Education: Prohibition Helpers

The death of Student John Harper, 21, resulting from poison gin, caused the University of Chicago to announce that it was forced to employ a private staff of Prohibition agents, since the regular Federal officials did not give the campus sufficient protection.

Meanwhile, last week in New Haven, Conn., two Yale divinity students were aiding 60 Federal "undercover men" in raids on roadhouses that cater to undergraduate trade.

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