From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 26, 1914:

• “That by compulsory vaccination the disease of smallpox could be entirely exterminated in three generations, is the belief of Dr. S. T. Gillilspie, county health official. ‘There is no doubt in my mind that smallpox could be entirely stamped out of the proper methods were kept in force long enough,’ he said today. ‘I don’t mean to advance this theory, because it has already been advanced. The results that have attended the efforts of army surgeons have practically proved what can be done by vaccination. In Cuba before the army surgeons took charge of the sanitary conditions there were over five thousand cases of the disease in a year. In the next five years there were only five cases. The same results were obtained in the Philippines.'”
• “Nearly a thousand signatures were affixed to the anti-pool hall petitions which were circulated in the churches of the city at the services yesterday morning. In every church in the city a copy of the petition was on hand and an overwhelming majority of those present in every case signed before the services were over. The forces of opposition are lining up strongly behind the proposed ordinance to abolish these places and intend to be on hand when the matter comes up for decision on February 2.”
• “There will be no speaker at the University chapel services tomorrow morning. The meeting will be a song and prayer service. Next week is quiz week and a good many of the students are trying everything, including prayer, to be ready for the ordeal.”