Word: civilization
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...United States broke away from Great Britain before a cabinet government had been developed there. Australia, on being given by Great Britain the rights of local control, adopted the cabinet system, of which the salient features are: a good representative system, a good civil government, honest elections, and good maintenance of executive order...
...people of England in control of their government so that, it is now virtually a democracy. Its representative system is good, the elections are pure, good men are brought into the government service and responsibility is fixed in a perfect manner. The judiciary is upright and independent and the civil service is efficient and outside of political influences. The English system is suited, however, for only two parties. For the last few years the powers of the House of Commons have been declining and at the same time the cost of obtaining and keeping a seat in this body...
...truly representative of the popular will, honest elections, adequate inducement to make capable men offer themselves for the government of the nation, and a method a fixing responsibility. To this should be added an honest and independent judiciary, an adequate system of checks and balances, a capable and upright civil service, and provisions for the stability of the government...
Business department: penmanship, E. J. Fraser-Campbell, Jr., '06; civil service, R. N. Baldwin '05, G. S. Jackson '05, G. Jones...
...University, and the cast-off clothing thus obtained is sent to all parts of the country for the poor. The committee does excellent work in assigning men to different fields of philanthropy, such as the East End Christian Union, the Dennison House, the Frances E. Willard Settlement, and the Civil Service House. A number of entertainment troupes are regularly formed...