1900. _Daily Mail_, 10th Mar., 2. 4. There was keen excitement at
Cambridge yesterday when the magistrates proceeded to deal with the
last two prosecutions of students arising out of the notorious RAG in
celebration of the relief of Ladysmith.
*Ragged-soph.* _See_ SOPH.
*Ramrod* (or *Raymonder*), _subs._ (Winchester).—A ball bowled
all along the ground.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840).
*Range*, _verb_ (The Leys).—To play football in the small walled
playground.
*Rattle*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—The hour of rising: _e.g._ “I
got up at the RATTLE.” [From the instrument by which the
boys are called.]
*Rawcliffe’s*, _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—An old tuck-shop: recently
obsolete.
*Rawk.* _See_ RORKE.
*Reader*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot.
_c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1886), 228.
READER—An office in the gift of every Præfect in Senior FARDEL
(_q.v._), which excused the recipient from watching out at Cricket.
His business was to read out aloud the translation of any book his
Master was cramming for Election examination.
*Reading-shelf*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A shelf with a drawer
fixed inside the head of a boy’s bed, on which to place a
candle for nocturnal studies.—MANSFIELD (_c._ 1840).
*Recker, The* (Harrow).—The town recreation-ground: here are
held the school sports.
*Rector.* 1. _See_ REGENT.