Word: canvassing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual spring clothing collection by the Social Service Committee of the Phillips Brooks House Association will be made during the week. A collector will canvass each dormitory for all sorts of clothing, especially coats and trousers, and for books and periodicals. These will be sent to various charitable societies and hospitals in Cambridge and vicinity, and to Tuskegee Institute...
...thorough personal canvass of all the members in the University has been made during the year. The direct results of this canvass were not very apparent, but it is felt that a great deal has been done indirectly in arousing more interest and alleviating the feeling that the Union was becoming unpopular...
...campaign committee of the Republican Club is conducting a canvass throughout the College, Scientific School and Law School of all men from the so-called doubtful states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Colorado, and Idaho. The names of all men from these states who are of voting age and Republican political preferences will be sent to the American Republican College League, which is carrying on the Republican campaign throughout the colleges and universities of the country. The committee is made up of H. M. Wheeler '06, A. A. Ballantine...
...well known that the appointment of the candidate who got the most money has not been the inviolable rule. In 1900-01 the Graduate Manager himself proposed the abandonment of the subscription plan. He said: "At present, the University Crew and track teams are supported partly by a general canvass through the University by the respective managers and candidates for assistant managerships. Some give and some do not; in all cases students, especially upperclassmen, disapprove of these methods of supporting the athletic teams, and say they would much prefer to pay an increased price for their membership ticket...
...this pleasure, the boat ride, music and luncheon will cost each man one dollar. Tickets may be purchased from the Committee which will canvass the class, and at Leavitt & Peirce's. In order that final transportation arrangements may be made tickets should be procured at once...