VARSITY STUDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 28 June 1912, Page 9

VARSITY STUDENTS.

» 1 !ANNUAL COLLEGE .; YESTEEDAY'S p6l-S'G5;-■ Tvaditionat customs aiid- [■ pp'jpvvajxcos dio stubbornly. Ono 01. tho jicrennial festivals w.luqlt'.:.fi-f(v.s , 'bf(!i}' sanctioned by tratlilrons 'i's-.llin-. s(uilc.'|(,s caniival lrhfcli is hold /p.iVjSlfe otw(>W n of the annual capping ceremony .ami,'.'Hi'iV-. Fentalioii of ilcsrec-s to .-of--the year. Wellington Veen--n scut of university learniiisyjfii:.., ; rai;R; Ion?, and tho celfbratioii'.'of. :a:' ics.hvai' which in-older univtH'.sit\v,,:ceiHi:eS:-.is' ..ti.c-. cepted with indulgent tpler.at.ipii, is-/still;; regarded by tlio public ns'f'sfiini'VJ.'.'.pt pi; an innovation ami criticispd- -Ayithpijt. ri--ferenco to that hoary -.hiifitjijiry ~w!iielv: , is the pride of tho in respect to tlioir iintiorVal Yesterday tho Victoria iCpllegc.slildfJllSi: in fnnlastic attire, para'dpU'.-.the :'niaiu--. streets of the city in a'gcoiVoj-riiip; sion, offer the .mamior? tradition, much to the entcr}ai.ijiiient/:pf.; : ! tho curious groups ivliiclv'-cplloctcd'-alpiipc: the route. As usual the tho procession were dcsigiiecl; to -.Csjjj|ss'" some skit upon tqpicalK.sutojecfs-.. . i-Qnii, of tho most amusing o.fvlhei'o. Aya's.' .tne skit'upon tho Auckltind'-Cjliiirglarjesii A ■ gang of cracksmen weroib'ujil.V; eiigaßca—■;. on the top of a. Jorry-in'/jextracting; 'tj.ie.; contents of a small jjoJTCj-. man, at tho end of the lqi;-y>JK ; ;.i.s.'''s.ea.teii ■ on a box, shielding hisC.ey.es.-. from . tue, ; | desperate spectacle. Another-' .WiJiJ tained a. party of suffi-iißi-ttes.; hvi.ri. v small:-; motor-car were seated an;.;.infant-'life.;pro-' lection party; there vns'aUo'α-ilaiisjiaw , representation of tho Cal?iiiet s -.jrhe T ;niT,-. cession was headed by p.iny of n)u?icians .st.ylcdS'.tiicl ."AV." l ! , '.!"' labo'urers' Band," w-hilevSlep.hjstgpliPiian,. figures, appropriately clod-iri;- W;lj.; ?aiid.; skittish youths attired inihaihabilanienfe of tho corps do. ballot, lipppefeiskippfdi.' and Kin up and down theuengtli -.oMlie;.| procession. On arrival' .■■..■:.:.iiiK.., othp-J city, various premises,^;-;;'jnchulnig;:: the Grand Hotel. Kirk-co!Hie:,,aii(l,'.Stiyn.s, : . the Telephone tablishmcnts were invade<l,tl)yilh<;.? : crew, the members of siderablo aniusoinent—in-js-.tortaui:-.-i-caf.qs dignified astonishment. ;pp:/. -thr whole, the procession w.a-i-.not ; :. : 'ciuite,,,-as.. good in the variety o£.'';.-.its'.Vcnmp3?i.»on--. and the adroitness of itsi;Ea,tire>;^r--tlia.t J J of the previous year. '■", i

THE STUDENTS'::CgNQEBT/;; "•''[. The big Town Kail evening for the students' : f:;eqncert.;. 0f the entertainment it that the students OTrpassbd.'themse.iy.e.s.'by: comparison with »._■£& usual, tho first part of^^hp-programme; consisted of a miEcellancpus'.J'progi-am.Miq' of musical items, whiclr'incliidetl:,college and capping songs by t]i?;:«fii'(leritsj:«vs; oral tuneful glees by the'CCplipgovx&l.M'' Club, a violin solo .by M.!'ss'-.llobie,-,,jand; .songs by jlliss >.A..Boeufve, and W. Goudie'gStainton conducted the-.toneertcd-i-'iteijisi; and Miss Harper playedi-Hio accompanw-i

Tho second nart consist'ddXo{B',aip/aici:i cal extravaganza, in threeSactsJV-iwh.ich'' were Eoparato entities soifarias.ftKeir'.iOr; lationship in the concerned. It was .entitied'.t.yfl'ump.ty;: Dumpty, or the Tlic first act enacted in:;£yvitche's';?:c,;vy-;. ern, in the -Tinakori HillsK.wfis:,;.an":.im,»s-; in» burlesque on the politicaU-situati.pYi:.''; Tlie next act was a laughable..slcifciortfttie; New Zealand comi)otition?;. : and,.the.Vthir{l. act was a serio-comic .representation;'"of; Hades, entitled "The pcsccnU-intq'S-Aye-' mus." Special praise imis .tbeT.-awarded: to the following:-Jle3sr?,V"C.', "T. Duncan, —. Evans, E.fiJlackersey,' I!.: ; : B. Broad, A. E. Caddickj'/'iind.O.b.V'Sievri wright, for the merit of : . their. ivnrk/Tlie"scenery" was by slrs;';"llanha , )i's-: , i(ije;e' Miss Sybil Johnston). ',:.:■'''.*!%■%;£'■*' : >''' ; -