EVELYN TENT makes her trinit bow on page six, more vitriolic than ever.

THE RISE AND FALL OF %[ UNIVERSITY’S NEWSPAPER PRIVATE EYE ~ examined by Charles Dutton (page 5). Thursday, 27th October, 1966. Vol. XIV, No. 1 Price Threepence i, NEW COLUMNS "i "Trinity News " Ten Years J 98 0 of landladies Ago, compiled by Gordon Godfrey (page 5); Broad- bent, edited by Pepeta I Harrison (page 6); The say"no coloureds Bird Walk (mainly for the birds) edited by Jenny .? Storey (page 6).

need apply" BIAS appears, aided and abetted by Steven Harris Only 10 of the 600 land- following the notorious Green and William Young (page ladies on Trinity’s list will Tureen case, when an Indian 5). take coloured students. Of student was convicted of the these even less will take murder of a young Irish girl "Africans." whose body was found INCREASED NEWS AND SPORT COVERAGE AND This startling fact emerges hacked to pieces in a Dublin from some recent surveys restaurant’s cellar. COMMENT. over the vacation into the Students as a whole tend problem of student accom- to be living further from the city centre each year. The modation in Dublin. So ’ i:! average price for a single ,) I ’ serious indeed has the situ- Launderette by ,! ation become (" It is now room and partial board is practically impossible to now 5 guineas, but many next year find rooms for coloured offers of accommodation are students ") t h a t College refused because they are too It now seems as though far out. This year students, authorities have had to set Miss Chloe Sa)’er, this ),ear’s Miss Fresher PHIL McMASTER that much-aired plan to have aside rooms in College for and especially male students, a launderette in College may coloured Freshmen, in con- are being more exacting in be consummated at last, by trast to the general policy of their demands than ever be- the end of next year. fore. Many expect such not allowing "Freshets" to The S.R.C. Survey of last live in. "luxuries " as study-bed- Mini-skirted Miss Fresher rooms with desks, but such year indicated a large amount A fall in the number of requests as these are almost of student support for the coloured students entering impossible to fulfil.. puts Trinity before modelling venture. College authorities Trinity in the last few years, Male students, as well as have given the project a due perhaps to the higher being more demanding, also The frenzy of Freshers’ boost by saying that it would entrance standards, h a s She hoped that her mini- Miss Fresher’s bouquet flap if they are not immedi- Week reached a climax on skirts would not be frowned was given by Watson’s of seem to be economically meant, however, that the ately fixed up with rooms. last Saturday night with the viable, even if the support is problem appears less severe upon by College authorities Nassau St., and Morgan’s In general, men are preferred election of Chloe Sayer as as none of her skirts were less presented a large bottle of not quite as great as that re- this year than it has been in in lodgings, but women in vealed by the survey. Half Ljother years. Miss Fresher 1966. than 4 inches above the knee. sherry. fiats and bed-sitters. There The result of the com- Hardly waiting for the the students asked, said they The attitude towards has been a large increase this petition, sponsored by Trinity award, three professional would use a College coloured students had been year in the number of re- News, was announced by the " Freshmen," Ben Milling- Freshets’ week launderette if it were estab- lished. improving but took a sudden search students and staff Editor to an Examination ton Buck, Simon Boler and Alan Stott, Chairman of turn for the worse in 1964 seeking accommodation. Hall packed solid with Simon McCall, carried the Freshers’ Week, praised the The main stumbling block dancers. Other judges were winner shoulder high for the participation of Freshers on at the moment is accommo- H u g h O’Neill, financial benefit of clicking photo- the programme of the week. dation. A cellar is technically editor of , graphers. He also paid tribute to his unsuitable and alternative and Pepeta Harrison, fashion The choice of Chloe, who committee, to the S.R.C. and space is limited. The most Trinity students to march editor of Trinity News. wore a white woollen mini- to the academic staff for their likely position for the Chloe, a 19 - year - old skirt, with a nine inch split hard work. launderette appears to be in Londoner and former model, in front, attracted the " Some of the administra- the Paddock (the area to the on U.S. embassy is studying Modern Lan- national new~papers and on tive officers of the Univer- north of Nos. 33-37). guages and hopes to be an Sunday she spent the after- sity," he said, "were not as Michael Adams, President actress." This honour came noon on top of Liberty Hall co-operative as they should of the S.R.C., commented: A peace march to the U.S. approval of conditions in as a complete surprise to being photographed for the Vietnam and call Irish have been. Some times I felt "I am cautiously hopeful Embassy is planned by the me," she said laughingly. Daily Mirror. that certain officers resented that the launderette will Irish United Nations Student students to take a stand," the presence of students in be in existence by next Association to protest against said Kenan Atiyah of the the University and regarded summer." the war in Vietnam. Trinity branch. them as unnecessary irritants "We want to demonstrate Support for the march Republican club in the smooth running of to the Irish public our dis- has come from the Fabians, the College machine. The W e e k, financed by COBBLESTONE the Voice of Vietnam Com- CONVERSE mittee, the Labour Students’ the Saturday night dance, Association, and there will formed in Trinity appears to have pleased most " Where on earth are S.R.C. motion also be representatives from Freshers. Very few had any you off to now?" asked the College of Surgeons and A Republican club has at from members of the public, complaints, although some Timothy. "1 thought we The following motion will last been set up in the muttered complaints a n d were going to have lunch from Queen’s, as well as wished for a conducted tour be discussed at an extra- College w h i c h produced shock at outspoken posters of the College. Many hoped together." ordinary meeting of the many trade unionists. Wolfe Tone, father of Irish have been the least problems "Oh, lunch can wait," that next year they would .~aid Hermione with a S.R.C. to--night : Allegations that this would Republicanism. Already it which the club has had to see the Provost and all were careless toss of her golden "Council having regard be merely another " Renta- has attracted interest from cope. They have also had to lavish in their praise of the hair. " I’m off to HODGES to the proposal of Irish crowd" demonstration were some unusual quarters. undergo the surveillance of never-ending supply of FIGGIS to get all my United Nations Student dismissed owing to the wide- sinister unidentified men in coffee. books for the term The club was born in the trench-coats at Front Fate. before anyone else gets Association to hold a Viet- spread support the march aftermath of last Easter’s there." nam peace march on Satur- was receiving. The marchers A uniformed Garda has taken " You sneaky old thing. 50th anniversary celebrations away one of the leaflets. day, 29th October"" will assemble at Parnell and is now setting about Davis bust breaks I’ll come with you." 1. Agrees that the S.R.C. Square at 2.30 p.m. on attracting members who will The club seems to be "1 was going to ask you Saturday, 29th October. attracting a large and varied Alan Craig broke the bust anyway. I need someone should participate officially support its radical pro- to carry them for me." in the march. selection of members and of Thomas Davis last week. A leaflet distributed by gralume. It is this radical they plan a number of The accident happened when 2. Urges Trinity students the Association outside the programme and the willing- it was being carried into the to take part. ness of the club to blazon it activities for this term, in- Labour Party Conference in- cluding a wine reception committee room of the Hist. THE UNIVERSITY 3. Instructs the Execu- cluded the statement: "Each conspicuously on posters, and an evening of songs in Said Mr. Craig: "I just BOOKSHOP tive to prepare a statement and everyone of us who will hoardings and leaflets which conjunction with the Folk touched it against the door for Trinity students, ex- not speak and make an effec- have drawn the attention of Song Society. But their main post and it shattered." The For all your Textbooks. plaining the S.R.C. stand tive stand is guilty of being hostile and non-student eyes task will be to propagate the loss, however, upsets the (new and secondhand) to the club. and to prepare other pub- a party to murder and Republican faith among the political balance of the Hist’s 5 and 6 DAWSON ST. licity. genocide." Anonymous ’phone calls infidels. Conversation Room. i, trinity news thursday 27th october--page two

at least it will be abundantly clear Medics Trinity \ Coloured students by now that to many others it is a appoints nine Only the most cynical can fail University in and of Ireland. If the re-vitalise to be depressed by the apparent new Club helps to influence the attitude of Dublin landladies @ tb~ NEWY EDITOR climate of opinion in this country new professors towards coloured students. Nor can it will be because Trinity students theh" council there be any comfort in the (even if they are not allowed to are now playing a greater role than Elections for the Medical During the vacation, the Board "economic " rationalisations for live in them) and they must know ever before in Irish affairs. of T.C.D. made nine new appoint- Students’ Representative Council colour prejudice often advanced in just how hollow protestations of are to take place on November 1st. ments to Professorships. Britain. Coloured students are liberalism are. For the rest of us, Freshers’ week C. F. G. DELANEY, appointed neither competing for jobs in perhaps if we loved our lodger The Council, founded in I964, Professor of Experimental Physics, Ireland nor are they competing for instead of our neighbour it might It has, on the whole, been a represents the Medical students to graduated from Trinity in 1946 limited housing facilities. No, this be a start. successful Freshets’ Week. The the teaching staff, School Board with a double moderatorship in is sheer, unmitigated prejudice and Freshers have enjoyed it and that, and other authorities, and deals Mathematics and Experimental ignorance. of course, is all that counts, with their problems. So far its Science. His interests lie in natural A lot is heard from sources like Trinity republicans ultimately. But whereas few would impact on College affairs has been radioactivity and nuclear instru- the Irish Times of Ireland’s role The emergence of the Re- fault the organisation of the week, slight. mentation, and from 1953 t~ 1955 in world affairs. We are told that publican Club into the public eye many might query its tone. It has Commented Secretary Maurice lie did research at the Atomic Ireland, as one of the first new this term is an event of some been an inward-looking week. All Blackman, 5th year Medic: " The Energy Research Establishment, national States, can and should significance and represents an im- of the speakers have been from Council’s lack of dynamism so far Harwell. offer a lead and an example to portant stage in the development Trinity. Surely it ought to be has been due to lack of student the new African and Asian nations. of student opinion in College. possible to get someone from out- support and the pressure of work Such ideas as these sound like a Whatever one’s attitude to the Club side these cloisters, a Minister among senior students." somewhat bad joke when juxta- and to its programme, its very perhaps or even an academic from Among the problems with which posed to the attitude of our land- existence gives the lie to the hoary U.C.D. to give one or two of the the Council hopes to come to grips ladies. old cliches which are tritely trotted talks. And why cannot there be this winter are: There is an old Irish saying out whenever Trinity’s "image " conducted tours of Dublin to 1. Abolition of residence pay- which freely translated runs, " If is discussed in hostile circles. That acquaint Freshets with what is for ments in general hospitals for you want to know a man see him Trinity is to some of its students many of them a foreign city? There student doctors. in his home." African and Asian "a little corner of England in a is more to Dublin than Trinity 2. Increase in the number of students have seen us in our homes foreign land" is not denied, but and its corona of public houses¯ parking p e r m i t s for medical students (despite the fact that the Agent has granted more of these over the vacation). Adams speaks out on SRC policy 3. Re-appraisal of the role of an Arts subject for medical The S.R.C. is regarded by many as Trinity’s that Trinity Week frequently immediately precedes students, so that no student of Cinderella organisation. Critics have accused it of important examinations. I believe that this is a medicine is held back due to failure machinating on the sidelines and of being more symptom of the unsuitability of an academic year in his Arts subject. concerned with recognition than with action. consisting of three seven week lecture terms~a system which has meant, for example, that Easter 4. Securing representation of the IRISH TIMES Now on the eve of this year’s faculty elections, Council on the S.R.C. which take place on November 15th, the new Presi- falls within a lecture term. The S.R.C. will seek to Prof. C. F. G. Delaney dent of the S.R.C. answers questions put to him by have the whole structure of the academic year D. H. MURDOCH, also a Trinity News. reviewed. Trinity graduate, and formerly Reader in Pure Mathematics, has How do you see the role of the S.R.C. under Do you intend to continue your representation been appointed Professor of your Presidency? about fees? Mathematics. In 1957, after a During the coming year I expect the S.R.C. to The S.R.C. last term expressed its grave reserva- Personal Rate 3d. a word, prepaid period of research at Princeton pay more and more attention to its major function tions at the way in which the Standing Committee only. 2/6 minimum. Advertisements and then at Newcastle, he returned of representing student opinion. The expansion of of clubs and societies functions. I believe that the must reach "Trinity News" box to a lecturing appointment at the service side of our activities over the last few allocation of the capitation fee, which every student (Regent House) by Saturday noon Trinity. years has provided a base from which we may tackle must pay, ought to be carried out in a more con- preceding issue. T. D. SPEARMAN, the new the problem of formulating student opinion and sistent and more openly democratic manner. The Professor of Natural Philosophy, seeking the redress of student grievances. S.R.C. representative on the Committee will, as the THE LITTLE SHOP for the Blind opens graduated from Trinity in 1958 directly elected representative of the student body, Wednesday, 21st October, at l0 Have you any particular projects which you strive to ensure that every student gets value for Dawson Street. Morning and Evening and has since held appointments at Suits, Furs, Spanish Shawls, Jewellery, Illinois University and Durham. would like to see achieved? his £9. Fur Hats, Shoes, Coats, Dresses, In 1962 he was visiting scientist We have already been promised a launderette in The major task of the S.R.C., however, will be Antiqu’es, Victorian Gowns etc., etc. at C.E.R.N., the European Centre College, we will continue to press for the immediate to ensure that there is no further increase in College Open Daily 11 a.m.~3.30 p.m. for Nuclear Research in Geneva. installation of a coffee-vending machine, or some fees in 1967/8. This involves major issues in the such service, at the east end of College. We have, financing of the University and indeed of the whole FILM SOCIETY. You can still join; before now, stated our belief that the provision of a of Higher Education in Ireland. It must be made buy your season ticket at the door, mixed common room is a matter of urgency. Regent clear to the College and to the Government that for remarkable value in film-going. House, we are told, will not be available for some there are a large number of students in Ireland and 15/- for 11 films) if you missed "1 Trinity who cannot afford present university fees, CONFESS"). EROICA nex~ Tuesday years~another building must, therefore, be made and Wednesday. available. The S.R.C. must ensure that the opening and will not pay any increase in these fees. of the New Library will be accompanied by revised THINKING AHEAD ~ THE Dinner and extended hours of opening in the Reading Is the S.R.C. interested in external affairs? Dance of the Term is the Rugby Rooms. Council will also have to decide this term whether Club’s Annual Colours’ Ball on it wishes to respond to the appeals for solidarity Wednesday, 30th November, in the Has the S.R.C. any role to play in influencing the from political and humanitarian bodies such as the Intercontinental Hotel. Book tickets Anti-Apartheid movement and the Vietnam peace and Bird Early to avoid dissapoint- academic structure? ment and frustration (respectively). Trinity News has in the past criticised the fact committee. Tickets (only) ~ No. 15.21 T.C.D.

J. H. HAUGHTON is the new Mineralogy, was formerly senior Professor of Geography. His re- lecturer at Bedford College, Uni- search work has been mainly in versity of London. A Bank Account simplifies financial the field of urban and regional C. W. M. WILSON, appointed matters ~ gives you a businesslike studies in Ireland, but he also has Professor of Phamacology, is a a special interest in the problems graduate of Edinburgh Univer- approach. At the National Bank of settlement and agriculture in sity. In 1955 he was appointed the Tropics, Lecturer in Pharmacology and the Student will find a service C. B. McKENNA, appointed Theraputics in the University of which is the essence of IRISH TIMES Liverpool where he initiated the Professor of Law, was awarded the friendliness and simplicity. Prof. J. V. Rice M.Sc. in 1928. He then entered Research Project on Prescribing, the Law School and in 1931 was R. P. LEE, appointed Professor J. V. RICE, appointed Professor of Clinical Veterinary Science, THE of Education, is a graduate in awarded the degree of LL.D. In 1963 he was elected a Bencher of became a member of the Royal Celtic Studies and Philosophy and Kings’s Inn. His new duties being College of Vetinerary Surgeons in NATIONAL BANK also hold a degree in Science. He 1943. Much of his research has OF IRELAND LTD secured a post-graduate fellowship part time, Dr. McKenna will con- tinue his practice at the Bar. been carried out in Africa and in at Harvard University and in 1965 1952 he became Parisitologist to Head Office: 34-35 COLLEGE GREEN was awarded the degree of Doctor C. H. HOLLAND, appointed the Federal Government of in Education¯ Professor of Geology and Nigeria.

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Dubliners and occupied, for the first time, the theatre during the PLAYERS-summer rep Easter vacation ; the revue, which FILMS - is now at the Wexford Opera Festival as a late-night show; and, THE WAR GAME and this term’s prospects perhaps most important from the point of view of inovation, the International Film Theatre edical season of weekly repertory which ouncil ran with seven productions for .~r 1st. D.U. PLAYERS, WITH a mem- Theatre (the old Abbey), and so bership of about 150, each of eight weeks during July and 1964, we can confidently expect to have August. The success of the Now that the over publicised nuclear attack with devastating nts to whom pay a compulsory sum of that building demolished for a repertory was remarkable for two and overcriticised WAR GAME realism in episodic scenes of Board £9 p.a. to the ’Standing Com- block of offices to be built, or has finally reached mittee for Clubs and Societies’, reasons--it relied almost entirely us, it will ordinary people in Kent. deals another white-elephant book- for its audiences on people from probably stay long enough to ir its is allotted by that body an annual store. outside Trinity, and its conditions quench everyone’s thirst for It fails probably because it does ’.been subsidy of £15. which is immedia- In the face of such encourage- of working were those of the nuclear horror. A blatant piece not portray the numbness (as ON tely returned to the College as ment Players nearly remains sol- toughest form of professional of propaganda, it is stark and THE BEACH did) of likely aurice " rent" for its Theatre in No. 4 vent, and manages to produce theatre. In spite of these draw- although spoiled by being shown universal annihilation. Despite (Queen’s, Belfast Dramatical some dozen or more plays each on a screen five times too large, some vicious criticisms of the Civil " The Society get an annual grant of backs, it was both artistically and Defence (wholly justifiable), the so far year, as well as poetry-readings financially successful, and should it treats the probabilities of a nearly £1,500). In return for this and anthologies. The last year become a regular feature of film never answers or even asks udent magnificent act of generosity on the question, what next ? It work has been particularly fruitful, Players’ programme for the year. the part of the College authorities with a total of no less than What about the future? This merely describes the immediate who dispense students’ money, twenty-six productions. Notable term’s rise in membership is most medical and emotional effects of which Players has, during the last 50 among these were ’The Country the Bomb, and makes full use of grips promising, and if the theatre is DR. ZHIVAG0 years, enhanced the College’s Wife’, which came third at the managed efficiently, Players could the audience’s emotional weak- reputation more than any other final of the N.U.S.--"Sunday Metropole nesses. I wonder if anything por- pay- conceivably build up a permanent of its institutions. Then there is Times" drama festival at Brad- repertory of plays running trayed in THE WAR GAME was for the added incentive of an English ford, in competition with all the a bit worse than the First throughout the year, for a fort- Read it, see it, read it but Department which looks upon Universities in these islands; the night or a week each : this is what World War; yet it should be er of Shakespeare as a poet rather than ’ Marat/Sade’, which took both digest it all slowly. Sometimes shown, and it should be seen. It Dublin lacks in the way of good the film has nothing to do with sdical a playwright, and defies Jane major awards, for acting and theatre, and it is what Players will have a sobering effect on tt the Austen and T. S. Eliot, seeing production, at the Irish universi- the book and little to do with the your beliefs about the nuclear could provide, and should try to text, but the photography makes these drama as a sort of bastard form ties’ festival in Galway : ’ The provide. deterrent in the same way as a of art; again, Trinity are the O’Neill’ by Phil. president Brian it all worthwhile. Omar Shariff particularly revolting accident )le of ground landlords of the Queens Trevaskis, which had a cast of Ian Milton (as Zhivago) in his ’moddy’ has an effect on your driving. overcoat dominates the film, Alas, not for long. :dical naturally, with the seen and un- at of The Human Dutch--directed by allure liked Elizabeth Leonard’s " Island seen Geraldine Chaplin (Tonya). Exhibition of Ulster Painters Vision". Berger Hammerschlag’s The great photography and colour Bert Haanstra. " Yeat’s Image: The dreaming of shows something of the Great THE HUMAN DUTCH, is a the bones"; and "Yeats Image: Russian Steppe and a helluvalot masterpiece of a documentary by Like proud parents, the Art Stevenson but " Nluckish from the Purgatory" are understatements. of the great Spanish prairie. Bert Haanstra, about Holland. It Society are billing and cooing Glen Road" stands out for its Their subtle texture, colours and Zhivago’s soul-destroying search has the style of MONDO CANE, over the paintings of James glorious golden colours. undefined shapes appeal to the for truth, and the vanishing without the cynicism, and its Dixon. A few other people are The paintings by A. P. Jury are sophisticated. values of loyalty becomes a rather beach scene will have even the too, but most of us unfortunately along the same lines and if you minor feature. Rod Steiger, hardened misery rolling in the will dismiss his work as clumping, live in a suburban semi and have The star of the show, however, appearing infrequently, plays a aisles. It may well also reduce repaid awkward and childish. The drama nice flowery wallpaper in your is " and White Abstract " by powerful role as Zhivago’s uncle. one to tears, as Haanstra shows ments of " West End Village in a storm" nice cosy sitting room, you might Elizabeth Leonard although the But there is no room for deep Dutch soldiers returning from the ’ box moved me not, but I did like like them. gentleman I heard offering the chemical analysis here, yet go wars, or the endless miles of war noon "Ave Marie" just for the posi- The rest of the exhibition is Treasurer ten bob for it, would read it, see it, read it . . . but graves. Beautiful and penetrating tioning of the boat. more worthwhile. " Giant Hem- not agree with me. Ugh ! that propaganda tag at the photography. 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The Freshers’ Congress has been heavily criticised every year since it started, especially in "TRINITY NEWS ". Yet for all the editorial scorn, the freshers themselves seem to enjoy and benefit from the Freshers’ Week, and they should be the judges. At least now the rising junior freshmen are helped to adjust them- "Let’s hope it’s another vintage year" selves to a new place and a different pace. No one, least of all the Congress Committee, would deny that their help is superficial. It is partly aimed at relieving the boredom of having to spend a week in Trinity before the term begins, partly, too, to enable College authorities to gather all the freshets in one by MIKE HENE Y place for the only time in their University careers. But what about THERE IS, WE ARE TOLD, irritation, frustration and final that enhance the reputation of the the freshers, in many cases under 19, in Dublin for the first time, capitulation. O.R.R. and enrich the experience more often than not fairly apprehensive (if not downright petrified) considerable doubt as to the where- of its patrons. about the rigours of Trinity life as told in the various pamphlets abouts of the Old Reading Room. AND WHO ARE these in- they receive before they arrive ? If the Freshers’ Week sees to One individual swears it is in the their material well-being, it hardly equips them to live the Trinity dividuals who, vulture-like, flock The O.R.R. is especially popular way of life. cellar of the Junior Dean’s rooms, to the gallery?- high vantage in winter. Spring indeed may not another strenuously denies its points from which to pick out be far behind, but the clammy It’s no good sermonising about the merits of work, when most existence. Certainly, we are aware comings and goings below. The chills of Front Square tell only of undergraduates in their first two years accomplish the year’s work immediate numbness and impel the that many, through pressure of O.R.R. is at once a refuge for the in four weeks before the exams. And yet it’s no use pretending lonely, a venue for the gregarious, strongest creatures into this little to freshers that Trinity is one great big orgy of parties and gay social engagements or sheer bad a hope for the love-lore. Affairs world where books and readings social life. It’s not much good attempting to present Trinity as any sense of direction, have difficulty in can be seen from above to blossom are something else. Perhaps it is one particular image, if only because it hasn’t got one. actually finding it. But it is there, and flourish, to wither and perish this incongruous n e w element But it might be an idea to present it as it really is. Something nestling between the East Theatre within a short two-hour span. Yet seeking refuge from chilblains, per- which might tarnish the Hist. image, all beautifully wrapped in and the Old Library, like some socially, the O.R.R. remains a haps it’s the freshers, innocently Letraset and glossy hand-outs. Something which might destroy the hastily constructed air-raid shelter failure. Why? Because of a caustic depositing gowns and handbags: idea that the perfect undergraduate wears anonymous brown in the classical style. blanket of uncertainty: that quick before the hardened sophisters’ clothes and a Trinity scarf. glance from the blonde on the left gleaming eyes. At any rate, real Trinity is proud that it has no Union. It values its individuality The O.R.R. is circular and is more likely due to boredom on work has no place in the O.R.R. higher even than the wave of bureaucratic efficiency now sweeping brown. Here and there prowls, her part than a sudden passionate at this time. Reading Room through the East Theatre. Talking one’s way out of, or into, growls the Junior Dean, reading, craving for the weedy individual rompers are the rule, and any of anything may not be an official attitude to business in College opposite. The ordinary rules of the best people will give you an talking, watching, up, down, in, introduction to Harry and Ron affairs, but it is recognized, and what’s more it works. out, vigilant, sovereign in this flirting here do not apply. Beware. Personal individuality is both recognized and encouraged. The sedentary domain. And warm. No behind the deck. If Harry won’t only trouble is that this is often confused with an apparently smoking. A whistling gale does REFUGEES FROM THE New let you stroke his beard at first, lackadaisical attitude by the Academic staff, in not treating lectures occasionally sweep down from lofty Reading Room will appreciate the his one about the pregnant giraffe seriously, not forcing weekly essays and seeming generally, not to windows, perishing souls too young softness of seat--no arthritis here. at least is worth a heating. encourage students to work hard. Compulsion at Trinity is reserved and timid to rise and shut it out-- It’s a back-slapping, how-are-you- exclusively for exams, the Agent (directed by the Board, of course), from here colds, and the ’flu, but doing, pat type of community-- SO ONE CAN SEE why many the J.D., and the Warden of Residence. Elsewhere, the fresher the Buttery stocks Aspros. Yet but do see that no one steals your of us love the O.R.R. With rivals must find his own path through four years. warm. No talking. Out for a quick gown or umbrella. And why doesn’t multiplying--have you seen the To equip him with this knowledge on his arrival might help him drag, maybe, but in again to the someone S H O U T? Suddenly, abortion by the Museum?--the (and therefore the University) considerably more than a week of warm. Over here a first, company bang-bang, and Quinlan reels time has come to close the ranks. "official " lectures on subjects which frankly are totally irrelevant director-to-be, over there a slipping drunkenly against the balcony We love Harry and we love Ron to his University career. third, of uncertain fate. A murmur- pillar, where’s the J.D.? Where’s and even when we can’t get a seat ing amalgam of whisper, footstep, the J.D.? Tom the workman as true fans we will stand and wait scratch of pen and rustle of pages , answers the phone behind the deck till we can steal one. And even gives a background of incessant at least twice a term--his riotous while the builders still swarm over THE HOUSE OF MUSIC disquiet which fades eventually if contempt for all rules of silence the New Library, why are our Since 1823, PIGOTTS have supplied the needs of discerning the book be good and the spirit are a good instance of the sporadic thoughts of the O.R.R. already so musicans and music lovers. We’ll be glad to help you, too. strong, but often rises roaring to explosions of communal laughter heavily tinged with nostalga? Records, Pianos, Radios, Instruments, Tuning Service, Sheet Music, Televison, High Fidelity ~ we have them all Call or write for price lists. CINEMAS New and Secondhand PIGOTTS METROVOLm~" Dr. Zhivago," BOOKSELLERS The House of Music another star-studded epic, you know what epics are. 112 GRAFTON STREET 117 PATRICK STREET THEATRE Greene & Co. DUBLIN, 2 CORK GAIETY.--Remrn of "Cemented CAWTOL ~ H e p b u r n and 16 CLARE STREET with Love," by the late Sam O’Toole dossing around Paris in Thompson. Good performances by "How to Steal a Million." Very Ray McAnally and Jim Norton. funny subtle humour. TRY Ride in the Phoenix ParCh ABBEY.~" One for the Grave." ACADEMY.~A good perform- Jammet’s Bar Modem morality play by Louis ance by Donald Pleasance in "Cul- Phone 383458 McNeice. de-Sac," by Polanski ("Knife in the Behinid the Restaurant GATE.--Return of "Love and a Water "). Bottle" on October 31st. Restora- tion comedy. A great success in INTERNATIONAL FILM THEATRE STUDENT SKI PARTIES the Theatre Festival. ~"The War Game." Good Pricesl Better Companyl Best Vall~l MAGEES RIDING STABLES Realistic Choice of Austria, Switzerland, France EBLANA.--A light-hearted revue portrayal of horrors of FROM ONLY £$S a nuclear Free Holiday for Party Organiser with Terence Brady and Rosaleen war. " The Human Dutch" show- BELL’S STUDENT HOLIDAYS LTD. RAILWAY BRIDGE, CASTLEKNOCK Linehan in "A Quick One ’Ere." 30 QUEEN’S HOUSE, LEICESTER SQUAI~ ing with it. Superb photography. LONDON, W.C.2. GERrard $4~ Pleasant. Retained for another Enthusiastic Skier required as Student Representative ~ Generous CommissiOn ’: ! !i~i week. Well worth it. (See reviews, page 3.) ! ,i trinity news thursday 27th october--page five

"Private Eye ", is Britain’s Private Eye?), but rather in infamous satirical magazine squeezing money out of whomever "i it happens to be." Though he went BIAS which takes a weekly BIAS, a weekly column, will The Rise and Fall to some pains to conceal it, irreverent and sometimes Ingrams was still very bitter about introduce two College characters the Russell affair and had some who are never at a loss for any- libellous swipe at royality, harsh words to say about it all. thing to say, especially if one is in a hurry. WILLIAM YOUNG, ex- all political parties and Ingrams had no serious political prominent public figures. It views, but had a puckish sense of candidate [or the Auditorship of of ’Private Eye’ humour and liked to poke tim. As the Hist., at present Secretary of once had a picture of Lord for his seven man staff, they the Art Society among other Butler on its front cover seemed to be adolescents enjoying peculiar interests, will write next the fact that they were being taken week. STEVEN HARRIS, well with the words "flabby faced Peter Cook, wanted to print the architypal four letter word in seriously by the grown-ups. They seen in Players, but better heard in coward" slapped across his despised what they considered to the Hist., starts o[f the series. beautiful Gothic manuscript on the While you, dear reader, were face. With the death of Dr. middle page spread, but the be synthetic and superficial in i’ printers’ sense of occasion was for Britain’s society and above all they basking in the Med., or canning Verwoerd, the magazine let took a delight in shocking people. peas in Norfolk, the revolutionary once offended and they quashed the all hell loose on the assassina- idea. The use of obscenities in print was spirit in Dublin was not idle. their way or rebelling. While Mao and Lin Pao and the ted leader of apartheid, and Private Eye was launched on the Red Guards were busy in Peking, vent its pent up anger. crest of the satire wave in 1961 Ingrams’ opinions of Britain’s Dev. and Lemass and the Green and the enterprising graduates en- popular press was low m ’, The Guards were marching forward Unsurprisingly, South Africa, tertained hopes that it would be- editors are a bunch of illiterates" under the banner and dogma of smarting from the insult come a business venture. The hopes mand his conceptions of politicians Ireland’s Heroes of the Revolution. even worse---" They’re all absurd banned its distribution, while were borne out in the early years No longer in Peking may you when, benefitting from the Profumo and seedy." "The Tories," he refer to the West Gate when you Ireland, sensing its potential scandal in 1963, sales rocketed to said, "are easier to attack than the mean the Gate of Heavenly Peace. a fantastic 90,000. Labour Party, though ’ Mrs. No longer may you refer to West- danger, had done so long Wilson’s Diary’ has been an im- land Row Station when you mean ago. "This must have been some sort mense success." Pearse Station. Just as seventeen of a record for a 16-page magazine "Mrs. Wilson’s Diary," a weekly years of Communist rule in China To date the magazine has paid costing a shilling and banned b~ feature in Private Eye, is genuinely out well over £10,000 in libel, the big distributors," said Ingrams funny. The diary, purporting to be most of which has gone to Lord But reaction set in and satire begaz by Mrs. Harold Wilson, but written Russell of Liverpool, Randolph to lose its fashionableness. Witt the resignation of its chief target: by Ingrams himself and John Letters to the Churchill and Quintin Hogg. Wells, an ex-Eton schoolmaster Despite a comparatively small Harold Macmillan, the sales fer turned cynic, makes fun of the circulation, c u r r e n t 1 y 45,000, a massive, affable man, sitting in to the present 45,000. of the a garishly muralled room before a Wilsons’ middle-class background. Private Eye, which was started in Then the libel writs followed and erience 1961 by a group of Oxbridge row of telephones, trying to dis- " The main aim of Private Eye," cover which one had been ringing. after unsuccessfully defending the explained Ingrams, "is to achieve The Editor welcomes let- graduates, wields some influence libel action brought by Lor( and causes embarrassment and No Nazi salute to greet me; in a steady circulation which does not ters, on any subject, but Russell of Liverpool for defamatior depend on transitory satire booms." mpular restricted if possible to anxiety to many leading politicians fact quite the opposite, for Ingrams of character, the magazine became ay not in Britain. was the eptitome of the typical The secondary aim is to slate the printable lengths. For in- d financial liability. Private Eye characters of public figures and lammy clusion in next week’s issue, British public school man. Aged rely of Labelled "a kind of British in- had inferred that Lord Russell’s shock society with obsecenities. they should reach the stitution which is scurrilous, ob- 29 and married, he commutes to motive for writing his two books on pel the "Trinity News" box in London from his pleasant country war crimes in the Second World "Private Eye, supreme in the s little scene and often unfair," Private world of magazine satire, has a Regent House by Saturday Eye continues to hit out regardless cottage. War had been to reap financial :adings hazy future. The scurrilous con- ,,[ noon. The Editor reserves of the cost. Who is behind Private His political views were slightly rewards. The court completely s it is the right to print extracts in exonerated Lord Russell and made tributors continue to malign and dement Eye? A vicious inconclast with Left,, he said, and Harold Wilson abuse with little or no regard for the event of a letter being Communist or Anarchist views? " like the parson’s egg was good in Private Eye pay £5,000. is, per- too long, and letters should the financial consequences (they ocently A run-of-the-mill social dis- parts, though I detest h-is gim- bear the name and address mickery." What about the lava- "The sad truth is," said employ no lawyer to check their i ndbags content? I visited their offices in Ingrams, "that people who scatter copy), and with the next major il of their authors, whether Soho, London, to find out. torial humour which pervades the histers’ they wish to remain anony- writs about the place are not libel case, the magazine’s vitriolic pages of Private Eye? "I have interested in clearing their names :e, real mous or not. Opinionated, First impressions were not en- that kind of sense of humour and voice will be snuffed. O.R.R. witty and controversial cor- (after all, who believes anything Room couraging for the offices were I think it is all good clean fun." they read in a paper, let alone respondence is especially squashed between the City Tote Fun perhaps, but it is rarely Charles Dutton any of sought. you an and the Naked City Strip Club. I clean. To celebrate the lOOth’s d Ron found the editor, Richard Ingrains, issue of Private Eye, the owner, , won’t were celebrated with an orgy of tt first, statue breaking, our fifty years saw Trinity News Ten Years Ago giraffe the downfall of that vaunted vestige of Imperialism, Nelson. At his re-inauguration, Dev. re- IRISH STUDENT TRAVEL BUREAU y many viled Fine Gael as revisionists of a rivals the Revolutionary Ideal, for their Hungar,an relief en the anti-Irish language policy. Follow- l?--the ing his lead, meetings of the Winter Flight Programme : ranks. Language Freedom Movement "A wave of shock and horror lection box at Front Gate, with ve Ron have been broken up by heroic has swept through Trinity at the Players donating three nights’ t a seat bands of Green Guards, heroicly news of the Hungarian tragedy. worth of proceeds of a revue and nd wait singing heroic songs. The Peking It is impossible to say yet what the S.C.M. giving the proceeds of DUBLIN - LONDON - DUBLIN d even Red Guards have not been slow the end results of the Hungarian their Starvation Dinners all to the an over to follow the lead of their Green struggle for freedom will be, but Medical Aid Committee for Hun- DECEMBER 10, 17, 25, 29 ; JANUARY 2, 12 ; MARCH 10, ire our Comrades in denouncing t h e it is certain that many thousands garians, demonstrations w e r e 17, 30 ; APRIL 6, 15 ; SINGLE FARE £5 ; RETURN FARE £9. bourgeois. The L.F.M. are "West of Hungarian patriots are being organised throughout Dublin. £1 SUPPLEMENT 24th DECEMBER eady so massacred by the Russian armies. Britons" and capitalist lackeys. Trinity News went on to com- We here should not lag behind. The sad fate of the short-lived ment: "Too often in the past, We must remove the subversive freedom of the Hungarians is made Trinity has been accused of being U.S.A. - NEW YORK Campanile, turn the Chapel into all the more tragic by the fact indifferent to world affairs. The that the Western Powers are split DECEMBER 19--JANUARY 10 a museum. Front Gate must be re- spontaneousness of the reaction of (Return Fare £65) named the "Portal of the People," by events in the Middle East, and our students must show how deeply and Regent House the " Aras na the United Nations, caught be- they can feel for the suffering of MacPhearais." And perhaps the tween two fires, is rendered in- others, and how unselfishly they Junior Dean as the People’s Com- effective, and so Hungary struggles can respond, and we hope, will con- Winter Sports Groups missar will keep alight the flame of alone." tinue to respond, to situations of Revolution. With the establishment of a col- real need." 2 SPECIAL DEPARTURES DECEMBER 29 AND MARCH 17 TO SKI RESORTS OF LEOGANG AND FELSERAN (SALZBURG REGION). SEL L YOUR SELF BROCHURE AVAILABLE SHORTLY (or your society’s activities) Brys0n FOR BOOKINGS :

3 CHURCH LANE To 95Z of Undergraduates IES & Academic Staff U.S.I. TRAVEL lest Value! France Buy Some Space 43 DAME STREET, DUBLIN. PHONE 78217. GOWNS, HOODS, TIES, Special ~aniser Rates for University Societies or your S.R.C. Office ’S LTD. SCARVES, BLAZERS. : SQUARE see our Advertising Manager, in Trinity News (lard 3463 No. 6, T.C.D. Student ~mission trinity news thursday 27th october--page six

DUBLIN’S " FAIR CITY" isn’t among you, Green’s at the really a bad old place after all, Merrion Square end of Nassau St. but it does take a bit of knowing. have an even larger and more For instance, the present Trinity miscellaneous stock of second- " in " pub is Sean Murphy’s, which hand books. is just off Lower Mount Street. Sometimes you may find a Also rated highly, especially for relevant bargain along the quays, getting invites to parties are The or even more likely, in the WUS Old Stand (off Wicklow St.) book mart in no. 4 T.C.D., other- Slattery’s (Suffolk St.) and the wise there’s the Paper-back centre Lincoln at back gate for sporting in Suffolk St. and stationery is types. (very popular for Sunday lunches best bought at either Browne and Other notables include in Trinity circles) or the Shel- Nolan in Dawson St. or Hely’s of Mooney’s, understandably handy Dame St., or even at the S.R.C. bourne Grill. There’s an excel- store in no. 4. at side gate, which serves particu- lent Wimpy Bar on Burgh Quay effect. Easily the best, and most larly good sandwiches and soup, and a fish and chip shop, Agnoli’s, FOR THE AFTERNOON when expensive, is Tony Rogers in the as in fact do most Dublin pubs, in Pearse St. The Golden Spoon you’re bored with lectures, stroll where to shop ’Witches’ Hut’ a basement salon and Searson’s in Lower Baggot St. in Suffolk St. provides tasteful down to Henry St. and take a in South Frederick Street. (Cut The Abbey Tavern at Howth decor but lousy helpings. The look at Moore St.’s famous 1 gn., set 14/-). His assistant Pat and O’Donohue’s just on from New Amsterdam in South Anne market. Go on a C.I.E. bus tour is also good. In Switzers is the Stephen’s Green have Irish ballad St. is a better bet. or listen in to a case at The Four In any strange city shops are Steiner salon which is quite good, singing on Saturday nights, but The Universal in Wicklow St. Courts--witnesses can be a riot apt to be confusing, and much and it gives Trinity girls a 25% frankly our own Folk Society (Chinese and European food) (headcovering still essential for money can be wasted through discount (cut 8/-). Amongst make a better job of it. does a 3 course 5/-d. lunch and women). Then wander on to ignorance of the respective merits other services offered, they fit fur The Brazen Head in Liffey St. The Chopstick in Dame St. one nearby St. Michan’s Church to of each store. ’Mecca Mile’, alias eye-lashes free of charge. Brown is Ireland’s oldest pub, and shake hands with the mummified Thomas have the Richard Henry at 5/6d. Ray’s in Wicklow St. Grafton Street, will probably reputedly Europe’s too. Originally do a 3 course 4/3d. lunch. But Crusaders in the crypt. already be familiar, with its major salon: ~ beautiful decor, but founded in the eleventh century, for heaven’s sake go early--after In 1900 or so, the zoo in department stores Brown Thomas, standards are not as high as might rebuilt in the seventeenth cen- 1 o’clock you will face a long Phoenix Park was a fashionable Switzers and Arnotts. All of be. Also on Grafton Street are tury, it is a favourite venue of queue of varying length and Trinity breakfast party haunt ; it’s these are good but expensive. House of Paul, and Peter in renowned Dublin tipplers. Brown Thomias is beautiful to Creation Arcade ~ both good charm. still worth a visit. So are th~ walk through, with good dress for sets, not too expensive, and Bartley Dunne’s in South King NEVER BUY A BOOK unless Funnies (Grafton cartoon cinema’ departments (especially the offering a Trinity discount. Peter St. is intimately candle-lit, but you have to, and then be warned. where the programmes change Wallis Shop and the Young Mark are pricey, popular, com- is chi,efly noted for its clientele. Hodges Figgis are the university every Sunday and Thursday and Colony), and Switzers an d putorised and offering no reduc- There s no doubt about it, Dublin book shop but they specialise in where there s a late night feature Arm~-ts prices are reasonable. tion, they charge 11/- for a set, is a great place for pubs. new books whereas their rival, film every night for when the Switzers’ range of goods is par- more for longer hair. Off Grafton FOOD-WISE PRICES ARE rising, Hanna’s, just around the corner drinking has to stop. ticularly good. Grafton Street St. is Martin of Anne St.~he him- but it’s still fairly easy to eat in Nassau St. are just as keen on Dublin’s "Fair City" isn’t really X’ stores close early on Saturday. In self is excellent, and with discount cheaply. Try Gaj’s in Baggot St. second-hand books. For the fitter a bad old place after all. Georges’ Street (early closing charges 9/6 for a set. Lionel of Wednesday) the shops are Wicklow Street is good for mid, cheaper. Dunnes Stores are week sets at reasonable prices. professional freshmen Messrs. modelled on Marks and Spencer, Surburban salons should be Buck, McCall, and Boler carried but as yet they don’t have the treated with caution. They are her off across the Hall. It’s really same cachet. Nevertheless they cheap, but so frequently is their about time they all retired, and !!! are good for umbrellas (12/11), work. gave Chris Knox a break. stockings (2/4), and undies. Macey’s, Cassidy’s and Winston’s But, dear Miss Fresher, do not occasionally stock excellent get ideas beyond your station. clothes at reasonable prices. Not all the goodies are going to North of the river is Clery’s whisk you off to Jammet’s, not enticing for its value but for little coffee bars if I can get hold of Brian William. else. Here buy hot-water-bottles, son first. That is, if he dares risk pens, watches, luggage and sports female contamination. My meta- equipment. They have the best Damn it, I ruined my new lace rence and Kevin Shillington per- phor was drawn from politics, of hankie (the one Mummy gave me sist to carry on the great tradi- course. department in town--quality Since the Buttery and the goods at rock-bottom prices. as a going away present) saying tion. Especially under the Cam- Footnote : Coffee-bar are so inadequate, it is goodbye to Mirabel Walker, alias panile. In full light. Their sales are famous, and if you impossible to exist in Trinity for The girl said she would easily feel equal to ten rush-hours at Miss Ann Thrope, as she em- John Platt and Julian Mathew four years without learning the barked for the last time on that recognise her attacker again. "He once, don’t miss one. Henry whereabouts of every coffee shop have bequeathed us only Martin was wearing a brown overcoat", Street has the head branch of" grotty Liverpool boat to write Rix to perpetuate boring Trinity Arnotts, and Roches Stores, which in Dublin. Nearest to college, for the " Daily Express". But tea-parties, but O.E.’s are going she disclosed. (" Evening Press", is one of the best shops in town, Slattery’s pub serve non-topers I soon cheered up as she dropped to be very short of fish if they last week.) the best creamy coffee in town her poisonous quill, and I swiped especially good on accessories and (with a rationed three lumps of rely on Martin’s angling abilities clothes. They also sell hair-pieces it. So here I am, all poised to in 1967. sugar). Switzers basement cafe gossip about your wretched social at very reasonable prices. deserves few marks for ambience, Thank goodness other news- Apart from the large stores, goings on, with all the venom tudying but it is large and relatively which the poor Mirabel couldn’t papers and their wretched readers there are several excellent cheap. The restaurant upstairs is will have to suffer Hamish Russian boutiques in Dublin. ’Panache’ use on that venerable newspaper. McRae’s and Robin Knight’s quiet, and an excellent place for Having scraped yet another We can offer a wide range of: in Anne Street has good, time-wasting. Brown Thomas has efforts at journalism. And with fashionable clothes ; nearby ’ His miraculous third, I can now enter Coursebooks, Grammars, Dictionaries, the Social and Personal restaurant my 6th and final year with com- a bit of luck, Tom Chance will Readers, Literature, Periodicals, Film and Hers’ stock mod dolly --good decor spoilt by poor make as much an impact on TCD Strips, Recordings. clothesvery cheaply. The ’Base- plete confidence, which is more Miscellany as he did on " Trinity At 17/6 each: service, but when you get served, than fellow-traveller ’Patrick Ever- RUSSIAN-ENGLISH or ment Boutique’ in Church Lane their gateaux are superb. They News". If Moira Messenger (as ENGLISH - RUSSIAN DICTIONARY is perenially good for suits, shed and all those other academic editor of TCD, she’s anonymous 34,000 words. also specialise in fresh fruit juices. anachronisms can. A simply At 7/6 each dresses and evening wear. ’Le by tradition), doesn’t recover Sholokhov’s SUD’BA CHELOVEKA Bewley’s in Grafton Street is suit- glorious year lies ahead. Lavrenev’s SOROK PERVYI Shop’ in South William Street, able for visiting relatives, uncom- soon, she may lose her chance~ Paustovsky’s ZOLOTOI LIN’ another basement shop, concen- Just think, we’ve said goodbye Unabridged and annotated readers. fortably old and solid, but good to Simon Morgan, who, I am told, if she wanted it to begin with. trates on designing and making value. Less well-known are the Rough lot, those co-habitors of Order through your bookseller, clothes to your own specifications, is trying to sell his memoirs to but send for full lists from: Penny-Farthing in Exchequer " Varsity " under the title "Crash- the No. 6 cellars. Peter Jekyll and but is hoping to go into off-the- Street (almost opposite the Old Tony Hyde just go on and on, peg clothes soon. Even if you ing Bores and Cars". Of course, and on. Stand) which is quite good when he couldn’t resist popping back don’t want to spend money, go empty, but unbearable at lunch- Alan Stott just made it up to there to browse and to get your- last week to look over the time ; in Anne Street are the New freshers for one last time, and to me in time, and so I was able to DENINGTON ESTATE, WELLINGBOROUGH, self known--it will pay dividends. Amsterdam and the Coffee Inn~ offer my editor vast sums for a get him a ticket to the H*dg*s NORTHANTS Finally, if you are feeling adven- student haunts which also serve F*gg*s party. He won’t admit turous, wander down to the posthumous profile. spaghetti-type meals. These are Gone, too, has Huge Grange it, but he might never have met Happening Boutique in Leeson dark and gloomy, and stay open Gillian Kingston if I hadn’t gone Street for their clothes and coffee. (not into the Church, despite till midnight. If you are stuck, rumours), no longer able to hold to extraordinary lengths to get you can go to Forte’s or Cafolla’s forth drunkenly in his Anglo- him in. But then everyone’s in O’Connell Street, neon and Belfast accent at just everybody’s unco-operative, aren’t they, Alan? The Paperback chrome jungles with brassy service party, above or below the table And what about Chloe Sayer ? and prices which ensure a hefty with equal ease. But Mike Law- I thought her a rival, until those Centre hair-do’s profit. Their merit is they are open late in the evening and on Dublin Book Lovers will Sunday. ADAM Trocadero find endless delight in this There is a dearth of good hair- THE MANSHOP IN veritable Aladdin’s Cave of dressers in Dublin. Hardly half-a- SILVER SNACKERY dozen know the rudiments of DUKE LANE Literary treasures. cutting to fit the head, and most is open all day Saturday Now open in ANDREW ST. 20 SUFFOLK ST., DUBLIN rely on back-combing for general trinity n~ws thursday october 27th--page seven

trinity news sport League championship won Echted by B073 WHITES[DE again after lapse of

THE BALL . . . eighteen years

One of the most heated con- Trinity serum-half F R A N K The Trinity cricket season of Belvedere followed and the way troversies of the Commonwealth KEANE is to be congratulated on 1966 was brought to a triumphant Pts. was open to final glory. Games at Kingston in August blew gaining selection on the Whites’ conclusion last month when the rRmtrY P. W. D. L. Poss. Pts. team for yesterday’s Leinster 9 7 0 2 170 111 6z.29 Trinity’s cup bid ended in the up over the decision to disqualify Leinster Senior League champion- Leinster IS 7 6 2 IS0 88 sa.66 second round when an under- Rugby Trial at Donnybrook. The Clontarf 15 7 4 4 150 82 54.66 Trinity graduate JoHN COKER ship was secured for the fourth Pembroke 16 6 7 a 160 81 so.62 strength team went down rather from t h e heavyweight trial teams were picked after last time in the club’s history. This Y.M.C.A.o Belve. 78 48.75 141646 8642 14016064 45.71 heavily to Old Belvedere, but there championship. CORER, who was week’s College Park encounter in success was the result of a con- Malahide 16 S 4 7 160 62 3s.7s is consolation in the fact that Rail- which the Combined Universities, . Railway O. 16 4 3 160 49 30.62 representing Sierra Leone, never slstency which is rarely attained in Phoenix 15 6 7 150 38 z5.33 way Union were defeated in the even got inside the ring, for the led by new Trinity skipper DAVE Trinity sport and which becomes Merrion 14 0 6 8 140 18 12.8s first round by the princely margin decision had nothing to do with his BUCHANAN, beat the Rest of especially creditable when the con- of 131 runs. In this match Mm_~LON boxing methods ! Leinster 14-3. DONOVAN, DAVIES ditions under which Trinity play (who later clinched the league Because COKER’S thumbs are and SHERIDAN a15o figured on the in the competition are considered. HALLIDAY usually made worth-victory by running out the last exceptionally long, the gloves Universities XV, as did Trinity’s while scores. ANDERSON himself Clontarf batsman when a Trinity appointed for him to wear could last two captains, AUBREY BOURKE Because the College cricket played a very valuable innings in defeat was on the cards) made 98, not be laced up and, as no available and CYRIL MORRISON (now both season must end before even half the deciding match against Clon- the highest Trinity score of the the summer has gone, Trinity can pair would fit either, he was of Wanderers). BOURKE played tar[ and his control of the side season. JONES played two good scratched. This was an outrageous with KEANE in the trial yesterday. play each of the competing clubs was particularly creditable in the innings in the cup and even took decision on a most extraordinary only once. This means that much four maches which produced some wickets against Railway case. Surely the only just course more is at stake in every match for hairsbreadth finishes. Trinity than for any other league Union. for the Games officials would have The greater part of the bowling The English tour was a success- been to postpone the fight and send There was a great day /or club. In addition, the squeezing of Trinity athletics d u r i n g the almost the entire programme into was done by HENDERSON, LITTLE ful one, as four matches were won off (if necessary to the U.S.A.) for summer when the George V. Ryan and GARST, all of whom topped against only one defeat. One match special gloves. the month of May, with two trophy [or the A.A.U. inter-dub matches every week-end, imposes the 20-wicket mark in competitive was rained off and in the other COKER had a couple of raw matches. It was not quite as good fixture Trinity were nine runs short deals during his days as a Trinity championships was won at Santry a severe strain on players, not least Stadium. Trinity totalled 168 those with exams in the offing. a season as 1965 for opening of victory with two wickets stand- boxer, but this must have been his points, defeating the holders, bowler HENDERSON, but he sxill ing when the match was left drawn. bitterest disappointment. However, Crusaders, by a clear 20-point All was overcome by CHRIS. made holes in the batting of several On the tour, MURPHY, who ended he does not intend to retire and at ANDERSON and his team, for seven sides. LITTLE took 8 for 32 against the season as one of the league’s the moment is actively engaged in margin, and so winning the cup out of the nine league matches essrs. [or the first time since 1961. Leinster, who eventually finished top wicket-keepers, was among rried his other sport, Rugby. Last month were won and so Trinity are runners-up to Trinity, and this was those who topped fifty, and STIVEN "eally he scored a try for Harlequins The foundation [or Trinity’ s win champions for the first time since probably the key performance of suddenly blossomed as a wicket- and against the East African touring was laid in the sprints and field 1948. the summer. Had Trinity lost it taker. team at Twickenham. events, for victories were recorded This triumph was not built would have been their third defeat Trinity’s final record for this in the 100 yards, 220 yards and round one player. Of the batsmen, in a row and the incentive to take v e r y rewarding season was: ) not 120 yards hurdles, javelin, triple only KYNASTON played a large the title would have been lost. As Played, 19; won, 12; lost, 4; Ltion. The Boat Club ended their centenary summer in the same ex- lump and pole vault. Among the innings, but LITTLE, LEAVER and it was, a pulsating victory over Old drew, 3. lg to winners, REES was particularly not cellent form which had earlier in the season brought them such impressive, capitalising on a fine liam. start in the 220 to record a time of ’,risk honours as the Wylie and Cannon time out he convincingly won from Cups. After a creditable showing 23.1 seconds. In both the triple CORRIGADILLISK over fences at n eta- jump and the javelin the first two maxwe"n Punchestown. H o w e v e r, the :s, of at Henley, the Trinity oarsmen had a brilliant afternoon at Blessington were from Trinity, for while ~" Dreaper charge has to conceed in the Dublin Metropolitan BOELANs (43 ft. 5 in.) held off over a stone to GREEK VULCAN, a Regatta. PIKE’S challenge by an inch, smart good winner of the Guinness The first senior [ours (NORTH- THUNECKE (198 ft. 4 ins.) inflicted ’Chase. Old stager PACKED HOME .~asily a rare defeat on BUTTERWORTH by Leopardstown sets the scene on "He RIDGE, HUNTER, BRAIDWOOD, and is never too far away, but the a 9-inch margin. Saturday for Trinity racegoers to winner may be the consistent mare )at " GRAHAM as cox) beat Glasgow renew their racing acquaintances University by ¼ length in a GREAT LARK who always runs a ’ess"~ in what promises to be an excellent good race. Thursday’s distance is thrilling final. The final of the meetingCAI’TOR with looksan all sweepstakea good prospect /~@ (~i~~the ’’Tipp ’Chase’’ at IAmerick senior eights event for the Pem- Five Trinity hockey players took card. equivalent to her winning trip in broke Challenge Cup was a tense part in the Leinster Under 23 trial struggle between Trinity and at Londonbridge Road on Tues- in the two-year-old Tolka Stakes, function last week. G a r d a, but Trinity finished day. HEANEY and KING played having run a good fourth to RED strongly and won by ½ length. The Cross-Channel racegoers should for the Probables, with DOUGLAS, ToP, with little previous ex- see FLYINGBOLT credited with his victorious crew consisted of RYDER, FURLONG and FREESTONE on the perience at Naas. He faded some- first success this season in the B O WE N, NORTHRIDGE, HILL, Possibles team. Trinity skipper what short of the distance, but £5,000 Centenary ’Ch a s e at BRAIDWOOD, HUNTER, WALTON, MCNULTY was unavailable for the Saturday’s extra furlong is just Cheltenham. This massive chesnut ROGERS and GRAHAM (cox). trial. about right. In seems certain to score his twelfth Cup, MAy DUKE, a comfortable triumph off the reel even though winner at Tralee recently, may him, he may have to wait a race or he concedes a lump of lead all LYK-NU CLEANERS LTD. prove too strong for VULNAGRENA. tWO. round. 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scene. The hockey club has set a good example by starting faced. It is not usual to stir up Rugby players with talk of its training schedule as early as mid-August and this traditions, but awareness of the club’s heritage must be should be encouragement enough for any freshers hoping one of the components in building up this year’s Colours to make their mark before even attending their first XV. The challenge is a mighty one: it will need more lecture. than conventional brain and brawn to overcome it. It will be argued that the hockey club has the necessity It would be unfair, having said all this, to convey the of early league commitments to drive its members into impression that the Rugby club is taking the situation action, but the Colours match should be sufficient incentive lying down. There was better and happier organisation Trinity’s sportsmen have made their usual mediocre for the Rugby club to be in full swing by September. It last season than for some time past and results tended to has been made clear in the past few seasons that the odds improve. Indeed, there was a much earlier start to training start to the season. The hockey team, as usual first into this year and Trinity have matched the opposition in all the field, won their first two league matches, but fell away are becoming increasingly steeped against Trinity in the Colours match simply because of U.C.D.’s wider pick. the early games. This is encouraging, but more must follow when confronted with tougher opposition, while the Rugby if a real impact is to be made. It is not enough to score team has maintained a consistently moderate standard in This is particularly unfortunate because while it has been happening the match has gained in prestige and is two good tries in a match, as Trinity did against Clontarf, its first four matches, only once translating efficient foot- if a late penalty is concedeff to bring the scores level. An ball into victory. now followed with interest by all the Irish Rugby public. If Trinity cannot win at least an occasional clash with all-round increase in discipline and determination is called The late start to term is, of course, a big handicap to for; if it is achieved, and if the Rugby club becomes once Trinity sports clubs and most of them will only get U.C.D., the Dublin University Football Club, for all its ll2-year history, will become a nonentity in Rugby circles. -again a power in the land, Trinity sport as a whole will moving this week, but this is one disadvantage that must benefit immeasurably. be overcome if any impact is to be made on the Irish This is an unpleasant fact, but it is one which must be

SOCCER RUGBY MIKE WELCH Buchanan’s men Trinity slide to draw drab game 0-4 defeat i ,. .| Trinity ...... 0 Old Wesley ...... 0 Whitehall Rangers ...... 4 Trinity ...... 0

Trinity went down rather heavily On a cold, grey afternoon to Whitehall Rangers in their first Trinity gave a disappointing dis- match of the season at College Park play in recording a scoreless draw on Saturday. Lack of practice was against Old Wesley in a dull and the main reason for the 4-0 defeat, uninspiring match. The fact was for a notable lack of co-ordination that neither set of forwards could was evident throughout. gain the ascendancy over the other for any length of time, while both There was plenty of determina- back lines looked incapable of tion in Trinity’s early play and splitting the opposition defence. midfield control was gained in the first quarter. Unfortunately, the Wesley dominated the opening fifteen minutes by virtue of obtain- forwards lacked the extra bite to ing cleaner possession from the make chances into goals and so lines-out and loose tucks, but the competent Whitehall side be- thereafter the Trinity forwards Alan Carroll, 1965 Colours scrum-hal[, gets the ball away during Monday’s Rugby trial in College Park. gan to come more into the game. managed to contain, though never A free kick put them ahead and overpower, the lively home pack. they consolidated their position Trinity missed an early penalty HOCKEY when Trinity conceded an own which proved to be the first of goal before half-time. Two more many missed kicks by both sides. goals in the second period gave Trinity’s most glaring weakness Rangers a rather flattering margin. this season has been the lack of a In spite of this result there is good place kicker and they were Marathon struggle with plenty of talent in Trinity soccer. fortunate that in this match the Wing halves POINTER and RA~ usually reliable MACKEN was off are probably the best link men in form for Wesley. Irish university soccer, and when Hooker HARRISON as usual MCCREADY and REANEY remm to more than held his own in the aid NOLAN a formidable front line tight, but DAWES could never Railway: still-0-0 after should develop. quite get the better of final Irish Pre-term interest in soccer has trialist CAMPBELL in the lines-out. been high and thus competition for The back row seems to be where places in teams will be keen. It is Trinity’s main strength lies, for hoped to field five teams each week HEYWOOD is fast and intelligent, which is a reflection of this healthy while SHERIDAN showed that he 110 minutes interest. Trinity are host club for has recovered from the injury this year’s Irish Inter-University which kept him out of the game Trinity ...... 0 Railway Union ...... 0 tournament for the Collingwood for much of last season. The other Cup and hope to improve on last wing forward is HAWKESWORTH, The challenge of a first round wing-halves FREESTONE and FUR- BROWNE had to clear a shot off season’s runners-up position. a freshman who is showing distinct Mills Cup tie with all-conquering LONG soon got their measure and the line, but Trinity settled down promise. Railway Union brought a vastly never ceased to harry them during and soon held the initiative. KING Trinity team: KEANE celebrated his selection improved performance f r o m the whole 110 minutes. almost forced home a cross from for a Leinster trial by giving Trinity at Londonbridge Road on Forwards who fail to score rarely BUDD and just on half-time a J. Kynaston; T. Mears, D. Jackson; C. Cordess, R. O’Moore, I. Pointer; HUTCHINSON a good service from Saturday, but even a high pro- escape criticism, but it would be beautiful move culminated in FRY D. Nelson, C. Rae, T. Nolan (capt.), scram-half, but he could do with portion of Trinity pressure was not churlish to treat the Trinity attack having two shots saved in quick A. Jacks, C. Ihenacho. more protection from the for- enough to breach the league too harshly. The Railway goal has succession. :wards. HUTCHINSON kicked well, leaders’ iron defence and the score only fallen twice this season, but Trinity did everything but score but might have run the ball a little was still 0-0 after two periods of it can never have been so hard in the second half. MCNULTY had more often. HERRON did enough extra time. While is was unfor- pressed as it was during the second one shot from a corner saved and llle~uli~ in full on the wing to show that given half tunate that the chances to clinch half of playing time proper. ¯ another went narrowly wide, FRY a chance he could pierce most victory were not accepted, the dis- DOUGLAS, moved to centre-for- shot high over the bar from a good SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd! defences. tinction of being the first team this ward after scoring five times in a position and KING was once just BUCHANAN’S leadership was full season to hold Railway should friendly match, had much to do too slow in shooting. RUGBY of vigour and, in spite of the restore Trinity’s confidence for the with the attack’s improvement, In extra time MURPHY had the Old Wesley, 0; 1st XV, 0--D. I team’s performance in this game, tasks which lie ahead. for he made up for his lack of best chance when a miscued Rail- he must be confident of moulding Trinity’s captain, MCNULTY, speed with extra determination, in- way clearance came straight to HOCKEY a very good side from the large had an excellent game at centre- telligent positioning and first-class him, but his shot was wide. By 1st XI, 0; Railway Union, 0---D.- number of talented players at his half and was the inspiration be- distribution. FRY and BUDD on the now Trinity’s anxiety to score was disposal. hind this fighting display, but wings found several openings and letting the opposition have more Air Corps, 1; 2nd XI, 2.~W. : every member of the defence con- figured in one or two glorious scope and it was Railway who Trinity team: tributed handsomely to the cause movements with the inside for- came nearest to scoring the elusive SOCCER D. Beck; R. Verso, A. Ray, D. of keeping the goal intact. wards, but either poor finishing or goal in the last half-hour, but saves 1st XI., 0; Whitehall Rgs., 4~W. Donovan, R. I-Ierron; R. Hutchinson, MCNULTY’S dominance in the stout defence proved their undoing by WHITESIDE and timely tack.les F. Keane; P. Michael, A. Harrison, on every occasmn. by BROWNE and HEANEY helped CRO S s-COUNTRY D. Buchanan (capt.), R. Davies, S. middle meant that Railway had to Stubbings, C. t-Iawkesworth, D. Hey- seek goals through centres from Much of the early attacking was see Trinity safely to a well-earned Harriers Selection, 46; St. Luke’s wood, H. Sheridan. their clever wings, but Trinity done by Railway and once replay. Coll., Exeter, 37.~L.

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