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

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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE ■WEST CHESTER PEN N SYLVAN I A Greetings: You have reached another milestone in your life. Your years of undergraduate work are complete — years of har)ny associations, mental challenges, deet) friendshiiDs, and dreams of the future. A statement by Josiah Royce points up the oDportunitles of the nresent uncertain but glorious age: YOU, AT THIS MOMENT, HAVE THE HONOH TO BELONG TO A GENERATION WHOSE LIPS ARE TOUCHED WITH FIRE . . THE HUMAN RACE NOW PASSES THROUGH ONE 01 ITS GREAT CRISES. NEW IDEAS, NEW ISSUES—A CALL FOR MSN TO CARRY ON THE WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, OF CHARITY, OF COURAGE, OF PATIENCE, OF LOYALTY ALL THESE THINGS HAVE COME AND ARE DAILY COfflNG TO YOU. Royce ' s blueprint for brave living em bodies the essential reouirements for good teaching — recognition of the dignity of all peonle, patience in dealing with your fellow men, loyalty to the fundamental ideals of our democracy, faith in a SuT)reme Power to guide you aright, and courage to believe the sentiment of the late William Allen White: I AJ-I NOT AFRAID OF TOMORROW FOR I HAVE SSSil YESTERDAY AND I LOVE TODAY . This sort of living, thinking, and acting will do much to make each of you worthy of your generation. If your years at Vfest Chester State have helr ed you to meet life and master its adversities, sel7e its opportunities, and conouor its reverses, then you can march forth in the New Age v ith confidence. My heartiest best wishes go with you. Co I ' d! ally yours, Charles S. Swope President 18

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PHILIPS MEMORIAL We are reading the first verse of tfie first chapter of a book whose pages ore infinite. These words from the pen of an unknown writer stimulate the imagination and give motivation for clear thinking and noble living. They stand as a reminder that the future can be what we really want to make it. Even though the future may be mysterious, hazy, and foreboding, we have the power to mold it into patterns that we choose and on which we place a high value. For the second time each of you has seen the world shaken by a catastrophe. These disasters have brought sorrow and suffering to many. To all there has been more or less of confusion and frustration. Dreams have vanished, and ideals have seemed to crumble before your eyes. Hope lags, and fear is present at every turn. May we read again the quotation and realize that the past is gone. We cannot change that now. The future is before us. We, living in the present, must face the future with courage and faith. It is possible to profit by the past and not mar the future with the indecisions and mistakes of the post. We shall spend the remainder of our lives in the future. Each day will bring new opportunities in home life, education, business, and social living. May we, with a faith that is real and sure, bring to the future the best of our lives. It is my hope that as you leave our college, your faith and courage will enable you to pierce through the confusion and haze, to dispel fear and will help you to play your part in building a future that may well become a real Golden Age . Sincerely, WINFIELD W. MENHENNETT 20