4. The work of local political committees in your community immediately preceding election.
5. Corrupt practices acts in your state.
6. The Civil Service System in your state.
7. Make a study of the different political parties with a view to determining which you would prefer to join.
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8. Origin and growth of parties in the United States. (Beard, American Government and Politics, pages 103-108; Guitteau, Government and Politics in the United States, chapter xxxvi; Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. ii, chapters liii and liv; Ford, The Rise and Growth of American Politics, chapter vii.)
9. Characteristics of the political party. (Ray, Introduction to Political Parties and Practical Politics, chapter i.)
10. Distrust of parties in our early history. (Jones, Readings on Parties and Elections in the United States, pages 28 36.)
11. The spoils system. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. ii, chapters lxv and lxvii; Ray, Introduction to Political Parties and Practical Politics, chapter xiv.)
12. "Why the best men do not go into politics." (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. ii, chapter lviii.)