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Editorial
February 1, 1931
The American Issue
Westerville, Delaware County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Rev. Almer M. Penningwell refutes 'wet' claims of rampant student drinking by citing low liquor-related incidents reported by Chicago high school coaches and principals, Evanston high school, and Northwestern University's dean of men during school events.
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FACTS REFUTE WET PROPAGANDA ABOUT
STUDENT DRINKING
By REV. ALMER M. PENNINGWELL
In answer to the oft-repeated charge of the wets that the young people of the country are going to the "bow-wows" in the use of liquor, a high school coach told me that he had coached for ten years in Chicago high schools and had not had occasion to discipline more than three or four students on account of liquor.
The principal of one of the largest high schools in Chicago told me in answer to my question, "Is drinking liquor by your students any part of your problem of social control?"—"We have absolutely no cases involving students in liquor drinking."
In answer to the same question the principal of the Evanston high school told me that they had not had in three years a single instance known to them of liquor drinking in connection with any school, social or athletic affair.
I put the same question to the dean of men at Northwestern university, and he said that the matter of liquor drinking is the most insignificant part of our problem of student control. He illustrated by saying that at the annual junior-senior dance, involving a thousand or more students, they had reported two or three individuals who gave evidence of having used liquor, only one of which being troublesome, and further described the two-day celebration following the winning of the football championship, which was in turn followed with a celebration of two dances at downtown hotels on Saturday night, a parade of automobiles loaded with students to the city on Monday, a gathering of five thousand students at a city theater, a bonfire on the campus attended by twelve or fifteen thousand people, a celebration following at Davis street, and a theater celebration with four or five thousand students present. In all this series of events only seven or eight instances of the presence of liquor were reported, with two individuals troublesome.
This, with my own rather wide observation among young people, convinces me that the wets are wantonly impeaching the character of American youth.
STUDENT DRINKING
By REV. ALMER M. PENNINGWELL
In answer to the oft-repeated charge of the wets that the young people of the country are going to the "bow-wows" in the use of liquor, a high school coach told me that he had coached for ten years in Chicago high schools and had not had occasion to discipline more than three or four students on account of liquor.
The principal of one of the largest high schools in Chicago told me in answer to my question, "Is drinking liquor by your students any part of your problem of social control?"—"We have absolutely no cases involving students in liquor drinking."
In answer to the same question the principal of the Evanston high school told me that they had not had in three years a single instance known to them of liquor drinking in connection with any school, social or athletic affair.
I put the same question to the dean of men at Northwestern university, and he said that the matter of liquor drinking is the most insignificant part of our problem of student control. He illustrated by saying that at the annual junior-senior dance, involving a thousand or more students, they had reported two or three individuals who gave evidence of having used liquor, only one of which being troublesome, and further described the two-day celebration following the winning of the football championship, which was in turn followed with a celebration of two dances at downtown hotels on Saturday night, a parade of automobiles loaded with students to the city on Monday, a gathering of five thousand students at a city theater, a bonfire on the campus attended by twelve or fifteen thousand people, a celebration following at Davis street, and a theater celebration with four or five thousand students present. In all this series of events only seven or eight instances of the presence of liquor were reported, with two individuals troublesome.
This, with my own rather wide observation among young people, convinces me that the wets are wantonly impeaching the character of American youth.
What sub-type of article is it?
Temperance
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Student Drinking
Wet Propaganda
Temperance
Youth Character
Liquor Incidents
Prohibition Support
School Discipline
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. Almer M. Penningwell
Chicago High School Coach
Principal Of Large Chicago High School
Principal Of Evanston High School
Dean Of Men At Northwestern University
Wets
American Youth
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Refuting Wet Propaganda On Student Drinking
Stance / Tone
Strongly Pro Temperance, Defending Youth Against Liquor Accusations
Key Figures
Rev. Almer M. Penningwell
Chicago High School Coach
Principal Of Large Chicago High School
Principal Of Evanston High School
Dean Of Men At Northwestern University
Wets
American Youth
Key Arguments
High School Coach Disciplined Only 3 4 Students For Liquor In 10 Years
Large Chicago High School Has No Liquor Cases Among Students
Evanston High School Had No Liquor Incidents In 3 Years At School Events
Northwestern Dean Reports Liquor As Insignificant Student Control Issue
Only 2 3 Liquor Evidences At Junior Senior Dance, One Troublesome
Only 7 8 Liquor Instances In Extensive Football Championship Celebrations
Wets Are Impeaching American Youth's Character Wantonly