IN 1977

The Lawrence City Commission approved the construction of a 180-foot downtown communications tower, called a potential lifesaver by some communications officials and an ugly duckling by critics. The commission voted 5-0 to issue the permit for the structure with a reluctant Mayor Marnie Argersinger insisting that “ugly is ugly.” However, the mayor said, she felt forced to vote with the other commissioners for fear of the additional cost that would be needed to put the needed tower someplace other than at the Douglas County Judicial & Law Enforcement Center.

IN 1962

Stanley Learned, Bartlesville, Okla., and Mrs. Mary Margaret Butler Lillard, Salina, were the newly elected national president and vice president of the Kansas University Alumni Association. Learned was a Lawrence native, a Phillips Petroleum leader and the man whose name is now on the KU engineering school’s main hall.

IN 1902

On May 18, 1902 the Lawrence World observed “It does not pay to hurt the feelings of others. So many people have a quick habit of saying disagreeable things in a sort of joking way that cuts to the quick. It is harmful, causes only suffering and makes the one so doing despised either publicly or privately. Another great nuisance is the frank person. A frank man is a brutal man, a man who says mean things to your face because he tells you he does not believe in talking behind your back. In fact he is a brute who delights in seeing you suffer. He is a man who will watch a rat die slowly rather than put it out of its suffering. It pays to be considerate and have regard for the feelings of others. We are in this world for the best we can make out of it and it is hard enough to keep the sun shining it without these drenchings.”