For Good Government

The flrst regular meeting of the Good Government Club was held ast night in the lecture room, Tappen hall. Prof. Andrew C. MeLaughin lectured on "Civil Service Reform in Jackson's Time." Meetings of the club will follow this one at intervals of about three weeks' These meeting will be addressed by members of the faculty, Profs. Hutchins, Hudson, Hinsdale, Knowlton, McLaughlin, Meechem, Thompson and Taylor, having kindly consented to aid ia this work. A series of lectures by men interested in various lines of reform work is being arranged for. The speakers secured thus far are: Dr. Geo. W. Gray, of Chicago, superintendent of the "Forward ment" in the slum3, who3e subject will be '-The Slums, Their Cause and Cure." Hon. Sidney C. Eastman, of Chicago, chairman of the Municipal Committee, Civiu Federation, and a prominent alumnus of the U. of M., who will discuss street railw&ys in their relation to municipal government. Prof. W. N. Ferris, principal of the Farris Industrial School, Big Rapids, Mich., a well known educator and lecturer, whose subject will be, "Making the World Better." Uon. Robert M. LaFollotte, of Madison, Wisconsin, faraous thronghout the northwest as an orator and man; three times elected to oOBgross f rom the "Capital District, " aad reoonised everywhere as a consistent advocate of better government. Mr. LaFollette will probably speak on "Caucus Reform." A small admission fee will be charged for these lectures for the purpose of defraying expenses. Members will be admitted on the regular membership ticket which is issued upon paymeut of the annual fee of fifty cents. The dates of these lectures will be announcsd in the near future. The Good Government Club has undertaken a vvork which no student wtio belleves ia the principios oí honest government, can afford to ignore. It should have the active support of every student in the University.