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

Text from Pages 1 - 108 of the 1904 volume:

BUTLER: C2LLEGE1904 iriiiratunt .♦- ONCE or twice in a lifetime one hears words that stay with him forever. Those who heard Robert G. Ingetsoll address the old soldiers in the Circle at Indianapolis back in the ' seventies, when he began by saying, The past rises before me like a dream, were fortunate above their fellows. It was the greatest and best thing that Ingersoll ever did. All else in his life may be forgotten. Similarly, March 23 was a red letter day to the friends of Butler who were in the college chapel that day. Scot Butler made his farewell address as presi- dent. Il is a great thing for one to be at his best when he lays down a burden and takes up a new relation in life. Such was his happy state on that day : His share of life ' s battle well fought, but his quiver still full of arrows. To whom should this book be dedicated but to him, who has shown us the way to the fountain of eternal youth? To him, and to his words of March 23 let us ever be true : This is a part of the lesson I want to give you, — that life is all good. It all makes for righteousness, for strength, for holiness, if, under God, we use it rightly. Today is great, tomorrow shall be greater. 1 am talking to young people, — not only you who are here before me, for back of you and over you 1 see throng- ing faces of those who were here before you, thrust forward out of the dimness of the distance. Youth is beautiful. You do not realize how beautiful it is. You will realize it better after awhile. Youth ought to last always. You may grow weary with the trials and struggles of life, losing perhaps largely every fine sentiment and delicate feeling, but in the later day may you come back to the same bright land of youth, where the skies burn blue, where the winds blow soft, and where reign forever peace and trust and heartfelt confidence and abiding calm. SCOT DLTl.F.K iHtnru nf Intlrr (Unllrur S EARLY as 1 84 1 the general conventions of the Christian Church of Indiana began to discuss the desira- bility of an institution of higher education in the State. A canvass of the State in 1 849 indicated that the time had come for definite action. Chiefly through the labors of Ovid Butler, then a successful lawyer of Indianapolis, a charter was secured from the Legislature in 1850, providing for a joint stock corporation. The name decided on was Northwestern Christian University. Work of construction began eighteen months later on a campus along what is now College Avenue. On November I, 1855, the first session opened with four instructors — President John Young, Professor of Natural Science; A. R. Benton, Professor of Ancient Languages; James R. Challen, Principal of Preparatory Department, assisted by Love H. Jameson. About 1873 citizens of Irvington offered a campus of twenty five acres emd $150,000 for the erection of buildings, on condition that the University remove to that suburb. The offer was accepted. In the fall of 1875 instruction began in the new buildings in our present location. In the following year the name was changed to Butler University, m honor of Ovid Bulter. who had practically founded it. The catalogue of 1877-78 contains this statement from the Directors : It has long been felt by many friends of the institution, that the old name was too long, and in some important particulars, as a university name, entirely inappropriate. In considering the question of a change, it was thought but a just tribute to the man, who has contributed so largely both of his means and his time for the permanency and success of the University, to give it his name. It is due him, however, to say that he neither sought nor desired such change to be made, and though holding the majority of stock, declined to vote in the election of the Directors that made the change of name. It was the voluntary offering of those who desired to convey to him some expression of their appreciation of his life-long devotion to a great and good cause. For many years a Law department was maintained, and later a Medical department. In 1897 articles of association were filed for the University of Indian- apolis, including Butler as the College of Liberal .Arts, the Indiana Law School, the Medical College of Indiana, and the Indiana Dental College. At present Addison C. Harris is president of the University. In 1898 Butler be- came affiliated with the University of Chicago ; But- ler remains indepenclent, but the University of Chicago exercises a supervision of work which practically keeps us at the Chicago standard. Such in brief has been Residence the history of Butler College, so far as dates and the record of conspicuous events can tell, a rather dry and uninteresting one, possibly, if there were no more to say. But justice to our Alma Mater forbids one to stop there. If the history of Butler College has any value to her children, it is because of things which cannot be classified by dates or changes in polity. The value !ics in the character of the ideals that have been kept before the student body, and in the influences for broad culture which have surrounded them. First of all, our College is to be credited with giving a strong impulse to co-education. Northwestern Christian University was one of the first institutions of higher education to admit women, and its stand made it easier for many others to take the radical step. At first a separate Female Course of three years was provided leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science . In 1 869 all distinctions were abolished. Women pursue the same studies and receive the same degrees as men. Our environment has been peculiar in a sense. A small College m a large city is in a different class from a small college in a small town, or a large university in a city, A large per cent of the students live in the city, coming to the college only for classes. Others come on the interurban lines, returning home at night. Their leisure time is spent away from the College, and their personal and social interests are lodged in other quarters. Thus they lose or never gam the feeling of unity with their fellow students. They do not feel themselves integral units of the student mass. They do not catch an esprit du corps. The other students find in the great city multitudinous attractions in music, art, the drama, or other lines. They soon learn to consult their individual tastes, without stopping to inquire what the rest of the students are doing. The college can not bring attractions to the students, for the city affords belter ones. It is not strange if we fail to find an extreme form of college spirit, to which so much praise is given. It has been pointed out, with regret and pathos, that Butler does not display college spint, — at least of the kind that characterizes our sister small colleges of Indiana. The critic, how- ever, should first inquire the cause, and then study the effect. The cause is evident. A college in a small tow n unifies the students because they can not separate. They must live close together, and must fomi then social ties with one another ; there is nothing else possible, except hermit life. The small town affords little in the way of recreation, and less of culture. The students must find these at the college, and co-operate to secure them. Hanng practically all interests in common they feel closely bound to one another. They become ardent lovers of their Alma Mater because she means literally everything to them. A college like Butler stands not so much in the position of guardian as in that of guide. She does not throw a protecting wing over her students l)ut points out to them the avenues to culture and bids them follow whither they will. She molds their taste and bids them feast to their fill on the fatness in reach. 1 rue, they do not act in concert, nor do they always consciously feel the hand of their college on them. But what is the result ? Is the unity of the student mass an end in itself, to be coveted for its own sake? Is love for one ' s college to take the form of blind adoration, and to be scoffed at if it falls short ? Is this the goal of student life— to be one with my kind, and to worship one ' s Alma Mater ? Let us hope not. The love for one ' s college which springs from an extreme type of college spirit is too often an unreasoning sentiment which refuses to see faults at home, or good in others. The unity of student body too often results from the students being deprived of those ver ' things which, being at our doors, have resulted in preventing th.it unity here. In short, the graduates of Butler have been distinguished by a depth and breadth of culture. We say with confidence that our showing in this regard is equal to that of any of the other Indiana small colleges. Instead of college spirit we have developed cos- mopolitan spirit. Butler students, having widely dif- fused interefts, develop wide Msion and broad sympa- thies. Our students easily become men deferred to for sound judgment and judicial temperament. Butler men are in demand for positions of honor and responsibility. A Butler graduate was lately United States Minister to Austro-Hungary ; one is State Superintendent of Public Instruction ; one is on the Supreme Court Bench of Indiana ; and another is now candidate for Lieutenant-Governor. The list were too long to enumerate the men who have achieved prominence in all lines. And do not let anyone underestimate the love Butler students and alumni feel for her. We do not find here an unreasoning affection, but we do find something better— wholesome and heartfelt respect. Our respect does not find vent in effusive demonstration, but it sinks deep into the heart and becomes gratitude— a gratitude that grows as one grows in wisdom, and becomes at least a true and abiding love. It is not the love of one to a mother, possibly ; it is the love of a man for his bosom friend— for the friend who made him a man. Charles Foster McElroy, ' 04. THE COLLEGE BUILDING (§nv J iTsiiinit J ( HE BOARD OF DIRECTORS has many difficult problems to solve, but the choice of a college president has in these latter days become the most difficult of all. This problem was presented to the Board of Directors of Butler College last fall for . the first time in many years and solved most hap- jf pily in its March meeting by the selection of former I Professor Winfred Ernest Garrison. Some days later Dr. Garrison indicated his acceptance of the office and on April I , entered into the performance of its duties. President Garrison ' s undergraduate and graduate studies brought him into touch with many educational institutions differing widely in location and in character. He studied at Bethany College 1 890-9 1 , took the degree of A. B. at Eureka College in 1 892, and spent two years at Yale College, taking the degree of A. B. with honors at New Haven. He worked in Yale Theological Seminary the following year and completed his theological course in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, pursing at the same time work for the Doctor ' s degree in Church His- tory and Philosophy. In 1897 he received both the degree of B. D. and of Ph. D. His thesis was a discussion of the Sources of Alexander Campbell ' s Theology. After completing his studies Dr. Garrison was appointed Instructor in the Dis- ciples ' Divinity House, and also Docent in Church History in the University of Chicago. In 1 898 he accepted the position of Professor in Church History in Butler Bible College, which he held until 1 900, when he resigned to become assistant editor of the Christian Evangelist in St. Louis. For many years Dr. Garrison has been engaged more or less constantly in literary work. While in college he contributed largely to the Christian Evangelist, of which he has been for the last three years assistant editor. His frequent travels m Europe gave occasion for several series of letters many of which were published in his Wheeling through Europe. He has also written a work upon the Theo- logy of Alexander Campbell. It IS expected that President Garrison ' s work will be varied between the general admmstration of the college, instruction in Biblical and Historical subjects, and securing additional endowment. His policy has been indicated in his public utterances and in his plan of work. He believes firmly in the place of the small college in the educational world, and in co-education, as the most natural and normal system of college organization. He has always been active in church work and was one of the leaders in the re-organization of the National Educational Society of the Christian Churches, serving as its president in 1903-04. He believes in co-opera- tion of church and college and will doubtless do much to further this. He is also an enthusiastic supporter of athletics and of all the enterprises of the student body. WINFRED ERNEST GARR.;ON iFarullu «% ' « - DrmarritB (Clarilnti iUrnum. A. IH. Prufrusur iif ((jrctk Canyuaije ;lll iCitpraturr. A. B. Butler College, 1879; A. M., ibid., 1880; Student Classical Philology, University of Tuebingen and British Museum. 1882- ' 83; Student Archeeology, American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1892- ' 93; Student Greek Art. Berlin Museum, 1896; Student Archaiology, American School, Athens, Greece, 1897; Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Butler College, 1884- — Slinuiaa (Earr ffimitr. A. IH.. Xih.B. Armnlrmin Profrssiir nf CScrniaiiir ' laiiyiiayro. Ph.B., Butler College, 1889; A. M. ibid., 1893; Student University of Berlin, I890- ' 92; Graduate Student Harvard University. 1896- ' 99; A.M.. ibid., 1897; Ph. D., ibid., 1899; Instructor in German, ibid.. 1898- ' 99; Instructor in German and Latin, Butler College. l889- ' 90; Armstrong Professor Germanic Languages, .bid.. 1890- — . f 1. llliUtam a. IKaralakr, iH. .. ih. D. ynifrsanr iif (Efirmiatry. B. S., Lafayette College, 1891 ; M. S., ibid.. 1894 ; Private Assistant to Dr. Wolcott Gibbs, 1 891 - ' 92; Assistant in Chemistry, Pennsylvania Slate College, 1892- ' 93; Graduate Student. Johns Hopkins University, 1893- ' 95 ; Ph. D., ibid., 1895; Instructor in Chemistry, University of Maryland, 1894- ' 96; Lecturer in Chemistry, Dalhousie University (Halifax, N. S.). ia95- ' 96; Chemist at Midd!eto vn, Conn., 1896- ' 97; Professor of Chemistry, Butler College, 1897- — . ■ Ulill Dauift ffiniur. A. iB.. yii. D. Proframir iif tiiijliah ?Iitrraliirr. A. B., Butler College, 1693; Graduate Student Hanard University. l894- ' 95. 1896- ' 99; A. B.. ibid., 181(5; A.M., ibid.. 1897; Ph. D.. ibid.. 1899; University Scholar, ibid., 1897- ' 98; Shatluck Scholar, ibid.. 1898- ' 99; Acting Pro- fessor of Ejiglish Language and Literature. Butler College, 1893- ' 96: Professor English Literature, ibid.. 1899- ... fflillinm iSnlIlmltl CmuUrii. . ili. Artiiiy yriifriiBiir iif iflathrinatirB. A. B., Buller College. 1892 ; S. B., Chicago University, 1893 ; Instructor in Mathematics in Summer School. 1902; Gradu- ate Student University of Chicago. 1902- ' 03; Instructor in University Secondary School. Chicago. l902- ' 03; Acting Professor of Mathematics. Buller College, 1903- — . IthristiHilirr iHur.l) lltilriuan, A. l!.. ill. D. PnifrBsiiir iif (Iluirrh Sintnrii aiiii . rtiiiit Vni- frannr nf Siutiirii. A. B., Yale University. 1896; Auburn Theological Semmary, 18%- ' 97; Chicago Theological Scmmary, 1897- ' 98 ; Divin- ity School, University of Chicago, l898- ' 99; B. D.. ibid., 1899; Professor of Church History, Buller Bible College, 1900- ; Acting Professor of HUiory. ibid.. 1900. % Clara Jfraiirii; iHr-iliitjur. A. Ui. •ihintrurtiir in tiiylisli. A. B., Radcliff. 1900; Inslructor In English. But- ler College, 1900- -. iHurllr iCniirlliiii ilaiiliir .HiiHtntrtiir in Art. Assistant Indianapolis High School, 1 893- ' 94 ; Special Drawing Teacher. Graded Schools. Indi- anapolis. ' S95- ' 96; Principal ol Art Department. Greenville College. 1897- ' 99; Butler College, 1900- — . Uikiiirlir Dnlr. A. u!. .iliiiilrurliir iit iSnmaiirr iCaiiiuiayr A. B.. Wellesley, 1903; Inslructor in R Languages, Butler College. 1903- — . % 2 V CElannirr jFiuBjitli ynifriunir nf iflimic. Stuttgart, 1882- ' 85; ibid., 1887- ' 89; Berlii 1894- ' 95; Pans. 1896. (§tbrr iflrmbrrs iif Jarultii grot aiiiltrr. A. iH.. iCiC. D. JJnifcsr.nr iit iCulin ?C;myiia«r ;iiu i Citrratiirc. A. B.. Nonhweslern Chrislian University. 1868: A. M.. .b.cl.. 1870; Student Classical Philology. University o( Halle, and University of Berlin. 1873-75; LL. D.. Butler ColleEe. 18%; Instructor in Latin and Mathematics, Indiana University. 1869-72; Professor o( Latin. North vcstcrn Chrislian University, 1871- - ; President Butler College. 1892-1904. I niry 23anr Sinuirr. A. -, }b. D. JJroffDaiir uf UUnliiiui all C jriiliiiiti. A. B., Abingdon College, 1880; Student Sheffield Scientific School, Yale College. I880- ' 8I ; Assistant in Marine Investigations of U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, l88l- ' 84; Student of Comparative Anatomy, University of Freiburg, Baden. 1895- ' 97; Ph.D.. ibid.. 1896; Instructor, Abingdon College, l881- ' 84: Professor Natural Sciences, Eureka College. 1884-86: Professor Biology and Geology, Drake University. l89l- ' 92; idem. Butler College. 1892- . Harnli Sursrtj JFnnrr.t, A- iH.. ih. D. JJrnfiMiaiir uf iiriiilnyij auh tcnmiinirs. A. B., Hiram College, 1892; ,4. M.. ibid.. 1892; Graduate Student in Political Science, Ohio State University, 1893- ' 94; Graduate Student in Sociology, Political Economy and Ethics, University of Chicago, 1894- ' 95; Fellow in Sociology, ibid.. 1893- ' 97; Ph.D., ibid., 1900; University Extension Lecturer Sociology, ibid., l890- ' 99; Professor of Sociology and Economics, Butler College. 1897-—. Arthur IKnijinn Suurrs. A. iB.. }b. D. llnifcBsiir iif }Jl!iliiaii;ilu| auti tilitraliiiu. A. B.. Colbv College. 1891 ; Graduate Student Johns Hopkins University. 1891 - ' 92; Honorary Fellow. University of Chicago. 1892- ' 93: Instructor, Chicago .4c.idcmy, 1893- ' 94; Graduate Student, Hartford School of Sociology, 1894- ' 95; Assstanl Superintend; nt. Charity Organization Society. Hartforo, Ct.. I895. ' 96: Fellow in Philosophy, University of Chicago, l896- ' 98: Ph. D.. ibid.. 1898; Instructor in Philosophy and Pedagogy. Alfred University. 1899-1900; Acting Professor of Philosophy and Peda- gogy. Butler College. I ' XM- ' Ol ; Professor of Philosophy and Pcd,- gogy. ibid., 1901- - . JlalifH ffinll, A. m. yriifrriHiir iif iSiinnilrtirLi all JJaoliiral ilhriiUuni. A. B.. Bethany College, 1865 ; .. . M.. Butler College, 1898; Pastor Chrislian Church, Wheeling, W. Va., 1866-72; Cleveland, Ohio, 1872- ' 89; Richmond. Va.. 1889- 97; Professor of Homilelics and Pastoral Theology. Butler Bible Schcol, 1897- . (fnnirlia Ahrllr Allni, A. ifl. .IlitalnirUir in tuiUir.li anft iSiiiliirji auii iHrah iif Uliillryr iSrsihrurr. Ph. B.. Hiram College. 1892; Graduate Student in English. Buchlel College. 1893-94; Graduate Student in English. Philosophy and History. University of Chicago. 1894- ' 96; A. M.. Hiram College. 1897; Teacher in Akron. O.. Public Schools. 1892- ' 93; Instructor in English and History. Soilsland. O. High School. I897- ' I900: Principal, ibid.. I900- ' 01 ; Instructor in English and History. Butler College. 1901- . liDiiltrr If. iKrllini. iii. iEit. Oirrctnr nf |Ilu|aical (Ciiltiirr. B. Lit.. Dartmouth College. 1897; Student Harvard Summer School. Physical Cuhur«, f898; Director of Physical Culture, University of Texas, 1897- ' 98; Director of Pnysical Culture. Buller College, 1899. 1 W4 titi ' ljiii iHaij JlrtTiiiT., A. l . .iliintriirlnr iiii ).Iiami. (IlTr Htbrarij i HE LIBRARY has had a checkered career, but IS at last settled in its new and permanent home. The books were kept m the early days in a small room in the old building in the city, and when the College was moved to Irvington the room now occupied by the President of the College as an office was the library. There was no system of catalogueing. Books were numbered merely in the order of their accession. Very naturally the library was of little or no value. About twenty years ago a member of the faculty suggested a regular classification and arrangement of the books. They were removed to the South Building into what is now the Athenaeum Hall, where a tutor, Mr. Mann, catalogued them by the Dewey decimal system. From this time on the accessions were quite rapid and were supplemented by a fairly ; good selection of periodicals, popular and technical. A member of the faculty was chosen Libranan with a regular attendant. Vv hen the chemical laboratory was placed in the South Building there were fears of explosions resulting in the loss of the building by fire. In consequence of this the north rooms of the main building became the place of deposit for the books. Here better work was done than ever before, but the constant noise of students in the halls and the going in and out prevented the establishment of a genuine read- ing room and library. Everybody received with delight the announcement of a new building — the gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thompson — in honor of their deceased daughter Bona. This new building has capacity for 60,000 volumes upstairs and an equal number downstairs, where the government publications will be kept and classified. Of these latter there is now a collection of about 5,000. The State of Indiana does not contain a better nor a more beautiful building than the Bona Thompson Memorial. It is absolutely fire-proof, because there is no combustible material in it. The style is Greek and of great simplicity. The read- ing rooms are especially well lighted and tastefully furnished and decorated. The Thompson furniture has been placed in the seminar room, where classes may meet with an instructor, or a reader consult with the Librarian. Dedication Day and Library Day were observed, the first in December, 1903, the latter April 8, 1904. Many classes and former students and friends sent money and books, so that several hundred valuable additions were made to the Library. Can this gift day not become recurrent ? Why should it not ? There are promises of the donation of private libraries in the future, some to be given outright, others in trust. The connection with the City Library is of great advantage to the community and the College. The people of the community now obtain their books at the Memorial Library, and the students have daily delivery from the main City Library. Could Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have left a more lasting memorial to their daugh- ter, or monument to themselves? The city is blessed by their generosity. The College, too, is deeply and permanently indebted to them. Miss Retta Barnhill, who has been the attendant for some years, becomes the Librarian and is assisted by Miss Carlisle. D. C. Brown. BONA THOMPSON LIBRARY i ttnrial taff tftHnr-in-(Cliirf. iKntlirrinr A. (puiitii Ar.si ' ilnul tMlm-. Ojiui t. IKtllvr Aiisnriatr tftitnrs. (Tiara t. Ifimitrr. (TharlrH if. iHrtlrn.u. Birslir Autluiiui iiiiuiiunui iHauaarr. Jlarant OJ. ?ilstmi AsHtatant UiusiurHs iHauaiiria. 3 ' . Ittrluiii (£nm)jtrm. (Drlaniiii t. iTiimra (UlaBB of 1904 James Walter Carpenter Charles Foster McEIroy «, , Clara Eslelle Hunle Oilnndo E. Toir K..lhriinr A. Qui (Elavil mm ( Air. ■•lUiirra iif tlu- Uliuu s. iflrlniiii in if ) I tiin lintii tlir ;iratBrB uf ynnirt auit nniji. §iiia lit ' llir nihirs lur pnntMji riisi}.ikiti, iiii; iif niir luninra llial iuuui mill lir liirr. iiui nf mtr 1UU4! 11 § 111111 mr mill riimr tu a timr that iui rs iia. alirii Irt us think nf a tir that niiitrr. ua. tThiiik iii tlir nillriir (That yaur ua km1mlr l . ilhiuk nf niir rlasa nf liUl-l! Ill iijrrr ' H tn thr rlnas tljat has yainrii yrrat rrnnmii, ffirrr ' a tn thr rlnsa that mith talrnts; ahnm s. ffirrr ' s tn thr rlaaa mlinar arhnnl iiaija arr n ' rr. iiirrr ' a tn nitr ian4! lElara t. ffimitrr. Aiilrrp at tlir Dttrli nr ahr niinr ' a Sxinuniyr PLACE will be vacant m those dear old walnut chapel seats, ere the coming of another term and the class of 1 904 will sell their graduating presents and modestly retire from the great stage of college tragedy. It will be hard for the senior men to lay aside these frock-coats and silk hats and don citizen ' s clothes again. But life IS made up of bumps and callous places, so these young people must bear their fir touch of one of the sharp corners of the outside world, like brave men and women. We unfortunates, who must remain in innocent Irvington, have no conception of the burden that rests on the shoulders of the members of the class of 1 904. Some must begin the work of collecting a trousseau, think of the number of showers required in this enterpnse. Others must crack into society, learn to nibble at a wafer and drink coffee from a vase. The more enthusiastic members must go to work. As we look this class in the eyes, wondering how they did it, our mind reverts to those balmy freshman days when, with campus-tickets in hand, they pushed through the throng of script-sellers and bumped into the office of Dr. For- rest — that unmerciful assessor who frightens the timid ruralites by the question, Latin, Greek or Domestic Chemistry ? Wasnt it interesting to watch them develop, taking on new customs day by day. But there is one face lacking m the red plush album of the class of 1 904. It is Moses. Don ' t you remember that mild, lady-like youth, with tapering fingers and poetic voice, who used to read to us in the English-room ? Moses couldn ' t wait for this class, but wore his white rose and fern leaf, and framed his diploma last June. During the course the class has made some fortunate pick-ups. The Club- House quarantine snatched Jocko Anthony and Mike Hunt from the class of 1903 and put their names on the golden tablets of 1904. Miss Qumn enlisted with the 1904 volunteers while doing a three year stunt in the arts department. Jason Elstun was scheduled for 1903, but, owing to a surveying shower held in the highest point of the Allegheny mountains, two years ago, was labeled exhibit 1904. Starting with Freshmen, this class of 1 904 had the brightest prospects of any, since the hard winter of 1829. During their budding year, they were the only class to give a bob-sled ride. Not satisfied with their triumph over the snow, they entered more artistic paths and furnished all of the spear-bearers in that never-to-be- forgotten Elizabethan success The Shoemaker ' s Holiday. The next year, under the leadership of Guy E. KiOie, the class of 1904 drove back the fighting fresh- men hom the secretary ' s office to the pump, gaining the victory and securing the cup from the pump. But of all the dances, pony showers, banquets, trolley rides and dinners given by the class the greatest triumph was the play given on Foun- ders Day. After the other classes witnessed the antics of the class of 1904 in John Kendrick Bang ' s Masterpiece they all sat down and cried and cursed the stage and its hidden secrets. The next year the class could float down the stream of credit gaining with ease — What is the use to do anything? We have all of the other classes out of business. So by this monoply of crowning novelties, they have gained the platform which they now hold. To the undergraduate they are ideal, but if we look behind the walls and lis- ten at the key-hole of the class-room, we discover that they also have troubles of their own. I remember a hustling Collegian reporter, who wished to make a scoop on the Irvington Retreat, had himself nailed under the floor that he might overhear the class meeting m which the problem of caps and gowns was to be solved. This inventive youth had a wonderful stoiy of the discussion — every detail was recorded, even the report of the faculty, in which two stood out against the movement, and Jocko Anthony ' s famous speech, wherein the captain declared that he would rather appear in a kimona and sash than one of those long trip- up robes which, after commencement, furnish food for the moths. After the costume question had been taken from the table, another enterprise was considered. Mr. Jason Elstun conceived the idea of giving a minstrel show for the benefit of the Old Student ' s Home. Many old jokes and songs were var- nished and set up to dry, but owing to the lack of support the little show caught a heavy cold, sickened and passed away. Elstun sat up with it the night it died. Thus we have followed the happy family up to the World ' s Fair year and to-day we find them retired from the boards of University politics and are rehears- ing their parts for commencement day, namely — -take diploma in right hand, bow, say thank you (not thanks or much obliged), smile, take a deep breath, throw the chest out and sit down. All undergraduates may grasp each senior by the hand at the President ' s reception, until then let them rest in peace. John F. Mitchell, ' 05. n i§n cilu abrfslutlii CHALLENGE comes boldly telling of might. On the soft gentle breeze of the day ; Are ye ready for battle, ready for fight ? Are ye anxious to join in the fray ? Is your armour burnished, your courage rare ? Have you sharpened your sword vith infinite care? Proud of the deeds you soon will dare ? Are ye bred in the old Butler Way ? Gladly we come to take up this gage. To show we really are men ; To show that no challenge our spirit can suage. Our strength the strength of ten. So leap we forth at this fated hour. Strong in the faith of our unknown power. Conscious our effort will surely endower Old Butler with honor again. Then this IS the day we take our adieu To Alma Mater ' s mem ried halls. Ere we go from her rooms to the world to the new, Ere we list to its clear bugle calls. And the thoughts of the past in our bosoms swell. As we think of the places where now we dwell. And with full sad hearts we say our farewell To Butler ' s dear sacred walls. More than the knowledge of right and of wrong. More than the mere written shell ; We have found the side which alone is the strong. With the life lived under its spell. We have learned of the love that silently grows In the youth of the world as it kindles and glows. But Its strength and puissance no man knows — Old Butler has guided us well. In the battles of life we shall bear our part And gladly enter the list ; But the powers that lie deep in the heart Are all uncouth and unkist. Yet we ask that the caress of our college now, As we pledge to her our eternal vow, Be tendered to us and placed on our brow, While here we keep loyal tryst. So not with feigned nor cowardly cry VO ' e accept this challenge of fate. Whose gods old and new alike we defy. And pass where penis await. By stress of strife alone we shall know. If the spirit pure sets our faces aglow. And, too, in this conflict whether or no Our courage will ever abate. Strong in the life our college has taught. The life she is living today ; Foes to whatever with evil is fraugtht. Anxious to join in the fray. So ready for battle, a chivalric band. With lances in rest, and weapons in hand. Trusting alone in God ' s great command. We move in the old Butler way. Guy E. Killie ' 04. Wlunt thr JatrB ?Jfllh Scene: Windy plains of the Land of Nod. Time: Night. [ Appear the three witches around the cauldron.] First Witch: Thrice the chapel cow hath mooed. Second Witch : The hour and place our work to do is here Third Witch : Seniors plead, Do tell ! Do tell ! Fust Witch ; Round about the cauldron go, In the eternal hash we throw Toad that in the zool. lab. lelded ghost on gooey slab ; Get together in the charmed pot. All: Babble, babble, hiss and gabble. Come, hot air, and give the babble. Second Witch : Karslake ' s grin and chapel buck, Lock of hair from Mc ' s good luck, Compton ' s book of prepared Greek, Freshman paint from co-ed. s meek, Wad of gum and dance program. Theatre check and stolen jam ; All from life of student noble. Like a dorm-soup boil and bubble. All: Babble, babble, hiss and gabble. Come, hot air, and give the babble. Third Witch : Powder rag and Essie ' s smile, Jason ' s sermon, pipe and tile. Jocko ' s football, hair and other collar. White cravat that took Tomes ' dollar. Campus cases pulled too soon, Cleo ' s nerve and souvenir spoon. Stolen kiss and French review. Term report with tidings blue. Add thereto an old gym shoe. Tower rope and laundry bill, For the ingredients of our dope. All : Babble, babble, hiss and gabble, Come, hot air and give the babble. First Witch : And now are done ; The dreams begun. And here will come A leader seeking some. Second Witch : By the dough that father sends. Something troubled this way bends. Open, locks! Now, for knocks ! I Enler President Winfred Ernssl Ga Harrison : How now, you secret black and midnight hags I conjure you by that which you profess, Howe ' er you came to know it, answer me. Though you stir up the Sophs and make them fight Against the Freshmen ; though the Dorm. Co-ed. s Do swipe and swallow all our next week ' s pie ; Though chapel chairs be greased and piano tied ; Though gentle Jersey cows hold nightly revel Where staid professors daily council : Answer me, and show me what thou For these, my first-born seniors, hold. Three witches: Come high, come low. The senior and his future show. (Thunder. Flashes. Hoi Air.) I FIRST .APP.XRITION : A horse saddled and hridled.] jnrrison : The steed, ' tis Pegasus, whom one hath tamed ! Read 1 not the apparition right ? But who That figure there in rapture shrieking raiment clad ? Can thai be Hunt ? He speaks Now. gentlemen, the only sure thing here I 0(f ' r, tin to oni ' on ' Blue Grass Maid, ' and none To lose but me. It beats a shave m Airship Company, Limited. Now, let the ponies work for you. — Ay, he ever willing was to let the Ponies work. His success in playing ponies He surely gained in Butler College. And who IS that in flaming red And yellow garbed, who mounts the steed ? Me thinks, I know him. ' Tis our Anthony man Jocko, his calling reached at last. Tis meet that he through life should stride The pony, for in that fashion he Through college passed. — But what again can you from the future steal. [Comic Opera Music] (SECOND VISION: The upper room o( a theater.] Garrison : This place, I know, for yonder Looking down upon the play, so far below. Is the man, our sporting preacher, Tomes, He speaks, and speaking says : Next year. Me hopes there ' ll be a Mrs. Tomes. But now through nineteen seventeen 1 11 darn for yet awhile my bachelor socks. — Oh, noble soul, life ' s richest boon. In persevering patience lieth. But who IS that so gay on stage below. The face I know, but can it be Her, whose, bright smile, to that great brand Of sawdust oats, a rearward seat did ' st give, Essie, and what can she be here ? it is the chorus, where as peer. Among them all she moves. — How true. It is, that Butler College for Thorough training stands. — Now, witches three, of Compton here disclose The fate. He was a lovely youth. Witches : Buzz, Buzz, hiss, and rumble, if a man gets married, he oughtn t to grumble. [THIRD VISION: Compton carrying a market basket, package o( hymn books, an umbrella, a ham. a new broom, divers parcels and a band box. He speciks in haste, counting the strings on his fingers.] New broom, strong hymn books, sure, I have them. Kitchen soap, spring ham, all here, a well Smoked hat, polka-dot potatoes 1 remembered To demand: Thirty cents of fresh organdy, Safety pins, and a yard and a half Of country butter like the sample. And be home, by six, I ' ll do them all This time. [Vision fades.] Garrison : What a mind, for detail here This 1 know he gained in college. Now forsooth, what hold you For Jason, who is fit by nature and good looks To gain the nation ' s confidence. (FOURTH VISION: A Urge hall, with men in uniform. Elslun rises to accept banner inscribed, The Victor. ] Garrison : Tis true. He ' s now the victor And recognition comes. But never Could he reach this place and hold Such honor save he had the training From our College Butler. The leader Speaks and gives the banner : We upon Our long valued fellow, Elstun, here bestow This trophy for the longest attendance. Upon church service here in the Michigan City Reformation House. — Begone, foul phantasm of black fate. I Vision lades.] (FIFTH VISION] Oh witches, what is this vision now Confronts me. ' tis a hall with men in awe. And reverence seated, where in eminence She stands. It is Miss Quinn. Her voice breaks forth and mions start Pay this weeks board — O ' mister, man or go; O ' well, a boarding house, surely Butler trains for duty Well hags of midnight. What of him who austere meek and holy Was the carpenter. [SIXTH VISION.] A coral strand, where around a Festal cauldron, are seated a group of the White man ' s burden, in physical culture Costume. The chief speaks : es, my children, what that man did Relate, that he of clay was made Was surely true, for never since We ate that chinaman have I Such hash, partaken of. His wife Howe ' er was most enjoyable. And graced our repast well. : Spirits of odorous dogfish ! Here is One position that 1 find our college Man can not with profit fill Go on, weird sisters, go on But what of our bookish man, Guy Killie ? Surely, he by muses power will rise. [VISION: A newspapier folded al the editorial page.] : He is an editor, and here his Paper, a power in the land. What IS the name and wh: t for Published ? Let me read : The Reflector, published by the inmates of — Heaven save us ! Is Killie, too, A shining light in durance vile At Jeffersonville, while Jason is At Michigan on the lake ? Well, Surely Butler ' s live influence is Far spread in these great works of state. There is one more whose future sore doth Me perplex : the charmer, McElroy. (TENTH VISION: A hall o( Congress where McElroy slands in place o( note, before ihe desk, and statesmen rise and speak violently, while men bring in a parchme.it roll %ith myriad signer ' s names.] Garrison : There one of my nought four ' s has come To high and mighty place m nation ours. And there, no doubt is some memorial to him. The speaker reads. It is petition foi — What ! — We, the women of America, do protest loud And long that C. F. McElroy should take a Place of state, for he from Utah comes and Is known to rush at one and the same lime Maidens several, which does us much irk. So, we pray, send this horrid man back home. I might have known. His major was In campustry. Again the speaker calls and speaks : You see in this man here, one clearly out of order ; For holy writ doth plainly say a single maid to cherish. So, C. F. McElroy, a one-way ticket back to the woods I command for you. First Witch : Here ends the babble Second Witch: Of all that ' s probable Third Witch : Hot air and gabble : First Witch : Now I Second Witch : and, I Third Witch: and 1 All: No more, Nought four So go. I Wilches Vani.,h.| Garrison : Gone ? Let them go. May not the chapel hour Stand more than this, forgotten in our calendar. So ill let these nought fours go too. There ' s trouble enough that ' s coming after you. END l Horace Russell, 03. lilraiiBlntrft fnim Srlijllmi rhiiaiirlit I .♦- OULD I but the path discover, Leading from this valley ' s deep, Over which the chill mists hover, How with joy my heart would leap ! Yonder pleasant hills — behold them — Ever young and ever green ! Had I wings — there would I fold them onder on those hillsides sheen. Harmonies I hear resounding, Strains of sweet and heav ' nly rest Softly and with balm abounding Breathe the winds upon my breast, Golden there the fruits are glowing Beck ' ning from the leafy tree. And the flowers that are growing Ne ' er a winter ' s prey will be. Oh, what pleasant meditation alking in the sunshine there ! Charming is the elevation And refreshing is the air ; But an angry river ' s roaring Tries to check my hopeful tread ; All its waves are upward soaring. That my soul i; filled with dread. On its waves a craft is floating. But, alas, no boatman hails ! Up and go thyself a boating ! For a spirit fills the sails. Dare ihou must, in hope abiding. For the gods no pledges give ; Chance alone will do thy guiding in sweet wonderland to live. Fred. C. Domroese, ' 06. T IS the deeper meaning that is in things that appeals to us and by which we value them. For things are but tangible expression of ideas, and not for things, but for the ideas they express, are our sympathies enlisted. In art, it is not uniformity of outline nor harmony of color or of sound that enthralls. These the aesthetic sense demands, But a deeper life, a grander meaning, breathes in the marble, looks back from the canvas, pleads in organs swell. The forms of art are eloquent to us of every emotion of the soul. In them we realize vivid portrayal of that, which, without their aid, we do but vaguely feel. So it is in revealing the thought that is in things that arts high function is. The greatness of a work of art is to be measured, then, by the greatness of the idea it perfectly portrays. Nothing in man is greater than this : through struggle to reach serenity. And Greek art is yet greatest art, because even now, after almost three times a thousand years, its marble lips cease not best to speak the noble simplicity, the quiet grandeur, of the great and self-collected soul. There will have been struggle. There must have been struggle. Unstirred waters hold no healing. Placidity is serenity of shallowness — of sense, not of spirit — of passivity, not of power. Struggle is proof of strength. Last comes the great conquest, which is self-conquest. And the psychological moment for the sculptor is the last act, when the soul, after struggle, accepts undismayed the decree of fate. Other art, the art that tells its story by means of written words, may spin out slow historv-, in graphic phrase interpreting to dull thought successive changes ; but incomplete it is, ineffective, no art, unless it lead to final consummation that shall give worth and dignity to all. The sculptor knows but one moment ; well may it be the moment that marks the great soul ' s greatest grandeur. Ancient poetry and ancient sculpture have each given to us a Laocoon, and between the Laocoon of the Roman poet and the Laocoon of the Greek sculptor, modern critics point out, to them, moment- ous differences. Where is the explanation of this seeming inconsistency ? Did the poet ignorantly misconceive his subject ? Did the sculptor fall short of nature and fail to reach the true pathos of pain ? Neither of these. Virgil tells of Titan struggles, and the storm of fear and passion he describes only makes clearer and more serene the calm that in his story comes to the dying prophel-pricsl. If life have high meaning, this is its highest : serenil — be it in victory, or, nobler, be it in defeat. The sculptor shall put that meaning in a single pose. Not for him the passion of struggle. That alone were nothing. His the calm that, meaning struggle, means all things else. The sculptor ' s art has its limitations. The subject of a great work of art, of a statue, of a painting, must be known already to the beholder. The details of the Roman poet ' s story are necessary to our fullest appreciation of the figure cut in stone. What should we know of these without the poet ' s verse? But knowing these, knowing the travail of spirit, the giant labor, the elemental contest, the passion and the pain, how vastly is the meaning of the dumb lips magnified ! And that meaning is of the noblest thing that is in us : the calm of spirit subdued, of soul serene. Calm, not as the placid pool is calm, but as under wind-blown surface of storm-tossed sea, the depths are calm. In literature, too, is serenity the invariable concomitant of power. Here it means the saying great things in simple language. But literary expression is not a trick of words to be learned by rote. You shaO not read its rule in books, nor gain its method from a teacher. We are boastmg of our schools and libraries, our colleges and universities, but surely, if culture be among the objects of education, at some point our system fails. For under the new education our lessons in liter- ature are not making deserving writers ; they are not making even serious readers. One point of failure, and in itself fatal, is at the very beginning. With false ideas regarding culture and ambitions for the high-sounding and pretentious, we are dis- regarding essential prerequisites. The lower grade neglecting its own proper function assumes that of the grade above. We affect to teach the masterpieces of English composition to children ignorant of the primary facts of language. So is the pupil at the very beginning of his education deprived of his one opportunity in life to acquire in natural course the elementary knowledge that is fundamental to literary culture, and without which there can be no literary culture. The result is irrepar- able. In so far as illiteracy means incapacity to appreciate the literary quality in books, at the very outset we have condemned the pupil to hopeless illiteracy. And the University ? The purpose of the modern university is not culture. It belongs among the institutions of industrial life. It is a great workshop. Its purpose is to make the youth efficient for the world ' s work ; and yet, though in its way, it be doing a great work, blame not those who cannot but deplore the fact that our educa- tional mills with all their grand grist of efficiency, are not yielding some, however small, by-product of culture. The noise and bustle of the great and expanding university is demoralizing our whole educational system, invading more and more the quiet of academic life, confounding with clamor, dazzling with alluring promises of quick returns, banishing the spint of culture, enticing from slow pursuit of that broad culture that alone breeds the makers of literature. After it all, after school and college and university, bachelor ' s degree, doctor ' s degree, your academicus will write you a page in which there shall be discoverable no more trace of literary style than might be found in any chance confusion of bird-tracks in the sand at the lake shore. Culture is something, surely, if literary style is to be developed ; but the beginnings of culture are very humble, and it is a long road and quiet. But Vk ' hy this high valuation of literary form ? Some one will assert that the thing is what you say, not how you say it. A striking expression and convincing, no doubt, to many ; but it misses the truth, as often the epigram. Form is necessary to fullness and depth and lucidity, necessary to truth. Fit utterance must meaning find, else the thought shall die unrecognized even of the mind originating it. In literary form lies subtle suggestion of the soul of the written word. It breathes. A spirit animates it. Instinct it is with deeper meaning. For example : New doctors of philosophy are giving us revised versions of the Bible. The old, they say, is obsolete, no longer intelligible. Let us have the Word expressed in the language of the day, so that men shall understand its exactest requirements. This seems reasonable — from the view-point of the theologian regarding religion as purely formal and matter of precise definitions and dogmatic assertions. But so is not religion to some. This is what the revisers would do : they would change poetry to prose ; with trivialities of every-day speech and common-place colloquialisms they would degrade that which to vital souls is holy and most precious ; they would rob religion of its reverence. And literature ? Sweep the sordid scouring of a superficial age into the source of English pure and undefiled — substitute twentieth century revisions for the King James translation, and the Bible is no longer literature. So much in letters has form to do with force. Further, literary style that expresses not individuality, that is but copy of another ' s thought, echo of another ' s meaning, icily perfect, is splendidly nul. If any man have a message for the world that shall be worthy to live in literature, it will be such as with his own life he has warmed, with his own blood made red, with his own tears washed clean. Give me your heart, brother, and together we shall journey all the way. And your word, yours because living it your chastened spirit gave it fitting utterance, shall be forever shnned among the things that men love best. In far time, too, perhaps, when naught of you but this is known, angel of light It shall be, clear-shining from out the opened page, bnnging to men that sit in darkness of their thought, better hope, brighter promise, nobler purpose, fuller life. The writer ' s style must be expressive of his individuality. But not every one has qualities of mind and heart that make for beauty or for force. That may well be said. And yet, this is forever true, that all that is fine in human endeavor is genuine and sincere. And it is born of struggle. Only the soul that suffers can conceive great thoughts. Great thoughts are ever brave thoughts and serene. And this is true in art, and true in letters, because first it is true in life. Scot Butler. iUij ICibrarii ' HInmait tlir imiot iiitrrrsliiui biuili riirr uiriltrii. alir rhitiiiii ia laryr. aiifi mi man Bluuilii lie uiitliintt a nipji. An nl tiiaiit. I am a very learned man, in reading I delight. In books of fi(5lion and of verse, in studies erudite. And when the evening shadows fall, 1 seek my easy chair. To dream about my library, and all the volumes there. There ' s Gladys, tall and exquisite in won- drous Paris gown. Who seems on all humanity disdainfully to frown. A charming picture, from her hat down to her high-heeled shoes, But an edition de luxe, too fine, 1 fear, to use. There ' s Sarah, skilled in sciences and versed in classic lore. She tells me all 1 want to know, — and then she tells me more. It ' s good to be instructed, but I think it is quite plain Too much encyclopedia is wearing on the brain. There ' s Maude, a languid lady with splen- did dusky eyes, Who at the world ' s great tragedies shows merely mild surprise. I much admire her beauty, her pride and lofty rank, — But what are handsome bindings, if the leaves inside are blank ? There ' s Bess, who took my fancy when we met not long ag I thought I ' d add her to my precious library, — but no, 1 want no paper covers, for they can ' t stand wear and tear. They look well in show-windows, so I left this volume there. But here s my favorite volume, the one 1 love the best. (I ' ll keep this copy of the book, and you may have the rest.) Here ' s Phyllis, with her shining hair, her warm and loving heart. Her sympathy with human joys, with human pain and smart. And so 1 search my library and ponder on my books. From tawdry paper covers to editions de luxe. But when I ' ve read them over, 1 whisper to myself, The standard works shall have the place of honor on my shelf! Jessie Christian Brown. ®hr Slraiittui iCaiiii that -♦- ELL, it ' s a beastly shame that anything so good should be spoiled by the acting, the class president declared, jabbing viciously at the cushioned seat before him with his cane. The girl with him ignored the mention of the play ' s ment and said quite simply that it was a pity he should be so disappointed, he felt it more keenly than the rest would. For of course she added hopelessly we cannot expect to do anything with incumbrance. She pointed scornfully toward the stage at the fiont of the hall where the two : watching the rehearsal of the Junior play. It was Dramatic Day at EOiott College and the interest of the little town was centered for the time in that night ' s contest. Which class would make the cleverest hits ? Which would steal the most hom the plays of the other ? Even the usual interest in the boarding house fare gave place to this absorbing question. What gave the day even greater interest than in former years was the unprecedented announcement of the faculty that no girls should have parts in the class plays. The Junior play had already been written and approved. The leading part was for a lady. It was too late to reconstruct the play, so the Juniors had chosen for the part the boy who most of all was known for his slight build and effeminate manner. It was the very afternoon of Dramatic Day and Courtney, the Junior presi- dent, had come with the writer of the little farce, to watch and criticise the last rehearsal. They had long since given up hope of helping the actors any and now sat talking in undertones. If It only depended on the play, ltd be a cinch, Courtney was saying rue- fully. Or, if we only had another leading lady. Fool idea, that, to bar the girls out. And we were lobsters to choose that wooden jumping jack ! Look at him now! The jauntily dressed lady on the stage seemed to have lost the grace that had won for her the nick-name of Lady Craig. The train on her gown bothered her monstrously and she seemed quite at sea as to what to do with her hands. Lydia sighed. I certainly have labored with him from the start. 1 explained all the grinds and jokes to him and insisted that he should at least seem to appre- ciate them, only to be met with that everlasting ' Yes, miss Lydia, I see exactly. ' Old stupid, not to guess that we wanted him to give up the part ! The rehearsal was drawing to a close. Neither had the heart to watch it any longer. The girl reached for her hat and thoughtfully thrust the pins into place. Well, we have one consolation, as she rose to go. The other classes haven ' t had a sniff of the play. They haven ' t stolen a single idea horn it. If they only had stolen the leading lady ! Courtney growled, as he stooped to pick up her glove. Say ! he almost shouted, straightening up. Lydia understood. Do you suppose we could do it ? In her excitement the girl laid her hand on Courtney ' s arm and shook it slightly. Do you think we could ? Then her face fell. We should be worse off than before, for no one could learn the part now. But you know it. You must know it. You ' ve heard it so often. You will do It. Don ' t you see ? — Go on, you ' re doin ' fine, he shouted to Craig who had stopped short to learn the cause of his audience ' s unusual excitement. Then the two remembered the edict. But Lydia tossed her fair head defiantly. I will do it anyway she said, deliberately. Then I ' ll tend to him. Lights were beginning to show in the little town. Whistle and call were heard as the boys passed each other, each bound for the home of some classmate. Everywhere was the thrill of the coming contest. Craig started rather early for the college. He was a little uneasy for fear his wig and costume might be discovered by a rival classman and he walked fast. Suddenly he felt a touch on his arm. Going far, sonny ? The question had a sarcastic nng to Craig ' s suspicious ear, but he could not see the stranger ' s face. He must use tact. I ' m going to the college after while. indifferently. 1 guess there ' ll be some- thing doing there to-night. Oh, you ' re going to the show, too ? Asked the stranger cheerfully. We might as well go along together. But were too early. A strong pair of hands pinioned the Junior ' s arms and gagged him. Then he was ignominously hurried down a side street and locked in a wood-shed, with the grim remark that he would be charged no admission for this side-show. An hour later the curtain rose on the Junior play. The leading lady was easily the star of the evening. Time and again the audience called her back. When in response to the last call, the whole caste went back to bow they removed their wigs to show the close cropped hair beneath. — But the leading lady withdrew precipitately. And when the decision of the judges was given, and the Juniors triumphantly formed for the usual torch-light parade, the winner of the laurels was nowhere to be found. There are still a favored few at Elliott who know the history of Lydia ' s inter- view with the president of the faculty the next morning. You were m the Junior play ? He said, as they tell it. Yes sir. Y ou knew the rule we made ? I knew it. You chose to break the rule for the sake of your class. 1 suppose, but didn ' t, you know you would probably be — It wasn ' t for the class, but — it ' s president, the offender interrupted, proudly. Whether it was the suddenness of the reply, or its substance that won him, the gossips have never decided. But still they tell among themselves how Prexy weighed the cause and the offense and forgave the culprit. Ruth Allerdice, ' 06. r¥ I lutlrr (Unllrnr Dramattrs HE THEATRICALS of Butler College, though they have never been conducted on an extensive plan, have always been success- ful. In the spring of 1901 the Department of English undertook to produce an Elizabethan play with its original setting and cos- tumes. Documents which might throw light upon the theatre and the theatrical conditions of the lime were studied. A stage and a setting were prepared especi- .illy for the occasion. A costumer in Boston studied the dress of the early Elizabethans and prepared costumes especially for the play. The purpose of the performance was to present Thomas Dekker ' s. The Shoemaker ' s Holiday. as it was origin- .illy produced in the Fortune Theatre, London, j before a crowd -ts - -N ; : : t  :ysi ( 7 e t  ( 1 - :: kMjZ ' ■■ly ' ' ' ' - f-«- -- ' . i of artisans and ladies in the boxes. Thus it was necessary to train students for the improvised stage to do the acting of the play and then a number of students who should represent the people from the streets of London — shoemakers, carpenters, tail- ors, etc. Altogether more than seventy students were trained and without a pause, acted for two hours and a half to the pleasure and astonishment of a distinguished audience in English Opera House. The criticisms of the play, not only in the local papers, but in other parts of the country, were unusually favorable. All united in considering this production, one of the first in the West, a literary and artistic success. On Founder ' s Day of 1903, a number of the students presented She Stoops to Conquer. This production elicited the comment from many people that the students of Butler College were gifted to an unusual degree with his- trionic ability. The playing was all well done and some of the roles showed excep- tional interpretation. A performance, unique in this vicinity, was the As You Like It, played last class day, under the Irees on the college campus. The play was changed slightly, to occupy about ' - H H ° hours. Certain scenes were shifted to give the outdoor parts prominence. The effect of the various scenes in the surroundings chosen was altogether happy and added another to the line of dramatic successes for the Butler College students. Beside these chief performances during the past few years, several minor plays have been given by classes or the college organization. It may be safely stated that as yet we have been successful to a high degree in all our dramatic efforts. Plans have been suggested for the formation of a college dramatic society for the purpose of presenting, on suitable occasions, plays of literary and historical interest. Such a society would have the object which we have always had of selecting a worthy play and of performing it with profit, both to the student and the audience. W. D. Howe. (Ibr Alumni HE alumni of Butler are a versatile lot of men and women. Among them are ministers, teachers, merchants, physicians, attorneys, railroad men, farmers, politicians, soldiers, journalists, bankers, book-agents, actors, real estate and insur- ance agents, lecturers, base ball players, golf champions, trained nurses, manufacturers, promoters, good house-keepers and cooks, missionaries, traveling men, authors, capitalists, Y. __ __ M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. secretaries, musicians, chemists, engineers, city, county, state and federal officials and clerks. There is not an occupation in a civilized community that could not be taken up in a moment ' s notice by some Butler alumnus or former student. And these people are well distributed. They have gone as missionaries to Japan, Jamaica and India; they are down East, along the Pacific coast, in Mexico, Honduras and Canada. There is scarcely a city of any size in the country that does not contain one or more of the Butlerites. Many of them have attained high distinction. Hon. A. C. Harris has been U. S. Minister to Austria -H ungary ; Hon. E. H. Hinshaw is a member of Congress from Nebraska ; Hon. J. V. Hasley is a member of the Supreme Court of Indiana and has twice been chief justice ; Miss Elizabeth Miller has written The Yoke, which will doubtless be one of the most popular novels of the decade ; Hon. Fassett A. Cotton has made one of the best Superin- tendents of Public Instruction Indiana has ever had ; John Randolph Spears is the recognized authority in this country on nautical matters; Hilton U. Brown, president of the board of directors, is manager of the most valuable newspaper property in Indiana; Dr. John H. Oliver has no superior in the Middle West as a surgeon ; Miss Johnny Carpenter will doubtless be the golf champion of the year among the women players of America — and the list might be continued indefinitely. The faculty and the board of directors are, with few exceptions, alumni of the college, and former students show gratifying loyalty in sending their children to Butler. This all goes to show that to be a student or an alumnus of our college is no mean honor and a practical guarantee of success in life. Students, faculty, directors and alumni must do everything possible in the next few years to arouse and hold the active interests of former students and old friends. Good things are promised for Butler, and nothing will bring them more certcunly than active interest on the part of the alumni. Dinners of old Butler students at church con- ventions, Butler day at Bethany Park, the annual alumni banquet should be worked up thoroughly and well to bring together large numbers and to make them glad they were brought together. Class reunions at commencement should be more numerous. The alumni of Butler are at heart loyal : they are influential and widely scat- tered. If they can be readied and aroused and kept interested, they will do great things for their Alma Mater. , , , t-i mn -no Hugh Th. Miller, 88. Jitiit Auialunitua jS) E STOOD at the bottom of the chapel steps, turning his eyes s ' .owly hom the stairs to tlie hall. From his calm, dignified bearing I took him for a professor, or perhaps one higher in rank — a Senior. is he a Senior ? 1 asked an intelligent looking Sopho- more. My, no, she wliispeved, that ' s a Junior. They have to meditate just so long before they can turn around. The bell always rang before they had quite made up their judicial minds to give the common herd the benefit of their recitations. It was a fine bluff with the Profs, and they never said any- thing to break the charm. When 1 was a Freshman, she went on, with a far-away look in her eyes, we fixed them. They were in class meeting, 1 suppose, deliberating the advis- ability of locking the portal that separated them from the rabble. (Notice my big words. 1 always speak so when 1 am talking of the Juniors.) Well, to hasten the ponderous movements of that august assembly we turned the hose upon them. I laugh every time 1 think of the shock to those cautious, circumspect Sophs. On class day they startled the natives of Butler by actually having their class song ready on time, and deigning to sing it before the vulgar multitude. They are failing rapidly. ' Slow ' signifieth not their disease. Either they came from some other planet, or from Texas where people are commonly belated. Just think, it took them about eight months to come to the conclusion that they were really Juniors. Then they organized. About August, or later, next year, they will grasp the fact that they ought to have been Seniors and might have graduated. Don ' t let them bluff you, she said, starting away, it ' s not learning, but slowness, sluggishness, apathy, anything — but wisdom. If you ask one of them if he ' s a Junior, he ' ll take a week to consider. 1 once more looked at the figure by the stairs. Apparently he had decided, for he walked slowly down the hall until he met a fair maiden coming his way. After parleying for som? time, they sauntered off together. Josephine Besaw, ' 06. B Bu mfxvG Snails, ImmirHii IOOK BACK upon the opening day of our school year, 1903, and see all manner of students coming, some strong, sturdy, strapping youths, h-esh from the harvest fields, full of vigor and energy, with the token of their honest toil branded on their faces and brawny n arms ; these are the Freshman. Juniors and Seniors com? in full H array, their heads crammed with knowledge and their arms laden with books. Then you see the real college chaps ; those that have in one year learned the ways and artifices of college life. With their great plaid suits and broad slouch hats they wake a spectre. They know where Chauncys office is and all about the Registrar. They stride about the campus like pheno- mena. They own the college, don ' t you know. Wait until these learned youngsters come to class and face the knowing look of our worthy profs. Then they will see their outward show vanishing like the dews of the morning and their real selves standing out in the blaze of the noon-day sun. Now when we survey them, we see all their bigness so suddenly taken from them. They have lost their spirit and become so torpid and heedless that they did not organize their class until several months after time. They delayed the Freshmen-Sophomore debate at least three months, and they have exhibited themselves not at all. They have allowed the Freshmen flag to fly out over their heads all year and have not attempted to take il down. Poor Sophs! a pity it is to come, alas, into this deplorable state. 1 saw a snail one day upon a broad and open plain, where never a weed, nor dale, nor hill impeded his path. His way was smooth, but his gait so slow, that for many ,i day I marked his path, and noted his winding, uncertain trail ; he managed to make his way and it no doubt seemed fast enough to him but O ! how slow it was to me. So is it with the gentle Soph. He winds his way as the fresh murmuring brook, which meanders down the sloping hill until it gradually becomes lost among the great forest trees, and mingles its tiny waters with those of the larger river beyond. So with the Sophs of 1904. so gay, so sparkling at lirsl, but gradually losing themselves among their superiors in college life. Like the snail, they trudge slowly about, doing no one harm, but bringing themselves to no especial good. Mark Brown, ' 07. NE DA last fall a strange creature walked timidly across the campus and knocked at the east door of the college. A great scarlet geranium, cut from mamma ' s garden, bloomed gaily in his buttonhole, the corners of a red bandanna hung from his side pocket, and his hat was held in place merely by the force of gravity. This creature was only one of that numerous species, easily recognized in all colleges as — Freshmen. And truly these Freshmen of 1903 worthily upheld the dignity of their name. The girls all said Yes, ma ' am, and No, sir, with truly remarkable politeness. The boys never failed to lift their hats, a rare and most singular phenomenon — for upper classmen are never guilty of such etiquette. The Freshmen had not yet learned to talk frat, or to buck chapel. Indeed, one poor boy said he had been to chapel every day for three whole weeks. Now. one day, these Freshmen decided to do something to show a proper college spirit. A class meeting was called and red was chosen as the class color, red, which may mean either love or war. Of course, their red flag, ornamented with a flaming ' 07, must hang from the top of the belfry, where the world might see it and render to it fitting homage. The next mornmg flaming ' 07s loomed up from every gate-post and fence-rail. That day the students breathed ' 07s, ate ' 07s and walked on 07s. Even the white cow near the campus bore a huge 07 on her back. Chapel hour marked the climax of their triumph. Eager faces gazed expect- antly at the great chief as he lifted his hand to call for silence. Then in measured tones he directed the attention of all to a great brown spot on the ceiling. The clumsy shoes of some acrobatic Freshman had knocked off the shingles from the roof. Henceforth the roof is forbidden ground, came the sentence. The poor Freshmen sneaked out of chapel with scared faces. Only one hope was left. They must protect their colors from the mighty Sophomores. The battle began fiercely. Collars and watches flew. Handsful of hair strewed the floor. Shrieks and war-whoops rent the air. Groans and cries for mercy sounded through the halls. Nine rahs for the Sophomores ! Nineteen Sophomores defeated sixty Freshmen. The latter were freshies no longer. They had been initiated into the mysteries of college life. Ethel Harlan, ' 06. PI BETA PHI ifmmiirii ;it iflniiiiuiiitli a ' lillryr, iflmnmnitli, .illl., Aviril 2i . 11107 Colors : Wine and Silver Blue Flower : Red Carnation Publication : Arrow (EliapU ' r Kill I Alpha ynuiiiirr Vermont Alpha ; Middlesbury College, Middlesbury, V ' t. Vermont Beta : University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Columbia Alpha : Columbian University, Washington, D. C. Pennsylvania Alpha : Swarthmore College, Svvarthmore, Pa. Pennsylvania Beta : Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania Gamma : Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Ohio Alpha : Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Ohio Beta : Ohio Stale University, Columbus, Ohio. New York Alpha : Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. Massachusetts Alpha : Boston University, Boston, Mass. Maryland Alpha : Woman ' s College of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md. Siria .Iriuiiiirr Illinois Beta : Lombard College, Galesburg. 111. Illinois Delta : Knox College, Galesburg, 111. Illinois Epsilon : Northwestern University, Chicago. 111. Illinois Zeta : Illinois University, Champaign, ill. Indiana Alpha: Franklin College, Franklin, Ind. Indiana Beta : University of Indiana, Bloominglon. Ind. Indiana Gamma : Butler College, Indianapolis. Ind. Michigan Alpha: Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich. Michigan Beta: Michigan University. .Ann .Arbor. Mich. ( aiitiiia Jliiiuiiirr Iowa Alpha : Iowa Wi-sleyan University, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Iowa Beta: Simpson College, Indianola. Iowa. Iowa Zeta : Iowa State University, Iowa City, Iowa. Wisconsin Alpha: University of W ' lsconsin, Madison, Wis. Missouri Alpha : University of Missouri, Columbia. Mo. i3plta rniuntf Louisiana Alpha : Tulane University, New Orleans, La. Kansas Alpha : Kansas University, Lawrence, Kas. Nebraska Beta : Nebraska University, Lincoln, Neb. Texas Alpha ; Texas University, Austin, Tex. Colorado Alpha : Colorado University, Boulder, Col. Colorado Beta : Denver University, Denver, Col. California Beta : University of California, Berkeley, Cal. Aliimmv Anauriatimi Alpha Circle : New York and New England Beta Circle ; Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware Gamma Circle : District of Columbia, Maryland and Southeast Delta Circle: Ohio Epsilon Circle : Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota Zeta Circle: Indiana Theta Circle : Illinois Iota Circle : Iowa, Missouri and Louisiana Kappa Circle : Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska Lambda Circle : Rocky Mountain States Mu Circle : Pacific Coast States 3ln taita OSamma fflllart •rf Aiuuiol IT. IKBT PatrmtcaBCH Mrs. Hilton U. Brown Mrs. Grace Julian Clark Mrs. Wm. H. Cook Mrs. Alfred Potts Ma Artiiip iHrmlu ' rH ■05 ' 07 „ „ ... p. Kate Reagan G. Pearl McElroy p „ p p 06 Ethel C. Duncan Edna Cooper Edith Lockhart Ethel T. Woody Loula M. Ellis Lulu Kellar Frances Fuller Fanny Miner Laura Parker Josephine G. Besaw, 06 ittrinlirrH in .iliiLiiaiuipnltii Mrs. Jessie C. Brown Miss Ethel R. Curryer Mrs. Ethel R. Loop Miss Pearl R. Leedy Mrs. Gertrude Morehead Miss Mable Hauk Miss Annie McCallum Miss Emily Helming Miss Esther Fay Shover Miss Annette Seely Miss Kathenne Stevenson Kap tn iKa ipa (Samma jfmIll rll (Orliilirr li. llirn. at iflimmiuit!i aiilU-iu-. iHiiiiiiuuitli. 3111. Badge : Golden Key Flower : Fleur de Lis Color: Dark and LightBlue Publication: The Key Arltiir (Chajjtrrs Alpha JJrintiurr Phi : Boston University, Boston, Mass. Beta Epsiion : Barnard College, New York City, N. Y. Psi: Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Beta Tau : Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. Beta Alpha : University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Pa. Beta Iota : Swarlhmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. Gamma Rho: Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. Brta Jjriiujiirr Lamda : Buchtell College, Akron, Ohio. Beta Gamma : Wooster University, Wooster, Ohio. Beta Nu : Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Beta Delta: University of Michigan, .Ann Arbor, Mich. Xi : Adrian College, .Adrian Mich. Kappa: Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich. ( jaiiuiia yrmiiiirr Delta : Indiana State University, Bloomington. Ind. Iota : DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. Mu : Butler College, Irvington, Ind. Eta: University of Wisconsin, Madison. Wis. Beta Lambda : University of Illinois, Champaign. III. Epsilon : Northwestern University, Evanston, III. Epsiion : Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111. Drlta JJrnniiirr Chi : University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Beta Zeta : Iowa State University, low ' a City, Iowa. Thi ' ta : Missouri State University, Columbia, Mo. Sigma : Nebraska State University, Lincoln, Neb. Omega: Kansas State University, Lawrence, Kan. Beta Mu : Colorado State University, Boulder, Col. Beta Xi : Texas State University, Austin, Texas. Pi : University of California, Berkeley, Cal. Beta Eta : Leiand Stanford Jr. University, Cal. Aliiimur Aiumriatimui Boston Association New York Association Beta Iota Association Syracuse Association Philadelphia Association Pittsburgh Association Bloomington (Ind.) Association Bloomington (ill.) Association Chicago Association Iowa City Association Minnesota Association Kansas City Association Pi Association Cleveland Association Akron Association Wooster Association Adrian Association Detroit Association Indianapolis Association Greencastle Association Columbus Association W ' ashington State Association St. Louis Association Lincoln Association Denver Association Madison Association Eunice Darnell Mable Tracy Hazel Springer fflu (Chaptcr totaliliahrft 5l; miari| 2. Hiril .ill! a ' lillriuii ' 04 Essie Hunter •06 Rulh Allerdice Nclle Wheeler Gem Craig Irma Brayton •07 Edna Huggins Elizabeth Whilcsidrs Lena Diggs .Annette Hampton Auretta Williams Lucile Carr Mrs. Thomas Carr Howe Mrs. Christopher B. Coleman Mrs. Will David Howe Mrs. William Jay Karslake Mrs. Matthews Miss Retta Bamhill Miss Stella Braden Mis .ilii llrltr Miss Clara Goe Miss Emma Johnson Mrs. Carlos Recker Miss Vema Richey Miss Belle Layman Mrs. Rob Zaring Mrs. 1 loward Charlotte Griggs Kingsbury i H jpifi iflta ahrta 3fnull fJl at ffliami lliiiurraitii. (Oxfiirft. (Ohiii. nrrriiibrr 25, 1848 Rah! Rah! Rah! Phei-Kei-a Phi Delta Theta— Rah! Rah! Rah! Flower : White Carnation Magazine: The Scroll Colors : Azure and Argent (Eollrur (Hhaplrra Alpha }]rmnncr Maine Alpha : Colby University, Waterville, Maine. New Hampshire Alpha: Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. Vermont Alpha : University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Massachusetts Alpha: Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. Massachusetts Beta : Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. Rhode Island Alpha: Brown University, Providence, R. I. New York Alpha: Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. New York Beta : Union University, Schenectady, N. Y. New York Delta: Columbia University. New York, N. Y. New York Epsilon : Syracuse, N. Y. Pennsylvania Alpha: Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Pennsylvania Beta : Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa. Pennsylvania Gamma : Washmgton and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa. Pennsylvania Delta : Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. Pennsylvania Epsilon : Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Pennsylvania Zeta : University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania Eta : Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Quebec Alpha : McGill University, Montreal, Canadi. Uirla ynminrr Virginia Beta : University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va. Virginia Gamma : Randolph-Macon College, .Ashland. Va. Virginia Zeta : Washington and Lee University. Lexington. Va. North Carolina Beta: University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. N. C. Kentucky Alpha : Centre College, Danville. Ky. Kentucky Delta: Central University. Richmond. Ky. Tenne s se Alpha: Vanderbilt University. Nashville. Tenn. Tennessee Beta : University of the South. Sewanee, Tenn. (6amma IJrmiiitrr Georgia Alpha : University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Georgia Beta : Emory College, Oxford, Ga. Georgia Gamma : Mercer University, Macon, Ga. Alabama Alpha : University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama Beta: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. Delia }Jrmiiiirr Ohio Alpha : Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Ohio Beta : Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. Ohio Gamma : Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Ohio Zeta : Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Eta : Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio Theta ; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Michigan Alpha : University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. tpsilmi yrmiiiirr Indiana Alpha : Indiana University, Bloomington. Ind. Indiana Beta : Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. Indiana Gamma : Butler College, Irvington, Ind. Indiana Delta : Franklin College, Fra nklin, Ind. Indiana Epsilon : Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. Indiana Zeta : DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. Indiana Theta : Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Hrla JJmiiiiicr Illinois Alpha : Northwestern University, Evanston, III. Illinois Beta : University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. Illinois Delta : Knox College, Galesburg, 111. Illinois Zeta : Lombard University, Galesburg, III. Illinois Eta : University of Illinois, Champaign, 111. Wisconsin Alpha : University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Minnesota Alpha : University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Iowa Alpha : Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Iowa Beta : University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Missouri Alpha : University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Missouri Beta : Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. Missouri Gamma : Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Kansas Alpha : University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. Nebraska Alpha : University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Eta JJniuiiin ' Mississippi Alpha : University of Mississippi, University. M iss. Louisiana Alpha : Tulane University, New Orleans, La. Texas Beta : University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Texas Gamma : Southwestern University, Georgetown, Tex. ehrta }Jriniiiirc California Alpha : University of California, Berkeley, Cal. California Beta : Leiand Stanford Junior University, Stanford University, Cal. Alumni (Clitlui Boston, Mass. Providence, R. 1. New ' ork, N. Y. Pittsburg, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. Nashville, Tenn. Columbus, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Selma, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Mobile, Ala. Cincinnati, Ohio. Akron, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Athens, Ohio. Detroit, Mich. Franklin, ind. Crawfordsvilie, Ind. Baltimore, Md. Washington, D. C. Richmond, Va. Louisville, Ky. Indianapolis, ind. Chicago, 111. Galesburg, 111. La Crosse, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. New Orleans, La. Austin, Tex. St. Louis, Mo. Denver, Col. Salt Lake City, Utah. San Francisco, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal. Spokane, Wash. Hilton U. Brown .Xmos W. Butler Charles L. DeHaa: 3Ju iaua (baiiima (I ' h.ii-lrrrii U1311 ' fralrrii in llrlir W. S. Moffett John .A. Roberts Carl W. McGaughey jfralrrr. iit . ' tariiltatr Dcmarchus C. Brown illiam Raymond Longley JFralrra ill (Ciitlriiin 1904— James Leslie Anthony; Charles F. McElroy ; Cleo Leigh Hunt; .Albert C. Seaton (Medical). 1905— Paul Murray. Dillon Hacker (Dental). 1 906 — George Ade Davis. Robert Hite Egbert, John Kaylor Kingsbury. 1907 — -Henry Harvey Emrich, Zach Chandler Sanderson, Mark Hannah Brown, William Edgar Wheaton, Albert Hockman. tiima (£ln J ' nm l ' KIjj. ifliaim llnturniitii J- Who ! who ! who am 1 ? Publications : I ' m a loyal Sigma Chi, Sigma Chi Quarterly Whoop-la ' : Whoop-la ! Whoop-la hi ! Sigma Chi Bulletin (secret) Sig-ma-Chi ! Sigma Chi Directory Colors : Blue and Gold Flower : White Rose lull lit CCluitilrra Alpha : Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Gamma : Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. Eta : University of Mississippi, University, Miss. Lambda: Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. Xi : DePauw University, Greencaslle, Ind. Omicron : Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Psi : University of Virginia, Charlottsville, Va. Theta : Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa. Kappa : Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. Epsilon : Columbian University, Washington, D. C. Rho : Butler College, Indianapolis, Ind. Zeta : Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. Phi : Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Mu : Denison University, Granville, Ohio. Omega : Northwestern University, Evanslon, 111. Chi : Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. Beta: University of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Delta Delta : Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Phi Phi : University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Zeta Zeta : Centre College of Kentucky, Danville, Ky. Theta Theta : University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Kappa Kappa : University of Illinois, Champaign, III. Zeta Psi : University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Alpha Eta ; University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Alpha Theta : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. Alpha Gamma : Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Alpha Zeta : Beloit College. Beloit, Wis. Alpha Epsilon : University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. Alpha Iota : Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington, III. Alpha Lambda : University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Alpha Xi : University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. Alpha Nu : University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Alpha Omicron : Tulane University. New Orleans, La. Alpha Pi : Albion College. Albion. Mich. Alpha Beta : University of California. Berkeley. Cal. Alpha Rho : Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Pa. Alpha Sigma : University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minn. Alpha Upsilon : University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal. Alphi Phi: Cornell University. Ithaca, N. Y. Alpha Chi : Pennsylvania State College. State College, Pa. Alpha Omega : Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford University, Cal. Alpha Psi : Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. Alpha Alpha : Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y. Eta Eta: Dartmouth College. Hanover. N. H. Lambda Lambda : State College of Kentucky. Lexington. Ky. Nu Nu : Columbia University, New York, N. Y. Mu Mu: West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va. Xi Xi : University of State of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Omicron Omicron : University of Chicago, Chicago, III. Rho Rho : University of Maine, Orono, Maine. Ahtmui (Clm itrrs Cincinnati, Ohio. Indianapolis, Ind. Chicago, 111. Springfield, 111. Washington, D. C. Philadelphia, Pa. New Orleans. La. Nashville. Tenn. Milwaukee, Wis. Boston, Mass. St, Paul, Minn. Peoria. III. Denver. Colo. iShn Cliaplrr staliliiihrh IMC! Jfratrro in nrlir Ovid Butler Scot Butler Scot Hunter H. B. Hibben Daniel Layman James E. Kingsbury Arch Hannah Fred Towles Fred Ritter William Smith John Tilbott Edwin Moore Hunter Richey Thomas Layman Voss Ritter Jfralrrs in Jfaniltatr Scot Butler John F. Mitchell, Jr., ' 05 James H. Brayton, ' 06 Walter D. Jones, ' 07 Frank C. Long, 07 James E. Montgomery. 07 Harold Mauzy, ' 07 Harrison Cale, 07 Claire Mc. Turnan, 07 Elliott Ayres, Special jfmmiiri ' i at iUrtliaiiii Cliillrur. Itlriit llirnmia. KljB _ _ ' ell: Colors: Royal Purple, Old Gold and While Rah ! Rah! Delta! Flower: The Pansy Delta Tau Delta! Publication : The Rainbow Rah ! Rah ! Delta Tau ! Delta. Tau Delta ! (6raiiii tliiiifiimi nt the Srmith Lambda : Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. Pi : University of Mississippi, University, Miss. Phi : Washington and Lee University, Lexington, V ' a. Beta Epsilon : Emory College, Oxford, Ga. Beta Theta : University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Beta Iota : University of Virginia, Charloltsville, Va. Beta Xi : Tulane University, New Orleans, La. Gamma Eta ; Columbian University, Washington, D. C. Gamma lota : University of Texas, Austin, Tex. (ijraiift DiuiBtmi nf tlir lUi-iit Omicron : University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Beta Gamma : University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Beta Eta : University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minn. Beta Kappa : University of Colorado, Boulder, Col. Beta Pi: Northwestern University, Evanslon, III. Beta Rho: Leiand Stanford Jr. University, Stanford University, Cal. Beta Tau : University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. Beta Upsilon : University of Illinois, Champaign, III. Beta Omega : University of Californi a, Berkeley, Cal. Gamma .Alpha : University of Chicago. Chicago, ill. Gamma Beta: Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, III. Gamma Theta : Raker University, Baldwin, Kan. ■Xiirtlirni Duiuiiim Beta : Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Delta : University of Michigan, .Ann rbor, Mich. Epsilon : Albion College, Albion. Mich. Zeta : Adelbert College, Cleveland. Ohio. Mu: Ohio Weslcyan L ' nivcrsity, Delaware. Ohio. Kappa: Hillsdale College. Hillsdale. Mich. Phi : Kenyon College. Gambler. Ohio. Beta Alpha : Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. Beta Beta : DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. Beta Zeta : Butler College, Indianapolis, Ind. Beta Phi : Ohio State University, Columbus. Ohio. Beta Psi: Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. Gamma Delta: W.Va. University, Morgantown, W. Va. taatrrii DiiiiiiUni Alpha: Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. Gamma : Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa. Rho : Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. Upsilon ; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. N. Y. Omega : University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. . Beta Gamma : Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. Beta Mu: Tufts College, Tufts College. Mass. Beta Nu : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. Beta Omicron : Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Beta Chi : Brown University, Providence, R. I. Gamma Gamma : Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. Gamma Eta : Columbia University, New York City. Gamma Zeta : Wesleyan Univ ' ty, Middletown, Conn. Carl Loop Paul Jeffries Edgar T. Foisylh Uirta 2rla ti.uaiiu.iu ' .i K!;ii jKralriT. in jFariillalf Thomas Carr Howe Will David Howe Jfratrt ' ii n llrlir H. S. Schell Perry Clifford John Brown Robeil Hall Hanv G. Hi! Walter E. Smith Walter S. King Alonzo B. S. Roberts •04 ' 06 Jason G. Elstun Guy Wm. Matthews S. Melvin Compton Chester H. Forsyth 05 Everett G. Holloway Horace M. Russell •07 E. Cooper Thompson Stith Thompson Russell T. Gard Carl H. Barnelt Fred Ayres Stanley Norton Noble H. Parke, O. Owen Kuhn Almitiii (Iluiylrni Chicago Milwaukee Pittsburg St. Louis New York Indianapolis Omaha Seattle Cincinnati Boston Evansville Columbus San Francisco Mmneapclis Atlanta Detroit Philadelphia Cleveland Toledo Manilla, P. altrta Nit S TiiiUni •Kmiiirii ' ii at Itli-iilrijan. Kim Colors : Green and Black Yell: Rah! Rah! Rah! Theta Nu ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Thela Nu ! Rah! Rah! Rah! Thela Nu ! Theta Nu Epsilon ! -llniiiaiia Drlla (Iliaplrr Calaliluiluil Kminiilui. UUO •04 Cleo Leigh Hunt James Leslie Anthony Wesleyan University Syracuse Union College Cornell University Rochester University University of California Stevens College Lafayette College Williams College Washington Lee University University of Pennsylvania Dickinson College Rutgers College Dartmouth College Kenyon College Adelbert College Hamilton College Rensselaer College (Tliarti-r ItU-mlTfrr. ' 03 John Fowltr Mitchell, Jr. Paul Murray Frank Sumner li ' haplrr iSnll Amherst College Allegheny College Lehigh College University of New ork University of Kansas Wooster University University of Michigan Ohio State University University of North Carolina Swarthmore College Case College Northwestern University Washington and Jefferson University Bowdoin College Hampton Sidney College Tulane L ' nivcrsitv •06 Mark Hannah Brown Walter Jones Frank Long Harold Mauzy Wittenberg College De Pauw University Washington University Vanderbilt University Colgate College University of Maine University of Iowa University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of Nebraska University of Chicago University of Virginia University of Mississippi University of Wisconsin Davidson University Indiana State University Butler College mh lutlrr [Air. •■ iflarulaiiti. iflij iflanjlaiih I The college that 1 love the best In all the world is Butler ; Her name is known in East and West And North and South, of Butler! Her sons are wise, her daughters fair ; Her wisdom and her guiding care Will make the nations everywhere Extol the name of Butler ! TTiey study German, Latin, Greek, The students at old Butler ; You ne ' er can guess the tongues they speak- They learn them all at Butler ! They study French and Chemistry, And all about Astronomy ; In fact, they know it all, you see. Because they go to Butler ! So here ' s a glass we pledge to thee. Our Alma Mater, Butler, And happy mayst thou ever be — Our dear old college, Butler ! May fame and glory crown thy ways. And pleasant be thy coming days ; May all thy children ever praise The good old name of Butler. Pliilnkuriau IGitrrarii i nri?tg LD PHILO, as her members are wont to call her, long may she live and pros- per ! Her services in the college have been many and good. Some under-rate the value of a good liter- ary society, but not so with those who have taken part in one. Cer- tainly in Philokurian we have an in- stitution to be proud of. The society was founded in 1876, exclusively as a young ministers ' club, later the doors were opened to all young men in the college, but still the young women were excluded from membership. At that time, however, the young women had clubs of their own ; the Athenian and Demia Butler. There were also two other soci- eties for the young men, the Mathesian and the Pythonian. It has been a case of the survival of the fittest, however, and Philokurian is the only one which still lives. In 1 898, after the two girls ' societies had died, girls were admitted in Philo with all privileges except voting, and in 1 90 1 the constitution was revised, giving the girls full membership. The society is at present in a flourishing condition. The hall where the society meets is a well fitted room on the third floor of the main college building. Here the regular meetings are held every week on Fri- day evening. There is also a social side, which adds much interest to the work. The parties and the annual picnic are always pleasantly remembered. Philokurian is making itself felt in college life, more perhaps than some imagine. The training gained there prepares her members to shine in other circles, besides her own. In fact most of the leaders of college life are Philokurians, and the men who represent the college in the Oratorical Contests and in the various debating teams are almost without exception Philokunans. Whatever honor then, they win for themselves and for BuJer, reflects most strongly upon Philo, where they won the means of their success. L. H. Anderson, 06. (JpffirrrB President : Horace Russell Vice-President : Ivy Miller Treasurer : Louis A. Hopkins Secretary : Hazel Anderson First Critic : Annie Blount Second Critic : Cloyd Goodnight Literary and Debate Director: Orlando E. Tomes itirmbrrii Carl H. Barnett Chester B. Barnett Rose Billings Josephine Besaw Mrs. H. Burton Henry Burton S. M. Compir John M. Chenowcth Gem Craig Lyman T. Crossman Jason G. FIstun Mary Duncan Frances Doan Mabel Blount Glenn Day Everett Holloway Chas. F. McElroy Daisy McGowan Stanley Norton Kathenne Quinn Chas. E. Underwood Anna Vance Auretta William; Bess Waters Margaret Wynn Edith Doclcueilcr (ifftrrrs nf 1. W. (E. A. President : Maria Leonard Vice-President : Ruth AUerdice Treasurer: Margaret Wynn Secretary : Mary DixSon Cha rman Cha rman Cha rman Cha rman Cha rman Cha rman Cha rman Cha rman Cha rman of Bible Study Committee, Mabel El unt of Missionary Committee. Anna F fount of Social Committee, Hazel Anderson of Membership Committee, Ruth Allerdi e of Religious Meetings Committe, Pearl McElroy of Finance Committee, Margaret Wynn of inter-collegiate Committee, Lucile Carr of Music Committee, l ess Waters of Sanitary Committee, Irma f: ra t )n m. 01. A. Olabmrt President : Jason G. Elstun Vice-President: Chas. F. McElroy Secretary: Fred C. Domroese Treasurer : Chester Forsythe Chairman Religious Meetings Committee: Chas. F. McElroy Chairman Bible Study Committee: Guy E. Killie Chairman Missionary Committee: J. Waller Carpenter Chairman Membership Committee: Chas. E. Underwood Chairman Music Committee : Louis A. Hopkins Slip lutlrr CiiUriiian 13113-1904 Edilor-in-Chief : Guy E. Killie, 04 Assistant Editor: Stith Thompson, ' 07 Business Manager : Jason G. Elstun, 04 g-taff Athletics: Orlando E. Tomes, ' 04 : Horace Russell, ' 05; John K. Kingsbury, ' 06 Exchange : Kalherine Quinn, 04 Y. W. C. A. : Mary Dixson. ' 07 Y. M. C. A.: C. E. Underwood, ' 03 Alumni : Essie Hunter, 04 Philokurian: Rose Billings, ' 03 Curalii Hazel Anderson, 06 Georgia P. McElroy, ' 05 Golie Stucker, 05 George Ade Davis, 06 THE busiest, noisiest, jolliest, most enthusiastic, and withal the most cosmopolitan depaitment of the College is the Studio. Here gather students of the College, city and neighboring towns, following such diverse branches as mechanical drawing, pencil, ink and water color sketching, cast work sketching from life, cartooning and illustrating, and china painting. With this variety of work the charm of the Studio is enhanced. Only the art students themselves can understand the real system of the work and appreciate studio association. To the uniniti- ated the northwest room may seem only a place of amusement, where students may come and go as they please, and take up such work as suits the fancy of the moment. And this is, to a certain extent true, thanks to the wisdom of our leader, who sees that the artistic temper- ament cannot be forced. So, several of the students keep different kinds of work on hand, that when the thought of one piece becomes obscure another may be taken up without loss of time. The freedom of moving about, of working in any convenient posi- tion; the unrestrained criticism or praise of one another ' s work, strengthen our true ideals and pull down the false and make the Studio the true center of good fellowship. So we go on our happy way ; some learn- ing to curb their extravagant outbursts, some to see more beauty in this world of light, and all under the direction and inspiration of one. Helen Hayden. : lasr liall aram ' .u Murray Mark Brown Carl I arni ' tt J. Leslie Anthony John K. FvingsLury Owen Kuhn Chester Barnett Homer T. Cook William Wheaton R. S. Springer James Ross laHkrt lall S am Harold Mauzy Leslie Anthony John Kingsbury Mark Brown Paul Murray Frank Davenport B. U.! B. U.! Rah, rah ! Rah, rah! B. U. ! B. U.! Rah, rah ! Rah rah! Hoo-rah Hoo- rah! Butler! Butler! Rah, rah, rah ! iBQt lull f ' l]ua Leslie Anthony Harry D. Brand Melvin Compton Otis M. Haugh Dillon Hacker C. D. Lane John Kingsbury Robert Springer Chester Forsythe Walter Jones Mark Brown Claude Meyers Clifford Keeling Wallace G. PhJips Frank Clauser Razzle dazzle, never frazzle. Not a thread but wool ! All together, all together, Thai ' s the way we pull! Butler, Medical, D ;ntal. Law ! U. of 1.! U. of !.! Rah. rah, rah! (!Ial l r 1303 September 30 October 1 October 4-10 October 1 3 October 2 I October 11 October 24 October 28 October 29 November 3 November 1 November 1 1 November 1 4 November 2 I November 22 November 26 December 1 December 5 December 7 December 9 December 1 2 December 20 December 11 - January 5 January 8 January 1 J nuary 1 5 January 1 6 January 20 Fall term begins. Prexy makes his annual address to new students Frats do a rushmg busmess. Mitchell grows rich selling campus tickets. Profs glued to their chairs at chapel. Seniors organize. Team lost its first football game. Freshies organize and climb tower. Senior-Freshmen mix-up. Theologs form an association. Prof. Rogers lectures at Columbia University. Pres. Butler ' s reception. Let ' s play charades. The Football Team brings the goose eggs home. Kappa Banquet. Prexy ' s picture in The Collegian. Sunday — Miller not home till 12:30 p. m. Thanksgiving — We love our Profs so. Sophs organize. Inter-frat at Butler for Sumner. Girls play basket-ball. Jack, the leading member of fraternity attended the game alone. Juniors fall into a deep sleep. We play basket-bcJI and win one game. Bona Thompson Library dedication. - January 5th. Vacation. 10114. Matriculation. Reincarnation of Mitchell-Hunter case. Davis spends Sunday with his mother. (?) Prof. Coleman locks the gang out. Basket Ball Team wins another game. Gang locks Prof. Coleman out. Montgomery gets a hair cut. the D. O. G. January 22 January 25 January 29 February 1 February 3 February 6 February 9 February I I February 1 6 February 1 8 February 22 February 23 February 25- February 26 March 2 March 3 March 5 March 8 March 10 March March March March 19 March 23 April 1 Arrival of Robert P. Howe. Uncle Tom buys him a primer. Thir- teen Profs, at chapel to greet him. Freshies lose in debate with Sophs. Tomes is taken to Philo in two- wheel cart by leap year girls. Miss Dole bucks class. Mark Brown tells his first story. Oratorical Contest. McElroy third. Harvey Emrich discovers how to make soda water. Prof. Coleman sees Dorothy Ver- non up high but in the front. Chenoweth reported to have laughed. Karslake opens his diamond factory. McEJroy and Miss Doan eat candy. Chauncy removes his mustache. 27 Delts have a big blow out. 1 wish John would not look at me. Miss Craig wears Russell ' s pin. Prof. Rogers goes fishing in front of college. Hopkins looks for a sympathetic, philosophic girl. Elstun takes six girls to English ' s. Kelly attends chapel. Students wel- come him. Birth of Egbert-Springer case. Seniors meet. Prof. Howe reaches in his pocket for his knife and pulls out a milk bottle. Prexy — Eat, drink and be merry for next week comes exams. President Butler ' s valedictory. President Garrison announced. He moves up on Fifth Avenue, buys ten new suits and a white waistcoat. o.yy.r . April 5 April 8 April 12 Apnl 16 Apnl 19 Apnl 21 Apnl 23 April 27 May 3 May 6 May 7 May 10 May 12 May 14 May 18 May 20 May 24 May 27 May 31 June 1 June 4 June 8 June 10 June 12 June 16 June 17 June 21 June 22 June 23 Campustry registration opened. Library Day. The Sigs take McTurnan to see the sights. He saw them. Knocking Association organized with Goodnight as president. Debate with Eureka declared off. The Juniors awake from their slumbers and organize. Tennis courts opened. All games of love prohibited. Spring meeting of the chapelbuckers. All the Profs attend chapel. Bruner sleeps on — all ' s well. The base ball team wins a game ! ! Miss Dole has her picture taken. Chester Forsythe bucks chapel. Prexy Garrison sings a song. Egbert, Montgomery and Matthews come to chapel and are wel- corned by Prexy. Anthony takes his nap in the study room. Five Blanks puts a cow in chapel. Prof. W. D. Howe tells the ad- vanced class his first story about my boy. The Juniors organize a Campustry League with limited member- ship. Seniors banquet at Columbia Club. McTuman serenades the Dorm. Annual goes to press. President Garrison entertains in honor of the Seniors. Ayers moves to Woodruff Place. McEllroy develops a real case. Juniors receive the Seniors. Philo holds its fare-well session. O dry those Tears. Egbert loses out. — Better to have — you know- — ihan never at all Class Day. The Seniors will the college to the Juniors. Commencement — Caps and Gowns. (Au Revoir.) THEN COMETH THE END. Sltrrr is a (Haurni tu tltr ©inun TTiere is a class in old B. C. In old B. C. And its the only class for me, Class for me. Wave the gray and crimson ever more For the sacred class of 1904. Chorus We have finished Greek and Latin, Chemistry, as fine as satin, ' Stronomy and all the math., there is in school, In school. Alas there is no more to learn. More to learn. And as we have no time to burn Time to burn. We ' ll hitch our ponies to the nearest tree And leave them, leave them all to thee. We Seniors now have gained renown, Gained renown. And proudly wave the cap and gown Cap and gown. And with our sheep-skins in our hand We gladly join the A. B. band. Chorus Fare thee well, for we must leave thee Do not let our parting gneve thee And remember that the best of friends must part Must part. Adieu, adieu kind Profs, adieu, adieu, adieu. We can no longer stay with you Stay with you. For you have taught us all your arts. And now we go to play our parts. , p -w— w-w- U ' liiin ! liana ! lliunnrraiia ! iyU4! - -—4 ILLUSTRATIONS IJ THIS BOOiC WEKEJ JIDE 3 Y THE -. -3 ELECTRIC CITY Indianapolis Book Manufacturing Co. Publishers and Binders 319 Century Building Indianapolis, - Indiana.