Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...freshmen were among the challengers. Two months after he swallowed the four-incher, Lothrop Withington and ten others, including Endicott Peabody II, complained that the Houses were rejecting the leaders of the freshman class and accepting mediocre upperclassmen. They were going to fight for a strict merit system...
...rules, which will become effective next Fall, require upperclassmen and second semester freshmen to sign out (and specify their destination) only when they will be out past 8:30 a.m. the next morning. Present rules not only include this overnight signout but also demand that girls sign out -- without indicating destinations -- between midnight...
...Upperclassmen planning to remain out overnight may sign out without special permission, but freshmen must get permission from their head residents...
Dr.Rebecca Vreeland and Dr.Charles Bidwell, our sociologists, have described two of the four major goals at Harvard as being sociability and citizenship. The House system at Harvard encourages the former, by dividing the upperclassmen into eight residential units which have a responsibility for social and intellectual interaction as well as providing a place to live...
...most dramatic has been, simply, in numbers. When Glimp became dean, the office was handling about 5000 applications; this year, it has gotten more than 7000. The rise in application, initially, had something to do with the post-war "baby boom," but, even though those babies are now upperclassmen, the rise continues. Glimp has only one explanation that links the rise to Harvard as an institution--that President Kennedy identified Harvard with "public service," especially in the minds of young people. It is true that "public service" is something an increasing number write about on their application...