Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...believe that nobody cares. Statistics show that college graduate form one of the most ballot-minded groups of the population. Personally, I was greatly disappointed to have to admit that I ought not to vote because of the fact that of the twenty-four candidates only one was known...
...Houses successfully elected their representatives to the Student Council yesterday, while Dudley has yet to finish its balloting, and Winthrop, caught in the toils of a spirited five-man race, bogged down in a disputed vote...
James O. Heller '49, Chairman of the Council Election Committee, advises men to vote for as many candidates as possible...
...major studios in Hollywood announced their withdrawal of support from the annual meeting of Hollywood's Mutual Admiration Society. Since the machinery that goes into the awarding of "Oscars" is complicated and expensive (all nominated films must be privately shown for the Academy's 5,000 members who then vote by mail) this could mean the death of the Great Gelded Gewgaw. And a good thing that would...
...kidding? The awards themselves have been made by a majority-vote of all the writers, electricians, actors, photographers, etc., who had five-dollars for dues. These men and women are employed by a studio which makes movies. In order to assure the continuation of his paycheck, the employee would logically vote at least one film award to his studio, and perhaps the straight ticket if he's a good man. Even if he's only allowed by his union to spray cob-webs in studio haunted houses, he's wise enough to know the immense exploitation value in an Academy...