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

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LIBERAL Dean Gino A. Ratti is Dean ol- the College of Liberal Arts and head of the Romance Languages Department, hie holds his A.B. and A.M. degrees from Middle- bury College and his Ph.D. from the University of Grenoble. Dean Ratti has been on the Butler fac- ulty since 1920. The history of Butler ' s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, points out Dean Gino A. Ratti, is the history of Butler University. This College alone comprised the institution from its beginning in 1855, until 1924 when an expansion of its depart- ments resulted in the three additional colleges which now go to make up Butler. The objective of the College is to develop individuals with trained minds, broad human sympathies, and high ethical and religious ideals which prepare them to take their places as free men and women in a democratic country. With this goal in view, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has organized its courses and instruction so as to give a basic liberal training of fundamental value in every walk of life. The following elements ore listed as essential: 1. Training in the symbolic representations of human experience, whether in the form of language, music and art, or in mathematical symbols and chemical formulas. 2. Training in the scientific method of procedure in the acquisition of knowledge, giving on influence in the building of charact er, student honesty, accuracy, and love of truth. 3. Training in the art of exact and systematic thinking, best gained from a study of mathematics and logic. 4. Training in the moral and ethical evaluation of human activitity. 5. The acquisition of broad factual knowledge of the world, both present and post. 6. Opportunity to satisfy the creative urge inborn in human beings. The position of this College during the year ' s emergency, according to the Dean, has been to adopt courses of study to the highest needs of both the country and the individual scholar. Never has the College had a larger percent of people working on advanced degrees, or a more superior faculty.

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m - . t m-j . ,.... . -. r- T-T- IV.kM ' ' A .a.S- ; »(k» ' ji«»--;i.T. ' HILTON U. BROWN Hilton U. Brown Is serving his fifty-seventh year on the University Board of Directors and Is In his forty-ninth year as president of the board. Mr. Brown received his A.B. and A.M. from Butler and was given the honorary LL.D. degree by his alma mater in 1935. Recently a bust of Mr. Brown was unveiled by his grandson, Hilton Atherton. This is mute testimony of the high esteem that all people acquainted with Butler ' s history hold for Mr. Brown. JOHN W. ATHERTON This University owes its financial success and realization of Its dreams for a bigger and better Butler to its dependable financial secretary, John W. Atherton. Since his appointment by the Board of Directors In 1920, Mr. Atherton has assured this school of financial stability and has increased Its assets. From his down-town business office, this loyal promoter of Butler oversees and shares the responsibility of the University ' s financial organization. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Under the capable guidance of the 21 members who comprise the Butler University Board of Directors, our school has completed another successful school year— a year that has seen the United States join the world s crusade against tyranny. The Board of Directors has been responsible for the progress enjoyed by Butler in the past. Among their major achievements ore the transfer of the University to the Fairvlew campus in 1928 and the construction of Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall. The latest addition to our beautiful campus is the new College of Religion Building completed last fall. This project was made possible largely through the efforts of John W. Atherton, secretory of the Board, who raised 60% of the total cost among the Disciples of Christ Church. A gift of $100,000 by Mr. William G. Irwin of Columbus, another member of the Board, was also a great factor In bringing about the new addition to our campus. Mr Atherton was appointed financial secretary In 1920, and largely through his efforts the school ' s assets have in- creased from $600,000 to about $6,000,000. Chairman of the Board is Hilton U, Brown, the grand old man of Butler University who has served the school for more than 50 years. t l d j ii j u Despite the aid and service which they hove given so generously in the past, the members of the Board will do their utmost to build a bigger and better university that will do Its part in developing the future leaders of America. The Drift regrets being unable to Include the cut of the Board of Directors,- however, the names of the members are OS follows: Hilton U. Brown, Emsley W. Johnson, William G. Irwin, John W. Atherton, Crate D. Bowen, Arthur V Brown, Lee Burns, Earl Crawford, Edwin Errett, George A. Frantz, John L. Fuller, Glen R. Hlllls, J. I. Holcomb, Hugh T. Miller, John F. Mitchell Jr., Peter C Rellly, W. A. Shullenberger, Mrs. Ralph M. Spann, Evan Walker, and K. K. Wooling. 17

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ARTS AND SCIENCES TOP ROW- Palmer, Pearson, Silver, Robbins, Aldrich, Shadinger, Boumgartner, Rodobough, Elliott, Peeling, Josey, Potzger, Means, Friesner, Gelston, Burdette, Emery, Maynard, Sparks, Ihde, and Stull. BOTTOM ROW- Welling, Ward, Morrison, Journey, Ratti, Beol, Kincaid, Brunson, and Renfrew.