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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
I entered college in Kansas in 1954. The legal age for beer was
18, we had no liquor sales then.
We drank legally, but NEVER, NEVER in the house and we rarely
had "keggers." We never approached sponsors or school officials with booze on our breath. We were, I guess, discrete, or we may
have been called "hypocrites." We policed ourselves, and were a
bit tough on drunks, criticized them openly in chapter meetings. We did NOT drink in the house...we did not vomit on the SAE lawn or pee on the Sig Ep porch. We had rather strict manners, and as
I see it now, held our booze and manners considerably better as
compared to today's 21 age. I am sorry, folks, but if we can draft
you to be killed at 18, you sure as hell can have a drink. But, with
it comes responsibility. Some of you will disagree, that's ok, too.
I worked off a lot of the booze jitterbugging. We had fun and I do
not know of any drunk drivers, or bad behavior. We did not have
confrontations, either, with the many non-Greek administrators that you have to put up with, so I am sorry for you all. I had a
wonderful experience and wish it for you-all, too. EPC, TKE
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For the most part, this was true at UK in the mid to late 70's as well. Except for perhaps the jitterbugging.
Students did not join GLOs to drink or get drunk. Not to say it didn't happen. In fact, I'm still wondering if I didn't brain my damage.
But frankly, at the time, drinking was part of the campus wide social environment and as such, wasn't a big deal. (FYI: UK's alcohol policy came about not because of Greeks "misuse" of alcohol, but because it was a campus wide issue.)
And like justamom, I too don't recall any alcohol related issues at the time. But as justamom also pointed out, it may not have been considered "news".
Edited to note: UK = The University of Kentucky.