Word: upper
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...reported that the Bicycle Club have engaged for the winter the building formerly occupied by John Wilson & Son. The lower story will be used as a storeroom for bicycles, and the upper floor for a rink or a tennis court...
...small boy in the Library is called a page, and should always be thus addressed. The chairs near the Library desk are reserved for upper classmen...
...class of '83, whom we welcome cordially to Harvard, should appreciate the importance of the position they are called upon to fill. The College has lost, with '79, men whose faithful four years' work has secured, in large measure, our athletic successes. The upper classes cannot properly fill the vacant places on our teams; and even if they could, it would be better to secure men who can remain in training for four years, and give in future years that confidence to our Crew, Nine, and Eleven which only the presence of old athletes can impart. If '83 follows...
...refuse to give yourself to class objects. But crews and theatricals and all organizations in the class must have earnest officers and hearty support from the members, or they will go to ruin. You won't lose anything by a lack of indifference; the best-liked men in the upper classes are those who do something for those associations to which they belong, and not those who are full of indifference for all except their little (ah! how little) selves...
...pleasing duty alone remains. Inquire the way to Mr. Sever's. It is a short distance, and almost any upper-class man will be glad to show you. Here you will subscribe to two copies of the Crimson: one must never leave you; the other you will send home regularly, for it will show mamma, and Sister Lou, and Cousin Sukey how nice and kind the College gentlemen are, and how well Master Jacky will be taken care...