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

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fPJ M w TT 7E, the Class of 1927, dedicate NA ' this section of the Serpentine to the AJumni Association in sincere appreciation of the good it has ren dered our school, and especially in the making possible the building of the ' Philips Vl emorial Ml i%v

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n m U Pioneer Club Chester County Automobile Club West Chester Country Club Brandywine Grange Young Men ' s Christian Association, West Chester, Pa. Pomona Grange, No. j Mr. HoUinger attributes his business success and acumen to the training which he received under the late Dr. George Morris Philips, who, tor about forty years, was principal of the West Chester State Normal School, and who died in 1920. For some time prior to the death ot Dr. Philips, Mr. Hollinger had been the active spirit in reorganizing the financial affairs ot the West Chester State Normal School Alumni Association and collecting a fund of several thousand dollars in the name and under the management of the association, which fund is loaned without interest to worthy students. When this association, therefore, decided that its 7000 members should become sponsors for such a fund as would serve as the nucleus for a memorial to the late Dr. George Morris Philips, one of such character as would in some measure be typical of his great service to his state, they at once turned to John R. Hollinger as the proper person to put the project through, and he shouldered this burden also. As a result, there now stands on the campus of the West Chester State Normal School one of the finest and most practical buildings to be found anywhere in connection with an educational institu- tion, a building which cost more than $500,000, ot which the state gave a direct appropriation of $150,000. This fine temple is a monument not only to the splendid services of Dr. George Morris Philips, but also to the zeal and untiring energy of the subject of this sketch. The Alumni Association of the West Chester State Normal School reelected Mr. Hollinger tour times to the presidency of the association, an honor never before conferred upon any member. Mr. Hollinger is a member of the Baptist Church. He was married March 17, 1917, to Ann J. F. Entnken, daughter of George Entnken. They have two children, Nancy and William. Robert F. Anderson 1 27 J

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nrrif! W OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION John R. Hollinger, President Floyd T. Hart, Vice-President Bertha Foulke Martindale, Secretary Chester County Trust Company, Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Henry W. Scarborough Mary E. Anderson Clarence L. McKelvie PHILIPS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Robert F. Anderson, Chairman WiLLLAM P. Philips Andrew Thomas Smith Ann Entriken Hollinger Mary Morris Hamilton Albert T. Hanby Walter E. Dengler Willa Way MacDonald Henry W. Scarborough Archifects for the Phihps Memorial Building Walter F. Price William McKee Walton Genera Contractors jor the Philips Memcrial Budding Victor Gondos Company M M 29