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

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I ' ntil lyo the regular course of study had e mbraced i)nl y two years, know u as junior and senior. In that -ear the first class taking- three full years of study in the regular course was graduated. Steadily the school forged ahead, guided still Ijy the same master hand. More students came each year; more teachers taught uKire branches; more facilities were added. In 1903 came the greatly improved power plant. Finally in iijl I a new dormitory was built, prn iding, it was supposed, for years to come, especially as the dining-room was also enlarged and many rooms added to the central e.xtension. The end is not yet, already the school is crowded, already students are living outside who winild like to share the intimate life of the school. The three year course has stretched to four. The ten-acre campus has grown to nearly lifty. The hundred thou- sand dollars worth of property has grown until it is rapidly approaching a million dollars of value. The faculty of eleven, some of whom gave o nly part time to the work, has --rown until the list of teachers and administrative ofificers now numbers more than forty. The student body of the lirst year numbered less than two hundred, this year the number will exceed a thousand. The first graduating class numliered ten: the present class will graduate well over three hundred members. THE LEADER The community is ideal, the grounds well located, the trustees capable and faithful, the teachers skillful and de oted, yet all who know the school know it as ihe realization of the dream of one man. Possessed of ision to see into the future, of persuasion to get others to share his dream, of scholarship to demand faithful and solid work, of devotion to labor untiringly for the realization of his plans. Dr. ( ieorge Morris Philips stands as the efficient cause of this wonderful growth and prosperitx ' . Vear after ' ear adds to the honors heaped u])on him. Institutions of learning confer on him de.grees. the State calls him to service, positions of tempting worth in honor and profit are tendered him in vain. Tirelesslv he works — unendinglv he serves. No one does he ever hold to so strenuous a service as he holds hmiself. i lay he long continue to guide the destinies of his and our well beloved West Chester State Normal School. S. C. SCHMUCKER. 20

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y e . School Colors— Purple and Gold f Rail to the Jormal School, nobU and etrong, Co tbcc with loyal hearts voe raise our . song, a Swelling to Reavcn loud our praises ring, J Rail to the f ormal School, of thcc we JSormal ° ' R pmn... JMajcsty as a crown rests on thy brow, pride, honor, glory, love before thee bow, fSe ' er can thy spirit die, thy walls decay. Rail to the lorTnal School, for thcc wc pray. Rail to the Normal School, guide of our youth. Lead thou thy children on to light and truth, Chce, when death stmmons us, others shall praise. Rail to the Normal School, through endless days. .- 22