Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could go home to face my friends and family." Abrams swiped food from the mess hall, anointed an upper-classman's radiator with Limburger cheese, kept a contraband radio in a hollowed-out corner of his mattress, and plinked away at the hindquarters of upperclassmen with an air rifle. Recalls Abrams: "The only thing in which I was outstanding was discipline. I was at the bottom of the class." What with his guerrilla warfare against the Point, Abrams stood a mediocre 185th in his class of 276 upon graduation in 1936. That year Abrams married an athletic, auburn-haired...
...colleges could be dropped to the advantage of everybody." Lewis denounced grading as "absurd"; whether he heard or not, Dean Hanford agreed enough to propose that separate April and November hour grades be abolished. The head of the Faculty approved this and dropped midyear probations and attendance records for upperclassmen at the same time. The head of the Hygiene Department labelled Stillman Infirmary "inadequate for a university of 7000 people" and demanded immediate plans to build a new infirmary...
...colleges, but consistent with the policies of the majority of Western schools, Denver pursues an active over-the-counter recruiting program and awards players athletic Grant-in-Aid scholarships not necessarily based on need. Wieman explained that Coach Armstrong has a total of 26 hockey scholarships for freshmen and upperclassmen which cover tuition, fees, room and board (each worth about $1500 per year). Also, Armstrong gets $500 each year from a "Student Promotion Fund" to cover traveling expenses for an annual recruiting trip into Western Canada at the end of the season...
...next gambit was by Bundy, who was discovered proposing to spend several megabucks turning Yard dorms into House complexes with individual dining halls, common rooms, and other gadgets. He added a small bombshell when he suggested mixing Freshmen and upperclassmen in all Houses...
...long run, the Freshmen would probably be better off in Houses--whether alone with other Freshmen, or mixed with upperclassmen--but money makes a real difference, for despite appearances, Harvard is neither willing nor able to go off on educational spending sprees. In the meantime, Labaree's plan is probably the best available, and if it ever gets off the ground, will suggest that Harvard is interested, concerned, and willing to act--even with its own money...