Word: classes
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...most docile class I have seen" was the way Stanley K. Leonard, head proctor, described the Class of '44. "They obeyed our instructions without a murmur...
With tennis and golf tournaments, touch and tackle football, and a track meet on his schedule, Adolph W. Samborski, director of Intramural Athletics, will launch a heavy program of Freshman interdormitory sports as soon as the Class of '44 gets settled in the Yard...
Samborski was enthusiastic about the results of last year's Freshman program, and he hopes that with efficient managers he can get even better support from the Class of '44. The intramural sports program was begun, he said, largely to give Freshmen a chance to meet each other on common grounds. It also is designed to give every Yardling an opportunity to engage informally in a sport he enjoys. Every student, according to the College coaching staff, should engage in some competitive sport...
...members of the Class of 1944 know it well--the popular conception of registration day at a big college. You've seen it in the movies, perhaps, or read it in the magazines. There are always some aloof, self-confident seniors, a middle group of rowdy juniors and sophomores, and then the great mass of freshmen, timid and unsure of themselves. It would be hard to convince the scenario and pulp writers that there is anything wrong with this picture, but if you look closely in the Yard this weekend, you may discover that it isn't entirely accurate...
...these are cold and comfortless words of welcome, they are not meant to be. You will know that, surely, even before you go to your first class...