Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...election of Ellis comes as a distinct appreciation to him for the playing that he did during the Yale series. Starting out the season as an unknown quantity he worked himself along to become the star of the three games with the Blue and to aid tremendously in the lie between Harvard and Yale. It was his work that prevented the Elis from trying the first game in New Haven and his saves in the overtime periods of the third game that shut out Yale when the Blue threatened most...
...order to clarify any misunderstanding in the minds of the members of the Class of 1930, I wish' to state fully the conditions which will confront our Class at the Twenty-fifth Reunion in 1955. The situation that has confused some members of the Class involves two separate and distinct funds. The first fund is a gift to the University from the members of our Class. The second fund is one raised to defray the expenses of our Twenty-fifth Reunion...
...better successor for Dr. Schacht could have been found. Not only is he an astute politician, and the political importance of the Reichsbank in Germany is very great, but he is one of the foremost economists in the country. Shaven-headed, thick-necked, he bears a distinct resemblance to the late great Gustav Stresemann whose friend and disciple he was. More important, he is one of the most intimate personal friends of President von Hindenburg. Born in Berlin in 1879, Bankpresident Luther proudly claims descent from the patron saint of Protestantism, grim-jawed Martin Luther...
...commenting on the question of assignment of rooms in the Houses, Assistant Professor E. S. Mason '20, of the Tutorial Board, remarked, "I think there is a distinct possibility that the prices of rooms in the Houses may be re-arranged, and that a limit will be set to the number of men who can apply in a group together. This year a group of 27 applied for Dunster House, one of 24 for Lowell House, with numerous bunches of 12 and eight apiece...
...announcing the lecture Professor Parker said, "The German scientist is interested chiefly in the habits of insects, and has recently demonstrated conclusively that bees and similar insects possess a distinct sense of color, with which they distinguish the various flowers. By an ingenious arrangement of colored plates and dishes of honey water Professor Frisch succeeded in training bees to come to a particular color for their food, thus refuting other investigators who had maintained that all insects are color-blind...