Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-27
OF SALOONS At IOWA
siTY sooN 70 STATE
UNIVERSITY.
,vENT WELCOMED AZ
END 70 MANY rRousLEs
prsssnes q Saloons Near University
\ Always Considered Handicap to.
orewsh Us;ysrsityi oaieisls D.elar.
st.ts cssid tsavs Aet.d Earlier 70
Put saloons Out Of Business.

* Iowa C3tY,&OeC. lI.--Wnen tne AoWu
City saloons closed their doors in
obedience to the mandate Of the five
mile limit bill, the administrative Of
ficials and members OF the faculty Of
the state University Of Iowa heaved
long sigh Of relief.
With the passing Of the saloons
raised also the excuse for false gossip
about the condition Of student morals
iii Iowa CIty-a thing that has been
a. much mora serious menace to the
name OF Tho university than have the
saloons themselves. .s,s
The university has chosen consist
entity to disregard the wild stories OF
student drinking which have Hoated
about the state ut various times. No
formal effort has bsen made to refute
any OF them. altho In almost every
instance they have given a fantastical-
liz exaggerated version of the evil, or
positively false one. University au-a
thorities have known that instances Of.
studentE entering saloons have been
unusual. They have known that if the
saloons had had to depend on student
trade for their profits they would have
gone out OF business years ago. They
have known that in no city possessing
like number OF young men could as
few OF them be found patronizing sa-
looms. But they have kept STILL while
tongues wagged, waiting for the day to
come when the institution which gave
excuse for the sianderous tales should
be abolished. That day came last
We5neSday =. - = s - -
Might Have Como Earlier.
AS President Thomas Huston Mac
bride pointed out the other day, lows
could have put the saloons out OF Iowa
City at will.
.-The conditions in Iowa City have
been just those which the laws of the
state OF Iowa provided" President
Macbride said. 1T MAS been within
the power of the legislature at any
session to put such restrictions Cd
this traffic as to prevent the exist
ence of saloons In Iowa City, but the
public sentiment as expressed in the
legislature has never before set up
such restrictions.
During the time the prohibitory
! law vas N effect 1t was enforced here
as thoroughly as anywhere else. Since
that time the saloons. have existed
strictly under the terms Of the mulct
law
Robert Rienow. adviser OF university.
men. IL convinced that the saloons
have played no important party In the
life Of the student body. but II glad
70 REQ their temptations removed.
s Modsrn Students Clean.
NATURALLY, all men interested In the
welfare OF our students welcome the
clio. Of the saloons with undis-
guised delight Mr.. Rienow says.
3.Ieyertheless, 4 close personal con-
tact with the students in the univer-
sity of lows during the past two years.
meeting them in their rooms and fra
ternity homes, haS convinced me that
the modern college student is para
ron Of virtue IN this matter as COM
pared with thesoid timer who frequent
" makes the modern criticism.
The tendency In the standards and
moral tone OF our college men is up.
ward. The most, valuable result in the.
elimination Of the saloon In any COM
munity viii be the taking away Of that
constant. ever present temptation lead
fng to indulgence that would never be
thought Of were sit not 30 constantly
before him: for comparatively few
people will 20 to great length to pro-
cure the liquor that they can get along
without. This will be. Of course. a
great boon to Iowa City. but no more
q than to every other city that is free
from the baneful influence Of the
saloon