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sophical Society’s inter-ctebate. OnThursday, 26th November, 1953, a ladyentered the hall and addressed the Housefor the first time. Welcoming her, the

President expressed the hope that itwould be possible for ladies to bepresent at public business meetings infuture.

Thereupon Mr. M. Maconnaill fromU.C.G. pro.posed the motion "Thathypocrisy is one of o u r nationalcharacteristics." Hypocrisy, he de-cided, was universal, but the Irish typeof hypocrisy is of such a pleasant sortspringing from a sincere desire not togive offence, that it is a uniquecharacteristic.

Mr. G. Sheehy, Auditor of theIAterary and Historical Society, U.C.D.,was in his element opposing such am~)tion and he retold the magnificentsaga of the Irish struggle for freedom.How, he asked, could the charge of falsepatriotism be levelled against such apeople.

Mr. R. Seaman, Registrar, U.P.S.,spoke of the hyFocrisies that exist inthe national and religious life of theIrish. Anti-laartition was just an excuseto dominate the North. In the best Phil.tradition, he discussed college hypocrisy;here everyone agreed that the majorsocieties were worthy of support, butonly few join them.

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It was at this stage of procedure thathistory was made. Miss O’Regan fromGalway joined the President in his wishto see ladies taking their proper placein the Society. This duty done, shepointed rut that the greatest exampleof Irish hypocrisy was the pretendedhatred of the British monarchy. TheCoronation film was banned but every-one went secretly to see it; the Royalfamily was condemned officially buteveryone read about them in themagazines.

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The President’s turn came, and withel~)quent h u m o u r, and occasionallycoxnmon sense, he arrived at the con-clusion that the only solution toIreland’s problem would be to forciblydrive all young people from the countryfor a period of years. When theyreturned the country’s faults wouldbe appreciated. Those v a r i o u scharacteristics which had been attributedto hypocrisy were fundamentally due toparadox. Paradox not hyFocrisy, heclaimed, is the rmtural characteristic.

The task of the Secretary, Mr. D.Hodgins, was a difficult one after sucha spate of oratory, but he was not at aloss. After discussing the Begley case,he concluded by saying that hypocrisycould be a virtue if it were used withdiscretion and not tvo openly.

After Mr. J. A. McArdle from U.C.D.had delivered a complex oration withself-confidence and wit, the Presidentadjourned this highly successful inter-debate.

DOGTOR IN THE XOUSEPA.M.A. REPORT AT LAST!

As we go to press, the morning papersare splashing the long-awaited reportof the American Medical Associationacross their front pages. Publicationby the Irish Medical Association wasdecided upon, it is stated, to " counter-act the many misconceptions, begotteno’f unauthorised and inaccurate accounts"which have been brought to its notice.

The full report, however, would simplyappear to bear out the truth of most ofthe accounts which we have read, withthe important difference that it statesthat the main function of the investiga-tions was not to carry out an appraisalof Irish Medical Schools but to comparethe Irish methods with American. Theinvestigators stress that any commentby them on the differences in methodswas not made with the intention ofcriticising. Indeed, they recognise thegreat history and tradition of medicalschools in this country and have nothingbut praise for many aspects of ourteaching. The reason for their ultimatedecision to recommend that Trinity’sschool should not yet be recognised bythe American associations lies simply inthe fact thatL in several importantrespects, and ~speclally in the patternof clinical teaching, there is a widedivergence between Ireland and theU.S,A.

It is now up to us and so it is interest-ing to find what the Board’s opinion is,

¯ In their laudable comment on the report,they say: " It remains to be seen howfar any attempt on the part of theTrinity College School to conform toAmerican methods and-ideas is possible,even ’~ it should be agreed that such anattempt is desirable:" A very faircomment, indeed. ~

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Students’ House Party, at NortonCollege, Swansea, Wales, 19th Dec.-15thJan. For British and overseas students.Programme includes: Visits to theatre,Horse Riding, R~mbles in the Country,Social Evenings, Debates and Dis-cussivns. Facilities for study. Tuitionin English. Terms, 6 gns. a week in-clusive, for periods of two, three or fourweeks.

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TOWNGaiety. -- Dublin Grand Opera Society.

Mum, Wed., Fri., "The BarteredBride." Tues., Thurs., Sat. mat.," Don Giovanni."

Olympia.--Sonnie Hale, Claude Hulbertin " Not A Clue."

Abbey.--8 p.m., " This Other Eden."

Gate.--7.45, Siobhan McKenna in "SaintJoan."

CINEMA

Royal. -- Film: Robert Ryan, RhondaFleming, William Jundigan in"Inferno." Stage: Jack Cruisein " Holiday Hayride" (reviewed).

Adelphi.--" Qua Vadis."

Cameo.--" Thunder Across the Pacific."Also: "A Million Dollar Pursuit."

Astor.---" The Razor’s Edge."

Regal Rooms.--Dorothy Lamour in "TheFleet’s In."

Grafton.--" Summer Storm."

Capitol. -- Gathryn G]:ayson, GordonMacRae, Steve Cochran in the new" Desert Song " (reviewed).

Metropole.--Fernandel, Gino Cmwi in" The Little Wvrld of DonCamillo " (reviewed).

Carlton. -- Mark Stevens in " TorpedoAlley."

AND GOWNWednesday, 2nd December

8. 0 p.m.--College Historical Society.8. 0 p.m.--Classical Society. Inter-

debate with U.C.D., "Thatthe Mantle of Rome hasFallen on America."

Thursday, 3rd December8. 0 p.m. -- University Philosophical

Society.9. 0 pxa.--Commencements B a 11 in

Metropole.Friday, 4th December

1.10 p.m.--In G.M.B., Lunch-time Con-cert, H,ayden’s F Minor Vari-ations, played by FrancisEngle.

7.45 p.m.--D.U. Law Society debate," That our law of contract isin need of reform."

Saturday, 5th DecemberArts Lecture Term Ends.

Sunday, 6th DecemberIn College Chapel. 8 a.m., Hvly Co~m-

munion. 10 a.m., MorningPrayer. Preacher: The Ve~wRev. W. C. de Pauley, D.D.

Monday, 7th December8. 0 p.m.--University Biological Associ-

ation Ordinary Meeting inDixon Hall. C.J.B. Orr andJ. A. C. Terry.

CHRISTMAS VACATIONDublin

Dec. 15th-18th--U.C.D. Dramatic Societypresent " Merchant of Venice."

WORLD SUPREMACYThe whole picture of Europe had

changed more in the last 15 years thanit had done in the previous 50. SirDavid Kelly, former British Ambassadorto Moscow, last Monday night at thefirst public meeting ~)f the newly-formedLaurentian Society went on to say thatthe main reason for such a change wasthe ,military eclipse of Germany.

The Soviety Union had emerged fromthe war with the whole of East Europeas her satellites. She had now Chinaas an ally. Russian policy was basedon the inevitability of a world revolution.With such a policy, Sir David consideredthat Russia was more imperialistic thanany Western power.

Sir David went on to say that hethought Stalin’s death had not alteredthe fvreign policy of the U.S.S.R. Heended by saying that unless the tra-ditional faith of people could be re-stored, people were bound to look forsomething else.

Dr. Donal O’Sullivan was in the chair.Mr. Quirke, proposing the vote ofthanks, said that the Laurentian Societywas filling a much needed gap in Collegelife, providing as it did social, culturaland recreational facilities for RomanCatholics in Trinity.

BI. "SCHOOL" BANNEDWe understand that the Committee of

the Bi. have declared bhat their room inbhe G.M.B. can only be used for mor~academic pursuits than at present. The’boys’ were not consulted at all, and fromreports there sounds like a revolutionbrov~ing

RUGBYWe eongratlflate Rev. Robin Roe and

Joey Gaston on having been selectedfor .the Ireland XV to play CombinedServices, following the internationaltrial last Saturday.

KRIDG[NG THE GAPO~m’24th November, Mr. Norman

McGrath read a very interesting paperon the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He firstoutlined the difficulties of construetin~a single-arch bridge 1,050 feet in spanand 160 feet wide. In ~act, some eminentGerman engineers had said the wholething was impossible, as the bridge hadto be started from both sides and thetwo parts were to meet in the middle(owing to the fact that the sea bed wastoo soft to provide support pillars).Hov~ever, completed it was, in five years,at a cost of £6,500,000, and is nowSydney’s famous landmark.

Messrs. Cox, E~ans, Mecock andMaginnis also spoke.

Mr. Maginnis’s final remark was" Hooliganism is all very well in lectures,but not at Engineering S oci e t ymeetings."

Inter-Varsity Club. Concert of Carolsand other Christmas Music, conductorFrancis Cameron. Tuke Hall, BedfordCollege, Regents Park, Thursday, 17th

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THroE last leader of our first termust inevitably be a review of theprogress of "Trinity News." The paperwas really founded two terms ago, andmany who were connected with it inthose early stages have now left College.Thanks to much of their foresight andplanning, "Trinity News " has appearedregularly throughout the te~m~ and hasbuilt up a sound financial background

w~hich ensures its place in university lifein the New Year.

Last in the te~m comes the most im-portant topic -- College co-oper~tion.There is a great deal of discussion atpresent about a "Union," about theposition of women and the Societies,and about activities outside purelyacademic duties generally. Most urgentof all is the need for a general dis-cussion between major and minorsocieties on co-ordination in all sorts ofmatters. Overlapping of ~neetings,better arranged College dances andmany financial adjustments are allthings which could be improved thisway. For example, with only theslightest co-operation, Dublin Universityco~fld have been represented at the"Sunday Observer " Debating Com-petition."

This sttggestio~l need not "interferewith the traditions of old Societies.Times change, and if centralisation willbring the University closer to present-day requirements, as we believe it will,then a vague reverence of traditionalaloofness would be unwise and short-sighted. To act now upon this sug-gestioh would heal Imany of the breachesand rifts that have occurred recently,and result in improved standards i~every respect.

MUCH of the sports equipmellt of

the University is suffering throughenforced neglect caused by a lack ofsufficient capital to replace old andworn-out material. Floors, showers,and rooms shared by a number of clubsrequire replacing or modernising, buteven if only essentialsbe ee41_arenrejmwed’thousands of pounds will

At a recent Imeeti~g of the D.U.C.A.C.it was proposed thai the capital requiredfor this should come tlu’ough the Board,from the students; in other words, tha£a small sum should be added to theUniversity fees to be set aside for thispurpose. Such a procedure is the ruleat mo,st of the British universities, andseems to be remarkably sane, fair andpractical.

It is a commomplace that the Universityexists for more than the lmere processof learning. Education is move thanthis. Helping to run a sports club,playing for a tea~u, and supporting yourown side are as important as speakingin a faculty society or obtaining a"first."

If the scheme proposed were adoptedand the Board approve, every studentwill be able to take part both m theclub in which he has an interest andsubscribes to, and a£so in College sportslife generally.

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THREE :/ears ago a full back of

exceptional quality played forTrinity 2nd XV. People wondered thathe, a full back as good as any in Leinster,should be contented to remain in thiscomparatively lowly position. To-day--there is an appropriately Christmas

.touch about the story--Bill Tector isCaptain of the Club in its centenaryyear, and was prevented from playingin the Final Irish Trials only by an un-timely injury.

It is as a clubman that he stands out,and his loyalty is a great boost to aclub that has never been noted for thatquality. He is recognised as one of thebest captains of recent years. Avoidingthe limelight, he steers a good coursebetween accepting responsibility, andcraving it. He learned his rugby atKilkenny College, but at that time hepreferred cricket. After a slow anddiscouraging start in Trinity rugby hefirst played for the College team atcentre, kept off at full back by GerryMurphy, the Irish international.

To meet he is quiet and friendly, witha rather anxious look that betrays notanxiety, but his birthplace, Wexford. ToC~)llege life he represents the meat andblood, as some of our more aestheticand fairy-like colleagues represent themilk and water. He is straightforward,without the trivialities of pseudo sophis-tication. He thought there were somequeer types in Trinity---until he sawOxford. He can endure struggles, butcannot tolerate fools.

Of late Trinity rugby has been in thedoldrums. They have not beaten U.C.D.for several years, and have not won theLeinster Cup since 1926. There is noone more suitable than Tector, clubman,leader, pla~er, for breaking this jinx,and restoring the club to its former highposition. We wish him luck.

GO WEST, YOUNG MANOn Wednesday, 25th November, the

College Historical Society debated themotion that the present policy ofAmerica is a danger to the peace of theworld. This was an encouraging debate.The attendance was high and thestandard of oratory, though not remark-able, was better than many previousdebates.

The Librarian, despite the fact thathis inevitable Biblical Quotation is be-coming tedious, made a polished attackon the militant aspect of AmericanForeign Policy. P. D. H. Riddell, for theopposition, took up a negative attitudeand attacked the exponents of anti-Americanism. This he traced to fanaticalConservatism and fanatical Socialism.P. J. Ohale could see only the militaristicside of Marshall Aid and imposed hisown Nationalistic attitude on the presentworld situation. In startling contrast,M. F. Kimmitt told a funny story. P.Gildea-Evans spoke with an engaging~rankness but remarkably little clarity.He was followed by W. Somary, whomade an outstanding maiden speech. Hewas, perhaps, a little too lengthy and amore coherent climax would have beenan advantage, but these slight criticismscannot detract from a speech that wasmost impressive in style and sincerity.The Record Secretary ’made some goodpoints with commendable brevity, whileA. G. M. Moore made one good pointwith a conspicuous lack of brevity.5. F. L. Otter was subdued and A. D.Taylor continental before the motion wasput to the House.

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Annual Exhibition of the Photo-graphic Association was opened in theGaelic Society’s rooms in 2 T.C.D. Thisis one of the best exhibitions this ener-getic society has ever held, and the

members are to be congratulated on theunusually high standard of their prints,both ’from the technical and the artisticpoint of view.

The Advanced Section is the mostdisappointing part of the show, for there

are only eighteen prints shown in thissection, and these are the work of only

two members. It is sad there shouldbe such a lack of interest shown by theolder members of the society, and onecan only hope that next year there willbe more entrants. Of the picturesshown, there were few of the technicalstandard that one has come to expectfrom this part of the exhibition. Thereare three interesting street scenes whichcleverly convey considerable atmosphereto the beholder, and there is one ratherpleasant character study of an old manlighting his pipe. The portraits in thissection suffer rather badly from technicaldefects, and although there are severalcompetent photographs, there are nooutstanding pictures. Altogether, thestandard in this section, though in itseffnot bad, is considerably below that offormer years.

The Beginners’ Section is altogethera different story, and although the printsare smaller and more crowded than inthe Advanced Section, they display veryconsiderable variation in tone, designand subject matter. The standard of thefew nortraits shown was not remarkable,but they show that at least some of the

new members know what they are about,and have some idea of how to use lightsand pose models. This year, there arean unusually large number of pictorialand scenic photographs--usually a diffi-sort of picture to take successfully, andit is extremely gratifying to find that somany of the new members are so skilfulat pictorial composition. Surprisingly,too, the actual technical standard of thephotographs shown is very high, andalthough an occasional photograph couldhave been printed with greater clarity,or mounted on cleaner cardboard, theoverall impression is excellent. It wouldbe invidious to name any one picture asbeing outstanding, as, at the time ofwriting, the competition has not yet beenjudged. Suffice it to say that everybodywho comes to the show during the nexttwo days will find plenty of interestingmaterial, ’for there are pictures of every-thing from motor bikes to graveyards,and from pretty girls to unusual shotsof the Campanile.

We were unable to get a preview of thecolour slides, but we are assured that,as in former years, the fairly large entryof colour photographs will be projectedat frequent intervals throughout theexhibition, and we hear that’ there aresome extremely attractive shots.

We cannot recommend too stronglythat everyone who has any interest inphotography, or just likes looking atgood pictures, should go to see this ex-hibition before it closes at the end of theweek. We say this not only to giveencouragement to the members of theAssociation, most of whom are exhibiting’for the first time, but because we arecertain that there is much on view thatwould be of interest and give pleasureto anyone with the slightest pretence toany artistic sensibility.

ANCIENT AND MODERNTHE Choral Society is,

~-/~ ~f~/perhaps, the one society

¯ in College which offers

IIl~ ~’~"~1 corporate activity on. a consistent scale

, ~~ throughout the term,yet of its nature it onlycomes into the publiceye once. It is usuallyan impressive appear-

ance, and the concert last Wednesdaywas no exception.

Two works of entirely differentcharacter and period were chosen: The" Hymn of Praise " by Mendelssohn, and"Christ’s Birthday" by Bruce Mont-gomery. The " Hymn of Praise " is anold favourite, uninspired anal uninterest-ing, but the choir made the most of it.A programme note pleading for moreTenor and Bass members was s~nificant,for, though the acoustics of the theatremay be to blame, it seemed that thevolume of male sound was thin. Theresult was some forcing, especiallyfrom the Tenors.

In spite of inaccuracies, the energeticrendering of " Christ’s Birthday " wasthe most enjoyable part of the concert.This virile work has complexities andsimplicities that require a lot of practice,and in the few weeks of rehearsal, theConductor, Mr. Joseph Groocock, hadmanaged to make the choir sensitive tothe composer’s intention. In the lastchorus, " Good-day, Sir Christemas", theabsence of an orchestra with percussionwas noticeable, but at other times thepiano accompaniment of Noel Wilkinson,

assisted in the Mendelssohn by BettyWeir, was highly efficient.

It is rumoured that the Choral Societyis to change its traditional policy of oneeoncert per term, and restrict itsambitions to .two concerts during theyear. If this means a concentration ofeffort into really well-rehearsed items,and a concentration of funds to attractsoloists that are above mediocrity, thisancient Society may go from strengthto strength.

HISTORY FROM A HATA Hat-debate seems the most im-

probable form of meeting for a History

Society, but that was what went on lastTuesday. In the chair was Mr. EoinO’Mahony and his inspired methvdsensured that all those present--attend-ance was poor--spoke ~)n the subjectsdrawn out of the hat. These ranged from" That Trieste should go to Yugoslavia,"

to Commercial Television, and not oncewas there ,an embarrassing silence or

awkward speech. Altogether this wasthe most interesting and best conductedmeeting of the term. The only pity isthat not ~more members thought itworthwhile to turn up.

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ROUNDAND ABOUT WITH BRICRIUSocial and Technical

~ON Thursday night I leftmy usual metropolitanhaunts to visit the Inter-national Hotel in Bray,where, I had been in-formed, the Dublin Uni-versity Motor Cycle andLight Cal" Club were hold-ing their annual dance.On my arrival, I was sur-

prised to find the hall crowded and thedance in full swing, especially as severalof the people present had been co~-fortabty settled in the back bar inJammet’s an incredibly short time before.

As soon as possible, in a lull betweenspot prizes, I extracted the M.C., NiallO’Donnell Browne, from the m~16e inorder to find out mole about the Club,but he had hmxtly time to point out Dr.Fry, theClub’s new President, when hewas called away to present a reversing-light to Ursula Lacey.

I noticed that Norman .Williams wascelebrating his election to the committeewith great enthusiasm, for, undisturbedby the reserved, nature of his partner,he gave us many novel vocal and instru-mental arrangements with the abl’eassistance of Connelly Cole, Paddy Hop-kirk, and Kane Archer. Soon afterwards,matters became chaotic and I caughtkaleidoscopic glimpses of a young ladyemptying a half-pint of Guinness in 4-5seconds, of Harry Howden being raisedgently from the dust by Chris. Orr, andof Henry St. George Smith carrying hispartner with him, on a chair, and tryingto dance the samba. Soon after, theD.U.M.C. and L.C/C. returned to the highlift camshafts and other paraphernaliaof ordinary life, and the dance was over.

The PlebsThe Swimming Club "hop" in the

Dixon was a much more sober affair

than the last, but I must say I wasrather surprised when Anne RoseSinclair greeted me with: "Come in,take your clothes off." However, mymodesty was saved, and I went over tosee Ernie Irwin and Henry Blackburn.Ernie was fulminating about some" poisonous rag" or other, while Henrywas lost in a brown study, tryingdesperately to remember which girl hewas taking to which ’dance. Feeling itwas useless to attempt to continue theconversation, I bade them farewell anddeparted.

Literary People !Some days ago, a copy of " Icarus"

was dropped into my letter-box, but tomy disappointment I discovered it wasa back-number, and when I took it alongto Front Gate to exchange it for thecurrent issue, I was told that it was onlyan advertisement, and that they did notwant me to review it. I bought a copy,neverth’eless, and studied it with theclosest attention, especially after havingread "T.C.D." and discovered what tolook for. Suddenly, I noticed there wasa misprint in the first poem by DouglasScaly, and turned the pages of " T.C.D."eagerly to see if " they" had also noticedit. They had, but just as my hopes ofan exclusive " scoop " were evaporating,I suddenly realised that, like Homer,even the Editor of " T.C.D." could nod,and so I went to see him, full ofconscious pride. " Mr. Simpson," Ibegan, "or may I call you Gordon,"when he interrupted me to apologise fornot having inserted "By courtesy of’ Trinity News’ " in their Classical Societyreport. My mind, hov~ever, was on moreserious things. "I regret to say thatyour correction of the error in ’ Ica~,as’is itself erroneous, DEIRDRE is speltneither DEIRDE nor DEIDRE butDEIRDRE.

CAREERSUsing a

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vision requirements apart, muchcan be made of taking a useful vacationjob. For example, you can demonstrate’your enterprise in working your passageto Greece or hitch-hike to Carthage in-stead of being feather-bedded into theRiviera. But whilst this is in the oldertradition there are, nowadays, numerousoportunities to broaden one’s .outlookabout a career. Some employers takeit as a compl~ment that Fou want to findout about their activities and they offervacation jobs or vacation courses. Steeland oil companies, gas boards, banks andinsurance companies have led the way,and the possibilities may well appealparticularly to students who are quiteconvinced that business is not for them.Such vacation work is a good .oppor-tunity whereby to remove prejudice orconfirm your conviction, .and, if timepermits in your four years in College,there is a good deal to be said forhaving a look at both what you want todo eventually and what you’re quitesure you don’t want to do. Perhaps, toomany are prejudiced against school-teaching because of their vwn highlyrotmanticised version of their treatmentin the fourth form, and. not becausethey have tried teaching in a goodschool.

It can sometimes be a valuable andrewarding experiment to take a job.offering a monotonous routine or arepetitive task, perhaps in a store or ona production belt. Some employers areunable to offer jobs or courses but arepleased to have you visit them. Forexample, a GoverrLment department suchas Inland Revenue, or the London StockExchange through its new glass window.

VacationThe scientist is well catered for in this

respect and can quite easily arrange ajob in industry or a research establish-ment, but the arts graduate has little tocomplain of if he is prepared to takethe initiative. A few weeks in a book-shop may well demonstrate that cultureis not necessarily bound up with booksand, similariy, work in a travel agencymay cause you to revise your ideasabout "work with people." In bothcases you may get a different slant onthe profit motive.

The Christmas vacation offers themost opportunities for earning money,the Easter vacation may in some casesbe most suitable, but there are few suchjobs available except, possibly, asprivate tutors. The Summer ~acationcan be happily divided between youracademic work and a rewardin~ f~re-taste of a job.

Special Note: I have just receivedfrom the Ministry of Finance theestimate of likely vacancies in the CivilService up to 31st August, 1954. It in-cludes two vacancies for AdministrativeOfficer, and the examination consists ofan interview, an essay, an oral Irishtest together with a qualifying test inwritten Irish.

A further note will be vf interest tothose who .are interested in the pro-fessional and technical posts: if a com-petent knowledge of Irish is not pre-scribed as an essential qualification,qualified and suitable candidates whopossess competent Irish are, in accord-ance with the regulations, given abso-lute preference by the Civil ServiceCommissioners.

A. H. B. McCLATCHEY,Appointments Officer.

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~~amount of Americanscome to Trinity. Al-though some are under-graduates, most areresearch students whocome to probe furtherinto Yeats or to giveanother twist to the

key to " Finnegan’s Wake" or perhapsto develop unexplored fields. There arealso a few external students, who followno university programme, but attendlectures of their own selection. Trinityimpresses them in different ways,depending on what they come here for.

Generally, the post-graduates don’tfind too much difference between Trinityand their own American university. Thenature of the work is the same, researchon the highest level. If there is adifference, it is that at Trinity theemphasis is more on independent re-search, on the individual’s personalapproach, and less ,on stereotypedscholarship.

On the undergraduate level, one findsthe m o st striking divergence. IaAmerica the student doesn’t specialisefor at least one year, occasionally two.Mathematics, science, language, com-position, history, all are common to thepre-law student, Vo the pre-med, thehistory and language student, forexample, before they are allowed tochoose their speciality.

In addition, the student must fulfil acertain number of Course requirementsoutside of his own subject throughoutthe four years vf undergraduate work.Fifteen to 18 hours a week is theaverage time a student spends in thelecture room.

Instead of three seven-week terms, likethe Arts at Trinity, the Americanundergraduate has two terms, of about16 weeks each. At the end of each termmajor examinations (three hours) areheld in each of the four or five coursesstudied.

Because ’of the frequency .of examina-tions in colleges in the United States,the Anaeriean finds the Trinity examina-tion system unusual. When he isn’tbaffled by it, he is awed.

When one comes from a large citycollege in the United States, whichmight have 15,000 or 20,000 students,one finds particularly agreeable thecompactness of Trinity. It has all thebenefits of the large city college withfew of the drawbacks, usually producedby overcrowding.

Trinity s’oeial life one finds inimitable

YANK AT TRINITYto Trinity. Here, I think, the Dublin in-fluence is most strongly felt, determin-ing the pattern. The nature and scopeof Trinity society seems to be directlyderivitive from that of Dublin society.

The Dublin influence on Trinity goesa long way in determining whether anAmerican likes Trinity, or, I suppose,any foreign student. When one re-members Trinity, one can’t escape fromthe memory of Dublin.

A city always helps to shape thecharacter of a university, especiallywhen the relation is close. One can’taccept the one alone; they go together,parent and child. To like Trinity, onemust like Dublin. Most Americanstudents like both.

MATHEMATICALNIGHTMARES

"Mathematical Nightmares "--a titlewhich he thought of on the spur of themoment, was the subject of Dr. Allen’stalk to the D.U. Mathematical Societylast Friday.

He discussed the fundamentals ofMathematics and tried to find out whatMathematics is or should be. He saidmuch about intuition, believing that itinvariably leads to non-intuition, as forinstance, when a clever trick often leadsto a definite theorem.

In discussing paradoxes, Dr. Allensaid that nearly all could be easily, dis-missed except that of Bertrand Russellconcerning the set of all sets--the onlyinherent paradox known. However, hefelt certain that there are more para-doxes and mistakes in famous theoremswhich we shall find sometime. Thenightmare was: " Is there a divinetruth?" Dr. Allen’s answer was "No!"When we say something is true, wemean that it is consistent with some-thing we know to be true, which in turnis consistent with something else, andso we get an infinite regression. Dr.Allen concluded with ~emarks on thefallibility of human reason. Mathematicsdoes not exist unless you know it--it isan evolution in thought, and teachersmust not be taken too seriously.

In the discussion that followed, Pro-fessor Broderick claimed that Mathe-matics is pushing symbols around andis also an Act of Faith. The President,Dr. Gardner, then adjourned a verysuccessful meeting.

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ICARUS

INmany ways this is the best issue ofIcarus " that I have seen. Certainly

this is true of the poetry. DouglasSealy has rung the bell at last with his" Midsmnmer Eve," which falls into themind like a stone into a pool, sendingout ring after ring of symbolic mean-ing; it is a long time since I sawIrish mythology used to such good pur-pose, as a means, not an end. ElaineSavours is more in the current Englishfashion, building her poem round nota symbol, but one elaborated image orconceit. And, to complete this inter-national round-up, there is the Americanpoetic manner of Jack Dagilaitis. Ihope the pun in his poem (discreetlydiscretely) is indeed his, and not theprinter’s, for the latter has been allowedto run wild on every page.

Sebastian Ryan very properly drawsattention to the distinguished Irishwriter, Samuel Becket[. He can hardly

November 1953do more than that, for Becket[, it seems,is a formidable writer, very deliberatelypost-Joycean. The next step will be forPlayers or the French Group to thinkabout producing Beckett’s play, " EnAttendant Godot." Owen Quinn, writingon Joyce, is able to penetrate further;and does so very well, both sensibly andsubtly, though his article falls awayfrom a good start.

It is the stories that continue to dis-appoint. As usual they are technicallyvery old-fashioned indeed; if our booksyboys haven’t yet got around to Chekhovand James, they might still have learnedfro~m ¯O’Connor, O’Fa’olain, and Eliza-beth B’owen, how to leave somethingto the reader’s imagination. Collegestory-tellers apparently cannot trusttheir readers to pick up a hint unless itis heavily underlined in red ink.

Still, this is a good shillingsv~orth. Apity about those misprints, though.

D.D.

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"THE LOST WAY" and "RIDERS TO THE SEA"Miss Ywnne Voigt, who produced

the two one-act plays last Thursday, isa student of drama and a specialist inthe work of J. M. Synge. Her choice of" Riders to the Sea" for her first pro-duction in Trinity gave the audienceproof of the value of her system ofplay-direction and her understanding ofSynge’s interpretation. ,of the AranIsland tragedy. He~" work with the castto attain complete absorption in theplay was based on her insistence thatthey should understand not only whatthey were saying but why they said it.

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was the first of the two plays. It is anadapti’on of a short story and does notreally come to life as a play. The ~naincharacter has to suggest the person-alities of four people who never appear’on the stage and Miss Voigt’s systemhelped Olive Clancy as the old womanto do this effectively.

In " Riders to the Sea" it is mostimportant for the members of the familygroup to be sure of their relations toone .another. Ia this production theyall acted round the character of themother who is, of course, the centre ofthe real tragedy, and by doing this theydemand that the play be judged on itswhole effect. To single out individualsis to misinterpret the aim of the pro-duction, but Joanna Woods as Mauryaand Maeve Keogh as Nora certainlygave the play its genuine West ofIreland aura. Eleanor Warham andBrian Shiel, although not so finished intheir conception of the true Syngeidiom, understod their roles and playedthem sincerely.

WOMEN IN

A WOMAN’S POINF OF VIEW

THERE are times when we get a

little weary of this business ofbeing a woman. Before our readers,male and female, shriek .at us: "Un-natural, sexless hussy!" let us explain.We are not tired of being feminine bynature; we could never visualise our-selves being anything else. But thestr.ange ideas which prevail (especiallyin masculine skulls) about the nature offeminity continually leave us amazed.Of course, these ideas vary greatlyfrom skull to skull, and any female whowas unwise enough to try to givegenera[ satisfaction would soon be con-templating self-destruction. Which isone more reason why our femininereaders should be themselves and pleasethemselves.

This is our last opportunity to getwhat we want to say said in thiscolumn, so we are going to spill thebeans to an unprecedented extent. Weare frankly tired ~)f being considered atype of strange addition to a complete-enough world, a second sex which mayor may not be considered a Good Thing,but which on the whole is to be certifiedas of Doubtful Nature. Ever since wecan remember, we have been simperedat, flirted with, lectured and patronisedby the oppressors; the fact that. we areperfectly capable ourselves of zgnormglectures, slaying the condescending,

°simpering sweetly, or flirting (mildly orhecticly) does not alter the fact that weconsider the whole business unlovely andunhealthy. We declare here and nowthat we are re)t, despite any possibleappearances to the contrary, devil orangel, symbol, myth or romanticillusion, delight or torment, primitivecreature of instinct and emotion per-sonified. Nor are we doll, ~noron,imbecile or plaything. Shall we be reallydaring and revolutionary, and state thatwe are that proud and wretched thing,a human being? Yes, we shall.

" This woman goes from one piece oftriteness to another!" we hear youexclaim (that is, if you are not darklymuttering even worse things). Alas,the sex-mad world, on the whole, caresnot a jot for our humanity. Almostevery allusi’on to women, advice towomen, appreciation 9f women impli-cation on women is designed to play uptheir sex-appeal and play down theirhumanity. And since a great manyhuman activities, including all in-tellectual and political and most artisticpursuits, have no very specific con-nection with feminity, as distinct from

MAJORSOCIETIES.Opinions

President of the Liz.: Miss A. KingsmillMoore.

The President of the " Phil." has putforward th~ suggestion that ladies beadmitted to the meetings of the Society.As President of the Elizabethan Society,I should like to thank Mr. GarrettAnderson for his friendly proposal. Upto the present, Trinity College hasworked successfully with the two majorsocieties ’for men and the ElizabethanSociety for women. A common meetingground is provided in the facultysocieties.

A good discussion -- and though wehave been excluded from them, we mustassume that all discussions in the"Phil." are good discussions -- is apleasure to listen to for men and womenalike. But should not women, if ad-mitted, have the privilege, which isusually accorded to strangers in theHistorical Society, of addressing themeeting, if they so desire, when nofurther members of the Society areanxious to speak.

We should like to attend the OpeningMe~ting and one, but only one, othermeeting per term. This would allow the" Phil." to keep one of its main advan-tages, that of being exclusively male.With the occasional admittance ofwomen, we might progress to th~solution which has been adopted in manyUniversities--a Union in which men andwomen are equally members as of right.

Our Woman’s CorrespondenI Writes:A major College society has made an

attempt to break with tradition. ThePhil. are hoping to allow women to theirordinary meetings. We congratulatethem on their initiative. It seems tous that since woJmen have been allowedto enter the University they should be

allowed to take a full part in allactivities of the University.

College Historical Society: E. W.Gorton, Auditor

~V]’E were interested to ~earn that awv young lady had succeeded in

addressing the University PhilosophicalSociety. The leaders of this Societyseem to have been so delighted with thisthat they have, we believe, announcedthat in future their do’ors will be morefrequently opened to ladies, .and theirperformances subjected to the scrutinyof these most charming critics.

Perhaps this is the " show down " wewere promised by "T.C.D." at thebeginning ,of Term. If so, it is as un-Impressive in its effect as it will besterile in its outcome.

If, as my informant asserted, yeomenare to form an audience, but not jointhe Society, then the condescensionimplicit in the act will be quicklynoticed by those against whom it isdirected. If I were to support theadmission of yeomen into the " Hist." itwould be as full and equal members,with no probationary periods, interestingexperiments, or cunning wedges delicatelyinserted into impressive structures. Ineed no convincing that women--somewomen--are more than our match.

Nevertheless, I am convinced thatneither the two major societies needto join the gay riot of reform at presentnoticeable in the University. There will,of course, always be those who will saythat such:and-such a thing "must come"and therefvre advocate a joyless em-bracing of the "modern approach."As one who is convinced, however, thatreform is never inevitable, and that the"Hist." at least need not fear itsprotagonists, I must offer my sincerecongratulations to Mr. Garret-Andersonf’or demonstrating, to our infinite com-fort, his own lack .of faith in the " sur-rival value" of the Society which hasthrust him so very much in the publiceye.

humanity, away with them! The realreason for the widespread dislike ofwomen who busy themselves with thesepursuits is simple; it is not that theyare really invariably incapable of doingthese things, or that activities of thissort make them unfeminine in manneror outlook. N’o, it is that they may betempted not to consider " love " (pardonour inverted commas) the be-all andend-a}l of life. A dangerous business ina wo~]d in which Eros, though he mayhave n’othing in his face, is still the un-disputed idol of the human race.

Musing glumly on the dozens ofcounterfeits which people try to per-suade us are really love, we wonder inaddition why a woolly-minded worldconfuses this purely private matter withpublic affairs. As far as we can see,the qualities needed in both worlds aredifferent, and because a woman may, ifshe so chooses, be unassertive andaccommodating to one partichlar man,it d’oes not follow that she intends toshow these particular qualities to theworld at large. We have never acceptedthis wretched business of consideringlove as either a career or vocation, ora sheer necessity for well-being. TheCivil Service or teaching is a better betfor the one, and as for the other, ag~od stomach powder will do the job aseffectively.

" So you don’t believe in love?" askour scandalised readers. Pardon us, wedo. We are not going to be fool enoughto enlarge on this topic before our ex-perienced and cynical clientele. But thismuch we will say. The reality of thisphenomenon depends on the sentiment,and this sentiment cannot be faked orconjured up .or consciously evolved justbecause it would make life so nice andsafe and pleasant if only one were inlove. Call us an impractical romanticif you like, dear calculating females.We ourselves think we are being soberlyrealistic--realistic enough to know thatsympathy, or pity, or liking, vr sex-wars .or tuneless passions just will notdo as substitutes for the genuine article.

"Tis woman’s whole existence ?" As amatter of fact, we believe that it is, if youever happen to find it; not in the sensethat it becomes an occupation that takesthe place of all others, but that it be-comes the meaning and motivating forceof every action. " Amor omnia vinci["is a motto to which we say Amen. Pro-vided we add with our last youthfuland cynical kick at the pricks, it reallyis that rare and genuine sentiment, asold and as true as Time.

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CORRESPONDENCE Once in a LifetimeDear Sir,--It seems to me to have

been a little more than mere coincidencethat the poem referred to hereundershould have come into my hands at thistime and for one penny. For it was

~vblished in 1876 and would appear toe awaited the most favourable oppor-

tunity to appear amongst us again.The preface, which is most unusual,

should have an interest for Dublinersand Gate Theatregoers in general andfor graduates and undergraduates ofTrinity College in particular. And hereit is:

"The poem which I now present tothe public was NOT awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize in the College of theHoly and Undivided Trinity, near Dublin,etc., etc. Whether this fact will ensureits meeting with an unfavourable recep-tion or not, I am, of course, unable coforetell."

And here are a few brief extracts fromthis noem which has come so strangelyout of the ~)ast at this time:

’ Oh! sirs!’ she said, ’I still recall thatday,

How through the fields I took my pensiveway,

My soul filled with strange thoughts;how by a stream,

Which wandered nigh, I sat me downto dream;

And how the evening bells, that calledto prayer,

Flowed solemn out upon the perfumedair,-

And sudden in their peal I heard atone,

Which said that France might rise byme alone.

Oh then, like waves, o’er my enrapturedsoul

Dim shades of my great destiny did roll,And by that stream I knelt, and

weeping prayedTo God’s blessed Mother for support

and aid.It would be nice to think o’f the fore-

going being read again in Dublin some77 years after the poet was NOTawarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize.

J.G.

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As far as we can remember, this newversion has nothing to add to the enter-tainment value of the previous films, andwe would have been just as content to seea reissue of one of Vhem, Nevertheless,Gordon Macrae is a good sheik, andKath~m Gravson makes a very attractiveM.argot, the girl who falls in love with themysterious Arab leader yet shuns himwhen he makes advances to her in hismore prosaic " Dr. Jekyll" role. Werecommend this fi~m to anyone who hasnever heard the music before, but forthose who know the piece, this just isn’ttheir cup of cocoa-cola.

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¯ Dear Sir,--As it has such great possi-bilities for influence in our society, itseems to me very important that all whobelong to a university should ask them-selves as often as possible: " Are we onthe right track?" It is gratifying to seethat the subject of your editorials hasbeen the state of Trinity College, butyour emphasis on the need for researchhas left me with some doubts. Whenyou suggest that scholarship ’funds beused to provide for research "becausea university which merely teaches isfailing in its purpose", I must askmyself whether teaching ,is not, how-ever, the first purpose of a university,and whether this purpose is beingachieved at Trinity. When you speakof our professors as " overburdened withtutorial and administrative labours ", Imust ask how provision ’for research isgoing to lessen the burden of those who

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are actually lecturing or tutoring. Youclose by saying: " If our professors donot have time to write their books, theirreputation and that of their universitywill suffer." I must wonder whether thehundreds of unreadable books writteneach year by the professors ,of well-endowed American universities reallyenhance the reputation of their authorsand sponsors, even when this is not thesole aim of their publication. I must askmyself whether Oxford and Cambridgedo not owe their reputation largely tothe tutors, a body of relatively unknownmen.

May I suggest that Trinity will notbe able to fulfil its teaching functionuntil the staff has been increased suffi-ciently to permit the establishment ofa tutorial system similar to that atOxford and Cambridge, and that it istowards the cost of this increase thatany funds should be redirected.

Yours, etc.,Adam Nott.

Editor.--Mr. Nott has made several~ood points in his letter. However, inour opinion, teaching in a universitydepends completely on research. Westill think that without research, teach-ing will be of a poor quality.

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A delightful Continental comedy. Thefilm shows the verbal and physicalbattles of Don Camillo, a village priest,and Pepone, the local Communist mayor.Fermandel plays the part of DonCamillo with rare sensitivity. Allothers in the film are admirably cast.We recommend the film to all. I.t willgive you a delightful evening’s enter-tainment.

"Inferno" (Theatre Royal)" ~nferno," which is being shown this

week at the Theatre Royal, wasoriginally a 3-D piece. It was interest-ing, therefore, to see it here with~)utany technical boosting and to con-sider it for the usual dramatic andvisual qualities.

It’s story is the story of ’a businessman who, when left to die and rot in thedesert by his wife and her lover,harnesses all the resources at the

¯ command of his office-softened andphysicially ,mained body to a tenacityfor survival hardened by hatred of hisbetrayers.

The picture is comtietently made andin particular the quick flashes from themerciless desert and the mainly cactusdiet of the husband to shots of the wifeand her lover by the side of a swim-ming pool are cleverly and naturallydone. In other words it does the jobwhich the screen can do so ,much betterthan any other media.

GAELIC SOCIETYOn Wednesday last, Mr. Prionnsias

Mac Aonghusa read a paper on P~draicO Conaire to the Society. He gave abrief survey of O Conaire’s career,saying that the material circumstancesof his life largely accounted for thepessimism and despondency found in hisworks. 0 Conaire was the first Europeanwriter in modern Irish, being stronglyinfluenced by French and Russianliteratures, and was, above all, a realist,perhaps even a naturalist writer. Hisgreatest importance was as a master ofthe short story, al2hough he had alsowritten one of the best novels in Irishin " DeGraiocht ".

Mr. Douglas Doak-Dunelly said thatbefore O Conaire the modern Irish novelhad been ’very poor indeed, the best workit could offer being that of PeadarO Laoghaire. With " SGadna", CanonO Laoghaire’s literary developmentbegan and ended.

Miss Barbara Robinson said it wasinstructive to compare the works of0 Conaire, the realist, with those of hisidealist contemporary, Pearse. O Conairehad great psychological understandingof women and they were prominent inall his best work.

The Chairman, Mr. Se~n McGrath, insumming up, said that 0 Laoghaire wasa good minor writer but that his literaryvein was self-destructive and incapableo.f real development, whereas 0 Conairehad founded an important literaryschool that has reached its apotheosisin the work of M~irtln 0 Cadhain.

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In this "match of the century ~’ wesaw the sort of rugby that has kept thegame going, good staple stuff with theodd highlight. There was a large crowd,which increased towards half-time.

Trinity won the toss and chose toplay with the wind. Trinity pressed andLyle xnade a neat break. Blackheathattempted a penalty from half-way thatmissed more _narrowly than Tector’seffort from 30 yards. Then came thefirst spell of aimless platy, with loosekicking up and down, until Tector foundtouch with a good kick. Play swungto the other end, and from a scrum inthe 20th minute the Blackheath serum-half nipped over for a try. The kickfailed.

The Trinity backs had plenty of theball, but they m.ostly took their passesstanding and there was little thrust.Blackheath kept up the pressure and badTrinity tackling nearly gave awayanother score, but Tector marked theball and saved the situation. After 32minutes McLean from a scrum 50 yardsout, made a lovely break and with twotantalising dummies went over for ascore. Crawford just missed the con-version with a good kick.

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MATCHhow to Score

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play, and Trinity showed a distinctaversi’on to falling on the ball. TheBlackheath out-half just missed with adrop at goal. Trinity came back, Hydetried a long cross-kick and there wasnearly a score. O’Connor, who wasshowing up well, made a good break,and Gaston tried a kick ahead. Thenthe Trinity forwards clicked into gear.There was good work in the line-outand once Gill, Crawford, Brennan andLyle combined in a movement thatswept down the field. But no side reallylooked like scoring, and full-time camewith both sides tired from giving oftheir best.

Lyle had a splendid game at out-halfand was keen-eyed for an opening. Atcentre, Mostert and McCarthy lackedpenetration, although they put in a lotof work. Hyde ran well, and Gaston, asalways, looked like a rocket, fuse alight,ready to soar at any moment. Tector,,playing his first game for many weeks,did some good things and promises tobe back in top form soon. Among the~orwards I liked best Roe, O’Connor,Brennan and Crawford. Perhaps someday Trinity will play a really first classgame, the talent is certainly there.

BOAT CLUBOn Saturday the Michaelmas "At

Home" races are being held at Island-bridge, when crews from Queen’sUniversity Rowing Club, the NationalUniversity Rowing Club ,and Trinitywill compete for the King George VCup.

The IV’s races for the Usher Cupwill also be held. These IV’s will con-sist of new members of the Boat Club,and each IV will have been assigned asenioir member of the club as a coach,which will provide rivalry betweencoaches as well as crews.

SOCCEREasy Win for Trinity

Tr~ity ..................... 5 goalsVets ......................... 1 goal

It was a pleasant change to see Trinity,obliged to fight hard in their previousmatches, in control of the game againstVets. Lack of opposition allowedTrinity time to execute an occasional"nice move," satisfying for briefmoments this spectator’s craving forinternational football. Armstrong awokememories of Wilf Mannion with a ¯pleas-ing demonstration of how to hold theball until an open space appeared andhow then to send it .along the groundinto that space for a player t~ run onto. He helped to raake Trinity’s firstgoal, taking the ball up the right wingand centring into a cluster of playersfrom whom the ball emerged to Hyland,who scored. Hyland and Davidsonscored again for Trinity from MacGloin,who showed some nice touches at centre-forward. MacGloin increased Trinity’stotal to five with a header, taken in theclassical manner from a centre acrossthe goalmouth, and, early in the second]lull with a fine 25 yards’ shvt.

By now play was becoming carefree.A Trinity full-back was seen trying todribble the ball ~ound his oppositenumber; a Trinity full-back was heardon the sideline trying to arrange anevening’s outing, being interrupted onlywhen his goal was threatened. It wasin this casual atmosphere that the Vets’outside-right, finding h i m s e 1 f inpossession of the ball with only Kendallto beat, did so, to give his side theironly score.

Trinity deserved this win, but it wasin no way a proof of the team’sstrength. I could suggest that havingseen that they were in command of thegame, Trinity might have seized thisopportunity to play an open type offootball, which in the team’s presentstate they cannot do when they areunder pressure. But, on the other hand,we might do as well to remind ourselvesthat football is only a game.

HOCKEYSuccessful End to Tour

St. Andrew’s University ...... 1

Trinity .............................. 2

After leaving Northern Ireland theTrinity hockey team concluded its tourlast Friday with a win over St. Andrew’sUniversity to the tune of two goals toone. It was very unfortunate that theweather was very bad, but, in spite ,ofthe conditions standards of play werehigh, both teams playing cleverly and itneeded all the wiles of two soliddefences to withstand the attacks of twostrong forward lines.

George Wheeler and Wills, bothplaying at full-back for Trinity,played extremely well, especially inthe second half when St. Andrew’swere attacking most of the timeand had a monopoly of the ball.Jones played well at centre-forward andhad the ability to finish off a good move-mont. His goal was the result of fastfollowing up. Fiszsimons was fast andelusive on the left-wing and had a verygood game. His partner, Athey, alsoplayed well.

Outstanding among a go o d St.Andrew’s team was their African goal-keeper, who saved his side time aftertime when the situation seemed all butlost.

The visiting Trinity XI opened thescoring just before half-time, when Bellconverted a penalty corner. Both teamswere very closely matched and theshare of the play was fairly even. Theball was swept from goalmouth to goal-mouth by the forwards, only to bestopped and sent back up the field bythe plucky defenders. In the middle ofthe second half Jones increased Trinity’slead, but immediately afterwards Red-stone scored for St. Andrew’s. For awhile it looked as if St. Andrew’smight score again and draw level, butthey rallied and kept their lead.

CROSS-COUNTRY-On Saturday last, Trinity Harriers had

their third fixture of the season andagain the result was achieved withadmirable consistenc~�; Trinity weredefeated. The opponents were LeedsUniversity and Queen’s University andthe race was held over the six-milecourse at Islandbridge.

The weather was nippy and the groundrather slippery for the runners. E.Buchanan of Leeds, unbeaten this season,set a hard pace and forged easily ahead,leaving the other runners behind. Hefinally came in strongly to win in thetime of 32 rains., 55 secs., to equal thecourse record--a very fine achievementunder any circumstances but ,moreespecially so considering the conditions.

S. Webley (D.) and Barratt (Q.) werebattling out some distance behind withthe latter drawing away to come a veryfine second in the tim~ of 33 rains.,38 secs.--ll seconds in front of Webley.Mackey and one of the Leeds runnersstruggled t~gether all the way andfinally came in together. Good L~edspacking gave them places from 6-10 andan easy win.

After this, there followed a large gapand the next Trinity man to come in was16th. The rest of the team came in ina bunch together.

All the Trinity eight’s old ’faults wereevident, lack of training in some, butmostly the seeming inability to start arace quickly and keep it up. Shouldthese faults be rectified, Trinity couldhave the makings of a good team.

Architects " B" . ........ 4 goalsTrinity 3rd ............... 3 goals

A rather small and rough pitch, to-gether with a wet ball, were obstaclesto good play in the game betweenTrinity 3rd and Architects "B" atTerenure last Saturday. Architects hadthe better side and led 1-0 at half-time.

After the interval the play improved,but it was still a bit ragged. Davidscored for Trinity, and Architects re-plied with three goals in a row. Trinityrallied towards the end and scored twomore goals, the first by Pugh from acorner, and the second by Hannigan froma good centre. This left the final score4-3 in Architects’ favour.

BOXINGTrinity Beat Oxford

Trinity ........................ 5

Oxford ........................ 4

The Trinity Boxing Team travelledover to Oxfora for its annual fixture withOxford University last week. Trinityrepeated their success of last year witha close victory, and into the bargain,deprived Oxford of its unbroken recordof home wins, by winning by rive fightsto four.

Trinity were leading by 3-2 whenP Shanks ~ntered the ring for his fightwith J9hnson. The former won easily,the fight being stopped in the thirdround, but Johnson put up a very pluckyfight and took a tremendous amount o~punishment before the referee inter-vened. Shanks was the more experiencedand varied his punches throughout.

R. Coote, of Trinity," an Irish Univer-sities’ Junior Champion, also providedone of the better fights, and his fightwith Courtman, of Oxford, was livelyand full of excitement. Although therewas little in it, Coote was the eventualwinner due to greater punching power.

In the light-heavyweight bout, K.Comyns, of Trinity, met T. M. Fallen,of Oxford, who has improved greatlysince last year. Both men boxed beauti-fully and cleverly. The fight was wonby Fallen.

FENCING~n a mixed match, in which both

men’s and vcomen’s foil teams took part,last Thursday evening the D.U. FencingClub first team defeated Royal Collegeof Surgeons narrowly by 13 games to12.- It was a most exciting match andthe issue was left in doubt until the lastfight between M. McCausland, theTrinity captain, and A. Kieskevitz ofSurgeons. The fight was lively and thetwo opponents were well matched. Aftera few ~inutes of quick exchanges thescore was 3-all, with ~ne hit to decidethe winner. McCausland was slightlythe quicker and so won the bout and thematch for Trinity.

Misses G. Selden and M. Bowden, andMessrs. J. Stuart and W. Somary alsofought.

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