Word: acted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Question: Resolved, That the Civil Service Act ought to be by law extended to all departments of public service...
Best general references-Civil Service Act (Statutes at Large...
...Act should be extended by law. (a) It is now imperfect on account of its limited application-Nation, vol. 1, p. 108. (b) Rigor of stature necessary to check greed of office seekers. (c) Extension by executive regulation is insufficient. (e. g. Railway Mail and Census)-Address by G. W. Curtis, American Journal of Soc. Science...
...very much as if college games were properly professional contests-and that would be but another way of saying that they had missed their object. Their only purpose, so far as we can see, is to keep alive a thorough-going spirit of manly enthusiasm among the students to act as it were hand in hand with our other advantages here. If, then, athletics are for the students rather than for the world, it seems but fair that the students should reap the benefits of the games. This certainly they can never do unless it is understood that the privileges...
Question: Resolved, That the Civil Service Act ought to be by law extended to all departments of public service...