Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whole, better than the other extreme. The Yale sophomores endeavored to elect their class orator at a class meeting recently, but owing to the ardor of one or two of the candidates and their supporters, were unable for some time to make a choice. On the first ballot it was found that the number of votes cast exceeded the number of men in the class. New ballots were ordered, and finally on the sixth trial, with a careful roll-call, a fair vote was obtained. When the methods of the political caucus and ward-meeting are introduced into college elections...
...last meeting of the Union for the year, last night, the subject of compulsory prayers were fully discussed, but not much new was brought forward. The secret ballot taken before the debate resulted 33 against the present system, 27 in favor of it. After the appointed disputants had opened the debate a ballot was taken resulting 20 in favor and 33 against the system, and the final vote of the house was 12 in favor and 22 against...
...Institute of 1770 last evening. The subject was, "Resolved, that an executive committee ought to be appointed from the college to confer with the faculty on subjects of interest to the students." The affirmative were Messrs. Trask and McArthur; the negative, Messrs. S. E. Winslow and Halbert. The secret ballot on the question was in the affirmative. The ballot on the merits of the debate was in favor of the negative. The debate was then thrown open to the house, and a very sharp discussion showed the manifest interest of all present. The final vote was in favor...
...thrown open to the house the affirmative side of the question was supported by Messrs. Loeb, Nichols, McDuffie and Wilson, while the negative was upheld by Messrs. McInness and Lane. At 9 o'clock the debate was returned to the principal disputants; after which the result of the secret ballot taken at the beginning of the meeting on the merits of the question was announced in favor of the affirmative. The vote by show of hands on the merits of the debate resulted in favor of the negative...
When there are three candidates, two ballots shall be taken besides the informal ballot; the candidate polling the smallest number of votes on the second shall be dropped...