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THE  DRIFT  STAFF 


Uottom  Row — Murphy;        liiaden 


-Kingsbury; 
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Greeting 


QATIENT  READER :  We,  the  class  of  'lO,  have  at- 
tempted, in  compiling  this  book,  to  give  you  a  mem- 
oranda, not  only  for  to-day,  but  for  the  distant  to- 
morrow, by  means  of  which  you  may  recall  the  happy  times, 
the  dear  associations  and  all  the  pleasant  memories  that  have 
linked  themselves  with  the  past  year  spent  at  Butler.  And  if, 
perchance,  our  effort  fails  to  please  in  every  instance,  or  in 
all  respects,  remenuber  that  we  are  but  mortal  Juniors,  who 
have  not  yet  reached  the  lofty  heights  of  perfection,  and  that 
we  have  tried  our  best  to  please. 


HILTON  U.  BROWN 


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Dedication 

"^ — ■'S  a  mark  of  our  appreciation  and  gratitude  for  the 

m       1     man}'  services  he  has  rendered  his  Ahna  Mater,  and 
U- — ^  for  the  interest  that  he  has  shown  in  all  things  with 

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which  Butler  is  concerned,  and  as  a  token  of  our  love  and  re- 

spect for  him,  we  dedicate  this  book  to 

HILTON   U.   BROWN 

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Cbe  Doctor's  Cure 


CHE  Doctor  began  in  a  tone  quite  cj-nical :  "Of 
course,  if  yon  will  keep  him  clone  up  in  cotton 
wool" — Then  he  met  George's  sad  eyes,  looked 
ag-ain  at  his  patiently  folded  hands,  and  burst  forth  hotly : 
"Madam,  take  those  collars  off  that  boy,  and  cut  his  hair,  and 
take  off  those  shoes !  Yes,  sir !  Let  hin^  go  barefoot,  I  tell 
you !" 

It  was  understood  in  the  village  that  when  the  Doctor  said 
"Sir"  to  a  woman  the  case  was  a  serious  one. 

"Let  him  play  with  the  Italian  children  if  he  wants  to ; 
never  mind  their  morals.  Let  them  teach  him  to  steal  apples 
and  grow  fat." 

The  pale  face  in  the  broad  white  collar  cjuivered  with 
amusement,  which  was  politely  suppressed  behind  a  white, 
thin  hand.     Mrs.  Bailey  quailed. 

"Steal  apples  ?" 

"Get  him  a  horse  and  a  big-  dog' — a  puppy  with  some  gin- 
ger in  him,  that  will  walk  on  him  and  wash  his  face." 

"^^' — walk  (in  him  ?" 

"When  you  have  done  these  things  you  can  call  me  in 
again.     I  shan't  come  before." 

The  first  arrival  at  the  Bailey  stables  was  a  fluffy  yellow 
mass  with  large  head  and  feet.  The  ears  were  still  raw 
where  they  had  been  cropped  to  points,  and  it  was  hanl  to 
tell  whether  the  dog  was  a  Mastiff  or  a  Cireat  Dane.  The 
ears  were  clipped  (in  the  Great  Dane  hypothesis. 


Jonny  Premo,  the  Baileys'  coachman,  who  was  quite  elated 
over  the  arrival,  said  :  "  Yas,  he  one  big'  dog.  Gon  be  bigg'er. 
Doctor  he  come  up  to  see  if  he's  big  'nough.  Mis'  Bailey  say 
she  so  'fraid  an'  cry.  Doctor  say,  has  he  tried  knockin'  down 
George  ?  George,  he  put  his  arms  "round  puppy's  neck  an' 
say  his  name  gon  to  be  Joriander,  outer  some  book  he  read- 
in'.  Puppy  put  his  arms  roun'  George's  neck  an'  wash  his 
face  an'  roll  'im  all  roun'  an'  'en  Mis'  Bailey  cry  some  more. 
George  laughs.  Doctor  sa}^,  all-right.  George  he  sleep  with 
him  that  night.   Me  I  got  to  wash  'im  all  tam,  all  tam." 

After  Joriander  was  established,  came  a  slim  graceful 
thing  with  sweeping  tail,  the  arch  of  wdiose  neck  did 
not  reach  the  shoulders  of  the  black  coach  horses.  Jonny 
Premo  said:  "She  one  Arab  pony;  Mr.  Bailey,  he  say  she 
cos'  something.  Doctor  he  come  uj)  to  see  how  she  do.  We 
put  the  new  saddle  on — all  sih'er  and  yellow  leather — an' 
hist  up  George  an'  hoi"  'ini  on,  an'  he  tumble  off  soon's  we 
leggo,  an'  she  stop  an'  look  roun'  sorrylike,  an'  we  put  'im 
up  again  an'  'e  fall  off  again,  but  'e  laugh  all  the  tam,  an' 
don't  get  scared,  an"  bimeby  they  go  roun'  the  stable  yard 
without  George  fallin'  (;)fl,  an'  Mis  Bailey  she  cry  some 
more.  Doctor  say,  'Hurrah,  we're  comin'  on.'  Next  morn- 
in'  I  find  George  at  six  o'clock  curryin"  her  with  'is  (iwn  lil' 
brush  an'  comb.     He  sav  'er  name  'is  Dolly." 

The  town's  two  important  streets  cross  at  its  center,  and 
of  these  the  greatest  is  Elm,  which  extends  froni  the  post- 


office  and  railroad  station  in  tlie  west,  to  some  indefinite 
point  in  the  east  among  the  farms,  calm  and  smooth  nnder 
its  old  trees  and  lietween  its  suhstantial  houses. 

The  people  sit  about  on  \'erandas  and  lawns  and  em- 
broider and  play  croquet  and.  especially,  watch  all  that 
passes  on  Elm  street. 

"What  on  earth  !"  said  Airs.  Simpson.  She  was  in  a  red 
rocking-chair  under  an  arbor,  scalloping  a  bib  for  her  first 
grandchild.  Her  daughter,  Mrs.  Ferry,  who  was  swinging 
in  a  hammock,  reading  a  magazine,  looked  up  and  said : 

"That?  Oh,  George  Bailey.  Don't  you  know  the  Doctor 
said  they'd  lose  him  if  they  didn't  let  him  go  barefoot,  and 
all  sorts  of  things.  Still.  I  don't  see  why  they  need  make  a 
circus  of  him.'' 

"George  Bailey,  riding!  I  thought  it  was  as  much  as  ever 
he  could  be  taken  around  in  a  baby-wagon." 

He  wore  blue  overalls  and  a  straw  hat  that  looked  like  a 
toad-stool.  His  delicate  bare  toes  squirmed  nervously 
against  Dolly's  warm  ribs,  letting  the  stirrup  swing  empty. 
Joriander  shambled  at  one  side  with  a  countenance  fierce 
and  sullen — unless  you  were  brave  enough  to  draw  near  and 
read  the  gentle  innocence  in  his  eyes.  Then  you  understood 
how  his  great  jaws  just  grew  that  way.  and  had  nothing  to 
do  with  his  soul. 

Still  he  could  be  stern  on  occasion,  for  when  George's  hat 
blew  off  he  flung  upon  it  with  such  \'iolent  punishment  that 
he  brought  back  only  a  piece  of  the  brim  as  a  proof  of  justice 
done.  Then  George  laughed  until  he  fell  into  the  soft  way- 
side grass,  and  there  Joriander  danced  upon  him  with  solid 


affection  until  Mrs.  Simpson  came,  saying:  "Get  down,  you 
nasty  dog,"  and  lifted  George  to  the  saddle  again. 

On  this  trip  it  is  said  he  had  to  be  Hfted  upon  the  pony  six 
times;  but  when  he  returned  to  his  anxious  mother,  who 
was  awaiting  him  at  the  gate,  his  cheeks  were  flushed  for 
the  first  time  in  months,  his  eyes  gleamed,  and  his  close 
clipped  hair  shone  like  gold  in  the  sun. 

Each  day  reduced  the  number  of  tumbles  and  increased 
the  gait  of  Dolly,  until,  about  the  first  of  July,  she  broke  into 
a  careful  gallop.  It  was  now  no  longer  necessary  for  the 
people  to  leave  their  embroidery  and  croquet  to  pick  George 
up  and  place  him  in  the  saddle.  The  flush  did  not  leave  his 
face  now,  and  people  ceased  to  be  sympathetic  for  him.  Jori- 
ander aroused  the  resentment  of  some  of  the  good  house- 
wives; they  talked  of  muzzles,  and  would  call  their  own 
dogs  in  when  he  went  past. 

Near  the  end  of  July  the  flush  on  George's  cheeks  had 
given  way  to  tan,  but  the  tan  was  usually  obscured  by  the 
dust  of  the  roads.  His  feet  were  more  like  bronze  than  wax. 
His  golden  hair  was  bleached  to  silver,  as  were  his  eyebrows 
and  eyelashes. 

"Will  you  tell  me  what  that  is?"  gasped  Mrs.  Simpson 
from  her  place  in  the  arbor. 

"Well!  They  have  made  a  circus  of  him?"  said  Mrs. 
Ferry. 

The  saddle  was  gone  from  Dolly's  back.  Instead,  there 
was  a  blanket,  held  in  place  by  a  wide  strap,  and  there  was 
George,  standing  on  the  pony.  He  paused,  emitting  a  Avild 
whoop,   and  after  the   dust   from   his  gallop  settled,   Mrs. 


Ferry  said,  in  the  tone  of  one  who  had  reached  the  extreme 
of  endurance:  "Did  you  ever?  \^''hat  can  his  mother  be 
thinking  of?  And  as  for  that  Doctor,  I  beheve  he's  gone 
crazy !" 

"What  in  the  \v(Drld  ails  that  horse?"  said  Mrs.  Simpson, 
Dolly  had  grown  old  over  night.  Her  head  had  drooped 
almost  to  her  fetlocks,  and  she  stumbled  along  awkwardly. 
George  was  gayer  than  ever ;  for  how  did  he  know  that, 
after  the  proud  way  of  women,  she  had  let  him  break  her 
heart  ? 

By  an  intricate  arrangement  of  rope,  a  toy  express  cart, 
such  as  small  boys  drag  about  by  the  handle,  was  hitched 
on  behind  Dolly.  It  contained  several  rocks  upon  which 
sat  the  boldest  of  George's  ragged  followers. 

"What  a  shame !"  said  Mrs.  Simpson. 

Not  far  away  they  met  the  Doctor.  As  was  visual  he 
stopped  to  take  a  reassuring  pinch  of  George's  biceps,  which 
by  this  time  had  grown  to  the  size  of  a  cherry,  to  look  at  his 
tongue,  and  to  tickle  him  in  the  ribs.  The  Italian  boy  slid 
from  the  pile  of  rocks  and  faded  into  the  color  of  the  road- 
side. 

"Are  you  sure  Dolly  likes  that  ?"  the  Doctor  asked. 

"Whj',  she  understands  we  are  just  playing!"  George 
clambered  down,  nevertheless,  and  lifted  up  her  head,  looked 
searchingly  in  her  clouded  eyes.  Then  he  went  around  and 
untied  the  ropes,  leaving  the  load  where  it  was. 

Dolly's  head  came  up.  She  threw  the  fetlock  out  of  her 
eyes.  Joriander,  as  much  pleased  as  she,  thrust  a  congratu- 
latory kiss  at  her  and  described  circles  of  joy  about  them. 


Down  the  road,  with  his  straw  hat  just  showing  above  a 
hummock  of  sand,  the  Italian  boy  was  waiting. 

"\Mi(i  is  that  little  boy  you  play  with  so  much,  George?" 
"\Vh\',  that's  Napoleon  Shampine.   He  knows  everything. 
I'm  glad  you  told  me  to  play  with  the  Italian  children,  be- 
cause they're  ever  so  much  nicer  than  the  other  children. 
Why,  you  wouldn't  believe  the  things  that  he  has  told  me!" 
"Such  as  what,  George?" 

"We-11,  I-I'd  rather  you  wouldn't  tell  Mamma,  but  it  is 
principally  about — well — devils,  you  know.  There  are  so 
many,  }'ou  know,  and  the}'  do  such  strange  things.  All  you 
ha\'e  t(_)  know  is  how  to  make  the  horns,  and  you  are  per- 
fectly safe,  though." 

"I  see,"  commented  the  Doctor. 
"And  he  has  promised  to  teach  me  other  things" — 
"Well,  I  don't  know^,"  said  the  Doctor  anxiously.     "I" — 
"I'll  tell  you  bimeby,"  said  George.     "It  is  only  what  you 
told  me  to  do,  and  I  want  to  surprise  you." 

George,  as  he  had  been  taught  at  home,  put  up  his  dirty 
face  for  the  Doctor  to  kiss  him  good-by  before  he  hurried 
on  down  the  road  to  join  his  playmate. 

The  Doctiir  as  a  rule  was  a  sound  sleeper,  but  in  apple 
time  he  slept  with  his  shot-gun  loaded  with  pepper  and  the 
window  toward  the  orchard  up.  As  an  added  safeguard 
against  apple  thieves,  he  turned  his  ducks  in  there,  and  they 
were  as  good  as  the  geese  that  saved  Rome  when  it  came  to 
raising  an  alarm. 

One  night  he  awoke  suddenly  at  the  confused  "hawnk" 
and  the  tluimpings  of  the  ducks.     He  hurriedly  drew  on  his 


trousers  and  jumped  out  of  the  open  window,  intent  upon 
capturing  the  thieves,  which  he  was  sure  were  the  cause  of 
the  disturbance  among  the  ducks.  In  his  hurry  the  loaded 
shot-gun  was  forgotten. 

As  he  entered  with  clumsy  stealth,  the  ducks  hurried  past, 
followed  by  a  great  shaggy  animal  which  seized  the  Doctor 
before  he  was  able  to  open  the  bulls-eye  lantern  that  he  had 
grabbed  up  in  his  rush. 

"Joriander,"  said  a  familiar  voice.  The  cover  of  the  lan- 
tern flew  back  and  shot  its  red  rays  up  in  the  Doctor's  favor- 
ite apple  tree,  where  an  astonished  face  seemed  suspended. 
Lower  down  were  the  soft,  troubled  eyes  of  Dolly,  who  held 
her  ground  with  unwilling  heroism. 

"George  Bailey!"  said  the  Doctor.    "I'm  surprised." 

"Yes,  sir.    I  didn't  intend  you  should  know  yet." 

"Er — is  it — that  is — is  it  exactly  safe  for  }-ou  to  stand  on 
Dolly's  back  to  get  the  apples  ?" 

"It's  veryr  convenient,  although  she  did  jump  a  little  just 
now." 

"Shall  I  never,"  mused  the  Doctor  inwardly.  "Who 
would  have  thought  that  the  little  imp  would  have  taken  me 
literally?" 

"I  don't  know  whether  this  night  air  is  just  the  thing  for 
you,  George,"  he  added  aloud.  "We — that  is — suppose  we 
go  into  the  house.  I  have  some  cakes  left  over  from  supper. 
By  the  way,  did  you  get  any  of  the  Anson's  Watercore?" 

"No,  sir ;  just  the  Maiden  Blush.  I  didn't  know  that  any 
of  the  others  were  ripe  except  the  sweet  apples,  and  we  have 
those  at  home." 


"Well,  I  will  give  you  some  of  them,  and  you  can  take 
them  home  to  your  mother." 

"Thank  you,  but  I  don't  think  she  would  care  for  any ; 
she  don't  care  much  for  apples  anyway,"  George  quickly 
volunteered. 

Leaving  Dolly  at  the  door,  the  two,  with  Joriander,  en- 
tered the  kitchen.  Once  inside,  the  Doctor  reassured  him- 
self that  George  was  still  developing,  by  means  of  his  usual 
examination  of  a  pinch  of  the  cheek. 

"You're  coming  on,"  he  said,  and  sliced  off  a  liberal  piece 
of  cake,  watching  its  disappearance  with  professional  pride. 
"Is  that  your  first  trip?"  he  continued,  eyeing  the  lad  crit- 
ically. 

"Yes,  sir;  vou  know  vou  told" — 

"I  know.  I  say — I  wouldn't  do  it  to  any  one  else's  or- 
chard, though.     Of  course,  it's  all  right  here.    But" — 

The  blue  eyes  opened  wide.  "Oh.  dear  no!"  The  tanned 
cheeks  reddened.     "You  told  me  to" — 

"I  know,  and  as  long  as  there  are  any  apples  on  my  trees, 
you're  perfectlv  welcome.  But — it's  not  absolutely  necessary 
to  do  it  at  night.  I  think  we  had  better  get  along  now ;  your 
mother  might  miss  you." 

Lantern  in  hand,  the  Doctor  saw  George  safely  home  and 
helped  him  stable  Dolly.  Then  he  watched  the  lad  ascend  to 
his  room  by  way  of  a  porch  pillar  and  a  grapevine. 

Joriander  stretched  himself  beneath  his  master's  window. 
The  Doctor,  gave  him  an  absent-minded  pat,  and  turned 
away,  meditating  on  his  amazing  success  in  curing  without 
medicine.  Jesse  Pavey. 


College  Girls 


CHE  word  "co-eil"  seems  to  nie  a  term  prompted  by 
masculine  vanity.  From  the  girl's  point  of  view, 
her  brother  is  being  "co-educated"  as  much  as  her- 
self. The  "co-ed"  would  seem  to  be  a  girl  who  is  graciously 
permitted  to  attend  a  boys'  school,  while,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  in  the  co-educational  colleges  the  girls  rather  outnumber 
the  boys,  and  take  quite  as  active  an  interest  in  most  of  the 
college  enterprises. 

There  is  no  denying,  however,  that  one  who  has  been  ac- 
customed to  a  college  for  girls  only,  finds  a  decided  differ- 
ence in  attitude  in  coming  to  a  place  where  boys  and  girls 
share  the  college  life  together. 

It  seems  to  me  inevitable  that  a  college  where  only  one  sex 
is  represented  should  have  greater  unity  of  spirit  and  feel- 
ing. Only  one  set  of  interests  exists,  and  the  energy  of  the 
whole  college  is  bent  toward  them.  For  instance,  take  the 
important  subject  of  athletics.  The  girls  in  the  women's 
colleges  have  their  various  teams — not  football  to  be  sure, 
but  basket-ball,  hockey,  tennis,  sometimes  rowing.  They 
are  carefully  trained  by  competent  gymnastic  instructors. 
They  have  exciting  athletic  meets,  where  the  different 
classes  compete,  and,  although  no  special  emphasis  is  laid  on 
record-breaking,  their  performances  in  running,  jumping, 
and  so  on,  are  worthy  of  some  respect.  They  even  play 
games  with  other  girls'  colleges,  although  this  is  not  encour- 


aged to  any  great  extent.  In  other  words,  they  have  a 
hearty  athletic  life  of  their  own.  Now,  the  girl  in  the  co- 
educational school  plays  a  little  tennis,  perhaps  a  little  bas- 
ket-ball. She  is  given  some  instruction  in  gymnastic  work, 
but  in  a  rather  perfunctory  way,  for  the  great  expenditure  of 
time  and  energy  must  be  put  upon  the  boys.  They  are  the 
ones  who  will  win  athletic  prestige  for  the  college,  and 
athletic  prestige,  whether  we  wish  it  or  not,  is  the  strongest 
power  in  bringing  a  college  to  the  front  to-day.  So  the  place 
of  the  girl  is  in  the  audience.  By  the  inspiration  of  her  pres- 
ence, she  is  supposed  to  do  her  part  toward  winning  the 
game. 

Much  the  same  situation  exists  in  regard  to  debating  and 
oratory.  Although  occasionally  a  feminine  orator  comes 
forward,  and  does  well,  she  is  looked  at  a  little  askance,  and 
even  those  who  consider  themselves  liberal  in  all  things  edu- 
cational, are  not  quite  happy  at  seeing  their  college  repre- 
sented by  a  girl. 

In  dramatics,  of  course,  we  have  a  different  condition. 
No  woman,  Sarah  Bernhardt  to  the  contrary,  can  make  an 
absolutely  satisfying  man.  Especially  is  it  difificult  when  a 
conservative  Dean  refuses  to  admit  the  masculine  costume  in 
its  entirety.  A  dress  coat  and  "boiled  shirt,"  completed  by 
gymnasium  bloomers,  gives  one  something  of  a  shock  at 
first.    Yet  it  must  be  said  that  while  the  co-educational  dra- 


matic  clubs  ha\'e  the  opportunity  to  give  more  complete  pro- 
ductions than  those  in  the  women's  colleges,  they  do  not,  as 
a  rule,  spend  so  much  time  and  thought  on  them  on  account 
of  their  other  social  interests. 

The  social  life,  and  particularly  the  inflvience  upon  it  of 
the  fraternities,  which  are  so  important  in  the  co-educational 
schools,  can  not  be  discussed  at  length  here.  It  seems  to  me, 
however,  that  the  absence  of  fraternities  is  another  reason 
for  the  strength  of  class  and  college  spirit  found  in  the  wom- 
en's colleges. 

But  I  may  be  accused  of  testifying  against  the  "co-ed," 
instead  of  paying'  her  mv  compliments.  What  can  be  said 
on  the  other  side  ? 

In  the  first  place,  we  may  refute  one  time-worn  argument 
— that  the  girl  who  is  educated  with  men  tends  to  become 
mannish.  In  my  opinion  this  education  is  the  very  one  to 
make  her  feminine.  Tiie  real  men  are  there ;  she  has  no 
need  to  manufacture  any.  She  is  far  more  likely  to  watch 
the  boys  in  rough  and  tumble  sports  than  to  try  them  her- 
self, while  her  sister  of  the  woman's  college,  away  from  pr\-- 
ing  manly  eyes,  is  perhaps  more  daring. 

She  is  more  used  to  masculine  companionship,  less  likely 
to  become  either  a  coquette  or  a  prude,  than  the  girl  who 
spends  four  years  of  her  life  almost  entirely  apart  from  men. 
Also,  she  is  inclined  to  take  a  somewhat  broader,  saner  view 
of  things ;  she  is  not  so  likely  to  think  that  college  is  every- 
thing and  the  world  outside  amounts  to  nothing.  Perhaps 
one  might  say  that  she  does  not  need  to  make  such  a  com- 


plete readjustment  when  her  college  life  is  over.  Because, 
•when  one  has  been  living  in  a  world  of  women,  and  comes 
suddenly  into  the  bigger  world,  there  is  something  of  a  jolt. 
She  is  likely  to  be  rather  more  mature,  not  intellectually,  but 
in  social  experience.  On  the  whole,  I  should  say  that  the 
woman  who  has  developed  abnormal  capacity  along  any  par- 
ticular line  would  be  more  apt  to  be  graduated  from  a  wom- 
an's college,  while  co-education  gives  a  training,  better 
rounded,  perhaps,  and  rather  more  conventional. 

At  any  rate,  the  "co-ed"  needs  no  apology,  and  no  de- 
fense; she  has  established  her  place.  She  takes  her  life  a 
little  less  seriously  than  did  her  mother  and  grandmother, 
when  they  set  their  faces  toward  the  goal  of  higher  educa- 
tion— words  then  breathed  with  awe.  She  no  longer  insists 
upon  studying  herself  to  death,  and  her  nervous  headaches, 
if  she  has  any,  are  more  apt  to  come  from  too  much  fudge, 
or  too  much  dancing,  than  from  too  much  trigonometry. 

But  what  would  the  college  be  without  her !  How  pretty 
her  light  gowns  look  under  the  soft  spring  foliage!  And 
how  much  happier  is  the  youth  who  strolls  at  her  side  than 
he  would  be  accompanied  only  by  his  pipe.  Looking  at  a 
"co-educational"  campus  in  springtime,  one  would  think 
that  Tennyson's  princess  and  her  prince  had  started  a  fairer 
version  of  her  college.  The  Eesthetic  value  of  the  "co-ed" 
admits  no  contradiction.  May  she  long  continue  to  bloom, 
on  the  outskirts  of  the  football  scrimmage,  in  the  chalky 
desert  of  recitation  rooms,  in  the  chilly  atmosphere  of  chapel 
speeches !  Miss  Clara  McIntyre. 


Hn  escapade 


© 


UDD,  Sam  and  I  strolled  past  the  gym,  down  to  the 
Sigma  Chi  summer  house.  We  were  in  full  \-ie\v 
of  the  dorm  porch,  but  as  none  of  the  girls  were 
in  sight,  we  were  compelled  to  stroll  on.  Just  as  we  reached 
the  old  May  day  stage,  a  prolonged  Sigma  Chi  whistle  made 
the  "bunch"  turn  expectantly.  With  a  wild  rush  Hal  Burton 
came  running  across  the  campus  and  down  the  cinder  path. 
Instead  of  stopping,  he  grabbed  Sam  by  the  arm  and  rushed 
on.  Budd  pushed  back  his  cap,  stuck  his  hands  in  his  pock- 
ets and  emitted  a  soft  whistle. 

"Something's  up,  old  man,"  I  said;  "let's  follow  suit." 
^^'hen  we  bolted  into  the  summer  house  Hal  was  just  get- 
ting his  breath. 

"Say,  fellows,"  he  began,  then  looked  cautiously  about. 

"Coast's  clear;  fire  away,"  interrupted  Budd. 

"Well,  when  I  went  over  to  the  dorm  this  afternoon  to 
see  Louise,  I  slipped  back  into  the  senior  parlor,  picked  up  a 
paper  and  waited  for  the  maid  to  return.  That  place  sound- 
ed like  a  bee  hive.  I  heard  somebody  upstairs — I  think  it 
was  Dorothy  Slayback — reciting  solemnly ;  'I'll  tell  you  who 
Time  ambles  wathal,  who  Time  trots  withal,  who  Time  gal- 
lops withal,  and  who  he  stands  still  withal,'  followed  by  a 
burst  of  laughter  and  'Oh,  you  look  stunning,  Dot.'  Then  a 
scurrying  of  feet  and  a  slamming  of  doors  told  me  Lizzie 
had  made  herself  heard.     I  just  saw  you  fellows  as  she  re- 


turned, saying  that  Louise  couldn't  see  me,  and  I  made  a 
dash  out.     Well,  what  do  you  fellows  think  it  means?" 

"Rosalind's  speech  I    I  bet  it's  a  dorm  party,''  I  ventured. 

"Come  to  think  about  it,  I  asked  Ruth  Jordan  if  she  had 
a  date  for  to-night,  and  she  stuttered,  'No,  yes,'  and  then 
got  awfully  red.  Something's  doing,  that's  sure,"  added 
Sam. 

Budd  had  been  watching  the  dorm,  and  suddenly  wliis- 
])ered  from  his  i)lace  of  \-antage :  "Duck,  (juick !  That's 
Mabel  Woods  out  on  the  dorm  jiorch,  and  she  seems  to  be 
examining  the  campus.  There  !  She's  waved  her  hand  as  if 
for  a  signal.   Let's  lie  low  and  see  what  happens.'' 

Budd  kept  watch  and  reported  the  movements  to  the  rest 
of  us,  who  were  lying  flat  on  the  benches  that  surround  the 
inside  of  the  summer  house.  First  Dorothy  and  Ruth  ap- 
peared, looked  about,  then  walked  briskly  over  to  Burgess 
Hall.  A  wait  of  a  few  minutes,  then  two  more  girls  did  the 
same.  At  almost  regular  intervals  this  kept  up.  The  girls 
seemed  to  be  moving,  for  each  girl  carried  a  suspicious- 
looking  bundle. 

"You  fellows  stay  here.  I'm  going  to  sneak  down  the 
railroad  track,"  said  Sam,  "and  come  in  from  Butler  Ave- 
nue to  the  pump.  I'll  surely  meet  some  of  them,  and  I'll  see 
what  they  say." 

He  slipped  out  of  the  opening  on  the  south  side  and  cut 


for  the  C.,  H.  &  D.  track.  He  must  have  just  had  time 
enough  to  get  around  to  the  south  side  of  the  main  building 
when  about  six  of  those  "dorm  angels"  started  out,  carrying 
a  stepladder.  We  chuckled  when  we  thought  of  the  surprise 
that  awaited  them  at  the  pump.  In  about  twenty  minutes 
we  saw  Sam  saunter  back,  down  Emerson  Avenue,  until  al- 
most opposite  the  west  side  of  the  summer  house.  Then  he 
made  a  dash  across  the  campus  and  crawled  back  in  the 
summer  house. 

"Did  3'ou  meet  the  fire  brigade  ?"  Budd  whispered,  before 
Sam  was  fairly  inside.  He  was  laughing  so  he  could  hardly 
tell  what  had  happened.  By  jerks  and  starts,  he  finally  told 
the  whole  incident. 

"I  stood  just  around  the  corner  until  I  heard  them  com- 
ing. Then  I  walked  out  toward  the  pump.  'Hello,'  I  called, 
'what's  the  ladder  for  ?  Let  me  carry  it  for  you,  won't  you  ?' 
You  should  have  seen  their  faces.  They  bit  their  lips,  looked 
at  each  other  rather  queerly,  and  then  Mary  Carlton  spoke 
up,  'Oh,  no,  thank  vou ;  we  can  carry  it,  can't  we,  girls?' 
But  I  insisted.  The  more  I  insisted  the  more  embarrassed 
they  got.  Finally  Lucy  Reynolds  said,  'We've  made  a  bet 
we  can  get  it  up  into  the  hall  by  ourselves,  so  you  must  let 
us  go.'  Thin,  wasn't  it?  'Alright.'  I  said,  'if  you  won't  let 
a  fellow  be  polite,  carrv  it  vourself.'  I  turned  away  with  an 
injured  air.  Now.  I've  got  an  idea.  I'll  bet  anything  the 
Panthagyris  is  to  come  off  to-night.  Girls  don't  get  all  red 
about  a  little  old  dorm  party." 

"That's  it  exactly,"  exclaimed  Budd. 


"Do  you  suppose  they  are  going  to  have  it  over  at  Bur- 
gess Hall?"  asked  Hal. 

"Course,"  I  said.   "They're  decorating  it  now,  I  suppose." 

Budd  had  been  silent  a  few  minutes  when  he  said, 
"There's  an  attic  over  that  Athenaeum  Hall.  Have  any  of 
you  ever  been  up  in  the  tower?"  Sam  had,  but  as  Hal  and 
I  were  only  underclassmen,  we  hadn't  been  there.  "\\'ell, 
Sam,  3'ou  know  that  side  door  that  leads  to  your  left  just 
before  you  get  to  the  belfry  ladder  ?"  Sam  nodded.  "That's 
the  attic  door.  Let's  go  get  something  to  eat  and  I'll  tell 
you  what  we'll  do  on  the  v.ay." 

No  one  was  in  sight,  so  we  struck  the  cinder  path  and 
headed  for  Woodmansee's  to  eat. 

Just  at  dusk  we  came  sneaking  back  on  the  campus  from 
the  southern  track,  ^^'e  tried  both  doors  of  Burgess  Hall. 
Both  were  locked.  W'e  slipped  around  the  corner.  In  a 
moment,  Sam  had  hoisted  Hal  up  on  his  shoulders  and  then 
onto  the  window  ledge  of  the  French  room.  The  window 
opened. 

"Slip  over  and  see  if  the  hall  door  is  unlocked,"  Sam 
whispered.  Meanwhile  Budd  and  I  scurried  over  behind 
the  engine  room  and  found  an  old  barrel  and  hustled  back 
with  it.  B}'  that  time  Hal  had  reported  favorably  on  the 
door.  ^Ve  turned  the  barrel  end  up  and  used  it  for  a  plat- 
form. As  I  was  the  smallest,  I  was  left  until  last.  Then 
Budd  and  Sam  leaned  out  of  the  window,  took  me  by  the 
arms  and  pulled  me  in. 

It  was  dark  as  pitch  in  there,  and  we  didn't  dare  strike  a 


light  for  fear  of  detection.  Wt  crept  cautiousl)'  up,  feeling 
along  the  wall.  Half  wa}'  up  the  second  flight  Hal  slipped 
down  a  half  dozen  steps  with  a  reverberating  thud.  We 
held  our  breath,  but  dead  silence  followed,  so  we  continued 
the  ghostly  march.  .\t  last  the  attic  door  was  reached  in 
safety. 

"We'll  have  to  wait  here,"  whis]3ered  Budd,  "until  the 
lights  are  lit  below.    There's  no  flooring,  only  rafters." 

"Hadn't  we  better  get  inside  the  door?"  answered  Sam. 
"Clint  might  mosey  up  here  and  catch  us." 

The  door  wasn't  locked,  so  Budd  opened  it  gently,  but  it 
squeaked  as  if  it  hadn't  been  oiled  in  centuries.  \\'e  filed 
inside,  closing'  the  door  after  us.  Then  we  stood  like  stat- 
ues, awaiting  developments.  Soon  suppressed  giggles  rose 
like  spirit  laughter  from  below.  Hal  grasped  my  arm  in 
terror.  Then  two  oblong  patches  of  light  appeared  on  the 
floor,  where  the  ventilating  registers  were.  The  nearer  one 
was  at  least  six  feet  away.  How  could  we  reach  it  without 
falling  through  the  plaster? 

"Wait  a  minute,  fellows,"  whispered  Budd.  He  slipped 
out  at  the  attic  door.  He  seemed  gone  ages.  Meanwhile 
the  laughing,  talking  and  noise  below  increased.  Budd  re- 
entered softly,  carrying  a  long  plank. 

"Where  did  you  get  it?"  asked  Sam. 

"Part  of  the  walk  leading  to  the  tower,"  answered  Budd. 

Softly  we  slipped  it  across  the  rafters  toward  the  light- 
ened register. 


"We'll  take  turns  guarding  the  door,"  said  Budd.  "Hal, 
as  Freshie  and  pledge,  it's  your  duty  to  guard  first.'' 

"No  need  to  have  a  guard,"  pouted  Hal.  "Who's  going 
to  come  up  here?" 

"We're  not  going  t(j  talke  any  chances,  so  out  you  go;" 
with  that  Budd  pushed  him  without.  Then  the  three  of  us 
crawled  out  on  the  plank  and  looked  below.  The  scene 
looked  like  a  gorgeous  comic  opera.  The  hall  was  deco- 
rated with  banners  and  pennants  of  the  different  sororities 
and  colleges.  An  orchestra,  stationed  at  the  south  end  of 
the  hall,  was  playing  a  dreamy  waltz.  The  dancers  were 
dressed  to  represent  quaint  characters  from  books  and 
plays — some  boys,  some  girls. 

"Who  is  that  dressed  as  Rosalind?"  I  whispered  to  Budd. 

"J<n'e.  it's  Dot!"  he  answered,  looking  in  the  direction  I 
pointed. 

"There's  Ruth,"  Sam  said,  after  a  few  minutes. 

"Where?''  we  both  whispered. 

"Don't  you  see  that  curly-headed  Eton  schoolboy  dancing 
with  Red  Riding  Hood?'' 

"Oh,  yes;  that's  Hal's  friend  with  her,  isn't  it?"  ques- 
tioned Budd. 

Sam  nudged  me  and  asked,  "Tom,  isn't  that  Mabel 
^^'oods  as  Peter  Pan?"  I  immediately  became  absorbed  in 
watching  the  swaying  dancers. 

All  went  well  until  it  came  Sam's  turn  to  guard  the  ckior. 
The  orchestra  was  playing  the  rye  waltz,  when  Hal  grasped 


niv  arm.  Suddenly  a  loud  "kei'chew"  echoed  through  the 
empty  attic.  For  a  second  those  girls  stood  still,  then 
screamed  and  made  a  grand  rush  toward  the  entrance  of  the 
hall.  Some  one  turned  out  the  lights.  We  were  left  in 
total  darkness.  Blindly  we  groped  our  way.  as  fast  as  we 
could,  to  the  door. 

"What's  up,  fellows?"  whispered  Sam  as  we  jerked  it 
open.  Budd  explained  things  to  him  cpiickly.  We  henrd 
some  one  rushing  up  the  stairs.  "Oh,  fellows,  I've  heen  on 
the  green  carpet  once  this  term.  I'll  be  sent  home  if  I'm 
caught  again,"  uKianed  Jial. 

"You  two  kiddies  scoot  f(ir  the  tower,"  said  Budd.  "We'll 
take  the  blame." 

Breathlessly  we  scuttled  up  the  ladder.  From  ( mr  shelter 
we  watched  his  majesty,  Clint  the  janitor,  lantern  in  hand, 
vault  up  the  steps,  followed  bv  Mother  Edg'ington  of  the 
dorm,  who  was  init^iug  like  a  steam  engine.  Budd  and  Sam 
had  hidden  within  the  attic,  but  Clint  soon  collared  them 
and  brought  them  forth. 


"Why,  Mr.  Hughes  and  Mr.  Hooven !  I'm  surprised  and 
shocked!"  exclaimed  Mother  Edgington  in  an  injured  tone. 
AVe  could  see  Budd  and  Sam  hang  their  heads,  but  Budd 
gave  Sam  a  slv  kick  on  tlie  shin.  "I  shall  rep(jrt  this  matter 
to  the  president  in  the  morning.  \\'as  there  any  one  with 
y(iu  ?" 

\\'e  quaked  in  our  belfr}'  tower  when  the  matron  uttered 
this  (|uerv. 

"We  alone  are  guilty,"  answered  dear  old  Budd,  firmly. 

Clint  stepped  forward.  "I'll  take  charge  of  the  voung 
gentlemen,"  he  said,  and  marched  them  off  down  the  stairs, 
followed  by  the  bustling  Mrs.  Edgington. 

.Vfter  an  hour  i.if  nervous  suspense,  Hal  and  I  heard  the 
party  breaking  up.  Cautiously  we  climbed  down  and  es- 
caped as  we  had  entered.  Budd  and  Sam  got  a  week's 
enf<irced  \-acation,  which  they  didn't  mind  much,  but  they 
had  an  awfid  time  s(|uaring  it  with  Dorothv  and  Ruth. 

Aren't  girls  the  most  particular  creatures  in  all  creation? 

Anna  K.  Murphy. 


Che  Hctivc  faculty 


Thomas  Carr  Howe,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  President,  and  Armstrong  Pro- 
fessor of  Germanic  Languages. 

PIi.  B.,  Butler  College,  18S9;  A.  M.,  ibid..  1893;  Student,  University 
of  Berlin,  i8go-'g2 ;  Graduate  Student,  Harvard  University,  i896-'99; 
A.  M.,  ibid.,  1897;  Ph.  D.,  ibid..  1890;  Instructor  in  German,  ibid..  189S- 
'99;  Instructor  in  German  and  Latin,  Butler  College,  1889-90 ;  Arm- 
strong Professor  Germanic  Languages,  ibid..  i8go — ;  Dean,  Butler  Col- 
lege, igoj-'oS;  President  Butler  College,  igo8 — . 

Henry  Lane  Bruner,  A.  B.,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Biology  and 
Geology, 

A.  B.,  Abingdon  College,  1880;  Student  Sheffield  Scientific  School, 
Yale  College,  i88o-'8i ;  Assistant  in  Marine  Investigations  of  U.  S.  Com- 
mission of  Fish  and  Fisheries,  l88i-'84;  Student  of  Comparative  Anat- 
omj',  University  of  Freiberg,  Baden,  iSgs-'gy;  Ph.  D.,  ibid.,  1896;   Pro- 


fessor Natural  Sciences,  Abingdon  College.  i88i-'84;  Professor  Natural 
Sciences,  Eureka  College,  i884-'86;  Professor  Biology  and  Geology, 
Drake  University,  i89t-'g2;  idem,  Butler  College,  1892 — . 

Jabez  Hall,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  Homiletics  and  Theology. 

A.  B.,  Bethany  College,  1865;  A.  M.,  Butler  College,  1898;  Pastor 
Christian  Church,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  i866-'72 ;  Cleveland,  Ohio,  i872-'8g; 
Richmond,  Va.,  i889-'97;  Professor  of  Homiletics  and  Theolog}-,  Butler 
College,  1897 — . 

Christopher  Bush  Coleman,  A.  B.,  B.  D.,  Professor  of  Church 
History  and  Acting  Professor  of  History. 

A.  B.,  Yale  University,  i8g6;  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  i8g6-'97; 
Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  i8g7-'g8;  Divinity  School,  The  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  i8g8-'9g;  B.  D.,  ibid.,  i8gg;  Student,  University  of  Ber- 


THE  FACULTY 


Top  Row— McKa 


lin,    i904-'o5 :    Professor   of   Church    History  and   Acting   Professor   of 
History,  Butler  College,  igoo — . 

Arthur  Kenyon  Rogers,  A.  B.,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Philosophy  and 
Education, 

A.  B.,  Colby  College,  1891 ;  Graduate  Student,  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity, i89i-'92 ;  Honorary  Fellow,  University  of  Chicago,  i892-'93 ; 
Instructor,  Chicago  Academy,  i893-'94;  Graduate  Student,  Hartford 
School  of  Sociology,  1894-95;  Assistant  Superintendent,  Charity  Or- 
ganization Society,  Hartford,  Ct.,  i895-'96;  Fellow  in  Philosophy,  The 
University  of  Chicago,  i896-'98;  Ph.  D.,  ibid.,  1898;  Instructor  in  Philos- 
ophy and  Pedagogy,  Alfred  Universit\',  1899-1900;  .Acting  Professor  of 


Philosophy  and  Education,  Butler  College,  igoo-'oi ;  Professor  of  Phi- 
losophy and  Education,  ibid.,  1901 — . 

Elijah  Newton  Johnson,  A.  M.,  M.  S.,  Acting  Professor  of  Math- 
ematics. 

A.  B.,  Drake  University,  1893;  A.  M.,  ibid.,  1S95;  M.  S.,  University 
of  Kansas,  1904;  Professor  of  Mathematics,  Campbell  University,  1893- 
1903 ;  Graduate  Student  in  Mathematics  and  Astronomy,  The  University 
of  Chicago,  i902-'o3 ;  Graduate  Student  in  Mathematics  and  Physics, 
University  of  Kansas,  1903-04;  Graduate  Student  in  Mathematics  and 
Astronomj',  The  University  of  Chicago,  1905 ;  Acting  Professor  of 
Mathematics,  Butler  College,  1904 — . 


Cbc  Hctivc  faculty— Continued 


RiCHAKD  Bishop  Mooei;,  B.  S.,  Professor  of  Chemistry. 

Student,  University  College,  London,  1886- 'go;  Instructor  in  Cliem- 
istry.  Oswestry  Higli  School  (EnglandX  iSgo-'gi ;  Instructor  in  Chem- 
istry, Birbeck  Institute  (London),  i89i-'93;  British  Museum,  1893-95; 
The  University  of  Chicago,  iSgG-'gy;  B.  S..  ibid..  i8g6;  Instructor  in 
Chemistry,  University  of  Missouri,  1897-1905;  Professor  of  Chemistry, 
Butler  College,  1905 — . 

John  Samuel  Kenyon,  A.  M.,  Demia  Butler  Professor  of  English 
Literature. 

A.  B.,  Hiram  College,  1898;  A.  M.,  The  University  of  Chicago,  1903; 
Fellow  in  English,  ibid.,  I903-'04;  University  Scholar,  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, i905-'o6;  Thayer  Scholar,  ibid.,  igo6-'o7;  Teacher  in  public  schools, 
Medina,  O.,  i892-'93 ;  Teacher  of  Greek,  Latin  and  English,  West  Ken- 
tucky College,  i898-'g9;  Professor  of  Greek  and  Hebrew,  Christian  Uni- 
versity, Canton,  Mo.,  1899-1901 ;  Assistant  in  English,  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, i905-'o6;  Professor  of  English,  Butler  College,  igo6 — . 

Ernest  Trowbridge  Paine,  A.  M.,  Acting  Professor  of  Latin  Lan- 
guage and  Literature. 

A.  B.,  Brown  University,  1901 ;  A.  M.,  ibid.,  1903;  Instructor  in  Latin, 
Brown  University,  i902-'o4;  Student,  American  School  of  Classical 
Studies,  Rome,  and  American  School  of  Archeology,  Athens,  igo4-'o5 ; 
Instructor  in  Greek,  Brown  University,  i905-'o6;  Acting  Professor  of 
Greek  Language  and  Literature,  Butler  College,  igo6-'o7 ;  Acting  Pro- 
fessor of  Latin  Language  and  Literature,  1907 — . 

Joseph  Karl  Rudolf  Egger,  A.  M.,  Assistant  Professor  of  German 
and  Spanish. 

Graduate,  Royal  Seminary,  Lauingen,  Bavaria  (Germany),  1883; 
Public  Schools  of  Hesse  and  Bavaria,  i883-'89 ;  State  Certificate  for 
Hesse.  Darmstadt,  1885;  State  Certificate  for  Bavaria,  Augsburg,  1887: 
Instructor  in  German,  High  Schools,  Colorado,  iSg6-igo4;  A.  B.,  Uni- 
versity of  Denver,  1904;  A.  M.,  ibid.,  Tgo4;  Graduate  Student,  Univer- 
sity of  Grenoble,  France,  i904-'05 ;  Graduate  Student,  Johns  Hopkins 
University,  1905-06;  Graduate  Student,  The  University  of  Chicago, 
1907 ;  Assistant  Professor  of  German,  Butler  College,  1906 — ;  Assistant 
Professor  of  German  and  Spanish,  Butler  College,  1907 — . 


Katharine  Merrill  Graydon,  A.  M.,  Acting  Professor  of  Greek, 
and  Catharine  Merrill  Professor  of  English  Literature. 

A.  B.,  Butler  College,  1878;  A.  M.,  Indiana  University,  1883;  In- 
structor in  Indiana  University,  i883-'84;  Graduate  Student,  RadcIifTe, 
i8S5-'86;  Professor  of  Greek,  Hastings  College,  i888-'9t  ;  Instruc'or, 
Oakland  High  School,  i89i-'98;  Graduate  Student,  University  of  Chi- 
cago, 1898- '99 ;  Professor  of  English,  Oahu  College,  I900-'o7 ;  Acting 
Professor  of  (jreek,  Butler  College,  1907 — . 

Howard  Woodhead,  A.  B.,  Ph.  D.,  Acting  Professor  of  Sociology 
and  Economics. 

A.  B.,  The  University  of  Chicago,  1900;  Travel-study  in  Europe, 
igoo-'oi :  Graduate  Student  in  Sociology  and  Economics,  The  University 
of  Chicago,  igoi-'o3;  Dresden  Municipal  Exposition,  1903;  Student, 
University  of  Berlin,  I903-'o4;  Fellow  in  Sociology,  The  University  of 
Chicago,  igo4-'o6 ;  Ph.  D.,  ibid.,  1907 ;  Docent  in  Sociology,  ibid.,  1907 ; 
Acting  Professor  of  Sociology  and  Economics,  Butler  College,  1907 — . 

Clara  Frances  McIntyre,  A.  B.,  Instructor  in  French. 
A.  B.,  Radcliffe,  1900;  Instructor  in  English,  Butler  College,  i90o-'o3 ; 
Instructor  in  French,  Butler  College,  190,3 — . 

Cornelia  Adelle  Allen,  A.  M.,  Instructor  in  English. 

Ph.  B.,  Hiram  College,  1892;  Graduate  Student  in  English,  Buchtel 
College,  i893-'94;  Graduate  Student  in  English,  Philosophy  and  History, 
The  University  of  Chicago,  i894-'96;  A.  M.,  Hiram  College,  1897; 
Teacher  in  Akron  (O.)  Public  Scliools,  i892-'93;  Instructor  in  Enslish 
and  History,  Lockland  (O.)  High  School,  1897-1900;  Principal,  ibid.. 
igoo-'oi ;  Instructor  in  English  and  History,  Butler  College,  igoi-'o7; 
Instructor  in  English,  -Butler  College,  igo7 — . 

Thomas  Allan  Sims,  A.  B.^  LL.  B.,  Instructor  in  Public  Speaking. 

A.  B.,  University  of  Michigan,  1904;  LL.  B.,  ibid.,  1906. 
John  McK.'vy,  B.  S.,  Director  of  Physical  Training. 

B.  S.,  Westminster  College,  1907. 


8entor8 


Cbc  Class  Ristory 


OX  the  day  of  the  beginning  of  all  things — the 
"round  up"  of  students  in  the  fall — there  entered 
into  the  portals  of  the  renowned  Butleris  Universi- 
tatis  a  timid  and  trembling  youth.  Fear  clutched  at  his 
heart,  for  on  all  sides  of  him,  along  the  dimly  lighted  halls, 
he  saw  terrible  beings,  disdainful  ones,  whose  brows  radi- 
ated the  mystic  word  "Senior;"  ones  with  "Junior"  on  hat- 
bands of  silver,  and  others,  fiercest  of  all,  bearing  on  brist- 
ling pennants  "Soph-o-more."  who  held  whispered  consulta- 
tions, forming  plans  threatening  his  peace.  He  shivered  and 
turned  paler. 

Through  an  ordeal  of  awful  documents,  covered  with 
hieroglyphics,  all  about  credits  and  study  schedules,  he 
toiled,  in  a  room  where  ancient  ones  sat  at  a  desk,  signing 
flaming  orange  cards.  After  this  he  lived  in  glassy-eyed 
anticipation  of  dire  events,  until  one  day  he  suddenly  awak- 
ened from  his  fear — a  power  to  be  reckoned  with. 
He  looked  about.    He  began  to  do  things. 


Boldly  he  sought  the  college  belfry  at  the  midnight  hour. 
The  ladder  swayed  beneath  his  feet ;  he  slipped  and  nar- 
rowly escaped  death,  but  a  flag  was  planted  there  bearing 
his  name,  "1909." 

Then  he  looked  about  again  and  splashed  much  black  and 
gold  paint  upon  the  venerable  roofs  and  sidewalks.  1909 
had  declared  himself.     He  was  doing  things. 

Next  day  the  Sophomores  charged  upon  him.  1909  was 
thrown  to  the  ground,  ignominiously  dragged  through  the 
mud.  his  head  soaked  beneath  the  campus  pump,  his  many 
yards  of  black  and  gold  ribbon  dangling,  a  few  ragged  bits 
of  silk. 

But  he  had  begun  to  do  things,  and  after  the  stars  ceased 
to  dance  before  his  vision  he  still  did  them.  He  decided  to 
give  a  party,  and  he  ga\-e  it  upon  Pleasant  Hill.  Maidens 
in  gladsome  garments  were  there  and  youths  in  brilliant 
ties,  and  there  were  ice  and  macaroons,  and  1909's  party 
was  a  success. 


igog  could  do  thing^s,  and  once  more  lie  essayed  and  man- 
aged an  act  in  an  undertaking,  in  which  haughty  beings  and 
the  Juniors  and  the  lusty  Sophomores  and  himself  "Ri- 
valled" each  other  and  played  in  a  play.  After  that  he  set- 
tled down  to  academic  things  and  became  industrious  in 
study ;  then  he  disappeared  and  the  campus  was  quiet  many 
days. 

But  on  the  next  mund-up  he  appeared,  confident,  a  Soph- 
omore. He  bore  clown  u[)on  the  lesser  ones,  massed  about 
a  great  tree,  and  calmly  laid  the  now  despised  Freshmen 
low  upon  the  ground,  climbed  upon  their  shoulders,  plucked 
their  flag  from  the  tree  with  nonchalance  and  majestically 
passed  on  his  way,  victory  in  his  heart. 

At  the  third  round-up  he  claimed  the  golden  Ijand   of 


Junior  upon  his  cap,  and  at  the  fourth,  slionc  with  such 
cft'ulgence  that  he  needed  neither  label  nor  other  ifislin- 
guishing  mark.  He  held  class  meetings  and  made  decrees, 
and  the  spring  term  elected  to  wear  a  long,  black  mlie  and 
a  square  cap.  as  other  Ijeings  had  done  Ijefore  him.  Then 
he  had  liis  picture  taken  and  put  in  a  Ijook  that  would 
"drift"  to  all  corners  of  tlie  world. 

He  decided  to  make  a  last  showing  before  he  left,  S(j  he 
ga\e  a  plav,  coxering  himself  with  glorv.  That  night  he 
would  eat  with  great  ones  that  had  gone  before,  and  the 
next  day  he  would  graduate  in  the  imposing  robe  and  go 
forth  from  the  college  ]i(,rtals  to  assume  the  title  that  all 
"gra\e  old  Seniors"  wear  when  they  go  out  into  the  "wide, 
wide  world."  Lois  Kile. 


n     O 


Cbe  prophecy 


First  Gypsy — Coin  si  dcya,  coin  se  dado-' 

Pukker  mandc  drey  Romanes, 
Ta  inande  pukkeravava  tute. 

Second  Gypsy — Rossar-mcscri  ininri  dcya! 
U'ardo-mescro  niinro  dado! 
Coin  se  dado,  coin  si  deya? 
Monde's  pukker'd  tute  drey  Ron 
Kuan  pitkker  tute  niande. 

First  Gypsy — Petulengro  niinro  dado! 
Purana  minri  deya! 
Tatchey  Romany  si  men — 
Maude's  pukker'd  title  drey  Roh 
Ta  tide  's  pukker'd  munde. 


(First  Gypsy — Wlio's  your  mother,  who's  your  father? 
Do  you  answer  me  in  Romany, 
And  I  will  answer  thee.) 

(Second  Gypsy — A  Hearne  I  have  for  mother! 
A  Cooper  for  my  father ! 
Who's  your  father,  who's  j-our  mother? 
I  have  answer'd  thee  in  Romany, 
Now  do  thou  answer  me.) 

(First  Gypsy — A  Smith  I  have  for  father! 
A  Lee  I  have  for  mother ! 
True  Romans  both  are  we — 
For  I've  answer'd  thee  in  Romany, 
And  thou  hast  answer'd  me.) 


One  lay  ill  and  our  caravan  had  tarried  long  in  the  season 
when  the  feet  grow  strong  and  bear  one  away  from  the 
barriers  to  which  the  heart  clings.  Restless  and  filled  with 
the  old.  strange  longing  for  I  know  not  what,  I  wandered 
forth  into  the  night. 

Dark  clouds  sped  before  the  April  wind  and  darkened  the 
light  of  moon  and  stars.  But  afar  shone  the  lights  of  the 
city,  and  I  sought  the  brightest  and  followed  the  crowd  that 
thronged  to  see  Mademoiselle  Bettina  as  "La  Gitana." 

Ne'er  were  gypsy  feet  more  light,  ne'er  were  gypsy  eyes 
inore  bright  than  hers.  The  free  inovement  of  her  limbs, 
the  proud  tilt  of  her  chin,  bespoke  the  blood  of  the  lords  of 


creation.  But  how  could  a  true  Romany  dwell  here  among 
the  stifling  crowds  ? 

I  returned  to  the  quietude  of  my  tent,  but  all  night  the 
pattering  rain  sounded  the  light  footsteps  of  the  gypsy 
dancer  and  the  merry  face  haunted  me,  and  with  it  thronged 
many  others  of  the  half- forgotten  past. 

Morning  came  and  I  sought  her,  found  her — but  found 
not  "La  Gitana"  of  yester  night. 

"It  is  only  the  play,"  she  said.  "Last  night  a  gypsy,  to- 
night a  queen ;  to-morrow —  Oh,  I  am  tired,  tired!  I  want 
to  go  back  to  the  old  Hfe  and  old  friends.  Oh!  you  are  a 
gypsy!     Tell  me — you  can  know  all  things — tell  me  of  the 


old  friends.  You  remind  me  of  one  of  them,  the  mie  who 
made  the  prophecy  for  our  class  in  college.  She  foretold 
that  I  should  become  famous  as  an  actress  and  that  she 
should  become  a  gypsy.  But  that  was  all  in  fun.  When 
last  I  saw  her  she  was  a  most  proper  schoolma'am." 

Then  I  knew  the  brown  eyes  of  Betty  Bogert.  (iladly  I 
cried : 

"I  am  she.  And  I  was  always  ver}'  happy  guiding  the 
lives  of  many  little  ones  until  the  springtime  came,  with  its 
call  to  the  stream  and  meadow  and  hills,  and  its  strange 
will-o'-the-wisp  desire  that  never  knows  fulfillment.  But 
convention  held  me  until  one  day  the  officers  dragged  to  my 
school  a  wild-eyed  gypsy  child.  He  stayed  the  winter  and  I 
loved  him.  Spring  came.  Together  we  followed  the 
breezes,  the  clouds  and  gladsome  waters,  until  one  day. 
having  wandered  far,  we  came  upon  a  gypsy  band,  his  peo- 
ple. They  welcomed  the  boy  back  to  their  midst  and  beck- 
oned and  called  to  me: 

"  'Tatto  tu  coccori  pen',  (Warm  thyself,  sister)." 

"When  I  sought  to  return,  the  child  cried.  The  wild  folk 
entreated  me  to  join  them;  the  waters  called  'follow;'  the 
winds  and  clouds  called  'follow,  follow,  O  follow  !'  So  I 
joined  the  Romany  in  their  endless  pursuit  of  the  will-o'- 
the-wisp." 

"Oh,  isn't  it  wonderful !  And  did  you  learn  to  see  the 
past,  present  and  future — really?"  Betty  breathlessly  asked. 

"No,  I  can  not  see  all  that.  But  the  tatcho  drom  to  be  a 
jinney — mengro  is  to  shoon,  dick,  and  rig  in  zi  (The  true 
"way  to  be  a  wise  man  is  to  hear,  see  and  bear  in  mind),  and 


if  I  ask,  the  stars  and  breezes  and  running  waters  will 
tell  me." 

"Won't  you  ask  them  where  the  rest  of  our  class  is  and 
what  they  are  doing?" 

And  this  is  what  I  learned  in  the  loneliness  of  the  night 
and  what  I  told  to  Betty  in  the  brightness  of  the  morrow's 
svm : 

On  the  whimpering  wind  comes  the  tale  of  the  mighty 
strife  of  the  terrible  Wallace,  the  woman-hater,  and  the 
valiant  Edna  Cooper,  the  defender  of  long  downtrodden 
womanhood. 

She  was  leading  a  campaign  for  an  endowment  for  But- 
ler College,  to  enlarge  her  lake  for  the  acjuatic  sport  of  the 
students  and  to  conduct  an  exploration  through  Mars.  She 
had  appealed  to  Roger  AV.  Wallace,  the  great  money  king. 
She  had  appealed  to  his  love  for  his  Alma  Mater,  but  he 
only  gathered  his  dollars  the  closer.  Then  came  the  call  for 
her  to  take  command  of  the  army  of  her  sisters  who  were 
(Oppressed  by  the  men  tyrants,  led  by  the  great  Wallace. 

They  had  only  demanded  their  just  rights  and  the  terrible 
Wallace  had  employed  his  great  wealth  to  destroy  God's 
fairest  creation. 

"Remove  them  from  the  earth,"  he  commanded.  "I 
sicken  at  the  sig'ht  of  them.  Or,  at  least,  give  them  a  conti- 
nent to  themselves." 

Then  came  the  armv  of  the  valiant  Edna,  armed  with 
nature's  own  weapon,  tongues,  sharpened  in  many  a  bitter 
confiict,  and  with  long,  trailing  gowns  to  trip  and  upset  the 


dignity  of  the  tyrants,  and  with  huge  hats,  speared  through 
with  lengthy  pins.  They  pursued  tlieir  foes  in  highway  and 
byway,  until  they,  bruised  and  battered,  begged  their  chief- 
tain to  make  peace  with  the  fair  general. 

Haughtily  she  answered  him  : 

"Grant  us  our  terms  and  give  $1,000,000  to  Butler  Col- 
lege and  you  shall  have  peace." 

Broken  and  worn  with  the  conflict,  he  yielded. 

At  old  Butler  they  celebrated  with  bonfires  and  ringing 
of  the  old  bell.  Two  great  banquets  were  held,  at  which 
our  class  was  well  represented. 

Behold !  In  the  men's  hall  the  stately  form  of  President 
Elbert  Clarke  is  surrounded  by  many  loving  students.  Dr. 
Frank  Lawson,  of  the  chair  of  Hebrew  at  Yale,  gives  a 
prayer  of  thankfulness.  A  noble  soul  shines  forth  from  the 
deep  blue  eyes  of  the  man  who  responds  to  the  toast,  "Old 
Butler."  It  is  Carl  Burkhardt,  the  famous  author  of  "The 
Binding  of  the  Golden  Sheaves"  and  the  president  of  the 
class  which  enrolled  the  conquering  and  the  conquered  gen- 
erals. 

A  tall,  thin  man,  with  a  hunted  expression,  answers  to  the 
toast,  "The  Butler  Athlete."  He  is  James  Murray,  sporting 
editor  of  The  \\V)rld.  He  has  just  arrived  on  the  New  York 
express,  after  having  been  acquitted  of  the  murder  of 
"Jaques  L'Onibre,"  who  was  found  dead,  under  peculiar 
circumstances,  in  Mr.  Murray's  woodshed.  The  coroner 
found  that  the  murderer  had  played  the  "Vampire"  to  ob- 
tain his  victim's  shadow.  It  was  well  known  that  Mr.  Mur- 
ray had  taken  every  fat-producer  known  in  order  to  obtain 


a  shadow,  but  at  the  trial  the  shadow  could  not  be  found  on 
him  and  he  was  acquitted  in  time  to  attend  the  banquet. 

A  portly,  heavily  bearded  Teuton  gives  a  toast,  "The  Fair 
Coed."  It  is  our  own  Nat  Rose,  now  head  of  the  depart- 
ment of  psychology  at  Columbia  University. 

Charles  Manker,  government  interpreter  at  Ellis  Island, 
and  the  oldest  alumnus  of  Butler,  responds  to  "The  Golden 
Yesterday."  He  also  reads  a  message  of  greeting  to  Butler 
College  from  Charles  Lee,  the  beloved  pastor  and  president 
of  the  new  South  Pole  colony. 

In  the  Katherine  Graydon  Hall  presides,  with  sweet  dig- 
nity, Mrs.  Clarke,  who  would  have  been  one  of  us  had  not 
unkind  fate  intervened.  Elizabeth  Brayton,  who  displayed 
wonderful  courage  as  a  Red  Cross  nurse  in  the  terrible  war 
with  the  Martians,  talks  of  "Butler's  Noble  Women." 
Among  them  she  tells  of  Irma  Nix  and  Lois  Kile.  Miss 
Nix  had  headed  a  movement  to  force  Heidelburg  to  admit 
women  on  an  equal  standing  with  men.  A  professor  of 
mathematics,  who  was  most  strongly  opposed  to  the  move- 
ment, was  so  captivated  by  her  charms  that  he  went  over  to 
her  side,  helped  win  her  cause  and  afterward  married  her, 
when  she  became  a  quiet  "hausfrau." 

Lois  Kile  has  become  Baroness  Fairface  and  has  bright- 
ened the  lives  of  many  unhappy  children  in  the  colonies  of 
England. 

Not  far  from  our  Peggy  are  the  well-loved  faces  of  Mabel 
Long  and  Margaret  Axtell.  During  the  evening  they  might 
be  heard  to  discuss,  learnedly,  the  best  remedy  for  croup 
and   whooping  cough.      Mabel   has   left   a  pretty   home  in 


Maine  to  attend  the  banquet.  She  is  nervous  for  fear  the 
Doctor,  her  husband,  will  not  have  enough  to  eat  while  she 
is  away.  Margaret  is  the  wife  of  a  successful  Indianapolis 
merchant  and  lives  in  a  beautiful  home  facing  the  campus. 

After  the  banquet,  alumnse  and  alumni  meet  beneath  the 
tent  of  the  great  Hagenbeck  and  Redding  circus,  which  has 
driven  its  stakes  upon  the  campus.  They  have  been  given 
complimentaries  by  our  old  friend,  "Herb,"  who  has  prom- 
ised them  a  great  surprise. 

As  they  enter  they  hear  his  familiar  voice  calling :  "Step 
right  this  way,  ladies  and  gentlemen ;  right  this  way,  to  see 
the  'Inside-Outside  Man,'  the  great  twentieth  century  won- 
der. Only  five  cents,  one  nickel,  to  hear  him  sing  'I'd  Rather 
be  on  the  Outside,  Lookin"  In,  than  on  the  Inside,  Lookin' 
Out.'  " 

He  draws  the  curtain  and  introduces  their  old  friend,  Ed 
Baird,  but  the  sight  so  horrifies  them  that  he  draws  the  cur- 
tain and  tells  Mr.  Baird's  sad  story. 

He  had  been  a  teacher  in  the  government  schools  of  the 
land  where  the  "is"  isn't  and  the  "isn't"  is.  in  the  city  where 
the  "wuz"  wasn't  and  the  "wuzn't"  was,  where  he  became 
intensely  interested  in  chemistry.     He  discovered  a  solution 


by  which  the  human  being  could  be  turned  inside-outside. 
While  in  this  condition,  one  day,  he  chanced  to  see  himself 
in  a  mirror.  The  shock  was  so  great  that  he  spilled  the 
liquid  that  should  have  returned  him  to  his  normal  condi- 
tion, and  he  was  unable  to  produce  more. 

Mr.  Redding,  on  his  tour  of  the  world  in  search  of  freaks 
for  his  great  circus,  discovered  his  unfortunate  classmate 
and  has  had  him  on  exhibition  for  two  years. 

When  I  finished,  Betty  sighed,  a  tear  dropped  upon  the 
petals  of  a  forget-me-not  at  her  feet,  trembled  there  a  min- 
ute, then  was  lost  in  the  noonday  sun. 

I  returned  to  my  camp,  where  the  wild  folk  were  making 
ready  to  wander  farther.  The  longing  for  old  friends  and 
the  mad  desire  for  the  will-o'-the-wisp  struggled  together 
in  my  heart.  A  breeze  passed  over  me,  unfolding  from  its 
wings,  as  it  passed,  the  dear  voices  of  the  long  ago.  An- 
other followed,  laden  with  the  fresh  odors  and  tender  vi'his- 
perings  of  the  forest.  With  one  backward  glance,  I  mur- 
mured : 

"Aukko  tu  pios  adrey.  Romanes."  "Here's  to  you.  Rom- 
any.'' 

The  gypsy  band  started  and  I  again  followed. 

Lucy  Toph. 


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Co  Our  Hlma  )VIatcr 

From  the  lilack  gloom  of  the  forest,  where  the  race  of  men  began. 
And  from  sculptures  huge  in  Egypt,  holding  eons  in  their  span, 
We  have  seen  the  mystic  rising  of  the  Master  Mind  of  Man. 

We  have  seen  it  still  advancing,  past  the  Persians'  sacred  fire, 
^Vhere  Judea's  rocky  hillsides  echoed  to  the  shepherd's  lyre. 
In  the  busy  streets  of  Sidon,  in  the  merchant  fleets  of  Tyre. 

'Mid  a  blaze  of  golden  glory,  Hellas  gave  her  precious  store. 

Then  beneath  the  Roman  eagles  spread  its  light  from  shore  to  shore. 

Until  intellect's  dominion  seemed  secure  forevermore. 

But  the  germs  of  fatal  weakness  were  implanted  in  its  heart ; 
Fatal,  for  no  moral  purpose  hel|ied  to  strengthen  everv  part — 
Men.  with  little  lieed.  sa\\-  Learning.  like  a  faded  ghost,  depart. 

We  are  marching  through  the  portals  of  a  nobler  age  sublime; 
Far  too  grand  the  scene  before  us  to  be  told  in  feeble  rhyme. 
We  can  but  aAxait  the  turning  of  the  wondrous  page  of  time. 

Through  the  wisdom  of  the  ages  we  have  right  of  entrance  here ; 
Through  that  wisdom  and  our  labor  we  can  read  our  title  clear ; 
But  Thou  hast  been  the  Ivey  to  all.  our  Alma  Mater  dear! 

Thou  hast  grounded  firm  our  feet  in  the  path  all  men  must  run ; 

Thou  hast  given  each  the  chart  of  the  journey  just  begun ; 

Thou  hast  pointed  out  the  Beacon  light.  Thou  hast  aroused  us  every  one. 

To  Thee  the  best  our  lives  can  give  shall  ever  be  returned; 

Thy  prayers,  Thy  calls  for  needed  help  shall  ne'er  by  us  be  spumed, 

And  we  will  keep  alive  that  fire  which  has  before  us  burned. 

Elbert  Cl.vrke. 


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Carl    llui-kiKn-.lt;  .Margarfl    AxlL-ll;  N.    J!,    kosi 


Lois  Kile;  I'rank   Ia 


Carl  Burkmardt — Delta  Tan  Delta;  Philo;  president,  '07,  '09;  Y.  M.  C. 
A.;  president,  '08,  '09,  Sandwich  Club;  Collegian  staff,  '06,  '07;  class  presi- 
dent, '08,  '09 ;  vaudeville,  '09. 

Margaret  Axtell — Kappa  Alpha  Theta ;  Y.  W.  C.  A. ;  class  vice-presi- 
dent, '07 ;  class  secretary,  '08 ;  vaudeville,  '08. 

Nathaniel  B.  Rose — Sigma  Chi ;  Theta  Nu  Epsilon ;  Tau  Kappa  Alpha ; 
Press  Club;  debates,  '07;  football,  '07;  basketball,  'o7-'o9;  captain  class  bas- 
ketball, '08,  '09 ;  captain  class  track,  '09 ;  tennis,  '08,  '09 ;  Indiana  inter-collegi- 
ate tennis  singles  champion,  '08;  state  delegate  oratorical,  '09. 

Mercedes  Lois  Kile — Lotus  Club ;  Y.  W.  C.  A. ;  class  historian,  '09. 

Frank  J,  Lawson — Sandwich  Club:  Y.  M.  C.  A. ;  class  football,  '05 ;  foot- 
ball, '08;  manager  track,  '09;  class  secretary -treasurer,  '09. 

Edna  Cooper— Pi  Beta  Phi;  Philo;  Y.  W.  C.  A.;  Lotus  Club;  Class  Day 
play,  '04 ;  Founder's  Day  play,  '05  ;  vaudeville,  '09. 


Class 
Roll 


Claes  Roll 

Continued 


I\^l 


Lucy  Toph:  Hiai  Ics  Manker;  Elizabeth  Bogeit;  tli.iiles  Lee;  Elizabeth   F.j 


James  Murray — Phi  Delta  Theta;  Press  Club;  assistant  in  biology;  Col- 
legian staff,  '08;  class  vice-president,  '08;  basketball,  'o6-'09 ;  captain,  '09; 
manager  baseball,  '09;  student  council,  '09. 

Lucy  Juanita  Topii — Lotus  Club;  class  prophet,  'og ;  author  of  Senior 
play,  '09. 

Charles  Manker— Pithonian ;  Philo. 

Elizabeth  Thomson  Bogert — Kappa  Kappa  Gamma;  Athenaeum;  Lotus 
Club ;  dramatics,  'os-'og ;  Dramatic  Club,  'oy-'og. 

Charles  Lee — Sandwich  Club ;  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Elizabeth  Brayton — Kappa  Kappa  Gamma ;  Y.  W,  C.  A. ;  Athenjeum ; 
Lotus  Club;  Collegian  staff,  '07;  instructor  in  English,  '08,  '09. 

Lois  Stivons  Brown — Kappa  Alpha  Theta;  Collegian  staff,  '09;  Drift 
staff,  '09. 


Irma  i\ix;  E.livaiJ    llainl.  1  Ltiljert  Redding;  Alabd    L,, 


Elbert  Clarke. 


Roger  W.  Wallace — Sigma  Chi;  Tan  Kappa  .\l])ha;  Theta  Nu  Epsilon; 
Press  Club;  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  '05  ;  Dramatic  Club,  08;  editor  of  Collegian,  "oS-'og ; 
debates.  '08;  captain  class  football,  '05;  football,  '08,  '09 :  baseball,  '08;  basket- 
liall,  '09;  manager  basketball,  'o6-'o7 ;  manag'er  baseljall,  '08;  vaude- 
ville, '08,  '09. 

Irma  Nix — Lotus  Club ;  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

Edward  L.  Baird — Philo;  president,  '09;  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  Sandwich  Club; 
class  football,  '05;  class  baseball,  '06;  Freshman-Sophomore  debate,  '06;  foot- 
ball, '07  ;  class  basketball,  '09. 

Herbert  Redding — Delta  Tau  Delta;  Philo;  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Mabel  Clare  Long — Y.  W.  C.  A. ;  Lotus  Club. 

Elbert  Howard  Clarke — Philo;  president,  '07;  vice-president  Oratorical 
Association,  '07,  '08;  state  delegate  oratorical,  "08;  debates,  '07,  '08;  Press 
Club. 


Class  Roll 

Continued 


Cbe^viriiors 


CUE  T^iiiors  started  out  on  their  career  in  a  con- 
quering manner.  First — almost  l^efore  they  had 
enrolled — they  began  waging  war  against  their 
ri\als,  the  Sophomores — now  our  mighty  Seniors.  Many  a 
battle  was  pitched  in  the  very  center  of  the  campus:  often 
was  the  best  blood  of  the  institution  spilled  in  the  struggle 
for  supremacy.  But  this  was  not  enough.  Quietly,  as  mid- 
night wrapped  the  Irvington  community  in  the  blackness  of 
its  somber  robe,  there  stole  upon  the  campus  a  small  band 
of  Juniors.  Stealthil}^  they  entered  the  main  building,  clam- 
bered to  the  belfry  tower,  mounted  the  dome,  and,  in  tints 
of  brightest  canary,  they  shaped  upon  the  roof  their  class 
numerals,  'lo.  Later  in  the  season  they  trampled  the  Sopho- 
mores in  the  dust  in  the  flag  rush.  Next  year  they 
])nsted  "Procs,"  and  then  thcA'  rested. 


But,  behold!  Again  in  the  year  1909  they  come  forth 
and  cheer  the  departing  Seniors  and  gladden  the  hearts  of 
the  underclassmen  with  a  most  excellent  volume  ( if  we  do 
say  it  ourselves),  the  "Drift." 

The  Juniors  still  have  fields  to  conquer.  They  promise 
to  display  more  skill,  more  learning  and  more  versatility  in 
their  Senior  year.  Great  undertakings  lie  before  them  and 
they  will  accomplish  wonders  in  the  future.  Judge  us  by 
tlie  past,  and  you  must  admit  that  the  most  progressive  class 
iri  Butler  is  the  Junior  organization. 

"Kee])  on  goin',  pluggin',  drivin' ; 
Never  stop,  fetch  up  or  quit ; 
There  are  worlds  beyond  to  conquer ; 
To  be  mighty  means — have  grit." 
In  hoc  signo  vinces. 


Cbc  Sophomores 


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'HE  Class  of  '11  started  its  career  at  Butler 
in  what  was  termed  "a  peaceable  and  sane 
manner."  Thev  eliminated  the  time-hon- 
iircd  class  fight,  having  an  ax'ersicm  to  anything  that 
bordered  on  the  rough  and  Iirutal.  Likewise,  they 
forgot  all  about  the  Freshman-Sophomore  debate. 
iMudins-  that  thev  must  give  vent  to  the  energv  and 


emotions  which  were  so  strong  within  them,  they  posted 
Sophomore  "Procs,"  but  only  after  their  ri\-als  had  pre- 
ceded them  by  several  weeks  with  "Rules  and  Regulations 
for  Freshmen."  The  babes  obeyed  the  instructions  of  their 
powerful  adversaries  to  the  letter,  as  they  explained  it,  in  or- 
der to  cause  no  unnecessary  disturbance  and  because  their 
peaceable  natures  were  well  adapted  to  follow  the  decree. 


This  quiet  nature  of  the  Sophomores  has  since  made  itself 
very  evident.  Not  since  the  posting  of  their  proclamations 
has  that  class  come  into  evidence  with  the  exception  of  one 
clay — when  they  issued  that  sunrise  Collegian,  which  would 
have  been  more  appropriately  printed  on  yellow  stock. 
Then,  as  far  as  the  rest  of  us  were  concerned^  the  Class  of 


'i  1  was  no  more.  However,  we  are  confident  that  the  class  is 
going  to  do  some  little  thing,  at  least,  at  some  period  in  the 
earthly  careers  of  its  members,  and  we  fervently  hope  that 
this  "little  something"  will  be  accomplished  while  the  class  is 
still  at  Butler.   We  want  to  be  sur])rised  ! 

A  Junior. 


Cbe  f  rcsbmen 


Co  write  a  history  of  the  Freshman  class  is  an  im- 
possible task.  One  cannot  write  without  material. 
So,  in  telling  of  the  Butler  Babes,  all  that  can  be 
said  may  be  told  in  a  very  few  words. 

The  first  thing  that  the  Class  of  '12  accomplished  was  the 
election  of  officers.  Then  they  rested.  We  have  no  record 
of  the  second  act  in  the  young  careers  of  these  prominent 
Butler  lights,  but  we  are  positive  that,  being  of  the  same 
nature,  in  part,  as  the  class  that  went  before  them,  they  did 
not  attempt  a  class  scrap. 

The  third  thing  that  the  Freshmen  accomplished  was  in 
the  spring  term,  when  four  or  five  of  their  strongest  and 
largest  braved  the  biting  blasts  of  early  spring  to  participate 
in  the  interclass  track  meet.  As  the  deer  increases  its  speed 
when  pursued  by  the  hunter,  or  the  rabbit  covers  the  dis- 
tance which  separates  him  from  his  warren  in  less  than  no 


time  when  he  is  pursued,  so  did  the  Freshmen.  The  '12 
athletes  came  on  the  track  with  fear-quivering  forms — the 
other  classmen  shivered  from  the  cold.  Whenever  a  race 
was  started  and  the  Freshman  runners  heard  the  footsteps 
of  the  other  contestants  clattering  about  them,  they  craned 
their  necks  and  sped  on  like  the  hunted  deer.  Likewise  in 
the  field  events;  it  was  fear  that  acted  upon  them!     But 

THEY   WON    THE   MEET. 

Let  us  now  hope  that  the  Freshmen  will  accomplish 
greater  things  in  the  future;  will  restore  to  Butler  the  old 
customs  of  which  she  was  so  proud,  and  end  their  careers 
in  a  blaze  of  glory. 

As  was  once  said,  "Happy  those  people  whose  annals  are 
meager,"  it  would  seem  evident  that  the  Class  of  '12  is  at 
least  enjoying  its  stay  at  Butler. 

A  Junior. 


'Cbc  Hrt  Department 

Co  the  uninitiated  the  studio  suggests  a  place 
where  there  is  a  great  deal  of  play  and  very 
little  work,  but  in  reality  this  is  not  the  case. 
The  informality,  which  is  naturally  characteristic  of 
an  art  studio,  enables  the  students  to  study  each 
other's  work,  and  all  are  helped  by  the  friendly  crit- 
icism. 

The  art  work  in  the  Drift  w'as  done  by  members 
of  the  art  department,  under  the  supervision  of  Miss 
Taylor,  the  instructor.  The  untiring  efiforts  of  these 
students  and  their  instructor  can  not  be  too  highly 
praised.  Never  w-ere  they  so  occupied  with  their  own 
work  that  they  could  not  comply  with  the  requests 
made  upon  them  by  the  Drift  editors. 


MISS  T.'WLOR 


X^he  Butler  Collegian 


CHE  weekly  organ  of  Butler  is  the  Collegian.  This 
paper  is  edited  and  managed  b_y  students ;  is  distrib- 
uted gratis  among  the  students.  The  Collegian 
supports  itself  through  its  advertising  and  at  present  stands 
as  one  of  the  most  successful  college  papers  in  the  state. 


The  staff  of  the  Collegian  is  chosen  by  the  editor-in-chief, 
while  the  business  manager  and  editor  receive  their  positions 
by  faculty  appointment.  For  the  past  year  the  editor-in- 
chief  was  Roger  W.  Wallace;  the  assistant  editor,  Herbert 
R.  Hyman,  and  business  manager.  Layman  D.  Ivingsbury. 


pbilokurian  Literary  Society 


CHE  Philokurian  Literary  Society  was  founded  in 
1876,  its  membership,  in  the  beginning,  being  hm- 
ited  to  theological  students.  Later  it  was  affiliated 
w  ith  the  Demia  Butler  and  Athenian  co-ed  societies,  and  at 
present  includes  both  men  and  women  in  its  membership. 

The  meetings  are  held  on  Tuesday  evening  of  every  A\eek 
in  a  room  of  the  main  Ijuilding,  which  the  college  has  given 
over  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  society.  Besides  these  meet- 
ings the  organization  g"i\'es  one  partv  each  term,  and  the  an- 


nual spring  picnic  is  always  an  enjoyable  event.  During 
commencement  week  the  society  gives  what  is  known  as  The 
Banquet  of  Philokurians,  Past  and  Present.  Last  year  a 
complete  organization  of  the  alumni  was  effected. 

The  work  of  the  organization  consists  in  the  reviewing  of 
the  li\es  of  the  greatest  writers  and  a  study  of  their  works, 
together  with  debating  and  discussion  of  topics  presented  by 
the  different  members.  The  membership  numbers  about 
thirty,  and  includes  many  of  the  prominent  students. 


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Lotus  Club 


CHE  Lotus  Club  is  a  purely  social  organization,  and 
has  for  its  purpose  the  effecting  of  a  close  relation- 
ship among  the  women  of  the  college.  The  efforts 
of  the  members  in  this  respect  have  been  very  successful,  and 
at  present  the  club  includes  nearly  every  woman  in  the  col- 
lege. The  meetings  of  the  organization  are  chaperoned  b}' 
"co-ed"  members  of  the  faculty,  who  arrange  the  program.s. 
During  the  past  year  the  meetings  of  the  club  have  con- 
sisted of  vaudeville  entertainments,   in  which  the  various 


members  of  the  club  ha\'e  been  given  an  opportunity  to  show 
their  theatrical  ability.  A  great  deal  of  enjoyment  has  been 
gotten  out  of  these  performances.  In  the  spring  term  picnics 
are  given,  and  it  is  said  by  the  members  that  these  "spreads" 
are  worth  the  attending.  Though  the  members  are  not  all 
suffragettes,  men  are  barred  fnjm  all  meetings  and  picnics, 
and  the  "goings  on"  of  the  organization  remain  a  matter  of 
speculation  to  all  but  the  "select  few."  "To  have  a  good 
time"'  is  the  watchword,  and  the  members  keep  it  in  mind. 


Y.  M.C.A.  and  Y.W.C.  A.  CABINETS 


Young  jVIcn^s  Christian  Hssociation 


CHE  religious  interest  among  the  men  of  the  college 
centers  in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
and  the  organization  at  present  commands  a  very 
large  percentage  of  the  men  in  the  college.  Not  only  does 
the  Association  meet  the  religious  needs,  but  it  seeks,  also,  to 
promote  a  clean,  wholesome,  social  spirit  among  the  students. 
This  organization  holds  regular  weekly  meetings  from  lO 
to  lo  :30  o'clock  on  Wednesday  morning.  Some  of  the  meet- 
ings are  conducted  by  students  or  members  of  the  faculty, 
while  others  are  given  over  to  prominent  religious  workers, 
both  from  Indianapolis  and  other  cities. 

An  additional  aim  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 


tion is  to  assist  all  new  students  by  conducting,  at  the  begin- 
ning of  each  term,  an  information  bureau,  with  reference  to 
rooms,  board  and  the  curriculum.  Hereafter  it  will  also  main- 
tain an  employment  bureau,  by  means  of  which  any  student 
desiring  to  work  his  way  through  school  may  be  given  in- 
formation concerning  positions. 

Another  feature  of  the  Association  is  the  Mission  and 
Bible  study  classes  which  it  conducts.  These  courses  are  open 
to  every  man  in  college  and  have  been  found  very  beneficial 
by  those  who  have  entered  the  work.  In  short,  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  at  present  stands  as  one  of  the 
most  successful  institutions  in  the  college. 


Young  ^omcn^s  Christian  Hssociation 


CHE  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  is  the 
leading  religious  organization  among  the  women  of 
Butler.  The  meetings  are  held  on  Thursday  of  each 
week  at  lo  o'clock,  and  are  usually  led  by  student  members. 
The  Bible  study  class,  which  is  one  of  the  features  of  the  or- 
ganization, holds  its  meetings  on  Wednesday  at  lo  o'clock. 
The  second  annual  Young  Women's  Christian  Association 
cabinet  conference  of  Indiana  colleges  was  held  at  Butler  on 
April  i6  and  17.  Members  of  the  local  organization  were 
sent  as  delegates  to  the  conferences  at  Richmond,  Indiana, 


and  Geneva,  Wisconsin.  The  work  of  the  organization  is 
of  a  very  high  order,  and  the  membership  large.  The  Bible 
study  course  is  thorough  and  beneficial.  The  meetings  are 
made  as  interesting  as  possible,  and  the  talks  given  are  profit- 
able. 

The  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  and  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  hold  monthly  joint 
meetings,  at  which  a  prominent  Association  worker  is  pres- 
ent. The  work  of  both  the  organizations  is  discussed,  and 
plans  for  future  work  are  laid. 


THE  SANDWICH  CLUB 


Sandwich  Club 


IN  the  fall  of  1904  a  few  of  the  ministerial  students 
of  Butler  College  met  at  the  home  of  President 
Garrison  in  order  to  effect  some  sort  of  organiza- 
tion that  would  bind  them  more  closely  together  and  aid 
them  in  their  work.  After  some  little  discussion,  a  loose  or- 
ganization was  formed,  which  was  to  be  known  as  The  Sand- 
wich Club.  The  name  is  about  the  only  thing  that  has  re- 
mained unchanged.  From,  what  seemed  an  unpromising  be- 
ginning, with  rather  a  small  membership,  and  the  recitation 
room  of  some  kindly  disposed  professor  as  its  only  meeting- 
place,  there  has  evolved  a  splendid  and  eiificient  organization. 
The  name,  Sandwich  Club,  has  now  come  to  stand  for  every- 
thing that  is  clean,  uplifting  and  helpful  to  the  college  life. 


It  is  not  wholly  an  organization  for  ministers,  although  a 
majority  of  its  members  expect  to  enter  that  field.  Any 
young  man  who  is  interested  in  religious  work  is  eligible  to 
membership. 

The  club  now  meets  in  its  own  hall  on  the  second  and 
fourth  Friday  evenings  of  each  month,  at  which  time  lunch 
is  served  and  an  interesting  program  given.  Its  members 
are  known  for  the  prominent  part  they  take  in  the  college 
activities.  It  has  for  its  chief  aims  the  helping  of  worthy 
young  men  who  are  desirous  of  entering  the  Christian  min- 
istry ;  the  development  of  a  wholesome  college  spirit  and  the 
broadening  and  deepening  of  the  religious  life  and  influence 
of  Butler  College. 


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Vhc  press  Club 


fiOSSIBLY  the  only  organization  in  Butler  which 
has  for  its  aim  the  practical  training  for  future  ca- 
reers is  the  Press  Club.  The  Butler  branch  of  the 
State  Intercollegiate  Press  Club  Association  was  established 
in  1907,  and  since  that  time  has  become  a  moving  force  in  the 
work  of  the  institution.  Only  last  year,  after  the  Seniors 
had  found  it  impossible  to^  edit  an  annual,  the  Press  Club 
came  forward  with  the  "Extempore."  Constantly  since  then 
this  organization  has  done  many  things  of  value  for  the  in- 
stitution. Among  its  members  are  the  editors  of  the  weekly 
"Collegian,"  together  with  students  prominent  in  other  lines 
of  college  work. 

The  conscientiousness  of  the  members  accounts  largely  for 
the  success  of  the  club.  The  tri-weekly  meetings  have  al- 
ways a  large  attendance.   Good  speakers  are  always  present, 


and  "eats"  are  abundant.  At  each  meeting  a  prominent 
newspaper  man  gives  a  practical  talk  on  the  workings  of  a 
newspaper.  Each  speaker  chooses  a  different  phase  of  news- 
paper work,  and,  as  a  result,  by  the  end  of  the  year  the  mem- 
bers become  pretty  well  acquainted  with  the  main  features 
and  questions  with  which  newspaper  men  are  concerned. 

The  membership  of  the  club  is  limited  and  memberships 
are  secured  by  election.  Besides  the  student  miembers,  there 
are  se\'eral  honorary  members — men  who  have  dealt  with 
publications  a  great  deal  and  to  whom  the  members  can,  at 
all  times,  go  for  advice. 

The  Butler  club  now  has  an  officer  in  the  state  association. 
Its  wprk  ranks  high  and  its  progress  is  rapid.  Many  new 
plans  are  being  laid  for  next  year,  when  it  is  expected  that 
larger  and  better  things  will  be  accomplished. 


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Clifford  Erou-der;  Fred   Scho 


Robinson;  Herbert  Ily 


Oswald   Ryan.         G.  Claris  Ada 


Oratory  and  Debating 


OXE  branch  of  the  school's  acti\-ities,  in  which  we 
ha\e  always  ranked  very  high,  is  oratory  and  de- 
bating. In  the  past  we  ha\-e  won  many  of  the  State 
oratorical  contests,  have  had  representatives  in  the  interstate, 
and  have  lost  but  few  debates  with  other  institutions.  At 
present  we  hold  the  championship  of  the  Triangular  Debat- 
ing League,  composed  of  Bnder.  Earlham  and  Wabash  Col- 
leges. 

Our  representative  in  the  oratorical  contest  this  year  was 
D.  Sommer  Robinson.  Butler  was  creditably  represented, 
an<l  can  be  proud  of  the  showing  her  orator  made.   Robinson 


stood  second  on  manuscript,  but,  on  account  of  a  lack  of  the 
experience  that  the  other  contestants  had,  received  fourth  on 
delivery.  Our  ranking  in  the  entire  contest  was  fourth  also. 
Ignatius  McNamee,  of  Notre  Dame,  was  accredited  first 
place :  Miss  Jeanette  Fennemore.  of  Earlham,  ranked  sec- 
ond ;  Walter  Lynn,  of  Wabash,  stood  third  ;  Sommer  Robin- 
son, our  representative,  fourth. 

In  the  debates  Butler  was  more  successful.  As  is  the  cus- 
tom of  the  league,  we  were  represented  by  two  teams,  one 
debating  the  affirmative  side  of  the  riuestion,  away  from 
home,  and  the  other  deljating  the  negative  side,  at  home. 


The  affirmative  team  that  debated  Wabash  College  was  com- 
posed of  G.  Claris  Adams,  Oswald  Rj'an  and  Herbert  R. 
Hyman.  This  team  defeated  Earlham.  at  Richmond,  in 
1908,  and  thereby  gained  the  distinction  of  being  the  only 
team  in  the  league  which  has  won  a  debate  on  a  unanimous 
decision,  away  from  home.  The  negative  team  was  com- 
posed of  three  Freshmen — Fi  ed  Schortemeier,  John  Spiegel 
and  Clifford  Browder.  The  affirmative  team  was  defeated 
by  Wabash  on  a  two-to-one  decision ;  the  negative  team  won 


from  Earlham  by  a  similar  vote.    This  leaves  Butler  in  the 
lead  with  a  margin  of  one  victory. 

The  prospects  for  next  year  are  exceedingly  bright.  All  of 
the  members  of  the  winning  team  will  be  back,  and,  with 
this  year's  experience  to  aid  them,  they  should  be  able  to  de- 
feat any  team  in  the  State.  Interest  in  this  branch  of  college 
life  is  steadily  increasing.  Each  year  brings  better  fruit,  and 
as  a  result  the  time  should  not  be  far  distant  when  Butler  will 
hold  the  championship  in  both  oratory  and  deliating. 


Cbe  Dramatic  Club 


■^w^  HAT  might  be  called  a  new  feature  at 
^  I  ^  Butler  is  the  Dramatic  Club.  Although 
vM>^  this  organization  was  started  in  1907, 
nothing  definitely  was  done  until  this  year.  How- 
ever, with  two  performances  in  Indianapolis  and 
one  at  Greenfield  to  its  credit,  besides  the  act  given 
in  the  Baseball  Vaudeville,  it  must  be  admitted 
that  the  Butler  Dramatic  Club  is  at  present  very 
much  alive. 

The  first  play  to  be  given  was  "The  Best  Laid 
Plans."    In  this  production  the  club  far  outshone 
any  other  amateur  organizations  which  have  given  perform- 
ances in  the  college  community.     As  a  result  the  members 
were  asked  to  repeat  the  performance  at  Greenfield,  after 
having  produced  the  play  at  the  Odeon.    In  every  repetition 


of  the  play  the  cast  seemed  to  improve,  and  was 
asked  by  other  colleges  in  the  State  to  give  the 
play  there.  The  winter  term  was  nearing  its  close 
at  this  time,  and  for  this  reason  the  club  was  un- 
able to  make  the  other  trips. 

From  the  work  this  year,  our  expectations  for 
next  year  are  great.  Both  the  students  and  fac- 
ultv  have  exhibited  a  lively  interest  in  the  club,  as 
was  evidenced  by  the  "spreads"  given  for  the  cast. 
^  y  .As  it  is  with  athletic  teams,  so  it  is  with  all  other 
^  college  activities — support  from  the  faculty  and 
students  is  essential  to  success.  This  the  club  has  already 
gained,  and  it  must  now  live  upon  its  future  achievements, 
which,  in  the  light  of  the  past  year,  will  be  gratifying  in  the 
extreme. 


X^bat  Baseball  Vaudmllc 


■^-g-^ITH  a  whoop  and  a  cry  the  ever-welcome  Baseball 
^  I  J  Vaudeville  ushered  itself  in,  for  it  needed  no  intro- 
\m^  duction.  One  of  the  largest  audiences  that  has  ever 
graced  the  college  chapel  Avith  its  presence  sat,  or  stood,  as 
necessity  compelled  some  to  do,  in  a  state  of  breathless  sus- 
pense, waiting  for  the  rise  of  the  curtain.  Those  present 
were  more  than  recompensed,  however,  when  the  show  be- 
gan.   It  was  worth  more  than  the  price  of  admission. 


A/ay  3  and  May  10,  1909 

From  the  first  click  of  Reidy's  shoes  until  the  last  strains 
of  "On  the  Old  Butler  Campus"  were  lost  among  the  folds 
of  the  final  curtain,  the  house  was  all  attention,  ready  to 
laugh  or  weep  as  the  situation  demanded.  A  more  apprecia- 
tive audience  could  not  be  imagined. 

Not  only  are  the  students  to  be  congratulated  on  their 
work  in  the  entertainment,  but  a  great  deal  of  the  credit 
should  go  to  Mr.  Edward  J.  Hecker  and  his  daughter  Sid- 


ney,  who  wrote  a  local  musical  comedy  which  formed  the 
feature  attraction  of  the  bill.  Nothing  but  praise  is  possible 
when  one  recalls  the  vaudeville,  and  when  the  crowd  left, 
whistling-  "The  Catalog  Says  So,"  the  fact  that  the  entertain- 
ment had  made  an  impression  upon  them  was  evident. 

A  precedent  has  been  established,  and  every  year,  from 
now  on,  the  feature  attraction  of  the  Spring  term  should  be 
the  Baseball  Vaudeville. 

program 

I — Clog  Dance Clarence  Reidenbach 

2 — "The  Rough  Diamond,"  a  one-act  farce 

CHARACTERS 

Lord  Plato Robert  Hamp 

Sir  William  Evergreen Claris  Adams 

Captain  Augustus  Blenheim Robert  McKay 

Cousin  Joe Fred  Davenport 

Lady  Plato .Vnna  K.  Murphy 

Maggie Elizabeth  T.  Bogert 

3 — An  "Overture" The  Sandwich  Club 

4 — Sunrise  Gypsy  Dance 

Elizabeth  T.  Bogert,  Florence  McHatton,  Mary  Mont- 
gomery, Helen  Reed,  Laura  Lindley,  Anna  Murphy,  Laura 
Kirkpatrick,  Marguerite  Hubbard  and  Miss  Helen  Hibben. 

5 — -"Seeing  Irvington"  by  Rubberneck  Wagon 

Sommer  Robinson,  Abe  Martin  and  Friends 


6 — The  Four  Stray  Cats 

F"ern  Brendel,  Florence  McHatton,  Helen  Reed,  Beu- 
lah  Meek 

7 — An  "Intermezzo"  ..  Roger  W.  Wallace,  Herbert  Flyman 

8 — A  Class  in  Astro-Campustry 

9 — Operetta,  "A  Progressive  Pre.xy" 

By  Edward  J.  Hecker.  Music  by  Sidney  Ernestine  Flecker. 
Time — Some  years  hence.    Place — College  residence. 

CAST 

Prexy-Elect Edna  Cooper 

The  Lone  Boy Roger  W.  Wallace 


Emma  Fern  Brendel 
Hallie  McKern 
Ruth  Carolyn  Kiser 
Flora  M.  Frick 
Florence  McHatton 
Vida  E.  Ayres 
Marjorie  S.  Benton 
Elizabeth  T.  Bogert 
E.  Catherine  Martin 


Beulah  Greer 
M.  Agnes  Tilson 
Gertrude  M.  Pruitt 
Mary  Stilz 
Lora  Hussey 
Hortense  E.  Russell 
Helen  M.  Reed 
Ro.xana  Thayer 
Ruth  H.  Kramer 


Solos — "The  Old  Butler  Campus,"  Miss  Brendel ;  "A 
Progressive  College,"  Miss  McKern;  "The  College  Favor- 
ite," Mr.  Wallace.  Miss  Hecker  at  the  piano;  Mr.  Robert 
McKay,  violin. 


Zhc  fall  of  the  Bell 


CHE  x-ictoi-}'  was  ours.  From  the  diamond  hurried 
the  exultant  fans  to  congratulate  the  players  at  the 
gym.  Cheers  went  up,  and  as  the  echo  of  "Rah ! 
Rah!  Butler!"  died  away  the  first  faint  peals  of  the  college 
bell  were  wafted  o'er  the  campus.  Louder,  and  still  louder, 
came  the  melodious  sounds,  and  the  fans  stood  still,  charmed 
by  the  patriotic  clang. 

Suddenly  there  came  a  crash,  a  thud,  and  the  screams  of 
co-ed  A'oices.  Clouds  of  dust  rushed  from  the  chapel  win- 
dows. The  crowd  upon  the  campus  stood  transfixed,  as  if 
moved  by  a  single  power. 

Then  it  was  borne  upon  those  who  had  witnessed  the  scene 
that  the  old  bell  no  longer  rang.  Immediately  the  bravest 
rushed    into   the   building,   mounted   the   steps   with   great 


strides,  rushed  into  the  chapel,  and  there  perceived,  oh, 
awful  horror!  such  dire  destruction  as  Butlerites  had  never 
seen  before. 

Buried  deep  beneath  a  mass  of  debris,  muffled  and  choked 
by  the  dust,  cracked  and  silent,  lay  the  old  college  bell.  It 
had  fallen !  Up,  through  the  aperture  in  the  chapel  ceil- 
ing; up,  through  the  rent  in  the  loft  floor;  up,  through  the 
rifted  skylight,  they  saw  the  empty  cupola,  'reft  of  its  pride 
— the  bell. 

Nevermore,  when  we  are  crowned  by  the  laurels  of  ath- 
letic victory;  nevermore,  when  in  debates  we  stand  as  con- 
Cjuerors  ;  nevermore,  when  summer  breezes  hypnotize  us  into 
deeper  sleep,  or  winter's  cold  induces  us  to  longer  slumber, 
will  we  welcome  the  clanaf  of  the  old  college  bell ! 


PHI  DELTA  THETA 


pbi  Delta  Cbeta 


Founded  at  Miami  1848.  Gamma  Chapter  Founded  1859. 

Colors — Azure  and  Argent.  Flower — White  Carnation. 

yVCTIVE    CHAPTER 

James  Murra)',  '09 

Fred  Davenport,  '10  Luther  Eldridge,  '12 

Layman  Kingsbury,  '10  Albert  Grier, '12 

Claris  Adams,  '11  Lee  Moff ett,  '  1 2 

Oswald  Ryan,  '11  Harry  Stewart,  '12 

Estall  Roberts,  '11  Cullen  Thomas,  '12 

Pearl  W.  Swartz,  '  1 1  Floyd  Boston,  '  1 2 


SIGMA  CHI 


Sigma  Cbi 


Founded  at  Miami  1855. 

Colors — Lisht  l)lue  and  gold. 


Rho  Cliajjler  Founded  1865. 
Flower — White  rose. 


ACTIVE    CHAPTER 


Nathaniel  B.  Rose,  'og 
Roger  W.  Wallace,  '09 
Rohert  J.  McKay,  '10 
Benjamin  H.  Keach,  '10 
Earl  C.  Townsend,  '11 


Herbert  A.  Meek,  '12 
MacCrea  Stephenson,  "12 
Raymond  T.  Harrison,  'i.; 
Raj'  F.  Townsend,  '12 
Alurray  Mathews,  '13 


DELTA  TAU  DELTA 


Delta  Cau  Delta  i 


Founded  at  Bethany  Cijllege  1859.  Beta  Zeta  Chapter  Founded  1879. 

Colors — Purple,  gold  and  white.  Flower — Pansy. 

ACTIVE  CHAPTER 

Carl  Burkhardt,  '09 

Herbert  Redding,  '09  Jesse  Pavey,  '12 

Carl  Bainett,  '10  Ralph  Batten,  '12 

George  Moffett,  '10  Joe  Mullane.  '12 

Paul  Hurst, '11  Fred  Schortenieier,  '12 

Harold  Tharp,  '11  Frank  Woolling,  '12 

John  Spiegel,  '12  Paul  Ragsdale,  '12 


Founded  at  Butler  igo8. 


Hau  Kappa  Hlpba 


Color — Purple. 


NATIONAL  OFFICERS 

Hon.  Hugh  Th.  Aliller,  of  Indiana,  President. 

J.  J.  Bojde,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  Vice  President. 

Oswald  Ryan,  of  Indiana,  Secretary. 

Roger  W.  Wallace,  of  Indiana,  Assistant  Secretary. 

Walter  H.  Lvnn,  of  Illinois,  Treasurer. 


Oswald  R^-an 
G.  Claris  Adams 
Roger  W.  Wallace 


BUTLER    SUB-CHAPTER 


P.  W.  S«-artz 
Elbert  H.  Clarke 
John  S.  Kenyon 


Herbert  R.  Hyman 
John  Spiegel 
Nathaniel  B.  Rose 


Fred  Schortemeier 
John  McKay 
Carl  Barnett 


Can  Kappa  Hlpba 


CAU  KAPPA  ALPH.V  is  a  national  honorary  fra- 
ternity, based  upon  excellence  in  oratory  and  de- 
bate. Its  purpose  is  to  encourage  among  the  col- 
lege men  of  the  country  sincere  oratory  and  effective  public 
speaking.  While  Tau  Kappa  Alpha  was  founded  by  Indiana 
college  men  in  the  office  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor  of  the 
state,  it  had  its  origin  at  Butler  College,  and  has  been,  fn  mi 


the  first,  closely  associated  with  the  Irvington  institution. 
At  the  present  time  the  fraternity  maintains  chapters  in  Indi- 
ana. Ohio,  Massachusetts,  South  Dakota,  Georgia,  Tennes- 
see, Washington,  Colorado  and  Maine.  Elections  to  the  fra- 
ternit}'  are  conferred  upon  college  men  who  have  won  honors 
in  interccillegiate  oratory  or  debate.  At  the  State  con\en- 
tiiin,  (111  May  13.  nineteen  men  were  initiated. 


Lambda  XTau  Beta  Iota 


6 


9 


KAI'PA  ALPHA  THETA 


Kappa  Hlpba  Cbeta 


Founded  at  DePauw  1870.  Gamma  Chapter  Founded  1906. 

Colors — Black  and  gold.  Flower — Black  and  yellow  pansy. 

ACTIVE  CHAPTER 

Margaret  Axtel  '09 

Lois  Stivons  Brown,  '09  Marjorie  Benton,  '11 

Maude  Boston, '10  Blanch  Gordon,  '11 

Fern  Brendel,  '10  Beulah  Meek, 'i  i 

Roxana  Thayer,  '11  Helen  Davis,  '11 

Helen  Reed,  '11  Alice  Mummenhoff,  '11 

Nell  Reed,  '11  Lois  Cooper, 'i  i 

Margaret  Barr,  11  Marion  Bottsford,  '11 


KAPPA  KAPPA  GAMMA 


Kappa  Kappa  6amma 


Founded  at  Monmouth  j  870.  AIu  Chapter  Foundeil  1878. 

Colors — Dark  and  hght  blue.  Flower — Fleur-de-lis. 

ACTIVE    CHAPTER 

Elizabeth  Brayton,  '09  Katherine  Martin,   '11 

Elizabeth  Bogert,  '09  Lucile  Sellers,  '12 

Bernice  Sinclair,  '10  Marguerite  Hubbard,  '12 

Gertrude  Pruitt,  '11  Mary  Cravens,  '12 

Mary  Griggs,  "11  Laura  Kirkpatrick,  '12 

Ruth  Hendrickson,  '11  Juel  Cochrane,  '12 

Hallie  McKern,  '11  Mary  Montgomery,  '12 


PI  BETA  PHI 


pi  Beta  pbi 


Founded  Monmouth  1867. 

Colors — Wine  and  silver  blue. 


Gamma  Chapter  Founded  1897. 
Flower — Wine  carnation. 


ACTIVE   CHAPTER 


Edna  Cooper,  '09 
Lora  Hussey,  '10 
M.  Agnes  Tilson,  '10 
Clara  Holladay,  '10 
Hortense  E.  Russell,  'i: 
Mildred  Moorhead,  '11 


Edith  Brown,  "11 
Mary  Stilz,  '12 
Carrie  Cooper,  '12 
Ruth  Kramer,  '12 
Pauline  Michaels,  ' 
Willa  Vance,  '12 


GRADUATE    STUDENT 

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FOOTBALL  TEAM,  'oS 


Top    Row — Ryan,  manager;         McKay,  coach;        Hartley;         Thomas;         Stiffler;         Grier;         Kerrick,    assistant  manager. 

Middle  Row— Hartman;        Lawson;         Wallace;        Schmid;         Stewart;         Garriott. 

Bottom  Row — Batton;         Tharp;         Cruse;        McKay,  captain;        Leukhardt;        Pavey. 


Htbktice 


aNDOUBTEDLY  the  most  successful  year  in  atli- 
letics  with  which  Butler  has  been  graced  in  man)- 
seasons  was  that  of  'oS-'og.  In  every  branch  of 
outdoor  athletics  the  Blue  and  White  either  equalled  or 
excelled  her  opponents,  and  in  indoor  activities  the  institu- 
tion made  an  equally  brilhant  record.  Never  in  the  past 
vear  have  the  Butler  teams  lieen  "walked  awav  with,"  and 


the  time  is  yet  to  come  when  our  banner  is  "trampled  in  the 
dust"  by  opposing  teams.  We  have  produced  some  of  the 
l)est  athletes  in  the  state  of  Indiana ;  some  of  our  men  have 
been  placed  on  the  all-state  teams,  and,  though  some  were 
not  so  fortunate  as  to  receive  this  mention,  we  may  say  in 
their  behalf  that  they  are  yet  to  be  sho«'n  an  opponent  whom 
they  did  not  successfullv  take  care  of. 


football 


CHE  football  season  of  1908  opened  very  auspi- 
ciously. Though  there  was  not  an  enormous  fund 
of  material  from  which  to  develop  a  team,  yet  every 
man  who  came  out  for  practice  proved  to  be  a  conscientious 
and  energetic  worker.  There  were  always  enough  men  on 
the  field,  however,  to  hold  lively  scrimmage  practice,  and 
this,  more  than  any  one  thing,  resulted  in  the  development 
of  the  championship  team. 

The  first  gamje  of  the  season  was  with  Winona  Tech.,  on 
October  10.  Although  everyone  was  a  bit  anxious  about 
the  outcome  of  the  game  some  days  before  the  contest,  be- 
cause the  team,  for  the  most  part,  was  composed  of  new 
men,  after  the  first  few  minutes  of  plaj'  the  Butlerites  rested 
content,  confident  of  the  result.     We  Avon  by  a  score  of 


22  to  5,  ^^'innna  scoring  on  a  fluke  at  the  beginning  of  the 
second  half. 

The  second  game  came  on  October  17,  when  Hanover 
came  into  our  camp  to  taste  of  the  bitter  cup  of  defeat.  With 
the  memory  of  the  contest  with  Hanover  in  1907  constantly 
before  them,  our  boys  went  into  the  game  to  play  their  very 
best.  The  result  is  evident  when  one  recalls  that  Butler 
came  out  of  the  fra}-  with  the  "long  end"  of  an  18  to  o  score 
in  her  possession.  Next  camie  Franklin  on  October  21. 
With  the  Earlham  game  but  a  few  days  ahead,  the  Butler 
team  saved  itself  as  much  as  possible,  but  trounced  the  Bap- 
tists to  the  tune  of  8  to  o. 

Now  came  the  Earlham  game.  On  October  30  Coach 
McKay  took  the  team  to  Knightstown   for  a  final   secret 


practice.  Here  Bob  McKay  was  elected  captain  for  the  rest 
of  the  season.  On  the  morning  of  the  31st  the  team  left  for 
Richmond  and  rested  for  the  afternoim  contest.  Just  before 
the  game  started  the  Butler  Special  arrived,  loaded  down 
with  the  noisiest,  most  enthusiastic  crowd  of  rooters  tliat 
ever  invaded  the  Quaker  village,  and  from  that  time  on 
nothing  in  the  rooting  line  could  be  heard  but  Butler  yells 
and  an  occasional  "lost  chord"  from  one  of  Earlham's 
dirges.  It  took  only  a  few  minutes  for  the  Butler  team  to 
get  started,  and  before  the  Quaker  youth  had  awakened  to 
the  fact  that  a  game  was  already  in  progress  the  Butler  men 
had  scored  on  a  forward  pass.  After  this  it  was  nothing 
but  a  steady  march  up  and  down  the  field,  with  the  Blue  and 
White  at  the  head  of  the  procession  and  an  Irvingtonian 
carrying  the  ball.  The  final  score  was  31  to  o.  Butler  had 
avenged  herself. 

On  November  14  Franklin  appeared  on  Irwin  Field  to  re- 
ceive another  trouncing,  but  this  time  by  a  score  of  21,  to  o. 
On  the  20th  Hanover  was  beaten  10  to  o,  and  preparation 
for  the  Thanksgiving  Day  contest  was  completed.  The 
Franklin  game  was  played  in  a  driving  snow-storm  and  the 
game  with  Hanover  on  a  stony  field  at  Madison.  The  result 
was  that  our  team  found  itself  in  a  pretty  badly  crippled 
condition  just  three  days  before  the  big  game.  The  men 
worked  hard  those  three  days  and  had  overcome  many  of 
the  obstacles  by  Thanksgiving  Day. 

The  weather  was  propitious  and  a  large  crowd  attended 
the  game.     The  first  half  was  a  see-saw  up  and  down  the 


field  and  ended  without  either  team  securing  a  tally.  Butler 
started  the  second  half  with  renewed  vigor  and  determina- 
tion ;  brought  the  ball  into  Poly  territory ;  lost  it  on  a  fum- 
ble; held  their  opponents  for  clowns;  blocked  their  attempt 
to  kick,  gaining  possession  of  the  ball ;  rushed  it  across  the 
line  for  a  touchdown,  and  kicked  g'oal.  Soon  afterward  we 
again  worked  the  ball  into  Poly  territory  and  were  about  to 
score,  when,  on  a  Cjuestionable  decision  by  the  referee  of 
coaching  from  the  sidelines,  we  lost  the  ball.  This  action 
disheartened  the  team  and  thev  were  never  quite  able  to 
return  to  their  previous  form.  The  Rose  men  took  advan- 
tage of  this  drop  in  our  spirits,  and  b}'  hard  w^ork  advanced 
the  ball  down  the  field  for  a  touchdown.  On  the  kick  for 
goal  the  close  decision  was  given  to  Poly.  The  score  stood 
6  to  6  and  remained  in  the  same  ratio  at  the  end  of  the 
contest. 

Butlerites  may  be  prejudiced  in  their  opinion,  but  the 
neutral  spectators  maintain  that  we  outplayed  Rose  Poly. 
We  therefore  believe  that  we  are  justified  in  claiming  the 
secondary  football  championship,  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
I  >iu-  (july  means  of  comparing  the  two  teams  is  by  the  Earl- 
liam  contest,  this  being  the  only  college  that  we  both  played, 
and  a  school  which  Butler  beat  by  nine  points  more  than  did 
Poly.  During  the  season  Butler  registered  118  points  to 
her  opponents'  11,  did  not  lose  a  single  game  and  tied  Rose 
Poly.  Such  a  brilliant  record  is  a  memorj'  to  be  long  cher- 
ished. 

Team  work,  developed  by  the  careful  efforts  of  Coach 


McKay,  was  the  source  of  our  \-ictories.  Our  working  of 
the  forward  pass  and  manipulation  of  trick  formations  was 
conceded  to  have  been  the  best  in  the  state.  The  Butler  team 
was  outweighed  by  ever^'  team  it  played,  and  yet,  when  it 
became  necessary  to  play  straight  ft)otball,  we  far  outshone 
our  adversaries. 

Thomas  was  selected  for  an  all-state  position.  His  punt- 
ing" was  the  best  in  the  state,  and  he  was  our  surest  man  on 
receiving  the  forward  pass.  He  \\'as  chosen  to  lead  the  team 
next  year.  Stiffler,  at  end,  was  mentioned  by  authorities  as 
all-state  material,  but,  being  a  Freshman,  was  not  eligible 
for  selection.  The  backfield  worked  well  together  and  was 
especially  strong  on  offense.  The  line  held  like  a  stone  wall 
and  tore  holes  in  the  defense  of  their  opponents,  through 
which  the  backfield  men  rushed  the  ball  for  g-ains. 


The  twelve  men  who  played  in  the  required  number  of 
games  were  presented  with  sweater  coats  bearing  the  ofificial 
football  B.  Their  names  and  the  general  lineup  of  the  team 
follow  :  Hartley,  center;  Hartman  and  Cruse,  guards;  Bat- 
ton,  Leukhardt  and  Thomas,  tackles;  Stiffler,  Eldridge  and 
Thtimas,  ends ;  Grier,  Townsend  and  Garriott,  halves ;  Stew- 
art, full  back;  Mclvay,  '[uarter.  The  substitutes  whose  con- 
sistent work  aided  the  team  greatly  were  Tharp  and  Lawson 
in  the  line  and  Schmid  and  Pavey  in  the  backfield. 

A  great  factor  in  the  success  of  the  team  was  the  loyal 
support  of  the  students.  Regardless  of  the  weather,  they 
came  to  root  for  the  team,  both  at  the  home  games  and  at 
many  of  the  out-of-town  contests.  Such  support  means 
worlds  to  a  team,  and  to  continue  it  next  year  cannot  but 
result  in  another  champiimship  in  football  for  Butler. 


Basketball 


^"w-^  HAT  promised  to  l)e  a  \'ery  disappointing  season  in 
1  1  F  basketball  turned  out  to  be  one  of  the  most  success- 
\~m^  ful  careers  in  this  sport  that  Butler  has  enjoyed  for 
a  long  time.  With  some  of  the  best  men  in  school  out  of  the 
game  on  account  of  injuries  received  in  practice,  and  several 
other  players  on  the  ineligible  list,  the  pr(.ispects  for  the  sea- 
son were  not  ven'  brilliant. 

A  great  surprise  was  sprung,  however,  when,  on  Januar}' 
22,  in  the  first  game  of  the  season,  we  defeated  Hanover  b}- 
a  score  of  37  to  21.     The  game  was  fast,  but  so  one-sided 


that  toward  the  end  it  ceased  to  be  exciting.  The  second 
game  was  played  on  the  27th  with  Notre  Dame.  With  Rose 
and  Thomas  out  of  the  running  on  account  of  the  injuries 
to  one  and  illness  of  the  other,  Butler  conceded  the  game  to 
the  Catholics.  Although  the  first  half  was  closely  contested, 
the  second  half  proved  to  lie  a  walk-away  for  the  men  from 
South  Bend.  The  linal  score  was  47  to  11  in  favor  of  Xotre 
Dame. 

On  January  29  the  team  went  to  Richmond  for  their  con- 
test with  Earlham.     Although  Thomas  and  Harrison  were 


BASKETBALL  TEAM,  'oy 


Back  Ron — lloffett;        Murray;         McKay,  coach;         Tharp; 
Front  Row— Rose;        Harrison;  McKay;        Kingsbury;         Marsli;         Tliomas:         McCrea,  coach. 


back  in  the  game,  neither  was  in  good  condition,  and  Rose 
was  still  on  the  sidelines.  To  cap  the  climax,  after  the  first 
few  minutes  of  play,  McKay  injured  his  ankle  and  was 
forced  to  retire.  And  yet,  with  our  team  in  this  deplorable 
condition,  the  Quakers  had  a  hard  time  in  beating  us  by  a 
28  to  16  score.  The  next  game  on  the  schedule  was  with 
De  Pauw,  on  February  12.  Rose  and  McKay  were  still  out 
of  the  game,  Thomas  was  in  poor  condition  and  Captain 
Murray  was  out  of  school.  As  a  result  the  management  felt 
itself  justified  in  cancelling  this  game. 

Ha\'ing  recuperated  somewhat,  the  basketball  men  went 
to  Franklin  on  the  i6th  and  defeated  the  Baptists  by  the 
score  of  15  to  10.  On  Februai-y  22  the  team  left  for  the 
southern  trip.  We  defeated  Hanover  26  to  18,  and  the  next 
day  edged  out  Transylvania  University,  at  Lexington,  in  the 
hardest  fought  game  of  the  season.  The  score  was  29  to  28. 
The  feature  of  this  game  was  the  goal  throwing  by  Rose, 


who  caged  13  markers  out  of  15  chances,  winning  the  game 
by  one  point  on  a  goal  thrown  just  as  time  was  called. 

The  team  was  now  rounded  into  shape.  All  of  the  regu- 
lars, with  the  exception  of  Murray,  were  back  in  the  game. 
It  was  at  this  time  that  De  Pauw  and  Rose  Poly  were 
wrangling  over  the  secondary  title  in  basketball,  and  it 
seemed  a  pity  to  let  such  excellent  institutions  carry  on  a 
dispute  of  this  nature.  So  Butler  went  to  De  Pauw  and  set- 
tled the  matter.  We  defeated  De  Pauw  on  her  own  floor 
by  a  margin  of  eight  points,  the  final  score  being  32  to  24 
in  favor  of  Butler. 

This  game  closed  the  season  and  incidentally  won  for  us 
a  clear  lease  to  the  secondary  state  basketball  title.  The 
result  was  due  to  the  constant  plugging-on  of  the  Butler 
men.  Although  they  saw  nothing  of  encouragement  after 
the  first  game  of  the  season,  they  worked  the  harder  in  the 
face  of  defeat  and  ended  the  season  in  a  "blaze  of  glorv." 


Baseball 


nAST  season's  baseball  team  was  a  source  of  great 
disappointment  to  all  those  who  hold  Butler  dear. 
Nor  was  it  the  fault  of  the  players.  Every  one  of 
them  worked  hard,  but  luck  seemed  to  frown  on  us,  and, 
added  to  this,  our  facilities  were  not  the  best.  This  year, 
howe\-er,  the  team  has  prospered  far  better.  The  showing 
made  thus  far  (till  May  10)  is,  indeed,  creditable,  and  the 
future  work  of  the  team  ]5romiises  to  do  justice  to  the  high 


standard  that  our  athletics  have  reached. 

The  first  game  of  the  season  was  with  Franklin.  The 
contest  was  fast  throughout  and  the  Baptists  had  difficulty 
in  taking-  the  game  by  the  small  score  of  4  to  o. 

The  following  Saturday,  April  24,  Butler  played  Earl- 
ham.  By  this  time  the  team  was  in  better  condition  and 
played  more  consistent  ball.  The  Quakers  were  represented 
by  one  of  the  strongest  teams  that  they  have  ever  had,  and. 


BASEBALL  TEAM,  '09 


Tliomas:        Gi 
Cruse:        Boston 


i:  Kingsbury: 

Jleek;         Krowder: 


\,lams:  McKay,  coach. 


although  the  game  was  practically  cnnceded  frnm  the  hegin- 
nuig,  it  cannot  be  said  that  it  was  one-sided.  Eaiihani 
won  6  to  2. 

On  April  30  the  game  with  Lake  Forest  was  played.  But- 
ler had  the  contest  all  her  own  way  until  the  ninth  inning, 
leading  the  Foresters  by  two  runs.  At  this  point  the  Chi- 
cago boys  rallied  and  succeeded  in  sending  three  men  across 
the  plate.  Butler  was  unable  to  score  in  the  last  half  of  the 
ninth  and  the  game  went  to  Lake  Forest.  Score  :  Butler,  4 ; 
Lake  Forest,  5.  By  the  showing  that  the  men  made  in  this 
game  the  Butler  fans  came  to  realize  that  we  were  possessed 
of  a  no  mean  team  and  that  our  standard  in  athletics  was  not 
in  jeopardy. 

The  following  day.  May  i,  the  team  left  for  Greencastle 
to  play  De  Pauw.  On  account  of  the  weather  the  contest 
was  not  as  fast  as  it  might  have  been,  and  yet  the  Blue  and 


White  played  a  very  goorl  article  of  ball.  The  game  with 
De  Pauw  resulted  in  a  \-ictiiry  f(ir  the  Methodists  by  a  score 
of  5  to  2,  all  the  scoring  being  done  in  the  first  two  innings. 

The  rest  of  the  baseball  season  is  but  a  matter  of  specula- 
tion, as  far  as  the  "Drifters"  are  concerned,  but  our  most 
fervent  wish  is  for  the  team  to  win  every  game  from  this 
time  on  and  bag  the  secondary  baseball  title. 

The  schedule  for  the  remainder  of  the  season  follows : 

May   13 — Rose  Poly,  Irwin  Field. 

May   1 5 — De  Pauw,  Irwin  Field. 

May   1 9 — Indiana,  at  Bloomington. 

May  22 — Rose  Poly,  at  Terre  Haute. 

May  24 — Earlham,  at  Richmond. 

May  28 — Franklin,  at  Franklin. 

June     2 — Lake  Forest,  at  Chicago. 

June     3 — Notre  Dame,  at  South  Bend. 


rbc  Track  jVIccts 


CHE  first  inter-class  track  meet  at  Butler  was  that 
held  May  7,  1909.  Much  interest  was  taken  in  the 
various  e\ents  and  class  spirit  ran  high.  A  large 
crowd  attended  to  cheer  the  men  to  vict(iry,  and  the  close 
finishes  in  many  of  the  events  calleil  forth  the  best  support 
of  the  rooters. 

Although  no  records  were  broken,  the  meet  was  character- 
ized by  good  work.  Good  time  was  made  in  the  sprints  and 
the  distances  covered  in  the  field  events  were  beyond  expecta- 


tion. Layman  Kingsbury,  of  the  Juniors,  won  indixidual 
lionors,  scoring  21  of  the  Juniors'  22  points.  The  Fresh- 
men won  the  meet  b)"  a  large  marg'in,  scoring-  58  points. 
The  Sophomores  ranked  second  with  26  points,  the  Juniors 
tliird  with  22,  and  the  Seniors  fourth  with  1 1  points. 

On  May  25  Butler,  De  Pauw  and  Franklin  held  a  trian- 
gular track  meet  on  Irwin  Field.  Butler  secured  second 
place  and  the  indi\idual  champion,  Roberts;  De  Pauw 
ranked  first  and  won  the  relay  cup ;  and  Franklin  stood  third. 


X^cnnis 


CHE  most  popular  summer  pastime  at  Butler  is  ten- 
nis, possibly  because  of  the  opportunity  it  affords 
the  co-eds  to  show  their  athletic  ability  and  partly 
because  of  the  wholesome  exercise  it  affords.  And  Butler 
has  always  been  exceptionally  successful  in  tennis  whenever 
she  has  tried  her  skill  with  other  colleges.  We  have  won 
several  state  titles,  both  in  the  singles  and  in  the  doubles. 
Last  year  Nate  Rose  walked  away  with  the  state  champion- 
ship in  the  singles,  beating  the  other  crack  college  men  of 
the  state  in  the  meet  at  Bloomington. 


Butler  also,  defeated  Wabash  in  a  dual  meet  last  spring, 
the  representatives  of  the  Little  Giants  being  unable  to  cap- 
ture a  single  set.  Late  last  fall  Butler  and  Indiana  held  a 
dual  meet  at  Bloomington,  but  we  were  not  quite  as  success- 
ful as  we  had  been  earlier  in  the  year,  though  in  the  dual 
meet  this  year  Butler  defeated  Indiana  in  ever)'  set. 

This  year  our  prospects  are  brighter  than  ever  before. 
With  the  state  inter-collegiate  meet  on  our  own  courts,  and 
the  addition  of  several  exceptional  men,  Butler  should  again 
romp  away  with  everything  in  sight  in  the  tennis  line. 


'Cbc  Coaches 

Coach  McKay  is  a  graduate  of  Westminster 
College.  At  that  institution  he  took  jiart  in 
every  branch  of  athletics  supported  by  the 
school.  He  made  the  'varsity  in  football,  base- 
ball, track,  basketball  and  tennis,  winning  the 
Pennsylvania  collegiate  title  in  the  singles,  in 
igo6.  Coach  McKay  has  done  a  great  deal  in 
developing  the  championship  teams  that  have 
represented  Butler  since  his  connection  with 
athletics  at  the  college. 


JOHN  McKAY 


Coach  McCrea  is  a  graduate  of  Lake  Forest. 
While  at  that  institution  he  played  baseball, 
basketball  and  was  a  member  of  the  track  team. 
He  coached  the  basketball  team  during  its  past 
successful  season,  developing  it  from  a  sure 
loser  into  a  championship  five. 


Coaches — Continued 

Coach  Shideler,  wlin  has  charge  of  the  track  work, 
is  a  member  of  the  Marion  Athletic  Club  of  Indian- 
a])i>lis.  He  holds  a  state  record  in  the  hurdles  and 
is  a  fast  dash  man.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of 
the  Indiana  University  track  team,  gaining  a  world's 
record  while  there.  It  was  due.  largely,  to  the  ef- 
fnrts  of  Coach  Shideler  that  we  were  able  to  make 
such  a  good  showing  in  the  triangular  meet  with 
Franklin  and  De  Pauw.  He  is  an  effective  coach 
and  experienced  athlete. 


THE  DORM  ANGELS 


Calendar 


SEPTEMBER 

22 — College  opens  for  business.  County  option  bill  passes 
State  Senate.  Water  wagon  invades  campus,  together  with 
fluttering  co-eds  who  "spike"  without  contract. 

25 — Coach  McKay  issues  first  call  for  football  candidates, 
giving  Professor  Coleman  opportunity  to  sound  remiss 
warning. 

29 — President's  reception  at  college  residence. 

30 — J.  R.  G.  engineers  election  of  officers  for  the  Sn])hs 
and  Lincohi  League.  The  wheels  of  his  machine  buzz  busily. 

OCTOBER 

I — Babes  elect  scrap  captain  and,  incidentally,  officers. 
2 — Sandwich  Club  chooses  dishwashers. 
3 — De  Pauw  cancels  game  because  of  "; efrigeraticn  of 
pedal  extremities." 

8 — "Select  few"  of  the  Seniors  elect  class  officers. 

9 — Bleachers  moved  across  campus. 

10 — First  football.   Butler,  22:  ^\'in(lna,  5. 

14 — 'Red  Letter  Day.   Juniors  elect  officers. 

17 — Butler,  18;  Hanover,  o. 

19 — Dual  tennis  meet  with  Indiana. 

22 — Press  Club  elects  officers.    Dramatic  Club  organizes. 

24 — Football  at  Franklin.   Butler,  8 ;  Franklin,  o. 


28 — Literclass  Basketball  League  organized. 
30 — Dorm  Hallowe'en  party  behind  drawn  blinds. 
31 — At  Richmond.    Butler,  31  ;  Earlham,  o.     Butler  Spe- 
cial returns.    Great  celebration  on  campus. 

NOVEMBER 

y — Bleachers  mcned  back. 

14 — Butler,  23:  Franklin,  o. 

17 — Stififier-Grier  combination  makes  German  recitation. 
Professor  Egger  calls  for  smelling  salts. 

20 — At  Madison.  Butler,  8;  Hanover,  o. 

22 — Bleachers  moved  once  more. 

26 — Turkey  day.  Butler,  6 ;  Rose  Poly.  6.  Claim  to  sec- 
ondary title  justified.   Football  men  banqueted, 

DECEMBER 

3 — Co-ed  Panliellenic  in  gym.  Api;reciative  audience 
crowds  windows. 

4 — Interclass  basketball.     Seniors  and  Freshmen  winners. 

8 — Hyman  hangs  one  on  Schleppy.  Interclass  basketball 
continued.  Juniors  and  Freshmen  win. 

10 — Football  team  receives  jerseys. 

II — Robinson's  thunder  pierces  quiet  of  library.  Orato- 
rical primary  held  in  chapel. 

18 — Exams.    Crams.    Slams. 


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JANUARY,  1909 

5 — Winter  term  begins.  Prexy  issues  the  "Do  Nots." 
Flight  of  "Milady  Nicotine." 

14 — Formal  opening  of  Phi  Delta  Theta  house. 

21 — Philokurians  insure  furniture  and  lock  hall. 

22 — Basketball.   Butler,  37;  Hanover,  21. 

27 — Butler,  1 1 ;  Notre  Dame,  47. 

28 — Debate  primary  begins.  Browcler  on  corrupt  legis- 
lators. 

29 — More  debate  primary.  Basketball  at  Richmond.  But- 
ler, 16;  Earlham,  28.  Prexy,  in  chapel,  on  corrupt  legis- 
lators. 

FEBRUARY 

6 — Founder's  daj'  luncheons. 

7 — Founder's  day  ser^•^ce  at  Downey  Avenue  Christian 
Church. 

8 — "Best  Laid  Plans,"  followed  by  progressive  dance,  fol- 
lowed by  prex}',  followed  b}^  green  carpet,  follo\A-ed  by  vaca- 
tion. 

12 — State  oratorical.     Robinson  captures  fourth  place. 

13 — Ben  Keach  appears  in  his  Tampioca  stripe. 

15 — Miss  Allen  entertains  Dramatic  Club. 

16 — Butler  cripples  beat  Franklin  15  to  10. 

19 — Tombstone  planters  get  busy. 

22 — Basketball  at  Hanover.   Butler,  26;  Hanover,  18. 

23 — Basketball  at  Lexington.  Butler,  29;  Transylva- 
nia, 28. 


MARCH 

2 — Butler  captures  secondary  Ijasketball  title.  Butler,  34; 
De  Pauw,  26. 

4 — "He  hita  da  ball,  let  him  geta  da  ball." 

1 2 — Triangular  debate.    Even  break. 

15 — "Squid"  Hamp  earns  his  name  and  "two  bits." 

20 — Dramatic  Club  "barn-storms"  Greenfield. 

23 — Professor  Woodhead  enters  chapel  to  the  tune  of 
Mendelssohn's  Weddiitg  March. 

25 — Exams.   Oh,  woeful  thought! 

27 — Exams  over.   Oh  !  happy  day  ! 


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APRIL 
-Spring  term  begins — and  it  isn't  an  April  fool  joke 

First  baseball  practice. 

Seniors  appear  in  cap  and  gown. 

"Nellie"  Blizzard  and  "Myrtle"  Hurst  christened. 

-Village  choir  appears  in  chapel. 

-Astronomy  class  takes  first  moonlight  stroll. 

-"The  Tale  of  Persia,"  or  "How  to  Make  a  Short 

Long." 

—Baseball.   Butler,  2  ;  Franklin.  6. 

-Glen  Cruse  thinks  about  a  hair  cut. 

—Bleachers  shifted. 

-Baseball.   Butler,  o ;  Earlham,  4. 

-Bleachers  pushed  behind  backstop. 

-Lake  Forest,  5  ;  Butler,  4.    Basketball  team  receives 


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MAY 

I — De  Pauw,  5  ;  Butler,  2. 

3 — Baseball  vaudeville.   "The  catalogue  says  so!" 

7 — ^Interclass  track  meet.  Freshmen  win.  Juniors  have 
individual  champion.  State  Press  Association  banquet  at 
Bloomington. 

S^Faculty  party  for  Seniors. 

10 — "Drift"  goes  to  press.   Vaudeville  repeated. 

1 3 — Rose  Poly  game.   Rose,  i ;  Butler,  o. 

15 — De  Pauw  game.  Butler,  4 ;  De  Pauw,  3.  College  bell 
yanked  from  its  place  by  exultant  rooters. 

17 — Track  tryouts. 

19 — Butler  vs.  Indiana  at  Bloomington. 

20 — Dual  tennis  meet  with  Indiana. 

22 — Butler  at  Rose  Poly. 

23 — Ajax  Hartman  discovered  smiling  at  a  fair  co-ed. 


24 — ^Butler  vs.  Earlham  at  Richmond. 
25 — Triangular  track  meet  with  De  Pauw  and  Franklin. 
27 — State  intercollegiate  tennis  tournament  on  Irwin  field. 
28 — Baseball  at  Franklin. 

JUNE 

2 — Butler  vs.  Lake  Forest  at  Chicago. 

3 — Baseball  at  South  Bend  against  Notre  Dame. 

9 — The  "Drift"  is  out ! 

1 3 — Baccalaureate. 

14 — Philo  alumni  banquet. 

15 — President's  reception. 

16 — Class  day.     Alumni  reunion. 

17 — Graduation.    Fare  Seniors. 

THE  YEAR  IS  DONE 


PROF.  A.  K.  ROGERS 


trbo8c  Questions 


EASIEST  COURSE— French.  31;  Campustry.  18;  Ph.vsical  Culture;, 
14 :  German,  1 1 :  Oratory  and  Debating,  I  r ;  English,  9 ;  Philosophy,  7 ; 
Political  Science,  7;  Biology,  4;  Bible,  4;  Astronomy,  3;  Mathematics, 
2;  History,  2;  Latin,  2;  Chemistr\',  — ;  Didn't  take  it,  13. 

HARDEST  COURSE— History,  35:  English,  22;  Bible,  ij;  Greek, 
11:  Mathematics,  11:  Latin,  6;  Astronomy,  5;  Chemistry,  5;  Philoso- 
phy, 3;  Political  Science,  3;  German,  2;  Biology,  2;  Campustry,  2; 
French.  — ;  Chapel,  — ;  Oratory  and  Debating,  — :  All  subjects,  7. 

MOST  BENEFICIAL  COURSE— English,  49;  Philosophy.  24 
History,  10 ;  Astronomy,  7 ;  Bible,  7 ;  Campustry,  5 ;  Mathematics,  5 
Biology,  3 ;  Chemistry,  3 ;  German,  3 ;  Physical  Culture,  2 ;  Dutch,  — 
Political  Science,  — ;  Spanish,  — :  Latin,  — ;  French,  — ;  None,  7. 

GREATEST  NEED  OF  COLLEGE— Students,  31 ;  Enthusiasm,  25: 
Faculty,  13;  Gym,  13;  Money,  11;  Buildings,  g;  Men's  dorm,  6;  Presi- 
dent, 6;  Payments  on  endowment,  3;  More  frats,  2;  Dairy  lunch,  3-; 
Baseball  pants,  2 ;  Athletic  committee,  2 ;  Less  work,  2 ;  Elevator,  2 : 
Live  ones,  2 ;  Song  books,  2 :  Baseball  t^am,  2 ;  Progressive  Prexy  and 
Faculty,  2:  Chapel  decoration,  2;  Moonlight  on  campus,  — ;  Speech 
from  Prof.  Rogers,  — :  Cushions  in  chapel,  — ;  None,  4. 

BEST  FEATURE  OF  COLLEGE— Campus,  22;  Location,  14:  Ath- 
letics, 10;  Co-eds,  12;  Faculty,  10:  Standard  of  scholarship,  8;  Prexy 
6 :  Dorm,  6 ;  Chapel,  5 ;  Cigarettes,  5 ;  Chapel  only  twice  a  week,  5 
Relation  of  Faculty  and  students,  4 :  Vacations,  2 ;  Summer  hovises,  2 
Seniors,  2 ;  Lady  instructors,  2 ;  Work,  2 :  Green  carpet,  2 ;  Choir,  4 
Frats,  — ;  Bell,  — ;  The  Nose,  — ;  Prof.  Woo-head:  That  the  old  profs 
will  Hnally  get  pensioned  off,  — ;  None,  5. 

NEW  PROFESSORSHIP  OR  CHAIR  MOST  NEEDED— Bible. 
21;  Physics,  10;  Domestic  Science,  10;  Political  Science,  9;  Campustry, 
6;  Music,  3;  Law  and  Medicine,  3;  Education,  3:  Etiquette,  3;  Greek 
Arts,  3;  Coach,  2;  Forestry,  2;  Biology,  2:  German,  — ;  Chapel  leader. 


— :  Greek,  — :  Mathematics,  — ;  Oratory  and  Debating,  — ;  Latin,  — ; 
French,  — ;  Palmistry  and  Mind  Reading,  — ;  Reclining  chair,  — ; 
Chiropody.  — ;  Psychology,  — ;  Archaeology,  — ;  Too  many  to  men- 
tion, 44. 

MOST  POPULAR  MEMBER  OF  FACULTY— Rogers,  46;  Cole- 
man, 13:  Howe,  11;  Mclntyre,  10:  McKay,  g;  Moore,  g;  Graydon,  7; 
Allen,  6;  Bruner.  6;  Kenyon.  6;  Woodhead,  4;  Clint,  3;  Johnson,  — ; 
Egger,  — . 

MOST  POPULAR  SENIOR— Bogert,  22;  Murray,  20;  Wallace, 
19;  Burkhart,  18;  Cooper,  18;  Clarke,  12;  Rose,  10;  Brayton,  s;  Law- 
son,  4;  Toph,  2;  Baird,  2;  Boston,  — ;  Dulcie  Longnecker,  — ;  Abe 
Martin,  — :  Fawn  Lippincut,  — ;  Burnau,  — . 

SENIOR  WHO  HAS  DONE  MOST  GOOD  FOR  BUTLER— Wal- 
lace, 31;  Clarke,  16;  Burkhart,  12;  Murray,  10:  Rose,  10 ;  Brayton,  7; 
Manker,  5:  Bogert,  4;  Cooper,  3;  Toph,  3;  Baird,  3;  Lawson,  3;  Axtell, 
2;  Burnau,  2;  The  one  who  lias  said  least  about  it,  2. 

BEST  LOOKING  SENIOR  (MAN)— Rose,  52;  Burkhart,  30; 
Kile,  19:  Baird,  10;  Murray,  6;  Wallace,  6;  Clarke,  3;  Burnau,  2;  Law- 
son,  — ;  Lee,  — ;  The  one  who  uses  Pear's  soap,  — . 

BEST  LOOKING  SENIOR  (GIRL)— Bogert,  38;  Brayton,  22; 
Manker,  20;  Cooper,  ig;  Axtell,  10;  Toph,  6;  Nix,  3;  Brown,  3:  Kile, 
3:  Bates,  — ;  The  one  who  uses  Pompeiian  cream,  — ;  Boston,  — ;  None 
of  them,  — ;  Searchme,  — . 

MOST  VERSATILE  SENIOR— Clarke,  37;  Wallace,  2g;  Manker, 
It  ;  Rose.  7:  Bogert.  6:  Burkhart.  5;  Brown.  5;  Lawson,  3;  Brayton.  2; 
Burnau.  2;  Long.  2:  Toph.  — ;  Murray,  — :  Boston,  — ;  Cooper,  — . 

SENIOR  WHO  IS  EXPECTED  TO  MAKE  THE  AIOST  BRIL- 
LIANT RECORD— (MAN)— Clarke,  31;  Burkhart.  31;  Wallace.  18: 
Alurray.   15:   Rose,    T2;    Barnett,  3;   Lawson,   — .   Lee,  — ;    Burnau,  — . 


(GIRL)— r.raylon,  27:  Bogcrl,  26;  Cooper,   16;  Topli,  T5 ;   Axtcll,   15; 
Kile,  7:  Nix,  2. 

POLITICS  OF  STUDENTS— Republiean,  85;  Prohihition.  21; 
Democrat,  15;  Local  Option  Republican,  4;  People's,  3:  LilKral.  2. 

HOW  WE  STAND  ON  WOMAN'S  SUFFRAGE— Against,  92: 
For,  29;  Neutral,  9;  Fininst,  i;  On  one  foot  only,  4. 

WHAT  WE  EXPECT  TO  DO  AFTER  LEAVING  COLLEGE— 
Teach,  23;  Go  into  business,  15;  preach,  12;  Nothing,  11;  Practice  law, 
9;  Marry,  8;  Travel,  6;  Never  expect  to  leave,  5;  Cook  for  mother,  5: 
Everybody,  3 ;  Save  souls,  3 ;  Keep  house,  2 ;  Set  world  afire,  2 ;  Inter- 
preter, — ;  Consul.  — ;  Farm,  — ;  Go  home  to  father,  — ;  Missionary, 
— ;  Club  woman,  — ;  President  of  the  United  States,  — ;  Don't  know,  5. 

FAVORITE  RECREATION— Tennis,  34;  Strolling,  22;  Loafing, 
12:  Eating,  7;  Studying,  7;  Canoeing.  6;  Dancing,  3;  Music,  3;  Base- 
ball, 3;  Theater,  3;  Football,  3;  Chapel,  2;  Swimming,  2;  Basketball,  2; 
Track,  — ;  None,  15. 

FAVORITE  CHAPEL  SPEAKER— Rogers,  31;  Day,  22;  Lady 
from  Persia,  8;  Howe,  7;  Odell,  5;  Egger,  5;  Winders,  4;  Daly,  4;  Hill, 
4;  Roberts,  3:  Prexy  Butler,  3;  Sellars,  2;  Mclntyre,  2:  Moore,  2:  Mr. 
Concomitant,  — ;  McKay,  — ;  Stansfield,  — ;  Johnson,  — ;  Benton,  — ; 


Paine.  — ;  Clinton,  — :  Allen,  — ;  Coleman,  —  ;  Philpnll,  — ;  Wicks,  —  ; 
Robinson,  — ;  None.  19. 

WORST  FAULT  OF  BUTLER  GIRLS— Clic|ues,  21;  Swell-head, 
7:  Butler  boys,  6;  Lack  of  spirit,  6;  Jealousy,  6;  Worldliness,  4:  Talk- 
ing, 4;  Flirting,  4;  Paint  smearing,  3;  Lack  of  beauty,  3;  Scarcity,  3; 
Salve  spreading,  — ;  Knocking,  — ;  Campustry,  — ;  Desire  for  popular- 
ity, — ;  Giggling,  — ;  Too  many  attractive  ones,  — ;  Too  old,  — ;  Spoil- 
ing the  boys,  — ;  None,  20. 

WORST  FAULT  OF  BUTLER  BOYS— Lack  of  money.  18; 
Cliques,  10:  Impoliteness,  10;  Lack  of  spirit,  6;  Laziness,  6;  Cigarettes. 
5  :  Preaching.  5 :  Scarcity,  5  ;  Paint  smearing,  3 ;  Stupidity.  3 ;  Slowness, 
3:  Lack  of  gallantry,  3:  Butler  girls,  3;  Knockers,  — ;  Worldliness,  — ; 
Too  sporty,  — ;  Too  sh\'.  — :  Egotism.  — :  Hanging  about  girls,  — ; 
None,  I. 

COLLEGIATE  CONTESTS  PARTICIPATED  IN— Scrap,  76: 
Football,  18;  Baseball,  12;  Basketball,  g:  Tennis,  4;  Track,  2;  Inter- 
sorority  basketball,  — :  Debating,  10;  Oratory.  3';  None,  65. 

THOSE  WORKING  WAY  THROUGH  SCHOOL— Entirely.  42; 
Partially,  21  ;  Not,  80. 

MEANS  EMPLOYED— Odd  jobs,  28:  Preaching,  13;  Working 
father,  6:  Teaching,  4;  Agent's  work.  4;  Paper  route,  3:  None.  80. 


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Weesner  s  Pharmacy 

Students'  Headquarters 

Where  Good  Sodas.  Latest  Magazines  and  Fine  Candies  are  to  be  had 


PRESCRIPTIONS  A  SPECIALTY 


ORDERS  TAKEN   FOR  FURNAS  ICE  CREAM 


Dyer  Brothers 

HAND-MADE  JEWELRY.  WEDDING  INVITATIONS 
CLASS  PINS.  BADGES  AND  CALLING  CARDS  VQ 
MEDALS,  FRATERNITY  PINS.  DANCE  PROGRAMS 


A  rts  and  Crafts  Shop 


334  Massachusetts  Av 


Carl  L.  Rost 


DIAMOND  MERCHANT 


Dealer  in  All  Kinds  of  PRECIOUS  STONES.  HIGH 
GRADE  JEWELRY  and  WATCHES.  You  are  invited 
to  call  and  see  the  largest  selection  of  Precious  Stones 
in  Indiana.  COMPARISON  OF  PRICES  SOLICITED 


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frequently  refresh  the  memory  of  the  receiver.  For  a  pres- 
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We  make  a  SPECIALTY  of  FRATERNITY  GROUPS 
The  only  Ground-Floor  Gallery  in  the  city.' 


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3  Street.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


Next  to  Rink's  Cloak  Ho 


Ask  the  Boys  at  Butler 


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"The  Store  for  Values" 

KRAUSE  BROTHERS 

Bears  THE  REPUTATION  of  Giving  the  Best 
Values  in  the  city  in  HATS  and  FURNISHINGS 


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GEO.  C.  DETCH  WHEEL  CO 

229  Massachusetts  Avenue,  Indianapolis 


Robert  E.  Springsteen 

Fashionable  Tailor 

HIGH  GLASS  TAILORING  AT  A  MODERATE  COST 

7  NORTH  PENNSYLVANIA  STREET 

ODD  FELLOW  BUILDING 


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E.  W.  Bloemker 
Staple  &  Fancy  Groceries 

5446  East  Washington  Street 

A  Clean  Grocery  wilh  a  Full  Line  of  Vegetables.  Fruits 
and  Canned  Goods 

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NEW  TELEPHONE.  1807 


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The  Man  W^ho  Built  the  "Phi  Pelt"  Hou.se 

Frank  B.  Hunter 

Architect 


902-4  STATE  LIFE  BUILDING 


INDIANAPOLIS.  INDIANA 


TELEPHONE— NEW,  1987 


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Special  Inducements  to 

School  &  College  Athletes 

Gus  Habich 

142  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET.  INDIANAPOLIS 
■THE  SPORTSMAN'S  STORE' 


Goto  HABICH! 
Get  there  Quick! 
Butler.  Butler. 
Make  them  Sick! 


Let  Us  Bid  on  Your  Team  Outfit 


MEALS  AND  LUNCHES  AT  ALL  HOURS 


ICE  CREAM  AND  SODA 


Witters 
Home  Bakery  &  Restaurant 

A.  J.  Witte,  Successor  to  Mrs.  Woodmansee 

We  Have  a  Regular  Fifteen-Cent  Dinner 
From  I  1:45  till  2:00 


All  Kinds  of  Baked  Goods 

Special  Orders  Given  Prompt  Attentic 

Try  Our  Bread 


TELEPHONE— OLD,  MAIN  3463 


TELEPHONE— NEW,  4143 


Chas.  F.  Bretzman 


Qhotog 


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'The  Man  Who  Made  the  Cirkut  Photo  Famous' 


22i  NORTH  PENNSYLVANIA  STREET 


INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA 


AT  THE  IRVINGTON  POST  OFFICE— WASHINGTON  ST.  AND  RITTER  AVE. 


chool  Cffiupplies 


NEWSPAPERS  AND  MAGAZINES.  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY 

Real  Estate  &  Fire  Insurance 


GEORGE  W,  RUSSELL  Best  Companies  Represented  and  Best  Rates  Secured 


THE  BEST  PLACE  IN  THE  CITYTO  BUY  GIFTS  FOR  THE  GRADUATE 
IS  AT  THE  RELIABLE  HOUSE  OF 

J.  H.  Reed  ^~|  eweler 

Watches,  Diamonds,  Rings 

And  a  Thousand  Other  Pretty  Gifts— See  Thein— Lowest  Prices 


38  WEST  WASHINGTON  STREET 


INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA 


POSSIBLY  YOUR  CLOTHES  NEED  ATTENTION -SAVE  THE  PRICE  OF  A  NEW 
NEW  SUIT  BY  HAVING  YOUR  CLOTHES  PROPERLY  KEPT 


The  Irvington 


French  Dry  (  (leaning  Co. 


LOUIS  MENDEL,  Proprietor 


SPECIAL  PRICES-Five  Suits  Pressed  for  $2.00 
if  you  buy  a  ticket  in  advance. 


GOODS  CALLED  FOR  AND  DELIVERED 


OLD  PHONE— IRVINGTON  491 


"Do  It  Right" 

Benjamin  S.  Staley,  Je\veler 

Watch  and  Clock  Repairing.     Jewelry  Engraving.  Repairing  and 
Manufacturing.     Engraved  Stationery  and  Calling  Cards 

5460  East  Washington  St.       Phone,  Irvington  607 


THE  BEST  BARBER  SHOP  IN  IRVINGTON— STUDENT  TRADE  SOLICITED 

Fred  J.  Wieneke 

No.  9  North  Ritter  Avenue 

A  UNION  SHOP 


OLD  PHONE-IRVINCTON  216 


5542  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET 


C.D.Locke  ;  G.W.  And 


Locke  ^  Anderson 

Plumbing  and  Heating 

IRVINGTON 


Harry  Sheets 


HAS  A  DRUG  STORE  WITH  ALL  THE  USUAL  STUFF.  BUT  HE  WANTS 

The  Students  to  Try  His  Soda 

THERE  MAY  BE  BETTER,  BUT  WE  DONT  KNOW  WHERE  TO  FIND  IT 
5420  East  Washington  Street 


TWO  BARBERS-YOU  DONT  HAVE  TO  WAIT 


SHOE  SHINING  PARLOR 


Visit  the  OavI  Barber  Shop 

5540  East  Washington  Street,  Irvington 

O.  B.  HEADY.  Peopeietor 


Royer  &  Conlee 

201-217  TERMINAL  BUILDING 

Tailors 

INDIANAPOLIS,  IND. 
EVERY  BUTLER  STUDENT  KNOWS 

Albert  Nordman,  Grocer 

5199  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET,  IRVINGTON 

The  Best  Quick  Lunch  in  Irvington 

Groceries,  Vegetables,  Meats— Prompt  Deliveries 
Oid  Phone.  Irvington  123 


Help  Wanted 

/ANTED— Students  and  teachers  for  summer  and  permanent  work  to  sell  an 
ducational  proposition  absolutely  unlike  anything  on  the  market;  experi- 
nced  salespeople  will  be  given  positions  as  managers,  and  inexperienced 
people  will  be  given  free  training ;  exclusive  virgin  territory  and  suitable  salary: 
no  investment  required:  our  plan  insures  your  ; 
for  interview— two  or  more  travel  together. 


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Fraternity  Banquets  and  College  Luncheons  a  Specialty 

TABLES  MAY  BE  RESERVED  AND  LUNCHEON  OR  SUPPER  ARRANGED  FOR  DURING  THE  DAY 

W.  A.  HOLT,  Manager 


THE  SHOP  THAT  SATISFIES 

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MENS'  FURNISHING  GOODS  AT  POPULAR  PRICES 

24  North  Pennsylvania  Street 

INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA 


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203  AUDUBON  ROAD,  IRVINGTON 

A  Clean  Grocery  and  Meat  Market 


DROP  IN  AND  SEE  ME— PRICES  REASONABLE 
GOODS  DELIVERED  AT  ALL  TIMES 


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OFFICE.  5504  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET 

RESIDENCE.  5377  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET 

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Walter  F.  Kelly,  M.  D. 

OFFICE.  5513  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET 
RESIDENCE.  255  SOUTH  AUDUBON  ROAD 


Doctor  O.  C.  Neier 

Physician 

5402  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET 

Hours— 1  to  3  P.  M..  6  to  7  P.M. 


The  Pike  Studio 


539  NORTH  MERIDIAN  STREET.  INDIANAPOLIS.  INDIANA 

WINNER  OF  GOLD  MEDAL 
AT  GENOA.  ITALY 


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The  Neyv 

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WE  ARE  NOW  IN  OUR  NEW  LOCATION  AND 
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QUICK  AND  COURTEOUS  SERVICE  2800-06  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET 

The  Brenneke  Academy 

106  WEST  NORTH  STREET.  INDIANAPOLIS 

COMING  SEASON  WILL  OPEN  THE 

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R.  Kinklin,  Costumer 

245  NORTH  DELAWARE  ST..  INDIANAPOLIS 

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and  for  the  Base  Ball  Vaudeville 

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BALCONY.  CAFE  AND  DUTCH  ROOM 

Headquarters  for  College  Men 

STAG  PARTIES  AND  PARTIES  OF  ALL  KINDS 
Rales:  American  Flan   $2.50  to  $4.00:  European  Plan.  $  1 .00  to  $2.50  RUN  BY  A  COLLEGE  MAN 


EVERY  BUTLER  STUDENT  KNOWS  THAT 

Q'aigs 


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DAINTY  LUNCHES 


Stands  for  the  Best 


A  Good  Place  to  Rest  When  Down  Town 


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The  Hoover ■■  I  latson  Company 

Printers,  Photographers,  Engravers 

specialists  in  Souvenir  Books  and  College 
and  High  School  Annuals,  Publishers 
of  Fine  Catalogues 

INDIANAPOLIS.  INDIANA 


OLD  TELEPHONE,  IRVINGTON  459 


Irvington 
Livery  ^Transfer  Company 

Carriages  for  All  Occasions 

Daily  Transfer  Wagon  Between  Indianapolis  and  Irvington 
G   W.  BURKS.  Proprietor 

5438  EAST  WASHINGTON  STREET 


NEW  TELEPHONE,  5809 


OLD  TELEPHONE,  MAIN   1697 


The  Propylaeum 

Large  and  Small  Halls  for  Rent  for  Afternoon  or  Evening  Parties 

and  Weddings.    Make  Dates  Early  for  Next  Season's 

Series  of  Club  Dances,    Special  Rates  to 

Clubs.    Beautiful  Dance  Floors 

Found  at  Propylaeum 

17  EAST  NORTH  STREET,  INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA 


TELEPHONE— IRVINGTON 


H.  G.  McKenzie 

Undertaker  y  Funeral  Director 

18  NORTH  RITTER  AVENUE 
IRVINGTON 


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A  PENN  MUTUAL  PREMIUM,  less  a  PENN  MUTUAL  DIVIDEND,  purchasine  a  PENN 
MUTUAL  POLICY,  containing  PENN  MUTUAL  VALUES,  make  an  INSURANCE  PROP- 
OSITION which  in  the  sum  of  ALL  ITS  BENEFITS  is  unsurpassed  for  net  low  cost  and  care 
of  interests  of  all  members. 


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Life  Insurance  Company 


F,  B.  DAVENPORT,  General  Agent 
412-414  Indiana  Trust  BIdg. 


INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA 


BUTLER    COLLEGE 


1855  a?ra  1909 


BUTLER  COLLEGE 


INDIANAPOLIS    :    IRVINGTON 


COLLEGE  FOR  LIBERAL  EDUCATION  open  to  young  men 
and  young  women. 

All  courses  lead  to  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 

Graduates  of  commissioned  high  schools  admitted  to  Freshman 
standing  without  examination. 

Butler  College  is  accredited  for  the  professional  training  of  all 
classes  of  teachers. 


Full  information  sent  on  request;  address 

THOMAS  CARR  HOWE.  President 


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