Word: civility
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...instruction in the higher branches of learning, and that the work done by them in the Extension classes and the examinations undergone by them would, in the case of some of the students, compare favorably even with the most advanced instruction in England, such for example as the Indian Civil Service open competitive examination...
...movement is on foot to organize a civil service reform club at Harvard, but no active steps will be taken until after the mid-years...
...Johnson, L. S. S. '94; treasurer, J. D. Vaughan, L. S. S. '95; librarian, W. E. Clarke, L. S. S. '95: the executive committee to consist of the above and a representative of each of the three engineering departments, i. e., G. L. Swendsen, L. S. S., 94, civil engineering; J. C. D. Hitch '95, electrical engineering; and C. J. Morrison '95, mechanical engineering. These last three are to serve as an election committee, and are to be the chairmen of any meetings of their divisions...
...Apsey cited the civil war as an example of his meaning. Into this war men entered, banding themselves into different armies. They did not always agree with their leaders as to methods and means, but believing in the main principle they fought with their whole soul, and there came out from the struggle great and noble men and a new nation. So it is with parties. Out from the struggle between them emerge the grandest national characters and the greatest national reforms...
...form: "That political action in accordance with one's own will, judgment or conscience is preferable to unswerving allegiance to party." With the resolution thus in shape he proposed to strike at the root of the matter and consider what is a man's chief duty to civil society. Without doubt it is to establish and maintain a civil government that shall promote the chief ends of civil society, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. From this point of view we may readily divide the voters of a state into three classes: First, the conscientious citizens...