Word: getting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...executive committee which shall employ experts to find out its real needs. In the West, many cities are governed by commissions, and the checks of initiative, referendum and recall keep the commission from abusing its powers. But the efficacy of the reform turns on the question, "Can you get better men under government by commissions?" The answer seems to be "yes," for successful business men will consent to serve under this system where they will not be hampered by aldermen and common councillors...
Yesterday afternoon a scrub crew tried out the new English shell, taking a 10 mile paddle up the river beyond the Watertown Arrenal. The members of the crew found difficulty in getting used to the thole-pin rowlocks and short slides which mark the rigging of an English as compared with an American boat. The shell rolled badly and the men failed to get together, so that the boat spaced poorly...
...idea of having the members of the Glee Club sit together at the mass meeting Tuesday night was a good one. Unfortunately, however, the fellows near the middle of the hall could not hear them. The result was that many of us did not get the tune of the songs accurately. Why not at the next mass meeting carry the excellent idea of Tuesday night one step further, and have the Glee Club sing each song several times before the whole meeting takes it up? Then everybody will know what he is to sing, and he will be able...
...sufficient interest in politics to insure the election of honest and able men to public office. It is the college-trained men who are best qualified to start such a movement in the communities in which they live, and who should do so. Here is given the opportunity to get such an insight into practical politics as will enable one to intelligently attack the problems of government existing wherever one may live...
...order to get a representative committee every member of the class is urged to be present tonight...