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

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WaGulfe ©f the Jj9usiG[ epaitfemenfe Mr. Clarence Forsyth, the director and teacher of the piano, organ, theory, and com- position, received his earlier musical education in Indianap- olis and Cincinnati, and after several years of professional ex- perience, went to Germany, where he studied for over four years with leading masters. From them Mr. Forsyth has received certificates giving him credit for a thorough knowledge over the entire field of the branches which he now teaches. Mr. John Towers, teacher of solo and dramatic singing, is one of England ' s most eminent singing masters. After finishing his studies in his special line with Pinsuti, at the Royal Academy in London, he con- tinued his work in theory and composition by a three years ' course with A. B. Marx, in Berlin. Many of the public singers in the North of Engl and have been under Mr. Towers ' tuition. Mr. Richard Schliewen, teacher of violin and cello, finished his violin studies by a three years ' course at Berlin, with DeAhna and Joachino. He then traveled as solo violinist for two years, during which time he appeared with such artists as Anton Schott, in concerts at Bonn, Cologne, Amsterdam, Dresden and other music centers. After officiat- ing for some time as concert manager at Dusseldorf, and orchestra con- ductor at Dortmund, Mr. Schliewen came to New York, where he occupied for several years prominent positions in the orchestras of Thomas, Damrosch and Seidl. Miss Jeanette Crouse is an Indianapolis lady who is pursuing her studies in the Indianapolis School of Music. She has recently been engaged as tutor in the music department, where she is having the most gratifying success. 14

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THE FACULTY. On the resignation of Miss Catherine Merrill, first occupant of the Demia Butler Chair of English Literature, Miss Noble was elected as her successor, and commenced her work at Butler near the close of the fall term of the college year of 1883-84. Demarchus C. Brown, of Indianapolis, commenced with the first pre- paratory class at Butler, graduating as A. B. in 1879, and receiving A. M. the next year. During the last years of his college course and immediately after graduation, he was instructor in Greek. He spent the year of 1882-83 at Tubingen, Germany, and returned to occupy the Anderson Chair of Greek in Butler University in 1883. He is also College Librarian. He was, while in college, a Pythonian and Phi Delta Theta. Omar Wilson is a native of Indiana, but has lived a goodly portion of his life in Iowa. He entered the first Preparatory Class at Butler Uni versity in 1881, and took his A. B. in 1887. During 1886 and 1887 he was College Librarian. ' He was teaching Greek and Latin in Oskaloosa College, Iowa, when he was elected, in the summer of 1890, to the Principalship of the Preparatory Department of Butler. While in col lege he was a Philokurian and a Delta Tau Delta. Hugh Th. Miller is also a Hoosier, born and bred. He entered the Second Preparatory Class at Butler, in September, 1883, and took his A. B. in 1888. He engaged in ministerial work during the year suc- ceeding his graduation, and came back to Butler in the fall of 1889 as assistant in French and Gprman. He spent last summer and hopes to spend the coming one at the Sauveur Summer School, Burlington, Vt. He was a Pythonian and a Phi Delta Theta. Henry T. Mann, the preparatory tutor in History, Physics and Latin, is a native of Illinois. He entered Butler and graduated with the class of ' 90. During his school days he was a Mathesian and a Delta Tau Delta. 13

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