Word: upperclassmen
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...Yard has traditionally been reserved for freshmen (although last year there were some sophomores living there and this year an entire dorm, Canaday, will be filled with upperclassmen), while freshmen at the Quad live in houses which are made up of students at every level. The Yard tends to be rowdier than the Quadrangle--everyone who lived recently in the Yard remembers all night shouting matches between Thayer and Holworthy ("Thayer Sucks!"), and has heard of the legendary Straus Rape and Pillage Society which paraded around the Yard last year on Thursday nights complete with drums and occasional bagpipes...
Only 11 of the 32 people who tried out for golf this year were allowed to play at all and the upperclassmen on the team do not search out the good freshmen since they are afraid the freshmen will capture some of the scarce playing spots, Wynne says...
...proposal that has drawn the most attention calls for the housing of freshmen in the Quad, sophomores in the Yard and upperclassmen in the River Houses. Two weeks ago, an Overseers' Visiting Committee responded favorably to a discussion of the educational potential of this alternative by Dean K. Whitla, director of the Office of Instructional Research and Evaluation. The committee decided to bring the proposal up at the next Overseers meeting...
...Room 13 will agree, informal counseling is beneficial in both directions in providing perspective on one's college education and on life in general. If I had less respect for the privacy of my friends, I would quote specific examples of advice which I, as a freshman, received from upperclassmen and have since, as an upperclassman, been able to pass on to freshmen (and other upperclassmen). Such advice has been academic, extra-curricular, and personal. And, I might add, much of it, having been based on prior college experience, could not have been given to me by another freshman...
...maturity is far from insignificant. The challenge of living with those of other ages is, I believe, a valuable and potentially rewarding experience for all. And a certain amount of "self-sacrifice," if the label must go to that extreme, might not be such a terrible fate for upperclassmen...