Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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

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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