Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Archaeological Survey, headed by Professor Frederick H. Stearns of the Peabody Museum, has just discovered some most remarkable ruins of three stratifications of prehistoric villages, belonging to three distinct peoples. Although the expedition had already completed its work for the season and was upon the point of returning to the University, the discovery is regarded as so important that the scientists have indefinitely extended their stay in order that they may thoroughly investigate the great archaeological "find". The centuries-old villages lie buried in a narrow Nebraskan valley between two high bluffs, twenty-five miles below Omaha, near the Missouri...
...certain special fields of college activity, notably athletics, the advisability and even necessity of distinct Freshman organizations under the direct supervision of upper classmen is evident. In view of this fact it is not surprising that under the influence of the new dormitories proposals should be made for the formation of similar Freshman organizations in other fields. In the great majority of activities such organizations would not only be highly undesirable from the point of view of the existing institutions but from that of the Freshmen themselves. Nowhere is this more true than in the field of the literary publications...
...adequately supply grows ever greater. Concrete expression of this sentiment was given in the submission of a bill to Congress during the past winter for the establishment of a National University. While government support possesses many definite advantages, institutions entirely free from government control and possible partisan influences secure distinct benefits attainable in no other...
There are many distinct departments of the work, which naturally deserve separate treatment. The total number of Settlement Houses which have been assisted by Harvard men is 39, an increase of 3 over last year...
...character, quality and type of the immigrant today are as good as those of any immigrants who have come to America. There is now a distinct need for the immigrant just as there has always been, and therefore we do not need an literacy test to cut down numbers. Further, we have better-means of assimilating the immigrant today than ever before and such a test is not needed to solve our assimilation problem...