Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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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.

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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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 PRESIDENT FATHER McGUIRE A graduate of Villanova, Class of 1932, be- comes President of the College in 1944. As an in- structor, a student counsellor, and, for the last three years, as Dean of Men and Moderator of Athletics, Father McGuire has been part of Vil- lanova's administrative life only since 1939, when he returned from years of study in the Eternal City. Much respected by recent graduates and cur- rently enrolled students, well known in intercol- legiate athletic circles of the East, admired by Alumni who came to know him during his term as Vice-President of the College, his popularity is second only to his capability. Those who called him to Office are relying on that capability for the carrying forward of the Villanova standard ably borne by so many worthy predecessors. PRESIDENT FATHER STANFORD Long years of association with Villanova closed this June for Father Stanford. A graduate of the Class of 1918, he had been connected in a vital way with the work of the College since that time as instructor in engineering drawing, teacher of Religion, Chaplain, and, finally, as long-term President. The monument to his success remains around us in Villanova of today. Building upon the foun- dations laid by his brothers in religion who pre- ceded him, he led the College forward and up- ward until now when he can look back upon his achievements with a sense of satisfaction echoed in the applause of the educational world and of his fellow religious in the words: Well Done. Vory Rovorond Francis X. N. McGuire. O.S.A.. D.D.. appointed to tho Presidency last Juno altor three yoars as Vico-President and Dean ol Men. Jh (p UL jjckmi Very Rovorond Edward V. Stanford, O.S A., LL.D., who relinquished the administrativo reins altor twelvo strenuous and oxtromcly succossiul yoars of offico.