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Victoria University College Capping Programme 1930

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"These Savages, who want all Manner of Regard and Deference to the rest of Mankind, come only to show themselves to ns, without any other Purpose than to let us know they despise us."

The Spectator.

Granose (a Fairy) Agnes Elliott

"Child, if you have a rummy kind of name,

Remember to be thankful for the same."

Belloc.

Aspidistris (Private Secretary to Ouinina) Ola Nielsen

"Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower

On earth was never sown.'"

Wordsworth.

Pigfern H. J. Bishop
Scabious A. A. B. Mouat

Constables of the Ward Island Fairv Service.

"What is this life, if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare."

Davies.

"The Police have their faults, but thank God they're inefficient!"

Chesterton.

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Quinina (the Fairy Queen) Aileen Davidson

"She was born to make hash of men's buzzums"

Artemus Ward.

Fairiel (a fairy problem) Edna Purdie

I think it was the best of luck

That I was born a little duck."

The Fairy Ring.

Monkey Shine Nuts from the Family Tree U. Williams
Monkey Brand Nuts from the Family Tree (J A. Whitcombe

"What has posterity done for us?"

Trumbull.

One-eyed Jake (a sinful old pirate) H. C. Read

"He drinks with impunity, or anybody who invites him."

Artkemus Ward.

Sunkist Sammy (a pirate s apprentice) R. Hogg

"Call us not weeds—we are flowers of the sea."

Aveline.

Captain Kyd, Scourge of the Scuppers (a coarse corsair). A. D. Priestley
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"There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money."

Doctor Johnson.

"The pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety."

Jane Austen.

Pimpernickel, Queen of the Undieworld (a piratess). Zenocrate Henderson

"Lor, hut women's rum cattle to deal with—
The first man found that to his cost—
And I reckon it's just through a woman
The last man on earth will he lost."

Sims.

Rose-petal Rufus (a bad pirate) W. S. Harris

"He'd wash his hands in blood to keep them clean."

E. B. Browning.

Blowfly Bert (a badder pirate) R. Larkyn

"I drink, I huff, I strut, look big and stare,

And all this I can do, because I dare."

Villiers.

Little Eric of Berhampore (offsider to Kyd) D. G. Edwards

"A noisy man is always in the right."

Cowper.

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Ben Borstal (a music pirate) H. W. Dowling

"The great Burlybumbo who sings double D."

Barham.

Sherlock Holmes (a sleuth) W. J. Mountjoy

"There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human heart."

Dickens.

Dr. Watson (his shadow) W. P. Rollings

"You look wise. Tray correct that error."

Lamb.