Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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Sbefens e DF CATHMJC IDEALS fcr a sharpened and increased effort in the conflict which has been going on for over 1900 years. The task of the Catholic college, clarified in the present emergency, is to build up a two-fold defense. It must defend first of all against the destruction of political and religious liberties, both now and in the future. And secondly, it must defend against the basic evil of which wars and other manifestations of social upheaval are but the result. It must prepare its graduates with the skills necessary for winning the war. and for preserving democracy in times to come. And more important still, the Catholic college must do all in its power to uproot sin—the cause of all evil. The 1942 Belle Air. in recording the outstanding activities, events, and characters associated with a year of college life, endeavors to demonstrate how Villanova. as an American Catholic college, effectively prepares her alumni to be mentally, morally, and physically capable of sifting truth and duty from the conflicting dogmas of the complex world to which they will be exposed for the balance of their lives. FALSE PHIL1ISUPHIES

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world upon the A to think about. the world Many their moorings, and will be shattered AGAINST THE The demands which will at war and in a world recov; Gene are the dreams of order and socurity, gone—or at ldfcst set aside—are the burning, youthful ambitions. Before individual lives can be planned v Hti another and greater task must ffg?t be met. To us—who. mortal, see cle tl£ onlyf present war seems more uni' has known before. Men will more will be torn loose from rocks of moral irresponsibili and far-reaching. But Catholi of the Church Militant, have al' forces of evil. To the Ch I' changes will be complete ning. powerful instruments red in the. struggle against constitute only the occasion

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10 THE EACULTV At the end of our college days, we naturally tend to review the accomplishments of these four years—the changes which have been wrought by us and, more especially, in us. The result of such circumspection is the overwhelming realization of our debt to those who have been the instruments of our education. Not from the grand old masters, nor from the bards sublime, but from modern man, we have learned to live our separate lives. The members of the present faculty, by their daily ex- ample and instruction, have inculcated in us an active devotion for the things of God and a holy desire to observe His teachings. While equipping us in the classrooms with all the timely learn- ing demanded in modern education, they have never lost sight of the timeless learning of God. As teachers they have been ever ready to guide us on the path that leads to the only true and lasting happiness; as men they have never hesitated to join in our every enterprise and to lend to our undertakings the helpful advice born of wisdom and seasoned by experience. In addition to the pedagogical duties, they have assumed the added burdens of residence hall coun- selors, extra-curricular advisers, and athletic directors. In short, they have neglected no opportunity to develop the complete man. In humble gratitude, then, do we dedicate the 1942 Belle Air to the living faculty, to those men who “through long days of labor, have so well upheld our standard, Unity, Truth, and Charity.