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

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT CF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA April 7, 1937 To the Members of the Graduating Class: Four years of college life have ended. But the knowledge, the friendships, the inspiration which gave value to those years belong not alone to the inde- structible past but go forward with you into the future. Perhaps the severing of college ties and the assuming of life ' s rssponsibilities saddens you; perhaps you feel it is unfortunate to begin your careers in a disillusioned and chaotic world. If so, ollov me to remind you this very confusion presents a challenging opportunity to offer to our troubled times the balm of love and service. As your guiding principle I recommend the message of the brave and dauntless hielen Keller: Join the great company of those who make the barren places of life fruitful with kindness. Carry a vision of heaven in your hearts, and you shall make your home, your college, the world, correspond to that vision. Your success and happiness lie in you. External conditions are the acci- dents of life, its outer trappings. The great, enduring realities are love and service. Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose worm and our intelligence aglow. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulty. Cordially yours, CHARLES S. SWOPE, CSS:EHC President Twenty-two

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i BP im 1 l i lJ H KflK H ■ f mmr - ' ' Si ' ' .9t ' ' ll 1 |- liiiiHMiiiY ' ' . . f 1 Ik. ■ « T ■ i ' -f ' k ' - ' ..: .S . - ' l « BOARD OF TRUSTEES MR. CANN, President The average student does not see the ' behind the scenes action —but this necessary work, although it does not receive the applause it deserves, paves the way for obvious achievement. This type of thing occurs not only in theatres, but in the management of hotels, business enterprises, and schools. In our own college, the Board of Trustees carry on the necessary legislation, and determine the rules and regulate all the matters of the college through the president. We see evidence of its excellent administra- tion in our comfortable living quarters, in the type of entertainments we enjoy, and the worth- while instruction we receive. We shall more deeply appreciate the efforts of the Board as we come to a realization of their genuine in- terest in our welfare. Board of Trustees Mr. Merrill B. Cann, President John A. Farrell, M.D., Vice-President Mrs. hloward Mellor, Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Jean Kane Fouike Mr. Thomas hHoskins, A.B., LI.B. Reverend G. Paul Musselman Joseph Scattergood, Jr., M.D. Mr. C. I. White, A.B., M.A. Mr. Fred S. Wood, A.B., M.A. Twenty-one

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PRESIDENT CHARLES SEIGEL SWOPE, A.B., M.A. Twenty-three