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

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Dr. M. O. Ross According to President Ross, Butler should strive for the following objectives: To maintain the civilian program novv ' , as well as after the war,- to aid the federal government in every way possible,- to maintain the Butler faculty; and to keep Butler on a strong financial basis so that we can carry on after the war. President Ross believes that the students now attending Butler deserve, as far as possible, a normal college life and this can be done only by maintaining our civilian program and our Butler faculty. The 52nd. Army detachment here at Butler is helping us to carry out our objectives and through them we are aiding the federal government. 12

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Governor Schricker presented o cup to Zeta Tau Alpha for 100 percent attendance of tfieir organization at the Freshman Rose Dance. Patricia hienning was crowned Air Corps sweetheart by the aviation cadets. The members of her court were Wilma Todd, Jane Singer, Wilma Weaver, Winnie Lee Sellick and Betty Thomas. These air corps sweethearts were first selected through a war bond contest. Each organization put up a candidate and the six coeds who received the highest number of votes through the sales of war bonds were chosen. Then the final selection was made by the cadets.

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Board of Directors Butler University has been fortunate to have OS members of its board WiHiam G. Irwin and Edwin R. Errett. Their deaths are keenly felt by both the faculty and the student body. The university will miss the counsel and advice of these two men. Mr. Irwin, at the time of his death, was the president of Butler Foundation and had served OS director of Butler since 1908, and hod also served as chairman of the executive committee from 1922 to 1926. hHe was a Butler graduate. In 1938, Butler University honored his distin- guished achievements with on honorary LL.D. Mr. Edwin R. Errett, of Cincinnati, Ohio, member of the Board of Directors, died at the age of 53 years, after serving Butler for four- teen years. Recipient of a Divinity Degree in 1929 from our school, Mr. Errett was also a trustee of the Christian Foundation and a member of the commission to study the Disciples of Christ Church. Mrs. Z. T. Sweeney, sister of the late Wm. Irwin and former member of the Board of Trus- tees, is another loss to Butler. Mrs. Sweeney served on the board until 1938 and was also a benefactor of the university before she died. FHilton Brown, president of the Butler Board of Directors, will celebrate his 85th birthday this year. Active in all of the board affairs, Mr. Brown will lead the program successfully OS he has done in past years. Successors to the places left vacant byMr. Irwin and Mr. Errett will be discussed at the next meeting of the board. The University will endeavor to find men who will be able to promote and maintain the continued welfare of the college. Butler University may be always proud of the guidance and leadership of her capable Board of Directors. The maintenance of lofty ideals and a v ell-rounded program of direction has and always will be the aim of this Board of Directors. Row 1 : Spann, Brown, Ross. Row 2: Atherton, Reilly, Holcomb, Woolling. Row 3: Fuller, Walker, Johnson, Miller, Hillis, Burns.