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

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irS ' ,v ; IJffi , ;; n n uj} ,1 [3 | ' S 1, ' SIM -i ' ,1 ■■,mt .m ; ii b liH li B wf li l f n TT was one hundred twenty-seven years ago that West Chester Academy first took root in the heart of historic Chester County. From these humble beginnings has emerged our college, of which we are so justly proud. Since those early days of its existence, the college has undergone a great metamorphosis. It has acquired a veneer of old world sophistication; a veneer, and that only, for under it lie the steadfast beliefs, the pruderies, the ignorances, the boundless energy of the young nation. Look kindly upon this plastic period, for this era of transcendentalism was one which achieved progress — the progress which resulted in the development of a great institution. 4lO|c

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PROSPECTUS MEN OF STRATAGEM AND RESOLUTION FINISHED PORTRAITS BEAUX AND BELLES OF MANY WITS THE CIRCLES FEATS OF DARING PROWESS GALA OCCASIONS FAMILY PLACARDS g|9|c

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in Mtmcvmm Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere. — Thomas Gray. Dr. John A. Farrell ( r They died before they had achieved their design and ambition, as all builders of their type die. Their work is never done; they always die planning for the future. e ' So many worlds, so much to do, So little done, such things to be, How know I what had need of thee. For thou wert strong as thou wert true? — Alfred Lord Tennyson. Mrs. Howard Mellor 3.|II}®