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HOTELS AND PROHIBITION(Hotel Management Magazine)Ten years ago the hotel and the liquor interests had much in common, at least, according to the view held by the general public. It was known that hotels made large profits from their barroom sales. Prohibition came, and other sources of revenue were needed quickly. Some hotel men did not find them soon enough, so they failed. More survived, but all then realized the need for competently trained young men. That realization led to the establishment at Cornell University, in 1922, of the first four-yearuniversity course in hotel administration ever offered anywhere in the world. It grants a bachelor of science degree.When the Inr went omt of the industry, respectability came in. This is best testified to by the type of young men who have elected to prepare for the industry at Cornell In this year’s class are sons of clergymen, two college professors' sons, three doctors’ sons, a son of a Senator, and quite a few sons of prominent hotel men. The fact that boys from the most dignified of homes are preparing to make the hotel business their life work. Is indicative of the gnat changes that prohibition has brought theIndustry within the past ten yean. ,—------ • * ' ■
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Westerville American Issue
Westerville, Ohio, US
Sun, Sep 01, 1929
Page 6
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