Word: classmen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Upper Massachusetts was filled yesterday by freshmen and upper-classmen assembled at the first meeting of the class of '91. After the usual difficulty, Mr. Bangs of Hopkinson's, was elected chairman. On taking the chair he stated that the object of the meeting was the election of officers for the class of ninety-one. He appointed the following men tellers : Messrs. DeNormandie, Crosby, Barlow, Titzhugh and Baldwin. The New York "delegation" objected to Mr. Barlow, and Mr. Gerry was appointed in his place...
...institution, but many more to be said against it. Those who wish it to continue urge that it gives vent to a feeling that otherwise would find an outlet in hazing; that it serves to break the ice, to some extent, between the freshmen and the upper classmen; and furthermore, that it is a time honored institution, and that that should be argument enough for its continuance...
Just because the rooms are few in number the oldest classmen should have the first right to them. In the old days, a Harvard senior could not graduate with a clear conscience unless he had roomed in Holworthy. Nowadays, he is lucky if his last hours are spent within sight of the old pile! Will you kindly ask the parietal committee, or whoever has our welfare in charge, to institute some graded system, by which the classes should draw for rooms in order of their seniority. What is left after they have what they want, could...
...first of these in the student's history occurs in a few weeks after entrance, after he has ceased to tremble at the thought of midnight visits from the upper-classmen - a social custom that is, we hope, happily discontinued by the general assent of every class now in college - and has become some-what accustomed to the routine of his new life. Every member of the incoming class finds himself in receipt of an invitation from the venerable president to attend a reception at his residence. Excitement ensues; wardrobes are ransacked and set in order; lessons are hastily read...
...attempt to start another magazine was made for four years, when two freshmen conceived the ambitious idea of founding a new publication. They enthusiastically called a class-meeting and submitted their plan to their fellows, who were unanimous in their approval. But as some of the upper-classmen took the matter in hand the freshmen yielded the field and the seniors and juniors started the new journal, which was called the "Harvardiana." The first number, of octavo size with a blue cover engraved with a picture of University Hall, appeared in 1835. The editors in their opening address offer...