New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-10
Prize ESSAYS ON
USE OF ALCOHOL
School Children Say Hard Things
About John BarleyCorn

lhe SCHOOLS were TGad az 'Iio il0e'ihS
| of the ". G. T. Z. yesterday afternoon
| at the Grammar school. AS an
nounced in last evenings Herald, the
| prizes were awarded as follows:
First, SIS in Gold-Ela Hultgrcn.
| Second, $3--Edwin Cornwall.
Third, $2--Albert Bernabucci.
{ Honorable Mention-Edwin Berger
and Jeannette Light.
During the meeting Principal w. G.
| French called on several pupils TO
| make four-minute speeches on "Al-
| cohol." The essays follow:
| The Judges Opinion of Alcohol.
| CELIA Hultgren)
| In this present crisis, the United
| States would be better able to meet
| the great difficulties before it if Pro
| hibition were enforced throughout the
| country.
AS we all know, the people of the
| United States are anxiously waiting
| for the decision of the different states
| toward the Prohibition Bill, recently
| under discussion in Congress.
| The Judge, who, in my opinion, is
| a very busy and responsible man, cam
not afford to dope himself with pois-
| onous liquors. a constant user of IL
quor will soon find that he is growing
| weaker, both mentally and physically.
! Therefore, If a judge acquires the al
| cohol habit, he soon becomes unable
| to perform his duties.
| 1t is only natural that all Judges are
not Of the same opinion in regard to
| the liquor traffic. There are a few
I 1>n a,~A n
| Amendment; but the majority favor it.
| Judge William Gemmil, of the Chi
cago Municipal Court says:
LAS a result of the enforcement of
the Sunday closing law, there were
| 5000 fewer arrests in the city for
| drunkenness during the past year.
| Monday, which formerly was the
| hardest day in the Municipal Court.
| Is now the easiest.
IT am convinced that 80 per cent
of the crime Is a. direct result Of
drink"
Judge McHenry Of Iowa, who is also
for Prohibition, says:
while I was Judge of the District
Court of Polk County for : years,
was compelled to send my play
mates of childhood days to jail as IL
consequence Of saloons.
| II sent moro than a thousand men
to Jail for criminal offenses committed
by them. and 7 know that 80 per cent,
were caused by drunkenness originat-
ing in saloons
II granted more than A. thousand
divorces, and I know that 90 per cent.
| Of them we're due to drunkenness. !
! have taken thousands of children
from the homes of drunkardS and
| placed them in state institutions for
I IL oH
homes were ruined by drunkenness. V
Now that the United States has en-
| tered the war, it Is the duty Of every
! person to help Uncle Sam win. Our
! country is in great need of money.
and it would do the people more good
| if they invested their money in Lib
erty Bonds or Thrift Stamps instead
of spending it on Intoxicating liquors.
[ The cause for which America is
lighting is n noble one. and the beer
trade is not helping us to win. 1t
there were no liquor to be transported
throughout the country there would
| be a large number Of freight cars
which could be used for hauling army
supplies.
Because the Judges have seen how
harmful alcohol is and how many
| homes have been ruined by liquor, they
arc very anxious to have the Prohibi-
ton Bill passed.
When two-thirds Of the states have
ratisfied the Amendment, the Judge
| will rejoice. because it will greatly de-
crease his present hard and tedious
, | work.
Athletes Opinions of Alcohol.
edwin Cornwe1D
Probably baseball is the most pop
| ular game in america. MANY large
cites have professional ball mines. In
Philadelphia there is q team by the
name of the "Athletics." This par
ticnlar team won the championship
, | OF baseball for two years.
OF twenty players on this team
that won the championship of base
| all for the years 1910-1911, Con-
ME Mack said that fifteen don't know
the taste of liquor and at the request
Of the manager they went without a
riass of beer during the Champion
/ ship games. Managers of teams want
| Dlcr with keen minds and active
muscles; these cannot be had if they
indulge in intoxicants. Ted" Coy,
captain of the Yale football team for
-he years of 19O9-191O said, NO one
can honestly say alcohol is of value
to athletes In a great many COL
|eges athletic trainers bar alcohol
from men who are out training for
den the> use of alrohol before and
to Il man who had a reputation of
during the races. I was once talking
5 | 10 81 man who had a rcputatin if
being q good long distance runner.
| He said that alcohol destroys their
breathing powers, that is, they tire
more readily than they would if they
did not use liquor. Alcohol is now