The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-23
OFFICERS IN CITY
Active Preparation for National
Prohibition Convention.
Everything Ready for Opening
of College Sessions.
c. B. Franklin, Special Field
Secretary Of Organization.
Secretary Warner Author of
Well known Book.

Active preparations are being made
for the big annual convention of the
intercollegiate Prohibition association
which will be held in the Auditorium
December 29-January 1.
Several Of the officers of the organ
1zatiOn are here and are making their
headquarters at the National hotel
DR.. d. Leigh Colvin of New York.
spoken in 27O American colleges and
universities from Maine to California,
is among the first corners. :.
Harry S. Warner of Chicago, gen.
eral secretary, is here.
Mr.. Warner is the author Of so
cial Welfare and the Liquor Problem"
which has probably had a larger cir
culatiOn than any other book ever
published on the liquor question. In
a referendum vote among leading
ten best books on the liquor problem,
Mr.. Warmers book was ranked first
among American publications-second
only to Horsley and Sturge's great
English book. For several years it
has been used as a textbook in more
than 200 American colleges.
''Up from the ranks" APPLY epitom-
ICES the career thus far of Neil Dow
Cranmer. once newsboy, later a
street car conductor and cub repOr-
ter, and now a. college graduate with
his masters degree and member OF
the national executive committee of
the intercollegiate Prohibition asso-
citation. Cranmer is in town today.
AS a field secretary Of the I. p. A.
for the past three years Mr.. Cranmer
has rendered valuable service, visit
ing over a hundred colleges in the
middle and eastern states, helping To-
cal prohibition leagues to build up
their organization and organizing
nearly a score of new leagues in some
of the largest and most conservative
collie ~es in the country, including
Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Brown.
University Of Vermont, Washington
and Jefferson, Bucknell, Northwestern
university and University of Chicago.
Mr.. Cranmer is an effective speaker,
but his success in the field has been
due largely to the emphasis which he
has placed on personal work.
Washburn Boy in 1t.
C. Benjamin Franklin, a Washburn
college graduate. is here as a special
field secretary.
The attitude of the medical profess
sion toward the use Of alcoholic Ii
Auditorium next week. when DR.. Dav-
id Paulson, medical superintendent of
the Hinsdale sanitarium. Illinois, will
ad 7ress the college delegates and the
general public on alcohol and the
Physician of Today
"A mpdlSn IS DOlHS WdScu tOOdy III
Topeka for the purpose of COM
pleting a fund Of $1,000 to defray the
cost of the convention. The finance
committee is composed of J. Will KEEL
ley of the Commercial club, chairman:
Robert Stone. c. G. Blakely. w. w.
Mills. James A. Troutman, Mayor r..
L. Cofran. H. L. Cook. Jesse Fisher.
r. Finny Markham and Robert Whit
comb.
Topeka through the Commercial
club, Washburn branch Of the I. p.
A., and other organizations agreed to
furnish lodging and breakfast for
1000 delegates.
The entertainment committee con-
sists Of Robert Whitcomb. E. Deetz
Picket, DR.. s. S. Estey. DR.. Robert
Gordon. William Stein, Willard Trox-
ell, Will Guild. Merrill Ream. Martin
Miller, John Warner and Leon Ho1-
man. The publicity committee is
composed of Frank Snow. Ed Mennin-
ger and Richard Whitcomb.
Those who are willing to entertain
students are asked to call John Mar
shall, No. $50. the Mills building.