Word: half
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annual examination papers are offered at half the published prices...
Harvard played two and a half innings of a game with the Brown University nine on Holmes geld yesterday afternoon. The game was called on account of rain. Each side had made one run, the first man to bat on each team having reached home. The Harvard nine was somewhat changed; McLeod pitched and Thayer, L. S., caught, while Henshaw played right field. McLeod struck out four men and Ware three. Harvard got one three base hit by Dean, and Brown two single hits. Brown's run was earned. The game was played with energy by each side and promised...
Freshman year: Rhetoric and English Composition, three hours a week; Physics and Chemistry, each once a week for half a year. German or French, three hours a week, is further prescribed for students who did not present both of these languages for admission...
...Elective studies are classified as courses and half-courses, according to the estimated requirement of work in each. Every candidate for the degree is required to pursue each year at least four elective courses, or an equivalent amount of courses and half-courses; except that Freshmen who take German or French as a prescribed study (see 2) are required to pursue only three elective courses or their equivalent. Of the elective courses required of freshmen, not more than two may be taken in the same department...
...understand that several professors have recently stated that men in their courses must be prepared on the work of the first half year, leading men to think this preparation must be thorough and exhaustive. We cannot think that any professor means to examine them rigidly on the first half year, but only to ask, as has been the custom, a few general questions, if any, If such is the intention, we protest against it earnestly. If the custom in our college examinations had been to require a full knowledge in the final examinations of what has already been required...