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

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[the 1QZ3 serpentine] As an appreciation of Ker keen per- sonal interest in 4ie student hoAy ana of Ker untiring efforts to raise tKe standards of our Alma Mater this Serpentine of me Class of ic)23 is respectfully) dedicated to Grace DietricK McCarth}? DEAN OF WOMEM Piifff Sfve?i

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THE 1QZ3 SERPENTINeI Pdilf Six

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[the 19Z3 SERPENTINeI Kappii school. ' 1) r;ill to Grace DietricK McCartKy, A.M. DEAN OF WOMEN West Chester State Normal ScKool ' r v:is ill tlir littli ' lowii (if CmIvctI in tlir I.oih ' Star State, not so many ycar.s » k that (iracc Dictricli iMc( ' artliy first -ast an ap- |iraisiiig- eye on this world an l its proliii ' ins. ' i-yy early in life she I ' scorted her I ' aniily to New Yovk City, wliei ' e she spent a happy cliildhood and be aii selionl. lint thi ' call (if the West wa.s strong. The iiiother from Illinois and tlic father, who had heen one of (icncral Alliert Sidney .lohnstim ' s 1 rusted officers, soon took IhiMr tliriT littli ' daiifi ' hters and made a iii ' W and more perma- nent home in Cartha ' e, Misso ii ' i. ' ollnfi■ (irace went tlirough the usual jiublic school ex])eriences and later took a yeai ' at the University of Jlissoui ' i. it was here she was I ' lected to the ppa Gamma Sorority. Then she lief jiii her teachiiiK in the pulilic ( ' arthage. !■■ these years Miss .McCarthy experienced all of the gootl times that lot of a youni; ' and happ. - ji ' ii ' l. especiall. - in the West. Moreover, she had a few extra thrown in. She traveled, more or less, in this country and in Europe. spent mouths with her unele. (ieneial Will. E. Dougherty. at various military i)Osts. see- ing arm.v life at its hi ' ightest and hest. About this time she contracted her story- writing hal)it which she has never since (piite given over. One da.v in 1910. return- ing to the I ' nited States after a rather extended trip abroad, she was meditating in her deck chair. She thought to herself: ' Why do I return at once to my Mis- souri home-land ' ' . I might enjoy a new world in the old East. ' So. stepping off the good ship Haverfonl on to Philadelphia soil, she sought a teacher clearing house: Certainlv. said the friend- l.v agent, go right out to the West Chester State Normal School where, at this mo- ment, the.v want an Engli.sh teacher and she did. So it I ' lit f F. ' ujlil