From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 14, 1915:

“Standing in a chilling rain outdoors and shifting from one foot to another for hours on hours, freshmen and many upperclassmen at the University of Kansas had their introduction to the enrollment rush early this morning in front of Robinson Gymnasium. Over 500 freshmen were on the campus and in line by 10 o’clock and at lunch time they were still waiting to get enrolled…. Professors did not stop for lunch and the enrolling continued straight through the noon hour. Between 12 and 1 o’clock girls brought hot coffee and sandwiches to the hardworking advisers and they ate with one hand while they filled out enrollment cards with the other.”

“Some of the physicians of Lawrence are up in arms over the imposition of a hospital fee of two dollars per head for each student registering at the University, and have instructed their children to pay the extra two dollars under protest…. Heretofore the infirmary or hospital at the University has been supported by charges placed upon all those who entered it as patients…. One of the grounds for the protest that the downtown physicians are making, and promise to crystallize into a legal action, is that the two dollar additional fee has no warrant in law, as they understand the law to say that the ten-dollar registration fee shall ‘cover all fees.’ It appears that the only exception heretofore prevailing to this registration fee is in the case of laboratory students who make a deposit to cover possible breakage of apparatus, and such of this deposit as is not forfeited by breakage is refunded to the student.”

“‘Dick’ Barton, coach of the high school football team, was pleased at the number of men who showed up last night at Fourteenth and Massachusetts streets for the opening practice. He believes that while there are only a few letter men back that if the other men display as much enthusiasm as they did last night they will be able to overcome their lack of experience and develop a winning team.”

“There is no mystery about the plans for the new bridge across the Kaw at Lawrence and anyone may see them at the Court House at any time. Furthermore, if the commissioners are present at the time they will be glad to show the plans and explain them to anyone who may be interested. The matter of building a new bridge across the Kaw river at Lawrence has been handled in the open by the board of county commissioners who are working for the best interests of the county, and they refuse to be swerved from the path of duty on account of any malicious attacks which may be made against them. When the bridge is built it will be a credit to the county…. There will be no jobs, no grafts and no hush money, everything will be done in the open from start to finish and it will be done right.”

“Lawrence’s muddiest alley is to be a thing of the past, following action by the city commission today granting a contract to Eastman & Harris to pave the alley first east of Massachusetts street in the 600 block.”