The principal of the regular Chores are--
The Rhenish, whose colours are--blue, red, and white. The Hanseatic, " " white, red, and white. The Westphalian, " " green, white, and black. The Swabian, " " black, yellow, and white. The Nassau, " " blue, white, and orange. The Swiss, " " green, red, and gold. The Sachsen-Borussen, or Prussian, white, green, black and white. The English, in Leipsic only.
Besides this, each Chore has its sign, or token; that is, certain letters curiously interwoven, with which it signs its documents, and which is known to all the other Chores. The number of these Chores is not always the same in the universities. Now one dissolves itself on account of the fewness of its members; and now a new one shows itself. When a number of students find themselves together, who regard themselves numerous enough to constitute a Chore, and are desirous to become such, the first thing which they proceed to do is to elect their leaders. These, as the representatives of the new union, appear before the S. C.--that is, the senior convent, or assembly of seniors--which is the highest tribunal of the students for the settlement of all affairs occurring amongst them. This tribunal inquires into the sufficiency of the aspirants, and if the result is satisfactory, gives its consent. The Chore appears as such at the next _Allgemeine_. By the _Allgemeine_ is understood the meeting of the whole united Chores, which takes place from time to time in an _Allgemeine Kneipe_, or general drinking company, in the same manner as each particular Chore holds, every evening, its meeting, where the members drink, sing, and entertain each other. In this _Allgemeine_, or general meeting, the members of the different Chores have a fine opportunity to pick quarrels with one another,--in student phrase, to _touchiren_ each other; that is, to give offence, so that the swords may not rust. The newly established Chore now takes the customary course. It strikes up a friendly alliance with one of the already existing Chores, in which its members find the greatest number of their acquaintances, at the same time that it assumes a hostile attitude to another. It falls into dispute with the hostile Chore, and what is called the _Chore-hatze_, a regular Chore-baiting, breaks out; that is, there ensues a general challenging between the members of the two Chores.