
In the fall of 1912, Ned Cheney enrolled at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He joined his older brother Rollo who had attended KU for two years.


In the fall of 1912, Ned Cheney enrolled at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He joined his older brother Rollo who had attended KU for two years.

In 1911, the Cheneys attended the Easter week performance of Handel’s Messiah at Bethany College in Lindsborg, as they had in earlier years.

In 1910, the Cheney’s house didn’t have an indoor toilet. There were chamber pots in the bedrooms, and there was an outhouse.
Candles and oil lamps provided light. Fireplaces and wood-burning stoves supplied heat.

In spring 1910, the Cheneys remodeled and modernized their house. It would have all the modern conveniences.
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