Word: canvassing
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...Boston Journal has made a canvass of Dartmouth students. The result was as follows...
...march at all, the main extenuation of their taking part seems, to our minds, to be in the proposed scheme for caps and gowns of the class colors. With proper energy on the part of those in charge, a blue book canvass could easily be taken of those willing to parade and those who wish to buy caps and gowns. If thought advisable, the Seniors might wear their Class Day caps and gowns, with perhaps a bit of orange ribbon. Something definite would then be known about the number which would take part...
This can easily be raised if the class will extend the support which is ahead of it. It is often impossible for the collectors to canvass the whole class and it would greatly aid the management if the men who are willing to give something to the crew and who have not been seen by the collectors would offer their subscription themselves. We hope that a class which has been able to put so good a crew on the water will see to it that this crew does not end the year even slightly in debt...
...last meeting of this committee it was agreed that the financial outlook is at present not propitious for a general canvass to obtain the $200,000 which will be needed; but is was felt that every member of the committee should be urged either personally or through friends to bring the project to the attention of persons who might be induced to contribute. Especially is to be remembered that, excepting Memorial Hall, all of the buildings erected at Harvard in our time have been given or bequeathed by individuals singly; men with means, who wish to build a monument either...
...held in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the City of Cambridge and we feel that the abandonment of the scheme would be a thing to be deplored. The interest among the undergraduates will surely increase as the event draws nearer, and cannot be fairly estimated by the canvass that has just been taken...