Word: upperclassman
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...believed that an upperclassman posted the petition in response to the recent announcement by the House Masters that no action on inter-House eating would be taken until concerted student opinion in favor of the project was made manifest...
...Every upperclassman not on the Dean's List is expected to attend his last College exercise before and his first College exercise after each one-day holiday. However, an upperclassman in good standing will not necessarily be placed on probation for cutting before and after one-day holidays, but such cuts will weigh heavily against a man if at any future time his record becomes unsatisfactory...
...system of hour examinations. The only intelligent brief to be held for the institution is its benefit to the Freshman, acting as a check on his proclivities to let daily assignments slide before Midyears, or rather, before the next set of hours in December. For the upperclassman, taking four courses, immersed in his tutorial work and, in his Senior year, preparing for Divisionals, even perhaps, laying plans for his thesis, the whole mess of irritating formal quizzes is an insult to his supposed maturity and, what is considerably more important, an absolute injury to constant intelligent study...
This is a great boon to Plebe life, this individual recognition, for it usually means that the Plebe is taken under the wing of some upperclassman who helps him out of difficulties and gives him advice. When the Plebe "goes deficient"--is below average--in academics, he usually goes to his predecessor, a man from the same town or district, and gets coaching or council on what...
...perimeter of a circle of radius seven inches, whose center is at the center of his plate; and he must see that all of the upperclassmen at his table are properly supplied with food. In barracks a plebe always removes his hat before entering the room of an upperclassman. He is restricted from using "Diagonal Walk," a shortcut across the main parade, and also from walking on "Flirtation Walk...