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...Union tonight an address on "The National House of Representatives" will be delivered by one of the most prominent members of that body. Congressman McCall has shown that devotion to high ideals may be effectually combined with a practical sense of the best methods of reform, and by his personal integrity and fearless convictions he has become a leader in the movement for honesty in government. The recent offer of the presidency of Dartmouth was a high tribute to his varied achievements...
...result of the Yale game having been played in Cambridge, where the seating capacity is greater than at New Haven. The expenses are approximately $4,000 less than last year and over $9,000 less than two years ago, when the high-water mark of extravagance was reached. The reform has come in training table bills, supplies, trainers' and coaches' salaries, and travelling expense...
...course it is impossible to reform everything at once, but it is not unreasonable to insist that all possible measures be taken for an immediate beginning. We therefore commend the Advocate's article and hope with the reviewer that "it may reach the right ears...
President Eliot described the methods by which the most necessary changes can be carried out. In no reform is it wise to perform untried experiments, but we should profit by the teachings of experience. It has been demonstrated beyond the possibility of doubt that a government of one chamber is superior to one of two. In the same way, the experiment of a government administered by one man has always failed. Another defect in our municipal systems is the election of delegates by wards or districts, the small interests of each local division interfering with the general interests...
...method of increasing municipal efficiency is to lengthen the term of office. In the new charters adopted by Galveston, Houston and Des Moines, this is done, and the chiefs of the city departments hold office for long periods. The three fundamental fea tures, however, of the system under which reform can best be secured are one chamber of delegates, a group of men at the head of the city government, and a plan by which the voter can best be enabled to make an intelligent choice