Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Aside from the more obvious advantages to be derived from the presence of British scholars in the United States, a distinct contribution would be made to our educational system. The influence of students who have had a very different kind of training would soon be reflected in our methods of instruction. If the service which is being performed by the Rhodes Scholarships may be taken as a criterion, there is every reason to encourage the establishment of similar scholarships in this country. At any rate, the experiment is worth trying. Yale News...
...Arbuckle style, but lacking the customary amount of laugh-producing "pep." Perhaps the cause of this can be found in the fact that the picture, instead of being written for Mr. Arbuckle, was adapted from a stage play. In the case of a comedian whose humor is so peculiarly distinct in its character as is Mr. Arbuckle's, such a procedure has its difficulties, since the comedian must adapt himself to the play, rather than the play to himself. In spite of this, Mr. Arbuckle does rather well; the play itself is not particularly funny, but the flashes of Arbuckle...
...middle-Western State university and a small, Southern college. There is no danger that the undergraduate will ignore the phase of the problem that affects him every day; but that the broader aspect will escape him is likely unless his attention is called to it. College democracy means two distinct things; what President Hadley and Doctor Angell ask is that the student appreciate fully both points of view...
...true that there are two more or less distinct purposes of higher education-the one to produce scholars and leaders, the other to disseminate learning among greater numbers of citizens. But we fallaciously assume that these two ideals must necessarily be in opposition. We stand for the first conception of education; the state universities for otheer, and so, we say, we have nothing in common and must each go our separate...
...concert which the Pierian Sodality might give would be interesting were it only because of the traditions, achievements and spirit which lie in the history of this, the oldest musical organization in America; but the One Hundred and Fourteenth Annual Concert given yesterday afternoon in the Copley Theatre had distinct musical as well as historical appeal...