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A CENTENNIAL BOOK Indiana Centennial Celebration CommitteeThe Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History, Vol. 9, No. 1 (MARCH, 1913), pp. 54-55Published by: Indiana University Department of HistoryStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27785406 .

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REVIEWS OF BOOKS.

A CENTENNIAL BOOK.

By way of educating the public to the plans for an Indiana centennial celebration in 1916 the "Celebration Committee" have

put out a beautiful little book of about 150 pages, profusely illus trated with the finest examples of the photographer's art. It is a book that every Hoosier should buy and add to his shelves, not

only because this will be a boost to the cause, but because this bro chure is one that every Hoosier ought to want. Its contents present, first of all, information concerning the movement and the scope and character of the proposed celebration. In addition, a score or more of articles contributed by as many writers, touching upon the numerous industrial, social and cultural activities of the State,

suggest definitely how each of these should take its place in a

general exhibit. In the historical exhibit, for example, Professor

J. A. Woodburn presents, among other features, a scheme for a

street pageant wherein a series of floats and tableaux would pre sent in panoramic order the successive phases of life on our soil from the Indian in his wigwam on through the pioneer period to the present status of literature, art and industry.

The Indiana Centennial Celebration Committee, consisting of fifteen representative citizens from the thirteen districts of the

State, was created as a result of a general meeting held in In

dianapolis May 3, 1912. The chairman is Dr. Frank B. Wynn, 311 Newton Claypool building, Indianapolis. The dominant idea of this committee may be gathered from its own statement, as

set forth in the brochure: "In considering the scope and character of any proposed cele

bration," it says, "the conventional exposition has not been deemed worthy of serious thought. Such are, in their essential

features, great department store exhibits, entailing enormous

expense in the construction of temporary buildings which serve

the purpose of a day and are torn down; an unwarrantable ex

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travagance. It is the prime purpose of this committee to inaugu rate and promote a method of commemoration which will not

only be dignified and appropriate, but give permanency of re sults to the entire citizenship. Our history, achievements and

growth are inspirational. Why not let them speak to the world

through the people who have wrought so well? Educational and historical exhibits, demonstrated by experts, will insure the great est good to the greatest number. They will give that breadth of

knowledge which is an asset of value, power and permanence." A conspicuous feature aimed at by this movement is a State

Historical Library and Museum Building that shall be an ample and artistic supplement to our over-crowded State House.

The Centennial Memorial book may be had for $1 by sending to Dr. Frank B. Wynn, 311 Newton Claypool building, Indian

apolis.

OLD INDIAN TRAIL.

"The Indian Trail Down the Whitewater Valley," by J. L.

Heinemann, is an interesting and valuable contribution to our

studies of the Indian in this State. The once famous, but now

neglected, Whitewater region has received scant attention in his torical litearature, and everything relating to it will be welcome to the student. Our knowledge of the old Indian routes is very

meager. Only a few have been definitely preserved, and Mr.

Heinemann is to be commended for having added one to the list.

A chart of the trail shows it to have been the line of travel be tween the Whitewater and the Delaware towns on White river at the present sites of Muncie and Anderson. It ran northwest

ward from Cincinnati via Brookville, Fairfield and Connersville,

passing just east of Newcastle. Mr. Heinemann's study has evi

dently been thorough and painstaking, and, incidentally, he gives a number of items of information touching the early days of

Connersville.

PROFESSOR LINDLEY'S PAPER.

"The Quakers of the Old Northwest," by Professor Harlow

Lindley, reprinted from the proceedings of the Mississippi Valley

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