I followed, and, having "_bitched_" (that is, taken a dish of tea) arranged my books and boxes.--_Alma Mater_, Vol. I. p. 30. I dined, wined, or _bitched_ with a Medallist or Senior Wrangler. --_Ibid._, Vol. II. p. 218. A young man, who performs with great dexterity the honors of the tea-table, is, if complimented at all, said to be "an excellent _bitch_."--_Gradus ad Cantab._, p. 18. BLACK BOOK. In the English universities, a gloomy volume containing a register of high crimes and misdemeanors. At the University of Göttingen, the expulsion of students is recorded on a _blackboard_.--_Gradus ad Cantab._ Sirrah, I'll have you put in the _black book_, rusticated, expelled.--_Miller's Humors of Oxford_, Act II. Sc. I. All had reason to fear that their names were down in the proctor's _black book_.--_Collegian's Guide_, p. 277. So irksome and borish did I ever find this early rising, spite of the health it promised, that I was constantly in the _black book_ of the dean.--_Alma Mater_, Vol. I. p. 32. BLACK-HOOD HOUSE. See SENATE. BLACK RIDING. At the College of South Carolina, it has until within a few years been customary for the students, disguised and painted black, to ride across the college-yard at midnight, on horseback, with vociferations and the sound of horns. _Black riding_ is recognized by the laws of the College as a very high offence, punishable with expulsion. BLEACH. At Harvard College, he was formerly said to _bleach_ who preferred to be _spiritually_ rather than _bodily_ present at morning prayers. 'T is sweet Commencement parts to reach, But, oh! 'tis doubly sweet to _bleach_. _Harvardiana_, Vol. III. p. 123. BLOOD. A hot spark; a man of spirit; a rake. A word long in use among collegians and by writers who described them. With some rakes from Boston and a few College _bloods_, I got very drunk.--_Monthly Anthology_, Boston, 1804, Vol. I. p. 154. Indulgent Gods! exclaimed our _bloods_. _The Crayon_, Yale Coll., 1823, p. 15. BLOOD. At some of the Western colleges this word signifies excellent; as, a _blood_ recitation. A student who recites well is said to _make a blood_. BLOODEE. In the Farmer's Weekly Museum, formerly printed at Walpole, N.H., appeared August 21, 1797, a poetic production, in which occurred these lines:-- Seniors about to take degrees, Not by their wits, but by _bloodees_. In a note the word _bloodee_ was thus described: "A kind of cudgel worn, or rather borne, by the bloods of a certain college in New England, 2 feet 5 inches in length, and 1-7/8 inch in diameter, with a huge piece of lead at one end, emblematical of its owner. A pretty prop for clumsy travellers on Parnassus." BLOODY. Formerly a college term for daring, rowdy, impudent. Arriving at Lord Bibo's study, They thought they'd be a little _bloody_; So, with a bold, presumptuous look, An honest pinch of snuff they took. _Rebelliad_, p. 44.