No doubt there are some who think that taking an informal vote for President is a departure from the sphere of the student to that of the politician, and others who regard it as only time thrown away. Both opinions seem erroneous, and arise from the same cause, namely, failure to look at the case in the proper light. It should not be forgotten that a representative government is such only so long as the whole people are represented, the intelligent and good as well as the ignorant and bad, and that, as a small force is not unfrequently big in result, the indication of the choice of the University in this matter may be effective in securing the nomination of some man who is a type of the best American citizen. At any rate, it can do no harm. The gentleman in charge of the polls is a proof that the movement is not one of idle curiosity, but of earnest purpose, and we hope that every student will feel it incumbent upon him to vote.