Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
TWENTY-sECoND ANNUAL MEET.
ING OF NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington Organizations to Send
Delegations-List Of Speakers
and Their Topics.

The friends OF civil service reform Will
gather by the hundreds in Philadelphia
Thursday and the succeeding day to attend
the twenty-second annual convention Of the
National Civil Service Reform League. The
Importance Of the annual meeting to the
friends Of the reform In the civil service
cannot be overestimated. 1t Is claimed, and
It is probable that several hundred accred-
tied delegates will attend the convention in
addition to those who go simply as specta-
tors and well wishers Of the movement.
The officers Of the league have sent invita-
lions to leading business and professional
men in every city within convenient dis
lance from the place Of meeting and In
many instances their invitations have been
accepted. There are many persons In the
District who are members at the league
and who have been invited to attend Let.
tiers were addressed to the presidents Oh
each Of the citizens assocfa tons tn the
District. and also to the Board Of Trade
and the Business Mems Association, fnvit.
ing the election Of delegates Severai OF
these organizations have accepted ana Will
position to do so at present. but Will prob
badly have representatives at the meeting
who are not accredited delegates
Three Sessions Daily.
The program for the convention has been
completed by the committee In charge. and
will include three sessions daily during the
two days 1t will continue. Papers will be
read by prominent men in the civil service
movement throughout the country. A din
ner will be given the delegates by the Civil
Service Reform Association of Pennsyiva-
MIA Friday evening at o'clock at the
Hotel Bellevue. This will wind up the con-
vention and the participants will return to
their homes Saturday morning. The officers
of the association are: Daniel C. Gilman.
president; Elliot H. Goodwin. secretary; "A.
assistant secretary.
Council-Charles J. Bonaparte. chairman:
Moorfleld Storey. w. w. Vaughan, Richard
A. Aiken. silas W. Burt, Charles Collins.
Richard Watson Glider. George McAneny,
Samuel H. Ordway. William Potts, Carl
Schurz, Everett P. Wheeler, Edward Cary,
Henry A. Richmond, Charles Richardson.
Herbert Welsh, B. Francis Wood, Clinton
Rogers Woodruff, George A. Pope. Dr. H.
Q; Reik. John Joy Edison. F; sl l.; siaaons,
w. Farnam, John w. Ella, Henry Van
Kleeck.
Speakers and Topics.
Some Of those who will address the con-
vention and the subjects of their addresses
are:
The Civil Service in the Philippines
Frank M. Higgins, late chairman OF the
Philippine civil service commission.
Civil Service Reform Principles in Educa-
tion-Prof. Lucy M. Salmon, Vassar Col
lege.
The Spread Of Civil Service Reform Prin-
ciples through the Agency of Womens
Clubs-Mrs. Imogen B. Oakley, chairman OF
the civil service reform committee of the
Philadelphia Civic Club
The Civil Service in Porto Rfco-L. 8.
Rowe, University OF Pennsylvania, late
chairman Of the commission to revise the
laws Of Porto Rico.
zPracticabllity Of Promotion Through Com
petition-Ellfot H. Goodwin.
The Spells System and the Merit System
in the Public Schools of Great City-Dr.
H. o. Reik, secretary of the Civil Service
Reform Association of Maryland.
The Spells System in Philadelphia-Chas
Richardson, vice president of the National
Municipal League.
The Merit System as an Element in the
Reform of New York City Police Depart
ment-George McAneny.
The Reform of the Consular Service-Mr.
Carl Schurz
Addresses by Walter George Smith repre-
senting the University Of Pennsylvania;
Harry Garfield and Charles ]. Bonaparte.
Addresses by DIR. Daniel c. Gilman, pres
ident of the league.