Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Politics rule the world — and Butler is included. Whether it be getting a grade or getting a date, politics always rears its head. Many of us found an outlet simply by sitting over the coffee cups, fanning smoke, and expounding our theories on what would have to be done in Washington if the perpetual turmoil were ever to unwind. Still others of us occupied ourselves with politics en the Butler scene. It may now seem unimportant, but once it was uppermost in the minds of many. The Student council supervised those trying encounters called elections. Floods of propaganda, crowded polls, beautiful girls bearing election day smiles and sandwich boards, contrasted to sober, passive faces on adamant students who insisted that it was all nonsense, characterized a typical election day. The confused ordeal had beccme more confused as the independents showed strength for a second year; then the tradi- tional caucuses joined, and the battle rolled on. Remember the Ware voting system? It left in ' 48.

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► v r l A common term around any campus is activity. Many students seek them . . . others shun them. Regardless, most of us, from the stu- dent body president to the not-a-joiner type, belonged to some campus organization. Some of us joined by request of our profs, the purpose being to apple polish. Others joined by request of our fra- ternity, the object being initiation. But most of us joined because of the decided value of a certain amount of extra-curricjlar activity. Whether a member of the band, the various clubs, honoraries, profes- sional fraternities, or publication staffs, something was to be gained by meeting and planning and working with fellow students who had similar interests. And these organizations accomplished much good. One group succeeded in effecting the installation of a cross-town bus for the convenience of north side students, and another sponsored a con- test for new yells for the cheering section. Nor were these exceptions. There was a lighter side too: card parties, dances, picnics ... we worked and played together.