Word: half
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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OFFICERS Of the several College Societies for the present half-year...
...public is all the time crying out against the ridiculously expensive star system, and yet does all it can to encourage it by going only on nights when the star sings. Half a house at "Aida," and a house and a half at "Faust"! Who can complain if the operatic manager continues to pay $1, 500 a night as long as he can squeeze that sum out of the long-suffering and long-eared public...
...proceed advantageously. The drill is not then lost. The expenses are comparatively light. Matriculation, including use of library, is at Munich, for example, $3.50, and lectures for a semester one hour a week are seventy-five cents each; i. e. a course of twelve lectures a week for half a year...
...Durers on the stand in the Library have given place to a set of Rembrandts about fifty in number. There are also half a dozen prints from Rembrandt's immediate followers. Many of these engravings are very beautiful, and it is interesting to know that most of them are Rembrandt's own work, and that he has, very probably, handled the very paper on which they are printed...
...rate of speed to hold its own with the boats. Moreover, the Saratoga Club has promised to make good any deficiency which may exist in regard to facilities for Reporters and Judges. The race may be rowed towards the city, and therefore the finish will not be more than half an hour's walk from the hotels, while for those who wish to ride, great facilities will be offered. Another point is, that the Saratoga Club would arrange the details of the race, and then there would be no vexatious delays and mistakes, as this year at Springfield...