Old Home Town – 100 years ago

From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 25, 1907: “What would you do if you were Swarthmore College and were offered $3 million to give up football? That is a good deal more than the receipts from a Kansas-Missouri football game, and you can be sure either school would be considering such an offer. : Chancellor Strong will go to Washington in mid-November to meet with 20 other heads of major universities to discuss standardization procedures of benefit to all the schools. Chancellor Strong is to lead several of the sessions, indicating the high esteem he holds with colleagues.”