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

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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

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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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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS The newest college is the College of Business Administration, which was started in 1937. It is still headed by Dean Maurice O. Ross, who is also president of the university. The program of training is designed to offer students the op- portunity to familiarize themselves with modern business practices and operations, and to thus give them the knowledge and understanding of the changing and developing character of economic society and the responsibilities that are laid upon educated men and women engaged in economic and journalistic activity. In addition to the theory courses offered, the college gives a number of technical and tool courses such as accounting, statistics, secretarial training, editing, and copywriting and elective courses are also given. Because of its location in a metropolis, the college provides close con- tact with various types of businesses in actual operation and so gives the students a preview of the careers they have chosen. The following degrees are given: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Jour- nalism, and the graduate degree of Master of Science in Business Administration. 0 ' - ' -.,