CHAPEL.  At the University of Cambridge, Eng., the attendance at daily religious services in the chapel of each college at morning and evening is thus denominated.

Some time ago, upon an endeavor to compel the students of one college to increase their number of “chapels,” as the attendance is called, there was a violent outcry, and several squibs were written by various hands.—­Westminster Rev., Am. ed., Vol.  XXXV. p. 235.

It is rather surprising that there should be so much shirking of chapel, when the very moderate amount of attendance required is considered.—­Bristed’s Five Years in an Eng.  Univ., Ed. 2d, p. 16.

To keep chapel, is to be present at the daily religious services of college.

The Undergraduate is expected to go to chapel eight times, or, in academic parlance, to keep eight chapels a week, two on Sunday, and one on every week-day, attending morning or evening chapel on week-days at his option.  Nor is even this indulgent standard rigidly enforced.  I believe if a Pensioner keeps six chapels, or a Fellow-Commoner four, and is quite regular in all other respects, he will never be troubled by the Dean.  It certainly is an argument in favor of severe discipline, that there is more grumbling and hanging back, and unwillingness to conform to these extremely moderate requisitions, than is exhibited by the sufferers at a New England college, who have to keep sixteen chapels a week, seven of them at unreasonable hours.  Even the scholars, who are literally paid for going, every chapel being directly worth two shillings sterling to them, are by no means invariable in attending the proper number of times.—­Bristed’s Five Years in an Eng.  Univ., Ed. 2d, pp. 16, 17.

CHAPEL CLERK.  At Cambridge, Eng., in some colleges, it is the duty of this officer to mark the students as they enter chapel; in others, he merely sees that the proper lessons are read, by the students appointed by the Dean for that purpose.—­Gradus ad Cantab.

The chapel clerk is sent to various parties by the deans, with orders to attend them after chapel and be reprimanded, but the chapel clerk almost always goes to the wrong person.—­Westminster Rev., Am. ed., Vol.  XXXV. p. 235.

CHAPLAIN.  In universities and colleges, the clergyman who performs divine service, morning and evening.

CHAW.  A deception or trick.

To say, “It’s all a gum,” or “a regular chaw” is the same thing. —­The Dartmouth, Vol.  IV. p. 117.

CHAW.  To use up.

Yesterday a Junior cracked a joke on me, when all standing round shouted in great glee, “Chawed!  Freshman chawed!  Ha! ha! ha!” “No I a’n’t chawed,” said I, “I’m as whole as ever.”  But I didn’t understand, when a fellow is used up, he is said to be chawed; if very much used up, he is said to be essentially chawed.—­The Dartmouth, Vol.  IV. p. 117.