Word: voting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Smith Halls Common Room last evening at 7.30 o'clock. The question under debate was the subject of National Prohibition. Many important arguments, both pro and con, were advanced, the speakers showing evidence of having thought out the question in advance carefully. However, the discussion was informal and no vote was taken at the end of the debate. From the general sentiment expressed by the speakers the opinion of the meeting seemed about equally divided...
...from another institution, is ineligible to play in a league game. The league plans thus to limit participation in its games to bonafide undergraduates. The proposal to adopt a rule barring Freshmen and men who have played more than three years was defeated by a close vote. After a long discussion, the league voted to shorten the time of halves from 45 to 35 minutes, with two compulsory five-minute periods in case of a tie. Each management is to send to the secretary of the league a list of three officials, in order to form an authorized board...
Each speaker will be allowed five minutes, or more at the discretion of those present. The aim of the Forum is to determine the most logical choice of a candidate among the nationally prominent statesmen under consideration for the office of chief executive. For this reason a vote will be taken to decide the result of the discussion. Those who have to leave early may give their votes to the tellers who will be stationed at the door...
Speakers will be limited to five minutes, at the end of which time the chairman will take a vote as to whether he may continue or not. A vote will also be taken to determine the result of the discussion. Those who are forced to leave early may give their votes to the tellers, who will be stationed at the door...
...speech denouncing the "militarization" of our colleges, as shown by the formation of the Yale Battery and the Harvard Regiment. At his suggestion, a committee, of which he is chairman, was appointed to investigate the extent of "militarism in our colleges," and to launch a counter campaign. An informal vote showed an almost unanimous sentiment among the delegates against military training in the colleges of the country...