The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-13
COLLEGE B 0 ' 5 IN PURITY
 PLEDGE
Ralph Walker Claims Dis. tinction of Only One Kiss, Which Was Given Grudg, ingly and Gave No Pleas. ure.

New York, Dec. 13-Girls, step up and meet Ralph Walker, handsome tinction of being the only college senior. in New York and parts adja- cent theerto who can boast of but one kiss. But confine your greeting to a hand, unless you wish to see him dash off in horror.
 Ralph, divinity student, has been elected president of the newly-organ- 1zed Purity League at New York University a body of seniors which has pledged itself to bunch of in digo rles that would make the Rev. Wilbur Crafts turn green with envy. All members have agreed to abide by the following:
 1-To treat the so-called gentle sex with great reverence.
 2-To eschew all forms of gamb- ling.
 3-To regard the imbibtng of i'm toxicating liquors as a dangerous vice to be curbed at all times.
 LTo regard profanity as the un- necessary use Of language. 6-To refrain from smoking.
 The Purity League will meet twice a month during the remainder of the college year and semi-annually there will be closely watched by Congress man Volstead, Lucy Page Gaston and other advocates of g. better and purer world.
 League members have decided that man has been taking altogether too many liberties with his Master, and they have decided to set themselves up as impeccable eXamp es of the Perfect Male, singular. The decision to regard gambling as horrible vice was reached after lengthy debate and was finally settled by spinning a put and take'' top. Gambling, it was de- cided, is a demoralizing vice, tending tn fharafnra requiring radical action to stop it. Prohibition of liquor drinking came in the nature of an afterthought, as 1t was at first believed wise to leave this matter in the hands of the enforce ment agents. Profanity comes under @ severe ban, not even gosh darn it'' or ''ge whiz'' being permitted for use as explosives or otherwise in the mouths of the league members. The rule against smoking will be rfgidly enforced, particularly with regard to nickel cigars, as the rules hold snaok- ing to be immoral and a menace to the welfare Of the members and their families, to say nothing of that arch foe of nicotine Dr. Pease. Walker might be thought an ogre because of his freedom from oscula- tory ontamination-save one. Al | wrong. He is a big, broad-shoulder- l ed, handsome and thoroughly Hkable He was born a bachelor and retains l that characteristic. He has patent ] i elan instep, cleft chin and big, red earnest, manly ear. It might be sus. | pected that girls have lodged him il | the matter of kissing because Of { 1 emblance to the Smith Brothers But he doesn't wear a beard. He | has Wally Reid backed up against the ! ropes yelling for moro cold cream ant | makeup when 1t comes to manl! l pulchritude.
 | The other members of the Purit. 1 League have signed the comprehen
 sive pledge and. being of sound minC
 and body, fully intend to live up t'
 their obligations. Having demon strated to the satisfaction of all dur Ing their freshmen years that beyont the Alps lies Italy, the seniors wil
 set an example for a bad, bad worlt l of men.
 Jack Weinhimer, former president was fired from office when he did no deny that he had been kissed, that h | smoked and - horrors of horrorsl- l that he had used cuss words.
 1 Walker, the new president, admit
 ted with becoming modesty that h l had been kissed, but once only, an other purities admitted were very e1c
 tenuating. It seems that MT. Wake
 attended a party in which there wer pay the forfeit and kiss a, youn
 lady But he proved to the satisfac
 tfon of the league that nobody go
 any fun out of 1t.
 All memebers of the league main tain that their knowledge Of kissing
 entirely, not to say purely, aVademic However, as some previous observ
 CT of human events remarked, a kis
 $ a kiss for @ that.