Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON To the Students and Graduates of the National Farm Schools Never before has the importance of training in agriculture been so universally recognized as during this war period when farm people hsve been called on to turn out record supplies of farm products. With the limited supply of labor and new farming equipment, increas- ing reliance has been placed upon improved farming methods as a means of achieving the needed production. These better farming methods are usually the products of research — research based upon classroom training and carried out in the laboratory or on the farm. For eight years in a row, American farmers have topped the previous year ' s food output by setting a new, all-time production record. But we cannot rest on our laurels, for the proiuction objective for 1945 calls for continued high output. Food is needed to feed our hard- working home front and our armed forces. Food is needed also to help feed our allies, just as they are helping us in many instances through reverse lend-lease. In addition there will be demand for U. S. food to help meet foreign relief needs as our armies liberate new areas. When the war is over there will be an ever-increasing demand for facts and information on agriculture. To meet the demand will re- quire many able and well-trained people — people who are skilled in research, those who are skilled in classroom teaching, and people who are skilled in the technique of demonstrating to rural people farm and home methods of better living. Because, in the final analysis, the real purpose and the real test of education is better farming and better rural homemaking. In order for education to serve the people fully it must be free to search for the unbiased truth and free to express that truth. Upon that foundation will be built a stronger agriculture and a happier rural America. Sincerely yours, Secretary

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Auniord . . . ' 46 We entered the Farm School as a bold and ambitious class of sixty fellows. After a few months as Freshmen we staged what is still considered the best barn dance the school has yet witnessed. It included a follies entitled: Mutts to You. ' Il was during our Freshman year that paddling was abolished. We have since earned the questionable distinction of breaking more traditions than any other class. However, during the school ' s darkest days it was a member of our class who kept the student band alive and nursed its growth until it became a distinguished organization of the student body. We have contributed greatly to the school ' s morale by con- ceiving and fostering the program of intra-mural athletics. Since that memorable year 1943 we have dwindled down to a group of six fellows, and more are destined to leave before the termination of our Senior year. As this Senior year approaches we realize more clearly the responsibilities thrust upon us. Therefore we have planned our Senior activities well in advance. It is our determination to grasp the reins of the social, academic, religious and cultural work of the school and guide with the best of our abilities. In review of the past we are almost glad of our small numbers because we have learned to live together, not as fellow stu- dents, but as brothers.