Word: civilizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Subjects for Third Forensic: 1. Does the possession of a good memory afford any indication of the presence or absence of other mental powers? 2. Is there a need for reform in the civil service of the United States? The first three subjects of Third Senior Forensic may be taken by juniors. Due after mid-year examinations...
...reputation was even broader in Europe than in this country, and several of his works received their first publication abroad. His "Intellectual Development of Europe" has been translated into many languages. The best known of his other works are: "The Conflict Between Religion and Science," "History of the American Civil War," "A Text Book of Chemistry" and "Human Physiology...
Upwards of 4000 persons have signed the civil service reform petition to be presented to Congress. The petition will be in circulation this week...
...there a need for reform in the civil service of the United States...
...every one. If American colleges could educate young men in the theory of government, could instruct them in finance, political economy, and diplomacy, could fit them in manners and learning to become our worthy representatives abroad, our politics at home would become purer and more dignified, the cry for civil service reform would in a great measure cease, and we should no longer be disgraced abroad, as we have so often been, by men unfit to be our agents. Though Harvard cannot take the initiatory step in this direction, she can at least follow the good example which has been...