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

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I9I4 SERPENTINE Page 23 ir. Pitlipa ' Sptitni IT WAS Saturday attenninn, about 4 d ' clock. wliile the rain was pouring- torrents, that an announcement was made. Suddtnlv the sun appeared. With it a rousing burst of applause came. The next thing- Sir Stranger saw was a joyful throng of young people rushing in a continuous line and taking halt right at the entrance of the main building (jf the Normal School. Cheers were given. Sir Stranger, with a (|uizzical e.xpressiim, saw Dr. i ' liili])s and an old, sad. familiar gentleman appear; then several men-ibers of the faculty; he heard more cheers, this tin-ie distinctly, Boom-a-Lacka veil for Dr. Phili|)s. Our splendid old gentleman was then brought to the front by Dr. Philips, and again a thunder of shouts pealed forth: Sis, bcxim. liah, Capt. Cornwell, Cajjt. Cornwell, Capt. Cornwell ! Me spoke — he congratulated us uixni the reinstatement of Dr. Philips. Hats flew up in the air — once inore cheers were gi en. Then, in a quiet tone, he tuld us that — and then our hearts stopped beating, we could not realize it — he told us that Miss Speakman was coming back. - t once this armv of joyful youth turned its well-disciplined ranks to go to the hon-ie of Miss Speakman. Sir Stranger looked upon us with understanding. He wore a smile, and I beliexe he admired us. On we went, turned u]) Miner street, and gathered l)e fore her home. We cheered, we sang, we cheered again. Hail to the Normal School! rang out, and every one of us. with uncovered heads and waving ' kerchiefs, hailed Miss Speakman. her answering call being. I love you all. ' h - (lid evervbodv rush int(i the Chapel Mondav morning, h ' eliruary 2? Why did everyone have eager anticipation written all over his face? On one side of the reading desk was a pot of purple, star-like flowers, on the other side a pot of yellow daffodils, happy preludes of the main announcement: Dr. Philips is back! . s he stood before us. a dear, familiar figure, and gave out the hymn for the first time in many weeks, one of the Senior girls was heard to say, Oh. hasn ' t he the most beautiful voice you ever heard? And that ' s the way we all felt. I ' tEBECCA GrEENBURG.

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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.

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Page 24 SERPENTINE 1914 J ' r;l vl •- f 9 ' ..X ' - , ' ; ' , Elvira Y. Speakman ■ ■ t vj l rnS A 1 Bp % HHItt •, - : ' .w:», ■■•■,■«»■. .;. ;iMB Francis Harvey Green, A.M., Litt.D Clyde E. Ehinger. M.D.