Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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Fifty years after Tolstoy gave the inspiration and Krauskopf made the promise, the Graduates of 1944, wrote in their Classbook: Yes, we came from the city, as did our fathers before us. 5' 9' if Through the 'vision and foresight of Dr. joseph Krauskopf, the Founder, we had the opportunity to study practical and scientific agriculture at the National Farm School. at if The trials and tribula- tions of farming are insignificant as compared to its heartwarming rewards: a healthy mired arid body, a closely bonded family life arid the joy that goes with seeing the birth and harvest of orze's own efforts. We hope to make agriculture more than just a mere occu- patiorz-a way to earn a lifozrzg-we aspire to make the soil OUR IILQMILGEB NEW llHll4DllRlllZlDllNllS ANIID 4lEfllRlIE5A5llfllE5llR lINlllIEfsllE5llDS President Truman, in his Golden Jubilee Greetings to the National Farm School, points to our new horizon along which our school may glimpse its possibilities for ,further service in the decades that lie ahead. XVAY OF LIFE. On the new horizon we find the new plans to advance the school to a Junior College of Agriculture. Looking forward to its second half century, the new program of the National Farm School will offer a combination of academic and scientif1c education, with practical training and healthy living- aiming at a two fold objective: First: To prepare young men, regardless of creed, to become suc- cessful farmers or workers in agriculture or allied industries. Second: To provide young men with an academic and cultural education which will lead to well rounded citizenship and leadership in their community. To achieve that purpose for the youth of 1946 to 1996, we must attain new horizons beyond those of the flrst half century of the school. Surely, the Founder and the Signers of the Charter had full right to rely on their suc- cessors to move abreast of the needs of youth and to meet the challenge of the years ahead. Indeed, we are confident that Rabbi Krauskopf would be leading as the vanguard in our march to new horizons, and he would hold our banner high! It is in that spirit that the new plans are being made: llie shall carry on- we who took the torch from those immortal hands-with steadfast faith in the inspiration from Tolstoy and the solemn promise of Krauskopf. Never before, has there been a greater need to open wide the doors to education for jewish lads--and other lads. The challenge is to you-to me-to all of us who believe that, uallmen are created equal, and that education is the bulwark of our democracy. Our campus shall continue to welcome the youth from our crowded cities, so that they may develop their minds, acquire new skills, learn to know the good earth, find a new way of life, and be prepared to serve as true Americans in a world of peace.

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11801415 fiilllllblll lll1INllSlllDlIlllRAGllflll1lDlINIl ANR lll0lRfIDllMlllllSllE5 In 1894, a young American Jew and a venerable Russian Christian sat on a bench under a famous tree in Russia. One was Rabbi Krauskopf and the other was Count Leo Tolstoy. Before sailing from home, Krauskopf had been a guest at the VVhite House, Where President Grover Cleveland encouraged him to make the trip to Russia. But the Czarls government found it impossible to extend the courtesy of a passport visa to 'fthe Jewish Divine. In spite of this, Krauskopf sailed and the Czar's minions dared not keep him out of the land from which his co-religionists were then being driven, the Refugees of the 1890,s. Krauskopf had come to see the Czar but he met a greater man instead- Leo Tolstoy. The Rabbi reported to Tolstoy how he had come to plead personally with the Czar to stop religious persecution and to permit the Jews to colonize neglected lands, where as farmers and bread givers, they might return to the vocation of their Biblical forefathers. Tolstoy was deeply sympathetic. He loved the good earth. He had faith in the jews. But he had no faith in the Czar's government. Then Tolstoy spoke of the lot of the immigrant Jew in the United States. You have freedom and the most fertile soil-make more tillers and fewer tailors-establish a farm school for your youth, counseled the great Tolstoy. The visit remained vivid in Krauskopfls memory. Sixteen years later, in 1910, when Tolstoy died, Rabbi Krauskopf paid his tribute in four discourses on 'fhly Visit to Tolstoy. His Congregation in Philadelphia heard its Rabbi graciously acknowledge the inspiration he brought back from Tolstoy: Tltere, urzaler tlze Poverty Tree it tear, zelzere I gave Tolrtoy tlze folernn prornire that upon my return ltome, tlze earlieft task SI teoztlcl enter upon 'zeoulrl be the 6'5ldbll5lZ.777.E7ZZ of an agricultural .relzool for jezcfirlt lady-arzcl other lady. And to this he added 7 f'Tlze exirterzce of tlte National Farm Sclzool near Doylertozcrz, if testtmorzy tlzat I kept my promiref' Yes, Krauskopf kept his promise. He founded the school and for twenty- five years he gave to it his all-in leadership. in service. in funds and in loyalty. Affectionately. he remembered the school in his ethical will. Those who had worked at Krauskopfls side, and those who were inspired by him, continued in his steps and the school grew. From the pioneer house and the hundred acres first acquired in 1896. the school has gradually expanded to a group of farms covering 1,000 acres. with a spacious campus, buildings. library, shops, live stock and equipment valued at over One hlillion Dollars-free of any liens or mortgages. From crowded cities, boys have come-slew and Christian-seeking practical and scientific education in agriculture. In almost every part of these United States. National Farm School boys have found their places in life- as owners or as managers of farms. in many fields of agriculture. in profes- sions. or in industry.

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FRESHMAN YEAR JUNIOR YEAR