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Show - . JSiWSSSpTSTSaSBJf ''. Philadelphia Record. P-iPrxf-, r- .In . very - university,1 said a 'A collegian, colle-gian, Hher la'a slang word, 'bone,' that meant to study, po you know; bow thla word originated T. It came from 'Bonn from the 'Bohn' books that are so familiar fa-miliar to students and In the beginning It- was spelled 'Bohn, and ita significance signifi-cance was easily understood, but now that It Is spelled 'bone' the significance la lost. The derivation of other pieces of college slang is not so easily traced 1 back. Thus, there Is - the word pole,' poier,V la greasy -polar,', which at Lehigh Le-high means a hard student.- It would be bard to say whence that word comes, There la rush,' to tush-a freshman, a Cornel) phrase which means to seek to 1 Indue a freshman to Join fraternity another bard word. To bust' at Cor. net! means to fail, or flunk; 'cow Jules' means milk; a "pony means a device for cheating at examination; 'a do wagon' wa-gon' mean a--lunch wagon.- Those words have their derivation patent on their face; but. where, I wonder, . ean to gray have come from? To sray at the University of Virginia mean to get drunk. . |