The Executive reverted to the former practice of commencing Capping Week with the Procession. Although it was doubtful until the last minute whether the police ban on processions of any description would be relaxed and many were precluded from preparing stunts owing to their nights being fully taken up with Extrav. rehearsals, the Haeremai Club rose to the occasion. Considering these difficulties and the fact that the Procession had had to be abandoned during the past few years through no fault of the College, the Procession, shepherded rapidly through the city by the police, was a success and provided valuable experience for next year. If the Procession was not as exciting as in most years, the traditional speeches in Post Office Square were definitely Elizabethan. Perhaps next year's speakers will rely less on the bludgeon and more on the rapier when preparing their harangues. This year's Procession proved that selling "Cappicades" is a jolly sight more enjoyable than taking part in an elaborate stunt, and much easier, except perhaps on the feet.

Undergraduates' Supper

The Supper this year, as in 1933, seemed to lack the spontaniety and the verve of its predecessors. After the usual toasts had been honoured in "bubbly" (non-alcoholic, unless bootlegged) and replied to, Myff Davies and Redmond Phillips revived happy memories of Extravs. past and present, and W. J. Mountjoy Jnr. obliged with several gems from his varied repertoire. Merv. Pearce once again proved a friend in need at the piano both at the Elm and at Margaret O'Connor's Studio where a dance excelling even those after "Cappicade" continued till dawnish, as some of our weekly contemporaries would say.

The Capping Ceremony

Even a drenching downpour could not prevent a large attendance at the ceremony in the Town Hall. The speech of the evening was made by Professor Easterfield who, to quote "The Post," "was the first speaker in recent years to earn the distinction of finishing his speech." Oh, Granny! When a speaker is audible and speaks to the point Victoria College undergraduates usually hear him through, even at a Capping Ceremony. The Haeremai Club were well in evidence with alarm clocks and motor horns and bouquets (mainly from the back garden), just to show the women that they cannot have things all their own way. The sensation of the evening was the arrival of "Mr. Laurel" and "Mr. Hardy," who solemnly placed a lei round the shoulders of the astonished I. D. Campbell, much to the consternation of the Registrar. That dignitary was later completely overcome by the solid phalanx page 119 that greeted Messrs. Bradshaw, Birks and Wild. However he had the advantage of position and the invaders departed more speedily than they arrived.

The Ball

The Mayfair was the scene of the climax of what are generally known as Student Festivities. The Ball itself went off with a swing and if there were some pallid faces and dark circled eyes at the Presentation Ceremony later in the morning, the general feeling must have been that it was worth it. All honour to those who worked so hard to make Capping, 1934, so outstandingly enjoyable.