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

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J. W. ATHERTON challenge •ind Mrs. ONE outst.indinj; thing that gives us hope a of the future is the enthusiasm, assistan first of this year, William G. Irwin and give $.300,000 to a huilding fund for Butle by the end of the year bv the example ofMr. before the vear ends. Thomas E. Hibben, .issistant to Robert Frost Daggett, who has new college buildings, has been in England, studying the architecture of the old world ideas, co mbined w ith the new, will be worked out Gothic design to be followed in the new Butler structures. Th declared to be ideal in every detail. Butler promises to have the n During the year a general campaign will be conducted, at id encouragement in the effort to provide ftir :e and liberality of Butler ' s friends. Shortly his sister, Mrs. Z. T. Sweeney, of Columbus, 1 the condition that an additional $700,000 b repted. Several important contributions have bee nd we have reason to believe that the go employed . ducational onnection architc nstituti ith th lost beautiful grounds in Amer the Butler after the e donated ■n inspired be reached ct for the IS. Some collegiate has been WORKINC FUR A 1-.REAT1 ' ;R lU ' TI.ER [20 J

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HILTON ' U. RROWN (.f Butler li e in the hope th.it 1925 will sec ;i siihst.inti;il beginninj: prise in Fairvicw. As the policy of the Board is to keep free from debt, d until there is actual money in sight to take care of the work entered ?ady for building: operations, but it is common knowledge that building THE Board of Directo of our new building ei we shall not break gr upon. We have a snug sun costs are very high, and the Board is not disposed to plunge. However, the Fairview site is all paid for; we have taken possession of the ground and have a property there that we believe to be worth a million dollars already. The purchase price paid, $200,000 cash, was only a fraction of the value of the ground, the rest being in the nature of a donation. The building plans completed by Robert Frost Daggett and his assistant, Thomas E. Hibben, e.vceed in beauty even our fondest expectations. A little patience and we shall h.ne a plant at Far iew that will be worthy of Butler, of the city and of the state. ALWA S LOOKING 01 T FOR BL FLER [,9]

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ROISKR ' r J, , LE ' X- UTLER COLLEGE has a long, Iioik M-able and consistent history. Those responsible lor tiic i nstitu- r tioii laid a foundation that was bru ad, deep and liberal From the opening day of the inst itution to the present hour, the faculty has been composed of able, scholarly. Christian teachers — the : peers of the best in the college world. Good i .vork, high standards and splendid ideals have been the objects sought by directors, teachers and students. The new Butler at Fairview, with a campus of unsurpassed beauty and .1 plant of buildini ts, the pioduct of superior architects, will ofl ' er : facilities, conveniences and opportunities, not even drean led of by students of the earlier days. The futu[ ■e is big with promise. The full realization of this futui ■e will appear if we profit by the lessons of the p; tst and use to the utmost the opportunities of the present. The past is secure in liistory, the present is ni ) ■ing on by hard work, and the future is pregnant with ho pe. (2rUU THE BEST PRESIDEN r IX THE COUXTRY