From May 3, when a certain notorious book termed "Cappicade," is issued to sellers, until May 20, the last night of Extravaganza, 1961, in Wellington, Capping festivities will take place. Somehow, much responsibility will fall on the Capping Controller.

I am taking this opportunity to ask all who may in any way be involved in Capping activities (over the 17-day "week") to act with some measure of responsibility and civility. Enjoy yourself. Let your hair down, "let off steam," (I'll be doing all three), but do so within certain limits. Over the last two years your Executive has endeavoured to foster better relations with the City Fathers and the business community. At last we seem to be getting somewhere, as witness the appreciation shown by the City Council of our efforts in selling Treasure Charts.

Any repetition of what may be called less pleasant episodes associated with Capping, a few years ago, will result in a drastic deterioration in our civic standing. Be amusing and witty, but not insulting!

Floats

Up to the time of writing only six floats had been registered with the Procession Controller, Mr Paul Spender. If a Procession is going to be held at all the Capping Committee is of the opinion that at least 10 floats must be registered by Saturday, April 29. If we are going to present a procession to the people of Wellington we must make it a good and adequate one. The procession controller has intimated that if sufficient floats are not registered by April 29 he will have no hesitation in calling off the Procession. In this he has the backing of the Capping Committee. We therefore call for your support. Get your groups together now, register your float, inform Paul Spender of the materials required, these will then be delivered to you and you can get on with the job of building. The Procesh Controller is arranging the trucks.

Cappicade Distribution

25,000 copies of Cappicade at a price of 2/6 per copy are being printed. The editors have laboured many long hours to produce an excellent magazine. Two hundred (200) sellers are essential. At the moment the Cappicade Distribution Manager has the names of only 21. This is an appalling situation! I appeal to all students to get off their great fat backsides, to go down town and meet the public, and sell your own Capping magazine. All who are able to help, be it only for an hour, are asked to leave their name and address with Lindsay Cornford, Alister Robb or myself, or with Mrs Dunmore, the Association's secretary, in the Executive Office in the Old Little Theatre Block.

Extremely generous commissions are to be paid both to individual sellers and to club groups.

A meeting of all sellers will be held in C3 on Tuesday, May 2 at 7.30 p.m. A pep-talk on Cappicade salesmanship will be given. Be There!

Charity Collection

A collection will again be held this year during Procesh for the Wellington After-care Association. This association looks after about 35 intellectually retarded persons, who are cared for at 111 Brougham St. by unpaid workers. Those attending are all intellectually retarded—some are also physically retarded in some way. All are incapable of taking a remunerative job in society and have been classed as non-educable. The ages of most are over 18 years. The aim of the association is to give these people some sense of achievement and some interest in life. To this end they arrange such activities as sewing, films, music, games, folk dances, etc.

The Wellington After-care Association must not be confused with the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Parents' Association, a national, government-supported body. The W.A.C. Association does not receive any direct governmental assistance, although it does receive a small grant from the McCarthy Trust.

At present the Association is planning to buy a beach house at Paraparaumu to enable mothers to stay with their handicapped children free of charge.

Your Capping Committee feels that this is a local Association that is worthy of our support. I would ask all students who can possibly give a hand on May 5 to contact Bob Stewart the Collection Controller, or myself.

I think that's the lot, go to it now,