The Spike or Victoria College Review, June 1908
Capping Carnival
Capping Carnival.
Have You Been Introduced To Your Fellow Students?
Though you be an absolute stranger to every other student in the College, we want You, if only for that very reason, to make a special point Of attending the
Victoria College
Students' Association annual Capping Carnival and Graduates' Supper, to be given in the Sydney street schoolroom, on the 25th instant, in honour of the graduates of the year. Each one of the 407 students now attending lectures at our college doubtless
Expects
to improve by attending college, but some are apt to forget, in their feverish anxiety to secure the addition of certain magic letters after their name,
That
they owe a duty to their fellow-students as well as to themselves. A University course is intended to Instruct as well as to Educate.
Every Student
should realize his responsibilities in this connection. If he claims to be a "superior" person. Then let him be unselfish and help others to become polished like himself by associating with them; if he feels himself inferior to his fellows he
Will
obviously profit by rubbing shoulders with those around him. The Students' Association exists for the propose of promoting the welfare of students. Students, therefore. Will
Do
well to take advantage of such opportunities for the promotion of social intercourse and good fellowship, as will be offered them on the 25th and 27th June by the Re-Union of past and present graduates and undergraduates in honour of those who's hard-earned Diplomas will be presented to them on Capping Day. The Chancellor will doubtless have
His
little (?) say on the Thursday afternoon, but the evening will be ours. Let it be clearly understood that in addition to the usual entertainment carnival—call it what you will—there is a Free Supper for students only, which it is the
Duty
of all to attend, if you have not been to a previous one, come this time. If you have been before—well. We shall expect you again!
Ask About It! Think About It! Talk About It! But Don'T Forget About It!