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

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PrnfpBimr 31. IFrauk Nnitmau A. 1.: A. m.: M. 0. IfatI of till ' l ' i);irtH]i ' iit of I ' liysics and (!coloi;y and I vn]] of the West Chi ' sti ' i- State Noiaiial Srhool. Professor J. Fi ' ank Newman, for the past ten years an honored and highly esteemed teaelier in the ' est Chester State Noi ' mal School and for the past six years the eflicient Dean of the Institution, eomes from sturdy, American ancesti-y and is descended from an old Adams county family. He is the son of Jolm David Newman, deceased, and Aniande (Black) Newman, and was horn June 15, 11S79, at Payetteville, Franklin county, Pennsylvania. The l)oy, Frank Newnuin, received his elcnK ' ntai-y education in the com- mon schools of the county, graduating in 1895. He was apt as a pupil, in- tensely interested in Natui ' e and all forms of out-door life and activities and especially foiul of reading. At eleven years of age, he had read more hooks than most boys many years older than himself. His love of learning, rapid progress in f.chool and his personal ambition, aroused by the Christian, edu- cational atmosphere created by the Lutheran church, all pointed in one direction and evoked in him, along with other boys, a desire to go to college and inspired them to make adequate prei)aration. In 1895, he began this preparation under private insti ' uction and, in 1898, (•omi)leted the work, which had been so ably guided and so well done that, in that year, he was admitted to the Freshman class of Gettysburg College, (lettysburg, Pa., from which he graduated with high honors in 1902, in the classical course, with the degree of A. B., including among other languages, four years of Greek. The four years of his college course wei-e yt-ars of notable success and academic achievement. He early demonstrated his fitness for leadership and his capacity foi- matters, requiring detailed thought and scrupulous accuracy. Among some of the activities of his college life it may be mentioned that he was leader of Mi.ssion study, 1899 to 1902, treasure!- of the inter-collegiate Oratorical Union, 1 900-1 90l . class treasurer, ] 901-1902, and assistant editor of the The Specti ' um, the class annual. His supei ' ior, ])ersonal qualities attracted the attention not only of his classmates, but also of the college faculty, and he received the pccond honor at his graduation. The subject of his oration on Commencement Day, June 18, 1902, was: Morality Implied in True Progress. Tliis showed careful thought and prepai-ation. and was filled with the highest ideals. A few quotations from this oi ' ation will demon- sti ' atc the truth of this. Referring to physical laws, he says: These laws are not arbitrary statutes which compel man to advance. His own free will permits him to chno e l)etwe ' n pi ' ogression and retrogression and the evej ' - present voice of God continually calls him upward. Again, — Progress is Payr Eiijlit