West Chester University -- 125 Years

Old Main and Dr. Philips

Shelf #1 - Invitation to the 1878 ceremonies for the corner stone laying for the new North Wing of Old Main.

Shelf #2 - Various photographs of George Morris Philips and a copy of his acceptance letter. George Morris Philips served as Principal of the West Chester State Normal School from 1881 - 1920.

1. Overall view of the exhibit cases
2. Movement to establish a Normal School in West Chester - 1869
3. West Chester Academy
4. Normal School Committee - 1869
5. Old Main and Dr. Philips
6. Old Main (enlarged)
7. Dr. George Morris Philips (enlarged)
8. Gymnastics Demonstration and the Old Gym
9. Dining room in Old Main and souvenir plates
10. Dining room (enlarged)
11. Cochran Microscope
12. Recitation Hall - interior
13. View of cases
14. Men's Basketball Team - 1900
15. Women's Basketball Team - 1904
16. Old Library - 1904
17. Senior Class Trip to Washington, D.C. - 1911
18. Old Wayne Hall - 1911
19. Old Wayne Hall (enlarged)
20. Coed gymnastics demonstration - circa 1918
21. View of cases
22. Junior Class Play - Class of 1920
23. Junior Class Play (enlarged)
24. Senior sleigh ride - 1921
25. Philips Memorial Building - construction - circa 1926
26. Aryan Literary Society Orchestra - 1920's
27. Women's Basketball Team - 1923
28. Aerial view of campus - 1936
29. Aerial view (enlarged)
30. Old Main and Quad - 1936
31. Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to the campus - 1938
32. Women's Recreational Association - circa 1940
33. Campus - 1950's
34. Surveying for new library - 1962
35. Surveying (enlarged)
36. Student life - 1962/1964
37. Christmas - 1965
38. Old Main - demolition - 1971
39. Education Center, Japan - 1989
40. Activities on campus - 1990's
41. Dr. Perrin - 1991
42. Dr. Madeleine Wing Adler - 1992

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Send comments and suggestions to R. Gerald Schoelkopf, mailto:rschoelk@wcupa.edu

These pages last updated on 6 March 1998