Word: upperclassman
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More often, it is simply "the word," which gets passed around during the month before applications are due. This may be the wisdom of some knowing upperclassman, whether a friend or interested bystander, or the intuition of a freshman mystic...
...upperclassman entertaining his date in his room tonight is taking advantage of the next-to-last Saturday night permission before chilly December. Soon the House Dances will be upon him, and he must join the throng...
Four of the five pre-season standouts for Dudley are sophomores, with back Al Lubetkin, who starred for Winthrop last year, the outstanding upperclassman. The new men are Dave McPhelim and Pete Franchi in the backfield, and Don Tank and Paul Hines in the line. Average weight of the Commuters' line...
...Near Anthony. Bandaranaike is an aristocratic country squire who made a brilliant record as a classics scholar and orator at Oxford in the '20s. At Christ Church College he argued Asian affairs with Upperclassman Anthony Eden, was often disturbed at study by boisterous parties in Eden's rooms. He once beat out Malcolm MacDonald, Britain's High Commissioner in India, for secretary of the Oxford Union...
Reach for the Sky. As at both Annapolis and West Point, the Air Force Academy already has its stock exchanges for the moment when a cadet is braced by an upperclassman. On returning to barracks, the cadet says: "New Cadet Blank returning to base, three-green"-a reference to the three green lights on the instrument panel showing that the landing gear is down and locked. If an air training officer wants a cadet to do something on the double, he says: "One hundred percent with afterburner." For no reason at all, he may command a cadet: "Report your position...