Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...plan is now conceived, there would be four periods of eight minutes. Two games would be played the same afternoon, one immediately following the other. The University, however, would not attempt to play two distinct teams against the other colleges, but would make substitutions throughout both short games as though they were one long game, so that both of the visiting teams would be playing against our first string players and their substitutes. Another advantage would result from this plan in that with two contests in succession, although they might only last about half an hour longer than one game...
...resident students of the University. These prizes are of two groups, the first of which are awarded for dissertations in English, and the second for dissertations in Greek and Latin. Each of these classes are subdivided so that those who hold degrees will be judged and awarded prizes distinct from these which are given undergraduates. The competitions close on April 1, 1920, and on that date all essays and translations must have been handed in to the Secretary of the Faculty. There are six prizes to be awarded in the English group and three in the classical group, ranging from...
Compulsory athletics for Freshmen is proving successful. Several reports made by Mr. Geer have shown that over two-thirds of the members of 1923 have participated in outside games and that organized sports have received a distinct impetus from the new system...
...Newton Constabulary, an infantry unit, voluntarily joined to the State Guard in a body, holds its identity by maintaining a distinct organization, similar to the Motor Corps. It is made up of business and professional men from Newton, 18 years of age and upward...
...give the country its culture; state universities give it its education. State universities have a peculiar relation to the state government by which they can influence more directly than endowed institutions, the practice, not only of medicine, but of other departments. Many wise people believe that there is a distinct development in the direct state control of the medical practice. I agree with them. If this is true, it is of vital importance that the medical departments of state universities should play an important part in influencing and shaping that development...