Word: canvassing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...club by purchasing a shingle and signing the constitution. Of the 223 polled yesterday, 79 were voters. Eight of the total number of men who registered stated that they were willing to speak at rallies, 81 volunteered to work at the polls, and 27 declared their willingness to canvass votes. The total of both registrations, therefore, amounts to 553 men polled, 37 of whom have volunteered to speak at rallies, 127 to work at the polls, and 83 to canvass votes...
...Harvard Republican Club. A thorough tabulation of the cards showed the following results: of age, 200; under age, 130; not voting on account of expense and lack of legal residence, 43; refusing to do campaign work, 168; willing to "stump," 29; willing to work at the polls and canvass votes, 148. These statistics will be forwarded to the National Republican College League, where they will be used as a basis of distributing campaign work. All Republicans who neglected to register yesterday, should do so immediately either at Leavitt & Peirce's or at Holworthy 10, in which place they may also...
...collection of books for the Phillips Brooks House text-book loan library will be made today throughout the University. The collectors, will make a thorough canvass of their dormitories, and wagons will be sent around this evening between 6 and 8 to facilitate gathering the books. All those who cannot give up their books at this time, but could do so at the end of the examination period are requested to notify the collector, or H. E. Wetzel, Phillips Brooks House. As the library is used to a very large extent, it is hoped that a large collection will result...
...canvass in order to collect books for the Phillips Brooks House Text Book Loan Library will be made throughout the University on Thursday, June 11. For the sake of facilitating the collection, wagons will be sent around Thursday evening from 6 to 8 o'clock calling at the rooms of the collectors in the various dormitories. During the past year 63 men have made use of the Library and over 300 books have been taken out. The demand is far greater than the supply. All those who cannot give up their books at this time, but could...
...CRIMSON'S effort to raise a Harvard fund for the relief of the Chelsea sufferers has been supplemented by the Phillips Brooks House Association, which will today canvass the University for clothing, to be distributed to the many people who escaped from their homes destitute and penniless. Men who have not seen fit to contribute money to the Harvard fund may be willing and able to help the cause by handling over to the collectors any articles of old clothing that, if sold, will bring but a few dollars, and if kept, will only litter up the closets. Here...