Butler, Wabash Clash in Huge New Basketball Emporium

From The Indianapolis Times, Thursday, February 25, 1926:  The inaugural game at the new sport emporium at the State Fairground Exposition Building tomorrow night will feature a basketball clash between the Butler Bulldogs and the Wabash Little Giants.  Built for the local high school sectional tournament and state high school championship game, the facility is one of the largest basketball arenas in the world.  The standing room platform has been removed and with 14,500 seats surrounding the entire court, fans need not worry about getting a seat for the big game.  The playing hardwood floor is raised thirty inches to afford a clearer view to the spectators, and the press bench is a “hanging” affair on the iron beams above the bleachers on one side.  Both of these changes are new ideas and are great improvements over the past arenas.       

“Butler, Wabash Clash in Huge New Basketball Emporium,” The Indianapolis Times, 25 February 1926, p. 9:7

Butler to Honor $350,000 Donor

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, February 8, 1926:  The first new building at Butler University’s Fairview site will be named in honor of Indianapolis capitalist Arthur Jordan as a token of appreciation for his $350,000 (2024:  $6,330,000) gift to the school’s building fund.  The building will be known as Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall. The announcement was made by John W. Atherton, Butler’s executive secretary, at Saturday night’s Founders’ Day banquet.  Butler University opened its doors in the month and year of Jordan’s birth, September. 1855.  This is his second gift; Jordan gave $25,000 (2024:  $452,000) to Butler’s fund last year. “Although I was deprived of the privilege of attending college, many of my closest and life-long friends have been Butler graduates and I have followed with interest the progress of the institution particularly in the last few years,” Jordan said. 

“Butler to Honor $350,000 Donor,” The Indianapolis News, 8 February 1926, p. 1:6

To Cut Street Lights in Half at Midnight

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, February 1, 1926:  Indianapolis will be only half lit tomorrow at midnight.  As an experiment to keep the street lighting bill within the budget for the year, assistant city engineer Arthur Haufer announced that all streetlights on one side of each main thoroughfare will be turned off promptly at midnight Tuesday.  It is estimated this action will save the city $15,000 (2024:  $271,273) annually and an additional saving of $28,000 (2024:  $506,376) will be made by reducing the lights in the overhead globes from 1,000 to 600 candle power.  This action was approved by the board of works after receiving a report that the present arrangement for street lighting would exceed the budget.  The board also cancelled plans for extending new lighting service.  Merchants Heat & Light Co has a ten-year contract with the city.

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“To Cut Street Lights in Half at Midnight,” The Indianapolis News, 1 February 1926, p. 1:7