Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...much for the principles of, and the methods employed in, the Department, and next to speak of its success as such. During the four years it has been distinct in the Lawrence Scientific School the Department has grown steadily but under rather adverse conditions. The little house on Holmes Field beside being inconveniently situated provides very cramped and unsatisfactory quarters. It is improbable, however, that any change can be made at present as lack of funds is a positive check in this instance. In regard to the future of the Department it is felt that a training in architecture...
...members of the Sophomore Debating Club can feel with justice that by their steady work thus far they have been of distinct service to Harvard debating. Organized as scarcely more than an experiment, the support the club has received has proved that there is much good debating material unprovided for by the present organizations and courses...
...passion; he loves his wife and loves his children even more; he is idle and talkative; he takes a deep interest in politics; he is a patriot and loves all things military; he is not very religious and not at all mystic; on the other hand, he has a distinct taste for morality and for commonplaces. Victor Hugo was all this: a bourgeois with genius...
...reason for this is that, though all graduates whom the committee has been able to approach have received the plan with distinct favor, many of them desire to know more of the particulars. It is also necessary that detailed information be sent to graduates in all parts of the country...
...Bowditch briefly alluded to the historical view of the relation of body and mind and spoke of the great advance in the treatment of the body. The college owes a distinct duty to boys who have had little opportunity for physical development. To perform this duty measurements of every student should be made and exercises prescribed for the correction of any defects which may be found in the individual. In addition to the physical training a short course of lectures on the care of the body should be a required course for Freshmen. Credit should be given...