Word: reformed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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HARVARD CIVILL SERVICE REFORM CLUB.- An informal smoke talk will be held in Number 16 Holworthy Hall this evening, January 20th at 8 p. m. Professor Norton will be present. Members are invited to bring their friends...
...Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore will deliver a lecture on "Bosses and Rings" in Sanders Theatre tonight at 8 p. m. Mr. Bonapartre graduated from Harvard in '71, and has for several years been an Overseer. He has been one of the leaders of the civil service reform movement, and was recently at the head of the movement that defeated Senator Gorman in Maryland. Mr. Bonaparte is a most interesting speaker, and from his practical experience in "Civic Duties and Reforms," is most eminently qualified to speak on such subjects...
...parody of some well known lines on Christmas. The burden of the song is a promise to refrain from punning and to cultivate a higher form of wit. Unfortunately the "swear off" seems to apply only to that particular department. One is tempted to wish that such a healthy reform might be instituted throughout the Lampoon, in all issues to come...
...Coolidge and C. Grilk '98, were among the speakers on the annexation of Hawaii at the dinner of the Massachusetts Reform Club last Saturday...
...considering the supposed fault in the reform plan for class election, that it would be unfair not to allow a man to compete for two such offices as marshal and chorister, the editor evidently overlooked the fact that in the actual working of the old system, this same fault exists. Did a man defeated for one office, under the old system have a fair chance to succeed as a candidate for any other place? A simple exposition of the working of the old caucus system,- the system that will be in operation if the reform is not adopted,- answers this...