The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-18
YOUTHS RALLY
PRECEDES DRY
WORLD SESSION
E. S. Shumaker and Mrs.
Stanley Will Speak
Tonight.

BIZ Times Special
WINONA LAKE, Aug. 18.-There
is an obligation on the part Of col
lege and high school students to
know the truth about prohibition,
insisted George Douglas, college
student secretary of the Intercol-
legiate Prohibition Association,
speaking today at a young peoples
rally prior to the formal opening to-
night of the congress of the World
Against Alcoholism:
students are very apt to condemn
prohibition because the officials in
Federal, State and local govern
ments are not doing their duty while
at the same time they are aSsociat-
ing with friends who are thwarting
the law and the spirit of the law.
Yet they will not lift a finger to try
to change the attitude Of these
friends.
again, with but very little effort,
a group of students can be found
who will discuss with greas fervor,
just what is wrong with our present
marriage and diborce laws. But just
try to shift the discussion to what
the attitude of each one should be
toward the other sex on their
campus and the superficiality dis
play will be appalling. Their crea-
tive, imaginative dealings are in the
realm which is difficult for them to
affect. While within their own realm
they are conservative without a
doubt"
Other speakers at this mornings
session were Mrs. Margaret w.
Schultz, Washington, D. c., special
secretary Of the intercollegiate Pro-
hibition Association, who spoke on
1.-The Part of Young Women in Pro-
noting Prohibition" DR.. F. H.
otto Nellie, of the German Central
Federation Against Alcoholism, Ger
m2ny, on 1.-THE Youth Movement in
Germany" Rev. E. H. Daley, pastor
of the First United Brethren
Church, Portsmouth, Ohio, on
young Peoples Organizations and
Sobriety," and Peter Chalmers,
Glasgow, Scotland, officer of the
Scottish Temperance Alliance.
Speakers scheduled for late today
are Harry 5. Warner, Washington,
D. c., educational secretary of the
intercollegiate Prohibition Associa-
ton; Lotion S. Wesley, college stu
dent secretary Of the World League
Against Alcoholism, and Rev. Henry
Carter, London, honorary secretary
of the Temperance Council Of the
Christian Churches of Great Brit
tin.
Formal opening Of the congress
will occur tonight when addresses
CO welcome will be made by E. S.
Shumaker, superintendent of the
Indiana Anti-Saloon League, and
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Stanley, president
of the Indiana w. c. T. U. Re-
sponses will be made on behalf of
all continents.
Dry leaders from many nations
are here for the congress. The ia
nous "Pussyfoot" Johnson, whose
attacks on liquor represented one of
the first aggressive movements in
favor of prohibition, is one of the
delegates present.
Among others here are Nine.
Hussein Fey, leader of the Turkish
Red Gross and the Green Crescent
anti-liquor organization in Turkey;
DR.. Otto Melle, Berlin; DR.. Robert
Huercoo, Lausanne, Switzerland;
the Rev. Henry Carter, secretary of
the social welfare department of the
Wesleyan M. E. Church of England,
and the Rev. David Ostlund, rep
resenting Scandinavia.
Nations and continents represent
ed at the congress are Japan, Swe-
den, Germany, Scotland, England,
Ireland, Switzerland. South Amer
lea, Hindustan, Canada, Australia,
Egypt, Iceland, Denmark, Norway,
Finland, Italy. Turkey and Africa.