Word: reforms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...city, like a successful business concern, needs an executive committee which shall employ experts to find out its real needs. In the West, many cities are governed by commissions, and the checks of initiative, referendum and recall keep the commission from abusing its powers. But the efficacy of the reform turns on the question, "Can you get better men under government by commissions?" The answer seems to be "yes," for successful business men will consent to serve under this system where they will not be hampered by aldermen and common councillors...
...Union reports of committees will be read by Horace E. Deming '71 and others. At 3 o'clock there will be round-table conferences on the subjects "Is it Desirable or Practicable to Diminish or Exclude the Influence of the National Parties and Issues in Municipal Contests," and "Electoral Reform...
...this evening at 8 o'clock in the Portland Street Congregational Church, Haverhill, under the auspices of the Men's Club of that church. His subject will be "Government by Commission," the same subject on which he spoke last week at Worcester. President Eliot is an advocate of the reform of municipal government by this method, which has been tried successfully in several American cities...
...addition to his inspection of missions, Professor Moore was able to investigate the new educational movement in China. New schools and colleges have been established by the government in the various provinces and together with civil service reform are strong evidence of the recent and growing nationalistic movement in education. Professor Moore says that there are unusual opportunities for American college graduates to teach in these new schools, as enough teachers cannot be found to meet the growing demand...
Professor Moore met a great many of the most prominent men in China, active in civil life, in reform and education, and public work of all kinds, as well as many native authors and editors. Among the most distinguished of the foreigners in China whom he met, was Sir Robert Hart, for fifty years at the head of the Chinese Imperial Customs...