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Tailoring Under the supervision of our London-trained cutter GOWNS, HOODS, CASSOCKS, BLAZERS ,fry o,,, 3 CHURCH LANE COLLEGE GREEN COPYRIGHT DIXON ¯ ~I~GISTERED AT THE G.P.O. AS A NE~VSPAPIR BRYSON HEMPENSTALL 111 GRAFTON ST. Vol. VIii-No. 7 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1960 PRICE 3d. LTD. FOUR YEAR EATING PLAN ,~H~N~r~]~1~]1~H~H~H~1~H~r~I~i~;~[~[~]~t~I~I~i~Li~H~]~H~H~ II I IHI I l l l IHII;IIIIIIIHI ilH’l = WOMEN AT MEALS? = SCHEME has recently been set into motion involving improvements A on the eating facilities in College, with particular reference to .: Ski - ing in Austria , Buffet. Plans in the office of the College Agent, Col. Walsh, show that, when completed, fl~e dining hall will have a seating capacity of 425, as opposed to to-day’s capacity of 174. Col. Walsh told our reporter that the objects of the scheme are more space, quicker service and improve- ments to working and hygienic conditions. t~ Eventually it is expected that women ancillary departments, and will replace a l will be allowed to use Buffet in order to those Clerk of Works stores immediately relieve the lunch-time strain on No. 6. behind. The first floor will be used only b l Col. Walsh estimates the cost of the for cooking purposes. The remainder of ] icheme at between £60,000 and £80,000. this stage will be the extension, towards and The L a d y Super~te,ndent, Miss the Chapel, of the Conunon Room lunch o Stevenson, told " Trinity News " that room. This extension will probably be r 11,400 meals are served every day be- supported by pillars, but the space below twee,n 12 noon and 2.30, including those may be used at some future date. The final stage will deal with th~ t ; served in the Common Room. I,t is !: expected that this figure will be doubled present kitchen. It is lofty enough to ~] when improvements are finished. be converted into two floors; the ggound In theory the work will cover a period floor to be incot,porated into the kitchen t , of four years, in four stages, but due to ancillary departments completed in the d T the size of the undertaking, a certain third stage, and the first floor to be t merging is likely in the inter stages. added to the dining hall. This final :( The programme before the Board at the addition will bring seating capacity to moment plans the completion of an 425. h i] t entirely new serving system before This extremely ambitious scheme has Michael.runs, 1960. The entry to this been under review for some considerable serving counter, which has been planned time by the Board, who have consulted n 9 catering experts, and though ~ many a e with the help of a prominent London catering firm, will be from Botany Bay, students in College now may never see the completed building, credit must be t; k at the side between the bath house and given to a scheme that could alleviate General View from the Hotel Alpenrose. t the Clerk of Works offices. This entrance ]c will lead to az~ extension from the the notorious lunch-time rush. How- ever, should the intake of students to On Saturday, December 6th, 400 of the holiday. The ski-ing conditions , :tdining hall, about 18 ft. in width, and undergraduates from Oxford, Cambridge were tricky. There was ice everywhere !r y running the length of the dining hall Trinity rise i.n proportion to the last two years, even this system may have and Trinity arrived at Ziirs in Austria and the well packed snow made the t o and kitchen. It will consist of two difficulty in coping with the number of ru~ning very fast and dangerous, and e ~ors, the ground floor being a cloak after 24 hours of sleepless travel. claimed many victims, amongst them i y hungry and rather demanding under- room, and the first floor, which will be graduates. Trudging in ghe snow to their respective our own Rodney Ging and Mike White. t r 0n a level with the dining hall, being A racing team of six was selected and the serving counter. The cloak room hotels, they looked rather like Napoleon’s d men on the retreat from Moscow, trained hard from the start for the it Lt will probably be connected to the serving" rather than keen, fit young skiers. Universities’ open downhill race, which .rian counter by two flights of stairs at either Phil in "Observer" The Trinity party was encamped at the included half a dozen Olympic candidates. Vebb end, each flight leading to a serving Alpenrose Hotel, which very soon be- Neil Raymond turned in the best time was counter in the dining hall extension. for Trinity, coming 42nd out of the 124 and Thus it may be possible for two s.eparate Semi-Final came the hub around which the wheel of On Saturday, 30th January, the final social (?) " activity" revolved. competitors---a highly commendable per- rays groups to pass along a buffet counter at Ensconced round the bar. packing the formance. an the same time, with two cashiers to round of the " Irish Times " Trophy was held in the Dairy Science Theatre, dance floor and even singing with the In the " intermediate" title, R. Wadia own i handle the respective lines. band, we made our presence felt. Two hen Col. Walsh does not believe that there University College, Cork. The Phil. team, was .1 of a secand behind the winner, consisting of David Bird (President) and parties thrown by Captain Mike Duncan and " Bugs" Keatinge was placed 3rd ?ugh will be queues, but should they develop, and Chief Organiser John Baxter ended in the overall positions in the novices’ that the cloak room will dispense with wait- Hallam Johnston (Hon. Secretary), came dty, mg outside. The fr.ont entrance will second to King’s Inns, and the Hist. team like most Trinity ones, owing to the race. Many of the party had never been (Neville Keery and Peter Hinchcliffe) viciousness of the cocktails---and much on skis before, but after a couple of lsed remain as it is, but will only be used as to the envy of our sister universities. days the Austrian instructors had them le an exit. This stage will remove the were third, followed by the Queen’s University " B " and " A " teams. And if that wasn’t enough, we carried hurling down the most treacherous tables of food which surround buffet now off six of the nine prizes awarded for the slopes. le and will bring seating capacity to 250. The keenness of the competition may Work, that is the laying of bricks and be seen when it is noted that only five perennial fancy dress ball, some On 28th December the party returned )r members displaying considerable in- home, encountering a rough crossing en [e mortar, will begin in the spring. marks (out of a total of 1,200) separated The second stage will consist of build- each o’f the first three teams. genuity. route to relive and recover from the ~g a boiler house to the north of the Oxford and C~mbridge seemed to be holiday. ~e there primarily for the ski-ing, but We can only hope that the next winter Ln Chapel. This will result in increased Trinity didn’t neglect the serious part :h general efficiency, and will probably outing will be as much of a success. le affect bath house arrangements. The n; lath house uses the same heati.ng system as the kitchen at the moment, and a RESULTS OF REFUGEE PREPAID ir ¯ parate boiler house would presumably IF any female Science Student, graduating this give greater independence to opening TRIP year, is interested in obtaining a Teaching re osition, would they apply to: The Reverend iy times of the bath house. Many people must have wondered how Mother, Convent of Sion, Crescent Road, Wait|ing, m This will be followed by the con- Guy Milner get on in Germany when he .Sussex, England. h. ~ruction of a new kitchen to the west arrived there with Christmas presents 0f the existing building. This, too, will for refugee children. He visited six have two floors, the ground floor on a centres for refugees and gave the gifts level with the kitche~ in use now; the to the 700 children accommodated therein. IF YOU’RE HUNGRY OF LOW first floor on a level with the dining hall. The great joy and excitement with which DROP ROUND TO THE The ground floor will comprise kitchen these presents were received was, says Mr. Milner, " sufficient evidence to show NEWPARK DAIRY that the whole campaign was infinitely (Behind the College Station) worth while." From Ireland then came renewed hope for the future, which is 11 TOWNSEND STREET very gratifying to all those well-wishers ee t DAVID BIRD both inside and beyond College. Phil. President =;lj IlilIIIIIIIIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHlllIHIIll Hiiiiiiil[lllll[lllllrll~ at the As a result of this contest, the Phil. MEMORIAL SERVICE Ray’s Restaurant i now go forward into the semi-final of the " Observer" Mace Contest, together with A memorial Service for Dr. Fearon 15 WICKLOW STREET " Neville Keery of the Hist., who qualified was held o.n Wednesday, 27th January, in College Chapel, and a large number _~ Morning Coffee - Luncheons and Teas as an individual. r__.: Both the Phil. and the Hist. will be of people attended from College and Parties Catered For ~- HETROPOLE -- m on the Irish Universities Debating team, outside.