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Students from Trinity participated on Wednesday and Thursdayof last week in an eviction battle between itinerants and DublinCorporation. This was an unusual instance of students in Irelandtaking direct political action.

The Corporation was using employees from the maintenancedepartment to move the itinerants and caravans from a field on theoutskirts of Ballyfermot. They had been evicted several times andare not being allowed to remain on Corporation property. Their mainactivity is dealing in scrap in the South Dublin area.

Mr. Grattan Puxon, leader ofthe Itinerants’ Action Group, ex-plained that itinerants were un-used to the idea of peacefulresistance, and on Wednesdaymorning the first object lessontook place when about thirtystudents from Trinity, UCD andCollege of Art stat down in theentrance to the field, to preventthe removal of the caravans. Theleader of the eviction squad wasunused to the idea too, and wasall for dragging the first caravanthrough the sitting bodies. Hewas restrained by a Guard. Thesitters held their position, andthe caravans remained. An Irishflag was flying defiantly at thefield entrance and underneath ita red-haired itinerant played" Kevin Barry " on the accordion.When the eviction party had dis-persed, all present, including theGuards, were given tea by thewomen of the camp.

" Students Foil Eviction Bid "was the headline, but it provedonly to be a stay of execution.Hopes that a Union ruling for-bidding the use of Corporationworkers for eviction purposesmight be obtained were dashedwhen a larger party of men andGuards appeared the followingmorning. Barricades had beenerected during the night andagain the students sat down--this

time to the accompaniment of aguitar. But this was a less peace-ful day, and the Guards did notintervene when bodies weredragged along underneath a cart.I saw one Trinity man with hisarms entangled in the spokes ofa moving wheel. Others weremanhandled out of the way. Twosmall boys ran about, carrying aposter, upside down, which read:"I am my brother’s keeper," andrepresentatives of trade unionsand civil liberties picketed theentrance with placards saying

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Apparently, many people willalso be facing a moral decisionof what to take with them----besides a degree, that is

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" Justice for Itinerant" and morespecificially "Corporation ScabsGo Home."

Press reports gave the im-pression that the Guards wereactively involved in the removalof both barriers and bodies, buteye-witnesses deny this. Theirposition was that if people gothurt it was their own fault. Onesaid to a student: "Why don’tyou rake them into your backgarden?" It was also suggestedthat itinerants took no part. Infact they made a determinedeffort to prevent the removal ofthe last caravan by packinginto it.

The Government still has toconsider the report on itinerancy,and at the time of writing theitinerants are on the road again.It had not been a pleasant day,but as one caravan was trundledout a worn.an standing in the backwith a child in her arms smiledbrightly at the assorted crowd onthe road,

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reception for "European Patterns." (See Reviews, Page 3.)

THEFT OF LIBRAR Y BOOKSIt may be necessary in the near

future to ask students to leavetheir coats and cases outside theNew Reading Room in order tostop books being stolen or"permanently borrowed." Thiswas revealed to " Trinity News "by the Deputy Librarian, Mr,Hurst. "People are notoriouslydishonest about books," he said."We took a calculated risk inhaving an open-access reading-room, but fortunately we havelost only a relatively smallnumber of books."

Since its opening, twenty-onebooks have been stolen from theopen shelves of the New ReadingRoom--the majority of themdealing with philosophy--and assome dries have been replacedmore than once, not all replace-ments are pu~ on the openshelves.

Mr. Hurst said that sometimesthe teaching staff do n o tappreciate the shortage of books,and recommended books on ess~:ylists that ere in short supply, orare not even in the Library atall. However, relations betweenlecturers and Library staff havebeen greatly improved of late,and the Library is informed bymost staff in advance of a likelyincrease in demand for any title." But," said Mr. Hurst, " TrinityCollege Library is good by thestandards of other libraries and,

moreover, it is unusual for moststudents to have access to alibrary that is open all day, almostall the year round."

It is hoped that the New Read-ing Room will fare better thanthe Science Reading Room lend-ing ribrary, which had to be shutdown last year due to the factthat over 20 per cent. of thebooks, comprising 60 per cent.of the value of the library’s stock,had been stolen since the ReadingRoom opened only four yearsago.

Col ou red ’" Awake ""Last week’s "Awake," the

student newspaper in U.C.D..carried colour advertising. Theeditor commented: "When onerealises the difficulties and thecost involved it will be appreci-ated that this issue, carryingadditional colour, represents amajor breakthoc’gh for’Awake.’"

The "additional colour" and" major breakthough" consistedof the word "Go," the initials"S.R.C." and a large red star in

dance advertisement. Theedition also contained correctivebetters on last term’s contro-versial article about Trinity. Oneof the letters was from J. MichaelNewcombe, President of TrinityS.R.C. and a prominent memberof our staff.

Se, ior T.tor ResgnsWe regret to announce the

resignation of Dr. F. S. Lyonsfrom his position as Senior Tutorand Reader in History. Dr. Lyonsis going to take up the Chair ofHistory at the new University ofKent. He was appointed SeniorTutor in October, 1962, havingbecome Reader in History inJanuary of that year.

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TRINITY NEWSA Dublin University Undergraduate Weekly

VoL XII Thursday, 30th January, 1964 No. 1

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Vice-Chairman: Paul Beale

Editors:

Michael Gilmour, Alasdair McEwan, Jefferson Horsley

Business Board:

Colin Smythe~ David Gilbert Harris, Beverly LabbettSecretary: Gillie McCall

" How easy it is for those who have never been illTo talk about will-power and will--.Do they really believe people wouldChoose to be like this if they could?"

These lines were written by a patient in St. Patrick’s Hospital andit is hoped that pathetic as they are, they may evoke some sympathy.Those of us who only suffer mild attacks of neuritis are continuallyreminded of the serious situation amongst the mentally sick in Irelandby their presence in the streets. What fewer people probably realiseis that seven of every thousand people in Ireland are living in mentalhospitals--just how many there are outside is hard to judge.

The collected articles on mental illness by Michael Viney have nowappeared in booklet form and their content is quite scaring. However,the fact that the authorities are very much aware of the situation isheartening and the fact that their efforts are improving mattersmoreso. On February 6th this paper will contain a special articlecompiled by two eminent authorities with a view to opening the eyesof everyone outside of the Social Studies’ School.

The sorry situation of the itinerants is worrying and the wholeof the Irish educational system is frequently under fire. Are studentprotests (both physical and written) a sufficient contribution? Ablend of the two and a sale of the results sounds a good idea whenthe money goes to charity. Presumably the charities distribute themoney to institutions for the mentally sick, to orphans, unmarriedmothers and all others " in distress." Therefore given the situationand a road to a solution it is incredible that one large charity hasrecently refused to accept a gift from a forthcoming student effort.Surely it can be no immoral than a sweepstake, however " blue" thecontent is. Whatever thoughts lay behind its inception, the latestcontribution to this University’s periodicals has an intention far moreworthy than sponsoring a horse race.

CA IPUSThe Canadian Union of

Students has demanded a state-ment of the Federal Govern-ment’s policy on the activity ofsecurity organisations on thecampus. The matter arose afterlast year’s disclosure that officersof the Royal Canadian MountedPolice were conducting securityinvestigations on the campus (insome cases through the instiga-tion of professors) on thepolitical activities of students.

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On 6th December, 1963, the Senate of the University convened toperform one of its most important functions. A successor to LordIveagh was to be appointed as Chancellor of Dublin University. Therewere three candidates proposed, but two of them, Professor Horanand Professor Synge, withdrew their nominations by letters read atthe opening of the meeting. By custom, however, it was still necessaryfor the remaining candidate to be given a majority of the votes ofthose present. In fact, with hardly an exception, every hand wasraised in favour of Ireland’s permanent representative at the UnitedNations and a graduate of the College, Frederick H. Boland. In asense, tradition had been broken by the election of a commoner, butmost people were delighted by the choice of a distinguished !rishfigure whose impact on international life in recent years has been

was appointed Secretary to theDepartment of External Affairs.After holding this post for fouryears he was given the importantambassadorship to Great Britain.It was during his time asAmbassador that his ties with theCollege were strengethened byhis election as President of theCollege Historical Society.

Undoubtedly the most famousyears of his life came later, how-ever. In 1956 he was madepermanent Irish representative atthe United Nations and under hisleadership the Irish delegationbecame one of the most respectedof all the representatives of thesmaller neutral nations. It wasa token of the esteem in whichhe was personally held and amatter of great prestige to Irelandwhen he was elected Presidentof the General Assembly in 1960.It was during his year of officethat the famous incident occurredwhen he silenced Mr. Khrushchevwith a blow on the table from hisgavel which sent the gavel’shead flying.

This month, after completingseven years in New York, Mr.Boland has retired. He hasreturned to Dublin where he has

considerable.

It was on the l lth January,1904, that Frederick H e n r yBoland was born. As the son ofa Roman Catholic family, it wasnatural that he should have beensent to one of Ireland’s foremostCatholic schools, the J es u i tCollege of Clongowes Woodwhere James Joyce had been onlya short time earlier. When heentered Tri,4ty, the young manturned his ambitions towards thelaw and graduated with honourswith three degrees, B.A., LL.B.and LL.D. His academic careerdid not prevent him taking anactive part in other activies,notably in the Hist. where he wasCorrespondence Secretary andTreasurer in successive sessions.It was here that he devloped histalent as a speaker which gainedhim the Society’s Gold Medal inOratory.

At the end of his time inCollege he was awarded a Rocke-feller Research Fellowship andwith this scholarship he didresearch at the Universities ofHarvard, Chicago and NorthCarolina. After his return toIreland, he married the painterFrances Kelly.

After the war Mr. Bolandentered politics and in 1946 he

Boland

been appointed a Director of theNational Bank as well as going onto the Boards of six other con-cerns. With this career thechoice of him as Chancellorseemed a logical one.

To some degree, this officeexists to lend distinction to theUniversity. The Chancellor is anambassador for the University inevery sphere of life and he canuse his influence to advertise andassist the College. Through himmuch good-will towards theCotiege should c o m e. ~qr.Boland’s election created historyin quite a different sphere. Heis the first Roman Catholic everelected to this, the highest officein the University, founded forthe nurture of Protestantism andfrequently labelled a sink ofiniquity by the hierarchy of theRoman communion. One thingis important to remember: Theposition of Chancellor is not asinecure. As the r61e of theUniversity becomes increasinglyinfluential in society, so it is im-portant to have at its head a manof Hr. Boland’s sincerity and in-tegrity, vigour and willingness.He has before him a fine examplein Lord Iveagh whose admirableChancellorship would be anexample to any future head ofthe University. With his election.Mr. Boland, both as a commonerand a Catholic, perhaps ushers ina new era. His career suggests aman who will always accept thechallenge of the part in which heis cast. Trinity is on the thresholdof a new stage in her history. Herpart in Irish life is growing moreimportant every day and theimpact and leadership of Hr.Boland can be awaited with aneager and hopeful expectancy.

Theodora 7 hrashbintMy two dear friends William a D.S.O. (Debbie Selway’s offer)

Hickey and CharDes Grenville with one bailey bar. I award ahave certainly been keeping us all K.P. (king pseud) to Peterup to date on the going on of Gower, and a C.M.G. (cynicismpast and present members of this must go) to Dnmian Ryan.haven of academic calm--I really Now on to the lesser titles:felt quite out of it--no actually, O.B.E.’s (obvious bird evaders) toI mean well really can I help it if Peter Lavery, Rory Rudd andDaddy is a rotten old parish priest Nigel Ram.age, while Tony Quinnfrom Chapelizod (at least I am and Richard Green get O.l.’sfairly near a Lord )--honestly. (order of mediocrity). A.K.B.E.

Still with Terry catching (king of the Bailey empire) toCharlotte I decided, as it were, to Richard Woodward. A. G.C.keep the honour in the family (goen Cuban) is awarded toand award some New Year’s Chris modern male Robinson.Flonours of my own. My congratulations are ex-

Firstly a l i f e Peeress for tended to David MacNeil, (a) onservices rendered to humanity on returning to the fold, (b) to hisFrance’s pastel Banks, Rridget foresight in introducing t h eByrne. A K.C.M.G. (kindly call Cossack hat two years ago. Theme G**) to J,. M*ch**l N’w- wide acclaim that this has re-c*mb*; NI.B.E.’s (member of the ceived may be witnessed anyBogdin extolers) to Patsy War- morning in Front Square--and,wick and Michael Dollin; a unlike long boots (excludingD.C.M. (Dan Corbett’s manager) Roland Brinton) they are wornto Julian Gordon, who also gets by both sexes.

David must also be congratu-lated on throwing his hat awaynow that the grip of the craze istightening (or rather expanding).He first introduced his to Trinityafter he had asked for and beengiven a Yul Brynner head shave.The Cossack, he ciaimed, kept hishead warm, was cheaper than awig, and covered a drunkendecision.

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TheatreI always have had a sneaking

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I am convinced of it. The insular

unsubtlety of this cheap comedyhas as its chief exponent DominicBehan. The introductions to hismock ballads are banal, and theactual delivery of them is ascoarse as a labourer’s hands.Basically Behan has come to theconclusion that singing balladsabout the Cliveden set and Mandyand Christine is top line topicalhumour. I found it pointless, un-funny and rather stale. The Irishballads that he does sing, forwant of a better word, are goodif you happen to be in a pub inPutney, but the continual punch-drunk movement with his armswas out of place in the theatreand detracted from the material.Yet with his warm smile and in-fectious laugh he soon gainedmany friends among the audiencewho were not terribly interestedin what he was doing.

Behan is accompanied by aScot, Alex Campbell, who pro-duced one genuine funny sketchon the song " ]6 tons," butseemed to have caught the habitof unfunny commenting.

Apart from Behan, the RonnieDrew Group present a series ofgenuine ballads, foot tappingtunes, brilliant banjo solos anddo this with their usual musicalexpertise and casual relaxed in-formality. The audience couldnot have enough of them and Ifor" one was in complete agree-ment. Deidre O’Connel, the sadpale waif perched for the mostpart in the centre of the stage,sang three blues with the sameheart-rending pain; w i t h i nseconds she had silenced theauditorium, including the brassyblonde in front of me, whoactually stopped talking and eat-ing chocolates--this was in itselfno mean feat.

Director Michael Bogdin usedevery lighting change and com-bination to keep the show movingbut the actual balance of thematerial needs some careful re-vision to stop monotony creepingin. Michael Gilmour,.

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The serious idea behind thisbook of essays is to encouragethe reader to share the individualwriter’s experience of a foreigncountry through one book. Whatstarted as a student venture nowincludes the work of threegraduates and a lecturer; and itall adds up to an extremelyinteresting study of Europeanlife and literature. Rather thancriticise the essays as separateentities, the authors discussedrange from Beckett, Orwell,Frisch, Pratolini and many others.I would criticise the apparent lackof linking up one subject andcountry with another. The centraltheme of Europe seems to me tobe too wide to achieve any deepconclusions; no development istraced, no viewpoint taken.

This is not a book for thegeneral reader, it is for thespecialist and in this lies its truevalue.

REVIEWS

TRINITY NEWS

REVIEWS L View

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Due to last-minute illness ofthe original lead, Danny Pougethad to stand in and read thepart, but this did not stop himfrom being admirable in the part.Nina Boyd gave an excellent per-

Languages Festival

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that they could have done much

more. The former marred hisperformance by trying too hardto be natural, which led to someoverplaying, while the latter wasplagued with a faulty memoryThe rest of the cast werecompetent without being ex-ceptional. A.T.

SAVOY: BYE BYE BIRDIE. DickVan Dyke and Janet Leigh star in thisfilmic adaptation of the stage successof a rock-’n’-roll star’s invasion of asmall town. The show has bernspeeded up by director George Sydneyinto another fast moving, slick enter-taining musical. Recommended.

ADELPHI: BILLY LIAR. TomCourtenay and Julie Christie star inSchlesinger’s faithful adaptation of theWaterhouse-Hall book and play aboutthe dream and real world of a NorthCountry clerk. Highly recommended.

CAPITOL: 4 DAYS OF NAPLES.Tribute to the heroic Neapolitanrevolt against their German occupiers:battle scenes authentic, but somewhatcliche-ridden. Stars Lea Massari andFrank Wolff. Director, Nanni Loy.

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CARLTON: A SUMMER PLACE.Old version of old American parlourgame of how many affairs you canstart and solve in two hours’ filming.Among those hiding behind the sheetsare Troy Donaghue and Sandra Dee.

AMBASSADOR: ARSENIC AN DOLD LACE. Gary Grant stars in thisre-issue of the funny but dated screenversion of the classic stage comedy.

ASTOR: RENDEZVOUS AT MID-NIGHT: Lilli Palmer splendid in aPirandellian essay on th~ paradox ofan actress. Dual performance ascinema-goer and cinema star. Director.Roger Leenhardt.

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MICHAEL NEV¢COMBE Commenting on

2MOKER2LENNON’S ¯ ,

IRELAND !

At the beginning of this month a series of four articles by Peter

Lennon appeared in " The Guardian " whose stated aim was to assess

the effects of Church and State prohibitions in this country. The

controversial debate, which was provoked in the Irish press, not to

mention the correspondence columns of "The Guardian," is well worth

considering, for anybody living in this country must ask two questions

of themselves: How far is Lennon’s assessment justified. If it is

justified, what are we going to do to change the situation, and if it is

not, where did the false impressions arise?

Finding a puritanical attitude to literature and films in this country,Lennon looks at the position of both the intellectual student andpriest. He quotes Dr. Skeffington’s opinion that the main success ofIrish education is that it succeeds in its aim to prevent children fromthinking. This cynical attitude would be supported by many on thepolitical left. Having taught for a term in a Dublin school, it isdifficult to see how anybody could not agree. The syllabus for Stateexaminations is so inocuous as to be useless. It does not stimulateor inspire and leaves little scope for the teacher. Individualism sinksbehind the mask of conformity, through which only a few manage tobreak. Indoctrination from the earliest age moulds the children intoa form of life which changes or develops very little.

At university level this binding

down is necessarily in opposition

to the ideals of advanced educa-

tion. An attack on the dicta-torial domination of UCD Presi-dent Dr. Tierney follows. Thereare those who would defend Dr.Tierney, but any observer mustwonder, if there is no justifica-tion, why such incidents as therecent controversy about bannedpriests, or the withdrawal of thestudent paper " Awake " occur.

On a cultural level, thecriticism of the Abbey cannot butbe justified by all who save seena play there in recent years.Equally obvious is the irrationalityof the GAA’s ban on foreigngames. His main attack is on thecensorship of books and films.

The "Irish Times" remarked[n a leader that nobody objectsto the cleaning up of cheapAmerican pornography, but manymodern novels are banned be-cause of the occasional passage ofsuggestive writing. Too often abook is not read as a completework. Discontent at the situa-tion is found, strangely enough,among the clergy. Two examplesof priests who have spokenagainst the official attitudes onbooks and films could be re-inforced by many examples ofyoung priests adopting standswhich could not be supported bytheir superiors. One thinks, forexample, of Father MichaelHurley’s book on Christion unitywith the foreword by Dr. Philbinand messages from the heads ofthe Anglican, Methodist, andPresbyterian communions. Thespirit of this book is in directconflict with t h a t of Dr.,McQuaid’s letter on Unity read inall churches on Sunday, 12thjanuary.

tt is, in fact, in the RomanCatholic Archbishop that Lennonfinds most fault. Here is thefearful "grey eminence" over-shadowing Irish life. In Trinitywe know to our cost the powerwhich he wields. The Church’s"ban" on Trinity, quite apartfrom its injustice and lack ofcharity, is undermining t h eCollege’s position in Ireland bypreventing the majority of eligibleIrish candidates from attendingand contributing to the univer-sity. In his attitude to modernChurch thinking, in his actionsas an administrator, and in his

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teaching on suffering, death andpoverty, he demonstrates anextraordinary ability to be out oftouch with reality and life as ithas to be lived. One explanationoffered by Lennon is that Dr.McQuaid never had any ex-perience of parish life. Whateverthe reason, however, there can belittle doubt of the truth of thecondemnation even though onecorrespondent in "The Guardian"describes it as "offensive andirresponsible." One only has to :;isee the frustration and embarrass-ment frequently experienced byCatholic intellectuals in Ireland.One only has to hear the intelli-gent Catholic apologising tothose outside his communion forthe attitudes and sayings of theArchbishop. Every thinking ’ -Catholic in Ireland has to answerthe problem of judging how far1-’buttery Barhe is bound in loyalty andobedience to accept episcopalrulings no matter how un-pleasant. Many conclude thatwhat is right in conscience cannotbe sacrificed and that outspokencriticism of what is sincerely seenas being wrong is not impossibleto justify even within theauthoritarianism of Catholicism.

Any articles of this nature arebound to produce arguments.The majority of the faithful inthis country are not worriedabout the Church’s attitudeanyway. They do not eventhink about censorship, culturalstandards, or the inadequacies ofDr. McQuaid. They have beenconditioned by their education,not to, as Dr. Skeffington says.Any objective and unbiasedopinion of the articles is almostimpossible since they arouse suchstrong emotions. Yet, neverthe-less, as far as it is possible tojudge objectively, the articleswere fair and justifiable. Theycontained no libel, no lies, andmany facts that needed stating.Cats may have been put amongthe pigeons, but some peoplemay have begun thinking, inwhich case the articles will haveachieved something. Perhaps,indeed, this is one way to helpto change the situation herewhich is fast growing intolerablefor the intellectual in any sphere.

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may produce "stomach upsets."

The list is not yet complete.

There is an increase in corony

deaths in men under 55 whosmoke and the heart attacks theyget appear to be more seriousthan tn non-smokers. Theseattacks do often occur in non-smokers, so there may not be anycasual relationship. Cardiac pain.when it develops, may be aggra-vated by smoking. As this maybe quite severe, many suffererscut down on their intake. Theincidence of thromboangiitisobliterans, one of the causes ofgangrene of the leg, is greater insmokers than in non-smokers.Nicotine also has an immediateeffect in raising the bloodpressure though this may nothave any long-term significance.

What are the beneficial effectsof smoking? The only onesclaimed are psychological, alwayshard to estimate. They are saidto be roughly the same as rest.and to promote relaxation. Are

you willing to give your life forfive minutes’ synthetic euphoria?

A. D. Milliken.

" Do something for the person you love: stop smoking."--Theme of a filmbeing prepared by Salford’s health department.

In England and Wales in 1962, even in experienced addicts it

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The Buttery Bar will definitelybe open at the beginning ofTrinity Term, and the Agenthopes that it will open at the endof this term. The official state-ment describes it as a " beveragecounter."

The licence could only beobtained by setting up a club,to be known as the SocietiesClub. All undergraduates willeventually be members of thisclub, and friends may be enter-tained provided their names areentered in a book by the student.The licence has been granted,subject to a declaration that thepremises are completed -- theremust be some means of lockingthe bar against thirsty studentswhen closed.

Opening hours on week-dayswill be the same as those forpublic houses. On St. Patrick’sDay and Sunday the bar will notopen before 12.30 p.m. or be-tween 2 and 4 p.m. or after l0p.m. These hours can, however,be reduced by the Club Com-mittee. The only intoxicatingdrinks to be sold will be beer,wine and cider, and no carryingout of drink will be allowed.Gambling and "games of merechance" will not be permittedon the premises, and any memberadjudicated a bankrupt will auto-matically cease to be a member.

The Danes are a step ahead of Salford~their anti-smoking campaign is being channelled through tele-vision rather than the cinema° This illustration shows a hypnotist at work during a programme.

January 30th, 1964 TRINITY NEWS

Where have aN the LORD 0 UT ON A STR[KE

The worst part was meeting

the party at Victoria. We had

been reduced to advertising for

people, the fashionable ski slopes

not having had enough allure for

our unfashionable friends. Thereplies had been diverse. Wehad felt it was capricious to rejectsomebody just because they livedat " Byeways, Hawthorn Villas"at the wrong end of GoldersGreen, or " Windy Ridge," MaidaVale. The spirit of democracyhad prevailed and now produceda barrister of forty-six who hadtold us that he was " a little overtwenty-five." He now totteredtowards us, his white hairsglistening in the sun. Weflinched and tried to disappearbehind our suitcases as one byone rather dreary figures boredown on us wearing happy hoh-day smiles. Desperately welooked round at the gay, laugh-ing groups of young thingz allover the platform, willing themtowards us. But no, we weredestined to middle aged youngthings, in the best English suet-pudding and Readers’ Digesttradition. We travelled out inalmost complete silence, lost inour lan Flemings. Laws of Con-tract and even. O misery, EnidBlyton.

I suppose it was too much toexpect snow, despite the travelposters. The mountains lookedlike old men with thinning hair--pale brown hair at that. Everyday we scanned the brilliantturquoise dome of the sky forsnow clouds. But God wasn’tplaying our game. We ski-ed andslid over grass, mud, roots andeven compost heaps and flowerbeds. It was quite fun racingeach other along the herbaceousborder.

We took this as a good excuseto devote our energies to theapres-ski; to jolly ski-ing even-ings where men in those darlinglittle leather shorts leapt aroundyodelling a n d slapping theirthighs. We practised it after-wards in the bedroom with ourpyjamas rolled above our knees,playing a comb wrapped in a bitof lavatory paper--but somehowit was not quite the same thing.

Two weeks and several hundredfrankfurters later we returned toEngland to find the snow fallingheavily from a leaden sky. Thecountryside was transformed,magical and remote. We couldon y shrug our shoulders philoso-phically as we ski-ed gently downthe village street to collect themorning paper.

Mirabel Walker°

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IVEAGHChancellor of Trinity, 1927-1963

Lord Iveagh succeeded to the

post of Chancellor in 1927 on the

death of his father, the first Earl

of Iveagh. His retirement lastyear was a source of much regret

because his interest and help have

been felt in many departments

of the University. He has kept

closely in touch with the scientific

schools, which his father did so

much to established in theirmodern form. Like his father,he was particularly interested ingeology and agriculture: In 1956the Iveagh Geological Laboratorywas opened, which containsample facilities and the latestequipment for teaching a n dresearch. Among his otherbenefits to Trinity are theGuinness scholarship sc h e m e,started in 1957 to give financialaid to overseas students, and hislarge contribution towards thebuilding of the new Library.

--Photo " Irish Times "

During his thirty-five years asChairman of Guinness, his en-lightened energy, his keen senseof patriotism and civil duty, hisinterest in the advancement ofscientific knowledge were mani-fest in his boundless phil-anthropy. For instance, at the bi-centenary of Guinness he gave£4,000 to Dublin charities. Withjustification, he said, at the bi-centenary lunch in 1959: " Thingshave changed since the days ofthe family brewery. We havenow become a great public com-pany, but I think you will agreethat the welfare and prosperity ofour city and country are stillclosely supported by thisbrewery."

One of his main interests isthe advancement of agriculture.When he succeeded to hisfamily estate in Elveden in Surreyit was one of the greatestgame preserves in Great Britain.Lord Iveagh regarded his greatpossessions as a trust to beadministered. Where there wereonly pheasants, partridge, haresand rabbits there are now tillagecrops and permanent grasssufficient to produce £135,000worth of food for humanconsumption.

In the course of his hard-working life as business man,member of parliament, soldierand educationalist, Lord Iveaghhas found time to inspire andfoster great works of charity andsocial improvement, and some ofthe latest advances in medicalscience owe much to his powerfulsupport. In him, Trinity had anoble benefactor for whosegenerous interest and help we aredeeply indebted. We wish him

a happy and long retirement.

The latest example of goodclean American fun has arrived inIreland and, unlike its pre-decessors, ten pin bowling isgood, clean and fun.

In the spacious £300,000building, just past the SouthCounties Hotel, I spoke to DavidDarby, a young man on themanagerial staff, about this socialphenomenon which has swept theU.S.A. and Europe in the lastdecade. He told me that bowlingin its earliest, most primitiveform is the oldest known game;bowls and skittles have beenfound in Egyptian graves datingback to 5200 B.C. Italian bowl-ing or " bocci " was played inCaesar’s Rome, and in the MiddleAges bowling was used as a formof " sin test " by some Church-men.

Bowling ’64 style is a far cryfrom the skittles alley of thecountry pub of fairground, yet itsatisfies the same universal urgeto knock something down. Inthe neon-lit, 24-1ane hall over athousand people each week-daycome to bowl; at week-ends upto 2,000 use the facilities. Somecome for the exercise--it helps toremove that bulge round theequator; others come to sporttheir latest "with it" clothes,but the majority come to try itout, and once you have playedyou will want to play again.

The game itself is quite simple.Once having been allotted a laneyou collect a scorecard, payingthree and sixpence; you are thengiven a pair of special canvasshoes and you are ready to go.The bowl is held with the thumb

and two middle fingers, andweighs around the 12 poundmark. The object is to knock over

the ten pins at the end of the lanein one go (a strike), or in twogoes (a spare). A game is aminimum of twenty throws andtakes about thirty minutes tocomplete. Sounds easy--just waittill you try it.

Scoring is slightly tricky, butthere are plenty of people there,both staff and public, who arewilling to help. The one advan-tage is that the American Ten PinBowling Congress have devised asystem of scoring that is uni-versal, so results are comparableeverywhere.

Thirty-two million Americansbowled last year and in the sevenweeks that the Stillorgan Bowlhas been open some 75,000 haveplayed. At a conservative esti-mate, takings in the first yearshould be in the region of £90,000--a smart piece of business byan all-Irish sponsored a n dmanaged enterprise.

The Bowl opens at 10 a.m. andcloses after midnight. Sundays ischaos with two hours waitingfor lanes, but on other occasionsa tweny minute wait is aboutaverage.

One word of warning to thegirls; if you are tempted to weartights, remember the poet whowrote:

" Sure deck your lower limbsin pants,

Yours are the limbs mysweeting;

You look divine as you advanceBut have you seen yourself

retreatlng.

AN APPRECIATION OF

PROFESSOR V. T. H. DELANYIt was with real regret that

members of the Law School heardon Saturday, 18th of January, ofProfessor’s Delany’s sudden andunexpected death the previousevening.

It is indeed sad that hisdistinguished career should havebeen cut short at the early age offorty-one. Having been called tothe Bar ten years ago, he wasappointed to a lectureship in lawat Queen’s, which he held till1962, when he returned to Trinitywhere he had been an outstandingundergraduate, as Professor ofLaws. He held this position foronly a year, as he was appointedin 1963 to the Regius Professor-ship of Laws.

Professor Delany had a wideand enquiring mind and anintense interest in law. He hadan extensive knowledge of it bothhere and in the North, which wasrecognised by both Governments,who frequently sought his adviceon matters of law reform. Hewas a founder member of theIrish branch of the InternationalCommission of Jurists and editorof "The Irish Jurist." He wasalso a member of the IrishSociety of Comparative Law.

Although Professor Delany hadonly been Regius Professor of

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Law for one term. he hadmanaged in that short time tobring an entirely new atmosphereof relaxed friendliness into theLaw School. His quiet humourand slightly caustic wit managedto make even Property Law at 9.0a.m. entertaining.

Professor Delany was an ex-tremely busy man. He was alsoan extremely conscientious one.But in spite of all his work, hewas never too busy to give adviceor assistance to those seeking it.Nor did he ever give the im-pression that he was in a hurry,although he must have beenfrequently. He took a genuineinterest in his students and wasabsolutely fair in his dealings withthem. In spite of his undoubtedability, he was an extremelymodest man, who was alwaysprepared to listen as well as totalk.

The legal world, Trinity and inparticular the Law School havelost someone whom it will be farfrom easy to replace.

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FenCmoe 1". German#Trinity’s team of Rupert

Mackeson, Trevor Board and JohnRobinson were in Germany atChristmas to fight six Universitiesthere.

The opposition’s standard washigh, with a match techniquemuch sharpened by the greateropportunities for competition inGermany, but, adapting ourselvesto their style, we found that,although better in foil, we couldhold them in sabre and epee.

Luckily we did not have tofight them at Schlepel, that sabrefencing with the scars, but a visitto a student club at Marburgshowed that it is far from arandom and dangerous slashing,but an advanced, if futile, exercisein technique.

Gentlemen inEarlier this month the Gentle-

men’s XV made an extensive andsuccessful tour of the Duchy ofCornwall. Towards the end oflast term, 22 members ofD.U.F.C. were invited to partici-pate in the tour and so a certainamount of consternation was feltby Mr. E. J. A. Clucas (Captain)on the discovery that a mere nineplayers had congregated at R.A.F.St. Mawgan for the first fixture.However, the persuasive Mr. B.Bennetts elicited five Cornishmenfrom their daily task and so itwas with 14 men that the Gentle-men took the field for their firstmatch, which was lost by themathematically precise score of14-15, implying each player onthe field had scored 1 point. Thefollowing day, Truro "A" XV

the South Westprovided the opposition and aftera first-class battle the Gentlemenemerged as victors by 11-0.Eighteen hours later the teamtook the field again, this timeagainst Penryn " A," winning 11-6after a titanic struggle againsttheir hang-overs as well as theopponents. An enjoyable eveningwas spent at the Redruth Nurses’Home. Sunday came as a wel-come day of rest for the playersand Cornish barmen alike. Andso to Monday: A snowstorm over-night had left the pitch atR.N.A.S. Culdrose in a conditionnot conducive to the playing ofopen rugby. This, coupled withthe fact that only 14 men repre-sented the side, led to the seconddefeat, 6-12. However, t h eevening’s entertainment amplycompensated for the day’s earlier

disappointment; rum (retailing atI/6 per tot) ran freely, as didseveral pyjama-clad Wrens whenpursued by certain members ofthe team.

The last match was againstRedruth Grammar School OldBoys and was won 19-14, Mr. P.Hilliard scoring two excellenttries.

The tour was well covered bythe local press who distinguishedtheir sense of values in theirrugby fixtures which, one on day,read " North of Scotland v. AllBlacks, Redruth G.S.O.B. v.Trinity College, Dublin Gentle-men’s XV."

Other players on the tour in-cluded an Irishman, Mr. P. White-side; two out of work graduates,Mr. R. F. D. Pollard and Mr. D.Evans, as well as Messrs. R. Smith,T. Shepherd-Smith, M. Stafford-Clark, JJ. Marphan, R. W. S. Rod-well and D. Bateman.

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RESEARCH Our research laboratoriesneed electrical engineers and physicists towork in small teams on: low-noise receivers(e.g., masers), active and passive networks,millimicrosecond techniques, thermionics,ferromagnetism, transistor technology and¯ pplications, speech and hearing, characterrecognition, submarine cable systems (very

reliable amplifiers and fault-detecting equip-ment), all-electronic telephone exchanges,studies using very low temperatures andhigh vacua. There are also posts for mathe-maticians (e.g., to work on electro-magneticand circuit theory and statistics) and forchemists (e.g.,to work on corrosion, plastics,semi-conductors).

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and vision are needed to direct its develop-ment on the most modern lines.

VACANCIES There are 35 vacancies forengineers or scientists with First or SecondClass Honours degrees. A member of theStaff of the Post Office Research Stationwill visit your University on February ]4thto see students in their third year (or lastyear of research).If you would like to discuss Post Officecareers with him, please make arrangementsthrough your Appointments Board.

January 30th, 1964

,$01~JA37 t CLU#Without their No. 1, C.

Sprawson, who was resting an in-jured knee, Trinity narrowlydefeated Queen’s University inBelfast on Friday evening. D.Budd played particularly well atfirst string in winning the decid-ing match after unluckily losingthe first two games--at one stagehe had a run of 17 points.

Scores :--D. Budd beat G. Docherty--

8-10, 7-9, 9-0, 9-I, 9-3.D. Trinningham lost to S.

Massan--5-9, 7-9, 5-9.R. Merrick beat M. McNally~

8-10, 9-1, 0-9, 9-4, 9-5.I. Angus lost to L. Mcllwain--

5-9, 7-9, 3-9.A Shillington beat J. Younge--

7-9, S-9, 9-5, 10-8, 9-0.On the following day, four of

the side helped Leinster defeatUlster in the annual inter-provincial match by the samescore, 3-2.

BRIDGEARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS

In a series of three articles it isintended that you, the reader, beintroduced to the Amundsen-Burwood Club, a system withmany of the features of theoriginal Stern-Vienna, yet incor-porating some of the finer pointsof the Italian system and theSwedish Efos. It should be ofparticular interest to players inIreland in that it was largelydeveloped by two Trinitystudents.

Abbreviations: Throughout thisterm S., H., D., C. and N.T. willbe used to denote Spades, Hearts,etc., respectively.

(a) 1 C.--12-16 pts. No fivecard suit other than clubs, andwith N.T. distribution. The so-called " Phoney-Club."

Responses(1) Pass: 0-6 pts., holding five

average or four good C’s.(2) I D: 0-6 pts. 1 D: 1] or

more pts with uneven distri-bution.

(3) 1 N.T.: 10-13 pts., evendistribution.

(4) 2 N.T.: 14 or more pts.,demanding the C. bidder’s pointcount, i.e., 3 C. equals 12 pts.; 3D. equals 13 pts.; 3 H. equals 14pts., etc.

(5) Any natural bid, i.e., 1 H.or 2 C. with 6-10 pts.

(6) Any jump bid, i.e., 2 S. or3 D., ]l or more pts. with a verysolid suit.

(7) 3 H.: 0-12 pts. with six H.’sand four S.’s. 3 S.: 0-12 pts.with six S.’s and four H.’s.

In both the latter bids there issome leeway, i.e., if one of thesuits is a card short, but theother cards are quite strong, it ispermissable to use the bid. Theclue to the system lies in theambiguous "Forcing Diamond"response.

Over I D. Response(a) If the Club opener bids l

H.: (1) with 3 H.s pass; (2) with4 or more S.’s bid I S. (holdingless than 3 H.’s); (3) with neither3 H.’s nor 4 S.’s bid ] N.T. 0-6pts.

(b) If the Club opener bidsI S.: (1) Pass with 3 S.’s; (b) lN.T. with 2 or less S.’s.

(c) No matter what the Clubbidder shows, holding: 11-13 pts.,bid 2 of your best suit: 14 pts.,bid 2 N.T.; 15-17 pts., bid 3 ofyour best suit; 18 pts., bid 3 N.T.:]9 or more, bid 4 Clubs for Aces.

Each bid in section (c) is forc-ing to game, and simultaneouslytests the ground for a slam. Somuch for the paradoxicallysimple, yet in fact so profound,statement as: " One Club."

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RUGBY

"" Colours ""T.C.D., 3 points; Cork Constituption, 18 points

Whatever else the merits of Trinity’s team may be, consistency isnot one of them. The great tonic provided by the Colours victorydoes not seem to have resulted in a lasting cure for the rather listlessperformances of last term. In view of the forthcoming tour toEngland, this was a disappointing performance and one can only hopethat the team’s flair for the big occasion will have its due effect oncethe Irish Sea has been left behind. Saturday was one of those daysin which things didn’t quite "click," mainly because it seemed thatfifteen individuals were opposed to a team.

The forwards won a fair share Graham, their defence seemedof the ball from the set pieces, somewhat suspect. At full-back,but were generally beaten in the Coker looked good once he hadloose byawell drilled Cork pack, the ball in his hands, but wasadmirably led by Murphy. For very vulnerable to the bouncingTrinity, Argyle hooked "well and ball and a kicking lapse ledMooney played his usual enthusi- directly toa Cork try. When heastic game, but the back row’s was moved to centre in thecovering was poor and resulted in second half he provided someat least one Cork score. Behind sorely-needed penetration, but bythe scrum Rees had a sound then it was too late. Trinity’sgame, with his kicking well up to points came from a well-takenhis own high standard, but Bob penalty by Rees. AltogetherRead was obviously not fully fit then a rather depressing after-and as a result the backs never noon in which the most pleasingreally got going. However, they feature for this spectator was theappeared to lack cohesion and proximity of a radio revealingthrust in the few chances that that for once the All Blacks werethey did get and, apart from throwing the ball about.

HOCKEY

Crisis Ahead

Without eronAfter the welcome change of

fortune that the New Yearbrought to Trinity hockey, Satur-day, January 2Sth was a blackday that will long be rememberedfor the permanent effects thatmay result. Needing three pointsfrom three games to clinch theirposition in the Senior League fornext season, Trinity approachedthe game against Glenane withsome confidence, having alreadybeaten their opponents tastNovember. Within five minutesof the start Trinity were reducedto ten men and their best for-ward throughout the wholeseason was on his way to hospitalwith a fractured shoulder.

Running on to a through ball inthe circle, K. Heron collided withthe Glenane goalkeeper and fellawkwardly. For fifty minutesTrinity stood tip well to thehandicap of playing one short andwere two goals in the lead,

Captain D. Clark scoring from apenalty flick and R. Knightgetting the second ten minutesafter half-time. Then the pacebegan to tell and Glenane scoredthree times in the next quarterof an hour.

In one of the roughest gamesof the season, two Glenaneplayers received warnings fromthe umpires and at least threeTrinity players were injured bytheir opponents’ flailing sticks. J.Suter confirmed his recent goodform with another polished dis-play, and P. Stiven was again infine fettle at left-back. Heron’sunfortunate injury could hat havehappened at a worse time,Trinity’s two remaining leaguegames being against Three RockRovers and Pembroke Wanderers,quite apart from the MauritusCup and the testing English tourin March.

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Three wins and a loss were the

result of Trinity’s hockey gamesduring the vacation. Beaten 2-0

by Monkstown in the second

round of the Irish Senior Cup,

Trinity, the following day, scored

a good win in Limerick, 1-0

against Catholic Institute who

were unbeaten after 12 matches

at that time. After a month’s

inactivity, two wi ns against

Dalkey (4-2) and St. Ita’s (1-0)

restored Trinity’s position in the

league table to the half-way

mark.

As a result of these games, K.

Heron is now second highest

scorer in Leinster hockey, whilst

P. Stiven has been selected for

the Leinster side to play Con-

naunght on February 1st.

TRINITY NEWS

TrinitH Troops"

The Colours

Trinity, 8; University College, 3

Saturday, 14th December, wasa red-letter day indeed. Takingform and opponents into con-sideration, Trinity had as muchhope of victory in the 12thColours match as Ayala had ofwinning the Grand National lastMarch. Yet, by a goal and a dropgoal to one try, Trinity stemmedthe three-year victory run ofUniversity College. And howdeserved it was. There was nodoubt as to the better team onthe day.

After a scoreless first-half,described by one journalist as " anabsorbing stalemate," the matchdeveloped into a hectic, thrillingstruggle. It was Trinity whoasserted themselves here, and BobRead won the vital lead with animmaculately executed 35-yarddrop-goal. Minutes later the flyhalf sent a long towering puntunder the U.C.D. posts, the ballran loose and Whitaker divedover for an opportunist try thatRees converted. But U.C.D. didnot surrender without a fierce,spirited final rally in whichThornton scored his annual try(in the same corner as last year).

But Trinity were not to be deniednow, and urged on by theirvociferous supporters, they heldgrimly on.

It was a fine tactical victory,made possible basically by thesuperiority asserted by the Trinitypack from the very beginning.Never have they played better,dominating the forward play inevery sphere. With excellent pro-tection from the pack, Rees, atscrum-half, was in one of hismost pugnacious moods, givinghis international opposite numbera very uncomfortable afternoon.The backs performed efficientlyin a defensive r61e, and nonemore so than Siggins, whosefearsome tackling took care ofPat Casey.

It was a memorable afternoon,but one wondered afterwards ifFate had not helped us in somesmall way. It was then learnt thatSaturday, 14th December, wasthe captain’s birthday!

Pre-Hilary Term Matches

1st XV v. Palmerston. Lost 6-8.1st XV v. University College,

Cork. Won 6-3.

HARRIERS

Without their captain, A. Shil-lington, and one or two others oftheir best runners, Trinity put upa rather poor performance in theAll-ireland Junior Cross-CountryChampionships over six miles atCollinstown on Saturday. OnlyAngus, Austen and Duff managedto inject some enthusiasm intotheir running. Angus wasTrinity’s first man home, in 80thposition, but when one comparesthis with Queen’s University whotook 9th and 21st places, ourprospects of beating tl~em whenthey come to Dublin later in theseason must have taken a sharpnose-dive.

Trinity’s main fault on Satur-day seemed to be a lack of fit-ness and this will have to berectified as soon as possible. Onlyif this is clone and if the teamrun as a team and not as a col-lection of individuals can we hopeto do well in the importantfixtures later this term.

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SOCCER

Trinity Takes Foive

TRINITY, S; REDFERN ATHLETIC, 1

Back in Dublin the soccer team served up a first-class display inthe thrashing of Redfern and showed the form that could bring theCollingwood Cup to Trinity for the first time. In every departmentTrinity were superior, faster and more intelligent, and only for a shortperiod in the second half did Redfern come into the game. However,before the final whistle, Trinity were once again swarming aroundtheir opponents’ goal.

From the kick-off Trinityassumed control. Horsley andMarkham dominated the midfieldplay and set up numerous attackswhich inevitably began to tell.Markham set up Parry, Parrycrossed and when Mcllroy and thegoalkeeper went up and bothmissed it, John Meldrum was onthe spot to score. Quick tacklingprevented any Redfern attackreaching the penalty area andJohn Haslett had little to do ingoal and before half-time aglorious move ended up in aneatly executed goal convived bythe Meldrumm brothers, johnscoring again.

On the restart, John completeda good " hat trick" when adefensive lapse let in Mcllroywhose shot was parried. Thenfollowed much indecisive playuntil Nolan scored with a good

left foot shot--perhaps he was atriflte lucky not to be peanalisedfor handball. Promptly Redfernreduced the arrears with a goodheader, but soon Trinity wereback. Nolan hit the crossbar,Mcllroy went close and finallyParry punted a long ball over theadvancing ’keeper, a real oppor-tunist goal.

This match was won in mid-field. Redfern were never allowedto settle down and their slowapproach work contrasted sharplywith Trinity’s play; they wererushed and harried, whereasMarkham, Horsley, Nolan and ].Meldrum had time to stop andthink. Certainly Trinity are nowfitter, the defence secure and theforwards more imaginative. Allthat is required is a bit of fortuneand perseverance.

SOCCER

Soccer Round-upEven the absence of skipper

Paul Beale could not preventTrinity from running into topform against Aer Lingus aftertheir indifferent display on theFriday against U.C.C. in lateDecember and the team ran outeasy winners 6-1, ample revengefor their defeat in the correspon-ding match in 1962. Feature ofthe match was Alistair Mcllroy’s" hat trick " at centre-forward onhis debut in league football.

A travel-weary team foundJordanmill Training College fartoo fit and fast for our depletedteam in the first match of theScottish tour and although theattack functioned well, defensivecovering was non-existent and thecricket score of 11-4 was not anunjust result.

The rest of the tour was notquite so disastrous and threeclose matches against Edinburgh,Glasgow and Strathclyde Univer-sities followed, the scores being3-5 (leading 3-2 with 20 minutesto piay), 1-4 (1-1 until Beale hadthe misfortune to put through hisown goal with 15 minutes left)and 2-4 (leading 1-0 at halftime)respectively.

The team, which was con-stantly changed, fought hard, butlack of match fitness meant the7

played at a speed greater thanthat met in the A.U.L.. In thelong run, Trinity’s soccer is boundto benefit and U.C.D. will findTrinity far harder opposition thanat one time looked likely. In-deed, one could say that theScottish teams were on a par.withthe Leinster Senior League inwhich U.C.D. only do moderatelywell.

D.U.B.C.

At the end of last term aTrinity crew was victorious at theGalway University "At Home"Regatta. Following this a numberof senior oarsmen returned earlyto Trinity this year for a week’shard rowing with selection for aSenior VIII in mind. This wasslightly retarded by illness, buta crew has now been formed. Itis training hard for the WylieCup, to be rowed at Belfast atthe end of February, with Juniorand Maiden crews also competing.Trinity is determined to start theyear off in the appropriatesuccessful manner.

were unable to sustain good first- ~half displays thoughout the 90

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minutes. Players who emergedwith credit from this exhaustingfour matches in six day tour wereAnd;/ Meldrum and John Haslett.

Still the teams met were all fitand fast, and the games were

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It was an original idea on the part of the US! Executive to hirerooms in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone, and to use the hotelballroom for its council chamber. The atmosphere of business andconference was well established, and this definitely contributed to thesuccess of the conference.

The most cogent discussions inthe Council came on highereducation. This term, used in itsbroadest sense to include allinstitutions giving further educa-tion, caused some difficulty, andwill be further discussed anddefined at a National Seminar tobe held in March. This seminar,announced at Council, is a realindication that the Executive in-tend to get down to their task ofpresenting student opinions onimportant matters.

The Council meeting also re-flected this attitude when itadjourned on the Saturdayevening for two simultaneousfive-hour commission sessions,one on grants and welfare, theother on international affairs.Because of a great deal ofignorance of facts, the lattersessions was unable to produceanything concrete, but it did domuch to clear the way for futurediscussions. The other sessionwas far more definite. It dis-cussed the function of SRCs, and,under some pressure from theTrinity delegation, it agreed thatwhere a system was workingsatisfactorily no interference byUSI would be tolerated. Thefreedom of choice of system wasguaranteed. T h e commissionurged the immediate officialrecognition of the Union by theGovernment of the Republic andalso suggested means of provid-ing further places of highereducation. The four methodsconsidered possible were:(1:) The expansion of UCC and

UCG to take a further 1,500students each.

( 1)The building of a new Univer-¯ sity. Limerick recommended

as the site.(3) The building of one or more

Colleges of Technioiogy withuniversity status.

(4) The re-constitution of theUniversity of Dublin to in-clude UCD, TCD and a newcollege; degrees to beawarded by the governingbody of the university, andthe government of the in-dividual colleges to remainseparate.

The Council meeting ended ona triumphant note when Mr.Brian Lenehan, T.D.. said that hef e I t Government recognitioncould not be far away. He, likeeverybody else, had been im-pressed by the volume of realwork accomplished by Council.It had been a triumph for DenysTurner and his Executive, anddelegates came away feeling thatthe era of bitter invective andpetty student politics was over,and that USI was now a matureUnion.

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meetings last week organised todiscuss aspects of Christian Unitywere not discouraged by anyrecent events in Dublin. Theydemonstrated, as Christians, adesire to follow a world patterntowards ecumenism, rather thanimitate Irish insularity. Themeetings were reasonably wellattended and those present heardthe Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. G.O. Simms, open the week by say-ing that Unity was both desirableand essential. Other speakersduring the week came fromMethodist, Presbyterian a n dRoman Catholic branches ofChristianity. The Orthodox viewwas also presented. The dis-cussions ended with a jointnon- denominational ecumenicalservice on Saturday at lunchtime.It was only a gesture--but wellworth while.

New USIExecutive

There are two Trinity men onthe new USI Executive whichcame into office in December.They are Rikki de Burgh (Socialand Cultural Vice-President) andLaurense Jacobson (in charge ofVacation Work). From the pointof view of representation, theExecutive is as well balanced asit might be. The North is repre-sented by two students fromQueen’s and one from Stran-millis. Cork has a member andso has the College in CathalBrugha Street. Dublin. The re-maining four offices, includingthat of President, are held byU.C.D. students.

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Debating IVinOn Friday evening the semi-

final of the "Irish Times"Debating Competition took placein the G.H.B. at 8.15 p.m. underthe auspices of the Hist. Teamsrepresenting the Phil., UCD,UCG, UCC, and the CharteredAccountants took part, a n dSenator Stanford was in the chair.The motion, "That marching todisarmament is marching todisaster" was carried by 57 votesto 51. The winners were theUCD team who supported themotion, and the Phil. team, whoopposed it, were second. Bothteams will go to compete in thefinal which will take place onFebruary 29th.

The vavriety of the speeches incontent and delivery was remark-able and made for an entertain-ing evening. There were frequentinterruptions from the floor andthe teams--some witty, somehumorous, some childish. Thejudges clearly found the sophisti-cated and coolly controlledspeeches of the successful teammore convincing than the im-passioned but perhaps I essrelevant speeches of other teams.One felt that all the speakerswould have benefited from moretime to develop their themes.

When the judges (Mr. DonaldSmythe of the " Irish Times," Mr.Gerald Simms of TCD, and Mr.Ranbit Singh, the Indian Charged’Affairs) retired to considertheir decision the motion wasthrown open to the floor, andafter four short speeches SenatorStanford called for the vote. Hethen spoke about the decline inoratory in Ireland during the lastfifty years and mentioned thatIreland used to have a world-widereputation for fine oratory, whichis the art of persuasion by play-ing on the emotions as well as thereason and in this respect closelylinked with poetry. As a demon-stration of the " art of speaking"it was impressive as he obviouslyhad to keep talking till the judgesreturned to announce the resu!ts.The meeting was then adjourned.

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The Trinity team of John Kelly,June Rodgers, Peter Fisher andDavid Challen were narrowlybeaten on "University Challenge"two weeks ago. The winners,Selwyn College, Cambridge,scored only thirty points morethan the irish team. Trinity beatSelwyn College in both of the~wo rehearsals, and also wonagainst St. Hugh’s College, Ox-ford-an all-girl team which hadqualified in a previous heat tomeet the winners of the Trinity/Seiwyn match.

The reason for their defeat wasstated by one member of theTrinity team to be that " we werenot willing to take chances, andas speed and chance are the veryessence of this quizz, we werebeaten."

Each member of the team waspaid £3 expenses plus free bedand breakfast in a hotel in Man-chester. The £80 paid to thePhil by Granada T.V. is to begiven, after much deliberation, tothe Library Fund.

EUIIOPEAN

SEMIN AI!A highly efficient news release

has reached us from theorganisers of Britain’s fourthannual European Seminar, takingplace at the University of Londonfrom April 6th-13th. Trinity hastwice been represented at Euro-pean Seminars and the SRC isbeing asked to send a delegation.

The event will bring together120 students from all 17 Councilof Europe nations, plus Finland,Malta, Portugal, Span and Jugo-slavia. The theme of the seminarwill be "New Unity for an OldCivilisation?" and speaksrs willinclude Lord Gladwyn andAlistair Buchan.

Study groups will be led byexperts from the European Com-munities, Council of Europe andUniversity faculties. The high-light of the seminar, however,will be a mock InternationalAssembly "where it is hopedthere will be an abundance ofIrish oratory to match the flowfrom Greeks and Germans."

These nations clearly have astrong reputation for loquacity,and one hopes that the tide canbe turned by those famous floodsof blarney from Trinity debatingcircles.

Students wishing to attend theLondon seminar should write atonce to Hiss Mary MacCallum,Westfield College, London, N.W.3. Only genuine Irish oratorsneed apply.

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THE ELIZ. is sponsoring a beauty andmodelling course by Zo~ Weinemann.Any members welcome. BeginningWcdn~sday, February 5th. Details inNo. 6.

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