Word: upper-class
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...relative places of A and B with the greatest regularity. Levison I' Evy succeeds to the same seat at the same "swell" table which Montairon Von Aaron, the now popular Sophomore, occupied last year; smiles as sweetly, shakes as many hands, pays the same delicate attention to influential upper-class men, and, in general, follows the lead of his successful predecessor. No sooner has Tobias Nightoil become possessed of the threadbare carpet and scanty furniture whilom the property of Bartholomew Bat, than the mantle of that man of marks descends upon him; he secludes himself in his room, sometimes...
...also informed that "the experiment tried last year, of allowing students to retain their old rooms conditionally, on failure to get others which they prefer, will be discontinued." The dissatisfaction which this announcement has created appears to be widely spread, and not without some reason. It is thought that upper-class men do not have the advantage over lower-class men, in the assignment of rooms, which is rightly theirs. It would certainly seem no more than just that a Junior, for example, should, after occupying a room on the lower floor of Thayer for three years, have the privilege...
...should this mode of transfer be prevented? As the system works at present, a Freshman may, by good fortune, secure for himself a pleasant room for the whole college course; while, on the other hand, an upper-class man, not so fortunate in past years, may still be forced to content himself with a cold, damp room, and bear, as best he may, his sore throats and chills. Would not the distribution of rooms be made more equable than it now is, if classes should have their choices in the order of seniority? That is, let Juniors have the first...