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The Official Journal of Villanova Engineers
VOL. VI.
Managing Engineer
JOHN P. HENDRICKS’ ’32
RICHARD AVIL, ’31
THOMAS BRIEN, ’31
GEORGE BAGNALL, ’32
VINCENT BAGNALL, 732
CLEM. BUSENKELL, ’32
THOS. M. DALTON, 712
GEORGE H. WILSON, '16
Literary Adviser
PROF. JOS. T. JONAS
OCTOBER, 1930. No. 1
THE BOARD
Assistant Engineers
THOMAS BYRNE, ’32
NICHOLAS CATTIE, ’32
JOHN HICKEY, ’32
EDMUND PRINCIPE, ’32
JOHN REITANO, ’32
Alumni Advisory Council
CHAS. B. LAUGHLIN, ’23
Business Engineer
JOSEPH HAAGE, ’32
JOSEPH HAHN, ’33
JOSEPH HOUSEMAN, ’33
KENARD KOONS, ’33
R. ROBERT, 733
J. WINTERBERGER, 33
JAMES J. O'BRIEN, 713
PAUL G. TAYLOR, ’27
Consulting Engineer
REV. E. V. STANFORD, O.S.A.
Villanova, Pa.
Published monthly during the College year by Phi Kappa Pi Fraternity, Villanova College,
$1.00 a year, 15c a copy. Entered as second-class matter July 12, 1928 at the
Post Office at Villanova, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Address all communications to “THE OWL,” Villanova, Pa.
THE OWL LIVES ON
In the last issue of The Owl, there appeared
an editorial entitled “The Passing of the Owl.”
It brought to light the fact that unless The Owl
received more support, it would have to be dis-
continued. In answer to this plea, many sent
in their subscriptions and some sent back sub-
scriptions. However there are a few who have
not as yet responded. It is to them that we
now appeal. The Owl is edited solely for the
Engineering Alumni and the Engineering stu-
dent-body. It is your magazine and it is de-
pendent upon you. In order to be successful,
we need everyone’s co-operation. So help us
serve you, by sending us your subscription.
ENGLISH FOR THE ENGINEER
Throughout the country as the Engineer is
placed more and more before the public eye,
there is noted an absence of expression on the
part of the engineer. It is becoming more
evident that the engineer must be accurate in
expression .as well as in subject-matter. Many
colleges and universities are offering courses
in English particularly adapted for the adult
student. Villanova offers to the student en-
gineer an excellent course in English and also
Public Speaking. Do not waste your oppor-
tunity, for the expression of your ideas is as
important as the development of them.
TO THE FRESHMEN
There have matriculated in the Engineering
School this year at Villanova, ninety-two fresh-
men.. This is the largest freshmen enrolment
on record. The question now is, how many of
this original group will be able, next year, to
call themselves full-fledged Sophomores? How
many will be able to bring themselves success-
fully through this first year, and how many
will become ex’34’s?
Bringing oneself successfully through is the
correct term. As one of the faculty has attest-
ed, again and again, in practically all cases it
is not the student’s lack of brains that flunks
him, but an unwillingness to apply himself.
When you know that you have no recitations
staring you in the face every day, it is not easy
to sit down and dig out the subject for your-
self. When your knowledge will not be called
for until a quiz rolls out of the hazy future,
the inclination is, to leave the lessons slide, and
you have to force yourself to sit down and put
in a couple of hours of good hard studying. For
this reason, the freshman year is, in many re-
spects, the most difficult. When you become
upper classmen, you are not floundering around
in something that is entirely different and you
have become accustomed to the method of
teaching employed in colleges.
And so, freshmen, profit by the experiences
of those who have gone before. Work hard,
and, as a result, become the largest sophomore
class in the history of Villanova.
—T. G. B., 732.
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