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Victoria College Students' Carnival. Friday and Saturday, 29th & 30th June, 1906

Programme

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Programme

Part I.

1. Capping Song
(a.)

"The Song of Victoria College." (page 3)

"Wisdom married to immortal verse." —Wordsworth.

(b.)

"Go to Coll." (page 4)

"All kinds of vulgar prejudices
I pray you set aside."

Trial by Jury.

2. Solo "Carmen Sita." Miss Strack

"You'll soon get used to her looks, said he, And a very nice girl you'll find her."

Trial by Jury.

3. Solo Mr. B. J. Jacobs

"Whose vocal villanies

All desire to shirk." —Mikado.

4. Capping Song "Honour where due." (page 6)

"This is the sorrowful story
Told when the twilight fails,
And the monkeys walk together
Holding each other's tails."

Kipling.

5. 'Cello Solo "Musette" (Offenbach) Mr. Ernest C. Levvey

"Now here is a man whose physical
Attributes are simply godlike."

Iolanthe.

6. Solo Mr. F. P. Wilson

"Sang nothing in particular
And sang it very well."

Iolanthe.

7. Capping Song—"Local and General" (page 11)

"If you have tears prepare to shed them now."Julius Cesar.

8. Discourse On the Education of the Young Mr. H. F. O'Leary and Mr. W. Perry

"He scorns to tell a story." —Mikado.

"Upon this hint I [unclear: pake]." —Othello.

vignette of a flower

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Part II.

"Munchums" or "The Origin of Genus."

"Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see

Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be." —Pope.

Tableau I.:— The Stone Age.
Solo "The Song of the Chancellor." Mr. A. W. Newton
Tableau II.:— The Iron Age.
Solo "These are the Days" Mr. W. Lyon
Tableau III.:— The Historic Age. Antiquarian Research.
Duet Lady Commissioner: Miss Daisy Isaacs
Sailor Mr. B. J. Jacobs
Tableau IV.:— The Tabloid Age.
Solo "Professorial Pills" Mr. T. N. Holmden

Stenery painted by Miss Sybil Johnson, Miss F. Smith, and assistants.

Supper Programme.

"I've treacle and toffee and excellent coffee,
Soft tommy and succulent chops,
I've chickens and conies, and pretty polonies,
And excellent peppermint drops."

H.M.S. Pinafore.

"What! a feast! a feast!" —Much Ado about Nothing.

Toast "The King" "God Save the King."
Toast "The Graduates" W. H. Wilson
Reply—M. W. C. Sprott "The Graduates " (page 12)
Toast "The College Council." W. Perry
Reply—Dr. Findlay ("The Council" page 13)
Toast "The Professors" W. H. Wilson
Reply Professor Von Zedlitz (4th verse "Professorial Pills." page 28)
Presentation of Medals Won at Easter Tournament.
Reply—E. J. Fitzgibbon (2nd verse "Honour where Due." page 6)
Toast "Absent Friends" G. F. Dixon
("Students' Song" page 13)

Dance:

"Let us gaily tread the measure,
Make the most of fleeting leisure,
Hail it as a true ally,
though it perish by and by."

Pirates of Penzance.

"Begin and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in."

Matthew Arnold.

"In spite of the imperfection of the 'Geological Record,' in spite of the conditions unfavourable to the preservation of many kinds of animals, it is sometimes possible to trace a whole series of extinct forms through progressive changes." —Kirk.