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

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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.

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THE SERPENTINE Where Some oi Our Faculty Live

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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