Word: voting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...postal vote on the question of the extension of the suffrage to all graduates of five years' standing from any department of the University, may be taken as conclusive evidence that the majority of Harvard's alumni fell convinced that the step is a natural one to take, and one bearing out the liberal policy of the University. Those who have been opposed to the extension are, it is true, very numerous, and have felt strongly that they had good reasons in so doing. They have feared that broadening the suffrage to include graduates of other colleges who have received...
...examination of the tables shows that the vote by decades is in every instance in favor of the extension. Only thirteen of the sixty-nine classes voting show a majority opposed to the change, and four "break even." The classes opposing the extension are '40, '41, '49, '51, '53, '58, '66, '71, '75, '88, '97. The classes that voted even are those...
...will be noticed that the assertion which has frequently been made, that the later classes were opposed to the extension of the suffrage, is not borne out by the result, as, of the classes voting since 1870, only four show a vote against the proposition...
...Association of the Alumni of Harvard College consists of all graduates of the college of one year's standing and all holders of honorary degrees. Blank ballots have been sent to all graduate members, as required by the vote of the association, to the total number of 6912. There have been received, but not counted as ballots, 45 defective ballots...
...vote of the association provides for taking a ballot of 'all the graduates,' blank ballots have been issued to the members of the class of 1897, although they are not members of the association; 380 blank ballots were so issued and 154 ballots have been returned, of which 74 are marked 'yes' and 80 are marked...