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

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IN 1950, BUTLER BECAME OF AGE Butler celebrated its 21st year on the Fairview campus In a big way. Since 1928, the university has made remarkable strides in all directions. The birthday present Butler gave itself when it came of age, though, was the step forward the students liked the best. We watched the John Whistler Atherton Center rise from an excavation to a cornerstone, from the walls to the completed structure. We complained when it was late in opening; we cheered when we heard it would be our Christmas present. We speculated on what our building would be like, but we didn ' t anticipate anything quite so out of this world. The Campus Club, with its blue and white leather and chrome booths and tables, was the first to claim our attention. We ogled the Aztec motif on the celling, relaxed in the chairs, and lined up at the luxurious bar. The first weeks of the new year we spent In exploring Santa ' s gift to us. We found the student lounge inviting and comfortable. We conversed about the conversation piece and shot a few games In the billiard room. We ate leisurely In the cafeteria and spent hours looking over the bookstore. We found that if we looked unkempt for one of those meetings going on in the rooms upstairs that we could stop and have a haircut or a shave before venturing out. Each room on the third floor had a personality all its own. The members of the organizations lucky enough to get space in the Center spent hours pouring over interior decoration plans. All the rooms were modern, but each had individ- uality. It really was a change from the old green barn and we loved every minute we spent here.

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WE GAINED A BUILDING AND LOST A LANDMARK On Tuesday, October I !, we gathered around the platform set up In the lawn across from Jordan Hall to watch the ground-breaking ceremonies for the new pharmacy building. It was a ceremony which marked another milestone in Butler ' s campus expansion. This new building — which was to house the laboratories, classrooms, and offices of the pharmacy school — means that no longer would the pharmacy students be left out of the Butler scheme of things. The building really grew in the next few months. We watched the yawning hole become bigger and bigger until a wooden structure began to rise. We speculated as to whether there would be another tower or not, for it certainly looked as if one were reaching into the air. It was thrilling to watch another building grow. There was one sad note, however, connected with the occasion. We had to give up our beloved willow tree. Much fuss was raised by some members of the student body because the tree had to go. With sad faces, and their arms bearing black bands, a few students bore the last remains of the tree — drooping branches. Some cynics expressed the thought that such carrying-on meant that Butler had gone to the dogs. But the mourners Ignored them, for they knew that the dogs had gone elsewhere; their tree was no longer.