*Squo*, _adj._ (Charterhouse).—SQUASH (_q.v._); as in
SQUO-court, SQUO-ball, SQUO-bat, &c.
*Stally*, _adj._ (Derby).—Strong [? stalwart].
*Stamp*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Every one is provided with a “school
stamp”; the name is cut on it, and this must be printed on
all books, &c. Above the Second Fifth boys keep their own
stamp.
*Stand.* TO STAND OUT FOR COLLEGE, _verb. phr._
(Westminster).—To enter for a King’s scholarship. Candidates
must be under fifteen years of age, and have been in the
school as a town boy for not less than a year preceding.
1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 182. Then if he thinks proper
he “STANDS OUT FOR COLLEGE”—or, in the old Latin phraseology, becomes
one of the _minores candidati_. He undergoes a very severe
examination, called the “Challenge” [_q.v._], the form of which must
have been preserved from Queen Elizabeth’s days, and is the last
surviving relic of the old scholastic disputations; those tournaments
of Latin and logic, in which Queen Bess was wont to reward a
successful champion with a purse of gold from her own virgin hand, and
her successor, James, distributed liberally the more economical
guerdon of royal applause and criticism.
*Standing-up Week*, _subs. phr._ (Winchester).—_See_ quot.
_c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 235.
STANDING-UP WEEK—During the last week of Long Half all the boys,
except Sixth Book and Senior Part, had to say a number of lines by
heart in eight lessons, which they were supposed to have learned in
the course of the previous year; this was called STANDING-UP. Marks
were given according to merit, and these marks had a very material
effect on the respective positions of the boys in their Parts.
*Station.* ON STATION, _adv. phr._ (Westminster).—The
attendance, by juniors, on the games in the “Green” in Great
Dean’s Yard, or, on a rainy day, in College.
1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 186. The juniors are expected
to remain ON STATION in college for the short intervals after
breakfast and after dinner, and at other times in the playgrounds (the
“Green” in Dean’s Yard or Vincent Square, according to the time of
year or the game that happens to be in season); except on decidedly
wet days, when STATION is always in college.
*Statue* (The), _subs._ (Stonyhurst).—A statue of the Virgin
looked after by the boys. They have “Month of May”
devotions, and write “May verses” in her honour.
*Stay.* TO STAY OUT, _verb. phr._ 1. (Eton).—To stay out of
school. _See_ quot.
1883. BRINSLEY-RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_. Sometimes Blazes had a
lazy fit, and put himself on the sick-list for a day. This was called
STAY OUT, for the reason that one had to stay in.
1866-72. “MAC,” _Sketchy Memories of Eton_. Many things at Eton were
called by misnomers, in the construction of which the _lucus a non
lucendo_ principle came out very strong. Thus, when we stayed in, we
said we were STAYING OUT; when “absence” was called, we had to be
_present_; a _third_ of a year was called a _half_, &c. &c.