1860 M. Burrows 15 The Pass papers occupy one day, the Class papers from four to five.
1868 M. Pattison 298 Dr. Pusey, living on the spot, can discriminate between the ‘Pass’ and the ‘Class’ curriculum.
1931 R. Campbell i. 18 All who have learned this grim felicity And swotted bliss up, like the Rule of Three, As if life were a class-examination And there were penance in cohabitation.
1978 12 290 His successor might have still been thinking of the litteræ humaniores and the class papers of Oxford.