Word: recent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Recent reforms have been due to independent action where party fealty has failed. (a) Pension Reform; (b) Civil Service Reform; (c) Rejection of unfit candidates. Delamater; Maynard...
Tonight a service will be held in Sanders Theatre in commemoration of Francis Parkman, whose recent death took from among the list of Harvard graduates a name which always stood for honor and uprightness and purity of life. During his life Mr. Parkman was always looked upon as a man of rare qualities, whose fine personality shows through all his work as a historian and as a simple man among men. It is eminently fitting that the University from which he graduated should hold a public service of this kind and show the same spirit of affection for the dead...
...relations between Genius and Insanity in the light of Recent Discussion...
...Historical sketch of theories as to the nature of electricity, with especial attention to changes of theory within recent years...
...much of it going far to defeat its own purpose because of its ignorance. The gist of it all is this, that there has been too much "slugging" this year, and that something ought to be done to stop it. With these two main ideas we quite agree. The recent development of the various mass plays where many of the players are hidden from view has undoubtedly done much to render easy the settlement of private grudges by sundry forms of pugilism. The plays when the teams line up against each other are so close that it is extremely difficult...