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Show i i , Whisky, Highballs vs. Coffee and Tea. The j professors of the various departments of Northwestern university, Chicago, are shrewd ad-xertisers. ad-xertisers. Every week the press reports carry stories of some freak utterance made by these yel-low yel-low educators. Usually what they say is harmless, but Trpf. William Caldwell of .the department of mental ! and moral philosophy indulged in some of that rattle brain talk characteristic of Northwestern university educators, the other day, that may not have a good effect on persons Of certain classes. AVhisky at breakfast and a few. highballs after dinner din-ner are; not so bad as the American habit of drinking drink-ing teai and. coffee at meal time, according to Prof. CaldwelL For that restless spirit and 4ensely 1 drawn face the professor prescribed less of the latter lat-ter beverages to one of his classes. "We talk of drunkenness as being bad," said Prof. Caldwell, "but the habit of drinking tea and coffee at meals is far more injurious' to some men." Not to alcoholic beverages, bev-erages, but to tea and coffee-drinking, is the extreme nervousness of Americans traceable, in his opinion. Other faculty members of the Methodist university, when they heard of Prof. Caldwell's view on the subject; of drinkables were inclined to be shocked, but declared their intention to stick more firmly to the temperance drinks. . Prof. Clark's deductions form a direct argument in favor of the abandonment of coffee and tea and the substitution of whisky and highballs as drinkables for the American masses. While that portion of the public that knows how far toltake Northwestern .university professors' ' compressed air will laugh at Prof. Caldwell's theory, "a certain class exists that will be influenced by his argument. And this influence will not be for the good. If Prof. Caldwell's ideas were carried out he would make Americans a nation of drunkards. drunk-ards. The man who advocates such theories to a class of students is out of place in any American institution of learning.' I . Mi |