Word: civil
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Leupp has been the Washington correspondent and assistant editor of the New York Evening Post; the editor of "Good Government," the Official organ of the National Civil Service Reform League; the author of several books on the civil service ; and at present is the United States. Commissioner of Indian affairs...
...save that the writer has not learned the lesson of literary temperance in keeping for another occasion lines undoubtedly clever but out of place in their present use. Jones is made to win the Victoria Cross, the Order of the Golden Fleece, and the Pasteur Medal, all in the Civil War. The introduction of farce mars the illusion. "The Man with the Soul" is an amusing story of a misunderstood undergraduate, a recluse with a sense of humor. Invited by two more experienced friends to an excursion to Darker Boston, he mystifies his companions by a very well done...
...National Civil Service Reform League met in New Haven on the first three days of last week. At a meeting held in Woolsey Hall last Tuesday President Hadley presided and speeches were made by Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, president of the league, and the Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, Secretary of the Navy...
...files of the New York Tribune from 1855 to 1868 and of the New York Herald from 1861 to 1868 has been presented to the Union Library by Mr. H. O. Poor of Brooklyn, N. Y. These volumes are particularly interesting as they cover the whole course of the Civil...
...evening classes of the Prospect Union, with teachers from the University, began the winter schedule last week. Besides the regular classes, which will each meet one or two hours a week, men will be individually tutored in preparation for college. Following is the list of classes and teachers: Civil Service arithmetic, W. S. Clarke 1G.; Civil Service composition, L. B. Robinson '07; chemistry, H. H. Buckman '08; reading and spelling, E. E. Brown 2L.; Algebra, A. Hamilton '07: German, E. G. White '08; mechanical drawing, C. A. Sargent '07; bookkeeping, G. G. Anderson H.; grammar, S. N. Goodrich '07; economics...