Word: pre-war
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...fact, although the college population stood at 145 percent of its pre-war population, there was no increase in the number of tutors in the Houses, leading to grumbling among students...
...After the war, the University watched as the number of married students on campus swelled from 12 in an average pre-war year to 660--forcing family housing complexes to be created at Fort Devens and at the Hotel Brunswick in downtown Boston...
...halcyon" pre-war years, first years had moved directly into upper-class houses, but as the housing crunch grew to near crisis, all residential upperclassmen were moved out of the Yard and the surrounding dorms into the Houses to clear room for the first year class. The practice of making first-years "Yardlings" continues today...
...war had caused a strange division in the Class of 1950. The military men were in their early twenties, mature from their war experiences, often married. The civilian first years were younger than their pre-war counterparts had been. Twenty percent of first years were under 18 when they arrived at Harvard in 1946, and a handful of 15-year olds entered with each post-war class...
...number of forced withdrawal for academic reasons dropped to 2.2 percent from its pre-war averages around 6 percent. Despite their disrupted educations and competition with students from the nation's best preparatory schools, veterans' average marks were as high as those of civilians...