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from Mrs. Rhoton. Preference will be given to
a student enrolled full-time in the College of
Education who demonstrates financial need.
Waneta Rice Memorial Scholarship. This
fund was established in 1989 through a gift
from the estate of Waneta Rice, who received a
bachelor’s degree in elementary education from
Butler in 1958 at the age of 58. It provides
financial assistance for female students who
wish to major in education and who demonstrate
financial need. The donor retired from teaching
in 1964 and passed away in 1988.
Mary E. and Elton T. Ridley Endowed
Scholarship. This scholarship provides support
to an undergraduate or master’s degree student
or students majoring in elementary education.
Preference is given to sophomore, junior,
senior or master’s students who maintain a 3.0
grade point average in their major and who are
residents of Indiana. Consideration is given to
students with financial need.
Jean W. Whitcraft Endowed Scholarship.
Alberta Wells established this scholarship in
memory of her sister, Jean Whitcraft, an English
major in the Class of 1944. Mrs. Whitcraft
devoted her career to teaching and retired as
head of the English department at Shortridge
High School in Indianapolis. This scholarship
is to go to a Butler student or students who
have expressed an interest in teaching high
school English.
Eva Young Wiles Scholarship. Eva Young
Wiles received a Butler bachelor’s degree in
1926 and a master’s degree in 1935. She then
served as an educator and administrator in the
Indianapolis Public Schools for 45 years. Her
professional affiliations throughout her lifetime
reflected her strong commitment to elementary
education. This fund was established in 1981
through a bequest from her estate. These
awards of graduate tuition are restricted to
females pursuing graduate degrees in the
College of Education.
Summers Scholarship in Education. In 2006,
Mary Jane Shafer Summers, Class of 1938,
created this fund to assist students wishing to
pursue a career in education.
Dr. Emma Lou Thornbrough Shortridge
Scholarship. Inspired by the research and
teaching of Dr. Thornbrough, Dr. Paul A.
Hanson honored her by creating this scholarship
to support Butler minority students
from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis.
Professor Thornbrough was herself a Shortridge
graduate and during her career on the Butler
faculty from 1946 to 1983, a pioneer in the
writing of African-American history. Recipients
should be Shortridge graduates who have
completed a strong college preparatory
curriculum and who are enrolled in liberal arts
or education. The scholarship is renewable.
Etta A. and Frank C. Wright Scholarship.
As an expression of appreciation for her good
experiences at Butler and in memory of her
husband, Etta Wright, Class of 1943, established
this fund in 1985 with the hope it would
help others find the satisfaction in education
that she did. She began her teaching career at
age 18 in a one-room rural school in Baker,
Montana. When she retired at age 70, she was
regarded as a master teacher, particularly skilled
in storytelling and reading. She loved teaching
and felt there was no better way to contribute
to one’s community and to society. A scholarship
is awarded annually to a deserving student
majoring in primary education.
Martha Zetzl Memorial Award for Student
Teaching. This scholarship was established by
the Zetzl family and Butler University to honor
the memory of Martha Zetzl, Class of 1968
M.S. ’74, an associate professor in the College
of Education who devoted her life to teaching
and learning. This award is for a student who
demonstrates those qualities Dr. Zetzl demonstrated
in her own professional life: enthusiasm
for teaching, care and concern for students,
love of children’s literature, and commitment
to service and scholarship. This award is to be
used during the senior year student-teaching
experience, and recipient(s) is selected by a
faculty committee in the College of Education.
Lettie Page Trefz Scholarship. To honor the
memory of Letti Page Trefz, the Alpha Chapter
of Sigma Delta Pi fraternity established this
fund in 1986 with a bequest that Lettie Trefz
left to the fraternity. She was influential in
the education community and devoted many
years as an educator in the Indianapolis Public
Schools. Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate
students who rank in the top 25 percent
of their high school graduating classes and are
pursuing a degree in education at Butler.
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