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

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D a=— H 3JP J(TI7T — to see the good and beautiful in all about you; to help those whom vim meet, and to trust God absolutely is a symphony worth while. It is well to pay tribute to these boys in the Service in this dedicatory way and in every way. They fought the bat- tles for us and all mankind. In honoring them, the mem- bers of the Class of 1919 honor themselves for it is only the good and the true and the noble that recognize and revere goodness and nobility in others. They went forth in the spirit of Marco Bozzaris: Strike — till the last armed foe expires, Strike — for your altars and your fires. Thev trained and fought in accord with Wolsey ' s ap- peal : Be just and fear not, Let all the ends thou aim ' st at be thy country ' s, Thy God ' s, and truth ' s: They put aside their weapons in keeping with the poet who sings, ) Lord divine Thy name we praise; Victory, glad victory! To Thee our grateful voices raise. Victory, glad victory! Grant us that this, our righteous war, The last shall be for evermore. Let malice, lust and hate be o ' er, Victory, glad v ictory! How powerfully impressed the members of 1919, all the Alumni and every undergraduates should be with the sacrifice and strife shown by our brave boys. Whether liv- ing or dead, the lads teach us a great lesson and make a mighty appeal to us to be unselfish and patriotic. In the world ' s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Francis Harvey Green. Page Nine

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D -jH - M izzzI ' fffo h - -H The Students Army Training Corps SA. T. C. arc tour letters that do not mean much to us now, but when we look, back on the period of our life spent in the corps and when we think of the history made in that time we will recall with pleasure the fact that we offered our best to bring that history out in the right way. Our commanding officer, Lieut. William C. Briggs, arrived in West Chester about Oct. 1, and immediately started on the paper work of the organization. On Oct. 7 physical examinations under Dr. William Sharp- less were started, and immediate induction followed. Lieut. Briggs was a first lieutenant in the regular army, having been in the service since 1911. He was a graduate of Purdue University, which gave him the necessary fundamentals for army tactics. As first sergeant, Lieut. Briggs chose Charles L. An- drews of Ridley Park, Pa. Mr. Andrews had spent three years in Staunton Military Academy in Virginia. An- drews had the most military training of any fellow in the one-hundred-ten, and was therefore a wise choice from that point of view. As second sergeant, Edward Mackowit was chosen, as he had spent some time in a company of State Militia. As third sergeant, Eugene Huntzinger, who had served an enlistment period with the engineers and had served in the National Army. He tried the third time to do his duty to his country, ami received his third hon- orable discharge on Dec. 12, 1918. Three more sergeants were chosen, namely: Baden Page Eleven