BEMOSSED HEAD. In the German universities, a student during the sixth and last term, or semester, is called a Bemossed Head, "the highest state of honor to which man can attain."—Howitt.
See MOSS-COVERED HEAD.
BENE. Latin, well. A word sometimes attached to a written college exercise, by the instructor, as a mark of approbation.
When I look back upon my college life,
And think that I one starveling bene got.
Harvardiana, Vol. III. p. 402.
BENE DISCESSIT. Latin; literally, he has departed honorably. This phrase is used in the English universities to signify that the student leaves his college to enter another by the express consent and approbation of the Master and Fellows.—Gradus ad Cantab.
Mr. Pope being about to remove from Trinity to Emmanuel, by Bene-Discessit, was desirous of taking my rooms.—Alma Mater, Vol. I. p. 167.
BENEFICIARY. One who receives anything as a gift, or is maintained by charity.—Blackstone.
In American colleges, students who are supported on established foundations are called beneficiaries. Those who receive maintenance from the American Education Society are especially designated in this manner.
No student who is a college beneficiary shall remain such any longer than he shall continue exemplary for sobriety, diligence, and orderly conduct.—Laws of Univ. at Cam., Mass., 1848, p. 19.
BEVER. From the Italian bevere, to drink. An intermediate refreshment between breakfast and dinner.—Morison.