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

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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.

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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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I9I4 SERPENTINE Page 25 Elvira Y. Speakman Taught in the iniblic schools of Chester county. Collegiate Institute, Newton, N. J., Seminaries in Unionville, Ercil- doun and Christiana, Pa. Miss Speakman came to the West Chester State Normal School in 1876, and has been connected with it continuously since that time. She now holds the position of Preceptress. Francis Harvey Green, A.M.,Litt.D. Educated at West Chester Normal Scl.ool, . mherst Col- lege, and Harvard University. Teacher in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Professor of English in Juniata College. Huntingdon. I ' a.; Head of English Department of West Chester Normal School since 1890; Lecturer of Literary, Educational and Moral subjects; widely known as an after- dinner speaker; author of numerous bits of erse and maga- zine articles ; President of Y. M. C. . . and leader in the re- ligious life of the school. Has traveled widely in this country and in Europe; member of Transatlantic Society, Dickens ' Pellowship, London, England, and Chester County Historical Society. Long interested in Children ' s Country ' eek Association of Philadelphia; was President of the Philosophical Society, West Chester, Pa. ; has probably vis- ited the homes of more literary personages in the United States and England than any living man in America, and lias had the honor of meeting and knowing many of thj foremost writers of the nineteenth centuary. Clyde E. Ehinger, M.D. Graduate of the High School of Keokuk, Iowa; studied one year at the State University at Iowa City, and then I e- gan to study medicine at the Chicago Homeopathic College, from which institution he graduated in 1880. Dr. Ehinger served as house physician at the Cook County Hospital, Illinois, a year and a-half following his graduation; after- warils ajipointed as attending physician, then for a few years devoted himself to a practice of medicine. In i8go, he was graduateil hum the . nderson Normal School of tjymnas- tics, Brooklyn, N. Y. During the same year he organized the Department of Physical Training in West Chester Nor- man School. Member of the National Council of Ameri- can Physical Educational Society; in 1898 was elected Pres- ident of the Department of Physical Education of the Na- tional Educational Association.