WHEELERESQUE

The ways of the Anti-Saloon League and its subordinate organizations must be a never-ending delight to anyone interested in intrigue. Last week in Upsala College, New Jersey, there appeared one Lofton S. Wesley of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association.

Dangling a Phi Beta Kappa key, he talked with students. He quoted figures to show that in 1916, 12.3 per million population died of cirrhosis of the liver, while in 1921 only 7.4 per million were victims of that disease. He was given a few minutes in religion courses, and allowed a portion of the chapel time. He then demanded that a snap-vote be taken. Sixty two voted in favor of strict enforcement, 39 for modification, 20 for repeal. He entered Upsala in the prohibition column of his notebook and went on to a nearby college.

Wesley is being sent to every college in New Jersey. Presumably the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association is making, or plans to make, similar campaigns in other states, and then burst a mass of statistics upon the country. Are professional agitators and faked figures to invade even the academic world for the benefit of Wayne B. Wheeler's pocketbook or the purses of his gang?