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...American Union Commission for the aid of freemen, and in 1869 he resigned his pastorate at New York to devote himself to literature. He edited the "Literary Record," of Harper's Magazine, and was associate editor of the "Christian Union" with Henry Ward Beecher. Dr. Abbott is at present editor of the "Outlook...
...President Eliot has confined himself to single speeches on the subject, but as Godkin Lecturer for the current year, an appointment recently given him by the Corporation, he will probably develop the subject of "Municipal Government by Commission" more fully and present it in a series of addresses. The Godkin Lectureship was established in 1903 from a fund contributed mainly in small amounts from many sources as a memorial to Edwin Laurence Godkin, for a long time editor of the "Nation" and the "New York Post." Lectures on this foundation are to treat "The Essentials of Free Government...
...first place, "the original structure of the city government was ill suited to the work to be done; and municipal work has so changed since the American city government was constructed that a form of government, originally founded on a false analogy, has become less and less adapted to present functions." "Secondly," says President Eliot, "city business being now much more elaborate, extensive, and complicated than it was originally, inexperienced, frequently changing executive bodies, such as subcommittees of city legislative bodies, have become worse than useless; because the real business can only be done by experts." "Thirdly, the old idea...
...members of the University are invited to be present...
...treasurer of the advisory committee. A business meeting will be held in the afternoon at the home of Mr. Cutting at which H. Channing '08 will preside in the place of H. M. Gilmore '08, the president of the League, who will probably be unable to be present. Papers will be read by various delegates, followed by discussion of plans for the coming year. In the evening a dinner will be held at the University Club at which General Horace Porter, Mayor McClellan and others will speak...