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

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DEAN GINO RATTI Left to Right: Burdin Walters Horton Peeling Wesenberg Gelston Aldrich Left to Right: Silver Beeler Burdette Robbins Smith Meshke Whitesel Left to Right: Moore Welling Sisson Harrison Fisher Wesenberg Stewart Elliot Beal Shadlnger Means Palmer Friesner Ward Pearson Potzger COLLEGE OF The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was established In 1855 when Butler University began to hold classes. Possessing the oldest record of the four colleges which now comprise the university, it also boasts the largest enrollment of students. Almost half of the regular students in the university were registered in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences this year. Under the excellent guidance of Dean Gino Ratti, the college aims to provide a training of the mind that is of funda- mental value in every walk of life and essential to the highest aspiration of mankind. A four-year curriculum is provided by the college. The first two years are standardized to supply a general education to the students who are interested in the work of the university. Specialized training follows in the last two years.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN W. ATHERTON An outstanding member of the class of 1900, John W. Afherton has continued as a prominent citizen of our community. In 1901 he received the degree of Ph. D. from the University of Chicago, and in 1940 the honorary degree of LL. D. was presented to him by his Alma Mater. His son, Hilton, also attended Butler, and in 1943 gradu- ated from Harvard Medical School. In addition to Mr. Atherton ' s many duties of teaching school at Kokomo and South Bend and being Western Educational Repre- sentative for Charles Scribner Sons, he was selected as Financial Secretary and Secretary-Treasurer of Butler Uni- versity in 1920, at the request of Butler Alumni. He quadrupled the endowment in 23 years. Mr. Atherton, president of the City Plan Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals of Indianapolis, is giv- ing this community a great service. The City Plan Com- mission is especially active now because of post-war planning. Politics has played a large part in Mr. Atherton ' s career during later years. In 1940 he served two terms as State Senator in the Legislature. He is an industrious worker and member of the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Rotary Club, the Central Christian Church, and the Coun- cil for Central Indiana Boy Scouts. He has always been a wholehearted supporter of his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta. With constant changes occurring in a university during times of war, the Butler University Board of Directors has made several important decisions this year relative to the university. Others serving as members of the board are: Crate D. Bowen, Hilton U. Brown, Lee Burns, Earl Craw- ford, John L. H. Fuller, J. I. Holcomb, Emsley W. Johnson, Hugh Th. Miller, Mrs. Hugh Th. Miller, Dr. Raphael H. Miller John F. Mitchell, Jr., John R. Rees, M. O. Ross, Mrs. Ralph Spaan, Evan B. Walker, K. K. Woolling Mrs. W. A. Zumpfe, P. C. Reilly, Glen R. Hillis and Arthur V. Brown.

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LIBERAL ARTS Basic elements in the training of students in the Liberal Arts College include such factors as interpretation of human experience as found in language, literature, and the fine arts, use of the scientific method of procedure in the acquisition of knowledge, exact and systematic thinking, moral and ethical evaluation of human activity, broad factual knowledge of the world centered about some special interest of the student, and the opportunity for creative effort. Students in the college, under the guidance of a professor, select a major fie ld and follow a planned curriculum embodying these objectives. Work in the major field may lead to professions, careers, or occupations. Degrees conferred by this college include the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Music at the end of four years. The Master of Arts graduate degree and courses leading to the titles of Associate In Arts or in Science also are given. Dean Ratti has served on the Butler faculty since 1920 and holds A. B. and M. A. degrees from Middlesbury College and Ph. D. from the University of Grenoble. He is also professor of French and head of the Department of Romance Languages. . W .1 f