Board Accepts 2,500 Capacity on 34th Street

From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, May 1, 1926:  The Indianapolis school board, in special session yesterday afternoon, voted 3 to 2 to build the new Shortridge High School at 34^th and Meridian Streets.  While a board majority had favored a 46^th St and Washington Blvd site, board president Theodore Vonnegut said it was useless to continue to oppose the 34^th St location and he was surrendering to public opinion.  “The people want the school at 34^th Street,” Vonnegut said.  “I think it’s a mistake, but the whole town is tired of this subject and so am I.  Public opinion unquestionably favors the 34^th Street location, and it is not for me to say how I think the people will feel later.  This site has many disadvantages which have been outlined before and in voting for it I surrender an ideal”  

“Board Accepts 2,500 Capacity on 34^th Street,” The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 1926, p. 1:8