Word: reformator
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent conference of Republicans who favor Civil Service Reform, which was held in New York a few days ago, is another proof of the expediency of doing something to stir up the students on this most important subject. This meeting was called by young men, and was managed by them throughout, the older leaders deferring that to them entirely. Within a few years those now in college will be at just the right age for this work, and their influence, if they are properly instructed now, will be immense. Moreover, these young men at New York, of whom several were...
...ALLEGRO.)"Oh! 'tis hey for reform...
...this age of reform...
...succeeded or not in a correct solution his opinion will be well worth hearing. The remaining lectures are to be a review of the three great industries, cotton, iron and wool. These three words are constantly in the mouths of the people, as the subject of tariff reform is so often mentioned in the daily papers and reviews. For this reason the club has determined to give the students an insight into the workings of these industries as they exist with an idea of their former growth and of their future. To this end the club has engaged...
...what is profound to the uneducated man may seem entirely superficial to the specialist upon that subject. Your correspondent has certainly been very unfortunate in his experience with the "specialists of college," since he professes to have found them equally superficial with those who, in accordance with "third reform" take but one course in each "branch of knowledge." If this be so, it seems to argue that the college only affords the one course, in each "branch," that is of any value, and that the seeker after a "broad education" is always fortunate enough to know how to select this...