Word: upperclassman
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When a "doolie," a first-year man at the U.S. Air Force Academy, is braced by an upperclassman, he sucks in his gut, throws out his chest and brays: "Sir, a doolie is that insignificant whose rank is measured in negative units, one whose potential for learning is unlimited." At meals he sits at attention and lifts his fork from plate to mouth in the rectangular movement of a robot; he shouts his response when asked a question. Until not so long ago, when entering his dormitory, he had to rasp in intercom fashion: "Sir, Air Force Academy jet 201K...
...quoted as saying that Princeton is a "party school." Loyalty to Mother Princeton and a command of the facts compel me to set the record straight. I am a junior; I carry four courses each semester. Each requires about six hours of reading preparation each week. In addition, each upperclassman at Princeton is involved in independent work for his particular department. For this I read 22 books and numerous articles in periodicals. The paper I wrote was 15,000 words long, about average for my department...
...Philadelphia gives the students a chance to display their dinks, buttons, or skimmers. The festivities started Thursday with the traditional Cane Walk, in which the juniors parade around the campus wth bought ($1.30) or borrowed canes that symbolize the advancement from a wise fool to an to an upperclassman. A pep rally followed that night. On Friday night the Junir Prom took place, replete with Prom Queen and all the trappings. The fraternities made posters for the Navy football game, and a group of blazered, skimmered Penn humorists trotted out a she-goat with a sign saying, "Betty-Mistress...
...Stade would need the entry for freshman housing, but Wigglesworth J has now been definitely assigned to Dudley, and its residents are regular members of the "commuter" House. Although some local students have already expressed interest in the vacant spaces, Leighton hopes that others will apply. In addition, any upperclassman now in a residential House who wishes to apply for the program on the basis of serious financial need, may file a petition with the Administrative Board...
...numerous activities guarantee an "out" for the unsophisticated freshman, unable to adjust to three compulsive days with a slight acquaintance, and to the upperclassman who finds himself paired off with a "turkey." The large number of blind dates leads to the barbarous custom of "shooting down"; i.e., ditching a date for someone else's or for a stray male or female. Nevertheless, most people don't object, at least not openly, and everyone seems to be having...