Word: voting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...vote taken yesterday on the question of putting College exercises ahead one hour proves that the majority of students was not convinced of the merits of such a plan. We are not to think the scheme was opposed on selfish grounds alone. The horror of inconvenience may have influenced a great many, but they were sagacious enough to hide the fact. The measure went down to defeat because to too many it seemed impractical and futile...
...slight trouble for the sake of a principle most irrefutably correct, we begin to see our position. Everyone who is compelled to check waste on a large scale will voluntarily be more careful in small matters. Not only because of actual gain, but also because of the principle involved, vote for a change in the time schedule...
...Every voter shall vote for three marshals, indicating his perference for First Marshal. Of the three elected, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for First Marshal shall be declared First Marshal; of the other two elected, that one whose total vote is higher shall be Second Marshal, and the other one Third Marshal. Every ballot not containing the required number of names for marshals shall be declared invalid...
...University will vote today on the question of advancing the daily schedule one hour with the commencement of the second semester. On Tuesday, January 15, the Student Council authorized the balloting, and part of the resolution passed at that time stated "that in the event of favorable action by the student body, it (the one-hour advance in academic engagements) be recommended to the Faculty for their consideration and decision...
...RESOLVED; First, that the Student Council of Harvard University is strongly in favor of changing the time schedule of the University so that all academic engagements will be advanced one hour; second, that the question be submitted to a vote of the student body on Tuesday, January 22nd; and third, that in the event of favorable action by the student body, it be recommended to the Faculty for their consideration and decision...