Word: objective
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...monographs, by C. R. Fish, is on "The Origin of the Spoils System." It deals with the beginning and development of this system under President Jackson and his successors, and describes at length the efforts made by the Senate, in 1864, to check the power of the president. The object of the book is to give a clear idea of the position in which civil service stands today, as shown by its past history. Mr. Fish has compiled a set of tables, showing in detail the removals from office under various presidents of the United States. The last pamphlet...
...Observatory has nearly completed its arrangements for observing the total eclipse of the sun on May 28. The object of this observation is to discover whether a body exists between Mercury and the sun. For the observation a photographic instrument has been constructed which will take pictures of stars of the eighth magnitude at the time of eclipse. Three weeks ago this instrument was sent to Washington, Georgia, the site selected for observing the eclipse, and it is now being mounted there. On Monday Professor Pickering will start South to complete the preparations. He will be accompanied...
...York; Bishop J. H. Vincent, D.D.; Rev. Wm. R. Richards, D.D., New Jersey; Professor Dyson Hague, M.A., Wycliffe College, Toronto; Rev. R. A. Torrey, Chicago. The Missionary Institute, organized this year for the first time, will be directed by the executive committee of the Student Volunteer Movement, and its object will be to promote missionary interest among college undergraduates...
Modern Language Conference. The Object of the Study of Modern Languages. Professor Norton. Hollis 24, 8 p. m. Open to members of the Conference only...
Modern Language Conference. The Object of the Study of Modern Languages. Professor Norton. Hollis 24, 8 p. m. Open to members of the Conference only...