Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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THE NEWEST building on the grounds, the Library, was completed in 1948. Complete in every respect, tho Library is equipped to handle up to 400,000 volumes affording the student every possible advantage in research and social study. OF INTELLECT AND SOUL... included Electrical, Civil, and Mechanical En- gineering. Later this was followed by the es- tablishment of the Pre-Medical course in 1915, whose main purpose was to meet the more stringent requirements for entrance into Medi- cal School. With the beginning of the School of Com- merce and Finance in 1921, Villanova had com- pleted the establishment of the three major departments of study. It had met the growing needs of the country with ever widening oppor- tunities for the education of Catholic men. 9

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'Jkrnqh the tjea is THE ABSTRACT IDEALS In the beginning the College had a curricu- lum much like that of the present School of Arts. Whether pupils pursue the general course of studies or confine themselves to par- ticular branches will be left to the option of Parents or Guardians. The particular branches refer to major courses such as Philosophy, Lan- guages and History. When the first catalogue was published in 1871, it listed a faculty of sixteen. Definite courses of study were offered including three years of preparatory work and a four-year college course in the Arts, with provision for more extensive work in scientific and commer- cial subjects. An outstanding link between the college in the 1870’s and Villanova today is Alumni Hall. Built in 1874, the new College Building housed the entire scholastic part of the school. Since then it has undergone many changes until to- day it is no longer the center of campus activity, but merely one of five student dormitories. In 1905 Villanova organized its engineering department. The courses offered at that time THE OLDEST of all the buildings on cam- pus, Alumni Hall, now serves as a dor- mitory. Situated near the center of campus. Alumni stands as a symbol of days gone by. FIRE broke out in the Monastery during the summer school in July, J932. Through the Grace of God there was no loss of life and the adjoining buildings were saved from the holocaust. DELUREY HALL, on the edge of the cam- pus at Spring Mill Road, was the year's winner of the Connelly Award, for their show of spirit prior to the Kentucky go mo.

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ALL NAVAL ACTIVITY on campus centers about Commodore John Barry Hall, the Naval R.O.T.C. building. The building is equipped with modern naval apparatus including a rifle range, and complete radar unit. Snuxh m THE FIELD HOUSE, situated at the eastern end of the campus facing Lancaster Pike, is the center about which numerous sports, social, and religious activities revolve.