Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great deal may happen in 129 years. Did, in fact. The Pudding was founded 129 years before Massachusetis Hall caught fire and an officer of the College, seeking refuge from the smoke in the upper halls, and appearing at a window, was urged to jump into a blanket. The blanket was there...
...meeting is an annual affair held before the first year men make out their study cards, which are due this year on or before May 10. Freshman having 9 o'clock classes will be allowed to cut them, and upper classmen will be excused from the History I lecture which ordinarily takes place at that hour...
...index of a general raising of scholastic standards the statistics are not entirely unsatisfactory. The upper class representation on the Dean's List is certainly a commendable feature, especially when considered together with the fact that the figures for probation and dropping of upper-classmen are in general no greater than those of last year. This fact, indeed, brings out clearly that the stiffening of college work has fallen with peculiar severity on the Freshmen...
...upper classes, the records of unsatisfactory grades show that 40 Sophomores, 31 Juniors, and 9 Seniors were placed on probation after the mid-year examinations, these figures being approximately the same as last year, when 39 Sophomores, 24 Juniors, and 18 Seniors were placed on probation in February...
...representation on the "Dean's List" from the upper three classes was as follows: 101 Sophomores, 134 Juniors, and 139 Seniors. This latter figure represents more than a quarter of the graduating class...