Word: reform
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Among the subjects to be discussed will be the minimum wage, banking reform, the rising cost of living and agricultural economics. Professor T. N. Carver, Professor A. B. Hart, and Colonel Roosevelt are included in the number of the prominent contributors to the programs of the societies. It is the aim of those in charge, however, to give less than usual time to reading and formal papers and more time to discussion. The meetings are of growing importance in both the academic and practical world...
President Eliot was re-elected president of the National Civil Service Reform League at the league's meeting in Milwaukee on Saturday. Among other officers elected were R. W. Belcher '06, secretary, and G. T. Keyes '89, assistant secretary. The league again urged the passage of the pending bill for the improvement of the foreign service, and went on record as opposed to all preferences of individuals or of special classes in making government appointments. It also expressed confidence in President-elect Wilson to support the merit principle...
...leader of the political reform movement in Oregon, delivered an address on "Direct Legislation" before a large gathering in Emerson D yesterday afternoon...
...been eminently successful in Oregon. Measures which the legislature would not consider have been inaugurated and passed by the initiative and referendum. A total of 102 acts passed by the people, include the adoption of home rule for cities, proportional representation, woman's suffrage, corrupt practices act, and ballot reform...
...department of Government has written a book entitled "The Government of American Cities." The work takes up American municipal development from the incorporated boroughs of the seventeenth century to the commission government cities of the present day, touching at the close upon direct legislation, the recall, municipal reform and reformers. The book will be used in the courses Government 1 and Government...