Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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FATHER DOUGHERTY shakes the hand of Gover- nor Fine of Pennsylvania after signing the bill legal- izing the change of title from College to Uni- versity. THE STUDENT representatives of the Student- Faculty Committee discuss current problems with Very Rev. James A. Donnellon, O.S.A., University President. m “The general principles of any study you may learn by books at home, but the detail, the color, the tone, the air, the life which makes it live in us, you must catch all these from those in which it lives already.” John Henry Newman The Idea of a University

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MEN WHO GUIDE THE UNIVERSITY Provincial “THE VERY REVEREND JOSEPH M. DOUGHERTY, I O.S.A., is Provincial of the Augustinian Province of Saint Thomas and head of the Hermits of Saint Augustine residing in the Eastern Province of the United States. Father Dougherty was elected to this office in 1950 and was re-elected in 1953. Before his election as Provincial, Father Dougherty was Prior of the Monastery and Professor of Biology. Hoard of Zr us tees THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, of Villanova University is the corporate body legally responsible for the Univer- sity's obligations. The members of the board exercise a general control over the establishment of broad general policies which the University follows, such as those of in- vestment of capital, the founding of scholarship trust funds, and budgetary policies. The Chairman of the Board is ex officio, the Father Provincial. The other members are the President of the University, the Father Prior of the Monastery, the Pro- curator, the Dean of the Commerce and Finance School, and two laymen. The board, unless there is a need for special sessions, holds regular meetings once a month. 22