_To keep an act_, in the English universities, "to perform an exercise in the public schools preparatory to the proceeding in degrees." The phrase was formerly in use in Harvard College. In an account in the Mass. Hist. Coll., Vol. I. p. 245, entitled New England's First Fruits, is the following in reference to that institution: "The students of the first classis that have beene these foure yeeres trained up in University learning, and are approved for their manners, as they have _kept their publick Acts_ in former yeeres, ourselves being present at them; so have they lately _kept two solemn Acts_ for their Commencement." _To keep chapel_, in colleges, to attend Divine services, which are there performed daily. "As you have failed to _make up your number_ of chapels the last two weeks," such are the very words of the Dean, "you will, if you please, _keep every chapel_ till the end of the term."--_Household Words_, Vol. II. p. 161. _To keep a term_, in universities, is to reside during a term.--_Webster_. KEYS. Caius, the name of one of the colleges in the University of Cambridge, Eng., is familiarly pronounced _Keys_. KINGSMAN. At the University of Cambridge, Eng., a member of King's College. He came out the winner, with the _Kingsman_ and one of our three close at his heels.--_Bristed's Five Years in an Eng. Univ._, Ed. 2d, p. 127. KITCHEN-HATCH. A half-door between the kitchen and the hall in colleges and old mansions. At Harvard College, the students in former times received at the _kitchen-hatch_ their food for the evening meal, which they were allowed to eat in the yard or at their rooms. At the same place the waiters also took the food which they carried to the tables. The waiters when the bell rings at meal-time shall take the victuals at the _kitchen-hatch_, and carry the Same to the several tables for which they are designed.--_Laws Harv. Coll._, 1798, p. 41. See BUTTERY-HATCH. KNOCK IN. A phrase used at Oxford, and thus explained in the Collegian's Guide: "_Knocking in_ late, or coming into college after eleven or twelve o'clock, is punished frequently with being 'confined to gates,' or being forbidden to '_knock in_' or come in after nine o'clock for a week or more, sometimes all the term."--p. 161. KNOCKS. From KNUCKLES. At some of the Southern colleges, a game at marbles called _Knucks_ is a common diversion among the students. [Greek: Kudos]. Greek; literally, _glory, fame_. Used among students, with the meaning _credit, reputation_. I was actuated not merely by a desire after the promotion of my own [Greek: kudos], but by an honest wish to represent my country well.--_Bristed's Five Years in an Eng. Univ._, Ed. 2d, pp. 27, 28. _L_. LANDSMANNSCHAFT. German. The name of an association of students in German universities. LAP-EAR. At Washington College, Penn., students of a religious character are called _lap-ears_ or _donkeys_. The opposite class are known by the common name of _bloods_.