Word: reforms
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...with railroad interests in this country for several years. The recent plan of connecting the Long Island and Pennsylvania railroads by tunnels under the North and East rivers was due chiefly to his suggestion and management. During the last few years, however, he has been interested chiefly in the reform movement of municipal government in New York City, and it was due in large measure to his efforts that the present administration there was elected...
...February number of the Law Review was issued Saturday. It contains the following articles: "Competition and the Law," B. Wyman '96; "Sir Samuel Romilly and Criminal Law Reform," C. N. Gregory; "The Ripper Cases," A. M. Eaton...
...most interesting essay to Harvard men is the one on "Education," which was originally printed under the title of "School Reform," attracting much attention as an attack upon the elective system in our school. Professor Munsterberg compares the American and German systems of education, in search of a reason for the development of the average German student three years ahead of the average American. By entertaining references to his own school days, he shows a perfect knowledge of German schools, and by his comparisons, almost as complete an acquaintance with American conditions. His conclusion is that the backwardness...
...School, and of the Mining School at Freiburg, Germany. He has been identified for many years with the development of the Rand gold district of the Transvaal, having acted as consulting engineer for the large English mining companies in that region. He was also a member of the famous "Reform Committee," which was tried after the Jameson raid. He will tell about the South African gold mines, taking for his subject, "The Physical Geography and Commercial Importance of South Africa...
...meeting of the Civil Service Reform Club yesterday evening it was decided to change the name of the club to the Harvard Political Club...