Word: voted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meetings called for whatever purpose, being swayed absolutely and conclusively by a small group of members who attend in a body, imperiling the interests of the overwhelming percentage of unrepresented ticket-holders. Since this chance of "faction rule" comes about from giving every ticket holder of the Society a vote at all meetings and from the actual lethargy or the great body of members, we may say that a representative vote on any question whatever is at present impossible with student control...
...existing Society possesses student control, but lacks the corporate advantages and the representative vote...
...This vote, however, will not take effect until it shall be approved by a majority of those members of the Society voting at an Australian ballot to be held on November 25. It was also voted to post pone the regular annual meeting of the Society until December...
...meeting of the Co-operative Society yesterday evening it was voted 68 to 17, that by way of amendment to the constitution of the Society a corporation be organized under the laws of Massachusetts, taking the name "Harvard Co-operative Society," and that the present Society transfer to the corporation all assets now belonging to the Society. It was provided in the vote, however, that this conveyance of the property of the Society shall not be made unless the Incorporators shall conform to the scheme as detailed in the letter of Professor Ames and six others to Professor...
...powers and duties of the stockholders to be subject to change by the mutual consent of the stockholders and the participating members of the Society. The assent of the members to be manifested by a majority vote in favor of any proposed change, provided that the votes cast represent twenty-five per cent of the members of the Society, the vote to be by Australian ballot after at least two weeks' notice of the day and subject of the balloting, such notice, however, to be given only at the joint request of the stockholders and fifty members of the Society...