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

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Page i8 SERPENTINE 1914 Inarli nf ®r«Bt?p0 (0flSrpra of tljp iSnarii President. R. T. CORNVVEI.L ricc-Prcsiilciit. Hugh B. Eastburn Secrrtary. Samuei- Marshall John V. Craven George Henderson- Joseph T. RoTHRocK Frank B. Wonsetler Arthir T. Parke HARR ■ D. Saylor Steward. John R. Hollinger Matron. Anna S. Raymond

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1914 . SERPENTINE Page 17 ness: such college presidents as Smith, Angell, Hadley, Garfielil Scluiniian, ami Alderman; such musicians as Homer, Bispham, Hoffman, Samaroff, and the Knerset Quartet; and such eminent Americans as General John B. Gorman, Ed- ward Everett Hale, Julia Ward Howe, Frances E. Willard, Jacob Riis, Henry George, Lyman Abbott and Booker T. Washington. The Pennsyhania School Code of 191 1 authorized the State Board of Education to purchase any State Normal School whose stockholders are desirous of selling it to the Commonwealth. L ' nder the terms of this law, tlie State Board of Education lx ught the West Chester Normal School in 1913. The law provides that in case of such purchase, the new State institution shall Lie managed by a l oard of nine trustees appointed by the State Board of Education. Early in 1914 that Board named the following trustees for the reorganized West Chester State Normal Schodl : Joseph T. Roth- rock, Robert T. Cornwell, John V. Craven, Samuel Marshall, Hugh B. Eastburn, Arthur T. Parke, George Henderson, Frank B. Wonsettler, and Harry D. Saylor. Under the management of the wise and public-spirited Board of Trustees, and w-ith Principal Philips still in the fullness of his powers, in charge of its administration, the West Chester State Nor- mal School is entering upon a new era of even greater success and usefulness as a State institution. Smith Burnham.

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