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BLACK MAGIC "’Persuasive"--# convinces us IN BAY Vice Condemned ERTAIN alarming occurrences take place regularly in the areas C around the G.M.B. and Botany Bay, ,districts which might be described in Dr. Skeffington’s words as the " slummier haunts of residential Trinity." It is a fact that in the upper storeys of the G.M.B. a group of undergraduates hold regular meetings at dead of night which are enlivened by weird tribal chants, drumbeats and incantatians.

It is not known whether the purpose : These anti-social activities are not of these meetings is religious or political, but they are a constant cause of disturb- confined to the pious. Revels of a more ance bo othe~ inhabitants of this area. It frivolous nature also ’occur regularly in is understood that complaints are being the Bay. Under the cover of a heavy made to the Junior Dean. nicotine smokescreen, the " Greek Syndi- INSOMNIA cate " of Trinity organise large-scale Mr. R. Granleese, Captain of the Boat gambling. Many a green young Freshman Club, when interviewed, complained finds himself in strained financial cir- about the outrageous impropriety ~f cumstances after a few lessons from those who had no respect for other these practised continental gamblers. people’s sleep. In his official capacity These, however, are, by necessity, he is in constant training and in need much more discreet in their activities of adequate rep~)se. " Late last night," than the "wild party" rouees, whose disturbances begin with their arrival he said, "I. was woken by loud bang- back from the " bona-tides " in noisy ings. This is becoming an all too fre- quent occurrence. It is not that I object sports cars around 1.30 in the morning. to religious practices, but I think they The orgies s~on get under way, and the should be confined to more civilised night is made hideous by the cacophony of bibulous choruses, breaking glass, and hours." the crash of missiles projected from third-storey windows. Any attempt to remonstrate with these rowdies i,s met by insulting gibes and even occasional EASTMANS violence, which is only terminated by the belated arrival of the College LTD. porters. On one occasion a quiet and inoffensive student returning from a From the spring collection of Sybil Connolly meeting of the Mission had a bucket of PURVEYORS OF stale stout emptied over him. (See exclusive article on page 2) HIGH-CLASS MEAT DRUNKEN OUTRAGES All too frequently the neighbouring to make regular visits to the Bay to on the conduct of the individual student, streets are roused by adolescent students interview the usual suspects. and it is to be hoped that the zeal, It is with great reluctance that engendered by the good work of the returning home over the railings in an Missioners will have a restraining in- Suppliers to Trinity College alcoholic condition, bearing ill-gotten " Trinity News " finds it necessary to troph’es belonging to the Corpvration. rep,ort these unhappy incidents. The fluence on the wilder elements in The Garda Siochanna find it necessary good name of the College is dependent College.

-...- . . ¯ ...... TRINITY CRITICS ARE -Me e t ANSWERED 1’ / at the The Pastoral letter for the diocese of Although Trinity was originally the Dublin is but one incident in a cold war product of Empire, it is now Irish and that has been waged against Trinity for feels it should be given a grant in many years. This smear campaign accordance wkh its national status. The brands Trinity as anti-Irish, anti- Government could well afford to do this METROPOLE Catholic, anti-social and anti everythiflg if they can spend £250,000 on a horse. else. Worst of all, College admits Every petty .act ~)f vandalism by a Centre of the City’s Englishmen. Trinity student is made an excuse to But the British element in College is damn Trinity outright. For example, quiet and well behaved--quite nauseat- the Bowl of Fire incident, committed Entertainment ingly so. They would rather fail Littlego solely for aesthetic reas’ons, caused a than cause a disturbance. Even 9n torrent of abuse in letters to the Press ¯ Coronation day, when English student;s which described it as " wilful destruc- LUXURIOUS BALLROOM had their rooms ransacked for Union Jacks, they didn’t raise a finger in pro- tion," " those Trinity students again," ¯ POPULAR RESTAURANT " anti-Irish activity," and so on. Some test. Quite apart from the immaculate people even believed a British student behaviour of Englishmen in College, was responsible. ¯ SILVER GRILL ¯ LONG BAR foreigners are to be found in all univer- s’ties to-day, U.C.D. included, and pro- Considering Trinity is practically the vided they are all as servile as their bread and butter of this city, patronis- __Smartest English counterparts, there should be ing as it does so many of its noble in- no cause for alarm. As there are stitutions, i.e., Jammet’s, Lincoln’s Inn fashion numerous Africans in College to-day, and the Four Provinces Ballroom, in for the it is as absurd to call College an out- addition to being the leading attraction post of British Imperialism as it is to to An TSstal visitors, one feels a more College Girl call it an outpost of Mau Mau. liberal attitude should be adopted.

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Two piece Suits . . . hand tailored for your immediate wear, in genuine Irish Thornproof Tweeds. A complete range of fittings and colours await your inspection.. , Gentlemen’s Tailors and Outfitters price ...... 15 GUINEAS 18 & 19 YVicklow Street, Dulbin February 24, 1955 2 TRINITY NEWS A FEW FASHION HINTS Bj~ Sybil Connolg To many women, money spent on fashion is a guilty matter. The possession of a good wardrobe is re- garded as a sign of frivolity. They tend TRINITY NEWS to th nk of clothes’ money as what is SOCIAL CIRCULAR left over after the housekeeping bills The wedding between Mr. Guy Chairman -- D. OWEN-FLOOD have been paid. They refuse to accept D’Olier and Heather Fitzgerald has Secretary -- MISS R. LEWIS the fact that they must spend a certain taken place. Also between Mr. FrarLk amount of money to be well dressed, McGuinness and Miss Catherine Ellis. Editors : just as they must spend money to be H. HARMSWORTH, R. SOUTHCOMBE well read. They may enjoy and admire Business Managers : fashion intensively, but they .%n’t reel The following have honoured College C. TITE, L. A. RUBEN, M. STEIN it’s for them. " Too expensive," "I could with a visit:- The Editorial Board do not accept any responsi- never wear that," are just two of the The Rev. Michael Fisher, S.S.F. bility for views expressed by correspondents. reasons they give themselves. Miss Miggsy Martin in a bobbetty Trinity News welcomes news items, correspon- They long to be well dressed--what cap. dence and articles, which should be sent to ~voman doesn’t -- but they will not Mr. Scan McBride, T.D., S.C. TRINITY NEWS. 3 TRINITY COLLEGE. All realise that it takes a little effort to achieve that well-dressed look. A little Dr. Dudley Edwards. such items should be typed, or written legibly, on The McIlhagga of the McIlhaggas. one side of the paper only. effort to study and plan their wardrobe, For advertising space in this newspaper apply so that the first day of spring sunshine the Advertising Manager- TRINITY NEWS, 3 doesn’t find them bushing out to buy a Beelzebub has left College on a TRINITY COLLEGE. new suit, or c~at, without any pre- mission. conceived ideas of what they are looking Mr. Jonathan Taylor still gets into for; what is going to suit them best, College parties. Vol. 2 TRINITY NEWS No. 10 and, consequently, taking the first or THURSDAY, 24TH FF~BRUARY, 1955 Mr. William G. Fuge, like the other second garment they try on because they --Photo courtesy of Evening Mail. sinners, is very busy. " cannot be bothered " or they have left Mr. Hakim T. Adamjee received only PROGRESS ? it to the last moment, and the spring This week "Trinity News" h~s one Valentine. " T~ pleasure in presenting Miss Sybil O at long last Cambridge has will be here and gone if they don’t take Miss Paddy Gold has been seen in dead,’ this one here and now. Connolly as guest contributer. Sybil Messrs. Switzers. Miss . S ’followed in the footsteps of the No, to be well dressed one. must invest Connolly has created for herself a intere " Liz." In the very tavern where it’s in fashion, not just a little money, unique position in the international its m but a good deal o£ thought and careful w o r ld of fashion. She is the J.D. AGAIN stead3 male protagonist originated, a Cam- planning. foremost dress designer in Dublin. By num’b~ brid ge Women’s Union has been brought The middle of February must have her courage and conviction in Irish " Iris Oigifuil " announces that Dr. societ: to light. This in its way i,s going to be seen you studying the fashion maga- fashion and fabrics, Ireland is now one Fitzroy Pyle has been re-appointed to must zines, which have been giving the of the leaders in the design of women’s the Censorship of Publications Appeal itself a wonderful institution. The froustiest clothes. Her latest creations always B~ard for a further term of three years. of politicians will be brought to its in- first reports on the international fashion The members of the Board enjoy the The o shows. Every year out of the fashion interest fashion conscious w~men. Sybil urlavo augurals. Solemnly they will declaim collections of the world there emerges a Connolly can be numbered among the responsibility of reversing *he more separt upon the usual topics about Suffragettes Fne which becomes the " look" of the outstanding women of Ireland. questionable decisions of the Censorship langm Author;ties in the matter of obscene in feudal England. year. In Ireland the tempo and way of certai~ life does not all~)w for too extreme don’t let us stick, season after seasvn, publications. g~:ant: At the same time, we regret that its fashivn theories. The suit, coat or dress to the same dull old " bread and butter " Bor creation has been necessary. In College with a smple air to carry it imperturb- suit. On the other hand, we must not travel the "Liz." was born because it was un- ably from one season into the next, let our imagination run absolutely away WOMEN’S COLU~IN At t~ avoidable. The reason for its existence from one activity into another, is the with us. There should be a happy Keny~ is a reflection on the major societies. order of the day. Town and country medium. There is a happy medium-- WOLFSBANE her t living is closely allied because the stick to simplicity, it can never look bournl While most wish the "Liz." well, they distances are so short. Up to a point cheap, but combine it with at ]east one Now that snow is underfoot, a girl has to be careful. The time has come 1949. look forward to the day when it will this should-make it easier for us to be definite fashion feature. when the old wolves come out to pick upbrir be superfluous. well dressed -- we don’t need extreme I am illustrating from my article an been sophisticated fashions to wear in town, evening gown from my current col- partners for the Engineers’ Ball. In Mission week it would be well to ponder home or extreme tweedy fashions to wear in lection. to re~ the country. Fashion is a mvrale-lifter. No one upon the types to be wary of. Very BRICK BA TS often in a large party the muzzy men has w ONGRATULATIONS are pouring So, you will have invested some time denies that the woman absolutely to sec in thumbing through the fashion obsessed by fashion is a bore. But my like to show off to their friends. she h, c into Players on the occasion of magazines. You will have read care- heart l fts up nowadays when I go to Under no circumstances, dear reader, consid fully the reports of the fashion editors. allow yourselves to be petted. You their festival award. Perhaps in the the theatre and look around at the are m You will know that this spring audience. What was once a theatre never know what might be lost or it is h midst of this they may find time to " ease" is the keynote to fashions, the grey with women in jumpers and skirts, gained. Different types use different Not ponder over their failings. necessity of elegance. Co]ours, too, are looking as though they had thrown vn quotations -- "autres temps autre only moeurs’.’ Beware vf the moustachioed It is our opinion that the mechanics " easier"--the new tweeds are blurry their clothes and make-up; now is a Other beaut’ful pastels; the new print light, scene to delight the eye. Fresh and Tweed Suit who tells you how nice your her of the last Festival were a total dis- delicate and lazy. You will know that pretty clothes bring a definite excite- big eyes are. It is not really the eyes real grace. In all probability they have re- 90 per cent. of the hats are small, that ment into the air -- a feeling of an he is thinking of, nor even the tiny efficiel sulted in the most unnecessary financial accessories such as shves, handbags and " occasion." All of us--men and veomen brain behind them, but something quite aware different. Oh, dear me, how I envy the losses. On most occasions the hall was gloves are plain and unobstrusive. alike--have felt that lift of the heart realis, You will have decided on the colour that comes with the entrance on the youngsters at their first dance, now that an e~ more than half empty. All this resulted you are best suited to wear, and so, scene of an attractive woman. rigor mortis has set in. Then there is real from nothing but bad organisation. armed with all this knowledge, the result There is no quick way to learn about the ptausible cleric, so lightly disguised unfor In their choice of an adjudicator they vf " investing" beforehand, some time in fashion--you must follow fashion news, that you may see through him. For capab him it is all in the line of temptation showed very little sense. In the most studying the trend, you will sally forth study it, learn how to adapt it to your bring to buy your new spring ensemble. own special requirements, but it will be and the Devil is abroad, having great tarnls faxnous theatrical city in Europe they If your income is a limited one and time well invested. The result will be a power for a short time . . . Ad Majoriam Langt were unable to invite a producer. Four clothes’ allowance small, make a more poised assured you--and the return Dei Gloriam. Even in the intertainment of their golden rule: Invest in a well-tailored Four investment will pay is the good Watch the Simple Simon who looks guests they were wanting. Last year’s simple coat and suit every year---every feeling that comes with the knowledge as though he would only kiss a mouse seasvn if you can--stretch your allow- that you are looking your smartest and if it had him cornered. He will be keen The hosts arranged a party every night. ance that far--a suit in the spring, a best. Fashion is not dressing to "get- to make "a kill " in his first year. begafi Yet Players were apparently incapable of coat in the autumn. I am a little bored by "--it’s dressing to " sparkle-by." So Fear also the shy youth who has Archb staging even one proper party. The with the word classic, except when it is don’t let’s be afraid of being fashion- "nought" t~ say. It only’ takes two missi( people responsible have disappointed applied to accessories. We are supposed conscivus--after all, clothes are part of drinks to turn him into a rampaging In to be a nation of imaginative people, so a country’s culture, too. are i~ themselves, and the College. Bacchus. If by the last dance he is in the realm of heaven and incapable of crowd escorting you homewards, that is, little aim c though you may realise it, your sole Stu THE LECKY LIBRARY . . . "’BELONGS THE BRIGHT PLUMAGE" good fortune. welco HEN the historian’s widow pre- after Since the news that Malenkov snappy lounge suits adorned by white Only the girls who have nothing to missi( W sented her husband’s library to the has r e s i g n e d, the fashion in button-holes with curious obstectical in- lose adjourn to the " sinister after-dance party." Watch ~our step, dearies! missi( College she could not hawe foreseen the astrakhan fur hats is no longer struments peeping from the pockets. sonal OSRIC " Messalina." result. In our opinion it is disgraceful the rage for men. Fur collars, 3.0-3., that the use of the Library should be however, still predominate in Teddy-boy restricted to those who have time circles, though the wedding of socialite enough to join the faculty Societies. poet Brendan Behan has brought the This lends itself to anomalies. Thus, a open-neck style into prominence, with the furry element transferred to the There can historian by joining the History Society neck and face. Extremists like Paddy can avail himself of it for five shillings, and Burgess Watson and Troy Ken- whereas if any lawyer is capable of nedy Martin prefer this even thicker, only be reading he must join his faculty Society but this is an isolated trend which is and pay a subscription of seven and six. unlikely Vo grip the popular imagination. This position is absurd. Either these one ¯ . . Indeed, popular party man and Davy faculty Societies justify their existence Byrne lobbyist, Tony G..-Anderson or they should be dissolved. There is favours the five-day face fur, combined no reason why Lecky should bolster with crumpled collar, but then Tony them up. Such blackmail would be realises that fashion requires time and trouble. He was willing to devote three alien to his nature and is somewhat im- sleepless nights and several visits to a moral. distant .and inaccessable " bona-fide " to achieve the required effect of stout stains on the waistcoat which made him the fashion hit at U.D.A. " It’s the sags r~ AFTER DANCE OR THEATRE rather than the bags," he claims. " that YOU ARE WELCOME AT give one the right to say ’ I have lived.’ " Suave Seafield host, Garret Kearney, THE RICHMOND CAFE affects the Three Stooges hair style to NEAR PORTOBELLO BRIDGE offset the converted army blanket dress- We Cater for Private Parties ing gown .on intimate occasions. This is a stalwart .standb.y which has also Food Cooked and Packed for seen service m canine quarters. If BEST LTD. --I , Home Consumption, Sandwiches, appearances do not deceive, we shall Westmoreland S~. Hamburgers, etc. soon be having night-caps in Jammet’s. and !: [ The ultra in current fashion could be O’Connell St. observed at Tuesday’s wedding of Guy OPEN TII~ 4 A.M. Dublin Quick, Clean, Satisfactory Service D’Olier to Heather Fitzgerald, where usher Pat Mills and Walter Payne set the style for formal functions with 24, 1955 TRINITY NEWS ~e: WHO’S WHO ON THE THE CHAIRMAN OF STAFF MOD. LANG. FOUR & SIX

Sporty Wrecks glance of coy Claire Somaire. Nell The injured list in the Soccer Club is McCarthy, flushed by dramatic success still growing. Captain Dec, Jock am’ong other things, turned in his Hyland, having made a diagnoms of egoistlcal peacock manner, surveying alcohol on Gummo Boy Guy St’ock’s Xenia Paliey for success in the ballet knee, promptly retired to a nearby bed, circle. Peristent medical student an,~l presumably with the same complaint. candidate bore, John Watson, soon g~ve up the contest, drinking himself to sub- DAnny McAuley has a swollen ankle. limity. which is one of the many things keet>ing him off the dance-floor. Sammy Bern- Rat.hfarnham stein claims that he has concussion, but none of his friends can detect the Having given their names and invented difference. E%’eri Twinkletoes Jim Sains- credentials. Billy McQuaid arid Deidre hury is out of action (but not trouble) Stewart sat out mos~ .of the dmlces a~ a hooley in one of the lesser suburbs of since he had his nose put out ’of joint Dublin. Giving support to the newes~ one Friday out in Galway Bay. star in the College kaleidoscope. Roger Brian O’Regan, who has been bashin’ Patmer. was Patricia Orr, and :Clara the membranes less often recently, hurt Wilson did the same f.or Brian who is his finger in his goal. Brian is, Of trying to engineer something. course, infamous in soccer circles for his Lou Fyffe arrived and explained that love of double figures, which is only his i~e only danced ladies’ choices these natural view of life each Saturday. days. Inn Mackenzie was not so lucky Martin Stein, the demon divotter, is and propped up the door most of the quickly getting back into training in evening. Brun.o Brown also found likely Davy’s. His left elbow is copy-book females scarce, but eventually decided straight, though his right is working to stick it out to the end. d.~ubles-time. Miss Jean Good Gormless Gaels Mr. J. J. Byrne is a graduate of Ealletomania U.C.D., where he studied Law with the The Modern Languages Society is The wild bog men and their colleens intention of becoming a solicitor. d’ead," is the verdict of its Chairman, The usual untidy m.ob of College’s trmnped theii’ way to the Dixon last Miss Jrean Good. Deploring the lack of unshaven, long- haired pseuao - intel- Saturday. Through the foul smelling Although he was conferred the degrees interest and enthusiasm on the part of lectuals coagulated for the finale of the of B.A. and LL.B. at U.C.D., he changed mist came the croaking of dirty, tattered his mind and went to Cambridge instead itsmembers, she feels that after a French Ballet. Those in the know soon Fergus Pyle, and the bull noise of satin steady decline ’over a considerable overcame the resistance put up by the checked Vinee Byrne. The Hep Cat to study Economics. After having col- hUm’per of years this~ancient College lected an’other degree at Cambridge, he chucker-out at delightful Desie West’s twins, sweet innocent Mary Daly and did some "looking around" until he society, is coming to a £imely end. It party. Blessing Italy’s version .of a her inevitable Dave Simms, tripped and eventually landed in Trinity in October, must now have the courage to terminate socialite, Rieardo Tomicelli, woman- ended in a pancake landing. Josie 1949. Since then Mr. Byrne has itselfbefore it dies an unheroic death. hunter Nick Westby fought his way be- "Where Are You Ceoing?" McCarthy acquired the reputation of one of the The only remedy to this regrettable but lween Charlie Zarb and Noel " Swanny smiled at Trinity’s flash boy, Cockney most outstanding young economists in unavoidable situation would be to form Boy" Swannich to the come-hither Brian Gallagher. the Republic. separate and entirely self-reliant His main interests lie in the study of language groupswhich would almost wh~t is called at U.C.D. " National certainly be financed by monetary Economics," arid he is particularly fond grants from the respective embassies. OBSERVED of studying the development of Irish ,Born in Dublin, Miss Go’od has COLLEGE industry and the problem ’of population. travelled to many parts of the world. Teddy Boy,s All It should be good for his German. Charlottenbuerg is well known as the He was the secretary to the Population At the early age of six, she visited There is a tendency for boys of about Commission which recently published its Kenya and later went to Malaya. -Bu~ place where Hitler murdered his brother- report. This. unfortunately, prevented twelve to g~o around in ga~)gs. One such in-law towards the end of the war. It- her happiest memories are of Me!- gang often rivals another and therd is him from taking up as many functions ~Urne, Australia, where she stayed in is good that the B~)ard have helped to in Trinity as we should have liked him 1949. Even with such a cosmopolitan a contest for local supremacy. This finance this trip. It is also noteworthy trend is, however, by no means confined that all expenses in Germany for a week to perform. However, since his return upbringing as she has had, she has not to boys of twelve. The feeling that from that post he has become the been smitten by the travel bug; her for twenty people are being paid by the Registrar of the School of Commerce. there is a need to assert the personality, Technische Universitat. Such inter- home is in Dublin and there she wishes grandiosely known as the lust for power. Despite his natural leanings towards to’remain. Since the age. of ten she national student conferences are un- U.C.D., Mr. Byrne holds the view that is easily observed in the make-up .of doubtedly valuable, particularly to those has wanted to teach French and German many a College pest. Prominent at Trinity takes a greater pers~)nal interest to secondary school children. Mthough few wh,o have the opportunity to attend in its students, whereas you can go she hopes to go t’o England~ wherp she present is a gang vf " Northerners," them. I do not foresee a return con- the influence of which is plainly felt in gress being arranged here. through U.C.D. "withOut even Being considersthat the methods of education the Hist. [t is amazing how much they noticed"; yet we know that he did not arqm’sre advanced than in this country, manage to spread their views in College. have to come to Trinity in order to be it’m here that she finally wants to settle. Their d:smal attitude to the mission was Mission noticed. : :Not a sport enthusiast, Miss Good’s loudly voiced-weeks a~o, their opinion By now, like the proverbial snowball, Although Mr. Byrne is very interested 0iily athletic pastime is swimming. of this paper is constantly being ejacu- the mission sh’ould be gathering impetus. in increasing the population of Ireland 0tlier hobbies include singing, for which lated wherever it will be heard. It is There is no reason why an avalanche --so a recent issue of the " Sunday her ~oice is partially trained. But the s.ome time since they grew weary of of enthusiasm should not overtake Independent " proclaimed -- his family real Jean is often hidden behind an criticis:ng the Provost. I do not know College by the end of the Week. The consists so far only of his wife and him- efficient exteri.or .and, while many are whether these people hope ~o gain any- reason why this has become possible is self. Brechling. aware of her academic gifts, few may thing by their corporate agitation. s,mple. Months ag’o a small nucleus of realize her domestic talents. Although Perhaps they are merely obeying orders people gathered round the man with the an excellent and very eager cook, her f,x)m Belfast or Wigan. initial idea and worked and prayed for COLLEGE LEGENDS l~al genre lies in polishing. It is mo~ For those readers Who are interested in Another group of dwindling influence success. Last term regular meetings unfortunate that someone with her were held on Sundays and the nucleus the exploits of their predecessors, we capabilities and attractive vigour cann’ot and membership is composed of are pleased to present a few e ondensa~ Gaelophils. Ha;ling, with one one ex- grew into a fellowship. This term it bring a little light and shine on the increased even more. tions from the memoirs of Harry tarnished silver of the M oder n ception, from English cities, these lads. Hanson, one of the College porters. Languages Society. usually of Irish extraction, make a Industriously all arrangements were point of " mooning" round College in made. The biggest publicity scheme Lady’s Red Bloomers Gaelic home-spun stuffs, holding their that College has ever seen was set into Once, to the consternation of the MISSION OPENS trousers up with a form of sash, which force. Missions do not just happen. whole College,-a pair of lady’s red The mission to the University officially obviously acts as a membership badge. That there were those who contrived bloomers were seen flying from the mast hegail on Monday, when His Grace the The energy here is directed into anti- this one and what great energy it has above front gate. They were" real big Archbishop of Dublin commissioned the Partitioning (when nothing less boring taken needs to be acknowledged. ’uns." As the rope was cut the porters missioners in College Chapel. ,)ffers) and a general fostering of things couldn’t get them d’own. Hastily a In his address he said that when we Irish, the language, the dances, the Fellow was called. He in turn called are in College we all.ow other things to dress, and the outlook. More Women the Provost, who ordered him to cut crowd out spiritual matters. It was the Completely in contrast to the tva) While 1 am interested in what dow~n the mast forthwith. aim of the mission to rectify this. examples already given is the well- " M.A.T." had to say about the status Lecky’s Pet Students in intellectual quandaries are known " Number Four " set. Here there of women students, in last Wednesday’s welcomed to go to Mr. Maguire’s rooms is neither religious rivalry nor the in- Dublin " Evening Mail," I would like to A huge congregation had gathered for after the meetings to talk with the fluence of such disreputable secret point out that I. do not " disapprove of the unveiling of the statue of Lecky. missioners over a cup ’of tea. The organisations as the Orange Order or women being university students at all." When the Provost removed the cloth the missioners are also available for per- the I.R.A. The basis here is one of This conclusion which " M.A.T." drew Cl~)wd gasped with hvrror to see that sonal interviews from 11.30-12.30 and snobbery. Various types are accepted: from reading between the lines of a Lecky had been provided with headgear 3.0-3.45 each day. either they are cosmopolitan and of recent " College Observed " is almost in the form of a chamber pot. thrillingly dubious origin ~)r they "have the only part of his article with which Ghosts in No. 6 money" or they are literary and can I find myself in disagreement. For the A student working in his rooms late 4iscriminating . . ¯ *..l~ act or, rarely, they are arist~)cratic. To clear the air I would say tha% at night was suddenly accosted by a V~- It is often embarrassing to see these on the one hand, while women are weird figure in the 17th century dress. Photography by ~ O people trying to regain the atmosphere undergraduates they do not fit into the He got up and followed the intruder x’*’ of the eighteen-nineties with the nmve true university life and indeed frustrate downstairs. Of a sudden the figure dis- O O 1’ D.W~ONDUBLIN ~ assumtpion that they are viewed from it; and, on the other hand, the giving appeared through a wall. The student Tel. 72201 outside as being something distinct from of Art degrees to women is largely fainted and was still unconscious when undergTaduates. They run their set for wasteful; they could be doing much more the skip found him at six o’clock next themselves, however, and do not inter- useful things, such as learning hvw to morning. fere and are vastly to be preferred to cook. More useful to the " career other cliques which are organised for girt " would be some form of university Whiskey Galore the spread of political or social propa- applied training, because few employers The gh~)st which used to wander round ganda. will train a girl (who has even a B.A.) Parliament Square has not been seen THOMPSON’S BREAD for fear of losing her as soon as she is recently._ His appearances rapidly de- Berlin, the Years After able to be of any use. Moreover, the creased as the price of whiskey rose. ALWAYS APPETISING To represent Ireland at a conference fact ~is that on marriage, most girls in Germany, Ian D. Thomas, President soon stop going ~)ut to work, if indeed of the S.R.C., has been invited by the they have not already found that they OSTINELLI’S Foreign Department of the "Technische have no stomach for such junior posts as they are given on first employment. Is Famous for Spaghetti Bakery: Berlin Universitat Von Berlin Charlottenbuerg." For a week he and I will n’ot deny, however, that many CHOICE WINES about twenty other delegates from women graduates have led useful lives 66 Bridgefoot St., Dublin discuss as intellectuals and have achieved great 17 Hawkins Street twelve other countries will learning. Beside Theatre Royal. PHONE 736251 Telephone : 77509 " Aspects ~f Post-War Berlin." I wish " Sans Serif." him luck and hope he enjoys himself.

SELF-DRIVE CARS -- UNLIMITED MILAGE All Classes RATE College Garage Repairs, Welding, Spraying, Etc. ALWAYS A GOOD SELECTION Reasonable Charges ()F RELIABLE CARS 20 HATCH PLACE EX(’HANGES ARRANGED--H.P. AVAILABLE ’Phone: 66831 TRINITY NEWS February 24, 1955 Febr HOT AND COLD COURAGE Correspondence There was a further attempt to NO CHRISTIANS HERE stimulate interest at the Phil. meeting ECONOMISTS REPLY Says Jenkinson College life has been wrecked by Com- last week. Instead of the usual one, Dear Sir,--Criticism directed against T munistic influence. The Fabians owe no two complementary papers were read the D.U. C,ommerce and Economics In an exclusive interview, Don Jenkin- on " Courage." Although this was an Society has again been voiced. This son, the Chairman of the Fabian, stated allegiance to any political party, so we improvement, only twenty people were time it concerns the legal status of the that " there is to be a debate soon on the are told, .and are simply a discussion there to witness it. This paltry attend- Society’s administration, which, it is future of the Fabian Society." He went group to debate vital political issues ance could n’ot have given much courage claimed, appointed itself and later black- on to state that the prospects for the to any of the speakers. mailed the Society into electing it en future were not too bright. He was not about which most students are totally The first paper, on physical courage, ignorant. The Communists, who foster bloc. This interpretation of the facts is over-optimistic about the outcome of the was read by Mr. Wilson. He dis- perfectly admissible; yet it appears to debate. With only seven new members. ignorance, have used it for their tinguished courage from folly. In his me that this was the only course open the Society had reached an all-time low diabolical propagandist ends. When the paper the Hon. Secretary, Mr. T. H. to the " Caretaker Committee " in its ..... The resignation of Dr. Robinson, dealt with moral courage and endeavour to keep the Society alive. Skeffington was a humiliating blow in one non-Communist secretary for the admired the tenacity of the Suffragette~s last five years was m office the S!ociety Having suspended the constitution of h’s estimation. and especially Mrs. Pankhurst. the Society, we thought that it would be was completely boycotted by the refusal Fabians in Jeopardy The distinguished visitor, Canon Green- better to revise it than to reinstate it of Communist members of committee to ing, divided physical courage into two in its old form. A sub-committee was, Although the Society had no fixed make a quorum. The result was that categories, hot and cold. He ~aid tha~ therefore, .appointed in Michaelmas Term political views, it was opposed in only. one meeting was held the whole a quick person is apt to display courage and given the task to draw up a new general to Christianity. The Chairman sesmon. In the 1952-53 session, the to gain cheap notoriety. The Hon. constitution. I, understand that this sub- personally did not accept the tenets of elections were rigged by the Communists Treasurer was entertaining by invoking committee has made slow but steady pro- any doctrine opposed to the welfare of who brought in members from the Royal courage for the soc:ety to carry on. Mr. gress under the able chairmanship of the proletariat. College of Surgeons. The Board forth- Seaman saw courage in the reading Mr. S. G. M. Jetha. The time gap be- The l~aucity of members was further with suppressed the committee because room, while Mr. Penny considered tween the suspension of the old con- indicated by the fact that the Society it was illegally constituted. This session courageous a woman who faced a rat in could boast neither Catholics or English- stitution and the introduction of the new the Communists again got control of the the kitchen. one has proved most awkward for the men. The majority of members were committee and m.ade Chopra Secretary. administration. However, any conten- of Irish or Nigerian origin. Despite this, He has now resigned, presumably finally all races were welcome. In conclusion, realising that he is not a Communist. PANTIE RAID tion that the actions of the administra- Our corresFondent states that pink tion are dictatorial or illegal are the he felt that it would be a grave loss if To complete the farce, the non-Com- result of muddled thinking, because at th;s valuable society, which had a munist members of the committee curtains are to be found in the Bay. tremendous potential for progress, were (Fascists?), Thornley and Otter, have Is this a sign of the juvenile delinquency present there are nv e0nstitutional rules common among our students? It is to which the committee is bound. This to be lost to Oollege. boycotted meetings this session, using state of affairs is, indeed, very re- the same tactics as the Communists. rumoured that the wild men of the ffhe only meeting held so far this session North have been running amok. On grettable, and will, I hope, come to an Our Political Correspondent com- being interviewed, the only comment of end in the near future.--Yours truly, ments:- was the " Colonial Forum," which F; P. R. Brechling, It is a sad thing that a society tha~ showed Communist propaganda at its Tom Bennett was: "I am not making a Gra worst. statement without my lawyer." Auditor of the Commerce. could perform a useful function in and Economies Society. Grad aecustc range, CO-OP. LOSS BOOK OF THE MONTH! quarte: At the annual general meeting of the SOME CHRISTIANS HERE Asked for his opinion of the Report tional Co.-op. a heavy loss was repvvted. The dealing with his Hist. resignation, Mr. primer dividend has been reduced from 10 per Connolly Cole stated that he was who in cent. to 8~ per cent. The Co-op. have reluctant to give an interview to the be sub to pay College £300 per annum for the good I use of the Dining Hall and the shop. Press. In this case, however, since the process, This is indeed a crippling sum, and as it Report was now public property, he felt stage is pure profit, many feel it is un- free to comment. " I,t is," he said, "a justified. product of uncommon candle-power, but, A u Dersonally, I prefer the Kinsey Report. Person Neverthe]ess, I am recommending it to a yea~ UMBRELLA FOR FLOOD all my friends as good light reading. takes On Thursday next, Mr. Connolly Cole " Its one great fault is that it tries to be a shoc will read a paper to the Phil. on British nice to everybody by steering a :middle you ps appeasement of Russia, entitled " The course. To my mind this is a great of wt Philosop.hy of the Umbrella." Speakers pity, since a middle course in anything Univer will include Mr. Owen-Flood and the can only be successfully .achieved when you. President of the Society, Mr. Hodgins. there are no sides to take and no ends from : to reach. This will tend to make the but ch: Report indecisive and inconclusive." ments THE JAZZ 1914 The guest speaker at the Gramophone RF~EARCH WOLVES adequa Society last Thursday was Angus Allen, cannot who spoke on " The Development of Last Friday a meet:ng of the Werner The Jazz." Starting with Louisiana, he Chemical Society l:ook place in the exists Chemistry School. After an excellent the b described the ~acial elements in the tea, Professor Jessop gave a talk on the background to plantation music and Photo courtesy Evening Mail. studenl " work songs"; by w’ay of spiritual and problem of arranging medical research. expend fiestas he progressed to the home of jazz, At the Theo. inter-debate, Canon Oulton chatting to J. A. Bell He discussed in some detail the outcome underg. New Orleans. A realistic picture of the of a recent internati’onal congress in a capr " red light " district almost distracted The G.M.B. was quite as full as it has are baptised members of the Church of I~ndon. Various recommendations were it give audience and speaker from the topic, but been for a long time when the " Theo." England, but that onl.y a mere 2.43 per put forward by this congress, largely It prm eventually modern jazz arrived and the hem its inter-debate to celebrate the cent. of these commumcate at least once to ensure adequate co-operation and resear( big names came into the picture. He Society’s 125th session. Among the a year. Mr. T. J. de L. Surtees, the dele- finance for the investigations in hand. ment, sketched the trends and the men behind audience was a most " refreshing" gate from Westcott House, Cambridge, The work on tuberculosis done in the ne them--" Bunk" Johnson, Louis Arm- sprinkling of the fair sex. This was the. denied that true sacramentalists neglect Ireland (in the T.C.D. car park) was bigger strong, " Bix " Beiderbecke, Harry first occasion they have attended a meet- the preaching of the Word of God. He mentioned. do. James, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller-- ing of the Society, and the interest they cited Pusey and Keble as two classic The "lone wolf" in research has studen~ and the evoluti~)n from the original showed more than justifed the Society’s examples of priests of the Church being almost disappeared, it was said. Modern been p clarinet, trumpet, sex. and rhythm invitation. in this point shepherds to the whole flock research proceeds through teamwork, in world section vo the later big bands with their Proposing the motion "that the and not just ministers to the elect. contrast to that of former days. will th elaborate orchestration and smooth Churches of the Anglican Communion The Hon. Librarian spoke most force- Concluding, Professor Cocker said filling technique. over-emphasise sacramental teaching to fully in condemning the m o r a l how pleased he was to see the dis- the detr;ment of the preaching of the " sermonettes " we hear in Church to- appearance of the " 1.one wolf," and com- Word," Mr. Gordon Graham of Ripon day. The Auditor showed that through mented on how difficult it was made to AUTOCRATIC CHAOS Hall, Oxford, spoke most strongly of sacramental practice the teaching of the arrange for the donation of higher ANY Following their failure to hold an the present-day neglect of the Old offices and parochial vis’tation at times degrees to workers who had not done Now Inaugural Meeting, the EcononrJc Society Testament. Mr. D. W. E. Brinson of of baptisms, marriages, sicknesses, con- their research alone. theatri is undergoing a turbulent period. The St. David’s College, Lampeter, stated firmations and deaths, the preaching of doyen latest development is Auditor Brechling’s that 67 per cent. of the English nation the Wm’d is most effectively carried out. bull-fi~ attempt to destroy the Constitution. ACT YOUR AGE land o: Lawyer Jetha has strongly attacked Recently the Junior Dean summoned to re~ " these unconstitutional means." GAELIC REVIVALISTS ENGLISH IN AMERICA D. Vass Underwood to his rooms and sparr!~ In an exclusive interview, he Dr. Taft, the American Ambassador, told him it was high time he learnt to Ernest vigorously denounced the " blackmail " Language as a Social Force" wa~ the title of a paper read to members of speaking to the English Group last act his age. There had been a com- get hi2 into membership that was effected with Wednesday, started by remarking on the plaint from the rooms bel,ow that Vass Ameri, the connivance of the Lecky Librarian." the D.U. Gaelic Society on Thursday wide range that English courses in last by the Auditor, Miss Barbara had been making an infernal row in the month: He further felt that " the flagrant American universities cover. They early hours, jumn’ng up and down in In his breach of the Society’s laws by the Robinson. The major part of the paper was devoted to a study of the theory .of vary, he said, from " the daily theme his bedroom. " These rites should be Accorc present officers is a disgrace. It should course " (composition) to studies in suspended," was the cryptic advice of that d not be tolerated by the Faculty." language, its development and its present-day adequacy. Language was nineteenth century poets or European Dr. Pyle. epic tradition. He went on to follow closely linked with nationalism, to the the academic progress of : extent that when a people gives up its an American Everybody’s Favourlte... language for another, it announces, not student through Yale University. TAILORING necessarily that it is culturally in- Members of the English school are ferior, but that it is no longer conscious apparently satisfied with the Trinity Under the supervision of our system. Professor H. O. White, wh. London-trained cutter. Pd.D. of anything in its culture or in its ideals was chairman, invited suggestions f.r A which could not be adequately expressed Cassocks Hoods Gowns in a foreign language. the betterment of courses here, but none allowe i. n.m. As a corollary to her paper, Miss were forthcoming. Colleg Robinson considered the revival of Samue Gaelic, in which realm she felt some pro- NEW BLOOD BRYSON LTD. is t.o ¯ ) , gress had been made, despite the At the annual general meeting of the ill or, CREAM ICES failure to standardise the language. D.U.A. International Affairs last Monday 3 CHURCH LANE somett i Proposing a vote of thanks, Mr. F. the following were elected to be officers for v P. Pyle expatiated on the drum-signals and committee for the 1955-6 session: COLLEGE GREEN studen CHOC-ICES of Ashanti, on which no one was in a Chairman, Costas Beniarakis; Records Under position to contradict him. Mr. Haley- See., Derek Hvrwood; Correspondence Bell, Dunne deplored the teaching of Euclid See., Rysiek Kozubowski; Assistant radio through the medium of Gaelic, and com- Treas., Mardi Chandler; Committee, Unive~ AND IlLK mented on the lack of enthusiasm on the Victor B o n d, Andrzej Gutkowski, THAT WONDERFUL transn part of the G~vernment with regard to Daphne Mart;n, Albert Talalla. have the revival of Gaelic. Afterwards Mr. Haughton gave an WHISKEY is no Mr. E. Y. Exshaw, who presided, illustrated lecture on Corsica, where he campu brought the lively proceedings to a close. spent his Christmas holidays. "GREEN SPOT" Profes J. J. & S. 10 YEARS OLD Exa HUGHES BROS., Ltd. at Argen A Selection of SUITS IN FRENCH TWEEDS, the the f~ Hazelbrook, Rathfarnham reasonable price of £13 19s. lid., has just arrived at MITCHELL & SON held ] DUBLIN arrest. 21 KILDARE STREET remow TelepLhone 908971 (7 lines) LUCY SCOTr WICKLOW STREET the r DUBLIN goverr Somew I-Iowev Undete l~bruary 24, 1955 TRINITY, NEWS THE GRACES OF REA(:TION "Cowardly Unionists" --Says Gorton f lished major societies. Trinity has far In an exclusive interview, the greatgr advantages wiLh its present late Hist. Auditor, Eric Gorton, independenL societies tb_an are enjoyed while expressing his gratitude at by the centralised, spiritless and un- couth unions which sprawl over so his election to h o n o rar y many English unversities. Thus, he was in favour of retaining the " status membership, declared himself quo." appalled at the prospect of be- " Trinity undergraduates," he said, " can do no greater service to them- coming a ghostly voice of a selves or to their successors than tv forgotten Society. preserve the unique system of maintain- The thought of amalgamation failed ing the two societies as independent and t’o inspire in him the same easy con. valuable forces in College life. Let us fidence with which the present Audtor hope tha~ Trinity students will be worthy of their societies by cherishing faeed that awful possibility. He did them, and nvt seek through ignorance not cvnsider that an improvement in and incapacity to throw over the best financial conditions or an increase in that history has bequeathed." undergraduate interest would necessarily When further questioned about the result from an attempt to merge the proposed sharing of a conversation individualities of two great and ro’om by the Hist. and the Phil., Mr. essentially different trad’tions. Gorton said that "this suggestion is He went on to state: "Our world is totally absurd and unworkable. If it Mr. E. Gorton as great as our horizons, and they are would in fact lead to the anticipated Mr. D. Hodgins only clouded by the prejudice which increase in membership, then we would fails to see in diversity the surest sign need not one conversation room but IDLE DEGREES of intellectual vigour." several. Let the critics first acquire Graduates’ Endowment Fund In his opinion ~nly the moral coward Speaking to the Chemists’ Debating senne knowledge of existing facilities Society in the College of Pharmacy, Graduates of this University are feared to give his loyalty to the estab- before attempting to destroy them." Dublin, Senator Dr. Roger McHugh said accustomed to be bombarded at long- tha~ the universities were producing too range, and occasionally pelted at close :many doctors. He thought that the quarters, with facts about the Educa- "HYSTERICAL SOCIETY" universities should have some sort of tional Endowment Fund. As it exists advisory body which would be familiar primar;ly fur the benefit of students, --Says Hodgins with the needs of the c~)untry and the who in turn will become graduates and aptitudes of graduates. This is a very be subjected to attack, these seem very In view of the recent Hist. debate, expressing in public such ludicrous and sensible suggestion, since most graduates good reasons to start the softening-up Phil. President Hodgins issued the £oi- ignorant statements as " the Phil. was are already aware of the disheartening process on persons who are still in the lowing statement:-- a playpen for the Hist." To classify task vf looking for a job; and this is stage of being benefited. "Intelligent co-operatlon," said the an honourable rival with a term applic- true not only of the medical profession A university costs a lot of money. Auditor. Unfortunately, some of the able to the late l~mented Neophyte but of nearly all the social professions Persons who have just parted with speeches in this peculiar debate proved Society m to ca~t a slur on the author which long ago have reached saturation a-year’s fees in advance think that it that there is some truth in the nickname of the comment, not on the Society in point. The universities try to equate takes a lot of money. Does it come as College Hysterical Society. It is to be question. We never were and never will supply with demand, but the demand in a shock t~o you to know that the fees regretted that Mr. Kimmitt ha~n’t ex- be a playpen for anybody, as aayone Ireland is so slight in all the pro- you pay only cover approximately half plained to his noble officers that intelli- who has studied the names of famous fessions that to have a degree is tanta- of what your education costs the gent co-operation doesn’t con~sist in Phil. men ~ell knows. mount to subsequent exile. University ? The other half is given to you. Where d~)es it come from ? Partly from funds which the State provides, but chiefly from the interest on endowments provided by past donors. Before 1914 these endowments were barely I adequate to fill the gap. Now they cannot even attempt to do it. S The Educational Endowment Fund exists to enable graduates to return, for III the benefit of present and future students, some of the m~)ney which was expended on them when they were undergraduates. It aims at building up a capital sum of £250,000. Meanwhile it gives immediate help in minor ways. It provides grants for student libraries, research studentships, necessary equip- THE OBSERVER is essentially a newspaper for students ment, and building extensions such as the new Engineering laboratories. The of all ages. It is written by people who are not ashamed to bigger it gets the more it will be able to do. When the present generation of call themselves students after many years of study ; in fact, students (half of their expenses having they cheerfully face the prospects of being students for life. been paid for them) goes out into the world to earn their living as graduates, will they remember to do their share in Let’s face it--we don’t cater for all tastes. There are no filling up the chest for their successors ? strip cartoons, no startling revelations of" private lives ", no dabbling in crime and sex for the fun of it. ANYTHING HUGH CAN DO What you will find in the OBSERVER is a reliable news Now touring the provinces with a theatrical company is Hugh Milner, service, first-rate book reviews, outspoken comments on the doyen of undergraduates and amateur bull-fighter. Recentjy back from the week’s events, and a Political Diary that is frequently land of Don Quixote, where he was able to renew acquaintance with his old irritating but never dull. sparr!ng-partner of World War days, Ernest Hemingway, Hugh managed to You will find Edward Crankshaw writing on Russian get himself made editor of the " Spanish American Courier," Spain’s twice- Affairs, Eric Blom on Music, C. A. Lejeune on Films, and monthly English language newspaper. Kenneth Tynan on Drama. If you are a gardener, a In his spare time he took to bull-fighting. According tv Hugh it was not the bulls naturalist, or a sportsman, if you like chess, bridge or cross, that died, but the paper. words ; even if none of these subjects interests you, and all you want is to hear one single, independent voice above the NEWS FROM OTHER clamour of the axe-grinders, UNIVERSITIES Pd.D. Products Inc. A year’s leave of absence is being allowed t.o all professors in Antmcn LOOK IN NEXT SUNDAY’S College, Ohio. Ca~npus President, Dr. Samuel Gold, has stated that this ~lme is to be spent in business or industry in order that lecturers " will know something about the practical Society for which they are training their OB SER’ ’ER students." Underg-Radio Believed to possess the only student radio stations in the world, Columbia University is going to build yet another transmitter. The student programm, es have won several awards, and C~)lumbia is now definitely in the lead with campus radio. Profes.sors in the Calaboose Examinations are being boycotted by Argentine undergraduates in view of the fact that 250 university men are held by the government under close arrest. The students are demand:ng the removal of police from all faculties and the release of the prisoners. The government are understood to take a i Somewhat frivolous view of ~his crisis. However, the university authvrities are This advertisement was writtenby A. A. 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National entries : and cons sten~, his anticipation and g~al ance. Somary and Taylor started off can be followed; passes having been the origin of many well, winning all their bouts in their yet the form they fine attacking moves. Centre-half Pollard display must no~ has shown himself equally c~pable :n first foil pools; however, both were ¯ be counted on as attack and defence, co-,operating well eliminated in their second, Somary win. ~the norm of their with wing-halves Pearson and Brigge in ning only one fight in this, though that capabilities, fo~ moves which have split the opposing it is impossible one was against the champion (then backs. Lockhart hacked by B. Watson, and present). In the ladies’ foil ~)n the to gauge the together make a form dable array, hard chances of a oo break and quick to sla~ot. first day, our chief hope, Miss Selden, horse in such a The team is fast, positions well and was only second in her first pool and in tt race as the Grand shoots hard. Occasionally, loose mark- only just scraped through the semi- prac -National by his ing, mishandling and mistimed breaking finals¯ but on the second day revived to running in the sFoil many fine moves, but apart from gain fifth place on hits in the fir~al. only easier and shorte~ these faults our present form, given a Of the ,other two entrants, Miss park courses. Armstrong astonished us by fighting hem fog free bath, the team has every h~pe excellently, and Miss Hennig, nervous, To start with, of winning its next two matches and Wl these Grand as was to be supposed, in her first com- taking ~he winter league title. petition, suddenly in a last bout in her £itle~ National t r i a 1 Junior six undefeated this season. are usuatly run pool regained sufficient confidence to -this i Played ten, won ten; goals, for 45, take tvco hits off the reigning champion over three or against 7. Cole has made sevez:al fin~ ~jourr and then later to win two subsidaries three and a half solo scoring runs; Piggot and Good 4s sl miles, contrasting have improved and shown ability to play and take two others to four-three. with the testing well together. Lee and Skelly in defence In ~p~e, English .and Taylor both won uneal four and a half are the true pix, ots of the team, some- through to the semi-finals, English win- -that at Aintree, to- times robust, but always attacking, fre- ning all but one vf his bouts and in the be gether with the quently breaking through to score. one forcing the new champion to five- The higher and stiffer His record in goal (seven in ten games) four (four doubles). English also won ascei ifences; and it shows him to be safe and competent. through to the finals in sabre, Somary speci must be remem- Given time and experience, this team and Tayl’or being eliminated in the .are :- bered these Grand promises well. semi-finals. National horses Novices six, also in Junior League, (11 are in the midst PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS the show vigour and keenness. Terry holds need of a progressive them well, though more accurate pass- training scheme; ing on the bottom will bring them more H AIRCUTTING SERVICE -- 10/- for Three (2: !i s’o that it is wins. Four wins in nine games is highly Months. Maison Warner, 1 Leinster Street, ~rese~ almost to be ex- commendable, more so when one con- pected that they : Wl x’h0to " courtesy Independent Newspapers, Ltd. siders that several of this team are critic must be outrun ROYAL TAN IN ACTION truly novices and playing polo for the seho( by the fitter first time. as dc horses, not entered for Aintree. All in promise, and the going will be against Anyone interested in polo, Iveagh Dubl: fact that should be noticed at this stage him. Last year’s winner, Icelough, has Baths, 9-10 p.m., Tuesday nights. ducir is whether they are jumping welt and a seven pounds pull for half a length is bo are reaching the peak of fitness; and, beating by Copp, carying only 11-3.¯ will : ik: furthermore, with the Grand National in Copp should nevertheless win the ’Chase TRINITY ADVANCED IN view, no jockey is likely tv overtax his on his Gowran Park performance alone; LEAGUE CUP inevi mount, the extra distance should suit him. Copp medi~ The postponed Leopardstown ’Chase at the same time can be recommended Despite three defections from the and will take place on Saturday, and several as the best Irish entry for the Grand original selection, Trinity (the holders) milli~ interesting Grand National fancies will National, and at 20/1 represents a good .proved too strong for Vets. in what was !I: be seen in this race at Leopardstown. chance. a combined cup and league match, at Royal Tan, who has been disappointing Other hvrses to be followed this week College Park, by fvur goals to one. One lately, is expected to be saddled. His are Halloween, ff this high-class ’chaser newcomer to the senior grade was in- recent form does not display much runs at Wincanton .on Thursday. Filon cluded, J. Redmond, who gave quite a WHOLESALE II E D’Or should win the 2.0 at Kempton on creditable display at wing-half. Friday with his class. At Kempton on The pitch was in excellent condition Saturday, Altivo is worth backing; has and Trinity produced some govd football and progressed well. While in the Coventry in the first half. It was a revelation to Laundry in a hurry I¯ Hand’cap ’Chase, Galloway Braes is un- see inside forwards shooting, and David, likely to be beaten. who hit the post twice, was at last RETAIL "Colonel Tottering." rewarded when he turned Bello;s corner Left in at Harcourt St. by 9.30 into the net for the first goal after 15 minutes. I.t was nearly all Trinity in your "Sp cial" will be ready BOXING TRIUMPH this half, and Elder on the left-wing FISH scored two well-taken goals, the second that n ght Last week in the Irish Universities’ II $1 Boxing Championships, Trinity won six from a narrow angle, tv leave the half- POULTRY of the eleven bouts, including W. Chinn’s time score 3-0 in Trinity’s favour. An injury t~ Hyland, who has been COURT LAUNDRY walk-over, Orr, Gregory, Coote and Fox m winning their respective fights, while in mo st unfortunate in this respect GAME LTD. a special contest, T. McCarthy outboxed throughout the season, put the team G. O’Connor from R.S.C.I,. Under slightly out of gear in the second half: Chinn’s captainship, the College boxers And Vets. managed to make some con- and have made much progress, and can hold certed raids on the Trinity goal, but the ,’ f their own anywhere. defence succeeded in holding them off. McGloin broke away in a grand dribble, ICE and when coming to the back line MERCHANTS ’]’ i COMPETITION FOR centred the ball for Hannigan to head the ball home. Trinity seemed content I "TRINITY NEWS" with this, and in the dying minute Vets. RALEIGH e in.i.ggot onea consolation goal, leaving the ¯ , . , . , ...... lectures last Thursday, Dr. Lyons said: result 4-1. Suppliers to i " It is very difficult to lecture on Thurs- On the Trinity side, Bello, Elder and day mornings as I have to compete with David gave good performances in the I " Trinity News." Afterwards, genial forwards. Wheeler was sound at centre- TRINITY COLLEGEI I Dr. Lyons bought his copy of the paper, half, as was Cohen at full-back. RUDGE I ************ I LADIES BEAT GLASGOW, 8-2 ¯ L1 Trinity .always l~oked the better side J. Kirwan .and I. Hurst. t ¯ p( in their hockey match against Glasgow. The forwards were always ready to HUMBER In spite of the Arctic conditions, there receive passes from their own defence i was plenty of open, fast play. ¯ SI * * * * * * * * * * * and made the most of their opFor- J. Irvine put Trinity into the lead tunities. Ruth Harris (right-wing) led 20 & 21 Moore St. after five minutes with a rebound off the the Trinity attack and completely upset goalie’s pads. E. Benson, I. Hurst and the Glasgow de£ence with her excellent the greatest names J. Kirwan added further g~als, giving stickwork. J. Irvine and E. Benson com- DUBLIN Trinity a four-nil lead. bined well on the left side and they in cgcling The Glasgow forwards broke through always looked dangerous in the circle. the Trinity defenee and scored twice. E. K. Richardson (L.H.) distributed the ball Telephone : Telegrams : Benson netted again for Trinity, making evenly and dealt competently ~ith any the half-time score 5-2 t,o Trinity. 43191 (4 lines). " Pheasant, Dublin " Irish Bicycle Industries Ltd. Glasgow attacks. After the change over Trinity were It was a meritable win, considering DUBLIN always in the attack and were rewarded that Glasgow are the Scottish Univer- with three more goals by E. Benson, sity Champions. I "BLACKBYRNE’S, 37 Nassau Streetl MEN’S OUTFITTERS AND TAILORING - SPECIALISE IN CLUB BLAZERS, TIES AND SCARVES CONTRACTORS TO TRINITY COLLEGE Published by the Trinity News Comp~tny ~lnd printed by the Brunswick Press, Ltd.