Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is a very distinct tide in the affairs of Yale and Harvard men at the New London Regatta on June 25th. The usual dreary wait at the start will this year be complicated by uncertainly as to whether the upstream or downstream course will be rowed. Ideal weather conditions will permit the race to start on time (5 o'clock) over the upstream course, Rough water will necessitate a postponement until 7, owing to the turn of the tide at about 6, and also a reversal of the course. The confusion of time necessitated by daylight saving adds...
...Yale crews go past the University buildings daily, and appear to be in first-class condition. They are using a typically English stroke, with a long body swing, which is in distinct contrast to the modified Harvard stroke. There seems to be plenty of power in the boat, as all the Elis are big, heavy...
...would be a distinct oversight if no mention of Robert Mantell's production of "Richelieu" appeared in these columns. With the possible exception of Mr. Hampden's "Hamlet," we venture to say that no more artistic performance has been seen in Boston this season. And, wonderful to relate, Mr. Mantell and his company played to an adequate audience...
...most, significant reform in the year has only an indirect bearing on intercollegiate athletics and is a distinct step in "athletics for all." Following a suggestion or request from the Board of Overseers, the Faculty with the support of the Committee voted to prescribe physical exercise for Freshmen. Dr. Roger Irving Lee, Professor of Hygiene, has given his summer to plans for putting the vote of the Faculty into effect this year with the class of 1923. Harvard College with its tradition of personal liberty has been slow in determining on physical prescription but in this matter, as in many...
...reports from the Ruhr district have until recently been so fragmentary that we are in no position to judge of the case as a whole. From French sources we learn, however, that the German troop movements constituted a distinct violation of the Treaty, of such a grave nature as to warrant the use of extreme measures in opposition...