Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pearl Harbor split the academic year of 1941-42 into two distinct sections. Before December 7, the war, and everything to do with it seemed unreal and far away, but after the first bombs fell on Hawaii, Harvard, its students and Faculty, devoted themselves completely to the struggle, and anything else became superficial...
...only does this radical change in the Harvard House system have distinct advantages for the new Freshmen, but it provides the Houses themselves with a fine opportunity to show that they are not mere hotels for the students. Besides aiding in the smooth integration of the Freshmen, the Houses are in an excellent position to help preserve the unity of the class. The creation of an Inter-House Freshman Committee to replace the present Union Committee would serve as a unifying force for class exercises and entertainments, and a weekly system of House dinners for the Freshman, would prevent...
...total teaching staff of approximately 1800, there are only 234 tutors. Even omitting the Fall Curator of Coleoptera and the other exotically titled members, this number is still a distinct minority of the Faculty. University propaganda, however, uses the total 1800 for the basis of its boast "one teacher for every two students." Not even all of the 234 are full tutors, however. Every teaching fellow glorified by this additional title does only a part-time job, for he is allowed to spend only three-fifths of his efforts in teaching. Yet most of the 164 lower bracket Faculty...
Brown, beaten by the Crimson links men, holds a victory over the Engineers, who go into today's battle distinct underdogs...
Invasion by the War into almost every field of learning appears to be the most distinct characteristic of the new course pamphlet which is scheduled to roll off the University presses early this morning...