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TO George: morris philips, PRI NCI PAL OF West Qhesxeir S-taxe: Normau School XH IS PATHFINDER IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
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igio PATHFINDER (3C0XQC nnovns philips, flMxH)., X1L.2). IPiincipal oi tbc State IRormal Scbool Mest Cbcstcr, pcnn5v lvanta EORGE MORRIS PHILIPS, Ph.D.,LL.D., Prindpal .,f tlie Stale N..mial School , West Chester, Pennsylvania, widely known and esteemed as an educator, is descended fmni an did Chester County family. In 1755, Joseph I ' hilips emigrated with his family from Wales to this count r)- and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His great grandson, John Morris Philips, born in Chester County, married Sarah Jones, also a native of the county, being a daughter of Judge Thomas Jones, whose ancestors in 171- had also emigrated here from Wales. George Morris Philips is the son of John Morris and Sarah (Jones) Philips, and was Ixirn in 1851 at Penningtonville (now Atglen), Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is thus descended from the sturdy Welsh stock noted, especially, for its physical and intellectual vigor, strength of character and intense patriotism. Three sons of Joseph Philips served in the colonial army during the Revolutionary war; the second son, John, from w honi Dr. Philips derives his title as a member of the Order of the Sons of the Revolution, was first lieutenant in the Chester County battalion. The father of Dr. Philijis was a man of great influence in the communitv bec-;use of his valuable personal qualities, and his mother was a woman of rare Christian graces and mental endowments, who lived to the advanced age of eighty-three years, honored and beloved by all who knew her and felt the warmtli of her kindlv nature. It has been said that ance ' try renders a good man more illus- trious. While the truth of this may be conceded, the converse is equally capable of demonstration, that a good man may add new lustre to a noble ancestry. The boy, George Morris Philips, received his elementary education in the schools of the neighborhood and prepared for college at the local academy conducted by Professor William E. Buck, to whom Dr. Philiiis often refers with gratitude and
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