Word: half
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Varsity crew squad was cut down to twelve men yesterday, the regular crew and four substitutes. As a result the College crew is disbanded for the year. The 'Varsity rowed over the three and one-half mile course from the Weld to the Union Boat Club on time. J. F. Perkins rowed 6 in the place of J. H. Perkins who is ill. Lawrence who has been rowing on the College crew was taken back to the Freshman crew...
Besides these races the management has arranged for several others to take place in the near future. On May 27 the senior crew will have a mile and a half race with the B. A. A. over the regular course in the basin. The prizes are to include cups and a banner the same as last year. This event was won by the Weld last spring. It has further been decided to enter a junior crew in the Harlem regatta which takes place in New York, May 30, and to give the second Freshman crew a two-mile race with...
...Department of Geology and Geography, courses 1, 2, 6, 7, 28, 29, 17, 20 and 21 are bracketed or dropped, and 25 is made available. Course 8 may be taken as a half course by substituting a thesis for the field work and reports. Professor Shaler's course 14 is replaced by two half courses running through the year, and Dr. Jaggar will conduct a new course on "Structural Geology" of the United States...
Perhaps what will arouse most interest, is the announcement that English 8 1, originally intended for alternate years, will be offered again next year as a half course running throughout the term. The recent popularity of the course warrants future appreciation, and we believe that the matter it covers will be more thoroughly digested when there are greater intervals between lectures, and consequently more time allowed for literary assimilation...
...First and Second 'Varsity eights rowed an exciting two-mile race yesterday noon from the Union Boat House to the Longwood bridge. The First crew got off first and at the Harvard Bridge was about a half a length ahead; the second then pulled up and passed the First boat by a short distance. From that point to near the finish it was anyone's race, both crews spurting hard; the First 'Varsity, however, drew slightly ahead and won out by less than five feet...