At Washington College, in Pennsylvania, the contest performances are conducted upon the same principle as at Jefferson. LITTLE-GO. In the English universities, a cant name for a public examination about the middle of the course, which, being less strict and less important in its consequences than the final one, has received this appellation.--_Lyell_. Whether a regular attendance on the lecture of the college would secure me a qualification against my first public examination; which is here called _the Little-go_.--_The Etonian_, Vol. II. p. 283. Also called at Oxford _Smalls_, or _Small-go_. You must be prepared with your list of books, your testamur for Responsions (by Undergraduates called "_Little-go_" or "_Smalls_"), and also your certificate of matriculation.--_Collegian's Guide_, p. 241. See RESPONSION. LL.B. An abbreviation for _Legum Baccalaureus_, Bachelor of Laws. In American colleges, this degree is conferred on students who fulfil the conditions of the statutes of the law school to which they belong. The law schools in the different colleges are regulated on this point by different rules, but in many the degree of LL.B. is given to a B.A. who has been a member of a law school for a year and a half. See B.C.L. LL.D. An abbreviation for _Legum Doctor_, Doctor of Laws. In American colleges, an honorary degree, conferred _pro meritis_ on those who are distinguished as lawyers, statesmen, &c. See D.C.L. L.M. An abbreviation for the words _Licentiate in Medicine_. At the University of Cambridge, Eng., an L.M. must be an M.A. or M.B. of two years' standing. No exercise, but examination by the Professor and another Doctor in the Faculty. LOAF. At Princeton College, to borrow anything, whether returning it or not; usually in the latter sense. LODGE. At the University of Cambridge, England, the technical name given to the house occupied by the master of a college.--_Bristed_. When Undergraduates were invited to the _conversaziones_ at the _Lodge_, they were expected never to sit down in the Master's presence.--_Bristed's Five Years in an Eng. Univ._, Ed. 2d, p. 90. LONG. At the University of Cambridge, Eng., the long vacation, or, as it is more familiarly called, "The Long," commences according to statute in July, at the close of the Easter term, but practically early in June, and ends October 20th, at the beginning of the Michaelmas term. For a month or six weeks in the "_Long_," they rambled off to see the sights of Paris.--_Bristed's Five Years in an Eng. Univ._, Ed. 2d, p. 37. In the vacations, particularly the _Long_, there is every facility for reading.--_Ibid._, p. 78. So attractive is the Vacation-College-life that the great trouble of the Dons is to keep the men from staying up during the _Long_. --_Ibid._, p. 79. Some were going on reading parties, some taking a holiday before settling down to their work in the "_Long_."--_Ibid._, p. 104. See VACATION.