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

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mri« ' . With the long summer vacation left behind them, men and women students both awakened to the prospect of returning to class. The lines moved from Recreation Hall and registration to the task of moving belongings into the dormitories. The dorms once again became the centers of interest. The line of cars appeared on the quadrangle as women students started their first phase of dormitory life — moving in. We recall that that was the day when brothers, fathers, and beaus with arms full of suitcases, coats, lamps, and hangers were allowed to wander through the halls. We were able to catch one small group as they started the routine trips from cars to rooms. Then came that part of processing for freshmen, known as orientation. Pic- tured on the lower right are a group of freshmen men as they made their way from Philips Memorial Auditorium following their first conference. This was for freshmen their first formal contact with life at West Chester State Teachers College. TO LIFE

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Pmwm We remember the thrill of being back on campus the first day. The college came to life again, and those long lines for registration were back. Pictured to the right is Marjory Dean getting her roster from Miss Peggy Groff.

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Old HAMTS RE Although the long summer vacation was over, the summer weather was not. After having braved the lines at registration and having moved belongings to our rooms, we took off with renewed spirit to quench our thirst and more important, to see the crowd again. The talk ran fast and furious outside the Purple and Gold Tea Room as Joan Nyland, Karl Lieblong, Virginia Byerly, Robert Edwards, Robert Hoy, and Patricia Bethea acted as a self-appointed welcoming committee on the sidewalk. After awhile, everyone at this stop had told and retold vacation escapades and was ready to move on to another spot — the Commons. Here, welcoming us was a Commons with its new blue walls waiting to soothe us and to listen to our stories. Relaxing in the Commons we found Bridget Arrigale, Louis DiMassa, Phyllis Marinaci, Vera Bigelow, Nancy Hunsicker, Marilyn Clymer, Dorothy Rafter, and Joan Snader.