PUBLIC DAY. In the University of Virginia, the day on which "the certificates and diplomas are awarded to the successful candidates, the results of the examinations are announced, and addresses are delivered by one or more of the Bachelors and Masters of Arts, and by the Orator appointed by the Society of the Alumni."--_Cat. of Univ. of Virginia_. This occurs on the closing day of the session, the 29th of June. PUBLIC ORATOR. In the English universities, an officer who is the voice of the university on all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, and presents, with an appropriate address, those on whom honorary degrees are conferred. At Cambridge, this it esteemed one of the most honorable offices in the gift of the university.--_Cam. and Oxf. Cals._ PUMP. Among German students, to obtain or take on credit; to sponge. Und hat der Bursch kein Geld im Beutel, So _pumpt_ er die Philister an. _Crambambuli Song_. PUNY. A young, inexperienced person; a novice. Freshmen at Oxford were called _punies of the first year_.--_Halliwell's Dict. Arch. and Prov. Words_. PUT THROUGH. A phrase very general in its application. When a student treats, introduces, or assists another, or masters a hard lesson, he is said to _put_ him or it _through_. In a discourse by the Rev. Dr. Orville Dewey, on the Law of Progress, referring to these words, he said "he had heard a teacher use the characteristic expression that his pupils should be '_put through_' such and such studies. This, he said, is a modern practice. We put children through philosophy,--put them through history,--put them through Euclid. He had no faith in this plan, and wished to see the school teachers set themselves against this forcing process." 2. To examine thoroughly and with despatch. First Thatcher, then Hadley, then Larned and Prex, Each _put_ our class _through_ in succession. _Presentation Day Songs_, June 14, 1854. _Q_. Q. See CUE. QUAD. An abbreviation of QUADRANGLE, q.v. How silently did all come down the staircases into the chapel _quad_, that evening!--_Collegian's Guide_, p. 88. His mother had been in Oxford only the week before, and had been seen crossing the _quad_ in tears.--_Ibid._, p. 144. QUADRANGLE. At Oxford and Cambridge, Eng., the rectangular courts in which the colleges are constructed. Soon as the clouds divide, and dawning day Tints the _quadrangle_ with its earliest ray. _The College_, in _Blackwood's Mag._, May, 1849. QUARTER-DAY. The day when quarterly payments are made. The day that completes three months.