Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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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.

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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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THE ELECTRICAL engineers check the re- volutions of machinery with the cathode ray oscilloscope. DURING AFTERNOONS the campus is overrun with the civil engineers taking their sights on everything that stands. LEFT: Mechanical Drawing introduces the prospective engineers to slide rules, tri- angles, and drawing boards while the ad- vanced electronics lab (left below) reveals the operative abilities of machinery. THE DEAN of Engineering,