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On Saturday nights, the first-classmen are aU lowed to stay in town until 10 p.m., there to spend their $10-a-month allowance as they wish.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cadet first-classmen surpassed 83% of the other seniors in natural sciences, 82% in social sciences, and 69% in humanities.

From Time Magazine Archive

This, however, is generally deferred till they become first-classmen.

From The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy by Flipper, Henry Ossian

This half is made up of those who rank highest, first-classmen and second-classmen, and also, if necessary, a number of third-classmen.

From The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy by Flipper, Henry Ossian

But it is not thus with all first-classmen.

From The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy by Flipper, Henry Ossian