Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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

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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.

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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