Butler Turns Out for Home-Coming

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, October 18, 1924:  Butler College home-coming celebrations began before noon today with students and alumni on many floats created by campus and Greek-letter organizations and in three hundred autos decorated in Blue and White school colors parading from Irvington to Monument Circle where they were joined by Indianapolis citizens in an enthusiastic pep rally.  Speeches were made from the balcony of the Hotel English followed by yell leader Tommy Smith leading the crowd in a series of yells.  After the demonstration, the parade returned to Irvington where open house was observed by all Butler fraternities and sororities and following the gridiron contest with Centenary College the home-coming events concluded with a bonfire and dance at Carr’s Hall. Delta Tau Delta won the Sphinx Club cup for the most novel float patterned after the Toonerville Trolley.

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“Butler Turns Out for Home-Coming,” The Indianapolis News, 18 October 1924, p. 1:8

Club Opposes Driver's License Law

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, October 12, 1924:  The Hoosier Motor Club board of directors is unanimous in opposition to a driver’s license law according to Todd Stoops, club secretary-manager.  “The directors feel a driver’s license law would be an indirect tax on motorists and such a law would not eliminate accidents as claimed by proponents of the proposed measure.  As a substitute, it is recommended that judges be given authority to suspend the motorist’s automobile license,” said Stoops.  The proposed licensing of automobile drivers, embracing a physical, mental, and optical examination has caused a flock of mailed protests to the headquarters of the Hoosier State Auto Association.  In some states the driver’s license fee is $2 (2023: $36) and a million Indiana drivers will not relish paying a sum when the same results may be obtained at no cost.   

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“Club Opposes Driver’s License Law,” The Indianapolis Star, 12 October 1924, Part Eight, p. 1:8

Riley Hospital is Birthday Tribute

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, October 7, 1924:  The dedication of James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children today was in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hoosier poet’s birth.  Ceremonies began with an academic procession of 125 educators, medical, and hospital authorities wearing caps and gowns marching from the Indiana School of Medicine to the dedication site.  Following an address by the Riley Memorial Association president, the new hospital was formally presented to the state of Indiana.  In accepting it, IU president Dr. William Lowe Bryan acknowledged “the cooperation of thousands of citizens and members of the Riley Memorial Association with the state in this great educational and child saving enterprise.” Later, the large doors of the new hospital were thrown open to hundreds of men, women, and children who thronged through the corridors and rooms of the building.

“Riley Hospital is Birthday Tribute,” The Indianapolis News, 7 October 1924, p. 1:8