Word: canvassing
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...Cabinet also decided to canvass for membership in the Association the men in the Senior class who have done some work in Brooks House, but have not previously joined. Steps are now being taken to relate the outgoing men to opportunities for religious, social and civic service in the cities where they may be next year...
...Canvass of the University will begin today in order to raise money for the gift of a swimming pool to the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. The cost is estimated at $10,000, of which $3,290 has already been contributed. The Student Council in recommending this gift hopes that every man in the University will give his hearty support to the undertaking...
...Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association has recently conducted a successful canvass for subscriptions for the extension of its building on Massachusetts avenue. Professors and other officers of the University taking part in this subscription, merely as individuals living in Cambridge, contributed the sum of $3,290. A committee has accordingly been organized among members of the Faculty, and has issued the following appeal...
...income tax, endorsed by both national parties, is the leading issue of the present campaign, and that the people have a right to know how their representatives intend to vote on this important question. Believing this, the club has undertaken the work and the expense of making a canvass of all candidates for the legislature...
...knew the quality of the voter. Above all it would be dangerous for our elective system, if serious students were guided by such a commentary in the choice of their courses. There may be poor courses in the University, but the chances are great that this kind of canvassing with this kind of answering and tabulating entirely distorts the picture and works as a warning, just when encouragement would be in the highest interest of the University. If such a canvass became influential, we should rapidly come to a point where only the immediately "useful" courses would be well attended...