be discerned, the Pembroke looped at
the sleeve, the Christ's and Catherine curiously crimped
in front, and the Johnian with its unmistakable
'Crackling.'"--_Bristed's Five Years in an Eng. Univ._,
Ed. 2d, p. 73.

"On Saturday evenings, Sundays, and Saints' days the
students wear surplices instead of their gowns, and very
innocent and exemplary they look in them."--_Ibid._, p.
21.

[17] "The ignorance of the popular mind has often represented
academicians riding, travelling, &c. in cap and gown. Any
one who has had experience of the academic costume can
tell that a sharp walk on a windy day in it is no easy
matter, and a ride or a row would be pretty near an
impossibility. Indeed, during these two hours [of hard
exercise] it is as rare to see a student in a gown, as it
is at other times to find him beyond the college walks
without one."--_Ibid._, p. 19.

[18] Downing College.

[19] St. John's College.

[20] See under IMPOSITION.

[21] "Narratur et prisci Catonis
Saepe mero caluisse virtus."
Horace, Ode _Ad Amphoram_.

[22] Education: a Poem before [Greek: Phi. Beta. Kappa.] Soc.,
1799, by William Biglow.

[23] 2 Samuel x. 4.

[24] A printed "Order of Exhibition" was issued at Harvard
College in 1810, for the first time.

[25] In reference to cutting lead from the old College.

[26] Senior, as here used, indicates an officer of college, or
a member of either of the three upper classes, agreeable
to Custom No. 3, above.

[27] The law in reference to footballs is still observed.

[28] See SOPHOMORE.

[29] I.e. TUTOR.

[30] Abbreviated for Cousin John, i.e. a privy.

[31] Joseph Willard, President of Harvard College from 1781 to
1804.

[32] Timothy Lindall Jennison, Tutor from 1785 to 1788.

[33] James Prescott, graduated in 1788.

[34] Robert Wier, graduated in 1788.

[35] Joseph Willard.

[36] Dr. Samuel Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy.

[37] Dr. Eliphalet Pearson, Professor of Hebrew and other
Oriental Languages.

[38] Eleazar James, Tutor from 1781 to 1789.

[39] Jonathan Burr, Tutor 1786, 1787.

[40] "Flag of the free heart's hope and home!
By angel hands to valor given.