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

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FOREWORD - . I REASURED family ablum. Who ever read it? Ever see an album in a penthouse, a club car, a luxury liner? No, the old-fashioned album was first broused-through by staid Victorians — on their over-stuffed horsehair sofas. Plush-covered books of varied hues. Red, green, gold with many- petaled flowers and plump, be-ribboned cupids. It was the March of Time of the Victorian Era, cherished like the family Bible and the parlor pipe-organ. Babies in their christening dresses, youngsters in pinafores and first long trousers. Brown derbies, starched high collars, and patent- leather-tipped boots. Bustled skirts and veiled sailor hats all these grace the stiff poses of the tintype models. For four years, we, like the Beau Brummels and the Gibson Girls of yesterday, have posed for our life snapshots . Styles may change or be revived, poses may relax and be natural, but the same character traits are inherent in every generation. Though outward semblances are altered, we still cling to the tradi- tional spirit of the Gay Nineties . Loyalty to West Chester, honesty to ourselves, respect for those who have proved themselves worthy are the qualities which we hold dear. Therefore, we, the Senior Class of 1939, pre- sent our Old-Fashioned Album to West Chester. ■1 7 }c

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