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The Spike: or, Victoria University College Review, June 1923

[introduction]

The words 'capping day' written on mortarboard with academics pulling a cart beneath it.

Capping this year was whittled down to a shadow of its former self—no, that is slight exaggeration. it has so far been impossible to give the Extravaganza; and an all-wise Professioral Board has brought its professorial and judicial foot down with a resounding crash on all attempts at a procession for two years. But some things remained to us. There remained the Undergraduates' Supper. There remained the Graduates' Luncheon. There remained the Graduation Ceremony. There remained (ah, blissful memory!) the Ball. Yes, something substantial certainly survived from the wreck. We made do very well. Let us consider the events in order.