Word: regards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This evening during the dinner hour the members of the Harvard Dining Association will elect directors of the Association for the coming year. In view of the numerous complaints which have been made recently in regard to the management of the Hall, the members should feel in duty bound to vote for those who will certainly take an interest in the administration of the Hall, and thus make the election a decided expression of their opinion. In this way alone can any good results come from the agitation of the subject. As has been said before, the steward, against whom...
From this it will be seen that there is no incentive for the steward to improve the quality of the food, and many well founded complaints have been made in regard to the service, the monotony of the bill of fare, and some of the food. It is practically impossible to do away with the first fault on account of the limited accommodations for serving so many people. The others, however, are wholly inexcusable, and must be the result of carelessness...
...were two objects in the reform of the civil service-a positive one in securing the men best fitted for the service, and a negative one in eliminating the spoils idea from the service and thus helping to purify public life. Whatever may be said of the results in regard to the first object, it is pretty certain that the reform does away with appointment for political reasons. But there arises another difficulty in the way of purification of public life. It is in the blackmailing of corporations by those in control of legislation, in other words, the political machines...
...hoped that the communication in Tuesday's CRIMSON in regard to the management of Memorial will prove the beginning of an agitation of the subject which will result in a much-needed reform. The board at the Hall, as the writer says, has for years been steadily growing worse and worse. The strange thing about it all is the general apathy of the students in the matter. Instead of a systematic filing of complaints and petitions, one sees only an occasional give in the Lampoon to indicate the least dissatisfaction...
...Amateur Athletic Union has started a new plan this year in regard to amateur athletes. No one will be allowed to compete in open games sanctioned by the A. A. U. unless he is duty registered. The rule is to go into effect March 1. Entry blanks have been sent around to athletic associations. All athletes who register are given a number and their records and performances can thus be kept track of more accurately...