From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 21, 1914:

• [Briefs from the Editorial page] “Get busy, you people, and provide your flour for the Belgians. It is time to act.” … “It is not of so much difference who fired the first shot in this war as to who fires the last one.” … “One writer scolds us for advocating the adoption of Belgian babies. He says that anyone who has stood up for home industry the way we have ought to insist upon ‘Made in America’ babies.’ … “This paper does not believe in militaryism but this paper does believe in preparedness. Our standing army and our navy unhappily are not sufficient to meet our needs. We must give attention to both these branches of the public defense.” … “Should newspapers suppress the names of men who get into police court? Every paper makes a brave stand in this but every paper backs up on occasion. This paper has always suppressed names of prisoners owing that injury would be done innocent parties, but for a long time we have felt it was a mistake. The men whose names are suppressed do not cease being criminals. They rather increase their propensity upon learning that they do not get publicity. We have an idea that names should be published in police court but we also have an idea this paper is not going to publish them if there is any good reason for keeping them out. We do not like to inflict needless suffering and in many, many cases we have to have more regard for the family of the man in the case than he has himself.” … “Has it occurred to you this year that the usual Christmas giving must be curtailed this year in order to give properly to the Belgians. There is going to be a world of sacrifice in this giving to the sufferers so far away and at this Christmas time it is especially important that we realize that we must give a little less this year to our own folks. It takes sacrifice to get things in this world.” … “Robert J. Burdette, who has just died, once lectured in Baldwin. In those days the Southern Kansas train was not much. It ran any old time and got there when it could. Mr. Burdette was coming from Lawrence and his train was very late. He knew the audience was impatiently waiting but all he could do was worry. Finally he called the conductor aside and said, ‘Mr. Conductor, I wish you would take your cowcatcher from in front and put it in the rear.’ The conductor who knew the humorist thought another great joke was about to be perpetrated and asked innocently why. ‘Because,’ said Mr. Burdette, ‘we will never run into a cow but a cow may come up from behind and bite some of the passengers.'”
• “Chances are slender for a holiday Wednesday in case Kansas wins the Missouri game. Chancellor Strong said this morning that the University senate, which has the power to grant holidays, was averse to give any more vacations in view of the fact that two classes are being dismissed today and that several have been dismissed during the school year. Unless the unexpected happens, school will continue Wednesday until noon as usual. Thanksgiving recess will begin 12 o’clock Wednesday noon and continue until 8:30 o’clock Monday morning following, November 30.”