Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1925 — Page 18

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TRAFFIC NOISE BIG PROBLEM FORM.T.H.S. Trucks Rumble Past School and Make Good Study Difficult. If an enterprising 'nventor eeuM devise a scheme for keeping sound out of a classroom and yet admitting air, it would be a boon to teachers and students of Manual Training High flchool. * While officials of the school declare the noise from Madison Ave., 0. Meridina St, and Merrill St., which surround the school, is of practically no consequence, teachers Who have classes next to Merrill St. have a different view, The school, situated in the heart of the business district, has the peculiar condition of a main traffic artery cutting between the new and old parts, Merrill St., over which heavy trucks continually rumble through the day, causes the noise to reverberate between the walls of the two sections of the building and makes teaching difficult, Destroys Volee when 8:10 comes and classes are dismissed, I haven’t any Voice left,” declared Miss Coral Taflinger, history instructor Miss Taflinger has six classes a day on the ground floor next to Merrill St. ''The noise is very bad,” said Miss Anna Griffith, who teaches English on the second floor, (‘The noise does not bother Manual to any appreciable extent,” said Bertram S an ders, vice principal, in p. vigorous denial '‘We are used to the noise. This is the traditional site of Manual and we have recently built an addition of eighteen classrooms on Madison Ave. We are a dewntown school and glad of it.” Calls Noise Terrible ''The neise is terrible," mid Carl F. Hanske, who teaches science on the third floor next to Merrill St. ''Dozens of times during the day teachers have to cease talking and wait until a truck roars by before they can resume instruction, It is g nervous strain and causes a waste of time in instruction." ''Heavens no,” ejaculated B. H. Kemper McComb, principal, when asked if the noise caused any bother. "There used to be a factory across the street which was disturbing, but it is gone now, The ordinary street noises cause no disturbance.” In the southwest corner of the

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building, next to Merrill and Meridian Sts., a library is maintained on the first floor. "The noise isn’t bad when we keep the windows closed,” said Miss Pearl Durst. “Os course, it’s getting warmer now, and we’ll have to open them.” On the second floor, above the library, is an assembly room, where about 250 boys and girls are supposed to study at certain hours. Ragmen, fruit vendors, exhaust whistles on motor trucks and bark- . ing motors are not conducive to con centration. RATE REDUCTION ASKED Frankfort Municipal Light Plant Makes Petition. The Frankfort municipal electric light plant, through Mayor Robert L. Keene and City Attorney John L. Deming, has petitioned the public service commission so rauthority to reduce its rates approximately 50 per cent. HANGS SELF WITH VINE Bn Time* Special ELIZABETH, Ind., May 22.—Roy Kenan, 35, hung himself with a grapevine. Despondency over losses suffered in the tornado last was blamed.

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GRADUATES AT MICHIGAN GIVEN Seven From Indianapolis to Get Degrees. Seven students from Indianapolis will receive degrees from the University of Michigan at Commencement exercises at Ann Arbor, June 15, according to announcement received here today. Richard H. Crane, who will re eeive a Bachelor of Arts degree, has played tennis two years, being captain of this year’s varsity team, and is a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Others to receive the same degree are Mary Margeret Miller and Virginia L. Hosmer. Miss Miller, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, was on the staff of the summer edition of the Michigan Daily, student paper. Richard Travis, College of Medicine, is a member of Phi Beta Pi, and Kappa Sigma fraternity and of Mimes dramatic fraternity. Laurence L. Heflderson, who will graduate from the law school. Is a

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member of Beta Theta PI and Phi Alpha Delta fraternities, and of Barristers, honorary legal society. Lewis M. Brown will graduate In engineering. 1 In the 1925 class of the nursing school is Miss Letta Ogletree, treasurer of the graduating class. METHODISTS TO MEET Twelve Methodist churches composing the east group will hold a conference tonight at Brightwood M. E. Church, Dr. Harry A. King, district superintendent, said. Dr. J. S. Wrad, superintendent of Connersville district, will speak.

STEGEMEIER’S Cafeteria Apollo Theatre Bldg. SATURDAY SPECIAL Swiss o r Steak ADC With Browned New Potatoes Music does make a dinner taste better and conversation livelier. A good orchestra plays for you every night at Stegemeier’s. Come here for dinner tomorrow and see how pleasant a meal can be. Special All Week Fruit Salad With Whipped OA rt Cream mUC

Roofless Plates ASK ABOUT OUR SPECIAL ROOFLEBB PLATE Lifelike In appearance, no gagging or Bek stomach, perfect speech. Come In any time and hare a free examination. EXTRACTING TEETH with ga* or oxygen, We remove your teeth and you gnow nothing of it. with the Hypor.ne method you will know it. but you won’t feel tt. We hay* extracted over a quarter of a million teeth. Eiteljorg & Moore FAMILY DENTISTS Corner Kaat Market and Circle, Few Step* from Clrele Theater.

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EVERY OLD MATTRESS WILL BE BURNED The Indiana mattress law states: "No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer to sell, deliver or consign or have in his possession with intent to sell, renovate or remake any second-hand mattress.” In the face of this, every old mattress taken in by People’s Outfitting Company during this sale will be burned.

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