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

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The phone calls, the housework, card games, study, hasty prepara- tions for a last-minute date, home- comings, exchange dinners, study- breaks in front of a piano, and the indispensable bulletin board all play their part in Greek activities. 19

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GREEK ACTIVITIES Once more we make the transition from past to present, from ancient to contemporary history, with these candid scenes appropriate only in 1953. The scope of Greek activities are broad and sometimes peculiarly unde- finable. They include a potpurri of the scholastic, the extra-curricular, the social, and (only on rare occasions) the nonsensical. 18

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BOTANICAL GARDENS The James Irving Holcomb Botanical Gardens are symbolic of a long-range plan of building and beautification that its slow- ly changing the face of Butler ' s campus. With its central theme of modernity and grace, the gardens are as much a part of community relaxation as the college itself is a part of community culture. Its grace derives from the statue of Per- sephone, goddess of growth and vegetation, and its modernity is reflected by the Gar- den House. The canal completes a picture of beauty that is both architectural and scenic. A lake (pictured on page 23), newly- created this year, is a further enhancement of the Garden ' s beauty. A glance at the architectural drawing (upper left) shows how closely the present gardens conform to their original plan. The Garden Road, another scenic feature of the modern Butler University, is pic- tured on page 25. 20