Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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Rev. Bernard M. Albers O.S.A., A.M. Auociotc Professor, Religion William J. Barber M.S. Attiifont Professor, Mcehon.col Engineering Rev. Joseph I. Boyle O.S.A., A M. Instructor, Education Rev. John E. Bresnahan O S.A., A M. Instructor, Latin Leo F. Brown PhD. Associate Professor, Edueotion Horry S. Bucchc M S., E.E. Professor, Electrical Engineering Twenty-»' TRAINING FOR MEDICINE THE Science School, home of Villanovo's future physicians and dentists, is in the main building on the campus. Passing through the front entrance, we find ourselves in the middle of a corridor which runs the length of the building. Offices to the right . . . classrooms to the left . . . information booth in front. We can hear a lecture in Religion . . . that must be in the first class- room . . . yes. Students, thinking up impossible situations, try to ccnfusc the professor—unsuccessfully . . . English in the next: Unity, coherence, and emphasis, gentlemen. Unity, coherence, and emphosis. . . . Philosophy . . . Ethics . . . around the turn more rooms . . . more lectures . . . noise from the end of the corridor . . . Day-Hops' room . . . tables . . . pinochle . . . chatter. Up the stairs and into another long corridor . . . nothing but labs . . . Botany in the first. We open the door: Thallophytes, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, and . . Whew! Silently we close the door ond cross the hall to the Biology lab, where students arc peer- ing into microscopes and writing down notations. They are much too absorbed to be disturbed. In the Anatomy lab, white-gowned seniors arc gathered around a table, intent on the work at hand. Wondering what they are doing, we walk over and see—a

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The present high position of Villonovo College is due to the ability and fore- sight of her leaders. Prominent omong even these leaders arc the Deans of the four schools—Arts, Science, Engineering and Business. They not only keep pace them- selves with a swiftly chonging world, but keep us in step olso. They install the latest equpment, keep in touch with outstanding men in business and science, and acquaint us with their newest theories and discoveries. No musty unworldly philosophers in this learned group. Possessing an amazing fund of knowledge about each one of us, the Four Deans nurture that intimote personal relationsh'p between the faculty and student body, so typicol of the Catholic College. A polite summons to the Dean's office has rescued more than one failure-bound student. We leave and are forgotten with the rest, but they ore remembered and their efforts appreciated.

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Stalking the microbe . . . following in Posteur's footsteps . . rescorch ond experimentation . . . triol ond error in orgonic chemistry.