Show COLLEGES AND ROGUERY an evangelist one If mercer ercer created no end of comment by a statement that the colleges of america breed more crimes than the brot brothels beIs he proceeded to prove by statistics t that bat 73 75 per cent of several sorts of criminals are college graduates mercer is himself a university of virginia man ho he has bean cn a drunkard drinkard but reformed and took to the church while mercers remarks are being hotly refuted he Is not without defenders charles A towne of new york said thore there Is undoubtedly too much conviviality in many college fraternities terni ties and young men who in many instances ins bauce s would mate make good records if left to themselves are apt to be carried away uy b y the life and to drink excessively during their college course the sweeping statement that college education breeds crime 16 too ridiculous to di discuss escuss seriously however the modern american evangelist Is fond of absurd statements says the butte miner the they r attract attention and fill the colle collection atlon plate college men drink too much of course in isolated instances so do individuals of every other sort but to confess that learning breeds crime is to upturn the foundations of learning the rev mr air mercer may be judging the rest of the world by his own experiences yet the south in which lie ho graduated lg Is leading in liquor reform |