Word: ballotted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...much of a factor they were. It is not certain, indeed, that anyone knows even now, but some statistics gathered by Harvard would seem to throw significant light on the problem. The university has made a careful compilation of the number of men who voted in the last postal ballot for overseers and gone to some trouble to determine exactly what percentage of graduates in each state had enough interest in their college to return their ballots. In general, two conclusions seemed to be reached. The first is that the East does not have any particular advantage over the West...
...objects of its attention. It supplies a unique example of a body of soldiers whose chief interest lies in the maintenance of the civic as opposed to the martial idea. The soldiership which it exemplifies is the citizen soldiership, which stands for the patriotism of the school and the ballot box as well as the patriotism of the tented field...
...candidates, chosen by postal ballot among the alumni from the 20 men first nominated will be voted upon, and the five receiving the highest totals will become Overseers for the term of six years to fill the places of those...
...Before balloting commenced it was generally conceded that a Wood strength totalling 300 or more would throw the nomination to the military candidate within a few counts. However, although Wood secured 303 votes on the first ballot, he failed to gain until the fourth, when his lead was increased by only...
Lowden was not far behind with a total of 289 1-2 on the fourth ballot, which makes his nomination a possibility if old guard forces in the shape of Sproul adherents and other delegates of the same order should swing...