Foch Given Real Hoosier Welcome

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, November 4, 1921: A great parade with long lines of marching men, regular soldiers, national guardsmen, veterans, war nurses and women war workers honored Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander-in-chief of the allied armies during the final year of the Great War, this afternoon. The French Marshal, escorted by the Black Horse Troop of Culver Military Academy, made his way along the line of march, to storms of applause from an enormous, happy, and enthusiastic crowd, until taking his place on the reviewing stand. The Red, White, and Blue and the Tri-Color of France flew in profusion from flag poles, windows, roof tops, and lamp posts as old war-time tunes crashed forth from marching bands on the streets below. Following the parade, Marshal Foch went to University Park to dedicate the ground for the Indiana War Memorial.

“Foch Given Real Hoosier Welcome,” The Indianapolis Times, 4 November 1921, p. 1:1

City's Schools Taboo Politics

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, October 26, 1921: The Indianapolis board of school commissioners announced last night it will stand by its policy forbidding active participation in politics by school employees following charges that political party workers demanded contributions for campaign purposes from janitors and other school personnel. The board said regardless of intimations by party workers, school employee places will not be placed in jeopardy through refusal to contribute. The board, during a spirited discussion, also condemned the practice of teachers in public schools collecting money from children in connection with charitable campaigns. Numerous complaints have been made that children were being assessed $1 (2020: $15) each for the Riley Memorial Hospital campaign. The board had adopted a resolution last year prohibiting all charitable solicitations except those approved by the superintendent of schools with children giving what they desired.

“City’s Schools Taboo Politics,” The Indianapolis Star, 26 October 1921, p. 1:6

Age Limit for Drivers of Autos Place at 17

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, October 18, 1921: The legal age limit for automobile drivers was raised from sixteen years to seventeen years by the Indianapolis city council yesterday. The board of public safety had proposed raising the age limit to eighteen, explaining raising the age limit would tend to reduce the number of accidents caused by irresponsible drivers and would help high school authorities in putting a stop to joyrides by their pupils. It would also prevent many high school boys and girls from driving to and from school in their automobiles. The proposed ordinance also would have raised the age limit for drivers of horse-drawn vehicles from fourteen to sixteen years, but after council president Russell Wilson remarked, “I drove horses when I was eight and harnessed them when I was seven,” the council retained the fourteen-year limit.

“Age Limit for Drivers of Autos Place at 17,” The Indianapolis News, 18 October 1921, p. 8:1

“Voting Clash Was Feature at Council,” The Indianapolis Times, 18 October 1921, p. 5:1