Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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The war has brought no unusual changes in the personnel of the Administration of the Faculty o( Villanova or in the Villanova teaching tradition. The loyalty of its staff- clerical and lay members—has been Villanova's proudest boast for years. That loyalty manifests itself in these war yoars more than even before. The stress of the speeded up courses has not lessened the effectiveness of instruction, the continued enthusiasm, or the intimate bond between student and teacher. If anything these characteristics have been intensified, and have brought teacher and student in a closer bond of unity toward a goal which is more than ever a common one. because it involves the safety of our motherland. I?

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Jh WlonaAt Mi. . . Easily policed . . . Duty Officer's bunk . . . long corridors . . . close to the center of things, es- pecially premed labs. Home of the priest fac- ulty ... provincial house of the Augustinians . . . Thomas of Villanova in the circle ... Augustine frescoed above the door. adiqcm Mall. . .

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Jhsi (pJwviwdcd Vory Reverend Mortimer A. Sullivan, O.S.A.. S.T.L.. cloctod to tho Provincialate a third time in Juno 1944. The Provincial of the Augustinian Province of Saint Thomas, as head of the legally corporate body of the Her- mits of Saint Augustine, is by his of- fice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the College. The Board is comprised of five priest members and two laymen. Father Mortimer Sullivan, the re- cently elected Provincial, is no stranger to his position as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He served six years in that capacity as a former Provincial from 1932 to 1938. Previous to that—in 1926—he had been President of the College under the Provincialate of Father Vasey. Vory Rcvorond John T. Sheehan. O.S.A.. J.C D., Provincial and President of the Board of Trustees ex-officio from 1938 to 1944. Father John Sheehan preceded Father Sullivan as Provincial and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, holding that office from 1938 to 1944. It was under his guidance that the Centennial celebration was planned for far in advance and, as a result of the planning, so successfully carried out. Also under his chairmanship the college with Father Stanford in charge successfully weathered the onslaught of war-time turmoil.