Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sacrificed to the former. For under the strictest application of the system, a good scholastic or activities record will always take precedence over such considerations as from what schools or from what part of the country the applicant may come. However, in the actual practice of this policy, the Freshmen have a legitimate complaint...
There can be little doubt that at present the House Masters are abusing their rights of selection by placing undue emphasis upon the cross-section principle, occasionally for the purposes of discrimination. When several Freshmen conditionally gain admittance to Houses, while two of the most prominent men in the class and a large number of Dean's List students are refused entrance, it is time to take steps to prevent the present perversion of the system. One way of doing this is to institute a group of set criteria which would circumscribe the freedom of action of the Masters...
This figure was compiled from the joint returns from the Houses, commuters, and those living in boarding houses. The 75 per cent figure is almost ten per cent higher than the number of Freshmen who have used the tutoring schools during their first year...
...entire upperclass group who tutor, 22 per cent received scholarships or hold outside jobs, 3 per cent lower than the Freshmen who tutor, received through the Student Employment Office. 29 per cent of the commuters who tutor hold scholarships, 12 per cent of those who live in boarding houses and who tutor receive scholarships...
...This is especially true since the Houses have become so important and fewer Freshmen are admitted to them. Whether they are good men or not, out-of-House men are sure to be looked down on as insignificant left-overs...