The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-06
THE BUTLER CATALOGUE
HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ANNOUNCE
MENTs FOR NEXT YEAR.
There Will BE Several New Courses
Including One on the Drama
Faculty and Editors.

The annual catalogue OF Butler College
for the forty-fifth session, 1S99-19o0, with
announcements for next year. has gone
to the printers and will be ready for dis
tribution this week. Requirements for adj
mission to the freshman class remain the
same. but the requirements for graduation
are somewhat different from heretofore.
After admission to the college the only re-
quirements are one year Of foreign Ian
guage and one year of science. the rest
Of the work being elective. but the other
courses are so guarded by prerequisites
that election is even less limited than form
erly, the idea being to require students to
select not single years course but groups
Of courses and so have some one subject
that shall run through the four years
course.
Among the new courses announced for
next year are two in forensics under the
direction of Professors Forrest. Ames and
w. d. Howe, the faculty committee on ora
tory, and have for their purpose the train
ing Of students in public speaking The
work has been carried on during this term
and has been successful in results and In
popular interest among the students.
Work which will be offered for the first
time next year consists of two courses in
the drama, and will deal with dramatic
poetry in the four literatures. Greek. En-
glish, French and German. Professor
Brown will deliver the lectures presenting
the characteristics of the Greek drama
and conduct the study OF representative
dramatists, Professor Abbott the French.
Prof. T. c. Howe the German and Prof.
W. D. Howe the English. For the next
year a similar course In epic poetry Is an
nounced, dealing with the epics in the
literatures of Greece. Italy, Germany and
England In Professor Forests classes IN
sociology and economics a new course has
been added dealing with the social forces
in English romanticism, to be given In
collaboration with Prof. W. ID. Howe.
Professor Coleman announces three addi-
tional elective courses in history for next
year. the first on England from the time
Of the Tudors, the second on the era OF the
French revolution and the third on Amerl-
can colonial history. The catalogue shows
an enrolment Of $50 students, over go OF
last year.
The college faculty has the following
members: Scot Butler. Demarchus G.
Brown. Thomas Carr Howe. Henry Lane
Bruner, Jacob d. Forrest. f. s. Ames, Will
liam j. Karslake. Jabez Hall, Burris A.
Jenkins. s. A Harker, w. D. Howe. Edgar
w Abbott. Christopher B. Coleman. John
Mckee. Walter Kelly, Omar Wilson, Eva
Butler, Rosa Dark; tutors, May Griggs.
Mary Graham and Louisa Van Dyke.
The music school which is connected
with the college will again be under the
direction of Clarence Forsythe, and next
year the theoretical courses In music Will
be allowed credit as college subjects to
regular college students, each course count
ing minor credit. Mr.. Forsythes assist
ants will be Evelyn NJ. Jeffries in piano,
Georgia Calvin in singing and Adolph
Schellschmidt in violin and violoncello.
Mrs. Myrtle Taylor, who during the past
year has had a studio in the college, has
met with success I'M interesting students in
painting and drawing. The work is Tot I'M
der the college management, but free class
work in crayon and water colors Is afforded
students in the college. The enrolment In
this department consisted Of. about fifty
students.
department originated and organized
this year and which by reason Of the de-
mand will be continued next year, Is the
Teachers College Study Department"
The classes will begin Oct. % and will be
held as heretofore in the Indianapolis High
School building from 4:30 to $50 p. m, and
from to p. m. Mrs. Albertina Allen For
rest is the secretary Of the department.
The enrolment during the past year shows
an attendance of eighty.
The catalogue announces the editors OF
the Collegian for 1900-1901 as follows: Ern-
est Talbert. Marie Martin, Orval Mehring.
Carl McGaughey, Verna Glascock Eliza
beth Poulson, Hope Whitcomb, Ovid But
Ter. Chester Vernier, Earl Edison. Charlotte
Powell, Roy Adney, James Baldwin and
Charles Barnett. Officers of the Students
Debating Association for next year are:
President. Charles b. Dyer; vice president.
Edward J. Iddings; secretary. Jesse d.
Wall; treasurer. Roy Adney. Other COL
lege associations are the Young Mems and
the Young Womens Christian Association.
the Oratorical Association. the Philokurian
Literary Society. the Athenian Literary
Society. both of which are open to young
men and women, and the Athletic Associa-