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

Text from Pages 1 - 282 of the 1915 volume:

LIBRARY State Teachers College West Chest6x;¥bnnsylvaiiia Af e i s t kV fO JUST A d RE BEGINNING 1315 Publtal pb bg fat (!ll|f 0tf r tatp Nnrmal i ' rlinol ofirtoof5 T would be folly were we to suppose that this little annual would form an imi ortant or lasting- contribution to literature : but it is rather the purpose of this volume to in some measure chronicle the events which have happened during our Normal life, to set forth a true and inter- esting- portrayal of our classmates and class life, and to catch and store up for future years some of the gleams of our class spirit. If, many years hence, some niemory is freshened, some spirit is rex ' ived by the reading of these pages we, the Class Book Staff, will feel that this publication has accomplished its mission. To those of our friends who have so kindly rendered their assistance and even more kindly offered their encouragement we are duly grateful. We would remind our critics that : A perfect judge will read every wt)rk of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find. Where nature moves and rapture warns the mind. 5G392 THE SERPENTINE H H a, X en CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN ® iitratt0n IHavinG tn mln tbeir twentii=flve gears of ever faitbful an unseltisF) service as teacber, frien an counsellor, we, tbe Class ot mtneteen iflfteen ot tbe Mest Cbester State tlor= mal Scbool respectfully anb lovtugls Vesicate our class bool? to 2)t, anb nnrs. C. E. Bbtnoer •l lEfhi not 1 ,1.1. HE great mass of the people in the world are very much alike. They are wholesome, patient, reasonably industrious, modestly successful men and women, whc play their part in the world ' s work witli fidelity and die leav- ing no place which cannot easily be filled. There are always a few men who stand out from their fellows generally, in the fact that they are non-c(jnformers. To do what the average man does is without charm to men of this type. When they are malevolent they make our great criminals ; when their minds are well disposed toward their fellows they break the way into new paths in which their fellowmen sub- sequently safely follow. Of this last type is the subject of the present sketch. Dr. C. E. Ehinger was born near Keokuk, Iowa, on March ii, 1858. His father was a native German, a successful physician and an accomplished botanist. Slight of build and energetic of mind and body, this almost eagle-eyed man saw everything about him ; from him we easily trace many of the qualities and tastes of his son, Clyde. His mother, of English and Scotch descent, was of a sturdier build and more phlegmatic disposition. To her the son owes his solidity and strength of mind. During his younger days the tastes of the boy were formed by a double cir- cumstance. For some time he drove his father ' s carriage, visiting with him his pa- tients and seeing with him the plant world. Thus was fastened in our friend, the Doctor, his desire to be himself a physician, and a fondness for studying the outdoor world, which has remained the passion of his life. Near by ran the steady course of the great heather of Waters. Here our friend learned to swim and boat, being a member of a boat crew, which for some time held the amateur six-oared barge re- cord of the country. During the last year young Ehinger was stroke oar of this crew. After preparation at the Iowa State L ' niversity, he entered the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, from which he was graduated at the age of twenty- two. Here our friend began to acquire his now jiro found knowledge of the human frame and of the mischances which may befall it as well as tlie conditions which de- termine its healthful progress. After finishing his medical course he served for one-half year as Intern in the Cook County Hospital. At the end of this time he was appointed attending physician in the Hospital, while practicing medicine in Chicago. Before his time came to serve in the Hospital an o])ening in Ouincy, 111., attracted his attention and he removed to that city, winning at once a promising practice, which grew steadily for five years. During all this time, however, the Doctor ' s THE SERPENTINE mind was always more strongly drawn to health than to disease. It always seemed to him so much better to keep the body well than to cure it when sick. This convic- tion, joined to his great fondness for athletics, made him determine to train for the work of a Director of Physical Education. Going with his wife to Brooklyn, N. Y., they both entered the School of Physi- cal Education. There he acquired the clear understanding of physical training which has marked his administration of tb.at department of our school. In 1890, the Trustees of the West Chester State Normal School determined to build the present Gymnasium. They decided at once to equip it and direct it in a manner entirely superior to that found in any other Normal School in the State, if not in the country. In looking about for a director they fell at once into the happy combinatiion of Doctor and Mrs. Ehinger, into whose hands they unreservedly placed the task of building up a department which should maintain a standard unquestiona- bly high. How thoroughly their trust was carried out every student of West Ches- ter Normal knows. No other school of its size within the boundaries of the East- ern States has so efficient a course so thoroughly laid down and so carefully fol- lowed out as that of our Normal School. The entire credit of this effective work must be laid at the door of Dr. Ehinger and his helpful wife. The Trustees have always provided the means, but these minds have directed and controlled the work. Our annual open Track and Field Meet at West Chester is looked upon by those from outside who participate in it, as one of the great events of the year. It has always been the policy of this department to think far more of building up the gen- eral health of the whole student body than of developing a few highly trained ath- letes at the expense of the great mass of students who need the training most. The work done here by Dr. Ehinger has gained wide recognition. For years he has held positions in the National Physical Education Association, having been for some time a member of the National Council. Along with all this busy work the haliit of watching nature, which the Doctor learned while driving in the carriage with his father, the physician, has never been given up. Year by year Dr. Ehinger has grown more and more fond of outdoor life. Each year he has come to know nature ' s secrets more intimately. The trees, the flowers, the ferns, insects, spiders, all catch the Doctor ' s eye and yield him their secrets. But the voices of the birds speak to him with a clearness and an insistence that will not be neglected, and to the birds his heart has gone out as to no other crea- tures outside of his fellowmen. Secrets of nests and of food, of haunt and habit unfold themselves year b} ' year in response to his patient quest. Literature on the subject surrounds him in his well-stored library. The result is that Dr. Ehinger has come to be the most accomplished bird student in this neighborhood. . few years ago he determined to do some studying during the summer at Cold Spring Harbor. This seaside laboratory gathers together a group of aml)itious students and gives them the best of outdoor instruction. It did not take the managers of this body long to find that the man who came to study ought to remain as a teacher. Since that time the Doctor has been one of the instructors of the department of bird study CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN at the great laboratory. His students are enthusiastic in praise of his power as a field teacher of bird study. With a devotion unusual to students of nature. Dr. Ehinger shares most con- stantly his splendid knowledge of birds with any one who cares to know about tlieni. For years a gToup of bird students have met at his home at fretpient inter- vals through the winter, and in the spring ha e gone out day after day in the search of birds under his fostering supervision. No such effecti e work in behalf of bird study has e er been done in West Chester before, and there is every promise tliat this activity will continue. Meanwhile other towns hearing of the success of this work, have called Dr. Ehinger to give them the sug gestion which shall start them in similar work. The patient i)ersistence with which the Doctor wrings its message from the printed page is one of his most striking characteristics. His shelves are loaded with books of many kinds. Page after page is marked with his careful pencil. A book he has once read he can quickly review. This adds double value to a collection already great in itself. While in Chicago he married Miss Ella M. Long, of Quincy, III., an enthusiastic lo er of nature and successful worker in art. The tastes of this pair have run abso- lutely parallel with a rare unanimity in a married couple. They have been partners in their life work as well as in life itself. THE SERPENTINE Snapshots of Dr. Ehinger CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN ftlJ.fhinflpr. J iiogfatiljifal $Mt } by lf.ffl.lftldtotn. |LLA M. long, Mrs. C. E. Ehinger, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but while she was quite a child her parents removed from St. Louis to Quincy, Illincjis, and in this latter place she grew to womanhood. Thoug-h they lived in the West her parents were of good old New England stock, for her father was a native of New Hampshire, and her mother ' s birthplace was in Connec- ticut. Like many other ambitious young people of their time, the lure of the West called them, and leaving their own kindred and their father ' s house, they jour- neyed to that land of promise and of possibility, and there in due time the subject of this sketch opened her eyes upon this world. Her girlhood in Ouincy was a very happy one, and she looks liack with much pleasure to the many bright and joyous days she jjassed there, and still cherishes a deep love for the Mississippi River, upon whose banks and on whose waters she spent many a delightful hour in bygone days. On the wall of her living room there hangs a beautiful water-color i)ainting, her own handiwurk, representing a scene on her ever-loved Mississippi. Mrs. Ehinger was educated in the public schools of Ouincy, and though she was not graduated from the High School, yet in her Junior year she did much Sen- ior work. Considerations of health forljade her graduation, for while she was never really ill, she was at no time very robust. After leaving school she studied music and painting, and became especially proficient in work in water colors and in pastel. She worked at her art very assiduously for some years, as the numerous sketches in her home show, Init for a long time the multiplicit - of her activi- ties, home, school, and social, has precluded any inludgence in this favorite avoca- tion. In her early life at home she assisted her father, who was a jihotographer, in crayon portrait work, and with the money thus earned bought her first piano, an achievement which she regards with much pride. Reading is one of Mrs. Ehinger ' s favorite occupations, and from time to time she writes both in ])rose and in verse. Some years ago she pre])ared a little mono- graph iin instruction in cra ' on work, which was published in pamphlet form, and a copy of which is now in the School Lil)rary. l ' or the past four or five years she has written exery month a story for the i ' irst-day School of the High Street 13 THE SERPENTINE Friends ' Meeting, of which she is a member, and these stories are now being pub- lished in Scatfcrcci Seeds, a monthly journal of the Friends. Last Christmas time she wrote a little poem, and this, inscribed on cards, was sent out by Dr. and Mrs. Ehinger as a Christmas greeting to their many friends. Dr. and Mrs. Ehinger were married in 1883, at Quincy, but the first two years of their married life were spent in Chicago, where the doctor was at that time prac- ticing medicine. In 1885, however, they returned to Quincy, where for some years Dr. Ehinger continued his work. Finally, thru some friends, he became much interested in the subject of physical training, and growing more and more con- vinced that it was a more hopeful and helpful task to educate people towards the prevention of disease rather tlian to try to cure them when they fell a prey to it, he determined to fit himself for the teaching of gymnastics. Mrs. Ehinger likewise, after pondering much over the matter, concluded to prepare herself for the same work. Accordingly they went for tliis purpose to the Brooklyn Normal School of Gymnastics and studied there under Dr. Anderson. Dr. Anderson ' s school was later moved to New Haven, Conn., and is now very widely known as the New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics. It was at Brooklyn, however, that Dr. Phil- ips, who was looking for some one to take charge of the work of physical culture at the West Chester State Normal School, met Dr. and Mrs. Ehinger, and he very soon engaged them both to fill the positions which for so long and so efficiently they have held. Upon first coming to West Chester they occupied the rooms which Professor and Mrs. Starkey now have. Here they remained for five years, and then re- moved to the house just across the campus, where Miss Martin now lives. In was in that house, in 1898, that their only child was born, and it was there also that the greatest grief of their lives came to them in the death of their little one when only two months old. In 1907, they built their present beautiful home, which was begun in the spring, but it was not until fall that they were able to take possession of it. How- e er, the day when they moved in was doubly a red letter day to them, since they took the first meal in the new home on the twenty-fourth anniversary of their mar- riage. But the loss of their child had left their hearts not only very empty, but also very loving towards all children, and a great desire to be of help to them, and so in 1903 they adopted a little girl, who has been in all respects as their own daugh- ter, and she has well repaid their tender love and care. In her long ' connection with the school, Mrs. Ehinger has made it her duty, as well as her delight, to do all she can to help the girls under her care, for she dearly loves girls, and in her yearly spring talks to the Senior girls she has led many of them to a new view of the more serious duties of womanhood. Often do her girls w rite to her asking for advice and counsel, and many are the expressions of appre- ciation of her faithful work. The dedication of the Class Book of 191 5 to Dr. and Mrs. Ehinger. in recogni- tion of the completion of their twenty-five years of work here, is indeed a fitting trib- ute to their high character, great efificiency, and faithful service, and we trust that their relations with the school may remain unbroken for many years to come. 14 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN ulhf Upat (El tstn BinU Normal S tl aal HE history of a great public institution never lacl s interesting and sug- gestive features, but there are always a few that stand out prominently because they mark epochs in the growth and development of its life and progress. The school year including the closing portion of 19 13 and the beginning of 19 14 will always be looked back upon as a memorable one, because it was the beginning of a new era in the annals of the school. It was both natural and fitting that the West Chester Normal School should become the first tnic State Normal School in Pennsylvania. On the 30th of December, 1914, the Commiinwealth consummated the purchase of all the property held by the cor- poration known as the State Normal School of the First District, and it l ecanie a State Normal in fact as well as name. Important and significant as was this transfer of the largest and most prosper- ous educational institution of its kind in the State, from the commercial standpoint, it assumed a far greater importance 1)ecause of the bearings on the orgaiu ' zation and future policy of its Board of Trustees. In the stirring events of this year may be found another example of what has often proved true in the past, namely : that from seeing misfortune and impending disaster may come glorious victory and augmented life. Nothing in the history of the school has so unified the interests and aims of the alumni and student body as the troubles which preceded the [jurchase of the school by the State. It seemed as though its hundreds of students, past and present, but awaited a proper ojiportunity for demonstrating their fullest loyalty and lo -e for their Alma Mater. It is such an occasion as this which creates and strengthens what is known as school spirit. without which no educational institution can possibly prosper. And so it has come about that because of this crisis the school stands to-day on a firmer foundation and looks forward with brighter prospects than ever before. The spirit of the occasion was reflected in, anfl will be perpetuated b_ -. the api ointment of twt) members of the Alumni on the Board of Trustees. The old Board consisted of eighteen members, nine of whom were elected to represent the Stockholders, and nine appointed by the State Board of Education to represent the interests of the State. Under the new ])lan there are but nine mem- bers on the Board, all appointed by the State Board of Education, each serving a term of three years. Meml ers must live in the district, and it is the policy of the Board to have each countv represented. Iri the present Board Bucks county is rep- resented bv Hugh B. Eastlnirn : Delaware county l)y Dr. Harry Saylor, ' 96; Mont- gomery county by Franklin B. Wonsetler, ' 84. The remaining members are all from 1 = THE SERPENTINE Chester county, except George Henderson, who is from Philadelphia. With the Board thus constituted it is easy to obtain a quorum at their meetings and to have the majority of the members personally acquainted with the direct interests and needs of the school. From the time when Ezekiel H. Cook was made the first Principal, in 187 1, presiding over a property and equipment valued at ninety-one thousand dollars, and with an enrollment of 170 students, to the year 191 5, with Dr. G. M. Philips the Chief E.xecutive, a property valued at nearly a million dollars, and an enrollment of almost one thousand students, the school has had a steady growth, due to the wise administration of able Trustees, and intelligent and devoted Executives. Not a little of its success is doubtless due to the fact that the school was situated in a community that fa ' ored higher education, at a time when any thing more than an elementary education was the e.xception. This institution was the outgrowth of. and successor to, one of the leading ac- ademies which gave educational distinction to this community. The West Qi es- ter A cadem v, an institution incorporated for the education of youth in the English and other languages, in the useful . rts, Sciences and Literature, dated back to March 27th i8i2. In 1 869 its B oard o f Trustees voted to sell the property and terminate its long and prosperous career in order that they miglit found a new insti- tution l etter suited to the needs of the times. The proceeds of this sale, amounting to twenty-nine thousand dollars, subscriptions from the citizens of West Chester and vicinity aggregating forty-two thousand dollars, an appropriation from the State of fifteen thousand dollars, and a loan of twenty thousand dollars, constituted the neu- cleus of the proposed new Normal School. In 1870, a portion of this fund was used for the purchase of a tract of ten acres in the southern part of the borough. This land was the property of Hon. Wayne MacVeagh. Upon this site the original building, comprising the central portion of what is now known as the main buildiajg, was erected and opened its doors for the enrollment of students (_ n the 25th of September, 1871. Prof. Cook, the first Principal, served the school but one year, and was suc- ceeded by Dr. William A. Chandler, who remained less than one year. In 1873 Professor George L. Maris, of West Chester, was elected to the Principalship, and ably guided the affairs of the school for eight years, when he retired to accept a pro- fessorship at Swarthmore College. Dr. George Morris Philips, the incumbent, was made Principal in 1881, and has filled the office with rare skill since. Graduating from Lewisburg University, now Bucknell University, in 1871, Dr. Philips began his teaching career as Pro- fessor of Mathematics in Monongahela College, in ' estern Pennsylvania: this posi- tion he filled for two years, when he resigned to accept a similar position at this school. In 1878 he left West Chester to become Professor of Mathematics and As- tronomy at his Alma Mater. Upon Prof. Maris resignation in 1881, Dr. Philips was recalled to the Normal School to act as its head. 16 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN The most rapid growth and the greatest develc)]Miient in the school liave taken place during Dr. Philips ' administration. To .speak of the school, its achievements and characteristics is but to enumerate the traits and qualities of its guiding genius, to whose executive ability, unflagging devotion, rare judgment and indomitable courage, the school owes more than any other person. With a jjower of effective and sustained work that almost surpasses comprehension, he unites an ecpiallv re- markable faculty of divining the needs of the future and an ability of so shaping in- fluences and circumstances as to effect their realization. In 1S78 the growth of the school made necessary an addition to the building, and in that year the north wing was constructed to meet the new demands. In 1882 more room was re(|uired and the south wing was added. Next followed, in 1S85, the laundry and museum. During the succeeding year, 1886-7, the Chapel, Dining Room and Sanitary Towers were built. In i8qo the Gymnasium was erected, to be followed in the next three years, in the order named, by the Principal ' s Residence, Infirmary, Recitation Hall, new kitchen and store room. In 181 ) acti ' e l)uilding operations were again made necessary and a handsome AIndel Schf)ol was erected. Nineteen hundred three witnessed the completion of the beautiful and commodious Library Building. A large central Power Plant and Laundry were added in 1905. Wayne Hall (Boys ' Dormitory), the Annex to the Girls ' Dormitory, and a new Kitclien, including store room, l)akery and serx-ants ' dining room, were completed in 191 1. These extensive Ijuilding operations made necessary the purchase of further building sites. Very early in the history of the school four acres were added to the north end of the original cam]nis. Tlie need of an Infirmary and . thletic Field was met by purchasing, in 1899, a tract of fi ' e acres southeast of the campus. In 1895 the large grounds of the Chester County . gricultural Society (Fair Grounds), lying west of the cam])us, was ])urchased, and christened W avne Field. . portion of the northern end of this was used for the erection of the power plant. L ' pon the central ]K)rtion a fine fjuarter-mile running track and base ball field were built, ad- joining which a spacious Grand Stand with dressing rooms was erected. The south- eastern part of this tract is now occupied by Wayne Hall. These additions of prop- erty now gi -e a school campus consisting of fort -eight acres, which has been taste- fully planted with trees and shrubs, forming a suitable setting for this notable group of green-stone buildings. . side from the many direct and obvious educational features there are number- less indirect, less apparent, but almost eqiiall - potent inlhiences which make for higher culture, and better manhood and womanhood. This school has l)een notable for the number of these valuable accessories to the intellectual and moral uplift of its students. . lmost everv student of the school becomes a member of one of the flourishing literary societies. The older of these, The Moore Literary Society, was organized within a very short time after the school was opened. The birth of the .Aryan So- 17 THE SERPENTINE ciety occurred only a few years later, in 1879. The friendly rivalry existing- be- tween these societies has served to keep them always at a high standard of effi- ciency. Since 1892. The Amulet, a high-class school periodical, has been a potent factor in the school life. In 1890 there was organized a strong Young Men ' s Chris- tian Association, to be followed the year after fy the formation of a Young ' omen ' s Association, which have had large influence on the life of the members. Sabbath and mid-week devotional exercises and Sunday morning Bible Classes have been features of the school life for years. For the past twenty-seven years there has been an annual winter course of lectures given in the school chapel for the benefit of the students. To even enumerate the distinguished men and women who have been heard here would require more space than it seems desirable to give. Suffice it to say that they include the most eminent in their res])ective spheres which the country has produced, comprising scholars, statesmen, educators, men of letters, jurists, ex- plorers, artists and nuisicians. The general character of these courses may best be illustrated by the mention of a few names : Three Presidents, Wilson, Taft, and RoQseyelt; one Vice-President, Fairbanks; Speakers of the House of Representa- tives, Senators, Cabinet ofiicers, Justices of the Supreme Court, and other promi- nent public officials have appeared here. Many Presidents of the great Universities and leading Colleges of the country are included in this notable list. Among the musicians may be mentioned : Madam Hcnier, David Bispham, Josef Hofman, Wm. H. Sherwood, Madam Samaroff, and others equally well known. Among the Ex]2l(2i£i:3, nien as: Commander Robert E. Peary and Paul B. du Chaillu. Au- thors, including: Edward b ' verett Hale, William Dean Howells, Henry VanDyke, Thomas Wentworth Iligginson, (ieorge W. Cable, James Whitcomb Riley, Ed- ward Eggleston, Horace Howard Furness, Edward Markham, Hamilton Mabie and Julia Ward Howe. The annual trip of the Senior Class to Washington, D.C., under the guidance of the Principal and other faculty members has proven a valuable educational fea- ture in the final year ' s work. Among the new and advanced educational features open to the students of the school are the courses which were established last year by the University of Penn- sj ' lvania, by means of which they are enabled to take courses here under the regular University Professors and receive credit toward University work. lany of the students are this year carrying such courses while pursuing the regular Normal work, and will be enabled thereby to materiallv shorten their courses when then en- ter that institution. The Department ofPhysical Training has for the past thirteen years, in addi- tion to its regular gymnastic and athletic Closed Meets, also conducted an annual Open Meet, to which all High Schools, Preparatory, Technical, and Normal Schools of the State are eligible. From twenty to thirty or more schools yearly compete here on Wayne Field. The greatest care has been exercised to conduct these ac- cording to the most approved methods and to foster in every way clean sport and CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN high athletic standards. These Meets have served to make the school widely and well known in athletic circles, and have demonstrated what such contests should be. Every branch ot athletics eng-aged in at the school has been singularly free from any taint of professionalism or other questionable methods. True sportsmansliip and the strict amateur spirit has been the sole aim. The course of study and the standard of scholarship have been steadily raised. lr(im the opening of the school until 1903 the regular course was two years. Be- ginning with 1903 a three ears course was reipiired. Since 1913 a four years course has been in efTect. In addition to turning out thousands of the l)est etpiipped teachers for the pub- lic and ])rivate schools of the State, this school has furnished from its Faculty. Princi])als fur four other State Xormal Schools, as well as superior men and wo- men for (jther high educational positions. The recently-established courses in Agriculture and Domestic Science ha ' e proved a great success and have materiall) increased the efficiency of the curricu- lum. The past year has furnished greater opportunity for ])ractice teaching in the rural school, a fact which is much appreciated by the students. With a Board of Trustees presided over by the able and tried veteran. Captain R. T. Cornwell, Secretary of the first Board, organized in 1871 ; with one of the most distinguished citizens and foremost educators West Chester and the State of Pennsylvania have known. Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock; and men of the integritv, ex- perience and power of Hugh B. Eastburn, John B. Craven, Arthur T. Parke, Sam- uel Marshall, and those loyal and aggressi -e rei)resentati ' es of the Alumni, Frank- lin I j. Wonsetler and Dr. Harry D. Saylor, supported and encouraged by a reunited and enthusiastic Alumni ; a scholarly and high-minded Faculty, and a i roud and de- termined student body, with Dr. George Morris Philips still in the full vigor of his manhood, all wi irking in perfect harnionv — with such forces what mav we not ex- pect from the future ? Clvuk E. Euixger, M.D. 19 5G593 THE SERPENTINE Where Some oi Our Faculty Live CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Anna p. Sskr T is hard to frame a fitting tribute to the life of one whose interests were so closely interwoven with the life of the Normal School. We cannot measure in words that which she has given us — not only in the class-room where she taught, but everywhere in the schjol; she left the imprint of her Christianity uDon all those with whom she came in contact. Although Miss Esler was born in Philadelphia, her home during the greater part of her life was near Berwyn, to which place she moved during her early childhood. Miss Esler began her connection with the Normal School soon after its establishment, and was graduated with the first class, in 1874. For a while after her graduation she taught in the public schools of D nvn- ingtown. Also for several years she was engaged in teaching at the Jamestown College. North Dakota. After she left the college she spent two years teaching in an industrial school for colored people, in Aiken, South Carolina. In 1890 she returned to West Chester and did graduate work at the Normal School. Since 1894 she was one of the most efficient and faithful teachers of the school. Miss Esler entered into the w:)rk of the ' . W. C. A. soon after her connection with the school, and her influence was widely felt by the members of the organization. She lent herself to it with an entire abandon of everything else, and it was through her that many girls came to know their personal Saviour. Perhaps, though, the work nearest to her heart was the Bible study work; not a tew girls testifv that their real appreciation of the Bible dates from the time of their study with Miss Esler. While in West Chester Miss Esler always attended the First Presbyterian Church. She remained to the last a member of the Great ' alley Presbyterian Church near Berwyn, and now lies asleep within the gates of its graveyard. We can never know how many lives have been uplifted by her. Her last thought was for her girls, as she called them. Eminentlv fitted to be a teacher by reason o f her per- sonal interest in everyone, she has left us. While we are saddened bv the thought that she can no longer work with us in her chosen field, yet we are cheered when we realize that she comes into closer relationship with the Master of all good teachers. J. NE J. Pack. rd. THE SERPENTINE loarli nf ©ntatr a Prrsidcnt. R. T. Cornwell llcc-Prcsidcnt, Hugh B. Eastburn Sccrctarv. Samuel Marshall John V. Craven Joseph T. Roth rock Arthur T. Parke George Henderson Frank B. Wonsetler Harry D. Saylor Sfcivard, John R. Hollinger Matron. Anna S. Raymond CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN ITacuIti} 23 THE SERPENTINE 24 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN O porg UlnrrtB JPiitltpa RINCIPAL of the West Chester State Xornial School since i.SSi ; horn at Atglen, Pa., Octoher 28, 1831 ; college preparatory work- was received in the local schools ; graduated from Bncknell Uni- versity, 1871 (A.M., Ph.D.): Prof, mathematics, Monongahela College; Prof, higher mathematics at this school in 1873, leaving here in 1878 to accept professorship of higher mathematics and astronomy, Bncknell University; pres. Chester Co. Hist. Soc. ; mem. Sons of Revolu- tion; pres. Penn ' a State Teachers ' .-Vssn., 1891 ; vice-pres. Nat. Edn ' t Assn., 1894; dir. Nat. Bank of Chester Co.; vice-pres. Dime Savings Bank, West Chester; trustee of Bucknell L ' niv. ; Chester Co. IIosp. ; mem. Coll. and Univ. Council of Pa. 1895-1912; mem. and secretary of Pa. School Code Commission 1907-191 1 ; mem. State Board of Ed. of Pa. 1911-1914. and lirst secretary of same; frecpient lecturer and instructor at teachers ' institutes, contrilnitor to educational publications. .Author; (with pres. Isaac Sl;ar])less, of Ilaverford Coll.) .Astronomy, 1882; Natural Philosophy, 1883; Key to Philosophy (with C. C. Balderston). 1884; Civil (ioxernment of Pa., i8 ' J3; (Geography of Pa., 1895; Nation and State, 1905; Pennsylvania Ceography, 1907. The Silver-Burdette Arithmetic (with Dr. R. F. .Anderson) K)! . LL.D. of Temple Univ., 1906, and Uni , of Pa. 1913. 25 THE SERPENTINE Francis Harvey Green. A.M., Litt.D. Elvira Y. Speakman Samuel C. Schmucl er, A.M., Ph.D., Sc.D. 26 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Francis Harvey Green, A.M., Litt.D. Educated at West Chester Normal School, Amherst College, and Harvard Cniversity. Teacher in Delaware and Pennsylvania. I ' ro- fessor of English in Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa.; Head of English department of West Chester Normal School since 1890; Lecturer on literary, educational and moral subjects; widely known as an after- dinner sjjeaker; author of numerous l)its of verse and magazine articles; President of V. AI. C. A. and leader in the religious life of the school. Has traveled widely in this country and in Europe ; member of Trans- atlantic Society, Dickens ' Fellowship, London, England, and Chester County Historical Society. Long interested in Children ' s Country Week Association of Philadelphia; was President of the Philosophical Society, West Chester, Pa. ; has probably visited the homes of more lit- erary personages in the L ' nited States and England than any living man in . merica. and has had the hiijnor of meeting and kutnving many of the foremost writers of the nineteenth century. Elvira Y. Speakman Taught in the puljlic schools of Chester county. Collegiate Institute, Newton, N. J., Seminaries in Cnionville, Ercildoun and Christiana, Pa. Miss Speakman came to the West Chester State Normal School in 1876, and has been connected widi it continuously since that time. She now holds the iJosition of Prece])tress. Samuel C. Schmucker, A-M., Ph.D., Sc.D. Received elementary education in the schools of .Allentown, Pa. ; a graduate of Muhlenljerg College, from which he received the degree of . .B. in 1882; later received the degree ScD. from the same institution. Received the degree Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania in which in tituli ' .n he was an honorary fellow in botany in 1899; Professor of Natural Science in Carthage College, Illinois; taught at Boys ' High School, Reading Pa., from 1884-89; Indiana State Normal School from 1889-95; Professor of Biology West Chester State Normal School since that time. President of Chester County School Directors ' Association; ?ilember National lulucational . ssociation and National Geographical Societx ' ; I ' ellow of the American Association for the . dvancement of Science; . ssociate of the . nierican Ornithologists ' University; Mem- ber of Pennsylvania . cadeniy of Natural Scienc es. . distinguished lecturer. .Author of The Study of Nature, 1907. Columbia Ele- mentar - (ieography. njog. L ' nder the Open Sky, 19 10. The . leaning of E -oluti(]n, 1913. Contrilnitor tc arious magazines. 37 ' i THE SERPENTINE Smith Burnham. A.M. B 1 J 1 W Kbt ' ' Kv H w Ella Augusta Johnson Robert F. Anderson. A.M., Sc.D. 28 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Smith Burnham, A.M. Received early education in the rural schools and the Hig ' h School of Vicksburg, Mich. Graduated from Albion College, Michigan, with the degree of Ph.B. ; later received A.M. from the same college. Has done graduate work in History and Political Science at the Universities of Harvard, Chicago, and I ' ennsylvania. Taught in district schools of IvalamazoD county, Mich., and in the High School at Vick.slnirg, Mich.: Principal of Schools of Climax, Mich. ; P ' rofessor of History at . lbion College; member of .American Historical .Association, and of the . meri- can Academy of Political and Social Science. Traveled and studied abroad. .Author of .A Short History of Penn.sylvania. Head of the Department of History, West Chester State Normal School. Ella Augusta Johnson Graduate of Staple ' s . cademy; Sauveur College of Languages; has done graduate woark at W ' esleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; stu- dent at University of Zurich, Switzerland, and of Frau Dr. Hempil ; Stu- dent of Klidworth Conservatory, Berlin, Ciermany ; La Sfjrbonne, Paris ; University of Grenoble, France; taught at Shorter College, Rome, Ga. ; Converse College, Spartansburg, South Carolina; head of Department of Modern Languages, West Chester State Normal School. Robert F. Anderson, A.M., Sc.D. Educated in the ])ublic schools of Lancaster county; graduated from the West Chester State Normal School ; had charge of work in ICnglish in the College of Commerce, Philadel|)hia; Principal of the Pu] lic Schools of Langhorn, Pa. ; graduated fr( im ' illa Nova College ; lectures on Mathe- matics at teachers ' institutes and conventions; Head of the De|)artment of Mathematics at this school ; joint author with I ' rof. !). M. Sensenig of the Sensenig and Anderson Series of . rilhmetics ; author of several pani|)h- lets on Mathematics; joint author with Dr. G. AL Philips of the Silver- Burdett Series of . rithmetics. 29 THE SERPENTINE Foster H Starkey. A.B., A.M. Esther M. Groome Addison L. Jones, A.B. 30 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Foster H. Starkey, A.B., A.M. Graduate of Mansfield State Xormal School, Bucknell and Harvard Universities. Has done i ratluate work at Colunihia and is now doin.a; giaduatc work at the University of Pennsylvania. Teacher of l.atin, Greek and .Mathematics at South Jersey Institute, Brido eton, . . J.; Principal of Hig-li Schools at Mar(|uette, Mich., and Shaniokin, Pa. Head of Latin Dei)artnient and Vice-Principal of West Chester State Xormal School; Memljer of the National Educational . ssociation and of the Classical .Kssociation of the .Middle States. Esther M. Groome Preparatory course in Art comjileted at the Maryland Institute of Art and Desig-n. Studied one year under the noted French illustrator. .Vudre Castaig ' ne at the Charcoal Club in Baltimore. Charter member of the Fellow.ship of the Penna. .Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, where she studied under William M. Chase, Cecelia Beaux, and Charles tjrafly. Traxeled and painted in Europe under Chase and Henri. Has exhibited in the .t; ' alleries of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Head of the -Vrt Department of this school since 1894. Addison L. Jones, A.M. Graduate of the Norristown lli.tili School, West Chester Normal, Bucknell L ' niversity. Teacher in the pul)lic .schools of Montgomery county: Princi])al of the Cninnxille High School; teacher in the ' est Chester Normal: Su])er ising Principal of Schools of West Chester, Pa., and is now .Su])erintendent of Public Schools of West Chester, h.olding this i)osition in connection with the Principalship of the Model School. .Superintendent Jones was Director of Education for Pennsxd- vania at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 31 THE SERPENTINE ■■M El 1 fc i tHI Htf H M L uul J Frank Newman, A. B., A.M. Lillian A. Pierce Ambrose L. Suhrie, A M . Ph.D. 32 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN J. Frank Newman, A.B., A.M. Reccix ' ed his early educatidii in the ]uil)lic schools of l- ' ranklin county; college preparation under private tutor; received A.B. degree from Gettysburg College in 1502 and A.M. in 1907. Graduate student of tlie I ' niversity of Pennsylvania in Geology. Principal of ' a -nesboro High Schocil; instructor in science departmjnt at Cuml)erland X ' alley State Xornial Schmil: instructnr in Physics at the West Chester State Normal School. Lillian Pierce Educated in the jjublic scIidoIs of West Chester: graduate of the West Chester Normal School ; was a student at Pennsyh-ania and Columbia Universities ; teacher in the West Chester P ' ublic Schools and the Pennsylvania Summer Assembly, Ebensburg; has done considerable institute work in Pennsyl -ania, Delaware and Ohii); Critic of Teaching in the Model School of the West Chester State Normal School. Ambrose L. Subrie, A.M., Ph.D. Early education in rural schools and in Meyersdale . cadem_ -, Som- erset county. Pa. Completed course in California State Normal School. King ' s School of Oratory, and Stetson University. Graduate work in L ' niv. of Chicagcj and Uni -. of Pa.: held Harrison Eellowship in Pedagogy, L ' niv. of Pa. two years. . ..M. and Ph.D. (in Pedagogy) Cniv. of Pa. Taught and supervised rural schools, graded elementary, and high schools in western Pa. Prof, of Ped. and Dir. Nor. Dep ' tm ' t in Stetson Univ. for 5 years and in Ga. State College for Women for j years. Pres. Grad. Club, U. of P., 1 yr. Special Lecturer Ed. Research. L ' . of P. Summer School for 5 yrs. Associate Manager Lakeside Chau- tau(|ua. X. v.. for 2 rs. Director DeLand-Stetson Shakespearean P ' estival 1 yr. Teachers ' Institute and Chautau(|ua Lecturer on educa- tional and literary subjects. Alember Nat. Ed. Asso. : So. Ed. Asso. ; Conf. for lul. in So. : So. Soc. Cong. : (ia., Fla., and Pa. State Ed. Assos. ; . m. . cad. Soc. and Pol. Sci. : Chester Co. His. Soc. Author Inductix ' e Determination of lulucational Method. Professor of Pedagogy, W. C. S. N. S. since 1914. 23 THE SERPENTINE Charlotte N. Hardee, Mus.B. Anne M. Goshen Lydia M. Martin, M.E. 34 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Charlotte N. Hardee, Mus.B. Mead of the De))artment of Music, West Chester State Xornial School; graduate of the High School and the University of Syracuse, N. v.; special work with Dr. B. Frank Walters, Philadelphia. Pa., and with ' i ' om Ward, Syracuse, X. V. ; teacher of music Cozenovia Seminary l)eforc accepting the position here. Anne M. Goshen Graduated from the West Chester State Normal School, and the Uni -ersity of Michigan ; graduate student Leland Stanford University. Assistant in Model School West Chester State Normal School: Supt. Model School, Edinboro ( Pa. ) Normal School : Supt. Model School, Peru (Neb.) State Normal School: Department of Psychology, Peru ( Neb. ) State Normal School : Department of Psychology, West Chester State Normal School. Lydia M. Martin, M.E. ( iraduatc of the West Chester Normal School, 1875, where she later did post-graduate work in English, Latin, and Mathematics. Principal of Chester Valley l ' riends ' School: . ssistant in the Model School in con- nection with this institution. Teacher in the Mathematical Department of the W est Chester Normal School fcjr over thirtv vears. .■?T THE SERPENTINE Arthur D. Cromwell, M.Ph. V B wJH v H 1 ' Lii!i ME.f B Vi K ' 1 j B Wallace Peter Dick, A.B., A.M. Harriet H. Baldwin, M.E. 36 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Arthur D. Cromwell, M.Ph. Educated in Iowa rural schools, Ackley, la.. High School, Iowa City Academy, Hastings College, took special work in University of Nebraska, University of Chicago, and University of Pennsylvania, and at Huml)oldt College, where he w as teaching, and which recently granted him the degree of M.Ph. He taught in country and high schools of Iowa and Nebraska, in Ellsworth College, Grand Island ( Nebr. ) College, and in Tobin College; was sent by the United States Government to teach Agri- culture to the teachers of Porto Rico, where he became a mem]:ier of the faculty of the University of Porto Rico, from which place he came here. He is author of Agriculture and Life. Practical Child Study, and other works; is a frequent contributor to agricultural and educational journals and lecturer before Teachers ' and I- arniers ' Institutes. He is now head of the Department of Agriculture and Botany. West Chester State Normal School. Wallace Peter Dick, A.B., A.M. Prepared for college at Woodstock Academy, Woodstock, Conn. ; graduated from Brown University with highest honors; was there elected to Phi Be ta Kappa. Department of Latin and Cireek in the West Chester State Normal School; Latin, German, and French in the Summer School ; received musical education ; student at the University of Pennsylvania; member of the W. C. N. S. Educational Association, the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, the Chester County Historical Society, the Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsyh ' ania. the National Geo- graphical Society, and others. Numerous addresses and lectures. Elder in the I- ' resbvterian Church. Harriet H. Baldwin, M.E. Graduate of the West Chester State Normal .School ; teacher in the public schools of Mauch Chunk. Pa. ; instructor at the West Chester State Normal School. Traveled widely in Canada. Europe, and the United States; President McAll Mission of West Chester; Supervisor of Mission Studv in the V. W. C. A. at the Normal School. .37 THE SERPENTINE Elizabeth F. Criley, M.E. Herbert Greenwald, B.S. Else Oleita Bull 38 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Elizabeth Criley, M.E. Was a student at AIillers -ille Nurnial School: graduated from this sclinol in i ' ; fi)llo vino- this she taught in the ]nibli(.- schools of Chester county and conducted a ]M ivate school at Berwvn, I ' a. ; was elected I ' rincipal of the Schofield Normal and Industrial Schonl, at Aiken, South Carolina, which position she held for six years. She is now an instructor in Mathematics here. Herbert Greenwald, B.S. Attended the public schools of Moorestown, N.J. ; graduated from the high school of that place; graduated from Trenton, N. J., Normal School in 1901. Taught five years in the public schools of New Jersey. Graduated in 1909 from Rutgers College, New Brunswick. Instructor of Chemistry at the ' est Chester State Normal School since May, 1913. Elsie Oleita Bull Ciraduate of Delta High School, and West Chester Normal School. where she later did post-graduate work. Taught at Delta Grammar School ; Assistant Librarian at West Chester State Normal School ; teacher of Mathematics at Williamson Trades School; Instructor in De- partment of Mathematics West Chester State Normal School. . t i)resent is a student of Teachers ' C(.)llege, Cniversitv of Pennsylvania. 39 THE SERPENTINE Grace Deitrich McCarthy Alice Cochran Katharine M Denworth 40 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Grace Deitrich McCarthy Graduate of Carthage Hio-h School, Mo. ; studied at the University of Missouri ; Teachers ' College, Columbia University; special work in the University of Pennsylvania: Author of Plays from the Wonder Book. Teacher in the English Department of the West Chester State Normal School. Alice Cochran A graduate of the High School at Ann Arbor, Mich., and has done work at the University of Michigan. She is also a graduate of Pierce Business College of Philadelphia, and a student at the State Library Sch(3ol at .Mbanv. N. Y. She is now Librarian at this school. Katharine M. Denworlh Graduate of the State Normal School, West Chester, Pa. Assistant Principal of the High School, Newtown, Pa. Teacher in the Girard College Summer School. Graduate of Swarthniore College. Acting Instructor in Pulilic Speaking and Reading at this school. 41 THE SERPENTINE Charlotte Halgrim, B.S. Amanda Streeper Jessie W. Hargis, A.M. 42 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Charlotte Halgrim, B.S. Graduated from Dodt eville Uish ScIidhI, Diuloeville, Wis., and from State Xormal School at Plattevi lle, Wis. Studied in the University of Wisconsin; took work in Home Economics and h ' ine Arts at Pratt Insti- tute: graduated from Coluniijia University, receiving- the B.S. degree; taught in high schools in Wisconsin and Iowa; tutor in Chemistry and ( iernian at Teachers ' College, Ccjlumbia University. Amanda Streeper Recei -ed early education at Plymouth High School, Montgomery county; A graduate of the West Chester State Xormal School. Taught in public and private schools in Philadelphia. A student at the University of Pennsylvania Summer School, where she is taking a course in History, English and Languages. Jessie W. Hargis, A.M. Took preparatory work at the Dickinson Preparatory School; grad- uated from Dickinson College and afterward look the . .;M. degree from the same college; studied at the University of Berlin and in 1914 at Mar- Ijurg. Is now teacher of Cerman and Latin at the West Chester State Normal School. 43 THE SERPENTINE Norma Aleck, Mus.B.. A.B. Isidore E. Cropsey, Mus.B. T. Fred Woodley 44 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Norma Aleck, Mus.B., A.B. Educated in the public schools of Camden, N. J. A graduate of Syracuse University with degree of Bachelor of Music; of West Chester Normal School ; of the University of Michigan, degree of Bachelor of Arts. Student of W ' m. H. Sherwood. Teacher at Mansfield Normal School; teacher in the linglisli Department here. Isidore Cropsey, Mus.B. Graduate from Oswego High School. Oswego, N. Y. ; Syracuse Uni- versity, N.Y., and the Leefson-Hills Conservatory of Music, Philadelphia. Has taught at Wilmington Conference Academy, Dover, Del., and at Abington Friends ' School, Jenkintown, Pa. At ])resent instructor in Piano at the West Chester State Normal School. T. Fred Woodley Graduated from the East Bang or High School and West Chester State Normal School, class of 191 3. Took course at the University of Pennsylvania. Principal of Honeybrook High School. Instructor in Mathematics at West Chester State Nornial School. 45 THE SERPENTINE Clemens Julius Poiesz Marguerite Belden CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Cleiueii!- Julius Poiesz I ecei t.-(1 industrial educatitju in the e ' enin. ' design classes of the Schonl of Industrial Art, and later in tlie re ular day Normal Course. Has taught drawing- and manual training at Tredx ffrin-Easttcnvn High School, Berwyn, Pa., and at Woodbury, X. J., High and l ' ]lenientary Schools. Is now Head of the l)e])artment of Manual Training at the West Chester State Xornial School. Marguerite Belden A graduate of Central High School, Spring ' tield, Alass., and Xew Haven Normal School; taught in the public schools of New Haven: sum- mer playground work in S])ringfield, Mass. . ssistant Physical Director at W ' est Chester State Normal School. Frank A. Long Educated in the public schools of Pro idence, 1 . I., and Classical High School of that place ; attended the Washington ParkCollege of Toxi- cology, R. I., Brown University, and Har ard Summer School of Gym- nastics ; has taught at the Xorwood Press Club, Providence V. M. C. A., Brookline Municipal Association, and the Boston ' . M. C. C: Instructor of Physical Training at Westtown F riends ' School. Assistant Physical Director and Athletic Coach at the West Chester Xormal School. 47 THE SERPENTINE D. R. Porter John R. HoUinKer Olin L, Evans 48 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN D. R. Porter Educated in tlie iiu hlic schools of Bay county, Florida, and the ( leorgia Military Colleg ' e, Milledg eville, Georgia: graduate of the Geor- g ' ia-. la])ania Business College, Macon, Ga. ; Book-keeper for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Principal of the Pensacola, Ma., Commercial and Shorthand School; specialized in Pen- manshij) in the Zanerian College, Columbus, Ohio, in charge of the De- partment of Penmanship in Thibodeau ' s Commercial College, Fall River. Mass. ; member Eastern Commercial Teachers Association ; Instructor in Book-keeping and Penmanship at the West Chester State Normal School. John R. HoUinger A graduate of the Schafferstown, Pa., High School and of this school in 1 910. Business Manager of the first Class Book of this school. Taught in the public schools of Lebanon county, and was Principal of the schools of Atglen, Pa. While Manager of the Book-room and teacher of Book-keeping at this school he represented Silver-Burdett Co. in Lancaster and Chester counties. Is a member of the Chester County Historical Society. Is at present Business Manager of flic Aiimlct, and Steward of the West Chester State Nurmal School. He is an ardent supporter of the Aryan Society. Ulin L. Evans Educated in the ])ulilic schools of West Vincent lownshi ' i, Chester county; graduated from West Chester State Normal School in 1913; at present doing work in Teachers College, University of Pennsylvania. Is Master of Study Hall and Assistant Book-keeper at this school. 49 THE SERPENTINE ■ M 1 m k ■ y -s ' S 1 k- H ■SJJM Rebecca Greenburg J. Alexander Webb i i If Jit A ..M Mary A. Vought SO CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Rebecca Greenburg Received elementary educatimi in public schouls of New York City, and later, in ])ul)lic schools of Reading, Pa. (iraduate oi Preparatory School of Albright College, Myerstown, Pa., in 1912. . ttended West ( hester State Normal School in fall of 1912 antl graduated from same in 1 014. Took summer course in Inter-state Commercial College at Reading, Pa., in stenograph)- in summer of 1913. Now . ssistant Li- Ijrarian and stenographer at West Chester State Normal School. J. Alexander Webb Graduated from the Unionxille High School in 1906, and from West Chester Normal School in 1909. Taught for one year in the . 1)- ington Friends ' School, and then returned to Normal as Secretary. . t- tended the Agricultural College of Cornell University during one year and a summer session. In the fall of 1912 entered the Veterinary Col- lege of University of Pennsylvania. Was a member of the TTeshman foot ball, track and basket ball teams, being captain of the latter. Presi- dent of his class during his Juni(_)r year; Vice-President of V. M. C. . . and University Delegate to Students ' Con ' ention, Kansas City, Mo. Reg- istrar at West Chester State Normal School, 1914-15. Mary A. Voiight Received elementary educatimi in the rural scliools of Bradford county; graduated in 1912 from the Towanda High School, To- wanda. Pa.: from West Chester State Normal School in 1914: is taking Uni ersity E.xtension work; . ssistant in the Biological De- partment of the West Chester State Normal School. 51 THE SERPENTINE Irwin H. Loose Carleton W. Allen Hugh A. Bell 52 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Irwin H. Loose Educated in the puljlic scliools of Lebanon coiiiit - ; i raduated from the Schaefferstown Higii School in 191 2; from tliis school in 1914: Business Manager of 19 14 Serpentine; member of the Pedagogical Club of this school; taking work at present at the University of i ' ennsyl- ania; Boijker-keeper and Manager of the Book-room. Carleton W. Allen Received early education at New Albany High School, Bradfortl county ; a graduate of Bucknell Academy and Perkiomen Seminary, where he later took post-graduate work in violin, and also held the position of Associate Instructor. ' as formery the Concert Master of the Perkio- men Symphony Orchestra. At i resent is a student at the Coombs Broad Street Conser -atory, Philadelijhia, and instructor of vi(.)lin at the West Chester State Normal School. Hugh A. Bell I ' A ' eryone knows our office-boy. In fact, he is one of the most popu- lar and sought after young men in the Normal School. Hugh is a good- natured bov — alwavs smiling. It is often difficult to tell whether his A ' ou are wanted in the office is good news or not. His acts (jf kindness w ill long be remembered. 5i THE SERPENTINE pmora 1915 (Claaa ©ffirpra President, J. Norman Stephens J ' ice-President, James E. Ulsh iSecretary, Katharine B. Hartmann Treasurer, Anna E. Butler Editor, Edwin T. Undercuffler Business Manager, William F. Christman Matta Do Noble Things, Not Dream Them. — Kingsley (Uolora STEEL AND BLUE BLUE IRIS 54 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN ss THE SERPENTINE Homer B. Am merman Gravity, Pa. ■■fliad.- Homer is indeed a very noble character to head our list. For tliree years he struggled faithfully thru the mysteries of Normal life, and in ' 15 emerged as a fuil-Bedged alumnus. He is said to have been one of the proverbial bad buys in his grammar school days, but since he came here he changed. It takes a girl to scare him. and in fact, it has been accomplished several times. So like that ancient Greek of old. Whose virtues have not half been told; Our Homer, steadily, books doth peruse. To acquaint us with the latest truths. Serpentine StafT. Moore Emilie Anuer.son Atglen, Pa. Bobby. Behold this singer! The people on her hall can testify to the fact that she has a voice. Model School teachers tell us that she is a very stern school-ma ' am. She makes many visits home, which we are sure are not for the sole purpose of seeing her parents. In spite of this, she con- ducts herself very, demurely about the school. Aryan Linda R. Anderson Port Deposit, Md. Lin, Lindy. This little girl is very fond of extravagant language. Though continually announcing herself as frightened to death over her lessons, she seems to survive everything very well, indeed. Before coming here she attended Jacob Tome Institute, and has brought us much of its spirit. Moore S6 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Martha T- Andrews Port Kennedy, Pa. Tliongh from the small town of Port is a graduate of the Norristown High Sch lucks have nothing to do with her disposi amiable as can be. .Martha doesn ' t like t doe.s to-day what slie can put ofif unti spends her time worrying about what she Her crowning attribute is the emitting whenever any trivial mishap besets her. she may ever have someone to aid her i cies. Aryan Kennedy, Martha ool. Her burnt tion, for she is as work and never 1 to-morrow, but should have done. of piercing yells We all hope that n such contingen- Ann. M. Armstkonc, Williamson School, Pa. Marie. . nna is a graduate of the Hopewell, New Jersey, High School. She is earnest, sincere, hard-wcrking, and has a sense of humor which often bursts forth and shows us her humorous as well as her sincere side. Marie, as she is known by her friends, will make a success of life, because she always accomplishes that which she undertakes. It is thought that she will not remain in the teaching profession very long, because Dootie (duty) calls her hence. Aryan P.. Ri!. R. K. . RMSTRONr, Overbrook, Pa. ' •Babs. This member of the Armstrong family is very studious. This remarkable trait can be detected by her brilliant recita- tions in classes. Physics is her especial delight, at least she spends most of her time on it. Barbara is a day stu- dent from Overbrook. We are sorry she is not in the dorm, because students of her type are needed to en- courage the long sutTering hall teachers. We are sure of her success in life and wish her success in her chosen pro- fession. Moore 57 THE SERPENTINE Mary Armstrong Bervvyii, Pa. This young dame secured her High School education at Newtown Square. Little is known of her career tliere, and doubtless her characteristic modesty prevents her from tell- ing us about some of her experiences. In the fall of 1914, she substituted in a ne:ir-l3y school. The Board put the ' stamp ot pcrfccli ju upon her work there. This goes to prove that Normal Seniors may be depended upon to conduct themselves as pedagogues wr rthy of the Blue and the Gold. Moore Bernice W. Attix Kenton, Del. Let us introduce to you the first of the Attix kids. When this fair daughter of the Blue Hen . State came within our walls she brought with her all the best that Delaware alone can produce. She has made hosts of friends, and her happy and cheerful disposition has bri.ght- ened many a life at Normal, fter ability as a rcadei ' is unquestioned, and often she held her audiences spell-bound, while portrayin.g to them scenes from some great work. Success to you! Moore Elv. R. Atti-X Kenton, Del. Behold! the second apjK ' aretli! lv a is al-.v;iys ready to pc ' .rticipate, or even be the leader, in •( game of fun. What is more, she knows where to draw the line between work and play, as is shown ' by her fine record here. It scarcely seems possible to imagine her at the school ma ' am ' s desk, yet she has convinced many of ns of her good qualities as a teacher. No doubt Delaware will lind her as one of her line primary teachers. Moore S8 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Stella S. Balentine nnwningtDwn, Pa. ■ ' Star. Stella is one of our many day students, and she has a daily ride on the trolley, which she enjoys very much. She even rides up and down on the High Street car, because she is afraid she will become thin. She is very much interested in the Suffragette cause. Her greatest aims are to avoid tak- ing gynniasium exercises, and to find her ideal man, whom she calls her minister, She earned her star in Agri- culture, often keeping Prof. Cromwell himself hustling to answer her many questions. Blanche M. Bang Norristown, Pa. This young lady has been transplanted from New Jersey soil. She is good natured, kind hearted, and with her Da.z zling eyes easily wins many friends. She is espe- cially fond of walking and basket ball. In fact she took such interest In the latter that in its Junior year the ' 15 Girls ' Basket Ball Team chose her to pilot them. Her teani won the girls ' championship. In solid she is a marvel. Serpentine Staff, Cor. Sec ' y Moore Society. Moore Dorothy E. Barker West Chester, Pa. • ' Dot. Dorothy, usually known to her friends as Dot, is a most remarkable girl — as happy and care-free as she can be. She possesses that careless grace and energetic man- ner that makes her unusually attractive. .A girl with a brilliant mind. as one of the faculty has put it. Dorothy is a graduate of the West Chester High School, and a resident of West Chester. Her friends say she is well versed in the art of domestic science. We wish her well and have hopes that her career as a teacher will be a successful one. Moore 59 THE SERPENTINE Alice S. Bass jolinstown, Pa. ' ■Air To Johnstown are we indebted for this maiden with the niecl brown eyes. Always bright and gay, Alice makes a jolly good companion, consequently she possesses hosts of friends. Her favorite pastime is talking. My, hew that girl loves to talk! All day long she rattles on, and it is a question whether or not she keeps it up at night. All in all Al is one of the finest girls in nur class Moore Mary L. Bennett W ' illianisport, Pa. Best of comfort, and ever welcome to us. .Ml of her acquaintances think it, all of her friends know- it, and her room-mate says that the above words are true. About whom are we talking? Why, Mary L. Bennett, of course, who else could it be? Without doubt Mary has a reputation for always lending a helping hand, for always having her lessons done, and above all, for always being in for a good time. Coming to us as a graduate of the Wd- liamsport High School, our class received her as a most worthy addition to its ranks. Moore J. Paul Bergey Perkasie, Pa. Squire. Sliriiiil ' . This is our merchant member. During his Senior year he built up quite a business in the line of woolens. He is very witty, often keeping classes in an uproar with his jokes. He is the ladies ' man of the school, and can Daley be seen lingering on the halls for some fair one. He is very fond of languages, as is evidenced by the fact that no less than five ponies in Wayne Hall bear the trade mark of J. Paul Bergey. Oh. little Paul. ' Tis true you ' re small; But in your tiny form Great tho ' ts are jjorn. Moore 60 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN EwiLv L. BicKEi Rchrersburg, Pa. And gazing down with timid grace. She felt his blue eyes Reed her face: So full of love, so fond and true. Then just a whisper I want but yuu. Emily, or better known as my wife, hails fri)m Rch- rersburg. This bright blue-eyed lasssie is continually on the go, even her jaws. Her chief sport is motoring. Emily excels in Manual Traming, especially in Reed work. Her favorite study is Astronomy. She knows perfectly well where to look for Leo and the Dog Star. We extend our best wishes for her future happiness. Aryan JL ' i i. H. P.ni.EK Rutledge, Pa. ■■Jczvcl. Julia came to us in 1912, after graduating from Rutledge High School, and has become very fond of West Chester. Sbe is quite efficient in German and Mathematics. Her training at the Marshall School of Elocution has not been in vain, and in her we see one who will enthrall future audi- ences. Shulie will pursue a course in Domestic Science, so she may be able to differentiate between crab apples and cherries. We are all very sorry to hear that some wise person has foretold her death by drowning in a weird cup of green tea. Aryan Jes.sie R. ni.. CKuuKXE Osterburg, Pa. Jess. Quiet, unassuming, a friend to every one. This modest, industrious little maid hails from Bedford county. She may be modest and quiet in the class room, but still waters run dee|), and if any one should see Jessie out of scho(jl they would find her amung the most convivial spirits in the school. Plane Geometry is her favorite study, and her friends hope to see lier some day enthrimed in the chair of Mathematics. Moore 61 THE SERPENTINE Mary K. Borthwick Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Tar Babv. From time immemcjrial Wilkes-Barre has been destined to produce a wonder. She accomplished this feat a little over twelve years!?. ' ?) ago when she gave this world our Mary K. Alw avs blithe and happy, Mary grew into a charming young lady. As such we see her to-day. Naturally endowed with an overflow of brains, books need never worry her. To see them is to know them. As an elocutionist she ranks among the very best. ' i ' he Tar Baby is her masterpiece. Witty, entertaining, good looking, humorous, and scores of other adjectives describe her. We are glad she is a mem- ber of ' i.s. Aryan Esther M. Botterbusch York, Pa. Tall, slender, straight, with all the graces blest, Mirthful Esther stands among the rest. After gradnatng from the York High School in 1913, Esther joined (. ur forces here the following fall. She is of a very studious nature, her favorite study being German, and she is ofter heard to say, Two of my German teachers went to Germany to study and got married. I ' ve almost decided to specialize in German. Esther certainly fulfills her title of Dignified Senior, and we have great hopes of her future as a teacher. Aryan ViOL.ai M. Boyd Westtown, Pa. 0 iV. This dark-haired maiden ' s schooldays were spent in the West Chester schools, where she became famous as a .good student. In nineteen hundred thirteen, she graduated from the West Chester High School. The following fall she entered the third year class at the Normal School. As a day student she became popular in study hall, where she and Walter have spent many pleasant moments. Her favor- ite amusement is dancing, but it wouldn ' t be fair to mention with whom. She has a special fondness for manual training and household arts, which may be of use to her in the future. Moore 62 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Helen D. Brackin Berwyn, Pa. ■■Dot. This tall, fair maiden, after graduating with honors from Tredyfifrin-Easttown Higli School at Berwyn, Pa., entered our class in its third year. Altho of a rather reserved dis- position, Helen can always enjoy a joke. She is very sel- dom sad or serious. Her favorite occupation is reading. She is never lonely when she can find an interesting hook. After leaving Normal Scliool, Helen expects to take up teaching as her life work. Aryan Margaret A. Brady Fleming, Pa. ' Pci Here ' s a little Irish lassie who is rather proud of the fact. She takes a great interest in Domestic Science. We fear lest school teaching will not claim her as long as it should. Peggy is an exceptionally good student, and altho she is little, we have come to expect great things from her. Her class discussions are always very interesting and worthy of the greatest consideration. We wish you great success, either in school or in the home. Aryan Elsie W. Bkanin iMt. Holly, . J. ■ ' Polly: ' Poliamia, as she is known to her must intimate friends, is in truth a Polianna personified. When things went wrong with the rest of us. Elsie always saw something for which to be glad. There was only one thing tliat disturbed her usual tranquility and sweetness of mind, and that was the alarm in the morning. It was then that her roommates were greeted with tlie familiar snund — O, I ' se never so tired in my life! Aryan 63 THE SERPENTINE Esther Brenneman Harrisburg, Pa. Whenever Esther isn ' t to he found in her room you may be sure she is out on a tramp or in the library, for she never tires of long walks, and she is perfectly at home among the classics, altho she is far from being a book-worm. Her aim is to be a graduate of Wellesley, and before many years pass we shall hear of her gaining a high scholarship in the literary line. But Esther does not always appear so dig- nified and scholarly. To her friends she is a veritable comic opera. Her keen sense of wit and humor keep the crowd in a roar whenever she is around. Mildred E. Brosius Gilberton, Pa. ■■Milly. Before entering Normal Milly attended the borough school at Gilberton. Her completion of the Normal course in three years shows her ability as a faithful and hard- working student. Milly is quiet and unassuming; her pleasing manner has won for her many friends. Her fond- ness for tea at four o ' clock might indicate spinsterhood, but her occasional visits to Elkview and her favorite expression, I wish I was married, seem to contradict this. Aryan Hermann Brubachek Leliaiion, Pa. ■■Tcdr ■■Duke. Ted hails from Lebanon county, and is known as one of those fellows who never becomes excited and is seldom in a hurry. It is his delight to repose in his easy chair and ponder over some classic. Hermann is a fond student of German, and we all expect to see him, later, a professor of German. He always has a kind greeting and a cheerful smile; no w(uider. he sits at the Steward ' s table! The way to reach a man is thru his stomach. Serpentine Stafif. Aryan 64 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Lloyd C. Buchman Rockport, Pa. Daddy From Rockport, Carbon county, of our class. Sacrificing a fine jo ' b for social enlightenment. Lloyd came to u cominon school education, and has good, steady, conscientious work. H Go forth under the open sky and list Altho usually serious and thcjughtful a sense of humor. He is one of the the Aryan Society, and has always various Christian Associations, now of the Y. M. C. A. Aryan comes the philosopher the sake of mental and s in 191 1, with barely a put in four years of is especial delight is to to nature ' s teachings. . Lloyd is not without prominent debaters of been foremost in the being Vice-President Florence L. Buckner. .Dublin, Pa. Floss. Floss is a graduate of the Doylestown High School. From her size one would never think that her usual ocoi- pation was eating. She is known to be a very studious girl, her favorite study bcin.g German. While at home she spends a large part of her time playing croquet. We feel sure that a girl with her qualifications will make good in whatever she attempts. Aryan Jennie ! L Burwei.l Daylesford, Pa. This industrious girl is a graduate of the Tredyffrin- Easttown High School, in the class of 191. . She en- tered ' 15 class at Normal in the fall of igi.3, and hav- ing successfully passed those awful state board examina- tions, emerged a full-fledged fifteener. She has a cheerful disposition: takes life easy and never worries about her studies. .Ml her friends feel sure that she will make a good teacher, for she is especially fond of children and sevnis tn have no trouble in gaining their affections. 65 THE SERPENTINE Anna E. Butler Henry Clay, Del. Nancy. Bill. Anna, more commi iily kmiwii as Nancy, is one of the girls whom one often seeks but seldom finds. She has a charming disposition and is always accompanied by her smile. Anna could by no means be dubbed profane, but occasionally Land of Muffins intrudes into her conversa- tion. An active participation in all that goes on leads her to say, I think Normal an all right place outside of Home Sweet Home ' ! We wish her long years of ap- preciation when she really presides over a Home Sweet Home of her own. Serpentine Staff, Amulet Staff, Rcc. Sec ' y Moore Society. Moore Emolit. M. C. lloway Egg Harbor City, N. J. Fair haired, tall, slender, handsome, and queenly Lee is one of our chief fun makers. Do you wonder why this is so? Well, you see she comes from a place where all cares are washed away by the Atlantic. She is ready for fun almost any time, and her Oh, Heck! is often heard along the halls. Her usual occupation is chasing Gym ( Jim ), Lee is one of the shining stars in the girls ' athletic world at Normal. She was the star player on the Junior basket ball team. Besides this, she is an e-xcellent swimmer, and often delighted her chums by giving them swimming exhibitions. Moore Bertha S. Cavanagh Conshohocken, Pa. ■■Bert. ■■Bccrt. This small, dark-eyed lass came to our midst from Con- shohocken High School with credentials of good, faithful work done there. Because of the splendid work which she has done here we are surely justified in applying to her the saying that The best goods always come in small packages. Acting as Mr. Webb ' s assistant in the office, she was allowed to take a bunch of Seniors to the local Institute. Yes, they had a good time! Later one of the girls was heard to remark that she wished Dr. Philips had Bert ' s ideas along that line. Moore 66 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Daisy E. Cherry West Chester. Pa. -Ted: ' Tliis quiet little maiden is our Daisy, always the same, a true friend and a good student. When an argument is raised in class. Daisy will never answer until she is called on. and she will then voice her opinion in a quiet, unassuming way. If you go to the Reception Room about 4.15 any day you will see her waiting for her carriage to take her home. She was slow in speech. Yet sweet as spring-time llowers. ' . ' -Xnna E. Ciieyney Westtown. Pa. Has anyone known a more conscientious student than our own Anna? One would almost suspect that work was her middle name, by the way she plunges into everything that is ti be accomplished. Always happy and ready for fmi. she makes a most pleasing companion. Once her friend always her friend is the verdict of all who come in contact with her. Aryan M m w — t T A c In m m 1 ■■ffr ■ - £J 1 % 1 mr- m r Florence Cheyney West Grove, Pa. Flossie. Study Floss for a minute and in her face you will find written everything for which she stands — gentleness, good nature, and jollity. This has won for her a host of friends. . sk her where she spends her summers and you will be sure to learn that she is very fond of automobiling along shaded country roads. She is an ardent rooter on Wayne Field. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee jest and youthful jollity. is a very fitting quotation for this miss. Aryan 67 THE SERPENTINE Harriet W. Child East Smithfield, Pa. •■Hatclict. Harriet is one of the bright and serious menvbers of our class. We cannot tell whether she is destined to be a school nia ' m or a minister ' s wife. She is surely aiming for one of these goals. Every one is very proud and fond of our little child, and we all enjny her quaint sayings. Altho we hope she will not always be a child, we hope she will always re- tain her present characteristics of kindness and cheerfulness. Moore William F. Christman Steelton, Pa. Bill. Let us present to you the most versatile man of the class. He has already made a name for himself as Summer School artist, German singer, ladies ' man, Washington sport, and business man. He sees another opening ni the educa- tional world, and backed up by several years ' experience as teacher before coming here, Bill is sure to make even more enviable records in the future. He was always a very active member of the Moore Literary Society. Bus. Mgr. Ser- pentine, Moore Debating Team. Moore Anna M. Clausen Essington, Pa. ' Pat. •■Pat ' rai ininiediatoly upon entering School endeared herself to all by her jokes and pranks. Who has not seen those eyes of Irish blue sparkle with merriment when Pat says, Dog-gone it! Let ' s have some fun? But she is a firm believer in a place for everything, even fun, and you may be sure she will accomplish something worth while. Pat is very fond of all kinds of athletics, and has dis- tmguisned herself in many sports during her stay with us. She says she is looking forward to a lengthy career as a teacher, and we look forward to her success with great faith, tho we fear that ere long that call of the sea w ' ill direct her energies into new fields of interest. Moore 68 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN w ,.% . ' f did 1 r SflBI ■ Katharine Cleaver Reading, Pa. ■■Kit. ■■Kitty. In 1912. Katherine graduated fmni the Girls ' High School, Reading, Pa. Thinking she would like the art of teaching, she entered West Chester Normal the jollowing year. Normal school life was too quiet for gay Katherine, and the following year found her a student at the Randolph- Macon College for Women, Lynchburg, Va. Exercising the woman ' s privilege of changing her mind, Katherine decided to return to West Chester Normal after one year at college. She is a clever girl, full of fun, but at times very pen- sive. Her thoughts travel many miles, and are often at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Moore Elizabeth Codourn Chester, Pa. ■■Sibir Here is one of the young ladies who kept the Study Hall teacher on the jump. Now here, now there, now not to be found. Sibi has been flitting about in our halls keeping everything in a turmoil. Those twinkling eyes tell a story. Ask her about her first experience with a man. Don ' t get the impression that Sibi did not study. She was a star in Agriculture and had little difficulty in making a grade. Adeli A D. Cohen Xanticoke, Pa. •Del. ' D-1 has distinguished herself for two things snice her arrival at Normal, namely, her laugh and her great sleeping powers. If you doubt the former, just crack a joke and for proof of the latter ask Prof. C. Never mnid. Del, vve are glad vou are happv, and vour friends all know you don t expect U teach Agriculture. But don ' t judge her other lessons by Agriculture, for she is very studious at times. She looks forward to ' a long career in teaching and the best and fullest success is the wish of her classmates. Moore 69 THE SERPENTINE Mary V. Cooper Colw} Suffy. Pa. Mary was born in the pretty little borough of Colwyn, Pa., and there she has lived all her short life. She graduated from the elementary school of Colwyn. then entered the Darbv High School, from which she graduated valedictorian in 1909. Mary is a good student, as every one knows, and is never content with an examination mark below 90. She is continually giving advise to every one, but don ' t think Mary will remain long on the list of teachers, for her in- terests are far reaching. She is continually receiving letters from VVildwood — and there lives a nice young — well, Mary, we will not tease you any longer. Aryan Margaret C. Cornog Concordville, Pa. Peggy- Whew! Look what the wind blew in! Oh, it is only Sister Cornogey, in her usual hurry to get to classes on time manner. Her sunny disposition has won her many friends, who are s re of her future success, be it Peda- gogy or Domestic Science. Her favorite studies are Physics and Geology, and she never misses an opportunity to make a brilliant recitation in either of these classes. She says she always expects to teach in the country, but we have different ideas. We don ' t know what the attraction in Concordville is. but she always gets there on the first train after 4 P.M. Winifred T. Coveney tbens, Pa. Fred. Winifred, commonly known aas Winipeg, came to us from Athens, Pa. (not Greece), to join our ranks. _ There never was a girl who giggled more than Winipeg does, and she always sees the funny side of everything. Her fa- vorite studies are Mathematics and Latin, and many are the knott problems in Trig which she made clear to some of us who are not so well gifted. That she will win laurels in her chosen profession goes without saying. Moore 70 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN xry F Bessie L. Crawford Philadelphia, Pa. Bessie is a graduate of the Girls ' High School of Phila- delphia, and has been attending our school for the past two years. Bessie ' s sweet and delicate voice has won for her many friends. Her knowledge of Literature seems unsurpassed. A more modest little maiden is hard to find and her sweet smile chases away all blue feelings. Mary A. Cressman Sellersville, Pa. ■■Mac Mary, Mary, quite contrary. This characterizes one of our Bucks county girls very well, for Mary can be stubborn and contrary if she chooses. Are you asking whether Marv loves fun? She certainly does. Why, mischief fairly shines from her eyes. Mary greatly Icves Nature and enjoys a stroll into the woods any time of the Day. The subject of which she is particularly fond is Chemistry, She even took a special course in this subject in her Senior year. Possibly she had a particular reason for doing it, since Chemistry is so closely related to Pharmacy. Moore X ' ergne L. Criswell West Grove, Pa. Jiniiny. Jimmy has surpassed all other lassies who came to us from Casket Town. She is fond of Parisian styles, and we are told that she is contemplating; a trip to that ultra- fashionable city after graduating from Normal. Others of us rest assured that the trip to Paris will be delayed until after she has toured the Continent with her brush and easel. True eyes, too pure and too honest in aught to disguise. The sweet soul shinine thru them. Aryan 71 THE SERPENTINE Mary A. Daley Ashland, Pa. Dulcy, ■ ' Dutch We have long ceased to marvel at this girl ' s popularity. Her willingness to help others explains all. She is never known to have shirked her duty, and whether in society or in class work the conclusion has always been Let Daley do it. She was indeed the right-hand man of both Business Manager and Editor of this Serpentine. A keen sense of humor is not lacking. From all appearances she has been landed at last. No doubt Schuylkill county will later hear more from this, her daughter. Serpentine Staff. Rec. Sec ' y Moore Society. Trcas. Class Junior year. Moore Margaret E. Davis Olyphant, Pa. •■Tin- Other Kid: ' When speaking of which county in Pennsylvania is the best, Margaret has been heard to say, Lackawanna, of course. Truly Lackawanna has given us one with great musical talent, and that has been very ably shown here. She is of a bright, cheery disposition, always willing to help one in time of need. She has won many friends and has proven to be faithful in all her duties. To those who know thee not, no words can paint; And those who know thee, know all words are faint. Rec. Sec ' y Aryan Society. Aryan Marian J. Davis 01y])hant, Pa. ' •The Daris Kid. An innocent maiden with soft brown eyes, -As innocent rnd popular as she is wise. This little girl, who is known in Wayne Hall as The Davis Kid, came into our midst just three summers ago. Tho with a reputation for demureness, the gleam in those soft brown eyes belied her reason for devoting herself so assiduously to the new dances just before Xmas vacation. Marian is an earnest disciple of Euclid, and because of her fondness for the subject she is ever called upon to help her less fortunate companions — for example, in cutting pie and counting cases. Aryan 72 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Annie I. Diem Malvern, Pa. Nan. Here ' s to the friend of the friendless! A friendly friend is she; Befriending you and all your friends When most a friend vou ' d see. Ever since Annie graduated from the Malvern, Pa., High School as the head of her class we have all been watchme her grow. Her motto is, Work, for the night is coming, and her one ambition is to make things pleasant for everybody. Her worst habit is sleeping, and her chief char- acteristic is cheerfulness. To her we all unite in saying, May all your troubles be little ones. Rhea E. Dre.xei Reading, Pa. Rhea hails from that celebrated city, Reading. Her love for music is surpassed only by her extreme joy upon re- ceiving her Weekly Post from Lafayette College. Owing to her pleasing personality we are sure that she will make a successful teacher — if she teaches. Aryan Margaret E. Driscoll .Pottsville, Pa. Peg. Peg, since her entrance in igij.has been welcome wher- ever she has gone. She informs us that her favorite study is . ' stronomy. or star gazing, and that her usual occupation is day dreaming. This sounds bad, star gazing in the even- ing and dav dreaming all day. Perhaps she dreams of the happy days spent in high school, and gazes at the stars to try and find out what the future holds in store for her. Upon graduating Peg will teach for a few years, until she meets some one who will give her a life position. With her Ish ga fret spirit, troubles will vanish and pleasant things take their place. Moore 7i THE SERPENTINE riiiLY Dunn Jeniiyn Pa. Dunny. Well, here is Emily, better known by her chums as Dunny. This fair lassie came to us from the heart of Lackawanna county, where she completed a tnree years course in the Jermyn High School. She continued her good work at Normal, and during her stay here has made great progress in her work, and hosts of friends. Emily is very fond of swimming. If she advances in her profession as she has in swimming, we predict for her great success. Aryan Anna F. Ellis Doylestown, Pa. Nan. Anna is as happy as the day is long. Her motto is, It is always too late to worry. Her favorite pastime is sleep- ing. Immediately after dinner you will find her canvassing the hall to find some one to awaken htr before 3.13 class, as she wants to take her daily snooze. Her favorite study is Grammar. She is always so anxious to study it that she prepares several lessons ahead of time, and then never knows which is the correct one. Aryan Marian C. Embree West Chester, Pa. Marian came to us in igij, after graduating w-ith an ex- cellent record from VVesttown Boarding School She is in great demand in Study Hall at noon lor either writing Frenc.i sentences or answering Physics problems. It would take a very watchful person to find Marian when she is not doing somethmg. for she even studies while she eats her dinner. She is looking forward with great pleasure to her teaching career. Moore 74 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN S AK A G. Etty West Chester, Pa. ■■Ted. Sara Green Etty is one (if tliose girls whose face is never without a smile, especially when she has one of Tal- ley ' s cinnamon buns in her hand. Mr, Evans thoroughly recommends her as pitcher on the girls base ball team, for in Study Hall she is always practicing with apple cores. Furthermore, no one could ever scold her, as she would only laugh and then make such eyes that they would have to give up in vain. Moore Nellie M. Everett Frackville, Pa. -Nc ir Nell is a very bright, jolly girl. She has the happy characteristic of seeing a joke in everything. Her favorite occupation is writing to girls(?). She is a very industrious student, which is shown by her comple- tion of the four years course in three years, and having never attended any school except the public school as far as eighth grade. Her favorite studies are along pedagogical lines. Nellie expects to teach school for at least five years, but we all doubt this very much as frequent trips to the re- ception room are unfavorable symptoms. Aryan %M Bes.sie D. Falk Lehighton, Pa. ' ■Bess. Three years ago, a jolly maiden was wending her way from the heart of Carbon county to the West Chester State Normal School. This jolly maiden was Bessie p. Falk. Bess at first found no charms in Normal life. Many a night she sat on her trunk and thought of home. Her favorite song then was Home Sweet Home. As the days passed, Bess found the charm of Normal life and became a happy .girl once more. She is nmv cne of our dignified Seniors and has changed in many ways. Even her favorite strain has changed. It is no longer Hcmie Sweet Home, but Waltz Me . round .Again. Willie. Moore 75 THE SERPENTINE Sarah F. Farley Xew Ceiitrevil Serena. Pa. Sarah is witty and Sarali is wise, Sarah has far-seting deep t)rown eyes; Her smile is merry and always there, And chestnut color is her hair. One of the bright and serious members of our class is Sarah. After graduating from Tredyffrin-Easltown High School she entered our class two years ago. Tennis, auto- mobiling and other outdoor soorts always find in her a ready victim to their charms. While she gets away with more than her share of eats, they never seem to have the desired effect. That Sarah is optimistic may be seen by her motto, I should worry. Aryan Ella C. Fakrell Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Of C(jnrse it ' s Wilkes-Barre! What other place could be capable of producin ' such a perfect specimen of a good comrade? Ella, with ever-ready exuberance of good spirits, has won her place in the hearts of many. Straight-forward- ness and truth are her inseparable attributes, and incidentally the art of Public Soeaking. of which we all have pleasant memories. Here ' s to you, little girl; may many triumphs be yours in the battlefield of life. Aryan Estella M. Farrell Minersville, Pa. Bro ' i ' nic. Little girls should be seen, not heard. This is Estella ' s firm belief. She likes fun in its place, but in classes she is as attentive as a judge. Those spark- ling eyes, overhung by her curly locks, bring out the intel- lectual countenance. Her true ambition is to be a teacher. Imagine her, ruler in hand, teaching the a, b, c ' s! Her sweet disposition has won her many friends during her career with us. Estella ' s love for all her studies is so marked that we are at a loss to say which one she will specialize in, b all have our suspicions that it will be Domestic Science Moore n, but we 76 CLASS NINETEEN F I F T E E r( Catherine M. Faust Ambler, Pa. Katie. Catherine is one of our nuict girls, wli.i came to us from the Ambler High School. Her fav.. rite study is Ger- man If you wish to get the correct pronunciation of Ger- man words, come to Catherine. If you should happen to hear some one say. Do you see? and on turning around von should see Katie, as she is sometimes called, do not be surprised. She is always asking this question, but what she wants others to see, is a mystery. Moore Mabei. I. Feiir Reading, Pa. Mabel is one of our girls who does not speak unless she has something to say which is really worth while listening to. She came to us from the High School for Girls, Read- ing, Pa., in the fall of 191.?. She is one of the group of girls from the Berks capital who have distinguished themselves in clas.s work at W. C. N. Her favorite studies are History and German. .Altho we are sure she has enjoyed life here, the attractions at Reading seem to be greater than those at Ncirmal. Aryan S. IIei.en Fernald. . Diiwniimtovvn. Pa. S. Helen is one of our small members, imt in intellect, however. She is a model girl in her behavior and has never caused her hall teacher a bit of trouble. Helen is very sincere and faithful to small duties, which shows that she may be trusted with larger ones. A good student and true friend cliaracterize Helen. Aryan 77 THE SERPENTINE Jennie Ferrier Conshohocken, Pa. Jim. Jim came from Conshohocken High School three years ago. She has done good work ever since she has Ijeen here, her favorite stndy being History. Slie may seem quiet to those who do not know her, but ask Miss Speakman and she will tell you the cause of the noise. Jennie hopes to teach at home after she graduates, since home (Tys) ties are so dear. Moore Iargaret M. Finegan Carbondale, Pa. Peg.- This maid so fair Has come from where? Carbondale! to be sure. She won our hearts Left some in parts. And now she goes away! Of disposition most loving. Against trouble ne ' er rubbing. The gay life she pursues. We wish her success. And may she possess The heart of — you guess the rest. Moore Dorothy M. Flanagan Ashland, Pa. Dot, Irisli. Dot ' s nationality being hard to discern we will tell you that she is of Irish descent. Anyone might tliink that she is French upon hearing her speak of Louis so frequently. She has a strong character and we feel sure she will make an excellent teacher. Dot is very fond of Solid Geomerty and Trig., but when it comes to Vocal Music and Art she declines the pleasure of teaching them. She has been an ac- tive worker in the class throughout the three years of her life here and shows signs of a promising great from Schuylkill county. Serpentine Staff, Rec. Sec ' y Moore Soc. Moore 78 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Geo. W. Focht Kempton, Pa. Samson, Jr. Who would suppose that in this quiet Ijoy-hke figure reposed the greatest physical strength of our class? To spend a few hours in his room would be a lesson to any in- dividual, for our Samson, Jr., takes great pride in his wonderful strength. When in his room he likes to take ex- ercise by lifting and relifting huge pieces of iron weighing 2K0 pounds. He is an ambitious oerson, who previous to his coming here spent two years at Kutztown Normal. During his stay here he became quite proficient ni oratory(?). He is the only person in the class who dreams in Greek. Moore Mary E. R. Fogu Salem, N. J. Fri::cy Mary E. R. Fogg is from Salem, N. J., High School. Mary has a very ' blunt way of speakin.g. which however, troubles no one. When once started on a good giggle she is hard to stop, as some of the teachers have found out. Everyone likes Alary because she is a true friend. When you see her approaching you are sure of getting a bit of startling news, such as, There will be an exam, in Arithmetic to-morrow, or Did you know that Miss So and So caught you bagging class yesterday? Mary will be a good school teacher, because of her sterling (jualities. Aryan Cecilia Foley Mahanoy City, Pa. Coil. And here is our friend Cecilia Foley, always happy, but happiest when out calling during study hour. Cecilia ' s highest ambition is to teach in a country school for th;rty years and then retire on a pension. She is a frequent visitor in room , 53, for eats. A jolly friend to meet and keep. Moore 79 THE SERPENTINE Grace A. Fratz Haddon Heights. X. J. This mischievous child joins with us in all our follies and fancies, but she is always just about scared to death, espe- cially when she exoects a (Carpenter). She will never he satisfied until she follows up that trade. Ask her why and she usually says, Now, don ' t make me blush, girls. It ' s only natural. Grace declares she is infatuated with teach- ing, but we know for a fact that two years of this noble work will sutfice. She will then choose a course more domestic, which is evidenced by the manner in which she tried to get into the first section nf the Domestic Science class. Aryan Marguerite Fry Bath, Pa. A winsome lass with raven hair. Marg has been with us only one year. She came from Kutztown Normal, and when you ask her why she left that school she says, Oh, just for a ch ange. But we are glad she came, for her jolly remarks have dispelled many a frown. She intends to teach, but we fear it will not be for a long time, if a certain one in Bath persists in his efforts. But whether she chooses a professional career or a domestic life, we all join in wishing her a happy future. Aryan Jessie M. Fulton ' ork, Pa. Jess. Vc call her Jess. Altho a graduate of the York High School and a prominent member of our 1915 class, she has permitted us tinis to nickname her. Since the first pupil this fair maiden encountered in practice teaching re- marked, Are you a girl or a woman? we have been in some doubt about it ourselves; but we have finally decided that she is ' best of all a sweet mi.xlure of both — a friend. Jess specializes in drawing and in paddling her own canoe. Moore 80 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Agnes F. Gardlock Curwensville, Pa. ' ■Ag. Let us stand witli uncovered heads before Agnes, for she is one of the sweetest girls who ever came to Normal. Agnes is a girl of very good judgment and is looked upon with a feeling of great respect by her classmates. She is an ardent worker for class and society, and is seen and heard at every class meeting, where her excellent suggestions are always gladly received. She expects to teach in Portland, Oregon. ' Tho far away from us, her sweet spirit will always remain with her Normal friends. Seri ' ENTIne Artist. Rec. Scc ' y Moore Society. Moore Ethel Geiger Northumberland, Pa. £ . • ' Eth. She talks and talks, but that is human; She likes the boys, but that is woman: A vivacious energetic lass — She has her failings, let them pass. Ethel came to us from Northumberland High School in 1912. Since then she has divided her time carefully between a little study and much sleep. When awake she is one of the joUiest girls, and seems as if she belonged to the Red- man-d tribe. She is known to many of her friends as Eth, and is frequently heard to say. Oh, G-e-e! She formed many friendsliii)s while here, Nell and Ethel being in- separable. Moore Ruth J. ( il. sek .Reading, Pa. ■Riifus. This young damsel is from Berks county. Rufus is certainly an athletic girl. She can plav tennis with the best in the school, and is very proficient in other sports. She is a lover of nature. Whenever she sees a toad she will exclaim. Golly, isn ' t that cute! and immediately race after it until she succeeds in capturing it. No. she does not kill it. but always allows it to escape, after fondling it for a short (a very short) time. That Rufus will be successful is assured, for she is never happy unless she is working at something. Aryan 81 THE SERPENTINE Kathryn J. TiLEASON Brandywiiie Summit, Pa. Kit. Kilt. Babe. Kit, or Balje, is one of our brightest girls. One need only look into her shining eyes to see the possibilities lurking there. Altho a day student, Babe has made many warm friends here by her charming manner and her eager desire to help any one not as well versed as she is. That she will make a brilliant teacher we have no doubt, and the best wishes of the class go with her as she leaves. Helen M. (Ikavek. .Upland, Pa. WW . Did you say you didn ' t know Ne ' l? Well that is impossible, if you have been in Physics or Agriculture. She does especially well in all her work, but does not allow too much laborious book work to interfere with her canoeing trips and walking adventures. Helen came to us from Upland High School (our years ago, and during that time she has proven that she is made of good stuff. We feel sure that some one else will learn of and admire her excellent qualities and relieve her of her profession. May K. G; IESEMER Reading, Pa. Grics. This modest little flower came here in the fall of 1913 irniii Reading, where she completed her studies m the Girls ' High School. Altho very modest and unassuming, May has made her way to the front ranks in every class by her ready and exact answers. This same modesty has won for her many life-long friends, who would go thru much rather than part with her friendship. That she may continue in life as she has begun is the wish of lur many Normal friends. Aryan CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Sara M. Griest Oxford, Pa. Sara came to us two years ago, and since then her work lias shown that she is a model student. She is not new to the art of teaching, as she taught two years before entering Nor- mal. Sara is continually reminding people that her name is Gr;est, not Grfist, until it is now almost commonly known. She intends to specialize in History after she leaves here. Moore Ada M. Griffith Kiniberton, Pa. ■■Betty.- Betty is one of our good-natured classmates. She graduated from the Kimberton Grammar School in igog and from Phoenixville High School in 1913. .Ada is a very good mathematician and has quite distinguished herself as being a refuge for other poor mathematicians. She is a fresh-air advocate, and every afternoon after four o ' clock one may see her strolling down the shady lanes. She believes in woman suffrage and expects to vote wdien she begins to teach school. Beware of Mrs. Pankhurst! Aryan M. .MvuTi.E Grim Xewlown . ' Square, Pa. That sliouldn ' t make you look ■Grin ' . Myrtle came to us three years ago from Newtown Square High School, and has faithfully lived up to the repu- tation of that progressive town. During her stay here she has been conscientious in her work and ever ready to help s(nne one in need. Being an early riser, she traveled from home every day, by car. This gave her ample opportunity to observe the wonders of nature, and developed m her a love for Nature Study which will not be unfruitful ni her future teaching. Moore 8? THE SERPENTINE Fredericka Hackman Mt. Union, Pa. Rickey. Rickey. seelving new worlds to conquer, came to us in 191,? from Mt. Union Higli School. She entered the life i)f Normal with a will, and she always seems very happy, hut her happiness is greatly increased by one of her fre |uent trijis to the city. Some say she goes to see the ever-popular show Oh! Oh! Pauline! while others say it is only to run around with her little Maxwell. Which is it, Ricky? D. L. H. LI)EMAN. .Mahanov City. P ■Dasc D. L. is one of the fellows who thinks life is really worth living. He spent part of his school life at State College, and hrought us some of its scholastic spirit. He is an expert tennis player. A devotee of base ball, he served the team admirably as business manager in the spring of 1914. He also plays the .game, and can often be seen {Bang)ing the ball across the diamond. Everyone who meets him likes him, for he ' s a jolly good fello y that none can deny. ' Serpentine Staff, Amulet StafT. Aryan Makv . . Hakt. .Oxford, Pa. ■MoUic. She greets you kindly, one and all : The past is past, and all offence Falls harmless from her innocence. Well, here comes Mollie. A smile and softly-spoken word gives all the impression of continual liappiness. Tak- ing wdiat is given, asking for no more, is Mary ' s policy. Al- tho she says little, her actions seem to proclaim, It is better to give than to receive. Her favorite study is History. Perhaps this accounts for her interest in Washington, D.C. Don ' t stay long, Pni lonesome is often heard from Mary. She rather likes to read from Homer of Kennctt Square. Moore 84 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Kathekine I). IIaktmann . . . . ■Tat: . Glenside, Pa. Bcliiild, our Secretary! Pat carries her li jiiors well and altlu) small in stature, she is mighty in deeds. From her early days with ns she aspired to he high and reached her greatest height in the banner contest on the roof of the m in iniilding. Pat has made herself especially prominent in two fields — Mathemitics and Athletics. We admire her .Mathematical ability, Inn we like her best wdicn she is enthu- siastically leading cheers during some exciting game. Sec ' y Class Senior Year, .liiiiilct Staff. Aryan . Bryii JMawr, Pa. K. Tii, iuNE Al. 1 1, rii::KNi; ■■Killy. - Oh, niy stars! here ' s Kitty, our Ijlonde friend from Bryn .Mawr. She is a true lover of Nature and likes to study it in the proper way. She often |uotcs that The free open air is the best back-ground for all work in Nature Study. ' She likes to study . ' ind all her spare time is occu- pied with a book. We don ' t intend to tell the kind of book she enjoys most. She is a good companion and has lots of friends. 0[ course, she hates{?) the boys, and advises her friends to beware of the artful things. Still, they have a few good points. Moore AIiiUAM yi. I[i:cKM. N . llento vn, Pa. -Miiiir We feel very unfortunate in not having more people from .Mlentown in our class. But .Mini is surely uphold- ing the record set by her predecessors from up-state. She is very ambitious to become a prima donna. Often we had the pleasure of hearing her in society, and it is said that on the halls the people stood spell bound while she sang her masterpiece, A Perfect Day. She spends her sunnner va- cations as teacher on the .Mlentown play grounds. Moore 8S THE SERPENTINE EniTii W. Heinold Forest, Del. ■■Edi. -Milt. ' ■Real worth is written on her face. Edi has always impressed us with her sweet amiable disposition, and her good scholarshio. In her work she has gained the praise and respect of her instructors. She is very much interested in pedagogical subjects and has shown her aptness in applying them by her marked success as assist- ant ' at Sconnelltown. Ask her anything about the stars and you will find that there is little in Astronomy that she cannot unfold to you. She has much school spirit, so she is always ready to cheer our team at the game or the meet. Aryan Florence M. Hemmu; Shillington, Pa. F o. As .s;entle as bright. Flo is a gentle, little, fair-haired maiden, loved by all whcj know her. Quiet and retiring tho she be, we feel there are wonderful possibilities ahead of her for many of us will ever remember her beautiful oration on Music, and somehow lovely harmonies seem to linger ever in our thoughts of Flossie. Cor. Sec ' y Aryan Society. Aryan iMaktiia v. Henderson Berwyn, Pa. Ves, this bright-eyed, vivacious little woman comes to us from Berwyn. Martha is dreaming of a career as a writer, and we hear it whispered that some of her work has already Iicen accepted. Hers has been an interesting and varied life, and she comes to us rich in experience and understand- ing. In her cheerful manner and happy outlook on life she says with her favorite author. Browning — God ' s in His heaven. All ' s well with the world. 86 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN .Marie C. Henhich Keading, Pa. This is another of the famous bevy of girls who came to us from the pretzel city. She never Fretz, and by her pleasing manner has won her way into the hearts of many. She is an e.xtensive as well as intensive reader. The number of books that she can read in a week has always been a source of astonishment to us. Her special diseases have been Latin and History, Aryan Helen S. Henry Sinking Si)rings. Pa. Henry. Helen Henry, a very clever and jolly girl, hails from Sinking Springs. In 1912, she graduated from Sinking Springs High School, and in the fall of that year entered Perkiomen Seminary, where she studied for one year. When Perkiomen ceased to have any attractions for her, she de- cided to enter West Chester Normal, and so in 1913 she became a member of the class of 1915. She is intensely in- terested in farming, and there is scarcely anything in the line of agriculture that she is not acquainted with. She is a star in public speaking, having won several prizes in this art. Aryan Helen M. Hileman W ' ilkes-Barre, Pa. ■ Fiidac Helen Marr, known among her friends as Fudge, is liked for her ready wit, lofty thoughts and great supply of entertaining stories. Being an excellent swimmer, she some day may take a degree in this art. She is n.ost especially in- terested in music, and is Miss Hardee ' s right-hand man. We all declare, with regards to Helen, that Music hath charms to soothe the ' Savage ' breast. Her future career will undoubtedly be a musical one, and we are looking for- ward to the time when she will hold us enthralled with that soprano of hers. Aryan 87 THE SERPENTINE Emma C. IIoi.zwortii Newtown. ] ' :i. She may be small, but she is not insignificant. I ' lie favorite sport of this lass is walking, while her favorite study is Geography, Now, if you will remem- ber that there are fine places around here in which to study Geography and you have to walk to reach them, yon can see why these two things are of interest to her. She finds embroidering a very good pastime, but I wonder why she is preparing so soon for the future. Aren ' t you going to teacli at all. Em ? Behind those calm eyes can be seen the fire which tells nf a hive for her studies. Aryan Edna R. Hotchkiss .Philadelphia. Pa. ' ■Teddy. Do we need tell you that this quiet, demure and es- teemed Uidy comes from Philadelphia? Can you not easily discern that she is an inhabitant of the City of Brotherlv Love? Edna is a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Girls, and came to our class in its second year. She has always been a leader in the Y. W.. C. A. work. G. A. A. and in class aflfairs. For her active work in Y.W.C.A. in I9i3- ' i4 she was selected as one of the delegates to the Eaglesmere Christian Association Convention. President Y. W. C. A. Moore Alverna Houck Ivyland, Pa. Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! There! I knew that was Alverna Houck comin.g down the hall. But cheer up, Verna, some day those shoes will be worn out. After graduating from Hatboro High School, this demure little maiden en- tered our class She has always been known as an earnest wiirker, who goes about her work with a desire to overcome all diliiculties. Her favorite study is History, and some day, before her Lochinvar appears she hopes to specialize in it. Aryan 88 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN -Mary ' . Howard Lagrange, Pa. Mary considers Xcirmal her second home, and she often gives kindly helps to the greenies. Mary ' s desire is to be an artist. Ofttinies she misses the mountain air and has to remain out of classes to gather up new energy. She gets a grouch once in a while. Then listen for her favorite ex- pression, O ' h. the dickens! A cup of tea and mother ' s cookies put her back into her right spirits, but who wouldn ' t be happy alter receiving a bo.x from home? Moore Anna B. Howei.l (juinton, N. |. Anne. From the little town of Quinton hails this fair maid. She can at almost any time be seen gazing into her mirror, which she admits is lier best friend. Her attention is too rjften di- verted from more profitable things to such things as her bangs. runner; (Otis). . , nna is one of the Senior ' s best athletes. . . Well, I guess! She is an ardent admirer of James Aryan Anne B. IIo.wvoktii Xorristown, Pa. Ildhc. Iloxic. Norristown has indeed been fortunate in producing such a person as Babe. She is always in the best of spirits and ever ready with a helping hand. Her fertile imagination is only surpassed by her generosity of heart. Drawing is . nne ' s chief delight and some day we liope to see her name listed among the great artists of our age. Here ' s wishing you luck in whatever vou take up. Aryan 89 THE SERPENTINE Florence E. Hughes North Wales, Pa. Siiiiiiv. ■ ' Sunny Hughes. Whal ' s a name? Very much if it apphe, to the person. Florence is sunny by name and by nature. Wherever she poes laughter seems to follow her. She is an artist of no mean ability. This, along with music, in which she is likewise talented, she means to make her life work. Her special aversions are studying and oatmeal. She delights in the law of the Lord, bass viol music and the new dances. Serpentine Artist. Dorothy H. Ives Wellsboro, Pa. ■■Dot. Yes, the teacher on whose hall she roomed is drawing her first free breath. She was always asking, What will Dorothy do next? Still, we appreciated her fun and knew it was only a side issue, because in all her classes, Dot was especially bright and took an active part in class dis- cussions. Being an ardent believer in woman ' s suffrage, we fear that that may yet claim her whole and undivided atten- tion, and if it does, we feel sure that her charming person- ality will win many wavering mortals to the cause. Moore Cl. ra D. J. mes Glen Mills, Pa. Tot. Clara has been a loyal member of our class for four years. She is a fcrilliant student and has been quite a high light in Mathematics. If you were in the large(?) town of Locksley some cold winter morning, you might see this small lady with a pack of books under one arm and a lunch box under the other, taking rapid strides along the creek road to the station just in time for the eight o ' clock train. Clara ' s host of friends wish her great success. Aryan 90 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Florence E. James CAcn Mills, Pa. I- ' lossic. A jolly griotl friend is Flossie, always wide awake and np early in the morning. She is a great lover of nature, and can tell yon the name of almost any bird that she sees or hears in her neighborhood; and if you visit her she will introduce you to her parrot and canary, -nd if you are real good, she may also make you acquainted with her cat, but ynu must keep hands off. Aryan AI. i;y W. Johnston Cardington, Pa. Mare. This little miss from Delaware county came to us direct from the Upper Darby High School, spending three years with us. She has been a very industrious student, and we often hear her going thru the halls saying, My sakes, girls, do you have your German nut for to-morrow? We prophesy a bright future for her, and know she will make a most de- mure little school teacher. Moore Ri-iz. BETii M. Jones Rceclsville, Pa ■■Betty. My heart! there goes the rising bell. This is what we hear from Betty almost every morning. Even if she is of a sleepy nature, she is wide awake when it comes to lessons and eats. She is very fond of lit- erature, and quotes Shakespeare quite fluently. When at home she is fond of out-door sports, boating being her favorite. (We do not say that she always adheres to the strict Normal School rules.) Moore 91 THE SERPENTINE Elsie M. Jones Eastoii. Pa. We can tell you only one fault ol tliis young lady. She studies too liard(?). Ask lier hall teacher about her. On the other hand all her good traits greatly overbalance this one fault. If you hear soiuids of laughter and see eyes brimming with fun appear, you may be sure that it is Elsie. This is the impression she gave us when she first came here, and it has remained ever since. Aryan M.ARiE K. Jones Lansdowue, Pa. Casey Her hair is red, her eyes are blue, and sad to say she day-dreams, too. Casey came to us in igi3 from Lans- dowue Hi.gh School, and has proven herself a credit to the school. She is very proficient in German, or at least so she says. She took up Domestic Science so she would know how to make Creamed bologna and S. Hurbert. She has been a good student since she came here and is deserving of all the credit given her. Moore M.ARY S. Jones Mt. Holly, N. J. Doc. Mary is always in a pleasant mood, no matter where ou may meet her. She is very fond of sports, one of her favorite ones being automobiling thru her native state — New Jersey. .Mtho she enjoys sports as much as they could be enjoyed, she is always ready to do her part in the class-room. One of her favorite studies is that of Nature. Whatever path in life she may pursue we know she will attain such thru her own untiring efforts. Aryan 92 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Emilia iM. KAiii.iin. .Mount Larnicl, I ' a. •Fritzic- Emilia ' s best friends, in judging her, nuisl (|!iickly recog- nize her eheerlulness, Innnor ami friendly attributes. Her persistent efforts to do all tbinys well and to do everytbing whicb tends to bigher things are her marked characteris- tics. However, she always finds her share of fun in work, as is indicated by her ever smiling countenance. Her success as a teacher is obvious. Our hope is that she may retain her many admirable qualities as a teacher. Moore Mary W. Kai.ser Lyn.lell. Pa. What is her favorite study? Friends, she has none. .Ml corrolaries, physics problems, etc., etc., dwindle before her. Her application to her studies has made her a much-sought- for friend during vacant periods and at noon. She says she will teach at least half a century and then retire on pensicju. May that pension soon be awaiting her. Berth. J. Kium Downini town. Ta. -Jocr Joe is another of our many day students, and travels back and forth each day from our large nei.gbboring city of Downingtown. She is noted for here industriousness at meal time, which she enjox ' s on an average six limes daily; and for her tendency to make greater the many cares of our Master of Study Hall by her incessant chattering. Joseph- ine is also a great admirer of athletics and athletes. How ever, we hope to some lay see her rise from her childish tendencies and become an all-round, first-rate school marm. 93 THE SERPENTINE Helen F. Kelly West Grove, Pa. Bun. Cneery. bright-eyed Helen hails from West Grove, where she completed the course in the second grade High School. She has characterized her two years ' sojcmrn with us by steady, yet cheerhil work. . t Normal Bun ' s favor- ites are History and chattering with her chums, but at home she delights in driving, and we wager she has no trouble to find some one to drive with her. Moore Sar.-vh E. Kerwin West Chester, Pa. -Dutch. Dutch is one of the girls who came from West Ches- ter High in 191,3. She has that innate habit of talking, and along with it a liberal supply of good-natured slang, O, piffle being her favorite; but who knows what it means? In Study Hall her jolly laughter has cheered many a chum, and also made Mr. Evans doubt his theory of discipline. Sarah ' s two years with us have been used advantageously and profitably. She is a classmate of whom one may in- deed feel proud. Moore , Mabel G. Kessler Reading, Pa. ■■Mob. Mabel is one of our well rounded characters, education- ally and physically. She is full of fun, and with the addition of common sense, makes a dandy roommate. One sad de- fect in her make-up is that she is fussed quite easily. Mab has found many friends. She is quite a persistent worker, gifted with stick-to-itiveness, so you see why she stands well in her studies. May good fortune go with her in what- ever place she is located, and may the community be enli.ght- ened by her Presence. Aryan 94 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Abram H. H. Kien Woodbine, N. J. Abcr Abe seems to most of his fellow students as one who minds his own business and has no time for mischief. But to those who know him well, he is far different. Abe can cr.-ick a joke and play a trick as well as the rest of us. He hopes some time to aspire to the distinction of a lecturer. He never believes a thing simply because some one says it is true, he always wants to consider the matter. Aryan Ruth E. Klahr Middletown, Pa. This fair maiden of Middletown, near Harrisburg;, tauffnt two years after graduating from High School, She is a close student of . ' ' irt. Probably there is a reason for this, for we heard of a certain yonn ' ' man who is taking a course in Art in Pliiladelphia. He is frequently seen around nere. It appears as tho the application of her Domestic Science would be her chosen work. Aryan Edna AL e Kline r ea li;is. Pa. ■ ■ , . Bud came to us from the High School for Girls. Read- ing, and entered our class in the third year. She is a jolly girl and always enjoys good jokes, especially those in the Bvcning Bulletin. She takes a lively interest ni athletics at State and Normal. She also takes an active interest in society work, and is one of the right-hand men of the Moore Society. Bud ' s favorite studies are Mathematics and Physics, in which she is very proticient. Moore 95 THE SERPENTINE Emma L. Kuinki.e W ' illiamsport, Pa. Here is one of the best representatives of true scholar- ship that our class afifords. Emma has not only played an im- portant part in school work, but has proven to her friends the true idea of friendship. With her it is never too late nor too early to pass along a word of cheer. These sum up the ipialities which are sure to be foinid in her as a teacher in the primary .grades. Moore Many 1. Lancton .Slienandoali. 1 ' ' •Poll A sunny disposition .yilds the ed.s;e of life ' s darkest clouds. Polly, the tyi)ical little Irish girl of the gang who hails froin Shenandoah, is loved for her happy self-assertive dis- position and congeniality which have won her a host of friends. She i.s capable along many lines, but her talent aliiii,i4 artistic lines is very marked. Wc wish her success in her luidertakings. Moore W ' all.vce L. L.vrrabee. .New .Mlianw Pa. Larr . A quiet, unassuming fellow with a host ol Irieiuls. Ever since wc know him we have loved him. Before coming to us he attended the Bradford County Teachers ' School and Mansfield Normal. While here he starred in Science and some day we e. pect to hear of him being honored for his researches. He is an ardent Society workc. In I9i3- ' i4. he and Mrs. Larrabee had charge of the sick(?) students in the infirmary. Aryan 96 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Sara Latsh aw Spring City. Pa. June. Well, here ' s Lnvcly Sara. This little lassie came here from Spring City High. Ever since her arrival she has heen smiling and talking — two of her favorite occupa- tions. Wherever tliere ' s fun yoii may be sure Sara is around. Her lessons are one of her least cares. But when slie is studious she is very studious, and when she is fin- ished she is smiling again. Aryan Ann. -Louisa Lauu Lewistown, Pa. -ircczic: ' This fair 3 ' oung dame with bobbing eyes came to us from an api)le orchard in Lewistown. She is as conspicu- ous among her fellow men as her father ' s apples are in horticultural exhibits. She is as shy and demure as Maud . fuller on a Summer Day. One ol Weezie ' s striking characteristics, which we all admire, is that she is a veritable man hater. She is a faithful Moore, and is always at chorus practice, even tho she has laryngitis. Serpentine Staff. Moore Edith l,. UER. .Audubon. X. Edic. Edie alwayshas a pleasant word for everyone. She came to us in our Junior year after graduating from Collingswood, N.J.. High School. She also attended taryland Normal one and a-half years. Editli is verv fond of drawing, and made herself so useful in the drawing room that she was ap- pointed as assistant for the year. Edie is faithful and enero-etic, and is looked up to as an authority by her nian friends. Serpentine Artist. Moore 97 THE SERPENTINE Elizabeth M. Lawrence Harmersville, N. J. ■■Bcttv. Here ' s to Betty. one of our dearest little classmates. When skating season comes around she is in a joyous mood, and spins around the pond like Mr. Mosquito, the well known resident of her State. When you ' re in trouble. Don ' t roam about; Just go to Betty, She ' ll help you out. Moore Florence V. Lecate.s Laurel. Del Floss. Floss has proved herself to be one of the brightest Delawareans in our school. After graduating from the i aurel High School she came to us in 1912 with a strong determination to win in whatever she undertook. One need onlv look at her and there he may see what an intel- lect she has, and with it all a generous manner toward every one. She believes in working when there is work to be done, but she never fails to find a pleasure in everything she does. Serpentine Staff, Cor. Sec ' y Aryan Society. Aryan Edna F. Lieben Downiiigtown, Pa. Cholly. Chollv is a very jolly girl, making us all forget our troub- les. She has a fondness for talking and reminds us of the river, I chatter, chatter as I go. Since Edna has been here she has attained great merits in the art of cutting classes. Nothing worries her. Often she says, Oh, I would rather eat than sleep, which is true, for she is continually munching candy. Her favorite (Place) is very dear to her. 98 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Mary E. Leist Maucli Chunk, Pa. ■■Mollicr Mary is mie of the quietest, and yet one of tlie most industrious girls of our class. You would hardly think that her favorite sport was walking, but often she may be seen out for a walk before breakfast. Whether she is_ out to study the birds or to gain inspiration for her day ' s work we are unable to tell. No doubt at home she often roams over the picturesque Switch Back. Moore K.vTiii EEN Lord Dover, Del. C ' cst iiioi- chcn A finished product from High School and Academy sent to Normal for pedagogical touches. Kathleen ' s post mort portrays a figure in motion to us rather than otherwise. The only thing to hinder her is an Arithmetic exam. But we are confident that she will see her way thru all such difificulties and find herself teaching in many of the schools of the Diamond State. Success in dad ' s peach crop means interest in life for Kathleen. Moore Nellie .McBride Hazleton, Pa. ■•Nellie. Mae. Nellie came to us from Hazlotnn in the fall of 1Q12. Thru persistent effort she completed the fnur years ' course in three years. While attending Sunnner School she made so many friends that we are sure she will never have to teach the proverbial thirty years in order to retire on a pension. Her brown curly locks and sparkling eyes are probably ac- countable for the number of pennants and cushions scattered about her room. Cor. Sec ' y Moore Society. Moore 99 THE SERPENTINE y. Ernest McConnell Honeybrook, Pa. Eniic. The fellows call him Mick, but to the girls he is kn own as Ernie, or simply Ern, Altho he joined the Aryan Society he shows preference to the Moores, and holds regular meetings with a certain Moore at every possible opportunity. We hope he will always be as true to the Blue and Gcild of the Aryan as he has been to the Brown (eyes) of his Moore. Taking him all in all he is a mighty gi ' od fellow. Vice-Pres. and Pres. Aryan Society. Aryan A. Norman McDannel Philadelphia, Pa. Mac. This is Mac — it ' s his chum who is Mick. Mac is an all around athlete, being the man who put the class of igi5 on the map in athletics. He takes a very active interest in track meets, for two years having represented us on the relay team. His work in art is wonderful. It seems a strange coincidence to be an artist and an athlete, but Mac is the man. His work in every class goes to prove that he will Do noble things, not dream them. Capt. Senior foot ball team, Pres. A. A., Chief Artist Serpentine StafT. Aryan Helen McDowell Middletown, Del. I don ' t care what you say, I like Delaware! I don ' t care what you say, French lends culture! I don ' t care what you say you should not flaunt a fraternity pin before the eyes of the school! Our big-hearted Helen had better take the advice of her pals and save her pennies, so that sonic day she may boast of a Buck. Here ' s a White future to her. Moore CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Anna McHale Ulster, Ta. Anna is the very personification of good nature. Do VI u remember the times, classmates, when she has helped you over a rrmgh place? Always cheerful, she has cheered vour drooping spirits with her ready quotations. She is verv fond of Languages, and excels in Pedagogical subjects. Still, in sDite of her class-room work, she is a tln.iro-going sport and may often be found concocting something to get off on the eirls. Her pet aversion is boys, but we trust that w.ll be remedied bv some Bradford county youngster. Moore Alice McKinley Frazer. Pa. Alice is one of our sweet little girls who believes that children should be seen and not heard. Her rosy cheeks are always dimpled with smiles, and she has nothing but kind words for every one. Our Puritan ancestors would have been prcud of . lice, for she is as demure as any cl their maidens dared hope to be. That her work will be a success we have no dor.bt, because she has but to look at the children and tliey will love her.. Aryan Xei.lie ti. McLaughlin Fort Loiulon. P a. Nellie G. McLaughlin attended Shippensburg Normal for two years, after which she decided to join our ranks. We are glad of her change. She is a studious girl and can often be seen perusing Virgil, as this is her favorite study. She es cciallv likes to chat about her friends at home. Nell ' s one fault is that she is so changeable. She says she will do one thing one minute, and turns around and does the opposite the next. Aryan THE SERPENTINE Mary MacKissic Pottstown, Pa. Muffr Have you ever heard Muff ' sing Thy Moutli is a Rose? You certainly have missed something if you have not heard her. She is very fond of Domestic ScienceC?) and is often seen in the laboratory. German is her favorite, and she has become so accomplished that she undertook to tutor a class- mate who was so well versed in that language. Her dimple has brought forth flattering remarks from some of the faculty members. . s a thoro and particular housekeeper we recommend MufT. Aryan Margaret E. Macki.in Bridgeville, Del. ' ■AJickic. Margaret is one of our Delaware lassies and is so stu- dious and industrious that we seldom see or hear her. . ' ltho tennis is said to be her favorite sport, we find her engaging in auto rides as an extremely pleasant pastime. We always see her following the same route, that being toward Wil- mington. . 11 her ambitions take the same trend — to secure a college education. Two years we ' ll give her! Aryan Ethel M. Martin West Chester, Pa. She has a good reputation for early rising, for altho a day student she managed to get to school in time for 7.45 Phvsics class for si.x weeks. Then the exertion became too great and she changed to an afternoon section. She is kept very busv attending Friends ' socials and camp sunoers, for our Ethel is a Quaker lady. She spent part of the summer at Buck Hill Falls, and had a grand time. Just ask her about it and you ' ll be convinced. Aryan 102 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Martha W. Mathues West Chester, Pa. Martic. Martha is one of the kind of girls whom one is proud to call his classmate. She is tall with light hair, and has a most dignified manner. She spent her early days m the rural school, and she doesn ' t mind getting up m class and telling what vve did in our school and what improvements were needed. It is hoped that her ideas will materialize and she will some day, in the near future, be the chief lady of some little rural community, wo rking for its social better- ment. Moore Warken B. Matter Gratz, Pa. Cotton Mather. Little, but oh ni ! Warren is small, but this expression fits him very well. He attended Millersville Normal and taught for three years. With this experience we are sure our little friend will succeed. When it comes to horse- back riding Matty is without a peer. Star gazing is War- ren ' s favorite study. This is all right, Warren, but be care- ful that no one is around at the time you do this, because you might be sorry for it. Aryan Ruth A. Matz Harrisburg, Pa. ' ■Matsic. Pause a moment and gaze upon the striking countenance of this fair maid from Harrisburg. This lady tries to pubhc speak. and in her room uses the furniture as her audience while she rehearses her famous Emmy Lou. Ki ' th is bet- ter experienced as a priv ate conversationalist. She lias an artistic temparament and many are the little Dutch Girl paintings that she has sent on approval to a student ot the U. of P. Moore 103 THE SERPENTINE El izAiiETH H. Mayhew Elmer. N. ] •■Beth. Beth is one of our New JursL-yites. oiid is an exceed- ingly bright girl. In literature, when the teacher wanted volunteers, we always held back, knowing Beth could ti;ive a far better answer than we cculd. She has written many stories for The Amulet. Beth is also quite a talented musician in both vocal aiul instrumental lines, having taught nusic two years before entering i ur third year at theNormrd School. Amutit Staff. Seri ' K.n ' tine Staff. Aryan Jane W. Meredith Hatboro, Pa. J ccinic. The only time Jane was ever fussed was when some one accidentally mentioned Frank, from State College. The mystery was solved. We then discovered why this fair, winsome, future school marm took such an extraordinary interest in Agriculture. It was so she could assist Frank, who was taking the .A.g. course at State. Her hall teacher never had mvch trouble with her, except when she started to play that all-absorbing game, Leap frog. Aryan II. Gladys Meyer Spring Mills, Pa. With proudly held head and well poised features that speak determination for themselves. Gladys passes among us. N ' o change seems to alTect her. She is always the same — quiet, calm and cordial. Gladys is shy and some- what reluctantly mixes with the bolder gallants. Yet who can say she does not have a woman ' s failing — love for gossip and love for a man? She is a ready and cheerful worker in the Y. W. C. A.. Rec, Sec ' y Aryan Society. Treas. Y. W. C. A. Aryan 104 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN I. M. Meyek Dover, Del This fair maiden is from Delaware. We must admit that when slie first arrived and announced that her name was Ilertdine Margaret Benertdine Meyer, we were ratlier ter- tor stricken. But a better acquaintance with lier showed us a mischievous, fun-loving girl with a sweet and wholesome disposition. Her favorite sport is basket ball, in which she often starred. She delights in midnight feasts and excels in blushing, sleeping and dusting the gym floor. Her chief aim in life is to find her ideal man. Here ' s luck to you, Deanie! Moore P.AULINE Mii.LER Phoeni.xville, Pa. JoKity itself is personified in our friend Pauline. No cne ever saw anything but a smile on her face. Wherever she goes there is also her bright laugh. Her ready wit and l:.ve for fun make her welcome wherever she goes. In recitations Pauline always shines. She is one of whom West Chester Ni. ' rmal may feel proud, and one who will bring much honor to our class. Aryan Hfi.ex Mohr Quakertown, Pa. Helen is a quiet lass, indeed, so quiet that one hardly knows that she exists. But what would our class have don without this peaceful, cheerful and industrious girl? In her face one can see the power that conquers all obsta- cles. With such nn ambition and determination we predict tb.at she will soon be the first ladv of Quakertown. Aryan 105 THE SERPENTINE Mary W Mooney Easton, Pa. Molly. Bing! Bang! Well, if it isn ' t Mary Virginia raising a racket. This fair damsel has been the terror of hall teach- ers since she arrived here. She revels in mid-night feasts and fudge parties. We see in her a kind, generous girl, who does the right thing at the right time, as is shown by her record. She wanders into the depths of Literature and some day we may find ourselves teaching Mooney ' s Lit. Moore Anna Mooke Wallingford, Pa. Nan. Did you say yon didn ' t know . nna Moore? Impossible, if you ever attended W. C. S. N. S.. This lassie, with spark- ling brown eyes and a sunny disposition, came to us from Wallingford and as a graduate of Swarthmore High School Nan is fond of making fudge, and we notice that she always uses Wilbur ' s chocolate. We wonder why? After all she has proven herself an honest worker and especially interested in Mathematics. Moore Bessie Moore Glen Moore, Pa. Bess. And then some Moore! Bessie is one of the many bright Moore girls of which the class of 1915 can boast. Her cheerful, sunny nature is well known to everybody, and her brightness of character is only surpassed by her brill- iancy in the class room, where she is a favorite among fac- ulty and students. That she will be successful in her work as a teacher is a prophecy which the least among us can foretell. Aryan 106 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Emily M. Moore Lj ' kens, Pa. Fortunate girl ! We have racked our busy brains to think of Emily ' s nickname and slang expressions, but as Emily is a model in dignity and bearing no mortal has ever dared to address her in sucli a light and familiar fashion; and as for a slang expression! we all gasp when we think of this little girl using even one. Emily ' s talents are many. She uses all her spare time playing with the brush and dabbling in colors. Serpentine Artist. Moore P. ULiNE A. Moore Philadelphia, Pa. Puss Moore. Where does she come from? Maryland, Delaware or Pennsylvania? If a speaker comes to school from Mary- land, Pauline is fri;m Maryland. If he ' s from Delaware, that is where she ' s from, and if he is a Pennsylvanian, im- mediately her home is in Philadelphia. To-day she teaches a rural school, to-morrow she is a trained nurse, and ne.xt week there is a great Ernest ness in her desire to be on a farm on tlie Eastern Shore of Maryland, the land where the Elni(er) does flourish. Rec. Sec ' y . ryan Society. Aryan ' ioi.. ' E. MoRi.EY Boothwyii, Pa. -nr Viola is a graduate of Chelsea School, and came to the Normal School four years ago. She is earnest, hard-work- ing and full of fun, but above all she is loyal and faithful to her duties. Vi ' s favorite occupation is sleeping. She ex- jK ' cts to take up school teaching as her profession, but it is thought by her many friends that she will not pursue it long. Aryan 107 THE SERPENTINE Francis Mover Wernersville, Pa. Francis is one of the quiet chaps of our class, who en- tered our ranks four years ago, having graduated from the Wernersville High School. He has been a true, industrious, obedient and punctual student since he came here. He is very fond of Agriculture, upon which study he spends much of his time. His chief aim is to become a scientific farmer. He enjoys all sorts of sports, but his desire for hunting is preeminent, and he spends most of his vacaliim at that sport. Aryan K.xTHERiNE Mover Schaefferstown, Pa. ■Kitt Here is Kitty, with her rosy cheeks. Do you think she paints? No, indeed; Nature has graciously lent this soft warm tint to her cheeks. Altho her outward appear- ance w-ould indicate that she was quiet and reserved, her friends know difTerenth ' . A mid-night feast has no terrors for her. Katherine has already successfully begun her work of teaching, and we hope that the consciousness of that suc- cess will brintj her happiness and the anticipation of an even brighter future. Aryan K.JiTHRVN Murphy Berwyn, Pa. •■Katie. Kathryn graduated with honors from the Tredyffrin- Easttown High School, at Berwyn, in 1913. In the fall of that year she, with several of her classmates, came to join (lur class. She is an earnest worker in all her studies, but, nevertheless, is alwavs ready for a little fun. She is of a very happy disposition and proves a true and helpful friend to everyone, who knows her. Kindness and hel pfulness to others are her watchwords. 108 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Mildred R. Muukay Myerstuvvn, Pa. ' 1 ;7 v. Milly is one of the Lel)anon County Ijuneh, and with- out her it would be ine miplete. When Milly receives a box from home she treats her friends to Lebanon pretzels. .■ ltho her favorite occupation is eating, she is not a bit selfish. Her favorite expression. Oh Hininiel! shows that German is uppermost in her mind. She says her favorite study is that of Nature. She is very enthusiastic about bas- ket ball, and is therefore an ardent rooter at all games. Aryan CiiARiLS L. R. Myers Mcore, Pa. -Clncfr Student, athlete, business man, artist, smger, etc., etc. These are the spheres in which the Chief has become fa- mous. He has always been an ardent and willing worker in class, society, or religious work. On the track and on the diamond he is without a peer. Many are the times when a hit from Charlie ' s bat spelled defeat for the opposing team. We fear a MilUer has captured his heart, and no more dare be said. Sec ' y Y. M. C. A., Captain Varsity Track Team, Pres. Moore Society, Serpe.n ' tine StafT. Moore Helen T. Notestein Lehiohton, Pa. Helen is one of our quiet yet attractive girls who, though shj las been with us bnt two vears has won many warm friends. In that time she has aistinguished herself in classes. Sh. ' is fond of outdoor life, but is usually seen sewing or studying. Helen is an optimist and always has a cheery smi!e and a pleasant word when passing. Moore log THE SERPENTINE Marie C. O ' Brien Nanticoke, Pa. Marie, better known to her hall teachers as Mary, came to Normal with that noted Luzerne county group. She has shown her ability in the Nanticoke High School, of which she is a graduate, and at Normal. Dancing is her favorite pastime, but when there is a time for gossip and jokes, Mary is never absent. She has formed many friend- ships at school, but has shown especial attention to a par- ticular few. Moore Retta F. O ' Brien West Chester, Pa. Trixic. Sirctta. O, yes. ye all know Siretta, the lady with the magic rosy cheeks and brown hair. She came to us quite young, and has proven herself to be an industrious student We think she is desirous of teaching in West Chester, because of her host of friends, especially around the Boston Cloth- ing Store. Of course we will mention no names, but we will give you a clew to it — he has golden locks. Trixie ' s favorite study is Public Speakin,g(???). Moore Dorothy O ' Connei.l Honesdale, Pa. Dotr Here is another Sprig of Green, A Chip ofif the old block. Dot is always in for a good time, and generally manages to have one. The sparkling stone on her left hand indicates that her future career as a teacher will not last long. Dot is one of our brightest students, and her face is a perpetual question mark. Every one else sits up and takes notice when she begins to ask questions. Moore CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Anna Ottinger Philadelpliia, Pa. Does slie not remind you of Spring? There is a certain dreamy far-away look in lier eves that resembles Spring just before the blossoms burst forth. Perhaps that is the reason tliat she so greatly rejoices to wander, after school, ' round historic West Chester. But that would not explain her pcjpularity at the fourth-floor dances, nor the sudden and forcible alertness whicli she displays in Pedagogical sub- jects. .-Mways active in organizing mid-night feasts and kimona banquets, we recognize in her the germs of a social leader. Aryan J.VNE J. P.. CK.ARi) Norwood, N. J. Lady Jane. Foremost among the many productions of New Jersey ' s sandy soil stands Lady Jane, the literary expert of her class. She is a wide reader and a lover of history, but we all know her excelling skill lies in handling the pen. The Annilct is eager to get her stories, and at one time awarded her first prize in a story-writing contest. Jane is an all around good student and earnest worker in .Society. Without her the class-book stafif would be minus many good points. Ser- pentine Staff. Moore M. Ella Pennebaker Downingtown, Pa. Penny. Penny, of the soft brown eyes and demure glances, comes til us from tlie well-famed Downingtown High School. Her merry camaraderie and her blithe goiid spirits are everywhere manifest — in classroom, in study hall, and in the domestic science kitchen. Full of vim and good-natured pertinacity, she has surprised many of her less encr.getic classmates. Loyal day students will attest to the fact that Penny is an active member of the Get There Club. THE SERPENTI NE Mak.a. LT Pai-i;y. . Miiiitcl ' .a lin. Dc Pes. This little lass from Delaware is usually seen tripping the light fantistic toe up and down the hall. Her expres- sion, Oh my heart! might lead one to think that that organ was seriously affected, but ask Peg about that. She is so devoted to her many brothers and cousins that she has no time for outside affairs. Peg is very fond of Domestic Science, and we think she will practice this rather than teach it. Aryan Ruth M. Pascoe Tyrone Pa. All who saw Ruth as the Princess of Tennyson ' s The Princess. when that play was given by our class in its Junior year, realize that she seemed more truly in her own sphere of life than when rushing thru the multitudinous duties of busy Norm-tl School life. In truth, she moved a goddess and locked a queen. Ruth is a noble character and an inspiration to all who know her, and we sincerely hope her life will be filled with a wealth of prosperity and hippi- ness. Amulet Staff. Moore Dora ' . Passmore. . . . . . .West Chester, Pa ' Dor die ' When Dora entered Normal she was the smallest in the class, but she has grown since then. She is very much in- terested in Agriculture and that, couoled with the tact thai she lives on the farm, leads us to think that she will be a very good rural school teacher. Dora is a model, accom- plished young lady. She plays the piano beautifully. Her latest accomplishment is driving her father ' s auto, which she great ' y enjoys in doing. Aryan CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Lillian Paynter Hockesiian, Del •■5n-. Lillian hails from Delaware and juined imr ranks in the fall of 191 5 after having graduated fnmi the Dupont High School. Whether or not she has a temper we cannot t .l. for she never shows it in her nnnner. She has spent many happy hours helping those aroiuid her, and in the midst of it all she is always ready to give and receive a joke. She helieves in the saying Laugh an;l grow fat as a motto. Lillian is keeping up her aim, for above all she thinks ol her lessons, altk.o she hates to slight the fun. Aryan Lillian Perry Brooklyn, Pa. Her head is tilled with Mathematics and Bills. It is no wonder that a Bill would attract her when her thoughts mtst roam so continually alon.g the line of num- bers. Lillian immediately upon coming here, established a record for herself by knowin.g just everything. She never failed in a lesson, and it was not long before we had picked her as one of the best students who ever attended here. Aryan Emily W Pifer . L ' irtin ' s Creek, Pa. Sliakcy. Do you w uider why they call her Shakey? Well, I suppose ' it will be sufficient to tell you that she came from Martin ' s Creek. Isn ' t that name enough to give any one the shakes? You see here a picture of dark-haired, dark- eyed, dark-skinned Shakey, but with all her faults(?) she is a prominent member of our class, not in weight of body, but in zMight of what she says. Her remarks are quick, sharp and precise. Moore I i.i THE SERPENTINE Bessie L. Plank Cains, Pa. Who have we here? Ln and behold, readers, this per- son happens to hold the honor of being the smallest Senior, Do not mistake that statement, reader. She is smallest only in height, for there is not a more conscientious worker in the class than she. She glories in Library work, and can often be seen half buried in some book large enough to give the ordinary person a headache, . fter that do you wonder when I say that she intends to take up teaching. .A.nd without a doubt she will make a success of it, even if she must have a foot stool to stand on in order to see over her desk. Moore Anna Potts Franklinville, N. J. Ticiiiklcs. Anna, owing to her brilliancy in Agriculture, was chosen by her class to be the Vice-President of the Poultry CUib. She is a day student, famous in Study Hall, not only thru her knowledge of farmers, but also thru her bright and witty sayings. Her opinion, when she expresses it, shows a wealth of thought behind her sunny open countenance. Aryan Dorothy I. Pratt West Chester, Pa. Dorothy Irene Pratt came to us with quite an educa- tional pedigree. She graduated from West Chester High School in 1912, and from Darlington Seminary the next year. There she prepared for Holyoke College. At col- lege she played the flute in the college orchestra. She is completing the teachers ' course with us this year, and we expect her to make the same brilliant record in the future as her predecessors from our tmvn High School have made. 114 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN r%.. [•j( viXi A T. Price Qiiakcrtnwn, Pa. Wiuiiic. Miss Erwinni decided two years ago. niiicli to her credit and our delight, to augment our list of hard workers. Mathematics is her forte, but many of us are brave enough to confess that we found her a rival in other branches; also a naive, winsome little miss. She carries with her the spice of Bucks county and the flavor of old Quakcrtown. Many arc those who will remember in later years the tricks she played on them — a false summons to the nflicc — perhaps, a door tied shut and barricaded. E. M.xRjORiE PuRDY Tyrone, Pa. -Clitic If asked to describe Marjorie one would naturally first say, she is a very quiet looking girl: but things are not always what they seem, and Marjorie is no exception to the rule. Those twinkling eyes display a fun loving spirit. She is an ardent supporter of the basket ball team, always ready to applaud a good play, and especially fond of Patton one man. We may indeed say with the poet: She is fair, ah fair. Her fare beams like the sun. Moore Edna Pyle Media, Pa. Edna is a ([uiet. reserved and dignified young lady. Latin and Physics are her specialties, and she deserves nnich credit in these two subjects. One of her many talents is oratory, and she displavs much of it in upholding the practical side of life. She is a ' true friend and always willing to help those in trouble. We trust that she will live up to her own motto- ' Tis good to be great, but greater to be good. Aryan IIS THE SERPENTINE Sara M. Pyle West Chester, Pa ■■Sallie, Sara is a very earnest student and does well in her school work. Her pretty yellow hair and pink cheeks make lier a favorite with the opposite sex. She can be seen every day surrounded by her friends in Recitation Hall, merrily chatting. She is a day student, and a very great loss it is to the girls in the dormitory. Well, Sara, here is luck to you, and we hope that you will let Jack wait a while. Aryan H. Ruth R. ii;uel Glenside, Pa. After grauating from Cheltenham High School with an enviable record, Ruth decided to join the ranks of the class of ' i.s at Normal. Ruth is a rather quiet girl, who has won her way into the hearts of many of her fellow-students. Althoutrh she enjoys school life, each Saturday morning she mav be seen in great haste, and recently we have learned the cause of her anxiety — a certain Van leaves U. of P. on schedule time for Glenside, Penn ' a. Aryan Anna G. Ralston Sharon Hill, Pa. .Anna, after graduating from Darby High School, en- tered our class in its third year. Nothing seems to worry her, and she always has a good word for everybody. Her usual occupation is eating, and whenever any one visits her she always has something to eat. Very little bothers Anna, except to take on avoirdupois, but never mind, she is fast approaching her goal. All her studies seem to be most in- teresting to her, especially Arithmetic!???). Anna recites well, and we have often enjoyed hearing her at Society. Aryan Ii6 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN 1i;a. R. Ramsay Sal X J. Jean canu ' to us fnnii Nfw Jersey, a fact of which she is very prinid. She is kind hearted and good nalnred, and has won a host of friends. Jean is sUjw to anger, bnt beware of her when her anger finally is aroused. When ask- ed wlicre she would like to teach, she answers with a peculiar smile, Oh, I ' m not particular — perhaps I shall not teach at all. That answer, with a certain interest in Washingtiju, makes us think that perhaps her school days are numbered. Moore Katiierine B. Ra.sh Canulen, Del. ■■Kitty. Behold! Another of the Delaware bunch. With her charminsj manner she has w ' on her way into the hearts of all her friends. Loyalty and unselfishness are her dominant characteristics. Indeed she resembles a brook, always bub- bling with fun and wit, making the most sober smile. One of her favorite pastimes is reading, and that she is an exten- sive reader is verified by the brilliant recitations she makes. EsTiiEH Read Smyrna, Del, ' ■ Prissy. to the mortal a door! Three Prissy well deserves her name, for who misplaces incidentals or leaves open in one is her motto in art. This picture resem- bles her, of course, but one must see her with her specks on to fully appreciate her aestheticness. Pris is devoted to her school life. It will always hold a charm for her, for the Walls of her conscience will ever bring memories of a Bill left on High street. Moore 117 THE SERPENTINE Ida Read Huntingdon, Pa. This considerate little woman entered school three years ago, after gradnating from Huntingdon High School. The greater part of her actions and opinions is as a world unknown, as though she alwax-s kept in mind , Silence is golden. Swinburn best expresses her nature in these few lines: The quiet lands and skies Leave light upon her eyes; None know her, weak or wise, Or tired or glad. Moore Hazelle Rehurn O.xford. Pa Ha::ic. In Hazelle. actions surely speak louder than words. She has shown herself to be a true fountain of knowled;j;e. ' ' if one can only get her started. She might be termed a shark in mathematics, altho in her other subjects she likewise displays a remarkable degree of sound judgment and deep thot. She holds all male creatures of Normal in high disdain, for we are told one in Oxford has bern the chosen one. Moore Gertrude E. Reed Ardiiiore, Pa. Gertrude is small in stature, but when it comes to les- sons she stands at the head of the list. But her studious- ness does not prevent Gertrude from having a good time, and we have never seen her with a long face. We are sure that Gertrude will make a kind, tlmughtful teacher, with progressive methods. ii8 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Leo R. Reed Christiana, Pa. Bris. Bris comes from Christiana, and is one of the fel- lows of whom we are sure she will some day be proud. Leo is leader of his class in the vocal line. He Precipi- tates with fast, thick warbles, his delicious notes, and many are the times when he has held his audience enthralled. But, say, fellows, does anyone know wdiy Leo autos up Read- ing way so often? If asked the greatest charm of West Chester, what do you think he would say? Profs? Books? Oh yes, that ' s it— the girl with the dreamy eyes. Aryan Laur. G. Regester Media, Pa. Laurie. Here is one girl whose favorite expression is Good Night! We think she must have said this so many times that it has become a habit. She likes to canoe, and can often be seen sailing down the Brandywine in a canoe with a masculine form seated beside her. She is very fond of her brother, and loves to sail with him. Being from a historical neighborhood, she likes History, and hopes to teach it in a school of her own. Aryan Im.okence F. Reii.i.y Dunniore, Pa. Floss. Florence is another Irish classmate. She is a born ath- lete, foot ball being her favorite sport. Here she doesn ' t get nuich practice in that sport, but we suppose th-it she makes up for it at home. Florence took very kindly to Psychology and made a brilliant mark in it. If you are anywhere near Floss you can often hear her say, Oh Dear! Do not be excited, she is not speaking to anyone, it is just an expres- sion of hers. Moore 1 19 THE SERPENTINE Hannah E. Rentsciiler Shoemakersville, Pa. ■■Haiir Hannah is a girl worth knowing, as all her classmates, and especially her intimate friends, realize. She came to onr midst three years ago and has made a record for herself imtside of class by her dancing and cro- cheting, in both of which she excels. Her favorite study is. — well, maybe it ' s Psychology, because Hannah was always heard to exclaim, Oh my dear, I never could draw a lobe let alone a whole brain! Aryan Florence R. Reynolds Avondale, Pa Flossie. This tall brunette is our friend Flossie, who is quite famous amon.g her classmates for her class discussions in Rural Life, and for being blessed by the gods with beauty, talent and a great love for out-door life. Tho ' all the boys are pleasing. And I think that they are fine Fd rather take a teasing ' Bout an .Author any time. Aryan Myra J. Reynolds Philadelphia, Pa. Jassiiiiiic. Philadelphia High School for Girls gave us a shining star when she sent to us Myra. It has been a question to us wdiether she will t ' ach or take up Music, for she is gifted in both. She is fnnd of History, being especially in- terested in James HL Her knowdedge of all subjects has never been questioned, and she has been a source of in- formation to many day students. CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN AMES M. RlCHAKDS. . Philailelphia. -Dick. James is a sraduaie of the Br)ys ' Scmtliern Higli School, in Philadelphia, and came to West Chester State Normal School in the spring of 191,3. After several years of teach- ing, he decided to pursue the Pedagogues course at Normal. He is now a dignified Senior, and, indeed, an active and enthusiastic member of his class. Jimmie ' s tongue is never weary. Of this we are fully convinced from Miss Goshen ' s class. He is some painter. Some day we shall see some of James ' masterpieces. Moore Myrtle H. Ridgway Salem, N. J. ■■Myrt. Another one of the Salem Bunch, who came here to prepare for her future work is Myrtle, commonly known as Myrt. She gets along well in her classes, altho no one remembers ever having seen her study, but, being especially gifted, she gets there all the same. She is well known for her giggling, which once started, never ending, goes on indefinitely. Her common expression being Is that so? We often wonder if she herself really knoius, because she lias a question for everything put before her. Aryan Mary I. Rohert.s Cbalfont, Pa. ■■Bob. Mary I. Roberts? Do we know her? Why, of course. She has made herself famous in more than one line. She was one of the reliable assistants in history. German never appealed to her, altho the teacher pront)unced her sehr gut. During her Junior year she made her debut on the stage. Her mottci, Live not in the past, should be a watchword to many of us. We Grant her that she truly lives in tlie future. Cor. Sec ' y Aryan Society. Aryan THE SERPENTINE Beatrice Romig Faston. Pa. Bcc, Bcapcr. ' Two years ago our Easton star dropped upon our gymnasium floor. It was soon discovered and named Bea- per. To look into those dark brown eyes and at that demure though serious e.xpression, one might m.sjudge lier, for much mischief is often hidden by a sweet and solemn coun- tenance. We see her in the future, seated beside her easel, sketching that scene which is portrayed by that old ballad. -In Apple Blossom Time ' with Norm(and)ie. ' Treasurer of Girls ' . A.. ' 14. Aryan Hei ene F. Rcss Yardley, Pa. Lcanic. Our Leanie comes from Yardley town. We are first aware of her presence by a blithe How ' s thee do? Then conies a flash of those true blue eyes, a dazzling smile and a little toss of her pretty head. Her favorite pastime in warm weather is sleeping, Init when winter conies, all her interest is centered in skating — we wonder why? Heleiie is lovable, kind hearted and a jolly good sport. In short, there is no girl, nor man. but lovts her. Aryan . Mehcopany, Pa LiLii.AN Russell Not the actress Lillian appears to be one of the shy ones of our class, but that opinion vanishes when one learns to know her real well. She is rather sedate, and never appeared to care for the opposite sex until lately, but as her mind, is be- coming distracted, we fear that the inevitable has hap- pened. She is very studious and is a great example of what apulii-ation will do when directed by natural intel- ligence. This is especially true in her declamation work, and some day we expect to hear of her fame. Perhaps, the power lies hidden in the name. Moore CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Edytiie E. Sampson West Philadelphia, Pa. -Edic This is d;niure little Edie. hailing [mm the Quaker City. , Quaker lass? O ' h, no! Th.e twinkle in those soft hrown eyes announces that she is a thoro-going sport and always game fm- a lark. She is the only Senior girl honored with being in the school orchestra. Mathematics is her favorite study in Recitation Hall, but her usual oc- cupation wdien out of school is gathering rosy cheeked ap- ples and brewing tea. Moore 5ar, F. SANDO r Ambler, Pa. Here ' s our Sara. This attractive and refined lady, after graduating from Ambler High School, joined our ranks. She is kind hearted and generous to all about her. Sara ' s most common e.xpression is, O, I wish it were Saturday! She tells us that she will teach five years, but owing to the fact that she goes home every Saturday, and takes a special interest in Domestic Science, this statement is very hard to credit. Moore r.issiE Sands Boyertown, Pa. DCSS. This c|uiet little girl came to West Chester in the fall of 1913, after graduating from Boyertown High School. She is ever ready to help and cheer up; and many a home-sick or troubled girl will fondly remember her sympathetic, cheering words. Bessie is an enthusiastic and expert tennis player. She was one of the delegates to the Y. W. C. . . Conference at Eaglesmere. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, Anniver- sary Sec ' y .Aryan Society, Serpentine Staflf. Aryan 123 THE SERPENTINE Ethel M. Sauerhammer .Taneytown, Md. Just as truly might one write if Ethel, Maud Muller: s Whittier did of A form more fair, a face more sweet, Ne ' er hath it been my lot to meet: And her modest and graceful air Shows her wise and good as she is fair. She is indeed fair, ' having a mass of real golden hair, blue eyes, and a fair skin. Wise can just as truly be ap- plied to her. for Ethel is one of the brightest girls in our class. And good ? Yes, she is that, as every one of her teachers and classmates know. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, Rec. Sec ' y .Aryan Society. Amulet Staff. Aryan Marie J. Saunders West Chester, Pa. Marie is a product of learned New England, the land of poets and scholars. And well has she defended its reputa- tion, for she, too. is somewhat of a poet, having written a few songs as well as the class ode of the class of igi, of West Chester High School. She has spent most of her years in New London, Connecticut. She is always pleas- ant and cordial, and well might it be said of her. Her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace. Aryan Helen E. Scheffley Hazelton, Pa. Licbciiiis. Helen ' s nickname of Lizbcans, must come from fa- mous Queen Elizabeth, for Helen is noted for her w ' tlom and her cleverness. Both years she completed her Normal work in the first two terms, so that the last term she had nothing at all to do. Her favorite expression, No foolish- ness on me, please, is another evidence of her sound, good sense It does not do for Helen to have secrets, as her roommates say she gives them all away m her sleep. Aryan 124 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Edna M. Schmidt Maucli Chunk, Pa. Becky. Aniitlier girl fnini tlic scenic Switchback! Om: whn behoves that everything worth doing is wortli doing weh, and who has faitlifully striven towards that end. Altho a very good stiulLUt, one coukl not term her a grind. In a bet with her roommate. Becky wagered that she would teach school longer than her chum. We can hardly credit this, as her chum intends to teach five years, and Becky has too great an interest in Domestic Science for five years of teachin.g. Moore Beulah a. Sciioi.l Green Lane. Pa. In spite of the fact that Beulah is from a green country, there is nothing green about her. On the contrary she is a very studious and conscientious girl. She is a shark in Languages. Being a graduate of Perkiomen Seminary, she has brought to us much of its spirit. Greatly as she loves Old Perkie. she says there is no place quite like West Chester Normal. Aryan Blanche R. Schultz Worcester. Pa. ■ ' Billy. Blanche, with her strong personality and ready Iiand in all social, as well as some non-social activities, has become one of the most popular girls of our class. One often hears a Freshy say, Do you know ' Billy ' Schultz? I think she is the dearest girl! I ' m just crazy about her! By her diligent application she has won a hi.gh place in scholarship, and the faculty knows her worth. Billy always does her iiart in Y. W. C. A. work and is ever ready to assist in Society. She often takes part in amateur actin.g. but draws most attentiini when at the piano. Junior Class Sec ' y, .Anniversary Sec ' y of Moore Society. Moore 125 THE SERPENTINE Sydney A. Scout Smyrna, Del. Syd. Tennyson writes of Maud: Queen rose of the rose- bud garden of girls. Had he known you, Sydney, Maud would never have received that honor, for you are beautiful — not only of face and form, but of nature. Those great black eyes, softened by the thick, dark lashes, reveal a soul that thinks and dreams and feels far beyond the understand- ing of most of us. We fear the pride and ambition that goes with a nature like yours may bring you some heart- aches in life, but we know that the gleams you catch from the poet world will more than pay for the sorrows in hie. Aimdct StafT. Aryan Edith Seltzer Cain, Pa. Softly slipping into our midst siie came, bringing with her a will to work, a courage to endure, and an ever-ready, merry laugh. She joined us in our Junior year from the Coatesville High School. If desiring information regarding Psychological or Physiological value of play, one has only to ask Edith. On other topics connected with the Philoso- phy of Education and rural school problems, she can also enlighten one. Moore Mary C. Shiei.d.s Chadd ' s Ford, Pa. It seems we do not know Mary as we ought to know her. Perhapis it is because she loves her books so much that she can ' t find time to mingle freely with us. She truly loves to study, and by her steady and industrious application she was able to carry ofT the honor of valedictorian of her class when she graduated from West Chester High in 1Q13. This quotation from Milton. Sober, steadfast and demure, fits her, as we say, to a T. Hoore 126 CLASS NINETEliN FIFTEEN Irvin S. Shoffstali Trenioiit, Pa. ■■Slioff. This is the baby of the class, and we shall use this as an excuse for his fondness for the fair sex. He likes the girls, and the girls like him, so who ' s to blame? In ath- letics he ' s our star. He is a good half-mile runner, a crack base ball player, a ready hand at all sorts of per- formances on gym. apparatus, and best of all, the star of our basket ball five. New Jersey also has peculiar attrac- tions for Shoff, Captain varsity base ball, Vicc-Pres. and Pres. Moore Society, Junior Class Pres., Serpentine Staff. Moore R.ALPn F. Shoop Dauphin, Pa. ■■Rai: ' Here is a tirelc.-is worker, standing for fair play and a square deal. He is prominently connected with most class and school activities. He possesses the happy faculty of adapting himself to varying conditions with facility. Dur- ing his Senior year he became famous among the fair sex. He very capably fulfilled the post of assistant in chem- istry. Vice-Pres. and Pres. Aryan Society. Aryan M. K(;,. KET L. Siegfried Easton, Pa. Pc, - Things are sel dom what they seem. Peg is the living embodiment of this adage. When one beholds that calm and dignified bearing, those pale blue eyes and that contemplative countenance, who would think that it is she who enjoys any sport, from teasing to dancing and swim- ming: and whose young and tender affections were won by one of ihe opposite sex? Alas, it is sol Margaret, altlup she finds time for her lessons, is the impressive individual who is always at the head of all mischief and fun. Moore 127 THE SERPENTINE Carrie Sigafoos Pipersville, Pa. Caroli}ic. Caroline stands high in our class in all-around work, liut in Geometry and Physics she is supreme. Her ready hand and willing heart have made her popular with all students (both se.xcs) as well as with the Faculty. In all work she is glad to do her share, and Bucks county has a right to share our pride in her. But Carrie does not always work, for she is fond of athletics, and is a familiar figure at all games and meets. However, we fear she has lost some interest in sports since Jack left us in ' 14. Cor. Scc ' y Moore Society. Moore Arthur T. Siuman Elverson, Pa. 7 ' ((c7o. Here again we see the truth of the old sayinj things come in small packages. Altho almost a ' vsically, Tuck is a giant mentally. In class room or on Good dwarf, P sictlliy, illv.iv 13 (1 idiii iiii iiLauj ' . All i.ia33 iin ' iii yn uii the diamond he is a star of the first magnitude. His inter- est in politics is shown by the fact that he went home to cast his gubernatorial vote. Such men will be the foremost citi- zens of the future. Aryan Sara Jil. Simonson Washington, X. J. Rah. Sara is a New Jerseyite. One of her favorite pastimes is reading, which it is said results in her being either cross or silent. The rest of the time she spends in eating, sleep- ing and in the gym. She is especially interested, and stars in basket ball. She is jolly, lovable and of a sweet disposition. From present indications, we Grant that she will make a model school teacher, tho she is of the firm npinion that she can ' t teach. Captain Senior B. B. team. Moore 128 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Maky a. Skeen Phoeiiixvjllc. Pa. Likf most other day students, Mary has proven herself a very apt student. She was never a real terror to the master of Study Hall, but could lielp to raise a racket with the rest of them. Many of the boys bear witness to the fact that she is a good candy maker, and she was never stingy with her iiroducts of the Domestic Science kitchens, either. To say that she had any favorite study would be a mistake, for by her brilliant reritaticius we feel sure that she loves them all. .Alice Slum.xn Honesdale, Pa. Altho Wayne is a county of woods, hills, and rocks, it became well represented at Normal when Alice joined us in 191 J. She came from Honesdale, the industrious county seat of Wayne. Alice reserves her friendship for a favored few, and they alone know her real worth. Yet true sincerity can- not be hidden, and anyone who sees her calm and frank ex- pression as she passes thru the halls knows that .Alice is ready for business and attends to her own before she begins to look for trouble. Moore Ci AKisB. Smith Salem, X. J. Crissy Well, just look at my hair: I can ' t do a thins; with it! is almost the first thing one hears after dropping into room 122 a few minutes before class time, . ltho her edges do turn up once in a while, Crissy has a very sweet disposition. She is usually up to some mischief, but by her innocent ex- pres- iiin, which is always on hand, she can easily avoid sus- Dicicm. . sidc from her constant longing for Salem, Crissy is fine to get along with. Aryan 129 THE SERPENTINE Dorothy Smith Boothwyn, Pa. Dot. Dorothy, of the dulcet tones and smiling face, entered our class just three years ago. On the surface she appears to be a very quiet and unassuming girl, but in that respect she seems to have deceived some of the wisest of us. She is a merry, hippy-go-lucky girl, fond of walking and of hair- dressing. Which does she like the better, I wonder? She is a first-class eluder of teachers and fondly hopes to some day lecture cm Reminiscences of my Escapades. Aryan Helen E. Smith Malvern, Pa. Con. Flelen is one of the students who travels to and from her home every day. In spite of her long ride she always arrives in a happy state of mind. We who have heard her recite Der gute Kamerad, always felt sure that she, too, was a faithful and lovable companion. She is an extensive, as well as intensive reader and the amount of informaticn at her command is nothing short of marvelous. A traveling encyclopedia like this will make an admirable school ma ' am. Moore F. Mae Smith Sliillington, Pa. Jim. Mae gives one the impression of fine littleness, in vho?e small body and large heart and mind is accumulated all the brilliancy, kindness and sweetness that makes for splendid comradeship. She is fond of nature and can see the artistic side of everything about her. .After attendin,g Schuylkill Seminary for two years she decided to cast her lot with us and becnme a real school ma ' am. We were indeed glad to welcome her. Aryan 130 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Florence Spedden West Chester, Pa. Floss. Floss is one of those rnre, sweet maidens. She comes to us from West Chester, but her thoughts and sympathies are generally in Wenonnh, N. J., where can be seen, day and night, forms clothed in military cloaks. She is very fond of walking and indulges in this favorite sport on Sunday afternoons. She has endeared herself to her class- mats by her dashing, impulsive spirit, and no one could be- come angry at her, as her smiles heal the w unds made by her frowns. Aryan Florence J. Standrini; Berw n, Pa. ■■Molly. Du ' hist wie eine Blume. Wc can think of no more fitting quotation than this fnrii hrr fivorite author, for sh ; is indeed holt und schon und rein She is an earnest ad- vocate of the fresh air school and has always managed to , take that part of the Normal course. In sports she can liold her own — being an expert swimmer, skater and tennis player. O ' ne must live and work in the out-of-doors to develop charm and beauty, says Florence. Aryan AuA E. Stanford Glen Loch, Pa. . da is a girl of whom her classmates may well be proud. When we think of her in after years we shall remember her as an earnest, industrious gir l, never satisfied with her w-ork when finished,— always trying to make it better. Her plans for the future are to teach several years, then make a trip to Europe, especially to England and France. (She never says she intends to teach on and on— well, till spinsterhood.) Moore 131 THE SERPENTINE Emma L. Stauffer York, Pa. Ettuii Lou, Betty. Was Stauffer in it? Well, I guess! She was first among the best. Tliis is the question asked and the answer given every Sunday morning after the discoveries of the tricks of the night before when the hall teachers had been tied in, the fire l ell rung, ink bottles hurled down tlie hall, crepe tacked on the doors, etc., etc. — and oh, everything else. Too see her from seven till ten one would think that lessons were her one aim in life, but to see her from ten to twelve one would change his ideas. Moore Hilda A. Stecicel Nazareth, Pa. This lassie came to us three years ago from the famous town of Nazareth. During her sojourn here she made a host of friends, and let me tell you. they were not always girls, either. She shows a remarkable interest in Naza- reth Hall. We remember that she at one time had a cousm or a brother come here to see her. This probably ex- plains. She always finds ample time to attend all mid- night festivities and like jollifications. Aryan Helen L. Steele Newark, Del. Mutt. One of Helen ' s pet expressions is, Wait till I lell Here ' s where W( vou that — get a chance to sa Wait, and I ' ll tel Mutt has male friends galore. But she says she still hopes for more; For the town she Hves in has a college. Where the boys all gain lots of knowledge. . nd our Helen has been made pet By the Omega Alpha set. But a teacher she Vill be Dignified? — yes — wait, you ' ll see. Moore 132 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Ik MA L. Steele. .Millville, Del. Ish is one of our most xaluablo classniati-s. Ilcr great aml)ition is to be a benefit tn humanity in general. Her greatest pleasure is to go out into the couiUrv and List to Nature ' s teachings. ' Especiallv when the leaves rustle (Russell) is she inspired on to her best. She is sunshine itself and always has a smile for every one. We wish that we might always have her with us, but such is not the ease. Aryan M. U(;. UET W. Stemi ' i.e. . Conshohocken, Pa. P(. ' ,t ,i;v. Mcidi c. Before the Senior Washin.gton trip Madge was a (luiet little girl, whose only fear was that of breaking the rules. Alas, she found out then and there that some men were not so bad after all! But trien.ds, do not think that she breaks rules even now. for she does not. She is one of those silent workers who have so often helped down-hearted classmates over rough ways, comforting them in times of distress. She has always been looked upon as a lady, a stu- dent, and above all, a friend of everyone. Cor. Sec v Moore Society. Moore J. XoRM.v.v Stei iiens Wallingfofd, Pa. •■Stczr. Tliis young man joined our ranks in the winter term of 191J, after graduating from Barnsley High School. It did not take very long for Norman to becmiic popular among his classmates. His popularitv was |)riivcu when he was elected Class president by an overwhelmin.g majority. -As a president he very ably performed his duties. He often finds his recreation at the brook and in the forest. .Itiiidcl Staff, Pres. class Senior year. Aryan 133 THE SERPENTINE Martha Stokes Lansdale, Pa. Little did we thinl that nur class would produce a Madame Homer, but tor Martha we have great hopes, not only in her voice, but in the fact that she will some day be a power among the great heads of the chemistry departments at Cornell University. Martha possesses the happy fac- ulty of seeing the funny side of things, and all who know her will admit that her good nature is unexcelled — when site isn ' t asleep. Moore Marie W. Street Qtiakertown, Pa. ■■Rear When line recentlv said of her thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty ' s self, we thot that person quoted wisely and fittingly. Always happy and jolly it can truthfuUv be said of Rea, Merry as the day is long. She desires peo- ple to be Frank with her. She is one of our number who has had experience in the line of teaching. From all indi- cations she is contemplating entering the University of Pennsylvania after teaching the allnted two years. Moore Naomi L. Stroup Parkesbtirg, Pa. iV(7;;. .• perpetual motion machine may never be discovered, but Nan furnishes a good substitute for one. She stormed in from upper Chester county shouting shut that gate, John, ' right away quick ' ! Because of the predomi- nance of Matter she is ' buried in the realms of Phys- ics. If study interferes with her hours of sleep, she believes in eliminatin.g the studv hour for that day. No wonder she thinks that There is no life quite as great as Normal life. Aryan 134 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Ei.siE B. Sutton Fox Chase, Phila., Pa. From the poet would ue suatcli a quotation for this young lady: Fair Elsie! your heart I know is true: Would to God that all the maidens were Good and pure as you! Elsie is a faithful, conscientious and sympathetic girl. Her work in the class room reveals her characteristic nature — a true student. Moore Gk. nt C. Swariley Chalfont, Pa S ' warts. Grant is one of the prominent boys of the Senior class. He emerged from a farm near Chalfont, in good old Bucks county. He has proven himsolf to be a hard and earnest worker and will make his mark in life. He can easily be considered a second General Grant by the way he issues orders and enjoys horseback riding. To know him is to pre- dict a bright and prosperous future for him. Sec ' y Y. M. C. A. I9i3- ' i4; Vice-Pres. Junior Class. Aryan Edith Thom.as Royersford, Pa. Precision and straightforwardness seem to be united in this one of the Thomases, as her friends can testify. She has shown her proficiency as a student, especially in Mathe- matics and Drawing, in both of which she can hold her own. What her future will be cannot here be told, but we scarcely think that Pedagogy will be her specialty. Aryan 135 THE SERPENTINE I- i,ORENCE Thomas Gir;u- Iville, Pa. Floss. Still waters run ck-oii. sci the saying goes, anil this may truly Ije applied tu P loss. Once her friend always her I ' riend, is tlie verdict of the many whom she meets. We have evidence of this fact in the many letters that she receives. She strictly adheres to all Nornnl rules, and never even has been known to come back late(?). Moore Gi.AUYs Tii(iMA.s Plioenixville, Pa. TomiiiY. If Gladys means being glad, then Gladys Thomas has a very suitable mme and certainly lives up to it. She is a great reader, her choice of literature varying from the classics to Life. Her greatest troubles are frequent ex- ams, and the early rising bell. She earnestly advocates a change of the latter. Her associates consider her a lively and very pleasant companis n. Aryan . liLiiui:ii .M. Thomas Harrisburg, Pa. Midac. It is rather strange that this product fmni the State Capital should be interested in basketry, but then Cornell and Williamson may bear some indirect influence. She is an all-around busy girl, giving some of her time to basket hall, in which she is quite proficient. We ofttimes hear of her .going to Philadelphia for recreation, lirin.ging bad; with her the latest dances. Moore 1,36 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Jui.iA ToBir; Camden, N. J. Julia is a well-meaning and therefore well-deserving stu- dent. She is a great talker, and still greater questioner, and we feel almost certain that in teaching she will use the Socratic method. She is a most enthusiastic suffragist and loves to make known her views upon the subject, as any- one in her public speakmg class can testify. Moore J. MEs E. Ulsh Millerstown, Pa. Jiiiiiiiic. Have you ever seen Jinnnie? If you have you have always seen him wearing a smile. With his powerful arm, keen eye and stick of willow he has upheld the honors of the Varsity and 1915. This wiry little fellow is one of our main-stays in athletics, — he can run, play base ball, and last fall carried the pig skin thru the Junior line. He takes his work seriously and will surely cmiie out on the top. Treas. Y. M. C. A., Sec ' y A. A., Vice-Pres. class Senior year, Amulet Staff. Aryan F.DwiN T. Unuewcuffi.ek ■ Hoppenville, Pa. -Shirtr The training and environment of West Chester Normal has done much toward developing the capacities and round- ing out the character of our Editor-in-Chief. He was always a hard worker for both class and society. lie shone in Virgil, not only as a translator, but also as an agitator and an investigator of doings about Normal. Pres. Aryan Society, Editor-in-Chief 1915 Serpentine. Aryan 1,37 THE SERPENTINE Settie VRAP.Er Bristol, Pa. Four years ago lliis la ' .l, brown-eyed Swiss maiden came to us, bringing witli lier ail the merits of her ancestors, sympathy included — th(j when you are looking for that same sympathy your search may take you to the tennis courts or Chemistry Laboratory only to be greeted ' by Was ist los? We all hope that she will find, in the realm of chemistry or otherwheres, that new elenunt which will make her life the happiest. Aryan Viola E. Wagner Toughkenanion, Pa. Any one who h s known Viola at Normal will as- sociate with her name the memory of a hearty, cheerful laugh. Her friends found in her a sure cure for th; blues and left her presence feeling that they, too. could laugh away cares. She is a grad ' . ' .ate of Kennctt High School. The first gray light of dawn often found her p;gg!ng away at some lessors which she had been unable to study the pre- vious evening. She has a gr at 1 ve for poetry. Aryan Mary I. Walkir Forest City, Pa. ' .s . -. J • Don ' t mispronounce or misinterpret her middle name- it means much to those who understand. Ireland did her share for Normal when Iggy left Troy. She is rarely privileged to tell all she knows in a class room, because folks insist upon laughing at her vernacular. No one has more friends than Mary, nor could one have a more wel- come visitor during study hour. Those who have roomed with her. picture her in her own home as no one else can. Moore 1. 8 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN E. Marion Walter Hiuiinielstown, Pa. Susie. This litllc black-eyed lieauty is not as sedate as she looks. If you want to see lier grin just ask her about the Washington trip. The charming name of Marion is too dig- nified for her. so we iust call her Suzie. She is fond of cats and mice(???.), and things that are nice, and cares noth- ing at all for studies. Here ' s hoping that in the future Marion will still retain a faint idea of Physics and a beauteous idea of the barber shop. Aryan Elizabeth H. Walton Coalesville, Pa. Betty. ihe special diseases of ' Bettv are .Arithmetic and the early rising bell. She is_of a fun-loving disposition, and with her giggle has frequently disclosed mid-night feasts to the hall tenclier. Nevertheless we love Betty. Her frequent trips to the country have brought her in close con- tact with the beauties and simplicities of nature. This, no doubt, in part accounts for the pleasant smile which always greets us. Aryan Ruth Wanzel Paoli, Pa. Sunshine. With jet black eyes and hair so sleek, Is Ruth with dimples in her cheeks: She is always merry and full of fun, -And always has her lessons dene. She is young to teach a country school, .And make the kids obey her rule. She won ' t be a teacher for a great time. For soon her wedding bells will chime. We hope success may crown her married life .And that she will be a lovely wife. Moore i.?9 THE SERPENTINE - Louise Wake Media, Pa. Bloiid i. L(jiiise is a liappy-go-lucky sort of girl, who makes friends with everyone. Not being of a studious turn of mind, her lessons are the least of her troubles. She is re- ported by Mr. Evans as bein.g one of the model pupils of Study Hall. Louisa does particularly good work in gym- nasium and we think that she should make a study of it. Blue eyes and yellow hair. And manv a feature fair. Has our little Louise Ware. M. UDE W. i(NKE i Laucli Cliimk, Pa. ' Pc , ' .t- ' .A ' - yiy goodness, here comes Maude IThis blue-eyeid lass has laughed her way into our hearts. She has become espe- cially noted at Normal for two things: bagging class and going to take over exams. She has been afflicted with caseitis several times during her stay, and the effect of the most lasting ones are still seen in the fact that she often makes a mistake and calls the boys at her table by such names as Lannie, or Scott. Aryan Anna II. Webb Montrose, Pa. Anil. Ann, the lady of the ever-ready smile, is one of our best workers: also one of our best players. Because a girl carries off the honors in classes — Chemistry, for instance- it must not be inferred that she is not a sportsman, an expert in the gym. and a crack trickster on the hall. She has interested herself much in the work .if the V. W. C. A., nor has she hesitated to lend loyal support to her society. We have been told that she is a famous whip, but we trust that will not seriously alTect the youngsters of Northern Pennsylvania. Aryan 140 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN K.WMON ' i) C. W ' ei ' .steu Russellville, Pa. Rosebud. Lizzie. What would we dn witlimit Lizzie-? 1 dari- say no one has yet stopped to think of it. But who will play ihc piano for the V. .M. C. . . and boys ' meetings next year? Who will do the funny stunts and sing funny songs for the .Aryan boys? Rosebud did all these tlnngs, and one never heard him grumble — e-xcept once, when the mumps but him in wrong. With all his social work Raymond has done good class work and stands high among the tifteeners. Vice- Pres. and Pres. . ryan Society. Aryan EuDOR. . . Weik Kleinfeltersville. Pa. Friends, and friends only, can be impartial judges of one ' s character. Eudora ' s friends are not slow in naming her one of their best, by virtue of her good nature and opti- mism. This, however is not all she stands for. Her per- sistenev in her work has entered into her success as a teacher, and her good judgment lead her to choose this school in ])reference to Millersville, where she spent two years nrior to coming here. Aryan F.nnn Wickersii- m C ' hathani, Pa. Edie. Behold this modest maiden from Chester county! Never would she break a rule, even to go to a mid- night feast. No doubt when she becomes a dignified school- marm these good i|ualities will be of great value to her. Her favorite occupation is sleeping, and it is not at all un- usual wdien one steals in at ; o ' clock, to see Edie sleeping peacefully on folded arms with her book open before her. Never mind, Edith, rest u]), for next year you mi.ght need all this stored-up ener.gy. Cor. Sec ' y . ryan Sociel . Aryan 141 THE SERPENTINE El SIE WiCKEKSiiAM Chatham. This is one of tlie Wickershani sisters, often mistaken for twins. Elsie joined our army in 1912, and has char- acterized her three years of Normal life by hard work and good results. To those who are not intimate friends of h-lsie she seems rather cool and shy, and only those who know her best can appreciate what a chum and friend they have in her. She is always jolly, and like all others of her se.x, has the faculty of continuous chattering. Aryan Rhoda W. Willey Greenwood, Del. •■Rhodyr A Sussex county product, and proud of it! It ' s a shame to call her Rhody, it doesn ' t blend with her Winny ways, but hardware companies take little account of names. Any way, she is satisfied with her last name (Willie). Del- aware can never hold our Rhody with her diploma. Soon she will thrill the West with her musical strains. May her fame as a Normal ' Rithmeticker ' follow her always. Moore EsTELLE Williams Philadelphia, Pa. Estelle is one of our representatives from the great metropolis of Philadelphia. She i-s a pedagog with two years of e.xperience and shows it well, especially when a question arises in class. Tho a lover of books, she realizes that All work and no play is wearysome to the flesh, and the tennis court often attracts her welcome and joyous spirit. Aryan I4i ' CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN iMarvel T. Williams Wayne, Pa. Marvel caniu to us in Septeinl)er, 1913, in a most dig- nified manner from Berwyn High School. Her sister was here to welcome her, therefore she was not so lonely as some others who came the same tiine. To her must be given much credit, because she tramped about three miles on foot each day to secure her professional training. Be- sides other things, the class of ' 15 will remember Marvel for her marvelous accomplishments in public speak- ing!???) Aryan Sydney Williams rhihulclphia, I ' a. Sydr Syd is an aullmrity on Geology ])r(il)lcnis, on Agricul- tural ciuestiiins. on the newest songs and the latest dances, but her favorite subject — the one to which she gives her greatest thought and ccnsideration — seems to be Art. Indeed, so great is her preference that at times she attends to it to the exclusion of all else. Syd knows that to have a friend she must be one, and it is this knowing and putting into practice, — to say nothing of her everlasting good humor, which lias strengthened the circle of friends about her. William B. Wilson Aspers, Pa. Billy •• Yes, this is Billy Wilson, and he ' s a friend worth hav- ing. He declares his favorite studies are Astronomy and Zoology. In Zoology he made a special study of large ani- mals, especially the Wolf. We often wonder why he gazed at the stars so much during second year and entirely iiist interest in them in his Junior and Senior years. Per- haps since she graduated in 191,3. he doesn ' t even know there are such things as stars. Vicc-Pres. and Pres. Moore Society. Moore 14.1 THE SERPENTINE i Anna Varn.m.l Media, Pa. Aim. Did you ask wlio was the most popular girl in Study Hall? Why of course it ' s Anna Yarnall. At first she seemed so shy that we feared lest we could not keep her. But after snme time she became used to Normal environ- ments and decided to remain with us. That we are glad of it is the opinion voiced by all the students who know her. Katiikyn E. Yeagley Lebanon, Pa. Kitty. Well, who is this? This is a member of the Lebanon County bunch. the proud possessor of many names, such as Kitty, Kit, Tommy, etc., to all of which she re- sponds with promptness altho Kittv is her favorite one. She is quite amiable, and only on rare occasions will this little Kitty scratch or show fight. As her recitations show, she docs not spend all her time at play. Her chosen profession is teachin.g. Aryan M. Evelyn Yost Reading, Pa. Ev. Hark! What ' s the noise? Merely Evelyn vocifer- ' lusly expostulating upon some imimportant subject. When ve don ' t find her talking she is eating, which proves to be her favorite pastime and one of her prodigious accomplish- ments. Altho Evelyn comes from Reading, oranges prove mure appetizing than jjretzels. Notwithstanding the fact that she talks most of the time and eats the rest, she find time to .get her lessons — Imw, we do not know. Aryan 144 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Gkace E. Bi.ake Centerville, Md. Do each day j ' our very best. Tills is the motto of Grace Blake, and any one who has been in licr classes lor any length of time will know that she lives np to it. Her only trouble is. that she is too bashful to speak up and tell what she really does know. She is always cheerful and ready to assist those of ner friends who may need help. The best wishes of her friends attend her in whatsoe ' er she may do and wheresoe ' er she may go. DoK. M. Brown Lincoln University. Pa. Brozcnic. In 1912, Brownie dropped into our class as a matter of destiny. She had finished her course in the O.xford High School and had decided to become a teacher. VbiIe here she had the distinction of having lived at Dr. Philips ' home, and for two years earning her way. In her third year she decided that all time was to be given to study and therefore devoted all her energv thereto. Dora always laughs heartily and we will alwavs remember her after graduation as one to whom -reatest success should come. RuTTi G.VKDXER ' ork. Pa Puss. Ruth Gardner came to us as a surprise, and rather late at that. She lives in York, and spent the year igi3- ' i4 at the Indiana State Normal School. She decided that, as West Chester is nearer York, it would be a wise plan to come here, where week-ends abound. So, one evening, while the students were enjoying the evening breezes on High street (before seven), we beheld Ruth arriving. Since that time she has been with us almost constantly, and we have formed a strong attachment for this big hearted, generous girl. Moore . iN . .M. Holmes Chester, Pa. . nna comes from the main-line town of Wayne, as a graduate of the Tredyffrin Easttown High School, at Ber- wyn. She was always timid, dainty and ambitious. Her voice • was so loud(?) that she always loved her public speaking teacher! ?). .Anna aims to lead her people in progressive tines of thought and gratify her widowed mother ' s efforts, by whom she was given her opportunity for education. In tlie future we will remember her for her unobtrusiveness. 145 THE SERPENTINE Marian F. Kikk York Springs, Pa. -Mollyr Promise not to tell a soul, and I ' ll tell you Molly ' s one ambition. It is to go west, sure enough west, Califor- nia. Mollv ' s reason is to teach in God ' s country, but you all guess that that countn ' is overflowing with men. Some- what different from our own West Chester Normal, Molly. But be it to mother some other person ' s kiddies or your own, we wish this Doylestown High School graduate, Wil- son College junior, and West Chester Normal qualified teacher, success. Elsie Peaker Lahaska, Pa. Here is another one of our modest little maidens { whom we look for future brilliant results. Her general in- terest in her class work is noted by all win chance to be in her classes. She is greitly interested in .Xgricultur , es-e- cially chickens, and it will be no surprise if we hear of her runnin.g a chicken farm in the n -ar future, or at least h-com- ing the helpmate of a p ultrynnn. Her course in Poultry Raising has doubtless prepared hrr for any emergency, so all we can do is to wish her the greatest success. Adelaide Williams Philadelijliia, Pa. Adelaide is one of our serii.ius girls who finds a pleasure in everything that she attempts. She is always striving to be prepared and seldom fails in classroom. One of her noted characteristics is her determination. If ever her mind is made up, nothing need try to c hange it. We are sure that she wul prove true in the big things of life. I4 ' i CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Tune — Die U ' aclit am RItcin. OH 191 5, thee we praise. To thee our humble voices raise. We greet thy banner. Bhie antl Steel, We, to thy noble motto kneel. Oh, comrades, may we e er cheer And cherish each our motto dear, Do noble things, not dream them. Oh. Blue and Steel, we sing, we sing to thee. And nnw at last our time has come. To leave these walls of Serpentine, Xew paths of duty to pursue. Our efforts strengthen and renew. And friendships that we here employ. May mem ' ry e ' er make sweet their joy ; United in devotion may we ever be. Oh, class so dear to us, we sing t(i thee. All hail to thee, dear Normal School ! Our Alma Mater ever true. All due respects we pay to thee, And honor for all time to be. May well thy glory ever thrive. And mav we each with effort strive. To ever raise and keep thy standards high. Oh, Normal School, we sing, we sing to thee ! Raymond C Webster. 147 THE SERPENTINE P Soft and dark the shadows fall, over all O ' er the campus smooth and green. Wandering we are seen; Hearts are sad, thoughts in flight, This is our last, last night. Listen, hope is not yet gone, At the dawn. Comrades, we are going, We are going on our wa ' . The night may be dark around us But we will find the day! Bright before us spreads the field The way that we must trod ; God grant that we may lielp the yield And greener make the sod. Memories will not fail u- . O ' er the rough road we must ride. And the noble hearts of friends we ' ve made Shall go tramping at our side. High let us raise our l ' uuier. We will show the world ihat we. True as the l !ue, and firm as the steel can be. Do nol le things, not dreim them. Let us add this to our song. .- nd with the face of the Tris before us, We ' bra-. ' ely march along. The li -es of our many teachers. As beacon stars shall stand. To guide in the service of others, That seryice the most grand. — M. Ri, N Embree. 148 i J LASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN 149 THE SERPENTINE iMiiorCljissiislofy Whosoever thou art that readeth this page, enter it not without a sijirit of reverence for the class of 191 5, and leave it not without a whispered prayer for the Ahna Mater. (I, who am I that I hath Ijeen chosen to inscril)e the .s lorious deeds of the Class of 191 5? Ne ' ertheless, concerning things with whicli ye followers are wont to deal, he it known unto yon that this class hath not lived these many years learning mit the names to make mention of, swear to, serve and bow down to. Now, there lieth in the land called God ' s conntry a kingdom which ' is known as West Chester Xormal. The boundaries of this kingdom are as follows: On the north it is bounded by Green Gables, the parting of the ways of a strolling lad and lass; on the south by an edifice known by the name Infirmary, where we walk l v the same rule and mind the same things; on the east by a market place, the owner of which is called Talley, the afore mentioned market place ser ing a two-fold pur- pose, an abomination when broke, but a very pleasant help in the time of starvation ; and on the west by a building which when the day goeth away and the shadows of the evening are stretched out serves as a dormitory for those of us called boys. Now, it came to pass during the reign of Philip ( s )the Great, in the cool of the year, manv children from all ])oints of the globe and regions beyond, gathered their efifects, bade farewell tn their jiarents and friends and set (Hit f(.r this kigdom. . s was the custom of those who sojourned in this kingdom, two or three years were spent in a sla e-like manner before entering the land flooded with milk and honey. Vuv within this kingdom there is that beloved province called the land of seniors. Historically speaking, the people of this province are a modest, unassum- ing, talented lot, proof of which we have in the following : A Kaiser, who doesn ' t want to fight; a Homer of our day; a Lord from Delaware, and a mod- ern Webster. Now, travel was at times uncertain for these pilgrims. Many floundered around hopelessly in the dark valleys of Chemistry, Psychology, Trigonometry, Ger- iso CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN man. and Art. But the chief rulers only spake thus: What came ye here for to d(j anyway? Verily, verily, I say unto yuu, he that ihjth not work ' niolecularly, ' ' nenronically, ' ' logarithmically, ' teuflisch ' and ' perspectively ' shall not walk in the way of seniors. Nevertheless, according to the doctrine of formal discipline, it was well for them thereafter. The full benelits of their struggles came forth when the ' heard the voice of State Board declaring Render now an account of vourseUes. ' To thai tribunal of men and women chosen to rule over this ]jro ince, calle l fac- ulty, the peo|)le of this senior land utter a song of thanks, for you led them and for- gave tiiem when they knew not what they did. Blessed are you, because thev are Udt blackened by the sign of your book, neither are they aiming for the grass-sown paths in life, since they have so often involuntarily tread your vel -ety campus. To the future inhabitants of this land where life is li ' ed, these ])eople give coun sel as follows : Sing aloud and make a jijyful sound unto your fellow students, and lie ye not afraid in the time of trouble. Now, it happens that a richer and fuller life hast been prepared for these faith- ful ])eo])!e of 1915. So, with hearts bowed with the weight of farewell, they lea e this pro ince with heads lifted high, because each has his mission m life. Many of these missions could not be fulfilled under the ])resent rules and regula- tions of this kingdom. Pauline A. Moore. LSI THE SERPENTINE OIlaHH 191H (fHaaa ©ffirfra President Clarence Stitzer Sccrrtary Irene Randall l icc-Presidcnt Harry Schoenly Treasurer Beatrice Bell MaWa Follow the Gleam — Tennyson OInlnra Red and Black iFluuipr Jacfiuemino Rose IS2 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN 153 THE SERPENTINE uniorCla55li5tDfL| REAT was the fourteenth day of May, nineteen hundred fourteen, for on that day the ihustrious clas s of igi6 was organized. Even long before that, enthusiasm had run high in the hearts of all its members, and we had already iniuKirtalized our name by winning the l all meet of 191 3. In a few days we had adopted a Constitution and soon the class was well organ- ized. Our first officers were as follows: President, Luther Lady; Vice-Presi- dent, Clifford Timmons; Secretary, Kathryn Lloyd: Treasurer, Dorothy Nash. At the opening of the b ' all term our numbers were more than doubled, and the new girls were welcomed at a dance given in the gymnasium. We soon elected the following new officers : President, Clarence Stitzer : Vice- President, Harry Schoenly ; Secretary, Irene Randall ; Treasurer, Beatrice Bell. Erom the start we have lived up to our motto, I ' ollow the Gleam — Tennyson, and showed our loyalty and spirit by displaying our Red and Black. Although we have had rather poor luck in the track meets this year, what would the Normal Basketball team have done without our Ixiys? The Baseball team, too, depends largely upon the skill of the 1916 athletes for its victories. The Girls ' Basketball team of 1916 has yet to make its record, and we don ' t doubt a bit that it will. Stand them on their heads, stand them on their feet, in yelling 1916 can ' t be beat. Tis not only in sports and cheers that we shine, but also in classes, for we are an intelligent group, and we always accomplish what we attempt. We look forward to great things and await the challenges of 1917 with confi- dent assurance. Irene Randall. ' 16. I.S4 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN JMcmbcrs of tbc jfunior Class Adair, Harriet, York, Pa. Alexander, Elizabetii C, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Andrews, Emma C, West Chester, Pa. Andrews, Mary T., Hurlock, Md. Anstadt, Evelyn E., York, Pa. Armstrong, lennie, Gwvnedd, Pa. Atkin.son, ' Elizabeth, Midlica Hill. X. J. Rarringer, Sara G., Perkasic. Pa. Barrett, Mildred G., Philadelphia, Pa. P)artges, Mary E., Spring Mills, Pa. li.-irtlinloniew, Mildred A., West Chester, Pa. liarwig, l ' lorence P., Olyphant, Pa. P.angher, Knth M., Aspcrs, Pa. Baumgardner, Mary H., McConncllsburg, Pa. ' Bean, Anna K., North Wales, Pa. Beaumont, Elizabeth, .Scranton, Pa. Bcidler, Helen, Allentown. I ' a. Bell, . gnes C, West Chester. Pa. Bell, Beatrice M., Mary.sville, Pa. Beswick, Mamie L., Mil ford, Del. Bidwell, Edna M., Carbondale, Pa. liittncr, Catharine M., Northuniherland, Pa. lilackley, Christina M., Newtown Sq., Pa. I ' lake, Klida C, Galveston, Texas. Blettner, Helen E., Hanover, Pa. Iilinn, Elva P., Newtown, Pa. Bloom, Sara, Mt. Carmel, Pa. Bock, Athelda Marie, .Allentown, Pa. Bor lner, Dolores VV., Shenandoah, Pa. Boyd, Leonia P., Martin ' s Creek, Pa. Bransjn, Marion P., West Chester, Pa. Brennan, Meralda I., Shenandoah. Pa. Brockley, Myrna E., Hanover, Pa. Brook, llelen, Schwenksvillc, Pa. P.rosius, Sara P., Chatham, Pa. Brown, Cleverine K,, West Chester, Pa. P.uckanan, Elizabeth, Johnstown, Pa. Bush, Elorence, Mount Rose, Pa. liussler, X ' iola M., Williamsport, Pa. Byroadc, Jeanne. Johntown, Pa. Caley, H. Beatrice, West Chester, Pa. Carey, Ethel A., West Chester, Pa. C arrol, Plelen M., Towanda, Pa. Cassidy, l ' rances H., Kirkwood, Pa. Cassidy, Margaret A., West Chester Pa. Chalfa ' nt, Maude, Atglen, Pa. Chambers, Lillie B., Clayton, Del. Clevenstine, I va ' .. Kimberton, Pa. Clifton. Gertrude S., Spring House, Pa. Clifton, ' iolet S., Spring House, Pa. Cohen, Ftta, Mt. Carmel, Pa. Collins, Winifred R., Canton, Pa. Connor, Jane G.. . voca. Pa. Cooke, Ruth E., R.D., Conshohocken, Pa. Coaley, Z, Mary, West Pittston, Pa. C()]jpock, Marietta P., R.D., Chester, Pa. Coppage, Lillian, Clayton, Del. Cosgritf, Marion G., West Chester, Pa. Cox, Bessie M., R.D., West Chester. Pa. Coxe, Mariam K., Reading, Pa. Crawford, Anna M., West Cirove, Pa. Crawford, Christina M., R.D. West Ches- ter, Pa. Crawford, M. Marion, West Grove, Pa. Cronin, Marie G., Mahanoy City, Pa. Crouthers, X ' iola, Broomall, Pa. Crowley, Margaret, Haddonfield, N. J. Cnlliton, Marie (j., Mahanoy City, Pa. Curtin, Evelyn C, Shenandoah, Pa. Cuthbert, Sara N., Ridgeway, Pa. Daniel, Ruth P., Windgap, Pa. Datlner, Nettie, Luzerne, Pa. Davis, Mary M., Johnstown, Pa. Develin, Eva M., Parkesbnrg, Pa. Dissinger, Mary E., Schaefferstown, Pa. Douglas, Margaret H., Newtown, Pa. Doyle, Kathrvn E., ' ardley. Pa. Dreher, Helen R., Hazleton, Pa. Drennan, Margaret P., West Grove, Pa. Dubson. A. Ruth, Spring City, Pa. Dunkelberger, N. Kathryn, Bernville, Pa. Easton. Mildred Ann, .Norristown, Pa. Ebling, Bertha M., Weatherly, Pa. I ' -de, Esther D., Pen Argyl, Pa. Ely, b ' lorence ' ., Taylorsville, Pa. I ' Tlacher, May A., Reading, Pa. lutlich. Alma A., Laurel, Del. lutlich, Olga A. U.. Laurel, Del. lu ' erhart, Florence A., Athens, Pa. I ' awcett, Lois, New Albany, Pa. I ' ein, Gussie, Shenandoah, Pa. l ' idlcr. Pauline E., W ' omelsdorf, i ' a. I ' isher, Mary E., Ft. Washington, Pa. I ' isher, Sara L.. Spring Mills, Pa. Iteming, Charity B.. E. Downmgtcwn. Pa. I ' linn, Theresa M., Johnstown, Pa. ITuehr, Clara M., .Ashland. Pa. Foreman, Sara J., Glen Moore, Pa. I ' renz, Theresa F.. Lionville. Pa. b ' ulton, Margaret P., Malvern, Pa. Indton. Marie E., R.D., West Chester, Pa. I ' mderwhite. Mary J., Kimberton, Pa. I ' Tmk, Kathleen W., Boyertown, Pa. Gardiner, Alice E., West Chester, Pa. Garrett, Mary L., Orwigsburg. Pa. Garnt, Grace E., Huntingdon, Pa. (lilvarv. Marv D., Jessup, Pa. Gladfelter, Blanche E., Wrightsville, Pa. ( iluck, Irene. Lansford, Pa. 1 .S. THE SERPENTINE Goessler, Agnes V., Hatboro, Pa. Golden. Louise, Shesquehin, Pa. Grace, Julia E., Goshen, N. J. Graham, Ellen D., Tliroop, Pa. Greene, Helen M., Pitman, N. J. Grier, L. Frances, Honeybrook, Pa. Grunbein, Dorothy B.. Philadel)5hia, Pa. Hackman, Mary Julia, Mt. Union, Pa. Hailstone, Mary G., Moosic, Pa. Hall, Elizabeth M., I ' Vazer, Pa. Hammond, Hazel M., Lebighton, Pa. Handley, Meanville E., Primos, Pa. Hannis, Edith E., Ashley, Pa. Harper, Grace E., Avondale, Pa. Harple. Sara P., Phoenixviile, Pa. Harris, Pearl E., Milford, Del. Harrold, Marie E., Atlantic City, N. J. Hatmaker, Grace, Haupt, Helen M., Spring City, Pa. Heikes, Juniata H., Huntingdon, Pa. Heistand, ' . Marion, Kiniljerton, Pa. Hemphill, Helen B.. R.D., West Chester. Pa. Henderson, Margaret, Christiana, Pa. Hertenstine, Margaret R., Phoeni.Kville, Pa. Hiltner, M. Marguerite, Philadelphia, Pa. Hilton, Elnet T., Lincoln Lhiiversity, Pa. Himmeberger, Ruth D., Reading, Pa. Himmerwright, Carrie E., E. Greenville, Pa. Hinkle, Mary L., Freeland, Pa. Hogeland, Anna E., West Chester, Pa. Hogeland, A. Frances, Southampton, Pa. Howell, Verna, Urbana, 111. Howett, Enola M., Christiana, Pa. Hudson, Kathryn D., Smyrna, Del. Hughes, Sara E., Manoa, Pa. Illig, Pauline M., Woniesdorf, Pa. Isett, Edna H., Linfield, Pa. Jacobs, Elizabeth E.. Joanna, Pa. Jacobs, Helen J. , Smyrna. Del. Jacobs, Nettie B., Abbottstown, Pa. Jacquish, Lola M., Larksville, Pa. Jamison, Elizabeth K.. Philadelphia, Pa. Jenkins, Carolyn B., Mahanoy City, Pa. Johnson, Kathryn A., Kulpmont, Pa. Jones, M. Winifred, Taniaqua, Pa. Joyce, Marion A., Atlantic Citv, N. ]. Judd, Rachel L, Philadelphia, Pa. Keen, Anna M., Plymouth, Pa. Kelly, Helen L., West Grove, Pa. Kelly, Rose C, West Grove, Pa. Kemery, Marian W., Mahanoy City, Pa, Kervvin, Clara A.. West Chester, Pa. Keeper, Marie, Richboro, Pa. Killen, Rachel B., Felton, Pa. Kistler, Edna, Mauch Chunk, Pa. Kulp. Irene L, North Wales. Pa. Kunkle, Letha M., Carbondale, Pa. Larkin, Madeline R., Carbondale, Pa. Latshaw, Dorothy F.. Royersford, Pa. Lawrence, Marion A., Knoxville, Pa. Laws, Mary E., Chester Heights, Pa. Leary, Marie M., Honeybrook, Pa. Lee, Lena, Falls, Pa. Lenninger, Augusta K., Glenside, Pa. Lessig, Dorothy R., Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Lewis, Leah E., Shenandoah, Pa. Littlejohn, Mary D., Pen Argyl, Pa. Lloyd, Kathryn, Olyphant, Pa. Loltus, Esther K., Scranton, Pa. Logan, Huldah L., R.D., Norristown, Pa. Lovett, Esther H., New London, Pa. Lowry, Mabel J.. Ashbourne, Pa. McAnulty, C. Beatrice, Barnsboro, Pa. McCain, V ' eronica M., Carbondale, Pa. McCail, Mary E., Freemansburg, Pa. McCauley, Susan B. M., Glen Loch, Pa. McDyer, Anna L., Coaldale, Pa. McGuiness, Margaret H., Shenandoah, Pa. McHugh, Rose M., Hazleton, Pa. McLaughlin, Dora E., Port Allegheny, Pa. McLaughlin, Nellie L, Fort London, Pa. McLaury, Grace H., Odessa, Del. McMullen, Edith E., Richboro, Pa. McNair, Ethel M., Middletown, Pa. McOwen, Eleanor J., Oakford. Pa. Manley, Mvrtle T., West Chester, Pa, Martin, Lida M., Magnolia, Del, Mathias. Agnes S., Lenape, Pa, Mendenhall, Helen F,, Edgemont. Pa. Menscli, Helen M., Mirfiinburg, Pa. Mertz, Dorothy K.. Allentijwn, Pa. Meyer, Lulu M., Johnstown, Pa. Meyer, Tilly M., Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Michener, Marguerite R., Northbrook, Pa. Miller, Ella H„ Rfd Lion, Pa, Miller, Irene E,, Easton, Pa. Miller, Mary K., Weatherly, Pa. Milson, lean W., Allport P ' a, Monro, Hazel F., York, Pa. Moore, Sara E.. Chatham, Pa. Morris, Lillian F., Edwardsville. Pa. Moyer, Elizabeth J.. .Schaefferstown, Pa. Moyer, E. Evelyn, Lansdale, Pa. Moyer, Grace L.. Chalfont, Pa. Mullahy, Helen T., Shenandoah, Pa. Munce, Marion, Bristol. Pa. Murdock, Caroline T- Glen Mills, Pa, Nash, Dorothy A., Flourtown, Pa. Neale, Florence M. Newtown Square. Pa. Noecker, Edna F., Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Nusbaum, Marion A., Lebighton, Pa. Ottniever, Mabel K., York, Pa. Palmer, Ruth B., Doe Run. Pa. Pancoast, Helen C, Broomall, Pa. Pancoast, Mary S., R.D., Ch .ter. Pa. Paul, Clara E., Weatherly, Pa. Paxon, Edna M Lumberville, Pa. Pearl, Elsie R.. Lincoln Lhiiversity, Pa, Picket, Marsaret E., Downingtown. Pa. Pierce, Ethel M., Edgemont, Pa. Perry, Ruth M., Chester, Pa. Peters, Alverta M., York, Pa. IS6 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Plunimer, Elizabeth W., R.D., Consho- hocken, Pa. Pollock, Catharine J., Downingtovvn, Pa. Porter, Jean V., West Grove, Pa. Portz, kuth E., Arlington, N. J. Powell, Elizabeth A., Chesapeake City, iSkl. Purcell, Mary E,, Mahanoy City, Pa. Quirk, Ruth M., Shamokin, Pa. Kahn, Jessie I., Burlington, N. J. Randall, Irene L., Bethesda, Pa. Randall, Liela A., Philadelphia, Pa. Ratledge, Susie C, Tovvnsend, Del. Raub, Marion L., Hamlet, N. C. Rebert, Marjorie J., South Bethlehem, Pa. Reed, Hannah L., Bethlehem, Pa. Reese, Elizabeth, Johnstown, Pa. Reid, Ethel J., Harpers ' Ferry, VV. V ' a. Reiff, Hattie A., Hatboro, Pa. Reiff, F. Marguerite, Hatboro, Pa. Reinert, Grace P., Harrisburg, Pa. Reynolds, M. Gertrude, West Grove, Pa. Rhoads, Estelle M., Reading, Pa. Ridgway, Bessie, Hancocks Bridge, N. J. Riggins, Mary, Markhani, Pa. Riley, Tillie, Mahanoy City, Pa. Roceret, Mary P., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Rogers, Martha A., Selbyville, Del. Rudy, Sara A., Coatesville, Pa. Russel, Elizabeth K., Folcroft, Pa. Satterthwaite, Marianna B., Yardley, Pa. Savage, Grace I., Uwchland, Pa. Scatchard, Lucilla M., Norristown, Pa. Schaeffer, Ruth S., Reading, Pa. Scherer, Florence I., Allentown, Pa. Schnerr, Pearl E., Nazareth, Pa . Searing, Emily, Glenside, Pa. Shaffer, Harriet A., Mechanicsburg, Pa. Shoemaker, Jeannette B., Parkesburg, Pa. Shupert, Florence L., R.D., Newtown Sq., Pa. Shuster, Estelle F., Sick, Mary D., R.D.. Sonestown, Pa. Simpson, Bertha M., Whitings, N. J. Simpson, Margaret M., Lionville, Pa. Simpson, Mary B., Pottsville, Pa. Skillhorn, Eva I., Damascus, Pa. Skitter, Mabel S., East Bangor, Pa. Smith, Helen, R.D.. Hazelton, Pa. Smith, Ruth N.. Spring Mills, Pa. Somers, Ruth E., Delta, Pa. Stackhouse, Clara K., Ambler, Pa. Stackhouse, Ella L., Ambler, Pa. Stauffer, Marv E., York, Pa. Steinmuller, Frances D., Bethlehem, Pa. Stetson, Dorothy N., Ottville, Pa. Stine, Emilv I., West Chester, Pa. Stiteler, Mildred H., Uwchland, Pa. Storey, Eleanor A.. New London, Pa. Straley, Fairy E., New Oxford, Pa. Stroup. Delia R.. Parkesburg, Fa. Stirr, Florence D., Elmer, N. J. Sullivan, Imelda B., Carbondale, Pa. Swartz, FLleanor I., I ' urlong, Pa. Swaverly, Helen C, Pedrickstown, N. J. Sweeny, Kathryn R., Newtown Square, Pa. Tabor, Beulah D., Boyertown, Pa. Taylor, Annie W., West Chester, Pa. Taylor, lane B., Salem, N. J. Teufel, Mari.,n E., Hazleton, Pa . Thomas, Mary B., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Thomas, .Sara, h ' razer, Pa. Thomas, Sara J., Nottingham, Pa. Thomas, Tillie M., Hazleton, Pa. Timlin, Helen G., Asldand, Pa. Toole, Margaret C. Pottsville. Pa. Underwood, Helen E.,Schuvlkill Haven, Pa. Updyke, Ruth, Bristol, Pa. ' Van Zant, Ruth, Sellersville, Pa. Vissel, Martha, Roaring Springs, Pa. Wallace, Emily B., Chadd ' s h ' ord. Pa. Walsh, Anna M.. Wayne, Pa. Walton, F. Amy, Hatboro, Pa. Warren, Ethel, Selbyville, Del. Wassum, Bessie F., Slatington, Pa. Watkins, Mary I., Plymouth, Pa. Waterson, Sara, Cochranville, Pa. West, Mary C. Bryn Mavvr, Pa. White, Alice E., Cossart, Pa. Wilke, Louise F. Germantown, Pa. Williams, Beatrice L., Perkasie, Pa. Williams, Helen M.. Haddonfield, N. J. Williams, Sadie L., R.D.. Downingtovvn. Pa. Willin, Rudy L., Oakgrove, Del. Wilson, Lydia M.. West Chester, Pa. Wilson, A. Miriam, Downingtown, Pa. Windle, Mildred C. Fernwood, Pa. Wisler, Verna M., Souderton, Pa. Witt, Verna B,, Spring City, Pa. Worthington, Reina A., Wycomb, Pa. Wright, Ethel, Curwensvilie, Pa. Wright, Ethel M., Trumansburg, N. 1. Wright, Jeannette ' .. Iiaston, Pa. Wuchter, Hattie M., Lyniport, Pa. Veakle. Elvie C, Hatboro, Pa. Yoch, Marguerite D., Freeland, Pa. Young, . nna M., Atglen, Pa. Zimmerman. Pearl E., Shenandoah, Pa. Zinnnernian, Ruth E., New Bloomfield. Pa. Zeigler, Anna L, Lebanon, Pa. Zurn, Mary, Towanda, Pa. GENTLEMEN Barrv, Fdw ard W., Broad Mountain, Pa. Boucher, Joshua H., Tyler Hill, Pa. Brett, Lansford, Germantown, Pa. Conner. Wm. H., Wilm, Del. Craig, Frank S., Wyoming, Del. Craumer, Ernest W., Thomasville, Pa. Criswell, Carrol L., Cochranville, Pa. Dague, George, Honeybrook, Pa. 157 THE SERPENTINE Dennison, Georg;e R., Dauphin, Pa. Dunegan, Harry J., R.D., Patton, Pa. Earhardt, Brandt, Elizabethtown, Pa. Fretz, Floyd C, Lumberville, Pa. High, Harold I., R.D., Pottstown, Pa. Hocker, Charles, Milanville, Pa. Johnson, N. Eugene, West Chester, Pa. [ones, Merrill K., Thom])sontown. Pa. Kauffnian, J. Raymond, York Springs, Pa. Keller, LeRoy, Cressman, Pa. Krick, Ernest P., Sinking Spring, Pa. Lady, Luther M., Arendtville, Pa. Lukens, Lester H., Oxford, Pa. Lynch, Patrick ].. Minersville, Pa. Mercer, Ralph C, Malvern, Pa. Nelson, Lester VV., Nottingham, Pa. Ostrum, Charles W.. Lehigh Tannery, Pa. Patton, Charles H., West Chester, Pa. Perry, M. Graydon, Goldesboro, Md. Schoenly, Harry M., Allentown, Pa. Schrope, Lee E., Higins, Pa. Sliafer, Thurlow E., Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa. Shoop, Wilnier L., Dauphin. Pa. •Soliral, Henry M., New York City. Spindler, Charles L., Parksville, Pa. Steele, Charles W.. Dagsboro, Del. Stitzer, Clarence R., Sinking Springs, Pa. Strickler, William H., Womelsdorf, Pa. Timnions, Clifford E., Dagsboro, Del. ' el)b, Maurice P., Unionville, Pa. W ' eidnian, George C, Sinking Springs, Pa. W ' oolson, Howard, Dennisville, Pa. Wright, Thaddeus W.,Phoenixville, Pa. N ' ocum, George M., Glen Moore, Pa. Zonk, Allan, Malvern, Pa. 158 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Y s B ini ' Cr-i 159 THji SERPENTINE -mj TT u ir u TF ir u tt tf u it u it tt ir if u ly h® Hoorr literary ocipfy ?ll 11 I L Jl II II II II IL l[ II II II II II II II li 11 II LI 11 ih. Officers 19 14- (915 First Term President — Cir. s. L. I . Myers ' i:e-President — Hakry Dunegan Rec. Secretary — Anna E. Butler Cor. Secretary — Blanche M. Bang Second Term President — Floyd Fretz I ice-President — J. Raymond Kauffman Rec. Secretary — Dorothy M. Flanagan Cor. Secretary — Carrie Sig foos Til ird Term President — Irvix S. Shoffstall ] ' ice-Presidcnt — Lee E. Schrope Rec. Secretary — Agnes Gardlock Cor. Secretary — Margaret Stemple Foiirtli Term President — Wh.liam B. Wilson Jlcc-Presidcnt — Earl W ' oodley Rec. Secretary — Mary A. Daley Cor. Secretary — Nellie McBride Fifth Term President — William V. Christman Rec. Secretary — Bertha Cavanagh I ' ice-Prcsidcnt — Clifford Timmons Cor. Secretary — Anna-Louise Laub .Innii ' crsary S ecretary - -Bl. nciik Schultz 160 CLASS NINETEEN FIITEEN Moore Officers Moore Debaters l6l THE SERPENTINE A f par Work in E? utPiu SOCIETY, like every other ort anization, establishes for itself a history. Of a future career we can but proiihesy; of i ast and present e -ents we nia ' speak in all sincerity. A fitting ' trilnite may well be paid to a soci- ety that lias accomplished so much. Thru society co-operation the school orchestra has replaced the Moore orchestra. Its share in adding to the attract- iveness of the program cannot be overestimated. At the ' ery beginning of the year a igorous campaign was begun in the getting of n.ew meml)ers, with the result that the new member record was broken. It is ery gratifying to see how many new members entered so heartily into the work of the siiciety. A girls ' meet- ing early in the fall enkindled much enthusiasm. It followed in its main features The (iirls ' Camp Fire Movement. Attractive scenes of out-door life, with nnisical and literary touches, made the affair one of especial interest. Not to be outwitted by the girls, the boys put forth their best efforts to arrange an exclusive program. A Ty]iical Da - in Wayne Hall was presented in a trulv realistic way. The dis- play of originality and good boy-sense is worthy of comment. The I- orty-tliird .Vnniversary of the Moore Literary Society occurred Octo- ber 24lh, i )i4. The President and Secretary for the evening were Dr. Harry D. Saylor and Miss Blanche Scluiltz. The special feature of the pnigram was Dr. Russell H. Con well ' s world-famous lecture, Acres of Diamonds. The social hour which followed was wiled away with the enthusiasm of former times. One of the most pleasing features of the year was a program arrang ed by iNIiss Anna Laura Johnson and Airs. Friedw ' ald. Miss Johnson sang Eurydice, and Mrs. hriedwald read Sherwood. The closing number was a cycle of song The Boat Song, ' A ' iegenlied, Thou Art So Like a Rose, and Sunbeams, sung by Miss Johnson. Through the well directed efforts of the girls an Essay Contest was arranged, offering prizes of t enty, ten and five dollars. There were twenty-three contest- ants. The judges were Miss Grace D. McCarthy, Miss Catherine Denworth, and Prof. Xewman. Miss Sara Simonson ' s essay, The Business Man in the Novel. took first prize. A Plea for the Youth of Our Nation, written by Ruth M. Perry, received second prize. To Miss Olga Ettlich, for her essay, Calendars, . ncient and Modern, was awarded third prize. It is hojied that this new mo -ement in the society will become as prominent a feature for the girls as the Lock Haven debates have for the boys, ' i ' hey are well worth while, and should appeal to every earnest worker. A word of congratula- 162 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN tion to the debatinq; team : May their untiring eiYorts Ije crowiied w ith a success that w ill bring- more glory to the society. That this society has displayed a marked interest alun.i; ' the musical line is evident from an operetta entitled, The Bosn ' s Bride. It was unquestionably a great success, and marked one of the best meetings of the year. b ' or forty-three years the Moore Society has been exerting great influence in this school. It has stimulated a love of good literature and good music, not only thru the program ]5resented at the regular meeting, but also by the talent which it has brought here at the anni ' crsary meetings. Its place as an inipurtant factor in giving training to ambitious people cannot be denied. The ] Ioores of the class of 1915 regret that their immediate relatinn with their societ ' will in a measure be severed. To those who will take up our work we can only wish a heartv success, that w crown another year ' s work in our Ijeloved society. Rememlier the lessons we have learned. Hold fast to the colors, Garnet and Gold, and have ever before you those inspiring words, To Know Is To Rule. Anna E. Butler. 163 THE SERPENTINE Officers 1914-1915 First Term President — Ernvix T. L ' xDERcrFin.ER J ' icc-Presideiit — Ernest P. Krick Rec. Seeretary — Pauline A. Moore Cor. Seeretarx — rYoREXCE V. Legates Seeoiid Term President — Ernest AIcConnell ' lee-President — Wilmer Shoop Ree. Seeretary — CIladys Meyer Cor. Seeretary — Edith Wickersham Third Term President — Raymond C. Webster J ' iee-President — Clarexce Stitzer Rec. Seeretary — Ethel Sauerhammer Cor. Seeretary — Elorence Hemmig Fourth Term President — I ' Iali ' H Shoijp J ' iee-Fresident — Lester Nelson Ree. Seeretary — Margaret Davis Cur. Seeretary — Mary I. Roberts Anniversary Seeretary — Hessie Sands 164 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Aryan Officers Aryan Orators 1 6s THE SERPENTINE A f par a Waxk tn Sputf m N 1879, ihinkiiii - that a second literary society, by arousing a spirit of eniulatiiin. would be a great ad antagc to the one society then in exist- ence as well as to the school in general, Professor vieorge L. Maris, then Principal of the Xornial School, suggested that a new society be formed. A meeting was held and the society organized. Dr. C. B. Coch- ran being elected president and Miss Mary Speakman secretary. Dr. Cochran was connected with the Normal School a number of years, while iSIiss Speakman, a cousin of our Preceptress, served thirteen years as Principal of the Model Schoiil. 1 hree names were proposed for the new society. 1 he Round Fable Literary Soci- ety, the Bayard Taylor Literary Society, and the . ryan Society. The latter was chosen because the name means excellent or honorable, . fter se ' eral meetings the constitution was adopted in full, the colors, blue and gold, and the society motto, I ' inis coronat opus, were chosen, and the society paper. The . ryan Re iew, was started. The first few meetings were private, and after the society was well organized and the meetings made public the president and secretary resigned. The society began its existence with 32 charter memljers. It has steadily grown until its present membership is about 5000. and its meml)ers are scattered, in all parts of the country. The society holds its regular public meetings Saturday evenings at 7.30. alternating with its sister society. . . short business meeting precedes the public meetings. The opening of the school term this fall found the . ryans busy welcoming the new students and inviting them to join the society. The result was shown in the great number added to the roll and in the spirit and zest which characterized the meetings throughout the year. Interest ditl not tlag at an - time and the attendance v. ' as always commendable. The first meeting of every term is a special meeting, and while these are [jlan- ned largely to interest and entertain, the curators are careful to see that something of real cultural value is presented. The successful jjresentation n William Dean Howell ' s The Mouse Trap, gave a most encouraging beginning tn the work of the society in the fall, while spring term was ushered in with the delightful play of Suderman ' s The Far-. way Princess. The members, new and did, throughout the year worked with the earnestness and i erseverance that is sure to liring success. 1O6 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN The annual (irat(jrical contests were, if possible, a oTeater success than ever this year. The hoys ' contest was held early in the year, and the orations delivered surely were a great credit to the society as well as to the participants. The girls contest was held during spring term, and the number of partici])ants showed that the girls, too, are o.wake to their opportunities. The great event of the year for the society is Aryan Reunion. In the early years of the society the members themselves serxed on the ]5rogram. but it has lie- come the custom to procure special entertainers for the e ' euing, while a former Aryan presides as president. The Reunion this _ x ' ar was held Alay J2nd. . most attractive and charming musical recital was gi -en by John Barnes Wells, tenor, and Harriet ' are, composer, pianist. Many old friends and former .Vryans were here to enjoy the recital and the usual reception following the entertainment. Now that the time has come for us to pass the wnrk of the societv on to the following classes, we feel that we liave done, what we could. We pass out of the active life of the society with regret, realizing what it has done for us. We surely feel that we ha ' c gotten out of it as much and UKire than we ])Ut into it, and we re- alize fur the first time that full meaning of our motto, The End Crowns the Work. Bessie S. nds. 167 THE SERPENTINE Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Officers 1914-1915 President Edna Hotchkiss icc-Prcsidciil Blanche Schultz Secretary Harriet Child Treasurer Gladys Meyer l6t CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN AUEH I HE work of the V. W. C. A. has been carried on by a cabinet of eleven nismhers, Mrs. Starkey acting as the ach ' isory chairman. Mnch of tiie ins|iiraliiin wliich lias enaliled us to carry on the work was received at tile Slimmer Conference at Eaglesmere. to which eight girls were sent as representati -es of this school. The meml)ershi]) committee commenced its work last summer l y sending let- ters of greeting and welcume tu the new girls who ex])ected to come to West Ches • ter in the fall. The members of the committee returned early to be able to meet the new girls, shnw them where to go, and help them in every possible way. The work of the social committee began with a reception for the new girls. . niither (if the social e ' ents was Due Day ; when exer -one brought his pennies and enjoyed again for a little diile the pleasure of being a child. Besides this work the committee Ijrought much comfort to those who were sick. At the holiday season the} ' sent many greetings to sister associations of other schools. The de ' otional committee jjlanned for almost all Thursday evening meetings, ' iliese have been very well attended and most interesting. S jme of the best meet- ings were given by the girls themselves. The missionary committee was also busy. During the winter much was done to l.elp the hospitals and the poor of West Chester, by making children ' s garments and by giving money. Inuring six weeks of the winter term five different classes, led by five Senicjr girls, took up the study of missionary work in different coun- tries. These classes had a voluntary enrollment of 140 members. Another part of the work was carried on by the nfissionary giving committee. The girls of the school are asked to give two cents a week to help to support a Y, W. C. A. Secretary in South . merica where a great work is being done. The amount gi ' en is about two hundred dollars a year. During the first part of the school year one of the most faithful and devoted workers, — ' Miss Esler — -passed away. Her life was one of service and helpful- ness, always forgetting self and thinking of others. She left $40.00 to the V. W. C. A. to he used to help to send the Cabinet girls to Eaglesmere. During the latter part of the year Miss Richardson, the Student Secretary, visited the school. In order that the girls might know her lietter, the V. ' . C. . . gave a reception in her honor. It was well attended, and everv one votetl a good time. Altho the ideals of what the work should be are not reached, the year has been s])ent in very ]irofita1)le lalior. H.VRRiET Child. 169 THE SERPENTINE Officers 1914 ' 915 President Dr. F. H. Green ' ice-Pvesident Li.oM) ISuchman Secretar Charles L. R. },1 vers Treasurer James E. Ulsh 170 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN MOXG the influences wliicli ha e been brouglit to l)ear upnn the lives of the fellows of our school, none have been greater than those of our V. M. C. A. It is evident that it has l een a [lotent factor in the lives of those fellows wh(j ha ' e preceded us. and we who are at i)r;sent under its influence do not as yet, perhaps, fully realize what it has meant and done for us. The Y. M. C. A. was organized some twenty-five years ago, and since then has always been ins])ired and directed by our good friend. Dr. Green, whose re- markable interest and friendshi]) has led many of i.iur fellows to more perfectlx ' up- hold their inherent standards of manhood, and whose life ever serves to bless the li es of those with whom he comes in contact. l or many years meetings were held in Association Room in the Main Building. Upon the erection of ayne Mall a ' . M. C. A. room was provided for on the base- ment floor, where its meetings have since been held. This room is verv comfort- ably furnished and equipped. The walls are hung with pictures, and we are proud of a handsome new piano, the gift of our loyal alumni thru the efforts of Dr. Green. The ' . M. C. . . meetings are held e erv Thursdav e ening. Then it is our prix ' ilege to hear the ery liest speakers who can be secured: men who are en- thusiastic and alive as disciples of the Christian cause and whose talks impress us and inspire us to think and act as Christian brothers. Our association has continually grown until now we feel that its usefulness and success cannot l)e overestimated. Much credit is due to the fellows for their inter- est and enthusiasm in it. and to Dr. Green, who from its beginning has served as its president and thru whom most of the speakers were secured. To him we owe the greatest debt of gratitude and honor. R.wmoxdC. Webster. 171 THE SERPENTINE The Amulet Staff 17 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN The Amulet Editor-iii-Chli ' f — Gkacf L). McCarthy I Dr.G. M. Philips Adzisor Boanl Dr. F. H. Green I Miss Harriet Baldwin Associate Editors: Elizaheth H. Mayhew, 15 Mary Vought, ' 14 Elizabeth Criley, ' jy Rebecca Greenburg;, ' 14 Luther Ladv, ' 16 Norman Stephens. ' 15 Anna Butler. ' 15 D. Luther Haldenian, ' 13 Ethel Sauerhanimer. ' 15 Ruth Pascoe, ' 13 James Ulsh, 13 Sydney Scout, ' 15 Katherine B. Ihirtmann, ' 13 The Amulet is published monthly, except in July and August, at the West Chester State Normal Schoid. Address all communications to The Amulet. West Chester, I ' a. Subscription price ( 10 months), $1.00: single copies, locents. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at West Chester, Pa., under the ct of Congress of March 3rd. iXy ). 173 THE SERPENTINE Mm Atl|kttrs Normal Athletic Association Officers 1914-1915 President — A. Norman McDannel J ' iec-Fresideiit — Clifford Timmons Seeretary — James E. Ulsh Treasurer — John R. Hollinger Athletic Advisory Board l R. C. E. EiiiNGER Dr. S. C. Schmucker Prof. Smith Burnham Harry M. Schoenly Physical Directors Dr. C. E. Ehinger Frank A. Long Clieer Leader — Hubert Harkins AssisfoJif Cheer Leader — Thomas J. Lewis 174 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN 175 THE SERPENTINE Varsity Basket Ball Team 176 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN laakt lall 1014-15 (0fftrpra Majiugcr J. Alexandkk W ' ebu Coach I ' RANK A. Lung Captain Harry M. Schoeni.v Capt. Schoenly Haratljj Ojpam I. S. Shoffstall Forward H. AI. Schoenly P ' orwanl P. J. Lyticli Forward C. Patton Center L. M. Lady Center G. Weideman Guard J. Albright Guard E. Craunier Guard 177 THE SERPENTINE laBkft lall Slnnnu 1914-15 HE basketl)all team of 1914-1975 will go down in the history of Normal as one of the best teams ever produced. The outlook at the beginning of the season was far from rosy. Peale, who was elected captain of this year ' s team, did not return, and Coach Long was seriously handicapped at the outstart. However, Patton and Lady soon made up for the loss of Peale. The team started the season well, defeating the Alumni , o-i6. After this game the string of victories was not broken until the Philadelphia School of Peda- gogy handed us our first jolt. The team recovered and was only beaten twice more, once by Central High of Philadelphia and again by Mansfield Normal. The work of all the members of the team was good. Shof¥stall and Captain Schoenly were the indi iilual stars. The team had a total of 563 points against 406 for our opponents. The one big feat which the team accomplished was that of twice defeating Williamson. With all of this year ' s team back, e.xcept Shoff- stall and Albright, Coach Long should ha e a tine team next year. The scores of the games follow : Alumni 16 C. C. Teachers. ... 3 St. Paul 20 Gaston 22 ' V. Phil. Travelers. 28 P. S. P 20 Monks ' A. C 19 Normal 30 Normal 38 Normal 33 Normal t,;!. Normal 30 Normal 18 Normal 38 Williamson 23 Normal 35 Williamson 27 Normal 29 (jirard College. .. .28 W. Phila. H.S 28 Central H. S 26 Millersville 21 George School. . . .25 P. C. P 22 Southern Manual.. 15 Normal Pcnn. Reserves. . ..25 Normal 47 Mansfield 37 Normal 16 Normal 31 Normal 29 Normal 21 Normal 28 Normal 32 Normal 49 The Reserves pla_ ' ed six games this ' ear, winning 3 and losing 3. Cap- tain Bunny I ewis was the star on defense, and much of the team ' s work was centered around him. bUllowing are the scores: Vesper Club 14 Reserves 30 Vesper Club 17 Reserves 20 Williamson Res. . .20 Reserves 13 Swarthmore WilHamson Res. . .21 Reserves 20 Garnets 12 Reserves 9 P- S. P 5 Reserves 11 178 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Reserves Basketball Team 179 THE SERPENTINE See ' ' ' 3 t- ' V ' . ' ' ' l Varsity Baseball Team i8o CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN lasp lall 1H15 Manager J. Alexaxdkr Webb Cimch ... Fr.vxk A. Long Captain Irvix S. Sjioffstall Capt. Shoffstall Barsttg ulpam Irvin S. Shoffstall, ' 15 Shortstop Chas. L, R. Myers. ' 15 Left field Howard Evans Center field Ernest Craumer ; . Rig-ht field Frank . lden First base Harr - Schoenly Second base Ralph Maxon Thinl base ( ieorg-e Yocuni Catcher James Lish, 15 Pitcher Clifford Timmons Pitcher Sl-cstitutes Brandt Earhart Frank Craig 181 THE SERPENTINE la0r lall Iputnii 1915 ri H Init three of the positions fiUed, the prospects for the season of 191 3 were far from bright. However, a weahh nf new material turned out and Ijy the time of the first game we were assured that we could hold our own with schools in our class. With I ' lsh as mainstay in the box. and Timmons. a strong relief pitcher to fall back nn, the question of pitchers was soon settled. Then there was Captain Stoffstall. who maile his debut as pitcher in the first Williamson game. Behind the bat Yocum performed like a vet. Shoffstall played short stop in Jack Barry style. With men like Myers, Evans, and Craumer in the outfield, it was difiicult for oi jposing teams to find openings. The first game was cancelled on account of snow. On April 10 we got away to a delayed start by defeating Brown Prep. After defeating West Chester Inde- pendents we lost to Swarthmore College Reserves. Our old rival, Millersville, bowed to ULsh ' s curves on May i, and in the following game we took Williamson into cam]). The schedule and results follow : April 3 Southern Manual ( snow ) Normal 10 Brown Prep 7 Normal 8 14 W. C. Independents. . . .6 Normal 7 17 Swarthmore Reserves.. 7 Normal 6 May I [Millersville 6 Normal 7 8 Williamson 7 Normal 10 29 Williamson i Normal 12 lune 5 Millersville Normal 182 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN 183 THE SERPENTINE Senior Class Baseball Team Junior Class Baseball Team 1S4 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN 1914 Linc-up Seniors Juniors Irwin S. Shoffstall catcher ( leo. Ai. Vocuni James E. Ulsh pitcher Clifford E. Timmons D. L. Haldeman ... first base l ank Craig Edwin T. Cndercul ' Her second Ijase Harry M. Sclioenl}- . rtlnir T. Sigman short stop Ernest Craumer Chas. L. R. Myers third base Brandt Earhart Win. E.. Christman left field Chas. Hocker Erancis Aloyer center field Harry J. Dnnegan A. Xurnian McDannel right field Patrick Lynch J. Ernest McConnell ) ( Carroll Criswell Homer B. Ammerman J Sept. 12 — Seniors 1 6 — Seniors 1 9 — Seniors 23 — Seniors Eueene Wright SCORES- -FALL SERIES . . 8 Juniors 7 . . 3 Juniors 4(5 innings) , . 7 Juniors 4 . . 18 Sophomores . (. 185 THE SERPENTINE It ' s the same old story! The Seniors cleaned up everything-! In the fah of J9i4aseriesofh.asel)allg-ames was arranged between tlie cHtTerent classes of the school. The winner of this series was to he the champion class. The first team to venture a game with the Seniors was the Junior foe. The game was exciting throughout. Ulsh pitched winning ball and would have had an easy victory but for the errors behind him. Numerous long hits by Schoff.stall and Captain Ulsh featured the contest. With the score 6 to against the Seniors Undercuffler sing ' led, driving in the tieing and winning runs in the eighth inning. The series had started and the Seniors were off to a flying start. The Juniors were badly discouraged a? a result of their showing against tlie Seniors, and in the next game, played the following week, they wei ere so overjoyed when one run ahead that they stopped playing. Consequently this game ended in an argument in the fifth inning. Altho the Seniors do not wish to detract from the glory of the victory for the Juniors, they do wish the game to go down as stopped in the fifth inning. Great interest now centered upon the third and deciding game of the series. The Seniors again took the Juniors into camp, this time marching them in to the tune of 7 to 4. ' Idie Seniors worked like veterans, and with Ulsh pitching in his usual form, had an easy time of it. The game between the Seniors and all students not Juniors developed into a farce. The former hung up an early lead. Kirby was driven from the box in the third inning and Dennisson, who followed, was no improven.ient. The enemy could do nothing with the pitching of Ulsh, Myers and Undercuffler. These games gave the Seniors the undisputed fall cham]iionship. CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Relay Team 18 ' ' THE SERPENTINE Track Squad 1 88 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN ©rark 1915 Manager - . Norman McDannei. Coach I ' rank A. Long Caftain Chas. L. R. Myers H. M. SCHOENLV R. YocuM F. Dougherty G. Dennifon G. Perry G. COL ' LSON C. Ostrum C. L. R. AIyers, Capt. Crack 8quad C. HOCKER A. N. McDannel H. Miller C. Steigerwalt G. VOCUM H. Dunegan H. Ammerman W. Andreas Relay ulram Andreas Steigerwalt Sit bs Coulson, UL ' NEGAN lg ■r H w ■■ iA ' ' B [ H i 3 | Capt. Myers R. KArFFMAX R. Ganges H. Pearce H. Reber E. Temple H. Sobral E. Tlirnbaugh I Shoffstall McDannel Myers 189 THE SERPENTINE 1914-1913 ' iHE 1914-15 track season has liteii uiie oi tlie hest that Xiirnial has ever experienced. The first meet of any note was the annua! fall interclass nieetim Wayne l- ' ield October 10, 1914. It was very hotly contested, the 1915 class winning it by hard work. Winter put a stop to most ac- tive training, although some of the fellows worked in the gym. Hardly had the snow cleared away, however, ])eforc the candidates, numbering about 35, re- ported to Coach Long. The indoor meet was held on April 23 and was won by the 1916 class. The following day the relay team, consisting of McDannel, Steiger- walt. Dunnegan. Myers, and Shoffstall, went to Philadelphia and took third place in their race at [he I ' enn Relays. The relay team tlien w;nt to Glen Mills. The ne.xt event of importance was the spring out-door inter-class meet, held May 8, which v. ' as won by the 191 5 class. This gave the Senior class two of the three meets held during the year. The dual meet with Williamson, scheduled for May 29, prom- ises to be as interesting as the meet last year, which was won by Williamson by a sin- gle point. The interscholastic meet was held on May 22. in spite of the fact that it was more an example of submarine warfare than of good running. Atlantic City High carried off the meet with 19 points, with West Chester High second, 16 points, and Normal third, 14 points. Grubb, of Kennett Square, broke the broad jump record with a leap of 21 ft. 2 J in. Our relay team won its race in the l est time of the day. The team was composed of McDannel, Steigerwalt, Myers, and Andreas. McDannel got third place in the 100 yard and 220 yard dashes, while Ganges was second in both of these events. The individual prize went to Hough, of George School, who scored all of his school ' s points — 13. The relay team is sched- uled to go to Swarthmore and is confident of upholding its record. 190 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN 3FaU 3ntpr-ailaa0 (ilrark Mut CClayne field, October i o, 1914 First McDannel, ' 15 Myers. ' 15 Duniiegan, ' 16 ' 15 Craig, ' 16 Haldenian, ' 15 Myers, ' 15 50 YARO DASH Second Tliird McDannel, ' 15 Sboffstall, ' 15 Timnions, ' 16 McDannel, ' [5 100 YARDS DASH Myers, ' 15 ' ocuni, ' 16 220 YARDS DASH Albright, ' 16 Yocuni, ' 16 440 YARDS DASH AlljriglU, ' 16 Strickler. ' ]C, Mn.K RUN Ammcrman, ' 15 Miller, ' 16 HALF MILE RELAY ' 16 ' 17 SHOT PUT ' ociini, ' [() Timnions, ' 16 STANDING BROAD JUMP Timnions, ' 16 McConnell, ' 15 RUNNING BROAD JUMP Haldeman, ' 15 Timmons, 16 POLE ALM.T Temple, Special Uunnegan, ' 1 ' ) Earliarl, ' if) RUNNING HIGH JUMP McDannel, ' 1=; Alclen, ' 17 I ' erry, 16 POINTS SCORED I9I6 — 41 I9I7 — 4 Time 5 4-5 Seconds 1 1 Seconds 24 4-5 Seconds 57 2-5 Seconds 5 niin. i :3,-S sec. I min. 4 ' ) 1-5 sec. Dist., , 7 ft. 1 1 in. Dist., 8 ft., 7i in. Dist., 17 ft. 6 in. Hei ' t, 8 ft. 8 in. Hei ' t, 5 ft. I in. Special — 5 1915 — 58 Highest Tndividnal Scorer McDannel, ' 15, 20 points I ni THE SERPENTINE Gymnaeiutn, Hpril 23, 1915 25 YARD DASH First Second Third Time Schoenly, ' i6 G. Yocmn, 16 Andreas, Si ecial 34-5 Seconds ROPE CLIMB G. Focht, ' 15 H. Dunnegan. ' 17 Coulson, ' 16 02-5 Seconds GIANT STRIDE Slioffstall, ' 15 Temple, Special Andreas, Special Height, 12 ft. HIGH KICK Reed, ' 15 Coulson, ' 16 Shafer, ' i() Height, 7 ft. 8 in. RUNNING HIGH JL ' MP Perry, ' 16 L ' lsli, ' 15 Schoenly, ' 16 Height, 4 ft. loij in. SPRING BOARD JUMP L nch, ' 16 L ' lsh, 15 Schoenly, ' 16 Height, 6 ft .9 in. FENCE VAULT Reed, 15 Wilson, ' 15 Ganges, Special Height, 5 ft. 10 in. SHOT PUT Craig, 16 ] Ienges, 16 H. Dunnegan, ' 17 Dist., 38 ft. 6 in. STANDING BROAD JUMP Ganges, Special Timmons, ' 16 Reed, ' 15 Dist., 9 ft. 11 in. RUNNING BRO. D JUMP Erickson, ' 17 G. Yocum, ' 16 Haldeman, ' 15 Dist., 19 ft. 6 in. New Record. POINTS SCORED 191 5 — 31 1916 — 36 191 7 — ' - Specials — 11 Highest Individual Scorer Reed, ' 15, 11 points CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN spring Jnt r-fflaaa Srark Mttt CQa i ' ne field. jMay 15, 1915 First Ganges. Special McDannel, ' is iMcDannel, 15 Andreas, ' 17 H Dunnegan, ' 16 Craunier, 16 Haldeman. ' 13 Myers, ' 15 Temple, Special Schoenly. ' 16 191.S— . ' Highest Individual 50 YARDS DASH Second Third McDannel, ' 15 Timrncns, ' 16 100 YARDS DASH Ganges, Special Andreas, ' 17 220 YARDS DASH Ganges, Special G. Vocnm, ' 16 440 YARDS PASII McDannel, ' 15 Coulson, ' 16 MILF RUN- Amniernian, ' li Shafer, ' 16 HALF MILE RELAY ' 16 1} SHOT PUT Craig, ' 16 Menges, ' 17 STANDING BROAD JUMP Ganges, Special Tinimons, ' 16 RUNNING BRO. D JUMP G. Yocum, ' 16 Shoffstail, ' is POLE VAULT H. Dunnegan, ' 16 Dougherty, Special RUNNINt; HIGH JLIMP Perry. ' 16 Alden, Special Time ; 4-.S sec. II 1-5 sec. 2.3 4-.S sec. 36 1-5 sec. :; min. 12 sec. I min. 43 sec. Dis. 38 ft. 4 in. Dis. 9 ft. 4 in. Dis. 18 ft. 8 in. Ht. 8 ft. 6 ill. lit. ; ft. 2 in. POINTS SCORED IQ16 — 35 Siiecial — 21 IQ17 — 14 Scorer McDannel, ' 15, 16 points 19.? THE SERPENTINE JutrrBrlmlaBttr (Erark a 3xt{h M tt CClaync field, )VIay 22, 1915 100 YARDS DASH HIGH SCHOOLS First Second Third Time Motley, Atlantic City Sassen, Atlantic City Way, Downingtown ii i-S sec. 100 YARDS DASH NORMAL, I ' REP. AND TECH. SCHOOLS Housh, George School Canscs, W. C.S.N. S. McDannel, ' .C.S.N.S. 114-.S sec. 220 Y. RDS DASH HIGH SCHOOLS Motley, . tlantic City Sassen. Atlantic City Cisler, W.C. High 24 4-5 sec. 220 YARDS DASH — NORM.VL, I ' KEP. AND TECH. SCHOOLS Hough. George School (■angcs, W.C.S.N.S. McDannel, V. C.S.N. S. 232-5 sec. ONE MILE KEL Y CLASS C. Kcnnett Square Parkesburg Marple-Newtown 4.25 2-5 sec. ONE MILE RELAY CLASS B. Abington Tredyffrin-Easttown 414 ,V.S sec. ONE MILE RELAY CLASS A. Vineland Lansdowne West Chester High 4-05,i-.S sec. ONE MILE REL. Y NORMAL. PREP. AND TECH. SCHOOLS West Chester S. N. S. Urexel Institute Wilmington Friends 4.004-5 sec. ONE MILE RUN 1st, Grubb, W.C.H. d. Larkins, Dre.xel , 2d, Shields, W.C.H. 4th, Dunnegan, W.C.N. -19 ' .t sec. POLE VAL LT McDonald, W. C. High Raudenbusch, Downing ' n Williams, A ' ineland Ht., 9 ft., 8 in. KUNNING HIGH JUMP Fairlanib, Dre.xel Inst. Stark, Atlantic City Lee, W. C. High Ht., 5 ft. 4 in. RUNNING liROAD JUMP Grnbh, Kennctt Square Hough, George School Jones, Drexel Inst. Dist.21 ft.2 4 in. ig4 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Senior Boys in Gym 195 THE SERPENTINE Gvni Team 196 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN I uniiirs Perry McConnell, .Vninieniian left tackle Kauffmann Focht kftg i ' .anl Vocum Wilson center Timmons Moyer right giiard Barry Matter right tackle ' ebb Shoffstall right end Dunegan McDannel, Capt (|uarter-hack. Temple M3ers left half-l)ack Shoop Ulsh right half-back Shafer Cliristnian full-back Capt. Craig Si- ' lis ' ebster left guard Earhart Larrabee right end Schnii)e Swartley right tackle ll)right 197 THE SERPENTINE f 0uug Jinm n B Atl|bttr As nrtattnu Officers President. Ilf.rtdine M. Meyer ■ Sccrctarx. Katherine B. Hartmann Treasurer. Mrs. Clyde Ehinger Girls ' Intcr=Class Bashctball S usual, the girls, as well as the boys, showetl much iuterest iu basketball A decided spirit of rivalry existed, especially between tlie Junior and Senior classes. So much competition was aroused that the Girls ' . th- Ictic Associatinii decided to present a haiidsiinie siUer loving ' cup to the champion class team. ' I ' liree games were to be played, and the team win- ning most games was to ])e declared champion. Then it was that the girls showed their l(i} ' alty and spirit. Sara Simonson was unanimously elected cap- tain (if the Senior team with Anna Clausen as manager. The Senior team, with . nna Howell, Katharine Hawthorne, Anna Cliuisen and Blanche Bang as sure goal throwers; Sara Simonson, Beatrice Romig, and llertdine Meyer as guards, well able to cover their cppduents; and l ' !la h ' arrell, Anne llo.xwortli, .Mildred ' I ' lmmas, and Emolita Calloway as cpiick and active centers, soon made its in incible strength known by winning the first two games, therefore making the playing of the third game unnecessary. On l riday evening. April 9, 191 5, at the annual gym. exhibi- tion, our captain was ])resented with the covetetl cup as a sign of our championship. igS ' ' .ti , CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Senior Basket Ball Team 199 THE SERPENTINE Junior Basketball Team CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Senior Groups in Gym THE SERPENTINE Scenes from Junior Class Play CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Cbc princess ' A Miillev. by Alired. Lord Tt-niiNSon THE I ' ROl.OGL ' E .Miss Bi.axciii-: K. Schl ' ltz CllARAC ' l KKS Tlie Princess Ida, Head of tlic Uni crsit - Miss Riitli AI. PascDe Lach Blanche! ,, ,. . , ,. . fMiss Esther Read T , ' V) 1 ( 1 rctessi.rs m ine L ni -ersitv ■■im- ti - t Lady rsyche J - I Wiss Llorence . Lecates Mehssa, Daii.t hter uf Blanche Miss T ' auline . . Mnore Kino ' K:iit. i- ' alhei ' nf the I ' rince ]. Xnniian Stephens Kinu- ( lania, hatlur nf the Princess I ' taxinnnd C W el ster Prince Belrulhed tu i ' e Princess I. i ' lrnest .McCcmnell Prince Arac 1 ,, , ,- i i. ■ I Sidney I. I ' eale ' ,.•,,,, I l.riiihers jt the Prnicess i u n ' i- ii m I wni i ' rolhersj | H. L. Arnniernian. !■. 11. Alnyer Fldrian),. . , . . ,, . I l al])h F. Shoop ,. •, ,rrien( s ot the 1 mice ,,-, , , t, -v, Cyril J [Charles L. K. Alyers Otto. i)f Gania ' s C i irt Edwin T. L ' ndercnfllcr Herald James E. L ' lsh Alaids n the Princess Aliss P.hnulu ' iv. Schnllz. Miss Lillian Al. Rnssell Portresses at the l_ ni -ersit_ ' — Misses A! ir - I. Poherts, Aiarv K. Jones. Ada AL Griffith. ( lladvs Thomas. Act I Scene I. Palace of King ' l urt 11. Palace of Kin, i ' G:nna. in. College Mall in the i ' alace of ill . Princess. Interhule. Oiuirlelte. Sweet and Low Banihy Act hi Scene I. In the Park- of the Princess Song ' . Tears. Idle Tear- (.irahaiii Alis Aliriam M. I leckm ni Scene 11. Xcar the P.alace III. Council 1 l.all of ihe Princess Interlude. . s through the Land Aliss Emily Anderson SVXOPSIS OI ' SCENES Act II Scene ■. Before the Palace of the Princess II. Park near the Palace of the Princess. III. A Terrace near the Prdace of the Princess. Act I - .Scene 1. Between the Camps of King Kurt and King Cjama IL Hall ni Palace of Princess Songs. Home they Brought her War- rior Dead Lindsay Ali- A[ru-garel P.. Davis . sk Ale Xo Alore ' T( .iti Air. Leo B. Reed THE SERPENTINE (Elu ICrrturp Oliiursp nf 1915 1 HE first iiiipiirtant event after tlie Christmas holidays was the liesinning of the Twenty-seventh Annual Lecture Course of this school. It was fortunate for us to have it opened by a no less distinguished ])ersMn than ex-President ' illiani Howard Taf ' i. The chapel was filled long before Mr. Taft took the platform to deliver in his unique wav. the lecture The President, His Duties and Responsibilities. He seemed somewhat out if jjlace. with his immense body behind the small reading stand, bat all outside peculiarities were carried away by the strong personality of the man and — that irresistible chuckle. Apparently care-free and glad to jje away from the White House, and all the v,-orries that are connected with that great office, he told us many interesting inci- dents that occurred during his career as the nations head. He told how at first he was afraid to do anvthing contrary to the wishes of Congress, that independent body of law makers, but later, after hearing himself blasphemed and berated by both parties, he came to the conclusion that as he was the executive it was up to him to exercise his authority as best he knew how. Mr. Taft is not an orator, but he is a thinker. His frequent touches of humor evoked rounds of applause. His finish was extremely strong, and all were satisfied tl ' .at our lecture course was at least successfully begun. The course was resumed one week later by Perley Dunn .Aldrich, who enter- tained us with an evening of classical and popular songs. Mr. Aldrich is not onlv a singer, but also a composer of songs, and the nuniljers best liked were some which he composed. Mr. . ldrich jjreceded each song with a description of it, thus making it more interesting and more thoroughly understood. The third lecturer needed no introduction to most of us, for no one who heard him in iqi-| could forget the attractive personality and oratory of Dr. TliMiuas E. Green. In his lecture, The Forces that Failed, he told us in one evening more real truth aljout the great European War than anv of us knew. He held his audience spell-bound as he unraveled the causes and growth of this great struggle. He dwelt at some extent on the jjossibility of the occurrence of such an outbreak when every nation professed to be planning for peace. Each nation was determined to 20+ CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN have peace if it was necessary to kill half the other nations to get it. Europe ex- ploded because Euro])e was loaded. The only thing necessary for its eruption was tlie addition of an igniting ' s|)ark, and a Serliian student furnished that fatal spark when he shot and killed the Cmwn I ' rince of . ustria. Dr. Green spoke with much feeling on the .separation of Franz-Joseph ' s family. He had three sons who, one Ijy one, were mastered by love and preferred to marry poor girls and let their chances of a future kingdom pass from their hopes, rather than til inherit that kingdom and marry wi es whom their father had chosen for them. When these three sons were gone, for want of better material, h ' ranz-Joseph was compelled to adopt his nejihew as his heir. As soon as the Crown Prince was shot, Austria declared war upon Ser ia, and before the outside worhl knew what had happened all luu ' ope was in a turmoil, and almost every nation was draining her treasury and mustering all a ' ailaljle men so that she, too, might either defend her rights or by some other pretense manage to secure a fine trophy when the final spoils were di ' ided. In outlining the war Dr. Green gave four very simple but far-reaching causes, and defended each cause by describing the characteristics of one or more of the belligerents. The causes given by him are : — ( I ) Race hatred : ( 2 ) Greed : ( 3 ) Revenge 1(4) Jealousy. Every European nation has been for years laying up a score against one or another of her neighbors, waiting for a chance to secure revenge. Russia, Greece and Turkey constitute the characteristic greedv nations. Rus- sia has been continually trying, by fair means and foul, to get a warm-water seajDort. Can we much blame her? When she does break thru her walls of isola- tion she will open the eyes of the world. Turkey always thought she wanted Tripoli as a province until she did get her. But when rri])oli was once secured, Turkey found that .-be had no more to her credit than the I ' niteil States has in the I hilip- pines. In a wa - all his own, Dr. Green pictured to us the terrible heart-breaking scenes known all too well to the people left at home. The real sufferers in this awful catas- trophe are the mothers, the lovers, the old men and the children. Then in a glorious finish he contrasted our tnvn peaceful land to Europe ' s desolation, and paid a splendid tribute to President Wilson. On January 29 .Frederick V. h ' isher brought many beautiful scenes to us in a well-illustrated lecture on The Panama Canal and World Civilization. Mr. Fisher is a forceful speaker. His illustrations of the West, accompanied by his de- .scription of the country portrayed, made his lecture especially attractive. He showed scenes along the southern route to the West and the marvelous Grand Canvon. with its never-ceasing exjjanse of broken and honeycombed plateau. On seeing the tinted rocks and sunlit sky extending over that mass of waste one forgets that it is mere waste and sees it only as a beautiful accomplishment of thousands of years of na- ture ' s never-ceasing toil. The Yosemite Valley, with its marvelous water falls, was also pictured to us in very l eautiful slides. 205 THE SERPENTINE A moving pictur trip along the northern route, with its plains of wild life and wheat being threshed in the field, afforded much interest for lovers of agriculture and God ' s out-of-doors, as well as for lovers of the Movies. We saw moving scenes of work in the Panama Canal, in which the immense machinery that is used cannot helj) hut make one marvel at the wonderful achievements of God through man. Last, but not least, was the site of the Panama Exposition itself, where millions of dollars have been spent and half a hundred nations have erected buildings in which to display their achievements. Even the European War lia. no noticeable eft ' ect in withholding specimens. Those immense masses of masonry and art surrounded by superbly designed gardens make the city of San Erancisco a rendezvous for all classes and nations. And why not? What does it all mean? It means that the Panama Canal has been finished, the Atlantic and Pacific are united, and our great country has accom])lished a work that shall never l e forgotten. Mr. h ' isher left in every one a feeling that the West is not so far away, but is in truth a part of ourselves. He ably accomplished his mission and filled every one with a desire to see the Panama Exposition. About twenty-five Yale boys finished our course with the Yale University Or- chestra Recital. Every one that was acquainted with the leader knew what was com- ing, and all hi didn ' t know him had a pleasant surprise in store for them, for Charlie Martz is a musical wonder. He is an old graduate of West Chester Normal, and won many laurels for himself while here. We consider the Lecture Course of 19 15 the mi st successful ever given at Normal. Homer B. Ammerman. ' i;. 1 206 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Sllfp Art iExhibttion AVE you seen ' The Lonely Cypress ' ? Isn ' t the ' Indian Baby dear? Have you noticed how tiie sunlight brings out the colors in the ' Ducal Palace ' ? Such were the questions heard around the school from the eighth tu the twenty-sixth of January, as we spent our spare hours in the Library at the Art Exhibit. The fifth art exhibit held at the Normal School was a source of great enjoy- ment to the students, townspeople and a number of outsiders. It was an excellent representation of the work of artists who are considered by art critics to rank well to the fore in general ability. To one familiar with the pictures of the day, it was not aifiicult to recognize the characteristic works of these artists. The wintry atmosphere of the Road to New Hoi e, by Edward W. Redfield; the strange and fascinating lighting in the Blue and Gold, by Hugh H. Breckenbridge; the skillfully wrought differentiations of textures in the portrait by Win. Merritt Chase: the brilliancy and bohhiess of color in Joyce, by Martha Walter; the inevitable yellow stockings and parasol in Foxgloves, by Charles W. Hawthorne — all these called (jur attention to the indi- viduality of the artists. But the collection brought to us not so nuich a chance to learn of the names and idiosyncrasies of our artists in subject matter and methods of work, as an opportun- ity to study the characteristic work of this age. W ' e tind that the ideal of this past cen- tury has changed. It is no longer the carefully wrought indoor compositions that are noted for exactness of line and form , and correctness of balance and symmetry. By such pictures as Grand Canal, Venice, by .Annie T. Lang, and the more skill- fully worked Cloud Reflections, by Childe Hassam, we can see that the artist sees primarily the brilliancy of out-doors colors; working out-doors, with patches of pure primary colors placed side by side, he tries to form an effect, which with the blending by the eye, will picture the scene in all its sunshiny brilliancy. .And then in The Fairy Port, by D. Putnam Brinley, we find the change in ideal of composition. The regular symmetry and balance that stands out in the coniiX)sition of the old mas- ters is lost in the picturesque comjwsition where irregularity seems to predominate with a pleasing effect, covering the subtle balance. Many, who at first expressed their dislike for this impressionistic style of paint- ing, found their attitude change as they studied the ])ictures; and they, too, with the artist, saw the I)right color reflections in the water and felt the truth of the vivid patches of color. On the whole, we gained in those few days, an idea of the charac- ter of the prevailing work of our artists, and. in most cases, an understanding of and appreciation for modern methods and ideals in jiainting. Too much praise and gratitude camiot Ije expressed for the inlluence which brought the exhibition into being, the untiring energy and planning of our art teacher. Miss Groome. By her work of this past year, she has gi en us a chance to gain an appreciation for the art that brings with it culture. Edn.x R. Hotchkiss. 207 THE SERPENTINE all)p IlntuprBttij lExt uHton (HantBtB HIS year Dr. Philips, with the aid of some other splendid members of our faculty, brou s ht to West Chester Normal the University of Pennsyl- ania Extension Courses. Great possibilities lie before the future pupils of this Normal if these courses prove to be as successful hereafter as they ha ' e been durino the year just closing. That the course of study offered by a Normal School is one that opens before the youth of our land broad possibilities and awakens in them such sym- pathy for mankind as to enab le them to realize the brotherhood of mankind, is now being recognized by one of the gratest Universities of the world. In June, 1914, the University of Pennsylvania organized a Teachers ' College, hut in the evening, on i Saturdays, and at any time convenient for teachers. The i)rofessors of this School of Education offer their courses not only at the University but at other centres of Ijopulation where classes of considerable size can be formed. West Chester, along with Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg, Williamsport, and a few other large cities, have been made Extension Course centers. More than two hundred students and members of the faculty have l een en- rolled in the courses gi en at the West Chester Normal. For.r of the ablest pro- fessors of the School of Education have come here once a week for two-hour periods of instruction. These have been Dr. Graves, Dean of the Teachers College, who gave a course in Hsitorv of Education. Dr Graves used as a basis of his lectures his own books — History of Education During the Middle Ages, and History of Ed- ucation in Modem Times. Anyone who took this course cannot but feel that he has received such knowledge and inspiration as will enalile him to carry away from this school a fullness that he can share through life. Prof. Rohrljach offered quite as interesting a course in Geography, bringing to us the knowledge of the bigness and true meaning of his subiect. Dr. Howland offered an equally inspiring course in Medi ' e al Histi)rv. The fourth course was on Modern Social Problems, by Dr. Lichtenburger, and was offered during the second semester onlv. This seems to l)e the crowning achie ement of the year. Although all the classes have been fairly well attended, this one is very large, and everyone is loud in his praise of the work of the Professor in charge. Arrangements are already being made to increase the numi er and variety of University Courses offered next year at the Normal School. The list will, if possi- ble, include courses in Sociology. Social Economics, Geography, European History, History of Education, English Literature, Educational Psychology, and Principles of Education. l he dream of e -erv lover of the Nonual School is that the interests of the I ' ni- versity and of the Normal School may in the future be more closely allied ; that stu- dents here may carry side by side Normal and University courses : that Normal standards may continue to be so high as to merit full Universitv credit for all courses given by our professors : and that the Degree in Education may be obtained by all Normal graduates on the completion of two years more of resident work at the School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania. Eliz. beth Mayhew, ' i5. 208 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN O T3 2og THE SERPENTINE CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN ®1| Waalimgtnu (Frtp |0 WASHIXCrOX, seemed to be the chief thuut ht of two-thirds of the Senior class for ahout two weeks before the stated time for our tri]). Alter ag ' es of waitiiii; , tiic long looked-for da - arri ed. I ' eljruary iN, H)i . and ])ro -ed to he one of exceptionally tine weather, planned especially for our class trip. Ahout si. -thirt ' Thursday morning we gathered our suit cases, uml)rellas. and lunches and started for the station, amid the cheers and good wishes of the remaining school. Of course we had to ha e some excitement hefore we de- l)arted. so Anna Butler forgot her traveling hag. and discovered the lack of it just a few minutes liefore the train ])ulleil out. Exactly at seven, true to our schedule. the train started for the first city of the land. We enjoyed the Ijeautiful scenery of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland ery much, and as the trees were leaf- less we had a hroad view of the country, ( )n the way the Ixiys had the terrible mis- fortune of losing their lunch, which caused a great deal of anxiety among the crowd, but after a long search it was found and peace was restored. We arri -etl at the Grand Union Station at 10.30 and went at once to the Capi- tol. There we met our g ' uides and were taken thru the building in small groups. We were shown the wontlerful paintings and nun al decorations, which make our Ca])itol so beautiful. We were taken thru the most important rooms and chaml ers in the building. The most unique was the President ' s room, wliich contained two nn ' rrors facing each other, apparentlv filling the room with nniltiple reflections of our crowd. It was in the Capitol that we had the pleasure of shaking liands with Vice-President Marshall and Hon. Champ Clark. After watching the Senate con- vene, most of our partv walked to the top of the dome. There we got a close view of the beautiful |)aintings. and at the same time enjoyed the wonders of the whis- pering gallery. Some of the part} ' wonder why the boys were so ([uiet there. The review of the city from the dome was worth the exertion, and most of ns were sorry our time there was so limited. The next ])lace of interest was the Congressional Library, whicli of itself is a wonder. After sta ing there a short time, we went back to the Ca])itol steps, where we had our pictures taken. From there we took sight-seeing autos to Arlington. . fter that we were taken to the Metropdliian Hotel, which was to be our stopping |)lace for the next two da ' s. . fter diimer the part ' separated and x ' isited several |)laces of interest. i ' rida - seemed to be our full day. as ue hurrietl from early until late to see ]:laces. We visited the Pan-American Building, the Ihiilding of the Daughters of the American Revi ' lution. and the War. State and Navv Fhiilding. There we met . THESERPENTINE Secretary Daniels and Secretary Bryan. After being taken thru the Treasury Build- ing, we went to the White House, where we were met l)y President Wilson. After his rece])tion we were sIkiwii the private parlnrs. We considered this quite a favor, as we were the first class granted this privilege. In the afternoon we went thru the New Museum and saw the famous Roosevelt collection of African animals. We then saw the Corcoran . rt Gallery and later -isited the Washington Monument. .Many of us walked to the top and felt |uite jiroud of our efforts. Later in the after- noon we visited the gun works and saw how L ' ncle Sam ' s cannon are made. We then went to the Xavv Vard and were taken thru the President ' s pri ate yacht. Friday evening many made up theatre parties, while others found the Library a wonderful place at night.. Saturdav was our last, but in no way the least important, day in Washington. In the morning we went thru the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and saw how our stam])s and money are made. We then visited the Old Museum. The after- noon was the time set apart for the Mount Vernon trip. The weather was tine and the trip on the ri er was wonderful. Some of the part ' cannot imagine why some of the girls found it so interesting (:)n the top deck. Can the boys explain? Mount ' ernon is wonderful, and it is an inspiration to anyone to visit the home of the Father of His Country and to see the house in which he lived and the trees that he i Ianted so many years ago. Our time at that ] oint was entirely too short, as we had to l a e long before we were ready. When we arrived at Washington our train was waiting for us, and promptly at six o ' clock pulled out for West Chester. We were tired and hungry but very happy. W e had seen W ' ashington during beautiful weather and felt inspired for our tasks when we should reach school again. 1die future Senior classes may go to Washington, but we are sure they can not have a better time than our class of 19 15. M. RY I. Roberts. CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN (ElaBB ' IB m L ' ST appeariiio- on tlie threslmlil Of our little world serene, Working with a force untold of, Stands the sturdy class sixteen. All prepared to meet the conflict That hard tasks are sure to bring. We are waiting with the verdict: Serve the cause, nor count the sting! Three long years we ' e struggled upward, Upward on that path which leads Higher still to greater glory. Pausing not for useless needs. One more year we have before us. One more vear in which to strix-e F or the goal which is our longing. And for which we sacrifice. And if at last we reach that place, And meet our ideal face to face, Ma - we meet with this desire : To raise our ideal high — still higher! As up the ladder, round liy round, ' e slowl}- mount from the lowlv ground If we sometimes halt and hard it may seem. Remember our motto: Follow the gleam. ] LVRG. RET R. DkENN. X, ' iO. 213 THE SERPENTINE A Mnrb to tl|f (Sllass K ancient days Success and Education were distant relatives, and in many instances even refused to greet each other. In the course of civiHzation tliese two distant relatives grew to be more and more closely related, and are now finally regarded as husband and wife. X j closer relation- ship exists. At ])resent the union of Success and E(lucatic:)n is considered so indispensable that fre(|uently either fails to maintain its existence withnut the iither. . nyone with- out an education is considered an incomplete being ; anyone without success is a failure ; one without both success and education is a parasite. How does education affect success? In order for anyone to succeed in life he must possess the following virtues : Resolution, Self-reliance and ' ill-] (iwer. In one he must be persistent in the effort to keep up witli the world ' s re(|uirements. Any person possessing these virtues may ascend the highest threshold in life. This is true with the illiterate as well as with the educated person. What education does for that person is helping him organize, classify and systematize his thoughts or ideas and method of procedure, thereby guarding him against lilunders and assuring his success. This is no doul:)! a great advantage of the educated over the illiterate. On the other hand any educated person lacking the virtues mentidiied above rarelv, if ever, contributes to the world ' s ad ancement, any more than a book on the shelf III) more in use. The difference between the cultured person minus the essential means of living invcjlving success and the i;)ne lacking both means of li -ing and culture is, that the former may indirectly keep himself afioat, v.hile the latter is entirely dependent on others. ' I ' he bird, the tree, the plant, and e erything in the uni erse Ijut God, is inferior to man, but more fortunate and content, l.iecause they a ' ail themselves of the oppor- tunities and privileges afforded them 1)y nature. It is not so with man. Men fre- quently meet and stumble over opportunities, but regain their I ' eet and away they speed. Thus men divide themselves into two classes: the active, those who are awake; and the inactixe, those who are in a state of slumber. Both the active and the inactive are born free and e(|ual, that is so far as the right to live and enjoy the world ' s offers are concerned. The acti e person plunges into the world, joins its ranks with all the enthusiasm at his command, and devotes his life as a tool to tlie world ' s uplift, while the inactive person enters the world with a career of indifference and contrib- utes nothing to the world ' s improvement. All men are born free and e(|ual. . 11 men, l)Ul tlmse physical deficient or im- paired, are endowed with ecpial privileges and opiiorlunities to accept the world ' s 214 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN offers, ami in return ci)ntril)ute to its uplifl. ( )f course the will-puwer to comply with the world ' s recfuest rests entirely with man. These irtues, Self-reliance, Will- power and Res(.)lution, all men ou.i iit to jiossess. Even those mentally and pliysically deficient cnight not entirely ahandon them. Why do men with the same rights of life, with the same ])ri -ileg ' es and oppor- tunities, and with the same physical and mental conditiinis, resort voluntarily into two tli isions, active and inactive beings, and result in an accumulation of wealth on one side and an accumulation of paupers on the other. If one can do a certain thing, accomplish a certain purpose in life, any one else, under similar conditions, ought to be able to do likewise. He ought to at least exert his attempts to the limit of his ability, and not remain indifferent with envious eyes. The idea or argument that a certain person possessing all the -irtues and re- (|uiretl conditions essential to success in life, yet lacks the ability to accomitlish any- thing on account of lack of opporlunitv, is a ery absurd belief. Opportunities are here and there and everywhere. All that is necessary for anyone to do is to have self-reliance, determine to extend a hand of welcome; and opportunity bowing with all the manners of a lortl, surrenders with a bid of good morrow. To illustrate this fact, think of the creature hi for years, helpless and hope- less, suddenly thr(.)Ugh some external influence, abandons his hopeless career, enters a law, medical, business or -ocational school. In the C(iurse of se ' eral years what a remarkable transformation takes place. A hopeless pauper turned into a successful profession or lousiness, where, if not through some external influence, that person would not have altered suddenly his career, he would ha -e been in the same hopeless condition as before. ' i ' hink of S])iuoza, . braham Lincoln, Benjamin I ' ranklin. Baron De Hirsli! All these men did was nu rely to avail themseh ' es of the opp(jrtunities afforded to every one. There is no need of better illustrations than these. Of course, it is rare for any two luen uuiler similar conditions to accomplish exactly tiie same in e -er - respect. But if there is a di -iding line it has no business to be l etween wealth and pauperism if everj ' one does his duty. The world with its immense treasures offers its occupants immense opportuni- ties, and only through organized, classified and .systematic thinking can they be se- cured. The accumulation of wealth through educational aid is not of primary import- anc e. There are far higher and nobler ideals and jiroblems circulating our atmos- phere, which but vainly attract the attention of the niinorit ' : and e en tlie minoritv lia ' e ' ery little time for a noble ideal. The majoritv, or m.asses, ha e as et not reached that educational and intellectual iihase of life to realize the necessity of sup porting those problems so ital to the maintenance and elevation of civilization. In brief, the world, allliough in its adolescent stage, its development is being re- tarded by the -arious continuous blunders of its occupants. If there is anything to be done worth while, it is to contribute lo ihe remed -ing of its defects. THESERPENTINE To acomplish this great task Unity and HarniDny must prevail, and must co-operate with Educatidn. In so far as we now know, both harmony and unity proved complete failures throughout the civilized Orient, and rarely do both prevail in any community. Let us. therefore, this year ' s class, Not allow a moment pass; But show to the world that unity can exist. Even harmony forever, if we persist. And of all noble ideals ourselves to avail ; Also of all opportunities that prevail. Beginning with this generation. And with the aid of education, With the help of self-reliance and resolution. Supported by will-p(jwer and determination. Can well uplift and uphold any just cause. But a just and noble course we must forever shield. And achieve more than ten million men in battlefield. Let us then, this class, bear in mind and not forget, That a great deal to accomplish we must expect. Abr. iM IL H. Kien. 210 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Moore Debatini; Team Moore Essayists 217 THE SERPENTINE Field Classes 218 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Slip rninr Ifi I xht r liad l)eg un to snow, ami l)y night the gal)les of the gym. were covered with a thick rol e of ermine. Two girls went to bed that night, and from the tlepth.s of the co ers came a muffled vnice: Maybe we ' ll have our sleigh ride. Strange to say, these two girls dreamed the same dream, and in that dream the Seniors had a sleigh ride. On that Friday afternoon everylxidy bagged Torture. Even some of the faculty were in eigled into cutting classes. It had been arranged to have Gunkle Smith meet them at the corner of High and L ' nion Streets with bob sleds and white mules. Long before the appointed time the girls were waiting at the church, and at 3. i 5 every one who intended to go was there. . 11 the cases made a dash for one sleigh, and in that sleigh what a crowd there was ! First Prof. Greenwald gallantly assisted his lady-fair into the sleigh. (That case de ' eloped when Billy Sunday was here. ) The next [tair was D. R. Porter and Muff Mackissic. ( It was so nice that D. R. had a muff . ) Then came the others — Lloyd Buchman and Ida Read, Shof- fie and Julia Tobin ( they were the cutest couple ), Loose and Bert (influential members of the faculty ), Olin Evans and Estelle Williams, George Focht and Mary Borthwick, Beulah Scholl and Leo Reed, Paul Bergv and Ernily Bickle ; last, but not least, were the long and short of them, Aliss Streeper and Mr. W ' ooiUey. ( This case developed on the skating pond this winter. ) The other sleighs contained the unclaimed l lessings. For instance, Pauline and Ern hatl ha d a spat that day, Norman and Ilelene would not look at each other, Mary Shields and Edwin L ' ndercuffler had disagreed o -er the love aft ' air u Dido and Aneas ; Mary Walker and b sther Read ' s male friends did not belong to the Senior class, so they went together, out of sympathy. Mary ' s man was afraid he could not be home in time to milk the cows. Esther came near not going at all, l e- cause she wanted to stay and help sho -el paths on High Street. Finally the party started. Marjorie Purdy fell out of the sleigh, so they left her in a drift with I ' harlie Patten her. When the} ' g ' ot to Lenape, they vacated the sleighs and took to dancing. Prof. Greenwald starring in the fox(y) trot. Those not caring to dance, skated — for instance, Syd Williams and Charlie Myers, Mary Roberts and . bie Kein. and so on. . t length the ])arty left Lenape, and on the way home stopped at the Mansion House for a turkey dinner — Doc ' s treat — after which everyone was allowed to go to the movies, the sleighs conveying them to the Idle Hour. The mo -ies were at last over, the lights came on and — the girls woke up. The snow had turned to rain!! One Who Knows. 219 THE SERPENTINE With apologies to Longfellow T I LL me not in solemn cadence. That I flunked that old exam. ; I ' or I wasted all my patience Rules into ni}- head to cram. Work is real ! Work is earnest ! Idle cramming is for naught. Dumb thou art, and dumb remainest, For thy learning can ' t be bought. Not commencement, nor diploma, Is our destined end or way ; But State Board examinations ! Fis for these we work and pray. Days are long, but terms are fleeting, And no schools are yet in view ; And directors by not meeting Put the Seniors in a stew. O, the little one-roomed school house. Where we hope to be next year ! Yet the thought of lea ' ing Normal Makes us waste a precious tear. Trust no grades, howe ' er assuring, .Summer school is still ahead : Work, work, though unalluring. Drives us ever from our bed. Lives of old maids all remind us. What the future has in store; Then with sad regret we ' ll wish for Those exams, we flunked before. Those e.xams. which manv another. Cramming for with might and main: Seeing us successful schoolmarms. Bravely shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing. With a heart for any fate ; Hoping for a handsome husband, Ve will learn to watch and wait. Z2a CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN (El}t Bnttt rrutr (Eluli Whereas, We have been well and often reminded of the rule that students of the opposite sex shnuld not meet, walk or ride together. and since se eral stu- dents have manifested spirit and nerve enough to defy Dr. Philips and boldly write without a whimper their names in that awful Black Book, we of the Class of 191 5 Rcsol-i ' i That in this Class-book shall be kejjt an e -erlasting record of the most prominent champions of Cupid ' s cause, so that as, we in our later years, leaf over this volume we will be alile to recall again in our minds ])airs that were most closely associated at Xormal, and who so commendably upheld the cause which is now. and always will be, in spite of constant week-long vacations, so nobly car- ried on. D. R. Porter Alexander Webb Charles Patton Herman Brubacher Charles L. R. Myers James Clsh Homer Ammerman Lloyd Buchman J. Norman Stephens Ralph Shoop rL ' ndecided Reliecca Greenburg Its. Alexander Webl) E. Marjorie Purdy Irene Randall Rickey Hackman J Alarion Walter . nybody l)a ' is kids Elsie Jones Helen Ross ( off and on, mostly oft ) Madge Stemple THE SERPENTINE f Club ♦ Motto — Think twice before you speak, then speak to yourself. Pass Words — I ' .D.O. (free translation — put down question). Promoters of Rashness Honorary Past Grain! Master R. F. Anderson Past Grand Master V. H. Starkey Grand Master Molly Grugan future Past Grand Master Doc I. H. Loose Committee on histiirbance A.D.Croniwell. M.Vh., Chairman Erwinna Price Elizabeth Criley. ' 77 Elvira Speakman Mary Howard Catharine Faust Helen Mohr Hubert Harkins Georgie Focht George Dague Grenville Menges Pop Gutljrod Al e Kein Custodian of Chafing Dislies Charlotte N. Hardee Custodian of Candles Esther AI. Groome Custodian of Playing Cards D. R. Porter Committee on J ' entihition Wallace Peter Dick, Chairman. Smith Burnhani J. Xorman Stephens li.veeutiz ' e Committee on Rules — Prof, T. Fred W ' oodley Committc on Cliurch Atteiulanee Mrs. F. PL Starkey, Chairman Harriet H. Baldwin Jessie Woodward Hargis Office Boy — George AL Philips Place of Meeting— Miss Groome ' s Hall Time of Meeting— g.6i P.M. Qualifications for Membership — One disciplinary office call; or Trip to Talley ' s during study period. Total membership, 666. (Minutes in Black Book open for inspection from 6 . M. to 10 P.M. daily.) 222 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN C5l|p Nambg fambg Muatral ianJii| Qllub Members — Vocallettes and Instrunientalilies. Mntto — Make a Noise. Qualifications fin- Warblers — Good l)reatliin,e apparatus. Free mouth and jaw luovenicnt. Apparatus — Mirror. Baby Grand ( occasionally ). Key to unlock jaws. Bellows and oxygen pump. Room 6 by 8. Rules of Order — Never nund what the other fellows are doing. Keep in your own practice room. Conscientiously devote one jjeriod to the making of tuneful melodies. Don ' t worry about harmony. Have windows open to ])ermit musi- cal .sounds to float to other regions. BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS Time— 7.45 A.M.— 8.45 P.M., daily. 7.45 Margaret Davis Te-re Te-ro Songs of Homer 8.45 Emily . nderson Down on the I ' ' arm 9.30 Norman Stephens Eileen, My Eileen 10. 1 5 Helen Heilman When you wore a tulip t i.oo Anna Butler T am a projjcr chaperon 1 1.45 Mildred Brosius The Tea Party 145 Khoda W ' illey Just a- ' earyin ' fur Vou 2.30 Martha Stokes Take Me Back to Old Cornell 3.15 Leo Reed There, Eittle Girl. Don ' t Cry Sick Benefits — Pleasure of lying a-bed and hearing business jirncedures. Honorary Members — Emily Dunn, Ir in Shoffstall. Mary Walker, Eihvin Under- cuffler. 223 THE SERPENTINE B ..M .-.r  Scenes familiar to all 224 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Scenes not so familiar •225 THE SERPENTINE Wm Npui ICtbrarij ' The Heart of Rome The Cicero Class Idle Thoughts of Idle People The Class Book ' Half a Rog-ue Shoffstall ' Affairs of State Senio r Class Meetings ' The Fighting Chance . Exams. The Younger Set The Juniors ' Twice-told Tales Excuses ' The Last Hope P ' ass Exams. ' Better Times Vacations ' The Lost Chord Vocal Music Class ' To Have and to Hold A low pitched xoice ' The Problem • ■ . . . ' hat to wear class night ' Great t ' xpectations That our Class Book will be the l)est ever ' A Lady of Quality Ruth Pascoe ' Samson Agonistes .. Geo. Focht (5l|f iluatral Olabinrt ' Mutt and Jeff Mauv 1!oktuwick and Bessie Plank ' Two Hearts that Beat as One Leo Reed and Emily Bickel ' Evergreen New Students ' Peg o ' My Heart Margaret Finegan ' Humoresque Georgie Focht ' The Trained Nurse Mabel G. Kessler ' Tipperary Mary Mary .- . Daley i26 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN 1 J A 3 m OIlaBH taltBltra Our ivalking dicfiouary RaynnnH H ' rhtfn- The most artistic The Artist Staff of T HE Serpentine The biggest bluffer Charles L. R. M_vers The most religions Kathleen Lord The soberest M vrtle Grimm . Dot Ives The silliest ......•• • • f Edith Samson , , J Anna Arnistro)! The strongest , „ , , 1 Barljara Armstron i 7 [ Mary Armstrong The not iesf Blanche Banc The smallest Edna Mae Kl ine ( Klein ) The nost xvidely hiioz . ' n in affairs of state .W. Jnison ' Anna Potts Florence S])eddon Mary Skeen Sara Pyle Jessie Blackburn The man haters Ruth Wanzel Edith Heinold Blanche Bang Beatrice Romig Helene Ross Etc. Shoffstall Myers The xi. ' oman haters McDannel McConnell Christman Reed Haldeman Brubacher One zvho sarors of London . Mar} ' Fogg 227 THE SERPENTINE Home Life 228 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Stray Leaves from the Catalog of S. N. S. in 1955 22g THE SERPENTINE EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNUAL VIEW -of the— Pennsylvania State Normal School — for the — FIRST DISTRICT WEST CHESTER, PA. -1955- 19B5 F. Everard Temple, Printer West Chester. Pa. Page 1 2,10 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Iflari at (LvixBtnB President Seymour Cromwell J ice-Presiclent Hugh Arthur Bell Secretary-Treasurer Gilbert Castro Enrique M.del Sobral C. Herbert Greenwald, Jr. Robert F. Anderson, Jr. Wallace Larrabee, 2nd SteK ' ard — John R. Hollinger, 2nd Matron — Blanche Schultz QIIlP (JIalpnbar 1st Se)iiester Sept. 17th — First Term Bills due. Nov. 3r(l to Dec. 2d — Thanksgiving recess. Dec. 13th to Jan. i ith — Christmas recess. Jan. 14th — Junior Ho]). Feb. 14th — Valentine Tango. Feb. 15th to 25th — Washington ' s Birthday recess. Feb. 30th — Recitation day, and Semester ends. Jiut Semester Mar. 1 2th — Matriculation. April 1st to 2 1 St — Easter Holidays. May 1st — Senior Dance. May 9th — Faculty Snapshots. May loth — Baccalaureate Sernmn. May I Ith to June 13th — Senior Vacation. June 15th — Presentation of Di])lomas. June 1 6th — Semester ends June 30th tu July 3rd — State Board Examinations. Jul - 4tii — Pyrotechnics. Pages 2.3 i THE SERPENTINE Princif al Reds Tully, M.Ph,, B.S. Preceptress Ruth Martin Pascoe, B.E. Director of Gymnasium Pop Gutbrod, M.D. Drawing. History of Art Jas. M. Richards Department of Latin Virgil Clark Book-keeping and Penmansliip D. R. Porter. LL. D. Siihriologv. Rural School Problons A. L. SUHRIE Music, Voice Culture Helen Marr Hileman, Mus.B. Violin and Snare Drum William Henry Strickler Social Etiquette Grace Dietrich McCarthy Official Chaperon Eleanor Starkey Story Telling George Washington Focht Elocution Elizaueth Mayhew Department of Mathematics Robert F. Anderson Physical Training Ilertdine Margaret Benertdine Meyer Masters of Dancing Abram Herman H. Kein Adella Cohen Aeronautics Edna Pyle Registrar John Paul Bergey Night Watchman — Lloyd Buchman Janitors — Lee E. Schrope. Pat J. Lynch Elevator Boy — Cletus Farabaugh Landscape Gardener — Molly Grugan Head Waiter — Grenville A. Menges Page 6 232 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Eulrs nf Irhauinr I — Students are not cunsidered nieniljers oi the schuol until after ma- triculation. 2 — Students must not over-study. ( An huur uf deliberation is worth a second of study. ) 3 — Students nnist be off the campus during study hour. Compulsory attendance at the Muvies is re |uired four nights a week to econo- ■ mize lights. 4 — Mimecigraphed excuses can be secured from the purser for a nominal price. 5 — Disorderly conduct is encouraged within the buildings. If the rooms are not satisfactory change them and hand in th; bill U the Steward ' s department. o- If meals are nijt satisfactory a suflicient reimbursement will be fur- nished fi)r meals in the town. ( M— Xo restrictions as to stimulants. They w ill be on sale every day in the l)ook-room. f S All buililiugs are open to the students at all times. ; — Young ladies may secure male escorts fn m the office in the Boys ' Dormitory upon refpiest. lo — All students nuist be able tn swim for their dii)lomas. Page 20 2.U THE SERPENTINE QIourafB Q flfi rpJi Book-keeping and Penmanship — Porter System used ; arm movement. Our instructors aim to make the course interesting as well as ornamental. Dancing — All the modern dances taught, including Hydroplane Dip, Mono- plane One-step, Biplane Trot, and the Aeroglide. For the more conservative we offer Auto Hesitation, The Jitney Hug, and the Minuet Tango. Our first aim is reduction of corpulence. ' iolin and Snare Drum — Latest Ragtime by a competent instructor. Social Etiquette — We attempt to teach the latest slang expressions and encourage knocking. Draz ' ing — Emphasis is laid on drawing one ' s breath, pay, a crowd, in fact everything not extremely artistic. Physical Training — Special attention is paid to the promotion of all card games. All strenuous games like base ball, basket ball, foot ball, etc., are dis- couraged. Music — ■ Students will have ample opportunity to learn how to play the vic- trola, pianola, etc. Emphasis is also laid on cheer leading. Story Telling — We believe that fairy stories are detrimental to children ' s morals, and consequently have substituted Blackstone ' s Commentaries. Aeronautics — This course is open to those who have attained sufficient degree of academic training in flights of fancy. Bi-n.onthly demonstrations on Wayne Field. Page 46 234 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN SENIORS Cecilia Foley Mahanoy City, Pa. ' ihonias Lewis Shenandoah, Pa. Hiiljert Harkins Delta, Pa. Priscilla Cho Ciios Philadelphia, Pa. Pauline Fiddler ' onielsdorf, Pa. Aline Corwin Philadelphia, Pa. Betty Beaumont Scranton, Pa. Esther Loftus Scranton, Pa. Ji)hn J. Albright Shartlesville, Pa. Claude E. Miller, Jr W ' yomissing, Pa. Frank A. Long Boston, Mass. Harold A. Pearce West Point Pleasant, N. Frank Alden Long Branch, X. J. Mark Hoffman New Tripoli, Pa. Ralph ALixson West Point Pleasant, X. Ethel Sauerhammer Tanevtown, Md. Peg Seigfried Easton, Pa. Esther Read Smyrna, Del. Lillian Perry Brooklyn, Pa. George A. Dague Honeybrook, Pa. Harry M. Schoenly Mlentown, Pa. Otto Teitelmann Ratlnor, Pa. Eugene Wright Honeybrook, Pa. Pauline .Agnes Moore Philadelphia. Pa. Page 163 23S THE SERPENTINE An Mtni Mtnn for a lay ' s Mmia (Suggested by Served in Breakfast — 6.30 to 7.43 A.M. Maple Make-, with 24 carat cream. Grape ( niit or Oranges. Steak ( in .season ). Potatoes a la Hollint er. Cinnamon Bnns. Coffee, Tea, or Cocoa (with cream ). Breakfast Mints. Finger Bowls. ToothjMcks. LuiieJieon — 10.15 tn w.oo A.M. Crackers and Cheese or Peannt But- ter. Tea, Iced ( with lemon ). ) Dinner — 1J.30 to 1.45 P.M. Consomme. Club Sandwicii. Lettnce. Chicken a la new cook ; or Pork Chops. Mashed Potatoes. Ice Cream and Cake. Olives and Pickles. Lemonade or (irape Juice. L ' -All-No After Dinner Mints. Finger Bowds. Toothpicks. Ten Hungry Boys.) Normal Cafe. 3 O ' elock Luncheon hdake Wafers. Pasty Cake. Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Dates, Figs, etc. Iced Tea. Toothpicks. .V z ' irr— 6.30 to 8.00 P.M. Bonllion. Oysters ( in season ), Chicken and Waffles a la Head Waiter. Asparagus. French k ied Potatoes. Strawberries, Peaches or Apricots with cream. Coffee, or Blue Robbon. 9 P.M. LnneJieoii — 9.00 to 10.30 P.M. Kellogg ' s Toasted Corn Flakes. Pickled Peacock ' s Hearts. Canned Cherries a la Girls ' Canning Club. CofTee or Cocoa a la Normal stvle. - pples or Peanu ts. Chicklets, Goose-quill Tooth Picks. Belle Meade Sweets or Lowneys. (This Menu v as awarded 15 Gold Medals at The Panama-Pacific Exposi- tion Patents secured in U.S.A., Canada, Norway and Sweden, Borneo, New Zea- land, Germany, and Afghanistan.) 236 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Srfnrmpft S p Un west Chester college. West Chester, pa. apr. 13, 1956 deer Pop Bein ' as i have allmost finished my coarse at this hear ciilleg ' e in writin ' and langege i thot I wimld write to you ]:)efor gradiating _ ' tell ymi sum uf thu things I lerned. the teechers hear aint as gude as when you tuk yure coarse hear in 191 5. Sum are verry nise espeshally those who write there names with a ' 15 on the hack, i suppos you kno the stout lady wcjt they call precepress I mene the lady that gives excuses for girls to go to the laundry fridays, Miss Pascoe ' 15 I herd her say she knu you well that you wer only tryin ' to act smart with the gurls when you was hear. I gess she nows. Georgie h ' lxdit ' 15 is good tu me. he heljis me to hag classes when I hax ' e teethakc. I like to here him tell storyes. I ha ' nn trublile with the principle yet but their ain ' t no telling what may okur. My. Ijut his hare is redd. Did you kno Gutbrod, ' 36. he ' s a poor fish that tries to teach us to play some old gams like bais bal and tennes. he don ' t kno nothin ' alxjut the nu games like shut- tle cock and craj). Pop did you ever here of larkin,. it is ] laid on the campus betwen 7 and ten. Abe Kien says you kno what it is. ou calk! it country clubbing in ' 15 when you was hear. We diiu ' t ne er have no eggsaminashuns hear no mor. the teechers tak hour daley mar.x. The nu $100,000.01 chappile wuz dedikated last weak. . fella namd Lewis who gradiated hear last yere spoak, and Reed the opera singer sang a nu song kalld Be a Hero. It was grate and we awlcrid when he was threw. He sed Eddie Underkuftler tot it to h mn wen Joidan wuz here in 1915. pop you auto to kum down hear 4 kommensemeant bekaws yur class is going 2 hav a Reunyun. Yur president and his wife (nee Ross ' 15) are kuming down 4 it also others etc. Well pup it is ncnv 3 a. m. and the bell has ringed for us to go tu bedd and 1 must clothes with much luv. your Sun. WlLI.U.M. P.s. I knead sum dciugh. Send it quick I)ekaws .Aryan is soon hear and I want tu tak m - kase tu it. 237 THE SERPENTINE Prnrppliinga of tl; (Erimtnal Qlourt of the llpiit OIl)fHtfr BtnU Normal rlpnl Chief Justice— Geo. Morris Philips, Ph.D., LI..D., G.M.P. Associate Judges — F. H. Starkev, R. F. Anderson District Atorney — 1 . Fred Woodlev Defendant Attorney — F. H. Green Jury — Herbert P. Greeinvald, 1 ' orenian, Aniljrose L. Suhrie, Frank H. Newman. Samuel Christian Sclimucker. J. C. Poiesz, Anna S. Raymond, Katharine Denworth, Charlotte Halgrini, F. A. Long, Ella Johnson, Isadore Cropsey, Amanda Streeper. Court Crier — Arthur D. Cromwell Clerk of C()((rf,s-— Elizajjetii Criley, ' 77 Court Steiiogral her — Bertha S. Cavanagh Tipstaffs — Jerry, Joe, Charley, David ■ Record of Cases for fiscal year ending June 24. 1915. Commonwealth vs. Ella Farrell. Verdict, guilty: sentence, two weeks. Hubert Harkins vs. Ain ' t-you-Wduldu ' t. Verdict, not guilty ; cost on plaintiff. C ndercuffler, Christman, Schoenly Co., vs. Philips. Disagreed. Bill Strickler vs. Excuse. Verdict. Guilty; sentence, one week. John J. Albright vs. Rules. Verdict, guilty: sentence, exiled. Julia Tobin vs. Roommate. Verdict, guilty; electrocuted. Kitty Hawthorne vs. Hughes. Verdict, guilty; sentence, Black Book. 238 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Daff ' dils If Clarissa pinchefl lier would . nne Howell? If Emily asked him. would Leo Reed? If Pauline likes doughnuts, does Ernie like Moore? Is Raymond called Lizzie l ecause Webster is feminine? If the day were not Eehr antl Mabel wanted to go out in the Eogg would Edith Lauer? If during a Grim battle, the general heard a Bang would he send out a Scout ? By Girls of 1915 CClitb Hpologice to Josiab Gilbert RoUand God give us men ! A place like this de- mands strong minds, loving hearts, true faitli, and ready arms. Men whom the wrath of the office can- not kill. Men whom rewards for squealing cannot buy. Men who possess opinions and a will. Alen who have good reps : who will not spy. Men who can stand before jiedagogues and Damn their false accusations without winking. 1 all men. small men. who look among the crowd Eor dancing eyes and ready smiles. 239 THE SERPENTINE ®l|f mioxs i ' oltloquij (With apologies to Shakespeare.) ) wear them, or not to wear ihem, that is the question: Whether ' tis hetter for the class to suffer The coiu])laints and disapproval of friends and faculty, Or to take arms against a host of troubles, And at great cost to end them? What! Caps and gowns! Oh, yes : and by this step to say we end The contention and the thousand petty varieties The Hesh is heir to, — ' tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. What ! cajjs and gowns ! Oh, yes; perchance ' tis well; ab, there ' s the rub; For in those caps and gowns Imw hot it niav be. When we have sacrificed all comfort to them Must give us pause : there ' s the respect. That makes calamity of so great a strife: For who would bear the quips and jeers of friends. The scorn of college grads, the Doctor ' s disapproval, The pangs of disprized beauty, unallayed, The indignant smile of those who view Our action as they do a petted child ' s ' ho must me humored? WTio would such abuses bear. To sigh and sweat in caps and gowns ; But that the dread of something yet beyond. The empty purse, with which no School girl e ' er is found — puzzles the will ; And makes us rather long for caps and gowns Than beg for money from the folks at home ? Thus faculties make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o ' er with the (jpinion of others; . nd class meetings of great pith and importance With this regard, their outcomes turn away. . nd lose their independence. 240 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN (Han f ou Jmagitif 1 I ' rof. Starkey riding a horse. ; 2 l_)r. Anderson with a teddy bear. T, Miss Hardee in domestic science. 4 Prof. Greenwald driving a jitney Inis. 5 Miss Hargis telling a joke. 6 Dr. Philips signing the Black Book. 7 Miss S])eaknKin squelched bv Dr. Philips. 8 Dr. Green working liank dis- count. 9 Dr. Suhrie teaching Solid. 10 Dr. Schnnicker in a bug house. 11 Prof. Cronuvell plowing with an o.x team. 12 Prof. Rurnham fighting at ( iet- tysburg. i, Prof. Dick telling a real joke. 14 Prof. Newman teaching Miss Groonie perspective. 15 Miss McCarthy as a champion of Home Rtde. 16 Miss Johnson riding a bicycle. 17 Miss Denworth on the movie stage. 18 Mr. W ' oodley as a bar tender. i Miss .Streeper teaching gym. 20 Miss Goshen with a wig. 21 Miss Martin taking swimming lessons. 22 Miss Halgrim as an agricultur- alist. 27, Miss t ' ri!ev, ' 77. as demonstrator of etiquette. 24 .Miss Baldwin country clubbing. 25 Miss Croijsev as a typical old maid. 26 Miss Bull singing a solo. 27 Mr. Loose catchnig the cat in Wayne Hall. 28 Prof Porter ma king eyes at Becky. 241 THE SERPENTINE Qllfarartrr krtrtj a Linda Anderson- Homer Ammerman — The agriculturist. Dot Barker — Never opens her mouth. Mary Borthwick — Modest and shy. AHce Bass — Friday nights! nice and fat! Hermann Brubacher — Crommie ' s pet. Bertha Cavanaugh — The little office girl. Hatchet Child — Our baby. AnnaButler — I ' m a proper chaperon. Lloyd Buchman — Ladies ' man. Daisy Cherry — .A daisy. Billy Christman — Professional flirt. Blanche Bang — Caught again! Mary Daley — The cap and gown advo- cate. Sarah Etty — Always redely. Mary Fogg — A dense one. Peg Finnegan — French descent. Georgie P cht — Bang! Ruth Gardiner — The l ' ashinn Plate. Agnes Gardlock — Don ' t make a fizzle of graduation, Aggie! Ella Farrell — Legal adviser for class 1915- Ethel Geiger — Dancing instructor — Annex. No. lyi. Florence Hughes — Assistant reporter. Helen Hileman — Two by twice. P rederika Hackman — Resigned in fa- vor of jitneys. Pat Hartnian — Never l osses. Margaret and Marian — The Davis kids. Alverna Houk — Hurry up! Hurrv up! — Hurry up! -Here I am! Do you - Daisy Lo- Edith Heinold- see me ? D. Luther Haldeman- retta. Martha Henderson — Of a poetical na- ture. Edna Hotchkiss — - Don ' t worry ! It ' ll come out all right. Mabel Kessler — Bobby ' s assistant. is Wright, Mary S. Jones — Casey. ' Weezie Laub — Ted all right ! Edith Lauer — A living skeleton. Bud Kline — Bless your soul! Eats! Wallace Larrabee — Don ' t forget my family ! Kathleen Lord — Extremely religious. Ernie McConnell — Lady fusser. Helen McDowell — Squeak. Muff Mackissic— Man lover( ?). Charlie Meyers — Walter Miller. Ilertdine Margaret Meyer — No wo- man suffrage for me! ( ?) Warren Matter — Chatter-box. Gladys Meyer — To be a Lady. Jane Meredith — The suffragette. Alice McKinley — Has visited Wonder- land. Viola Morley — Has a tenor voice. Pauline Moore — Nex ' er jesting! Al- ways Ernest! Edna Pyle — An American Pankhurst. Bessie Plank — 2 feet. Ruth Pascoe — The cat that walks by itself. Helene Ross — A butterfly. J. Richards — James HL Lillian Perry — Grecian goddess. Peg Parry — The Tango Kid. Shakey Piper — Enoch Pickleweight. Ida Read — Promised. Lillian Russell — Rightly named. Leo B. Reed— Old Faithful. Esther Read — Believes little people should be seen, and not heard. Fmma Stauffer — Enjoy ' s Billy ' s pensive twenty minutes. Beulah Scholl — Never studies. Sydney Scout — Too frivolous. Irma Steele— Neff! Neff ! Neff ! Schoffie Schoffstall — Nine lives. Jimmie L ' lsh — Good Ijoy. F. Mae Smith — Fond of athletics. Billy Schultz — Heart smasher. Kitty Rash — Belies her name. ex- 24 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Erase your wurk, ])lease! Why girls, I ' m sliocked ! Land o ' mustard! It pays! It pays! Poor concern, poor concern! Peterfied trees. A little louder. Boughten feeds. Proof of wliicli vc lia c in the follow ing. I ha ' e a sneaking susi.)icion. It couldn ' t l)e wronger. 1 nra - thee, ha ' e me excused! The thing is this. . ny other (|uestion? W ' eh Ihnen, Millstein. R.ill call, . , B, etc. Heute, heute nur nicht morgen. ' ou never can tell. I)(in ' t block the halls, girls; mo e right along! ( )l) ' iously — • Remember those columns. As it were. Bless your soul and liod ' and clothes. ' Take a chair. . nd what ' s -our number? ' Xow i ' Tiends! Where is vour roommate? ' ' Now quickly give an illustration. Did you say fourth? ' . s a matter of fact. If I make mvself clear. ' I ha e been asked to announce. An ' more (|nestions? ' Ves, that ' s true. (iet the notion. See? ' Who ' s ne.xt? .Xow mark you! ' Will the fellows trv that alone? ' Will vou be liack bv seven? ?43 THE SERPENTIN] JOHN ' 5 TNt PfRiLi of TMr NEXT MORNING CLASS NINE TEEN FIFTEEN WtBt (EbtBttt Normal itrttonarij Alfalfa — Queen oi farm products. A good feed for Normal students. Delicious, cooling, and refreshing. Served in A-8, four times a day. Amulet — The highest-priced book in America, and worth all it costs. Annex — Haven of hope for all under- graduates. Inhabited chiefly by Sen- iors. Noted for its dignity and quietness. Annoiincciiicnts — Student ' s delight at chapel time, classes delayed ;student ' s agony in dining hall, dinner delayed. Aritlunctir — ( See Grammar.) Assembly Room — Prison cell of an un- used ]Mano, and a meeting place for committees. Athletics — . substance, which, if we had more, would increase the enroll- ment at Wayne Hall. Paf ging — A device used by the stu- dents in case of serious illness, causing great anxiety to the Faculty and necessitating the constant use of the telejihone between Study Hall and the Boys ' Dorm, and several trips between Mr. Evans and the Main Building. Black Book — Those wIkj ha ' e seen it don ' t need to know: those who haven ' t seen it, don ' t want to know. Book-Room — [ ost office and general supjily store, where articles are sold at four times their face value ; every- thing at hand except the things that were ordered last week but haven ' t come yet. Bulletin — Something of which every Senior has millions, which arc never used, but for which the precious stamps disa]ipear rapidly. Broke — . common occurrence. Campus — Keep off the grass. CaiiipHssed — When you must keep ON the grass. Caps and Gozvns — Sh ! ' e ' ve had trouble enough about them. Case — For full information see Pauline and Harkins: Leo and F.mily; Katherine, Helen, (Irace, Marie, -Mice, anil Shofl: ; Sara and iJaz : Bee and McDannel ; Mary and Ev. ; Marie and h etz; ? and Herman Krubacher; Helene and Steve. Certificate — That valuable piece of paper which entitles its holder to qo ' f in the office and costs 75c., pay- able to A. N. Palmer. Chapel — We will sing Hymn — No. 90, followed by the Gloria. Chorus — . fter which the meeting stands adjourned. Class-Book Staff — That noble band of young men and women who have sacrificed their leisure hours and ice- cream sodas, not to say country walks and athletics, that this class might live. Class Meeting — . jjlace where every- body fights with evervl)oly else, and a general good time is in evidence. Conference — Held Tuesday at , .15, where Seniors are exposed to a lec- ture on Rural Schools. Most of them are immune. Country Clubbing — . constitutional walk, demanded by the h ' aculty, and to which the students seriously ob- ject. D. R. Porter — Member of the Faculty. Dances — Held every week end in the gymnasium. No chaperons. Boys in excess. No more need applw Pining Hall — Greatest attraction in the Normal School. Mackerel and fried potatoes three times a week. Students object to new and start- ling dishes. 24.5 THE SERPENTINE Dipluinas — The culmination of our dreams. Evcrhart Park — The place where stu- dents must go to observe the fishes. Elevator — A joke in the Annex. Exam. — Time — Ijeg ' inning of one per- iod. Students toil laboriously over questions. Time — end of same per- iod. Everybody who didn ' t take it at first ] eriod — whadeask? Elocution — A hackneyed term, which in the last few years has come into ill-repute. Faculty — . n austere and dignified lx)dy, composed of the heads of the various departrrjents, which meets ' once a week for the purpose of dis- cussing who ' s wlio and where? at the Normal. Firc-cscapc — The easiest way in — at night. Gazette — The chief source of informa- tion concerning the week ' s happen- ings, when the secrets are made pub- lic. Girls ' Dorm. — The winter home of our fair damsels. Let no man enter here under pain of death, except Jerry and Gunkle Smith. Girls ' Sitting Room — . large, spacious room, situated on second floor, front campus, lined on either side with straight-l ackefl chairs. Used only when Hugh rings the bell and for Long Faculty meetings, and viewed occasionallv bv stray -isitnrs. Oh. for a iiiano! Glee Club — Mentioned in the catalog Imt not in evidence at the sclmol. Grammar — Six of one and half a dozen of the otlier. Grind — . n unknown term among Nor- mal students. Gym. — Moor used for athletics. Run- ning track a spoon holder on exhibi- tion nights. Halls — Chief meeting place of cases. Private post office where mail passes directly from writer to receiver. Hats — Class hats. See Charles L. R. Myers. Head ivaiter — . new ornament in the dining room. Hi h Street — L sed by students only from 6.30 to 7 P.M. Faculty not welcome. Ice cream — . rare treat at meal time. Iiifirmarv — .An overcrowded place dur- ing the winter season, when mumps reigned suiireme. Jerr — Bless his heart! Through him we have perfect rest at night. Library — The place where a feir i eople go to study, but most folks to gaze on the faces of their beloved. Talk- ing prohibited. Limits — If a variable approaches a con- stant in such a way that the differ- ence between the variable and the constant mav be made to become and remain smaller than any fixed num- ber previouslv assigned, however small, the constant is called the limit of the variable. Constant — Corner of High and LTnion Streets. Variable — Normal students. No use — Love knows no bounds. The countrv is large. Lons: Faculty — When the Faculty dis- cuss us and we diss ' ust the Faculty. F oose — The oliliging head of Wayne Hall and the l)ook-room. Mackerel — . delicious fruit, served for breakfast, in every conceivable form. The editor-in-chief will eat nothing else, and ne ' er feels good unless he has it at least six days a week. Model .School — First heard of with fear and tremliling. Bv June, no longer feared, but loved. (?) }Ltney — Not being able to set any, it is rather a hard matter to define. Mumfs — Miat spoiled Dalev ' s vaca- tion when Doc sent her a telegram informing her that BiH was in the infirmarv. 246 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Music Ruom — Tlie basement i f the An- nex, from which issue weird sounils at all hours of the day and night. Notes — Little slijjs i)rocIaiming affec- tion, which pass l etween students and teachers, ]3rincipally in Recita- tion Hall. Notices — Please report at the ot cc immediately after breakfast. — G. M. P. A '  ,f — An endearing term applied tn the I ' aculty by members of the stu- dent body. Office — The home of the black book, the meeting place of the I ' aculty, and where the receiver of a notice will be cheerfull} ' greeted by the sender. Office Boy — The nearest approach to an angel as far as patience and good nature are concerned. Oratory — The voluminous sounds is- suing from the interior of noble youths as they proclaim their ideas in the Aryan Contest anrl the Lock Haven Debate. ' (-;;;; Relay — Say it stirrowfully ! W ' e wiin third place, but alas! no further detail is necessary. Physical Tortch — Held every Fri- day afternoon at 3.15. b ' ine place for your afternoon na]). Pictures — Gaze throughout the book. Quarries — Best ])lace in the world for country clubliing. No one ever known to be caught. Have a care tho ! Woodley ' s spy-glasses see far. Quia — The thunder before the storm. Reception Room — Delightfully fur- m ' shed apartments, where the young ladies may(?) entertain their gen- tlemen callers at any time during the day or evening. Rooiuiiiate — Your chief consoler in ake to the quar- of students on time of trouble Lung suffering and little complaining. Salz ' atioii — Good ser ed with mackerel. Senior — A dignified ])erson whom the rest of the scIkjoI look upon with awe and wonder and try to imitate and always obey. Sliarpless — Danger. ries. Siuious ' — The mecca Tuesday night. Slcatiusj; — Twice around with tlie same girl. Observed by Ag an l (irant when they wore the ice thin.. Society — A social hour wlien h ' aculty insists uijon the boys being courteous to the girls and using all their com- l)any manners. Squelched — (As defined by a third year student, since Seniors know nothing aliout it. ) Oh, she gave me the dickens, and Fni scared to death! Sle7 ' ard — To him is all gratitude due for our excellent meals. Talley ' s — The bargain store around the corner, where everything is cut to half price. riieuies — A small piece of literature, not more than one page. Third ] ' ear — Poor, little good-hearted souls, who would do anything for a Senior. Track Team — Best exhibited on Wayne b ' ield. Always sure of winning third place in the Penn Relay. I ' udercuffier — Editor-in-Chief and a ver ' brave } ' oung man since he had the measles. Jl ' ayne Hall — The abode of the young men of the Institution, who enter it l)y means of the fire escape and lea e it the same way, — after hours. 24 THE SERPENTINE 248 i CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN An iEptanb? in tl| pntnr iFamtlij OBODV knt- w just what was tliL- Matter, hut ihe Butler was seen spreading the. ' l a 5( n ihe Bottcrbiisch and ll ' illcy was Bang(ing) the (Gard)lock until the Kaiser interru|)ted. Then the Rash Payntcr told the Yarn-all over. A Fogg covered the Street and Emily couldn l use the Packard, because it was not Rcg{c)stcr( ed j. Since she was not a good Walker, she had Howard, the Scout, call the Hack- man, to take her down town, for she wanted to buy some Read with which to have Matz made, because Marie Fretc when Henry spills the Ralston at breakfast. At first her father did not want to -Laucr to go, until he knew Ware she was going. When he saw the Hackiuan driving a horse of many Hughes along the Ridge- Zi ay, he consented. As she stepped into the hack, the Lord of the Sands, who was a Kcin Peaker, Saunders by. He is struck by her Fchr countenance, but she gives him a Grim look, for she knows that he is not after her Hart but her Pvie of Mo(o)- ncy, so .she drove on. She saw a Sig-nian on the Street. ])ut she hurried on. as she wanted to Sho(ojp. . s the day became Fehr. she decided to walk, .so the Hack- man took his horse to a black-6 ;; ;7 ; then he gave him his Dalcv meal of Bran-in Shoff stall. She first visits the Ferricr. where she wished to Price a Martin, but lie had no Mohr, so she went to Cliild(s ' ). where she had a Fry of Bass, water from the Cris- z ' cll, and Pennebakcr( ' s) Pi-fer lunch.. Afterward she visited the Hofljnies of some of lier friends, as well as the Clascr, the yUller. and the Cooper. Later, while listening to a aWiT;- ' ra C f about the Annstrong Sampson, who broke Steel Pot(t)s with a. Plank, the Lord of the Sands acco.sted her. He invited her to M ers ' , where they had a Cherry smash. . s they were coming out, they were met by Leo, who had been watching them from the Attixs across the Street. This made him Reilly. and he let out a Howell. He snatched a Cleaz ' cr from the Cressman. who was Stand (r)ing by. and hit him on the (S)tcniple. The Lord tried to Azrrv the blow, but he was Ph ;; for, so they laid him on a Steele Shield(s): she covered him with the Sclioll. and the ' Hal-dc-inan home. They were met at the door by the Kaiser, who sent for some Seltser to revive him. They put him on a Wickcr(shainj chair, and the blood dropped on the Matz. They Dientfed ) it neces- sary to send for Dr. Ihwis, who said a Graver case he had never seen. However, his recovery was Sutton, and he soon enjoyed the Ma heiv of the sky. In the meantime Lro was ?H.Tj( ' ( r( ; to the Coop(er), where his ire Re- bur)i(ed) for several days. Here Emily visited him and tried toexijlain Matter(s), but Leo said he would not Stanfor-d. She Plankled ) a Hotlcli jkiss on his Brozcfn) was forgiven. The only remains of the tragedy in our large familv were the (s)Poffs on the Matz on the Botterbusch. Composed and copyrighted by Hubs. 249 THE SERPENTINE Last iU and Testament of tbc Class of 1915 ., the class of 191 5, being of sane mind and having reached our years of discretion, do liereby publish our last will anil testament. We bequeath the following items to the underclasses of the West Chester State Nor- mal School ; Item I. The iirivilege of eating hot dogs for lireakfast. 2. The right of attending the Suhrie conferences. 3. The privilege of laughing at Prof. Dick ' s jokes. 4. The honor of sending for bulletins. 5. The ])leasure of ph} ' sical torture. 6. The right to fight in class meetings. 7. Idle privilege of wearing caps and gowns. 8. The joy of special vacations. 9. The pleasure of Arithmetic examinations. 10. The right to charge things in the book room. II. The honor of making eyes (I ' s) with Mr. Porter. 12. The ])ri ilege of coming in the dining room late and lieing iirivatel}- tutored I in the rules by Prof. Starkey. 13. The right of having bed bugs. 14. The right of talking to your case and entering class fifteen minutes late. 15. The fun of using chafing dishes for breakfast. We l)e(|ueath our personal property to the following: Grace h ' raatz ' s good humor to Mary Renard, im conditinn that she will use it: Julia Tobin ' s pugilistic ability to Mary Zern, so that she may ha ' e better protection next year; J. Paul Bergey ' s energy to TessieFlynn : Agnes Ciard- lock ' s walk to M. Tulley : Edith Heinold ' s extra height to Etta Cohen : the dignity of Ivlna llotchkiss to Mary rurcell, sn that she may l: e more lady- like; Emily Bickel ' s cud of chewing gum to Clara Fluehr so she may chew in public; Mary Daley ' s . rithmetical ability to Evelyn .-Vnstadt: Syd- ney Scout ' s self-told compliments to Dolores Bcjrdner. to be placed care fully in her swap ])ook ; Ricky Hackman ' s case on Herman to Irene Randall; Viola Morley ' s voice to C. K. TimniDUs; . nna Butler ' s lost rat to Pauline . . V. W. Fidler, to be worn in her hair; Lillian Pavnter ' s little CLASS NINETEEN FII ' TEEN while a]iri)n tn -Mr. Talley, Id l)e v(jrn while waiting ' on tlie students: X. Stephens ' self-satisfaction to R. Maxcjn ; the freshness of Irwin Shoffstall to Luther Lady; Ruth (jardner ' s place in Small ' s window to Betty I ' eau- mont; Abie Kein ' s curly locks to Tillv Reill - : Helen Hileman ' s bluff to Sal Cuthl)ert: Beulah Sclioll ' s well-worn books to .Mercedes W ' atkins ; Bee Romig ' s coy glances to Louise (iolden ; Anna-Louise Laub ' s dollish ways to Olga Ettlich : Mary Fogg ' s giggle to Floyd Fretz ; D. Luther llaldeman ' s fetching way with the ladies to C. Steigerwalt ; Bessie Plank ' s stature to Helen Williams ; r ' nie McConnell ' s lisp toLansford Ijret : l)ot O ' Connel ' s (|uestions to V ' erna Howell : F -el}-n ' ost ' s gift of gab to the Misses Clifton; Gladys Meyer ' s frivolity to Ruth Uuirk; Leo Reed ' s ability to keep his girl to Harry Schoenly; Homer Ammerman ' s position of valel to 1 )r. Anderson, to George b owler; Raymond W ' eljster ' s theatrical abilitv to ' Ciene Wright; Ella Farrell ' s love to Bunny Lewis ; Ruth I ' ascoe ' s dig- nified manner to Tilly Meyers; Marie Henrich ' s case to Mary Banmgart- ner; Dot b ' lannagan ' s certificate in writing tob ' rank . ' lden ; Morence James ' boldness to Helen Jac(.)bs, and the p;n-(|ucl in chapel to the class of U)iC . I ia ing duly drawn up this will, we appoint Bertha Cavanagh and Alexander Welvl) executors of this our last w ill and testament. The Class ok 191 t. Witness: Irvin H. Loose, State Normal School, West Chester, Pa, I ' xecuted by Attorney Dorothy H, Ives. • 2SI WmttpJi! THE SERPENTINE An excuse to go home. More brains in Psychology. More secluded place for country clubbing. Light after ten. Later rising hours. More tiiue. Less Drawing. Continuous vacation. A larger profit in the book-room. Better marks in German. A guard to keep the boys away from the girls. Less noise in the dining room. An excuse from classes and church. . fTinities for certain meml ers of the Facult ' . Another night watcliman. An extra key. More mail. New jokes from some of the Profs. Irfit irllerH Written bu iFamnuH BmwvB How to Be ' ell and Look Well Marie O ' Brien Life Among the Lowly Kuth M. Pascoe The Powers and Duties of the President of a Senior Class .... Norman Stephens The Science of Fasting George Focht The Shadow of a Crime (revised ) Irwin S. Shoffstall Views Afoot ( revised ) Henrich Fretz A Gentleman Vagabond Ralph Shoop The Story of a Bad Girl (revised) Beth Mayhew The Trials of Would-be Authors Class-Book Staff A Guardian of Good Roads Irma Steele The Golden Quality of Silence nna-Louisa Laub The Nobility of Labour Jane Taylor Divers Dauntless Day-Dreamers Alverna FLnik Fashionable Frivolity Mary Shields Intellectual Independence S. A. Scout The Crick ( et ) on the Hearth Helen S. Henry The Power of the Fluman Eye Mary Mooney ' hen a Man ' s Married ( revised ) Wallace Larrabee Under the Open Sky Charles :Meyers An Innocent . broad ( revised) Lloyd Buchman The Art of Diplomacy Edith Heinold Sense and Sensibility (revised) Dorothy Smith 252 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN (Ean ' Ifi to Along Wxtlput Herman Bruljaclier ' s attention to the girls ? Linda Anderson saying; I ' m scared to death ? Dot Barker expressing her ojiinion r Emilv and Leo as a shining example of constancy ? Mary Borthwick ' s luck? Anna Butler ' s ideas in her mind ? Ella Farrell — ' specially Tommie? Mary I ' ogg ' s laugh? Anna and Cecelia for Blanche? Grace Fraatz ' s noise on Fourth floor? Ag Gardlock ' s good advice? Ruth Glaser ' s pretzels? Myrtle Grim ' s smile? Pat Hartmann ' s authority? Marie to inspire Fretz? Helen Hileman ' s voice? Dot Ives ' fun? Anna-Louisa to spur on ' chorus ? the Moore Anna McHale ' s Break ! Break ! Break ? Ruth Matz ' s mouse trap? Margaret Meyer ' s gym work? Helen Henrv for Krick to look at? Jane Packard ' s literary ability? Peg Parry ' s gym suit? Ruth Pascoe ' s tardiness? Lillian Perry ' s velvet band? Emily Pifer ' s entertainments? Edna Pyle ' s suggestions on caps and gowns ? Bee Romig ami McDannel? Beulah Scholl ' s industry? Sydney Scout ' s yards? Evelyn Yost ' s chattering? Ruth Gardner ' s blufYs? Homer Ammerman ' s copy of Roberts ' Rules of Order? Charley Meyer ' s good sense? Shoffstall ' s Io ' e for country clubbing? The whole Senior class to inspire them in base liall. basket ball and studies? 253 THE SERPENTINE DullJn t 3t If Nto It we could g o out wlienexer we pleased : If we were never discussed at Faculty meeting ' s ; It we could Iiag classes e ery otlier day : If Talley ' s store were connected with the main huildin Q ' ; If Arithmetic and Cjrammar were elim- inated : If B5 and C8 were less antagonistic: If Herman Bruhacher had a stead} ' girl ; If Agriculture came once a month: 11 conferences were held oftener; If Doc Green talked faster: If Seniors didn ' t have to take g ' vm. ; I f we had no hall teachers : I f we always got enough to eat : If there were a piano in the girls ' sitting room; If country cluhlnng w ere allowed : If spy-glasses had ne cr heen in ented : If Dr. Philii)s weren ' t always so busy; If Daley ' s clock kept right time; If the elevator wasn ' t always out of order; I f the nurse got her trays back ; If the limit were at Sinmns ' ; If we could go away on h ' riday night; If town fellows didn ' t llirt with Xor- mal girls; If l.uther Haldeman didn ' t fight with the girls; If the Seniors had more jirivileges ; It the Seniors all had prcispects ; If it had snowed last winter so the Seniors could ha e had a sleigh ride ; If the Seniors could have a peaceful class meeting; In other words — if we had nothing to worry about; and the boys could go to the girls ' dances? 254 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Pr0pl|pry of % QIlaaB nf 101B was Marcli, 1930. As the day was tine and jnst ri.£);ht tor a ride, I ord- ered my aeronaut to I ring ni)- newest flyer to the door. It was just the day to make a -isit to tlie new teaclierag ' e at Seonneltown. A meelini ' of tlie Parent Teachers Association was to he held that afternoon. As I dew throu.i ' h the air I thought l)ack on the years that had elapsed since I had taken up teaching- as a life work, and that I had made a success of it, I liad to acknowledge to myself. How different e erything is now, I thought. The old order of things had entirely passed away in the teaching profession, as in other tilings. Dr. Suhrie was the one who had first ag ' itated the new ideas. . s I neared Seonneltown, which is a flourishing ' hamlet now. instead of the sign-pcjst it used to be a beautiful school l)uilding rose above the other I uildings. with a large teach- erage on one wing and a social center on the other. The agricultural g ' ardens. in which the students do practical work, stretched awav to the eastward. I alighted from niv fiver and entered the teachers ' lunch room, which was also under the super ision of the school. INliss Beatrice Roniig, the able head of the Department of Home Decorations, shared mv lunch with me, and we had a pleasant talk. She had just recei ed a let- ter from her life-long .sweetheart, Norman McDannel. She confided in me that Xorman had been i roix)sing to her on the average once a month for fifteen years, and still she rejected his suit. T agreed with her entirely and urged her never to marrw as there were So man ' ital problems still to be sol -t d. Since industrial education had taken the lead there were so few able teachers. After luTTcbeon we went to the Social Center where the meeting was to be lield. Grant Swartlev, the comnetent principal, had the floor. He was making a s]5eech on the Scientific Method of Dish ' ashing . It was well rendered and showed much thought. He called on Miss Esther Botterliusch to make a report on her work in the rural districts. She spoke well, emj hasizing the value of bulletins. . t the close she passed out some bulletins, and glancing at one I saw to my amaze- ment, that Warren Matter w;is Head of the Bureau of Education at Washington. . t the dose 1 snoke to Mrs. EmiK- Anderson Todd, who was i)resent with her three little girls. Thc - were jironusing looking children, and their mother told us that tlie ' took a keen interest in tlie P)oys ' and (iirls ' l ' oultr - Club. Mrs. (i. L. Halde- man came u]) with I.uther. junioi ' , who proudlv told us that he had won a i)rize in the corn show. doing down the walk, we noticed the Seniors of the High .School coming from their Tuesdav conference with Dr. hraucis Moyer. I remarked to Miss Roniig what a wonilerful work the .SconneUiiwn School was doing. 2SS THESERPENTINE By the wav, are you going to the Presidential inauguratiiHi to-morrow? asked my friend. Vou remember our old classmate, Anna-Louisa Laub, is the President-elect. Yes, I answered, and how proud I am to think that Anna-Louisa is the first woman President since our Suffrage Bill passed. As we slowly sauntered on we met Mr. and Mrs. Russell Neff, who were visit- ing at the Haldeman home. We stopped to sjjeak to them, and Mr. Neff showed us the daily paper. It contained a full account of the work that Rev. Ernest McCon- nell was doing. His favorite attitudes were displayed and .several of his sermons published. I remarked how his good work had put the old-time evangelist, Billy Sunday, in the dim distance, The famous choir leader, Raymond Webster, were in the McConnell party. I invited Beatrice to accompany me to a HoUinger restaurant for dinner. Mr. Hollinger, a man who had amassed a great fortune, had bought out the famous Child ' s Rectaurants. The food was exceedingly excellent, especially the alfalfa salad. Herman Brubacher, the portly head waiter, was rushing to and fro, helping ladies to their places. Several of the teachers from the school came in to dine with us, among them be- ing Lillian Paynter, Ida Read, Linda Anderson, Evelyn Yost, and Abram Kein. Evelyn, as talkative as usual, kept up a steady conversation. She was nuich elated over the ex])ected visit of Admiral Ammerman, the famous naval hero, and his wife, Alarian Davis, who had liecome a second Florence Nightingale. Our former class- mate had distinguished himself in our .short war with Germany and had retired from service, covered with honors and medals. Evelyn also told us of news she had re- ceived from the famous operatic star, Julia Tobin, who was playing the role of lead- ing lady, with William Wilson as star. Evelyn hinted vaguely of a coming nearer relationship, as their marriage was soon to take place. Linda .Vnderson had some news for us. Her old tablemate, Irwin Shoff.stall, liad been promoted to the position of overseer in a pretzel factory in Reading. His wife, nee Ruth Tiardiner, had proved an able factor in his promotion. Mr. Kein, who had just come from West Chester, said be had spent the evening before with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dennison. Ethel told him that our classmate, Sydney Scout, ha l recently departed for the Sahara, where she will live several years collecting the final material for her book that she has been writing. On leaving the restaurant, my friends ])ersuaded me to remain for the evening lecture. Dr. Mary Mackissic, the field secretary, was to deliver her famous lec- ture on the War with Bacteria. The evening proved delightful, and at ten o ' clock I stepped into my flyer and winged my way homeward, happy in the realization that so many of my old class- mates had so well succeeded in life. M. Rv A. Daley Dorothy M. Flan. g. n Dorothy H. Ives 256 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN XV! ' ' 257 THE SERPENTINE ICrst Aulb Arqimtntiinr 1 Jnrgnt Sept. 7 — Schcxjl opened with a smile on all faces, both the old and new. Sept 8 — Freshies still disorganized. Sept. 9 — McDannel starts with two studies ; overworked. Scjit. lo — Rules laid down. Hoys and g ' irls treat each other with — cour- tesy. Stpt. II — Great excitement. Misses Hardee and Cropsey visit Boys ' Dorm. Sept. 12 — Seniors swani]) Juni(jrs in baseball. First Moore meeting. Sept. 13 — Sunday. A surprise. No mackerel for breakfast. Sept. 14 — Dr. Anderson and Pmf. Starkey expound rules to boys. Sept. 15 — At last- The long-looked - for but never - to - be - ex])ected mackerel api eared at breakfast. SejJt. 16 — Dr. Schmucker says, (iirls, don ' t get married until you can support a husljand. Sept. — Fraulein llargis arrives fr(.)m the war zone. We learn of Willie. Sept. 18 — Hurdles erected on caminis. Keep off the grass. Sef)t. i ) — Seniors defeat Juniurs: first Ar an meeting. Sept. 20 — Last walk fur the girls, P ior Fddie, what will he di now! Sept. 21 — Senior class meeting: new officers elected. Miss Esler taken to the hospital. Sejit. 22 — Prof. C. sa_ -s women spend go ' f of money. Sejit. 23 — Seniors again win in liase- bal ' l. Sept. 24 Class-book Staff elected. Se])t. 26 — P)(5ys hike to Wilmington. Sept. 2 — Sunday. Oyster season opens. Sept. 28 — Dr. Howland opens L ' . of P. Extension Course. Sept. 29 — Girls entertained by fellnws dancing on front campus, accom- panied by hurdy-gurdy. Sept. 30 — Students go toSconnelltown for latest methods in canning Pauline Moore and k ' lorence Le- cates join ranks of country club- bers. Oct. I — Death ' s messenger bore away Miss Esler, one of the most faith- ful workers of the school. Oct. 2 — Physics class; Look out, Cutie, here comes a molecule — dodge him. Oct. 3 — Movies well patronized to- day: especially by Seniors. Oct. 4 — Swartley makes a date, but is stung. 5 — ' Dr. Philips misses his stride in hurdling. Mother Earth trem- bles. 6 — Hurdles remoxed from cam- inis. Oct. 7 — Scrul)l)ing bee south hall Boys ' Dorm. Dr. Anderson interferes much to Menges ' pleasure. Oct. 8 — . star unearthed in Senior gymnastics — Abe Kein. Oct. 9 — First Thaddeus Rich recital. Oct. 10. — Seniors win in inter-class meet. 1 1 — Some clubbers caught to-day. 12 — L ndercuffier and Christman sign up — so they say. Oct. Oct. Oct Oct 258 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 13 — Dr. Green entertains fellows at Loweklcn. 14 — Haldenian cleans his ro(_)ni. 15 — Another harrel of mackerel ])urchased. Ye little fishes! if) — If yon want a thing; well done do it yonrself. Moral: Read your own lesson plan. Oct. 17 — Cases gathering for Mo (o) re. Oct. 18 — Christnian gets a new hat. hurrah ! Oct. 19 — Senior class meeting. Class- hook to he dedicated to Dr. and Mrs. Ehinger. 20 — Prof. Starkey recognizes Senior ; ( ' (.• they march out of chapel ahead of the others . 21 — Much dreaming in classes. Mo(o)re only a few days ahead. 22 — New dish for supper — Irrita- tion. 23 — Girls worried. Who ' s whose at Moore. 24 — Moore Reunion. High cost of loving, $8 for 40 min. Au- thority ; Christman ' s Purse. 25 — Miirning after the night be- fore. 26 — . light to the death. Puhlic Speaking versus Students. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. C )ct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Xov N() 2J — Loose threatens to remove undesirables from his hall to rd flexor. 28 — Costume liasket ball game. Shades of C;eser ! Two more stars unearthed. Dr. Loose and Porter. They make many hits with audience and floor. 21) — Principrd 1 larbold, of Millers- ille, s))eaks in chapel. 30 — llallnwe ' en feasts; witches abound. 31 — P)oys allowed u]) town ; nuim- mers ' parade. Girls ' feasts. . I — Girlies can ' t go to church ; Iihi man - eats. .2 — Mac breaks his ankle in rr ball. Moral: don ' t kick with high- heeled pumps. Xov. 3 — Prof. C. says Senior girls are bluffers ; fancy work must l)e omitted from curriculum. Xov. 4 — Cozy corners to he installed in Recitation Hall for benefit of cases. Nov. 5 — Class-bo(.)k Staff meeting. ill those biographies ever come in? Xov. 6 — Mac at hospital. Much sym- pathy for Be. Nov. 7 — A typical day in Wayne Hall gi en by Moore boys. Shoff savs his prayers. Xov. 8— Nil. Xov. 9 — Prof. N says a spoon is the smallest machine. How about a tooth-pick ? Xov. 10 — Dr. Philips advises l3oys to stay out of neighljoring orchards. Nov. II — Focht tells a fairy story m Public Si)eaking. .Xov. 12 — Week of prayer begins to- night. Mac ' s cork leg im- ]:)roving. Nov. 13 — Land o ' luustard! (irammar e.xams in sight. Xov. 14 — Trey of hearts and umbrel- las luake things hum. Webster and Steve reign as vocalists. Xov. 15 — Water everywhere: can ' t go to church, liurnham speaks in chapel. Nov. 16 — Blue Monday. Nov. 17 — Some misplaced eyebrows floating about on some of the Sen- i(.)r  ( '  . Nov. 18 — Senior girls win first game of series for silver cup in basket ball. No -. i ) — Prof. Starkey on war path in dining room. Xo -. 20 — Four and one-half days to fall of Turkey. .Xo -. 21 — b ' irst defeat in basket ball. Xov. 22 — Have you been to divine service? Xov. 2T — Our president speaking of n ' ettiii ' married. 259 THE SERPENTINE Nov. 24 — Undercuffler ill: in bed with shoes on ; nurse takes his tempera- ture. Nov. 25 — ' e re off at 12.30 with a sa- lute of 21 hackmen. Nov. 26-30 — Can ' t tell. House par- ties? Dec. I. — Do your shopping early; only 24 more day: to Christmas. Dec. 2 — Undercuffler teaches heredity in Alfalijhie. Dec. — Preston entertains the ladies in • ' Ag. Dec. 4 — eeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. An exam in grammar. Dec. 5 — McConnell auKjng the miss- ing- Dec. 6 — Services in chapel. Dec. 7 — Lost, strayed or stolen in the subway. Bergey returns to school office. Dec. 8 — Dr. P. assists in the bot)k- rooni ; great demand for stamjjs. Dec. 9 — The tlay is dark and cold and dreary. Dec. 10 — It rains and the wind is never weary. Dec. II — Are Seniors conceited? Im- possible ! Dec. 12 — Beat ' illiamson. Dec. 13 — Faculty goes to church. Dec. I 4 — lM)urth dimension. Mirahlc ilictiis. Dec. 1 3 — Skating. No one drowns. Dec. 16 — Miss Groome develops into a chaperone. Dec. 17 — Who is Christnian ' s real girl? Can ' t tell. Dec. 18 — Skating. Dec. 19 — Still more skating. L ' lsh goes down before breakfast for an appetizer. Dec. 20 — Sunda ' . Dec. 21 — Elocutionarv vociferati(jns in C6. Dec. 22 — I. R. 11. feeds the animals I e- fore sending them home — fried oysters. Dec. 2;i, — Ice cream. Off at 3-10. Alerry Xmas. Jan. 4 — Happy New Year. Since we weren ' t here then, we wish it now. Jan. 5 — Back at work, good skating. Jan. 6 — Prof. Newman made sparks in class; ] Iuft ' turned the ma- chine ; good sparkers ! I ' !. 7 — Working out balanced rations for cows. You never can tell what ' ll ha])pen. Jan. 8 — Art Exhiliit opens. Taft draws large crowd. Jan. 9 — Williamson beaten on their own floor 29 to 2 . Jan. 10 — Billy Sunday all the rage now. Jan. 1 1 — Mr. U. advocates kiss-a-jjhone. Mr. Starkey admits lines may be busy. Jan. 12 — Patience to-day. — (Schmucker. ) Jan. 13 — Help others (remember exam, in Math. ) Jan. 14 — Bread bricks made in Domes- tic Science. Jan. 15 — Perley Dunn .Mdrich ' s recital of Enoch . rden. Much weeping by girls. Jan. iC) — West Philadelphia Basket- ball team defeated in last five sec- onds 29 to 28. Jan. 17 — Rain; not nuich church. Jan. 18 — Class meeting: motion for re- moval of Brubacher ' s mustache before going to Washington. Jan. 19 — Ulsb cuts a cake at dinner. Jan. 21 — Shoff doesn ' t know what a couple is. Jan. 22 — The h orces that Failed Thomas II. Green. Jan. 2 — Shoop brothers make their debut in Aryan Society. Jan. 24 — Wanted: Black Book filler; 12 cou]jles caught. Jan. 2 — Good luck t(.) unfortunates. Jan. 26 — W jrse catastrophe ; Graiu- mar papers returned. Jan. 2- — -Mumps invade dorms. 260 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Jan. 2S — Prof. D. tells a love story in Oesar. Jan. 30 — CajJt. Cornwell ' s birthday celebration. Defeated Millersville basket ball team. Jan. 31 — Ag Gardlock goes to church. I ' eb. 1 — Dr. Philips reprimands boys for talking to girls. Feb. 2 — Groundhog missed his shadow. How about that sleigh ride? I ' eb. 3 — Literary Rambles about Bos- ti.in. Feb. 4 — Brubacher takes a day otf to do his washing. Feb. 5 — End of a i erfect week. Feb. 6 — George School balked on their way to victory 33-25. Feb. 7 — Rain. No game. Feb. 8 — She ' s a homely old thing, but she ' s mine. Feb. 9 — Lesson plan on Chickens. Feb. 10 — Ag and Swartz ' precipi- tated in H.O. Feb. II — Human sjjider, no supper. Prof. S. insists nn promptness at meals. Peb. 12 — Relief in sight; we sang a new song in chapel. Vale or- chestra. Veh. 13 — Speculatiiiii. b ' eb. 14 — .Vnticination ; realization. Feb. 15 — Leo ' s (irammar sacrificed for ])acking shirts to go to W ashing- ton. P eb. 16 — I ' lorencc Reynold ' s diarv stopped ticking. Veh. 1 — Bergey an.xiously waiting to e.xercise his horse. Veh. 18 — Off for Washington. Feb. i ) — Mails flooded ; postcards. Feb. 20 — Brubacher learns how to send a special deli ery letter. I ' eb. 21 — (Observe the third command- ment tivday. Be ipiiet ; Seniors are resting. Feb. 22 — No school reception. Feb. 2 7, — Class-book Staff resurrected. Feb. 24 — New chef: fancy dishes. h ' eb. h eb. Feb. Feb. .Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar, Mar, Mar Mar Mar. Mar, Mar, Mar Mar, 25 — Fire in Boys ' dorm. Entire W. C. N. fire dept. called out. Barry the hero. 26 — Staff pictures took. Dr, Lichtenberger opens course in Sociology. 27 — Saturday all day. 28 — Coatesville trail hitters speak. I — Billy speaks; no trail hitters. 2 — Cffisar ' s ghost ! Where are the Class Book Staff pictures? 3 — Same as usual. -I — . State institution ; still we eat ham and cabbage. 5 — We — will — sing — hymn — No. 90. 6 — Blessings on the little man. Eddie wins in oratorical contest. 7 — More church to-day. 8 — Class meeting. Homer offers to make a date with Miss Corn- well. 9 — Booze knocked on the head. 10 — State aid. II — Great jirospects ahead. Note book on Ag due to-morrow. 12 — Esther teaches, .-: r;;;a lir- imiqiic caiiu! 13 — Who was William C. ' s caller to-day ? Was he late for dinner? 14 — Great array of spring hats. , 1 5 — Caps and gowns ; Edna P. becomes excited. 16 — Nobody worked on the diary to-day. 17 — Pat ' s day. 18 — Verien. 24 — Our registrar has taken unto himself a wife. 2 ) — Bris takes movies, Christ- man the mumps. Why? I ' liil- )ack M ar . .o —Girl s out. Bovs, too. .M ar . i- l ' oll. iw directions Dr. ips. Al )r. 1 — -Some fl M lis still li ini; ' . A ir. yet. - Paf and Puss not 20I THE SERPENTINE April 3 — Base ball tu-day. Snow lo inches. Apr. 4 — White Easter. No hats. Apr. 5 — No snow falling. Johnson dropped by W ' illard. We have co- coa for supper. Apr. 6 — Bill C. back from infirmary. .Apr. 7 — Nothing ' new. -Apr. 8 — Girls swing chibs with the boys ; first club meeting. Apr. 9 — Gym. exhibition Wnndcr- shon. .Apr. lo — First base ball game. Brown F ' re|). knocked out to 3. Shofi ' birthday. How old? Apr. II — Tal ernacle opens. •Apr. 12 — Alonday to-day. Apr. 13 — Esther B. locked in her room. Couldn ' t teach German. - lir. 14 — First lecture on Suhrieology. Apr. 15 — Trout season o])ens. Mack- rel for lireakfast. Apr. 16 — Lecture (illustrated) on nuts. Very suggestive to some of us. .Apr. 17 — Lost to Swarthmorc Re- serves. -Apr. 18 — Ever ljody goes to Taber- nacle; no Ijagging. -Apr. ly — We get three whole meals to- day. Apr. 20 — W ' ar still on in Europe. Apr. 21 — Alore war; caps and gowns, Retert ' s Rules of Order, Amnier- man. Nuff sed. Apr. 22 — Mails flooded with gradua- tion gown patterns. )V. 2T) — Gym. meet. Third years win. Some records broken. )r. 24 — Penn Relays. Sh — were you there? School night in Tabernacle. . pr. 2}, — Senior presiden: goes coun- trv clubbing. . pr. 2() — Office calls sequel to relays. A])r. 2 — Vacations begin (for some). . pr. 28 — Strange sight. Shoff walks with girls on High street. . ] r. 29 — Some of the boys fight fire. . pr. 30 — Garrett breaks world ' s high jump reci:)rd. ; lay I — (jood-bye Harkins. We. beat Millersville 7-6. Big crowd, band, new suits. Alay 2 — AlcConnell badl - in need of a sliax ' e. Alay 3 — Several Seni(_)rs arrix ' e from a vacation. Alay 4 — Aliss Den worth advertises for a man. May 5 — Miss Aleck follows suit. Mav 6 — Unclercuffler attends Mrs. Ehinger ' s lecture in cha])el. Ma - 7 — Stitzer enrolls as a West Ches- ter rapid transit man. May 8 — McDannel returns from his honeymoon. Alay 9 — Stephens goes shopping with L ' ndercuflfer. Is almost run oxer by a Jitney. 26- CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN ®n tlrpQIlaaaaf 1915 c LASSAIATES dear, tlie cml is coming ' . To our liappy Xornial days, Nearer, nearer each night l)rings u ;. ' I ' o the parting u ' i the ways. We have all been close tog ' cther In the years that now are past, run in the days that lie before us One will come and be the last. Each one then must choose the path. .Mong which, he alone must go. Then into the fields of the I ' uture, Each one the seeds of Life must sow. May you all s(.)W the seeds of love. And may they into your lives be cast. For they are the seeds that are worth while Whose harvest will forever last. c ma} ' ne er again be together. The members of tiiis dear old class, Some may be but as the ships, — Ships that in the night do pass. But some there will be always Who through the years will ne ' er forget, 1liat here, we, Comrades of the Road of Life, At ' est Chester Xormal, met. SvuNEY Allen Scout, ' i=; 203 THE SERPENTINE Hdku! VER our happy Xormal days, The curfew bell has rung. The 1 enediction has been said, The parting song been sung. Over the dear old well-worn path. The purple shadows fall. And througli the hush of the twilight, The bells of mem ' ry call. Their silv ' ry voices speak to us. Of days that now are o ' er; They tell us of the happy times. That now will come no more ; They warn us of the dangers in The race yet to be run : They bid us all a sad Fare-well. For Normal days are done. Sydney Allen Scout, ' i= 264 CLASS NINETEEN FIFTEEN Autograpl|B 265 C L AS S NINETEEN FIFTEEN AutngrapIjB 266 1288 si. . ' .; 370.73 1915 5« «8 West aiester, Pennaylvania State Teachers College Serpentine