Word: slates
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Throwing out the preferential ballot system in favor of an independently-backed straight election plan, the Council voted that '48 Class members select a minimum of four candidates from the listed slate of 42 for the 12-man committee...
...member of the Temporary Class Committee, and the Nominating Committee, I very much disapproved of your headline, story, and editorial in Tuesday's issue which you devoted to criticism of the nominating procedure and the slate arrived at. For the past two days I have been in contact with a number of men of the class of '48, and have heard virtually no adverse comment. From my experience, and the experience of several of my friends, most men in the class seem quite content that the ballot represents an equitable and capable cross-section of the class. It seems...
...nominating committee for the Sophomore group would consist of the chairmen of the Union, Smoker, and Jubilee committees plus one man from each House and Dudley. These men would choose a slate of from 16 to 20 men, leaving the ballot open to further nominations by petition. Automatic positions on the ballot go to the nominating committee to forestall any electioneering in that group...
...winter sports will climax their seasons on March 13 in a series of contest with Yale, according to final schedules released by the H.A.A. The Varsity swimming slate includes nine regular meets, five away from home, winding up with the Eli tilt at the Payne-Whitney cathedral in New Haven...
According to the man in charge of the election, a cancellation is impracticable. Therefore, the entire huge slate will go before the Class of '48. If the ballots are tabulated-as planned by the Student Council and as opposed by the report on class committees-on the preferential system, a first marshal may be elected by less than a hundred votes. The vote should rather be for a certain number of men, not in any special order, with the man who receives the most votes becoming first marshal, and so on down the line. This method will select the best...