To the Editors of the Crimson:

The 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.

In view of these facts it is evident that the friends of the movement cannot for a moment relax their efforts. As Mr. Richard Henry Dana pointed out in his recent address before the club there is great need for the young men of today to carry on the work of the older generatior, formerly led by George William Curtis, and now by Carl Schurz.

The 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.

In order to complete the work of the present year, and that the club may start with a strong organization next fall, the membership from the lower classes must be increased. The club is largely composed of Seniors and Juniors, and the class of 1900 is scarcely represented.

A canvas of the University will be made this week, and any men who wish to join may do so at once by signing the blue-book at Leavitt's and paying the initiation fee of $1.00. The fee for each succeeding year is the same amount; and a free subscription to "Good Government" is provided by the club for each member.

H. SCHURZ, Pres. F. H. KINNICUTT, Vice-Pres. J. R. PROCTER, Jr., Sec.