Word: distinctness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Preparedness by half-measures, Mr. Angell maintained, is more dangerous than total unpreparedness. To establish a great military and naval force without formulating a distinct foreign policy is a half-measure. The danger for this country is not that we shall have a force without an object. We have a very definite foreign policy, a policy which perhaps we have yet to show contains no menace towards other nations, but we are pitiably lacking in power to enforce...
...greater number of men coming to Harvard, because admission to the local western colleges requires only a certificate. The factor of inaccessibility has been largely obviated by the decision to accept Board examinations. Nevertheless, as long as examinations of any sort are required, Harvard will be at a distinct disadvantage throughout the West. The adoption of the New Plan examinations, though an excellent step so far as it goes, does not completely cope with the situation, because the mere existence of examinations whose requirements are couched in the formidable language of the Catalogue is enough to strike terror...
...Morton Denison Hull Prize of $250 is open only to "post-graduate students who are, or who have been within a year preceding the date of the competition, registered and resident in any college or university of the United States offering distinct and independent instruction in municipal government." The Prize is awarded for an essay not exceeding 20,000 words in length on any subject connected with municipal government, provided the subject be submitted to the secretary of the League and approved by him at least 30 days before the time set for the close of the competition. Certain subjects...
...comparison of weights, Cornell has a slight advantage, for while the University averages two pounds more in the line with a figure of 186, the visitors have a distinct advantage in the backfield. Their quartet averages 172 pounds, while Harvard's averages 163. From tackle to tackle, the figures are 193 and 192, Cornell being the heavier...
...remaining football opponents was given Saturday when the latter, now numbering five, were uniformly successful in what may be regarded as their first vital games. In most cases a marked development over the playing of the previous Saturday was shown: Brown and Yale both gave evidence of a distinct advance, and Princeton displayed an almost end-season perfection in the execution of consistent straight football, both offensive and defensive...