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

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m Thi ' Philips Afemorial Lihrarj , ioraliui on the Ji-cond floor of the Jlemorial Chapel, contains a ivri i-aluiihle collection of hooks. This collection u ' aj- started hi Dr. George Jlorris Philips a-hUe he u ' as principal of the school. It is hdnif added to constanilxj and, with its three thousand I ' olumes, IS at present the largest autographed lihrary in the world, fi ' riters and statesmen oj all nationali- ties are represented here.

Page 18 text:

' Jfain Dorm at the time oj its erection in 1871 was only one-third o its present size, .it that time it was the renter of alt student life on the campus. It housed all H -inff ifuarters, the di uru -room, chapel, lihrarj , class rooms, business offices, and piano rooms. The win s and annex were added in 1910. .It present the building is used as a girls ' dormitory. Besides li . ' ing guar- ters, it contains the colic ge dining-room, piano rooms, and soiial rooms.

Page 20 text:

ThU building, generally called The Old (rvm. at the lime of iLt ereclion tn I ' ' 90 mis one oj the finest gpmnasiums of any college in the country. It houses the admin istratn-e offices of the Health Education department as -ell as a haskclhall court, an indoor track, Sicimming pool, and hoii-ling alleys. It is no -. ' used chiefly as the center oJ the girls ' athletics and physical actii ' ities.