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

Page 22 text:

Meet Our President PRESIDENT CHARLES SIEGEL SWOPE Born at Saltillo, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1899; graduated from West Chester State Normal School. 1921; received his A.B. from Dickinson College. Carlisle, Pennsvlvania, 1925; his A.M. from the Universitv of Pennsvlvania, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1929; and his Pd.D. from Dickinson College, 1941. Professional E.xperience; Rural school teacher. Beavertown. Pennsvlvania, 1916-18; teacher in a private school, Pennington, New Jersey, 1921-25, and 1925- 26; Superintendent of Schools, Everett. Kennsylvania. 1926-27; Instructor ot Social Studies at the State Teachers College at West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1927-35. He has been President of the College since 1955. Professional Clubs and AITdiations: Member, Board of Trustees, Pennington School for Boys, Pennington, New Jersey; member. Schoolmen ' s Committee. .Academy of Political and Social Science; member .N.E.A.; ex-ofiicio member. Educational Policies Commission, 1957; member, Pennsylvania State Education Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; member, Board of Directors, Chester County Council of the Boy Scouts of America; member, Methodist Church; President, Eastern District Sabbath School Association of Chester County, 1955-.56; Presi- dent of West Chester Rotary Club, 1940-41. Lecturer and author in the field of social studies. Eighteen

Page 21 text:

West Chester ' s White House The President ' s Residence on Rosedale Avenue Sencnleen

Page 23 text:

The President Speaks To THE Members of the Graduating Class: Four happy years in the College now come to an end. We hope you have reaped a fine dividend in an arouseti curiosity, enlarged mental horizons, and lasting triendships. Naturally you are anxious to take your place in a larger world. Our present world needs you and millions of others like you with your youth and vision. We know you will face life with a little humor, a great deal of pity, a ceaseless curiosity, a love of beauty, and a sense of comradeship with all men. Hundreds of our graduates, including some of your classmates, are on the fighting fronts around the world. They are serving our country with honor and defending us with valor. We owe them a debt of gratitude that obligates us to perform our duties courageously at home, helping them to build the good life for all. If we at home fail, their sacrifice will have been In vain. There Is no all-inclusive formula for what Is good in life. Perhaps this thought, which has often helped me, partially sums it up: What is the real good? I asked in musing mood. Order , said the law court; Knowledge , said the school; Truth , said the Wiseman; Pleasure , said the iool ; Love , said the maiden; Beauty , said the page; Freedom , said the dreamer; Home , said the sage; Fame , said the soldier; Equity , the seer; Spoke my heart full sadly: The answer is not here. Then within my hosom Sottly this I heard: Each heart holds the secret I Kindness is the world. Each generation must shape Its own destiny. For each generation the good life Is a chang- ing pattern, and yet the elements are constant. Search your own hearts and capture the ideal values of life: kindness to one another, tolerance, understanding, good-will, and comradeship. Make these treasures the mainspring of your own life, and all mankind will be blessed. Cordlallv vours, CHARLES S. SWOPE Dr. Swope at his desk Miss Euna Ball, Secretary to the President Miss Makie Svenson, Secretary to the Preiidenl, succeeding Miss Ball 582-! 5 Nineteen