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

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RELIGION TOP ROW - Kershner, Hanlin, Moore, Calvert, Griffith, Coxy, Nakoroi, and Canary. BOTTOM ROW- - Walker, Kershner, hlolmes.

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U C ATI ON TOP ROW— Richardson, Gorman, Leonard, Sparks, Carlile, Mock, and Whisler BOTTOM ROW— Hyde, Ball, and Patterson.

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irm k t iiL m: ■.. - ..... l . ,„ Dean Frederick D. Kershner of the College of Religion has been at Butler since 1924. Dean Kershner obtained his B. Litt. degree from Transylvania Uni- versity, his A.M. from Princeton University, and v as awarded the honorary degree of LL.D. at Bethany College and at Tran- sylvania University. The College of Religion, supervised by Dean Frederick D. Kershner, realized the dream of several years, this year when the College was moved from the second floor of Jordan hall to the gracious new Georgian structure overlooking the canal. The building, thoroughly equipped for advanced research and study, cost more than a quarter of a million dollars. Lecture rooms, a dining room and kitchen, heating plant, storage rooms, and adequate facilities for drama presentations are located on the ground floor. A spacious reception room, administrative offices, classrooms, the library, and reading rooms occupy the first floor. The second floor is devoted to classrooms, seminar rooms, a museum, and departmental offices. All the dignity and simplicity of a New England meeting house is present in the chapel which occupies the north wing of the building. Open house for the building was held January 28, 1942, about a year after con- struction on the structure began. The enlarged faculty and steadily increasing enrollment in this graduate school ore other advances being made. The primary purpose of the College of Religion is to train candidates for the ministry and allied forms ot Christian Service. It endeavors to provide students with a comprehension of techniques adequate for productive work in the fields of pastoral, evangelistic, educational, and missionary ministry, plus vocations of social service. In September, 1925, the school of Religion officially became a port of Butler University. It ' s faculty is so organized as to provide expert guidance and stimulation for the development of scholars in the theological, historical, interpretive, linguistic, and scientific areas of religion. Further plans to increase the prestige and value of this Butler College are under consideration. One plan is to erect two dormitories, one for unmarried stuoents, and the other for those with families. The second preparation of advancement is a tentative arrangement to become effective in the near future to confer the degree of Doctor of Theology in addition to the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity, Master cf Theology, Master of Arts, and Master of Science, already granted under the Col- lege ' s jurisdiction.