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

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The Larger Butler No one can be about the College in these days without realizing that there is a stir of some sort — that great expectations are afloat. Butler is in the midst of an effort towards greater development, an effort that has been inspired perhaps by two causes: first, the memory of the past, the desire to do our part in handing down the torch that has been so bright in other days; and second, by the increasing realization of the opportunity that lies before the College at present in certain special fields. Of the first of these causes little can be said. Elsewhere in this book the history of the College is given in some detail. From its history and from the men it has sent out into the world we know- what the spirit and aim of Butler have been, and how we should wish them to continue. But the College can hold its own only by advancing in the breadth and thoroughness of its general courses and in the develop- ment of special fields in which there is urgent need or unusual opportunity. And the desire for the College to take full advantage of such opportunities is the second of the two motives that are stimulating us to work for the Larger Butler. Several departments are especially in need of enlargement to meet new conditions. One of these, and one in which Butler, because of its location, has unique advantages among the colleges of the State, is the department of education. The courses in teachers ' training, when organized in a separate department, should draw students not only from all parts of the State, as is now the case, but from other States as well. The scientific work also require increased facilities. Enlarged laboratories are needed in chemistry and biology, and it is desired to establish a separate department of physics. Another line of work, one which has been important during the entire history of the College is in the School of .Ministerial Education. It is hoped to make this more than a denominational school, to make it a school broad enough to attract men of all denominations. An endeavor is now being made to establish a new chair in this department. A larger women ' s dormitory is needed, and an administration building containing an auditorium on the ground floor. In all these ways we wish to strengthen the College. The recent increase in the endowment is a help in that direction, but it has been mainly used in supporting existing work, and for this reason it is insufli-

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The Butler Drift Published Annually 1 v the Junior Class of Butler College Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twelve THE STAFF. Jklen M. Reed Editor 1 .ee Moffett ssociate Editor Marguerite 1 1 ubbard Society Mattie Ernpsi n Fraternity Ralph Batton Athletics Leon Logan ( )rganizations Allen Lloyd Literary Chester Marsh Faculty Lee Moit ei i Business Manager (Catherine Brown Lucy Hughes Art John Stevenson |

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cient to carry oul any of the plans here mentioned. The achievement of the Larger Butler, or even a be- ginning of that ideal, depends on still further increase in the endowment. Half a million dollars more is needed, and for securing this ever}- student, every alumnue. every friend of Butler should plan and labor untirinsrlv.