League of Women Voters Incorporates

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, February 27, 1920: The Women’s Franchise League of Indiana has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state as the Indiana League of Women Voters in order to guarantee the use of the name and to give the new organization a more stable position. The purpose of the League of Women Voters is “educating the electorate of Indiana in the principles of American citizenship and securing such constructive and progressive legislation as may from time to time be advisable.” The following officers and directors of the franchise league signed the articles: Mary McNutt, Grace Julian Clarke, Katherine Greenough, Adah Bush, Sara Lauter, Celeste Barnhill, and Corinna Barnes. With its suffrage work finished, it is expected that delegates to the April convention of the franchise league will confirm becoming the Indiana League of Women Voters.

“League of Women Voters Incorporates,” The Indianapolis News, 27 February 1920, p. 7:1

Musical Memory Contest Arranged for High Schools

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, March 17, 1920: A music memory contest will be held in Shortridge High School’s Caleb Mills Hall tomorrow evening. Ten pupils from each of the Indianapolis public high schools will compete for three individual cash prizes given by the Indiana Musicians Club, Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, and Indianapolis Community Service. The Indianapolis Rotary Club will present a banner as the team prize. The Orloff Trio will play numbers from a list of fifty selections of good music which should be familiar to everyone making the slightest pretensions to musical appreciation. Contest judges will be Leslie Peck, director Metropolitan School of Music; Elizabeth Sharpe, vocal teacher; and William Mitchell, orchestra manager Circle Theater. Edward Birge, school music supervisor, believes this will help Indianapolis high school pupils in their work of musical appreciation now included in the curriculum.

“Musical Memory Contest Arranged for High Schools,” The Indianapolis Star, 17 March 1920, p. 8:3

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City Teachers Ask for Bonus

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, March 7, 1920: Yesterday, members of the Indianapolis Teachers’ Federation asked superintendent Ellis U. Graff for relief from the present low salaries with the distribution of a $300 (2018: $3,812) bonus to every city public school teacher at the end of the current school year. A revised teacher salary schedule for next year was demanded for teachers in service eight or more years receiving a maximum salary permitted by the schedule during the 1920-21 school year. While the superintendent said a bonus would be impossible because of the city school’s financial condition, federation members will make every effort to secure favorable action by the school board on other salary demands. Last year’s salary schedule has proved inadequate to the increased cost of living and a determined campaign will be undertaken by teachers for increased wages.

“City Teachers Ask for Bonus,” The Indianapolis Star, 7 March 1920, Part Two, p. 13:3

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