Word: half
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Harvard Natural History Society have elected the following officers for the second half-year: President, Professor N. S. Shaler, S. D.; Vice-Presidents. J. W. Fewkes, '75, R. W. Greenleaf, '77; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. William James; Recording Secretary, George Dimmock, '77; Treasurer, F. F. Doggett, '77; Librarian, C. E. St. John...
CERTAINLY it is annoying to have proctors in squeaking boots walking up and down an examination-room. It is annoying, also, to have two proctors stand behind you and converse in tones so exquisitely modulated that you catch just half their conversation. But, great as these annoyances are, there is one other in comparison with which they sink into insignificance. It has frequently happened that as soon as a number of men had finished their papers, the books were seized by some proctor, who, after reading until he came to a passage that seemed to him ridiculous, would call...
...much more likely to be sought for. While the Reading-Room supplies no need in the way of magazines, it does supply a real need in the way of newspapers. If the Directors would limit their subscriptions to the leading papers, and reduce the membership fee by one half, the debt would be paid more rapidly, and the present Freshman might hope, before the end of his college course, to peruse a Reading-Room paper by gaslight...
...effort to appear graceful, causing a smile of pity on the faces of the ladies." Conscious curves would cause a smile of incredulity on even Mr. Tyndall's face, but wonders never cease at Cornell. The favorite dance seemed to be the "dignified lancier," and it was only at half past three that "the most enthusiastic dancers agreed that the Navy Ball of '77 was over." We thank the Era for giving us an insight into another Cornell mystery...
...this connection there are two points to be considered, viz. the object of these examinations, and the attainment of that object. As I understand it, their purpose is to test the accuracy and thoroughness of the student's work during the half-year, and upon their result to base his mark and relative standing in his class. To get a good mark, to stand well in his class, is the desire of every good student, and everything should be done by the College authorities to give him legitimate assistance. But does the present system of examinations give the student...