Word: upperclasses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...still continues unavailingly to rap its knuckles raw as far as most first year men are concerned. A certain measure of sympathy is due the men who finds himself in a House other than his choice, but the Freshman who, with one blind stab, successfully chooses his upperclass residence and then finds it not at all to his liking deserves little commiseration. An occasional meal in each of the seven Houses is one of the best aids to a rational and lasting selection...
...House Plan can never develop into anything approaching the English colleges if prospective members do not take a genuine personal interest in making their House selection. To most Freshmen the reality of the Houses is rather vague--they are buildings somewhere outside the Yard. Occasional meals with their upperclass friends, or even in groups of their own class, would do much to break down this nebulous feeling, and aid in choosing a House sensibly. If the opportunities for inspection which the University offers are to be of any service whatsoever, Freshmen must take advantage of them...
...college. Each year at this time, the Yearlings come face to face with one of the most crucial decisions of their educational career. Selection of a field is no light, coin-tossing proposition, for a faulty or hasty choice in this matter often has far reaching consequences in upperclass studies. It is therefore essential to a Freshman's future welfare that he thoroughly investigate those fields which interest him, and, by logical elimination, select the one most fitted to his abilities...
...effort to vivify the actions of the Society present upperclass officers will act as student advisors for the new Freshman arm of the service and while surrendering their posts will continue as active members...
Departmental work in upperclass years is almost tutor-proof, and even underclass courses seem to grow less amenable to "cold-doping," which is the greatest and most lucrative sin of the big-money instructors. Legitimate forms of tutoring seem to become more popular, and the tutors, sometimes to their own confessed astonishment, seem to become educators. Undoubtedly there is still too much tutoring of the sort which merely postpones for a few months the time when student and university must part company, but the day has passed when a young man can casually sign up for routine tutoring in course...