Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...term bill, additional revenue would be assured unquestionably. It would not follow, however, that the Union's popularity as a University Club would be enhanced by the procedure. The something which would establish the prestige of the organization as possessing advantages peculiar to itself, and distinct from college gathering places in general, must constitute the basis of its appeal...
...Department. In fact officially, the Junior Corps ranks as a separate company attached to the University Army Post. The students are enrolled with the regular S. A. T. C. and are under the command of Colonel Williams. The actual instruction of the members of the company, however, will be distinct from that of the S. A. T. C. The students will be under different instructors, and during the fall, at least, will not train with the senior corps. Two officers of the Massachusetts State Guard, Captain W. H. Rand '88 and Major De Mille are now acting as instructors...
...replaced the R. O. T. C. The vast changes with which American universities begin the year 1918-19 are revolutionary. Where a year ago the academic life of the nation was becoming an active aid in the prosecution of the war, it is now a distinct part of the government's military machinery. Harvard, together with almost 400 other colleges and universities is a changed institution. This new character is to be welcomed as a notable advance in the service to the nation...
...this seems to be an arrangement identical with that which has existed this past winter. But there is in fact a substantial difference. This year the theoretical and practical work in military science has been combined in a single course; next year the two phases of work will be distinct with as much time devoted to the former as is now given to both. The change here is important. For this year the military schedule has seemed somewhat haphazard. In 1918-19, however, the time to be given to recitations, reading, lectures, and similar exercises will be constant throughout...
...final lap of military training for the current college year. From the plans made it will be intensive in character and will call for no small amount of time. It behooves every student to make this period the most profitable in the history of the corps. Two distinct advances, however, are necessary...