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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1922
Page
4
In a move to sever ties with the engineering school, law students at the University vote to discontinue all versions of joint events including the annual law pioneer debate. Authorities note long-standing rivalry but aim to reduce injuries from past campus scraps.
A preliminary campaign details aims and scope of Community Service in Lawrence. Canvassing teams will settle questions, encourage discussion, and seek financial support to create a living, serviceable movement. Local stock market notes reflect broader shifts toward distant suppliers due to transport costs.
Mrs. A P Moore of Pittsburg known as Lillian Russell urges a five year immigration holiday to shield the United States from undesirable foreigners. She argues melting pot crowding, calls for stricter exclusion than the 3 percent quota and warns that relaxed openness risks public charges and a decline in national character. Journal sent from Sioux City Ia.
The Crown Prince Hirohito, now regent due to his father's disability, observes his twenty first birthday. He received basic schooling at Peers School Tokyo, then continued at the Imperial Education Institute after graduation. Private tutoring followed and a foreign travel program broadened his education from March to September last year.
Lawrence Journal World reports Sheriff Will Johns has collected so much sponge evidence that nearly every mail brings him a sponge. It remains unclear if senders are jokers or intend them returned filled. Kansas City Star. Sunny specials.
Lawrence Community Service outlines neighborhood play zones with basketball volleyball and other games. It promotes supervised youth clubs girls clubs and parks development plus Twilight League inter neighborhood contests and industrial trips to benefit families and older youth.
The testimony argues that community service boosts student study and play. It describes the Lawrence Y M C A building as a center for youth activities and a clearinghouse for civic groups, with reach beyond town to connect country and town. It envisions gender inclusive use by Women’s Business Club and Chamber of Commerce, owned by both mothers and fathers, reflecting university involvement as part of Lawrence. The plan aims to spread costs equitably, stressing value over expense.
TOM SIMS SAYS we will have to vote the strnds. If canoes insist on being tips dry. A war veteran has the, smallest, radio. He made fit out of a pocketbook. Perhaps he had no other use for the pocketbook. Some girls don't think they are dressed unless they are not. Our idea of fun is a man buying all stock with counterfeit money. The year 1929 will be a great day for those Texans who have taught the seven-year itch. Business is better but can't get around by itself yet.
The day features the opening of National Bicycle Week, a Southern Methodist Board meeting in Louisville, Grant centenary events in Georgetown Ohio, Poland's American Day celebrations, and anticipated return of Eugene V. Debs to Socialist leadership at the Cleveland convention. Local ads invite cream buyers to Kaw Valley Creamery and promote Lawrence Business College offerings and Velie cars.
Prof Paul Ivey of the University of Nebraska conducted two lectures for Lawrence salesmen and women aimed at completing the Manship course before June 1. The first session at the Chamber of Commerce covered personality and genuine smiles. the second outlined the selling process with six steps including attracting attention and arousing interest.
The Third Annual Convention of the Kansas Federation of Music Clubs will meet Fort Scott May 6 to 10. Officers include President Mrs William J Logan and others from Kansas City Parsons Coffeyville and Pittsburgh. The program features church services lectures concerts and a festival of music with a composition competition and multiple solo performances by noted artists and students.
A vintage recipe describes strawberry shortcake cups using flour baking powder sugar salt and butter or Crisco mixed with milk to form a dough. Bake as a thin loaf, split and layered with berries and sugar soaked for sweetness. Serve with plain or whipped cream. The text also briefly notes a Korean girl described as a so-called old maid at fifteen.
Harrison Rhodes recounts a domestic art history told through women, from gilded objects to macrame and Kensington embroidery. He recalls American mothers guiding taste as they discover beauty, noting the parody and progress in mid century home decoration.
Mrs. Charles Vickrey of Lawrence Kansas delegates to the Pan American conference and the national League of Women Voters convention in Baltimore writes of social and political events. She assisted at the Maryland governor's mansion reception for foreign women, attended the White House and a Capper reception, and was an Easter Hop guest at Annapolis. She reports banquets honoring Lady Astor and Mrs. Pankhurst and notes learning from convention sessions. She will return to Lawrence with reports.
The P E O Sisterhood Kansas state convention will meet at St Pauls Methodist in Wichita from May 10 to 12. Delegates Mrs O O Stoland and Mrs E A Bleek will attend along with other Lawrence chapter members. Guests include Mrs Bertha Clark Hughes Mrs Alice Scott and Mrs Winona Reeves with programs featuring talks on the P E O Sisterhood state history and offerings. A Thursday social will be hosted by the Wichita chapter.
Pi Beta Phi sorority supports a settlement school in Gatlinburg Tennessee. Started as a memorial to founders ten years ago, it has grown from thirteen pupils in a store room to sixty acres and a larger school. The project is funded by volunteer donations from sorority chapters nationwide and serves as a community center. Twenty two boys from the settlement served in World War I.
In a Lawrence shop, clever blouses showcase white silk Oxford cloth with mannish collars. Colored linen appliques highlight cuffs and collars. Long dangling earrings gain popularity with summer wear, especially when paired with transparent gem accents.
A Lawrence woman uses ginger as a substitute for mustard in pottices while a worn raincoat is repurposed into a dishwashing apron. Powdered borax replaces wax on the dance floor and dry cheese makes a fine grating substitute for shredded foods. Mrs Durland of Spirella Corsetiere invites enrollments at 1426 Esai Enroll in the Business next Monday.
Oddities from Berlin to England include fashion eyeglass trends among Berlin women, a dog beauty parlor fortune in Lenton, and a blazing church wedding where a bride still married amid flames. A USC professor predicts 1977 world female rule and homemaker duties. A German couple’s fifty mile motorcycle hunt for a groom ends with the groom fleeing the country.
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