From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, July 6, 1922: The city council voted 7 to 2 last night to prohibit dancing and professional theatrical performances in the city’s parks. Children’s folk dances and amateur theatricals are exempted. The original ordinance prohibited dancing in the parks and was favored by South Side councilors who had received complaints from residents living in the vicinity of Garfield Park. It was amended by councilors who expressed concern that money in the municipal recreation fund was being spent on the two free open-air theaters established by Mayor Shank in the natural amphitheaters at Garfield and Brookside Parks instead of on the city playgrounds. Since they opened last month, the theaters have held performances before large audiences to the satisfaction of the mayor who has vowed to continue their operation in the face of the council action.
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, July 11, 1922: More than 300 Irvington residents braved a heavy rain storm last night to attend a mass meeting at School No. 57 to protest the removal of Butler College from Irvington to Fairview. Thomas Carr Howe, former Butler College president, expressed his belief that the removal of the college from Irvington would be a calamity for the community and for Butler. “It is not Irvington that needs Butler College, it is Butler College which needs Irvington,” he said. Philip Zoercher, meeting chairman, said community and surroundings have as much to do with making a college as buildings, professors, and students. Petitions for retaining Butler College in Irvington, which have been circulating the past week, have been signed by more than 2,000 persons and will be presented to the college board of directors tomorrow.