Word: freshman
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Freshman, and quite green in Cambridge...
...true that the Freshman class of the Bussey Institution has given up the idea of becoming a farmer...
Ranking upon an average is particularly liable to be unjust in a mixed system, partly prescribed and partly elective. Greek may be studied only because it is required for the entrance examination and during the Freshman year. The mark of the student who is indifferent to this study drags down his average, and as he intends to drop Greek as soon as possible, a greater proficiency would be of no advantage, so soon is the whole to be neglected and forgotten...
From Issa Dhamful, Ispahanee, of the Freshman Class, to Issa Beeghaz, at Teheran...
...often trembled, but now that eye was firmly fixed on the North Star; in one hand he had a compass, in the other a cane. Behind, his arms fast locked about his leader's waist, sat another mathematical genius, one whose smooth boyish face has often caused the timid Freshman to wonder that "one small head could carry all he knew." Behind him, a large, comfortable-looking man; and last a dark-bearded, stem-looking man, whose looks belie his nature. And now they're off! Huzza! a brave start. With such science on board, they scarce can fail...