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

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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

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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 Building Program THE question asked frequently is: When will Butler move to Fair- view? According to Arthur V. Brown, Chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee, this question cannot he definitely an- swered until larger contrihutions are made to the Building Fund. Mr. Brown announced sometime ago the selection of Rohert Frost Daggett as the College Architect. Mr. Daggett is an Indianapolis architect and has designed college huildings at Indiana, Purdue, DePauw, and Wa- bash. He was also the architect for the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, the Robert Long Hospital, the Indiana School of Medicine, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital, and the new Indianapolis Athletic Club. He and one of his assistants, Thomas E. Hibbcn, Ex- ' 15, after visiting a number of the large universities, have been engaged for some time in making a comprehensive architectural plan for the new college plant. In commenting on the new buildings to be erected at Fairview, William G. Irwin, ' 89, a leader in the new Butler movement, states: The College authorities are convinced that each building should be planned and erected with the view of the proper relation to all other buildings and groups of buildings to be erected not only in the immedi- ate, but in the far distant future. A uniform type of architecture will be followed in the construction of all buildings. The Board feels that it will be necessary to provide accommodations for at least 2,000 stu- dents by the time the plant at Fairview is ready for use. The elasticity of the building program will make it possible for the College to keep step ith its growing enrollment from year to year. The Board plans to begin active building operations at Fairview this year. Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank and his Boards are assisting and co-operating in every way possible with the Butler officials. The Col- lege sustained a distinct loss in the death of Dr. Henry Jameson, who was Chairman of the General Plans Committee. The value of his ser- vices to the College the past few years cannot be estimated. Tirciihj-Si.r 1924