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AS is well known in informed College circles, the College Art Galleryi/’~ has received a Grant in the region of £2,500, from the .Gulbenkian[Foundation, and perhaps this is the time to review critically theI adivities of Trinity’s Art Connoisseurs. In under a year, the Gallery

has expanded at remarkable rate, and clearly there is yet further roomfor expansion. However, a certain amount of criticism must be directedt0wards this oligarchical body, which could do so much to improve and~pe the tastes of modern students.The exorbitant rent -- 5/- for a duced to such numbers as will honestly

pictu~’e, which the temporary owner will~uauy enjoy for only seven weeks--~0uld now be drastically reduced. Con-~dembly more care should be taken in~e selection of pictures to be purchasedbY the Gallery--we are reliably in-formed that one member of the Com-mittee spent a large sum of money in~itzerland buying reproductions which~ere aesthetically pleasing to his peculiartastes---tasbes which appear to be wellabove the heads of most of the customersd the Gallery. Surely it is only fairthat the patrons of College art shouldbe given anore " say" in the selection ofpai, tings which appeal to them most,~tead of being forced to queue up and~nt whatever happens to have pleasedthe w~s of three or four self-styledu~perts--as indeed the effective business

the Gallery seems to be controlled by~tiny cultural clique.And what of the future? The con-

ditions of the Gulbenkian Grant stipu-late that much of the money should be

~fisnt for the e~couragement of livingts, and especially Irish ones. ThusCollege Gallery has to bear the

burden of responsibility in selecting¯hat artists they are to patronise withtheir new found wealth, and let us hopethat with the assistance of expert~ivice--and they will need this assist-ance--they will not be found unworthyof carrying out such a trust.

That money which will not be neededfor the purchase of originals could wellh spent on widening the available~lection of reproductions. Perhaps the~ltured tastes of those that happen toprefer " Old Masters " will be equally~tered for, and paintings which can0nly be described as Art with the widest~retch of imagination--pictures whichto many appear as pitiful manifestations0f a disordered mind--will finally be re-

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floor of No. 30 were converted into fully-furnished bed-sittingrooms. The remain-ing three floors have now been convertedand the accommodation increased by 24.

Our reporter¯ carried out a door-to-door enquiry a~nong the residents.Whereas in a double, students are ableto make many more friends, it wassuggested that living in a single mightinduce loneliness. The majority of the

in Parliament Square

Modern Russia in ViewMr. Declan Costello, T.D., did not hold

the view that one day Russian powerwould flee from growing Chinesepotential i,~to the arms ~of the West. Hesaw China as a support to Russianpower as the power of Western Europebacks up the United States.

Professor Stanford, proving how wellhe could substitute ~or two or even morespeakers, at very short notice nroposed" ironically" (as an honorary memberof the Hist.) that the UniversityPhilosophical Society was worthy ofsupport. He pointed out the dualitycomplex which existed in this island,viz., two nations, Dubli~ with twoancient cathedrals and two Universities,and Trinity had two Major Societies.He failed to mention we also sport twothriving weekly newspapers, but nomatter. His address also contained anardent plea to ban the phrase " nuclearclub," which he considered a.n insult interms to an institution of which he him-self was not unfond.

The meeting was brought to an endby Mr. Kingsley Martin, editor of the" New Statesman," who was introducedby the Provost as a Cambridge man anda person who co.ntrolled a journal whichhe (the Provost) greatly admired. Mr.Martin mercifully did not wander fromhis theme to the result of the BritishGeneral Election, but put forward thepacifist approach since nuclear warwould spell the end of both Communism:,nd the Free World.

The Dining Hall was full to capacityfor the meeting and those who stayed towell after 11 o’clock for the finalspeeches experienced a weighty and con-structive discussion which was rarelypunctuated, not surprisingly when oneconsiders the subject, by moments oflighter relief.

Undeterred by the almost last-minuteapologies for absence on the part of twoof the major speakers, Sir EdwardBoyle, M.P., and Mr. Konin Killiacus,M.P., who both had to speak at an im-portant deba~ at Westminster, theUniversity Philosophical Society had acrowded, if not brilliant, opening meet-ing in the Dining Hall last Thursday.

The Presidemt, Mr. J. A. D. Bird,delivered a sound address entitled "TheNew Russia," over which he hadobviously spent much research andthought. An historical and factual in-troduction conveyed the listener smoothlyto a picture of the Russia of to-day, andthe " personality cult " as epitomised bythe policy of Krushchev. He advocatedthat the W~est take the initiative innuclear disarmament, and that by sodoing in effect no loss of face wouldresult for Western diplomacy. Ratherwould it flourish in the new environmentiv which no "sword of Damocles"would be suspended over internationalconferences° I,n referring to the NewRussia, Mr. Bird laid stress on the grow-i.ng liberalisation of the State machine,and maintained, in the o,inion of many,incorrectly, that Pasternak’s only sin~as that he published " Dr. Zhivago "outside Russia. He made only one fleet-ing reference to Htmgary, .and thattowards the end of his paper, and glossedever the fact that this incident alonecompletely refuted his thesis. Perhapsthis was the only weakness in his other-wise excellently delivered paper.

Professor H. Seton-Watson, Professorof Russian History in the University ofLondon, spoke long and well on whatwas obviously home ground. He wascertain Krushehev would never risk totalhydrogen bomb war, and nominated, i.nhis opinion, Persia as the most likelytrouble spot in future internationalrelations.

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residents said that far from being lonelythey had many visitors, though theyadmitted they did not know many¯ oftheir neighbours.

They were able to study harder on thewhole, though disturbed in several casesby noisy radios. The increased rent didnot appear to cause any hardship,though several people said that it mightbecome prohibitive over a long period.All those interviewed declared that theywere much more comfortable and settledthan they had ever been before, whetherin singles, doubles or "digs." The finalword c~me from a Senior Sophister who,when asked if he would go back to adouble were this possible, replied:" Hell, no." I,t would appear, therefore,that the conversion of No. 30 has beenfrom almost every aspect highlysatisfactory.

Grab Your Hatand Run !

It is becoming painfully obvious thatthere is now nothing to choose betweenexaminations and the average grenade.And it was with the whiff of powder stillin the air that the Law Society (thereweren’t as many as there was a whileago) took the field last Friday in thedebate "That Preventive Justice is In-justice." Messrs. Holland and Croningave their usual polished sincerity asthey discredited the policy of " shootingfirst and asking questions afterwards."Mr. Dickson had many good things tosay but he must learn to gear down histhoughts to a reasonable speed. Mr.Gibbons said he felt like a Gaderineswine who had sneaked back while theothers weren’t looking and sat down toa tremendous burst of silence. Mr. Jonessomehow slated the Tories and tried to

.~ut the Nye in Nyasaland which broughtorth some Central African Home Truthsfrom Mr. Doyle. Miss Johnson (wow!)finished us off and the Chairman, Mr.Jack Kirwan, decided that the motion,badly worded though it was, had beencarried.

Now what was said was good. Butonly seven people spoke out of anaudience of more than twenty. Evenallowing for the motion, and excusingthe Freshers, must we come to the con-clusion that the lawyers have lost theirvoices? No. But what we must see isthat many established members of thesociety are taking without giving asthey sit in a cloud of complacency at theback of the room, or worse, just roll upfor a free cup of tea, and look smoothas one noted member did twice last week.By speaking, a person can only do goodto himself, the debate and the society.If politicians can have nothing to sayanti say it, then lawyers can too. It’sa funny thing, people will talk all daylong, but give them a definite time andplace to speak and they shut up. Ah,well, such is life.

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TRINITY NEWS3 Trinity College

Chairman:ANTHONY C. GYNN

Viee-Chalrman :R¯ T. C. KENNEDY

Editor8:M¯ J. RIGGS, B. ADAMS

Bu~ines~ MaunDers:D. A¯ S. BUTLER, RACHEL M¯ PHILLIPS

P. H. VAUGHAN, M. R¯ B. READII

Secretary: F. BAIGEL

Vol. VII TRINITY NEWS No. 2

THURSDAY, 5TH NOVEMBER, 1959

CENSORSHIPAT the time it was vaguely

amusing b u t profoundly

pathetic to read that children’s

books in the Southern UnitedStates had been banned because

in the stories white rabbits got on

riotously with black r~bbits. That

was bureaucratic censorship in its

extreme, but events in the past

week in the Republic have shown

that Irish intelligence is almost

equally insulted and consequently

forced to flower abroad. No con-sideration was shown to anyone,

least of all the audience, in thetermination of "The Ginger Man"

after a three-night run: no one will

say in as many words why "Billy

Fury" was sacked from the Royal:

those who pay 10d. to the State on

a 2/7 cinema ticket are rightly

appalled by the erratic jumps and

cuts from which no film seems to

be immune -- not even a world-

praised musical showing in town

at the moment.

This latter topic of film censor-

ship provoked a timely letter from

the Boulting Bros. printed in lastSaturday’s "Irish Times." It

appears they have refused the

showing of their film, "I’m AllRight, Jack!" (U. cert..), in theRepublic since even this comedyof trade union manners had comein for the censor’s greedy scissors.They hope that their refusal toa~quiesce will focus attention onthe glaring need for reform in thisdepartment, Here surely is the onesolution to the problem, if the pro-ducers concerned could afford thefinancial loss caused by boycotting

the Irish screen. The contest wouldnot be long and the point is worthfighting for.

Ireland can little afford to addmore names to those of Yeats,Joyce, O’Casey and Beckett, whosetalent must benefit alien lands andalien cultures. Irish censorshipfosters the unfortunately un-muteinglorious Miltons who have killedthe international repute built upby the founders of our nationaltheatre. "With knowledge of thetype of programme sponsored bythe I n d e p e n d e n t TelevisionAuthority, it should be interestingto view the effect of Ulster T.V.on the rest of Ireland, since neitherpowerful transmission nor effectivejamming are respecters of borders.

The iron grip of censorship inIreland must be relaxed and exer-cised within reasonable bounds ifwe are not going to be limited tocountry c~ilis, Abbey "comedies"

, and news ~ la Gael-linn.

"ICARUS"The Trinity College " literary " maga-

zine will again be on sale during thepenultimate week of term. As this issuewill be the first of a new year, theeditor, Michael Leahy, is particularlyinterested in receiving cantributions ofpoetry or short stories from the newFreshmen. Any budding men (or ladies)of letters, therefore please note that theclosing date for chefs-d’oeuvre is nextMonday, November 9th, to " Icarus," No.3 T¯C.D.

PROFILE

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITYPHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY -- Mr. J. A. D. BirdDavid Bird is one of those people of

whom it can almost be said that theirprofession and their hobby are one andthe same thing. By profession, astudent of agriculture, now in his fourthyear, he is still keen enough to get upat 6 a.m. to milk cows without undue

grumbling¯ An ex-Secretary of theAgricultural Society, he is a firmbeliever in the application of scientificprinciples to farming and is outspokenin his views of the situation in present-day Ireland. By nature a realist, hewields a vigorous broom when dealingwith the cobwebs of Irish farming

thought, and believes that when run on.modera~ lines, Irish agriculture cau equalany in the world.

For many people, such an identitybetween hobby and profession may bean indication of a rather narrow-mindedoutlook. This is utterly untrue ofDavid, as is shown’ by the fact that he isPresident of the Phil. for the comi,ngyear. When Secretary last year, heshowed himself to be a first classorganiser, and he should make an ex-cellent President. As a speaker, he isnot an orator, but makes his points byreasoned argument, leaven.ed by a ratherastri.ngent wit.

One’s first impression on meetingDavid is of a rather quiet, reservedperson; on further acquaintance thisimpression fades and is replaced by oneof a person of considerable depth, whoreads widely and is a believer in the artof conversation--he is prepared todiscuss al~most any subject at any hourof the day or night.

Not a great athleVe, he has occasion-ally been observed playing tennis in theBay at a time when nobody is likelyto be watching--he is essentially amodest person.

Being an agricultural student, Davidspends much of the day outside College-- this is Trinity’s loss .now, butIreland’s eventual gain, for he isdetermined to stay and farm here, andin this Ireland is lucky, for he is thesort of person that the country greatlyneeds.

Jq STILLNESS OF TIMEThe orchestra of waves upon the shoreTuning to a sudden rush of evening" air,And cymbals echoing the sharp elusivenessOf silvered foam on rock-crouched sand,Transmits a timeless elegy of soundAcross the scarlet ashes of the sky,Borne by a wind that softly whispersThe last enchantments of the dayAnd stirs men’s thoughts so long s~bmergedIn the dark undertow of troubled hoursTo the sunlit uplands of the mindAnd a moment of pervasive calm.

J. Shipman.

En passant ....The policy of the Government not to

buy more goods made abroad than~ossible seemed to have permeated asxar as the rural councils, and maaaygestures of panic were made by exilesof that fair city when they read theseheadlines in Monday’s " Irish Press ":"Li~nerick’s ’ Buy Limerick ’ Drive."Enquirers would have been assured thatno rodents had been seen leaving theirlovely city on an island, nor had a~yAmerican syndicate even tentativelyoffered a price.

The story goes that Percy French, theimmortal Irish ballad writer, liked fewthings better than playing tennis in theProvost’s Garden, and tipping thegardener for marking out the court.There appeared to be one snag, however,since in those days (the mid 1870’s) theProvost kept a cow, which objected moreto the heinous crime of students playingin the Fellows’ Garden than the Provostdid himself. As tastes, even in animals,change, it would be a brave student whowould tip the Provost’s gardener for asimilar purpose to-day.

¯ One of the driest comments evermade on the existence of two entirelyseparate Universities in this city waslately addressed to me by a middle-agedgraduate of Trm]ty. In looking atTrinity," he said, " you cannot fail to bestruck by the massive high railingswhich enclose it on all sides. They havebecome a formidable, a safe and apermanent part of its life. And thenI go up to Earlsfort Terrace and viewthe facade of U.C.D. Around its baseare stumpy pillars supporting heavychains. You know," he lowered hisvoice, "there’s a powerful lot o~ un-conscious humour in Ireland."

Figures published by the OxfordUniversity ~o-,~er, " Cherwell," showFreshmen to be getting even fresher

since now ~ore tha~ 80 per cent. go upbefore doing National Service. To us inTrinity a four-year course can have itsadvantages, since those from overseaspray that they may be here long enoughto miss National Service on return, andthe natives thank Providence that theirmi.nd is made up for them when it comesto spending one more year in the shadeof the Campanile or two (?) in theglades of Portobello or the Curragh.

What is the world coming to? Hasall respect for ~ropert:¢ gone? Follow-ing close on the heels of a .quartermillion pound jewel robbery m theWest End, a Dublin evening newspaperadded another sorry chapter to thisdecline in public morals, giving to the~eading article on its front page theheading: "Dublin houses broken into;gas meters looted."

R~mour that all versions of the OldTestame.nt for sale in city bookshopshad been called in proved to be un-founded on investigation.

Few students could fail to recognisethe cheerful and courteous Garda whoselot it appears to be to control the cross-ing outside Front Gate. One couldhardly fail to miss him. since he haswhitish hair a~d must be one of thesmallest in the Force, not being a cent|-metre over 6 ft. 2 ins. It is a sobering

¯ ti~ought that he belongs to the lowestpaid police force in Europe and probablyhad as much money to keep his familyafter ten years’ ~ervice as an averageTrinity student reauires to carry himthrough a week. Their low Wage doesnot account for the fact that they areone of the most prized and courteous ofoolice forces in the world, but it probablyhas a lot to do with the fact that theGarda Siochana are perhaps the mosthuman.

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College ObservedTHE PARTY LINE

Freshers arise, the lads request yourcompany. In other words, despite allthe advice given you, probably etchingsby Tolstoy, paintings by Wad|a, printsby Kaminski, your rules to succeed areeasy. After all, we’ve done it. Look at" Four and Six," regard Bells, Booksand Candles," our names are inn.n:crtalised.

You have, by now, been well installedin the College motto: Oh, for work. Donot shirk.

Your duties are: B.A. with bar. Tadada dadada dada de. Lo.ng live theJunior. Ah weeell, I don’ rightl~know ....

The last few lines of the motto beingleft to the imagination and nimbleness

’of wit; their accent might change withthe change in the Junior; but this onelooks as if he will be steami,~g on forever. Taking the motto to heart, YOuhave now your Hodges and Figgis’ underyour arm, your Baberton Spiral uressedto your breast, and you revel in thatnine o’clock fresh morning air. But halt,I will be just with you. You all havesuccessfully discovered Quenton and thecoffee bar.

Yet spread out, your days may be|umbered. The societies, even the deadones, have opened their souls to you,hard mercenary ones. and ~ngulfed youinto their cosy circle. Girls, beware thedragon of No. 6. When she approaches,merely giggle and sigh "Too true.Prue, too true." She might go away,she has lots of other interests. But toour theme, you must get mentioned; youmust get mentioned, so give a uarty.

You have digs, get a flat¯ Don’t livein it, get it; give a ~arty. See MacKay,see Titterington (Barbecue, my speei-e]ity), see Crammond (Wouldn’t it befun to go in fancy dress). They are allin the know.

The flat party. You get a flat, youtake the furniture out: you put peoplein; you fill it and them with dri.nk; youleave. On return four days later youwonder where all the extra furniturecame from; you sort it and them out;throw your hands in the air and leave.You will be mentioned, your party wasgood, you are the star of the day. Giveanother quick. Dad will only have tosell one oil well.

The Hall |arty. Get a room i.n Hall.Take out the furniture, fill it withpeople; re-read above, though watch thewanderers. They start by looking for thebathroom, and are not seen again. It isa very unhappy girl who finds that herhearth rug has upped itself and is dis-appearing into the gloom.

One last word--the g~ests: Well,there is you, and there is me; and ifone put~ one’s mind to it, some others.Invite the Players, they’ll come anyway.Beware the Medics, some of them willalso come anyway; yet there is a bunchof them that is not a social asset. Therest of them are as you want them.N.ever forget the liquor, never forgetthe partners.

Come, you are in the uarty line.It won’t cost an oil well every time,For once your parties have been prizedyour name lives for ever, ~mmortalised.

Missions in TransitionMissionary-minded Mr. P. H. Vaughan

read a paper to the first ordinary meet-ing of the College Theological Societylast Monday ~ight. He chose as his title" Missions in Transition," and for fortyminutes gave out sufficient rone forseveral members to hang themselves on.

The essayist dealt with the urobleraof the changing face of the mission-fieldunder the headings: " Motive," "Methodat Home " a~d "Method Overseas." Out.motive was not primarily to beevangelism, but simply obedience andlove to Christ.

Under the second heading he pouredscorn on the missionary ouerility ofIreland, not knowing perhaps that hewas being listened to by one of theofficials of the Irish missianary reportteam. Th e method overseas, Mr.Vaughan thought, must be living, andnot teaching, theology.

The Hon. Librarian (Mr. DavidAdams~ in proposing the vote of thanksto the essayist, put before the house thegreat effect that the industrial revolu-tion bad played on the mission-fields ofthe world. What had happened over aperiod of centuries in E~gland had take~place in ten years in some parts ofAfrica and Asia. Mr. Adams was con-cerned, too, with the problem of howto deal with those who cannot under-stand the terms of Christianity. d

The vote of thanks was secondeby angry young man Mr. RobertEngland, who was concerned about thepagan nature of Ireland. Someoneshould remind Mr. England that Irelandis the land of saints and scholars.

Mr. A. M. Smith wanted to advertisethe Gosvel bv inventing a new lollipopand sucking it on television.

Philosopher Mr. D. Mackev wouldl~ave been wiser to have remained in hisseat. ouietly reading Mill’s " InductiveLogic."

Mr. A. H. R. Quinn either agreed ordisagreed with all the speakers who hadpreceded him.

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PU[’I?ET OR ?"Eliz." President’s Competent Address~t the opening meeting of the~abetha~ Society on Monday, a large~ence heard the President, Missdget Hull, read her inaugural address,inn, Puppet of Fate or God of~y?" Miss M. E. McManus was in

~hair.e President’s paper was short,~lating, and intelligently written.

windows." We must unblock, shatter,rebel, break the chain, and reach peaceby giving m’d loving. Miss Frankauconcluded by quoting Humbert Wolfe’sparable of the pine trees: " Merely byclimbing, the shadow is made less."

Mr. Brendan Smith, who has felt theblows of fate as director of the DublinInternational Theatre Festival, wisely

we owe to God." Dr. Waltan finallyadopted a via media--the road leadingfrom material knowledge to spiritualfreedom.

Mr. Jack White, Features Editor ofthe " Irish Times," who substituted atthe last minute for Mr. Hilton Edwards,was the first speaker to become reallyexcited. His enthusiasm and humour

"~ .: ." . . " ~ Photo courtesy " h~sh Times.’"Before the inaugural me~tiag of the Elizabethan Society ~ (fram left to right), Miss PamelaFrankau, Mr. Breadan Smith, Miss Bridget Hull, President of the "Liz.," and Professor E. T. S.

Walton, F.T.C.D.

Singing the

ChangesSONGS OF THE IRISH REPUBLICAN

ARMY~Sung by DOMINIC BEItAN(Riverside Speciality Series. L.P.,33 r.p.rn.).

When approaching music of this kind,the first difficulty any critic is faced withis the relative importance of content andform. Behan’s voice is completely un-trained, and it would appear from thisrecord that he relies on an inherent senseof music and tremendous sincerity toproject his songs, using the simpleaccompaniment of a guitar, banjo, orconcertina to further this effect.

In a way, these songs as sung byDominic Behan remind one of the typeof material used by a negro blues singerfron~ the Southern States of the U.S.A.Both the blues and the songs of theI.R.A. were a product of hardship,misery and repression, but whereas theblues reflected every aspect of human lifeand existence, the latter were concernedonly with the fight for freedom from alimited, if more positive, point of view.Like the blues, too, many of the tunesare traditional, and the songs themselvesdate from about 1910, as, for example," Slean Libh," to Behan’s own com-position, " The Patriot Game," writtenin the last year or two. Old favouritessuch as " Kevin Barry" are revived, i’fthey ever died at all, and it is to thesinger’s credit that he: succeeds in stillgiving the songs a feeling of freshness,sincerity, and, one might almost say, ofspontaneity. The sadness, fervour,humour, and anger of the rebel theworld over are all represented on thisalbum, and Dominic Behan, like hisbrother, was born to speak and sing forthe rebel.

For the RecordThe D.U. Gramophone Society, one "of

the most successful minor societies in~College: has every hope this year of~vreasmg last year’s record member-ship. Ifs meeti.ngs, held on Friday

he said that man has always tried tomtrol his own destiny, played Oedipusmt consulted horoscopes. Every momentmi asuect of our lives is concerned withf~e. Miss Hull was chiefly interested

the distinction between "external and~rnal fate." Though we have made~at advances we are not masters of

environment, cannot overcome ore-physical limitations. It is by inner~zurity that we may conquer externaldmunstances and win peace of mind.~We are never quite god or slave," butmust travel towards the god.

The size of the subject ensured varied~d individual interpretations of it. Dr.Walton was scientific, Mr. BrendanSmith theatrical, and Mr. Jack White inthe best manner of an " Irish Times "l~der. Miss Pamela Frankau, the well-lm0wn novelist, answering Miss Hull,was brilliant, witty, and the best speakerQf the evening.

"Man can do what he likes with freeWill," said Miss Frankau. " He has thethe free will to take a drink, it makeshim feel like a new man, and then the~ewman wan~s one." Like other novelists~day, she fears conformity and socialfetters. She described her symbolic!volt from salad twice a day in Cali-~raia. She condemned self-imnosedhkers, the chains of jargon and clich6."devoted gambler." she discussed the

dstence and fascination of luck, the~rraed people and " the natural doom-rogers." Tur~ing to the question ofnner fate," she said the wavelengthtWeen us and God is too often blocked.

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declined to tempt it. He restricted the made a lively ending. He was scornfulsubject to familiar ground--Ireland and of psycho-analysts, but believed that thethe theatre. The actor must not destiny of one man and through him ofimitate, but re-create and we must all the world is influenced and determined byavoid the subble breaking-down of the "the concerted will of a great numberindividual into part of a mass mind. He of people." He called the freedomdetected a spirit of " almost oriental through detachment sought by thefatalism" in Ireland, the’comfortable romantic "a delusion." Peace of mindresignation of " It’ll all be the same in is only attained together with the peacea hundred years." of other minds, the recognition of social

Dr. Walton described himself as "a responsibility. His personal interpreta-qualified but perpetual optimist," who |ion of happiness was the pursuit of ancarries a piece of string and a second ideal, always attractive, always justfountain-pen. He gently but firmly escaping.associated the subject with a factual The speakers covered a wide field, but

were rarely irrelevant. Miss Hull’spaper was not only original and con-structive, but the perfect catalyst.

evenings in the comfortable rooms of theElizabetha~ Society, regularly attractthose with general or specialised in-terests in music. It aims to sponsortalks by well-known musical personali-ties. This Friday, November 6th, at7.45, it will have the opportunity ofhearing Dr. Brian Boydell, the dis-tin.guished Irish coanposer, talk aboutthe music of Bela Bartok, illustratinghis talk with a wide variety of records.Dr. Boydell is an accomplished speakeron many subjects and it should be apleasure to listen to him.

All new members are assured of ahearty welcome. Further informationconcerning the Society can be obtainedfrom those in charge: Russell Teller,Peter Haley-Dunne and Nicholas Carey.

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Mr. Hilton Edwards, the theatricalproducer, who sent his apologies for

being unable to attend.

appraisal of man’s circumsta.nces andcapacities. We live in a huge universeon a planet the size of a pea; we areabysmally ignorant " of the world be-yond us, but can at least try to controlour present situation. We are living oncapital, and must learn more and moreto offset this. It is also "a coxnpliment

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Number Eleven was a hive of socialactivity on Thursday at the party givenby six stalwarts, John Cleeve, CharlesD’Arcy, Peter Davies, Richard Philcox,Peter Tillman and Michael Knott. WillyDillon was fascinated by the boa-constrictor who was fascinated by FionaLove. This column saw Jane Gwynn, butwhere was her friend ? And where wasFaddy Backman? The shemw flowedon, being imbibed in a genteel mannerby Chris. Bolland who~e attention wasfixed on Liz Mulcahy-Morgan, a charmerfrom Hall. So there we all were--Harrs, Cranfield, Claire McClenaghan--all screeching fashionably a~d sayingthat it was quite the nicest party thisweek, and all revelling in the room atthe top. At that stage the alligatorwas displayed--we yelled and rushed offto Sandymo~nt ....

Paddy Backman has finally done it!With flat-mates David (Hot Lips)Pearson and Tony (Cheers Man)Skelton he threw a surprisingly plushsherry party. They outdid No. 11 inacquiring the established lovelies as wellas throwing their lassoes over the "new

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Donnybrook was enlivened on Tuesdayby the small spur-of-the-moment partygiven by Ann Mahon. Entrancing JudyMaguire helped to entertain by quick-fire conversation. Michael FitzGeraldtalked politics (why ?) with MichaelTopping. Raymond Kennedy preferredto c h e w sausages with ElizabethMcDowell. Everyone kept on sayingthey should be at a meeting or a meal,but seemed reluctant to depart.

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LAST M 1 N UT E VI CTO RYBut Cohesion Still Lacking;

Great Discovery in ReesTrinity, 9; Old Wesley, 8.

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TRINITY continues on her winning way; but this,time only just.Trinity scored first but witl~ only a few minutes to go were still

two points down---a situation for which they had no one to blame butthemselves. However, defeat was turned into victory by the sure boot

of Hall.

Hockey--lst XL

TRINITY CONCEDEMILLS CUP

Bat Comfort in Improved DisplayTrinity, 1; Railway Union, 2.

Nevertheless once again delight inwin~ing must be te~npered by theadmission of serious faults in Trinity’splay. There is here great potential,particularly in the backs, but throughlack of co-ordination it is never fullyutilised. Good movements are initiatedone after another, and time after timesomethi~.g goes wrong -- a pass isdropped, someone runs a yard too farbefore passing, or there is no one back-ing up.

Due credit, however, must be givento Old Wesley who kicked and tackledwith skill and vigour. Indeed at thebeginning Old Wesley exerted consider-able pressure. The Trinity forwardsplayed an.ly in spasms all ~hrough thishalf; when they were working at fullpressure they were admirably speedy inthe loose, and provided an excellentservice frora the line-outs.

Shortly before half-time Trinity wentinto the lead when Reilly broke through,kicked ahead, and caught the full-backin possession; from the ensuing loosescrum the ball travelled to Reid-Smithwho scored with a fierce burst of pace.Immediately Old Wesley replied. Theout-half burst through several in-effective tackles, kicked across, and withthe ball bouncing about awkwardlybehind the line, an Old Wesley forwardscored. This try was converted,and wasfollowed by a penalty. At this stageOld Wesley seemed to have the gamewell under control with their cool,organised play. The half-time scorewas 8-3.

In the second-half the Trinity for-Wards were in better control oZ matters.Philp was getting the strike more oftenthaw the previous week. The backs thusreceived a very fair share of the ball,but could make little use of it. Moore’shandling deserted him, HalFs runningwas ill-judged, Endall was clumsy andtended to run across. Only Reid-Smith,who was running determinedly, andReilly, who throughout played an in-telligent game, could make any progress.

I,n the end, Trinity’s continual pressuretold. Reilly eventually got an qverlapand beat the opposition for speed toscore in the corner. The try was notconverted. At this stage, Trinity werethoroughly on top, but could not quitemake the wirm.lng score. But twominutes before the end Hall dropped atypical goal from amid a cluster ofplayers and Trinity’s’superiority was atlast turned into points.

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This victory should have been achievedmuch more easily. Nevertheless, theforwards played admirably once theygot started; there was certainly no wantof endeavour in the backs. There isgreat potential here, but it has to bewelded together so that all departmentsare working efficiently at the same time.

There was one feature of the gamewhich was completely satisfactory. Thiswas the discovery of the new serum-half, Rees, who has played for Cardiff2nd team. He gave Hall an enormouslylong, powerful service, and his generalplay indicated a performer used to thehighest standard of rugby. Hisadventurous yet skilful approach is justwhat Trinity needs.

DESPITE the resuit, and the departure of the Mills Cup from ourshelves, this defeat was not a total disappointment. There was a

considerable improvement on last week’s performance, most of the teamwere playing their best and the hockey was fast and skilful throughout.

SOCCer

A GOOD

Trinity went straight into the attackand the forwards were movix~g smoothlywhen suddenly, in the fifth minute, Ruinway Union broke away, were awarded apenalty corner and scored from it. Thissco~e had the effect of increasing thetempo, and play became fast andfurious; now one team dominated for aspell, ~ow the other. Clever breakawaysby both sides nearly resulted in goals.Both defences were playing extremely

It is pleasant to report that once againTrinity are ridi~.g high at the top oftheir league, after a 4-1 victory over theCollege of Technology in Phoenix Parklast Saturday. Sterner battles lie’ ahead,but at least the club has made a goodstart. This term, team building for nextFebruary’s Collingwood Cup competitionis going to be the main problem. Atthe moment the team is very much inthe melting pot; .only a handful ofplayers can be certaiz~, of their placesir_ the side.

The acquisition of a coach should helpthe club enormously, and it is hoped to

START

Motor SportThe A.G.M. of the D.U.M.L.C.C. will

be held on Tuesday, 10th November, at8 p.m. in No. 27. All members, a.nd in-tending members are urged to attend.

On Thursday, 5th, there will be a filmshow at the Dolphin Hotel at 8 p.m.’Last week-end the Club held a very

successful night trial which was won byJimmy Millard in an A.35. The courseran from Templeogue bridge to Rock-brook, Glenasmole, Liffey Valley, Poula-phouca reservoir, Saggart Hill and theEmbankment.

Once again the Club has joined forceswith the Leinster Car Club for theHewison Trophy events. Last year thetrophy was won by our combined team.The trophy will be presented at theannual dance on the 4th December atDublin Airport by the R.I.A.C. whoorganise the competition.

On the 10th of October the Hagley andDistrict L.C.C. held driving tests tocommemorate the late Kesn Wharton.Teams took part from all over Britainand, thanks to the brilliant driving ofPaddy Hopkirk, the .Northern Irelandteam won. Paddy is a vice-president ofthe club and his consistently brilliantdriving in international rallies hashelped further to establish the en-thusiasm for the sport in Ireland.

FENCINGThere was a most satisfactory ~umber

of new fencers at the Club’s first meet-ing last Friday, which, together with thenumber of experienced members remain-ing from last season, means that weshould be able to put out some verystrqng teams this year.

Last season was, on the whole, .mostsuccessful, the highlight being thecapture of the Shield of the Dublin FoilLeague. Fine individual perforrmanc,eswere also achieved--notably by MalcolmEoyd who won the Irish junior foilleague and was selected to fight for thesuccessful South of Ireland team againstthe North.

Prospects for the coming season seempromising. Brian Hamilton and MaryDixon are once again caDtaien.s of themen’s and ladies’ teams, respectively,and under their leadership we hope to dogreat things in the Irish Inter-VarsityChampionships in February, which thisyear are being held at Trinity.

obtain the services of a well-known andrespected Dublin footballer to act in thiscapacity. It is hoped that, in the eventof such an appointment being made,club members would take full advantageof it by comm.g out frequently both totrain and learn. There is always muchto be learnt in soccer no matter at whatlevel the game is played. The Trinityplayers have a tremendous amount tolearn by next February and on theirwillingness and eagerness to do sodepend their prospects in Galway nextFebruary.

HARRIERSThe Harriers had their first fixture

of the seaso~ last Saturday wh, cn boththe 1st and 2nd VIII’s defeated St.Columba’s College. The promise of someof the new members augurs well for asuccessful season.

The fixture list includes matchesagainst Aberdeen, Bangor and Queen’sUniversities, and there is also a tour ofEDgland for the 1st VIl.I in February.

Any new members are most welcometo the training runs in Phoenix Parkon Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs-days. Little or no satisfaction canbe got fro~ racing until fully fit, sostart train.tug to-day. For further

details see the notice board, or contactC. Shillington at No. 37 T.C.D.

SAILINGThe sailing season concluded some

weeks ago, but it is necessary now tochronicle some of the achievements ofthe Club over the last three months.

G. Henry won the points cup, and A.5icGovern the lifeboat pen,nant for Fire-.flies at Lough Derg Y.C. week, while inDun Laoghaire, M. Browett won thecaptain’s prize for Fireflies. In teamracing, an Irish Universities’ team ofsix, including G. Henry, A. McGovern, J.Mason and M. Moorhead, beat a visitingBritish Universities’ S.A. team.

I,n the I.D.R.A. team racing champion-ships, the same four, plus M. Browettand D. McSweeney, beat Rugby S.C. andt~allyholme Y.C. to reach the semi-final.Here after some very close racing Trinityjust lost to National Y.C. who later wonthe final easily. A fortnight later theClub decisively won the U.S.A.I. Salverand the Rotu,nda Cu)) after two tri-angular matches against U.C.D. andCollege of Surgeons.

All Freshmen and Freshwomen whowish to sail next summer, whether ornot they know a buoy from a bow, areu~ged to come along to the A.G.M. tomake themselves known and learn some-thing about the club. This meeting is tobe held on Friday, 13th November, inWest Chapel at 8 p.m.

well and it is to their credit that thescore was still only 1-0 at half tim~.

At the resumption of play Trinityagain went straight into the attackFindlater was unlucky not to score afteran excellent approach movement, but ashort while later the long overdue goalc~me when Rice scored from a centrefrom the left. The scores were nowlevel, and Trinity looked set to win. Butthis goal spurred Railway Union to stillgreater efforts and 10 minutes from theend they scored again. Despite theirvigorous counter-attack, Trinity wereunable to level the score and the matchended i~ a defeat for Trinity once again--but this time an honourable one, forthe standard of play was high.

Now to individual performances.First, the forward line: The left wing,Keely, was playing badly, and the onu~of keeping the left in action dependedon Findlater who rose to the occasionadmirably. Lavan, on the right wing,was not playing his best, his anticipa-tion and initiative both being faulty.The three inside forwards were playingvery well and deserved several goals.The defence was very sound, withBlackmore the dominating man atcentre-half, and Steepe playing a muchimproved game at left-back. Shirley .wasplaying well in the first half, but gavehis wing too much scope in the second.The team will probably stay the samenext week, with the exception of theleft-wing position. After that theproblems should be solved with mo~e ex-perience of play together. One finalcriticism: The rules of hockey have beenchanged to make scoring from cornersmore easy. Trinity were awarded threepenalty corners alone, and n~)t one re-sulted in a goal. This fault tmust becorrected.

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