Word: reformator
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Question: "Resolved, That Civil Service Reform under the Present Administration is a Failure...
...destruction of game, the breaking up of Tribal relations, have pressed our government to some decided action as is seen in the president's message, and will be felt in the coming Congress. The present condition of the Indian Civil Service is also engaging the attention of the Civil Reform Association, and it is in this cause that Mr. Welsh will speak in Sanders Theatre to-night...
...monetary support of all athletic teams as well as the secondary expenses incurred by a personal support; and finally the discontinuance of all inter-collegiate contests. Now little knowledge of Harvard or of any great university is needed to show the utter impossibility of accomplishing such fundamental reforms without the strictest regulations upon the part of the faculty, seconded by the most determined stand made by parents; and, what is more, by a thorough reform of the personal character of the students themselves. It is true that great and needless expenses are incurred by the more wealthy of the students...
...colleges are to be considered as common benefits open to either sex, if a bright, intelligent girl is to be allowed the privileges which are forced upon her, too often, stupid brother, then the action of Columbia College is significant as a step toward progress. We wish the reform every success, for it is a reform worthy of the highest success...
...elected a president to succeed Dr. Porter. Professor Dwight, the president-elect, has proved an efficient and popular instructor, and the highest hopes are entertained for his success at the head of the college. The new president is said to be an ardent exponent of the new ideas of reform in collegiate work, and it is expected that his administration will result in placing Yale on a more radical basis. We welcome this new proof of the wisdom of the policy of Harvard. We trust that the work of President Dwight will demonstrate that reform in college work is necessary...