Jellis said she was pleased with the leadership qualities of the students who were selected as finalists, who are involved in activities from the South AsianAssociation to WHRB to the Undergraduate Council.

"This is not just as they say quite a'popularity contest,'" she said. "We getexcellent leaders every year that are a very goodcross section of the population."

But finalists acknowledge that knowing a lot ofstudents counts.

Davis, a dorm crew captain, said seniors mayhave voted for him because his job allows him tomeet so many people.

"From the days of cleaning everybody'sbathroom, I have ascended," quipped Davis, who isalso a Crimson editor.

However, some candidates' attempts at reachinga mass audience of seniors before the electionseem to have failed.

Students on the Asian American Association's(AAA) e-mail list received a message encouragingthem to vote for former AAA co-PresidentsAlexander T. Nguyen '99 and Grace Shieh '99.

Katherine O'Connor '99 also sent out an e-mailto approximately 300 students, asking for theirsupport.

Zingher said she does not think candidatesshould actively campaign for themselves.

"The marshal [election] is not a campaigningtype election," Zingher said.

Results of this week's election will betabulated by late Friday night and posted on thedoor outside Wadsworth House, Jellis said.

The Hare proportional-voting system--in whichcandidates are ranked in order of preference--isbeing used for each round of the elections.

The four marshals will be ranked in order bythe number of votes each receives. Whoever getsthe most votes is named First Class Marshal,equivalent to the "CEO of a company" according toJellis.

Rucker said whatever happens in the upcomingelection, the class of 1999 will be well served.

"It's kind of a win-win situation becausealthough it would be an honor to be class marshal,I'm sure whomever is selected will do a good job,"she said