PONY. To use a translation.
We learn that they do not pony their lessons.—Yale Tomahawk,
May, 1852.
If you pony, he will see,
And before the Faculty
You will surely summoned be.
Songs of Yale, 1853, p. 23.
POPPING. At William and Mary College, getting the advantage over another in argument is called popping him.
POPULARITY. In the college use, favor of one's classmates, or of the members of all the classes, generally. Nowhere is this term employed so often, and with so much significance, as among collegians. The first wish of the Freshman is to be popular, and the desire does not leave him during all his college life. For remarks on this subject, see the Literary Miscellany, Vol. II. p. 56; Amherst Indicator, Vol. II. p. 123, et passim.
PORTIONIST. One who has a certain academical allowance or portion. —Webster.
See POSTMASTER.
POSTED. Rejected in a college examination. Term used at the
University of Cambridge, Eng.—Bristed.
Fifty marks will prevent one from being "posted" but there are always two or three too stupid as well as idle to save their "Post." These drones are posted separately, as "not worthy to be classed," and privately slanged afterwards by the Master and Seniors. Should a man be posted twice in succession, he is generally recommended to try the air of some Small College, or devote his energies to some other walk of life.—Bristed's Five Years in an Eng. Univ., Ed. 2d, p. 74.
POSTMASTER. In Merton College, Oxford, the scholars who are supported on the foundation are called Postmasters, or Portionists (Portionistæ).—Oxf. Guide.