The Days of a Man 1908 



Rigid suspend 132 men for different periods of time. I now 

 ruling warned their fellows that they must " cut out Menlo 

 or cut out Stanford/' and, viewing the alternative, 

 practically all chose the former course. The result of 

 the affair, painful while it lasted, was thus wholly 

 satisfactory, for it fixed once for all the attitude of 

 Stanford University toward the drink problem; and 

 several of the leaders of the revolt afterward gave full 

 adherence to the policy adopted, admitting that they 

 had been wrong and the administration right. 



I next opened a direct attack on the fourteen 

 saloons in Menlo, where the "wets," led by Meyer, 

 put up a vigorous defense. Nevertheless, an appeal to 

 the state legislature, ably engineered by Richardson 

 D. Barrett, '05, secured the passage of a statute, soon 

 after confirmed by the Supreme Court, prohibiting 

 the sale of liquor within three miles of Stanford Uni- 

 versity grounds. Thus was our local problem reduced 

 to a minimum. 



Meyer Driven from Menlo, Meyer established himself at 



now strong R eno Nevada, where in due time by force of cir- 



for milk ...... / , 



shake cumstances he turned prohibitionist. In that city not 

 long ago he called on me to say that he cherished no 

 ill will moreover, that as proprietor of the "classy" 

 Waldorf he had "made more from the sale of milk 

 shake" than ever he did from beer or whisky. 



Throughout the state the response to our action 

 was most encouraging, though a few deplored the fact 

 that "boys of spirit" would be turned away from 

 Stanford. Yet a wealthy clubman, himself obviously 

 under the influence of liquor at the time, congratulated 

 me sincerely and said that his son should enroll there. 



With the desire for legitimate self-government on 

 the part of the students I had much sympathy. But 



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