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an- tosts lard e an i Thursday, 2nd February, 1967 ear Vol. XIV, no. 8 Price Fourpence ~ Dublin University Undergraduate Newspaper financial

TOWNLEY HALL was bought by the THE TRINITY HALL controversy has THE PROBLEMS of flat haute-cuisine ,College in 1957. It was, unfortunately, bug- raged over many a column in the various on a student budget sometimes seem insur- .infested and ramshackle, but, no doubt, it college publications. FOCUS this week pre- mountable. REALISTIC RECIPES on m ta’sas’er had immense potential. What has happened sents a dialogue between two eRtremis:e, page 5 shows how it can be done. This week :to it since? DAEDALUS on page 3. Page 4. mussels at 2/6d. a head .t

yearballs BIG CUT IN NON-IRISH STUDENTS OrThis Societies Ball, held on 24th January at Jury’s Hotel barely escaped finan- cial disaster with an over-all loss Intake of English to be of £70. The Ball, traditionally held in halved by 1970 the third week of Hilary Term, was one week earlier than in pre- vious years, and even though tic- By CHARLES DELAP ket sales began a week before term, response was surprisingly It was revealed last week that the Board has decided to cut drasti- low. eally the intake of non-Irish students. This decision was taken, on the recommendation of the Senior Tutor, at a meeting of the Board last By the Thursday prior to the Michaelmas term, but was made public only last week in the T.C.D. Ball only 30 tickets had been sold; column of the "Irish Times". since at least 100 would have been needed t.0 insure financial success, From next October, the intake of non-Irish students will be reduced an impromptu committee meeting to a maximum of 225 and a minimum of 150. Should the number be was held to discuss calling off a kept at 150, by the Academic year 1971-72 there would be only 600 potential fiasco. However, arrange- non-Irish students in the university, roughly 15°/o of the estimated total ments with Jury’s could not be student population of 3#00. cancelled at the last moment, and the Ball had to go on. om Commenting on the Board"s vas decision, the Senior Tutor, Mr The results were not as disas- ar- J. V. Luce said : "Irish admissions terous as expected though, and to ere Players get first the 120 people who attended, the to had gone up by 50°/° in two years eat and it was obvious that this trend evening was a success. As one the rights might be expected to continue." who was there put it, ’They made ..en For obvious financial reasons, he a good job of a bad situation.’ .m, df, Players have secured the first went on, "it was impossible to in- Stephen White, chairman of the ’m. European Amateur Performing crease the number of staff needed the 1967 Ball Committee said he he Rights of a new American play, to counteract the rapid growth in saw no reason why there should me "Hurrah for the Bridge", by Paul Mr. ]. V. Luce, Senior Tutor: "Some limit had to be imposed on Forster. student numbers. Some limit had not be another successful Major y’s to be imposed on the number of the number o[ [oreign admissions." Societies Ball, contrary to rumours :op It will be the Trinity entry for the One-Act-Play trophy in this admission." Mr. Luce pointed out that this year’s would be the last. C. year’s U.D.A. Festival. that the percentage of non-Irish ’It was a mistake to hold the Ball S. students had been falling for some H. The play is to be published in so early in term. This was not my by, Europe by John Calder, publisher years, since the General Studies NEW USI VENTURE decision, but it was an experiment ~f the controversial "Last Exit to course was limited to Irish students, which need not be repeated.’ Brooklyn", and will receive its or students who could show proof European premiere in February at of a suitable Irish or Trinity Newspaper for Universities ’Within these limits, I believe the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, connection. the Ball to have been a modest under the direction of ex-Players Before the general Studies re- success; and as aBall, it was more V. man Max Stafford-Clark. striction was imposed the percen- It seems most likely that by October Ireland will have a national than usually enjoyable.’ m. student newspaper. In his report to the USI Congress at Limerick, In Trinity the play will be pro- tage of non-Irish students was as Richard O’Toole, an ex-editor of UCG’s "Unity", recommended that an duced by Red Morris and Gill high as thirty per cent. The per- m. Hanna. Gill says that it is very centage will be reduced to 15% by Congress should agree to establish such a paper. The matter was I1- referred back to the executive, and is not ligely to be discussed until RED READING different and way-out, but not the early 1970’s. Mr. Luce said March. But since then there has been much speculation as to the m. shocking, unlike the Marat/Sade, that the reduction would be spread "Jeremy! What on earth future of "University Gazette". This has been based on the miscon- are you doing ?" another play for which Players se- as evenly as possible over all the ception that the national paper would be a rival to Gazette, or even V. cured the first amateur perform- faculties, " naturally the reduction "Cressida, there are times US, ing rights. The cast will include will tend to be greater in the that it might try to take it over. when even I must question ,/vlalachy Lawless and Gregory schools where the pressure of Irish your intuitive genius. I’m Joe Murray of University read!rig " Chambers, and the play promises applicants is increasing fastest." Gazette said "financially, Gazette ~TI. to be another winner for players. "1 can see that. But in The Treasurer, Mr. Winkel- would be in favour of a mer- Freedom of speech they’re such weird letters". mann, explained the financial im- ger", but he was quick to point " I’m trying, under some- plications of the reduction. He ue out "that Gazette wished to pre- Anmesty International, a group what difficult circumstances, 15 Student Vacations estimated that the displacement of serve its independence. An amal- who aims to inspire a more uni- to learn some Russian. an non-Irish by an Irish student gamation might well lead to a versal acceptance for the ideals of Specially reduced student travel Actually you see Russia is a would result in an average loss to magazine too much concerned freedom of speech and freedom of very important country and ararngements by Rail, Air and the College of £45 per head per ty Boat to with politics, and Gazette is de- opinion, is gaining a more secure we’ve got to understand it annum. Non-Irish students pay a signed to cater for wider interests". footing in Trinity. Two groups, ge PARIS, MARSEILLES, if we’re to live with it. surcharge of 50~/o on their fees. The executive of U.S.I. have under the leadership of Michael Besides Russian literature MILAN, ANCONA, The size of the Government grant unoffficially considered such a Brennan and Rickard Deasy, have VENICE, BARCELONA, has always been far in ad- in College did not necessarily rise merger, and concluded that it been set up and it is hoped that vance and much more pro- d- ATHENS, TEL AVIV in proportion to the growth in the 11. would not be in the best interests more will be formed soon. At pre- found than anything Europe Also inclusive Kibbutz Holidays student population. "A student’s of either paper. The intended jour- sent both these groups are concen- has produced ..." and holidays in Greece and the fees only pay for one third of his nal would not be a competitor to trating on effecting the release of Greek Islands. University education. other college publications, but political prisoners in countries as "Jeremy you’re unbear- ably pompous. Still I like All arrangements based on Mr. Sherlock of the students’ would be a "newsy" magazine varied as Spain, South Africa and special low student group rates. covering local, national and inter- Pakistan. those letters will you teach records office emphasised that the me some ? Jeremy you’re a Send for your brochure to restriction would have a very national affairs of general interest The chairman of Amnesty to students. Layout and presen- International in Trinity, Alan honey . . ." gradual effect. " If you reduce a "1 will not. There are HOSTS LTD., quota you can only reduce an in- tation would be a major concern, Matthews, has been given a seat, 50 VICTORIA STREET, and the views of ex-editors of ex-oNcio, on the-U.C.D, commit- some perfectly good, books take quota; the effect of this re- in Hodges Figgis . . . LONDON, S.W.1 duction will take approximate!y student papers would be sought on tee. A reciprocal move will be ar- four years to be seen fully." such matters. ranged in the near furore. trinity news thursday 2nd february--page two trinity news Letters to the brendan kennelly on Editor "’1 was happy here’"

Cass Healy returns from London where she has met, married and_ Trying to eat Sir,--Roughly 80°/~ of the run away from handsome, priggish Dr. Matthew Langdon, to renew undergraduates of this university her youthful romance with Colin, a young Clare fisherman who keeps are women. Mind you, I said a haft-bottle of Jameson Ten (and two glasses) in his Atlantic~ Last year the Buttery and Buffet showed a loss of £5,800. The "roughly" ~ these figures are as- cottage. Dr. Matthew turns up in Lahinch and stumbles about the treasurer admits that the fees play a significant part in absorbing this certained from my recent "random dunes looking for his wide-eyed little country lass, who is knocking back survey" when I asked 50 people deficit, and, in fact the £10 increase announced in August was neces- the Jameson with the fisherman. At the end, Cass discovers she can’t sitting in the buttery, 39 of whom have either fisherman or doctor, and makes the stunning statement, sitated by wage increases to, among others, domestic staff. were females. Now how does your "Poor Matthew! Poor Colin! Poor people!" Poor, poor film! With such an enormous deficit, the only argument for the con- "Drugs-in-College" correspondent tinued existence of Buttery and Buffet is that they are providing get his percentages? I Was Happy Here rings com- are worthwhile. Cyril Cusack steals pletely false from beginning to the thunder as Hogan, the devious,. services to the students. As Trinity students, are paying for these Yours etc., end. Sarah Miles as Cass Healy salty Hotel owner who knows services, they should be solely for their use but, at present, large Nick Robinson. never manages to create any im- Lahinch inside out and gives a numbers of U.C.D., College of Surgeons and other stray visitors are pression other than that of a brief delightful summary of its. coming in every day. The resuk is acute congestion at midday, so melancholy, moon-eyed little existence. There are some fine Dear Sir,~In your editorial of that lunch has become a frigthening ordeal requiring stamina to face phoney who can’t quite reconcile shots of the sea, the dunes, the- the 26th January, you assert that herself to the fact that she has shore; moonlit midnight views of the queue and ingenuity in the desperate search for a seat. the decision to affiliate to both the swapped Colin for Matthew, quiet streets, stumpy crosses and To satisfy the licensing requirements for the bar, a notice above I.S.C. and I.U.S. is ridiculous windy cottage for suburban house, gapped castles. And always, the the Buttery door limits admittance to members of "the Societies Club" and contradictory. Perhaps I and Lahinch’s elemental simplici- cries of seabirds that are much: (Trinity students) and their guests, who must sign their names in might just point out that this is ties for London’s grinding con- more real and meaningful than not at all so. Under the protocol a book. The efforts of the authorities to enforce this are negligible: gestion. Miss Miles is at her best the impoverished dialogue of the which U.S.I. will draw up with characters. one person has signed the book so far this term. when flying around on a bike; she I.U.S., and by the very fact of does this extremely well. She I havn’t read the original story Students’ must be given the facilities to eat a quick lunch between it being only an associate member should have done more of it and by Edna O’Brien, and if it’s any- 12 and 2 o’clock lectures, especially if these are at the far end of of I.S.C., U.S.I. is free to disas- given us less of the soft-spoken thing like the film, I don’t want College. As the crowds increase and more people go to eat at pubs, sociate itself from the international platitudes about life, love, lone- to. But one hopes that her story is motions of both organisations. If liness, London and Lahinch. In- more credible and infinitely less the Agent could do well to note who is paying for these services U.S.I. on the other hand accepts and make a serious effort to keep others out. stead, she turns doleful calf-eyes sentimental. Considering her that cooperation in the educatio- to Doctor Matthew, to fisherman novels, I am sure it is. But how W nal, social and cultural fields is Colin, and to the Academy audi- sad to have to spend a couple of ir to be the prime objective, then ence in a way that no doubt will hours squirming before a travesty the one organisation can only serve have them trotting Up and down when one might be strolling along to complement the other. tt To-night at the Phil Pearse Street for a few weeks. the quays. I wasn’t very happy rl The difficulty of the disparity A couple of things in the film there. a paper by Howard Kinlay between the associate-state of both a organisations springs from the fact Distinguished Visitors : that under such a bond I.U.S. late of English Dept. would allow U.S.I. a protocol PHILIP HOBSBAUM (Poet; through which it could be freed Queen’s, ). Rickard Deasy. from all association with political 8.15 p.m. (Tea 7.45) G.M.B. Ladies Welcome motions of which it disapproved, but in all other circumstances Private Business 7.30. would be allowed to carry a vote, while I.S.C. only endows the union with speaking rights. To be- !. come full members of I.S.C. MICROELECTRONICS would entail abiding by all ii motions including those "serving The weekend started early on exactly happy with the brief American and British imperia- Thursday with a supper party appearance of Richard Stevens TURBINES lism’ since no protocol could be given by Sheila Greene, Geraldine and Bob Stilwell as a ’Ha Ha" arranged. Chaplin and Mary HcCutcheon in cabaret. ’It’s the only way I can INSTRUMENTATION The Trinity S.R.C. has been their Ranelagh palace. Anne get to parties these days,’ said; fully aware of these problems, but McFarran was to be seen keeping Richard. A bit like Tony Lowes MOTORS at no time has the present council up with the joneses, though who must experience similar diffi- LOCOMOTIVES disagreed with the idea of U.S.I. whether it was Simon or Hike is culty since he’s been complaining becoming affiliated to the I.U.S. a debatable point. Clare Gaynor, that I haven’t mentioned him for To say that the Trinity delegation insulated in tinfoil, drunk the ages. Feeling better, Tony? NAPIER EXPORT is hardly representative of this soup so successfully she couldn’t Having heard much about ’I’m University questions the whole remember where Nick Greville lovable’ Vaughan’s efforts as disc AUTOMATION concept of democracy arid the right was to leave her home. On second jockey at the Intercontinental, LECTR|C DOItMAN of the government to represent its thoughts, perhaps it was his Im- Sunday saw me trying to get to people. pact and not the soup. the base of this confidence trick. Yours faithfully, Friday was the Boat-Club Noise Surprisingly though, he was quite COMPUTERs Ronald Wicklow, Competition, held by Hessrs. good--it must have been Jenny S Hon. Treasurer, S.R.C. Proctor, Neville and Bowen. Es- Laird and ’ Hush ’ Hartnell’s help. ,MARCONI ENGLISH caping from my hosts with my An Evening Press photographer virtue well intact, I went to see was attracted by Anne Craw- ford’s Instant Undress trouser DIESELS Dear Sir,--Your short report what Chris Forbes could do about it. He alas was too busy threaten- suit, although the end result was commenting on the HIST and the quite modest. I always knew the Two of these words combine to name ’OBSERVER’ MACE included ing to bare his hairy (?) chest to public view. Press faked the facts. Jerry Pierce the leading electrical, electronic, and some inaccuracies. was there celebrating his Friday mechanical engineering company in Britain (1) The Hist. does not "refuse to Chris shouldn’t have been at poker win. It’s a pity he’s shaved return the Observer Mace". Christopher Wright’s and John off his beard--perhaps the wins t i!¸~ and the Commonwealth (2) No "Strongly worded letter Martin’s dinner dance at the will be a little harder to come South County, but it’s amazing YOU KNOW ? Well if you would like to know from the paper has been re- by now. The other Miss Roberts, more about English Electric--those two words ceived." how he manages to turn up who’s not anonymous, was there which include by definition all the others-- (3) Consequently it was not everywhere. Pity John Hale gorging with Des McCullagh; send a postcard for a copy of Graduates in "Announced at last week’s doesn’t have the same success. she’s lucky the food’s so good. English Electric, to R. S. WIGNALL, UNIVERSITY private business." Diana Roberts tried to remain LIAISON OFFICER, 336 STRAND, LONDON WC2. (4) The Committee of the Hist. anonymous, but she was so cap- Many men and women graduates consider small have not, "declined to com- tivated by Richard Woods’ companies better for key opportunities. ENGLISH ply at least to the semi-finals Cheshire Cat grin that she spilled ELECTRIC can offer similar opportunities in its stage. the beans. For a change, Eve PRODUCT GROUPS and SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES Bonham wore her hair and not which are self-contained businesses--but with (5) So it is wrong to say that the enormous resources of the whole company this alleged action was due skirts high, although she wasn’t at their disposal. Its five RESEARCH .~. to "the tardiness of the Ob- LABORATORIES offer similar opportunities server pa.ying for the costly to University Research Departments. ..1~.. (which ~t was not) re- CARDS-N-NOVELTIES J. M. Nestor Ltd. engraving of the Mace". THOMAS J. KELLY 6 LOWER BAGGOT STREET ~h ReminderSee the Appointments/ Officer Yours faithfully, ii¯ / f ~’~ about English Electric ~ ~ ~ (Me~-rien Row End) ~,~ oo~ ~,~o R. Brian Williamson, 193 Pearse St., Dublin 2 TO INDUSTRY Tel : 61058 Auditor, C.H.S.

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trinity news thursday 2nd february~page three

Mike Welch mouthpiece...

It’s a shame that more students What is your guaranteed pick-me-up? nd~ aren’t aware of all the good things ~W College offers them. Some things Talking to my teddy bear. :ps never attain the fame they deserve. Cornflakes with condensed milk, champagne and four Alka- tic The Werner Chemical Society, for Selzers. :he example, may he a specialist Four cherries in a glass of Babycham. iek group, but so is Players. By nature Writing a letter to myself, and pinning it on front gate marked "urgent" fi~t of the latter’s oral power, however, Stealing toilet chains to add to my collection. nt,. it seldom fades into oblivion. It may not be surprising to find a Three houra wallowing in tTze bath with a good book. Society For Nuclear Disarma- A bar of fruit and nut chocolate. als ment, but it is enlightening to dis- Writing passionate love letters to an old flame and not pc:Tting then,. US, cover that its Chairman is a A pot of apricot jam. ,WS Nobel prize winner. O: a But further anomalies exist. Col- Spending a preposterous amount of money on books that aren’t on my its coume, and I have no intention of reading, but lovely on my shelves ine lege owns a funny house in the Stealing tins of beetroot from Williams. the country. A funny old house. Built , ,!). of in 1794, it was coincidentally de- Dreaming of the death of a No. 10 bus conductor. Lnd signed by Francis Johnson. Des- A stick of bootlace liquorice. ’ i’. the cribed by the AA Guide as a The Zoo, monkeys, and AI McDowall. "Georgian Mansion", its past few lch Writing letters to Evelyn Home. /i lan years have been anomalous. It the stands four miles west of Drog- The Funnies, fleas, and automatic photo machines. heda, not far from the Boyne, and Attending a lecture. is a veritable haven of peace and i~¸ ory quiet. Barren might be a better Buying a new pair of ridiculously frilly, and utterly useless nickers.. ay- word. The Manhattan in the small hours. ant A trip to Townley Hall is a Making paper darts out of copies of Trinity News. r is pleasant way to spend a day. It ,ess. was, of course, in poor condition Feeding the ducks in Stephen’s Green. her when its present owners bought it Sitting in front of the fire eating toasted crumpets dripping with .OW in 1957, but who would have butter. of guessed it was ripe with nasty old :sty Reading Beano. ::i’; bugs? Certainly not the buyers, or Getting off the bus without paying my fare. mg the two Committees of ten that ~Py run it. Still, a few bugs only cost Practising handstands -- in private. , ~i¸ a few thousands to scare away, Giving the lie to the social worker image is Gill Croasdaile, a The Wicklow Hills, a fast car, a beautiful girl and a puncture. and there it was, that funny old participant in last week’s Social Studies Conference. house. There was, of course, a ter- of the new university at Bradford, telligence of students in Mid-wes- rible danger of vandalism, if the the Vice-President of the student SPOTS larcenists could ever wend their tern Canada. BOLLS PIMPLES around government was sending a letter of Cambridge: At King’s Col- way up the various drives and protest to him. There seemed to lege, next October, there will be weren’t too overcome by the gran- be some discrepancy between the a 30-year-old freshman, Mr. dure of the surrounding forests. So Freeze and the installation, which Travor Bibey. He has won a the owners sentenced one of their the was estimated at £100,000. scholarship from Harlech College, own to be a caretaker, and the wife of the Registrar -- who had Uppsala, Sweden: A Canadian in Wales, to read Economics. He always taken a keen interest in universities student advertised for "a liberal left school at 15, was a coal-miner the property herself -- settled in- girl . . . who would like to have for 12 years, and then went to DO THEY Toronto: A new computer a child without marrying". No Harlech ~ a residential adults’ to a converted centrally heated college --:, for ] 8 months. SPOIL YOUR flat there, probably only slightly named Cupido, has recently been reply, as yet. mollified by a small stipend for installed. It selects compatible Saskatchewan; Students have Sheffield: Three Red Chinese FUN ? her relentless virgil. marriage partners, using question- cashed false cheques to the value students refused to h a v e (Visual) naire data. To date it has made of 42,000 dollars, to pay their their pictures taken for Sheffield READ NOW WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT At first, the locals say, there only one blunder -- introducing University’s ’Darts’. They were THE MARVELLOUS MASCOPIL TREATMENT was some talk of teaching agricul- college fees. Authorities think afraid, it seems, of pol/tical recri- " . . . at last something that actually works." a brother and sister. about half of these have been ~A.],P., Radley College, ture and that sort of thing, but the m/nations and are reported to ". . . after using your product, you I~ve generous representative of Kel- Bradford: While Mr. Wilson cashed by mistake, not delibera- done for me whet four different doctors was being installed as chancellor tely. It speaks highly for the in- have claimed that ’reports of couldn’t do for me in six years and you have logs, who had supplied a nice bloodshed in China recently have done it all in one week." ---G.L., West Wickham. [d tittle grant, arrived to see how the been fabricated by the British ".. ¯ My face was a mass of spots but they m. students were faring way up there have almost gone now." ~ C.C., Enfield. Jisc Press, and are completely untrue.’ Mascopil is the new effective formula which in the wilds. All he found were a works from within the syste~where the tal, Queens : Queens University trouble really startsl Just swallow two pills to few bemused locals. "Students, have decided ~ according to a a day--what could be simpler? mister? You must be joking". Send P.O. now for thLs month’s special ick. random sample survey ~ that Mascopil offer (30 days’ supply at only 8/6d. rite So Mr. Kellog took his money "ORCHARD GLOW" they would not support U.K. en- post free) to away. Very temperamental, these ~n)- try into the Viemam war; the U.S. CROWN DRUG COMPANY elp. rich Americans. Then, of course, The new cider that equals any French wine in strength, body soldiers are not ’Soldiers of Christ’ her "the bottom fell out of agricul- and flavour. as Cardinal Spellman claims; and DEPT. T.N,, BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE ture." And one of Ireland’s other ~lW- that they do not want a Commu- naughty Colleges bought a bigger ONLY 4/6 A BOTTLE OR 21/- A GALLON nist Vietnam settlement. iser and better place, so the few agri- Hag Obtainable through Mr. Ivan Cosby, c/o Hist. Keele: Keele University has TO RENDEZVOUS IN the ’culture students left forgot all left the National Union of Stu- about Townley Hall. But some en- THE QUIET ELEGANCE .~rce Orchard Products Ltd., Kil[~dmond, Borris, Co. Carlow. dents after a disagreement over iii day terprising Trinity students, and the the methods oF electing officers OF DUBLIN’S MOST old members of the Registrar’s red to the Council. WELCOMING INN ~ins family, began painting and clean- ing and cooking. The Library ; ,ll )me came and sorted all the books. All ENTERTAIN PRONOUNCE IT " GUY " ADAM lere~ sorts of good work was done by AT THE SPELL IT all sorts of good little students YOUR NEAREST RICE’S hgh; MANSHOP IS AT J. over the past decade. For no pay, TOP OF GRAFTON ST. 2}. of course. georgia GAJ 10 DUKE LANE But golly, there still wasn’t ’! d much you could do with Francis FIND IT Johnson’s pride. Not until the 00144 Commission on Higher Education 132 LOWER BAGGOT ST. !:-! came out and told us what to do METROPOLE The Blue Lantern Steak-House with it. So a few societies came up over the weekends and held Dining... Dancing Excellent Meals Table d’H6te Dinner & A La Wine Licence until midnight BEST FOOD AT BEST PRICES seminars and took long walks Carte Very Reasonable Prices through the forest, peeked at the No Cover Charge , r animals, and admired College’s Licensed to midnight Chatham Street off Grafton Street wisdom in buying such a nice Sundays Open Informal Dress. from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. place for their weekends -- all Luncheons daily (except |0 a.m. to 2 a.m. 850 acres of it. Sundays) 12.30--3 p.m. Table GAJ’s ARE GOOD And that’s the story of Townley d’Hote or full A La Carte. ~i! i~ Hall, that funny old house. ilii:

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Trinity Hall

Each year ,Trinity Hall accepts Mike Welch You are extremely welcome at any tic, and men are now allowed in about 50 girls¯ Some loathe it, time between midday and 10.30 the common-room until mid- others adore it. Few are indifferent p.m. As one who has lived in night. Hall throughout her college career, Although late-leave may be ob- ~it’s not easy to be when you’re I do not find that the residents are tained almost anytime you want paying £6 p.w. more unnaturally sex-starved than it, it entails hard-bargaining with "It carries the usual stigma of anyone else in College. the warden, and the limit is still any women’s hall of residence; "Oh how often have I longed 3.30 a.m. anyone who stays there is assumed to savage those pure pale walls Trinity Hall may be more libe- to be either an empire-building ("girls are warned that anyone ral than a boarding school, yet girl-guide, or a shrinking down- defacing the walls will be presen- girls still have to share rooms and trodden violet¯" ted with charge for re-decora- obey institution regulations. Some It is surely the hall-mark of tion") to file through the black concessions are made to age ~ a tc immaturity to buck against all window-bars out to the tantalising sophister is given a key. But sign- a~ authority, to refuse to conform to fresh green of the vegetable patch ing in and out, late leave and com- re any rules¯ beyond, with the weight of count- pulsory grace at meal times leave c( "For some girls constant hot less rooms and girls above and the resident little lee-way for per- st water cancels out the irk of having around one, crushing me into the sons! eccentricities. to obtain leave for after midnight." earth." And one pays for the comforts. For the gay bird who lives the Trinity Hall existence can be £6 a week buys accommodation, social life of Trinity to the full, favourably compared with that of 2 meals a day, and hot water. there is no limit to the number life in a flat or digs. Almost every They are there whether you are of late passes¯ Compare this to amenity, good food, medical care, there or not, so private budgeting some American halls of residence and, above all, stability. There are for a "lean" term is impossible. where the girls have no late passes no worries over profiteering land- Add to this the bus fares into col- at all. A grim corridor deep in the heart of Trimty Hall. ladies, and lousy beds. lege, and Hall must be only a A: "The majority of the rooms re- The candidates for Trinity Hall borderline case of economic via- lo pulse every advance you might lities; one’s room cleaned and hoard." are selected at random, some pre- bility, y( make, in the form of shocking one’s food prepared? Saturday tea is a very informal ference being given to girls from The choice is all too apparent. pink ¯sheets and pin-ups of Omar- "Tea time is a rat-race: at auar- affair, rather on a first-come first- unstable homes. The 50 chosen The freedom and problems of a Sherff on the notice board¯ Even " -* ’ " y j ter to four everybody whos served basls, are pro portlonatel " ad usted to re- flat, or. the securit, . Yand .....institu- a potent status-symbol like a around is limberin~ up in the com- "To say that we are all one present every faculty, tionalisation o~ ~au. It renects J’ack painted roadwork lamp, mon-room, five to four and its big happy family is unrealistic. The students are represented by poorly on the confidence the would leave them the same stub- ",m ,,our marks b,, the time the The onN men in si~,ht are Paddy a Committee which, although it authorities have in the student, born boxes." buzzer goes at four everyone has and the~night-watc~man. The a; claims to have a say, has modified that they must have a detailed des- Where else could one have a hot raided the buttered wonderloaf mosphere is powerfully feminine but little. A clock is installed in- cription of where the latter is bath any time of the day or night; and nice-crispy cakes, and subse- and boarding-schooly." stead of a signing in ritual with going, when she is going to be in, rooms centrally heated; ample quently retires rapidly, laughing Men should not criticise Hall the night-watchman. Meal times and what she is going to do before washing, drying and ironing faci- fiendishly, with their secreted until they have experienced it. have been made slightly more elas- they can allow her out.

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Recipe.. Than k you/or ha.hoe me tom no[an Mouhs Normande I thought I knew it all. What Angela Talbot in ’Woman’ hadn’t Trinity have never won the Law: quiet for periods of a game taught me, house parties for pony-club dances had. Yet, when recently The low cost of Mussels (about Collingwood Cup. Last year they but deadly when he strikes. His I found myself making all the stock mistakes, I thought it was time one shilling feeds the average gar- gantua) in Dublin and delicious were beaten finalists. Now, with fiery temperament may also be to run over the general keys to success in going to stay with people. a fortnight to go before the com- compared to Law’s I Take some flowers to your hostess. This is a winner and will cancel flavour makes them an ideal petition, TOM NOLAN, the cap- out the mini-skirt and the dirty car on which your brother has written choice for dinner or a one course tain, has prepared a team which Off the field Tom has few such rude words. buffet. stands an excellent chance of bring- quiet moments. As a singer of the Usually you’ve come for some- thing in drawers, because under Moules Normande Serves Six ing home the trophy, thing in particular -- or at least the pretext of putting a hot water 6 Dozen mussels Dublin-born Tom went to Eng- if the something didn’t exist when bottle in your bed, someone will ¼ pint good cider land with his parents at the age you were first invited, it does now. come in and have a good look ~- pint cream of nine. It was there that he con- This is probably a dance, or a round. Put your nightdress out, verted from rugby to soccer. dinner party, or a combination. and set the alarm for 9 a.m. What- 1 medium shredded carrot Now he is a talented inside- ,?i: ..,!< e- There is also a boyfriend, real or ever your hostess says about lying I medium chopped onion forward and a dedicated foothaller. potential somewhere about, and in, you should appear before quar- 1 Bay leaf It is almost impossible to imagine Big Mother is watching you. ter to ten. There is something em- Sprig of parsley him wishing to turn his ability to Qe The rules are basic. Remember barrassing about being discovered Black pepper any other sport. a to say ’please’ and ’thank you’, in a crude slumber at 11.30 when As it is, he has had soccer n- adopt an attitude of cheerful defe- it’s too late to have breakfast and 3 oz. butter. colours every year since coming to ri- rence, don’t talk too much, and everyone has been up since nine. PREPARATION: Scrape and College in 1963 to study Bio- ve come with suitable clothes in a But just in case, that’s what the beard mussels, rinsing under run- chemistry. Before that he cap- :r- suitcase you’re not ashamed of. biscuits are for. ning cold water. Add a dash of tained St. Michael’s College, This suitcase (the days of hav- The worst is over. You’ve made bicarbonate of soda to cooking Hitchin 1st XI and the Hertford- i)1,! ing them unpacked for you are your first impression, and it will liquor as a precaution. shire Co. Schools. In 1966 he won gone, thank heaven) should con- last. Fold up your own sheets, and Saut6 carrot and onion until the his first Irish Universities cap 6. tain, in addition to normal requi- when you write to say thank you, latter is transparent. Add parsley, against Wales. sites, an ashtray, an alarm clock, sound as if you mean it and don’t bay leaf, pepper and cider and Only last week Tom was offered very best in sporting songs he has some digestive biscuits and a roll try so hard to vary the fomula simmer for ten minutes. Add mus- a trial for the Athletic Union few rivals in College. The enter- of Andrex. that you fall into the trap of the sels cover saucepan and steam, League side. He declined because tainment he provides at Soccer Take eye makeup off on the 8-year old who wrote, shaking constantly until mussel he felt it more important to play Club and Knights of the Campa- ’ii!n Andrex, not on those linen heir- ’Dear Aumie, shells open. Remove top shells and with Trinity before the Coiling- nile functions is memorable. looms called hand towels; before Thank you for my weekend. I arrange mussels in a large heated wood Cup. This is the measure Tom has also encouraged a 7ou leave the room, conceal every- was very nicely had.’ serving platter. Keep warm. of the spirit of Tom’s captaincy. subtle sense of humour amongst ’!i! Reduce cooking liquid to haft One member of the team des- his clubmates. There is at least original quantity. Thicken if neces- cribed his captain as "an inspired one publican in Cork who would sary by adding a beurre mani~, player"--a kind of Trinity Denis agree to that ..... MOONEYS BARS (cream together two ounces of but- ter with one ounce of flour). Cor- Visit rect seasoning and pour sauce D A V I E S’S THE COLLEGE MOONEY over mussels; serve immediately. Cost per head: less than 2s. 6d. SECRETARIAL TRAINING ki: College Street i1,. Peter Heseltine Intens;ve six months’ and SIGN OF THE ZODIAC fourteen weeks’ courses for McDavid’s University Graduates and Grafton Mooney ;; ~" Harry Street older studentl (women). 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Hurley Union in the last century. But we refused to join weaknesses must be counteracted. the G.A.A. on its foundation. from then was no~ Hurling is in a worse state than football¯ Only one played in College until 1960. Similarly, there is no team exists, and it occasionally has to borrow from the record of a Trinity football team until the 1950s, when the opposition to make up its numbers. This term, Trinity new team thrice won the Duke Cup for Dublin Colleges. are hosts in the , the Irish Universities’ This season the football club is probably better known hurling championship¯ They cannot be expected to win to students than ever before, because, for the first time ever the trophy, but, if they are to justify their existence, they two teams can be fielded and the club is participating in must at least make U.C.G. fight to win their place in the Amongst the weakest and least organised sports in more competitions¯ The increased publicity they have final¯ College are Ireland’s national games, received in this newspaper may also have strengthened As an Irish University, it is important that the College and hurling. A report of the latest, and not unusual, them. should have a G.A.A. club of some repute¯ The last two defeat of the footballers can be seen elsewhere on this Yet victories are still few. Training, since the Sigcrson captains have begun good work, which must be continued. page. Cup last term, has been non-existent, and organisation is The club is young, and if the required strength and depth Gaelic games have had a chequered history in Trinity. at a minimum. As yet no colours have been awarded in are to be developed, training and organisation must be True, we were one of the six founder members of the Irish the club and no tour has ever been planned¯ These real priorities in the future.

, 1 GAELIC FOOTBALL SOCCER Trinity go down in mud Narrow victory !: Trinity ...... 4 St. Patrick’s T.C ...... 2-11 Trinity ...... 0-0 Davis Celtic ...... 3

Trinity’s Gaelic footballers re- chance with strong shots to the top Trinity just overcame strong ceived another mammoth beating corners¯ At half-time they led by opposition from Davis Celtic in at the hands of St. Patrick’s Train- 2-7 to nil. College Park on Saturday by the odd goal in seven. The score ing College, Drumcondra last The second period was much Sunday. The final score was 2-11 suggests a memorable game for more even, St. Patrick’s adding the spectator and Trinity did in to nil for the visitors in the only four points to their tally. But McKenna Cup game, the Irish fact play some noteworthy foot- Trinity could not convert. The ball despite the unfavourable con- Universities’ and Colleges’ Fresh- Cork minor full-back was a tower men’s trophy. ditions¯ of strength in St. Pat’s defence--no Celtic started well with two After only two minutes, St. Pat’s one could pass him. scored a point, closely foiiowed by quick goals and the Trinity de- two more. Trinity!s first scoring The final scoreline demonstrates fence was subjected to constant chance came when, three points the true run of play. But Trinity pressure for most of the first half. down, they were awarded a gave many fine individual perform- However, REANEY reduced the ances¯ Newcomer M. LAVIN Trinity/orwards Peter Evans and Rob Davies advance on a loose arrears with a fine angled shot and penalty. But D. O’CONNOR hit ball in last Saturday’s" game with Terenure. the ball out of the mud straight had an excellent day at half-back, after the interval NOLAN equalised into the arms of the falling as did J. COX. In the centre field for Trinity from the penalty spot. goalkeeper. D. CRAIG did a lot of strong run- RUGBY Minutes later, Celtic regained the Few more openings came to ning, well supported by his part- lead with a superbly-taken goal. them in the first half. The Train- ner, J. MILLS. D. O’CON- This goal proved to be a blessing ing Colleg.e scored two goals in as NOR was the best of the forwards. in disguise, as Trinity immediately many rmnutes, when defensive As one spectator said after the Senior cup holders ’raised the level of their play and blunders left two opposing for- game, Trinity’s mistake was that NONO levelled the scores with a wards unmarked six yards out. they tried to play classy football penalty awarded after he had been They gave the Trinity ’keeper no under terrible weather conditions. obstructed. This goal rattled Celtic and with only four minutes left GOLF LADIES’ HOCKEY for play, NONO scored his second fall to Trinity goal to give Trinity victory. Victory and defeat First success BASKETBALL In the first match of the term, Trinity ...... 3 Terenure ...... 0 the Golf Club, playing the "offi- Trinity 2 St. Raphael’s ...... 1 Tryfon stars cial" Colour match of last season Trinity scored a fine win over Leinster senior cup holders Terenure against Queen’s, ¯ Were beaten at Lakelands Park on Saturday. The Trinity forwards dominated the The D.U. Basketball Club had rather heavily. At the same time Success came at last to Trinity match for long periods, Roberts, Davies and Chamney having complete one of their finest victories last they were able to avenge a crash- at Templeogue on Saturday when control in the line-out, while Evans, Buchanan and Heywood were always Friday when they beat U.C.D. ing defea~ by Skerries two years they recorded their first victory of prominent in the loose. by 45-41. The game was in the ago. the season after weeks of fruit- first division of the Dublin .league. ¯ In the Lounamer Trinity should. less endeavour. The 2~1 win DOYLE kicked off for Terenure tely after this Trinity were At half-time National led by have gone into lunch with a cond over St. Raphael’s was well who were soon deep in the Trinity awarded a penalty for a serum in- 24-17, but Trinity made a mira- vincing lead, but Queen’s second merited, and there was a time in fringement and MURPHY made no culous recovery. Top scorer was the second half when it looked half. However, Trinity worked mistake with the easy kick. The and favourite pairs scraped their way up the touchline and the College captain, A. TRYFON, a win. Ill : the top match as if the margin would be much Trinity pack piled on the pressure who notched 18 points. Other POLLIN and Ei~LIOTT had a con- greater, but it was the opposition were soon pressing hard. KEANE and play was almost exclusively scorers were ]. HAMILTON (11) vincing victory. who were pressing at the end and was stopped just short of the line in the Terenure 25. In fact it D. DUBUQUE (9) and P. WOODS In the aftemoon~ matches Trinity must stay the distance bet- and HUTCHINSON was just wide wasn’t m~til the final quarter that (7). Trinity started very slowly, and ter if they are to win regularly. with a drop at goal. HERRON Terenure managed to launch an Trinity must again play U.C.D. found themselves struggling in In the middle of the first half then had a fine run after linking assault on the Trinity line. But this Saturday, when the annual conditions which’ b~Came worse. a concentrated Trinity attack was up with Heywood, but play was they found full-back MURPHY in Universities’ Championships take Bunbury managed to save rewarded when SANDRA TAYLOR brought back into the Trinity half magnificent form. His handling of place in the gym. Queen’s obtaining a clean sweep. scored from close range. St. following a long dribble by COLE- the greasy ball was superb and his Raphael’s showed signs of equali- MAN. Terenure were now slightly touch-kicking lengthy and accu- sing before half-time, but in the on top and DOYLE was just w~de rate. The match ended with second half Trinity took complete with a penalty attempt. Trinity Trinity once more on the Tere- Go Ilo REMINDER command and centre forward soon took control again, as nure line but just unable to add SUSAN BROCK-UTNE who con- DON0VAN almost broke through to their three points. A very good THE BEST PHARMACIST stantly harriet the St. Raphael’s just before half time. performance that augurs well for defence, scored a fine goal from After ten minutes of the second the Leinster Cup later in the Blood Transfusion Unit a burst through and victory looked half Trinity yet again won posses- term. P. J. O’BRIEN secure. However, St. Raphael’s sion from a line-out 40 yards TEAM--G. F. Murphy, D. Beck, A. 52 DAWSON STREET, in Exam Hall staged a spirited recovery, scored from the opposition line. The ball Ray, Ray, D. Donovan, R. Herron; DUBLIN 2 once, and might have equalised but went out to DONOVAN who made R. C. Hutchinson, R. B. Keane; D. for some stout tackling by full- another good break before the Buchanan (Capt.), A. Harrison, P. Today and Tomorrow Evans, R. Davies, M. Roberts, J. TEL.: 74108, 72076 backs MARION PIKE and MERIEL movement broke down five yards Chamney, D. Heywood, C. Hawke$- PHILP. from the line.. Almost immedia- wirth. Traditional Atmosphere in CHRISTY’S Trocadero Congenial Surroundings CUT YOUR HAIR THE APCK LINCOLN’S INN WAY YOU WANT IT SILVER SNACKERY Student Rates -- -I LINCOLN PL., DUBLIN FOR PAPERBACKSI Tel.: 62978 ~iRht of Lincoln Gate Now open in ANDREW ST.

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