Word: sales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reporter wandered over to Harvard's architectural survival to interview the janitor. "Beer mugs? Say there never was to beer in Cambridge!" asserted this official, "No, you see Cambridge has nearly always been dry. For years before Prohibition there were laws forbidding the sale of liquor in Cambridge. Now Somerville was the wet place--you could buy anything there, but it wouldn't have done any good to sell beer around College. A Harvard man satisfied with beer? Say, I've lived here in Cambridge all my life, and I never yet seen the Harvard man that only took...
...University has an open mind about the question of serving beer in the dining rooms," declared W. I. Nichols '26, director of the University Publicity Bureau, last night. "No action will be taken by College authorities until the Massachusetts Legislature has passed laws relative to the sale of beer Then, if the sale of beer is legal, careful consideration will be given to both sides of the question...
University authorities yesterday hustled into conference following student objection to the assertion of R. L. Westcott '14, manager of the dining halls, that, in his opinion, the sale of beer would be "against the University's policy." The ensuing declaration of the "open-mind" policy was accompanied by a reminder that, contrary to popular impression, the University had never served beer in its regular dining halls even in the days before the national prohibition amendment...
...that, having carefully weighed all advantages and disadvantages, he has decided against the introduction. As the State legislature yesterday carried a resolution legalizing Massachusetts beer, some criticism of the Comptroller's decision might be pertinent. First, of course, is the consideration that Cambridge may not revoke its statute against sale at the general election called for the purpose. But aside from this, the principal objections of the Comptroller seem to fall under two heads; the fear of moral reprobation, and the difficulty and expense involved...
...understood that the city of Cambridge, by ordinance, forbids the sale of intoxicating liquors. According to present laws, there must be a special balloting to determine whether the local prohibition shall continue. In consideration of this possibility, the CRIMSON ballot will allow students to express an opinion as to whether the University should allow men to take beer into the dining and common rooms and to consume it there...