Word: voting
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Radcliffe's student body has voted to abolish assembly by a 5 to 1 majority, results of an all-college referendum taken in Agassiz and the dormitories revealed last night. Instituted in 1945 as a legislative group and a sounding board for student opinion, assembly consisted of 100 members from all four classes. The vote confirmed Student Council feeling that assembly no longer served its original functions...
This result represents a striking turnabout from the elections of 1936 and 1940, in which the Faculty backed Franklin D. Roosevelt '04. No straw vote was taken in 1944, since Army and Navy authorities banned any news about politics in the Service News, the CRIMSON's wartime substitute...
...Faculty's vote was 283 for Roosevelt, 274 for Willkie. In 1936, the result showed 77 for Roosevelt to 66 for Landon...
...eight House Committees have contributed a total of $150, while the Council has made out its check for $250. The other two House Committees will probably vote on a contribution today...
...holds the Democratic nomination, his connections with the far left have resulted in his repudiation by many of the Democrats in his district. This has led him, either through choice or through necessity, to emphasize his Progressivism and use the Democratic nomination only for purposes of snaring straight ticket votes. Nevertheless, O'Brien rolled up a primary vote of almost 20,000, which Progressives consider very significant in view of the fact that he was unopposed. They feel that since 90 percent of the voters in the tenth district are in low middle or low income groups their candidate will...