From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 31, 1916:

• “Just in time to gather their share of the business created by the close of school, the ‘Kaw Valley line’ will open for passenger traffic tomorrow morning, June 1. A station on the north side of the river has been established and was opened this morning with H. S. Snediker in charge. The North Lawrence station will be used until the interurban company is able to complete its line and buildings on the south side. The building which is to be used by the Kaw Valley line as a waiting room for Lawrence patrons is located on Bridge and Locust streets in what has been known as the Caldwell building…. The fare on the interurban to the city limits of Kansas City will be seventy-two cents with an additional five cents for city fare which will entitle the purchaser to a Metropolitan street railway transfer. Already the ticket agent has received many inquiries from students who intend to leave town this week asking about rates, baggage, accommodations and schedules. The first interurban car is scheduled to arrive in Lawrence at 6:20 o’clock tomorrow morning and it is expected that a number of townspeople will revive the time honored custom of gathering at the station at train time, for this one occasion at least.”
• “For the first time members of the University of Kansas faculty will wear the classical caps and gowns at the annual commencement exercises which are scheduled on Wednesday, July 7. Approximately one hundred of the faculty members have sent in orders for the flowing garb.”
• “An exhibit of the work done in the Manual Training department of the high school during this year will be open to the public Thursday and Friday of this week on the first floor of the manual training building…. There are 110 high school students in this department. Another old joke is receiving its death blow through this course, the one about a woman driving a nail. Of the number taking manual training many are girls. The girls are said to be able to saw and hammer with as great a degree of skill as the boys. Hands that by the old idea of ‘woman’s place’ were fitted primarily for either dishwater or the piano are helping in the construction of household articles equal to those displayed at first class furniture stores.”
• “Mrs. L. L. Corbin and other Lawrence women interested in the extension of equal suffrage are urging as many Lawrence women as can go to take part in the suffrage parade at Chicago, which will be held in connection with the Republican national convention. The intention is to take part in the parade not as Republicans but as suffragists, and to encourage the movement to support the political party that does most for the suffrage cause. On account of the distance it is realized that the Kansas delegation can not be a large one, but the promoters are hoping to make up for small numbers by the enthusiasm shown. Round-trip summer tourist fares will be in effect at the time, and women are urged to take advantage of them.”