Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With its center University Hall the University roughly extends North and South. The central portion, comprising the Yard, contains mostly the homes of the Freshmen and the college classrooms. The northern third houses the science departments and many of the Graduate Schools South of the Yard are the upperclass dormitories...
South of Massachusetts Avenue are the lairs of the upperclassmen, their dormitories, the Houses, their boarding houses, and clubs. Many of the buildings, however, are in constant use by Freshmen. Some of these...
...Together we are all freshmen. Every man and woman in Cambridge, because all are innocent. Separately, I am Mister Vagabond. You may have the pleasure of my company again in the next four years. A fearful good evening to you." He started back, rebuttoning his coat. He stopped and turned. "I hope it doesn't rain," he said, and for an instant some ray of light escaped the darkness of the Yard and trapped a smile on his face...
...perennially pleasant to receive the new one, for by replacing the other it preserves the four-rung ladder of Harvard undergraduate education. As the newest part in this old instrument, which swings with each year's fresh win yet is braced by the soundness gained from the past, you Freshmen are obliged to reflect on what you will do to make the rung sturdy and lasting. Because not only is the future of Harvard dependent on your use of the step, but even the college destiny of yourself. What you do the first year will determine what you leave...
Likewise, in considering courses, be open-minded. At Harvard you will find as little academic restriction as anywhere in the world of colleges Remember that as Freshmen you have your main chance to explore the curriculum and find what in it appeals most. Let your first year be one great survey course, in which you taste but not swallow. Later will come the specialization that enables you, in the Eliot tradition, to do one thing well. And by all means realize that academic life does not require twelve hours each day or that nothing but study is proper. Look around...