Was it Slughorn? Slug Club and DE's

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 141456

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...>
wrote:
> > SSSusan, ...:
> > 
> > How *did* Slughorn perform as HoH? 
> > 
> > It certainly *appears,* anyway, that a whole lotta DE recruiting 
> > was  going on in his house under his nose when Tom was there!  ...
> > ...edited...

> Potioncat:
> ...edited...
> 
> The HoH question is a good one, because when you get right down to 
> it, we don't really see canon proof of any of the Heads knowing
> squat about the kids in their houses. ...edited...
> 
> ...edited...
>

bboyminn:

Your both forgetting one thing, in a manner of speaking, Death Eaters
didn't exist when Slughorn was Head of House. That was the very
beginning for Riddle/Voldemort, and while he may have been gathering
loyal like-minded individuals, they were not organized into the DE's yet. 

At that point the DE's had no history, background, or track record. In
a sense, there was nothing for Slughorn to know. Years later when
Riddle re-emerged as Voldemort and created the formal DE's, and they
began reeking terroristic havoc on the world then the concept of being
a DE would have had some meaning, but not in Slughorn's time.

In terms of Slughorn's overal performance as Head of House, I'm
inclinded to agree it was pretty poor. He spent all his time fawning
over his 'Slug Club' members, plotting and planning what they could do
for each other, and ignoring everyone else. I suspect 'everyone else'
was a far more substantial number than those in the Slug Club.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn