Word: semis
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...only so far as she is strictly non-sectarian. Princeton is religious, but cannot be said to be non-sectarian. But really religion is, as President Eliot says, "wider, broader, deeper than sectarianism." We believe most strongly that of the three types of American colleges, the "uncompromising denominational," the "semi-denominational," and the non-sectarian, the last is the best, for it can most successfully accomplish the highest ends of an institution of learning...
...distinguished from each other by their religious policies. First, the uncompromising denominational college, in which graduates and instructors have been under one influence all their lives. The man of broad religious views objected to them because it divided the Christian house against itself on narrow causes. Second is the semi-denominational college, which is, as a rule, being transformed to an institution yet broader in its policy. Third is the unsectarian college, illustrated by Harvard. Officers of the college at Harvard are appointed without reference to religious opinions, and students are not questioned concerning their religious convictions. Harvard furnishes seats...
...candidates for the Columbia University and freshman crews have now been in training for three weeks. Strict training will not begin until after the semi-annual examinations. The work this year is to be conducted on much the same plan as it was last year; the only difference being that more attention will be paid to running than was then. The crews have abandoned the old gymnasium which was not large enough for their use and are now practicing in Wood's Gymnasium, hired especially for the purpose. This arrangement not only gives the boating men more room, but allows...
...Yale freshman is called a "semi-serf...
...Semi-annuals approaching...