Word: canvassing
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...Union, on another page. They have announced a place where everybody who has not yet voted can do so. This arrangement is an admirable one and cannot fail to draw out a full vote from the college. It is useless to dwell on the importance of obtaining a thorough canvass, and this can only be done if the individuals who have not yet been visited by members of the committee are willing to appear at the appointed place and vote...
...informal vote was taken which resulted as follows: Cleveland, 67; Blaine, 56. A number of motions were made and lost, but finally it was decided to march in the procession for those candidates for whom the majority of the college is in favor, as shown by the Harvard Union canvass. The result of this canvass will be published by Saturday morning, if not sooner. When this vote was passed, the meeting proceeded to elect officers for the procession as follows: Chief marshal for the whole procession, J. J. Storrow; drum major for the whole procession, S. E. Winslow; first marshal...
...executive committee make arrangements for a public meeting under the auspices of the club at an early day. Messrs. Warner, Lee and Curtis were appointed a committee to report on the formation of a company from the members of the club. The club now numbers 75 men, and the canvass is not yet completed...
...Gardner; captain of crew, M. S. Latham; captain of nine, W. B. Phillips; captain of eleven, G. Woodbury; marshals for torchlight parade, 1st, W. S. Barnes, 2nd, W. S. Borland, 3rd, G. B. Harris. The class voted to postpone action on the parade until after the results of the canvass held by the Harvard Union are made known...
...time of the election which will follow the heated canvass of this fall, many students will seriously regret their inability to cast a vote for what they consider the best cause. Those whose distant homes do not permit them to vote there may have often conjectured as to the nature of the restrictions on their voting here. Upon inquiry we were informed by the city clerk of Cambridge that a decision had been given by the Supreme Court that persons residing in Campridge for purposes of education and dependent for support upon parents or friends in another district...