From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 29, 1911:

• “There was dancing at the high school junior prom – after midnight. Prof. Olney stated that last year they had violated the rule and danced after he had gone home. This year he said he did not propose to have such a thing happen, so he remained. All went lovely until midnight when Joe Bishop stepped forward and announced that he had rented the hall from that time forward and that there would be a subscription dance…. This is thought to show that the high school students did not violate the rule forbidding dancing at the high school prom. But they were simply the victims of fate when outside parties steered in and took their hall away from them. The event has stirred up a good deal of excitement in high school circles and many people are wondering what the board of education can or will do about it.”
• “A handsome little booklet whose gold stamped title will reveal ‘Songs of the Hill’ will soon be off the press. It is the little volume of Kansas verses selected almost at random from the portfolios of that little group of University students in whose hearts the music of poetry sings almost incessantly.”
• “The May term of the district court will convene at 10 o’clock Monday. There will be a large list of criminal cases. The majority are liquor cases and County Attorney Riling declares that he will have more by the time court meets.”