Word: referendums
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...reports received last night from Intercollegiate Treaty Referendum Headquarters, figures show that of the 92,466 voters in the 375 colleges and universities throughout the country, sentiment is decidedly in favor of proposition four, which states, "I favor a compromise between the Lodge and Democratic Reservations in order to facilitate the ratification of the Treaty...
...nation-wide intercollegiate ballot on the League and Treaty to be held today, the colleges are making a double contribution. They are conducting the first extensive referendum at a time when the sentiment of the country on the question of the Treaty is of great importance, not only to Americans, but to the entire world. And, further, they are making possible an estimation of the opinion of the college man; the man who must take the lead in the government of the United States during the next generation...
...following statement by Senator Lodge for the Intercollegiate Treaty Referendum outlines the attitude of the Senate and the motives for the adoption of reservations...
That the secondary effect of the plan will be of benefit within the academic body is indicated by the Cornell Sun, which says truly that, if the referendum is to have full value, those who are to go to the polls on January 13, must post themselves beforehand on the Treaty and the League, and the Senate contentions. Fortunately the American Association for International Conciliation, of 407 west One Hundred and Seventeenth Street, New York, made the full text of the Treaty its monthly issue of September last, and the World Peace Foundation, 40 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, amongst other...
Already it is apparent that the proposed referendum on the ratification of the Peace Treaty, to bring out an expression of opinion on the subject from students and faculties of all colleges and universities in the United States, will command unusual interest. Sponsored by the editors of the college newspapers of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia, the plan has already become a leading topic of discussion in academic circles, and from now until the date set for the taking of the vote, a joint committee will be busy at the Harvard Endowment Fund offices, 165 Broadway, New York, arranging...