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

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i liss Groff de otes most of her time to correspondence — a job in itself. iMrs. Flyatt hard at work on schedules. One office familiar to every person on campus, students and faculty alike, is that of Dean Menhennett. Between our first interview before entering college and the last, the long awaited one con- cerning an available teaching position, our contacts with the Dean are many. His advice is sought on our various problems, big and little. We realize there is a vast amount of work done for us both directly and in- directly, but we cannot realize the num- ber of details handled here. From past experience we are aware that the Dean and his secretaries concern themselves with class attendance. They plan, ad- minister, and answer questions concern- ing this as well as schedule adjustments and selection of elective fields and courses. Another service about which we are vitally concerned, especially at the end of each semester, is that of recording our grades and sending them home. Actually, the Dean and his staff work for us beyond our four years in college. So many times they are helpful in plac- ing us in teaching positions, and they often send transcripts of our college records to graduate schools. A new member ot the staff. Miss Strode, hard at work and enjoying it. That extra load means a lot of work. Dean Alenhennett helps Wiggie and the Thomas twins make schedule adjustments. Twenty-one

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The Busiest Office at the College MR. WIXFIELD V. MEXHEXNETT, B.S., M.A. Dean of Instruction and Registrar To THE Senior Class of 1943: It is a real privilege to extend to you my greetings as your college life at West Chester draws to a close. This book, your Serpentine, will bring to each of you many memories of four happy years. Mingled with the many pleasant memories will be a host of thoughts that like ghosts will not be downed. These thoughts will bring to all a realization of the grim realities of the present and of the immediate future. The world of 1959, which you knew as freshmen, has passed from the scene, never to return. A new world with new and expanded horizons has come to take its place. This new world appears to be different in size, in shape, in social and in human relations. Old values have disappeared. New values and new disciplines, sterner and more exacting in nature, are now a part of our every-day life. In this new order of life problems hitherto dormant have arisen and will continue to arise. These problems will demand the best that human life can give. The foundations of our society have been shaken. This is especially noticeable in such areas as religion, family life, educa- tion, economics, government, and la the art of living together. Many tasks now face each of us, and the successful completion of them calls for our closest cooperation. You, members of the class of 1943, have unique opportunities. In your four years of college life, you have witnessed changes more Important and significant than the total changes of another generation. I feel that you will be sensitive to the myriad opportunities which will be yours You will be builders, conscious of the needs for real service. Give to life the best that you have and life will reward you. I wish for each of you the ;oy and happiness that comes when life Is lived nobly and completely. Cordially yours, WINFIELD W. MENHENNETT T uenl )

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Mrs. Clyde L. King, B.S., M.A. Dean o( Women Imagine yourself assigned to the task of seeing to the happiness and well-being of about five hundred twenty-five girls who live in the same building! Trying to help them adapt themsleves to their temporary surroundings is the enormous job of the Dean of Women, Mrs. Irene M. King, and the Adviser to Women, Miss Ruby Boggs. Added to this major responsibility are the necessary regulations and system of permissions, hospitality, and cleanliness. Be- cause of the national emergency now confronting us, the Deans have a great responsibility in connection with the fire anil air raid precautions and drills. For those girls who cannot wholly afford a college education, the Deans have provided a means whereby they can work for their room and board. At lease sixty-five girls have availed themselves of this opportunity through the co- operation of Mrs. King and Miss Boggs. The Dean of Women has, in the past, sponsor- ed the College Calendar Committee which deals with the arranging of all types of entertainment for men and women students. This entertain- ment includes such activities as the informal dances which are held during the week in Recrea- tion Hall, and the joint religious meetings which are scheduled many times throughout the year. Both the Dean of Women and the Adviser to Women have been with us iluring our four-year stay at West Chester, and as we look back, we realize fully that these years were, indeed, four years of untiring service. We Present Our Deans of Women and Their Staff Mrs. Elsie Keech and Mrs. Elsie Bert Dormitory Supervisors Miss Ruby F. Boggs, B.S., M.. . Adviser to Women Tii ' enfjz-f.i ' o