Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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ABOVE: Ability to make and re- pair your own glassware is necos- s ary for the future chemist. Here Fulvio Vara mends a broken flash. OF AND SCIENCES FR. GRIMES conducts his classes with a vigor which commands at- tention and respect. WITH NIMBLE fingers, the pre-medical student delves into the anatomy of the cat and soon be- comes accumstomcd to the smell of formaldehyde. THE ANALYTICAL chemistry labs train the futuro chemist to be watchful, neat and exacting.

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SCHOOL ARTS FATHER SULLIVAN. Dean of Arts and Sciences, checks the schedules of all stu- dents at the pre-registration session. THE LIBRARY becomes the scene of studious all students—especially before exams. activity for FOR YEARS the school of Arts and Sciences has been proud of the unusually high literacy rate of its students. Originally. Villanova was a school of liberal arts and nothing else. Phil- osophy. mathematics, and literature, with the classics emphasized, made up the orginal curric- ulum. Around 1865. French and German were ad- ded, and extracurricular activities began to take on an increased importance. As early as 1905. courses in Economics were incorporated in the arts curriculum but later, in 1922. were placed in a separate department. Today, under the direction of Father Robert School of Arts and Sciences offers majors in English. General Arts. Philosophy, History. Edu- cation, Biology. Mathematics. Chemistry, and Physics. Although Philosophy is no longer the sole Arts major available, as it was until 1946, all students are required to take some Philosophy courses, and a strong flavor of Thomistic thought is dis- cernible in the entire curriculum. Since its incep- tion. the School of Arts and Sciences has prepared thousands of students to cope with the moral relativism and secularism of our era. THE 24

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THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING VILLANOVA first offered courses in civil engineering in 1905. Within a year courses in electrical engineering were added, followed in 1908 by a mechanical engineering curriculum. In 1918, with the addition of a chemical engineering branch, the Engineer- ing School assumed its present form. The first school of its kind to be established at an eastern Catholic college, the School of Engineering has always striven to maintain its high standards. Probably the hardest working men on the campus, engineering students are obliged to spend long hours in the lab augmenting theory with practice. In an attempt to avoid the development of a one track mind, it has always been a policy of the Engineering School to include a number of regular Arts subjects in its curricula. Under the direction of Mr. J. Stanley Morehouse, the enrollment of the college, and the curriculum has been expanded to keep up with advances in technology. THE UNIT OPERATIONS Lab keeps the Chemical Engineers busy in preparation for their work.