Word: freshmanic
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view of the approaching election of the officers of the Freshman class, we wish to call the attention of the members of '83 to the necessity of some forethought in this matter, if they wish to pass into their Sophomore year unburdened with debt. It has been the custom of all preceding classes to elect men who bring with them a reputation as leaders in the athletic sports at the academies whence they come, without allowing time enough to inquire into the merits and abilities of the several candidates. The result of this custom is, as was to be expected...
...Freshmen deserve great praise for their self-control in refraining from molesting the Sophomores at the tree, and it is to be hoped that room at the tree will always be found in future for the Freshman class...
...WHEN you were a Freshman, did you make a fool of yourself?" asked a hopeful young friend who feels sure of getting into college, this his fourth time; this was in the new Gymnasium on Class Day. "Some five thousand times," I replied impressively, rushing off to Miss -- of Albany (Albany's population is, surely, chiefly pretty young ladies). The young wretch, after gorging himself with all the salads, rushed at me as I returned pensively from the Alban charms with the comprehensive interrogation, "How?" But I can't spend from now even until after the bed-hour of Beck...
...meat and drink, board and lodging, to you; to be your "guide, philosopher, and friend," your vade mecum. I offer you a few suggestions, - suggestions merely; for the editors of the Crimson are too intelligent and gentlemanly a body not to be alive to the fact that a Freshman knows everything, and that it would be decidedly presumptuous for any one who has passed one or more years at college to offer him any advice...
...drop of Freshman blood, thy bicycle...