Liquor Regulations

Some inkling as to the College's official stand on intoxicating liquors after Repeal was given in a letter which President Hopkins sent to members of the Interfraternity Council on November 14. In discussing the possible use of intoxicating liquors by undergraduates during House party week-end, the President pointed out that the rule against the use of intoxicating liquors is one which has been existent since the founding of the College, and warned the Council members that the College has no intention of abandoning its responsibilities in this matter.

"It is to be remembered," the President wrote, "that the status of the prohibitory law in New Hampshire has not been changed by the imminence of national repeal. Moreover, regardless of what individual opinions might be, the College could not assume the role of defying State law, and it would not be willing to present the College to the public as institutionally without regard for law."

Following his statement of the existing rules and the College's position in regard to them, the President warned that severe penalties would be meted out for their infraction. The attempt to be considerate in the cases of individuals in the past has largely resulted in the undergraduates feeling that warnings are simply a false cry of "wolf, wolf" and are largely a matter of form, President Hopkins explained, and henceforth the Administration Committee will pass upon cases with emphasis upon institutional welfare rather than upon individual consideration.