Wanted: More American Voters (Continued from page 3) These conditions, prevalent throughout the South, tend to prove that government elected by a small minority usually governs in favor of that minority and opposes the majority. Of course, many conditions in other states are not of a wholesome caliber, but nevertheless the South still stands out as a shining example of political ignorance. It is conditions like those in the South, as well as in other states, that make possible the minority rule and its poorer governments. Obviously if we are going to have good government, more people in the United States must go to the polls and vote. In far too many political areas, the well-organized minority is ruling the majority. The 1948 elections will soon be upon us. Many college students are, or soon will be, of voting age. These students, striving to gain an education, should readily realize that good education is made possible by good government. In turn, education makes for superior government. Their responsibility, therefore, is to go to the polls and take advantage of their most precious privilege as American citizens. This exercise of the franchise is a fundamental way in which we can build our people, undergird democracy as a model of world government and at the same time do something highly constructive toward world peace. Rose Among Thorns (Continued from page 5) He concluded with some advice to any possible artists in the audience: "Let there be no flower in your meadows that does wreathe its tendrils around your pillars; no little leaf that does not lend its form to design." This was followed, states the Herald, by "brief and short-lived applause." The News critic was not impressed by Wilde's artistic views. "The lecture contains scarcely the semblance of an argument, and instead of carrying weight . . . his views flit from his mouth like feathers," he writes. "Some of his ideas are strikingly absurd, while others that are good are either self-evident, or well-known to the million." Both newspapers score Wilde on his delivery. Says the News: "While Mr. Wilde's language is good his style of delivery is insipidly diluted, but is ... in keeping with the floaty character of his ideas. He places the emphasis regularly on every third word, giving at the same time a quick backward jerk of the head, the movement being similar to what would be given if somebody was given frequent downward pulls on a wire attachment at the back of his cranium." The Herald characterizes Wilde as "an enthusiast without enthusiasm." Further it says, "As an elocutionist he violates every rule of rhetoric, and is painfully dreary in manner of expression. He strings his words together with an utter recklessness as to the time or the intelligence of his audience." This critic, however, was keen enough to pierce Wilde's aesthetic disguise and sense the inward humor Wilde felt toward the subject, his audience and himself. "He is, on the whole, a jolly good fellow: sharp as a whip, and has enough sense to know how the ducats can best be seduced from the astute American." As a matter of fact, seducing ducats from Americans, astute or otherwise, was Oscar's sole purpose in his tour, and he succeeded very well. Similarly, a Herald editorial appearing two days afterwards sees through the aesthetic veneer. "The clown is usually the most intellectual and altogether the ablest and best paid man about the circus; and after one of Wilde's lectures every one of the audience perhaps feels that Oscar is by long odds the shrewdest fellow in the house." If Wilde was an object of amusement to Salt Lake City, the city and its Mormon society were equally amusing to him. In a letter written in Kansas City he encloses a sketch of a Latter-day Saint family as he claimed to have seen it from the stage: a large figure representing a man, with several lesser figures labeled "wives" sitting around him. Polygamy he criticized from an aesthetic standpoint: "How much more poetic it is to marry one and love many!" Wilde left for Denver, his next lecture stop, the day after his address, riding away to literary eminence. He was later to write such well-known works as The Ballad of Reading Gaol and The Picture of Dorian Gray, but in the memory of Salt Lakers of the eighties he remained a peculiar young man in a grotesque costume. Pardon My T Square (Continued from page 16 ) In citing some of these statistics and examples, I have attempted to show the serious and critical need for alleviation of this urgent problem. There are many ways to help, many beginnings to be made. I happen to have chosen engineering as a foundation; others choose architecture, designing, laboratory work, or actual construction. While I have written of the work I want to do principally from the larger social outlook, it is not without a personal aspect. I enjoy working hard and take pleasure in earning a reward for my services. I hope that, viewed from this standpoint, my desire to major in engineering will be considered no stranger than that of a person who wishes to become a doctor because there are sick pople to be helped or one who desires to be a school teacher because there are children to teach and guide. Whether or not I will ever be an engineer remains to be seen. Whether I shall be able to contribute any ideas or assistance by completing such a course is even further in the future. However, there is a chance to do some constructive work in the field of housing, the doors are open to all who can enter, and to me the problem presents a challenge. And if, in the effort, I become an intelligent citizen and a creative, thoughtful individual, if my ambition is realized and my personal wants satisfied, then the trying will have been worthwhile. THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE SUPPORTS STUDENT ACTIVITIES