Word: campaigners
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meeting of the Cambridge Good Government League was held last night in the Assembly Room of the Union, at which Arthur Drinkwater '00, secretary of the League, expained the work of the association and called for volunteer assistants to aid in the work of the fall campaign. Students are wanted to interview the candidates for municipal office, and to look up their records. The information thus obtained will later be given to the voters of the city in the expectation of influencing their votes at the city elections. The league is a non-partisan organization, and endeavors to support...
Gifts of books to replace the missing volumes will of course be heartily welcomed; but more enduring in value would be a vigorous campaign, on the part of those interested in the Library, to put an end to the unexplained disappearance of books. The enjoyment of the Union Library is remarkably unrestricted, and for the benefit of those who appreciate its freedom it would seem best for the Union to ferret out and punish the offenders...
...stories. It relates an amusing point of view, which is unusually well realized and sustained. It is distinguished from the other two stories by greater maturity of manner and evenness of development. These other stories are at once unconvincing in content and ragged in style. A "Double Campaign" contains a sufficiently humorous idea, which, however, the author has not taken time or has not the skill to develop; and it is written in an ejaculatory style, tiresome event for two pages. In "The Landing of an English Snob," an idea not very humorous in itself is treated with some incidental...
...Good Government Association of Boston is anxious to get members of the University to do some work in the coming campaign in Boston. The work will require intelligence, judgment and tact, and should be interesting to those interested in political matters; to anyone intending to take an active part in politics after leaving College it should be a good practical experience...
...politics the terse campaign cry, the long campaign parade, and the eloquent speakers are all used to mislead people by numbers and effects. In advertising, numbers and bigness are used to convince people of excellence. Often our sense of humor instead of our reason is appealed to by advertisers, salesmen, and speakers...