| Show Campus in the Crisis 2 j. Student Elections Teach Democracy By Mary Rose Allen iJ The time comes around Friday if October for us to choose officers for the If student body who will guide our student r fairs through another school Remembering f that the activities we have are brought about by our and that the lead- I ers are selected by m I we should look into the m I qualifications and ideas of Wk the candidates and get be- hind the men who'll do I most towards making this the year we I J I Fortunately our j ft sity is set up on a student J IL government basis with a I democratic Every Mary Rose Allen If opportunity is laid before as citizens of the to operate P on a self-governing and therefore to IE by our the kind of years we and 1 those who follow us will spend at P Is it being to stay away from the polls on election It is not doing justice to our own investment in a sity and surely not to those up- coming students who will follow in our tra- I No Majority Vote If Stop to for what is caus- ed if only one-third of the student body It means that only one-third of the is represented when the plans P are made and carried the past If few elections have not been won by a ma- The reason for this is that as simply did not take advantage of the voting If the voting is done by a small organized of control the activities of the campus year according to their own Before you accept complaints that certain groups con- the control the campus think why and what can be done about If you are independent of organized groups it is all the more reason for you to Democracy is democratic unless it has the participation of all groups in all No one has a right to criticize what is put through by elected student body officers unless he has done his part by going to the A Training in Government Training in the democratic election of leaders is given to Utes for a reason to train us and give us a feeling of responsibility for the privilege of helping to govern our Having a part in our national government is a responsibility most of us will be assuming in a short Now is the time to cultivate a habit which will then be a patriotic Let's remember when we hear complaints from adults on government policies and actions that it was how they voted or didn't vote at the time that particular action went that made it Millions who do not go to college miss out on this lesson in just as they miss out on the education college If our lack of interest in voting goes with us from college onto the national education will not have its proper Every freshman is advised when he enters the U to take advantage of activities be one of the Yet have we the right to take advantage of what we do not help to Last spring according to actual count by the activities out of a total enrollment of 2500 votes were cast in the spring This was during a year when of our students are out fighting for the very right to and of them have died for In this can you walk by the Union building on election day without stopping to cast your Can you let the national elections pass without putting in your vote and seeing that your family and friends do the t j |
