The San Francisco call., 1896-12-31
DENOUACES THEM
AS nNEFAR|OUS !"
So Are the Liquor Ads in
the Blue and
Gold"
w. w. Bristol Of the College
Y. M. c. A. Assails Man
ager Mott.
In a Curt Letter He Says He Will
Fight the Liquor QUESTION to
the End.


between the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation of the State University and the
MANAGEMENT of the Blue and Gold over
the publication OF liquor advertisements
in the Annual is waxing hot.
W. W. Bristol, manager of the Students
Aid Society and one OF the most proml-
nent mem bers of the college Y. M. G. A,
wrote very curt letter to Manager Mott
of the Blue and Gold to-day, in which he
scores the latter for not needing the re-
cent resolutions passed by the Christian
Association protesting against the publi-
cation of such advertise merits in the Blue
and Gold. He says that the request the to
manager was not done in spirit OF child 8
play, but that the Y. NJ. G. A. meant busi-
ness when they drafted the resolutions.
Being one of the trainers of the injunc-
ton, Bristol has been free to express his
opinion and has couched his letter in no
uncertain language.
The renewed controversy was precipi-
tated by the publication in this NOR nings
CALL of the statement made by Manager
Mott that he would keep out the liquor
ads if the Y. NJ. c. A. would make good
the financial loss thus brought upon the
book.
In an interview this evening, Bristol
made the following statement for publi-
cation:
Yes, read the notice in THE CALL tn is
morning relative to the liquor s'ads' In the
Blue and Gold, and as the author of the reso-
lutions protesting in the name of the college
Young Mems Christian Association against
such ''ads, ;" think have something 10 say.
When we asked the management OF the
Blue and Gold 10 refuse liquor lads" 1t was
not done in the spirit OF child's play. We
meant business. We shall fight along these
lines until we accomplish our purpose, be-
cause our opinion has become a conviction
that we are right. In the interest OF purity,
propriety and consistency We have made our
demand.
The time has come when Christian men at
least must hedge about the liquor trafnc in
every conceivable way. The State, the faculty
and the students unite in banishlng the sale
of liquor one mile from the unlversity campus,
yet the most widely circulated student publl-
cation OF the University OF California hesi-
tates not to devote its pages to the advertising
of liquor not ouly by printed words, but by
cuts, in which lurk suggestions OF degrading
sensuality.
Mr.. Mott did suggest that we guarantee him
the amount the lads" would come to. Presi-
dent Fairchild and l talked this over and the
proposition was rejected on the ground that
as association standing for ii that is pure
and ennobling in the college ii was our prov
ince TO persuade rather than to purchase men
TO do the right, but that as individuals the as
ISOLATION would see to IL that the manage
ment lost nothing by rejecting saloon "ads"
Mr.. Mott then persuaded US to let the matter
drop, assuring us that he would do all in his
power to keep out said lads" With this we
allowed the matter to rest. Ibelieve the sem
timent of the class of 80 is decidedly opposed
to the insertion OF saloon "ads," and il this
sentiment is aroused il can do the Blue and
Gold more harm financially than the nefarious
traffic ads can do good.
On the other hand ] believe this sentiment
is strong enough to make good the financial
help the liquor "ads" would give and |
think there are around the bay firms of
legitimate character sufficient to flood the
"B. and g." with "ads'' rather than that Its
pages should be polluted with questionable
adver tisements 1 have to-day written Mr..
Mott these views.
There is no telling when nor where the
fight will end. An attempt TO bring the
matter before the class in an official man.
ner was made last term, but without avail.
Most of the classmen seem to treat the
matter with indifference, and appear will
ing to let the manager use his own discre-
ton as to what should be published and
what should not. On the other hand. the
Y. NJ. G. 4. mem bers, who represent not
an inconsiderable number of the class,
seem determined to fight the matter to the
bitter end. In their resolutions they say
that their 'ssense of right and consistency
as Christian men has been shocked to the
utmost through the insertion in times
past on the pages OF Blue and Gold OF the
advertising matter of liquor-dealers.
In their denunciatory billet they refer
to cuts of liquor houses. which appeared
in the annual, and to the licentious infiu-
ence which they exert.
In '97's "B. and g." there appeared
full page half-tone engraving of the bar in
a we'll known San Francisco resort.
The thoughts of this and other similar
ads are ranking in the breasts of the
Christian Association members, and they
have apparently put on full armor and