From the Lawrence Daily World for Oct. 23, 1910:

“Some of the girls who are employed in the Home Telephone office have felt quite grieved over the report in Friday’s paper [see OHT for Oct. 21, 1910] of the arrest of some drunken students who came to the central office with the professed intention of taking some of the girls home believing it to be a reflection upon them. The time of night that the disturbance occurred was at ten o’clock instead of midnight and it appears to be certain that the boys did not have an appointment of any kind with the girls whom they happened to meet. The writer knows some of the girls who are employed in the telephone office of the city and knows that there are no more estimable young ladies in the city. They come from good families who see to it that they are properly accompanied when going to or returning from the office at night. On the other hand it appears that some of the girls have formed the acquaintance of university students who have at times accompanied them to or from their work. Appointments have been made by the telephone and it is possible that the boys who visited central Friday night had overheard such an appointment made and thought it would be a good lark to make the date themselves.”