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| ====== Temperance Society ====== | ====== Temperance Society ====== |
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| Not a long-lasting student organization, but one to which most of the student body belonged during its time, the Temperance Society was in existence on the Washington Campus at least by 1835, but gone soon thereafter. In 1884, the //Tablet// reported that the College was asked by the Secretary of the Church Temperance Society to consider a campus branch association to work in conjunction with the town association. The request was met with a report stating, "as there was nothing for an organization of that kind to do in college, it would not be advisable to form one." | The Temperance Society on campus was created as part of the larger nineteenth century temperance movement in the United States that promoted limiting the consumption of alcohol. |
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| | The Temperance Society was in existence on the [[old_campus|Washington Campus]] at least by 1835, but was gone soon thereafter. Though it was not a long-lasting organization, most of the student body belonged to it. Formal student organizations such as the Temperance and [[missionary_society|Missionary Society]] soon lost their luster in favor of Secret Societies. |
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| | In 1884, the Secretary of the [[episcopal|Episcopal]] Church Temperance Society spoke at Trinity College, asking it to consider forming a campus branch association. Students were polled for their opinions on the matter and the Secretary's request was met with a report stating, "as there was nothing for an organization of that kind to do in college, it would not be advisable to form one." |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, p. 57. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, p. 57. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1417&context=bulletin|Catalogue of Washington College (Officers and Students, Course of Study), 1834-1835]]. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.32643233|Trinity Tablet]], 03/08/1884. |
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| | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38787181|Catalogue of Washington College (Officers and Students, Course of Study, 1834-1835)]], January 1835. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1225&context=tablets|Trinity Tablet]], 03/08/1884. | |
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