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...year has already seen a remarkable change in the manner in which the Yale Union is regarded and it cannot but be looked upon as a most encouraging sign. For many years the man who tried to get good from the Union, or to improve it, or to awaken an interest in debating, was considered to waste his energies, but something has produced at least the beginnings of a change for the better. The Union began its good work when it secured new and more commodious quarters, and to a large degree, this was the cause of the growth...
...University who are interested in the cause of Civil Service Reform, it may be well to make a brief statement about the club and the objects it wishes to attain. The club was formed two years ago and numbers at present 185 members. Its purpose is to awaken an interest among all Harvard men in the reform of civil service, and to let them know what it really is and what it means. The experience gained by the club during the two years of its existence shows that these objects can be best accomplished in two ways. First by holding...
...leaves them to be governed by men of weaker intelligence but greater force. The consequence is misgovernment and corruption in politics, which extends to the highest offices of the land. The stirring up which a vigorous and honorable Harvard graduate has given to city affairs in New York should awaken enthusiasm for incorruptible and undefiled city government in the mind of every Harvard student. It is said that Philadelphia is suffering at present from an epidemic of corruption and jobbery in municipal affairs; that the governing "ring" is so strongly intrenched, it is well-nigh impossible and hopeless to dislodge...
...question. He admitted that evils do exist, but denied the efficacy of the method proposed in the question. He then presented opinions of many prominent city officials and laid the blame to the neglect of the well to do citizens. The point followed that a property qualification would not awaken these better classes to any better sense of their duty to their city and its welfare...
...really believes in his more thoughtful moments that copying is not honest should do what he could to discourage it that it would have better effect than the present action of the Board is likely to have? We doubt if the Faculty has done all that it might to awaken men to a sense of their real duties in such cases. So long as the man who does not copy smiles pleasantly on his neighbor who does, no threats of separation from the University will kill out the practice...