Word: voting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...concerning the beer question, the Student Council last evening decided that individual classes may deal with the liquor question as follows: "A meeting of the class shall be called within six days after the receipt of a brought before the meeting. At this meeting the president may take a vote on petition signed by 25 members of the class stating the proposition to be said subject, the outcome of which may influence him to take action, but shall not be binding upon him." It was further moved and passed that the presidents of the classes give special attention at present...
...their last meeting, the executive committee of the Student Council found it advisable to lay the petition asking for a class vote on the beer question, on the table for more mature consideration. This was without doubt a judicious move, questions like this are not decided to best advantage in the heat of controversy. But on the other hand, it is not to be thought that the affair is forgotten, and to be quietly shelved...
...Student Council, in their meeting today, will again consider the petition. It is well to remember that the request is not for the prohibition of beer at class smokers, but for a class vote upon the subject. The most intolerant could hardly deny the justice of such a demand. Such questions can only be satisfactorily disposed of by popular vote, and agitation and strife will continue until such a vote is obtained. The results of the Forum were enough to indicate that both sides have active support. The members of the Student Council should remember that the prestige of that...
...House Wednesday afternoon. This bill provides for the amendment of the present act. Section 2 is to be stricken out and a clause substituted which differentiates between red flags which may be carried and red flags which may not. The so called Allen Bill was defeated by a voice vote, and the bill to repeal the present law completely was defeated by a standing vote...
...shown to be their interest and advantage to remain at peace. That in this day of world conflict, with every possibility of this nation being swept off its feet by terror and blind fear, with an unprecedented campaign being waged for military increases, the very closeness of such a vote as last night's is ground for the highest hopes and inspiration...