Word: directing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...discussion will be strictly informal, small tables being placed throughout the room at which men may smoke and refreshments may be served. Men participating in the debate should realize that decisions reached will have a direct influence on later authoritative action, as representing undergraduate opinion. To aid in crystalizing these decisions, a vote will be taken at the close of the debate, the result of which will later be acted upon by the Student Council. The Forum will be open only to members of the Speakers' Club and the Union...
...leader of the political reform movement in Oregon, delivered an address on "Direct Legislation" before a large gathering in Emerson D yesterday afternoon...
...declared that the problems of the initiative and referendum involve the deepest principles of government. It has been asserted that the advocates of these measures do not believe in representative government. On the contrary, direct legislation is the only means of obtaining representative government. It is the aim of the measures to prevent the misrepresentation which has been so universal in our legislatures in the past, and to elevate the position of representative until it is considered a high honor. Never, until this state of affairs is brought about will there be good legislation and efficient administration...
...years ago. The lectures given during the last two winters have been interesting and valuable to the men who have attended them, and the opportunities offered to hear speakers of national prominence have been thoroughly appreciated. Mr. U'Ren, the originator of the so-called "Oregon plan" of direct legislation, is in a position to give his listeners much that is valuable as information alone, and his treatment of a timely subject should give the keenest satisfaction to those who are fortunate enough to hear...
Professor W. B. Munro, of the department of Government has written a book entitled "The Government of American Cities." The work takes up American municipal development from the incorporated boroughs of the seventeenth century to the commission government cities of the present day, touching at the close upon direct legislation, the recall, municipal reform and reformers. The book will be used in the courses Government 1 and Government...