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

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i THE CENTER OF KNOWLEDGE Sooner or later everyone becomes acquainted with the hbrory. Thirteen

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HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS Dr. Philips, principal from 1881 to 1920, was a famous, well-liked educator. Most of the buildings were erected during his administration and much additional land was bought. Today we are rather surprised at some of his regulations. Smoking, dancing, and card playing were for- bidden to all. No Sunday newspapers were permitted on the campus. Were the men allowed to walk their ladies uptown? Indeed not! On Saturday the women could walk uptown in the morning and the men in the afternoon. The order was reversed each week. The limit for the women at most times was Union Street and the Episcopal Church. This beautiful building must have loomed like a prison wall before the ladies ' eyes. You understand — there were times when the opposite sexes were privileged to mingle . These two times were marked by the Moore Anniversary in the fall and the Aryan Reunion in the spring. In each case there was a social hour after the entertainment, and this was the only time to speck to that heart ' s desire . T eK

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HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS However, we cannot pity our predecessors, because they did have an ice skating pond. The fair maiden in distress was assisted around the pond one time and only one time by a member of the stronger sex. There was always a scorekeeper at hand. (hHow about the timekeeper, you ask?) No matter. Miss McCarthy still maintains that these were the good old days . Wayne hdall was built in 1913 and took its name from Camp Wayne, which was used for recruiting purposes during the Civil War. Both men and women faculty members as well as students lived here. The Library, Old Gymnasium, and Recitation hHall were built earlier. The principal made his home in Green Gables, which was located at the corner of hligh Street and College Avenue. It was not until nineteen hundred and thirty that the president ' s residence was changed to its present location on Rosedale Avenue. M i 2 ' if ,.■ ' ' .! H i. Green Gables Fourteen