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

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MEMORIES Pictured at the upper right are Pauline Harold, Phyllis Marinacci, and Robert Carlin in the George Washington Social Room, standing before the famous Peale portrait of General Washington. This portrait is one of West Chester ' s greatest treasures, is nationally famous, and world-renowned.

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MilKIIG Memories are made of what we thought were common campus scenes. We can now look back on the everyday occurrences and realize the important part they played in our college life. Remember the times we complained about the West Chester weather? Never- theless, we withstood them all — rain, snow, sleet, and hail. The rains came, and we weathered the storms as we dashed from building to building and from class to class. We sought refuge from the out-of-doors in the snug warmth of the college dinifig room. Will we ever forget those cafeteria-style meals at the beginning of each semester and those endless lines — however did they get so long? As the semester progressed, the luxury of waiter service returned. Students relaxed and listened to the announcements given over the dining room public address system. With the progression of the fall semester came the unforgettable Valkyrie Club regulations administered to unsuspecting sophomore health and physical education women students. Up in the morning to the strains of the Valkyrie Chorus, women students entered the smoker to meet their ladies-in-waiting . Junior and senior health eds — remember how we thought we would never live through those hectic three days? Beds to make, shoes to be shined, the quadrangle measured in cigarettes — but when we were upperclassmen we expected the sophomores to live up to all the rules. And the poor sophomore struggled on to become finally a member of the famed Valkyrie Club. Remember the cartoon that appeared in Quad Angles asking why we did not teach them how to act like ladies ? Were we annoyed ? Do we remember? As the years burn into glowing embers, we shall remember . . . we shall remember. . . .

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We pay tribute to the graduates of ' 52. We salute them, but our tribute seems insufficient. They have worked hard toward their goal. They have reached the climax of a career. Now, they are prepared to seek other and greater ideals. We extend our sincere wishes for success in life to these future teachers — the graduates . We are the Fresliman Class . . . Beat P.M.C. . . . Hair in socks . . . sans make-up . . . mounting fears as upperclassmen called . . . chain-gauging it to chapel . . . Herbert Lady, our class president . . . Elisabeth DeRentiis and Barbara Beidler star in The Enchanted Cottage . . . thus the Class of ' 52 was born. Reveling in new heights . . . with Jack Birmingham our new leader . . . The Sophcapades . . . and Couple for a Night . . . Joan Nyland and Thomas D ' Ancona . . . then our own One Touch of Spring . . . still incomparable . . . and followed by an indoor picnic . . . Valkyrie Regs . . . and the daughters of Briinnhilde. Junior year . . . prom time ... in Jihringer Castle . . . it ' s Cinderella ' s Dream Ball . . . Elizabeth Taschner, our queen . . . Marjory Dean and Fred PHieger star in comic opera . . . Robert Carlin, our new president . . . class rings arrive . . . Earl Hoffman, a wrestling champ . . . the Valkyrie Show . . . and tlie Charleston . . . senior year in view. Year of finality before us . . . and so many memories already made . . . Richard Light, our president . . . Jack Eutsler and John Pancelli, co-captains of our football team . . . The Pretzel Bowl ... we start attaching last . new horizons to be achieved in our fields . . . the All-College Party . . . The Wayne Hall . . the Carol Service . . . and then it ' s S])ring of . the merriment of our last big dance . . . fittings for caps and gowns . . . diploma in sight ... the solemnity of Baccalaureate . . . the tension mounting . . . academic gowns . . . clutching sheepskins . . . turning tassels . . . thus the Class of ' 52 progressed, and we are now alumni. time to all our activities . on to student teaching . . hollies . . . The All-Stars ' 52 . . . Senior Week-end . mmies