Exposition Building Large Enough, Belief

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, February 19, 1925:  The state fairground Exposition Building has ample room for the crowds expected to attend the state basketball finals next month without the crowding of aisles and passageways according to authorities.  This determination was expressed following a statement issued yesterday to high school officials by Dixson Byrum, chair of the state industrial board, that they would be subject to prosecution if overcrowding was allowed in halls and auditoriums where basketball games were in progress.  The Exposition Building has actual seating for 13,500 people and, to prevent crowding at the entrances, there is a platform at the north end of the playing court for standing room of an overflow crowd that will hold an additional 6,000.  Mayor Shank assures there will be ample police and fire protection forces on hand to regulate the crowd.   

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“Exposition Building Large Enough, Belief,” The Indianapolis News, 19 February 1925, p. 4:4

Lack of Lincoln Memorial Cited

From The Indianapolis Times, Thursday, February 12, 1925:  The lack of a suitable memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Indianapolis was today, the anniversary of his birth, occasion for discussion of the late Henry C. Long’s bequest of $10,000 (2023:  $181,770) to the city for a memorial to the Great Emancipator.  When Long died in 1901, his will provided funds for the “erection of a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln” near the southeast corner of University Park.  However, E. Walter Jarvis, parks superintendent, said the park commission regretted very much the memorial cannot be built because the site is now a part of the War Memorial Plaza.  Paul Comstock, Indiana World War Memorial Commission secretary, said he knew of no reason why the commission would object to the erection of the statue as the law provides University Park remain a park.   

“Lack of Lincoln Memorial Cited,” The Indianapolis Times, 12 February 1925, p. 7:2

City Beautiful Urged By Woman Appointee

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, February 4, 1925:  Mayor Lew Shank yesterday appointed Lelia Kern Taylor, the wife of Dr. James H. Taylor, the first woman member of the Indianapolis plan commission.  Long active in civic affairs, Mrs. Taylor said of her appointment, “I do not know what problems the board has to meet, but I certainly am for the beautifying of the city, and I do not favor the destruction of these flower plots [esplanades] in the center of our streets.  Rather, I favor taking from properties or sidewalks if the streets must be widened.  It is a great help to have a flower plot and some grass in the center of the street.  Beauty is a thing we must encourage.”  She expressed regret that the board of works is contemplating the removal of the esplanades from Delaware Street.

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“City Beautiful Urged By Woman Appointee,” The Indianapolis News, 4 February 1925, p. 30:7