Word: upperclass
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...decision to have the upperclass advising system was made early last month...
...Dudley House upperclass advising system will begin early next week, head adviser Robert N. Harrington '56 said last night. Forty-seven upperclassmen have been chosen to counsel 127 commuting freshmen...
Straddling the ordinary upperclass course of study as it does, the history general too often proves a frightening deterrent to late transfer applicants into the field. Even though a special committee on occasions grants a one-year examination stay to exceptional cases, most students of history must take the generals irrespective of the date on which they transfer. The prospective late-comer, faced with the unattractive alternative of undergoing a detailed examination in history or transferring to another field, too often chooses the latter...
Precepts resemble Harvard's section meeting except they are smaller (usually six students) and lead by a high-ranking member of the faculty (Usually a professor). These precepts, established in 905 by President Wilson, are the heart of the upperclass years and perhaps the most distinctive feature of Princeton's undergraduate education. The precept emphasizes logical thinking rather than factual knowledge. It is a time in the Princeton education when a professor can discover and correct any misconception in his students' minds while stimulating their reading interests...
...gentlemanly ideal origination in freshman year, then it is doubly strengthened during the last two years when juniors and seniors join an upperclass eating club. Here in the gracious atmosphere of linen tablecloths and heavy leather chairs the upperclassman eats, entertains his female friends, and holds his parties...