Word: constantions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...type-writer copyist and stenographer is in constant attendance...
...President Cleveland has favored civil service reform-(a) has supported Civil Service Commission, and favored an extension of the rules; (b) has resisted constant and enormous pressure from office-seekers; (c) owes a duty to his party; (d) neither political party favors reform; (e) he has established a good precedent, and made a return to the spoils system impossible: Civil Service Record...
...than a mediocre nine can be formed. Captain Bates, however, is rapidly getting the men in shape and may possibly get a winning team from the material at hand. He deserves credit for conscientious work, for, while overlooking and directing the work of the freshmen, he has been in constant practice with the 'Varsity. The nine has been unfortunate in losing the services of Wood and Morrill, two very strong men who have left college. Therefore, only by the hardest work on the part of the successful candidates, can Ninety-One hope to accomplish anything this year on the ball...
...much more fortunate than my fellows, who had become permanently disabled in their zeal for prizes and scholarships. Bodily exhaustion had prevented me from working permanent injury to the brain. I was enabled to return and be graduated, though for several years the effects of the strain were a constant reminder of what might have been...
...errors were due to that. The most noticeable fault of the nine's work was a carelessness in fielding due, no doubt, to the lack of practice. The quick and accurate fielding which we must have before we can hope to defeat Yale can come only by constant practice. We feel sure that Captain Henshaw's energy and skill will do all that can be done towards bringing the championship back to Harvard this year...