The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-07
c 0 L L E G. e LIFE.


CO L L E G e LIFE.
How Freshman spent his Vacation Amherst
9ui>et>-!ndi%nat! n Meeiing-Ac.. &C.
correspondence CT Cbr Californian.
AMnt"s.r, Ma, 20. IHJG.
scarcity OF news is the ONLY excuse
have to offer for nv lony continu,d >ilen.c.
I'>' term was Expecting great Spring
'r'>EIrt a flood cGu,IIc1 only T., that Of 81
h'c memory. and ti,1 r"rkoncI the Calc1o-
man would have brief accom-, of the Com
n"r'Irut valley As it appeared from n" tower
n Amherst: but the hurp snow-!,a,,ks rr,J
uaily sank INTO the ground till There was no
capital left ont of which to mar,uf,ctur. a
hpod, and consequently TO material furnish
rn .or newspaper article Vacation
came, and hoped to see some remarkable
curiosity. or to visit some romantic spot
winch ronId tell Won about but no such
"oH' fnr'"n" attended me | erinvc1 van,
'lon 10 the utmost, bat saw no Wi'louohllv
or " a>hngton. nor had any r'oriou~ lir nic>
SlIrh a> that grove near the Great Falls in
Lyndon has been witness TO- went fi>hinc
huf caught no'linG hr>idrs co'l ana lrot
home Iif;le hc>dr> wet feet: The onlv com
Tor; conl take WAS in reyrrting 10 those
times OF old, w'er, after lay >,cu' in ram-
"llnG around the oil Frog pond" in Water
ford. hl' h"a!, i hpmrw,r |, vii! = >trinr
Of >prck'r! front, whirh oN Ike Walton
himself misht envy. tried t.rmiu,a l.t,re.
hn' can only say about my a''crn,- in thi>
line. that the Freshman qualities were a>
ron>l.cuou> here a> IN the more accustomed
path of college life. Ny Dialect was not an
Ereclatel ty the cattle. and found it nccc,-
Sary before could render III, sci, in:clli~rn,.
to 'crtm i.tr!c on the bovine lsnruacc.-
\ love Of phi.olo.v soon gave me- The mas
terry over this particular branch. and another
attempt tcing made at cattl,-drivinr. Imaic
what collc-e bows would term "ru>h."
\ lack Of news them Is the reason whv 7
have favored Nou % long bv my >i.rnce. ana
now that the old du>'v portfolio is taken
down. don't imagine that the same rxcu>.
would not hold good for a longer period In
COLLEGE there are a thousand inrilent>
that are Interesting to students ONLY. and -
make a selection of such AZ shall he worth
telling TO others. is no easy task. The Sum
mcr {, rm commenced last "Wednesday. Had
any Of vour readers been at Palmer that ,l,v.
they would have noticed As the different trains
and STAGES arrived. that large number of
vonnG men jumped off and had they looked
a little longer. would have discovered that
they all seemed 20 belong 10 one family. They
were the sons of Amherst Collrr., on their
return home after four weeks vacation.-
The RIDE 10 amherst was en,ivcrcd hv the
rehearsal of the varied incidents of var,tion
Some had cunning exploits 20 relate. which.
IN point Of courage and Wild adventure. rem
'lert'l PutnamS wolf story rather tame 9th
rr> had been fishing had caught everything
hut Jonah : whale and the sea >arpcnt. and
dull hook or In>utiicirncv OF bait only pre-
vented the capture of those specimens OF the
fin my tribe. Cine Freshman was waited
upon to May party by nine la:cS-he be-
'n9 the on male representative present,
Rather tall and green. he Is presumed 10 nav,
represented the verdant part of Freshman
to perfection. MANY were the inquiries to,
that ? ACE where the female part Of the pop
ulailon so largely rreGomnatt,;.
Amher>t rcachc,.. at 8 T. NJ the toncu,
OF the chapel bell was nnoo>cncd, and w,
were summoned to the first exercise of the
term-to evening PRAYERS. Thus Won hav,
vour correspondent once more installed Ono
enthusiastically s}cakinc) at Amherst; an,
II A. tins season Of the wear there i a NOR,
delightful spot in all New ENGLAND than this
that spot must surely be a Paradise. TIN
long rid res of snow banks which check ere,
the western bills when we left, have all van
i>hed. The fields have exchanged their car
pet OF dull gloomy brown for one Cf In,
freshest and ivrlie>t green. and the forest
have concealed their framework Of trunk
and limbs with an awning OF beautiful fn!i
age. The sunsets (thc sun-ri>ingS I'm no
familiar WITH the Amherst sunsets canno
be equaileI. Instead Of setting directly un
der Your nose as can be said of it in SOM
places in Vermont the sun disappears behin,
! mountains some 40 miles distant. with ri,l
} farms. gentlv->loping hills. wide forests. an,
spark ING lakes and rivers between. and tn
setting sun and CRIMSON clouds mlrrure,i tori
in the clear waters give to the whole rich
ness rarely eqnalled.
The term opens very tavora " and pleas
, antly. The Freshmen, however. have +
mourn over the departure of one OF their tu
tors-Mr. Benjamin He was thoronsI
=. Instructor perfect gentleman. and univer
sally popular. He has gone West. about t
enter upon the practice Of law; and though
We sincerely deplore his loss. still as sincere
" 90 we wish him that success which his su
periority as a gentleman and a scholar mer
i,. This College has been deficient hereto