Word: directed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Oregon will deliver an address on "Direct Legislation" in Emerson D this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. This is the first of a series of lectures on "Social Problems" which will be given this winter under the auspices of a committee composed of members of the Faculty...
...pioneer of direct legislation in this country, for he not only originated and carried through the measures now in force in Oregon, but has also been active in direct legislation campaigns in other states. He is considered one of the foremost leaders of the whole movement for government reform in this country...
...means limit himself to furthering that cause alone. As an ardent disciple of Henry George, he has been very successful in establishing the single tax in parts of Oregon. He is also to a large extent responsible for the excellent corrupt practices act in that state and for the direct primary and proportional representation recently established there. At present Mr. U'Ren is a candidate for the governorship of Oregon...
...series of lectures on "Social Problems" arranged by a committee of the Faculty will begin with an address on "Direct Legislation" by W. S. U'Ren of Oregon in Emerson D Monday at 4.30 o'clock. Although Mr. U'Ren is most widely known as the leader of the direct legislation movement in Oregon, he has also had much experience with other reform measures. Among these are the recall, the direct primary, corrupt practices acts, proportional representation, and ballot reforms. His appeals for better government by means of such measures have frequently appeared in periodicals all over the country...
...theme, moreover, Mr. Carb gives no sense of peering at life from behind college walls--a characteristic common to most college plays. In stead, he tackles life at first hand, out of the urgency of expression. Yet his skilful way of doing so--his dramatic technique--is a direct result of training behind college walls, for Mr. Carb is a graduate of the Club itself and of Professor Baker's technical courses. In this respect his work is significant as a real contribution to Harvard's output in an important national field. Properly interpreted, it can hardly fail to distinguish...