Word: maining
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...product. The boss works through a large army of office-holders and would-be office-holders, and it is through his handling of the patronage that he controls primaries and conventions, and consequently legislation. The so-called examinations for entrance to the civil service are in the main practical tests of fitness for the various positions to be filled. There are over four hundred distinctly different kinds of examinations in the national service. The total salary of all the positions filled by appointment in the national, state, municipal and county service in the country, not including school teachers, is about...
...things are conspicuous in the current Lampoon. One is the centre-piece, for which not much else is to be said. The second is a two page legend entitled "Sherlock on the High Seas," in the main well written and embellished with well executed designs. The other contributions are for the most part likely to leave the prominence of Sherlock uncontested. Exception may be made for two drawings and nearly as many small jokes. There is something in the editorial column. Paragraphs of this latter sort only serve to set the reader to thinking of what a humorous editorial might...
...team had a long and hard practice game against a scrub team yesterday afternoon. For the larger part of the game the defense was interchanged and but few goals were made by either side. The teamwork was better than usual and the men showed much energy and spirit. The main fault was the carlessness that has characterized the play of the forwards for the last few days...
...corridor leading to the dining room, where water pipes are already in place; but the donors and architect were not willing to place it in such a disadvantageous position and agreed to put in the pipes necessary to placing the fountain on one side or the other of the main entrance to the living-room. The fountain, which has been approved by the architect of the Union, will be about three feet in height, of grey Tennessee marble in strict keeping with its intended surroundings. Over the shell-shaped bowl, and supported on either side by dolphins, is the University...
...mass meeting of the university last week, a new plan, recently proposed by the officers of the Athletic Association, concerning the election of officers for the four main branches of athletics, was unanimously adopted. Under the old system, each department of athletics elected its own officers. The new plan provides for the final election of nominees at a general university meeting. It will be put into effect at once...