Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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U,- s O A , SWH7 fa-mitt) 6 i j J. Jlr+udtM Jca ,{f? fitcr.i.) ttn e»y€d )f j£Z2z ‘-— — 77 - - e 6tr % gitA ’ • rip C Fxcttt „r Ai fto ’ ™'{ ‘ ,!L hr-il » J (,kP In the lower left i a confiscated note of more than ordinary interest; the writer, it seems, received a penalty of 100 lines. During these days students rose at 5:30, classes were from 8:30 till noon, from 2:00 to 4:30, 5:00 to 6:00, and 7:00 to 8KX). They retired at 9:00. There were three periods set aside for prayer and four for recreation. Silence was enforced in wash' room, dormitory, refectory, and study hall. The life of the early Villanovans was certainly a strict one. Fr. O'Dwyer died in 1850. The number of men succeeding him in the presidency of Villanova be- tween that date and the Civil War were few indeed. And for reasons that will soon be mentioned. Fr. William Harnett temporarily succeeded Fr. O'Dwycr and himself was succeeded by Dr. Moriarty, who held office until 1855. In 1855 Fr. Harnett once again became president of Villanova. The first A.B. degree had been awarded in 1855, and now in 1857 Fr. Hamctt conferred the first M.A. But this moment of high achievement was also a moment of transition to said estate for the college. After the Commencement of 1857 hard times descended. The services of more priests were needed for the far-flung parishes of the Order; subjects of the college curriculum had to be multiplied, but there were not enough professors to teach them; times were hard and money was scarce. The Panic of '57 finally forced Villanova to close her doors a second time. During the years that intervened between the closing and opening of the college, the Fathers applied all 29