Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...place, it depends on statistics; Mr. Disraeli's "lies, damned lies, and statistics," holds true, even at Harvard. In the second place, the statistics are incomplete, and have been compiled by headwaitresses, a flighty breed at best. The only sane way of setting the question is to take a ballot from the students as they enter the Dining Halls. In this way, the numbers for and against the later hours, and the intensity of interest in the problem, could be determined in one day, with a minimum of uncertainty, and a minimum of trouble...
Coached by Dr. Goebbels, the German Press explained elaborately how to vote. There is only one circle at the top of the ballot-the Nazi circle. The thing to do is to put a cross in that circle since "anyone failing to do so will simply forfeit his vote. His ballot will be declared invalid...
...supervisor of the election, Minister of Interior Dr. Wilhelm Frick announced after anxious cogitation that the plebiscite question will be put in highly personal language on the ballot thus: "Dost thou, German man or German woman, approve of the policy of the Reich government, and art thou ready to acknowledge this policy as the expression of thy own viewpoint and will and solemnly pledge thyself thereto...
...elections held yesterday to select two members for the Lowell House Committee, Charles S. Houston '35 and James W. Tower '35 received a tie vote on the Junior ballot. A second vote to pick one of these men will be held on Tuesday, October 31. The Sophomore member elected was Wilton Snowden Burton '36 of Bronxville, New York...
...whirlwind finish last night. Revolving around the personality of Mayor Richard M. Russell '14, the campaign has been marked by severe criticism of the Russell regime from the three opposing candidates. Mayor Russell is looked upon as practically assured of one of the two places on the final ballot, as a result of today's voting...