Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sever 10. Each senior voting will write the names of five members of '86 on a slip of paper and sign his own name. Each junior voting will write the names of four members of '87, and each sophomore the names of three members of '88. Unsigned ballots will not be counted. There will be a separate ballot-box for each class bearing the class number...
...subject for discussion was, "Resolved, that full rights be given to Jefferson Davis." The vote on the merits of the question, taken by secret ballot, resulted strongly in favor of the negative, by a vote of more than two to one, The principal disputants were, affirmative, E. A. Hibbard, L. S., G. P. F. Hobson, '86; negative, N. E. Coffin. '85, F. E. E. Hamilton, '87. The speeches of all these gentlemen were very able, and at times eloquent, and no better debate from the principal speakers has been heard this year than was listened to last evening. The vote...
...Article II. Any member of the university who shall have spoken in the debates of the society, and shall have been proposed by the executive committee, shall be eligible to election as a member. A four-fifths vote of the members present, taken by ballot, shall constitute an election. Upon the payment of an initiation fee of $1.00 and signing the constitution of the society, the person shall then become a member of the society...
...question for debate at the Union last evening was, Resolved: that a change of Ministry in England is desirable. On the ballot taken before discussion on the merits of the question, the affirmative received 4 votes, and the negative 21. Mr. J. McG. Goodale, '85 opened the debate for the affirmative, and Mr, C. P. Robinson, '85, for the neggative: the other principal disputants were Mr. S. Storrow, '87, affirmative, and Mr. S. D. Richardson '86. The vote on the strength of arguments of these disputants stood affirmative, 6, negative, 22. When the debate was thrown open to the house...
...desirable, resulted in 45 votes for the affirmative, and 25 for the negative. J. H. Huddleston, '86 opened the debate for the affirmative, and G. P. Furber, '87, for the negative, followed by G. F. Davidson, '85, aff., and by H. M. Williams, '85, neg. On the secret ballot on the merits of arguments of principal disputants, the affirmative received 19 votes, and the negative...