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...Gentleman's C." Before World War II, remembers Russell H. Peck '43, "there were lots of nice, pleasant, capable, wellborn folks who didn't think it was good to work too hard." These were the "gentlemen," wealthy young men for whom Harvard was simply a pleasant interlude between prep school and prominence. According to Edward M. Tuckerman '43, they were the "party boys." Mentally transported into the world of his youth, Tuckerman slips into the present tense. "They don't work hard, they just go to deb parties," he says wistfully. (Deb parties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: #6: The Law of The Slacker: Show Them You're Not a Tiger | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

...wore all the right prep-school ties...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DARTBOARD | 2/19/1994 | See Source »

...enough to strike fear in the heart of any high school student. But into the nightmare has come Up Your Score, an SAT-prep book recently rewritten by Michael R. Colton...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, | Title: Cutting Edge First-Year Revises SAT Guidebook | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

...addition, he could offer scholarships tooutstanding prep school players...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: New Football Coach Selected | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...your roommates, your close (and not so close) friends as well as thousands of college and prep school students from across New England will descend on the Elm City this Friday and Saturday for two days of football and Baccanalian revelry...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Is Fun Possible in New Haven? Perhaps... | 11/19/1993 | See Source »

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