Word: classmen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...expect that the consequences of its abolition would not be disastrous. And what do we see? Why, that members of the first class which has ever been exempt from hazing, in less than two months after entrance, have dared to assail one of the most cherished palladia of upper classmen. This state of affairs is one which arouses grave feelings of alarm and demands the deepest consideration. And, in order that it may be duly pondered on, I have written this exposition of it to the Magenta...
...when he told some tale of wild pranks after a punch, when the royal upper-classmen had been served from a huge bowl by trembling Freshmen, their fags, dragged from warm beds to grace their lords' festivities, his eye sparkled and blazed with a youthful fire, and he seemed a boy again. With what glee did he tell of Harvard's one fire-engine, first at all fires (when perfectly convenient), drawn by a crowd of yelling students, and whose cold streams, when fires were less frequent and the student mind needed gentle relaxation, were often turned upon the windows...