He is putting on all steam, and "_coaching_" violently for the Classical Tripos.--_Bristed's Five Years in an Eng. Univ._, Ed. 2d. p. 10. It is not every man who can get a Travis to _coach_ him.--_Ibid._, p. 69. COACHING. A cant term, in the British universities, for preparing a student, by the assistance of a private tutor, to pass an examination. Whether a man shall throw away every opportunity which a university is so eminently calculated to afford, and come away with a mere testamur gained rather by the trickery of private _coaching_ (tutoring) than by mental improvement, depends, &c.--_The Collegian's Guide_, p. 15. COAX. This word was formerly used at Yale College in the same sense as the word _fish_ at Harvard, viz. to seek or gain the favor of a teacher by flattery. One of the Proverbs of Solomon was often changed by the students to read as follows: "Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the _coaxing_ of tutors bringeth forth parts."--_Prov._ xxx. 33. COCHLEAUREATUS, _pl._ COCHLEAUREATI. Latin, _cochlear_, a spoon, and _laureatus_, laurelled. A free translation would be, _one honored with a spoon_. At Yale College, the wooden spoon is given to the one whose name comes last on the list of appointees for the Junior Exhibition. The recipient of this honor is designated _cochleaureatus_. Now give in honor of the spoon Three cheers, long, loud, and hearty, And three for every honored June In _coch-le-au-re-a-ti_. _Songs of Yale_, 1853, p. 37. See WOODEN SPOON. COFFIN. At the University of Vermont, a boot, especially a large one. A companion to the word HUMMEL, q.v. COLLAR. At Yale College, "to come up with; to seize; to lay hold on; to appropriate."--_Yale Lit. Mag._, Vol. XIV. p. 144. By that means the oration marks will be effectually _collared_, with scarce an effort.--_Yale Banger_, Oct. 1848. 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.