OCR Text |
Show : t Beer and Study. Dr. Edward Meyer, a professor of Berlin University, Uni-versity, declared recently in Chicago that "beer-drmking "beer-drmking is good for students, as it cases the mind and f ita it for reflection." . This opinion is not to be accepted unreservedly, for the consensus of niedical and professorial opinion opin-ion hos m quite the opposite direction. Dean Hurl-burt Hurl-burt of Harvard declares: "I have never found that beer fits the mind for study. Mv experience has been exactly the opposite." Another professor, ir. Sedgwick, says with special reference to Dr. Meyer's opinion: , aMy"opinion' ishat beer does not contribute to I frood bi'oin.work, especially among Americans. The, committee of college professors who recently in- ... ; .- ' . ' ; vestigated this subject reported the same opiiiion. The sensible, practical verdict is against the use of alcoholic drink among brain workers. I understand un-derstand that the German emperor lias- recognize.d this fact, aud has tried to" restrict the use "of beer among the students. My opinion is that alcohol is never a stimulus fo good brain work, but it. is undoubtedly un-doubtedly an aid to good fellowship. Our clima-ic and social conditions arc entiicly opposed to its use." ' . |