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

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1914 SERPENTINE Page 21 A (Fributf kEA ' l nyiiiphs arise! Where hast thmi lately been W hen l)roail acniss the land thru caves unseen A voice priiphetic and in accents clear Spoke pleasing- words of kindness to thine ear? Where didst thou hide when soft across the plain A sob was heard, — a sob that tried in vain To tear thy notes of pleasure from thy reeds. Whilst yet thou lingered, bathed in unsung deeds. Then ditties come with nimljje stroke of love, Whose (pii -ering strings send nuisic frcjui above. For he who is our captain, tossed on seas. Has weathered every maelstrom, every breeze. Secured and glad, and stout in heart we feel While there he stands with shoulders to the wheel, riay, ditties, play, send happiness abroad; Our cajjtain guides the shi]3, and well its horde. Sweet nymphs, come forth! Why dost thou lowly stay When music such as thou canst only play Is dearly prized ? Canst thou not venture nigh From thy closed gates in answer to my sigh? Canst thou not bring me peace in tones sincere That I may sit in wonder and revere? Arise, come forth and spread thv tuneful notes, And let them echo from a thousand throats. Speed on, thou gallant ship, spread thv white wings Before the main, and while the echo rings. Tossed on the balmy seas from w-ave to wave. Let every lireak, each noble deed and brave. Throw greater accent o ' er the bounding deep: While thru the age of progress in our sweep, Beholrl the rising sun! Its beams doth shed .- noble tribute on our captain ' s head. — Ernest Schultz.

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Page 20 SERPENTINE 1914 1 porgr IKorrta f litUpa LD-FASHIOXRD schoolmaster, with years spent in the preparation of wholesome, earnest teachers, with writing ' s, sane and thorough, to your credit, and with a place of first rank in the educational world : ' A mind to blend with outward life — Seeking for some great thing to do. Or hidden thing to know. ' (The above (piotation is taken from the speech by Provost Smith, of the University of Pennsyhania, in conferring the degree of Doctor of Laws on Dr. I ' hilips. Dr. Philips, Col. Goethals, creator of the Panama Canal, and Henry P. Davison, a member of the banking firm of J. P. Morgan Co.. were the three men honored with the degree of Doctor of Laws last June. )

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Page 22 SERPENTINE 1914 (S org iMnrrtB pi|tltpH PIvIX ' CIPAL of West Chester State Normal School since 18S1 : bom at Atglen, Pa.. Oct. 28. 1851 ; college preparatory work was received in the local schools; oraduated from Bucknell University, 1S71 (. .M., Ph.D.) : Prof, mathematics, Monongahela College; Prof, higher methematics at this school in 1873, leaving here in 1878 to accept piofessorship of higher mathematics and astronomy, Bucknell University ; pres. Chester Co. Hist. Soc. ; mem. Sons of Re ' olution ; pres. Pa. State Teachers ' Assn., 1891 ; vice-pres. Nat. Edn ' l Assn.. 1894; dir. Nat. Bank of Chester Co.; vice-pres. Dime Savings Bank, West Chester; trustee of Bucknell Univ.; Chester Co. Hosp. ; mem. Coll. and Univ. Council of Pa. 1895-1Q12; mem. and secretary of Pa. School Code Commission 1907-191 1 ; mem. of State Board of Ed. of Pa. 1911-1914, and first secretary of same: frequent lecturer and instructor at teachers ' institutes, contributor to educational pul)lications. Author; (with pres. Isaac Sharpless, of Haverford Coll.) . stron- omy, 18S2; Natural Philosophy, 1883: Key to Philosophy (with C. C. Balclerston), 1884; Civil government of Pa., 1893: Geography of Pa., 1895; Nation and State, 1905; Pennsylvania Geography, 1907. The Sil- ver-Burdette Arithmetic ( witli Dr. R. F. Anderson) 1913. LL.D. of Temple University, 1906. and Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. i()i,i.