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JOSEPH A. HAHN, .33
C. DON LAFOND, ’33
ALEX. H. LEWIS, ’33
Literary Adviser
PROF. JOS. T. JONAS
Managing Engineer
JOHN J. MICKLOS, ’33
Business Engineer
JOSEPH T. HOUSEMAN, '33
JOHN A. DIGENNARO, ’33
WILLIAM E. HINES, ’34
so The Official Journal of Villanova Engineers
- VOL. VI MAY, 1931 No. 8
THE BOARD
FRANK MALICE, ’34
EDWARD McBRIDE, '34
FRANK McGINLEY, ’34
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.
AU REVOIR? SENIORS
- Yes, au revoir, Seniors, for it is hoped that
now, aS:you are about to leave school to labor
for success in the world, you will firmly resolve
to keep in mind. the school representing the
training field in which you strove to prepare
yourselves for the battle which now confronts
you. 8
Some of you are leaving with a tinge of re-
gret, sorrowing to leave the halls where, al-
though you suffered trying to master the prin-
cipals of your respective fields, you enjoyed the
happiness of fraternalism and the social pleas-
ures of scholastic acquaintances. Some of you
will leave with pleasure,’ not, however, with
joy because your four year “grind” is over, but
because you. will derive a pleasure in facing the
problems which will confront you who are eager
to overcome the difficulties which lies in the
path to success.
‘Let us hope that all of you are, however, in-
fused with both-spirits, at least in some meas-
ure. Upon this spirit the life of the school is
depending for its success. Your attainments
will credit the school, and it is safe to say, after
your thorough preparation, success is yours pro-
vided you furnish that which is vital to all vic-
tories, no matter how matter how small, your
energetic attention.
Platitudinous as this does sound, it is the
bromide of college editors as commencement ap-
proaches. Nevertheless, there must! be a reason
for this constant hammering of the same in-
structions to all college grads. There is, and a
real one. It is vitally important that, even
after four years of training in sociology, ethics,
and philosophy, a constant reminder be added to
these and brought to bear on the young man
that success means work It means hard labor,
both physical and mental. Mentally not only
must he keep his mind clear and sharp, but he
must keep it well balanced when anything goes
wrong, when any tragedies occur which. will
affect the fruits of his labors. The foremost
of these tragedies is best exemplified by Ozy-
mandias, in the Yale Daily News, who says:
. Sometimes it seems
That ambition
Is a beanstalk
And that men
Are but small Jacks
Who struggle up
‘Tearing quick hands
In avid haste
To reach the top
Only to find
Awaiting us
A giant... named
Disillusion.
It is our sincere hope that you will not have
to face such misfortune. But should such ad-
versity overtake you, and, by keeping your
mind on an even and balanced plane, you over-
come it, rest assured that you shall have been
doubly strengthened and improved by the ex-
perience.
With a sincere desire to see you succeed,
The Oul takes this means to wish you the very
best of luck. And, don’t forget, it’s only Aw
ir.
Revoi —The Editor.
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