COLLECTION. In the University of Oxford, a college examination, which takes place at the end of every term before the Warden and Tutor.
Read some Herodotus for Collections.—The Etonian, Vol. II. p. 348.
The College examinations, called collections, are strictly private.—Bristed's Five Years in an Eng. Univ., Ed. 2d, p. 139.
COLLECTOR. A Bachelor of Arts in the University of Oxford, who is appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.—Todd.
The Collectors, who are two in number, Bachelors of Arts, are
appointed to collect the names of determining bachelors, during
Lent. Their office begins and ends with that season.—Guide to
Oxford.
COLLECTORSHIP. The office of a collector in the University of
Oxford.—Todd.
This Lent the collectors ceased from entertaining the Bachelors by advice and command of the proctors; so that now they got by their collectorships, whereas before they spent about 100_l._, besides their gains, on clothes or needless entertainments.—Life of A. Wood, p. 286.
COLLEGE. Latin, collegium; con and lego, to gather. In its primary sense, a collection or assembly; hence, in a general sense, a collection, assemblage, or society of men, invested with certain powers and rights, performing certain duties, or engaged in some common employment or pursuit.
1. An establishment or edifice appropriated to the use of students who are acquiring the languages and sciences.
2. The society of persons engaged in the pursuits of literature, including the officers and students. Societies of this kind are incorporated, and endowed with revenues.