Caption: Magazine - English Club The Illinois (1907)
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Important \vh t h o r a onndidatc t fritternity i in or not. [n most • . then- i a d union am ng tho fraternities theriM>l\ * on 1 litioal questions In re n t linn there hM I en Only nc in-tan th S II.I.IO ol lion, in which tho if ) involvrd the t'rat rnitv que (ion. In that h tlv i r11 • 1 Btrinrirlo the i r h s " and fraternities were solid in their oppositi n too; h other, and their comparative strength was fairlj tested. The " B a r b s ' or independents were defeated, through di r inanimation and lack of Competent leu i ship. The i <ue in this case was the exceptional one, however, and the unu n n happy distinction between the b r b and * »t man is rapidly fading aw \. The i Bition of the ILLIN1 in undergrua le ] !i; tics cannot properlj J omitted in a discussion of this subject, 1 rtunately for the peace of the University and the prosp rit\ of the pa] r itself, tie l'ni\ rsity I tilv never allows itself to l < 'ome un> luly in\ lved in class politics. That is t Bay i never tak< s sides in a campaign, bej ml a dignified annoiiiir meiit of the candidates and what thev have ne for th ir in t itution. There is never anv el at ion r a r Bult or any criticism of methods. From parti m hip and tho sensationalism of scandal and graft it keeps aloof. In the rare instant S in which the < Ui'dal organ" does essay to plunge its rake in to the much of the University, it seldom brings out anything but broken prongs. University of Illinois politics, then, are not cor rupt or inherently evil in any rospeot, but they art cliaractc I < I by an atrophied public spirit. And for Z tin- pi vailing att it u de of indifference no 1 in mediate r m dy n l * Bii gofited. Our Nalvat ion lies in the u upbuilding fa rigorou Inttdli nt and unified class
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