Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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To the Graduates of the Class of 1960 of Villanova University: The Villanova yearbook will, I hope, be to you always a store- house of delightful memories. Each time you open its pages, this picture or that caption will release a flood of countless recollec- tions about your own college days and your associations with the people and experiences of Villanova. As you first peruse the book in your senior year your thoughts will concentrate on the fellow students, professors, and friends who shared in some manner in your experiences with you, and you will wonder when you will next see them, or if you will ever sec them again. But after you have been gone from Villanova, perhaps for ten or twenty-five years, you will again look at your yearbook. You will look for the familiar faces and wonder how they have changed. You will find yourself reminded of persons and of things that you had never thought about since you left college. You will think then of countless trivial things that happened in your college days and you will recognize that trivial as they seemed, they turned out to be of more importance to you than you real- ized. That casual conversation with your professor one day as you were enjoying a smoke between classes; that session in the room down in Sullivan corridor when you realized in your heart you could not accept as a way of life the things that were being talked about; that day when Prof showed such inexhaustible patience with that poor fellow who really didn’t belong here (or did he?); the other time when the Prof showed no patience with you and called you down in a way that really seemed to be un- fair; that game which seemed so disastrous to lose at the time, yet now it is the only one whose score you remember and the one which you love to tell your friends about; the day you stopped in chapel to pray so earnestly to pass that exam and began to realize you were somewhat of a faker, since you really didn’t deserve to pass, because you had neglected that course. On and on the memories will come in a rush and you will know these little things were all a part of your education. In fact, sometimes the lesson learned seemed far more important than what you learned from doing that term paper on which you spent hours upon end in the library; or more important than what you learned from the professor who was doing such a good job in keeping you up to date with the latest developments in your field. Indeed every moment you have spent at Villanova has been a part of your education, and that education has been especially under the guidance of the Providence of Almighty God. God has brought you under the tutelage of the devoted Augustinian Fathers and the likewise devoted faculty. All that has happened to you under their instruction has been meaningful and, whether it seems good or bad in itself, it can be productive of great good for you and your future through this merciful Providence of God. With this in mind, then, we should find occasion to give thanks to God for all the blessings we have enjoyed at Villanova. Great or small, the blessings have been many, and have often come from unexpected sources as they will continue to do. But taken together these things in God’s reckoning have combined to give you an education for life that no other individual in the world has, and it prepares you for a life no other individual in the world is going to live. No matter, then, what is the opportunity of the other fellow, your life ahead will be indeed full of interest and surprise and excitement. And so twenty-five years from now as you look again at this book I hope you may say: I had no idea what I was going to be like, but, thanks be to God, Villanova helped to prepare me for it.” f?A

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 REVEREND JOHN A. KLEKOTKA, O.S.A., M.S., 23rd President

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REV. JOSEPH J. GILDEA, O.S.A., Ph.D. VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS The entire educational structure of the university is under the direction of Fr. Gildca. All of the divisions, headed by their respective deans, are supervised by this office. The direction of the departments of the uni- versity is an important aspect of this office. Class atten- dance is recorded by this office. REV. JOSEPH W. KEMME, O.S.A., M.S. VICE-PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS This office is concerned with the supervision of functions and activities relative to student welfare. Included in this broad scope are matters of spiritual, intellectual, and disciplinary importance. Fr. Kemme coordinates the university policies on the aforementioned matters and is responsible for their being carried into action. He also serves as chairman of the Athletic Board which formulates the athletic policies of Villanova. REV. JOHN J. CURRAN, O.S.A., M.A. VICE-PRESIDENT FOR FINANCIAL AFFAIRS The Accounts for all incomes and expenditures of the university are maintained by Fr. Curran. In this era of physical and intellectual expansion, funds for pro- jects are of prime importance. There arc day-to-day problems and long-range problems, both of which must be astutely weighed. It is this office’s role to resolve them and apportion necessary allotments. I 26