Word: transfers
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...application of civil service provisions was extended to the consular services by the Executive Order of June 27, 1906. This means that entrance to the service is dependent upon examination and that transfer and promotion are regulated solely by the merit system and by seniority. For from being subject to the spoils system, the consular service has been rigorously governed by this Executive Order throughout the last two presidential administrations, and it has been intimated by the present administration and already indicated by such transfers and promotions as have occurred since March 4, 1913, that civil service principles with regard...
...places the metropolitan university in point of registration in the same class with the largest institutions of learning of the Old World. The University of Berlin will probably maintain its lead for a few years to come, but the rapidity of growth among American universities promises soon to transfer the leadership in numbers from Berlin to Columbia. Whatever may be said regarding the relative value to the individual of student opportunities in an institution of 10,000 and those to be had in the smaller colleges, there can be no question that Columbia is performing a public service of vast...
...essay which progresses evenly and clearly, Mr. Chubb searches for the attractions that have allured the undergraduate in other fields and tries to obtain those attractions for scholarship. For example, athletic sports have more sociability and dramatic appeal to offer; why not transfer these to the intellectual field? Mr. Chubb follows out this idea more cleverly, perhaps, than practically. His scheme would really come down to this: he would like the scholastic victor to be carried from the gridiron of intellectual contest on the (figurative) shoulders of his comrades amid the overwhelming cheers of a crowded (symbolic) stadium! Mr. Chubb...
...offer a concrete suggestion as to one means to establish this intimate connection. The competition for the various undergraduate publications is keen, and participated in by a large number of men. To transfer some of this interest and activity to the English composition courses, particularly English A, may be effected by an alliance between this academic work and competition for the papers. For example, in English A, the students might be encouraged to submit stories, essays, and editorials bearing on college topics. Then after the instructors have criticized and corrected these contributions, their authors might submit them for publication. Thus...
President Lowell is distinguished as an authority on government, having written a number of books and articles concerning that subject. Among his leading works are: "Transfer of Stock in Corporations" (1884); "Essays on Governments and Parties in Continental Europe" (1896); "The Influence of Party upon Legislation in England and America" (1902); and "The Government of England...