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...party platform is the definition of the means by which a party hopes to perpetuate the welfare of the nation, and is founded on moral principles quite as important as those underlying the struggle for Civil Service Reform. The welfare of society has been at times considered the object of all government. It is the avowed object of a political party. And, when a man in whose hands the welfare of the people has been entrusted by a great commonwealth, can be persuaded to come here and explain the principles and methods by which some of the greatest intellects...
...people wish the reform. (b) The people are opposed to indirect elections, as shown by our experience with presidential electors...
There is a sentiment, wide-spread among both past and present members of the University, that the existing system of awarding scholarships is not satisfactory. An effort will be made next year to inquire more diligently into the needs of applicants, and this reform is plainly right. Far more important reforms are, however, needed. The system, as it is established, is on the whole well executed; sober complaint is made not against the execution of the system but rather against the system itself...
Williams has followed the example of Harvard in forming a civil service reform club. M. T. Hand '94 is president and W. S. Elder '95 secretary. Prominent men will be invited to address the club on the subject of civil service reform...
...believe that any reform ought to take into account both these truths,- that accommodations ought to be given to the greatest practicable number, but that accommodations should include not only the possibility of eating food, but also the privilege of eating it with friends and without hurry. We believe that, in the case of the present problem, a compromise between the two plans mentioned would bring about the desired result. The general tables might well be continued with the proposed reduction in the number of students there, but, instead of reducing the total number in the hall, the number...