be very starved and weakened — ). The Russians believe that Snatch Weisberg is the handsomest, ideal type man of the great blond teutonic race. They wind up to tell us about their beautiful wives. Snatch ' s fortune is a burlesque queen in Philadelphia, and the terrible Turk is married to the most gorgeous, daintiest, and finest woman on the stage, known as Katherina Kourvino. Running down the football field we see Augie speeding towards us. I must maintain my good figure. says lie smilingly. What are you doing now? Well, don ' t you know: he asks with an expression of surprise, I ' m the basketball coach of the famous ' Bloomer Girls, ' and our team has won ten games in succession. Kurt Beans Nathan and Max Buff Sernoffsky are both wrestling on the lawn just as they did in their baby stage at Farm School. Both their wives are watching with pitiful eyes as they rough and tumble it across the lawn. They have made a great success in their joint dairy and horticulture farm. The farmers in their section call them Kurt and Buff and have named their farm the Ku Bu. Inc. After the game ends. Chester Chet Teller, who just arrived, urges us to see the new Gurbarg Social Hall, which is built in the forest of No. 3. where Mi. Gurbarg forced our class to make us apply our Landscape Designing and Engineering Techniques in beautifying these woods. Chet. still active in the I oultry field, publishes a weekly magazine named The Embryologist. Main ' people wonder where this little fellow got all the experience. — I wonder where — . Tell us, ' Chet, ' where is Mr. Gurbarg? 1 ask, upon entering Gurbarg Hall. He is social director at Beaver College. Why, that? Well lie is studying the new co-educational system, as Farm School will have their first freshmen class composed of both boys and girls next year. OOOO-hh I exclaim, and let it go at that. In the building, we approach a statue with an energetic looking man mounted on a marble pedestal and below is inscribed Samuel J. Gurbarg — Great Social Reformer. A big and a small fellow stand in front of it — gazing at it in deep thought. Sol Pete ' ' Malinsky and Warren Lover Kastner give us a cheerful salutation. Warren, handsome, short and slightly dissipated, presents a strong contrast against Pete, the gigantic monstrosity. Pete, who together with Augie graduated from the University of Alabama, is a specialist in horse diseases; while the Lover, stuck to his specialty. (What do you think:) Even though Lover Warren is forty years old and still a bachelor (OF ART), he has not lost that certain Roman look about him, which could be misinterpreted as Veni, Vidi, Vici. On the first floor of the Gurbarg Building, standing in the corner, I see Lester Curley Males, with a beautiful blonde woman (it may even be his wife — for we all have crazy tendencies). — Curley ' s career appeared in the social column of the Evening Ledger, under the headline From landscaper, soda- jerk, and acrobatic bubble-blower to well known Passaic politician. Oh ! professor Schalman, I say jokingly, Cy, for heavens sakes, how are your A short stout nervous man stands in front of me. His intelligent face (or is it his eye-glasses) impresses me immediately. That alright aaaa — hhah 0. K. aaah — How are you: — I hope — How is your pathological work at Cornell coming along? 000H — !!! It is just excellent. Imagine — I have developed a new species of mixomycetes under glass feeding on crab grass, cheese and meat. I looked at him as if to say, Oh! how you have changed since I last saw you. Cy, feeling that something was going on within me, specified hesitatingly. By mixomycetes — I mean slime-molds. You understand? I do, I replied, searching about me. Bobbing on the dance floor, are ladies and men of all ages from all classes and all walks of life. Some faces seem familiar to me, others I remember dimly and those from just recent classes are total strangers. Jitter-bugging in solid-jive among our classmates there is the outstanding Beekeeper Walter Audi, the president of the Swedish-American Field Crops Society, Richard Karlsen, Allan Sidney Sobleman, Food Inspector of New York and New Jersey (also has a good taste for dark haired girls). Farmer Organizer Charles Thomas with some fas- cinating blond. Classmates! shouts Allan, It is time to proceed to Schmieder ' s Bee-Hive Nite Club!— Here COMES Rinder Binder! The Man of Iron rushes over to us dressed in a f nc tuxedo, — a real socialite. Excuse my delay gentlemen, I had to pull out the plow, and then turning to Groben, he says Pop, — I shot the horse, — it is a luxury to have some- thing like that on the farm. I can pull all the wagons and implements just as well myself. The entire ' 41 er crowd march through the illuminated campus, led by the terrible Turk, singing; I ' m Olga From Da Volga and Drink My Liquor Straight, HOI !! I There is dancing and singing at Schmieder ' s Bee-Hive Nite Club. On the stage where the orchestra plays, the band leader introduces the original Arnoldo Malin to sing: There ' ll Be Some Changes Made Today. Most of this thirty, crazy, happy-go-lucky bunch of scientists, farmers. philosophers, travelers, psychologists, artists, politicians, etc., are all assembled to celebrate, to refresh memories, to renew the tie which holds our class so closely together. That certain something, which we have learned to develop in three years of close association . Many more years are to come but it will take a long, long, long time before the natural appearances of these useful energies — run amuck, unconcious that ' ' Father-Time, is lurking somewhere ever-read} - to cause this class of ' 41 to fade into incomprehensible infinity. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ' S MESSAGE T AM pleased with this opportunity to express extreme gratification to the mem- bers of the graduating class for their splendid achievements which have resulted in successfully maintaining the highly respected athletic traditions of their Alma Mater. In the face of many competitive handicap s, the Senior mem- bers of our representative athletic teams have been very successful this year; in fact, more than ever in establishing our noble tradition of Fighting Hearts, We Can ' t Be Beat. Many of our victories in football and basketball contests were achieved after seemingly hopeless situations. Tribute should be paid to Seniors Groben and Levitsky as co-captains of the football team; Bogdonoff as baseball captain; and Levitsky as basketball captain. A word of deserving praise is also in order for individuals such as Groben, Males, Levitsky, Weisberg, Rappaport, Bogdonoff, Katz, Thomas, Sernoffsky, Malin- sky, Bershtein, and Henrich, who have proven themselves to be outstanding individuals in competition, and also in loyalty and spirit to their sports leaders and their Alma Mater. This present Senior Class has also proven its worthiness by setting a line standard of enthusiasm and loyalty for its school teams, in game attendance, and promoting the st udent body cheering which has been better than in many years past. It is my hope that these traditions will continue as they are very im- portant in one ' s endeavors for a successful career. Samuel B. Samuels VARSITY SENIORS LEVITSKY — All-star athlete, Levitsky, who, by the way, hails from Salem. X. J., has carved himself quite a record in Farm School athletics. Knding his stay with the co-captaincy of the football team and as captain of the basketball team, he- has come to be known as one of the mainstays of Farm School athletic successes. Augic, however, was and still is, a great athlete. The School ' s sport fans were always satisfied with his performances during football games in which he displayed speed and aggressiveness in the backfield. GROBEN — A natural ball-handler if there ever was one, Groben was molded into an athlete with little effort on the part of Mr. Samuels. He became co-captain of the football team and high-leaping center of the basketball team. Prowling about on two long legs, he played a mean end in football, and handled a basketball like a marble. And so we bid a fond farewell to a square-shooting athlete, who has left behind him a name which will long be remembered. MALES — This fair-haired boy of the senior class, from Passaic, X. J., is another who is capable of holding up his end of things in sports. Although basketball was his only sport, he played a great game for three years and was one of the high scorers on the team. We can remember when he trimmed his fair locks during basketball seasons, but decided to keep them cultivated in his last year and wind up in a blaze of glory. SERNOFFSKY — Buffalo ' s prodigal son, SernofFsky made his name with his football prowess. Making the varsity backfield in his Freshman year. Buff finally became the powerful signal-caller in his Senior year. When an extra yard was needed. Buff was called on and to the surprise of all scored the only three touchdowns of his career in his last year. His fancy stepping and loud voice were Buff ' s pride and joy and, despite injuries, plowed his way through to break up plays. MALINSKY — One look at Malinsky ' s powerful body and none too handsome face, caused the man playing opposite him to doubt his own existence. Malinsky was another three-year man on the football team and was one of the mainstays of the line with the ability to play tackle, guard, or center quite efficiently. As i scrub on the basketball team, he also managed to use his football tactics occasionally. BERSHTEIN— Not active in sports in his first year, Turk came out for the football team as a scrub in his Junior year and wound up as varsity tackle his last year. Turk ' s weight-lifting experiences stood him in good stead and he managed to open up holes for a truck to drive through and at the same time stop a tew plays himself where the other teams were concerned. A powerful body, Turk really was a threat to all that stood opposite him. BOGDONOFF — As a baseball player, Bog made a good footballer, but with all kidding aside, he did a good job in his last year as captain of the baseball team. Although he made no spectacular plays in his left-field position, he saw to it that no ball escaped his clutches. Bogdonoff was a three-year man, who managed to squeeze himself into some position on the team as a Freshman and wound up as the only varsity Senior on the team. WEISBERG — .After two years of hard work as scrub catcher on the baseball team, Snatch ' was finally awarded a well-deserved varsity F. During practice games, Snatch would look well-filled out with his paraphernalia in comparison to his usual long, thin self with the equipment removed. Mr. Samuels, however, gave him his chance in a varsity game or two, and he managed to hold on to his share of the hitting and catching and doing a good all-around job. THOMAS — Another of the fair-haired boys of the Senior class, Thomas ' s blond locks would wave gaily in the wind when he removed his football helmet. Seemingly gentle, Thomas played a mean game on the line as tackle for three long years. Surprisingly enough, he sustained few injuries and his peppiness and back-slapping were a spark plug to the line. Although he missed a year of football, through some mishap, he came back in a real blaze of glory to earn his varsity letter and sweater. AUCH — Never hitting the varsity lineup, Auch, nevertheless, made his varsity letter through his fine playing on the scrub basketball team for three years. Long and thin, Auch, the Easton Flash, was alway a threat to the varsity team during scrimmage games with his fine passing and shooting. Thus after three years, a varsity man was made. SOBELMAN — Tall and stocky, Al was good football material but instead he went out for the basketball team in his Freshman year as a scrub, and as a Senior he still was one, thus finally making him eligible for his varsity F. Although not a spectacular player, he was still a great asset to the team and his award was well-deserved. HENRICH — Scrappy and tempermental, Vince was manager of the basketball team in his last year. Guarding his team like a hen watching her brood, Vince made sure the boys had the best of everything, above all, their vitamin tablets. Thus a letter to soothe his heated nerves. RAPPAPORT — Long, thin and bespectacled, Rappy became our optimistic baseball manager in his Senior year. During the season, it seemed that Mr. Samuels ' pet diversion was to get Rappy to chase stray balls around the field or check back on some ancient scores in the old record book. All this is now forgotten, and a varsity F now bedecks Rappaport ' s chest. KATZ — From Boston, Mass., came Katz, also on the tl}in and bespectacled side, to get a mean hold as manager of the football team. Driven mad by frantic pleas from all sides for massages, etc., from the exhausted players, Katz, nevertheless, held on to the bitter end and got the just award of his varsity letter, which he proudly bears. 1940 FOOTBALL TEAM Levitsky and Groben, Co-captains 1st ruie: Coach Samuel B. Samuels, Silverman, Gordon, Bershstein, Malin- sky, Levitsky (Co-Captain), Groben (Co-Captain), Sernoffsky, Nath- anson, Thomas, Shutsky, Draving, Dr. Hankin 2nd row: Katz (Mgr.), Leber, Cohen, Seligman, MeFadden, Lax, Gold- farb, Brauer (Mgr.) 1941 BASKETBALL TEAM Abraham Levitsky, Captain Seated: Mr. Samuels, Gordon, Males, Levitsky, Groben, Berger, Charles- worth Standing: Henrich (Mgr.), Dansky, Draving, Lipeles, Berkowitz (Asst. Mgr.) 1940 BASEBALL TEAM Nathan Bogdonoff, Captain 1st row: Coach Samuels. Bedick, Gudykunst, Shutsky, Bogdonoff (Capt.), Gordon, Berger, Nathanson, Rappaport (Mgr.) 2nd row: Brauer, Breitinger, Resnick, Cohen, Lax, Rozeman, Weisberg, Flaum  X, Q. jTZi O SOCCER CLUB Eddie Grosskopf, 1st row: Schultheis, Grosskopf, Flaum, Salm, Fox, Stein 2nd row: Fox (Mgr.), Oken, Schoenbach, Pekeris, Silberstein, Sonntag. Feldstein, Katz, Miller, Kaufman (Mgr.) Coach FOOTBALL TjMGHTTXG with a determined aggressiveness and playing with superb coordina- • - tion, the 1940 Xational Farm School Gridiron Warriors captured four contests, tied one game, and went down to defeat in three heart breaking games. Starting out strong, the Farmers gained decisive victories over Stroudsburg State Teachers College J. V. ' s, 12 to 0, and steamrollered over Millersville State Teachers College Aggregation, 32-0. Priming themselves for the Ursinus game, the Aggies fell short by 2 points of snatching a spine-tingling 13 to 12 contest over the Collegeville eleven. The next contest saw the Bulldogs come from behind and register a 13 to 13 tie with the West Nottingham Military Academy from Maryland. Two victories followed in quick succession. Patton Trade being smothered by a 45 to count, and the Mining and Mechanical School being downed in a revenge game 26 to 7. Undefeated Steven Trade journeyed to Farm School and routed the Bulldogs 20 to 0. Playing their annual Thanksgiving Game with Williamson Trade School. The National Farm School was defeated in the few remaining minutes of the game 13 to 7. It may not have been a successful season compared with previous Farm School football records, but with a few good breaks the three losses could easily have been turned into Bulldog Triumphs. BASKETBALL V7 ITH a record to be envied by all. the 1940-41 basketball season placed upon ' the hardwood court a National Farm School Championship Quintet. This team garnered 12 victories from a IS game schedule, defeats being suffered at the hands of Patton Trade School of Elizabethtown, The Williamson Trade School, and the Mining and Mechanical Institute of Freeland. Our team was lauded for its brilliant and decisive victories over such strong opponents as Lincoln Business College, Glassboro State Teacher ' s College, and two important victories over P. S. 1). Featuring a breathtaking-fastbreaking offense and a puzzling, shifting zone defense, the Aggies rang up triumph after triumph. Paced by Captain Augie Levitsky, general floor man and dead set-shot artist: Pop Groben, dependable pivot and sure fire back board man: Lester Males, hard working forward; Cy Berger and Jimmy Charlesworth; Leonard Dansky, Morris Lipeles and Sid Gordon — The Xational Farm School may proudly boast of a Championship five. BASEBALL T. a season which saw their schedule cut short by inclement weather and a mild outbreak of scarlet fever. The National Farm School nine could not salvage a single victory. Originally slated to play eight games, three turned out to be realities, all defeats for the Farmers. Glassboro State Teachers College, Williamson Trade School and Dobbins Vocation School of Philadelphia all registering victories over the Aggie nine. The Farmers showed a woeful lack of strength in the batting department. Romuald Schutsky, although hurling effective ball in these three contests, could not by his pitching alone pull the Farm School team through to victory. The Squad, composed of veterans, namely Captain Nate Bogdonoff, Cy Berger, Sid Gordon, Rom Schutsky, Joe Nathanson, Bama Rozeman, Hal Brauer. and Max Levinowsky, constituted a team made up of experience and competitive spirit. With these strong assets in their favor a better showing should have been made in the games played. SOCCER TEAM rPHE 1940 soccer season has ended. With it draws to a close, at least on the - - Farm School field, the soccer playing careers of our able seniors. With their help and advice both the squad and the spirit of the sport has grown from a few charter members to that of an organization, in which twenty students are participating. Mr. Rath, a former Springfield College and Hawaii soccer star, had volunteered during the spring of the 1939 season to coach the team, and since then he has done much to improve our skill in passing, dribbling, and heading. Eddie Grosskopf, the student who founded the first soccer team in the history 01 the National Farm School, deserves praise for the time and effort he spent while working to form and build the new club. The players practiced nights under the arc lights with Eddie giving encouragement and well-needed advice. The 1940 season did not comprise many games, due to the weather and the poor condition of the field. However, an early start in the spring, and co-operation from the A. A. Board, will assure us an increased number of games on our 1941 schedule. Although the soccer team had an unsuccessful season, losing three games, we were buoyed up by our victory over the Philadelphia Jewish Athletic Club, a decidedly more experienced and longer established group. At the close of the season Toddy Flaum and Peter Salm were elected co-captains. Both co-captains agree that with more players possessing the aggressiveness of right forward, Senior Grosskopf, and the agility and mighty kicking of our outstanding goalie, Senior Katz, next year ' s season could be seen clearly. Both Flaum and Salm are also of the same mind, the new equipment would bring many a deserving victory to the Farm School Soccer Team. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A S you thumb your way through these pages and reminisce of by-gone memo- - lies, pause a moment to acknowledge those persons who have aided and co-operated with the staff in publishing this yearbook. Mr. J. Claude F. Strung Mr. Samuel B. Samuels Mr. Maurice Jacobs Mr. Wolf Levy Mr. L. R. Benedict Stuyvesant H. S., New York City J. A. Gardy Printing Co. Phototype Engraving Co. 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