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Word: freshmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...partisan Franklin Field crowd watched, too entranced even to indulge in the custom of passing freshmen up to the top of the stands, Navy struck first against the Quakers, tallying early in the first period...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Quakers Loom as Football Power | 10/27/1959 | See Source »

...September 1897, a gawky, 16-year-old youngster from Uniontown, Pa. entered, the tradition-hallowed halls of Virginia Military Institute. "Flicker" Marshall, shy, freckle-faced and bewildered, was quickly the biggest dunce among the rats (freshmen). Yet, bitten by V.M.I.'s tradition and by a proper reverence for the exploits of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, V.M.I.'s most illustrious professor (whose statue still rates a salute from passing cadets), George Marshall wanted above all to be a soldier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: The Soldier | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...vote for the NDEA disclaimer affidavit is a vote for thought control," Dean Monro told an audience of 50 freshmen yesterday afternoon in the Union Common Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Monro Attacks Disclaimer Affidavit | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

...freshmen, dubbing themselves "Taylor's Rabble," were composed of ex-varsity players from some nine eastern preparatory schools and led by "provisional captain" Timothy B. Taylor '63, of Matthews Hall. On a dare, Taylor had phoned the Milton coach, who agreed to a practice game provided the group would use some offensive plays he felt would give Milton needed defensive practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Preppie Yard Eleven Defeats Milton Team In Unofficial Contest | 10/22/1959 | See Source »

Armed with five offensive plays and Union box lunches, "Taylor's Rabble" drove down to Milton early yesterday. Between quarters of the game the confusion was especially great, as Milton players about to enter angrily demanded their borrowed helmets back from the freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Preppie Yard Eleven Defeats Milton Team In Unofficial Contest | 10/22/1959 | See Source »

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