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

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ic DRIFTS The Pigskinners of Yore The eternal likeness and disparity between the old and the new is shown in football as in everything else. In ye olden times the spirit and purpose of the game were the same as now ; but look at their beard and odd clothing ! Yet this picture dates back no farther than 1890. Truly, Father Time does pretty well for an old man. The men in the picture are : Upper Rotv — Arch Hall, Cross, Henry Mann, Bob Hall, George Miller Middle Rozv — R. F. Davidson, Tom Hall Lozver Rozv — George Cullum, John Nichols, Charles Baker, Ray Meeker This team successfully combatted all opponents in the years 1890, ' 91 and ' 92, with one single exception — the old enemy — Hanover. Tzventv

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MRS. NANCY E, ATKINSON In these times of pressing forward and of hopes pinned far ahead, it is often a welcome rest to stop and take a backward look over the years we have already covered. The persons who did this or that thing for the first time always catch Gur interest : for they are the symbol of the fruit which comes afterward. The first graduate of Butler College has a claim on us iji this respect. This is no longer a youthful institution, for the first class was graduated in 1856. Mrs. Nancy E. Atkinson, who now lives in Irvington, was the first woman gradu- ate and is the only living representative of that first class, which was composed of three men and herself. After graduation Mrs. Atkinson continued her con- nection with the school by teaching English in the Northwestern Christian University from 1858 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Most of the students enlisted, so her classes were disbanded. This woman, who was born in 1837, is a real and tangible connecting link with the past, and it is quite fitting and appropriate that we have her picture in the 192 1 Drift, for from our heritage our future must draw its start. Nineteen

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r li U 7 MEMORIAM IOTT ES GOOD GUY GRIFFITH ; MARSH WHITNES; MARVIN :FRANCIJ a kd;;kennington bruce pettibone r eukhardt maccrea stephek imercer henry clarence 1 ■T IS GIVEN TO MAN ONCE TO DIE, ' THEN SHALL ONE MORE NOBLY DIE |- - ' ' than IN HIS COUNTRY ' S CAUSE V AND FOR ' THE SAFETY OF Mankind?: AeSE • GOD BE WITH THEM ' MAY THEY REf Our Golden Stars (By Katharine Merrill (Iraydon) The bronze tablet given to Butler College by her Alumni on December 14, 1919, commemorates the immeasurably great service at immeasurably great price of twelve Butler youths. These boys had thought, had talked, had measured the cost. Their willingness to sacrifice themselves seemed part of some high secret religion of their own, and yet, to the last, they kept their boyish sense of humor, their hope, their love of life. Thev had nothing to gain from the war. They had everything to live for. Countless virtues slumbered within them. Countless hopes were wrapped in their well-being. Heirs to the treasure of liv- ing were they. Now their splendor lies slain on foreign field or has been snuffed out in home camp. HILTON U. BROWN, Jr., of the Seventh Field Artillery, First Division, fell in action in the Argonne forest on November 3, 19 18. He was struck by a shell as he stood by his guns figuring firing data for the advance position to which the guns were constantly moving. Lieutenant Brown ' s soldiership was of a high order. His action won for him posthumously the Croix de Guerre. His geniality, his courage, his ideals made him loved at the college and deeply mourned. KENNETH VICTOR ELLIOTT was a member of the class of 1920. He went overseas with the Machine Gun Company, Fifty-eighth Infantry, Fourth Division : was wounded in the battle of Chateau-Thierry on Aiigust 7 and died of wounds on August 31, 1918. Lieutenant Elliott possessed a superiority of manner and of mind which won for him admiration from students and facultv alike. JOHN CHARLES GOOD graduated with the class of 1917. Fie was a general favorite, participating in all college activities. He did not see the active service for which he longed, but his friends knew he would have met any crisis -ith a full measure of devotion. He did his duty, and he did it well. Lieutenant Good died of pneumonia on March 30, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Tivcntv-onc