The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
THUS THEY TALK AT COLLEGE
IMPROVEMENT on ENGLISH
Used NJ THE SIT DENTS.
De, eiopments Of College SLANG - Table
Etiquette and New Names for Pro-
fessOrs AT Saic-NOcabularies for AM
herst and Williams Picturesque Terms.

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NEW HAVEN, Nov. 22.--Hike yourself
over to chapel" is the early morning call
OF the Yale boys after an evening spent
at -Mory'1, the famous Yale joint a. the
students describe the place. II a student
has hit the ben2ine can" too hard on the
night before he is apt to he anxious to get
con To the water wagon which means he
wants To swear of.
That all depends on whether he has been
siucandescent on the preceding night,
or "plastered," or simply had to be put
under the table" -Incandescent" refers
TO a mild form of hiarity; "plastered' refers
to one who has to be helped TO his room.
If In recitation student makes a fair
impression he is termed a wiz II he fails
II is a "drule" or a handful of hot air
professor is "foxed" when he calls
unexpectedly upon a man and the latter
makes a good recitation II a student is
emnen,y successful he has killed the
question or ruined the job" but il he
sfunks' he is up against the hard luck
story" and it is a case Of you to the tall
grass" II student makes mess OF It
his fellow students are apt to whisper To
him to cut il out"
The expression. "ie has done his stunts"
Is used as we'll Of professor who has An
ished a lecture "a Of a student who has
completed a recitation. spiel" or
sdrule" is a fiat failure in this line, and a
fellow who has not been successful is a
Cheese"
The all-round good fellow is "corker,'
card" and a peach" to his classmates,
while the unpopular man is referred to as
nut -dop," and sad one" II he
also happens to be a hard student he Is "A
-plugger" or grind 4 "hypo' is fell
low who devotcs almost all his time TO study,
while -ereaser' Is the superlntive of which
shypo' i the comparative. When q man
is taking extra work he is said 10 live in
Osborn Hall" which means that most OF
his time is devoted to attending recitations
in that building.
In the junior appointments those who
fail to be classed with the high orations or
dissertations are banded togetheg in a
division called the disappon,ments.
Ii Is during the meals at University Hall,
where more than one thousand Yale men
feed, that the Yale slang il heard on all
sides II one Of the men happens to start
a story that has been heard before, the
rest Of the table rise To the occasion with
the howl: You're twenty minutes late"
The "knockers' are party Of juniors
who have adopted "A scheme to prevent
complaints ABOUT lile Ibou OF hTOcklnR
At the table. if any one forgets himself
and knocks" he has 10 pay for all the extra
dishes ordered The scheme has caused
an improvement, the mon say. in the bill
of fare. and they refer to II az their Chris
tian Science game.
Another ingenious way the boys have
Is to arrange a set Of spoons, each repre-
senting man a, the table, around the
cruet. Then they take the top OF the sugar
bowl which has on one side the Yale seal.
This they spin on the crust ard the man
over whose spoon the Yale seal stops has
to pay up for the extras.
II girl happens TO come into the din
ing hall al meal time, every man be gins
to hit his glass with his spoon. Accord
ing to her charm she Is voted a 'pippin.
vhich is very complimentary or as" pip
Perina, which is the most eXtrava gantly
fattering term.
man who entertaiEs good deal and Is
fond Of society Is a -fusser" or "deevil
among the women" If he is especially
Popular with young, women he earns the
A man takes Liz TO the game" if
he has a girl oompanc n for the big foot
ball matches. ard if a chapsron II in the
party he "Lugs alorg the cid woman"
When out at the Yale field the men on
the grand stand and their friends fail to
cheer vigorously they are told that they
cheer like Harvard" which is considered
most uncompimentary.
When an actor al one OF the local heatres
fails to please the Yale students he il "bug-
house and the entrance Of the villain is gem
orally the signal for several hundred stu
dcIts Ia cry TO the heroine Lock cut,
there he cones" If the actor fails TO APP
preciate the situation and stops as he 70 me-
Hes grouchod, and generally he pro-
ceeds without aEtagonizing his audience
any further.
1Pikirg" is a form Of "cribbnR" A stu
dent who erdsavors To get high stand
mark by favoritism j. laid to Ice -souph &"
tho prof.ssoror "bsllvaChir < an rstrI ctor.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society of high
stand mon has a rival Organization COM
posed Of the low stand men of the class
who cell Themselves the Kappa Beta Phi
men. They hay" key similar to that Of
the other society men, only in place of the
five stars with a hand pointing to them are
five beer kegs with "A spgot as a pointer.
The Skull and Bones men are called
'rattlers the Scroll and Key men brides
AMI the " rs Head men "barkers," These
are the three senior societies. and juniors
working 70 get into one OF these are called
sheclcrs"
-Swipe,- borrow" or pinch" all are
applied TO taking things without permis sion
and not returning them. Cigarettes e
dope sticks and to "bang the box" means
TO play the piano, A man who has money
has bullets" or plum :" or "simoleons."
gut course " a course that does moi
reQuir' much study.
After the Junior promenade stuuent
Is said 10 b" trapped" If he has been stay
ing up nights 20 attend he festivities,
|On to the burg means trip 20 Now York
The Va" boys also have some curious
nicknamcs for Crral professors and build
tngs. Hell Entry" is the name given to
the entrance OF Farnam dorntory, which
is nearest Battel hapc. This name has
lasted twenty wears or more since a set Of
plrticularr lively students roomed in
that entry
The new street between Fayerweather
Hall and Wc-t Divinity Hall which j. the
direct route rom the old campus TO the
new dining hall has been named Scrub
street
Dean Henry p. Wright is generally re-
ferred 20 as Charley Dean while Prof.
7. ID, Seymour bars the title Of Goat
Seymour" hecaues Of the way he trims his
beard. Prof. George Trumhull Iadd is
known a. George A. A., A. Shakes
peare Bald win" Is the nickname Of Prof
7. $ Ballwn ~ the rhetoric department
Prof. +. " Williams Of tho depart ment of
Orienta litorv il known a. Oriental
Bill while .. II Smith. professor of Con-
sttut ionll istory. l. called "Ono Lung
Smith" or Indian Smith" Examination
papers by Prof Emery are termed Emery
papers" Roomor> ia Vanderbilt Hall are
called "scuIs" and the men who lounge
about the court in front Of this building are
called the "bu~y b,o-