Word: polling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent New York Times poll reveals that, of those Senators reached, 45 favored lowering the age qualification, 11 opposed it and 30 were undecided. The same poll showed 29 state governors for, 7 against, and 12 undecided. Senatorial supporters include William F. Knowland (R-Cal), Wayne Morse (Ind-Oregon), Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn), Homer Ferguson (R-Mich) and Francis Case (R.S.D.). The political views of those particular gentlemen are frequently in conflict...
Winthrop's capturing of first place this year, however, represents a substantial jump from 1953, when the Puritans placed fourth in an unofficial freshman poll conducted in the Union. Meanwhile, Lowell, which last year was first in freshman preference, has dropped to third place; and Eliot, which ranked fifth in the 1953 poll, has risen to second...
...such pressures tend to intimidate teachers? Last week, after a poll of 250 teachers of history and political science, the Los Angeles Mirror answered...
...Mirror's poll covered everything from loyalty oaths to the discussion of "controversial subjects." But each of the ten questions asked revealed a surprisingly high degree of fear. More than half (53%) of the teachers felt that they were not as free to discuss "all phases of social studies, history, geography, political science, and international relations" as they were five years ago. An even greater number (55½%) reported that, for fear of losing their jobs, teachers are shying away from "controversial subjects." Indeed, said one reply, "it is just too dangerous for teachers to raise questions about which...
...purpose of the poll is to determine what Harvard men are doing now and what they will do, so that the Placement Office may better help seniors," Newby explained yesterday...