Pageant Expected to Attract Large Crowd

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, May 8, 1926:  “Ethiopia at the Bar of Justice,” a pageant depicting the achievement of Negroes, will be presented at Caleb Mills Hall on Thursday.  A large audience is expected to see 150 performers portray a cross section of Negro life in America with emphasis on the difficulties in the struggle to reach citizenship.  The principal characters are Ethiopia, Opposition, Justice, Miss Indianapolis, Prophecy, Love, History, and Mercy.  One of the most interesting features will be impersonations of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.  The colored Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A., the Indianapolis N.A.A.C.P. chapter, the National Federation of Club Women, and the National Musicians Association will be part of the production.   The performance benefits the Elizabeth Carter Council of Federated Clubs which is raising funds for the Frederick Douglass Home, a colored women of America shrine.

“Pageant Expected to Attract Large Crowd,” The Indianapolis News, 8 May 1926, p. 43:6

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

The Star Will Broadcast Indians' Opener Over WFBM

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, April 26, 1926:  The first broadcast of the opening Indians baseball game from Washington Park will be made Thursday through special arrangements by The Indianapolis Star and radio station WFBM.  Fitting festivities will welcome Ownie Bush and his Indians back in town to play their first game of the season before the home folks.  It will be a return series with the Kansas City Blues with whom the Tribe was victorious when the American Association opened there on April 13.  W. Blaine Patton, The Star sports editor, will be at the microphone for the broadcast and will give an entertaining and realistic play-by-play account of the game.  Every Indiana baseball fan who is unable to see this game from the stands can hear a graphic description of every detail by tuning into The Star’s program.   

“The Star Will Broadcast Indians’ Opener Over WFBM,” The Indianapolis Star, 26 April 1926, p. 1:3