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The first draft of the first conception of a greater Butler by one of th ' local Architects. The Campus — Past, Present, and Future The history and prophecy of Butler ' s Campus reads like a legend that may be set forth in a series of pictures. The first picture, dated 1855, shows an old-fashioned brick building set near the corner of what is now Fourteenth Street and College Avenue, — the campus of Northwestern Christian University. The streets were then sparsely-settled, quiet avenues; carriages instead of automobiles were the vehicles drawn up at the side of the road. Young men and women strolled about the campus, dressed in the quaint garb of ante- bellum days; but at heart very like the students of today. On this quiet little campus, with its one building, its meager equipment, its handful of students and faculty, the spirit of Butler College, which shall forever shape its destiny, had its beginning. By 1873 the College had outgrown its quarters. Expansion was im- perative. Conditions demanded a move to a community where there would be room to grow. But students, alumni and faculty had become greatly attached to the old campus. It was hard to break the ties whicli bound their college life to that of the community. After careful delib- eration, the town of Irvington, then a scattered village with few inhabit- ants, was chosen. Now comes a glimpse of the second picture. The chosen site was part of the farm of Charles B. Ross, father of Dr. David Ross, of In- dianapolis. Dr. Ross remembers the place as a wood-pasture, with un- broken country for some distance around, where he and his brothers drove the cows every morning.
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Several years later we see a different picture. The pasture has been converted into a full-fledged college campus, with four brick buildings, and an athletic field; for Butler established herself quickly in her new home. With improved conditions, modern buildings and equipment, the College found room to grow and take on more activities. Regret at leaving the old home was forgotten in the benefits and opportunities of the new. A community interest grew up around the school; the life of Irvington became centered in that of Butler. For the spirit of Butler College still lived, and seemed to grow with the campus. Gradually the picture changes with the progress of the College until it presents to us the one we know best — the living scene of today. Additional buildings have been erected, but they cannot accommodate the one thousand students enrolled for the present year. The year 1922-23 seems marked for an important one in Butler ' s aestiny. Not only has it brought with it well-earned athletic prestige, but growth in numbers and spirit as well. The culmination of years of this spirit has heralded for Butler the dawn of a new day. For history repeats itself, and Butler finds herself now in the same position she was back in 1873. The College has outgrown its quarters. Expansion is imperative; conditions demand a move to a community where there is room to grow. Students, alumni and faculty have become greatly at- tached to the old campus. It is hard to break the ties which bind their college life to that of the community. But the men at the helm are men of wisdom and foresight; they see beyond the narrow bounds of the present campus, into the wider horizon of the new; they have the faith end courage of vision. So after careful deliberation they have chosen Fairview Park as Butler ' s future home. And now comes the final picture. A campus extending over 246 o.cres of land; a campus of wondrous natural beauty, with well-equipped modern buildings; a magnificent stadium; bordering on a lake, con- structed in the river bottoms; approached by a boulevard built through from Meridian Street; surrounded by a community whose life is knit up with that of Butler; a place where Butler may live and grow and make the most of every opportunity; a campus truly fitted to be the permanent home of a great institution. This is the vision of those men who, like Ovid Butler, have the real welfare of Butler College at heart; the dream of an ampler home of learning at Indianapolis, soon to be realized: and the reality will last as long as ' time and the spirit of Butler College shall endure.
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