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...Elihu Root called at the White House to pay his respects, and stayed a long time with the President. When he came out reporters "pumped" but he only smiled wanly in response. He answered only one question, "Will the Volstead Act be modified?" remarking sagely: "Time will tell...
...modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beer...
...That is," Dr. Worcester then went on to say, "no member of the medical profession, unless he is a specialist who has not come in contact with the life of ordinary people, could be opposed to a law like the Volstead Act which prohibits the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks. A very good criterion of whether or not prohibition has had a beneficial influence among the workers of this country is the reports of Social Service organizations, which are unanimous in saying that the conditions they deal with are better since the prohibition law was enacted than they were...
...favor the modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beer...
...minor sports, but the time spent in athletic management or in competing for athletic management. The "recreation and leisure" section included exercise and sports such as golf and tennis, reading, not in preparation for classroom work, lectures and concerts, theatres and movies, card-playing, "parties", in the pre-Volstead sense, dances and social activities, informal discussions and that bugbear of the weeks before Tap Day, the "dope session," at which the undergraduate solemly argues Bill Jones's chance to be tapped last man for Skull and Bones, or whether Wolf's Head or Elihu Club will provide a haven...