Design for New Scottish Rite Cathedral to Cost $2,000,000 Accepted by Committee

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, June 5, 1925:  The building committee of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapolis, has accepted the design for the most monumental Scottish Rite cathedral in the world.  The plan by Indianapolis architect George F. Schreiber is of an immense, three-story Gothic structure of blue-gray Bedford limestone on N. Meridian St facing the War Memorial Plaza. Covering most of the block between North and Walnut Streets, the $2,000,000 (2024: $36,531,415) building will have a tower extending 220 feet above street level, illuminated by interior flood lights of changing colors.  Eight architects, who were members of the lodge, submitted designs; this one was chosen as best expressing the spirit and accomplishments of the fraternal organization.  Completion is expected within two and a half years and will mark the realization of the lodge’s golden jubilee.

“Design for New Scottish Rite Cathedral to Cost $2,000,000 Accepted by Committee,” The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 1925, p. 1:3

Duray Smashes Track Record and Wins Pole Position by Showing 113 Miles an Hour

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 27, 1925:  All historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway records were shattered yesterday during qualifications for Saturday’s 500-mile gasoline derby.  Leon Duray aboard his Miller Special won the pole with an average four lap speed of 113.196 miles an hour besting Tommy Milton’s 1923 record of 108.17 miles an hour.  Records fell so fast that spectators got dizzy listening to the speed announcements and watching the cars whiz by as five other drivers also bettered the former track qualifying record, gaining berths in rows one and two.  Pete DePaolo, piloting his Duesenberg Special, won the second spot on the front row, qualifying at 113.083 miles an hour.  With eighteen cars in the field, the speedway still holds some thrills for spectators as Ralph DePalma, his teammate L. L. Corum, and others are expected to qualify today.

“Duray Smashes Track Record and Wins Pole Position by Showing 113 Miles an Hour,” The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 1925, p. 1:6

Warren Central Name of New High School

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, April 18, 1925:  This evening will be a house warming and formal dedication program for the new and attractive Warren Central High School, designed by Indianapolis architects Harrison & Turnock, located at East Tenth St and the Fort Benjamin Harrison Rd.  Following the invocation by Rev. Howard Spangler, Cumberland Baptist Church, and the appearance on stage of all sixty members of the Warren Township school system, gifts will be presented, the most important of these are a multigraph machine from the senior class and a stage curtain from students of the former Shadeland High School.  Speakers include Frederick Schortemeier, Indiana secretary of state, and Henry Noble Sherwood, Indiana superintendent of public instruction.  Musical numbers will be given by the school orchestra, quartet, and glee clubs.  A chicken dinner will be served by the Parent-Teacher Association.

"Warren Central Name of New High School…,” The Indianapolis News, 18 April 1925, p. 20:1