Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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ITUATED on the Main Line in beautiful, historic Delaware County is ViUanova College. There is no main street nor shopping center, in truth, no village of ViUanova. Rather, it is a suburban community, settled years ago in surroundings that manifest nature at its grandest. Its natural environment serves as a barrier to the noise and clamor of the outside world. Quiet and seclusion, so necessary for study to the large number of students, is one of its most desirable advantages. The campus, the fine buildings and the rolling terrain, is one of the show places of suburban Philadelphia. Thirty-one

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URING the early years of trials and hardships the foundation for a greater Villanova had been laid. Gas and steam-heating replaced the oil lamps and candles, wood and coal stoves of the early days. A post office was opened at the new railroad station on the college grounds. Enrollment showed a marked increase. Extra- curricular activities developed. A beautiful Gothic Chapel became a travelers’ landmark. The decision in 1895 to undertake immense constructions was a happy turning point in its history. For with the beginning of the new century, the college became a new Villanova. Villanova Today Thirty

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The Chairman and VERY REV. JOHN T. SHEEHAN. O.S.A., J.C.D., ST B. Chairman of the Board of Trustees TpHE responsibility of competent direction of the Board of Trustees hes in its Chairman. After receiving the degree of Doctor of Canon Law from the Appolinari College of Ecclesiastical Law in Rome, Father Sheehan engaged in parochial duties in the United States In June, 1938, he was elected to the important office of Provincial of the Augustinian Order in the United States, becoming its twelfth incumbent. So honored, he became, ex-officio, the Chair- man of the Board of Trustees.