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Major Operation in Medic. School % i::: .... :i!) WATCH i: ?i ~L t CLOCK KEEP YOUR 4 and EYES JEWELLERY RIGHT Repairs a Speciality At Reasonable Prices REGISTERED AT THE G.P.0. AS A NEWSPAPER COPYRIGHT DIXON CARON HEMPENSTALL PRICE 3d. Vol. III--No. 12 TI~URSDAY, MARCH 8, 1956 40 GRAFTON ST. 111 GRAFTON ST. Le Metier ¸ MAJOR OPERATION d ’Interprete i::; il,t On Thursday last, Dr. Skeffington gave a talk on "Le M~tier d’Interpr~te" to the IN MEDIC. SCHOOL French Group. He discussed the ~L difference between interpreters who have the temperament of in I Reorganisation & Reconstruction a prima donna and the more IT’S GETTING humble translator. MPORTANT changes are taking place in the Medical There are two methods MONOTONOUS I of interpreting -- consecutive a School. "Trinity News" is now able to give more and simultaneous interpretation. rn The Harry Preston Trophy information, supplementing the article of February 9th. i will soon be able to find its own The former is used at com- way to Dublin. This coveted Developments are in progress not only on the teaching mittees and assemblies which I University boxing prize was and administrative side, but also in lecture and laboratory cannot afford expensive equip- again handed to the Trinity facilities. ment. The interpreter takes :~,.t Boxing Club on Friday when, notes during the speech, and The new tutorial system is expected to come into operation next summarises t h e important for the sixth year in succession, term, while alterations in the system of "B" examinations will points at the end. This means they held’ off allcomers. come up for discussion at the next meeting of the Board of the that he is either taking notes ~%he tt It was in 1951 whe~n the School of Physic. The improvements in the building concern n- or speaking all the time, and Trinity men brought the title to mainly the Anatomy and Pathology departments. Miss Meryl Gourley this exhausting work is con- rs Dublin after it had found re- Undoubtedly more co-opera- does not visualise this for soms sequently paid at about £5 a ,r [:. pose in England. But even tion was essential between time. The Dear Departed day. The man who interprets before this, it had adorned the University lectures and clinical Building Alterations Has the " Ghost of Gourley " simultaneously is the real Colle.ge "shelf" on seven teaching in hospital. Com- Extensive building operations departed from Players, will the " star." He works in a glass occamons. Now it seems as mencing in the Trinity term, have been in progress in the temptations of the Studio "cage" overlooking the though it is just a question of the present system of clinics departments of Anatomy, Theatre limit her appearances assembly and translates as the giving the trophy an annual will be radically altered. For Physiology and Pathology for on the boards of No. 4? speaker reads. His main asset "day’s outing." this purpose, three full-time some time now. These buildings The popular Sunday Press is mental agility. Almost all the universities in tutors are being appointed in are being modernised. In the has afforded full coverage to In conclusion, Dr. Skeffington :: !? Great Britain are represented at each of the three Dublin Pathology School, the basement this actress’s rise to semi- illustrated this bY a story about this meeting, yet not even such hospitals mostly favoured by is being converted into a new professional status as the a friend of his who was in- " full time " athletes as tough- Trinity students -- which still library and museum, but in female lead in Claudel’s "Part- terpreting at a South American borough can overcome the have to be decided--and part- some instances the finishing age De Midi," a rSle previously congress. At one stage a tenacity and general all-round time tutors in less populated touches are just being added to played by Edwige Feulliere! speaker stood up who spoke skill of the Dublin men, who hospitals. Under the new a building erected at the end The acting of this Mod. Lang. with a completely incomprehen- take their job so seriously that system the present large of the last century. student has strengthened since ible accent. The interpreter, boxing might appear to be their numbers will be divided into Curiosity has been aroused her early appearance in Players not at all perturbed, switched sole occupation. Congratula- groups of not more than eight. by Professor Erskine’s re- and she will doubtless improve on to the French version and tions to the team, the trainer Eventually the bulk of teaching planning of the Anatomy considerably under the ex- translated from it. Afterwards and to the back-room boys. will be transferred to hospitals, theatre. Tip-up cinema seats perienced production of Eric he went to thank the French- (Results on the-back page.) with the College lectures having will afford maximum comfort, Blair and give a performance woman, who claimed that she a supplementary function. with press button remote con- equal to her capabilities! had not understood either, .and Contrary to reports, there trolled epidioscope and blinds, had taken the German version. LADY ASTOR are to be no restrictions oxa..l~he coupled with daring decor de- ANOTHER BAN The German, in his turn, had number of students entering ~he signed by the Pro~essor him- followed the Russian. In a band pre-Medical year. However, the self will make this the most they went to thank the Russian, OBSCENE ? up-to-date lecture theatre in ON TRINITY examination at the end of that Following the recent example who explained that the speech The printers of "Icarus" re- year will become more com- Ireland. It is hoped to re-open had been in Esperanto. "I it next term and to hold the of Dublin County Council, it fused to publish an article on petitive. The numbers passing was decided at last Monday’s don’t understand Esperanto," he Bernard Shaw by Nancy, Lady into the first Medical year will International Ophthalmic Con- went on, " but the speaker was gress there in May. meeting of Carlow County Astor, a close friend of the thus be limited with further Council to exclude Trinity from a friend of mine, and I knew dramatist, for fear of causing trimming at Half Time. The cost of these elaborate the sort of thing he would re-constructions are being borne its 1956 scholarship scheme. the censors’ displeasure. It is also intended, subject to Last year’s awards clause "on say!" The article was to have G.M.C. approval, to alter the by the Trinity Trust and the College. Unfortunately, scarcity the recommendation of the i ~I!¸ appeared in the current issue pre-Med, curriculum. Botany Academic Council of University ’ of the magazine, together and Zoology will be condensed of funds will limit progress in TIE ON SALE )/. i~i other departments. College, Dublin, and the Board with contributions from S~an to Biology, and some Bio- of Trinity College, Dublin," has The new College tie is on sale O’Casey and other g u e s t chemistry will be introduced¯ All this should serve to bring the already excellent been amended to require only at the S.R.C. rooms in No. 4 and writers, to mark the centenary The present system whereby the recommendation of the at Tyson’s in Grafton Street. It lit failures in "B " are allowed to standard of Medical teaching to of the birth of G.B.S. a yet higher level, which will former. Th e wording: " Ten- is dark blue in colour and has It is understood that the carry on until finals is also able at any recognised maiver- the College crest superimposed " offensive " passage included coming under discussion¯ Other no doubt appease those support- on it in gold arid silver¯ The ing the criticisms of the sity or constituent college in something to the effect that changes include the introduction Ireland" will now read: "Ten- prices range from 11/6 to 18/6, of a course in Practical Pharma- American visitors. Despite all Shays died holding Lady Astor’s this, in a field of teaching such able at University College, depending on the material used. hand and saying: "Nancy, I cology, starting next term. Dublin." To disguise the sig- ¸ want to sleep." Many would like to see the as that of Medicine, changes , !i present Arts course for Medics¯ are always essential and sug- nificance of its ’decision, the % !) gestions from students con- Council introduced the custom- ",) .!!~ altered, with more emphasis on ary " special circumstances " .ancillary Medical subjects. But cerned are being encouraged, clause. J!. the Dean, Professor Torrens, but not forthcoming. EASTMANS i/,i~ LTD. :i ii Hydrogen Bomb Exploded By Appointrnent to H¯ M. Queen Elizabeth II CAN MAN BE Racing Colours-- PURVEYORS OF Professor E. T. S. Walton, F.T.C.D., Nobel Prize winner, was SAVED ? in the chair when the motion "That the Hydrogen Bomb is the ],, HIGH-CLASS R. TYSON, LTD. ? ~’: The German Group held its greatest power for peace in the world to-day," was overwhelmingly MEAT best-attended meeting thisterm defeated at the Philosophical Society’s inter-varsity debate on DUBLIN when Professor Hinderks came Thursday night. ’Phone : 77105 dewn h:om Queen’s to talk on was a combination of first-class Suppliers to Mr. T¯ H. Robinson, President, Sole Suppliers of T,C.D. " Faust’s ErlSsung and die U.P.S., in a well-delivered, if music-hall turn, and an excel- ~- ~Jbl~ Undergraduates Ties. Trinity College Kri,sis des Modernen Meuschen." uninspiring opening speech, in- lent sermon, made a plea for Professor Hinderks posed terpreted the terms of the " love at all costs rather than several questions which are as motion, and contended that the peace at any price," as .a( solu- important now as in the time very existence of the hydrogen tion for international problems.
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