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

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aps Damage Heavy In Philippines NEW YORK, Dec. 7.— (AP)— i broadcast by the pro-Axis static in Shanghai said tonight that grei damage had been caused inth Philippines by a Japanese air at tacl . The bi-oadcast was hear by CBS. The broadcast said: Manila army and navy tasi were heavily attacked by diy ombcrs and bombers o£ the hea .type last (Sunday) night an (11.=; morning. a and Japan are now i tHin will, it is bi re war with Japa 1 to ( .10 U I t il I I til. saijJ I 11 xii- - I 1 , -; IMClln, , ■■ i ,c , I ' Xok n ■. ri 1 I o 1 ip 1 v I L r ui ( I A ( r tonimit cjn -blceajng Uljj g l nUc t ' i.di iin 1 c L £• Xuc qu| anaej at l - uLLet f tie ave ecM. LayL f Last spring the navy took over the Butler fieldhouse which entailed the building of the new caFeteria and the new women ' s gym — then came the onrush of the Army Air Crew to hold classes in Jordan Hall and to take over fraternity houses. Coeds, too, have done their part by playing hostesses to sailors and soldiers at dinner, socials, and parties throughout the year.

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tcMiXcn t Butler has a new president, Dr. M. O. Ross, but Dr. Ross is no stranger to Butler students. Dr. Ross came to Butler in 1938 as the first dean and organizer of the College of Business Administration. He assumed the role as acting president of the institution last spring and accepted the office permanently during the fall of ' 42. Before coming to Butler Dr. Ross served for thirteen years as dean at Earlham college and was a professor at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Ross was married to the former Miss Rachel Borders of Mississippi in 1929. The pride and joy of the Ross household is young Jerry, aged three and a half, who lives with his parents in the president s house of the university. Dr. Ross ' s acceptance of the office of president was comparatively unheralded and unsung . In a time of war university officials felt that an impres- sive inaugural ceremony would be out of place, so Dr. Ross moved from his second story office to the first floor and went on with the duties he had been discharging as acting president. The policy of the university during wartime is two-fold, according to Dr. Ross. The first duty of the institution is to aid the government and the armed forces in educational programs. The second is to maintain the regular college program for civilian students. During his term as acting president the Naval Signal Corps school was established in the field- house. r Since February the former Campus Club, which served as the school canteen, has been transformed into the girls gym and a new cafeteria has been constructed in the basement of Jordan Hall. Dr. Ross also reorganized the Student-Faculty War Council with a five point program calling for the regular purchase by students and faculty mem- bers of war stamps, the collection of scrap metal, donations of blood to the Red Cross blood bank, air-raid and fire protection and a series of lectures on nutrition open to students and the public. Cooperating with the military branches of the United States, approximately 50 per cent of the enrolled men students are enlisted in the reserve corps of the army, navy and marines. Many of these hove already been called to active service. Dr. Ross has been instrumental in realigning the university curriculum in the sciences and mathe- matics in order to better serve the nation s war program. With the advent of the Army Air crew school he has aided in the reorganization of uni- versity programs to free Butler professors to teach classes to the servicemen. The university has also altered its program to include several training courses for war industries in both day and evening school divisions. Butler is proud of its new president — proud of his ability to make our university meet the standards it has always held, even during a time when the remainder of the world is torn by confusion.