Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...last two Club Races one or more clubs have placed members of the first crew on the second crew, instead of keeping the first and second crews distinct, as was intended when the club system was instituted. This practice cannot be fairly discontinued by one club, unless the others discontinue it also, and we have therefore been requested by the captain of one of the clubs to suggest that a meeting be called of members of all the clubs, to take action in regard to this and other matters of general interest. It would be well if the meeting were...
...Smith's room was magnificently "gotten up" by a millionnaire upholsterer from New York, but as household art had not been invented at that time, it was full of gilding and bright color. And when I tell you that it contained no less than seven distinct and antagonistic shades of red, you will understand why I used to call it the battle-field...
...Boston University, is the inventor, and "he is able to transmit the sounds of the human voice by means of induced vibrations in an electric current. The pitch and quality of the voice and the sounds of the vowels are transmitted perfectly, and part of the consonants are so distinct as to be easily recognizable. The Professor brought out an invention last fall by which writing might be transmitted in fac-simile characters by telegraph, and his present inventions, if completed, promise to revolutionize the system of telegraphy...
...would be very undesirable for the societies to do more than nominate. On Class Day each of the two or three distinct sets of class traditions should be represented by certain officers, nominated by the societies with which these traditions are connected; but if for any reason these nominations should be unsatisfactory to the majority of outsiders, they should be able to refuse to elect the nominees and to demand new ones. By a plan like this a balance of power would be established, which would prevent from either side the aggression which is at present resented by both...
...practical working of an institution is only discovered by experience, and if by trial it is found to demand changes, those changes must be made if it is to become permanent. The system of four distinct boat-clubs has now been established for a year and a half, and the organization is found to be so imperfect as to be threatened with complete failure unless some remedy be applied. To find by what changes the present system may be improved is the purpose of this article...