Word: civilizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ASSOCIATION has been formed at the University of Michigan...
...that we have yet seen. It comprises a volume of 246 pages, neatly bound in half calf. Naturally most of the book will be of especial interest to members of the class itself, and by them it will be most appreciated. But, graduating just on the verge of the Civil War, many of its number entered the army and won for themselves reputation of more than local limits. Foremost among them were E. G. and H. L. Abbott, brothers, both of whom attained the rank of major, and both of whom were killed in battle. It was essentially...
ENGLISH 6, December 2, 1880, at 2 P. M., in Sever 5. Debate on the following question : "Resolved, That the civil service of the United States should be reformed by requiring every candidate for appointment to pass a satisfactory examination, and by making the tenure of office during good behavior." Disputants, affirmative, Messrs. DeWindt, MacVeagh, Hadley; negative, Messrs. Jackson, Dazey, Adams...
ENGLISH 6. November 4, at 2 P. M., in Sever 5. Debate on the following question : Resolved, That the continued existence of the Republican party is unfavorable to the establishment of order and civil freedom in the Southern States. Affirmative, Messrs. Adams, Godkin, and Dazey; Negative, Messrs. Coolidge, DeWindt, and Jackson...
NUMEROUS cases of brain-fog and actual insanity from over study have recently occurred in England. Ten per cent of the young men who passed the competitive Civil Service Examination for Indian service showed, when they afterwards applied for health-certificates, that they had been affected injuriously by the strain of the examination...