Word: voting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...debate last year against Yale on the subject. "Resolved: That education is the curse of the present age", was won by, Harvard by the unanimous vote of the judges. Two years ago Yale proved victorious over both Harvard and Princeton...
...evil", were R. K. Lamb '28 and J. C. Furnas '27, while the negative was upheld by H. C. Bartlett '28 and R. A. Magowan '27. At the conclusion of prepared speeches by the four undergraduates, a spirited discussion took place from the floor, which was concluded by a vote of the audience...
Germany, restored to good standing in the International Lawn Tennis Federation, admitted to eligibility for Davis Cup competition by a two-thirds vote of her onetime enemies, announced last week that she would enter a team in this year's jousts. Tennis followers recalled the last appearance of Teuton forces in the court classic, when, late in July, 1914, the German delegation concluding their match with the victorious Australasians a few hours before the declaration of War; rushed overseas to join their Kaiser's colors in more deadly combat...
Professor Haskins who for many years has been a corresponding member, was elevated to this position, which entails all the rights of full membership, under the most flattering circumstances, being elected in the first vote by an overwhelming majority, Full membership in the Institute, is the highest honor which France can confer upon a scholar...
...Voted down 271 to 146 a Liberal motion to reduce the salary of Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain. This technical procedure was intended as a motion of censure against the Cabinet for dispatching its recent intemperate and threatening note to Soviet Russia (TIME, March 7). Paradoxically, Sir Austen, although he signed the vote as Foreign Secretary, was its chief opponent in the Cabinet...