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

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Through 1929-30 With Butler University (By MARGUERITE DORIOT) The year 1929-30 — the s econd year of the greater Butler university on the new Fairview cam- pus — has been marked with notable achievements and successes. Butler has forged ahead with unfaltering steps, guided wisely and well by the Board of Di- rectors, headed by Hilton U. Brown. The splendid advancement which the university has made during the past year was made possible only through the keen foresight, sound judgment and untiring energy with which these men worked to further the interests of Butler. Materially the new campus has been improved until the rough edges have been smoothed and beauty has replaced crudeness and ugliness. Lawns have been graded and sodded, walks, and steps around the Arthur Jordan Memorial hall have been finished, and from time to time work has been done on the roads approaching the building. A welcome and essential improvement was the placing of boulevard lights along the walks to and around Jordan hall. Fraternity row to the south of the administration building is no longer an unbroken row of vacant, unpromising lots. One new fraternity house has been completed, two are in process of construction, and several more are being projected. The first outstanding event of the school year was home-coming which was celebrated October 18 and 19. Friday evening the students gathered on the campus for a pep session which was followed by a parade through the down town district. Friends and followers of Butler and other spectators lined the sidewalks to witness the parade made up of floats of all types and descriptions, which were the work of the Greek letter organizations. There followed another pep session and celebration on the steps of the Soldiers ' and Sailors ' monument. Kick-in was presented by Thespis, dramatic organization, at the Civic theater in November. The annual blanket hop, sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, was held in the Travertine room of the Hotel Lincoln November 28 at which time the journalistic fra- ternity brought forth its yearly razz sheet, bearing the name The Butler Klejin. The football schedule called for a game with the University of Loyola Thanksgiving First Rot, Arth Hugh Th. Miller. Second Rot, Arthur V. Bro« Clarence L. Goodwin, J. W. Athert. Third Rou Henry Kahn, Th L. Clark. dan, Emsley W. Johnson. R. A. Long, Mr V. Brown, Crate Bowen, William C. i .ma- W. Grafton, Scot Butler. Z. T. Sweeney, Lee Bums, John E. Canaday, nilh, Albert C. Snider, William G. Irwin, Peter C. Reilly, Perry H. Clifford, James

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day, and the outcome gave the Bulldogs every reason to be thankful. About this time Butler ' s team traveled to New York for a game with New York uni- versity, which was the first game played in the east for a number of years. Butler ' s old rival, Wabash college, invaded the bowl November 9. The game aroused great interest since a year had passed without competition between the two on the gridiron. The few weeks in December before Christmas va- cation were crowded with activities. The banquet in honor of the football team which Blue Key sponsors annually was held at the Campus club. The first banquet ever to be given for members of The Col- legian staff was held in the Collegian office December 10. Appointment of editors and reporters for the second semester was made at this time and new plans for the publishing of the Collegian discussed. December 17 was a notable day, for the an- noucement came that the Butler basketball team had been chosen national champions for the year 1928- 1929. Word was sent by the Veterans Athletic Asso- ciation of Philadelphia which made the selection. The following day the annual doll show, sponsored by Y. W. C. A. was held. Dolls dressed to represent various phases of college life were entered by organ- izations. The Christmas vacation was extended to three weeks, instead of two, on account of an epidemic of spinal meningitis which swept Indianapolis during the holidays. The first prom- inent affair to be given in the new year was the Matrix Table on January 14. Guests gathered in Caesar ' s banquet hall (Collegian office) for a Roman banquet which was carried off in true Latin style. Mrs. Daphne Alloway McVicker, a member of Theta Sigma Phi, national women ' s journalistic sorority, gave a talk, and members of the local chapter did their share of the dirtum razzum listed on the program. A Melting Pot Carnival dance was given by Woman ' s League January 18 at the Athenaeum, taking the place of the Melting Pot Baazar and dance of former years. The annual Geneva stunts, sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. to raise money to send delegates to the Y. W. C. A. conference held at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, were given on February 6 at the Meridian Heights Presbyterian church. Several weeks later the men ' s Geneva stunts, sponsored by the Y. M. C. A., were given. Among the spring social events were the sophomore cotillion and of course the big event, the junior prom, held on Fri- day, April 11. An affair, the one bringing to a close the events of the school year ex- cepting commencement, was the annual June Day celebration and dance on June 2, which was successfully planned and carried out by Woman ' s League. Glancing back over the sketch of accomplishments and events of Butler for the year past, one can say with pride and truth that the second year of the university on Fairview campus has been one long to be remembered. Page Seventeen