JUN.  Abbreviated for Junior.

The target for all the venomed darts of rowdy Sophs, magnificent Juns, and lazy Senes.—­The Yale Banger, Nov. 10, 1846.

JUNE.  An abbreviation of Junior.

  I once to Yale a Fresh did come,
    But now a jolly June,
  Returning to my distant home,
    I bear the wooden spoon.
    Songs of Yale, 1853, p. 36.

  But now, when no longer a Fresh or a Soph,
    Each blade is a gentleman June.
    Ibid., p. 39.

JUNE TRAINING.  The following interesting and entertaining account of one of the distinguishing customs of the University of Vermont, is from the pen of one of her graduates, to whom the editor of this work is under many obligations for the valuable assistance he has rendered in effecting the completeness of this Collection.

“In the old time when militia trainings were in fashion, the authorities of Burlington decided that, whereas the students of the University of Vermont claimed and were allowed the right of suffrage, they were to be considered citizens, and consequently subject to military duty.  The students having refused to appear on parade, were threatened with prosecution; and at last they determined to make their appearance.  This they did on a certain ‘training day,’ (the year I do not recollect,) to the full satisfaction of the authorities, who did not expect such a parade, and had no desire to see it repeated.  But the students being unwilling to expose themselves to ‘the rigor of the law,’ paraded annually; and when at last the statute was repealed and militia musters abolished, they continued the practice for the sake of old association.  Thus it passed into a custom, and the first Wednesday of June is as eagerly anticipated by the citizens of Burlington and the youth of the surrounding country for its ‘training,’ as is the first Wednesday of August for its annual Commencement.  The Faculty always smile propitiously, and in the afternoon the performance commences.  The army, or more euphoniously the ‘UNIVERSITY INVINCIBLES,’ take up ’their line of march’ from the College campus, and proceed through all the principal streets to the great square, where, in the presence of an immense audience, a speech is delivered by the Commander-in-chief, and a sermon by the Chaplain, the roll is called, and the annual health report is read by the surgeon.  These productions are noted for their patriotism and fervid eloquence rather than high literary merit.  Formerly the music to which they marched consisted solely of the good old-fashioned drum and fife; but of late years the Invincibles have added to these a brass band, composed of as many obsolete instruments as can be procured, in the hands of inexperienced performers.  None who have ever handled a musical instrument before are allowed to become members of the band, lest the music should be too sweet and regular to comport with the general order of the parade.