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...cent in 1849-50. Then it remained in the neighborhood of 50 per cent till 1855-56, when it suddenly rose to 55 per cent. It then declined somewhat, and from 1859 to 1864 it was again in the neighborhood of 50 per cent; but after the Civil War it declined for four years to about 44 per cent. This decline was probably due to the return from the War of young men whose education had been interrupted. They naturally entered the professional schools. In 1868-69 the percentage of College students was again at 50 per cent; but from...
...residence of one year has been required for the degree of Master of Arts since 1872, whereas before that period no residence was required for that degree; that the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Bachelor of Agriculture, Civil Engineer and Mining Engineer have been added at various periods between 1869 and 1886; and that the required term of residence has been increased for the following degrees: Bachelor of Science from a variable period averaging about three years to a fixed period of four years; for Bachelor of Laws from...
Lalor's Cyclopaedia, I, 466; Bryce, American Commonwealth (1st ed.), I, 615, 625; Fiske, Civil Government, 133; A. P. Wilder, Municipal Problem (with references); General References in English 6, Briefs in the CRIMSON for Dec. 2, 1890, and Nov. 17, 1891; Bibliography of Municipal Government in the proceedings of the National Conference for Good City Government, 1894. (Note especially the status of Philadelphia in Allinson and Penrase's Philadelphia, (Johns Hopkins Studies, Extra Volume III) and Bryce, American Commonwealth (3d ed.), II, ch 89); F. H. Hodder, Brief Bibliography of Municipal Government...
...Civil Service Reform Club held its second smoke talk last evening at the Colonial Club. Professor Hart was the speaker and gave a very interesting talk on civil service in the United States, taking the point of view of the spoilsman and discussing the arguments which the latter advances for his belief in the distribution of offices among party followers as a reward for service...
...great leaders, no one could be found who surpassed General Sherman. His letters to his mother, which extend over the remarkable period of half a century, were the word of a great man telling of great things. From them we might get most truthful and vivid pictures of the Civil...