Delaware Valley College - Cornucopia Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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cornucopia 1955 National Agricultural College Farm School Post Office Bucks County, Pennsylvania MARVIN ADLEMAN Editor JAY WEIGMAN Business Manager ' --C- f . ■

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Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. DANIEL WEBSTER v .-

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i-h Maximilien Vaiika We proudly dedicate the 1955 Cornucopia to a man whose mfluenee upon us, for our betterment, will not end with graduation. A teacher of art since he settled in Bucks County eight years ago, Maximilian Vanka has always had a full contingent of students in his elective courses. Having been reared in a world of science, he has a true understanding of the feelings of his students which gives him optimum capabilities in helping his pupils express themselves in an art form. Among his qualifications as a fine and noted artist are the sixteen years he spent as a professor at the Academic des Beaux Arts in Brussels. Professor Vanka ' s patience is only excelled by his humorous persistence that the simple interrelation of life and art should not be corrupted by baseless sensationalism. He clearly demonstrates that the lines of beauty and symmetry of form are to be found in all natural substance. It is the duty of the artist to bring out the form, just as it is the goal of the scientist to state the natural laws by which we all are governed. To realize this aim and fulfill it is what Professor Vanka tries to instill in every pupil. But more than his art to us is the beautiful philosophy which he expresses by living, more than preaching. He finds beauty in all life situations and purports this beautiful scheme to all with whom he comes in contact. We are not dedicating this yearbook to Mr. Vanka solely as an artist, but rather a? a man who makes living an art.