Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...general, the term is used to denote something distinct from a command of the tools of one's trade. The lawyer, for example, or the physician, or the engineer, may have a complete mastery of all the technical learning of his profession without possessing culture. This is evident at once when he comes into contact with men of other professions. He may talk profoundly about his own subject, but have nothing intellectual in common with the other men if he lives within the four walls of his own occupation and his vision is strictly limited thereby...
...therefore, who can give the time there is a distinct advantage in pursuing their general studies before the professional ones. In short, there is much to be said for separating the work of college and professional schools. It follows also that the course in the college ought to cover a number of different subjects, together with a somewhat thorough study of one among them. What that one should be will vary with the personal aptitude of the student. In my own opinion, it is better, as a general rule, that it should not be too closely akin to the subject...
...view, interpretations. He seems to lack philosophy. The college has to let too many undergraduates pass out into professional and business life, not only without the germ of a philosophy, but without any desire for an interpretative clue through the maze. In this respect the American undergraduate presents a distinct contrast to the European. For the latter does seem to get a certain intellectual setting for his ideas which makes him intelligible and gives journalism and the ordinary expression of life a certain tang which we lack here. Few of our undergraduates get from the college any such intellectual impress...
...Young America" is a distinctly American comedy in three acts. Mr. Bellard has not lost the deep sense of humor that he showed in "Believe Me. Xantippe." the Craig Prize Play of two years ago. The present play began life in Atlantic City as "Me and My Dog," being first produced at Nixon's Apolio Theatre on July 12. Renamed, it began its New York run on Saturday, August 28. Without exception, the critics hailed the play as a distinct success. It is the dramatic story of the adventures of two bad boys and a clever dog, the latter being...
...great age of the well is proven by the fact that the pipes connected with it are made of wood which has not been used for such a purpose since 1860. The water which has remained inside them, apparently since they were installed, seems to have had a distinct preservative effect in that they are still in perfect condition. The men at work carefully tested the strength of the structure to determine whether or not it was safe to leave it without filling in, and decided that it was still strong enough. The walls were just as they had been...