Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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

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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.

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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.