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

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LilllliHGD m LIVED Day students started their school day at their lockers and then moved on to join the dormitory students as they made their way from class to class along the old familiar pathways. Serious trends of thought are temporarily interrupted by the bells. Minds turn toward unending pleasure as one and all scramble to that small building which stands in its quiet and unassuming way to produce so much happiness — The Post Office! Here, letters, cards, packages, large and small, all needed and anxiously awaited, produce that indescribable, intangible so called lift . The sight is inconceivable, and it can be appreciated only by those who see and enjoy it. Faces that only a few minutes ago were stern and serious, carrying the countenances of adults, are as the faces of little children with their prize toy. Does it seem possible that just a few letters can do so much ? Letters are opened and read ; then, minds turn again to the problems at hand. However, as the students return to their classes, they seem to have a new air about them — a new strut to their walk, which can only be defined as a feeling of security and increased happiness. Letters of encouragement, future dreams, and hopes may be a small Init sucJi a vital part to all in our lives here at West Chester . Now, again, the bell has rung, classes have begun, notebooks are ojjened, minds alert, and all former thoughts are cast aside. The thirst for knowledge stands forth and shows itself as our first and true objective.

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LISTMP, LMRIED The extra-curricular activities and the social events were not all that went into the making up of the schoolyear. Once again the schedule of classes took up the major portion of the day and evening. The secondaries majoring in the field of science began again the hours of work in the laboratories solving the mysteries of chemical compositions. Pictured to the right is such a group of students spending an afternoon in the chemistry laboratory. The music students got back into the routine of spending most of their free time in the music practice rooms. The task of passing keyboard harmony became a major topic of conversation. The two students who appear in the picture to the right seem to be enjoying their period of practice. The health and physical education students took over the gymnasiums once again to build their skills in the various gymnastic feats. The parallel bars, horses, ropes, and mats were used to their full advantage. Pictured to the right are students engaging in the strenuous routine of being health education students. Then, too, the seniors were introduced to the rigorous schedule of the future teacher through their student teaching assignments. Two periods a week were spent in the curriculum and materials classes discussing problems encountered while student teaching. Other students went to classes; some seniors battled with a split schedule of student teaching ; all were busy as the school ' year rolled on to May. Shirley Ziff, Anthony Tamboro, and Raymond Hood work in the college laboratory. Darlington Kulp and his accompanist are seen in one of the practice rooms. Robert Morgan, Francis Conway, and James Cook take their wrestling exercises in class. BACK ROW: Rowland, Hamilton, Yaure, Waller, Gallant. FRONT ROW: Reese, Kernan, Stewart, M. Brown, Mackler, and Coffey pictured in curriculum class. A group of students work diligently in Miss Clark ' s literature class. HB ■ l flk mwtiJBM

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mu Joan Murray and Joseph Moore are typical of the happy smiles and contented faces that look forward in their never- ending quest for knowledge. To them knowledge is a source of happiness now and in the future. - i 41 A true university is a collection of books — a quota- tion loved, understood, add appreciated by all those who see it, a quotation which has real meaning for students in the famed halls of West Chester. The library at West Chester plays a vital part in the life of our students. It is an endless source of value both academically and culturally. To the students it is a haven, a form of rescue in their search for new and improved methods in their complex fields of teaching. For all, a feeling of pleasure and a deep sense of satis- faction are found here.