Word: classes
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...University to some degree, for they live together in the Yard, eat together in the Union, and have their own athletic and extra-curricular activities. Above all, they are possessed of the common denominator of newness, a factor which adds tremendously to the cohesive power of the class. Such a unit naturally generates considerable centripetal force, and the only surprising thing is that there has been no such Freshman paper before, or at least within recent memory...
Thus although elected class officers have presumably made a permanent exit from the Yard, Freshmen will be called to the polls again within two weeks to elect a panel of ten men, who will serve as the nucleus of the Smoker and Jubilee Committees...
...would be unfortunate, however, if this temporary, one-year "inbreeding" of the Freshman class should constrain its members from going into any of the larger activities of the College. After all, the Freshman year is in a sense only a prelude to the following three, and some participation in general College affairs is necessary for a clear perspective and adequate preparation for upperclass years. And moreover, Freshman institutions, under the annual impact of new incumbents, can never hope to attain the solidity and continuity of some of the wider College organizations...
...Freshman class yesterday voted 412 to 117 against holding elections for class officers...
...novel attempt to study the results of four years' training at Harvard the Senior Album Committee plans a vast survey of the Class...