From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 1, 1916:

• “The ‘sand hogs’ at work in pier No. 3 of the new Kaw river bridge struck a nine-inch vein of coal thirty-two feet below the surface of the river at 8 o’clock this morning. The air chamber of pier No. 3 was turned forthwith into a coal mine, and it was proposed to use the fuel excavated below the pier in the firebox of one of the river barges. Although piers four and five at the north side of the river go the same distance to bed rock as pier No. 3, no trace of coal was found when the excavations were made for those piers…. In quality it appears as good as most of the coal mined in this part of Kansas.”
• “That newspapers probably did more to ‘make Kansas free’ than any other agency is one of the principal points made in a two-volume history of ‘Journalism in Territorial Kansas’ just completed by Herbert Flint, an instructor in English at the University of Kansas. The history is in the form of a thesis submitted this week as part of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, and represents a year’s work…. It is illustrated with facsimiles of the early papers, photographs of the pioneer editors of ‘Bleeding Kansas,’ and is designed to cover the entire field of Territorial journalism from every standpoint.”
• “When the managers of the big school of engineering dance at Robinson gymnasium last night, arrived shortly before the affair was scheduled to start, they found molasses smeared over the gym floor and the piano securely locked. A mop brigade was organized and the sticky molasses was removed. The lock of the piano had to be broken. The start of the dance was delayed fifteen minutes. Wednesday the managers of the engineers dance announced that a paddle brigade would keep all but engineering students away from last night’s dance. Whether revenge was a motive for last night’s joke is a question.”
• “Preliminary plans for a mammoth semi-centennial celebration at Kansas University, probably next October, were made yesterday afternoon at a meeting of a committee of forty representing all school interests…. Pageants depicting the development of the University, special music for the occasion composed by members of the University fine arts faculty, and the securing of nationally known speakers, were urged. That if there is a celebration, it should be a big one, was the consensus of opinion…. The celebration probably will last three days, coming on the weekend when a big football game is scheduled at Lawrence. The committee on the celebration plans to continue its activity this spring.”