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

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1895 1887 Regulations stressed Hthat the hours of study are to be faithfully devoted to that purposef, X-XII starsu began in this year. Many famous people vvere to be heard in future years: Lieutenant Peary, Theodore Roose- velt, Julia Ward l-lovve, Thomas Nast, Boolcer T. Washington. 1890 The Daily Local informed its readers ot remarlcable changes. Hlhe State Normal is to be raised another story. The Normal will be lighted vvith something better than coal oil .... Gas vvill be turned oil nightly at 'IO RM. -l-hat vvas the year the gymnasium vvas built and illuminated with electric light. The corner stone of old Recitation l-lall vvas laid. 1892 1893 Une hundred and eighty double lid deslcs are ordered for study room and Rec l-lall ..,. all vvill have lceys and double locks. A desire For a regularly organized football team is strong among the students but Trustees say 'Noi Roar Rams Roar had its counterpart then in a long dravvn out yell: Normall Normall N-Q-R-Nl-A-l., Normalf, l Q8

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1874 1878 1885 Women in long sweeping skirts and high-buttoned shoes at- tended classes. A student wrote home, HSoon we will eat breakfast and tea by gas light. Croquet was played on south campus. The North wing of the dormitory was built. The regulations of the Normal School read: Students are allowed to wall4 for exercise in vicinity ol the school, but no one is permitted to visit the town or otherwise absent himself without permission from the principal. Absence from the premises alter dusl4 is not permitted. New acquaintances outside ot the school must not be cultivated. Communications between two sexes for- bidden except when under school supervisionf, ln that year the dining room and chapel were added. Situated in what is now our Dining Room was the Old Chapel Q7

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1896 1898 1902 1903 1911 1917 1918 1921 1925 l-lonorable John Wanamaker at the school's twenty-Filth an- niversary, pronounced West Chester an ideal school town. Young ladies of Senior and Junior classes invariably provide themselves with gymnasium suits of navy blue Flannell' following Buttericlcs pattern number 751. A small pox epidemic resulted in an informal commencement. This was the year the library was created. The paper called baseball the popular sport. Wayne l-lall was built. Normal school classes began at 7:15 in the morning. Teachers in the dormitory cared for the Flu cases. First South became an intirmary. Boys were nearly all enrolled in the Student Army Training Corps. There vvere two hundred ten stars on the service Flag. Something vvonderlul happened! A large sign was hung in the gymnasium containing these vvords: Straight dancing only allowed on this Floor. This was the year a campus tradition, the Carol service, was originated by Mr. l'lausl4necht, Utlncle Ned. The Philips Memorial Chapel vvas erected in this year as a memorial to George Morris Philips, principal ol the Normal From 1881 -1 920. 29