From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 14, 1914:

• “Practically all of the thrillers required to make a perfect motion picture scenario were injected into an escapade of two Haskell boys, William Hoontewa and John Pateke, who escaped from the Indian school on Saturday night, stole a pair of bicycles and rode all the way in to Kansas City the same night. And because of this improper and illegal procedure the two youths are now inmates of the Douglas County jail awaiting the turning of the wheels of justice which process may land them in a more confining place than Haskell Indian School. Charges of theft probably will be brought against the boys and a term in the Hutchinson reformatory may be the penalty…. The youths explained to the authorities today that they intended no violation of the state laws but merely were tired of the life at Haskell and desired to return to their homes at Tulsa, Okla.”
• “The results of the four days’ Easter vacation were apparent this morning on Mount Oread when classes were resumed. Brilliantly colored dresses and millinery scintillated in the bright sunlight and the students held their first class in spring styles. And the girls were not alone in their new regalia. The boys wore checkered caps of green and white and plaid neckties of variegated colors. ‘I’ll bet there isn’t a place in Kansas today where the brightness of new dresses outshine those on the hill today,’ said a stranger this morning as he marveled at the new creations. ‘I guess it is because of the zeal of youth and the aid of papa’s money.'”
• “Closer attention to and supervision over the fiction reading of the children is urged by the Patron-Teachers association of the Quincy school district. The boys and girls of today read too much and are too indifferent about this reading, is the opinion of the members of the association, who, in the regular meeting yesterday afternoon, passed a resolution declaring ‘that the reading of so many books of fiction, as reported by the librarians, is detrimental to children, and that we recommend to parents and teachers more careful oversight of children’s reading, and the co-operation of the parents with the librarian in the number and kind of books selected.’ This recommendation by the association followed a lengthy discussion on the subject of literature for children…. [Librarian] Mrs. Beattie said that it was almost impossible to change the taste for literature as it is cultivated in youth and urged that children be taught and encouraged to select only the best…. [Librarian] Miss Edwards told of the books read by the grade children of Lawrence. Many of the children, she said, read from three to six books per week. The books provided by the library are all good, but that many children read too many of them to be of benefit to the child is certain…. In a general discussion, the Sunday comic supplement was both condemned and defended. The value of literature beyond the child’s age and the advantages of reading aloud were discussed. As a remedy for thoughtless reading Prof. Baumgartner suggested that children be required to give an account to parents or teachers of the contents of the books they read.”
• “Clear warm weather today welcomed the opening game of the American League season in New York this afternoon. The New York Americans met Philadelphia at the Polo Grounds in their first battle of the season. The National League opened at Ebbets Field where Brooklyn faced Boston…. Early indications were for favorable weather and joyful celebrations at the other major league cities for the opening games in the following cities: Detroit, Boston and Chicago in the American and Philadelphia, Cincinnati and St. Louis in the National.”