Word: recounting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Francis Bowditch '35, president of the Council, who was displaced by Gundlach in the recount, will be Second Marshal...
Accepting responsibility for any errors committed by the Junior Election Committed, the Student Council declared Herman Gundlach, Jr. '35 First Marshall of the Class of 1935 after completing a second recount of the ballots last night...
Debate concerning the course which the Council will adopt at its most-discussed and most dramatic meeting in several years was rife tonight when the news became known. Two things are fairly clear, however. Not only the recount but the elections an the facts concerning the elections will undergo close scrutiny. It may also be regarded as certain that Gundlach and Bowditch will abide by any decision the Council may make...
Special emphasis will be placed on the explanations of playfair and Braman Gibbs'36, the members of the Council, who were appointed to direct the election, concerning their management of the Voting and the recount. They will probably explain why they decided to hold the recount, why they did not inform the Council that it was contemplated or in progress, and why they released the results to the Transcript without informing any College authority...
...view of the extra-legal "weight of tradition" which by his own statement was an important factor in Mr. Playfair's peculiar recount of the ballots in the recent elections for Senior Marshals it would seem proper to inquire whether or not he had the authority of the Student Council for his actions subsequent to the original count. It would also be interesting to inquire just what Mr. Gibbs, originally co-responsible, had to do. If anything, with recounting, publicizing, and justifying the affair...