From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Oct. 4, 1914:

• “Housing problems in Lawrence are constantly becoming more acute, as all new comers, and particularly new members of the faculty, find to their sorrow. Some of the experiences incident to the opening of the present school year demand a solution before next fall, if this is at all possible…. Prof. H. A. Roberts came August 25, earlier than otherwise necessary, and found nearly all the desirable houses taken. He spent nearly two weeks finding a satisfactory residence, and observed what nearly all did — a noticeable lack of modern houses of moderate size. Dr. John Sundwall was finally obliged to rent a furnished house which is only temporarily vacant, while Prof. H. F. Harrington walked the streets for three days, stopping at every house that showed a ‘to rent’ sign, before finding one that gave any evidence of answering to the description ‘desirable.’… U. S. G. Plank, secretary of the Lawrence Building and Loan Association, through whom a large proportion of the new faculty members finally secured their homes, declares that the greatest difficulty is to find modern houses having less than ten or twelve rooms. ‘Most of the faculty do not care to take roomers, and houses of this size are not what they want,’ he maintained. ‘I believe that the building of a number of well fitted houses of from five to seven rooms would greatly relieve the situation, and I might also suggest that apartments would be acceptable to a number who have not so far been satisfied. The demand for small homes comes not only from the teachers but from families brought here by the factories. They too need houses of moderate size.’… C. B. Hosford, of the Hosford Investment and Mortgage Company, tells a similar story. ‘I find most of the house hunters not particular as to being located near the University,’ he says. ‘A long daily walk seems a matter of small moment to them. What they do want, and what is most difficult to find here, is houses in good repair. Most of the houses offered for rent are large, old fashioned and long neglected. There is a great need for modern houses of about six rooms.'”
• “Clear, concise, convincing, the address at the Progressive meeting in F. A. U. Hall Saturday evening made direct appeal to the many voters present. Mrs. Agnes Riddle, the famous Colorado legislator, demanded of the women of Kansas, and the voters generally, to vote for their progressive candidates, that they might put men in the federal legislative bodies, free and untrammeled by any party ties, who would fight for nation wide enfranchisement of women, and the protection of laboring children. Child labor she recognized as the most important problem facing the nation today. Even though it meant the temporary crippling of certain industries, she felt it would be justified to enact more stringent laws governing the labor of children in factories. The legislators were not placed in the administrative houses to enact laws for big business men, but for the advancement of humanity in general…. ‘We need praying men in our legislative bodies. Do you suppose a Christian man could go down to Washington, and not make a stand for the little children who are being starved mentally and physically in our factories that a few may benefit? I realize men do not wish women to vote. They say we do not go to battle. Go to the scenes of the great European conflicts. Who are the heroes? Who are the great sufferers? Not the man, who is killed and buried, but the woman who stays at home, bringing up the children. She is battling every hour for every good influence in the world, and dying a cruel death every day.'”