Word: civilizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Dawes addressed the Senate yesterday in favor of civil service reform. He advocates competitive examinations for entrance into and promotion in the civil service of the government...
...managers of the Infantry Hall skating rink, Providence, were yesterday summoned to appear before a United States commissioner to answer a complaint brought under the civil rights' act for refusing admission to a colored lawyer because of his color. There will be a hearing tomorrow...
...Senate yesterday Mr. Hawley presented a petition from the president, faculty and students of Yale College, praying for a reform in the civil service...
...North American Review for February will contain an article by President White of Cornell, on civil service reform...
About five hundred names have been signed to the civil service reform petition recently circulated at Yale...