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Word: upperclassman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...students, graduate students, or administrators, and they cannot be expected to be knowledgeable about all the areas in which freshmen need help. Since it seems unlikely that Harvard will organize a corps of full-time experts on the Harvard scene, the HUC's proposal to have either an upperclassman live in each freshman dorm or at least a group of upperclassmen affiliated with each dorm entry seems the most effective solution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors as Proctors | 4/28/1966 | See Source »

Doolies Blew the Whistle. Shortly before the post-Christmas exams, a still unidentified upperclassman stole a key to the locker where the tests were stored. He copied and returned them, then hired as salesmen ten cadets who earned 10% commissions on a sale price of about $10. Fortnight ago, two "doolies" (freshmen) discovered the ring, briefly pondered their obligations under the academy's honor code, then blew the whistle. Within days, the organizer, his sales force, and 18 other cadets-most of them football players-had been bounced from the academy. In Washington, Secretary of the Air Force Eugene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Students: Scandal at Colorado Springs | 2/5/1965 | See Source »

Several students, however, both at Harvard and Radcliffe, voiced concern that the president had sluffed over a discussion of foreign policy. "He mentioned foreign affairs once, and I was hopeful," an upperclassman noted, "but then he skirted the whole issue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LBJ's Speech Too 'Corny' for Harvard | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

Cliffies greeted the innovations in Lamont with general delight. While one meek upperclassman admitted that "it's kind of sad to see the last bastion crumble," most sympathized with one militant who said, "This is just the beginning. We will take over...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Cliffies Use Classrooms in Lamont; Front-Desk Bastion Crumbles, Too | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

...know Bird until she was an upperclassman at the University of Texas. But she is one of the very, very few people I know who has never said an unkind, "catty" remark about anyone. She has no claws. She is a wonderful person, a constant friend, a most considerate and generous casual friend to many. Your article about her offended me deeply, as I am sure it will many of her friends when they read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 11, 1964 | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

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