Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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Alumni Hall with ilt silvor dom it thn oldest unchanging land mark which remains on camput. At the college expanded thit building become a Preparatory School, and in 1924 wot converted ALUMNI HALL Silver-domed Alumni Hall, the original College and the oldest building on the campus, has been used as a dormitory since 1928. The east wing of this three story building houses Alumni gym. which was originally the scene of all home varsity basketball encounters. It is now the intromural basketball gym. which provides a place for the less skilled enthusiasts of basketball to show their stuff. into a resident dormitory. Alumni Hall mointoint thit ttatut today at futuro expansion intendt to proterv it ot the proud and mem- orable link to our patt. In the basement of the building ore the Maintenance office and storekeeper s domain, o port in the storm for the non-scholastic troubles of the campus residents. Over the course of a century, old Alumni Hall has soon the rovoges of war. fire, plague, and panic. It stands as a proud old soldier who knows he is loved and respected by all about him. and who says very little but knows a great deal. 15

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cum vi fiii:i: aviu fiviavice The Commerce ond Finonce building was erected in 1930, the first of several buildings completed after the second great fire. Facing Lancaster Pike, this modern edifice includes executive offices and classrooms for the Commerce and Finance curriculum and is up to date in every aspect. The building has a seating copacity in excess of fifteen hundred. Located in the east wing is o modern theoter-oudi- torium. seating seven hundred, which is used extensively for recitals, debates, and lectures. On the basement floor ore offices of the campus weekly newspaper and the band. Lockers for day stu- dents. and other smaller and less important rooms, ore olso located there. Second largest school on the compos is the School of Commerce and Finance, having an enrollment which comprises about one third of the student body. The courses offered in the Commerce and Finonce School are characterised by short hours in class and many more hours of outside work in research in various projects which constitute part of the regular assignments.

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING -f This edifico reveols itself to bo o modern construction which houses the Ijborotories eagerly owoited by the students of Chemi- col Engineering as well os the faculiy. During its construction. many Villanovans struggled through o lunch hour burdened with tho moral assistance givon the stone cutters os they prepored each stone to take its assigned place in the walls of this building. Compact and modern best describes the Chemical Engineering Building which the school year of 1948-49 sow added to the Villanova campus. The structure is part of the large scole building program launched by the college after the war. This new building contains three laboratories, two class rooms, a drafting room, and repair and supply shops. Designed for power plant studies, the main labo- ratory houses a gas-fired rotary drier, on absorption column, evaporators, filter presses, a dehumidifier and a fractionating column. The equipment in this unit opera- tions laboratory is on a semi-industrial scale. In addition Below it a view of one of the smaller modern laboratoriei uied by the Chemical Engineering Students in their new building. The highly specialized subject pursued, eliminates any necessity for large labs.