On the very lowest step of the Chore stands the _Renoncen_, who has neither seat nor voice in the _Chore-Convent_, or official meeting of the Chore. The _Renoncen_ are for the most part harassed with menial services. They must convey the weapons--which are usually kept in the place of contest, locked up, those of each Chore in its own chest--in case of danger from the authorities, or of any necessity, to a place of safety; when there is singing in the _Kneipe_, they must hand round the _Commers-Books_, the song-books; and besides this, on occasion of every duel that is to be fought with the weapons of the Chore, they must go at night, after the _Kneipe_ is over, to the house of the Pawk-doctor, the surgeon of the students, who is always in attendance at the duels--and announce to him the fact, with the time at which it is to take place. In all the Chores they are bound to appear at the _Kneipe_, on certain days, and failing in this respect, are mulct in a pecuniary fine. In different Chores this attendance of the _Renonce_ is different: in some, it must be daily; in others, three or four times a week; and is not to be omitted without substantial reason.
Between the _Renoncen_ and the _Chore-Burschen_, stands the _Fuchs-major_--the greater Fox--who is always the oldest _Renonce_, and has the right to go into the _Chore-Convent_, but is not entitled there to speak. If the _Renonce_ will advance to the rank of _Chore-Bursch_, it is indispensable that he shall have fought three duels.
The _Chore-Bursch_ has this peculiar duty; he must settle and determine with the strange _Kneipe_; that is, when a duel is to be fought with the weapons of his Chore, he must seek out him who has challenged, in his _Kneipe_, and announce to him the spot and hour at which the duel is to take place. One of the _Chore-Burschen_ must always be present at every duel which is fought with the weapons of their Chore. When the _Dritte-Chargirte_, that is, the treasurer, is unable, from any cause, to fulfil the duties of his office, the oldest _Chore-Bursch_ must officiate for him; so also in cases of similar emergency, the _Dritte-Chargirte_ steps into the place of the second, and he into that of the _Senior_. Besides the obligation to appear on the appointed _Kneipe_ days, the Chore members must also, at the fixed hours, attend the fencing-school, or pay a pecuniary penalty. The reception of a _Renonce_ into the Chore, as well as his advancement to the rank of _Bursch_, is accompanied by certain solemnities, and by the reading of the constitution of the union. This constitution is held profoundly secret, and cannot pass out of the hands of the three _Chargirten_, who received it at the opening of the Chore, from the _Senioren-Convent_, or official meeting of the _Seniors_ of the different Chores--the so-called S. C. Every Chore has its weekly _Chore-Convent_, wherein the _Senior_ presides, and the _Chore-Burschen_ are present. Here the affairs of the Chore are discussed, and resolutions passed. The _Consenior_ opens these resolutions to the _Renouncen_, in the likewise weekly held _Renoncen-Convent_, or official meeting of the _Renoncen_, which has to carry them into effect, without power to alter them.