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

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DRIFT J. W. ATHEETON Executive Secretary LOUIS C. HUESSMAX Citii Chairman WILLIAM G. IBWIN General Chairman Endowment and Building Drive EFFORTS to provide Butlur College with .$1,700,000— the miniimini required I ' or additional cndo nient, a biukling fund, and tlie pur- chase of the new college site at Fairview Park — have pushed the total contributions well past the -tl, 000,000 mark. A total of -f 1,100,000 in pledges was announced last January. The ork of raising money to make a new Butler possible and pro- vide the institution with adequate equipment as well as facilities to care for the constantly increasing enrollment, was started in February, 1923. The first gift of importance to the canq)aign fund was $. 0.0()0 from Arthur V. Brown, ' 8. President of the Union Trust Company. The largest individual contribution was •$200,000 given by William (1. Irwin, ' 89, and his sister, Mrs. Z. T. Sweeney, of Columbus. Clarence L. (ioodwin, of (ireensburg. Pa., a former student, gave $. ' r .000; Lora C. Hoss of Kokomo, ' 81, gave •t2.1,00(»; All)ert C. Snider, Ex- O0 and his mother, Mrs. Alice Snider, BB, of In(liana])olis, contributed •$2. ),000. Sterling H. Holt, one of the leading business men of Indianajiolis, j)le(lged $:i ' ),000. Two industrial firm ' s that gave .$2, ' ),000 each were Eli Lilly Company and the Indianajjoiis Light Heat Company. Kingan Company made a cash donation of •$1. ),000, the amount to be a])plied on the construction of a new School of Commerce. Buth ' r grachiates and former students pledged more than ■$220,(t00. The students and facultv pledged over $83,(100 in the Student Endowment Campaign of May, i )2:5. Tin III ij-Foiir 1924

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DRIFT Board of Directors THE picture above shows the Board of Directors of Butler College in session the day that the momentus decision was made to move the College to Fairview Park. Those appearing in the picture, be- ginning at the front left are: George F. Quick, R. F. Davidson, Perry H. Clifford, Merle Sidcner, Lee Burns, John V. Atherton (Financial Secre- tarj ' ), Henry Kahn, William G. Irwin (at the corner of the table at the left), Hilton U. Brown (President of the Board at the center of end), Arthur V. Brown, (coming up on the right hand side toward the front) John E. Canaday, the Reverend Z. T. Sweeney, Lora C. Hoss, Emsley W. Johnson, the Reverend W. H. Book (proxy for Marshall T. Reeves) and (right corner front) Frank Stanly Sellick. Directors not appearing in the picture are : Judge James L. Clar, the Reverend Thomas W. Graf- ton, Judge Marshall Hacker, Hugh Th. Miller, the Reverend Allan B. Philputt and Scot Butler. Tiventij-Three 1924

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DRIFT First Column — Estle Fisk, GwendolTii Dorey, Gerritt Bates, Harold Huiigate, Alice Youug, La Vera Millikau. Second Column — Victor Twitty, Robert Nipper, Patia Carver, Scott Clifford, Garnet Hus- sey, Sarah Sisson. Third Column — Martha Lucas, Margaret Kellenbach, Henry Bruner, Mary Crew, John Heinej ' . Fourth Column — Wendall Brown, Paul Brown, Marie George, Henry Goett, Russell Rich- ardson, Walden Middlesworth. Fifth Column — Dorothy Book, La Vern Bishop, Edward McGavran, Paul Habbe, Roger Clark, Russell Dean. The Student Campaign Ox Loyalty Day, May 19, 1923, the Endowment Drive was carried on among tlie students under tlie leadership of Henry Bruner, ' 23. The Committee of Twenty-nine was selected from the student hody to plan and to take charge of the campaign. More than $83,000 in pledges was secured. 1 icenty-Five m iHirirum-; 1924