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

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NIGHT SCHOOL An integral part of the academic program, the evening courses at Butler University are assuming an even more important role by offering instruction to those interested in speeding up wartime production and to others seeking ' o complete requirements for their degrees. The Division of Evening Courses is the outgrowth of a modest program which hod its beginning at the close of the last century. The courses were estab- lished in the autumn of 1899 through on arrange- ment entered into between the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners and the Butler Administra- tion. In the effort to do its port in meeting the teacher shortage Butler is offering refresher courses for teachers who wish to re-enter the teaching field. Courses with special wartime emphasis include guidance in wartime problems, wartime citizenship training, background of the second World war, and many other timely subjects. Since 1931 the evening division has been under the direction of Prof. George F. Leonard. The teaching staff of the divison is composed of regular, members of the Butler faculty and business men, outstanding in their specific fields. PROF. GEORGE F. LEONARD

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ADMINISTRATION With constant changes occuring in a university in times of war, the Butler University Board of Directors has made several important decisions this year relative to the school. When the board voted to name Dr. M. O. Ross president of the university in December, the action was one approved by all students and faculty members at Butler. In appointing the new president, the board chose Dr. Ross not only for his extensive collegiate experience but also for his experience in active service during the lost war, a factor that is of help in directing a university under a wartime program. Since June, 1942, the Board of Directors has negotiated terms with the United States Army and Navy to train Army Aircrew students and Naval signal corps men on the campus and in the Butler fieldhouse, a measure that definitely enabled the university to contribute to the war effort. Signing more than 45,000 diplomas of graduates of Butler, Hilton U. Brown, president of the board, is called the grand old man of the university. He has been a member of the group of distinguished citizens for 59 years and has attended all except two commencements since he was graduated from Butler in 1880. Largely responsible for the financial success of projects concerning Butler is John W. Atherton, secretary-treasurer of the board and son-in-law of Mr. Brown. Others serving as members of the board are William G. Irwin, Emsley W. Johnson, vice- president; Crate D. Bowen, Arthur V. Brown, Lee Burns, Earl Crawford, Edwin Errett, George A. Frantz, John L. H. Fuller, Glen R. Hillis, J. I. Holcomb, Hugh T. Miller, John F. Mitchell, Peter C. Reilly, W. A. Shullenberger, Mrs. Ralph M. Sponn, Evan Walker, and Kenneth K. Woolling. I r HILTON U. BROWN FK JOHN W. ATHERTON

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COLLEGE DEAN GINO A. RATTI serves as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, hie is also the head of the Romance Languages department. He holds his A.B. and A.M. degrees from the Middlesbury College and his Ph.D. from the University of Grenoble. He has been a member of the Butler faculty since 1920. The purpose of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is to furnish a broad education in all the arts and sciences, to furnish a fundamental basis for the business of living. No where can one learn the scientific method of procedure in all thought as well as in the laboratory, following experiment after experiment, step by step. 20