Word: half
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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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...
...idea they retained that character in climes so distant from their own. My valuables were with difficulty crammed into the limited space, and I followed the official to a small dressing-room, which likewise looked amazingly like a prison-cell; for the walls were made half of wood and half of stout iron bars...
...every week for years; had got rid of several diseases already through its means, and was now trying it for baldness. He seemed not to mind the heat in the least. In fact, he soon passed on to a hotter room, and left me in a melting solitude. After half an hour of decomposition I was summoned by a thinly clad attendant to another and a cooler cell. I joyfully followed him, leaving the fat old gentleman rubbing the bare crown of his head and complaining that the "rooms were only half heated...
...course is especially designed for members of the present Freshman Class, but Sophomores can take it for the whole of their Junior year in place of a three-hour elective for half the year. It is considered advisable by those having authority, that men who intend to devote much time to history either next year or the year following, should take this course in German...
...Marietta Olio publishes a column and a half from the Independent, bemoaning the superciliousness of Eastern college men, especially of the Harvard type...