Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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CUMMDDORE BARRY BUILDING Since the middle of the Summer of 1943 Villonova has undergone o very definite metamorphosis. At that time the first contingent of sailor-students enrolled under the Novy's V-12 program. Since thot time, when the U. S. S. Villonova first came into being, through the war years and the transition to peace time status a certain nautical atmosphere attached itself to Villonova. Now we know that this transition is complete and thot the Navy is definitely a port of Villonova. For this year, with the opening of Commodore John Barry Hall, the U. S. S. Villonova. has not been de-commissioned. but rather revitalized and given a new berth for the training of future naval officers under the N. R. O. T. C.

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This recent addition to the many buildings dotting the campus Is a realisation of a dream which had been in the minds of the de- partmentol heads and a blessing to the students preporing for this profession. The Chemical Engineering Building contains laboratories, class- room. drafting and seminar rooms, repair and supply shops, and numerous other conveniences for the learned and the learning in the field of education. to a seminar laboratory, there is a metallurgical labora- tory with an industrial type X-ray machine, a photo- micrograph. and various standard metallurgical ap- paratus. As part of the coaling system for certain pieces of equipment there is o circular sproy pond outside the building. With room for future expansion, the Chemical Engi- neering Building stands as a fine example of a progress- ive Villanova. Through its doors will pass many well- rounded men. who will be able to cope with the com- plexities of this machine age because they will hove had a Villanova education. The Chemicol Engineering Building houses the best scientific equipment and facilities ovailoble and, as a result, the student of chemical engineer- ing is afforded the opportunity of opplying his classroom or technical knowledge to the practical operation of the varied machinery. This is port of the complicated machinery that constitutes the in- terior of the Chemical Engineering Building. It is the latest in engineering mechanism and ol-hough considered a monstrosity by an outsider, nevertheless to the Chemical Engineer it is the result of years of study and experiments by the early pioneers in his pro- fession.

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Colled by many, the most modern building of its kind in the country, Commodore Barry Hall, contains all the administrative offices, classrooms, and other drill rooms necessary to train the men in the Navy program assigned to Villanova. A masterpiece in functional architecture, it also blonds hormoniously with the rest of the campus. Inside everything is ship shape. From the light and airy classrooms, to the navigation bridge and fire con- trol center: in the small arms firing range and special classroom for submarine procedure, everything is de- signed to acquaint the Midshipmen with the latest in naval equipment and technique.