Word: voting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...length. At every meeting of the society debates were held and were conducted very much like the Harvard Union debates, except that members of the society only were allowed to attend. The length of the debates was limited to two hours. Members were elected by tens, and a vote of two-thirds of all members present at the meeting was necessary for election. Honorary members were elected on the same conditionc. A peculiar law of the society was that officers should serve for one year only, and no one could hold office for two successive terms...
...realize that the constitution was a dead letter, and that the original aims of the society were multiplied. After much deliberation they decided that the constitution of the society was no longer carried out and that it was useless to continue. On the 27th of October by a vote of the past members the Everett Athenaeum was dissolved...
...first part of December the citizens of Cambridge once more vote on the license question...
...That the Parochial School system is dangerous to the institutions of this country." As there was no quorum present, no action could be taken on the proposed amendment of the constitution. An open ballot was then taken on the merits of the question for debate, and resulted in a vote of 29 for the affirmative and 32 for the negative...
...vote was taken on the merits of the arguments of the discussion in which the affirmative received 67 ballots and the negative 5. Many of those present spoke from the floor, among whom were Mr. Ayer, L. S., Mr. Williams, L. S., Mr. Hazeltine, L. S., Mr. Clark, '89, Mr. With ow, '91, Mr. Norton, L. S. The Union seems to be well launched this year for a prosperous career. The final vote resulted: Affirmative 24, negative...