Word: semis
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Tuesday evening the semi-annual election of officers of the Fencing Club took place. The results are as follows: President, E. L. Rawson; vice-president, L. M. Greer; secretary, S. Dexter; treasurer, T. S. Beecher. The executive committee is comprised of W. K. Flint and H. H. Thorndike; election committee, C. E. Rawson, I. N. P. Stokes and J. M. Howells. Some time ago a committee was appointed to select a seal for the society and last evening their choice was submitted and unanimously adopted by the club. Members may now obtain shingles of the secretary...
...this theatre was not known. The greatest share of the credit of its discovery and subse quent excavation is due to the Germans. The theatre is at the southeastern extremity of the Acropolis. It was constructed on the plan employed in all Greek theatres; the seats rose in semi-circular tiers from the orchestra as a converging point, and at the back of the orchestra, facing the seats was the building set apart for the actors. The dimensions of the theatre were very large; it would doubtless accomodate the whole body of Athenian citizens...
...orchestra was semi-circular in form, and was paved with diamond or rhomboidal shaped stones. The seats ascended in curves one above another, and are divided by stairways into wedge shaped divisions. The outer row of seats was about three hundred feet from the orchestra and had an actual elevation of one hundred feet above it. The front row of seats are of solid Pentelic marble and have backs. The rows immediately behind them are not cut out of the solid rock as they are higher up, but are made of limestone from the Peiraeus. The theatre must have once...
...exists. The number of student members was raised from three to four, one to be selected from each of the three upper classes and one from the college at large; and the time of election was changed from June to October. It was decided to have the accounts audited semi-annually instead of monthly. The surplus of the football association was raised from $400 to $1500, and the lacrosse association was admitted to have its accounts audited by the committee and was allowed a surplus...
Tech's action in sending a return challenge makes it seem possible to establish a regular semi-annual race between the clubs. Such an arrangement would be greatly to the advantage of both clubs. They are the only college wheeling clubs in this vicinity, and this would tend to bring them into much closer contact. The friendly rivalry aroused would be most stimulating and beneficial to both organizations...