Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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VARSITY Glilfgllfllllin A potential leader of all extra-curricular organizations at the National Farm School is the Varsity Club. It is composed exclusively of students who have been awarded the Varsity 'Tv in one of the three major sports. With the advent of the War the membership of the club declined from a total of forty to five. Gone were its influences over athletic programs, its various tournaments, dances, and other morale building activities. Yes, rather than loss of interest, lack of members forced the club to curtail many of its activities. The rebuilding program is a slow and tedious one. The first major step in resuming its activities was the formation of a softball league. The mem- bers ofthe student body were divided into four teams and a regular schedule was drawn up. This program proved highly successful from the standpoint of spirit, interest and conditioning. Varsity club members have ofliciated at all intra-mural activities. The club has planned several ping-pong and pocket billiard tournaments to be held in the near future. These tournaments will become an annual feature of the club.

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Gllflll-llllib lll?nANlD One of the most popular institutions :it lfarrn Sclirrul has always been the student band. ln previous years, the student band had a larger :refre- gation of members than our present student body. Despite this fact. the band has created as much spirit in the student body as any other band in Farm School history. Assemblies just wouldn't be assemblies if the band did not render its interpretations of favorite marches. Our small band, under the direction of Gil Katz. was alwavs a source of entertainment at our school dances. graduations. and other social functions. liven though the fellows may have misread a note or two and sounded a little out of tune. they still received the applause and cheers of the entire student body. Their fellow students realized that what these bovs lacked in musical abilities. they more than made up for in their perseverance and spirit. The band spent many long hours each week rehearsing under the super- vision of hir. Earl Frick. Director of Klusic at the Dovlestown High School. .APKION FARM i t'i4'OOI A BAND 4' 4'-'Uncut vt ii

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llflfllffllflllbisklllglllg After many weeks of deliberation, it was decided by the administration and the faculty to carry on the Farm School athletic tradition. The school was faced with the most trying circumstances. Under pressure of adminis- trative duties, Mr. Samuels had to resign as coach of the football team after twenty years of successful service. In his place, Farm School secured the competent services of lNfIr. Joseph Dobbie VVeaver. A call for players was issued to the thirty students at the school and twenty-two answered the call for the squad. Twenty men were selected and practice began officially. Of these, seventeen had no previous football experi- ence whatsoever. At the annual pre-season pep rally, the alumni and students gave the team a rousing send-off. Imbued with the spirit of the previous evening. the team went out and gave Malvern Prep a sound shellacking. What happened in the remaining five games is a matter of speculation. The next four games were lost by close scores. Before the final game of the season, which was played against VVilliamson, our traditional rivals, a spirited pep rally was held. The cry was 4'Beat Williamson. The following day, the fighting Bulldogs played their hearts out but lost the game 14-12. We look back upon that game as a symbol of the Fighting Hearts of Farm School. Considering the obstacles overcome, we look back with pride on the past football season. The baseball picture cannot be included in this year book because the majority of the players have left school. The team's record was one victory and three defeats. Basketball had to be discontinued because of the lack of students. How- ever, several students received official permission to practice on their own time and to play outside teams so long as these games did not interfere with academic activities. This upick up combination is definitelysuperior to last year's varsity. QUAR. Mm.TnPlay DWI Yaiis Go fx N 'Ss 'W-w