Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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Villanovo College was founded by the Augustin- ian Fathers in 1842, to offer to young men an opportunity of receiving a thorough, liberal educa- tion— an education which would develop all the faculties of soul as well as of body, and would find its expression in a clear-thinking, right-acting Christian gentleman. In accordance with this principle, Villanova's progress and success in the educational world has been attained through the co-operation between the Board of Trustees and the Administrative Council The Board of Trustees consisting of five clergy and two laymen, supervise the management, direction and government of the College. They appoint a president and faculty. The Administrative Council is composed of the President, Vice-President, Proc- urator, Chaplain, Librarian, Registrar and the Dean of each school. This Council directs the educa- tional, religious and social policies of the institution With the up-swing in business, college enroll- ments have taken a sudden increase. This year Villanova had her enrollment raised 15 percent, over that of last year's, and the faculty enrollment touched a new high with an increase of 33 1 3 percent, bringing the total to sixty members. However, the policy of personal and intimate relationship between students and professors, is not altered by this sudden increase. The famous twin towers of the College Chcpcl. STUDY RIUGION ATHUTICS

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7Jf a o a THERE is no village of Villanova — no Main •Street — no shopping center. It is simply a suburban community, settled in one of the mellow- est and most beautiful countrysides in America, only twelve miles west of Philadelphia. There is, however, the College, a community of its own spread upon the hills along Lancaster Pike. Situated 465 feet above tidewater in the midst of a quiet residential area, Villanova is a beehive of activity where more than ten hundred men participate in the many and varied events of I j college life, and yet retain the seclusion so necessary to concentration and study. It is in this suburban . f area that all the restraints of city life may be cast j u aside and where the pursuit of knowldge becomes = a pleasure. Transportation has lavished its facilities upon ! 2 Villanova The Pennsylvania Railroad station is . located on the north side of the campus while the I Philadelphia and Western, a high-speed trolley line, £ pierces the south side. The Lincoln Highway, the | main artery of motor car travel between the J Atlantic and Pacific, traverses the campus, forming ’ ■ a dividing line which separates the campus proper from the section given over to parking space for students' cars and those of spectators at the various athletic contests. St. Auguitinc—(ound«f of the Augwtinian Order. Vtllonovo in 1W2.

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REV. JOHN F. BURNS O.S.A., Ph D. Deon of the School of Arts ortd Philosophy TEAR after year, thousands of aspiring country and city lads pack their trunks . . . bravely depart from parental roofs and head for the open doors of some collegiate institution They know that success in this old world is based squarely upon the broad application of educational principles They realize that these principles take long hours of serious preparation which in turn means hard use for young eyes. 11 was during the depression when banks were closing . . . thousands joining the unemployed ranks . . . dust storms sweeping the West . business at a standstill . . . President Franklin D. Roosevelt entered into the costliest legislation ever written into the annals of this country . . . that my attention was focused sharply upon the need of more educa- tion. With the economic and social conditions so stringent in America, I could see only one remedy —a college education. How well I can recall the gleams and glooms that dart across the schoolboy's brain when his ideals send him into a whirlwind to select a college with high scholastic rating, historic buildings and shaded walks, top ranking athletic teams, and a social program of gaiety to blend recreation with study. What matters it if I can't enjoy fraternity life, or go tea dancing with Betty Coed ... so long as I can rub shoulder to shoulder with real Leo f. Brown, Ph.O. Associate Professor, Education Give me the set-up behind the question Horry S Bueehe, M.S., €.1. Professor. Ctcctricat Erxjtneerma My stors mon