From the Lawrence Daily World for July 24, 1910:

“It is to be called Victor Park. With this announcement the perplexing question which has been disturbing Lawrence most, is permanently settled. The honor of selecting an appropriate title for Lawrence’s magnificently attractive new playground belongs to J. H. Bailey of Kansas City, who wrote, ‘This name is a symbol of everything Lawrence stands for, so far as she has never shown the white-feather nor relinquished the battle until won.’ More than 700 distinct names were submitted. The sentimental titles seemed to find the least favor with the masculine committee. These included Arcadia, Woodlawn, Sylvan Dell, Moonlight, Alamo, Fairyland, and Hill Crest. Most of these were discarded in favor of Dayton, Roosevelt, Oak View, and Haskell — good sturdy names which appealed to the business-like fancy of the directors. Victor was one of the last to be discovered and it struck the popular chord immediately…. The latest edition of ‘Who’s Who’ in America gives 160 Kansans space in its contents and of this number twenty-five, or nearly one-sixth, are from Lawrence. The University city has more than twice as many as any other town in the state.”