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...think in a short time, after people have accustomed themselves again to drinking, it will be carried on in a sane manner just as it used to be in the old days when one drank for enjoyment. Because their sense of taste has been so dulled by the horrible bootleg liquor, it will take some time for them to be able to appreciate good liquor, such as three star Henesee cognac...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Once More Behind Bar, "Baldy" Guindon Calls Prohibition Nation's "Worst Evil"--Now Happy | 12/9/1933 | See Source »

...tremendous money-making proposition, no matter how much will be distributed to charities. Further, the men who fell all over themselves before this hullaballoo have betrayed the trust placed in them if we realize that Columbia University has been a leader in placing intercollegiate football on a sane and decent level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 12/7/1933 | See Source »

...This is primarily traceable to a habit of living which treats drink, not as an independent and serious enterprise, but as a minor adjunct to the pleasures of the table. Hard liquor has not become popular for a very obvious reason; beer and wine are just as natural, and sane, and agreeable with a dinner as a strong drink such as whiskey is the reverse of all of these things...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 12/1/1933 | See Source »

...permanently demoralizing the dominion of indifference, it is disappointing that Harvard should succumb under pressure to the revival of a custom it had wisely disposed of. The attitude of undergraduates ion the last few years towards football cannot scathingly be termed indifferent; it has simply been a sane attitude which marked Harvard as being years ahead of other colleges in this respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN OPEN PRACTICE | 11/23/1933 | See Source »

...proceedings, obviously, has been the methods opinions. In the first place, it depends on statistics; Mr. Disraeli's "lies, damned lies, and statistics," holds true, even at Harvard. In the second place, the statistics are incomplete, and have been compiled by headwaitresses, a flighty breed at best. The only sane way of setting the question is to take a ballot from the students as they enter the Dining Halls. In this way, the numbers for and against the later hours, and the intensity of interest in the problem, could be determined in one day, with a minimum of uncertainty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DINNER AT 7.30 | 11/16/1933 | See Source »

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