Green’s Dictionary of Slang

stones and bones n.

(US campus) a course in prehistory.

Dly Herald (Chicago) sect. 5 30 July 1/3: [pic. caption] Young Scholars program dig for artifacts during the archeological class, Stones and Bones at Aurora University.
C. Anderson ‘Wicked cool stuff about Vermont!!’ on Homepage 🌐 Students from the University of Vermont use this class nomenclature for: Anthropology, ‘Stones and Bones’. Biology, ‘Cuts and Guts’. Urban Local Government, ‘Slums and Bums’. First Aid, Safety, ‘Choke and Croak’. Field Zoology, ‘Bag ’em, and Tag ’em’.