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Nothing has more encouraged the friends of good government at the present time than the great interest aroused in young men for civil service reform. No greater service can be rendered in the army or the navy than in civil life, in fighting against the predominat evils of the time. Our resources have been so great hitherto that not even bad legislation or incompetent officials could retard our steady progress. We have not felt that there might be dangers in fostering class interests. But now other nations are coming to the front, and we must work hard to keep pace...
...reception by the Civil Service Reform Club to the members of the United States Civil Service Commissioners will be held at half past four this afternoon at the Colonial Club. The Hon. John R. Procter, the president of the Commission will make a short address of about twenty minutes...
...members of the United States Civil Service Commission, Hon. J. R. Procter, Hon. W. G. Rice and the Hon. J. M. Harlow, have accepted an invitation from the Harvard Civil Service Reform Club to a reception which will be held at the Colonial Club house next Saturday afternoon. President Eliot will assist the club in receiving. Members of the club will be notified as to the hour of the reception, which is not yet definitely known...
...Commissioners are coming to Boston in order to attend a dinner of the Massachusetts Reform Club on Friday evening...
...value whatever. The one exception, however, is so excellent that it quite redeems the rest. It points out the difference between the students of today and those of a generation ago. "When anything goes wrong in the management of the University," it says, "when there is any reform called for in our elective pamphlet, in the arrangements of the gymnasium or the library, or even in the condition of the walks in the yard, we students do not attack the matter in a business-like or compelling manner. A generation ago when the graduates wanted anything, they made themselves heard...