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

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liased on tin- (lueslioii of rijilit and wron , and no law is ever t ' orniulatcd, theory demonstrated, deeision rendered or passion siil)dued, hnl that eon- seienee like a powerful loadstone draws man towards tiie rigiit. A beautiful passage is found in the following, — Because his highest endeavor is to typify aiul honor Divinity, man has been styled a religiotis animal. The world ' s noblest arehitecture and most exipiisite sculpture have alike been dedicated to God. How wonderfully suggestive that moi ' e efforts have been made to i-epresent the Christ in painting than any other subject of woi ' ld iaboi-! The sublime in music has been devoted to His I ' raise. The attitude of the scien- tist is nowhere better set forth than in the following passage. — To attain perfection nothing demands such a liigh grade of morality fi-om its sei ' vants as does science. Absolute accuracy in observation and investigation, correct- ness in repoi-ting results, I ' cadiness to acknowledge error and utter neglect of self are essential (|ualitications of the scienlist. The whole oi-ation is filled with .similai ' intei-esting and elevated thoughts and happy illustrations. Among other college honors. jMr. Newman was given Honorable Mention in connection with the Baum Sophomore JIathen:aticai Prize, and also in comu ' ction with the Hassler Junior Latin Prize. He was awarded the Graeff Prize for having written the best essay on Xatui ' c in Kmci ' son ' s Poetry. This brief glimpse of the four years of Dean .Newman ' s college life shows clearly that he was a faithful, pains-taking, exemplary and highly successful student, whose merit was recognized alike by his classmates and teaehei-s and whose achievements ga e abundant pi-onnse of greater ones to follow. It may be noted in passing that he continued his studies as an exti ' a- nuii-al student of his Alma JIater and for special work in science was awarded the degree of Master of Arts in 1909. Ir. Newman had taught sevei-al terms in the ])ublic schools of his native county, between 1895 and 1898, while he was preparing foi- college. This experience reinforced by the scholastic ti-aining and broadened outlook ob- tained from his college course, -was of no snuill value to him and. u])on his graduation, he accepted the position of assistant-Principal of the Waynesboro (Ji ' ammar School. The next year, he was advanced to a similai- position in the Waynesboro High School, and in 1904 he became the Pi ' incipal. While sei ' ving as Principal, he sa another o])] ortunity and took a business course in the Waynesboro Business College from ■hich he graduated in 1905. Prof. Newman tilled the position of Principal of the High School with nuirked success and at tlie expiration of two years Avas tendered and accepted the 111-0 fessorship of sciences in th ' Shipjiensburg State Noi ' inal School. He was now in his chosen tiehl of stnily and research, and the department soon showed the result of his scholarly dii-e -tion and skilful reorganization. Dur- ing three yeai ' s of the four spent at Shippensburg, he served in the capacity of Preceptor and thus made his influence felt in a wider sphere and in a province vital to character-building. It is interesting to record here that Professor Newman was united in marriage, August 19. 1909, to Miss :Maud E. Baldwin, a leading membir of the Normal School Faculty. The biographer cannot resist the temptation to lest his pen a moment here and whisper to ihoi-e who do not alreadv know it. that the beautiful home of Professor and I ' at e Nine

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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

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