Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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Members of the classes of 1903 and 1904 who wish to try for literary positions on the CRIMSON are requested to meet in the office next Monday evening, Oct. 15, at 7 p. m.
Members of the class of 1903 wishing to try for the position of assistant business manager are requested to hand in their names at the office, with address and schedule of leisure hours before 9 p. m., on Wednesday, Oct. 17.
At the meeting of the Civil Service Reform Club last night the members were addressed by Mr. R. H. Dana '74 on the subject "Civil Service versus the Political Boss," and by Mr. A. Lawrence Lowell on "Civil Service in its Higher Branches."
Mr. Dana advocated a system of appointment by open competitive examination, claiming that in this way the power of the political boss can be broken.
Professor Lowell compared the methods of filling higher offices in this country and in England and said in part: Places of importance cannot always be filled by competitive examinations and it is in filling these positions that England far surpasses us. There experts are selected who retain their positions permanently...