Louise Eleanor Ross Kleinhenz (1906-1977) was a lifelong Indianapolis resident who graduated from Butler University in 1928, part of the last class to graduate from the Irvington campus. She was an active member of the Butler Collegian staff, serving as both a reporter and associate editor. Following graduation, she helped found the National Federation of Press Women in Chicago in 1937; she was also a member of the Woman’s Press Club of Indiana for 45 years, fulfilling the roles of president and historian during her time, as well as acting as an editor for the Bulletin publication. In addition, Ross Kleinhenz was elected recording secretary of the Indiana Historical Society in September 1976 and was active in the Marion County Historical Society. She passed away in 1977.

Chimes was a women’s junior honorary society founded at Butler in 1924 by Professor Evelyn Butler. The aim was to aid in helping to acquaint first year women with Butler traditions, institutions, and customs. The Chimes Sweetheart Dinner often took place off campus, at locations such as the Silver Cup, the Marrot Hotel, and the Meridian Inn. It was an annual dinner in which member’s dressed in “men’s tuxes” and invited “women friends of their choice.”