Word: reformers
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...John Corbin's article in a recent number of Harper's Weekly on "Why Harvard does not Win" serves as the but against which Grilk '98 has levelled a very good bit of forensic writing. He has shown rather conclusively that a movement toward athletic reform lies not in a reorganization of our social system, nor in the proposed plan of disintegration into smaller colleges which Mr. Corbin, after a year or two at Oxford, advocates strongly, but rather in a greater unity and a broader sympathy among all undergraduates, inspired not alone by the hope of athletic success...
...Civil Service Reform Club desires to call the attention of the University to the present status of the Reform and the necessity of continuing the work of the club...
Although during the last administration the merit system gained a victory in the national civil service, out of a total of 178,716 national places 91,310 are still unclassified, and as yet only two states, Massachusetts and New York, have embodied civil service reform in their laws. Of the cities, only a very few have adopted the system. Furthermore, the recent attacks on the reform indicate that its enemies are still active...
...colleges have shown themselves ready to recognize this necessity; Harvard took the lead in organizing a Civil Service Reform Club; and her example was followed by all the leading universities. Harvard should continue to do her full share of the work as she has done in the past. The main object of the club is to awaken interest in the reform among the students and to teach them its methods, by means of public lectures, smoke talks, and reform publications; so that when they leave college they may take an intelligent and active interest in the work...
...CRIMSON endorses the communication published in another column in regard to the Harvard Civil Service Reform Club. This organization, which was founded in 1894, had its origin as a result of the influence of the late Mr. George William Curtis, and was favored by Professor Norton, Theodore Roosevelt '80, Mr. Carl Schurz, and others. Although it attracted a good deal of attention at first, there has not been a very general interest in its affairs this year. There are, however, reasons why such a club should have a good backing in this University: not only are many of the leaders...