New Gods of North America

The next morning,

Wayne rode in a carriage driven by Ryan, passed through the city of Georgeburg, and arrived at George and Anna College.

Hmm...

How should I put it? It was a lot more lively than Wayne had imagined.

Judging from the number of students alone, the scale of today's colleges and universities in America cannot be compared with the "universities" in modern society.

But when the new students reported, not all those who came were "students".

The school and some student organizations organized a parade or volunteers to welcome the new students.

The students can be divided into two relatively distinct categories. One category may come in luxurious carriages, with luggage that may fill more than one carriage, and they may be accompanied by servants or people who look like butlers. The other category may carry their own luggage and try to minimize their belongings to fit into one box.

Due to the transportation conditions of the time, the orientation period at George and Anna College lasted for three days.

Wayne, like most students who had accommodations locally, came on the morning of the last day.

First go to the Academic Affairs Office to register, pay fees, and receive the new student information and course schedule.

The next step is to confirm the dormitory.

The dormitories at George and Anna College are divided according to the different "colleges" within the school. In principle, students from the same college live together.

These days, it is not the kind of densely packed high-rise buildings, but small houses similar to family residences.

There are usually two to three floors. There will be a public activity space on the first floor and a shared bathroom on each floor. The remaining rooms are basically dormitories, with two to three people in a room.

In theory, students of the same class will be assigned to the same dormitory in the order of registration.

However, since students can apply for off-campus accommodation starting from the second year, some students with a longer study period or relatively ordinary family conditions may continue to live there until graduation.

Therefore, the dormitories are not divided by so-called "grades". The overall style is "mixed". Vacant dormitories or beds are provided to freshmen. Basically, each building has students from different academic stages and majors. It is said that some unlucky or lucky ones may even change several groups of roommates.

The person who was in charge of helping Wayne register for his dorm looked like a student assistant, or should I call him a "senior".

He was quite casual at first. The process for the first few people was to register information, check availability, and collect keys.

After hearing Wayne's name, he raised his head instead, "Wayne Constantine?"

Wayne nodded.

Make sure you haven't seen this guy before.

"I'm Luke Matthew, the social manager of the Pointed Hat Society. Ian Fisk recommended you to me. Have you considered joining our fraternity? Our welcome party is tomorrow night."

Wuhu, party.

This is the American campus life that Wayne wants to experience.

As the other party spoke, he took out a folder from another place under the table. Inside it were some keys and papers that had been prepared long ago.

He took a quick look and handed over one of the keys and a set of check-in instructions, along with an invitation letter.

"This dormitory's roommate has already been confirmed to live in our fraternity's dormitory, so no one should bother you for the time being. If you also join our fraternity, for Ian's sake, you can also have your own independent room - you should know that it will be more free and more convenient to do things that way."

Wayne took it with a smile, "I'll think about it."

George and Anna College is said to be the college where the first fraternity in the Commonwealth of America was born, and the time can even be traced back to before the independence of the Commonwealth of America.

After decades of development, the fraternity is now at a stage where it cannot carry out activities in public, but it no longer needs to maintain strict secrecy.

Some schools have begun to allow fraternity-like organizations to lease school properties for long periods of time as relatively independent dormitories. The reasons are usually "providing more suitable living conditions for outstanding students" or "promoting professional exchanges among students." The source of funds is usually sponsorship from outstanding members of previous fraternities.

However, Ian Fisk said that the relatively stable financial support from fraternity members is generally used to pay rent and ensure that the fraternity's residence is not reclaimed by the school.

But after each generational handover is completed, each fraternity will basically not have much surplus left except for the money reserved for rent - even if the members of the fraternity want to make campus life more exciting, they have to find a way to get more funds on their own.

If a fraternity leader cannot organize enough and exciting parties due to financial problems,

That is something that deserves to be laughed at and ridiculed by predecessors and successors.

Because this indirectly shows that the team of fraternity leaders this term does not have enough high-quality connections, or the ability to be favored by others.

Wayne is more interested in the party, but he still needs to take a closer look at the fraternity culture.

So he obediently went to the dormitory that was theoretically assigned to him by the school, and moved his luggage with Ryan, and then he officially moved in.

In fact, according to the history of another world that Wayne knew, colleges and universities at this time should not accept female students.

However, when Wayne passed by the girls' dormitory of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, he understood why the relatively conservative landowners in the South at that time could accept young ladies to study in the college.

The style of the school is different from that of other schools. It looks like a relatively closed boarding school with gates and walls around it.

The dormitory manager is an older and serious lady, with a temperament similar to that of a strict nun or a stern housekeeper who only obeys the master's orders. Living there is probably no different from being in prison, except that the living conditions are better.

After saying goodbye to Ryan, he stopped by the college's "canteen" to check out the place. The college had volunteers to help the freshmen get familiar with the environment, but Wayne still liked to wander around on his own. Later,

Wayne went back to tidy up his dorm and changed into the clothes in the colors specified in the appendix.

In the afternoon, I went to attend the college's entrance ceremony.

There was nothing much to say about the entrance ceremony. The elders gave speeches, the school board representatives gave speeches, and the seniors gave speeches. It was basically the same as going to church to listen to a pastor's sermon.

But when the freshmen made the "Declaration of Honor", Wayne couldn't hold it in anymore.

George and Anna College is proud to be the first college in the Commonwealth of America to have an honor system.

Therefore, in daily management, it also follows the so-called "principle of integrity" at this time.

For example, in many school exams, there are no invigilators. In theory, it is all up to the students to take the exams on their own initiative. However, once they are reported to have cheated, they will be given a "failure" and will not have the opportunity to retake the exam.

The same applies to homework, which is required for all students to complete individually and voluntarily. If the professor judges it to be "similar" and there is no successful appeal, all students involved will be severely punished - even if you are accused of plagiarism.

If we use a court as an analogy, it would probably be equivalent to only sentencing someone to "not guilty" or "hanging"...

Everything else is easy to say.

But in compliance with the college's out-of-town system, it also falls within the scope of "daily management"...

It would be fine if you really designed a prison... then if I could bypass the jailer and escape, it would still be considered my ability.