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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 [[old_campus|Washington Campus]] at least by 1835, but gone soon thereafter. In 1884, the //[[tablet|Tablet]]// reported that the College was asked in a speech by the Secretary of the [Episcopal] Church Temperance Society to consider a campus branch association to work in conjunction with the town 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." | 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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