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Besides W. H. Lewis and George C. Adams, who will speak as before announced, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt will be present and will speak on "Playing for Harvard." Senator Lodge will probably also be present and speak...
...large number of men availed themselves of the opportunity of meeting the United States Civil Service Commission at the reception given at the Colonial Club Saturday afternoon. The president of the club introduced the chairman of the commission, Hon. John R. Procter, who said...
...Hon. William G. Rice followed, with an outline of the practical outcome of the work of the commission. He first showed that the evils which civil service reform aimed to eradicate were no new thing, but the logical outcome of the world's progress. Thirteen years ago the first law was passed in relation to the reform movement. It sought to remove the higher offices from the control of the party spoilsmen. Since that time the idea has by degrees obtained a firmer footing, until today we have 55,000 positions open to men by competition. The speaker traced...
April 3. Harvard in the Sixties. Hon. Moorfield Storey...
...past members 102 are now living in Boston, 54 in New York. The rest are scattered throughout the country. Among the past members are the Lieutenant-Governor, ex-Mayor Matthews, Professors Taussig and Cummings, Judge Robert Grant, Mr. Justice Fesenden of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and Hon. Austen G. Fox, chairman of the New York Bar Commissioners. The last named is one of the most enthusiastic supporters. He is coming from New York for the occasion. Several other New York men have accepted and a large number of men living in Boston. All the members of the club...