Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...election of Professors, the President who after conferences with the heads of the several departments has received these names, describes fully the conditions and the men, answers questions, and frequently postpones action for weeks in order that more mature consideration may be given. Professors are always elected by ballot and are subject to confirmation by the Overseers...
Three of the nine candidates mentioned above will be elected by postal ballot this year, each for a term of three years. The Directors of the Alumni Association whose terms will expire on Commencement Day are W. Cameron Forbes '92 of Norwood, Henry S. Dennison '99 of Framingham and Richard B. Wigglesworth '12 of Milton...
...Marx is a Catholic lawyer and leader of the Catholic Party, which, because the House of Hohenzollern is Protestant, is not espousing the Monarchist cause. As a Catholic, he will be anathema to many Protestants, atheists and extreme Socialists, who may well swell the Communist vote or fail to ballot altogether. It is fair to assume, however, that a very large majority of Socialists will place the Republican cause (not imminently threatened, for the Monarchists do not intend to change immediately the Republican form of Government) above their religious preferences. There are also fairly numerous dissident Catholic and Democrat factions...
...Cabinet voted at a little beer house in the Taubensi The first to arrive was Prussian Minister of Justice Zehnhof, follow by Acting President Walter Simons, to vote for a successor to himself. Next came Foreign Minister and Frau tav Stresemann. Dr. Stresemann began to make out his ballot on a table, was told by a clerk that he must do it in a booth. With a sigh and a terrific squeeze; the portly Doktor entered a small booth. At Potsdam, Prince Friedrich, second son of the ex-Kaiser, and a number of former courtiers apathetically recorded their votes. From...
...when all is said and done, Harvard graduates should bear in mind that the composition of the Board rests entirely in their own hands. The men elected to office through the postal ballot which reaches every alumnus are those who get the most votes. If the malcontents are dissatisfied, let more of them take the trouble to vote. Even with the complete extension of our suffrage only 30 per cent of those qualified sent in their ballots last year. This proportion ought to be doubled. If it is not, it must be because the mass of the Alumni realize that...