From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 6, 1916:

• “Men students of the University registered an almost unanimous protest against the 12 o’clock closing rule for University parties which was passed recently by the University senate at the recommendation of Mrs. Eustace Brown, in a meeting called by the advisor of women to determine the sentiment of the men upon the question. The presidents of all the men’s organizations in the University attended the meeting and with one exception they all voted for a resolution asking that the senate either repeal the rule as it stands upon the books and allow dances to continue until 1 o’clock on Friday night or, if unable to do this, that they at least refer the matter to a vote of the student body…. Mrs. Brown scored the Lawrence city police force and the custom of putting out the street lights at 12:30 o’clock…. ‘I do not believe that it is not safe to have the women of the University out late at night with its men,’ she said, ‘but I am expressing my honest conviction when I say that I believe all ordinary parties should close at midnight and that the women will be better off if they go home earlier and get more sleep.'”
• “The hopes of the school kids of Lawrence for shorter school hours received a serious setback yesterday when the mothers took a hand in the plans which are being advocated in regard to a three o’clock closing of the grades. In true parental style the members of the Mothers’ League decided unanimously that the children should remain at school until the time honored hour of four shall have arrived, and any less attendance of the youngsters will probably have to be acquired by the usual ‘Hookey’ route.”
• “A crowd of University and townspeople who packed the chapel in Fraser hall, heard Henry L. Southwick of Boston, lecture on Shakespeare’s great tragedy, King Richard the III, and read parts of it, at 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Southwick, who is head of a school of dramatic art in Boston, read the most intense scenes from the play and kept the attention of his audience closely throughout the time. He declared that the Richard of the drama is probably not the real Richard of history, but that such was the influence of the play, that it is probable that in the popular conception Shakespeare’s character will always be the real man.”
• “The snowfall which had been reported from western points this morning reached Lawrence shortly after noon today. It covered the ground quickly and was coming down at a rapid rate at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon.”
• “In spite of the stinging snow which obscured the sight of the workmen and decreased their efficiency through the cold, the large steel cable was cast loose from the bridge and was being stretched into place this afternoon. An enormous strain is necessary to draw the 9,000 pounds of steel into place. The work is being done with a hoisting engine, the power being multiplied with a system of blocks.”
• “The 18-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Walford of 840 Kentucky street got hold of some strychnine tablets Tuesday and swallowed them. Dr. E. J. Blair was called to administer treatment. The child is now out of danger and on the road to recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Walford moved to Lawrence from Ohio only a short time ago.”