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semicentennial


  • n  the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
  • a  of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary

  • Although President Wickenden has been in office since last autumn, Case took the occasion of its semicentennial celebration to inaugurate him with proper pomp.
  • Northfield being needy and this its semicentennial year, there is now in progress a drive for $3,000,000 to increase faculty pay, provide a teacher-retirement fund, secure .
  • Trustees and alumni, having completed their semicentennial celebration, started a nationwide drive to raise $4,000,000 for the department of science.

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