Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...names of C. W. Keyes of Boston and D. O. Earle of Worcester were put in nomination. At first Mr. Herrick thought to find out the wish of the class by separating the Earle and Keyes men into two parties. But as this did not prove feasible a ballot was taken and the meeting adjourned. Upon counting the ballots in Mr. Herrick's room, it was found that Keyes had received 73 votes and Earle 119. Mr. Earle was therefore declared elected temporary captain of the crew...
...voting shall be secret, check lists being used. The class shall vote in ten sections, two tellers receiving and counting the votes from each section. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed. Whenever a candidate receives a majority of votes cast on a formal ballot, he shall be declared elected...
...president were then asked for and the names of Mr. Fearing of Cutters, Mr. Trafford of Exeter, and Mr. Strong of Boston Latin were placed before the class. A committee of three, consisting of Mr. Herrick, '90, Mr. Dean, '91, and Mr. Rantoul, '92 was appointed to receive the ballots, and the class proceeded to a vote. The first ballot gave Mr. Fearing a pleurality but not a majority which was necessary to a choice. Mr. Trafford had about twenty less votes than Mr. Fearing, and Mr. Strong only forty. Upon motion the class then proceeded to a second ballot...
...subject for the next Harvard Union debate will be chosen from the following questions: "Resolved, That prison labor should be made as productive as possible." "Resolved, That the United States should assume control of the railroad." "Resolved, That the government should take means to secure a free ballot and a fair count in congressional and presidential elections...
...graduates, this committee to consider the question and report to another mass meeting. Nominations for this committee were as follows; undergraduates, Trafford, Herrick, Dexter, L. H. Morgan, Cobb, and E. Storrow; graduates. Herbert Leeds R. C. Watson, S. Winslow, Everett Wendell, J. J. Storrow, Thayer, Morrison and Dana. The ballot resulted in the election of Trafford, Herrick, Dexter and E. Storrow as the undergraduate members of the committee, and Wendell, J. J. Storrow and Winslow as the graduate members. These men together with Messrs. Willard, Mandell, and Cumnock will constitute the committee. An effort was made before the meeting adjourned...