Word: distinctness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which Thayer is such a master, is very prominent in this whole opera, and readily suggests his subject. Like most of his music this Overture cannot be described, as so much music is nowadays, by comparison with a smooth, gliding stream; there are in it several themes separate and distinct...
...college is fortunate in having an opportunity to hear Mr. Black deliver his lectures on literary topics. In giving his Mr. Black is filling a distinct need at the university. A large number of men who come to college have to devote so much of their time to whatever special courses they are pursuing that they find no time for that more delicate form of education which is found in a study of literature. They have not the leisure to take one of the English courses, and yet they feel the need of some general knowledge of English literature...
...college conference this evening the members of the university will enjoy a distinct privilege in hearing Mr. Lodge speak on the subject of party allegiance. Mr. Lodge's peculiar qualifications for speaking on this subject have already been fully dwelt upon. The distinguishing feature which marks a college conference on this subject and makes it more valuable to Harvard men than a mere public lecture, is the chance offered for asking questions. The conferences have always possessed this distinctly informal character, and it is this that has added so much to their value. The conference this evening will doubtless afford...
...England Magazine on Harvard Clubs and Club Life comes the announcement in the calendar of the other side of Harvard societies. Organizations like the Botanical Club and the Natural History Society also have their place in the life of the college and deserve recognition as a distinct feature of the University. The object of these clubs differs largely from that of the more purely social organizations. Their work to a great extent supplements the work of the college, giving a certain interest to study not always to be found in ordinary college routine, and encouraging a desire for special research...
...carried on under the supervision of a regularly appointed officer of instruction, and with proper tests of the industry and proficiency of the students." The undoubted advantages of some features of the plan adopted by the new Chicago University, are thus attained at Harvard also. This is a distinct gain, made here without disturbing the old method of university life. For it is undoubtedly true, as President Eliot says, "that six weeks of assiduous application to one subject for eight hours a day enables an earnest student to make an extraordinary progress in a new language or a new science...