The Supper.

The annual supper in honour of the graduates of the year was held in the large Town Hall. As a social function the affair can only be remembered as a dismal failure. The toast list seemed longer even than usual and was certainly no less tedious. The great majority, who wish to dance, are wearied to desperation by the speeches, and the few who do listen with any degree of interest have heard the same old tales scores of times before, and could well forego their pleasure. The toasts of the King and the graduates are acceptable as befitting the occasion, but all ensuing speeches are quite unnecessary and should be abolished forthwith. The actual food arrangements of the supper could well stand pruning also. Fifty pounds was the price of this year's extravagance. If dancing were started immediately on conclusion of the main performance, a light supper could be served in an interval at half the expense, and, if the affair could only be kept free of orators, with much more enjoyment to all concerned.

Time bath an art to make an end of all things, and on conclusion of the festivities dancing was pursued in the Concert Chamber until about 3 a.m.

Hockey First Eleven, 1908.