These Political

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To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

I read your editorial in yesterday's CRIMSON regarding Senior elections with great interest and some astonishment. I realize that the CRIMSON is an organization, as it is perfected today, which must give vent to "spleenic" irritation on some topic daily, and in such a position is often embarrassed as to a subject suitable or humble enough. The question of Senior officers, however, is a poor choice.

I sincerely doubt that the blame for the evident lack of interest in the recent election can be placed upon the shoulders of the committee in charge. Polls were held at two halls in the Yard and one in the Engineering School from ten until one o'clock. Was not this sufficient time for those interested members of a class to vote. It was suggested that Widener and Mallinckrodt be opened up for a similar period and even in the afternoon. The question is would this be worthwhile in order to secure perhaps twenty-five or thirty votes more? Would you have the Student Council undergo the expense of additional pictures, and would you have the obviously bored Juniors on this Committee be increased in order to have them sit for ten to fourteen more hours?

These elections are purely a student affair. It is up to the students themselves to show interest. One cannot expect a committee to sacrifice the time and expense to arouse enthusiasm and to solicit the attention of members of another class to vote for officers of this other class. If a man has enough interest to vote surely he can find it convenient to go to one of three places sometime during an entire morning. Those who have not sufficient interest need not be surprised at the outcome nor take it upon themselves to criticize a result which indeed they themselves are responsible for.

If a class deems these elections so important that they warrant the personal attention of every member even though certainly a quarter of these members have no concern in them, and do not know the candidates. I repeat, if this is true, then the elections should be taken out of student hands. It might even be worthwhile to bring in mercenaries! S. P. D.