Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Upperclassmen Grieve...
...transition between school and college, which is very great in itself, can be and generally is made, much more difficult by the upperclassmen, who seem to take an unaccountable delight in tormenting some luckless Freshman. Such was my conception of the situation which I should have to comfront at Harvard. It was not long, however, before I discarded my long conceived opinion of the hardship which a Freshman had to endure and began to realize that a Freshman at Harvard is treated like any other human being. I consider this innovation as another great step away from barbarism...
...come in advance of the upper classmen. This extra time was spent not only in meeting other members of the class but also in becoming familiar with the University and its management. In other words, the Freshman class was established as a unit before the appearance of the upperclassmen on the scene...
...honest opinion that in no other college or university in the country was the incoming class more heartily welcomed both by the faculty and by the upperclassmen, than the class of '29 at Harvard...
...attitude of upperclassmen, and the traditional Harvard indifference, seem to have affected him little, although in the closing paragraph he comments on the deeper effects the University has made upon him. The theme follows...