Word: half-year
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...stolen certain "ornaments" in his room, and he will resent it as an insult; accuse him of "ragging" them, and he will smile blandly,-the odium attached to the word "steal" is gone. In Germany, a student in the gymnasium is called a "frog," and in his first half-year after entering a university he is termed a "fox," which is equivalent to our "Freshman." Why he should be thus called is not easy to say, as he is not at this time supposed to be possessed of any of Reynard's characteristics, unless it may be his love...
...following are the officers of the II H Society for the succeeding half-year: President, C. A. Mackintosh; Vice-President, G. O. G. Cole; Secretary, E. N. Aston; Treasurer, G. I. Haven; Chorister, A. W. Foote...
...considerable. Let no one, however, be so far tempted by this as to forget that he is bound in honesty to render a fair equivalent for their money to the business men of Boston and Cambridge. Those who prepared the Advertiser's Tabular View at the beginning of each half-year were able, no doubt, to influence the advertisers without deception. They said that the students had to consult these tables two or three times a day for at least a week after the beginning of each term, and therefore they were tacked up in every room and remained there...
OFFICERS of the several College Societies for the present half-year...