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A movement " ’ " last Friday into much simmering forlorn-looking picket ful." Buffet takings were "Apathy," we were told, bourgeoisie or workers." The leaflets distributed by the Direct Action group claimed that if the Taberna restaurant can make a profit on a --Photo " Irish Times " three shilling lunch, Buffet, with a guaranteed clientele of a thousand, Waiter jones~ Heather Lukes and Ralph Bates who are in the Players’ Term Production "Cuchulain." See should be able to produce edible food at reasonably low prices. The review, page 3. pamphlet also said that Buffet was subsidised to the tune of £6,00t) a year. Half a League After a complaint to the S.R.C. meeting he spoke of quality, and and a meeting of the Buffet Com- wanted to get his teeth into a PROF. COULSON New Forms mittee at which these claims few tangible complaints, but the Onward were challenged by the Agent, only tangible.criterion of quality for Travel is public opm,on itself." The The Itinerant Action Group, Professor Charles A. Coulson, Hr. Tom Chandler led his team led by Gratton Puron, picketed into action carrying placards and Agent has, however, promised, to F.R.S., Rouse Hall Professor of Concession look into the position of allegedly the City Hall for three-quarters Mathematics at Oxford Univer- a meat pie on a plate. Hr. of an hour on Monday afternoon Candler said that the picket was watery Brussels sprouts and sity, arrived in Dublin last night at least 70 per cent. successful. lumps in the mashed potatoes. in an attempt to persuade the for a four-day lecture visit to the " The Agent said we were un- The picket was not subjected to Corporation to postpone i t s University under the general title The air-line companies have any violence, although a few scheduled attempt to evict the of Science, Religon and Society. rescinded the arrangements for representative, but since only itinerant families now camped at He has had a notable career the signing of Student Travel about two hunted people ate on umbrellas were w aved dis- Buffet that day, he may have approvingly. The most surprising Inchicore in mathematics, physics a n d Concession Forms. changed his mind. If the Agent incident was when a member of The Group had originally in- chemistry, and has been Vice- Pending negotiations, the forms the catering staff appeared and tended to march along O’Connell President of the Methodist Con- stamped "On behalf of the were to go into Buffet he would ference. As a scientist and a see many silent complaints in the said "Come in out of the cold, Street, but as a result of a Principal " cannot be used. The form of large quantities left on have a glass of whiskey, and rumour that the Corporation was Christian, he is particularly con- companies will only accept the plates. At the Committee forget about it." going to try and evict the cerned with the relationship be- forms stamped "Registrar’s Office, itinerants that afternoon, the tween these two spheres. His Trinity College, Dublin," and itinerants did not leave their book, " Science and Christian signed by the Registrar person- Buffet: the reason why camp site, and a picket was put Belief," now in paper-back, has al!y. This new arrangement is on the City Hall instead. Two become a standard work on this likely to cause delay, and forms in one of the leafllets circul- For twenty-one weeks in tile members of the group delivered subject. may have to be collected by or fated concerning Buffet, it was year, between 800 and 900 people a letter asking that the evictions This afternoon at 5.30 he will forwarded to students later. stated that if Buffet did not make dine on Buffet daily. During that be postponed; they had been un- lecture on " Vibrations of Large Previously tutors and other a profit it must be inefficient. If time it probably is a profit- able to find the official respon- Systems" to the School of Mathe- members of staff were accredited it did make a profit, then prices making concern, but for the re- sible for eviction work, who, they matics To-day general lectures to sign concession forms. were exhorbitant and did not maining seven months of the year, were told, was at a meeting in will be on Science and Society Students should make sure that match the low quality of the costs reduce only slightly whilst another building. He could not {at 1.05, G.M.B.) and God (at orms re-directed to the food. It is very easy to level the revenue falls prodigiously. be found there either. 8.0 p.m., Exam. Hall. Chairman: Registrar’s office are endorsed on accusations. It is less easy to The effect is that the prices have All the time Guards were con- the Provost). the back, to help with the justify them with hard facts. to be standardised to cover both gregating, soon there were as To-morrow’ technical lecture identification problem. periods. many as there were pickets, eight. will be on the Chemistry of The accounts for the kitchens The first to arrive just made the Xenon Fluorides at 5.30. The Entertain are not divided for Commons, demonstrators walk in the road complete programme of general Buffet and Buttery, but are kept instead of on the pavement; later lectures for to-morrow, Saturday as one account. It is estimated names and addresses were taken and Sunday will be found on Young-- at the that Commons loses about £4,000 and the demonstrators were another page of this issue. each year and Buffet £2,000. The asked to leave. It appears that Board makes good the deficit. To pickets are only lawful in indus- Colon increase quality and efficiency trial disputes. [caFus (i~.or~i(~l, With no reply forthcoming would need more money and the Next week will see the publi- Board cannot reasonably be ex- f r o m the Corporation, the Youn~ Colony is a new word in 00~, eviction on Tuesday is expected cation of this term’s issue of fashion . . . it’s the gay young , ~ pected to pay more even if it "Icarus." Contributions will in- could afford to do so. For . to go ahead. The Itinerant Action clude poems by Derek Nahon, department at Brown Thomas Dinini~ , ¯ . Dancing . ¯ example,is used and°nlYto cope°neGroup__will chiPwith try. to prevent machinedemand it. Michael Longley, Jeremy Lewis which sets the fashion trend Nightly... Table d’Heta ~ and Tim Webb, and short stories for 15 to 25 year olds. Smart Dinner and a la Carte chips are being cooked for well Elections by lan Blake and Anthony Barton. ~)" over an hour before Buffet opens¯ up-to-the-minute casuals and . . . No Cover Charle... ~ In a!!, eight cwts. of potatoes are i At the D.U.A.I.A. meeting on separates. Budget priced coats Licensed to Midnight.. .;’~J]:l[’ cooked as chips daily. It is hardly Tuesday night the following five and suits. Dreamy dance dresses "~ Informal Dres= . . . surprising that the qua!ity doesI elections were made: Chairman, The Youn~z Colony means voun~ not compare with home cooking, i Lawrie Mowes: Records Secre- Bartkus is Willing ~_~ LUNCHEON[i D A I L Y. fashion . . . at your price. I~!illlr?J12.30-3 p.m. However, although a second chip tary, Alain Bruneau: Librarian, Welcoming and Appreciative mach,ne would helD, the several Stanley Feldman. Committee of Trinity Customers ~1]! ’ ~+~,.’;.~ +~][]ET][, OPOL]~ chasehUndredit mayp°undSnotMembers:Dunn. neededbe joanforthcomingt° Birch and David put- for some time¯ ,~(~:~ .l~OCon~ll St., DUBIMI~ ’~" tn the last two years the new GRAFTON ST. & DUKE ST., DUBLIN. ~;~-~-- kitchens have been operating. "TABERN ~,, 55 Lr.LUNCH O’Gonnell -- 3/- Street Restaurant (Continued o~ Back Page) 2 TRINITY NEWS February 27th, 1964 TRINITY NEWS V A Dublin University Undergraduate Weekly a Vol. ,’.
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REVIEWS REVIEWS -- REVIEWS Cuchulain Harpsichord Recital by W. B. Yeats The Central Music Committee must be congratulated on arrang- Mary Mar), Players ing a recital by so distinguished and versatile a musician as Mr. Gaiety is very convincing and does a lot would smudge out lines trying to Let it be said, first and fore- George Malcolm. Last Thursday J with a small part. escape. Expressionism in which most, that Players have nearly in the Exam. Hall he played an the Germans seem particularly succeeded in doing the im- attractive programme of harpsi- " Mary Mary" is a more pro- Carole Shelley, William Syl- adapted gave her encouragement, possible. This cycle of plays trac- chord music to a large audience. fessional production than any- vester and David Bea!e head the always experiencing a feeling of ing the life and death of Cuchu- He is unquestionably the most London company in " Mary Mary" thing I have seen in Dublin for a self-doubt after breaking into a lain is a monstrously unwieldly popular exponent of this instru- which H. H. Tennent Ltd. are pre- long time. It is almost continu- new field of experimen:. None- piece of theatre--theatre, that is, ment alive to-day and certainly his ally amusing, on occasions ex- senting at che Gaiety Theatre for theless she is a highly individual- as we know it to-day. But this manual dexterity is unsurpassed: a sadly limited run of one week. tremely witty in a Maileresque istic artist and acknowledges no production must be put in per- it was a great honour to have a vein--and most certainly a very influences anywhere in her career. spective. There is no beginning, recital of such distinction given Set in a New York apartment good evening’s entertainment. in the present day, " Mary Mary" Her work is a gradual, inevitable middle or end, no one theme, no especially for the University and is a charming and witty comedy Harriet Turton. evolution, the abstract her latest plot. The five episodes are with no admission charge. separate entities with little about the domestic difficulties of sphere of expression. The Kirckman harpsicord is dramatic form, except for the a husband and wife. Unlike the now in first-rate condition, thanks It is indeed to be regretted verse of Yeats, the power poetry predictable American comedy to Mr. Cathal Gannon, and its Anya Duncan that such a singularly gifted, of symbols, the sharing of the about divorce, where the pre- sincere and original artist should inner experience. many possibilities were exploited cocious child brings the couple more fully than we have heard The walls were judiciously hung be forced to confine her showing together again, " Mary Mary" As it stands it is more an before. For example, very strong with well-spaced canvases, eight in Dublin to the precincts of presents the novel suggestion of evening of poetry than a play, contrasts of tone-colour were in all, the predominant colours Trinity College, whose walls the income tax problems as the solv- and here two problems arise. used in quick succession. This being blue, red and sea-green, average Dubliner does not care, ing factor. Should the five episodes be was very impressive in the Haydn bright but deep in their intensity. dare or bother to penetrate. treated as a formal pageant, using sonata and in the descriptive There was a woman crouched The timing of the cast is excel- the actors as rnouthpieces for the pieces by Rameau: few would dis- over a game of cards on the floor. lent; they are obviously by now written word; or’ should an pute its effectiveness in Bach’s Her apparent nonchalance was familiar enough with their parts Dylan Thomas attempt be made at naturalism, Chromatic Fantasia (though there to be very relaxed and really disconcerting and belied her thus giving at least some motiva- is no historic justification for it), appreciate the humour of this readiness to communicate at the tion for what is being said? After the amazing succcess of but in the pieces from the Fitz- situation comedy, with its ten- slightest opportunity. Director John Jay approaches the william Virginal Book, I found gags-a-minute quality. last term’s " In Memory of Dylan work by using both formal and An Austrian, she has spent Thomas." Lynn Hughes has de- myself listening to the instrument some time in Portugal and Spain. natural means, neither of which rather than the music. I think Carole Shelley, who plays the cided to revive the production on were contrasted enough to be female lead, gave an exception- However, she regards Ireland as Sunday, March, 1st, St. David’s that to amplify short, old-English being just as conducive to work wholly effective. On the one virginal pieces into loud works ally amusing and exuberant per- Day. At 2.30 and 8 in Players’ hand there is the very real formance. Effectively honey- --her bright colours not emanat- Theatre, Tony Weale, Robert w i t h complicated registration ing from either the sun of joie de attempt at characterisation in the may not be a good thing. Mr coloured from hair downwards, Hutchinson, fan Milton and Lynn "Green Helmet," but the ideas she was inventive and very vivre of a more equitable climate. Hughes will read extracts from Malcolm produced almost in- Living predominantly as a recluse behind the characters remain credible crescendos and diminu- feminine as the unsure, wise- the poetry and prose of Dylan more important than the char- cracking wife. David Beale is ex- and working strenuously, these Thomas. "Under Milk Wood" endos by discreet use (some apparently are of minor import- acters themselves. On the other might say misuse) of the machine tremely relaxed at the self- is replaced by selected pieces hand, in " On Baile’s strand " his ance~ It is her emotions and feel- stop. In his introductory remarks centred husband who "can only from the work of another Welsh attempt at a vivid tableau during communicate to himself, but even ings that she expresses on canvas, Poet, Alun Lewis, who was killed he explained tha~ tile " machine" which to her is a form of release, the " swords in the flame" scene was a device expressly intended so the line is constantly engaged." in the last war. is marred by untidy grouping and a purgation. She has, naturally, to compete with the piano at the Adrienne Hill rather overdoes the some seemingly pointless move- passed through a figurative stage, The wonderful flavour of end of the eighteenth century sweet young thing, and her ment. her first painting being an Irish Thomas’ word play, humour and when the harpsichord was already mannerisms show a recent attend- But certainly we hear every ance at drama school rather than sea-scape, but here she was never pathos, is, I am assured, still in- falling out of favour. He was, at her ease, unable to subordinate tact, which will make it well word, delivered perhaps with a however--as he said later- natural affectation. Mr. Lock- greater emphasis on their sound wood West as the tax consultant her impressions of set lines she worth a visit. " quite unrepentant" about using quality than the actual meaning. it in earlier music! To some specialists meaning Is entirely of secondary importance, The recital opened with the but here I found it difficult not Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue of to become a completely passive J. S. Bach, which was slightly dis- listener, wooed by the words appointing and contained several flowing in this huge verbal con- inaccuracies. In fairness to Mr. cert, momentarily conscious of Malcolm, we must remember that the mood left with no lasting im- this was at the very start of the The Donald Macpherson Group of Companies have pression. The music by George programme and that many of us Hodnett was beautifully integ- had already heard his brilliant rapidly expanded since the end of the war. The Group consists of eight companies rated with the mood and helped record of this work, played on a to establish the atmosphere, and modern harpsichord. (The Trinity and ten factories with headquarters at Bury, Lancashire. The Group’s products the dancing, though perfectly harpsichord is 192 years old and executed by Shashi Trevadi, has smaller keys than most have a high reputation throughout the whole surface coating field and includes needed to be isolated either by modern instruments.) After the paints, varnishes, and lacquers of all kinds for decorative and protective purposes. lighting or by limiting the stage Bach came the Fitzwilliam pieces, space used, to be wholly of which Farnaby’s "Tower To maintain its position as one of the leading paint manufacturers, the Group effective. Hill" had the most immediate Michael Mackenzie as Cuchu- appeal. These were less heavily devote a considerable proportion of its resources to the study of new raw materials lain never gave the impression ornamented than I had expected, that he himself knew what he except for the final chord of each and to the creation of new surface coating compositions. was trying to achieve, due most piece. probably to the limited scope for The Haydn piano sonata, which projecting a recognisable char- must often have been played on acter. His voice was lacking in the harpsichord, was particularly range, there was no strength or impressive. It was played with warrior like fluidity in his move- All types of graduates are required but more especially more dynamic gradations than it ments and in the one genuine gets in many piano performances scientists and technologists to assist in the Group’s research and development climax when he realises that he and, of course, with infinitely has just killed his own son, the more colourful timbres. programme. The technical work associated with the design and manufacture of silent, quivering passion of a heart bursting with grief was The rest of the programme paint and allied products is a fascinating subject and offers unlimited opportunities totally missed. Ralph Bates, the consisted of works composed Fool and W. B. Yeats, proved that especially for the harpischord by to those who enter the challenge of new problems to be solved. he is the only truly versatile actor Rameau and Scarlatti. The first in Players. Walter Jones was of these, La Poule, is a regular feature of Mr. Malcolm’s recital! Salaries are reviewed annually, and increments depend on individual ability and superby accurate in detail as the Blind Man, and the voice control programmes. He seemed per- performance. of the chorus was nearly fault- fectly at home in all these works. less. For the rest they were which he played with great vigour adequate--no more, no less. and apparently effortless tech- nique. The audience was deprived Here we have an entertain- of an encore, as the recitalist was THE PERSONNEL MANAGER, DONALD MACPHERSON AND CO., LTD. ment for the specialist; an enter- subjected to public questioning tainment which neither rises to afterwards. Radcliffe Road~ Bury, Lancashire great heights nor falls to great depths. A truly ambitious attempt We are most grateful to George to master something that is, how- Malcolm for his superb recital and ever, beyond their scope. look forward to a return visit. Michael Gilmouro K. Go R. 4 TRINITY NEWS February 27th, 1964
SPARE US A PENNY KEEPING COMPANY
Liz. Bell and Scilla Elworthy look into the problem Visitors can be roughly will exasperate them to the classified by their immediate extent of giving up their game of Dublin’s poor objective on entering your draw. altogether. ing-room: that is, whether they The easiest solution to Class 4 dive for: is to flit around the room busying " In every road :he ensigns of Lane, near Christ Church, which impression as the atmosphere (1) " The Evening Press." yourself with the tiny trivia of poverty are displayed," said provides supper, bed and break- was always friendly and the rules (2) " The Tatler." domesticity. Poke the fire, Bishop Berkeley in 1749 and his fast free of charge to about 30,000 are usually elastic, although twiddle with the curtains, go and words might be echoed by any- men a year. Most of these are obviously some checks must be (3) The darts-board (or any make some coffee, re-arrange the one who walks round Dubin to- temporarily down in their luck or made. other conversation piece hearth-rug and / or flowers / day. There are the beggars play- young men up from the country that you happen to have Supper was being cooked in the cushions, etc. Preferably ask for ing their tuneless mouth organs who have failed to find a job and around). help and advice at every stage, in on O’Connell Bridge; empty-eyed have run out of money. Some, kitchen in vast pans. It was a delicious-looking stew of meat (4) The sofa. order to stir him from his re- men leaning up against a wall however, are regulars who seldom cumbent position. If he still shows watching the passing traffic; the keep a job long. These can stay and vegetables and masses of Methods for dealing with these potatoes followed by bread and classes of callers are very simple, no inclination to move by the familiar figures of aged men, at the shelter for a fortnight, but time you have run the gamut of bearded and tattered, jostled to after that they are not supposed jam and tea. In the morning they and need little experience. Here would have breakfast of porridge is a rudimentary guide:-- these tiny doings, you will doubt- the inside of the pavement by to come back for two months; less embark on one of those those with somewhere to go. this acts as an incentive to go out and bread and tea. The dining- Class I is the easiest. Read room was large and bare, with futile conversations which are, Perhaps for a moment you and find work, and to prevent your " Evening Press " as soon as unfortunately, outside the scope wonder where they go: whether them from using the shelter as a small tables for about four men. you’ve bought it, and then replace After the meal they could sit and of this article and run something they spend the night in a bus free hotel. There are also a hard the inside with the "Evening like this: shelter or station or in a derelict core of unemployables and men read or watch television in Standard." Your visitors’ chargin house; where their next meal will too old to work and these are sitting-rooms which were quite at not finding the incomparable Boy: " Come and sit here." come from Of course, all cities allowed to stay in the shelter the comfortable. As soon as they " Evening Press" headlines will Girl: " I’m quite happy here, have their poor. It may be that whole time as they have nowhere came in most of the men would give you the laugh they should thank you." we notice them particularly here to go. wash or have a bath. There is hot have got while you were Boy: " Why?" water the whole time a n d because we know parts of this twiddling your thumbs, and Girl: "1 prefer this chair." city so well or because we have The shelter is a large fortress- facilities for washing clothes. having bits of the paper read out like building surrounded by a There were two large dormitories Boy: " There’s more room on more time here to watch people. to you. the sofa." We see them but after a brief high brick wall. At 6 o’c. when and each bed is Jn a separate we arrived there were about 40 For Class 2 you simply make Girl: " Not with you on it," moment’s pity, we forget them cubicle. Mass is celebrated regu- sure that your sophisticated and shut our minds to them. men waiting to be admitted. larly in the shelter’s chapel but and so on. If you don’t know We had to push through them to gibberish is more sophisticated what to do after that go and ask although the atmosphere is than theirs. Lay in a stock of What does happen to the find the Superintendent whom, to Catholic, no one has ever been Mummy. our surprise, we found be a a phrases to cover all new books, homeless? There is little excite- refused admission because of his plays, films, fashions and fads. Of course all these situations ment about their lives and small, middle-aged woman. She religion and no one is forced to can be avoided by having a pair turned out to be a great person- " An interesting manifestation of certainly no romance. Unemploy- attend services. If a man is badly ’the human mind with an authen- of binoculars on an upstairs ment benefit in Dublin is very ality and well able to run the in need of new clothes the Society window-sill. When the door bell shelter. Among many other tic ring of truth," " Symptomatic low indeed. There are, how- will provide these too, for suit- of the twentieth century," and rings you peer out of the window ever, two organisations: t h e things she told us that if there able clothes are collected from and then decide whether or not was ever any trouble she only " Kinky" can be applied to most Legion of Mary and the Society helpers all over Dublin. things. to go down. Alternatively you of St. Vincent de Paul which try had to appear and it stopped im- can hide in the wardrobe, and let and help the homeless and mediately. O u r apprehension The Legion of Mary provides a Class 3 is the most difficult of very similar type of service, but all. Alternatively you can play someone else answer the bell. poverty-stricken. N eit h e r is about what it would be like Unfortunately, you may be let in proved unfounded. Outside it it makes a small charge. It Patience and Scrabble until they supported by the Church, but could be argued that this is less for a protracted stay among the depend only on the generosity of was bitterly cold, but inside it stop their athletic entertainment moth balls and coat hangers if was warm and friendly; clean and degrading than to get everything annoyed that you have fot,nd self- private people. There have been absolutely free, and that it they are invited in for coffee by repeated requests for some rather bare. sufficient mental diversion; or a sociable Mama who doesn’t Government interest in the enables them to keep some self- you can be completely defeatist, Parts of the building are by no respect. Both these organisations and simply leave the room and realise that this pimpled lout im- problems which these two organi- means modern as it was founded pedes rather than helps your sations together with ot h e r perform a vital function. There go to bed. Unfortunately, this in 1915, but all the essentials were will always be men who would leaves you wide open to attack social progress. Brothers are skil- bodies are struggling to combat. there and it was quite comfort- ful accomplices: if the caller is Their work in the night shelters rather do no work and sleep out, because they are likely to come able. The old men were sitting but while there is blatant and and look for you, when they at unsatisfied with being told rm is carried on by lay brothers and there waiting for their supper, not at home, my brother shows sisters, either full or part time sometimes unavoidable poverty, last realise they are alone in the while the younger ones were charitable institutions such as room. Perhaps the most simple him round every corner down- workers, business or professional being allowed in one by one and stairs. " You can see she’s not men who give up two or three these will give men who are method is to enter into their carefully checked to see that game with tremendous zeal, mis- here," he says, flinging wide the evenings a week, and interested they were not staying too long temporarily out of work a chance oven door. " Yes," replies the members of the clergy. firing at every throw, giggling and that they genuinely could not to start again and may be the wildly, and blunting the darts on unwanted, peering despondently We went to the night shelter afford to pay for their keep. deciding factor in starting him on every picture and light-bulb in into the deep freeze. ,of St. Vincent de Paul in Back Perhaps this gives the wrong the way to self-respect again. sight. This excessive enthusiasm Mirabel Walker.
SCIENCE, RELIGION AND SOCIETY
GRADUATES MEMORIAL BUILDING PUBLIC THEATRE 1-05--1-35 P.M. 8-0 P.M.
THURSDAY : GOD THURSDAY " SCIENCE AND SOCIETY FRIDAY : CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
FRIDAY" SEX SATURDAY" THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND SUFFERING PROFESSOR CHARLES A. COULSON, F.R.S., M.A. Ph.D., D.Sc, F.R.S.E, Rouse Ball Pro[essor of Mathematics at Oxford and F~liaw of Wadham Col!ege, is eminent in the field of Mrdhematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Christian apologetics .~ZU N DAY " BELIEF SATURDAY: PEACE AND WAR His many published works, include university te×t-boak~ on ’Waves’ and ’Electricity’ and the pape~ back, ’Science and ASERMON PREACHED IN THE Christian ~elief’ which the Times literary supplement thought COLLEGE CHAPEL AT 7-0 P.M. to be ’One of the most profound studies of the relationship of Science and rehgion that has yet been published,’ On Saturday, front 1-35--2-00 p.m. After each of these n-teetitags there will be an opportunity to ask there wiE be an opportunity to ask questions. questions.
]i February 27th, 1964 TRINITY NEWS
ELECTION DAY Ireland Last Wednesday morning, as I froze outside a polling booth somewhere in Kildare, I pre- oldest dicted a low poll, a bitter contest, JOHN ROSS and a Fine Gael victory. I was wrong on all three counts. Despite freezing weather and the f ell s . . . lowering grey skies w h i c h ~ame threatened snow all day, Kildare ON had a 73 per cent. poll, and Cork ass 4 70 per cent. Fianna Fail won sying both contests convincingly, and a of at least in Kildare the contest fire, Wcst was fought in a spirit of remark- and of able tolerance and forbearance. ." the THE SENATE Supporters of all three parties ’ers / GRAFTON STREET chatted amicably around the poll- ( for ing booth or foregathered in le, in pubs. Grounds for agreement ; re- Finest Swiss Watches rather than disagreement were hows at Swiss Prices sought. the In two-party gatherings, the Jt of WEST & SON, LTD. Turnover Tax was disapproved of ~u bt- The Oireachtas or National Parliament consists of the President, Seanad by Fine Gael and Labour; Blue- :hose 102-103 Grafton St. Eireann and Dail Eireann. Of these, Dafl Eireann is the more powerful; the shirts denounced by Fianna Fail House of Commons being its equivalent in the U.K. and Labour, and socialism con- are, Seanad Eireann is of interest to Trinity in that it is to the Senate that the ;cope Irish graduates of Dublin University elect three members. These are at present, demned by Fianna Fail and Fine I i thing in the order of the votes cast for each at the last election, Senators, J. N. Gael. In three-party meetings I I Ross, W. J. E. Jessop and W. B. Stanford. the prevailing sentiment was p, ! Senator Ross is a partner in a Dublin firm of solicitors and the only one " Well, we’re all Irishmen, aren’t OUT OF TOWN af our representatives not on the College staff. In the first of two talks with we? What are you havin’?" here, I Js he reports on the Senate, its election and constituents. i To Next week Senator Ross will continue discussing the Senate’s functions At last I0 p.m. came, and the I and suggest possible means of reform. last old lady had been told to put I A B C Club a 1 (not an X) opposite the 9 I DEERPARK ROAD appropriate candidate. " Y e s, n on I .oom MERRION I ma’am, Mr. Norton is handsome, I I as you say." Then there was It, nothing to do but wait. Dancing I The Senate consists of sixty members, of whom forty-three are I have never known such an (.now I occasion. On Thursday afternoon about 9-1 a.m. I " Panel members," eleven are nominated by the Taoiseach and six J ask I 4.30 the news was circulating in Every Saturday I elected by the graduates of the Irish Universities. At first glance it is disappoint- Leinster House, by the 6.30 news tions I Many people think of the Senate as being primarily a vocational ing when what might be a the country knew it. Fianna Fail pair I vocational body turns out to be had swept home with an in- body, because the great majority of its members are elected from ;tairs I a political one, but having seen it creased vote in both contests. - bell NEXT SATURDAY I panels of representatives of such interests as " national language and at work, I think it essential that Labour had made modest gains, ldow I AVALONS & CORVETTES ! culture," " agriculture," " labour," " industry and commerce " and the Senate remains primarily a although still running third, while " not " public administration." political body. If there were Fine Gael had slumped dis- you I S/-1 MemZers’-----In spite of forty-three 41"j candidates having to come from such groups, completely free scope for every astrously. For Sean Lemass it member to vote as he wished was a great personal triumph. His td let the Senate is very much apolitical rather than a vocational body. This bell. without party allegiance, little government has now successfully et in is because of its system of election which is extraordinary complex. legislation would be enacted. On weather the controversial Turn- the Each vocational panel is divided into two parts, the Nominating Bodies’ the other hand the Senate would over Tax. The electorate re- ~rs if "" The Purs.il Sub-Panel and the Oireachtas Sub-Panel. In the Nominating Bodies’ benefit considerably if the elec- sponded generously to the 12 per :e by Sub-Panel, although many candidates are nominated by outside bodies, torate were to pay more atten- cent. wage agreement. He is now tion to the intellectual calibre of lesn’t of Innocence’° safe until October, 1966, unless for example the R.DS., the Incorporated Law Society and the Irish the panel candidates instead of he chooses to consult the elec- tim- T.U.C., it is rare for a candidate to be elected unless he is already entirely to their party allegiances. torate on his own terms before- your By IAN BLAKE known to have given his allegiance to a political party. . skil- hand, and he still has the Budget In the Oireachtas Sub-Panel If the Senate does to some er is to come if he still has second candidates are nominated by four Of the six University Senators, extent reflect the Dail, it is more I rm Distinguished Visitor: thoughts on his recent generosity. members of the Oireachtas and three represent Dublin University than just a pale shadow of hows After a period of re-grouping DR. VAN VORIS inevitably almost all these nomin- and three the National Uni- it. Sometimes political debates own- and expansion, the failure of the ations are members of political versity of Ireland. Any Irish are duplicated, but as a body it Labour Party to significantly ; not parties. The electorate itself is graduate over twenty-one is en- justifies its existence. Amend- _~ the increase their vote must be wholly political. It consists of titled to vote. The vote takes ments which fail in the rough ; the To-night ascribed to a failure of communi the members of the incoming place by postal ballot, papers and tumble atmosphere of the ently cation. Their T.V. programme at the Dail, the outgoing Senate and the coming in from all over the Dail are sometimes accepted was unimaginative, and the effe~ Councils of the Counties and world. A very high percentage by the Government possibly in tiveness of photogenic and articu, County Boroughs in Ireland. a of graduates vote. some slightly different form when late candidates was thus impaired¯ total of about 870 electors. PHIL It sometimes happens in put forward in the quieter atmos- Thew only direct newspaper As all the electorate are National University elections that phere of the Senate. Occasion- support came from such organs members of bodies organised on candidates go tlp on a party ally a technical Bill gets a better as the "Southern Star" (incor- hearing in the Senate than in the party lines it is almost impossible ticket, but this has never porating the " Skibbereen Eagle") Dell. This was noticeably so in for an Independent of even the happened in Trinity as long as which could not compete with the debate on the Trade Marks highest expext standing in his I can remember, although the massive power of the " Irish own field to be elected for a occasionally a candidate has been Bill last year when a number Press" and the "Irish In- of Senate amendments were Panel unless he had strong party a member of a political party. All dependent." Wine and Dim adopted by the Government. Even backing. the present Trinity members are Mr. Dillon’s brand new polic? the enormous Companies Bill made little impression, and his " The Taoiseach’s eleven " are Independents. which was rushed through a party lost out completely. The in Dublin’s Most Historic usually members of his own party One of the stock jokes in Special Committee of the Senate reason for this would appear to appointed too often as a reward Senate debate comes when some- was improved by three amend- be his inept handling of the non- Tavern for past political services or as a one says, " There are no parties ments. confidence motion last December, consolation for failing to get into here," but on occasions it is very The Senate also has power not and the general failure of Fine the Dail at a General Election. clear that the party whips are on, only to amend and delay non- Gael to be a constructive In the last inter-party Govern- particularly when the Govern- ment, a notable effort was made money Bills for n!nety days but to opposition. An interne! upheaval ment is anxious to push through in the party would appear to be to break away from this practice imtlate Bills. Two Bills have a b iil without amendment. been initiated quite recently. One imminent, in face of what was and appoint some distinguished This happens too i:requently was the Health (Homes for In- probably their greatest setback figures in legal, banking and other towards the end of July and in since 1932. Mr. Dillon will be spheres. The experiment has not capacitated Persons) Bill) intro- early August when the Dail has lucky if he is not made the scape- been repeated, but in 1961 Hr. duced by the Government as the (Estd. 1812) already risen for the Vacation, goat, and his leadership chal- Lemass (already having a large result of a Labour Party motion and Ministers are anxious not to lenged. If present trends con- majority for his own party in the in the Senate to regulate the con- put Senate amendments back to ditions in nursing homes run for tinue, Mr. Corish is well on his SHELLFISH TAVERN Senate) did appoint two In- d~e Dail when it sits again in way to his immediate objective, dependents, Senator Cole, a profit. The other a private Bill October or November. introduced by Senator Stanford which is to lead the opposition. GRILLROOM graduate of Trinity, and Senator Fianna Fall’s move to the left is Sheldon, a former Dail deputy Even when the whips are not entitled "Protection of Animals being taken seriously, perhaps too for Donegal whose constituency on, there is rarely a free vote for (Amendment) Bill" to bring the seriously, by the general public. AND BARS had disappeared in the re-shuffle party members. In the two law on the treatment of animais Malcolm Redfellow. of Dail constituencies. years I have been in the Senate, up to date. TRINITY NEWS February 27th, 1964
finding herself in an impossible find that a woman has gone HOCKEY Letters three heart contract, by making further than you--probably with- a bloomer at the second trick, out the spiritual encouragement. In their penultimate league managed to pull off an otherwise (Last year a woman went the match this season, Trinity were defeated 3-I by Three Rock Antiques Behind Buffet hopeless coup. Richard Bur- whole way in 39 hours!) There wood (suffering the after-effects are always plenty of people to Rovers at Londonbridge Road last Saturday. The score hardly does Sir,--I would like to correct Sir, -- Perhaps the relevant of the previous evening’s social keep you company and cars with justice to the Trinity side who one small point in your account authority in College who looks drinking) accidently opened with free refreshments (non-alcoholic) gave their best performance for of the Art Society’s group of after the interests of the Buffet a Benjamin two heart bid on four pass every few minutes. some time, and the fast, hard antiques enthusiasts. Although could be persuaded to set down points and a five card suit to the It is hoped that a stage per- game was especially welcome in as you suggest this and mcst of on paper the system by which the knave. On being doubled, he re- sonality will start the race from view of the forthcoming Mauritius the activities of the Society are Buffet is run, i.e., who the sorted to the Kock-Werner re- the City Hall, Belfast, at 9 a.m. informal, there is one formality caterer is, how much the catering double, shrieking to partner Cup competition. on Saturday, 25th April. There on which we have to insist---the organisation takes for itself, the (Tony Godfrey) for a take-out. is full press and T.V. coverage. At first it seemed as though 5/- subscription. Lectures, ex- cost of food to the caterer, Godfrey passed! Due to a mix Three Rock would overwhelm the hibitions and magazines for those wages, cost to College (sub- up in the opposition’s suit For those in a hurry, the record rather uncertain Trinity defence, sidiary), etc. interested do cost us quite a lot preference signals, the King, is 27½ hours and last year six in- but once King settled down at Then those who are dissatisfied of money.--Yours faithfully, Queen, ten, nine and six of hearts dividuals completed the distance. centre-half, where he was play- with the service offered can in one opponent’s hand, and It is hoped that the women’s A. H. Smith, Auditor, decide whether or not their ing for the first time this year, twelve Hilton work points in the record of 39 hours will be hotly the whole side gained from the criticisms are well-founded. -- D.U. Art Society. other, failed to take more than challenged and we hope to re-found confidence and began to Yours, etc., five tricks. This tragi-comedy have keen competition between match their opponents’ attractive M, N0 btcKilleno became Trinity’s great triumph of women’s relay teams (three in play. Nonetheless, Three Rock the week. each team). were two goals up within twenty Alcoholically (not in any dic- Enter now on the Athletics’ minutes, but shortly before half- English ill Trinity BRIDGE tionary), Trinity was without board at Front Gate. There will, time Hill reduced the arrears peer; last to bed and late at the of course, be special prizes for with a well-taken goal. Thirty Sir,--I feel I must express a " THE FRIENDLY GROUP" seconds after half-time tables, we surpassed our wildest all those who finish and 64 pints Three resentment i have with the Galway,, 1964 expectations to the extent of out- of Guinness for the winner. Rock made the score 3-1 when attitude of certain E n g I i s h Players: R. Burwood and A. pacing Queen’s whiskey-drinking their inside-left scored a beauti- students in our midst towards the Godfrey, Miss T. O’Connor and fully-taken goal. Thereafter the Irish. it is an extremely foolish Islandic genius, Egert. j. Orange, Miss J. Brodie and P. result was never in doubt, but attitude of superiority, c~n- Stoken, Miss C. Burns and D. Bridge will, I fear, remain for TABLE TENNIS Trinity at times moved with re- descension and faint amusement, Burns. us but a frivolous sortie through freshing cohesion--a considerable and is amply illustrated by the Trinity Complete an Exciting For the fifth year in succession unmapped terrain, an excuse for change from recent games. description of us as " these bog no Trinity bridge team has won a drink; and, for the ambitious, a Double Irish men" shrieked by one social asset. Individuals who played well in- supercilious young female to her the Friendship Trophy (the inter- Trinity were victorious in both cluded goal-scorer Hill, and it was university Bridge Cup)- apart lover in the vicinity of the the men’s and ladies’ sections of unfortunate that for the last 20 from their drinking habits they Buttery. Though these people the Irish Universities’ Table minutes he was a passenger on are truly the egregious set. The THE WALK, 1964 should never be taken seriously, Tennis Championships held in the the wing, suffering from cramp. University has found it impossible Gym last week-end. Trinity de- Suter, on the right wing, usually I would like to point out to them to field its full team in this event How about walking 103 miles? thac they are at a truly Irish Uni- Last year about 60 people set fe~ted U.C.D. in the first round had the beatiqg of his wing-half, for each of the last three years. versity (and not the last remnant out from Belfast; most of the and defeated Queen’s University, and Stiven again covered miles For the apologists this is a of British occupation in Ireland), Belfast, by 9 matches to 6 in a at full-back, tackling and dis- sufficient excuse. I would venture men ended up in pubs scattered and that if they used a little more along the route. (These stops very exciting final. Ken Peare, tributing with his usual con- however that, for their finishing tact some of the hostility felt Les. Parkinson, Stan Birch and, in fidence. If the players can begin fourth out of eight, the founda- should not be too prolonged as against Trinity outside the the ladies’ section, Pamela Thorpe to re-discover their faith in them. tion is most insubstantial. walking itself may become the College walls might be dispelled. problem--never mind 103 miles.) and Linda Henderson won their serves, they might well sur- --Yours faithfully, Special credit goes to the matches and helped Trinity to prise the Jeremiahs who hay- perpetators of two successful You will probably be satisfied achieve this remarkable double being prophesying destruction ir R, Keith Raffan. blunders--Trissa O’Connor, on with your performance until you victory. England.
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SOCCER FOR ague were PRINTING Sailin t ’lrri,,ity lose Cricket Prospects Rock In a match which equalled the J last OF EVERY Foiiowing the wrecking of ruby internationl in both excite- Delphis last summer the Sailing does ment ar, d scoring, Trinity were DESCRIPTION Club has new purchased another beaten in their A.U.L league who iqermaid from Mr. Vincent Galvin .~ for match 6-3 by the I.G.B.C. This During the winter the M.C.C. year’s team, only three are no CONSULT of the National Yacht Ciub; she hard result was perhaps rather unfo:- asked the counties in England longer available, all of whom is in excellent condition and le in tu~:ate as for long periods Trinity their views on extending the were seam bowlers, of which should give some good racing tiffs -itius were on top and led 3-2 at half- s~ason furti~er into September, Trinity has a super-abundance, in- summer. She shou!d by this time time, ti~anks to goals from Parry, and starting later in Iqay. Wid~ ciuding three 2rid Xl players who be down ac tbe boat store. Shaw and A. ,kleldrum. Shortly the re-organisation of cerrns in often appeared in the first tearn ough Ti,e Fireflies are now almost afterwards ~.,o.B.~.., r went ahead the academic year, Trinity Cricket last year. a the ready for sailing, widl one or two with two wail-taken goals, from Xi now find ti~emselves expected ence, to begin playing in mid-April, Howard Markham is captain TE J PLE notable e;-ceptions arnong the a free-kick and the other from a this yea!" and he should have ’n at Beachcombers, and trials are header. Then followed an in- never the warmest period of the plenty of talent to choose from. play- planned to start tiqs week-end t’Iiguing 30 minues in which play year, and especially damp in Unlike many other clubs in year, for all those who reckon them- swung from one end to the other ireland. Seam bowlers, batsmen Trinity, the Cricket Club has a i the P k S selves to be capable helmsmen-- and with better ~nJshing Trinity strong on the back foot and giaxy of reserve players remain- ~n to so if you aspire to a place in a could have won themselves quite several sweaters seem to be what ing from last year’s powerful ~ctive team watch the notice board at easi!y, as K.yinaston and Parr),, will be most called upon next second team. As it is a well- Rock kron!: v~ate.r- both had arnpfe opportunities. term. known fact that most batsmen centy in the last five minutes, with Having won the Leinster Cup The two Fh’efiy events in which from England take some time to half- 13, 14 & 43 UPPER HAYQR ST. "/"iormeH limping, I.G.B C. broke for the past three years, tl~e high- Trinity will be participating dur- so:tie down on Irish wickets, one rears i NORTH \^/ALL aw:_y to score two flattering light of the season will un- DUBLIN 1 ing the vacation are the British does not expect to see any Junior hirty goals. Agood entertaining match doubtedly be the attempt to Phone : 41751 Universities’ Sailing Association Freshman make the first team this Fhree played in bad conditions, bu~ in create an all-time record with z meeting at Southport (24th-25th year’, but the experience gained when the best of spirit, and one which fourth consecutive success. There blarch) and the Associated by p!aying in the lower teams for "auti- was not so disastrot, s as four seems no reason why this should Norti~ern Universities’ S.C. meet- a season or so is great enough to r the not be accomplished for, of last ing, this year to be held at Dun regular p!ayers were missing. offset any damaged ambitions , but Laoghaire on the 2nd-3rd April, Howard Markham has had However, if there are any aspir- h re- with the Irish Universities acting further honours bestowed upon ing spin bowlers in Trinity (any- !rable |Vin gennis as hosts. This is the first time him. He is to represent the where), perhaps they might be Trinity faiied to achieve their that the latter has been held in A.U.L. inter-league team in a induced to appear in the nets, first win and again lost narrowly, .ql in- ireland, and as Trinity have been match a~ainsr the A m a t e u r which begin the week before next League on Friday ni£ht a~ Daly-. I-2, a!l matches going to 3 sets. t was the winners for the past four Gruham and Ledbetter did ,,yell term starts. Prospects, therefore, years, it is a doubly important mottos’ Park. for next season are good, and it st 20 to win and Horsley and Avory ~r on meetinr~. will be a disappointment it the began at las-c to find their touch, sun fails to shine. Cricket needs -amp. BRO VN’S On the Jest Monday of term a ~,U igOTOR CLUB 5r, elly succumbing 5-7 in the 3rd spectators at all levels, as much sually 139 Stephen’; Green talk will be giver,, to the Sailing set to Irish international Harry i-half, Club on the "Inland Waterways in Trinity as at Lords; but how- IViflh# l)’iai Sheridan and inter.-pro. Padair ever attractive the action, noth- miles of Ireland" by D. P. O’Clery, .Ylie biotor Club created an ali- ing counteracts g?ey skies and dis- Esq., and will be illustrated by Horsley certainly has problems irish record last Friday with their cold winds. con- New and Second Hand a film. Time and place will be Glencree Night Trial--there were in deciding who to take on the begin Booksellers posted. Easter tour. So far Mackeown :hem. no fimshers. An extrely original At the beginning of next term. route was found by the Three sur- GllEENE & CO. hay o probably within the first week, Musketteers, Messrs. E. Push, D. 16 Clare Street. the A.G.M. will be held. Anyone Morton and C. Doherty, over 140 Everything on i~- who wants to sail this year, miles of main roads, secondary whether old hand or new, should roads and boreens in Co. Wicklow Sport The attend this meeting, when and Co. Wexford. Competitors membership cards will be given were required to maintain an PEW SHOP out, names taken for sailing and average of 27 m.p.h, on public J. M. Nestor Ltd. instruction, and a general briefing roads and speeds of between 40 4/5 SUFFOLK ST. on the "do’s and don’t’s " of sail- and S0 m.p.h, on closed roads 6 LOWER BAGGOT STREET We specialise in ing will be given. belonging to the Forestry Com- (Merrion Row End) mission. PARKER, SHEAFFEPS Tel : 61058 and all leading brands of Difficult navigation coupled has not handled a recquet as he with conditions of heavy rain, Fountain Pens. is too preoccupied with golf and snow and mist made these speeds Sales and Service Boxing g\iub he is further limited by exams near impossible, with the result which are depriving the team of FATHEAD NOTE: The Irish Universities’ Senior that no one reached the finish the services of Peter Haughton. 10% Discount for Student~ Z_ Championships were held in near Ballymore Eustace within the But with a nucleus of Avory, OR Galway on February 22nd, Galway time limit. Ledbetter and Graham there winning the Gilmore Cup through However, special merit awards seems every likelihood of the THINHEAD ? might of numbers, but U.C.D. will be given to those who did results being better than on the actually complete the course, i.e., War broke out in Lilliput with four winners out of five corresponding tour two years ovei’ which end o~ the eleven crews out of the forty-one entries put up the best team ago. egg should b’e cracked. performance. entraRts. See our range of Egghead t Paperbacks! Results: 1, R. McCartney/T. For Trinity, Sam McBramey Harriman (Mini Cooper 5), 1920; Capt. JF~echer was unlucky to meet Colbert, last 2, L. Vard’T. Tilson (Mini At Naas on Saturday the EASON’S BOOKSHOP year’s U.C.D. captain, in the Cooper 5), 3095: 3, N. Rathbone/ Captain considers Osberstown semi-final and, although beaten, A. Parke (TR3A), first D.U. Squire tthe day’s best bet. Height put up an encouraging perform- member, 4105; 4, J. Emerson/J. o’ Fashion ran really well last ance against such an experienced Millard; S, J. McCosh/S. Shil- time and will be the main danger opponent. iington; 8, M. McMullen/J. B. to the improved Lone Burn. Ben Orbiagele found O’Keefe, $irnmonds; l l, B. Corbally/L. Loving Record, Wi!low King and the Irish junior chhampion, too Goor, Gale Force X will all probably be elusive for him. He was unable Regrettably, Mr. S. O’Crogan out for a pre-National trial--the THE BEST to hang one of his bombshells on and Paddy Hopkirk did not drive latter being the C.~.ptain’s ci~oice. ROAST BEEF him and was ~topped in the third in this event. Devon Daisy, Neanderthal and IN DUBLIN IS AT round. Nardoo should be watched with ir, tere-t. Neanderthal is taken f /.~ 5~ 10 Years Old John Hodgson and D a v e lad&,.~" and q/~,ni.~," te come out on top Buchanan were both defeated in On Monde,)/, ti~e Gentlemen’s See you at the W?.rd Union PETER’S the finals, while Bert Schwartz XV, which will in fact number )oint-to-point on Monday! That retired at the end of the first only ten, are playing the Eliza- PUB round against Murtagh, the beth~n Society in a ruRby match. Wonderful Oppos/te Mercer’s I{ospital Galway captain. It was not in which will start at 3.IS p.m. The We can supply ALL your i the last final of the evening that exact complement of the girls’ Stationery and Office Equip- ii’ Fresh Prawns a Trinity’s face was slightly saved team is, at the moment, an lln- ment Needs~at the keenest li Whiskey Speeia!ity ’,,,hen the captain, boxing at known quantity, but i- is hoped prices. Why not call and ~, r,-~iddle-weighc, disposed of his that :t least fifteen ,,vii! pb~y. The inspect our range of Ring i opponent in the hrs.t- t Galway , Dean of Won~c.n Students has Binders, Refills, Notebooks, Tel. 75545 ro’,~id. sanctioned the rnatch ,.’/irh the Desks, Pens, Rulers, Files, etc. IT{IHELL8 frooadero Restaurant The Trinity te~m need a ~reat provisio that the Firls shoqld be OF de~! of improvement before the i~niformiy dressed. It seems likely 3-4 ST. ANDREW ST., LI,A.U.’~ in Shaft]aid and even that a form of touch rugby will LTD. K[LDARE STREET Open daily till ! a.m. v,i!:h the return of JoJhn Coker be played. DAb~E STREET, DUBLIN DUBLIN Sundays, 5.30 p.m. till A collection for Oxfam wil! be midnight ,,./ill be h~rd pressed to brin~o back dqe H~rry Preston Trophy. helci durin~ the ~ame. TRINITY NEWS February 27th, 1964
PERSONAL ANTIQUES in the Art Society Rooms. No Daytime Digs English School No. 12. until Friday. Admission free. SEX-- TALK on Antiques, by Mr. R. J. Rick’ett from Sotheby’s in the Regent " The article in ’ Frimty News ’ Examined House at 8 p.m. about the Board’s investigations Last week, Proiessor Edwards into the possibility of bed and HEAR, Think and Questicn. Inside OLD AND NEW announced his plans for the future facts of U.S. and Europe! Irving breakfast lodgings conveyed the of the English department. Dur- Cheslan comments. Surprise guest Your layman correspondent was bored to death at a meeting of wrong impression," Dr. Moody ing the next academic year, he panel. Regent House, 8.0 p.m. to-night the College Theological Society on Monday night. Any hopes of said last Friday. "Perhaps the will be away giving lectures, TWO Student Guides Wanted to titillation held out by the sexy posters advertising a paper on the report was misled by the word- mainly on sixteenth and seven1 escort American cycling tour round New Morality were rapidly dashed--theology is a serious business. ing of the circular sent to !and- Ireland. Cycling experience essential, teenth century literature, at the knowledge of Ireland an asset, but The meeting began, appropriately enough, with a prayer to God ladies which did not express University of Michigan. Taking main qualifications initiative, humour to " keep us devout within our bodies and within our souls." just exactly the intention of the Com- his place in Trinity for the year and perso,qa;ity. Wages. 30/- per day to show that they were all quite lively lads real~y a point of order was mittee looking into this matter. and expenses paid. Dept. Host. U.S.I., will be the former Regius Pro- 43 Dame Street. Dublin, 2. raised which resulted in the offender being fined 3d. Having disposed The Committee is still sitting and fessor of English at Glasgow, of this, there was a purposeful settling down in seats, and under the is conducting extensive investi- P r o f e s s o r Peter Alexander, STRAUSS: Dr. H. W. Rosen, Director benevolent eye of three clergymen, Mr. Kingston read his paper. gations into the possibility of of the P, adio Eireann Singers, wilt talk whom Professor Edwards regards to the Gramophone Society at 8 p.m. The content of the paper’, extending the classes of lodgings as an outstanding scholar and in No. 6 to-morrow on "Some Lesser which was at times rebellious, for students permitted by the one of the best examiners he Known A’:pects of Strauss." had difficulty in appearing Board to include, not only the knows. Professor Alexander is REFUGEE Raffle. List of Prizes on present set-up for digs, but also Good Day at through the delivery, which was particularly authoritative about the D.U Missions Board at Front an additional class which will in the worst tradition of pulpit Shakespears and has published a Gate. contain lodgings where only bed monotony. There was a great book in this field of study. THE Phil. will discuss "The Pursuit Blackrock and breakfast is provided. This of Innocence" to-night at 8.15. The deal of quotation, and the let-us- Next Hilary Term, Dr. T. R. ought to enlarge the number of Distinguished Visitor will be Dr. van A decisive battle in t h e say-with-St. Paul technique was Henn, President of St. Catherine’s houses open to student lodgers, Voris, a visiting American Profes:or of fight for students’ rights was somewhat overworked. T h e College, Cambridge, who re- English. Private business 10.25-11.25. as many more people will be will- won last Saturday night when the essayist quoted St. Augustine’s ceived an honorary doctorate Tea, 11.30. ing to provide digs that require Laurentians met the Blackrock confessions, in which he de- from Trinity last year, will be ORGAN Enthusiasts’ Group will visit only a minimal amount of house- Literary and Debating Society on scribed the callous dismissal of a paying the College another visit. St. Columba’s College, Rathfarnham. work." the verbiage-strewn fields of woman who had been his wife in He will conduct some extra- next Saturday. Mr. Groocock will all but name, and concluded that demonstrate the organ. Meet at Front rhetoric. The Blackrock Society, curricular seminars as well as Gate, 2 p.m. which represents a fair cross- " Christian morality as we see it giving some public lectures. in the twentieth century includes The Reason Why COLIN SMYTHE still has in his rooms. section of adult Dublin opinion, From next term the staff of the I~ft by a person unknown, a red Note opposed the motion that " Ireland much that was absent in the first (Continued from Front Page). English School will be augmented Book, size 8 inches by 13 inches, with century." The difference between " is not sympathetic to t h e The inefficiency which existed by the addition of Mr. Geoffrey "Jurisp on the spine. Will the student." Moses and Jesus was that the Thurley who has a first class owner please collect. former had enacted laws, whereas before then was quite intolerable. For the Trinity side, Julian Now Buffet runs smoothly in the honours degree. This is a further the latter had stated principles, Hennessey gave a clear picture of main and the cost of the improve- move in the effort to make the SLEEP WALKING ? and lifted sex life from the purely the appalling difficulties under ment has had to be passed on to English School a highly academic which the university student physical level to give it sanctity department. It is hoped that it and greatness. There was still a some degree to the student. We labours. He described U.C.D. as must remember that this is not a will expand and that possibly a tendency in the Christian church, "the crowning achievement of welfare state and that Trinity is joint Philosophy and English Mod. however, to expound m a n- 40 years of Irish governmental not part of any affluent society. might be devised. Eventually, too, selected Law in the name of God, policy." Peter Bristow gave the Remembering all these things it is hoped that there will be a and there was no rule on divorce philosopher’s outlook on students and remembering, too, wage in- chair of Anglo-Irish literature and and their needs: " You are the which could be fully described as that Trinity will become gener- Christian. creases and the turnover tax, electorate responsible for the prices would not seem unreason- ally recognised as the specialist in proper government of t h i s This was sound stuff, and Mr. able if the quality was good. Miss this field. country, in the hands of whose Kingston went on to say that Kerr can demonstrate that she Professor Edwards is not rulers lies the task of educating there was no such thing as the buys only top quality meat and worried about obtaining staff parents and citizens." Brenda New Morality--what we were vegetables. We must, therefore, with the necessary qualifications. Kelliher put forward the views being asked to do was to con- look into the cooking to find Many people want to teach here, sider morality in terms of the of women students and their what goes wrong. even though the salaries for position and status in a univer- Law of Love. There was a well- Any specific complaints will junior lecturers are some £200 sity. Appealing against t h e developed theology of sex on the always be looked into, but in lower than in Great Britain. His negative side, but more than pro- frightening indifference of Irish general complaints are not made. problem is not to attract young hibition was necessary, and we employers to graduates looking There is merely a moaning about men but there may be problems i for a job, Victor O’Reilly said: ought to say (with St. Paul) "I the low standards with no real in keeping senior staff. Here the will show you a more excellent " Sympathy is a feeling of good- evidence produced. In any case, loyalty which Trinity engenders Not a/a//, I am going to will and of liking, but what use way." quality is always a matter of in- is very important and persuades is it when students are denied Mr. Kingston was followed by dividual taste and what one finds many to refuse better paid jobs the bare necessities? Ireland, Mr. Sayers, who was making his revolting another will thoroughly elsewhere. Generally, in fact, the NEA H YS while these conditions obtain, maiden speech. Far from looking enjoy. future looks bright and vigorous 1 CHATHAM ST. Phone 78596 cannoL be sympathetic to the rile raw novice, he might have How, then, can the situation be for the Department of English. student." been heaving himself into the improved? Some specific com- The motion was carried by 25 pulpit for the umpteenth time, plaints about the vegetables and votes to 9. and again the GIB rang with the ~he potatoes, the ventilation of The Laurentian Society’s next confident tones of piety. Mr’. the dining halls, and the lack of A~lake sure .tlou get the real thing meeting is in Regent House to- Sayers went a long way with the drinking water are at present night, when Irving Cheslow, essayist, but was more conserva- being examined, if some students First Secretary to the U.S. tive by nature and thought that did not steal cutlery and crockery Embassy, will speak on "The something more was needed by to the value of about £100 each way of Law. There was a dread- U.S. and Europe." A polemical term prices could be lower for ful thing called Liberal Upbring- everybody. At present also six ing, and it seemed that the staff are employed clearing tables. Club warped victims of this process This could be done by the Clock-In were practically beyond re- students themselves, but when demption. This promising foray =his was tried two years ago few may well have led to what is people responded to requests to Orange Cinders usually called a "lively dis- remove their own trays. Six less cussion," but by that time your A new attempt it to be made wages could also help to lower in Trinity Hall to regulate the correspondent was not there. prices. system of late-leave, with the in- To some extent ~hen the troduction of a factory clock remedy is in the hands of the which automatically records the Anti-Apartheid students. The answer to the exact time of signature. It is Buffet problem is certainly not a hoped that this will eventually On Monday and Tuesday a boycott. If there was a loss on street collection was made for dispense with the need to retain Friday last as a result of the boy- a night porter to established that die Christian Action Defence and cott this will only cause further al! persons are safely inside. It Aid Fund. Despite some un- financial embarrassment. The will also prevent tile making of certainty as to where the money Agent is trying to be constructive, last-minute ’phone calls for per- was going, the Dublin public con- now i.: i~ the turn of the students. mission to stay out late. ~ributed over £12 on the first The question is whethe, they will day. respond. Since machines are notoriously CAN IRELL AND COCHRANE unresponsive to female charms, Special Rates Trinity Girls the horrors of being late will WORLD FAMOUS SINCE 1852 become even more awe-inspiring. Dlon Hair Crcadons General reaction seems one of Baggot Street. cynical acceptance: it appears to 3 rains. St. Stephen’s Green. be yet another move towards the i Ray’s Resta.rant! Published by TRINITY NEWS, 3 Trinity College. Dublin. and printed by the Tel. 6 3 8 4 6 j TIU. TP.I~ social isolation of the " Hail Girl." Brunswick Press Ltd.. 179 Pearse Street, in the parish of St. Mark, Dublin.
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