It was purchased by the man,—who 'really did not look' at the lesson on which he 'rushed.'—Yale Lit. Mag., Vol. XIV. p. 411.
Then for the students mark flunks, even though the young men may be rushing.—Yale Banger, Oct., 1848.
So they pulled off their coats, and rolled up their sleeves,
And rushed in Bien. Examination.
Presentation Day Songs, Yale Coll., June 14, 1854.
RUSTICATE. To send a student for a time from a college or university, to reside in the country, by way of punishment for some offence.
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And those whose crimes are very great,
Let us suspend or rusticate.—Rebelliad, p. 24.
The "scope" of what I have to state
Is to suspend and rusticate.—Ibid., p. 28.
The same meaning is thus paraphrastically conveyed:—
By my official power, I swear,
That you shall smell the country air.—Rebelliad, p. 45.
RUSTICATION. In universities and colleges, the punishment of a student for some offence, by compelling him to leave the institution, and reside for a time in the country, where he is obliged to pursue with a private instructor the studies with which his class are engaged during his term of separation, and in which he is obliged to pass a satisfactory examination before he can be reinstated in his class.