Word: deweyism
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Water bombs discouraged a carload of Dewey supporters last night, as they campaigned with a megaphone beneath the windows of Radcliffe's Cabot Hall...
Third floor girls threw paper bags filled with water at the young men who urged them to "Vote for Tom Dewey," and played music from their car radio into the megaphone. The girls described the serenade as "Quite lively, but too loud...
When the College catapulted Thomas E. Dewey into Harvard's honorary Presidency Wednesday, it was not only applauding the Empire State executive; it was also following a tradition as hoary as old ivy and the Charles Regatta. Without slighting Mr. Dewey, it may be said that the College would probably have voted just as happily for any other G.O.P. candidate, whether living or dead. It has always been thus. Since the days of the first President, Harvard, supposed den of political pinks, has consistently lined up on the conservative side, the side of the Federalists, the Whigs, and currently...
...survey also found that a much larger proportion of Truman backers were of voting age than their pro Dewey counterparts. Twenty two percent of the Trumanites are over 21, contrasted to 10 percent of the Deweyites, and 8 percent of the Wallace backers...
There may have been a considerable inaccuracy in the Presidential poll conducted today by the CRIMSON, due to one simple feature of the ballot: the blank marked "Name". A student voting for Dewey in a straw poll will willingly sign his name to his ballot; one who would otherwise vote for Wallace may refuse to when the ballot is not secret. And he may have excellent reason...