Word: electively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This "general ticket" or "block vote" method, which is used in New Jersey to elect blocks of state assemblymen by counties, in 1919 gave 37,386 Democratic voters of Essex Country 12 senators, 37,003 other voters none...
...third fundamental evil of our old systems of election--and this applies to elections for other officials as well as to those for representatives--is their failure to permit the voter to express his will on the ballot as fully as he pleases so that it can be made effective without regard to how others have voted. Suppose A, B, and C are candidates for one office, and suppose you prefer C, but think he has no chance of being elected. Under our old methods of voting you may not dare to vote for C for fear of "throwing your...
...track men and competitions for his field men in order to decide what Freshmen out of the 150 entered, will represent the class of 1925 against Exeter Saturday. At 4 o'clock this afternoon those Freshmen who made the trip to Andover will meet at the Locker Building to elect a captain for the yearling team...
...victory though expected by many, came only after a series of hard-fought matches. Thirteen men competed in the tournament so that it was necessary to divide the entries into two groups. As a result of round-robins in each group four men, Boyce, E. H. Lane '24, captain elect of next year's fencing team, E. L. Lane '24, and W. R. Brewster '22 qualified for the finals, while S. H. Ordway 1L., last year's champion, failed to place. Brewster, still suffering from his collapse in the Intercollegiate meet at New York last week, was unable to display...
...clock with the remainder of the sabre matches beginning immediately afterwards. The interest will center especially around five men, Burke Boyce '22, captain of this year's team. W. R. Brewster '22, a veteran of three years experience on the University team, E. H. Lane '24, captain-elect for next year, E. L. Lane '24, and S. H. Ordway 1L., last year's captain and University champion, whose work has stamped them as close competitors for premier honors. Boyce should be the favorite, but any one of the five is apt to snatch the championship away. The foils tournament...