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THE COLUMBAN

June L964

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PROGRESS NOTESTIIE i{AG TRADE

BOOKS AND VIEWS

UNDINA THE FRENCII SOCIETY

TO SELF.STYLM WRITERS NIGHTATI{LETICS

INCIDENT AT

A PHONE INSIBU IEIN 2

BAR AI-SIiASI,1AR

IILUSTRAAIONSTHE HOUSEHIS LORDSIIIPTIIE BTAFF

\,IoST REv DR FARRINTHERE'S A QUAYTIT FOR TAT ]l,IR JAMES DOI{ERTY. PI*LdenI oI UnJon

ST COLUMB'S COLLEGEIIUGH LOGUE, ANTIIONY KEANE AND

JOHN C. A, ROAA ,, .. ..

. AND PEACERELIGIOUS DIBCUSSIONA JOURNEY BY SEAIRISH FOLK-MUSIC

GROUP

KEVIN WULLAN ] AWARD WINNER

TIIE OLDI]E, GENERATION PRF]FT](]TS AND OFFICIALS

SPRINGCCRN NA N6G T'EAM

BRIGG GRAMMAR SCHOOLJUNIOR LIBRARY NOTE

CARCASSONE AND'ABR,EGUESBULI-FIGHT

DEBATINO TEAMSWIMMING PERSONALITIESSECOND YEAR TROPHY PRESENTATIONCOL\{ I{ULLAN, AND PRACTICE SESSIONFOOTBALL

'MUSIC

DIDN'T IIEAR ABOUT ITAOVERTISERS

FIL\IS IN COLLEGE.UI,IANN NA GAEILGE

P J, BANNON LTD,JOHN MCCOLOAN LAD

BITS AND PIECES ABERCORN BAI(ERY CO, LTD.JAMES MORGAN & CO,DERRY JOURNAL LTDLES GRANDF,S VACANCES EN FRANCE

.THT] IIR,AI(A SOCII]TY T CANNINGJAllES QUINNNOT WITII A BANG BUT A WHIWPEF'

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ACTIVITIES OF COLLEGE DEBATING SOC

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ll cohmunicatiors should be seDr fiTHE EDITOR,

,'.IHE COLUT'BAN'ST, COLUMB'S COLLEGE, DExiRY,

Cov.r D€sigtr rnd Lino Cut or Paee 44

by R.y N McCauoD Lire blocks onpages 1?, 20 and 34, by D. rlcclosk.!.

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TIIE COLIIMBAN

The boys oi St. Columb's congratulaie His Lordshlp, Most Rev. Dr.Earen on the 25th anniversary oi his election as Bishop oi the

Dlocese of Delry.

THE OOI,I]MBAN

EDITORIAL,TIHE h.ahhiesr complainr a maqazrne "drtor can ha'. rs o!er-work,r and I

"m delighred ro ha,e rhn comp!:inr thi. year. with rhepublication of the second number of " The Columban." In the pasttwo months the number of contributions produced voluntarily by thepupils of St. Columb s has been almost incredible and the worl ofediting would have been greatly slowed down were it not for theco-operation and etrciency of what is now in edect a panel ofstudent sub-editors.

Last year - and understandably so the magazine waslooked upon with a certain amount of scepticism and indifierentcuriosity : it is dificult for pupils to believe in a school magazineuntil they actually see it. As with mosr 6rst attempts, it perhapsleft a litde to be desned ! This year we have tried - with somesuccess, we believe

- to reflect the varied interests and the vast

literary potential of our 90O-strons school. 1Ve have now enlargedthe scope and subject-matter ol our magazine to such an extent thatwe feel n will be o{ great interest not only to our pupils and past-pupils, for whom it is primarily intended, but also to that widesection of the public who are alive to the up and coming writers andthinkers of the No*h-West. Originality in approach and independ-ence of thought are evident throughout ; perhaps our pupils aredetermined to show that the criticisms levelled against modern youthdo not hold good in St. Columb's.

Now to the acknowledgments. The President has given muchencouragement and sreat freedom to the pupils in the production ol" The Columban" ; all those members of the stafi who helped inany way are to be thanked ; our advertisers for their interest, andEnally the pupils themselves for th; n their magazine and it is totheir credit.

J. J. KEAVENEY

Sub-Edltors.

J. KEENANA. KEANE C PORTER

The following ako gave much valuable assistance {. Callan, J.F. Donaghy, S. Boyle. J. Dunleavy, G. Johnston, J. R. Walsh, D. Mc'

Closkey and Declan Kelly.

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THE STAFF

The Presiclent, very &ev. J. Farren, and staff on the occasion of a presentation to lormer

sialt members Fr. P. Doniellv, Mr. J. E. P. Gallsgher- Fr. J. Farrell. Fr' F Lagan in Ociober 1963

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qT colll \ta s , ur ' r.Les 'otr. '(r'l' J0, n 'u..u r' L\ ',, r "e rh.! douJled (he 194i

tr- - ''.lnlj. '- , I h. cu..c " rn

Crmdomgh aDd Sr. Paurcks in Magh.ra loutd. irehoD.d. rlliev. ihe prcssure oD llre parenr housei bur. L. rt., r,..a.r dPr, ,r.o I " s".o.o,,. ,o , o,.n b.rh sldes of rlrc B.rder Jnd Lhe rislug srdnd.rdol llvnl-! rt r be some trDr€ lrelor. thes. oihers.hools .rrr a noti.eabl. .ilcct on our qro$rh: ou.ntrrnbers hr!. rltrr.sr ..rtaiDlr sr l nor rerclred rl)err

Fou nlembers ol i]l, sirfi hav. lelr us .nn.e lasrrci| f\' P Donn.ll!. \nr. Ji.k Gillaelrer Fr LaelrrDd Fr Fdreil. Ff DonneUr is Dor Pucipal ofsr. Palri.ks valherx and lrlr G.llrghcr. I)rnrcipil!1 Sr. Coltrr.D',s. Sxalirnr. Fr L.srD rs DON on LIr€

srall .f rh-a colte!.. crrndonagh F. F r.ll is D.lvCC Cnrub.rrc. Wc (ish ri.h o! l)rrm ererl success

dd \h Bom.r har. com. ontn. slifl du.nq rlr. rcrr Fi. ucconologu. r.Dlr..sFr Frrreu as Sprrlurl Dnrcror Because .i lrslrtvrIs at]!onrhnrn:. (rhr]r1im. Nr^r.rh Iloxse. nellas lrrd lrtLle,!ur)lr nr rdiusrrne hrosrll LO Coll.!flill l.r \I.Gari!]. rDd Fr L.sue crme nr Sslrrsnlber.1!li3 shoruJ afrlr tlreir ordnr^tion. to lcic)r FrcDchrDd EDrlrsh reslr(rvrlr \'Ir lvillirm DoDi.ther.BA H.ns r prevrouslr on rhe strll ol Ros.DrounrPrim.rr School. has jonred th. En:lish D.D.lthrcnr.rnd ]'1r. BoDn0r his L"nDrr.d Lo st. colLrmbs alrera reu ol sttrdt'' m Frr..c

lliss K.enan no( cdldtrc:s.lass.s iri E].cn1r.non drrer dxJs ri rho (crk iD rddroon ro he. posriio..i Th.mhnl C.llele Clher pr.t rinr. i.x.h.rs\1)om \€ .r. vrrt !lrd :o h.v. $iih us rre: 1Ir.I1{dmold Friel ,\Iusr!' llr Leo Drr PhysrlLlTfa0ng ind vr T IcDonald 'Arrr

on the l1163 Gereirl cerulirate ol Educrr.nN I , r(sul.s 58 pl}nls qurlrRed lor x.rvcrsnr s.holrr

ships rnd h.ve sonr ro auecns Univcrsrtv. Belfast.rnd .olleges ol the N.lioDil Unrlersilr of Irelrnd.nrcluduq ll.Inoorh 21 pupils *eDt ro Sr. Joscths1. r. .- ., U,;. . h.rs '. i. 1 r'.oll.ees in Enpland.

SDorl thE lear Nas highllghr.d br l,h. brtllraDc!nnd determinarlon ol ou) juventle reah $bo at tlerrnrsi atienrpr. won rhe Corn ni nO3 Th. WcRoricup renDr siood up r-au ro ihe.rgours ol I IoDssenson onti io b. dcJcxr.d nr Lh. ulsrer semlnnal.Ir swimDrins. rdlf,du.l lcriourances catrBht th. ere.bui p.rhlps rhc nrGr sigDrncant .vcnt ol the sporr'm! red tras the ir).uglri.ion ol a club eDrir.lyd.v.!.d i. rilr.ti.r rDd ph$rcal .ulturc

Th. Colleg. Debarlng So.icils BeetLnls {iih. r rl., "'ro a's v,lL llP rpai n."

nr ihe ari ol pullic slcakiD!

we lre ll.ased ro norc .hai rhe pul,jls rre avril1'. '"ur. . nd ,

'nvr u d 'i'c 'il"\l is '1, 'ri - Li . r F' 11. Fl-'.r'i..,'

dcvoi.s his cful rhorouehn.ss.

Our Thanbs

MR, JAMES DoHERTY,8.A,, B.oomm,Presrdenl o, the St. Cotumb's 0otteae Union.

To hinr. ro ih. Urion Conxnih.e nrd rorhc hehrlrers of th. Urior our smcer. rtrinks.r. duc 1.1 rhen' ever in.r.isiDs ihlerest in andsuDD.rt oI the earious sp.rtjDB rnd .ulrDulr.rivih.: ol rhr C.)l.qP

PnocnESS NorEs

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Tili N4AG. TRADTqT. coLUMBs Coll,c. h..a/.np.'oppars dBdr.

'ndu I $rll doubL.4ss op s{arped by rhe 8re,lnumber ol magazines published weekly, jis

publicaiion unhenlded .nd igbored by ihe millionsof tudnbu ors to onp mrAazine or anothpr. M&galinpscater tor all imesinable t*i6. {iLh a decided6mphdjs on Lhe bad They are prcduced formrll:ondrres cDd Totor mechanre. \omeb end wrne-lovers, the experl and the uDinitiated.

apaft lrom ihe popular. rerdily availabre magazind admhjstered like dngs at milray€taiioc, newmagazhes spiihg tp seekly. Usually falling oyerbackl8.ds to be "with it,' they have 'Nith-iL' nameslike 'In" or _S.ene," and contain "with-it' articleslike A ltunk inte*iew vith David ltcfs father.-

Tlying io buy one ol these can be ehbarassinB.When tou sk the shop-Nlstant: 'IIave you goi'In'? or" Eave you SceDe'? she vill sl}r "Ihvhere? or "Seen {hat?" or ta}e yon genily by iheaim to the paper-back secijon before going for help.

Tbe question What makes a Rood macazine?"is almost ihlo$ible io ansser A hasazine cannoibe critlcised lor noi domg whai ii does not sei outto do: a periodical about the habiLs of nsh for n6her-men cannoi b. *jticBed for nor h.vlns any literaryor poliiical opjnions, lor nsh have no poliiics andneaer rcad b@ks Yet one @n questio} th€ validityoI a magazines intentions, criti.6e jl lor abaing thehust of lts readers or for debasi.s any kind oisianda.d, moral lildary or otheNis.

I begin my survey wiih "Reader's Dig$t." aunique magazine vhich pints a staggering 1?,000.000copjes ol ils E'.gljsh language edition alone. Ii js!o be found in ihe waiting-room of alm6t every doctorand deDiiat, pr$um&bly be@Ne of its sop@in. valueIt is iniended lor ihGe {ho have neither ihe time ioread aU ihe novels publiehed each montir, nor ihedikdhLnrtion io choGe one or iNo of iheh. Di6-regsrding Bacon s warning ihat only sme books aremeahr, to be diseEted, it eats ihem all. A mair djEhlike ONell's renilting poliiical sdtire "1934_ is dis€st-pd ar d rpgJrBit"red a" a 3o-paBp snJc* Thp op n'or sexpre*d in _n4ader's Disesi" are noi calolaied tosrrmulate inler6i or conhoversy. Its arhcl6 a!€sale. sritten so s no. to oflend aDrone. and so endup suFemely uninleresiing.

Xi is only a {hoop and a houer, oi hore a.curatelya Biggle and a {himper, lrom the vo.ld of _F,eaders

Drgest (o .h" r'rched {o_id oI qom"n's haBdl ,i"swhrlp I p-rsonsllJ' b lrpve .n hp lemJlp 6 d rn-klligenl b€i.g, I ah amaad io nnd th€y have anjnoedible alrilit! for beins iakcn in bv ihe iriyial

by

Vincent McCormach.5.n. lB

An lrvestisatron ol ihe habiLs ol themagazincreading public.

and ihe artificial. I do Doi objecL Lo beautl ortashion hot€s, or the kniLii.g suppleheds, yet Icannot understand rhe lack oi sDoce d€voted to iheart€ or amxsem€.ts. Aunt ARoDy, who providescanned comfo{ !o readers *ith personal prolrlems,does nothing but suage the female curiosity.

The real sLufl of lhe xlmen s magazin€, howeye!.is ihe enal $ory. Soii, cosr, eDtimenial, its me$asei3 alvays tha', the palh of ltue love nev€r runssmoottr though ihe bumlN are well nigh indisceoible.Since 'Codpact- sail€d or already veary eye-balls.women Fesmabl, believe that .ot only are thesesLorid peopled with lovable, excitjng charactels, butare also wdLLen bt l@abl€, exciting characlers.

women's masazines o@$:onauy publish artrclesby guesi-Miieis novelists or film stars, for eemDle

-and prove exiremeiy adept at drrsging them dovnto their o@ 1evel. I ihpttienUt await an arlicle bythe famous playMight, Vr. John Osbore on In-staUing a Kitchen SiDk ln Your Oarden," or thetime xhen Evelyn Wafiie, well-knoNn novelisi,preents u wiih his Dlit-you6ell Snob Kia.''

This arry-fairy notuen6e hay be all riBh! forxomen sho. alter nghiing flercely for equality, arenow prepared inexplicably to chah rhemelves to ihissft-centred vorld. But the real giants of the m{ga,zine llade are the loliiical m&gizjnes -

_The

Spectator" a.d Lhe 'New SLateshan" beins probablyihe besi knoan These pres€nt sarong and forcefulcomme.r on ahe {eeks neN6, and also mould pxblicopjnion by their poliij.al v1s_3. Apari f.om contriburions lrom iheir reAular siaf, ihey provide atLrclesof sencral interesi by free lance ioumAlists, or shorr.stori€s by *tahlished Nrters. as well as revievs onarts r.d entertainments

M6t tudgdzjhes conlain some humorous articl$,bur 'r'! 's soaprhrng shrcr 'h" huhoroc maSa .n"sseeh to lack. th€ arricles jn _Punch" ceriainlybelie its namei th€y are as innocuous &nd bonng as

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an afier-dinner conveNaiion. -privaie Ete.., thesotjrlcal magazln€, appears io be Miiten by cbildrenwho think ihey have discoyered ihe wespon or satire,and a m .' dr anyrhinr dno evprt.h.lB Ttp! ssrntsvildly at every t€rget and usually fau 6at on iheirla@s. MGt coun.des in Errrope hev€ a nationalsatirical magazine: Eirgland hs not.

''Time" hagaziDe is American, bur i,ts A anLicediti@ is so populd that ii en be jncluded here.It cari6 out .dhfably the !o1e of rtte weekly maga,zine, which i6 to inform and to .omhent A libefarm&gazine vhich does not Ehov€ politi.at views doEits rcade$, it[oaLs, ii reveals ihe beito side of theAheri.an cbaracier-a ierse ctfity, an eye vhichprobd deep iDto a siiuarion, and an ability to csra ditical glrDe at tne Amdican way o{ ljfe.

The magazine b auperbly edited. aDd io my miDdits consisiency is a weetlJ miracle. Ii provides avst ahount o, inforhatio. on at1 $bjects, and be,@ue of iLs vigour ald humour it can hake an srticleon Chinde poriiiG or hedicine 6 intersting d ashos-bNines arij.!e. MNt oi its articles-particltqrtron Art-are accomlanied by phoiographs. smethingEnelish poljtical magaziDes lack.

hel.nds magazines, on the whole, seeh to bedesigned lor lhe Amdica! expaiiaie markei, appeal-ing to enijhent by ihe hyth ard tegend whjch aresupposed to be our rational heriLage. ,,h€land,sown aoN so f.r a5 to pdnL some artictes on greenpaper. Its sto es are uuatly concemed with o''broth ol a hoy froh tbe west coast, speaking s ifthe onlt Ehglish he had ever read vas J. :d. gynge.The vitlain is iDvanably warted tike CromNell. ahdis uuall, arhed with a sbitlelagh_Lhe Etlgtjsh vordfor a blacL-thom 6tick. as someone once remarked.

Pobably rhe bst hagazi.e ediled in Ireiand js-The word,' plblished by a retisiorE ordd. rt eamsa paticular hention for its suDerlative standad otphotoglaphy ii uually cont€im ar leasi one srudyby ihe world-famous Dorirair photoglapher, Irarshof OLtaw.. Its artjcl$ are nerer roo selious oi pro-fouDd, but they lack pieteNion, and are unassuminghinfotuatire, pr6enitng the Cldsaian aitiilde vith ahinimum of semonising.

LJsi. 'no aro ledt. drp rhp rFpnaBrr magrz rps.Their ftent proufemtion does noi mean any ma*edAdvance j! teenage inieuigence. Eeen iheir Lifles''Fabulou" and "Teen,,' lor exahplrdehoNtmtetheir paucity ot imagination, and -The DaDdy" hasa tuger voclbul.ri. These are merety an offshot ofth€ Livelpool induiry. cet a iew photogr:aphs ofthe Beotles. Mite a lew inane aticles lit<e ..c1ifiRichard I4res Hia Jag.or.citla Black,,ik6 chipsin Brosr Gravy' dnd you'yp Bor a Fencg. haSd/ind.FortuDat€ly, the popularity of these hagazin6 isshorLlived l-ike the pop sone. thel are here roday,gor P 'omonotr. T soulo I o' hourl ,hp r pa$rnB

UNDINA"It stats its joumey lar asatFlom clifi and rock and sand! bay,A tiny swell upon ihe seaA po{erles thins it seem io be.

Fater, l6Ler, all the timeIt starts to sursle and to ctimb.ElleDtlesly it rushs onLike ray6 ol sunlighi trom the dawn.

Over the jagged rocks ir, smashes.'Oainst the critrs' grer lace 1t soldh6:The seethros, surehs. suckin, surrI{uhies back tor anorher birth.

PATR,ICK DOEMTY.

COLOUR

out of dark chasm arise.Adse to vhat ? Adse io lite.whaL life is thai ? A lile of haie _Austere vhiie sDeers in negroid eyes.

Il yellow, red accepied be

Bur now I see ihai I ah black and black is deathand fear and hate, ard hlack _

Aituned to white can nevtr br.

But despair noi rhou. coloured boyFor {hen bhou rise lrom

The hollowness of lii€ -And hotd forih rhe haDd of acceDtance.

CONS'TANTINE DAMIEN DONNEI,LY.

TO SETF.STYLED WRITERSFar be ji lron) he io rndulgp in cdppted pr@whose warers reveal not thPFor I kho^ qorks v'h..h brehr 6 Dtane6 hse\4idsl ioorbdll. dcad d"bd'ps and atl rh.L raz,.

Bui l€t he io 6iern hedures turn mv mihd.Oh Muse, and si.s the matial sohss ot nqhi:P@tic Licehft srll alsars loop holes nndTo saue such sorl from dark etehat nrshi.

For She, despisdd * a Wue, js cohe.To dole out inspimtior io ihe hordewho buy her blunders for the hqhes! suhAnd hurl elurve Metre overboard

Por men to see therr sords in pnnt do much:But if rhey sDent a fraciron oJ rherr t rlThe web inrangible ot verse io louch,Then Lit€raiure $ould reap a dcher spoil.

J BRI'SON

THE COLUMBAN

S'I- COLUMB'S COLLEGE IN 18?9

AND IN 1931

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Anthony Crowe,-s 2,1

CASINO T1,

CIT COLUMB S Co-lpg- i. somewhar .r rarchit"ctural Fiigma lo aryone who

doesn'i know its history In a sense. the 6ppes,r-abce of the college te11s us part of the story lorthe bund,ings have a,rrived ln their Fresentposltlon more by expedience than by design. TheSenior House and Juniox House balance archit€cturally, and the inierven:ng space is beauti-lulty fllled by the present chap€l ; but vreencounter the flrst note or discord when we tryto iake in what appea.s f.om the gate to havebeen an a,fterthought of th€ architect - theMus€umcum-Ljbrary. Ihis blzerre constructionls our first clue to a slde or Bi. Columb's historythai few students know oi.

Actually, this Museum, now known as theJunior Study, is, ior all its appearance, of quitere.ent vintage. Built as trate as 1898, it v,rasih'tended as an architecturar parauel to a Casinoo! elaborate maDsion conshucted more than a.pnrury Farll"r Thls blln8s us Io rhe key ngxrFin our historica.l survey. T.he Caslno was thebrainchild of an 18th cen ury eccentric. FrederickHelvey, who was both an EarI and Bisho! ofDerry. Son ol Lrd John HeNey, he was bom illSufiolk in 1730. anrd was apDornted to theBishopric of Deny ln 1768. Thls coloulrul andstriking pe$onality instiiuted a new em oiprosperity in the city. Consumed as he was witha pssion for buildins, he was instrumental tnthe construction ol a I'oyie bridge affl :II th€erection or the spire in St. Columb's Cathedr:I.Now kDo{n as " the edilying Bishop," he iecon-structed Blshop Bamarcl's Palace (inslde thewaUs) in Bishop Street, adrd decided to build yetanother Palace outside ihe walls. Thts npwbuildins in omate, Itallan style occupled the site

on which our College Chapel Md New wingstand today. The Caslio, however. was by nomeans the flrsi butlding on the site, The OldWlrtimill, lamous as a hotly contested strcnghold.ludng th€ Slege ol Deffy in 1689, was stiU stfild-lng. and. 1f we are to believe the pious lesendsof Derry hlstory, e Columbm monastery was oicelocated ln the grounds ol St Columb's.

The Bishop did not conflne his activities toDerry. Perhaps hls most strjkinc constructionwas the lantastic mansion which waE bullt onthe clllls ol Doearhill. Ol tbis. the MussendenTemple remalns to this day the most conspicuoustandmark ,n ihe srea. A memento ol theBishop's Iomance with a besutllul woman. thispa{icular edlnce was built to house what wasther the world's most famous art collection.

Countless stories could be told about theBlshop but one ol the mosi amusing concerns hisstay at Downhill, One evening when he wseniertainlng a large Dumbe. of guests, he sus-gesLpd lhat ihey .hould dco.Fnd Lo MagilliganStrand. The.e he ordered his own clergy aDdthe Presbytedan6 to compete in a horse raceacross the sands. The lucklrss churchmen couldnot refuse, and many fell ingloriously ircm thelrmounts. And the overwhelming victory ol LhePresbyte.ians afiorded the Earl Bishop an

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opportunity to lecture the dejected and dis-h€veued losers on the cllsadvantages of ove!-feedins and living too weU.

The Bishop, hovrever. was a man of rathe.nckb dlsposition. Descdbed by Wes]ey as a. ma-rlof exemplary Diety, Lord Cherlemont nndsneveitheless that the Bishop ..has no nxedprtnciples, is a bad father a-nd a worse husbanar.,,Throughout his colcarrui lite the Blshopacqulred a, conside,mble rcputation over allEurope as beine ah inderaLisable wanderer and aseologist. Scores of EuroDean hotels bear thename " Br:stol " rn memory of his tra1,els. Ir isremarkable to rlote that dudng trhe latter partof his administration the Bishop spent some''ye&rs out, ol h1s s€e, the object of his travelsbe'ing the hvestleatlon of certalx rocks a,ndbasaltlc shapes resemblj.A those oi the ctant,sCauseway." whiie pursuing this quest h 1?66the Bishop suflered a shoulder injury durlns aneruption or Vesuvlus. A sectlon oJ the walladloining the gate ls topped by coptng sronesmade of the lava from Vesuvius. thos servihg ,sa memento of that lncldehf

In hls own day and in his own way theBishop was a very tolerant man but lt must beremembered th&t lor a lons time he was anabsentee BlshoD. A fanatical supporter olGrattan's Parliament, he hequently disclaimedthe rishts of the Britlsh covemment ln Ireland.He went so far indeed as to propose a monarchyh Ireland ; h€ himself, of course, would be klng.And thls proposat lrom one who was an EnslishEaxl and an Irlsh Bishop, recelvlng €20.000 a yearlrom an lmpoverished district populaied by a95 Der cent. majority or people not even ot hts

Yet Hervey was known in France as .LeBienralteur des Cathollques," and was an tnttmate f end of ihe Pope. Indeed. some go so iaras to say that it was larsely through his jnfluence that hls frlend, Dr. McDevitt, was appointedCathollc Bishop ol Derry ! He often gave moDeyto needy priests and thejr poverty-strlckenparishioners. It is perhaps sppropriate thst thesite ol the rcsjdence or such s iole.ani personshould become the centre of Cathollc teaching inthese Darts. Such {ras the est€em in which hewas held that, after his death (he dled in povertyin 1802 while journeyjng to Rome), rhe CathoucBishop and Presbyterjan mlntsters of the citycont.ibut€d to ihe ercction of a memorlal ii hlshonou. at his lamiry sear at Ickworth, Sufiolk.

Some seventy years later. Bishop O,Kellypurcbased the casino from the famous shiD,building family. the Skiptons, and on M5y tlth,

18?9, he laid the foundation stone ol lhe presentCoUsg€. Til] comparatively recently the dailyMass lor the studexts was celebra,ted in what wasonce the ball.oom ol the Casino. as seen orl eachol the photoAraphs.

It was several yeaxs later that Dr. O'Dohertyconceived the ld€a oi establishins a Diocesa-nl,ibrary and Museum. He q,as suppofted tn thisenterprise by aU sections oi the community a,ndwhen. in 1898, the building was nnally erectedhe had ssembled a fine collection of books andobjets d'art. Inctuded are a splendld army ofvarious weapons. ranging lrom the boomera.ng tothe knobkerlie, an idol from New Guinea. severallovely chalices, and an ancient but exiremelybeautiful copy of the Ko.an. This mus€um is, ofcourse, the archltectural afterthought to whichI have already rererred.

And that ls where we musi leave it. Tbelast event ol lmportance ln st. columb's eventfulhistory was the opening in 1941 b, the Most Rev.Dr Fauen or the prcsent Chapel, which isiounded on the actual site of ihe "Mad Earl's_

The history oi St. Columb's from l8?9 to 1941is, I iear, beyond both the time ud the space atour d:sposal and is stufl lor many ahother article

And why, you may ask, choose " Casino 4 "as title for this article ? WeU. next tlme youleposting a letter in ihe box at the colle-ae gate,bave e closer look at it

I am greaUy lndebted to the fotlowiDg :

Margaret Brentnall "h Britaln."Feb.. 1962.

Cbilde Pemberton, " The Earl BlshoD."

II{CIDINT AT BAR-AL-SHASMARBar-Al-Shasmar cinsed

'n the noonday heai

Smelling ol cahels, goats and Arab feet,Its tNitching. haphazard.Iresolute. undig!ined.

Alleyways chopping rhe qox.ts inio p€ople, immlneTo the fli6. the dogs and the beai of the letid .oon.

His limoNiDe stopp.d wher€ rhe carcN6 hung.The sbeik pour.d out. avoiatins the stale camel durg;

I{is obsequioN, crawling.Noddlng. fawning

Yes-men iosed a rew coins ro a wreiched crjpple. b€nt,And fEil, Ioiiing in Lhe shade ol a Bedouin tenr.

M, I9LEYs.3.c

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fT wA-S 9 p.m. on 4 cold rl,ln,Fds nighl. TheI wilcl wind wa\ howllng ourside and rhp hpa!'rarin {,as beating out a ceaseless tattoo on thebeciroom *:lndows. To Ardrew Mackay, a nervoustype of boy, tiris was quit€ frightening. He wastldylng up hls bedfoom, but h€ wished he wasdown ln itre kitchen in froht of the nice rvarmflle.

under rhesc.ir.rmsLance\ you c3n imaginprris lright when he heard a qulet "Psssst!"behind htm. He spun ro nd arrd would have runout oI the room. had he not been too terrifled tornove. Sta.ndins in fmrt ol the door vras - aghost I Andrew khew lt was a ghost trecausehe could, see the bflsht blue d@. quite clearlythrough him. lhis shade would certalnly havebeer out ol pla.e in the average ghost atory.He (or it) was tuessed ilr the spirlts or moderDclotles - a Ioose jumpe! and a palr of tlshitrousers covered his veakly{ooking body.

"Oh, I am sory il I gave you a start" saidthe shade politely, and rather timtdly. "Youmust let me explain. Im 1n awrul trouble".

Andre!/ had recovered hls speech by now."AU right, go ahead. but don't try any spookystufr with me ! I-I-I'n noi afrald or you", hesaid, but wfth little, lf eny, convlctioh.

"WeU, you see", beAan the ghost nervously,"it a,ll began yesterday when I died of 'flu'. HEdecid€d I could so up.',

"You know". The ghoEt polnted his trans-parent thumb upward. 'But I can't go untiltomorrow. Ao I decided to wander abour Earihfor a btt and have a so at hauntlng some people.But", (here oul slirit blushed in a ghostly sortof way), "well I wss too scar€d 1",

Andrew iook confidence wh€n he hea.rd that1,he Dhantom was a spjrit a,ft€r his otrar heartand sald, "You're a pretty poor kind of ghost l"

"Yes, I knov'. redarked the ahost soIrow-lully. Anyway, a,fter a while, not being a fullyfledged ghost, I got tiied ahd decid€d I {ouldtake a r€st ln somebody's bedroom".

"Of aU the nervel". exclaimed An.Uew

"Oh, .l,or't be llke thatl", said the ghost,almost sobbins, "Nobody llkes me!"

"AII dght sorry", repu€d Andew qulcklyalthough he was not a btt_ He wEs dlsgusted

with this miserable specimen of a ghost, but hewant€d to h€ar th€ ftst of the story.

I'he spirit continued, "I chose vour housellow, don't scold me and came iD through the

"But my mother's there", exclaimed Andrew."why d:dnt she see you?"

"I made myself lnvisible,,. sal.t our ghost

F,d the nrst time An&ev envied the ghost.He thoueiht of aI the wonilerful posslbllitles ofbeins a.bl€ to make hlr.self invlsible. Ine couldsteal (the actus,l word he thought ot was"borrow") buns. blscuits, ja,ni-tarts, a.tld orherde[cacies from dght uhder hls mother's noE.IIe could sllp into school anat steal examinaiionPap€rs withoui being seen _ . . .

The shosr lnterrupt€d Andrew's feloniousthouehts. "I went lnto one of the bedrooms.not this one, and made myself visible so as Icould lle On the bed. By the vay, ghosts csn'ttouch a-nythtns mateda.l when they are invisible".Thus perlshed Andrew's "relornous thoushts".'It rvas then that I realised that Id lost myUnton Card".

" Your Yt/hat ? '

"My Union Card. You cail t aet in There ilyou haven't sot a Unlon Ca.d- I must havedropped it ln the kltchen. Ii I don't set it back,I'II go Down!"

"You t\rltr why don't you jusr so down andget 1t?", asL€d Andrew lrnDatiehtly.

"l donl want lo frighren your mother".

"Oh, you clotl Ma.ke yourself invisiblel".

"I oan't", whtued the gtrost piufuuy. ..yousee, I haven't yet memorlsed how to mak€ myseu

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inyisible So I wrote ii down on lh: back ol my

'Oh nol Youre the limitl I suppose youwant me to Co down and get it?', asked Andrew

"Yes, pleasel . answeled the ghost grate-fully.

''Righto", sajd Andrew. "Ill just nip down

Minutes later, he relurned, holdins a yellow

"Its blank". he sald, sivins it to th-a shost.

"I know The wlithg's 1nvislb1e".

"You can read ii, can't you? . asked Andrew

"Oh yes, oi .ourse. Before I leav?, I wouldllke to say how sraieful I am to you for allyou'le done. I won t forget ii. don't you worry.

The ghost said a queer long word, which Iwon't attempt to repeat and promptl, dis-

Andrew, as you will remember I told you.type of boy when he woke up

next morning, he iound a- yellow card and a notclying on his bedside-tabte. The note said :

"Dear friend,

I, the ehost. have done you a greatiavour. I have sot you a lree Union Cardwhich will get you lnto you-know-where anytime. Be sure to have ii with you when youso. Not satisiied $,1th this, I have done youanoiher even sreaier favour. To save youthe trouble ol a long and weaiy llfe. I havearranged it that you !vil1 die at eLght o clo.k.

Andrew looked at the clock. Ii was exactlJ"eisht. He died of shock at once.

That ghost alwavs was a clotl

J. R, WAI,SHSEN, ID

A P}IONE IN T}IE |.IOUSE!I IFE HAS bpPn a.mo5l unDHqr'rblF 'in'p myr' 'a'e_ nteearo., i.rb"r. i1 d Iit ol

extravagance, had a telephone installed. sincethat day my parsimon:ous parent has mournedhis yasteiul expenditure and the phone, thebrazen ho.ror, has tauntingly sounded its harshsiren, hourly, to punish us for havlng iheaudacity to make it work. It has made my lifea purgatory on earth and I haie it because of

It sits. llke a k:ng, ln the hlll and onc€ itmakes the slghtest sound, someone rushes tosee whai it wants. The maid dusts and pol:shesit with ler more care than she washes the baby.If its ebony iace is not shinlng when my mothercomes along, she raises such a rumDus that Iknow instantaneously that the thjng which hasusurpeal my place in her heart has dusi on its

At night its screech is far mcre aggrav.tinsthan baby's De€vlsh whimper bul I am unable tostop it. I would be allowed to throw a book orshoe at a cat havjns a mld-nlght concert :n thegarden but I dare not ihink of ihe consequencesif I threw, even, the tassle lrcm my dressing-g0wn at that nend, the tel€lhone.

For more reasons than these, the phone hasbeco,me my enemy. It is an informer. For lour

pence it wjll put mr Darents in contact with !-iormidable head-master or a drcaded dean. Ilcan help io spoil the end of a- glortolrs day oftruaDt-playing or it can help to put a sLoD totwo o! three weeks ot lavish laziness Pryingaunts can be intormed of very unlmposlng schoclreports and a raging laiher can be told of brokenwindows, trlack eyes and beret less schoolgirlsIn ia.t, with the phone's ajd my iathex canlearn evelythlng that I do noL want him to

The phone also encourages match ma.klng.It has already marri€d my elder sister to adeiestat'ly breezy clvil servant and is at themoment helping a young. blond-hair€d, efi€mi-nate iellow to steal my younger sisteis heartShe sits ior hours cooing md rrhispering intothe phone, so.l suppose belone the year is over Iwill have yet another brother in-law and a newsrievmce againsi that small. black, little delilon the table in the haU.

Oh, how I hate the Dhone I It's so incon-siderate, such a sn€ak, so pompous aad yet sopetty. Perhaps I was prejudiced asainst ii fromnhe stari but I rar't cha.rree now. I iust ha,te it I

l hsle '' : I l-are ii, L . .

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srb p6rn ?by

Connor Porter,S 7r

1

INVERBEG wAS, as Irish flshing towns go,bla enoush. It lay on the south cosst ot

Dr.eEd md had gro{n relaiively prosperous onllrrring which bad, most ulgraciouslv, migratedto Icss dangerous waters. The town had nowbrcn certined as Irish speaking by a generous

A few rows of grey slone cottages, a greyston€ wharl and sea wall. even a victorian tamD-standa.d would hardly have eiven the tcwn arlpJldl:o- ot prosp"ri'J bul rhat samp, s l-se.ingaCministration had given ii a flsh cannery, foralthough the herring seemed to have met theirmatch in Lhe flshermen ol Inverbeg, Lhe salmon

Of cjtlzens, hverbeg had only four hundredor so. but two, Eoin Chaoimhin and Blla,nMhaghnais, had gained new imDortance whenth€ town was hcluded in the Gaeltacht. Theywcre, in fact, seanchaithe, Eoin seventy-sevenand Brian flfty three. and Daturally, though Derhaps not so uidersiandably, a great dvalry hadgrown up between them. Each hated the oiherrth€ Celts invariably magnify their emotions).

Things mjght have conlinued normillywell. almost hormally had not ihe elder of ihetwo. Eoin, begun manufacturing a new folklore, nrrFd o. rhp rynrhFl...Fg"nd oi rhar illu"tr'ouslrcdlgal son, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It com-prised a ranse of tyDicallv Celtlc pambles. Butihe younger, Brian, was against addltions to theleserds. Darticularly those of the tvDe whlchhls dval was concocting. Something must bedone, he de.ided, but how ?

2

Most Irishmen are Doachem at heart a.ndBnan was nor onp io br€ak Lhe rule of centuries.

Bestdes, he thousht better in the coo1. dsrk quiet-ness, and lresh sahon is bette! than callned.Off he went to Cilldubh. That, by the way, wasthe name given to ihe ruined church on anisland in a little bay along ibe stm,ntt fromInverbeg. You could get to the islanat wlthoutdisturbing the flsh jn the bay lf you waded outquieth irom the shore side-

Iie had just reached the bay vrhen he sawabout slx or wading out ratherclumsily No salmon that night, he thought,after that tribe had rcused them. It was all dghtwaking up the flsh untit he could haul them outquickly but to leave them terdned for an hour

too much lor an Idsh poacher. Hethoughi he had better watch ih€m.

He crossed to the island noiselessly as only apoacher couid and while they w€re shuffling andpuiljng up stones to siL on, he crept amcng ihem

They were sjtting :n the shelter oi the oldchurch gable, round a samophagus. thr€e at eachside atrd a man slightly ta,Uer than the rest at thehead of ihe tomb. He appearcd to bc the lerder.T\ro candl€s were produced, placed on the grlveand lighted The leader took out a book andplaced it on the sarcophagus.

He resd dd in English. too. Up to nogood, thought Brian.

"Broth€rs. beiore w. begin tenlght,s business we will strengthen our convictlo.ls v,rithreadings frcm the party mmifesto : 'We are iheUnited Irish Anarchists : united we stand todtrvide others, to dismpt unity of govemment andculture ir this Irnd. We noudsh ihe cormptionof this country's eovernment. We stand forabsolute anarchy as the only solution to worldproblems. Wher men were saveses. Lhev hadno eovernment or need ol one. Because oi thesins cf his civilisation and because he has nowIeiulned to barbarjsm. does man deserve govern-ment? Beginning vith the ideal ot absolutecontrol, we flnlsh u! with the n€cessity oiabsolute anarcht,. Citizens of the world.

Brian wondered why they didn'i notice him.But th€n ihey were Irish md wouldn'i notice ibealicn in iheir midsl

"'Article Ohe oi this maniiesto. As regardsour standpoini on the question of the Irish 1ansuase, ii is entirely in line with our princlples orabsolute anarchy that the natlon should sllitover some lssue. '

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He was about to continue wh€n a sma-Il,fldeEty man with a revoltins Dublin accent

"M!. President, please continue with thenight's business. We are all agreed on themanifesto. Continue, Dlease,"

"D:a ;r .6bhAil. rnorehr Er.an "rli. i. oquare set oi boys."

" Very veU. our vlsltor lrom H.Q. here " thelitU€ man half rose and sat down again - "hscome to demonstrate to us the use of our newlypurchased weapon."

The small man arose and pioduced a riflein perts irom under his overcoat.

"This is the lates! high-powered Italia.n riflewith telescopic slghts A ldend ol ours dini aaer, neat lob h Texes last year with one o!ihes.." IIe tlttered inanely I the rcsi {eresil€nt ; he shut up. He continued, rather hurt.assembung the gun aru demonstratlng lts v.,rk-ings, He stopped while the oandles euttered. As}le sat down, the pr€sident rose.

" Now, brotheis, we must, decide nrst. whois to be kiued, a.nd second. who is to have thehonour of tahg a.ssassin."

fhey debated for some time \rrho should bekllled - the parish priest ? No. Eoln chaoimhin.suggested Brian. No. Perhaps the manager olthe nsh cannery should be the one. An aggressive man beside Brjan wa,nt€d a b:g pollticlan orgovemment Mlh:ister do{le a-ay wlth. No, tlreymust attend to local Droblems. 'rhe menaser lt

Then to choose the assassLn. a few greypebbles fmm ihe b€a*h were shaken up ln a flatcap aloig wlth a white one. The oap -as heldout by th€ presldent and, v,/ith ctos€d eyes, ea.h,except the Dublin man, ashed lnto it. Brian too,kout his hand. There, gutteriie in the seml-da*ness, was a Dur€ whit€ D€bble ol hno.emce.The rine was lhrust at him and the companynled otr, takins the candl€s vlih them.

Th€re he was, sittjng among dead, planiinghow io add to their numbers. He put the rifleon the sarcophaels and watched it changlng asa cloud passed over the moon. No, it woulri notdo I To kllr an Irishma.n. a sganchai wtrh . . .

wiih anl Ita,1ia,n rjne, *hy, it was un-Iish. utl-thinka.ble ey€n. No. Eoin Chaolmhln Mac GioUaEasbuigh would dle a.n Irlshmar! by theshillelagh ! He pitched the fle into the bar.

3

OId Eotll us€d to go dovn to the strarxd every€\ieD:l,l']g, stt oo the s3me r'ock a,J]d lm& acFoss

the same sea, to the same Mayo coast. AII hatchanged r,/as the weather, hls mood and thepoelry he comlosed whil€ he was there-

It was lust setting dark when BrianapDeared on the shore b€hind him. Ihe olderman seemed sad i the roetry he recited to th.

sombre and melancholy. Brir,nlralked a little nearer. why should he kill a,r,I

old mar. who harmed no one. whose poetrv wasso beautiful ? Why ?

Suddenly the old man changed. He stoodup i he reiolced wlth the sea lor hls seventy-seaenyears. Blian was selzed with an indeflnabl€ lurythat could end only ln the old man's d€struction.Hp broughl down rle bla.krhorn shlllelagh

The seanchai slumped lorward ; bloodtdckled lrom his hesd jnto ihe sa,rld. The faduglight had reduc€d everlthing to an unlnterestingmonochrome. The scene wes cudously un-

Brian dropped the {eapon and walked avey.He was found floating besjde the Cilldubh. Wesit suicide ? An over-anxious baiuff ? Hsd theanarchlsts -oken uD ? It remained a,nd indeedrcmaias the mystery of Inverbeg, somethlng lorseaichaithe to weave a legend rouird, yet, anotherIrlsh questlon muk,

THERE'S A QUAY

Nine coal boats squaited doggedly on ihe

with a sinele subharine. moored apar!. as

As an ahpuriied leg. The om.e Nindoss

And cnrrle had been ihele a[ one time.

Hlsterj.al seagulh Nere about. screaming

Sianding along the edge in an unromdntic

Boys lere skimhing siones along rhe dry

And th€ nun in charge Nas chasinA them

There was a pile of scra! ihere. hJ the

Be<tstead and baihtub scrap. as dooestic as

Unpl€tuant b!N! vaier hoved cunninsly

And a wry-necked cmne w6 waichins tr all.

M. FOLEY,

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HUGH LOGUE :

sti11 active aiter 52 years as College Care-taker, Hugh r€ca11s ihai in 1912 there\(ere 44 boarders a-nd 50 dayboys on roll.He ha! served under €ight Presidents and

The Staff and students ol half a centuryhave held him in hlgh regard and haveiound in him a man of t.uely Christirndigniiy md of .onstant devotlon to duiy.

Anlhony J. Keane, S. IUC.author ol artlcle on Irish FoIkMusic, holder ol nve first prizesicr pianclorte and sighi reidingat Feis Dolre Colmcille: hasalready written two short pianopieces and about a dozen songs.ile lntends to read for his B.Mus. at Queen s Unjversity,Belfast.

John C. A. Ross returnlng to Derry wiihthe I.I'.A. CUD ! Th€ shaDe oi thinss to

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strtor Sot

HE always rad larpd carr - pver sin.F rh"ddJ whrn a. a child h6 was clawed and

badly scajed b, a wild one. fhe fllthv beastshe thousht, as he opened the

door. He -as e.eeted by a clamour of excitedvoices, which came fxom the lar end of the rcomthere flve or six members sat around the flre.

" Hello. Johnson | " said one of rhem. melderly man 1,ho looked as il he had seeD muc.irof life and hadn't " Come ud sit down. We,rehaving a bit of a debate here, ,ou know. Peters"

gFiturlne lowards one ol Ihp othFri. "is givingus a leciure on, you'tt never guess, old man "here he laughed, or rather snorted, pityiilgly''the Tra.ixsmigration ol Souls ! Ee actuellybelieves jn the stutr. Ehl That's good, by ceorgelBelieve in 1t a Cambridse man. too."

"Oh. fox Hea-ven's sake. shut uD. Carr. youhaven't listened to a word I wes saying and evehif you did, you wouldn't have a clue. About theonly thing you do understand anyway is thegolnng pase in thai shoddy rag of yours"

The man who so dlsmissed Crrr and "TheTimes" was Peters. He wa a slender man, notvery tall, and had very unpleasan't features,Johhson thought, as he watched him now, hisiace smouldedng with wouhded vanity. It wasamazing that a man of such a primltive appear-

". . .. AND PEACE "Leaiher jackei siher siax, combed back han'

Crash-helmei. Aoggles tighi, rihe6d ey6 ahd

Deadenhg sound, dazzling lights. fumine bjke

Rdrinj ofl pcr..on crourhed L,Ehrpnrnr knp6.\epll- mov.ht. lprk 19. ,ovrns, p,srns l.mir,i'lyirg on*edsi changes gear. sound increasing

FAstd. lasrer Drild.ngs hed86..ounl, openrneBendiDg road, comer dangerous. heedte$ thoughrs

Belding road, coming car, bendints road, cohing

BliDding liahts, too lasr i can'L see ! can.t iurD l

ance should be one oi the county's flnestpsychologlsts. He didn't, seem to be dedvingmuch lractical b€nefit irom his theories at themom-ant. Everyone pres€nt was highlf amused.and obviously at his ldeas.

'what's iL all about. anyway?" ssked Jchnson, tuming to Peters.

" Oh, I w5s trylng to t€1] these thjckheadeddolts about my theory ol the llsnsmigration of

' Trasmlg- Oh, I see I But surcly that'sraiber superstitious?" He never had liked Petersand now he could do whai he had a.lways *antedto, make s public slectecle of him in a.n argu-ment. Why, the lltile brut€ nevex losi m oppcr-tunity to show his lntellectual suDer:orlty overthem. Int€l1ectual superiorlty, by Heavensaid he believed in this stupid nonsense. Well.

Hp bpcamp auarp 'har PFrers was ssvpr n"anglily, wavlng hts arms h the air. The thingto do was to ste,y cool. Cut him down wiih switt,clean strokes rather than brutal slashes Sneeral him gently that, wa,s it, That would humili-ate the begga!. And it dld. The little man srage became whjte hot when nna,lly JohnscDsneered: My dear tellow. I never thought tohear such medlaeval claptraD irom a man like

Peters threw a hate fll]ed look at him andwhispered' " All ngh you'vp madp a lool or m.It's what you wanted, you superncial snob ButI'm right and Ill prove tt to you, Hate ca11a-chieve anything. Never forget that." Withthat he turned and ]elt the .oom.

" Who's ior a d.ink?" cried Johnson, hearritry.He',d won, by George I The tjtde Iool had ]ookedsick This was somethins to celebrate. He spentthe next hou! or two in the club lounge aoil thende.ided to go back to his hotel. He called forhjs hst and coat, and tipped the attendant wetlHe was feeling rather Dleased with hims€If as hestepped onto the pavement. A cat slouchedalong the gutter and Johnson shuddered -another of the Rlthy things. He se.ung round.lshed out wlth hls foot, trlpped and fell into theroad. He dled quickly the car hadn,t a, chuce

He opened hjs eyes wiih dlmculty and peer€daround him. Wherever he was, tt was quite darkexcept for a square of llght vhich seemed to b€an openlng of some sort. As he iooked a,t it ahuge, gleamlng talon raked at him tbrough theopenins. "oh, God," thought Johnson. as theca' lung, d irs paw ruwards him. ,.a mousr | "

J, N. MCGINLEY. S.2C JIMES DONAGIIY, S,3A

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THE RELIGIOUSDISCUSSION GROUPmHE,RELICIOUS D.!.usson Orou! is 'nrpndod

.ofI .r rn-o-r"" senor5 ano qrll b" 'Fdure rh"

colhge al ine 4d ol the }er. rts puipce i5 toeDable bols io disess ilt more impdtant aspecG oftheir relicion and to prepare ihemelves fo! probleN\lD.h are mos! likely to beset lhm after they 1@ve.For th6 reeson I regad it as ihe hct imDotant,6o.retr in st. columb s.

Ar ihe first he€tihg 01 the y.ar. the Presiddt, iDan openirg adrbess. stresed lhe impolian -a of sncha group lor thfd year Senio*. A knoNledge olrcligroi. he sa d. as gainec thrcugh ihese infolmalmceiiDgs. *as moi nnpotaht and henedcial tosludenB ledling a secondary school and goinB tosuch places €s ihe Vniversity whde ihe caihohcr.liBion is a subjeG of great curiosiiX. Thde meet_.:.r. 1e aod"d Lou-d !_PDd _ rh. bo\n lo- rtus"''nganl crir,jcisms ot ou faith. He was glad io see thelarge atiend{nce and expEssed trr. hope that thestud.nts, eslecially Lhe dayborr. would .ome alorg.s rrequenth as porcible.

!'r. Devrhe !.ilcomed ihe membeB and elaboraied.n fte luncLrohs oI rlt Group. It rlid noi, set out.he said. io discus impra.ii@ble questions bul latherto discuss problems liable io be expe ebed ln normal,everydat life. It *as lot to be a clas or a lectwe,but an inlormal d$cusion rn which ever. boy {ouldhare an opporiuht! of gjving his om oplnion andof rarsing h,is oh lafijcular problems. O{ing to Nhela€e numbers aitendins. the Group sas thereforedivided into t$o secnio.6, one Jor boerdeh and Lheolher lor dayboys. Chaics O Dohd'tv was electedseo€l.a.r ior ihe boarder se.tio!, and Gdaftl Joh!-st . ior ihe dayboy one Paul Brady scceeded J. J.o Kaie as lilranan

Th-. meelinCs ilom then on lll followed a definiiepattern. Firsr. a lllk tuom a member ol ihe oroupor tuoh a sue:i sDeak.r. ihen the subjecf was openlor disclssion and finailr-' a sumning-u! fmm tnech1irmln, Fr Devjne. in which he dlew togeiher ttlemlin poiniJ ot iDierest and exlloined the attjiudeol i}le Ohur'.h on thai pariidlar topic.

A areat vaietx of subjlcls wde dNcussed in thecouEe ol ih€ Jear and the aLtedan e at ttE reet,jngi varied accoiding to tl)e topi6 dis@sed. 'Ihetopi6 emdaced eoh peblsms as Drink, Youih sdAuihoriiy, Family Aanning and overyopdaiiN.C.nsorhip. CompaDy-keepihg. Choosiry a Partn6raDd Nuclear war. subjeats were disNed in a ljvely!nC generatly interestif,g ma.ner @d plovtded plentyol loo,J lor thought ahd discu$lon.

Nump'ou. gup.t lpeJkprs rL{ mmc dlong to grveialks on vaious topie, for cxample. life at t}1eUniveFily and tl1e Trai.ing College. teching !s acared and $re everyday life of a pliest jn Irdand.These meerings sere open io boarde$ arrt dal'boysand see qui e well attsded. MembeN of the Grcupare elateiul ro Mr. Hume. aho came al@a to speakon Christianitr in Praciicer io Mr. Bonoer ior bis

lalk on Chnstjanity in the UoiveEitX: io Mr. T. ]![c-.u-llPX-R.D G ncmbdr' ro- rialk on St. JGephs Treining Collegei to I'r' :vlcCullash, CC, Penntbum. *ho spoke on Prjest andLaily in lreland: to Mr. Eughes for giyiDg somepractical advre on Tea.hlng as a carcert and fib.l1r-to !t logue lor his lecture on the E.umenica! Movem€ni. ThE latter subject qas. I thousht, the mctinieresting one of the year aD.l pilise is due to I\-.Logue here for a very comD:iend heatment of a ioprcso mucn in the nens of ihe Church al ihe presotttre. The meeting on ihat occasrm was also lhelongesi of fie year and rah hall-ah,hour laier than

The higNight ol the ]ear ior thc membas of theGroup q"s urdoubt"dJ _h' .\o{.ng ol an Am"-.dnrelisrous film @lled 'w Ddo\rr or ihe soxtr.' As @emighL expei, lhe _\'irdoss' are the nve senses. Theapp.@cb was d t!?idliy scienniic ore but it, sqsgelemllr-' eay to iollo*. Ai tim6 ii became nthertechnical aDd involved although tor u laymen ro,1much ..imp..n, d. Thc nvp 5pMs ser" rJkpn d! .ndi@ling the ex$tene ol sose intrnite being *jth anintellitsoe far abov. that Nith which man is endored As tlF frlm nds mpJnt lor oher rl'g.ousdenominatio s as w6ll as Cattbli6. it ws left to ih.vie{ers io draw ihe appropriale conclusion. The 6lb$as iGmctlve and even. at times. amusingi lorexample. ii came as a surtrise to most bolr to lea$thai fiey have more D*ves jD tlreir body ttran tfier.are relephone sires tlmushout the whole world.Alier the film had been strom. !t. Keavener_ lointedout iis excelenciei and failures aDil ussdedproblemr rajsed by tne mobe$. The Group rsdeeply Indebted to Fr. Keaveney fol irhi6.

This yelr was a genqa]]y succerful oDe ior theR€ligious Dilcuslio. Group. The qualjly of thespeecires sas strikins ad boys mut, have gainedmuch kDotrledse and advice on more tlle oE o, thesubjects di&ussed. Erch m@be had a chqn.e tovoice his oq! opinion anC h€ve tlis individulrpioblems corsidered and where pcible solved ei rerby ihe boyr themselves or ihe chaiiman. MembeNoi the Group a& especially giateful to !'I. Devine fchis toleEnc. and Blidance dturing the year. Eeprovided boys {t!o vere giving talks with bacLgrcudreadilr€ matier and uselul adyice on trhe subject beinsde,lL {iih. It is io him partiolart} that the succBsof lh" R.liC.oc D.(tus m Grouo has em oue

COLUM CLERKIN.

i8 TUE COLUMBAN

CI t$unney

W S,,by

C. P. O'Donnell,

mHE SL{-GOING rus -Jcrn Bart." resBpr"d d'I o.ntir* rrivpd onp ddr rn Dprr] dup rc rLs

sialboad engine having broken dotn.

Since she xas bemhed lor more than . {eek. andthe summd holidays had jr]st besun. I had pleniyoi lime to see her and get dcquainted {ith her crev,and Dracijse my French." The cre{ wer€ verjfliendly. shNing none of ihe r$ene usuatly artribut-€d io lhe Nomans. I wa sbovn alound ihe 6hipso ollen ihai by lhe day of her departxft, I highthaye been a crs mehber.

shp nJd rqo m.dhr! vFlv"- jlind"r drspl pnsrn,s.

eeared io a singl. screi', giving a iolal ol t{othousand-fivehundred horselover. Ii nee$ary,shecould go ahead on a single engine (Ii sas due io ihisarransehmt that she vN able io enier Deny urderher om power). 6he xas lumished lrke a minjaiureliDer, dnd ,part from ihe bilges, she wd 6 cleanas on the da, 6he left the shipyard.

OD Lhe eve ol her deDartule, the capiain saidthat, if I {ished, I could go s far 6 Shroae {iththe Dilot. Af[e! rhe nrst spasm of delight hadpNsed, I thanked him ,ery much. iakiDg great carcnoi to get aoos the meanins of ihe llench word''merci. Nhen used .o a wet an invitation. ThateyeniDg I ex_aracied prental perm$ion. and on tbefouo{ins momins at 8.30 hou$, I 6el off for the ship,sr'h ddmonrrons no _o lall orprou'rd r.nern. In

wrlh a hrs and a .rash lh. miehty rwrh engrnesbesan to lum over, sounding, athrt lroh the rcar ofmachiner,!. like a eiant Mist-vatch.

The last spriDg was siowed, and Ne Nere glidingdo{a lnugh Forle ar seyen or eight t<nots. Thesun 6hone siern Md r sjher-sold palh ol violenil,

asnated brine lell away lrom us. The channelstEighiened oui, and {e increased to hau speed-fliieen knols. I bft the bridse ,here I had be€nno

^pnr dosn'o Ih, torL Pa8'r" rooh. ThP noie

ws deafeninB. The clicling oi vahes, the roai olih€ dynamos, ihe cylinder shol<es aU comlined iom.k. onp naBnrfr."hL. overpoqF_'rB aL"soh" noisI leii ihe engine room. clrtubed lo ihe corparaiivesilence of ihe top deck and stood lor a vhile {atching ihe xay6 6 lbe, raced to meei ns, smashedacainst ihe hull and slid by on eaih side to bechumed into whlrlpools and bubbres at the siem.

I i{ent back oD rhe brjdse io find ihat we wereproceedjng ai flu speed, ihrty knota. The piloiwas enloting himself. There was nothing that couldbe u€Iur ihat xasht fitted. Not only had she aradar-scanner. sonomete! and hundreds ol sviiches.of vhi.h I nevei leamed the use. bui there was adial at one corner showing the angle ai whioh theNdder xas tun€d, a thing I never sax before or

A lew tong rollers, comhg in from the open sea,lorced $ io cut speed. rhen a shot squarl d€8@nd-ed, which. alihoush Dot violent lor yiolenn 3e$ arerare in LouBh Foyle was enough t roll the ship alittle despii€ her broad b€am and dep drausht ishetook about 3.5 meiles rt the bo{). The squall pasedov.r rn hJl' rn tbu_ 'lhe sJn sDldn3 -ur addrh.lighiihg up Lhe swell, which peNisted throughout iher.st of the joun€y, so ihat even I, vho ! de myselfon being unable to become sesick, lelt a litt1e queasl.This, ho{eve!. soon pessed over and I vent afl andwalched ou wash breakins orer ihe decks ol a lrghidafl makine iNards Moulle. The wash she cre €dwN ituly masnjicem to *aich, alihough hardlt ver!deljehtful lor ihe smaUer ship. I returned ai lensthto the {h€elhoe, and since ihe .ourse vs deadahead, the pilot inviied me to iake the wheet lor awhjle. I {as delighted ai !his, and i@k the {heet,feeling like sioui coriez as h€ soiied Lo ihe N€vWorld. I held the Nheel hagnificeDily, even takingthe liberiy of brnrgirg her one Doini, starboard toavoid a d iijng log. It shot pasi on rhe crest ora roller on its say io vhaiever fate Nepiune haddes'rn-d lor I Hav.np broughi hpr on , ourse rqaln.I relinquished the sheel to the pjldt, who sas. Iihink. a litUe rclieyed io find {e sctually vere on

Shrove cahe D sighi and I could make out dretiny speck which was the piloi boai cohiDg to meetN. We hoye to, the eDgines iming slo{ly, andsrood bt ior ihe boai. The piioi stepped oh 6rsr.aDd I foll@ed, haeing. like hih, shaLen hands withall hands. Then I set ont lor my natjve land, andarrved ]n Dery feering like an explorer who hadjxsi cir@mnavisated ihe world. And I looked Northand sa{ rhe cleu str and I Drayed thai the "JeanBaIi" mishr hdve a Bon Voyege.''

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IRISH

TFTSIIIIEN ^r'"n '\ev ;o rur .'d. dr' ofr.r s.or Pd

I t,r r,e,r .ou-m-.ss Ar.d la(\ or,ulur". rnshofi for iheir boorishness But, ih.! n.cd

no! be embauassed bJ lhis accusa oni il stems fromor lud!" cnro1" trrh 'r.D. sliJhl

Lnoqteo:( oj rj-tir.ds h,!'or, and,ulru-, ^oLld rorn^re ":in an u'ould r..rl'. ha .hPIrish Dation has mu.h to be proud ol.

qn'ona rr nan) d,hr'v"m_'s Ir"l'no pr.-ol\n.rsess's one ot Lhe ric'relt folk, Jl'ur"s of rh" worldirau"r Hulh"s rn 'np Prpl, r Io volunr I oi 'irscollecrion ol 'Iri3h Countr, Songs' sars: " over athosand years ago rreland {as the moli highly,oL,a "d 'ounlr\ n Wpsrnlr IiuroDP. and PuPr inher decadencc she has retained somc or this oldkDowiedee and culiurei and. as a conseqxence, herconicdporary litemaurc and folk-hsic siilt havequaliiies rhat are peculiar to her. Elsewhere in tbesame Preface, he says: "Ir has b*n the hdst hotable,.hrevpm.ni of the Ir*h naiion ihaL it hs. con-sistently ihroughout ten ceniuris, impced ihequaliiy ol its mind upon everJlhiDg ihat ha irjedm usxrp ts ljfe and 'educai€ its felings." This,l thint. is true in every sphere ol Irjsh lilei did DoLihe Ehgliah y !o usxrp our land and our life, onl,ro 6nd tha!. to thsir dismay, it made u more Irab

Ths folk-msic ol IEland is ihe anonymousproduci ol the people. Considerins the size andpopulation oi lhe counry it is more abundant ihaDrhar oi any other naiion ol the world Ol our mlsicih. laie Sir Arnold Bax sald: ol all tlre coxntrieol the vorld Ireland Dose$es the hGt varied andbeauiilrl folk-music' LiterarJ men and poets havefouDd in Ireland's iol} music a qualiiy io be ioundin no other slect of creative ari

George Moole, on hearine a lyric oI ihe penaldays. sald: _Only a bearen race could have produc.drhai sonel' &nd Charles Dick€a talks of &e_un€arthly' quatity oI Rosa Darue! song in _David

Belore dealing {ith our lolk mujc ii would be$el1 io flnd oul €xactiy whit it is ond, ro avoid con-rnsiin uhat it is noi.

Ii has been said oI iolk music Lhar ii justgro$ed." The songs wer€ qitten by unkro{n composefi ji ihe wo.d composer" contd be apDlied aoihem at a1l whoever uote the beautiful af rorhich Pidmic coluh lut lhe sords ol she MovedThro The Faif hay never have wrifien anythingelse. Anorher Dossibilitr i6 lhat ii mAv hale orisinAtedlrom the eflolts ol a group ol people sitting arounda nre sjnging or in the village-squar€ dancing: {hokDows? so ii is siih nosr ol our folk-tunes Butwe do knos one thiDAi these sonlLs do not bear thehark of dirtinctive seniusr lhey are ihe product ofone country and one iype or Deople noi oi a singlepefton. Th€y lenect the imes @d chamcNedsir6

F'OtK=MUSIC .s 3cA. KEANE,

.f rhe nar,i.n whr.h .fFat.d th.m. not the individuolwho cond€med .he nations leelings into his own.LeL Lhe follosins comprraiively recent ballad illusimie

"The ould Orange Flxre rAir: Toor ai-i ay ').

In Lhe couni, Trrone near the iown ofDunganron,

where many a ruclion myself had a haD'

Bob williamson lived. a seaver ro .rade,And each of us rhoughi him a stoui

olange blade.on i.he T\'elflh of Jutt. a i[ Jearly did

Bob llaJed on ihe aute. and *e bangedon the drum.

Ye ma, talL of you haip, yer piano. or

But iheres nothing caD sound like theould orange flute.

Toor-al oo; Toor ai ay, singing Toor al-itoor-a1-i-Toor-a1-1-ay,

J. N. Healy notes in his 'Second Book ol IrishBallads," iD which he quot6lhis ballad in iLs entireiy,ihar he has head both Plot*iants and CaiholicsainB ihis ballad at valiou tihes and both geiiinghehendou lun oui of iti 'in (s apparcnr Ercourlhere is no illfeeling and great good-huhour a.dsurely that is how we xould 3ll {ish lt to be.'

Sur"ly rhE brllad dop$ r.o rpR,. rhp o!.njomoi s mere individual bui ihose of a se.iion oi the

Folk mlsic, ihen, is lmly ih€ prope ! ol ihe!a!ion, pa.t ol rts cotuhon h€dLage.

rrom oL' '"'h"r s in'y su^cr ol lrs\ tolk mcr.!c can ihhedialelt exclude such pieces s Phitihe F'luter's BAU' and "Gahay BdJ' and a compleielydillereDt cai?Cory of songs such as: Twenty MenFrom Dublin Toiln_ tA(hur Grimih), 'Deaih Lamentof John O'MahoDt tDouglas H!de), aDd TheSoldier's SonB rPeadar O CerrDaieh and Parick

A Blanc€ ai ihe cornpos€rs names and LhG annGiltion to a copr ol T$,€nly Men From Dublin Town'should be enoush indication ol wha! peiod in Irelands history these vere rvriiten:

_ Twe.iI Men From Dublnl Town'-*rlheD byArihur Griflith in memory of a shall band oi Un edIrishhen. who, afacr the collapse ol the insunectionol 1?93, coniinued ihe s rggle Io! lreedom {iihMjchael D$aer in the Wrcklow Mountaihs.'

To a hcician it may be comparatjvely eNy toren trtrar is and what is noi a genuine In3h folk-iune.

20 THE COI,UMBAN

Bui Ior rne herety interested in the buine$ of€njoying whar he hears I offer a les examples of ihefolk tunes {hich he is liable to hear on the radio ormore tilely. ai ihe local Feiseanna Bul alihoughfte tune bay be rradi.ional. one cannot alNayssualantee ,he sam€ lor the $ords. €specially iheEnglish ores, as these trnes could have odgjnatedas fluie, fiddle or halp melodies or the oDginal Irlsh$ords tuar have leeh lGr.

'!he VerdanL Bn€s of sdeen ;"I kDos vhere Im going";''Wnen thro' life unbl.sr we rov€" (old .n:

so.ds, Thooas Moore); aDd"Do$D bI lhe Sally Oordens lwords:

w B. Years. Otd rir "The vaids ofMouDe Shore"),

lepreseni .ypical Iri6h iolk-Lunes or the hore lrrical

Judgjng b! lhe sitle rhe first oDe {ould secnr ,obe the old6t: it is more akin to lhe pedaDt! tJpeol sinaing ihaD ihe oiher ihree. Again, I woutdvenurre io say that ihe tune "My Lct Love' (oldair eDhlled PIiUlin na mBan Donn 69 )-EnBtishwords by Mrs. MAire Hardebeck is older than anrof np Jbo\e rJ r ly bc,"usc or rLs Fci.alrve srrh of6mging ard the lact ihal i is buiti up tom oneimgmenl ol h€lody. viz.:

carl Ilardebeca's arrargement of ihis is marked'anrsr.: rlla r!clt " '.e, v"r, slor, n \P !rrlF ofa re;ua(ive I a sJ.P or v(il rr.rrnc rn wrrr'hhel.dv aDd rto a steater or lesd exient) ixedrh!.th; and mefe aie lalselv disregarded in favoul'.I:ome imj'taiion ol ihe nairal iniexioN ol speech

P. A. Scholes: 'Oxford companion io Maic'].

This leads us to ih€ problem ol datjng tunessuch as th6e mentioned above. obvioNlv a con-si.teraii@ ot the tunes Lhe@elves without extemtlrlerence is a ver, haphazard busilress. One couldonly say, as I did abote. such things as "This tuneis older than ihal on€.'

This problem is a mGt dimculL one as the bulkol our lolk-musjc, as *e inow ir today. vs nrstol all handed down tradition&lly for many centuri6before it wd tlansoibed and in the ploces wdsubject to coDsiant modiflcaiion. so. unls ae canlnd definite referelces to a particular song we cando liiile to daie it with any accuracy. If we finda definite reference to, or a manuscdpt-copy of a.!ng, we can say ihai the tune is at least as old Nthe relelence or copy itselr.

The earliesi kno{n manusoipt-copy of an Iri,shIolk-iune i5 to be iound in ihe Libruy of T nityCollese, Dublin. It js one ol a collecLion called"WiUi@ Banet's Luie Book." It is said to havelreen ihe prop€i:it of King Jam* ]n ol scotland andhence we can dat€ ii not later ih.n 1600. The tuDeb entitled 'Oalino and i,i j,s also in r book pdntedin Llldon airout 1565 unde! the headinc Cale. ocusiure he." we find thia latie! DhrNe used instEkalFarek Itenly v." The folloxri.g I quote

rrom a Dublicaiion bv _The cultual Relations Com-mittee of Ireland" as an extension ol lhe abore:

'Now jn shakespeeres "Ilenry v' EEign PBtolxsps rhE ohrase calen o culrlr" mPl ,! rpparenrsrLb"alh;o hB Frrncn pr son.r on h" nFld oIAe-ncourr. Tre F-en.hm1n "ah'JP penlp quP r'oucr;s lp qpnrrl.oame dc oonnp qL...rP- ano PsrolrprorE. -QLc',rry: Calpn o .urrurP h": Tle nPan:htdnd or.no--aDh! r.mirn, d i maIpr oI spp rlr'ionby Shakespearean scholals and olh€rs unlir ihe lai€Pro'e$o' c"irrd ML-l,ht os ov"rPda fes vears aco li.e aboxr 19501. He prcved iheerisienae oi &n Iish sorg. oi date not laftr thnn1600. ol which lhe first line is _cailin o chois tsiiiiem. Phor."I.rllJ, ', aa'.n i crur" np_ ,pproxrmares so clGelr io tlis Irish Dhrse as !o place iheidenti6calioD beyond question '

fhe dbove is ih. daiLng oi ihe earli€st folk sonsNe knov The next copies \{e have aie prjnited oDeaoi aboui 1?26 o ralds by John and wiuiam Nells8trhe build€$ ol 'The Musick rrall' Ffiere rrandelcorducted his lirsr p.r'fomraDce ol "vessnh' in

h the eighteeDth century Charles coffev, anIrishman. \\rcte hE 'BeggarS weddDg" hoping io€qual Gar's Beggarh oDera. Ile used such tun6$ 'Eilem Arlon tdcribed to carol oDalr, a forleenih century hardl and The Crusleeh Lam.",aie. william shield wrote his opera "The Poorsoldier" and Thomas Moore used tun$ irom t lorhis 'hish Melodies" such as, -The Young May Moon"and I'd rttoum the Eopes ThaL Leave Me.'

Whrr sLn ups of our hFrrtaC" ol iol*-murc rsjn ihe mai. paft due to "ihe gEat colleciors" J.ohthe tat€ eighteenth century onNalds. one of ihehGt notable of these is Edward Bunting. In Ju19.1192. he Look down tun6 lrom ren hadilionar harpeBat ihe Assembl, Room of lhe BeUasi Eachange. Sixol ihese *ere blind, ih€y q'ere all over seveniy andihe eldesr v6 nineiyieven ,ears old. After thisBuntjns decided to devote his lile to 'ihe siudy andDFspNarion of our Iiish m€lodi$." In 1802 heiolred Connacht and MunsLer with an Irish scholar,Pafirck Lrnch. lhus €nablins him lo collect boih theh.diuonal tuns and the haditional Irish Nor&.

Bunting $a6 lollowed by a long line of coll€ctorslrom HeDry HudsoD in ihe eightenth century LoHerberi Irughe in this century.

The n€xi aspect ol our folh-music is the inauenceof great harpors. From 1200 1500 the centre oI allculture wd ihe courts. Here ihe greai Bardlcs.hools wer conducled in the winter. P@ts andharpers Nere oI high social 6Lalus. Poems ol comp."x hprrr.dl lrh6 v'"r" ,."ompahi'd by hJm musi^and although maDy Doems survive the musjc stillremaiN a mystery. WhaI type of husic could haveb*n se|o rh-

' ohplrcdr"d and pvd-.hanerne

ihythhs oi th6e poems is dim@lt to imagjne: veshall lrobably neY€r knov.

coniemporary viih rh€ harpeE of the Ba icschool {ere popular halperc whose Fork was unrecos-nBed by the scholaN ol bheir day aDd hence un-

With ihe Cromwellian settlement in ibe hid-eventeenth century, the strict laws ol the Bardicsch@l djed out. Hencefodh. the li6h p@tical spittboke its b@ds ed rhytlmic, asonsnial D@try came

fh +"re{i}"i.. ..rFu.\t Jqlt, ;: ;,r

THE COLUMBAN 21

into its o{n This was the period of ihc composiiioDol th. bulk ol ou folk-music. and of iru. lvri.al

Th€ earliesi ol thc harpers was an OKaDe fromColnt! Dcny RorJ Dall o Cathnin by Dame. Heliled majDlJ in Scoiland and was a prolific compc€rTo one of his iunes _Rory Dalls Porf' Roberi Burnssrote his lovesonB _Ae lohd kiss. a.d th€n ire severl"IN.B.- Port rn rhh .ontext is used lo denoie ahehber of . ScoLrish uistocratic iamilr: hence RoryDalis Pori" ltrDroximaies io _Rory Dalls counie$"1.

The lasi ol ihc greai haDers. and pcrhaps ihemost famous, q'as Caioran i16?0 1?38). He {rswelcomed ihroxghoui Ir€land and ii is surel! a greattibute to hih tbat, 6 an Irsh Catholic harper. abook ol hb composjtrons s.s published in DulrlinduriDg the penal days. IIe {$ blind lroh the age olejshiceD and, as a result, decidcd io leau rhe harp.Ai the aae ol iweDt!-one he ser oui on his rmvelswhich brought him fame and honolr all over Ireland.In 1?33. 1D rhe hue tradiiioD ol a hran *ho lived alomantic and dramaric life. on his death-bed he picked up hjs halp and played onc of his cohpcliions.''FareNell to Music.

One could srite alhost inexhaustively ob LhesLoJp.' ol lrsh loli-hJs c ard ro 'hp perspvp nLreader Nho has haDaged lo read thus far, I say_congr.lulanons," bur ihjs ls a here sketch of ihe

I caD onlv hope that rhis article has made atleasi a fe{ DeoDle avare or what a vast and inreresr"'e .op.. .h, studJ or iolk husr. and totk lord r.For instance, hos many of you knos ihar one oftoda!'s tu6r popular "Irish' balla.ls _The HolyOround' j3 really not Irish at all? BoLh the q,ordsand music are oi Welsh origin, from SNansea. in fact.Bu! in Cobh rhere is a disrici Lnown as The Ilotvcround.- Ir is d( .hp Eds,-rn rr d ol rhe roq;where the Bea-farinB population lilej thel -ad.pted'rhh soats many I arb /ro rnd evth rod-v {h,n rnthE pubs. ihey yelt out _FiDe cirl you ire . ih.rsram|hprr JlassFs 0 ' rhp 'do.p ,nd rurn rn .n

Let no man acose ihe Irsh of roughn* andlack of culiure the Irish nation ha much ro beproud oll or has it? Ii is a sad ract ftai Irelandneglec* iis folk-cuitur€ hore than moai and thaiespeciall, et a iime {hen folk-husic snd Doelrv isrhc sJorp^. of inrpns.up srudv .n Europp dno fipUDL.ed Srates ol Amedca. helands chiet musicalmanuscipis srill rehain unediied aDd xncaialogued.Donal O'Sull'y.n sums ul, rhp s.uaLron bJ qLoring_hp :n60ipl'on o\e' rhp ooflrls ol Lhe :dude de

''Il d6pend de celui qui Da6seQue ie sois tombe ou irdsor."

one can only hope ihat in the heEr luture our folk-msic mat prove to be DoL a iomb bui a treasure

1f[il8 OLDERGENER.\TION

\-ou rtsr ..n'l eir awa! r.om rhLm.r T'er''r" JII rouno lout Lookt 'Ih.r€goes one now, nastylook;ns character, just likethe rest oi them. what are they up tc? (Nog@d, I ll be boundr. Where did they come irom ?

I mean, did th€y just aptrear, from noIvhere ?From what I h-"ar, it se€ms that they'v€ treen herelrom time immemorial. Many early texts men-tion them lhe OLder Generatlon. The OlderGeneration : sounds perlectly harmless. doesn't.it ? But take care I don't be taken in by them,devious lorccs are at work I ?hey just sit rcundinventing bombs and guns and tbings io kl11eachother oll {ittr. They don t even go to school I

Well, how can a percon expect to be normal if hedoesdt go to school ?

By George, they're an odd lot. They lnventtelevlslon md now they say ,it corupts us. Whydon't they uD-inveni it? It would make a welcome chmge. All they ever do is invent. In iact.I wouldn t be surprised ii sorne adult claimed tohave invented me| By ceorce, its just likesomethins they would do. I'U ask my intherabout that (he's one of them, you know. but he's

I've been vo.ried about my brcther tatelyDo you know, he s beginntn8 to took remarkablylike one of them? I think he's been goi at. lle..a.s h-. ar Training Coll gF, our I rhink .

Training Collese I That's jt I They re irainlnghim to be an adult I This is too much. We,vehad two xdults in ihe family already, but a tbird I

I see now that tbese villains are a lorc€ tobe dealt with. They've conceived a masierplanto make us all adults. Oh, th€ very thought ofit. Its bad enough being invented, but to endup as one of THEM I

B. JOI]NSTON.s. 1. D.

FOOTNOlE Readerssiudv or rrsh

-rush Couniry sonss "

SPRING

N.N Winter'E gone and Spdrg is here.And edrih regains it6 liie,To sa, farewell dnd bear lhe knel]ol winter's tedions srfiIP

New leaves are on each snaried branch.Net branches on each !ree;Bur mGr or an l like the birdsThat sing srveel sonss to me.

JOS-

22 'f5{E COLIIMBSN

Kerin l,,lu1lan s. ru 8.. Madam Loullier. betterDerry Hlsh S.tiocl. rnd M. Philippe Bourdo:r,by the Cercle Francais du Ncrd Cuesi. Kcvi!.

opDosite, was Presenied wlth

knom as Miss Mcllrcy, former mistress oiFrench consul in Belf:Lsi at a dinner organised

whose pdze winnhg French essay apDrarsa book token by M. Bourdon.

PEEFEGTS AND OFFICIALSFront-M, P. Kelly, T. Q'Gara. L. G. McAllister, D. Bradley, C. Clerkin, M. Breslin. Middle P.Harron, J. Eegarty, M. McAiee, S. McElwee, M. A. OcoDnor, P. Cafirey (Head Prefect). Back J.

Loughrer, B. Doherty J. Bryson, R. Murphy.

TT{I] COI,UMBAN

Kevin MulLan. S.tr 3A

L'hiuer

Ses Avantages Et Ses Inconvenients

lINr PRETCCUPATION dsorsrp d" son Dr.ts-lr"U oonn" L"u souvenr s Iilcap,ri'e dp l'homn p

de voil dans le hiroir d€ la vie au retourannuel de lhivd lrlu que son imase Je vous priede cosid€rer 16 anihaux tels que Vigny les a conlusei c6ldbrdFDrccdts sauvas4, travailleus infaiisables.Btatures ihbu€s de sensibilit€ ei ln vous veuez toulela dive$itd de seN et d ihportahce qu *suhe I hivei

-aison de le1lcii6. de chagrin, de labeur, d€ r.pos.

bref. une pariode de naissance et de moli.

Rien qu€ dy peNer fait, eux pareDts une peurbleue- car au bout de l ann6e ils o.. ar rdsoudre ce

rude ei perp6iuel jeu de Datienrla quesiion€pineuse de l'arran8ement deux par deux de leurspeiites cb4ries avec d$ cavaliers r6pectables. Lahire. hysta que, tracasiCr€, presque eperdue deddsespojr, r d$ entrewes oeiiculelses avec sesgendres fuiu^, lnsonnants et ellards DehaDdes,ttenantes Dour maquillase atirayani et vetments@iieux rendent le par€ cribla de dertes. Tous l€sdeux, aftol&, s'dreintent alin de lournt une r6sidencesrandiose aox nouveaux ma!i6s, ei dEro ceLte.h6prisable ei, odieuse saison, ils se suicide.aieni. si.e n'iiait l'incitaiion de leur lieriE A lalre reprodlireleur phFionomie exquse ei d'Ctre repreentis ruxbals du Dririemls par des ddbui.ntes quL leur ieraieni

Tandis qu'd ceux cj l'hiv€r nappofie que del'inqui€tude, i d autles il raii espeer un a,anlaseprodigieux irois hois ravissan* de vacances. I!entendeni l'appel pdrehpioire du 6ud. Battantli6EEuement des ailes. jls .gisseDi coniormdmenl el'iroti.ct de migration. Les viueEiateuN plumeux.jacssants et ddbordants de gaiia, iourrent daN leurs,aUses des mainots de bain ei des runettes luhees.et ne ce*ni d'envisesd l& Coie d' Azur et les eruxscintillantes de la M6ditdaDde. Ld rats s ehiar-queni-clandesiinement i! bord d6 nayirs en par-tan.e pour la husique et te rcmanesque d6 tropjque.

Mais. das un @rcle dblouissant,'Il pend ioujours qu€lque Couite de saDs."

v3tgre ces fuitd iolaires. c6 discusjons aldentsde projeE. de mutes, de logements exoiiques, fl ae

repand leniemeni un grand senliheni contagieux descliiude parmi 1es h6ts rafant$-les r@rus, coh-paratilemeDL p.rlant iu Grand n0le1 de la N&ture"aui ne Deuveni s ehDachd de devenir un peu de-ranses, alrairus, erclins a se plaindre i' mesure qu'ilss'apereojveni du r6ir6c1$deni quotidien du coulutde caharaderie et qu€ le continuel concert orch6raldmis ds yersers et des htes d6ooit d une chaNonfoiruite, le ramage de quelques exdcutants encoie

v6he 14 chGes inanih6e6 se meiieni en deuil.Ir ciel somhe se voile de b.ouillards noiratres. ktis et la .ose sont il6ids el desslchds. Depuis long-.em$ le oi du coucou est olblia. L6 arbressquele Lques sont d6pouillds de Loute splendeur. Seull€ roug&gorge colore te desel1.

Lhiver esi un allie plus intime de la mori quaitjahais concu Victor gugo. Raiales. tourments,iempCtes ihpitoyables causeDt une diseiie funeste.chaqu€ rdoudGcence du tuojd inteaiiie l'jnstinctnon seulement de la codseraiion. mais aussi de s5soeur sanauinaire ra d66truclion. L hibou a ru ]erenard ieriliE tomber en proie aux chiens met'rrieEou le loup sffamd dnsorser la biche preurante.

CepeDdant, il y a un antidote conire chaque arhelethildie du desiin. Le mouton gouie la chaleur del6t3ble: le boeuf ressus ,omere se ddfend. Iesauhon heuleux ledent en ahoni. LouN qour-mand. piqud griavement pendent lat6. se r6jouit desobsdques des ab€ills avant d'aller eptouyer 16charmes sopomiiJs de l hibemalion.

N'oublron8 p6 la pauqe drnd. disabusce qui,nouni€ royalement pendaDt quelque iehps, jouit duchau.flaae ceniral 1e jour de Noel, mais nsi p* dh6me dtn f.fe .6.

TTIE COLUMBAN

IEIRIIGG GIRAIMIMIAIR SCIHIOOIT

trrOU\DED IN rr - re.sn oI CharlFr I by Srrt .lonn lto.rt om", Bricc crammar s.nool qasonsinally named Glaniord Grammar School, buton the addltion of a bridge over the Ancholmeriver, which runs thrcuAh th€ town, the town wasrenamed Bdgg and bence, the school got its new

The arrangement of classes and grades wasmuch more complicated than it is hele with irstyears being placed in different classes simplybecause they came irom cerlain towis or areas.The school had lourteen teachers to the threehundred and nhety nine Dupils. This, however,was suficient. as the senior third-years spentn ost or rhp.r llm- ln rhF library. Tha mainschool bulldina was rebuili several times and aJew ol the orlglnal stones now survive s comerstones. Mary of the stones were scmtched withth€ initlals of idle DuDils. The main bulldinsconsisted of a Physics Laboratory. a ChemistrvLaboratory, Senior Ubrary, a telel'1sion room(which was my classroom !), nine other classrooms and a cloakroom. Near the main buUdingis the op€n-air swimming-pool, donatcd by theOld Boys of the school in memory of th€ OldBoys of Brlgg Grammar gchool vho died inworld war IL Next to this is the modemermnasium. Nearb,, at ihe far end oi ihe schoolis a block of mod€m classrooms, the Dreiects'room, the blology laboratory. ahd the woodworkroom. Beslde this is the boardiig-house whichaccommodates one hundred and forty three olthe total three hundred and ninetv-nine DuDils.

For sports the school was dlvided into nvehouses or tesms. Anchohe. Nelthorye ({hich rv.ra" ir,. s'rpmald, Yrrborcueh. and School HousPThe sports we had there v,rere,lootball in Autumt,cross-country running in winter, athletics 1n8pdng, and. ln Summer, swimming and cdcket,although I preier hardball, which we did nothave there. lo cicket.

The school haal many difierent socieiles, suchas, th€ Mountaineerina Society, Photo$aphvSocietr, a Bird-watching Society, a,nd even asculpture Soclety, run by the art teacher.

In ihe vear I was there I wes a flrst-yearand I had two classes each oi Physlcs, Chemistry,Blo1oay, Art, woodwork, Games and Physical1}ainine Der week, the normal ainounts of

French. Maths. English. Hjstory and Geography,with two classes of Music thrown in. which wasmalnly slnsins practice-

I lived :t R.A.F. HemsweU ai the time, and Iwent to school with thirty two oth€r boys. Inthe wlnter we never went io school cold becnusc,nine mominss out of ten, we had to push the busto start it. or dis it out of ihe snow with our

Class tasted just as lons ts it does here. we,too, had Wednesday afternoons off and weni toschool on Saturday mornings. We oiien stayedbFhlnd oh w"dnasday air"rnoon Ior arhl, tic. ora house crcss-country lractice run, or in delen-tion lor " celtain reasons."

While I was ihere our class went on tbr€€outinss, trro of which were oryanlsed and paidfor by the school; the third was run by oul form-

The first was a trip ol about six or sevenmiles to Scunthorpe Museum Ther€, we slentmost oi the time trying to dodge the curator, aidgazing wLth enw ai speaN and axes, while all hlstim€ was spent either trying to catch up withus or borins us stlff with tacis about the StoneAge. Thi. mus"Jm had many prphi.toric remainsfrom that area. and conslderable local evidenceol the Romsn occupetion. Among the Romanspecimens was a reconstructed mosaic noor madeof the original tlles.

The second outlns was to Lincoln mainly tostudy its geograDhical and hisiorical aspects. wevisited the museum there and studied the armourand weapons oi plst ases. We also visited theCathedral whlch was a manel ol archiieclurewlih e:ch maMn s mark h th€ form oi a smallcarvlng, one of which, in the form of a11imp, hasbecom€ famous as the " Lincoln Imp." we werealso shown the orlghal cop, of the "Magnacarta," whlch was presenLed to Lincoln. Asusual, a few boys goi lost in a side-chalel and wehad to spend about ten minutes looking for them.We then weni to the castl€. and after climbiigthe Keep and viewing most of Lincoln, we wentinto the dungeons and looked around thepdsoners' chapel. Again a f€w boys got lost andlocked in a celt m the chalel. we went homeeveniua.lly. after th€ twenty-rdnth roll-ca.ll I

TIIE OOLI'MBAN 25

The third outrns was th€ one arransed byour form-master, often referred to as the " form-monster." This lr,as durlng the summer holida.ys,and, when we had reached a suitable spoi ln theDerbJshlre Moors, we soi out and began to walk.We had thought it woutd be cold so we all worethtck sweaters and coats But, to our dlsgust,it was a very hot dly and we were soon staggering from the heat. And we were not a,ble toddnk any of our colas and oranges b€cause, ilwe st.pped to unpack them vre were soon lelibehi.d by the others. wihen at iast ve stopped,we hardhr had the eneray to eal. We then con-t:nued on the tr€k and two hours later we roueddown the hill ald intc the bus I We then wentto th€ Blue John MiDes, not lar away. a,nd sp€ntthe remainder of the day there. This wholeouiing ccst only seven shiUlngs and ninepence,and the iun we had on the way home made theentire dsy thoroushly enjoxable. However, alterc:lch out:ng we had to write an essay on it, whichwas Dot too poDular wlth the dul1€r boys in theclass. but the majority enjoyed writing aboutthem almost as much as laking psrt ln them

Altoeether, cohsidering it vas school, I hadn deliehiful year there.

UMERICKS

A corpulent dah€ called Mariewas 30 fat ihar she looked like a he

And as she paased by,All the peopre would sish

'T musi be ,eah 6ince she lst sa( her kneo

A careless young felloN called .-'[ileUsed to ride at lull sleed on hi! bike

once he hit a stone wallBrokP his bones on€ and all.

Poor chap, no{ he cani even hike.

A gangljng young icllow caned PaulWas so very exceedingly iall

Thai a low-flYing jetIIit hitu righi sur la l6fe.

oh. Dow hos he'd loae lo b. sau.

IAN MCGUI&E.

Jun. 2D

JUNIOR LIBRARY NOTEmHE FLw oook Adopd (o rh. Jdn'or Lrordr) hist ,.". r. ., !1e rpao $rh ds l.rrlp rn.q'ps, os

the wide aDd varied seleciion already on theshelves Perhaps the 3helv6 are too high. Derhapsthe junior lupns are iiled during their special lihrarys.ssion each evenjne: wharever the reason ibe booksare noi b€ine read nearly as much 6 the! should b€

Sjmplifled ver6robs of rhe classtcs 6uch as "Gre8tExpectaLioi6, "vanity Fair." &idnapped,' aDd soon. ale 6ijll jusi as popular wi.hin the limited circleof reideN s Weste@ and adyenture sm.i* set inp\ar n -p Fro.rc pld.cs -Th. R vpr of 'he Buraingsand." _sihet chieJ,' 'Kit carson' and "Flame orerAfrica_ sere ihe books mGt in dehand and theBrgC-p! spres dr d hc Tqins spnps drc sLl BoinBstrong: lrnlber tiiles i. th6e seri6 would b€ huchapprecialed. Finaily, the Larousse 'Le Liwe du zoo"ws the most lopular aDd best illutrated enim&lbook ol ihe yearr some rradem mainrain thai ii {ouldbP ,n idPrl Ften.h tPxf.b..k

DINIS BRADLEY,

s. 2c.

DI,BLIN. NOVEMBER 14ih, T963

..AND ALL FOR 'MUSIC"'

'wh"n musr" sounds con" .s Lh, e'r.rr I k'ov. . . Rapt in sirange dltam buru each enchonied

face . . .'rwalter de La M*)

lreiler skelt€r. do{n streei and alleycrowded, they run with hair flJins wildi

They reech the hrll,Wherc mad wirh frenzy. screaming gi.laAnd boys, their long tocks in their eyes,

Aughent ihe bra{L

Alas ! Poor constables who srriveAi nrst ihei. pride, tben peae io keep.

Oo under footiAnd dubious type vith ete inientOn {allea of his neighbour cl6e

Escapes wth tooi.

'fhp d.n in.r.rsp. - d Jn'al. Doy shoutsA .ar ' Thpy .on.p hP orrppeJrs

O ! Painlul sight I'Tis true indeedi amid th? mobA clarlon sounds ! car draws n.I

Wjth btirdins light.

Four bashlul youihs, urkempt ol hair,'Frch lollh the rdnks ol many thousand

Fans do *€.pToward ihe steps. wi.h oficeEOl peace a1l round, .he, hadly push

Ohl-lo.aDeep'At last I Inside l' sighs one : iosdrdIhe dressinA-rooms rhet quickly dash,

Shaggy or him iOulsrde. $h{e but a shit. b.f.rPa barlad sinser delecied stood.

Thhrli doth rcigD.

26 THE COLI'MBAN

FOOTBAItI F|F-R n" uumphs oi I'sL vea. S' follmo'a

A enLpred Ulrl4r Coll"s"" Ioo.oaU n ! )"rso ,

wilh a iomidable lepuiation. Despiterniiial su.c.ss however. it must be admitied thar

ihe year finished jn an anti climax.

The \4cEory Cup team acquitied themselres {€llin iop cl6 compeliiion and, bui lor t plague ol un-fofiunat injuies, might well have sone lurther.The casullty lisi was l.rg€-one dislocated shourder,one brol<en nnger, oDe cae ol tom kDee ligaments,t{o osd ot appendicitis, nol io mention lhe lact thaiNhree players left early in ihe year aDd the conbinedpsrcholosicar efiect {as ier more devastaLins tbanval Kane could ever hare caus€d,

For the Fianafasi team. howeve!. iherc can be

few exl:1ls. An exceueni t€am, at full strength .ndwith lorm and tlAdiiion in iheir favour, lost a hardearned oD. siill, rhe team Nas one ol consideEblepoienliar and ihe valuabre le$oa leamed in defeathighi Bell bn.g ibe Mclior! CUD to ihe College next

.oh!rrrula'onr'o rhe Iu\lnrlc ieam ol $lnninsihe corn Na n-og competiiion at lheir nrst attempt.In a sectjon in which spiriL srd perseverance arejusi as rmpoltanl as foolball skill, they showed lleniyof each If tbe laNs oi the Ranalat and :'fcl,amonCups mak$ N look back wLth a sjgh at last yeer's

4lorrs rh. cdOrur" oi rl ' aor \r n-OB r, ph' 3rv.3u conndence for the lutxre.

Sincere thanks are due io lbe President and othermembers ol the College stafi aDd Past Pupils UDio..especialt, Mr. ttoherty, lor thef help and whole-helried support durinB tl)e yeer

Gr&titude, congratulaiioDs and condolences mNt41so be exFnded to T'r. McQuillan and Mr. MornihanIor rheir hard {o!k and ihe par' rhey llayed i. thesu{6ses and failures ol an €venrlul seascn

Fcr Mr. Gallaeier, ho*ever, there musi be specialr€coeniijon Three yeaN or painsiakins. patieDr And.a! rihes. exaspcrating work wift ihe Junror bols $asdFspaFdl) rp$,rd.d b, r umph rn .om 1.' .ogao him this year goes ih€ credir lor th€ ia.t thai-!he name of Si Columbt will once aaain be encravedon one of rhe ulsrer collee€s foorlall trophi6.

Frs. Dellm and Mcoonologue also ran tbe variousiDter-class comletriotu verJ succe$iullI. Perhapslhe most signincani evenr ol the !ear, Nas that lorihe nlsr rme ever, a ieam oI dayboys d!a{r mainly

from ihe :nd ,€ar le.ele rcpreseDted St. Colubsin ihe city Under 14 cotupeti on. There is everysign that ihi6 team will suDply man, Maraory Cupstars ol the fulure.

As we go to pfs, I notice Lhaa Joe Lennon',s book,_Coaching Oaelic Eoothall ior Champions.' has been

added ao the librar!. Althoush a noiable eflor! anda selcohe slep in the rghr direction, I doubt if it{ill tE of an, more beDeflt ro fie f@ibalie]: of itECo eg€ thsn i-s ihe p!6ent, excenent iroining sch.@eder the supewision ol rt. MQuiUan 4nd Messs.Moymhan and GaUagher.

ICOR NA nOG

sT. coLUMB',S y. ST. MICHAEl.',a, Ennl3tlll.n

In ttds march an Celtic Pa* ihe epresentoiivGoI rhe runror hau ol 'he CollegP mdde rhs- fir"Lnuolic ;DDedmm? in romp.LLvP rooubau Thpi-,r", noqoer. sa" rrrh.! inclemenr for Lhe

occasion and a shong sind. driving rain a.d nearlJimpo\ bl, unddrooL ,ono.r.ot oL.i"l d vPry reLl0ng,,:,' n th, outcom. oI the same

s[ co]umbs, against ihe wind, the rain andindeed th. rnn oi pl1y. Nere luckv t turn ovo {ittra soal ailvantasc aL helr-trme. thanks to a solidaer-ence aia"a by the $sak finishrn: .l the Si]v[ichlels forwalds. In tlt seond hall the CEmeiuD€d oui to be more amNilg ihan excrtina due toih: trcacherous condition ol tlre pttch Si. Coluhbs,$ell Ned to such condilio.s. made good se ol theiradvant.ee and were able i! Lnd@se iielr l€ad bI agoal and ttuee points *ithoul rellr-' lrom the sL

score: st. columb's 3'g; Enniskillsn l'0.

sr. coLUMB's r. c.E.s., o€rrv

'fhis sedion - decider {ith neighbours and cldivals C.B.S tumed oui @ be a much cl6er affairihan mGt ol u exDected. Indeed, ii t ok the dasicl,sr-ni.ute soal io sive gt. columbt the mat h.C.BS must be .ons\deEd uliueky be@use they ledall th. ivr, and ex@p! tor St. Colunb s docisirelxpremlc'1 at mrdfldld thel rtruressed as an al,l'

ThEir opportunlst lor{ ds htd bull up i oneuoraL le"d dr ri" rr"0v,l bnd drPy held 01 g_hl/io ro" "-mde- ad\1n'rEp lor 25 m'nu."' or Lh"college-doriinated se@Dd hari. Thm ihei! ruck raDout, aDd a lob tuom Joiu L. Dohdty &opped lromthe goalt€epers hand lor ',he wrnning a@l

FortDatelx r-he ina@urite flnishixg of the sL.Columbs atiack vas ofiset bv ihe sFirit and deter-

.IHE COLI'MBAN unination ol ihe te2m. qualities \rhiclr augured sell

soorer sl. oolumlr's 13i c.B.s.,0-4.

ST. COLUMB'S v, St, MABY'S, 86lfast.

At, this stage of the competition, ihe ltaXers werea liide slprehensive as rhel were playing at DrapereiosD on a big Ditch against a Belfast te&m oi u!kno\:rfom. Thi. pprhzp. ac^o !'6 ro|hA r $akJ c. 1rtasa ns' o r.m rh- hrd cefla.nlrdegree ol iootbelt ability as the college ioys.

Airer hatl-time and a pep-taik, howeve!. SrColumb: really setti.d doro and co6led to a com-fo(able ?-poiDt victoly The for{ard departhentdue in a large mesure to ihe inclusio[ of J O'L€ar']',sas ho{ mch more deadll, and thor@Ch, and some-(h r e of'hp vpn' np.psdo * l'd rhr nd sds s"er' n

Sco.e: sl. Oorumb,s ort! 51. Mary,s o-4

sY. OOLUMB'S v. ST. COLEMAIiI'S, Newry

'lhe rr.L rh6 Dh" com I.a nor '-dh had)ea.hFd rhe nral \as -alher sumas,ni b moJl orlh" bo,!. c. ,h" Lnopr-|s @mp4 r on had bpph ovd-shadospd bJ h4 s'rutBlp lor rhp \4LRory tup )hdihe teim Nas u.dmated. There Nere no doubtsir ou! mind5 aft6 Lhe marc\ hosever, as to trie@Dabilities o, the juvo e plaJe[. Their wjlr rusol major irrporttarce fot it demochated irrpototial rooLbarl raleDt oI si. columbs and addedto the reputaiions gained by the 1962-3 Mcliuro!and Ranalast teams.

The haich itsell was a LlrIitliDe onetpJlrd b\ t^o teams ot grpe! sk l dnd detprnina-nron. In the end. the super:ior nhess ot Si.Cdmbs, speallraded bX tl1e drive or Corum ,ndBradal flullrn srs d.c.Jv-.,nd rhAr ^drrpd onIl'" -o.n N' noc {r'h d ndr-o{ bu qptl{eserved

Score! St, Columrr's r-6; Sr,0otemrn,s t-5

ST. COLUMB'S v. ST. MI0HAEL'q Enniskilton

Alter such a convincing peform.nce St.Coluhbs went to Omagh favoudies to bcat, Ennis-lillen lor the leadelshjp oi iheir se.tion and a placein tbe seni-fiial against Abbcy C,B.S,, Ne$al

lr. Lhe nrr hplr rrrcr hv"d u! Lo "xpe.kuoL.nd re@veriDg irom an inliial sei-back, i,hey scorcdtwo quick goals and tumed over viih a 6-!oinr led.i h€U-time Afao trr interaal hoseve. fie Si.Michael's boys lousht back stlonsr]l and herped by atreacherous pirch, m enthujastic srou! oi supportels ard hesiiancy in ihe Si. Columb's lront line, Lheybegan lo cut do\ih rhe lead. Aiter an e.dy exchangeol poink lhey scored a goal end th.ee points aiihounreply t lev6l the *ores. o@asional Et. cohmbsraids. becked bJ greeL delensjve play, gave s ne{hope, buL SL. Mlohael's refused io let up, and qeUdeserved their sirDing poini 6ye minuies lmm the

score: st. Michael's 1-7i sl. 0olumb's 2-3.

RANAFAST CUP

sT, coLUMB',S v. ST, EUNAN'S! Letterkenny

After a Slo\r siaft. ihE malch turned oli io bein mx opinion. the mosi coEvitrciDg display by acollege ieah Lh* year. The LeLte*enDy botB. notin ihe leas! overawed by either Et. Columbt rcpu-Lanion or their supportels, started c@fideUr- andgavp .he imlrp$ion fidt Lh{ {ere io ns ro DrovrddvaN Jrjfr oppo.'. oh. They r"pt.pd ro an .irty srColuhbs g@r bJ tro quick poinLs and fo! fifteeDninutes ihe issue wd very much in.toubt Then.he Crmege hid-flerld md thre,quatier line beean tDtake over. lupporied b, a backline $hich {as stubbomand sieady desprte being short No of its mains-iays,.nd the llghf fdl-iorNard une rsunrhed aitack afida'r1.k Br hau{rn . s'. Er-rans \er" floJnder ns,a.d ai the end Lhey soe codpletely subdoged bythe flood of scores. The s@re line did noi naLLersI. colwb's a.d no @e .ould deiy that st. Eunan,sre& a sood sidrall oi s.hicih teots itrs om slory.

Scoru: St. Oolumb's 2"9r St. Eunan's 1,.r.

McRCIRY CUP

ST. COLt'MB'S V, ST. COLMAN'S

After serving a short hut very srccessrulapprenriceshLp rn ihe McI4m@ cuD ranks, siCoLumbt ttris year entered the mejor competiLlon iDtlsier col]eges Fooibail the McRorv cu!.

Their first match agaist tJle hotders, Si.colnans, was a very arduoa inhoduction rnto the

St. Columb's sholred very liiile respeot for Epuiauotu 'no l'om L}l bptsi1n.n3. ih_a -verlrl .nC inloattack. By half-iihe. dspiie a lucky St Cormansgoa-dnd a \en !tufl { rd het hdd ou r up a .on-f n.rng 4-poihr l-"d anJ s"em.o spr lq v.crorv hthe second hau, hoseve!, th€ sceDe changed TbeNe*ry ieam sained a decidhq midield suprehacl.end with ih€ College atiack silenced, set abouitevellrngihe score. Ii is a tribute ro our defence tha[ lhe Sr.Colman's ioNrards scored oniy sjx iimes duninB hatf,an-hour wh.n t:he ball $arcely left ihe Cr ege hatf.

This delear did not lesen the @nndeDce ot iheieatu and gave them valuable exDerie.e.

Scorer St. oohan's r-7; Sr. oorumb,s 1-t

ST. COLUMB'S V. S'. PATRICK'S

4 q"l-' -"alitu ano ! h nosj dord ul opposrlgsDeciato's aDd a car joumey ol seven(v mjLes !er.ha!sexplaiDs the dismel display ot St. Columbs in iheopeoing minuies i\lmost belore i,he! realjsed jitbeJ $ere three poinLs in araears. fto poiDis andA snap sorl. horevd, soon rcstored their confidetueabd at ihe interval thex red by six points. In thesecond half thet withsiood a s?idred Atmash rcvjvaland finished *ith a rathd natteins eighrpoint

sco.o! st, oorumbs r-12; st. p.t.ict,s 1r

ST, COLUMB'S v. ST. EU AN,S

Tha win ove! St. Patricks had pur St. Colxtubrrshr ba.r ! -\ r .han.p:n rne liclion Crp. andpvFrJlh hg dppcrdpd on LhLs {ar.h ar ceki. park

2A rllE COLI'MBAN

The $eaiher *u id@I. and St- Colu[nbs, bacB tolull sfength, woe at l6t deterfii4ed '- put !,p afigh. agAiGi a falcled Leiterkenny side who alreadyhad a dn over St. Colman:s lo thei! Gedit.

As it iurned oui, th€,], sur!*d all expeoir-riotu and completely msrded the Donegal boys in alldepartments. Spe€dift to tfie tEU. theg ilmedover q.n . rw-pornr lead "L lull-L.me. otDr4[he s@nd hall Lhey jncrebed this mdgiD by i,sthore poinis and were desdving xirDes, dEpiie tllleJaci rhai Si, Eunan's missed a Dena.1tv.

Scorc. St oolumb'! 0-6; St. Eun.r's 0-1

ST. COLUMB'S t. ST. EUi{Ar{'S

St. Columb s, St. CDlhan's and St. Eulr'shavila 4 poiDts eac\ o tllB<rffied pray-off {asn.ce5.ary to dftide {hrch |lo t€anr shorrd advancet th. semFfrnalr Sl. Columbs sere drasn &sai16tst. Eunan's ai Leitqkenny. a lough a$ignmoi in.p:r- oi rh. 'nc-.!Ljve of Lh.jr prrqo6 vicio[

The mltch nas a ttriller-perhaps the best ofthe year-and botn sides made Ught ot i,le heavy@nditio6 lo se*e up noments of blillraDt footbrli.Soores crde evellly uitrl, nve ninutE from iime. P.Caflrey elve O'Conno. a pedeci pass lrom siichhe p.jnieC and asEured u1e Couege of a place in the

S@r€r St. oolumb's 0-0; St. Eunrn'B r-s,

sT. coLUMB'S r, St. 0oLMAt{'S

St. Coru6b's sere utucky i4 haviis Lo play aflsh S! Colmans t@m ody ilu€e days alier their

JUNIOR !. TEAGUE AND GUP.

WON BY JI B.

CAPTAIN B, WHIIE

1 S. M.BRIDE

3 M. O'NEILI4 J, DEVINE5 Ii WARREN6 R DENIA

3 B. M.MINAMIN9 J. IIIOGILIOWAY

1T J, ],EONA?DII D- DIII{NY

14 P DURKAN

qruellDs ercountd sjih Leite.kmy. Thq .oupledsiLh the facL Lhat their place in ihe sbi-6ral wsalreaCy certainL mry ex-plain to $me exient tlrtsdefer!. Ther .D. howevo, lre no dehaoting Ircmthe displny .f the Newry boys. They vtre ittE andsironger r indeed the flitesl side rbat st. cduhb's halern€i in trre past tluee yqsr, oleverer in ifEir ieam-rork frst.r to the ball and mor-" aclrmtp ir theirshooLiDB. From the tbrc{-in ihey domi@ied p]3y,and after orly teD mnrui.6 ti.lse na utUe doubr asio sh, \ould yiD. It {d St. Col,umbt headesLeverdeJe4t and it tausht us i8t hov muih l,ire team h4d

score: sl. columbs 0.6; sl. coln.n's 1-11.

ST. cOLUMBS v. ABBEY 0.B.S., t{.wry

oh sahrday, 15t} Februara. si, c!.hmb,6 reiurrecio Ballinasoe6 for the seni nral, hrrdened bJigorous tlaining, and siimulatd by ihe Coo nanog win of the previoa week. Yet, {n4i a &ead-lul fi6t half tltis {as :or Bt Columb'6! Abbeg, hot,lavouites tor i,he trcph)_. .onpletely ovemn ihem,and at the jnteml had built up an almct w-asailsbl€ lead. But St. Columbs $rpdsed us aU i.the seond tEll rdth a sDirited fght thsk. giyiba 6ffe indioatton of rrleir true torh. 'Ioo lai,e ineyhad b*ome aD efliclent and dstemined team, for,$hen P. Mcooiier snapped up thre qutct points,Abbey reefted to defs.e. Althoush i,he cotlegemonopolised the pla . {e n*e! r@l[1 rooked likesettins on iims. A s@,r and a poibt ftduced ther€ad turiLher berore the end ad leamv, on the whote.Lhe saa-loint defet Nas rD di6m.e asainst t]leeleniual rlnods oi ihe @dpetjiijon.

soor.! abboy c,4.6,,2-t: st, corumbi. l-a

LEAGUE and CUP WINNERS.IUNIOR 2 LEAGU E

CAPTAIN - D. IAWIN

3J,E,BRADI,EYI D. IICCINLEY

1T N. O'DOI*RTY12 E, OEOITERTY13 M. CA}IPBELiL

l c McoLosxEY

JUNIOB 2 CUP

CAPTAIN A. ('ABNEY

11 WM, MURPHY

14 P, M.LAUGI{L]N

3 E O'DOIIERTY

,IaIE COLT'MBAN 29

JUNIOB 3 SIIIELD

CAPTAIN A, MULLAN

3 M, M.CTOSKEY

12 E. McCAULEY

14 I,, BRINKLE"

.,UNIOB 3 LEACUE

woN aY .r3G

CAPTAIN M. MCCILIICAN

: J, @NVERY

? I[ J DOEER,'fY

t3 J MCCORIMICE14 M MCGoNAGLE

2 'I G1LIESPTE

SEN!OA IEAGUE

CAPTAIN T. O'CONNOR

II P, STEVENSON3 C. A Oj:!OHETY

IO M, MOXTAGI'E11 J, J. KEENAN

13 P MTOROASAN

You Mean, You Didn't Hear Aboutcame." Inc:dentauy "The Axe i.n the Wood"can be found h that new and excell€nt book Jorschools, "Poetry workshop," edited by Russ€lland Chatneldl.

who will 3A tackle next? Brian BaIr suggestsT.8. Eliot, Archlbald Macl-eish, Sammy Davis,Jnr., and cassius (in that order, rnind you),"Lucky lor ShakesDeare hes dead,l" gruntedEugene Hegarty.

JUN, 34 INC LTD,P.S.-Actua]1y, Clifiord. v€ loved roul poem;

your book was all richt. Stiu think my ih€ory'srisht. John Melaueh ditto, Davld Sproule.

Jackpot!. . . , The next time I went frsh:ng I wasn't

quite so unlucky. It was a wet. dutl day after anight of ceas€iess rsin and I had been told thatthe trout vould be talring, I hadn't been flshingfor two minutes beiore I ielt a shar! tug at theend of mv line. My beart missed a beat. Thiswas it I Itensedmy arms and heeved. Hecameflappidg up out of the vater ltr a convulsing arcor brown and white ana! landed three or fouryards behind m€ on the srass. Ir it had been ashark, I couldn't have been morc excited - Awhole trout, and my very own ! I pouhcedupon him with outstretched hand a.nd heid himin ai iron gaip to sto! his struggles i out camethe hook fmm his mouth; I bashed his hea.Lsloppily agalnst a t'l.Ee stuinp a.rld all struggles

FR,ANCIS J SMITH,Junior 3,{

TtILSure anyone in J3A wlll teU you the wh.Ie

story. It aU began away back in Septemher Theclass was siudying (l) "Tbe Axe ln the wood,"by Ctlflord Dyment, the flell-known poet and

A heated discussion arose over the meanlng olthe last two unes

"But I saw death cut down a ihousand menIn that tall lovely legacy of wood."

The Sproulites held that this meant theoblitera,tion oi a whole history and tradiiioni butnhe Melaueihit€s av€rr€d strcnely thai th€ feUingor this great tree afiected the poei as would hiswitnessing a cataclysmlc massacre. Boththeories were vigorously defended.

In thls electriffed atmosph€re even the most,lahguid boys entered the connict, atr1d what began ar a qulet dlscusslon threaten.d to erupiinto civil war. The teacher tentatively suggestedthat both factions should lresent their int€rpre-iatlons to nhe po€t himseu. A leiter wascarefully comDosed and dispatched.

A iew -eeks later, much to his dellghi, Mr.Anthony Mccurk, Esq. (no less), received thelong-awaited reply. The leit€r was ha.nded overto the teacher, who formally opened ii a.nd read

Mr. Dymentfl tacifuuy adopting a conciliatoryaititude, ea?lalned that both theories wer3justinable, ga.ve a very lucid explanaiior ol thewhole poem and ended up by plugging the flrstvol me of nis autobiography, "The Rallway

McRORY CUP TEAM

ss$ {s

The McRory Cup leam who reached the semj iiral of the comDetition. Brck Malachy McAi.e. Palrick Mccotter. Sean Fay,Seamus Lagan, Joseph Cassidy. Thomas Quinn, Brendan Do1an. Henry Mcclll. Front John Joe O'Kanc. Pauick Caltr.y, Tony

O'Connor (Cept), Peter Stevenson, Berhard J Heron. Leonard Kelly, Jim Dohcrty

{pt

F]

I3

CORN NA NOG TEAM

The Corn na nos team who won the trophy in St. Columb's 6rst vear in ihe coripetltion. Back-Eugene Hesarty, Brian Mc-Laushlin. Fra!cis McKenna. Brendan Mullan, Maurlce Mccilligan, Desmond IrviD, John L. Doheriy, Michael Cooke. Middle

Thomas Coyle. Bcrnard McErlern, John O'Leary, John O'Hagan, Coh P. Mullan ioapt.). Anthony Mccurk. Dermot Kelly.Front Briar Kearnev. Joseph Lasan. Brian Gormley, Matthew Trolah.

ss

32 TTIE COLUMBAN

NCE AGAIN Father K€aven€I has sirurk th.r

1963 - 6Irehsjve modrum bt, pleasiDg trt $reatest, posibleNhber wilh his se:ect16s thjs year. A les ol

ihe tums were obvioul! s.ho$n to give Juniors somemeasure ol ,alue for their moner,. On more ihanone o@asioi tnrey voiced their dispprovll .t ihelllge numbe. oi shos5 brough'! ln specrfically ior nheolder boys. The Sen oE, on ihe other hand. quiiecnto!'po no d ru pldca p r're,lxnrors. we h.,l co n"d'e. d_uFnIJrp 6lmr. 'Wsto4 anc a fea rceis of ihat ancient blood andguis eflort Th. Secret of Monte Cristo,

Tlle 6rm whi.t' the studeDts seemed to enjoy mostwas capiaios Couas€ous ' A great number oi bcy:spproaotred rhis film veNioD ol fludyard Kiplinasnovel 6 ihey approach his {ritings-erpecLDs to bebored niih the $ual sea-slords and sjsantic istl'lhp rprrs w.rF noi r€alized. bowever. and lhis tumedoui io be a very enjoyabl. OIm, d.sDit3 i'rs age. Apafilrom such deiails as clolhes whioh i!!va ably date afllm. _Captaihs C@Aeous did not look like a 6hoi the laie 19303. It was at iihes tittI. at iimes lulloI paihos r6peoiallv jn ihe scme qnere Ma[ue]-DlaXed bt Spencer tacy dies), a.d al{ays €xciltng.Tbs fih is dn exrr4ple oI Tracy! eaUy promise andsbiliiy rtlich $as t hake hlm one ol ilr sreat starsof ine scr6n. lncidentally, the hauntjna straiDs olManuels song could be heard emelgjaq lrom thebor5 batns fd nalI *eeks,

"Cihatun $s well r.ceirel br_ both Juniors aDcSeni@s Ii *as the o y nlm oi its aort screenedduring lhe year and had lea ol nh€ Lnppings usuallJa$ociated Nitb wesi€ms rr dealt wiih social climb-ins, wilh ihe development of Ameica as a nanionircm ihe 1880s io 1s20, and tlte simultaneoa grc\'thof racial serlesaiio.. Glenn Ford semed io rcmatnagels tlhugrDui, t}Ie span of tihe lofiy yeah in-volved vh€ras Mada ScheI shoved $eat ,ersatiliiy.chansins $ith rcmarkable @se frcm aD excited ne$lll\red io a calcutaiing, sllver-hajred old lady of gneateci&l pDminen@ anl we?lth. A menomble r€iureof lhisfiImsas the te eiactheni ol tlr latuousOk1ahotua land rusi-

''LilI vas the Dosi contovsial 6lm of lh-- y.ar.dc gin'nt Lh- Junior. ouL enbara$.ng mG S.nior.because of its sdtimentaritt. Persontlll I ihouqhtihat the puplets \!de deltghtlul. esp@lally in the dnalscene whete they cEme alive The deam sequ€nces{ere extremelt effective atd drahatic. Cir@s life inFrarce. aDC the addec slshour or zsa zil GalorL€ve the ilm an interesiinq and exciting lrackgroundFor on. at l@s1. a henoEble fl]m.

Those JunioB s.ho came to s€e Ring solomrnsMiDes" {itl t}Ie H. Rider Ilaggald novel in mind.hopin8 lor some holp io$a!t6 an apprtuiairon of thebo.k and cba!&cter aluedailon, hct have goneetr€y rathd dieppoiDted. rot i. say conJused. Itcannot be expected thai a film aill remein fue io anolel, but Rhen enirrelJ n4v chaMcters aE intrGduc.d to Dro$ide a iehinine distradion it is littlewonder that, one begins to eet mlstifieC. Sc \nenMrr Curtis tust appeareC ihere vas 1 beNildcredmumble ircm thNe in the ruCience who had rtad rhebook: and {han a sr€ai dear of t,Ie ri]m iurn&l oui

fril,ms, !ru Collry

Geof frey A. O'Kane,srE

to be nothing more than a lesson jn @tuml hFior'r".derivereC by Allab Quatermain to bjs Diher dull ladv

{re _oo -tunr cd rc \o.rP rh''r-ra,-.merL Iri nove.'" emJd fina'e bP@1" m.t.lvan a.ticlimax. But dt leasi, *e had a leir very goodscenes oi trild animf,l life and tlre statupede \ins

ol tlr other shows. The Frve Pennies" deservesd€rtio! Somehow eyen Sa."chmo s ro,lllhg .t'es arenuuqh ro ch.rm hb audr.nc" an<t hE oua $',h

Dannl K.,e rn 'Tn. s, nls" hao .h. hall v o'dr.n;.'_The Greeu Years" sas greatry appreoated _The

wreck ol the 'warY Deare Nas a r€lrll exoitlngadventure tm. rl had the $ual iDgred,ientsmurcer, a ivronged maD, and a rcasrEblv sood-looking girl. _Imjtratis Geneftl." which las pnmarilyan amusing frh, hatl a le{ iremmdo!.s combat

The number of dayboys who attcDded the nlns onmost niehts was disapDoiDtngl, amall the one glanngex"eo'ron tone Lh" l"rsp hord" rhrch nvad.d 'heh,ll .h rh. nraht oI rhe"hosre ol _Krn/ Soor"ons

on€ las[ rearet. Llsr year {€ had _Jul]us Ceasd''which everyone enjoyed immensely. It is a pilv wecould nor malL the qualler-centmary of the bfth olLhe Bard $i[h the sho{ing ol anofter Shakes}reare

we must ihanl< Faiher Keavcney lor giving up hi6evenine! peace ih the comfodalrle safeiy ol his sitlingroon. to sbow thNe fllc io ihe tuhuhuoxs thronswhich *. {e must. admit, a raihe! €xaspembine, ilnoi f*tidiou. rudience

bt

I

I THE YEAR'S AADDEST QUOTE :

" and me aiter keepins it wellshined uD 1ll veal''.

Mslachy McAfe€, Captain,Ranafast Cup Team.

TIIE COLUMBAN 33

curn,ann n,a 5^6.elL5el R aN aOINE an 2?d dp ]'I]lern Fomhrir 1963

A r ru,rpdoh ,i6 ar chrhann Gapilar '.,Binser i haUa h6r an choleisie. Bhi scaitiebrn ann idir 41, s2 aga S3-cuid mhaith buacbaillilae fcir-agus aD lAthlir o Fllithearta lrhi sachathaor ig an .hluinni'i.

Nr dhe!rnadh a dhaLh drcn lh'u ..a'h. air anoiche sin taobh amuish de thoshchdn na dtrl r{najlh€

-Ainddn 6 Dubhldin rA. Dolan) don s1. vaolsheachla.D Mac Aoidh Bhui (M. McAfeer don S? agus

Aedn Mac Consail don 53 rJohn Mcconagle), ag:usr,onarr an rArharr d Flar.hpdr.a laor .}]Np6irAn chumainn-na! direadh ar bun a te hoiche shaor arhabha'n do n, ssrai, mar s'rampla Labhair s,6ia laoin shd a bhi le smaojDie Gaelacha abheith aaainn ar dtu sul a mbladh an teaDgt.galnn ar chof ar bith.

Bhi ao maith asus ni raibh go holc, ach lotmh ibhf&d, 6 ba rud a gur mhaith le cuid de na daoine anGhaeilge a bheiih mar thealga .n chumainn. aguso raibh daoine au nach mbeadh iD ann anGhaeilse a ihuisbheAit n6 a labhairt chomh mairhsjn-rud elle fGta, ar nd6iBh, ao raibh an cumannionticb m6!-holadh an rin so mbesdh sd nibfh.m, b'fhaidir. de Dd6antai dha roinnt denchumanD asus loinni amhain a iheachi dara sach aon

Is amhliidh a bhi ina dhiaidh sin - roinniamhain a raibh a3 ass cuid de 52 ann agus aDroinni eile, SI rgu na A: eiie. Rinneadh nit an.hruinnithe a sihnl amrn. aBs as s n emach, chrurn-nrgh an rumrnn I seomra ah Mhr.sri- VlIq Eoin.

Roimh sca.adh an chumainD. 6rach, bhi oi.heMhAi. q&inn rbh ftin .r6cht uirihi-an oiche ath6inlg an Mdistf Hume te lCacht ionlach shuihinfaoi chathair Dhoire a rhabhaift dninn Ghahb aDiAthair 6 Flaithearia buiochas leis an mhiisrirar son an chuhainn aaus ar a shon fdi!.

Onhe amhdrn rndiardh s.arddh dn chumdmD.lhanis an Maisiir Mas Eoin dgus thus Ei ldachlsher-hhaitb don roi.nt ba shiDe den chumann-lEacht d iheachta neamhchoiiianra - n6 b,fhaidirco'hanla-, bhiodh 6e du. rr aeha,dh ar thdrr rnEidn! - cuid acu i bhfad uainn asN curd eile chani bhfad uainn ar chor ar bith. Eisean d bhi sa.harhaoir fosta mpla oiche ejle a raibh an roinit eiteden chumann i lrithai. asls bhi liciiUiri RanD naFejrsde leis. Is curhhin leis na sdiai uiUp NdjttiNdilti on oiche a fius s4 ceirrini tes. I dtaca le'e.hlnr dp. huS m -\{6E.r o Oalt.hLbhdrr cermrnlleis-sea. ldta<eirnini de sheancneol Ohaerach asusdo rarr har chudlr me on rornh. e.tp. bhr 6r6d.onrirhmaith. Bhain na s6rai uilig ptdisinr ar le h asnJ hoichlanrr rrrohs"o rpact .a deLs sc.ilaro.hra arhug rn rAth.rr o Flrirhar.d don .hur,,dr,,,go heirithe nulir bhiodh na hoicheanta dubhdorch.l Bhi sekean ins an chsthaoir an chuid is h6dlD am ac 4!r roinnt ba shine den chumann, asu6eha raibh oiche a.n nach raihh sceel maith ar a

A.h l41.hi a Lhaiiin go hrii the liomsa - anreacht a ihug an Mdistir Mac Consail an oiche

dhei.eanach nuair bhl sach aon duine san chuman rcNinniibe le cheib aris. Labhair aD mriistii laoichannint chiise Uladh aerrs laoin bhaini ate aici le

Bhiodb si de ghniiE as Cuhann na Gaeilse,oiche mh6r a bheith aise, oiche ns FtilePadJirg. Nr bheadh orrhp d4n 66rr seo againn imoliana ach ro e an l,Ursirr Ma. congdil Thi'niaseisean aDios .hun an cholei$e haidin Ls !'heile Pdd-rriB. i nd'rrdh rh o.nhrrr rdu 5d rr8thnoaa aris. aoscrui.niodh sd ssrai le coimch€oil a chur ar a4ddan an oiche sin. Bhi s6 i laibair le tinn an'l€iriihe" fosla. ar nddigh. Is 6 iuairim Da nsashiuilig go dtuilleaDn sa buiochas speEiarh de thailbhea (hurd ama a chJr dmu aNAo. La FhC'lc P-dm'e *o

Bhi 32 gasur sa chumann i hblLdna, 16-ingach aonroinn! asus bhi diril tuhoi acu uilis ,nn, Do k annomhor'hp n'rh rd.oh.h6rr a bh..'h da.h aon duine ilAtbair. Ins an roinni ba 6hiDe. labhraiodh .nohaeilee an i-m sr fad agus sa rojnnt eile labhraiodh.n Bdarla an chuid is m6 den am

Nuair chuimhnimid go bhluil cUDgn mor ar nahaisanna at] as an chuhann is d mo bhaniilseBo ohtu.l rumann _har . bl prh rrter.hra.h denrnn sachol6iste. Aontaim so croinil bis an earadh alinneadh i mbliana. Cha dtic le cumann bhejtheiieehiach nuat ata banaiochl daoine enn. Taannna rudai b sma.hi esus is gairid so dti nach bhfuil anDach gla6 magaidh. TA cupla focal le re agamfosia laoi rudai a ba mhaith liom a fheiceiiil san chdadcnurBan e le. B'lh6rdir 30 onldadladh na gsroilein nios h6 i rn san bheiih as lAsad sach aon rudlaoin chaihaoirleach Nach hbetmis in ann dios,poireachtai a lhail eadrainn? Bionn siad iontachsuimiUil. Bheadh ionadh olt. nuair a chile{ cad 6, hLnh mri.h s J an Ghae lep '3ar nucrr t1 ru agdicsD6ireachi le duiDe 6igin eile Bionn tu i dochainleor dtcheb. chdir a bheith. Nach dtiocladh linD miondrAmri a ldirjn anois is ads istishsa chuharn fdi. agus na esrai her aisieoi ?NArbh lhdidir le cirpla mUinreoir a theacht uchruinnin ahhdh aeus cohoitas fiche ceBt a churar bun ? Ni1 ioDtu seo acb cuDla moladh, afacha bhjsiad i bhieidh roimh theachr chu. an choliiistedoma, egus dcjraear go raibh siad ihar a bheith

Cib€ ar bith. silih go druilleann Da maistnGaeilse uilis buiochs as an chuhaDn iontach ihaitneahhach a bhi aeainD i mbliana Is h6r an soliscroi a lheice6il so bhJlil suim sa Ghdeilse as durr mard srpo sr .holiisrp Td nios md s.olirh qC

ialhirt ashaidhe ar Ghaeriacht! Thir Ohonaiu anolsnd mar bhi .iahh roihhe aga iad uilig chomh sAatale piobaih. Tu h6 dealia de. hn chinntear ar chuidde na moltai a luadh thuas so hbeidh an cheadchumonn eile nios lean' nai ceann ar bith d:i iaibh

POL S, O BRADAIOI{.

s, 3A.

34 THE COLUMBAN

" ()N SUNDAY. Mdrch 22nd.I was s prsynBer- ln a Ford AnCLa .ar on lhP D"rry-

strabs,ne road . . , " AsI dlctsted these wordsto a pollceman, I recall€d whct had happenedtwo evenings earlier on my way home from Derry.L€t me tell you how. in a iew electr:fyingmoments. I realised how precious a thing l1le 1s.

It was the kind ol day that compels a. cerlaintype of intellect to ildulge rn such pctlc utter

"Nothjng is so beautiful as SpringWhen weeds ln wh€els shoot lons and

lovely and lush," etc.

we slowed our way through the quietrespecta.bility ol Baurmasorry, but lassjng thespeed-Iirnli the driver succumbed to the d€slre to''put th€ foot down." Now, speed:ng is one olthe daneprs of driving ar1d in majry {ases actuallyleads to death. Dliveis nnd it hard to refrarnirom accelerating an roads like the one mell-tioned, and so many roads like thjs are bei!,gconst.ucted nowadays that it presents a, blgprcblm - is a speed-Iimit necessary on motor-ways ? Carelessness caD s,o easlly take the -heelwhen a magnioce,ii shetch like this ]les a,head.

But enough of old Dixor I Atout o e milebeyond Ballymagorrv and nearing a long, sve€p,1ng b€nd I wa,s lyine curled up 1n the back sea-twhen suddanh I wa,s tFrkpd oul ot my drows:nessby the lowerhouse blast ol Dave Clark's "Bltsarld Pieces." The "music" forced me to sit upand stamp my feet to the consurdng rhythm.AU my thoughts were now cenired on the musicwhen, without waming, th€ car beean to revolve.what halpened then I just don't know. AU I{am remember js a, stranrge exhaustlng sllence.I found myseu lying on the floor, between whatwere once the front and back seats, huggirlg myknees, and looking vacantl, at my lrlend thedrlver - who nov,/ occupied my aba,ndoned nest.I heaved myseu out i the car was in a fleld anda, drcrdlul state. A few cows had sathered mundnosing ior tood. Dlsr,Dpointed, they called ofithetr tn esiigation and went, back to their gra,z-ine. I stiU was wondering hor, on earth we hadprogressed lrom a motorway to a field with cowssmzing ln it. My mind had eone blanl< from theUme I heald th€ sia]I4 ot Dave Cle"rk's sohg.'Wheth€,r I was kllocked out or ha.d fainted I do]lot lsloe, but I ?€memb€fed aothing.

Outside, aJt€r tho.oughly checking my tran-slstor and myself (jn that order) I found mysomet:me drlver standing beside me and welook€d at each other. Then we simulranecusiyuttered, " What the

- happened, 'i At this

accident of ion8ues we could only mustersardotriclaughs. The cov,rs looked at us. swlshlnc theirtalls at our meaninetess outburst

People gathereC and r€cited th€il cuchasand cotloquiallsms oi horror and pity. As u!ui1.lnstead or helpins they were seektns informatto.they could dlss€minate around Strabane. Thedrlver, I saw, had lost hjs lelr shoe and the wei.muddy gr-und wd. slowly obratning a nrm grjpon his loot. We were troth helped uD on anembankment. sods anal earth covered the grassverge and powd€r€d slass was spdnkled all ov€rihe road. A very obliglng genUeman told us hewould d.lve us lnto Strabane. So we slumpeatbecominely into his Jaguar and out of the btuethoshts or my hero, Jain€s Bond, fl@ated jhtomy mird Like mys.lt. SDeclal Aecnt 007 i\ rpnowned for his many miraculous escapes iromJags huftling over precipices. My hero-worshipwas rudely inierrupted by the sisht oi my trten.l's'' Advancod Lev€l Physics Book !' - a,nd a shoe -whlch a young lady handed to me through thewindow. I had noi even the ma,rul€rs to say

We arrived at oux respective houses andafter the usual pamperinB, lecturjng and doctor-ing we rested and the next day listened to theglotesque ard humorous rumours that hadcirculated ln the n€lshbourhood. Peopte aam€wlth their little tokens d condotence an.l happytchear-you,are-alive tales. The un<lerLake.svrere the only people who did not come near us.

Many times we h3ve been asked That, were ou!thoughk. My iriend seemed to have a clearerplcture fo!, as he says, " You know, I hav€ alwayslooked on an accldent as something whlchhappens io other people: when 1t happened tome I had mixed teellngs a,bout it - it was f€ar-fui, humorous, painful and mystifying. To bedriving a,t about sixty miles atl hour on a goodroad and suddenly lo nnd Ihat, al a swpPpinBbend, the steedng will not rcspond is a mtherpuzzling exper:iedc€ !

" As the car mount€d ttre grass verge on theother side ot nh€ road I thought I had tt un.rer

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coDirol asain rwhat I did not know was thst ittravelled 6lty two ieet alonc the grass verge ontwo wheels) and as the car lelt the srass toretum io the road I felt that all wculd be wellThen it happened I The lront leit suspensiondroDDed, the car turned over on its right sldeFrom thls moment on, I did not know what washappenins. I lost my grip on the steerjng-wheeldue to the impaci of the ca,r on th€ road. Iremember seeine the roof beside me and havlnsthe feellng that we must be rolllng ihrough thenelds towards the rlver. I lelt horIibly alraidthat there was water near and that we woulddrown iin actual fact the rtver was about ha.lf.a-mlle away). My mtnd did not go blank whileve were luhing over two words came to mymind Lile a.nd Death these w€re the twolossibilities, and the most painful part of theaccideat was my absolute powerlessness. Stmnge,isn'i it ? - We build grest cities, discover won-derfui drugs, invent contraptions to make lifeeasier a,nd what epod are they all rn the longrun ? - The thread on the €nd of which our llledangles ls so thin that we are poverless to prevent it from br€akins. In one wav lt was a usefulex?erien€e i iike aLl vorthwhlle lessons, I lea.rntthe value ot life the dimcult way "

Thus spaKp my \addcr bu' qlspr fr:cnJ..

I wonder did lt t€ach him, that the next,time he buys a car to be sure to buy a roadworthyone My thouchts I have mentioned before -at any mt€ its greet to be allve vith my tran-sistor stitl blaring away. Incjdentalty I leam€daft€rwards that on its vay into the neld the cubroke two concrete l)oles a.rrd flfteen leet of Blllt

"Death cometh like a thief in the night."How truel As we left D€lry at 5.30 p.m. thatSunday evening, little did either ol us think thalwe would be knocking on death's door betore weknocked on our own.

SEAN GALLAGHERs'2,1

TONY KEANEs.3c

?.S. The lnsu.ance compar, otrered to pay9200 for the "Bits and Pieces"

Patrich Greene,

! IJSLALLY he,r abour -.cLurPs or ld"^ naL:nsI -",-- , r,nr.,.t ng det or L{o aft"r rnPr havPb.ea iiven. bu', r'm very e'lxd thai lst, Febrtar}_ Ihexl-d aboui Prol6:or O. G. simru' ialk on ihe Siege.' D 1D 'r' Lih Hin .-nlr. 'o I exrr.n e\ llrcP.. -he" Ltrilg" Eo' ano \dr.-L a!dr{.p b.-LghL Urc

evenr.s of ihe slege to lile agaln and lor a! hour he

wi h r,he airi oi an econohielN detaild m3p andNlih exce$i! Iroh dispalches, dirries dnd peso.ellcjters irc$ bo'ih sides he crsted a ne{ im.se oi thesiege oi Deny. He suggEsied ihat a txue nncentlnd-ine oi the Sieee of Denr (!uid involve il1e halanc-,nj or .h" xlr"m,L no.n o. lhp rv,l h"rcI:dnsTherc was herqsm on th€ part oi th€ ddendersuDioubt.dlyi but hor great ras ihe efrectivsesr oIrhc siege? ind, to rhat extent ras it a stege ai all?Dr. Sinhs sketched tui olly the pljpih and activiti*of itr.se ituide the $all-s l,i,his. indeed. is iairly trcU@v.red qrundl but a so, and ai hu.h grater lognh.the raclics. ihc hrstakes and ihe Lroulrls ol ihcco'r,sd- Hp wFn so f1r as ro sug' s' '' ar ihp side.

qas a rarce. tlrei the Jacobiie @]mdders were adisoareearre and disExui,led lot. ilut ihe deta ls ol@n1paien @re badr rorked out and thai the oderslrch above mirored the snuDidih ol Lins JamesThe Boom tr25 aD jneffectual item lbiSh spring nidesqer sumoient, to bulsi li the lanBuose dimddb afrut*iing d&{lrack rftenctr, English and Irlsh $rreatt us€d o! campdgn) and sercnl leadng ofncerssde in ihc par_ of trcth kings. Bul this ws tluealso oi he d€lendas-Lundr'' is a classic iLstance buihe {asnt unrquc: I<i*e. for eximple, lay nnflr hisflpp' r IouBh Fo\lp Io-s.r r""lr s Lh.u. pvq 1ry r;d bool \, \,"\. to bp badl/ Cxd.d.d he qd rur dngrith the hare aDd hunting with t}Ie houn.ls ThebesieBers ioo had very poor atniery mxch, rtuch lessin fact ihln clomwell had broug,ht io bear upoDDrcgheda forL, lsals earlier Ard l en of codsethe $eather: Dr. Simms suggGied tbat perhaps thesreateli h^rdshjp the bBieserc had to suffer was theigours of a Drry summer. qher€s t:he b€siesed hadqlsaxs a rcof oler thlir head and at least. for 1nilile lrre blessinB of home cookins or he weorlaioling the jealouie:, of the Ja@bite omceN. realhost rmmediaie lo$ of the windmiu aftd itscapture the I sh soldier himsli-e ntber palheiiccharactel in thc eyes or lhe !'rHdr ptuI€$ionals.

Ii rs reneilring to vi€ir a. imloxtant hisiod@Icveni land ihe Sieg. of Derar s"as a cruciai elst inihe hisi.ry of the Williamiie Wars-id indeed ofIrlandr tuom a neN aDele and to dwell upon someaspeci of ii that has not been lnD, publ o:sec Dr.Slnd: hnmorcus lccxrate. delailed and yerJ i,rrellstudy of the slning an,C sxmder ol 1639 in our disidc.i{iu rehain ior a lons ilhe a iopic lor Fn€ction and

s. lD

ZGiotoriccrt

3ii TIIE COLUMBAN

CARCASSONE

RIII,I,FIGHT IN FABREGUES(Borh phoro..sphs by loho a. M.caLlev)

THE COLUMBAN 3?

ITIES GIRAINIIDIES V/ACANICIES

en lFlRAlNlclEI SHALL '"r"r lorsF. ..a .^"n.t{our I ou.! of I'i,I ll. .- m.nc.e Jn -\4oDda\ "'o1rrl1;. lg.F

June, and cndLlg on Tuesday moming at rheIn thai comparaiively shori time I

lra!€lled from De[y io Yontpellier, the chef lieu oiHdrauli- in the aouth ol France. So much happenedjn thai iime and in such rapid sequence that I nndit dimcult to di.sceE or enuherate any ol ihe €xciting

Belore coins lo Funce, I had narurallv iormedmr own oDnrions .I hoN ihings vere going io be.r husi conf€s. howevei. that {hat I saw there didhot ou -e l-vl ."r.on6. TlrvPllinsrom Le BourEPl 'rrt or L \P.ogar" d.. Ir ua..desin ihe hear! ol Paris, I had tlre dubiou ple*ule ofobserving ibe suburbs ol lhe city. They $ele Dot

bY anr b'andJrds Jr d in hdnj i us'sqere no mo_e n"n "auald slJns lhP Ernil Torer{hich uDlortunateh has become the symbol ol Paris.orsJppoil.pd mp qr"rtlJ I sa no mor, lrr ,ne!.sore and "n undrer .h"o h'ohs'rcr v. ThP 'Fm, n-dir or Paris $a5 iruly hagDinceni and quiie {hat I.xlected il to be. To sce ss much as Dcsible oiP;s in a short iihe one should ascend the aroresaidhonsirosity o travel by metro io Montmafira andihere view all Pari€ trom the iop of the dome of thebeautilul, €nihuilina and iascjbaiins Sacrd Coeur.Itom this great beighL Paris i3 a vai conlaedlanorama bJr onp "an. .ttrr soac iine. rciognstm6t of the toulisi aitnctions. one can see theromanuc and beauiiful Bos de BoutosDe" aDd evenin ihe distaDce my lavouiite spoi in Parjs, 'Le Jardjndu Lux€mbourA. Wh€n I ws ft ming home. Ihsd ih. good fortune io sDend a fev days in Paljsand I musi say ihai I enjoyed thal shot visitituhe6ely. To me Paris is tbe most exciting, hcLinrer*ting, most rohantic rnd most beauliful ol all

I leii Paris on Mondat from Lc Gare d. LroDin a rapide of ihe B.N.o.F Nei! mominB r foundmyself in Montpellier. That h€ai I I I sooD loundio my discomfort rhat d k clothing rs slhllJ outof rbe quesrlon and lhaL sun gla$es, 6un-lrat andsunlotion a!€ a necesary part oi one's equit heDt.

Ppol,lp rL Irpl'no h"vp , n.]v 1nd ro{.rr t , rr.sof ihe Sourh ol Itance, bui it hes iis disadvantages,Firsi ol all, it $ extremel, expensive. The hctcostlr thinss are lemonade, ic€-deah aDd all sortsol coniectionery. For erahpl€, a botile oi co.a-cola.0.6 rouchlj 4 - 'lh" !qond Pnd n.G' anAoy.ngdisadvantase i5 ihe bad drinkins {aier. To drinktap-{aier is ah uDfo}geiiable expeience; of that I

It affeis diderent peolle in diferentNa!6 aDd may even caae hal at venhe. TlIe nexidisldvaniase is the taree number of insects Andvermin especially so in couDtry djshicLs vhich Ivisited. MosquitDes ako are quile common and 'lsindigaD$" go io creai extr€mes to kee! them out ofLhe sleeping qualle*. Fine wire h6h on windowsaDd doors is .omhon. Mcquitoes are the m6tmnialjzina of atl ituecis. one hears ihei! monotonou,enenating drone at nrsi. when iear gets ihe betterof Jou, rou tsiab rhe nearet ntsvai and set ofl inlain pursuit Eaving d8p€rstelt iied aDd dis-appolDtLngl! failed to kill ihe contounded thing, rou

bt,

clohn A. McCauleY,5c, J,il

.,n ontr beaI a sir{tecic reLreal and retire io b€drn dis:u:r Tn"n you lp .herp in thP dar(rpss

'nd11 T' e n'onoronoc oronP s ops lor "lout fi\PsecondE and too late tou realie ihat ,ou have b€enbitten I Then there is the rain. As vou perhapsknoq r- rdtN \e lrrlP ra F''n,", ou' qhcn rr dodrjn. n raiN ar"ar,nine rhundpr .nd ol.ndrnst.qh'nrnp r..ohp, n1 '. A s.nrl- nc!h ol l..hrnrngm;! lat dn\rhLne uD Lo hrp !".onds. l'Lm 1, rne iheenrire l,nd;.ao" Duirng rhp som" IhP ax' 6arrc\s v"ry sul.1 J10 hpdvy uhi, h mal"s pxlr, mPl,unc,hlor.,b'e tor 'hN o' us 'o,prrnl und"r .h"

\lonipellier ! The beautiiu] aDd nrhrestingLrDluedorren .orn D -h! h I s'rv"d nd a l-/ula lonoI I-06.000 anu pv"ry pos b., "d' r. r ior -ntoyrngeven ones duUer moments. This cily has a loDgtradriion o, hedicine. There, one can visit oDe oIthe finest medjcal mrs€rDs in Europe. It can lre,in p ls. quiie nausea'lints L-" also jh@lesring. Thenew univercity ihere is weu-esiablished and ihemedicqt laculty atfacts studenis from all over Europ€.I even met one siudeni ihere from ihe Lebanon whospok€ imp€ccable !\eDch and quite good English.Ther€ a!€ at leasi thirLen churches ln ihe cjry, mosiol {hich are catholic. The msin church. siuarednoi far lroh the medical museuo, is the coihedraloI St. Pjerre {hich is an extr€mely old bui never-Lheiess beautilul church. One of the hany ioudsiaLfaclions in the cirt B ihe sell-pr$eaed and stnifunctionins Roman aqueduci whjch I, of coume. vjsjiedon numerou occsions. Montlrllier !rcvided a soodbase too Io! aU the inyelljne I planned to do. Ii6 conveDiently siiuaied on the hain mad toBarcelona and Madrid and ilso to Nice. Cannes and

Tlavellilrg nr the South ol France is a hcidelishiiul and ini.restins pastitue. At lirsL. I visitedonly ihe llaces in clce proxturtJ ro MonrDelliereslecially ihe beautilul bedches oh the MeditenaneaDcoasi like Polavas. ],es Arjsquie!3 and S6ie. It isan unlorgeltable expeien@ Lo baihe in ihe lukesalmvate$ ol rhe clear, blue Mediierane.n and ihen tosun-bathe on ihc golde, beaches Afie! sonre iimc,I visired many of the oiher jnteresiinA and hisioricplre .hF-c 5J,h as Av.B

'on. Arlds N mF! Be. drs.

LodEve. sohmjares. Tarzscon. St. R6my and Lzcamargue, which is fanous ior its numerous zoGdnd (nd lrla sir rturr ps Ii Doil d Av.enon $onty hau a bridge and I cannot see how anyonecould dance oD it ioxs eD rond."

I visited such far off places as carcassoDe. si.Pous, La Grotie dd Demoiselles. Les Gorses du Tarn,

TIIE COLT]MBAN

Toulon-and eve ?eqrjgnan- L$ Oo4es du TamAre rhe ften.h .qurvalenr of rhe Orand csnvon

'nAme ca. Thse gorg$ ale mGt dramatic, picluresqueand even excitjngi on ihe day I yisiied the ptace.two bus6 had ddhed on the road. we had iowait for some iwo houls uhtn ihe tuad {s cleer

on lhe 14th July, ihe French Naiional day, andon many oiher speoal occ*ions, thele {ere fCiesin many oJ the outtyins villases. I visited many ofthese aDd I remember prti@tarly ihe l6le dt the smsllvillage of Fab*gues, aboul sixteen Lilomell6 fromMonipeuier. Duins ihe day they had a Languedocienbull fight. This takes place in a large alena in thecentre of vhich is a sikabl€ Dool oI waier Thepu]pNe of ihe bullisht is noi io kill tbe hull. Onehas to tat e lroh jts sharp-pointed left hoD a redrosetie ahd some young villaseB {ho tded this were_ventilated ' Ilavins succeded in doins ihis, ih€yproceed to taniali4 lhe bull in a most ahameles nndhideous manDer. They puU its tail. hii it iith dirtrof all desqiptioN) and poke al it sith rcds (notalwsys in ahe most respectable of ptaces). The bull,in the meantime is not standing idly by taking allthese iGults with gracios and 6t ic acepiance, andthe young hen ale often lorced io take headlonsdjves into the simmjng lool to avoid th€ sharphoms Onp lool. Niac a drdy towpl. qas shoqineofi in a Matsdor like ma.ner, to all ihe trcs joliesdemoiselles in the back ros and succ€eded in bothgainjng iheir admtaiion and having himseu almosttrampled to deanh and badly sored. gtin undauntedhe addres*d himseE to the bull shich !N now{eIl aihost cohpletely indiff€&nt-in a tongue ihatvas either good patois, bad F'rehch or some otherlanguage whjch L in hy slaie ol {el1-presryedinnocence, vas unlble io .omprehend. Il€ thendumbed over the high Em! which sepamted the6pptuloE rroh rhp aren". qJvpd to his ddmrnhelaN, and theh promli,ly lell in a d€ad fanri oD tolhe dustr srouDd. B, th]s tihe lhe others iD thealera iud su.ceeded in dmgsjns tbe bull by ihehoms a.d iail inio the pool and then beat a hasry andsiiat€gic rtleai orer the high rahp This was.cflarnlJ he rosr rmusrng al.prnoon or ay stay ir

Th" r6La thr' lollos"d "onsrs pd ol pro.dssiolssinging, dancjng. rouletie-plarjns and oth€r lesiiveDastimes and con.inued io 3 a.m. the Dext mornlns.I enjored ihe novelty of it eU immense]v. I herand spote with man,\r French people there and askedthem some f ndabehtal questions abour IrelaDd.Nearly aU ol iheh displayed an appalling and dk,heaftening lMk of kDowledge ol lhe couniry: onelaw studeni. J€an Claude Baiaille. wiih wbom I be-came very friendly, sas able to tell he ihat thecdpitat va Duhli. and ahrt ve weft lhe onlycounfy sith lvo international footba]l team, bothoI which in his olinion were rather hoDeles. Ilound ihe French leople very lljendly bui a! ihe samerim" some,lro$ rdlhtr a oor on" rhrhs I o d no.rcews Lhar duflng he* r. "s Lhe villasps w"re ,lN.".pdvith all si@s ud shapes ol rhnch Aags.

The French cujsrne i'a firsi-rate althougb I didnot lit! the horaire de r€ps. The first meal ig'le peiii dejeunea' at 3 4.m.. which for the more''paleseux" amongai s meaDs siarvins until middaywh.h se hav4 lun.h. Thh mpal usually .omprffi,ou! coures startiry Mth soup, ihen le plat der4sistance (the haln coure). then ssrad and fina y"le d€selt' consisting ot lnii. At four o olock in

ihe aftetuoon, lhey iake a lqht snack consistina oI"cafe au lait_ and a "idiine." -Le dinef is at? p.m, aDd oDce again ihere are fou courses whichare usually the same four cours6 taken at lunch.If, having devoured atl ihai. oDe is stiil Deckish andareedy enoush. there is 1e 6ouper" vhich js Nuallyquite a frusal meal not ror.h boihering aboui, unlesone h6 _un dtomac saru foDd.'

one nnal poini of jnterei to me s an IishCathotic, Nas the aiiitud€ to reltgion that I foundiq ftance The firsi Sundar I vs ihae, I wentto the cafiedral of St. Piere and there vas quitea targe congregation-hore or ls vell behaved.Ahe iollo{ing sunday I weDt rs Nual 'pa. autosio!to Fablesues, the small villase ol {hich I have alreadyspo\pn I .' nsrdpred n ysc.l su.rably arLf.d in m!ci',, trn rP "hnl I entered .hechurch and paused only io read a notice shich said:_fhe curd would iil<e io troint out that, aB there areno s4ihmrns lacirIi"s (Ihrn rh. .hurch the.e 3no n€ce*ity for visrtors and iouisia to enter this,ihe houe o, God, in s-rhhing aitire." I hesitanilyopened the door, which announced my entry b)' aloud creakine and a glaiing noise and entered difidently for I Lhink it was my dark heavy clothes thatartmcied their aitention anJvay, everyone in iheda* church had iumed arouDd ao gape ai he. Assoon a6 I goL a place. I nrsp€cted them, too. Theywere, for ihe mGi part, elderly people and Yeryyouna children. TheI x!re noi dresed in anyspeciil mannd {hi.h made m€ now feel a liitle self-.nff.i.n. I heard a ..mmotion behind m€. and onl@k,ne round, sqe wo youna boys mndu'rng dprirare q'ar with sling-shots I felt tehpred io goover and ltrture them on ahe laws coh.eming "ledroit d *ile." but on 6econd ihoughts I l€alised thaithat (ould make he look siUr. As ihe Mas plo-grdsed, I heard the door creak and fouDd that hyi{o sarrina friends had declared a iruce and wereiakhe their rather earlJ leave of the Mas (D.G.?).Near ihe Consecration, the door agai. opened and incam€ iso or three meD rho went out again s soonas the consecmtion had end€d.

I emerged into the glare oi the btght suni hyeyes $ere sore ai tusi, but gladually they be.ameacdstohed lo the asatibe bnshhes. Sittina outsideihe cali opposjte the church vs a large aroup olm€D Nho Nere wajting lor their respeclive wives andchildrenl when ibe pri6t cahe out and €nieredhis cdr. they all gleered hjm and even helped himback his car oul oI the small 'ruelle'vhere he hadii pa*ed. I found a1l ihis m6l amazins indertaordinary. Eere were al1 ihe men silting boredin the sunsbine about five yards from ihe church aDdthey tould noi even go in, il only to pais lhe time.'Ihis lax atttude to reljgion Rhich ih*e people haveis summed up lor m€ by an indjvidual whoh I heton a !\-ench train. The convelsation ium€d to rh€subject of relision and I asked him il he a6 aCatholic. He graced me wiih a pNitive oui. Ithen $ked hih il he rent ro Mass eyery SuDday iovhich he gave the st@t reply. 'Je suis C&iholique,mris je !e suis !a fanauque.- Frenchmen vouldappear to reaard religion as somethins to be Dractised

Eventually my sojourn Ln !'rance cahe to an endand ii oDly rehajned fo! he Lo hake ohe last tourof Mon@ellier, pack my bags and get on the nishtraDide. My felings ai thal moment of departurewere quite confed. I feli a mixtur ol ioy andsonor. I felt very sorry ind€ed to have to le&ve

THE qOLUMBAN

Montpetlier alt€n i€n oi ihe happiet and hGi excilira weeks ol my ljle I had made so hany iiends{hom I would soor have io leale and lerhaps neversee asain. I also fell a curious sensdtioD oI joy siihe ihoughi of retuhins hohe lLht, however, {assoon dislelied when I got as lar as Deuy hidce)

To expr€ss hy ehoiions ai ihat ctuel momeni ofdepartur€. I have io Ne some {ords irom ihe loem''Le Lac' by ihe celebraied French romalii. poet,Alphonse de Lamariinel

''Ne pourroE-nous jahais su 1oc6an des asesJeler lancE un seul jour."

THEDRAMA SOCIETY

TTIHIS YEAR a d-cnd !o,.", vds lo'n"o n r!"I . Fpp under rhe eurdcn(r ol Mr. -'t'lcv"hon,

vhom ve all know aE a Lalented aclor $iiha sreat love ol ihe lheatle. There {cre so manvhopclll young 'stals aL the lirsl meetjng thai ihennmbers had to be subdivided into a 6en. 1, and ao.r sen 2 ano sFn 3 LroLLr I: ',5 " 'omplrrPntiL -\L Mrvahon's vpr.a.rli.r. Jr o o hs tn'.res..r e

..mm.nrs. thaL almGt lll of the aslirins _dramaiispeEonae' ol thai first niBht rehaiDed liih hlhihroughoui the y€ar. 'Ihis {as mainly a year oipreparaLion lor others as it ws decided belorehaldihat ihere qould be no major play or olda atChrisimas, and though there sere flhours of arYen.h play, jt did nol material*e. However, 1t wasby no h€.ru a wasied year. Through a setes ofone-act plays Mr, McMahon imlarted some degrceoi skill aDd an aplreclation oI dramatic represeniationto ,he members ol the socieiY

Earlier in ihe year, Mr. McMahon obtained anuh rer oi tickets for Goldshith's -she stoo$ tocohquer, {hich $as bejng presented in the Guildhallby aciors ol the cockDii Theatrr Tmst cohpan!Al1 ihe m€hbels of rhe advanced English lit€ratureclass were encouraged to go. and a number avajLedthehselv.s ot rhe oDporrunity The demand, btihe so.iery member6. r.r the remainder ol the licketswas so keer rhai 1013 had to be drawn io ensure ialrplay. The !1a! ltself sas nrsi produced in CoveDlGardcn in 17?3 and ihe manag.r vas so sure ihat iiwould hLl ihat h. did Dot buJ hew wies or costumes.convrncEd ihey ivould Dot be needed as ihc playNDuld be ol short duaiion. Evcn ooldtrilh s frleDcs,Sif Jcshua ReJnolds anC nr Johrson, haC doublsas rha succdssf.l drama ol ihe pErLod subsiiru:eCs.nLLtueni for humcur and 6[ove ro improle men b,deplctjng ihem as the, ousht to be. Doi as thel nPrPAs a critjc. Goldshith had vigorously atta.ked th€se_seniim.nrel liecs' aDd he hoped, with his plaX. ior.srors laughing comedy' io its phper place. Need1€ss to sa!. his plal Nas a success but the vouy andanxiety it had cost bim made him promisc n.ver to{rite .nctber plaJ. The play has stood ihe test oliime and is Dow !.cepled as a classic. HLs chalacters.like the rusiic Tonr Lumpkin, and hjs siiuario$. ereaB real and as luDny io us in ihis hard boiled aseas lhey {ere on thai tetue flrst nighi, rlmost t{o

A lalge numbd oI the Senior studenG at',endeCGeorue Belnard Shavl A.ms and ihe :''Ian,' which{ss present€d in lhe Guildba]r in conjunction with

the No h wesi Arts Festival. ThLs vas a ilpicalplay ol Shaiv!, and jn it hc vorced his otu unusualand sohetimes breath iakinglx audacious ccmmentson war and its consqxencd Althoush som€ c iicisms{€re voiced, nr lhe hain iL Ras well eppreciaied.

The hembers ol the sociert were urscd to $ethese plays. This was to ehable ihcm to study thetechnique ol expeienced aciors and also. it wshop.d, afiord theh some amusemenr They vereoll discussed aii€rNards and membeis trisC to puiinio prdciic€ some of the meihods used. Mr. McMahoDkindly loaned ihree ol hB sets ol sholt llays to thesociety and 6les were a$igned to ihe boys so thaiLhere were always ihree ditrerent llays on haDd.Thus both va eiy snd interesl were heintained anda wide mnge ol suhjects was covered. AII .f theplays were lljtlen by contempolary auiJlors, odincluded one about a fttrired sergeancmajor and hisralisman, -'Ihe l{ontey s Psv i an uuual play sithan American seiiing called "The Happy Jouhet'iand Iasr. our cPr.a'r y 1o. 'Pasr. 'hdl rPrJ hoqnBand human play of J. M. synge's aboui th€ AronIslande6. R,ide6 lo ihe S!a." Some difrcully waslound in the dltivation of ihe Eoper acceni fo, theAmed@h !lay, but, ihoush practice, snd d@ aitention io Mr. McMahons supe$ oimicling. ihaiobsiacle vs practicaly eliminaied, In luture. allof the membeN sin b€ more appreciative and tolerantoi .U trho nnd ihetuelves on the stase.

Praisp is due ro Mr. McMahon lor hb eflorts toinsrn a sprit of ariistic appreciaiion and culture intolh€ members of the Drama Socieiy. Could there bean om.n in the faci lhat this year we celebaie ihequai€rcenienary of Shakespeare's bfih-the wdld'sgreatest drah.tisi? could it be rhar thls h.desibpgrhnrng i6 l' loLndauon on strnrr rl p 6(hrpvp-ments oi iuture yeaE Nill be built? All ihe membersof ih€ socieiy hope so. Whether it is or is noi, theva ous skills such as hov€h€nt. articulaiion andvoice proj€cLron {hich Mi. McMihon is ihlarLins tous viu siand !s in sood siead in the vide? ihedtr€ol life in the Jears ahead.

P, COLLINS

'Ihe lrcut daris o'er the hossl stolesAlone rhe river bed,

1'hen nscs swifil, io lhe iopA saudy fly i3 dead.

TltE COLIIMBAN

Not Wfltln a Bamg huta WhflrrnperJJL s'rqFD ';r'h 'l rhe btr.k. mJrkt wql.r HPI I ',r, r..o \o! r. rD asn"d and .lurslpd rn ! . rl-

pools aruDd the cold, stoui columDs of lhe olds'on, uridc" oprorp rp.m 'B rE nois.lp$ ,nd Ln r

ter.upted coume turther doqn ihe deep and dismalsfeich of riyer bordered on either side lor steep.shado$y, clifflike banks. he could hear the incesantsush oJ ihe vaiefall thurderins out a melancholysymphony. His thoughts, lor a momeDt, lestcd ontbe place Nith iis grave and cen. atmosphere andalmost immedialely f,iLted back Lo hihself and hisproblem. whai slrinas had those mysleiLoG poser6loominB abov€ him pulled to lead him to such a drearyspoi on ihat partjcular night? ahe hushed andgloomy atmcphere ihat pe aded lhe sutroundingsseemed to coraespond and sympothise vith his omdespondency so that he vis somehow absorbed iDa fos af utier dejeciion.

He had lelt his 6habny, hEer{ble room io fiDdsoh€ place oi solilude vhere he could reflei andlonder undistuhd. Qujie sub.onscio$ly he hadarived ai ihis deserted spo! {hicb, to all etrects,suited his purpG€. IIB vhole life began to comein a flood of rivid m€holies belore hts hjhdh eye.At s€venieen, after r€ceivins ! iolerable educaiionand soapins lhrough mosi of his examiDaiioru, hehad headed ior ihe brishl lishts and moneJ ol ihebia ciiy. A joh as a very minor cle* rn a dlngy,llLtle bank, bowever, sn dj$eued ,U illusions aboutsey ljle ihere. He absolutely loathed his tedi6and monoi..ous job i! lhe sombre bank. He hadoft€n lelt 1ik€ ainging a ledger jn the minager's fa.eand stdding out, bui he aleays hanased to controlhimsell 60 thai he .amed the complete trui andconfidence ol his supefioft,

Ilis social evenings had, ,t R!st, been le$ andlar bet{een, buL he vas not long in makjng a fevrriend6 ln his lodgings. They relieved ihe sheerdrudgery of his existence by taking him with tbemon their tours of public-houes and b, teaching himihe thllls or rhe sport of kings.' RemoEe ai ih€rhoughi of this caced hLh ro savagely bite his lip.At the beginniDg he merely had a lew mild Autters,bul he soon dis@vered the real excjtement ol gahb-ling. Ii became an $cape-valve ior all hil restrainedemoiions ald soo! developed irto a! obsesion. Healso discoveled thai the targer the samble the sreaterth4 rh.ill dr d so. lo quenrh his insatiabl. crsvine,he root to borovins honey-froh his lhends ainEi and. almct inevitaibly. lrom the banl. Hebp8dl $rrh s'nall rccoLnl"s whrch ot couB., he in-

rend€d to Dav back &hen he won-bur that Limerev- seemed ro come Th.!, Dracticall! unnoiicedbj hinself. he besan io borow hore heaaily aDdmuch more frequenUJ. Now the books {ere to bedroroushl! examhed lhe nexL dar. Emlezz,lement-he shuddered at the sound of ihe {ord.

Ile laused iD his reflefiions to ligbt a cigarett€and thres ihe emDty packel jnio ihc river. Ilbolrbed uD and dosn several tihes beiore the cuneDicarled 1i sNiiily arar. The iver here ivas deepand ircacheroN and had qute a toll of deaths ro itsdedr Lookirs back. h€ realised ihe fuiility andholiovncss of his oxn liret he had accohplishedabsohtell no$ing; nothlng had distinguished hisstal on eafth and he Nould leave ii comdetelJxDnoticed. Asain he looked hard oi ihe cold, u!-rnul'.s v 'rpr \o .h" rFD rhoughr of drownlnsmade him recoil remulously, Yet whai had lutureyears to offer? Ile would be scoffed at and scolnedb! the resi of humanii,r,; he xoutd lerhaps be sub-jecied to ihe desradations of p son uona ihe verydrpgs or soc,piJ Ha k"p' his p)Fs nxpd on rrre liv'.beneath so Lhat ii appealed io come near€r. Asainihe honible thousht or asphyxia presenied iiself iohis mind. Ile @uld imagine himself stmgglingvarnly ir ..p r.\ .lL.h"s ut rhp rrvpr. gulpin8 inxater s he sa$ed for breath, hls 1un$ on the DoiDiol buNtins, a buzzing noise rinsing in hN ears, Ileshrank back in houor froh the parapet. Then,dartins a lsi glan.e at the black wateN, he iuhedhis coliar up and laced the biilng blasis of ihe

S 'D,

THE VISION'Wiih futile ellori, in his 6hado{ed room,While webs of dull. dim thought seep ibrough

The Digh eltranced poei stdvd io indA Na! io weave theh on his bardic loom :-oh Muse, inspjring bolsam of my soul,which penetrates the {ounds ahat sap my poNerAnd siems rhem. Iise. a*ist he in this hourTo pierce the darkn€s and lulfll m, role.!A lorce persisteDi, like a wjnter blast,Disp€16 ihe misty dartD* from his eyes.A song of TNih belorc his mute pen lies i

'O radiani anAel. 1o.A may thy force last,Who, torch ol dliure. sifs despairing heariiTo flnd leliel ilom pain in lyric art6.''

JOIIN B&YSON.

THE COLUMBAN 4l

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COLLEGE DEBATING

soclETY, 1953-64,.\A TUEaDAY ,s_ OrlobPr, !'r Fvdpr one oI ilPt, charrmen. tr.lcon ed ,he np{ Tembprs to rh"

sorfre. sdv" somd rdv,.d noour .\p prAparar,.n and uLErance of a sopp.h and ou lrnFd lhP ru16of rhF socer!. aro a qpdk lrrPr wrren Lhc moiion.ah r.p rdvmr-nc aeenl s a Daras lP ss drs_

.nsed. vinceni Mccolmack and Jim Donaghv, alongwith James Friel md John P o'Ilagan. got theDelrating SocietX ofl to a veiv enjovelrle start

'Ihc '.lr,e or LhE No h"m I_P.and Na.o1dl.6'P"d\ aia rn; psont-dP-.or$ oI 'n" avprage ooardPr

",,.'n* rc oeoa es rhr.h DrouPd D be.6 "n'"rlarni"p as tne nrsr RPrrn Mullan'scra{onran eDro.l.lr"s qere 5oon s'{ rnd t}6P madeh6 plrce sarirp on lhe CoUegF taan to mPd oulsrd"

The neri le, debttes. however' serc disappointDE and the sall cLdrencPs rppPar.d very dplrhFt'..pc;h:nc ne.rher he drm(ullr"s of rhp small IaITe-no. tiE dreseconsciounes oi leerasers jnterestedihe house the lormer subjeci requiting ioo muchlnou-hr end hF l.rtcr oFrng ra h"' s rl" bi 10wBuL rhes rarhAr dull dpbatPs did prcducP somespeate6, litre coDor Porte!, vho proved io be bnddiDs

T\resday, 26th November, sas one of ihe high-lish6 of the debalrns 9c-r-'h" rBr dPoatp siLhr6yle Collcep. v'n.4r M.coma.k. JPmm" DurlFaw and LeviD Mullan EDrerented st. columbsand'advocaied the vietrloint fhat Youth I4cl3Iderlism." cblistophd Knishi, Ma* Hunier ddcampb.ll \4omon wPre on rhF visiL'r 3 .eam aDddhhoush rh", qrrp mu.h more a rculale han our@am. lherr Doints q+ not a te'lrnB. The lalgpcolumban majorL, on rhe d@r (arreo he prcpcal'

This "hme debate liih Foile College Droved tbe ihe 16i !e&l1y €njoyable debal€ lor aome time. hthe deDrhs ol {rnrpr ne d6cN"d such lolims as.-Ths_ _lnp

sood old ddys' aF a mi.n.' d1d 'Thalh,r, n"r.hasc shou-d lre abolBhed' 'll1ere e"m.dto l}; a eeneral lack of eDthusism and boih debatestheiefor; suffered. Intoe$ seehs to h.ve been revived sirer ihe debaie {ith the colmcille S@itiv inozsnsn Eouse on w€dnesdar, 5lh Ihbru.rr.

rtuviD Mullan, cmor Porter end Jim DonaghtreEesented the collese od proposed the hdiion,'"rh&t the Insh are ostriahe3.' A wonderlul debateforloved dd all ihree @ueeE bois prowd ttpirwornh I orators. KeviD Mullan, in pafticular, stunned the audiene by his quotins trom. ed cruhjDgu& ol the REpoli oi ihe Oentrar Bank, In the hjddreof t}le d€baie a beauiir tea sas supplied b9 ourhosLs. This Busn ha!,€ bed seeteaed *ith "purplehedts' iNiead of susar 6 man, ol us efre sostupefled that *e thoughr re had beieD nhe three

'old' men Mesrs. Trney. Campbell and PrLlonWe were jolted out ot our icensibilitt bt M.i.Mccaroll, rhe adjudicatur, andseni tumbling to th€ ground. Neveiihel$s, il *asa haDDy e.ouD Lhat slrpped bacl inio ihe CollegesroEds thai njshi just as the Guildhall clock qa

Th. next debale, although "iea less," {as vertenjoyable. 'That Dery has neither a pr€seni no! afuture, only a !si," produced a daybo, v boardrdebate. Eamon A. ODonnelt, a slaunch waiersideman, eloquenily defehded the Maiden ctty lui iheadjud,catoN, perhals unlaLrlr, decjded io clry ihe

"The pste of humaD resources i! ihe 'spa@age iax€d nejLhd nhe lesourc6 no! the energiG ofihe socieri, but ihe moiion, 'Thai w. ceae 1,o 9arii-cipaie in outside looib€ll compeiitioDs." alh$t causedcivil var s the tvo ieams iied to decide shether,ootball or o@r indulgence caused ihe collipse oi aprohineiL plarer. I'ootb.ll as a subjeci catled foriheloquene fDh ihe m6t iolpid listeneE lor ftore borstlan uual sloke J'@ the door.

Foyle Coilese Debatins societt rye.e ou! hosts{he! ve discussed the motion, "Ihat .@niri6 addan impeils lo scietr." Rarph Forbes and CampbellMorison, rho prolo*d the ftotion, vere on th€ Foyleream. {hne vincent Mccomack and Conoi Poiterreprsented st. columb's. The debate was, on lhevhole. disappointing, $ith both tems wrndering oltthe poini and vlrh huhou! alm6l completel, l@kilg.

In al1 ii vri quiie a suce$iul lear Sohe otthe 'dohesiic" debates rere poor. bui i,hGe with outside seieties q€re outstEndins and a very valuableexpe en@ Ior memb€rs generally.

Elrihusiam must not be contued riih eloquencqnor mEr we let our leson be sNept aside b, emotion,and siDce it is ttue ihat a silsle g@d speeh ii wortba thou6and medjode ones. {e should al{ays be grare-tul to th6e chaimd who rilljnsty-if a titble rFsignedir-iolerate dEary sequences ol S1, 52, and 53comp6ir,ioN in the hope of dilcoverjns that ell]liyc

Pr. MiElhinney and It tayder plovided tlr.Socjett siih drive, direoiion and encoulagement andio them ve all owe our sincde tb@ts, We tetfonard to seeing th@ in ihe chat agaiD hextSepiemh€r. :rhey are oxl m6t jnt€nt and vaiuabLl,stenerihe shbiljsers od our s@i.iy,

JOHN R, 'WAI.SI{,

P. Mcoormack S. IUB. Kevin MuUan S.

42 TIIF] COT,I'MBAN

IB. Kevin MuUan S. I1IB., Jerome Dunleavv S IIE, James C. Donashvs. IIIA. and Williar connor Porter S.IE.

Austen J Morgan, Michael MacManus, lormer Victor Aqulrum, Lram Ba1l, rc,srlrg vrcLorAquarum, Ulster lunder 12) Breaststr.ke champion anc holcer ol ihe ulster 100 vards record in

the under 11 Breaststoke, and D E Clsev, lormer Vict':rr Aquarum

W

TIIE COLUMBAN 13

$trtlt[liltIilGATTENDANCE AND BEGINNERS

()VER 400 boy. drLpnd.d rhF b.rIs L\rj v 'r- somF wc.kiv ,nd olher. torlntBhrlj l4?Juntor I pupils aitended, that is 8?., of lhe totslin fi:rst yeax, and oi thes€ 43, about one-third. arenow competeni svrimmers, the remainder sti11

bern8 classpd es lparners ThlD was 3n pxppr:-meital y€sr ror the learners i they rrere trughtthe front cBwl es thelr prlmary stroke

'istexdof, a,s formerly, the breast strok€. Oplnion, ho1,,ever, seems to lavour a return to the br€aststmke. The coaching of leamers is siill msrredby the size of the sroups and th€ lalk of spaceat the shallow end of the pool.

COMPETITIYE AND SPECIALIZEOSWIMMING

Since the beginnins ol the school yesr St.Columb's have entered teams in several grlas 5ndhave gained a reasonable amount ol successIn the first term a- four-man team scorcd a victoryin Foyle Collese's annual cala. The swimmersare continulns tlreir tra:ning Drogramme on ihesme 11nes as jn prenous years and this proves,ery satisflctory for the vadous gal1s.

sevehl Si. Columb's boys are in the Y.S.A.U.lihe Youns swimmers cl Ulster Alllance), Dcrry'smost successful swimming club. Throush thisclub, two of our swimme$, Austen J. Morgan andLiam Batl (who won the Victor Aquarum Shleldin 1963 , went to Gorm3nstom College to do acourse in advanced swlmmlng there dudng thcEast€r holidays This course was sDonsrred bythe Irish Amateur Swimming Associeticn/LA.S.A ). Accomlanying them as coaches wereMichael MacManus. a previous holder ol thevictox award, and hls broth€r, Eamonn. who wasvery active in the swimming depa m€ni up tohis departure lasi year. Whtle in Gormansto-n,Liam Ball. the present Ulster under 12 breast-stroke champion, set up a new ulster untier 14breasr-<trokF rp.ord, .heck.ng 82.5 se.onds.

Lest yeer saw the introducticn of Norih WestSchools' Swimming Association (N.W.S.S A )badses. This scheme was initiated b! the DerryCorporation and many oi the badges are nowsporied by St. Columb's boys. Oi the threcsrades. 50 boys heve the junior badge, 62 theintelmediale and 8 the senior badge.

D IV ING

Interest in diving has diminished since thedepsrture ol Fr. Donnelly at the end ol lsst year.The rcason for ihe decl:ne is probably thet whe1ldiving is in proaress from the 3 metre boad, one-thild oi th€ pcol must be kept clear ol swtmmers,Thls is pr3ctjcaUy impossible vith the numbersthat att€nd cv.ry WeC.3sday. Thus divers a,!erestricted to the l-metre board and so afe iaught,e smaller variety of dives.

WAIER.POLO

A " super-lesgue " wrs lormed this yea.r.Thl . ro:ici"L, or ovpr 50 pl ryars who m:k" uD srxte1ms. During the nrst term iwr p{actlcemaiches were pleyed weekly to get nevcomersto water-polo used to ihe rules, These matchesproved their worth when the ilesgue got underway in the second ierm. The six captrins werethen able to mould their players into lassableteams and a hard{ousht but very enjoyable

WATER.SAFETY

Fr. Keaveney luns the water-saf€ty classwho, at the end oi the year, do the Idsh RedCross Water Safety ExamiDation.

Last year 16 boys psssed this examlhationand lhere are 30 boys trlining ior ]t thls yesr.Briefly the ir.ining consists oi methods of ap-Frolcb and carrv, rel€ase and carry, and dlfferentforms of ertificlal respiration. The instructionin artificlel resplratlon is supplemented by abasic knowledge oi the respjrstory processes andthe blood circulation system,

There are iwo water-sefety certincah holdersacting as lire-suards at the sjde oi the Dool ea{hWeCnesCay. A good rellection on the stlndardol teachins and swimming in the pool is the facithat the " life gusrds " have not had to go to theaid .i sny swimmel thls year.

THE FUTUFE

\{1th ihe buildlrlg ol a nesr poot ior lea-rnerswimmers, the lutule looks blight. This shouldbe oi creat benent to the beginne$ I thev wilih{we much more room ; the classes will not bequlte as bis ; the besinners will not be distractedb, the activities ol the swimmers, ahd instru.-tors will flnd it easier io produce new s{lmmelsmore qulckly and remedy the only real weaknessin the swimmlng set-uD.

G, CAVANAGH, S, 2D.

A THE COI,UMBAN

mHE FmST N w A.F. hrs LikPI ,r n,", u"n,r... rt $as lookcd upon, for thP

openin8 week at le6i. {jih a mixiure ol doubtdnd apDreheruion but, hy the second Nek, peoplehad tohed fairly denniie opiDions aboui ii. somemade it a social occasion-o time to see and be seeh{ome kDe{ whal they tere gojng to, while th€4ajoni, dLd nor noi ihroush ignomnce, but simpltb€.ause they {ere not iold Many items sere notsufficienily }oosted and ihis rdulted in loor audi.nceron several occaions

The d&tes oh6en lor the Festival may perhapshave been a liLile out of se6on, but it may hake itaom se@n. the ensasement oI Joan Hahtundand ihe B.B.c. syhphoDy orchestra with &ohande Saram were a steD in lhe sht di!€iion awaylrcm pulchialish, but, !t fte same tihe. i,here wacp{arnl, no nppd to "x.ludp lo.al _al"nL /so obviousaL Den_a s iso Feiseanna) 6 much 6 s8 done.Inashuch s lear talent ws di,splay€d, it wa mainlyrhai of adults: youthful talenl b€ing mnnned to afPw Ar"r Exhibitions.

This F6iival {s esentially a mNical fdtival;aparl ftom one fine ploduction the drihi sectio!was verl parochiRl.

Bui belore judsins ihe Fesii,al compleielv lelu .ake a l@k ai the varioa seciions

a{.w,A,f. MUslc REvlEw

The lesirval opened wiih . concerl given bv Lhenos 14,ear old Ciit oi Belfst Orchesfa, coDductedb, Maur'ce 1,4rlps. On rh! sholP. 'r w6 a vPry Pn

loyabl. pvpnrng but. .onliderrnB IhP bwy srson thp.r hpsr.2 h,s had ir is understandable jdl thav s srenot in toD tom. This co$ider&blv afecied ftederickGrinket pe ormaDce of WaltoDt violin concerto

The i{o short {orks whidh opened the conceri(overlure to 'fhe MsteBingers" by Wasner, andSaint SaeN "Danse Macable") plovided an edy-to-lisi€n-to prelude to the more demanding $1o item.

The clNing vorks (Bachh "!\rga Riceraia frem'fhe Mc.cdl Ofr"rmg_ and Llgar! 'Eniema vdra-

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doN) were in sharp .onrlasl to each other, the laiterworl< s 'romantic' naiure beina sell sujt.d to the..osinJ rtpm of rh! .oncpr rnd h" vrsorou! -I6t

one the ne Psarl couroE. to ra"c

on Apil 2rnd rhe B.B.c. ielevis€d lfL oi a lightmusjc conceli recoded i. ihe Gundhall on Apdl15th and siveD by the B.B.c. Nofthem Ireland LightOrch*ila, conduclor David cury.

The prognmnre consisled haLnly oi I sh sortsand had also sme local ialour in the forh olRedmond !1-iel's rosing work -The 12th Procesion"and ihat of one of Lhe soioisLs-William lnughliD,The latter's singing vd quite good, but he fouDdtuuch dimcutty jn maklns hihself heard asain$ iheiuU olchesira, small * it {asr lhis {as particularlynoticeable in "The lliUs of Donesal."

The othe. soloist, Jean Allister, gave a mctbeauiilully rcstrtined performon.e oJ the popularVictorian 6aded{one 'The IIolJ Cily': il is indeeda pleasure io find thar ihere is at least one pssonnoL in'ient oD bnnging down again ihe valls olJeNsal.m (l) during the chorE.

The weakest pst of the concerr $as the overrureand Duei lrom Gilbert and sulliyan's 'Prti€nce.'

Bui, despte a iew hinor liults. the le6trval wouldhaye bed l&kirg vihoui Lhh concert, vhich crteredlor the gooey tastes of the majority.

The econd week ol the lestival {as hjghlightedby Joan Ilamhond and. later in ahe week. by iheB.B,c. Sxmphon, Orchdtra condu.ied by colin Davis.

Joan Hammond gave a magnificeni per{omanceof a beiutifully balanced progmmme, admirablyEccompanied bJ Ivor Naion ai the piano,

Ai ihe beginning her breathinA w6 at fault butcleared laid. Her draharic ahilities shone through-oul the concert and her Etrglish diction was ihpec-cabl€, ev6 on ths hlghedl notes.

"Pleuez hes Jeux from Le Cid" by MaseDetvs the most delightlul item on the p.osmmme-tbedespai. and unhapDjnes beinB lelt throughout fie

Mis Ilahmond concluded her prosramhe withan operati. eleotion. she saDe "ObMy Beloved Faiher" and on beiDg orce morc realled

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saDA, raiher hdlily, _Eome. SNeei Eome for tbisshe reeived the ratber h€s(ani standing ovationheDtioned by the Dewspapers.

The onlJ weak point iD this conceri was theaudieDce. and a flyj ihe ior er jnsi.ted on consultin3thef programmE after the solgs had begrun ardclearly its taste sas lor the lamiliar songs especiall!lhe on€s witb plentt ol high Dotes in thsm. vissH.mmond {as amazingly iolerani ol rhis behaviouraDd<h. y$, ihe flr veu ir jusr buzzed around her

apil ,4ih {a3 a magDincenr nlghi ol hu6Lc ahdan occdion never !o be loraotten br all Nho attend-ed. The tone and €plendour of the B.B,c. Syhph.nyOrchesira's nrsi {ork oh ihe pro8ramme rBerliozsovelturc "Le Carnival Romain i wu alm6t unbearably orerwhelmiDg

R h.n de saram as soloist in Etg.r3 vjolonceltoConcerto save e uldersrandihs and iechnicallybdlliant pefomance of a! emotionaur elusive Nork.

The second hali oi ih€ proaraome consisred ofth€ ever-popular Fentsy-Overture "Romeo and Julier_by achaikoEky ald Bartok's 'Concefio tor

The eNembl€ grve a generally nagnidce.r perIom'ncF or Dotn {orks ,w h rhe p\.ep0on or somerarpls D"r.6.on $ork rn rhp rrs'' snd rhp nler-prelaiion and cleahs of iexiure ot tbe Bariok wo*sained the latter manr new friend.

Philip clanmer's etcetrlent lrrosramhe failed roloitri out that rhe Bamum-crcus like tuDe usedby BEtot in the "Intermeza inierrotl,o is realtv o_hehp 'rom ShGrskov.th's 7rt Srmphonr. Brnokir"r6 . .1 a msanpr rndrcd vp oI h.s oDiaion or he^holp slhphonr T rdn.i rhaL mosr or h. Den\aJdrel(. who lruehpd r 'hrs,nrpnuprjon trurnad aBdr,ol N,1d ol ar Shosakov.r'n uhrsr \!rCranm.l !

Unro-.ur rFlv. \p m,sspd .hc D.rrormcnce urHAydh's -CrP,rion piss on lo rhe

O. r3r MaJ rhe Siudio oDera Oroxp under Dr.Haveldk Nolson mide a welcome rerur; atrer iheirbrilliant pedo.rm&nce ol 'Cci Fan T!.ii. ai MegeeUniveNity Collese some montbs aEo.

They presenied two oDer&MariiDu.s -Comedvm lhe Brrdr-" and _D'do ahd Aenes" ol H.n pui..ell. Thp n6r shor opp.a uas o! douo.tut merlrbolh hu6r.dlly and drrhrlcrUy. the sinlprs slrarDedrheir audi"h.p lo rLs urmG' crp6.Iy dld h.nr !tu-ductior, r6ell there \e much screanrnr

aptor" hp scond LparJ I rarhe- pxDec "d a dufl,.lcsrc ppIlorhane our ho- rr brouehl rh" ctas&caloer od 'o lrfe. Ore"k mclholod) tived tor a nrsh. amrda small bur rpprpod \e sudrph'p r dpcided lo voterhis rhe third hichhshr of rh. Fpstival

'Dido dnd APnPrs" he yea- I6a9s'c' Ior i drrb' 6chool rn Chpb^a is rhp earli€sr

Ehgl'Eh opara rhar .s pprformpd wjrh 'ne lpgutd..ryrodaj Thp rctumes oi rhe Olprn crouD -erevondprrLrl. 'te yls unddrsrdhdaoly simple dnd Undo'crllaBhar d Dido sas splphd dlr drdspd Thev r'h6 qcrp crupsom., _hF drh,rnB a 16 uD to !rin-dard,nd thF s,,lnr*-trAdnnnll

iss o'callaghan gave a generallJ Bood perform'ance and Didos Lament when I am laid in ea h."$a3 yery moving. Jah6 shaa as Aenees .nd IreneSandford as Belinda both gave greai periomancd.The end ol ihe olera Nas a masterpiece of ola$icalemotionat r€siraini and provided a diBnified end toa tsreat nights enieriainmeni.

The final iteh of .he Fesiival {as a Ma$edMiltmr! Band Conce

'oh, .ye, ,he brs bond concer!, I'ou've juisaid to vouseu . No, ii vas a mllllrry band conced

-ihere ls a diflerencei the diderence betNeen a slreetDarade and a luneral march is hardly as side as laras ihis military band w6 coDcerned.

The band colsisled of nineiJ men lrld lhe"Rhine Siafi Band ol the Royal Tank Resihent andthe R€gimental Band ol ihe DevoEbire &nd DoNetR€giheni. The iormer h* to its cr€dir a per.form-,nce fo! Her Maj$ty the Queen at BuckinRhamPalace ard ih€ latter band took pari in ihe 1960Independen e CelebratioN in Cypru.

The tanfore, "A Ceremonlal Occasion" by Ketelby.q'as pbyed on special fanfarc lnmpets-a lons andstraiaht form on ihich the regimenk'banneE are

The n.xi Lwo item were ihe March from SibeiiE'_Karelia Suite and Straus' overiure Die Fleder,haus"-boih bnlianily lerformed. Then foltoweda clarinet solrweber's Conce ino for clarinei play-ed by sst. Joldan ol the F,.T.E-.. who save a nawklspe_formanc. rn spre oi &e.onduclo- srvin4 hrm alabe ently on one occsi@.

Ther foUo{ed Leroi Andersons ingerioustyorchesirated "Three Irhh Pi€ces, and io end LIE firsijrart ol the programme. the rery dim@lt -suite forMilitar, Band by Holst, borh pertedly executed.This laiier Nork s6 based on Ehglish tolk-tunes andamong them i3 one Nhich beaN a more than co-incidental resemblan@ ro The Bory clound ia tradjIonaL Wplsn folk-lure. lA.er hoopred ov rhp ppoptp6i c.bh rn c- corkr

At the end ol ihe ten-hinute intewal we {€r€summoned by a roNine busle carl {hich. ufo!-iunately weni flai on the 16t few noi6.

Thc second haif ol ihis delighrfully balaD@d pro-sratuhe Nas hishlishted by the xylophone sotosNhich Nere tsice encored. The tempo {a6 dazztingand ihe lrpessic in unien vere perJectb execuied,and although one. p@r ovesolled timpanist droppedhis stl.ks lour or five limes, it did not detract trohthe periorhance ar dlll

Tne selecijon lroh _West Side Story {s thebesi I have ever heard and. ii rhe audience had beenmore ljvely, rould uDdoubtedly have beD en@!ed.rspeaking ol the audience, vhere $ere all ihe devotedmuic-lovers thar went, di[ner€uii€d and bos-tied.to the B.B,C. Syhphony Orch$tr& aDd Lhe JoanEammond Con.ei" Thev trrrp nor ar rn.s Brearunusurl ms.cal pv^nr I wondFr $hl" And r atsNonder why the stewards came in ordinary cloihes.A feN rsal mNic,lov€ft iutued up aDd are r. b€ con-gratulaied on haling rhe ioresighl to artend).

Wdlron's 'C.otrD lmppnrl" v6 suppro, and i)'csouhd oi rhe rLll bead plalpd ttt s& ur6t4d lhe qrr

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-Lhe B.B.c. sere mere {hisperds in comparison toihis. The concert clced wiih ihe rteglhenialMarche and a beautiful aranseheDt ol "Ood Save

N.IV,A.F. DBAMA

l Ie did noi, see aU [he D]ays ind ihe rerue wbichcomtiiuled the Duma section ot the Festival. butare very pleded io note the succes ol -Arhs andrhe Man' pr$enred by 6t. cotumb's collese uhionDrama Club. The Club has considerable experi€neand a very well qualified casi. fThis play has alread,been releued to in ihe account of the activities oi iheCoUeee Dnma Socieirl

The other piays iook success for granned, ploEabl! becaNe ihey sere stased hainlt b, Iocatu.sulery here was a spoi lor 6uch a ialented and ex-lpr.pn."d group as rh. Ltflord Players 1hc. ,'h'eve-hen6 have been lecosnired .hroushout the muntry.

N.W.A.F. ART REVIEW

Despiie ihe lact that I deplore Abstract Art, theseleclior ol conietuporary paintiDes in Brooke Parkwd disappolniing. ltm the lsenty Norks only ale$ {ere North looking aa and even ihese wereoffeDsive to the eye and not {orth! of meDtion. Ifind ii hard to understand why rhe painters ol theseu.preposseshg wolks are lccepied as modern British

On ihe other htDd th€ colleciion ol paintings intbc Court IloEe are hore promjslng. On the wholeih€ dsplay of poiiery iar outahines ihe pijniings.

The paintiDgs fiehselv€s ate noi aplealinggenerally. bur ihere vere a feN exceuenr wolks'BurL casil€_ by Stuari. Couida de Toue6 rvalued

^ I150' and "qIF' S, hool o- Cdrson. _FvpningSunsi" by Cobui. and "Second Mat€' bt Ca.penter.all of shich are done in oils. The remaLDing excelleDtpictures ar€ 'Architeciu.al Lan&cape" and "Stjll LilewiLb F'ruit. doDe collage style by I'erran, a pEtpupll oi St. Columbt, Bird.' a labdc licture byMacdermoti and Thoughi. done nr pastel h! Huston.

But ihe cerami6 siole the show. There vas adazzliDe dBplay of aextxred dishes, spray glazedd*hes, underglazec ornahehral dishes, pin.h pors.decorat€d marble, group3 oi c.ts, and nshes, pldrerand cerehac composition, all superbl! execuied.The selectid of ihe vork ol pupils from St. Jceph's,and clondermoai secondary Inrermediaie schoolsmust be meniioned. Moreover, rhe Apanish Ho.se"and "Bxll by Feuan are vcry veu cohposed.

Jsok B. Ye.ts (1371-r9s7) Arl Ahop Dii9lsy.

Lo' k'18 d. hrs F)rh' r woras h..h $prp oone .nDen and rnh, and {atercolour, jt B dimcult to detect{hat may have influenced Yeats. 'Ihe Impre$ionisrsceriainly, lartrculdly Lauilec, who painied cynicalbut closely oherr€d pictu!6 oi the Pari.sian under-sorld, and we know he had a life long pa$ion forGoya and Daumjer $ well as, to use his om {orrb,_hating been in tove {iih Watteau lrom ihe be-gmning.' Neverthel*s. it is uldoubiedly from thera.y rcmance ol the vesL ol Ir€land that Yeatr d.ankhis deepdl draught

ftom the coUection ol Yerts paintinAs we savYeets as a man ol many aititudes: we noti.e that

some of his drawings are paiheti., but others gayand whirllng. we see circusceles, fairground-scen$, landscapes, porir&iis and variolrs oih€r scen6depicied llom everyday lire at the besinnine of lbetventieth century: bis clo$hs bounce, his hobby-ho*es whirl. hjs fac$ aft interesting. and his people

In hrs lat r vPrrs n. LUrnPd o rhPol the canvas The e1eleD oil-painiinss on displayare valued ar over 930,000. when sen jn odinaryelechic light. the ojl-painaings do not appear ascolourlul and s void as Yeats intended becae whenlaintdng wiih oils he wore coloxred glse$ Tvoofthem, -and Graina saw the sun sink" and 'Glory,"rre {orth about !?.000 each.

The Exhibition ol Arts aDd crafrs spoNored bythe D.ry Rota!, club m ihe Minor Eall vas r€th.rgood, There were exampld of sering and drN-making by St. Marys Secondart Intemediaie achoolmetalwork aDd wood$orL and $me painting by st.Joseph's and st. Ma!r's. on ihe whole tbe dislla}oi {oodvod< was outstandins: a dome of {ood inparticular {a6 very {ell do!e.

one would ihink lhat h Derry, a chrhrian .oh-muniiy, there worrld be some religious paintingstbroughout the exhibiiions. but noi it seems as ihou8hreligjon as well as other matlers, is Dow regarded btmct artists as a mere shadov. I viil .dmit of'oJrsp hd ihpr. wa a picluF oI the Ctucitxion rnihe Courr lloue by Faihe. Cydr Fatell, but ia isa very crude picture in that ou! Lord i3 reprdentedby a stmke ol the bruh and that real nail6 arehammered inio ihe pidure instead of beins painted.

The display of old Derry priDts in the OrrndJury Rooh of th€ Couthouse vas simply maNellous

equally marvellous was tbe iDdifference ol ibeDerry public to such a comprehensive tre*uy: per-haps many people ieel ihai ro see Deuy walls j3 tosee the $hole piciure. I {onder are Dre 1600pnntsol this area exiant il indeed anl wete made. rTheWindmill Caino and Cailoqs are clearly harl<ed onseyeral map6). Ir mNt be Doied thsl each daybtuught a still bigger attendaDce io this exhlblrionicould not lhis exhibiiion be held a.nually?

FILMS AND BROADOASTS.

ahe series of nlms shown b, ihe Odeon serepa.ellenr in ihemselv*. bui "oliver Twist' would not.by most people, be coruidered a n.N €xpeuence; this{a3 more ihan ofieet by Romeo aDd Juliei and by"Itsl R.s.nkavalier. '

"West sid€ Story is one of my favourire fflhsrI aft not a nh Soer) and allhough li is my se.ondiihe io se it, it {as an orign expedence and, fo!rhe first lihe in my liie, the idea of people vatkingabout singing seemed !o me quite natural

''A CLLI Soliiary" shown by the B.B.c was anamateur nlm made by a l@al group headed by Mr.John llume, our h8tory teacher. It save us a ljberaland long-o!€ldue vje{ of fh€ social problems exisijhgi. the cltt and their historiol oigin. Ii is edifyjngio 3e. tha! thj,s fi]m was made by repres€niatives oftwo leading d€hohin.tioc and ihat i! qurte vjelysuggested thai ihe beginniDg oi a solutior ot ourdeeDer local probleN E to be found in a recosnitionIy ach side ol the oiher's tmditioN. consraruiarions.

THE COLI'MB]IN

Ahong rhe brcadcasts {ere a special North westArIa fi6tval ediiion of The Arts in Ulst€r',. introdured oJ tsr.an !'npl.6n aL.ooroe16phr.ll .al{ "T}pGrppn Y"dfs, rhi,h dpalt q th \fi. ftret's m,nood-rd vou'h rn a D"rry trrr.h rh.oucf Lrs $ord! t;k orn new and cbarhins dimension. his ptay, ,fhe BlindMice" and an editbn or "Your Questions . b.oadcasrfroh Magee uliversii, college.

- coN0LUstoN -NoN lei N tal<e a reircpective, overatl vie{ of the

fl rs ( rlrJm lJ

nnaDciall,r' successful and gained wide suppot fromculiural and bsiness organisalions. Ii tlok few glesirisks, quite undeEtandable ir its first ,rrear. rr is robe holed rhar the comhittee lill he hore ambitiousjn rhe furure and thai rellesentatires of the A116 inlhe NorLh-west siu clamour ror & ptace on rhe prograrrm. rand please, no hore emlty seats). Ii hssfocused atlention on Deny but it shoutd aim fuiheraneld and iry to aitBct Dotice from abroad. E-een aihome. it ,ould appear Lhar nol aI sections of thecommunity iook an active part. Perhaps the air ofprivac, which cloaked th€ prepalatory stages wsresDonsible for this, hor thai i is a succN and olgreat culturat significance, could se see as manypeople as pNible taLi.g pdi?. The social evenLswere lex (especi&lly those cateriDg fof xouth _ onespar&ly attended MasLed Ball). Ever the old tadieslble$ ihed) did betier - a coffee mohing and aflower an'ansehent ,ll to themselves.

There ws huch unlat emphasis on paticular 1t€mson th€ prigTamme and the succes of an ereni seemedio depend on a clN ol protentious Artllovers (rhosde willing to artend ihe B.B.c. symphony orciheshabuL noL a Miliiarv Band.

Face facta: the cittr ol Deni does not .pprcciateculture and good rste - you have got to m.ke lhem

aDueciat€ ii. The !'estival could be the insttumentior ihis il onlt it worted h&rd enoush. Il has iakenthe ciiyt suppod for granied - this has noi beenaccorded iL. l4t the leople knofl vhar, lhe nexiFesiival will be really like fo! someone sittins lor r*ohouN on a hard. wooden chair. Bring youlh moreinio it and recruit spport ftom rhe schools (negleciedthis iear. or, igain, jusl iaken ior granied2).

More social events are ne@ssary and I am convincedthai. even this Far, if ihe Masked BsU had benrcplaced by a'Eooinanny" it {ou1d have !€en a g!e.t

ahe l,esiival end€d virh a muical tu vo*s disphtby the l,[assed Military Band, bui yel it just fizzredoui. The I'estival did not end if, fainted lor did itdie?). The ciosina nisht {as a diasrace, not a cete-hation, a speech or a bii ol good, c1ean, ro{dy funio end ii a1l. A tradition could have been boh iollo{-ing ihe Und of the lNt, nigbt of rhe _Ir.ohs". Iiwould have been a guaraniee of succes ai the nexi

The orsanis€E ,ill have leamed troh their mrinlyavoid$le hi6i.kes and wil ha].e ihe next Fesiival &greaier su.cess than ihis one vas. They vill hake ita su@ers fo. themselves for Llue love$ ol Ar.t thisI'slival was a suc(N; for a lorer of muic. like my,s€lf, ii vas the most ,ondedul thre veets of m! lit€.

Fr.' rl dr I rhenk ind .onlr.'Lld

Ciih6 at wor! qere : Muslc A KEANTI

ART-D. MCSLOSKEY

IIISTOR,Y_J BRYSON

DRAf]LA-P. COLLINS

!'ILMS-C POE,TEA

ERUPTIONA iIAAMEN' bI_ WITILIAM KELLY. J. 3A,

. Then xilh a mighty roar thai cracLed

ADC did atl hxmrh intellp.i ..nf.nndV6uvixs disgorged red lava inlo spaceDefommg thus Eerculaneum's face iVivid flam6 f,ash in thearening smokeAnd rend sunde! nightt black cloak . . . .ahe {oxnded giant profusely bleed!Ard still deflant he !r@eeds,Slurtr out the boiling brood froh hellwhere resenoirs oI lava dwelt :Thus dlown€d the unsusDeciins ioqThai lay in death's sunoundjns EoM.ID ho11ow mom, out cahe the shahd hid unnn the deed was doneWhrle thGe {ho fled [h.t suff ot iprrAghasr ihrough smoke and -ieror peer . . . .

POR'IRAIT OF A LEADER

In darkness and in lighi he slood alone,staDch and unsNervins, justice io the fore.

Symbol oi tluth aDd love. leading his oM,Proudly torar& a world at leace once mor.

Yet in ihat ssvase momeni nlbd sith ha.eW" os. th" onp qho lpd us 'owards our gudl.

And iiLh a sudden. seNeles Lvist of lrtpour hopes aed siih the passins of a soul.

And no( {e mourn ihe one {ho gave his all,Who came amonsst us, {aiched by uptumed laces,

Nofl shall he nerermore hear lovely Shannon's callNor walk again ihough hic' harloped pl&a

A kindly heat is siilled, to whoh the sain ?A loving father k led, a hero sl.in.

G, A, JOIINSTON,

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The Dean, Fr. McoauleY.vi.t.rlous J

Dara Blialn to Brian Kearney captain o! .!eDean is Fr. Devlin. comDeiiiion orsanizcr.

presents thc corn anII B. team lvith the

Coh P. IUullan c:ptain of Corn na hoswinnins team

Brjan Gormley and Corn na nog team-mates in prrctic3 session

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BOO KS A\ND

,\HooSrNO BooKS ior rh' Se or L-b.dr\ 6 rt, dra6.ul rsk: !e boois -sr nd iF @

puerile and aL the s.me time noi ioo intellec-iually dehandjng. The ases o! rhe boys who lrequenirhe senior Library nnge lrom thirteen io nineieenand as "' 'hrs s.dE Lhp'. 'sr* arc 'dDrdlJ AI'prrnc.!h. boys are Benerdllr hard io satisly

This year. ho{erer, mosi ol ihe addi.ions {ereaccepiable. At lhe same time Done ol theh, noteven Alisiair wac Lean, has had cohplere accepiarce.Mac Lean. althoush nor DoDular with everyon.. hasapproached e heighi of popula !y .oi reached evenby such otd favoudtes as Wtn and Wodehouse.The oihe. additiohs {hose popularityplei€ly overshadowed by -vlac Lean were c. S. For*terand Agatha christie.

Of ihe six additions by Mac Lean "6ouih by Javaaead Nas u.doubtedly the besl. It is ihe storyol the escape from Singapore oi a sroup oI feluBeesatler the Japarese inyasioD of ihe penjnsula. 'Ihe6rolp of rpfJEpF! sJ1d"- sboui .hp lndon'sjrnArchrpelago dodging JapAhese submarines and iorDedo

lvlac Leans heroes are alnrGt alsats recogiBableithey conforh to a iype young, strong, detelmined.nd jnle]ligent. One hal then ask in {hal doesrhe fasciDAtion of his stories lie. I Routd suggesiin the numerou iwists in ihc siory, the tension -htchis suiaired and inc.e*ed ihroughour, the verJhu6.n fallibility of his heroes and the racy siyle or

Iis lakeb for granled ihat norels with a leligiosbacksround ineviiably appear on the shelves of sucha tibrary d ou.s. Such books hay or may noi beol intrinsic value: ihey mey be mawkish. sentimenial.pletistic or doNnright bonng, bui ".fhe Edge of gad-ns' by Ed{iD O Connor desen$ non€ of thes€adjeciiyes. This siorr ol an Irish Amelican lriestsketchcs vividly his fears, setbacks aDd ihe difAculti6lnvolved in his coDtact vith peple. This is a novelof deep conviction, leavilg a lasting ihpression onits reader and coDv€ying a truer pictule of ih€nature or ihe prjesthood theh any Sunday leturecould erer sive O'Connor, ho$erer. teDds io ovd-stre$ ihe sonovs and painlul bacLqrourds of hjscharacteN The only ffgur* nor tingd Nfth hlgedyAre Ted and ADne ODonneU; bur he porrrays rir6i!Js hard. rold ano .alrulaUnc m.mbprs of .he rounserEpnpralron. Thrs alhNL morbio prFoccuDarj;n { h.ragedy stam$ o coDnor as rypicalry ceitjc.

Another book in ihe library vhich, altbough noLDe{, is iopicat at tbe moment, B The cardinal "Otm Iteminger has hade a film o, ihis novel byEenry Vorion Iiobiuon wjth Tom TtTon and JohnHusio. as lt. Siephen Fermoyle aDd Cardinal Glennonrespectilely. The norel is a f,o[ing. {eltiold story,vhich .r iihes siops being ihe studt oi a oan ,ndbecomes rather the study of an institution, ihe

chu.h. The nlm pushes some oi AobiDson's hostcolourful characie$ our ol existence and othels iniolhe background. ThE is an excellent nlh as suchihings go lJut ii muiilarB a be.rer novel.

Other additioG of fictio, included The Eagleof Gafuyroe" in which Ki.kham vividly pofirays thel1ves, hinds and characters ol tbe Irish counrry-folkoi the last century. In'Holnblower and the Horspur"by C. S. Forester Horaiio .s usual overcom$ all Lheodds due to his high level of intelligence _Nigh!mare" also by I'or$ie! is r collection ol sho storieson tife in the German army aDd coDcenfaLion crmpsduring the Nazi period. These stories are shockinBand rrightening in tbeir star! leality and underlinethe iact ihat Folesier s Derhaps a beticr writel thaDhis insipid llomblower seri6 would sug8est. JccphBrady! h Mouayalla" iocu6sed alteniion on therather hackneyed subjeci ol an Irish priesfs rravelsand work in Aherica and his subequeDr lile in Ire-land. Thrs novFl presFnLs an rnrarps.rnq srur! rrumosl uDiDielesiiDg manner. The Clocks by Agathacbrisiie is rhe usual mixture: a spy fLns, rwo ourdels.a romance, Eercule Poirot and his 'little srey ceus"tI DersonaUy think Agatha's osn "liitle gre} cellscould be recharged vith greai resultilg benefit iothe world in general.

The non-ri.Lron addiiioN included Max Caulneldh''Fd."r Rpl,pilron, -'the Grpaj HunqFr" oq Ce.woodh"m.Sm'.n. -Th" Ro'tE h tds" oy Mrflon Jnd,mosr popular ol all, Burge$ Beyen Meh ai Day-break." Boih Burgess and Morton show thai histo$ir prpsenLpd in an.rrrrdrw rann4 "an u.6 jhpi-ins as nciion. Paite$on 6 tso volumes oD iha rlril-wavs oI 'hp Nor'h-wasL arp .nrpresLinq as o.insdnonEs. tl. faw works on local hBrorv in rhe I'hr/rvand rrp rn EFar dpmano ror rhrs re;on flnalt',lhe bors' enthusiash over some oi the lon,ficrio;addiiios sa indeed amazins; "SDjes in r.etand',was simply snapped xp I

JOSEPII J, KEENAN,

sen. 2 E.

AOKXO WLEOGEMENT

we wish to exprN our sDcere thanks to ihe

St. vin.en. de Paul SocietJ ,or lhe haly books and

panphlets they have presented io rhe R.DG. durns

50 THE COLUI,{BAN

TRIOb DERIiOT M:ELHOLM,

THE FRENCH SOCIETY[rHE PURPOSE ol hp F'rpnrh Socrprv has alsaysI r,"". Lo D'c\ up 4 mu.h F_.n.il oDrard" Ih"

classroom in 6 pleasant a manher s pNible.This ,ear dayboys easjly ouinmbered boardeft in iheSod., alrhourh pv,rv L-drdpr a"endpd. wrr'.h o'v6some idea of the popularit, of the Society.

vincent Mccomack Ns elected chaimaD aldthr€e types of enlertainment were deiemined upo.

quizzes, lectures and debates. Ttle quizzes weftusuelly contesied by dayboy and board€r team buiihe dayboys had a deflnlte edge h ihis 6e1d andsucceeded on ev.ry occasion.

Leciurers covered such weu-wor! $ound s ihepoln.s oi Opnpral d" Caulle and modprn aurcJ.mes Donaghy cave a mosf intercsting lectue on''le magie not, vhich slthough at time. almoslfrighteninA, wf boih informative and haiter-ol-fact

The debai$ vere the high-water mark of theSocieiy. ControveNial subjects have ofier theeflect ol brinaing out un@uih language but alihoughhosi or the suhject6 chcen for debate vere hishlyconhove8ial, the nuenct and logic ol ihe speakGsB astounding. Ole debate springs to hlndihhedlately -v Mccom&ck and J, c, o,I.ane plGpGed "que la husique populajre de8.ade" and wereoppced by r. MuUin and P Blady for the boarders.Exchanges r! iims became heaied but ihe languag!Dever sutrered as a result so thai speakers wele alsarsintelligible and the daylroys eyeniually {on.

Ahe 'soirCe mElcale" ananaed by M!. Bonnerw6 a greal succes. He Drotided a se]ection oIsongs by Etiih Piaf, recods lor the young and forchdstmas and some orEratic recordings. ahe eau-ing discusjon ceD[ed inevjtably on "la mulqu€modeme and ,,16 Bearles et fanaticiame qu, lessuii. as uual, no conclusion wa-s .eached.

Members reetred an inviiation to att€nd a pe.-formance of La Chania! ce Chauve by IonescoMci membere &itended (many being misled b, av:ciou6 rurour crr.ulatpd by somp DalicroB Deren'ha olhpr lora' collees FoDlo b- reprdenrFd.Although lhe unsual form and 'bizarc" languagewere puzzling, evayoDe enjoyed a verJ compet€nrperlorhance by the Magee uDive6ity 3tudenk rndthe ouiing was a disiirct 6ucces.

A member ol the Society, Kevin Muttan. dB-tinsuish€d hmsell by capturing ihe book-iokenpresentpd by rh. Frpn.h CoNul for a prizp-wrnnrnsessay. The pdze Nas won in ihe reeih ot huchralpnrpd oppNrlron. HE esat Jnd supprlarrvp sp+cnon rhp rF."pt on oI hB pr.zF orouAh( honour bo.hto himself and to his collese. F6lictiaiions. Kevin I

Aliendance ai the heetingsDumerous, conajsiency rather being Lhe keynote. Thepast year saw the Socieiy consoljdete ts pGition sone ol the moBt benef,cial sociaUJ and eduotionaU,in the Coltege. Vuch dedit fo! ihis succ6ss musigo to ihe mehbels of the siafi. Mr. Ilume. Mr. BuucraDd nr. McQuillan who sacnfic€d so much ot theirtime io ensure a very enjoyable rear, Wirh suchconsiderate parons the Society can 1ek to lhe tuture

BALLYLIFFTN BEACH

The brllotrr cr€st up io ihe golden shoreAnd Lh€ gleaming sands are shifted once moreiBoih sea and sky ere a dreamy blue,Each of tbe same delightful hue.

No cloud noais 'cros ihe Deacelul skv,I waich ahe billows aDd foDdly sigh,o, whar a wondrous place this is,And all th6e Drecious silts ar€ IIi..

sNow

T1le sm{ lay thict and deep,And as I opened the door,

Crovded in vith a rcar.

I shut ihe door siih slEed,A.d returned to fhe brishi $arm slov.And cGily, I paid !o heedTo the whBiling to.e ol ihe sindThe shirling sveep of the snoN.

Th€ fi.e danced hefily on the h€dih

Amons the shadows, black and de*,I lbtened to ihe wind keenins i.io the Disht.

WERECOMMTND...The Jaguar moved wrih a leeljng oi poser,E"iinB up rhp disrancp 3r eightt mrl6 an hou_she slided in lroni vith maeninceni arace.Speeding along 6 il iD a race.

The spe€dcmeter Deedle mov.d ever higher.And ibe pur of the engine matched the whine

Nineiy. one hundred, one hundred and ten;Eers was ihe pos€r that oade Kings out of men.

Alone, like ihe eagle,

DisappeArs

RirOEARD ]vlUR,IPTry,

G@SSlllP:: A lMlam"s lEes{i lFrriiemrdlTTHERF are many ppopla who ruppojp roa.r go".jp is s con,Fmpribte thinE. lhst rl bpJit 1s anold woman's pasttme, at worst a malignantsrowth ir the heart ot sociely How wrong theyare. Gossjp is not something to b€ desplsed, noris ii in any way restricted to otd women. In iact..ontrary lo what ls senerally supposed, it is noreveD connned to the tair sex. As Ogden Nash

''There are iwo kinds of peopteWho blow through life like a breeze i

And one kind ls gossipers.The other ls gossipees.

Another good thjng about gossipls that it js within everybody.s leach i

And lt is much mor€ interestingThan any other form of speech ,

Gossjp, one mighr say, is the sport ot kincs.It is also the sport of street-cleaners. It is a ragewhich is forever clrrrent and leaves no one un\calhed. Ir ls an omn.vorous snimal. .oh.umingelder statesmen and b:shops. errand boys and

In spite of this undeniable univercaUty oigossip, therc are those (tnadequate lawyers an.tthuhderhg mora,lists for the most pari) whomaintein that gossip is a womall,s hobby, andthat it should remaih so. These sad and gloomyatteDdants of dark Sombdus would have usbelieve that gossip is ah evll invertlon of flcklewoman. I abhor these melancholics who wouldtake lrom us our sweetest joy Can man suraivewithout eosstp ? The very taverns ot Ebglandwould iall to the ground if merry gossip weredriven out. What would be the fate of our greaipolltical parties if deprived of thei! anhualGossip Conierences. I cannot imagine. The whotestructure of democracy would collapse It wouldtdeed be the end of the Itne for S1r Alec andMr. Harold, were thev to lose the opportunity todiscuss pub)lcly each other's litUe foibles Ournatlonal papers would cohsist of nothing butsports reporls and news. And if there ls onetbiDg which is abhorent io our joumallsts. it islhc idca ot pflnrlng nFws No. I tear thai gossiFls ess€ntlal for man's happiness. Take gossiDaway and li(e is done.

Gossip is, mor€over, of great practiclt benefit'io us. It is Communism's most deadly toe.Because of its very unlversality, its attractjon foreveryman, lt unites us all agalnst souUessSocialism. A common hobby to rlch an.r !oor,it ls the very loundation of democracy Ii jsalio a much more pfla.ri\p mpans oi cJmmun:c!.

tion ihan anything the Russjans ever devised.What's news to day was gossip yest€rday.

Gossip has a great ihe.apeutic value and,unlike some modern drues, it has no unpleasanraiter effects My advice to one slck at heart 1sto seek fljendly gossip. All his tension wnt berelieved, and he wiil be fliled with such a feetinsof wellbeing as eill mal<e him love all rhe worlcr.!41i.h leads mp on Lo thp potnt Iha. Eoisip isPeace's greatest auy. tet, iwo of you! riva.1generals meet and commence an smjable aussec-tion of the reputation oi a coueaeueln arms,and there you have the basis of a format peace

cosslp is a dutitut ahimal. Much as jtdetests discord, lt f€els compelled to swaUow upthe smooth faced hyDocrite. It surlounds theimmorai man, briilgjng him to his arownfall.oon"r or larpr Golsip ls aJso sn cnpctlve rrimedeierrent. Had but one gossl! been among thosedastardly Mail Traln robbers, ihe nation wouldn€ver have lost its hard eamed groats.

Tbe hlgh qualities of gossip are legion Ihave merely tried to shovr thar as weU as b€jnga much more hterestiDg sport than, sar, tennjsor football, 1t ls also a sreat resrorer of moralsand a slaunrh supponpr of world Peo.p I cando no better thah end with rhe *-ords (slish ytwisted, of course, alter the manner of all goodgossips) ol the hmortal Bard himself :

"Oossip is tlred.ature's sweet restorer."Gosslp, in facl, makes the world so round.

I'TIE COLUMBAN

JAMES C. DONAOIIYSenior 3ll

NIGHTThe air is hushli birds sinB no morc:Flow€rs droop in slumber depiThe falmer's iollinB day is o'er,Well eaDed his Deaceiul sleepThe gLislenine hoon with ghosily hindsAcrcss the still earth deeps.And fills each nook with silver sarands.And tD e{ch windox pe.ps.A silver lcicle of moollighiIs .ver! blade ol srasWhile silken clouds ar dead .f hichrEach sleeprng cit,\, pass.

Soon ihe moon wiU lce rts shimm.rOh, pray, bid Time delay !

For nrsht's f|ail beAutLes musr uros drnnn{.And quit ihe $orld ar break of-da!

IIUOH O'DOIIIF,IY.s 2A.

THE COLUMBAN

/-\NFl oF t,h.lJ tr.'n^" ,n lrr€ ,s ur coursephrsical healih. Succes 6 dic_

laied b! physical cd!.city. m!r.so in this age thrD in any oiher.

A novel smp in coll.ge hislor!$as iaken ihls lear when FadrerLogue. {ho has a erea! nteres.in Rihletics. iorm.d an Athl.ticclxb . wc nevet had one before.

Afiendance so far has ol couEebeen itegular but none the leslalrly satislting. Baslctll!, dat_boys wanl aD oudei lor Lh.ir

l

encrgies bui doll {ant to plax Gaelic looibaLl, andboarders. tired of haviDe just the one same t thecollece. ar. takins part in this much hore airaciivedelariment ol physical develophen!.

This need lor an Athletic Club' *as sadlv over'looked by our predecesso* who plobabll thought jt

ol time. as {e]l as keeping liploprrhysical condition bowever. it mises thestandards ol athlelic capabilLiv. The lradrtion_nl joe around ihe wdlks is inadequatei all !he_

lear round iraining $ Rhai is sanied. Thatrs whr our tecords are so dism3l and *hJiher. is so much rcom for improvement irall cven6 field and Lrack.

The acceDt so lar hs been on siaminabuilding lor the irack season ahead. The lsckof srnmina {as very noiiceable in lasl x€aas

Each sunday there is . cros-@untr! ruon TermoDbaca end Ne ihank ihe Rev.Molherol Terhonbaca lor aUowinc us !o have thecou.se. The siandard of running is quiie high.Micke! Trolan ahd SeAn Mcoarron relurring

On our long i.rm prograrntue Ne have:,1r Introduciion of neN track and n.ld

evems, e.g, pole vaxlting ard lhe ihree hiles12) Eln , into the Ulster inier-college

compeiitioDs-this should be excitingi3) Training and races lor Juniors as well

14) weighrliliine now recognised bv altaihl€tes as a most ihportanr mode ol lniDjng since iL builds up hucl4 and stinrina{ithoul much PhJsical stain.

we doni exDet to produce IIe$ Elliotisor P€ie! Snells ovemishi but we do envisasemaDy aihletes ol hodelaie proflciencJ aDd

Derhals among ihem there may b€ soheoneol Olympic siandard. The key to such suc-

onc one dar 1n thc Neek lhere is a road lun and onanciher some tnck trajbing We run three or lourmiles on the road ai a hoderate pac.. It is er[remellimloriani thal ihe athlete should hake his o{n pace

on the road and Falher Losue cmDhasises ihis. Thetnck t1lining consists ol fnst. d live or six lap {arh-up and rhen altcrnatc fast and slow laps for lbouthalt-an-hour. ThG suits both ihe sprinier and

middte disrance runner s t .lloNsplenir oI scop. for variaiioD. wheD

siarts there {i1lbe more tminiDg on fie collegefreld aDd hish jump plactice elcEv€n alread! ihe jmprovemeni Ln

saandard has be€n remarkable lorsuch a short pedod of tih€.

our flrst race-aDd the nrsr raceever in St Cotumbs hisiort ouGside oi Sports D&ySunda,. 26rh April ov.r i{o laps /3

Athletics

Clubbv M-{LACEY O DONNELL.

L Nas a pe$onal irixmDh lor TonI ODoheriy \Lho

led h6t oi rhe wa, seDlor BI'secured rhe hitshesinumber ol Dornis and ih. first inier clas shield.These inicr class races give ,ddcd incentite rc .11

becalse ererlone has a chance ol winriDg. aDd {eshill olso learn sonehrns oi hoN io use ihe !err_

eflechte Neapon of ierFlacklng

ce* is raining, h'aining, faining: pmctlce o! thexPr days ro lFls hdn on 'nP dr.inter-college match€s sLll help us to clear thcpslchological hurdlc as NeU as the phvsjcal westdt off {ith c€rtain marked advaniages: \'P ,rPyoung, sfong r2r. enLhusiasLic. ind. of couBe, dontshoke I In Fr Logue Ne have lroih on inspraiionand a colchi ihe provision ol laciliiies and ihe strict'adherence to our progratume Nillhelp io hcrald our ardval in theathlelics {orld. P€rhaps practrcernDes don t sxrt travellirg div bovs

3.30 p.m. ls an ask{ald timei jIaliemaiire times Nere lound I amsure ma.y mole DuDils froh rheoutlyins disiricB tould joi! ihe

Tbe nev club is looking lorwardro all this {ith zest rnd enthusiashIV€ ere oDlI a little sad that itw6n'L siarted yea$ ago.

THE COLUMBAN 53

SPORTS DAY n963a\IrTS'LANDING CO\'IPEI ITOR dr S'. Columb'.tl corr.r, .r:or on Saluoar {4. \4. L}n h. who

caried ofi nrst lrize rD the mi1e, the 430 vardsdd tbe 220 tads cnampionslrip. IIe t* a vdv{od$y *!u,'. nd"cd. of h Vr(or LLoorLm Dr/elor ihe b6t all-round aihlete.

other sood leriormrtres *ere tuned n bv IlamINrn. $ho iton the 100 liards championsbip and cameihtd in ihe lonq lumD. and bv P. ]'{coolter, {hc hadthe hsrd luck io finish se.ond in thee neld evenis.

Amons l.he youneer comleiitors i,tree c.ughi i,ltde P. O. La/Pn ^h' won hp -Lnor hop. srFp Jrdrum" " Lh a ven nn" J8 ,l' J Dxnl'av1, sh' qonih. 'rnor IOO Er.L' ch,Tp.on hp. dno J. rle'ausll{hi nnished ti'-. r ih";Iei.c 100 !1rds .hJmpior'ship ard wond in ihe 100 ,Efds handi@!.

The successiul running ol ihe sporLs was duema.ru rc thoroush p'"pda'oN qorq and "xacioreanisdr'or bv Lh" D"an. Fr :{.cduln. $ho rs'$Pd b1 1rr L Cd".. dno a '@ra' comnhk'. Avar'.d Jroeramme. r'h c}l @nnained 43 eeFnts s4ranied throush in a pu.tual sd enterialning

'Ihe rBuits xerc

SE IOR

Vi.id l,udorum }I. Lucll.100 rarcs ChamDionsh:p - 1. L lr*in. 10.6 secs.:

, D. Moris: 3. P. cafirev.

100 ,ards l{andicap 1. c. Galleni 2. N. Ban:

220 X.rds Champjonship 1. M. Lrnch, 26,4 se6.i2, C ltrey. 3. C. Ga.itrle.

220 yads Handicap l. !I. D. HendeNon: ,, T.Deighan: 3. c. Ga1ls.

440 yards Handicap 1, J. T. CosgroYei 2, F.Qurgleyi 3, Jim DohertY.

880 rards l{andicap 1. M. Lynch, ! bjhs. 9.2 se6,:2. J. Eegarhy: 3. P Mcooiieri 4, Il. Ohlves.

Mile Handjcap 1. M. L)nch, 4 tuiN. 56.5 se6.i2. P. M Brotrle:3, M. Montaguer 4, J. F. Mcomoni

Ergh Jum! 1. G. E. O'DonneU. 4 li 11 iE.i 2,P.:r,tccoiter,4 ft. 11 ins.: 3, F. Quigley,4 ft,9 jns,

Long Judp - 1, D. Mouis rc ins ) 20 it 4 irs.i 2,P Mcootier 19 ins.) 20 fi. 1in.i 3, K. Caflrey (18 is.)

Hop. Step and Jump 1, Jim DoheftJ r12 ins.)40 fi. 1l ins.i 2, P. vcooii.r (6 is.) 39 it 11 js.i 3,L Ir*in ls.r.) 30 ft. ? irs

12 lb. shot 1. c. Dohnerlr_ lsd,) 3? fi. I ins.: 2,P :lfcclade tscr.) 3? ii.: 3. P. Collirs (4 1t.) 36 ti.

veteEtu Race 1. E. l4cPhilemJr 2. S. Carolani

Musrcrt Chan\ 1, S. trevel i 2. C. A. ODohcr+"y.

Handball Leasu€ P. Mcootleri runner-uD, O.

Fooiball League P. McooLf,er (capt.)

Fooiball Medals P Mccotter rcapi).

!, ur{t oE

I00 yards ChamploDship 1, J Dunleavy. 11., secs.i2, P. Frielt 3. T. Quin&

100 dd6 Handie! - 1, B Baneit: 2, [l \ilc-Gonagle: 3, A. Mccalvey.

2r0 yards Handlcap 1, A. ltEJi :. B. Bradtey;

440 yads llandr@! l. P. Mcconagle; 2, T.6)uinni 3. J Mcoladei 4. B. Bmdle!.

lligh Jump - 1. T Eegan, 4 ft, 7 iB.i 2, B. Deighan,4fi. ?itu.; 3, P. D. Lagan,4 ft. 6 jB.

LoDg Jump 1. T. Qujnn (6 iN.), 1? fi" 11i6.i 2,P. D. Lagm rso.). 1? it. 10 1G.i 3, B. Deighan {12

llo!, Stop and JumD - 1. P. D Lase (scr.),38 ft.2 is.i 2. T. Quinn (sm.r.34 ft.6 is.: 3. J. Dxnteaw

Third year Rela! - Junior 48. C. nrrey (cn!t.i.

HAndball L.acue r Qu.nn. runnq:uo. y. AMcGuiRao

Fooiball League C. P. Mullan icapi.i.Fooiball Modals P. c. Kell.I (capt.).

J UV ENI IE

100 yards ChsmpioNhrp 1. J Melaugh. 11.1ses.:2, D. Itarkini 3, E. !. Eega(,r.

100 lards Handjcap - 1. B. Mcc.nick: 2. J.\(elaught 3. D. H6rkin.

220 xards Haadicap 1. E. L. I{esali].: ,. E. t,IcCotier; 3. B. Mu]lan.

Sack Race 1. C. lla0si 2, M. J. Dohedy,

Three-leggd Rae 1, M. J. Doherty add tri Mc-Oilligan; 2, P. J. BrjidleJ and J. Conre4.

Whe€lbano{ Race - 1, IrL J. Doherty dnd M.Mccllligani 2. S. O'Neill and M. Raffetn

FlrJt y6l Lelay JDior 1F, D. Earkin (capi.).

Second )-ear Relay Junior ,A, J. Mclaugh (capt).

Footb&ll LeaSle L. O Kane lcapt).

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