Word: semis
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...section in Phil. 3 yesterday voted unanimously not to have any hour examination before the semi-annuals...
...semi-annual meeting of the governing committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens was held in New York on Saturday. Prof. Tyler of Amherst was elected a member. Letters were read stating that Dartmouth and Cornell will join the association of colleges which support the school next June, and the University of Virginia will join this year. The committee has received assurances that the school will have as many students as it can accommodate next year...
...committee in charge of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will hold its semi-annual meeting in the New York city on Friday. This school, it will be remembered, was started by the Archaeological Institute of America. Ten colleges are interested in the movement, each subscribing $250 annually for its support. It was opened last month and Professor Goodwin of Harvard, as one of the directors, is now in charge of it. He obtained leave of absence for one year in order to assume charge of the school for that time. Next year a director from another college...
...from early training. If all the crews could be brought to see this, we think there would be a great advantage all around. Time spent on the rowing weights before the end of the mid-year examinations is wasted, for in the two weeks before the beginning of the semi-annuals the crews make but little progress, which is entirely lost in the hurry and excitement of the examinations. Furthermore, too long a period on the rowing weights is apt to grow irksome to men accustomed to rowing on the water. As the river seldom opens before the second week...
...warnings may well, we think, be heeded by the college. To any one wishing a complete exposition of the scheme of the society and its methods, with its advantages and disadvantages, we recommend the article in full. It is admirably stated and is in character, we believe, a semi-official statement...