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To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. [College Cant, U.S.]

t who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship. [U.S.]

introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.

In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.

rding, Common, District, etc. -- High school, a free public school nearest the rank of a college. [U.S.] -- School board, a corporation established by law in every borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school accomodation for all children in their d…

A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. [Cant]

y; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges]

A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.

A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.

In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students. [U. S.] Senate chamber, a room where a senate meets when it transacts business. -- Senate house, a house where a sena…

Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.

An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities.

led because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. [College Cant]

dge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford. The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and very little for lodging. Macaulay.

for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. [College Cant, U.S.]

articular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.

One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman. [Formerly written also sophimore.]

A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789.

In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay. Evelyn. It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs, and to stipendiate professors. I. Taylor.