Word: voting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first meeting of the Union this fall was largely attended, and the debate was very spirited and interesting. The president, Mr. Merriam, '86, occupied the chair. The subject for debate was, Resolved: - That President Cleveland's administration has been and promises to be in the direction of reform. The vote on the merits of the question resulted in 48 votes for the affirmative and 38 for the negative. J. M. Goodale, L. S., opened the debate for the affirmative, G. P. Furber, '87, for the negative, followed by E. A. Hibbard, L. S., affirm., and P. L. Sternbergh...
ARTICLE II. "Any member of the university who shall have spoken in the debates of the society, and shall have been proposed by the executive-committee, shall be eligible to election as a member. A four-fifths vote of the members present taken by ballot shall constitute an election. Upon the payment of one dollar and signing the constitution of the society, the person elected shall become a member...
...shall be the duty of the executive-committee to appoint principal desputants, suggest questions for debate, select books referring to subjects for debate to be reserved in a suitable place in the library, arrange for the meetings of the society whenever they have not been provided for by a vote of the society, make a report to the society at the beginning of each half year, and at each semi-annual meeting prepare a list of candidates from which the new members of the society shall be elected...
...easily explained. Eighty-six differs from many former classes in having several men well fitted for the various positions to be filled, and at the present writing it appears as if every office on the ticket is to be contested by two or more candidates. That the class will vote intelligently and without undue regard for society influence we have no doubt. We venture to predict that the list of officers printed in our columns to-morrow morning will reflect credit on the judgment of the class...
...excitement over the then recent abduction of Morgan by Free Masons (as it was charged) furnished the society material for a debate which showed that the feeling of the members was against the Masons. The vote on the two subjects for debate relating to the tariff shows that a large majority of the members of the society were protectionists. Much interest was manifested in questions relating to Phrenology which was then a new science. In 1836 sophomores and freshmen were invited to attend the meetings and vote on the questions for debate...