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Capping Week

To-day is the day of Inefficiency. Witness the folly of Capping Week, so admirably in keeping with the spirit of the age. From the first whisper of the Extravaganza to the last sore head following the Ball, everything went with the incoherent vim which only a student could tolerate. The spirit of mediocrity hung o'er the whole like a funereal pall. From the depths of our d spair we add this brief lament to inspire students of a later year to even worse heights of imbecility.

The Extravaganza leaves us speechless.

At the Undergraduates Supper everything went smoothly save for a few seditious utterances passed on the doings of the mighty.

Once again the Procession went with the aid of the usual Capping spirit. The participants made the best possible use of their meagre share of originality, and produced the anticipated result. We give the first prize to "Lord and Lady Patent-Bowells," mainly because it headed the procession, and we do not include in Honourable Mention the Scheme for Unemployed Women. The only thing which we find to praise was the commendable absence of stale fish.

As for the Capping ceremony (sic), the mere recollection of it moves us to melancholy tears. The principal speaker spoke. . . and spoke . . . and spoke.

Then followed the Chief Function—we understand this was one of the biggest Balls that 'Varsity has ever seen, and congratulate the Supper Committee.

—The Staff.