The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-10-20
STUDENT. LIFE.
1r:ters upon ibe fnstitutious ano Stuosnts
ct amberst.
NJ VI b Il T W q.
Correspondence Of Tte Californian.

EquinOctial There is this difference, how
ever. between the two, that the Equinoctia
does not even approximate in violence ane
fury to its Freshman counterpart. The frs
time. and hope none Of your readers vii
think this was recentv-I say. the first timi
that | read the account of the food ans
Eoat's ark. remember thinking HAT par
Of the history respecting the dimensions of
The ark was wholly useless; bnt now | all
beginning to think that there may be soon ;
need of practical application Of these same
dyy statistics. 1t has rained here most of
the time fcr week, and still it pours, arr
the clouds float as low and look as watcr-soak
ed as ever. The prevailing opinion now l.
that We are going to have regular storm Sc
in, accompanied by long spell Of weather
but still, though no prophet, | am inclined
to think that the shower will blow over, AM
that in the course of fortnight we shall be
blessed with the sight of the sun and sky.
ADM: that always had an uncommon amoun
of faith, and that phrcnologi>ts have pro
nounccd my bump Of hope Ct haven't time t.
tell you what they said Of NV other bumps,
unusually large: hence it would not he very
strange if were INDUCING in illusions of
hope" or building castles in the air. Time
will determine this. If Vermont and New
Hampshire were not pinned and bolted tl
ridg ofevcrlastirg granite, one might rca
>Onably expect to see them floating down the
Connecticut; as it is suppose Won feel safe
promised in my last to say something
when | next wrote, respecting this College
its literary societies. and so on. am going
to excuse myself this once, at least, on The
plea that As the evening is stormy, ard my
feelings somewhat ditto, /! should not be able
to do Justice to 50 much OF a subject. ! will
say u little upon Frc>hmen-a ii. sui jet for
meditation during a Freshman storm. \ col
leye is distinct community, under laws pc
ruliar to itself. and divided not into parties
Of plebe!an and patrician blood but INTO
four separate classes. First in Importance
come the Freshmen. next the Sophomore.
and 50 or al n'd,'"m-that Is to say. down 20
Seniors. Some think that by s!sncirg oyr~
, College catalogue. they can determine cv-
Try thing pertaining to a College lie what
he students Of these respective divisions
re- both by nature and Iv Practice: Indeed.
ONE almost imagine, after ore or two such
nvesti cationS, that they themselves have
ecn through College This i, A great error
Or YOU would look in vain for the mention
{ this Storm in the list of Pu',..c Perform
noes. and vet it returns Is surely As Com
,cnccmcnt Day. To start off then: Fresh
IAN is a species Of the genus homo or. 70
blow Webster. he is q" one who hclongS to
he vounCc>. class in College,. Hi >izc i
1ot limited have seen Freshmen that were
.illipu,ianS and Freshmen that would rival
h. MAX ms in height those who were a.
can as Pharaol'> lean kline, aud those who
we're As fat As his fat kline some WHO had
onc Ices. ana some who had shot les: some
Who would Illustrate a straight line. AID some
Who would nearer define a >cmicirclc those
who had " small. heads full of wit" and those
who had " great heads and not Bit" can
not then accurately define a Frv>.n1G. H
IS a sort OF an " @no,Ha'y N !a:uv, and "an
be likencd 10 nothing better than to q FRESH
man. For time he is lonorcd a> no other
person in COLLEGE iS-or thinks !.e is. AZ
east In the chapel he sits On the rirh,
hand Che goats are on the lrii) ard The priv
lecc of leaving the room last. Just in front
Of the faculty, Is granted him. During the
first few weeks OF the first tcrm-un,il the
secret. ani-sccre' and literary societies have
secured their complement OF mcn-hc re-
rcivcs numerous calls from the upper classes:
has frequent invitations to walk out and to
share in the rockettuIl Of apples which his
kind friend happens accidentally, o.. conrSc(
to have along with him After some sncl,
visits or walks, he wonders ii this is what
they term growing" concludes that it mus
be; then, after short solloqn, upon the G.
quality of feeling which secmS to lcrvalc all
classes, h" opens his I.i,y, pals down his
Lcvcrcit or Anthon and in a short time he
is away back tens Of centuries, attending the
funeral of Hcmus it may be, or else selecting
somewhere near Rome spot for the erection
Of College. \ few weeks pass away thus,
and then change comes over tue spirit of
his dream. The societies are full, the new
members are all initiated, and now he notices
that some OF his warme>t friends begin to de-
'crt him. n great scarcity Of apples and
rhestnuts is noticeable The seats at the
have been before all right
seem to have mantle Of mystery thrown o.
yer and around them. and before Freshman
ventures to sit, what must he do but look sus
plciously at everything-examne with one
eve the back Of the seat, and the seat itself,
while he directs the other toward the Sopho-
more district. Something has happened to
cause this-let us follow him on. As he
leaves the chapel, and passes down the stairs.
he does not exhibit the usual perfectly at
home feeling. and press on with the other d.
visions, but holds back, evidently fearing
crowd at the outer door. From the study
of geology Freshman now gives his attention,
at particular times and seasons, to the inter-
esting science of astronomy. These seasons
are Just before he enters any of the College