Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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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.

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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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LIBRARY With larger quarters and spacious facilities to house all reference books, the reading room is now extensively utilized by students. An efficient staff is olwoys available for consultation and help in procuring desired information. Complete sets of Encyclopedias, current biographies and foreign language dictionaries are part of the popularly used texts. The Library forms o third building of a proposed quadrangle. It commands an imposing position on one of the most travelled paths on the campus and excells all other campus edifices in both exterior and interior beauty. St. Augustine, in the foreground, stands watchfully over those who enter the building.