Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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There are never any empty rooms in Simpson Hall. Ideal location, in a quiet corner of the campus and extra large, attractively furnished rooms make this one time fine private home the favorite place of residence at Villanova. The residents arc, of course, few, and this makes for a quiet and homelike atmosphere, not to be found in the larger halls. Several large rooms on the ground floor serve as comfortable meeting places for the various seminars and study clubs. Residents also have the unique advantage of a ping-pong room in the cellar.

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HEBREW, CRF.EK, AND OTHER EDITIONS. THE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT DOWAY. ANNO iA»f. THE PRINCIPAL DIFFICULTIES Of HOLT WRIT. fills INDENTURE A As' y ' A A , ( » y OS Si « » »• huh jut btmlf, ar»l by three prcteM» will tad a«otd. 1«« hcnclf Hf«cnike to ' ■ '■ '? M f -— r Icam the art, tradr, no a •v n or«J, afire lV: nunixr of ia appw.tkc, lo K ret the Ais y iA A .,,S 'n, M t.CtnS l s stS A -A if ft At •'a tA. tAC uS lti Sfr, ff;« the U« hereof, Sx and during;, and to ihc full end j , ait ti+tf A sscAr Ass t?ssy lieu eniuiag. ' xrm. ihe laid appren-.»htr laid mafftr and mlortu faithfully t! ncit ensuing. app«r.-.«hre ia d miner and «litre n faithfully ihcir item k«p, the it lawful consumit catty where ihall d no damage » bet laid maixr and niuros r«t Me othre». without kning ot giving nedlet thereof to her laid I ten; tht dull not waste htr laid muter and mtlmt'i goo unlawfully to any, $ht iha9 not coat nit fornication, nor within the uni term; h« thill not play al cards dice, or game, whereby Iter uid mailer and mittreu may hue own goodi noe the good of others without licence from her ■uitros ihe thall neither buy nor well; the thill not night from her Mid matter xml mlureti't MUhtT!T-Wtt r ve'l « f-y iy.hrn.iiei: a faithful apprentice otlght to during the uid term.AND and mittroi thall ute the uts« tt cf their endeavor to taught or instructed, the ia l apprentice in the trade rr The early years of Villanova were difficult years. The transition from the Belle-Air estate of merchant John Rudolph to a flourishing educational institution required capable leadership. Although bigotrous riots and other adverse circumstances twice caused the Fathers to close Villanova’s doors for a time, the end of the first twenty-five years saw this transi- tion well under way. Three presidents headed the College during this period: Father John P. O’Dwyer, O.S.A., later ap- pointed to the Bishopric of Savannah; Father Wil- liam Hartnett, O.S.A., who presided until 1857; and Father Ambrose Mullen, O.S.A. Classes began September 18, 1843; in December 1843, permission was received from Pope Gregory XVI to establish a novice-house; on March 10, 1848, Villanova received her charter from the Hon. Francis R. Shunk, state governor; and in 1867 her Silver Jubilee was celebrated. I ho Rudolph family, the ancestors of Villanova’ former owner, followed the old custom of recording important family events in their Bible. John Rudolph made Belle- Air his home from 1806 until his death in I8J8. Before the establishment of a mission church at Cobbs Creek in 1828, he used to drive to Philadelphia to Mass each Sunday. This indenture, drawn up between William Rudolph and a near-by farmer named Blackston, stated the terms of employment of the latter’s daughter as a domestic servant in the Rudolph Household.