Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have changed somewhat, and changed for the better. But the fear of competitions persists. Freshmen of mediocre scholastic ability are advised by their elders that they had better stay in the University first, and worry about competitions afterward. Which is most excellent advice, except that of late the sage upperclassmen have grown a bit over-cautious; for they remember the many, many compets who have made the supreme sacrifice, and they become wary beyond all reason. --Cornell Daily...
...what you will of the advantage of allowing the Senior more liberty in planing his work, that does not alter the fact that examinations can not be eliminated without eliminating the courses. If it is thought worth while, in the interest of divisionals, to free the upperclassmen of the restrictions of routine, there seems to be but one means available; reduce the number of courses required of the Senior taking a divisional. The system of courses is of necessity inconsistent with the ideal of complete freedom of study...
...first thought this may seem to be no difficulty at all; if the Committee can pick out suitable upperclassmen in the fall, one would think they can do it as easily the previous spring. But when we consider that in the spring what the academic standing of the prospective advisor the following fall will be is a matter of conjecture, we see that the problem is not so simple. For theoretically (although we hold this a matter of contention) advisors on probation are not at all to be desired...
...advisable for young students to be influenced by undergraduates in choosing their courses. To this we would say first that in many cases such advice could not be more unfortunate than that sometimes given by faculty advisors and secondly that if the Faculty has no more confidence in the upperclassmen than that the whole system might as well be abandoned once...
Candidates for the second University hockey team will begin practice this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock on the Charlesbank rinks. Mr. N. H. White Jr. '20 has been secured to coach the upperclassmen who wish to try out for the team...