Word: attraction
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...deeply is the spoils system rooted in democratic countries. Because the odds are heavily against the young civil servant's being able to rise to an executive position, as is the case under the existing arrangement, it is natural that the looser, more pliable hierarchies in private industry attract so many college graduates...
...What must be done, before the present agitation over Civil Service dies out, is to withdraw from the realm of politics, by Congressional legislation, an appreciable number of the positions in the upper strata of departments responsible for public administration. In other words, if Civil Service is over to attract college graduates in large quantities, it must be possible for a man who has proved his ability to rise at least to the position, common in England, much less in America, of Under-Secretary...
...that one is helping one's fellows, that one is serving Uncle Sam, that there is more security in Civil Service than in most industries, that the pay in the lower categories is more adequate--no Civil Service will be of permanent value so long as it fails to attract those men who possess the rare quality of leadership. The fact which cannot be overemphasized is that such men are not attracted by security alone, nor by mere altruism. What they have demanded in the past, and what they will certainly demand in the future, is, first, a tangible opportunity...
...Classicist, then, should distinguish between encouraging the study of Latin and Greek and supporting a regulation that serves simply to destroy the meaning of the Harvard science degree. Subjects that retain significance and vitality in relation to modern life should be able to attract students through their intrinsic value, without requiring the artificial support of requirements. If the present rules did force uninterested students to gain a perfunctory knowledge of a classical language, their value would be doubtful; since they do not accomplish even this, they are indefensible...
...That a cafeteria with a more varied menu be provided to attract men eating in the square...