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With increasing agitation, and an evident restlessness among undergraduates in regard to the question, it must soon be recognized formally. At present there is little certainty that a change is desirable, still less that one is feasible. In the hope of reaching some conclusion--either to suggest a definite reform, or to discover why the present system is best--the CRIMSON intends to print from time to time editorials discussing the question from various angles. It is not a simple matter of "yes" or "no", for it involves many minor parts of the Office mechanics: such as the method...
...National Civil Service Reform League called on President Harding for further explanation of the dismissal of 27 employees from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing which caused much discussion a year ago. The employees were reinstated last month...
First on the agenda is a reform of the taxation laws. The proposed new tax laws call for a single tax plan and will be progressive in character, with an ascending ratio of taxation based on the prosperity of the individual farmer. Unlike the tax of last year, it will not be paid in grain. It is estimated that about 20% will pay in cash, 20% in produce, and the remaining 60% in cash and produce. In determining how the tax will be paid the economic situation of each district will be taken into account...
...movement on to amend the Senate rules so as to abolish filibustering, whereby a " small group of wilful men" can talk an important bill to death at the end of a session. The failure of the Subsidy Bill through filibustering has given a new impetus to the reform...
Mussolini has approved the reform program for Italian education which proposes to encourage initiative, create a sense of individual responsibility, and nurtures the cult of national and religious traditions. The schools are to be humanistic. The universities are to be purely scientific and not professional. French will no longer be synonymous for " modern languages...