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6.The first ballot for every officer shall be informal; after every alternate formal ballot, viz., the 2d, 4th, 6th, and c., the candidate having the smallest number of votes, and all other candidates having less than ten votes, shall be dropped...
...deplorable state of affairs. Yale is the wrong place for the unsuccessful man, and defeat is not popular. Like the Spartan mother, we say, 'return with your shield or on it.' " Yes, Yale is the wrong place for the unsuccessful man. This was proved by the fact that "the smallest man in college" was picked out to bear the blame of her recent defeat at New London and was obliged to give up his studies at that seat of learning "because they made it too hot for him." But, fortunately for Harvard, such sentiments do not prevail here...
When there are three candidates, two ballots shall be taken besides the informal ballot; the candidate polling the smallest number of votes on the second shall be dropped...
When there are three candidates two ballots shall be taken besides the informal ballot; the candidate polling the smallest number of votes on the second shall be dropped...
...London affair was certainly a most unfortunate conglomeration. The death of Mr. Benjamin was a blow which struck deep into the hearts of all Columbia students, for Benjamin was loved by all, and was a living example of that old saying, that the richest jewels are found in the smallest packages...