Caption: Magazine - English Club The Illinois (1907)
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settled in any oth r than llogiihj nvi OIIH. And, humiliating a i he admissi n may 1 , college politic! are al i in sonic in tain |»«-1 \ a. I I by 'he me ondition, called " r o t t e i m e t s " by the str« t, which [| SO distinctive of 8<>tne of our city precincts; f r the Quays and the Ol ikere, the h< ileTH and hoe • - may s tlourish in the cultured atmosphere of the educat ional center as w II as among the c rruptionist- • f vi ridden municipal)< ies. Happily, however, the a- rage college indent casts his vote deliberately, conscientiously and with sincerity. Rarely is a student actuated by unworthy motives, and while deals and combinations are semetimes resorted to, political methods resemhlii s th< se of the outside world are commonly frowned upon. Above all things the aspirant after a student office must sedulously cultivate the appearance of dignity and respectability. Of disreputable methods the politics of the University of Illinois are singularly free and against them the charge of corruption cannot be justly brought. There is however, one great, overshadowing and palpable defect in the politics of the University of Illinois, and that is indifference, iiuliil'erence in supervision on the part of the University administration and indifference in the attitude of the student toward the proper conduct of undergraduate affairs. A second evil, which is the natural outgrowth of this spirit of indifference, is that our I ditics are unintelligent and ignorant. In regard to the first, it is perfectly obvious that where a spirit of unconcern exists among the stulents theiuf- I v es and there are not faculty restriction abuses are bound to creep in. Until the la i few 137
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