From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 11, 1916:

• “Filial duty and patriotism are pulling Obart V. Hartshorn, a University sophomore, in different directions. On the one hand, the commander of the New Mexico National Guard, of which he is a member, instructs him to report for duty at the border. On the other, his father tells him to remain and continue his course at the University. What should the boy do? Hartshorn has received a telegram from his commander ordering him to report with the other members of the New Mexico National Guard, which the president has called out for duty on the border. But before he received that order, he says, he had a telegram from his father telling him that if he received such an order he should disregard it and continue his work at the University. Hartshorn is undecided which to obey, the government or his father…. Chancellor Strong said this afternoon that if any student were called for military service he would be given credit for the semester’s studies, if his work up to the time of mobilization had been of passing grade.”
• “Lawrence will co-operate with Baldwin in a July Fourth celebration. Action to this effect was taken in an executive session of the Merchants’ Association last night. Probably no celebration at Lawrence will be staged. Baldwin is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Black Jack. A desire has been expressed by the committee at Baldwin that the people of Lawrence help take part in the celebration. A play, ‘The Spirit of ’56,’ written by W. C. Markham, editor of the Baldwin Ledger, will be given. The battle of Black Jack will be reenacted by Company H of the National Guard. In view of this extensive celebration the Lawrence merchants decided not to make plans for a rival attraction…. If possible a special train will carry the Lawrence people to Baldwin. While no definite arrangements have been made it is thought that this will be possible.”
• “The most spectacular performance the University of Kansas has ever put on will be held tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening on the golf links of the campus when the combined spectacle of the annual May Fete and ‘The Stuff of Laughter,’ a medieval dramatic fantasy, is presented to the public. About five hundred University students will take part in the festival besides several members of the faculty. Everything is in readiness for the performance and the corps of women who have been selling tickets report a heavy sale.”
• “Joe Stevens was released from the county jail yesterday after serving a term for robbing a granary of carpenter tools. He was given a six month sentence on the charge. The officers say that the diet evidently agreed with Stevens as he left jail weighing ten pounds more than when he went in.”
• “The First regiment band is planning to give its first open-air concert of the season tomorrow evening if the weather is not too cool. South park will be the place of the opening concert.”