Word: local
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this time when China is undergoing a great political change, we are forcibly reminded of the lack of any sort of course on China in the Harvard curriculum. We do not understand the real causes of this political change, which the strength of local government has facilitated, because we have no knowledge of Chinese history and progress. We attribute too much to western influence. But the republic has been established by Chinaman and to succeed must be based on Chinese customs and experience...
When in the course of local or state politics there has been a campaign to elect a peculiarly public-spirited citizen, or adopt a measure which would further the cause of good government, Harvard students have come forward pretty regularly and in good numbers to help. At the Boston city election tomorrow there will be a fight to keep the administration of the school system out of politics. It is only to repeat one of the first principles of good government to say that in the administration of public schools there can be no Democratic method or no Republican method...
...sleepers and a special baggage car for the accommodation of trunks and instruments and also to serve as a dressing room, will be used by the clubs throughout the whole trip. In all of the places to be visited the graduates have had charge of the local management and teas, smokers, and dinners have been planned in many cities...
...been decided that no concert will be given in Detroit, Mich., but there will be one in Omaha. The dual concert with Yale at Cincinnati, O., will not take place because no suitable hall can be engaged for the evening. In each of the cities included the local Harvard Clubs have shown great enthusiasm in arranging to entertain the members of the clubs and have generously undertaken to make all provisions necessary for a successful concert. In some of the cities the regular concert will be followed by a dance. Two special sleeping cars and one baggage car will...
...proposed Cambridge charter which has been framed in large part by members of the University Faculty is a concrete example of the kind of service which men trained in the theory of government are able to perform in behalf of the improvement of local political conditions. The proposed charter includes provisions for a number of the most successful of the changes that have been made of late in city government, the commission plan of administration, the initiative, referendum and recall, the short ballot and preferential voting. If accepted and administered in the right way, the proposed charter should put Cambridge...