From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 18, 1914:

• “‘Welcome Missouri.’ That is what will greet the visitors as they get off the trains here on Saturday. At the Eldridge corner will be another big sign, ‘Welcome Missouri.’ That will be in startling contrast with what greeted our fellows in Columbia last year. Then the sign read, ‘Beat Kansas.’… But there is no such spirit here. It is not the Kansas way…. It is desired to have the decorations permanent so they can be used again. Along Massachusetts street every 100 feet the poles on both sides will be decorated and pennants hung along the street. On each pole there will be a University umbrella. The street car company will put up the decorations and take them down free of charge. Let us make Lawrence gala on that day. It means a lot. The town will be a blaze of glory. Hurrah for Lawrence and the game on Saturday.”
• “Beginning early last night the students of the University put on one of the biggest demonstrations that has ever been seen in Lawrence. The parade began at Fraser Hall where a mass meeting was held, and led by a drum corps about three hundred students marched to the Eldridge Hotel where the first big fire was started. Fuel for this fire was brought from seemingly everywhere, and soon the fire had reached the desired proportion and with the cheers of the enthusiastic students and songs telling what would happen to Missouri Saturday they allowed the fire to die down and went back south to the 800 block where another fire was started in front of Peckham’s store. This fire threatened to become larger than was desired and the fire department was called out to stop it. The students, however, did not want to see their efforts go to nothing and they protested against the water being turned on the fire, but it was turned on in spite of their efforts, and all of the water did not go on the fire: a good part of it found the mob who scattered in every direction. The enthusiastic students then went another block south where fuel for another fire was found and it was soon as large as the other fires, and, still fighting fire, the fire department chased the students away from this fire and soon there was nothing left but the ashes and a few charred boxes…. After tiring of fires and cheering on the street the bunch rushed to the Varsity Theater where they were assisted in their cheering by slides used in the machine asking of the probability of beating Missouri next Saturday; a view of the tiger after the game, from the Kansas point of view, was shown…. The fire department was again called out at about 11:30 when the fire in front of the Varsity, which had been made when they came out of the theater, grew a little too large…. Many opinions were expressed against the students coming down town for the fires, as there is great danger in making bonfires in the business district.”
• “‘The students of the University ought by all means to refrain from unlawful acts in their demonstrations. Some things occurred last night that were wrong. The ordinance in regard to bonfires ought to be strictly observed…. All property rights ought to be observed and students themselves should insist upon this…. I sincerely trust that the objectionable features of last night will not be repeated. FRANK STRONG, Chancellor.'”
• “Coach Wheaton asked Manager Hamilton to arrange for [a] rally which was held in Fraser last night. He said that he wanted to talk to the students. Chapel was packed and men were crowding at the doors…. When Coach Wheaton began to speak there was not a sound in the room. ‘There are a lot of things wrong here at K. U.,’ he began in his calm, leisurely manner. ‘Last Friday night it was announced that the rooters would meet at the Student Union and go to the station to send the team off. Coach Hamilton and I were asked to come down and speak. The total number of rooters was not over fifty. That itself was bad enough, but inside the Student Union ten men were playing pool. That meant that ten students in the University had no interest in what was going on. They didn’t care whether their school lost or won. Football is a game that depends on the esprit de corps in the institution. If a school once gets to be a loser, it is easy to stay a loser. If a team gets to be a winner, it is easy to stay a winner. Now it costs me money to come up here and coach the team, and it is unfair to me for you fellows not to show an interest in what is being done. It is unfair to the fellows who are trying to play. There is never a day at McCook when over 10 or 15 fellows come out to see the team practice. The whole spirit of football here must change or Kansas will be a loser, and if you continue to assume that attitude, then I don’t want to be around…. I may be mistaken, but I don’t think the student body is back of football at K. U…. If Kansas is going to stay in the conference,’ he warned, ‘ and if Nebraska is going to be one of her opponents, Kansas must get rid of that idea that Nebraska can whip us. It may take years to do it, but it must be done if we ever expect to win from the Nebraskans.’… Then changing to a more hopeful tone he went on: ‘Tomorrow afternoon the gates on McCook are going to be open and I want every able bodied fellow, every fellow who can walk, to come down on McCook field. And I want every fellow to watch the team…. Don’t huddle up in the bleachers, but come right down on the sidelines and watch the boys. And yell every minute.’ He sat down and the din of cheering lasted nearly five minutes. As soon as it quieted somewhat, H. A. Lorenz, assistant in physical training, stepped out into the aisle and faced the packed hall. ‘Fellows, excuse me for stepping in this way, but I’m burning up. I teach a bunch of freshmen over in the gym and I’m going to flunk every fellow who stays away from McCook tomorrow afternoon.’ Then the cheering crowd squeezed out and started downtown.”