West Chester University - Serpentine Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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(lelpliia, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, president; of the Scotch Irish Society of Philadel- phia : of the State Bankers ' Ass(xiations of Pennsylvania, Xew Jersey and Vir- ginia, and of many other societies and clubs. His most notable recent appearance was during ' the past spring, at the Bankers ' Association of New Jersej-, where he was on the prdgrani with President Taft and ( ioxernor W ' oodrow Wilson, of Xew Jersey. He has been very active in Christian work, and has been a jirominent general officer and speaker at V. M. C. A. conventions, as well as at Sunday School, Christian Endeaxor and Bible Cnion conventions. During all of his years here until the summer of igi i. he lived in the schoul diirmitdry, and his attractive rooms, filled with books and many interesting me- mentoes of travel and of literary men. were a ha en of happiness and help to lum- dreds and hundreds of young men. On September 12, iqir, he was married at Plainfield, X. J., to Miss Gertrude Langdon Heritage, a graduate of and, until her marriage, an instrnctor at Bryn Mawr College. He and Mrs. Green now- li e in their own delightful home on South Walnut street, near the Normal School. Professor Green ' s popularity as a teacher and as a speaker is continually growing, and he constantly has many more invitations to lecture and speak than he can possibly accept. He has beeen a great inHuence for good here and where- e er he has gone, and has l een one of the great factors in the excellence and ef- ficiency of work done at. and of the popularity and success of, the West Chester State Normal School. , r n G. M. Philips. W!

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Three Pictures n I. I i !• . mists of early morning- llang low o ' er lanil and sea. And stilled are all the oices Of natnre ' s minstrelsy. But wait ! a change is nearing — Soon breaks the silent hush ; The king- of day approaches; The East begins to blush. Short lines of light are lengthening The darkness has withdrawn; Gray colors now grow golden; Reioice! be glad! ' lis Daw.v. A II. BRIGHT blue sky bends o ' er us; Stray Heecy clouds hang round; The earth is tilled with brightness; Light, life and love abound. On ri er, valley, mountain. The flush of life is seen, . long the streets and highways Men i)ass with busy mien. b ' ar u|) in highest heaven, ' Mid splendor ' s bright array, The great sun gazes gladly On glories of Midd.w. T III. 1 1 F. sun has wandered westward, Has reached the gates of light. Is stealing through the portals. He bids the world good-night. Behind him trails his glory, .And tints of richest hue .Still linger round the gatewa - .And beautify the iew. The pur] le turns to crimson ; The g olden melts to lead ; The day dies out in darkness, And Xir.iiT his tent has sijread. KTrancis arvei Careen