Word: upperclassman
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...accordance with a plan which the House Masters have agreed to try as an experiment this year. "Freshmen who take their meals regularly at the Union will be allowed to take not more than one meal per week as the guest of an upperclassman in any of the Houses, with the understanding that the meal will be charged against the Freshman's account at the Union...
...upperclassman wishes to entertain one lady friend he must arrange to have another in his apartments at the same time. There is no stipulation that no roommates may also attend...
...second "squawk" concerns "Dodo" itself. Here certainly is an elegant name. Twenty-five years ago at the Naval Academy I was the member of a menagerie which an upperclassman collected from among the lowly plebes for the purpose of mild hazing. My place of honor was, as the "Dodo" bird, no uncertain one. I recall that I condescended to associate, at intervals, with the "Wahoo Wahoo" bird and several other fowl of lesser degree. This lasted about one month - since that time I have not been honored with this title except by one classmate - now dead - and yourself. In fact...
...House and the rest have temporary studies there. The student meets his tutor about once a week, eats with him occasionally, and is expected, in one way or another to absorb a good deal of learning and to benefit from the intimate intellectual contacts. At the same time every upperclassman carries a regular schedule of courses, expect that men out for honors can secure a reduction in the number during their Senior year...
...Your upperclassman is a marked man. He has chosen his academic field of concentration which ties him down to a certain extent. He lives in a house with only a part of his class and his contacts are not likely to be as numerous. He is an athlete with a rigid training schedule, or he is an editor of some publication which requires a great deal of time...