From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 3, 1913:

• “‘Lawrence is to Kansas and the mid-west what Bunker Hill is to Massachusetts,’ declared A. W. Smith of Topeka, Past Department Commander of the G. A. R. in his address at the dedication of the W. R. C. monument to the unknown dead yesterday afternoon. Owing to the inclement weather the dedication ceremony was held in the G. A. R. room of the county court house…. ‘It was the independence, fearlessness and heroism of our fathers that gave us freedom from the yoke of England in 1776,’ he said, ‘but it was the patriotism, self sacrifice and bravery of our boys that preserved the Union in 1861. The records of the War Department show that over 70 per cent of the men who enlisted between 1861 and 1865 were 21 years of age or under. Forty-one percent of them were 18 or under. Of the 2,700,000 enlisted men, only 47,000 were over 25 years of age at the time of their enlistment, while 104,000 of them were 15 or under…. In the war we are commemorating today … it was shown time after time that the American boy could march farther in a day and endure the hardships of war better than the trained men of any nation…. If I were a politician looking for the largest success in the future I would not work for the votes of the men. I should gain the good will of the women and the confidence of the boys and my success would be assured.’ In spite of a downpour of rain the room was crowded during the dedication exercises. Mr Smith’s address was greeted with applause. Following the exercises in the hall the meeting adjourned to Oak Hill cemetery where, in spite of the heavy rain, the monument was formally unveiled.”
• “‘To the Honorable Board of Administration of the State of Kansas: Believing that the present coaching staff has proven a failure after two years’ trial and believing in the graduate system of coaches, we, the undersigned, students of the University of Kansas, hereby petition the honorable Board of Administration to secure the services of Dr. A. R. Kennedy as head football coach for the season of 1914, giving him the privilege of selecting his own assistant.’ The controversy regarding a coach for football at Kansas University next season reached a more acute stage this morning when twenty-five petitions asking the naming of Dr. A. R. Kennedy as head mentor in 1914 appeared on the hill this morning. The appearance of the petitions was followed immediately by the attaching of a large number of signatures to the twenty-five sheets of paper with the above caption. From an apparently organized source the petitions appeared simultaneously in practically all eight o’clock classes this morning and by the close of the period several hundred signatures had been obtained including both men and co-eds. The petition expressed clearly an undercurrent of sentiment which has prevailed since the latter part of the season just closed. Heretofore this sentiment has been confined to conversation but this morning it took on an organized appearance and forecasted further agitation which might result in the adoption of a completely new coaching system for the coming season. The name of Dr. A. R. Kennedy is heard persistently in connection with the possible selection of a coach for next season. Dr. Kennedy has been interviewed several times in an informal way and has stated that he would give up his practice and his profession to accept the position if it is tendered to him…. The athletic affairs of the University are badly muddled just at present. The situation was made more perplexing and more annoying this morning with the appearance of the petitions, but the indications are that this action on the part of the students will force a climax and a settlement…. But Arthur St. Leger Mosse is not ready to leave the work. Mosse is said to have told his friends that he desired another chance with the team with an assistant of his own choice. Mr. Mosse has the support of Chancellor Strong and others of the faculty and a number of the followers of the game.”