Word: distinguished
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...final term of a year which has been unique in the history of the University commences today. Although the college year was divided into three periods by governmental requirements last autumn, subsequent events have chanced to distinguish each term as different from the others. The greater part of last fall was passed in energetic preparation for war service. The soldier-student was the ordinary, the civilian student the extraordinary. The second term was essentially one of transition. The uniform gradually became less and less familiar. Those forms of college activities which the war has effectively stopped were in process...
...heat of battle Invariably produces a certain number of men who distinguish themselves by heroic service. The world has learned to expect such results from soldiers, and therefore it reads of the frequent awards for valor to them without surprise. The rarity with, which civiliane. receive such honors however, causes a much deeper impression upon the mind when these events do occur. Hence, America will pause longer and more approvingly than usual over the news that Frank Herbert Simonds '00, was decorated a knight of the Legion of Honor in Paris on Saturday...
Such a program strikes to the very heart of all education and opens the way to the much contended question: What should the college seek to accomplish? Should it train the individual in special attainment or should it cultivate that elasticity of mind and broadness of outlook which distinguish the student from the artisan? In President Lowell's understanding, the development of the mind as a whole is its object, a mind sympathetic and without prejudice, which from its long practice in jumping intellectual hurdles will better adjust itself to the changing needs of the time and more easily follow...
Many brilliant and mystifying features distinguish the program. Pvt. Durlin, masquerading as Senior Caruso, charms the audience with his vocal melodies; but Pvt. Hays '19 promptly arouses the pit to a blood-thirsty state when he bursts forth in tenor; howover, justice is soon done when is is mercifully hypnotized by a hysterious person who is said to be in close connection with the spirit world. Harry Lauder is very ably personified by William Cantor; while Pvt. Cody makes an excellent rube. A championship bout between battlers Connolly and Newton brings the show to an exciting finish...
...overcoats, however, are bought by each member. The style of overcoat has not yet been decided upon. Hat cords, the same red, white, and blue of the senior S. A. T. C., are expected to be furnished, but men may provide themselves. No insignia will be used to distinguish the company...