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

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THE 1QZ3 SERPENTINeI foiitidciit of a fair niicl sympatlu ' tie lK ' ai-iii} i (■([Ual coiitideiKa ' , that Miss McCarthy is iicvt ' i |i i1s III! ' Id ' jiUi ' s oil the |)(i cr which taUrs llic West ( ' hcster State Normal Scliool iiiciTily oil its way. On occasion, a pang may pierce a guilty heart on receiving tlie official slip signed G.l). McC. liiit guilty and innocent alike i ' eei Xo. 10. And we can say, with ipiite so happy as when she lias secured some new condition by means of which one or all of her varied flock arc made more comforlable, more happy or hetfcr behaved. We need onls ' to mention the .est with which Mi.s.s McCarthy goes into all good works. Whether the ])roject is social lietterment in the school, the Red Cross, the Near East Relief, the Needle Work (luild or the I ' elief of some ob- scure and needy famil.v or school, she throws into it. the weight of her soul and then something worth while is sure to happen. This lad.v of manifold interests, has found time to write and j)ublisli a number of stories an l articles. She has l)roken into print many times; in the Popular Educator, Primary Educator. St. Nicholas, School and Society and Ed- ucational Reviews. Her Spelling Test, published in School and Society, is re- garded as an authority. She has had put into book form her ' Plays from the Wonder Hook and collaborated with her sister in a very successful Teachers ' Guide, much valued by grade teachers in tin- West. For several years she was the faculty editor of the temporaril - defunct school magazine, The Auuilet. Some of Miss ] IcCartliy ' s most pi ' onounced tastes are. her enjo.vnient of small children, boys preferred, her love of dogs, her penchant for strong coffee and for mushrooms, her preference for the Atlantic IFonthly and her attach- ment to hei ' church. Miss l rc( ' ai ' thy is Si ' cret;n-v of the Pennsylvania Association of Deans of Women. Perhaps the fact of her election to that office, when the Deans or- ganized about three years aso. suggests one of IVfiss McCarthy ' s leading charac- teristics. Slie does not hesitate to take the initiative in matters that interest her and is (|uite as active in carrvine them through. The combination of a soul which appreciates hiffh spiritual values of life, plus a mind which takes ac- count, in a practie;d fashion, of the actual hannenings in this bad old world, pro- duces a result which makes for rare serviceableness. The Class of 192.3 will long remember IVIiss jrcr ' arthy for a variety of rea- sons. They feel her hand in the new and delightful improvements in living conditions: in the much priced lobbv. in the long-hoped-for students ' laundry; in the actTial accomplishment of the earnestlv desired student government ex- iv ' viment and in tbe broadei-ed s or e of soeial life in p-eneral. T believe it is not foo much to affirm that the Seniors will some dav look back and place an even higher valuation than thev iiow do. on the firm, sensible, appreciative ffuidanee. hv means of which our Dean of Women is striving to give such shape to these new forces, that thev will bring to our school-life, permanent better- ment, rather than ultimate disaster. The judgment which led Dr. Philins fo ;elect JHss McCarthy for our Dean of Woni( n and the confidence which the Ti ' ustees and Dr. Smith feel in her stewardship, tosrether with tbp esteem and appereiation which members of the faeultv and students aliV» feel for tbis a ' coKinlished woman, makes it nuite fittinjr that the Cla.ss of 19?3 sii- nld b sto - the honor of being the Presiding Genius of the Class Book, on their coimselor and friend Grace Dietrich Mc- Carthy. Cora E. Everett. Page Ten

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