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Active in Civil Service Reform...
...graduation from Harvard in 1866 he was for a while private secretary to Charles Sumner. He has served several terms as Overseer of the University. During his long and honorable career he has been identified with a variety of public movements, having been active in such organizations as the Civil Service Reform League and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
...operations of Liberalism there is no room for either Conservatism or Radicalism. Liberalism is not a retreat for either. It is a definite system of civil polity. the Radical of today is not the Liberal of tomorrow. Milyoukov is still a Liberal. Liberalism does not seek a compromise between the two extremes. Its fundamental belief is the goodness of the system of private ownership of the means of production and distribution. Simply because it holds this belief does not establish that it was taken from Conservatism. It realizes that there are evils in the system, but contends that they...
...manner in which the address became a cherished heirloom in the Keyes family was explained to the Senate. The two addresses, in their bound form, were presented by Mr. Everett to Mrs. Hamilton Fish, in recognition of her services as president of a war relief organization during the Civil War. The volume was put up at auction in aid of war relief funds and was purchased by Carlos Peirce, an uncle of Senator Keyes. At the death of Mr. Peirce, the volume descended to Senator Keyes's mother. The valuable work is now in the possession of the Senator himself...
Candidates for the Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Sanitary Engineering should have a reading knowledge of at least one modern language...