City Council, 6 to 2, Rejects Daylight Saving Ordinance

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 2, 1920: The daylight saving time ordinance introduced in the Indianapolis City Council last night has been endorsed by fourteen commercial, industrial and civic organizations of the city. The ordinance provides that clocks in Indianapolis would advance one hour on Sunday, April 25 and return to normal time on Sunday, September 20. Organizations in other Indiana cities, particular those in the eastern part of the state, are interested in having their communities adopt daylight saving time so that traction companies and railroads may change their time schedules accordingly. Daylight saving ordinances either have been adopted or are under consideration in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; Dayton and Cincinnati, OH; Chicago; Detroit; Louisville, KY; San Francisco and Los Angeles. Despite wide spread support for daylight saving time, the Indianapolis city council fails to adopt the time change.

“Organizations of City Back Daylight Bill,” The Indianapolis Star, 2 March 1920, p. 1:3

“City Council, 6 to 2, Rejects Daylight Saving Ordinance,” The Indianapolis Star, 16 March 1920, p. 1:4

382 On County Gold Star Roll

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 19, 1920: The Gold Star Roll of Honor for Marion County has been compiled for the official Indiana War History and the list contains 379 soldiers and sailors and three women nurses who gave their lives in the World War. This is the largest Roll of Honor of any county in the state. Librarian Charles E. Rush of the Indianapolis Public Library supervised the work. Ellis Searles, the official reporter, employed every available source of information to make the list, but some names may have been missed and every man, woman and child in Marion County is asked to read the published list and send in any correction. The Roll of Honor contains the names of 111 soldiers and sailors who died in action and 163 who died of disease including the three nurses.

“382 On County Gold Star Roll,” The Indianapolis Star, 19 February 1920, p. 1:7

Famous Coach to be Athletic Director at Butler College

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, February 11, 1920: Harlan “Pat” Page, assistant coach to Amos Alonzo Stagg at the University of Chicago, has accepted the position of athletic director at Butler College. Page’s appointment marks the passing of the haphazard athletic effort that has marked the history of Butler’s sports program, culminating in last year’s first-time winless football season for the Blue and White. While an undergraduate at Chicago, Page played varsity football for the team that twice won the western conference championship title and he played varsity basketball on the team that won the western conference title three successive years, including a national championship. For the last nine years since his graduation from Chicago, Page has been Coach Stagg’s right-hand man. He is interested in intramural work and will bring a coordinated, scientific, and unified athletic policy to Butler.

“Famous Coach to be Athletic Director at Butler College,” The Indianapolis News, 11 February 1920, p. 20:4