Word: recounter
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...putting himself on record as an advocate of "an occasional good-natured recount" just to "lift the institution from the withered hand of tradition," this director of the election has committed the grave error of at once ridiculing the entire Senior Class election system and the dignity of class offices...
Whether the recount is to be official was undecided tonight. Neither Playfair nor Gibbs could be reached last night although the former was reported to be in Cambridge. Efforts to locate Gundlach, the retiring football captain, at his home in Houghton, Michigan, disclosed that he was on a train bound east. A sufficient number of the Student Council had not returned from their vacations to hand down an opinion...
Although the contest between Arthur W. Todd '35 and Thomas H. Hunter '35 for third marshal was even closer, the recount did not affect their showings...
While many of the facts concerning the Senior Marshal recount, which places Herman Gundlach, Jr. ahead of E. Francis Bowditch by a slight margin, are still missing, it is essential that this awkward situation be cleared up immediately...
...That the recount, announced in such peculiar fashion, apparently had no authorization, which would have been easily obtainable, is unfortunate, but if this is the story which the ballots of a capably run election tell, the results must stand. The rumors of inefficiency which surround the conduct of the elections by the two Juniors, however, are of more serious moment, and if they prove to be true unprecedented action may be demanded to meet this unprecedented situation...