League Now, Or War in Future, Taft Declares

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, May 15, 1919: Last evening at Tomlinson Hall, former President William Howard Taft made an earnest plea for creation of a league of nations. For over two hours he carefully analyzed the covenant adopted by the Paris peace conference and answered various objections to America’s approving it. Taft insisted that issues involved transcend political consideration and the treaty with the league covenant should be ratified by the United States Senate. He stressed that unless a league of nations is formed now, the opportunity will have passed, probably not to recur until after this country is plunged with others into a devastating world war. Taft said he was glad to come to Indianapolis to discuss the league of nations because he heard it needs support here. The meeting was under the auspices of Hopewell Presbyterian Church.

“League Now, Or War in Future, Taft Declares,” The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 1919, p. 1:7

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Cheering Crowds Bank the Long Line of March

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, May 7, 1919: Glorious Welcome Home Day! A chorus of factory whistles greeted the troop trains bringing soldiers of the 150th Field Artillery and members of Base Hospital No. 32 into Union Station for the long-awaited day celebrating our returning Hoosier heroes. A parade of 20,000 men and women - soldiers, marines, sailors, hospital corps, Red Cross nurses - from every county, led by the caisson in memory of those who died for their country, marched along beautifully decorated downtown streets, through the chaste majesty of the Victory Arch, the white and green of the Court of Honor in Monument Circle, and the magnificence of the Court of the Allies with a solid bank of 175,000 citizens standing along the line of march wildly cheering the victors. The sun smiled brightly on the joyous scene.

“Cheering Crowds Bank the Long Line of March,” The Indianapolis News, 7 May 1919, p. 1:1

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New Phases of Art in Public Schools

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 4, 1919: High school art students, directed by artist Otto Stark, designed wall decorations at five Indianapolis public schools. Each school paid for its painting, and five characters - Mother Goose, Little Boy Blue, Little Miss Muffet, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary and Little Bo Peep - are used in the theme at three of them. The murals in the primary room of Oliver P. Morton School No. 29 are the work of Lonnie Edwards, George Mess, Constance Warren and Ethelwyn Weaver. Teachers have observed the wall paintings afford a fertile field for the children’s imagination. At James Whitcomb Riley School No. 43, “The Dignity of Labor” is the symbolic mural in an upper grade room by Lonnie Edwards. Twelve figures, male and female, are grouped in a pleasing composition suggesting various occupations and industries.

“New Phases of Art in Public Schools,” The Indianapolis Star, 4 May 1919, Part Five, p. 9:1

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