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"TWELFTH"There was no winter in’t."

The Players celebrated their 21stanniversary last Friday night with aperformance of " Twelfth Night ". Thechoice was an exquisite one, though wewere somewhat apprehensive to see whatthey would do to Shakespeare as a poet,having formerly seen, in Hamlet, what

they did to him as a dramatist. Ourfears were for the most part ill-founded.The emphasis was wisely put on poesy,and histrionics touched on but lightlyand incidentally.

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NIGHT"the quality of comedy, even in broadhumour, was never strained to de-generacy. Contrast and comparisoninexorably measured the worth and valueof each performance in a critical chiaro-scuro of individual ability. Alan Cookwas a fine, sad-hearted Duke. An ill-castNell McCarthy spoke with magnificent

resonance and wedpity to our derisionof the pedantic Mal-volio. The incompar-able Chris. Raphael,as Sir Andrew Ague-cheek, out-acted allthe funny men aroundhim, including Bren-dan Haythornthwaitewho, as the Clown,must learn th.at aquipping gymnastistis not what is in-tended in the Shakes-perean Fool. Jill

! Booth was a thrillingViola. Her perform-ance was natural andeasy; and to her lipsthe strains of Shakes-perean music camewith a joyous felicitymore tuneable thanthe lark’s sweet airs.As Olivia, ValerieCraig played with anatural wistfulness ofcharacter, if some-what too slightly. But

she contrived at a delicate disenchant-ment of mood that was alwaysappealing.

Joy Harford was an appropriatelyimpish Maria, Frank Mahon-Daly agentle Sebastion, and Henry St. G. Smithswaggered ably as Sir Toby Betch,though at times he seemed a trifleunsure of his heartiness.

Settings were well done, and the playmoved swiftly enough. Greater advan-tage might have beenmade of the facilitiesavailable for silhou-ette; but this is anopinion and not acriticism. The lastscene in the secondact, however, shouldbe played more slowlyand " blocked " withgreater distinctness.The three or f~urhappy - endings in" Twelfth Night " canbe separated betterthan they were with-out necessarily re-tarding or breaking --Photo courtesycontinuity. In this Irish Timesscene also, the set-piece of stanceachieved no balance. But this is almostinevitable, given a small stage and a bigcast.

May Carey’s production proves this:Given sensible direction, there are fewthings beyond the grasp and ability ofthe Players.

PRIVATE ENTERPRISEIN IRELAND

On M,onday night the Commerce andEconomics Society held an inter-debatewith the Commerce Society of U.C.D.in the Regent House. Senator O’Donnellwas in the chair.

The Auditor of D.U.C.E.S., Mr. A.Bolchover, proposed the Jmotk)n, " ThatPrivate Enterprise is the Answer to theProblems of the Irish Economy." Hesuggested that lowering of tariff walls,import of foreign capital, canningfactories, and extensive agricultur.alcredit were the best means of improve-ment. Mr. Kelly of U.C.D. opposed themotion on the grounds that there wasa lack of enterprising spirit in thecountry.

In an excellent speech Mr. Tomlinsonseconded the motion, pointing out thatthe three great problems of to-day inIreland were an adverse balance oftrade, unemployment, and old-fashionedagriculture.

Mr. McCarthy, U.C.D., seconding theopposition of the motion, said that hewas glad to be here in the pile whichwas Trinity Cullege. There was, hesaid, a need for enterprise, but it shouldcome from the State.

Speakers from both sides of the floortook part in a very interesting andvaried discussion, which was summedup by the chairman.

NO TRADITIONALCHAIRMAN

At the College Historical Society lastWednesday, speakers were distractedthroughout the evening by criticism ’fromthe Chair. Maybe Mr. Myles nagGopaleen wished to shew his approba-tion of the motion that " This House hasno Faith in Tradition " by persistentlyinterrupting speakers and ordering themto sit down before they had had anadequate hearing. Mr. Brechling pro-posed that tradition kills initiative. Hewas told to talk about something else.Proving his own initiative, he did so:he was then told to sit down. Mr. Ogba,opposing the motion, spoke about crankswho wore beards and worked at nightsolely out of affectation. Mr. Elcox andMr. Jetha squabbled lengthily about thesix o’clock rule and and good-nightkisses. Mr. F. Pyle, bored by thesetopics and the platitudes of otherspeakers, tried unsuccessfully to intro-duce an amendment that this house hasno faith in the early closing hours. Thechairman then denounced the speecheshe had heard as rubbish, but did notcommit himself on the merits of theearly closing hours. Mr. R. Souttcombethen spoke at length as usual, but inspite of manful resistance to interrup-tions from the Chair, was forced toresume his seat long before he had com-pleted his customary half-hour oration.The motion, on being put to the house,was lost by 45 votes to 13. Vindicatinghis constant pleas for relevancy, thechairman summed up by speaking onEgyptology and Arbitration b’efore thecrowded meeting was adjourned.

TOWN AND GOWNTHEATRE Wednesday, 25th November

"THE CONTEMPORARYSCENE"

On Monday evening, in the RegentHouse, Sir David Kelly, G.C.M.G., theformer British Ambassador to theU.S.S.R., will deliver an address entitle’d" The Contemporary Scene".

The meeting will be held under theauspices of the D.U. Laurential Society,and will be the Society’s first majorfunction. The chair will be taken at8.15 p.m. by the President of the Society,Dr. Donal O’Sullivan, M.A., lecturer inInternational Affairs.

Sir David and Lady Kelly will be theguests of the Provost and Mrs. McConnell

BRILLIANCE!Hearty congratulations are offered to

the three winners of gold medals inMod. this .year. They are Miss RosemaryWatson m Modern Languages, Mr.T. B. H. McMurry in ExperimentalScience, and Mr. M. Whitfield in Mentaland Moral Philosophy.

MONTMARTREIN THE BAY?

During the Donnellan lectures lastweek, Professor A. E. Richardson madea plea for the foundation of a Scho91 ofFine Art in Trinity. The audiencereceived the suggestion with enthusiasticacclamation, so the next step is withthe Authorities.

MORE EMMETOn Friday, the 27th November, the

Colle~.e Historical Society will hold areception to commemorate the birth ofRobert Emmet, one of its most famoussons. After the reception, at 4.30, therewill be a short address on the lifeof this great Irishman.

XV’s 100The Rugby Club’s centenary celebra-

tions, which mark it as the oldest clubin Ireland, reach their peak on Monday,when College Park will be the scene ofa match against Blackheath, the oldestclub in Britain. It is to be hoped thatthis contest o~ centenarians will be wellsuppor~d and that the play will havea vigour which will belie the par-ticipants’ longevity; especially is thisdesirous on Trinity’s side in view of theColours match with U.C.D., which takesplace at Lansdowne Road on Saturdayweek.

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THoE remarks made in this columnver the past two weeks mightappear to be patronising if this weresolely an undergraduate newspaper, butwe endeavour to maintain contact withthe graduates of the University as ex-tensively as possible. Their comments,ideas and experiences of that hardworld into which we shall one day bethrust are willingly accepted in helpingus to form a’ balanced opinion onUniversity matters.

This inspired our discussion ofresearch last week.. Bruce Truscot,better known as the late ProfessorAllison Peers, in his well-known "Red-Brick University", states that auniversity which only teaches is failingin its purpose. Here, research is so smallas to be practically non-existent. Thestaff in many faculties is heavily over-burdened with tutorial and administra-tive labour. As Professor H. O. Whitepointed put at a recent meeting of theEnglish Society o~ this university, lackof finance is the main reason for theimpracticability of many suggestions putforward by students.

Therefore, we make this practicalsuggestion. Scholarships are an anach-ronism under the present educationalsystem. Awarded late in the under-graduate career, they are given oftenenough to people who are already sizarsor who have ’generous grants from LocalEducation Authorities. It would bebetter if scholarship money were divertedfor post-graduate research purposes. TheCollege calendar makes it clear that theneedy student is receiving more andmore consideration from Collegeauthorities, so our suggestion wouldcause no hardship to such a one.

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Jill Patricia Booth is a JuniorSophister History student and one of themost delightful and charming women inCollege. She is understanding, helpfuland friendly even when affairs are notworking out as planned. Jill came tous from Lowther College, North Wales,the Alma Mater of so many capablewomen.

It is said that men act sometimes,women always, and certainly it is abeguiling fact that the atmosphere oftheatreland is predominantly ’feminine.From the spectacular cabaret of theFollies Berg~res to the dramaticcatharsis of Hedda Goblet -- to takeextreme views--this is true.

This young lady’s election to the officeof Chairman of the D.U. Players, besidesteasing nomenclature with paradox,comes as a reward for two years of hardwork in an effort to make productionsmore and more successful.

But there can be no doubt that, fromthe point of view of ability, Miss Boothundisputedly fulfills the position. Fol-lowing a line of chairmen renowned fortheatrical temperament, Jill Boothbrings a pleasant aalm and imperturbable assurance to her position. Failureis put to flight by judicious provisionsfor success and set-back is met with aresourceful flair for getting things done.Naturally shy, she remained an invalu-able hackstager while others struttedtheir dandelion ways on stage, shesupervised production and managementwith efficiency. The aura of odirintdum metuant which, in the past,has cloaked so many chairmen hasnot been assumed by Miss Booth,nor does she desire it. She waslargely responsible for the " Hamlet"sets, one of the Players’ most lavishventures. A marathon race developed tohave them finished on time, yet shemet the situation with a hearty will andplodded on, where many balked andgroaned, and effected timely completion.It was characteristic, too, that the setsindicated no sacrifice in the quality ofthe required decor.

Miss Booth is, as might be expected,a Conservative -- though politics makefew demands on her, for she is practicalenough to realise that they appeal Vowomen only as a higher form of gossip.

Her interests, away from College, in-clude a wide variety of outdoor sports,particularly riding and swimming. Theenchanting felicity of her performancein " Twelfth Night" shows that she haslearned the lesson of major histrionics--a bad actor plays to the audience, a geodactor ignores it---and so she must nowbe reckoned among the Players’ mostcompetent Thespians.

Quiet, but cheerful, she takes hersocial life as seriously as her work.

CLASSICAL SOCIETYOdysseus Saved

The Society found itself in a SinkingTrireme on Friday. 20th November. Anotable company harangued at somelength, demanding the only availabledolphin as a means vf reserve. W.S.W. Poole as Antony spoke of the de-lights of Cleopatra and advanced hisromance as sufficient grounds for safety.J. Cole .as Cleopatra undoubtedly dis-appointed those whose appetites had beenwhetted by Antony’s remarks. Amid theother distinguished passengers wereCatullus and a suspiciously innocentLesbia who looked remarkably likeMargaret Sides and Alison Kingsmill-Moore. They were followed by G.Drought and 3. W. Williamson, whvadvanced the claims of Cato andDemosthenes in contrasting styles. R.St. G. Sides as Odysseus made a mostexcellent maiden speech. Then OlgaMarlin delivered .u highly- colouredbiography of Claudius, and J. 5. Johnstonlaid bare the inner soul of Nero.

The Auditor, J. D. Sewell, closed thedebate with a bewildering panegyricon the subject of money and Atticus.

A WOMAN’S POINT OF VIEW

UNLIKE most of our Freshmen

readers, we knew all about theHist. and the Phil. and their sins ofexclusiveness before we even came toCollege. A bright young gentleman ofour acquaintance indulged in such scorn-ful diatribes against the Hist.’s anti-woman attitude that we became in-terested, as it were, by proxy. Theyoung sch’olar’s plan for ending thiswicked state of affairs was itselfinteresting enough. He intended, bysome ingenious contrivance of ropes, todisplay suddenly before an astonishedSociety a French petticoat, rich in laceand frills, and bearing a label with thechallenging statement: " This should befilled. Alas, by the time we actuallyarrived here, the young gentleman’saffections had progressed towards someless progressive damsel, and no morewas heard of this spirited scheme. Andas nobody else (not even ourselves) hasever bothered to attempt action, theHist..and Phil. remain closed shops.

But let us be serious about thisquestion. The bar to admission ofwomen to the major societies is notjust another good sex joke; it is a realdeprivation to everybody--to Collegewomen, to the members vf the Societiesthemselves and, most important, to theUniversity. The women are obviouslosers. They have no chance of improv-ing their standards of public speaking,or of acquiring a mature .and humorousattitude in place of schoolgirl earnest-ness. A real gap in education, surely,in an age when most educated peopleare called upon to speak before anaudience at some time in their lives,even if it is only to open the lvcal flowershow. In .addition, women here are con-demned without choice to over-specialisa-tion (we refer you to a Mr. Andersonfor elaboration of this subject), sincethey are automatically cut off from thewider topics favoured by the majorsocieties. Ever thought that it is nocredit to a University that its womengraduates should ’be unable to give anyopinion whatever on p9litical questionsof the hour, or current trends in ourcivilisation ? Yet it is somewhatdifficult to form intelligent opinions (asdistinct from strong prejudices) withoutlearning other views and being forcedto clarify one’s own before an audience.O tempora, O mores! College menhave much to answer for at Heaven’sgate !

Ironically enough, the ~nen themselvesalso lose heavily through prevailingprejudices. A failure to recognisereality is seldom productive of anythingvaluable, and the Hist. and Phil., invirtually refusing to recognise theexistence of one half of the world, seemto us to be trying to live m aneighteenth century dream. Members 9fthe major societies presumably hope tobe men of the world some day (if, in-

deed, they do not imagine that this istheir status already), but the selectedaudience they obtain for their speech-making is, by the world’s standards,unreal. In "the after-life," as we haveheard it called, the public speaker,whether he is waxing eloquent at a pro-fessional association, in Parliamenteven, or merely at a social event, is in-variably facing a mixed audience. Thissalient fact the major societies blandlyignore, and if they imagine that thestandards of clarity, of wit, and of goodtaste prevailing among mature mixedaudiences are as undemanding as theirown, they have indeed a rude shockc~mmg to them.

All this, however, does not explain ourown strong disgust .at the attitude ofCollege men in the matter. We regretbitterly the loss to the University,which deserves the best officers, bests p e a k e r s, and most interestedaudiences, irrespective of sex, for itsmeetings; we ]’egret the loss to bothmen and women as individuals. Butthere is worse to come! We regret evenmore the opinion we are forced to haveof Gollege men as an entity.

Don’t accuse us of having expectedperfection; we are no angels ourselves,and we didn’t expect them to be perfecteither. But we find, as we chew ourpens and look back over the years, thatwe expected their defects to be a worldremoved from the crabby self-interestand grudging peevishness of theirattitude re Hist. and Phil. We wereprepared for wildness, for over-idealism,for too extravagant generosity -- inshort, we were prepared for them to bemad. We weren’t prepared for theutter incomprehension, the blankopposition, the careful hoarding ofevery existing privilege that dis-tinguishes many of them (net, ofcourse, by any means, all). And, sincewe value magnanimity, generosity andtolerance as masculine qualities, wehave been forced to curb our naturaltendency to lavish benevolent approvalon them all. Let them do something todeserve it first. As Meredith put it:" He who is for us, we are for him."

An what of the power of tradition,which, we are told, prevents many menfrom agreeing with us. We sympathise,for we love Trinity, every brick andstone and immemorial rite. But wesuggest to the die-hards that traditions,paradoxically enough, are best pre-served if they are gently altered, not intheir essentials, but in details, to suitprevailing conditions. The most genuinetradition of Hist. and Phil. is theiruniversality. The idea of excluding any-body is hostile to the whole spirit ofmajor societies. They were ~riginallyfounded for the whole undergraduatebody. We suggest that it is time thatthe Societies revived this most ancientof their traditions.

DARKROOMDEVELOPMENTS

Last Thursday evening Mr. S. W.Unwin of Kodak’s lectured to the Photo-graphic Association about " Bromesko."He showed some fifty enlargements,many of the same photographs ondifferent types of paper, and he ex-plained how by using one of f~)ur simpledevelopers and the right grade of paperan immense variation in tone andquality could be achieved. Mr. Unwindealt with what was essentially atechnical subject in an extremely enter-taining and informative way, and eventhe least experienced member of theaudience was able to enjoy his mestpolished exposition of the uses to whichBromesko can be put. One can onlyhove that the quality of the photographssul~mitted to the Exhibition t~ be heldduring the first week of December willreflect at least some of the virtues ofthe prints shown last Thursday.

HOW DO YOU THINK?A meeting ~)f the D.U. Metaphysical

Society took place on Tuesday, 17thNovember, when Mr. J. W. Flegg readhis paper entitled " How Do You Think."The paper illustrated the views of aleading French mathematici.an, JaquesHadamard. Mr. Flegg emphasised theimportant rSle played by the uncon-scious, in thinking. This has beenrevealed in scientific and mathematicaldiscoveries. Solutions have been arrivedat in a flash of inspiration on most in-appropriate occasions. In these casesno conscious thinking is known to havetaken place directly beforehand.

The paper concluded with the problem," Can machines think," a topic whichhas been much discussed recently. Mr.Flegg gave the opinion that we need notattribute thinking to machines, on thegrounds of their making decisions,remembering, playing and learning bymistakes. Purposeful action was thenecessary criterion for thinking.

Mr. Warner and Mr. Burke, speakingto the paper, criticised Mr. Flegg’s state-ments .about the unconscious. After ashort discussion the chairman, address-ing the house, mentioned the vastness ofthe subject which Mr. Flegg had under-taken t.o speak on. The meeting thenadjourned.

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ROUNDAND ABOUT WITH BRICRIUMeet Jamie Clinch

Born several years ago, Mr. Clinch leda sheltered but by no means secludedlife till he came to Trinity, devoted tothe pursuit of his hobbies, rugby, rugbyand yet more rugby. His educationalfoundations were not laid in a ladies’seminary and yet school instilled in himthat delicate air of spiritual refinementthat is so noticeable, even to his lessintimate acquaintances.

Tall (he measured six ~eet some fouryears ago) and graceful as a sunflower,Mr. Clinch felt that the hot-house atmos-phere of Oxford or Cambridge would hotsuit so gentle and unsophisticated anature as his. He, therefore, came toTrinity and attributes his success in thisuniversity to his knowledge of singing,which he acquired in his early years.

His interests are many and varied andhe can discourse profoundly on topics asfar removed as "One-Eyed Reilly’sDaughter" and " Oh, Susanna", whichmusic he adores. He considers " Icarus "

too lowbrow for him and Olivier’s" Hamlet" the worst film he has everseen.

Reminiscent of a pre-Raphaelite party,he at all times uses pre-Raphaelite ter-minology and describes women’s maga-zines as " b-- " and Trinity Wednesdayas "b-- good".

Every Cowboy Loves a Cocktail PartyMiss X. informs us reliably that those

stalwarts of Players, Messrs. DennisMcDonnell, Alan Synge and Dick Kell,have written the first act vf their two-actmusical comedy about effete cowboys.May we suggest it should be producedin the first half of next term by GeoffreyMilton. The hero, a tough sheriff,played perhaps by Mike Fitzgerald, andthe female lead by Joy Hartford. Wegreatly look forward to seeing this pro-duction and would like to congratulatethis enterprising and talented trio. Maythis be a success as have their en-deavours in the past.

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College DiariesCollege diaries are selling rapidly, and

the first delivery of all copies of the 5/3diary has been sold. Students who wishto buy copies are advised to do so soon,as only a total of 300 copies were printed;and reprinting is impossible.

Vacation WorkA larg~ number of vacation jobs in

the London Post Office have becomeavailable, and applications will be re-ceived in London up to December 10th.Application forms may be obtained atthe Students’ Council, 4 College. Mean-while, the bulletins for other work willcontinue to come in each week-end thisterm, and will be displayed at FrontGate.

WelfareA new Senior House Committee has

been formed on which the Junior Deanrepresents the students, and he haskindly consented to meet the WelfareCommittee regularly in future. Thiswill mean that matters which requireattention will be sure to reach theauthorities. The newly-elected Secretaryof the Welfare Committee is MissJennifer Hart, who will receive com-munications if sent to her, c/o. Students’Council, 4 College.

Council MeetingThe next meeting of the Council will

be held on Tuesday, 1st December, inLecture Room.A, 5 College, at 8 p.m.

FLAG DAYSThe flag collection for the World

University Service organised by theInternational Affairs Association lastThursday and Friday was not a greatsuccess. Although there were manycollectors in nearly all faculties, theamount collected was only £16 18s. 0~d.,with four boxes still to come in. Lastyear there was no internal collection,but in the year before about £20 wascollected and with less helpers than thisyear.

CAREERSVERY probably, one o’f the main

reasons why so many under-graduates are not clear about the workthey propose to do after their time inCollege is the wide choice open to them.Hardly ever before have there been somany opportunities available -- par-ticularly for the arts graduate andespecially for women. There are moreand varied jobs in the academic worldthan ever before, the demand is strongerthis year than last. Government recruit-ment is spread over a wide field and callsfor more people, though the standardremains fairly constant and in manycases the vacancies remain unfilled.Nationalised industrv and Government-sponsored corporations are a recentaddition to the field of public administra-tion where the graduate may well be agood candidate, e.g., railways, sugar,coal, airlines, electricity and gas. About25 per cent. of the vacancies open toarts graduates on the other side areoffered by this sector of public service.

Of recent years, the demand frombusiness has grown enormously. Before1939, it is orobably true to say that mostarts graduates moved towards Govern-ment service, academic posts or the pro-fessions. Not a few went into commercebut the emphasis probably lay withmerchanting companies operating in theFar East, India and Africa. The demandfrom such firms remains as great asever, but the standards required haveprobably been raised.

Commercial concerns, banks, insurancecompanies, merchants, wholesale and

retail traders have seen quite clearlythat the changes in education make itimperative for them to look to theuniversities for many of their newrecruits, although, traditionally, theylooked to the 17 or 18-year-old. Theyoung graduate of 1954 who, for thisreason, has a lingering suspicion thathe is not making the best use of histime at a university if he goes into sucha business is out of date. Even theBank of England recruits graduates andhas taken some 60 or 70 in the last fewyears.

The biggest expansion has probably¯ taken place in industry and this is not

only in the demand ~or scientists andthe technically qualified. F i g u r e savailable from one University Appoint-ments Office show that almost a thirdof the vacancies open ~o arts graduatesin business were for general manage-ment training and nearly another thirdcould be described as "representation,buying and selling ".

Many graduates understandably findthis last aspect of business an uncon-genial prospect, vet it offers to so manyjust what they say they are looking for:varied and interesting problems, a chanceto deal with a variety of people, anopportunity to avoid the ruts of life anda chance to get to the higher rungs ofmanagement.

One thing is certain: although thecompetition is intense, the market forgraduates has never been so welldeveloped as it is to-day.

A. H. B. McCLATCHEY,Appointments Officer.

LAW SOCIETY ON TOURJust returned from an English tour

are six members of the D.U. LawSociety. The tour, the first of itskind undertaken by the Society, took theteam to Sydney Sussex College, Cam-bridge, and to Gray’s Inn, London.

At Cambridge, Mr. H. J. C. Studdertand Mr. M. W. Abrahamson, Sch.,apoeared for the respondents and Mr.Gilbert and Mr. Barty, of Sydney SussexLaw Society, for the appellants, in amoot on the imaginary case of " Chumpv. Faraway Steamship Co." Tim casewas heard before the Court of Appeal,consisting of Mr. Thornley, Senior LawTutor of Sydney Sussex; Mr. Scott, B.A.,of Sydney Sussex, and Mr. C. A. A.~Ticholls, of Dublin.

Both Mr. Studdert and Mr. Abraham-son, putting their case clearly and con-cisely, showed the fruits of longpreparation, not only in their knowledgeof the law, but in their masterly hand-ling of the facts.

Mr. Nicholls, in an able judgment,found for the respondents. Mr. Thornleyconcurred, while Mr. Scott dissented.

At Gray’s Inn, the Auditor (Mr. C. V.Nicholls) proposed the motion: "Thatthis House Deplores the AbsoluteSovereignty of the British Parliament."He regretted that England, unlikeIreland, had drifted away from the oldCommon Law principles. Mr. E. Y.Exshaw o~oened his speech in Irish, buthaving exhausted his vocabulary,resorted to English in order to expoundon Fundamental Rights under the IrishConstitution.

Mr. N. Nedawa sharply criticised thesentimentality of some of the Englishspeakers. The motion was eventuallylost.

The Auditor of the Law Society andhis Committee deserve to be congratu-lated on their efforts in or~anising thistour, which has proved to be a furtherfeather in the cap of this flourishingCollege society.

LUNCH-TIME CONCERTFriday lunch-hour concert was marked

by a late change of programme andCollege is grateful to the pianist, MissAnn Clancy of the R.I.A.M., a pastwinner of the Hamilton Harty Cup atthe Feis Ceoil, for giving a performanceat short notice.

The programme began with theToccata in D, by Bach. Here there wasconsi~lerable roughness in passage workand the general interpretation was un-certain. There was ample compensation,however, in a brilliant performance ofthe Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Opus 27No. 1. Miss Clancy’s rendering, dis-tinguished by emotional warmth, im-pressive power in climax and skilfulgradation of tone, was profoundly ex-citing. The programme ended with theImpromptu in F, by Chopin, notable forthe pianist’s technical mastery of thedifficulties of the niece.

A fair-sized audience showed theirappreciation of the performance, but weare at a loss to understand why theorganiser, in her concluding remarks,failed to thank the pianist. This seemsa decided omission in the case of avisitor to College.

Next week’s orogramme will be:Unaccompanied Sonata for Viola byHindemith: Sonata ’for Viola and Pianoby Benjamin Britten. The artistes willbe Shirley Pollard (viola) and JohnSullivan (piano).

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For their match against Queen’sUniversity last Wednesday, Trinity hadAzznstrong at inside-right and Brennanat right-back in olace of Hanneganwho was being tried at centreforward.

Taking advantage of a shaky Trinitydefence, Queen’s scored twice early inthe game. The defence recovered, butthere was no sign vf .any understandingbetween the Trinity forwards. Hanneganwas not at home in the centreforwardposition, and changed places with left-back Rusk, the only Trinity man playingconfidently at this time. In his newposition Rusk helped to get Trinity’sonly goal, taking the ball from a mis-kick by the Queen’s centre-half andsending in a shot which rebounded offthe goalkeeper to Armstrong, whoscored.

In the second half Queen’s moredirect play brought them another goal.The Trinity forwards never managed todevelop an understanding and there wasno one who could work the ball up themiddle of the field. Armstrong used hishead and both feet capably, but he wasnot covering enough ground for an in-side forward. The wing half-backs,strong enough in defence, lacked skillm attack, keeping the ball on the groundnear their own goal, but putting it intothe .air in mid-field when a low passmight have started a co-ordinated for-ward movement. It was only at the endof the game that this disappointingTrinity side began to keep the ball tothemselves long enough to threaten theQueen’s goal.

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AMERICAN FOOTBALL"Slaughter in Croke Park"

Burtonwood Bullets ...... 27 pts.Weth,ersfield~Raiders ... Nil

The day was Saturday, the time half-past two. O’Connell Street was athrobbing mass of eager humanitymaking its way to Croke Park to seesomething even Dublin has never seenbefore; an American football match.

Our arrival was greeted by a roll ofdrums as 22 hefty gentlemen took thefield. Another roll on the drums and athump on the big drum greeted the kick-off. The garage was on! And off, as threeprostrate players were dragged off thefield, to be replaced by three others.Then somebody scored. The band playedenthusiastically, five pretty rootersromped happily on the sideline, receivinga thunderous ovation from the crowd.The game went on at a tremendous rate,a few yards this way, a few yards thatway, interrupted every now and againby bursts of music from the band andyells of organised glee from the rooters.Again somebody scored; excitementreached fever pitch: the battle becamemore furious; stretehers were movednearer the touchline; a player actuallyran ten yards with the ball.

The rooters went mad, the band wentmad, the players went mad; two refereeswere carried off. Half time arrived, theplayers went off the field, and a tiringAmerican Airfor~e band moved on, sadlyplaying " My Wild Irish Rose" andother traditional Irish ballads.

The seeond half began. The rootersrooted. Indeed, so infeetious were theircries of "Let’s go, let’s go, rah, rah,rah! " that the crowd caught on, and" Oompah, oompah ", etc., could be heardsoftly across the field. Two more qui~kscores ended the match, and an exhaustedband handed their instruments o~er tothe players and walked towards thechanging rooms. We followed and weregreeted at the door by Col. Harry Z.Spitzeribz’en, who kindly explained thegame to us, in spite of interruptions

from an over-friendly gorilla answeringto the name of Ernie. Eventually, thecolonel succumbed and collapsed.

BOXING CLUBWelsh Universities .............. 0Trinity .............................. 5

The Boxin~ Club opened its seasonlast Saturday with a match against theCombined Universities of Wales. In-cluded in the programme were the club’sNovice Championships and a few specialcontests against selected opponents fromDublin clubs. In the novice fights, thestandard was as high as could b’eexpected. Some of the fights wereextremely exciting, some very amusing.Outstanding was the fight between T. E.Earls and C. O’Flynn, both of whomfought courageously and skilfully. Ofthe special bouts, that between K.Comyns and S. Foran (Crumlin) was farand away the best. Both boxers werespeedy and fit and, although Comynstried hard, he failed to recapture groundlost in the early rounds.

The official match ended in an easyvictory for Trinity by 5 fights to nil.B. J. Murphy, J. C. err, W. Gregoryand P. H. Shanks all won ’very easilyand the only close fight was that betweenJ. E. Moore of Wales and R. F. Cooteof Trinity. " Fight" would, perhaps, bethe best word to describe it, as both mentore into each other from the start, andthe issue was in doubt right until thelast minute, when Coote rallied and tookthe upper hand.

Bethel Solomons, the club’s President,made a special plea, at the end of theevening, for more members.

BOAT CLUBMillar Cup Races

The competition for the Millar Chal-lenge Cup for Clinker IV boats washeld at the Trinity Boat House atIslandbridge last Saturday. The resultswere as follows:

A crew beat B crew by 1~ lengths.E crew beat A crew by a canvas.C crew beat D crew by 1~ lengths.C crew beat E crew by 1 length.Members of the C crew, the eventual

winners, were: E. Allen, R. J. Gibson,G. Shepherd, H. Folroyd (stroke), L.Cragg (cox).

CORRESPONDENCEPARIS LETTER

November 19th, 1953.Dear Sir, -- The thick layer of fog

shrouding the city this week does notseem to have damped the Parisians’enjoyment of current "fairs divers,"of which there has been amplefare. The Drummond murders stillhold top place in public attention,though the case has reached an" impasse," the police being stymiedby Gaston Dominici’s retraction of theconfession he made last week--it hasno validity unless he confirms it in opencourt. With his large family united inhis support he is unlikely to do this now.The tenacity and reticence of the Pro-ve~cal peasant is proverbial, .and so farthe laugh is on the cops.

The untimely fate of Felix Baillyshould serve as an ominous warning tohis colleagues in medical circles. Asound man in most ways, he made themistake of jilting Paulette Dubuisson, .afellow student. Her reaction wasdrastic -- rooty-toot-toot with the oldequaliser and au revoir, Felix. An oldstory, especially here in France, butPaulette’s trial is arousing widespreadinterest, mostly on account of therevelations about her previous adven-tures, starting at the age of 17 with aGerman Army doctor? ? Caveat medi-cinae.

One of the most successful venturesof "La Table Ronde," the Paris publish-ing house and literary society, has been" The Paris Review," .u quarterly maga-zine which has been presenting a seriesof discussions of the art of fiction bynovelists such as E. M. Forster, GrahamGreene, Mauriac, etc. I understand that

it will soon be available in Dublin.Enterprising of them, considering thesad state and £ate of such publicationsin Ireland.

Parisiana: " Scarlet fever? I’ve hadit, sir .... Either kills you or leavesyou an imbecile for the rest .of yourlife." (Le Mar6chal MacMahon, Presi-dent of France, 1873-79) .... "For all

, the good that his frequent departuresfrom Ireland did him, he xnight just aswell have stayed there." (SamuelBeckett, exlaatriate Dubliner).

CHARLUS.

Dear Sir,--May I, as a lover of thevisual arts, voice my regrets that thereare no opportunities .at Trinity to studywhat is usually called " Art." Althougha travelling prize and scholarship areavailable to examinophiles, no facilitiesfor instruction in either appreciation or(heaven forbid) actual painting exist inour University. If one wishes to par-ticipate in artistic creation one caneither make posters for Players or jointhe Photographic Association. Surelythere is room for a course of lecturesin Artistic History, and with thefacilities of the National Library avail-able there is no reason why members ofall faculties ~ould not become interestedenough to make the course a very usefuland informative .addition to a ratherlimited number of subjects of generalinterest and popular appeal that aretaught at our University.

I.n order to avoid being labelled" Arty" by the ignorant, and " Ign~)rant"by the Arty, I sign myself

"Incoig~noscenti."

1854 - CENTENARY MATCH 1954

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RIUGBYTHE HOSPITALS CUP

Baggot Street v The RichmondThe game started promptly ten

minutes after the scheduled time, andranged fast and furious (mostly ’furious)all over the field. After some minutes’exciting play, the referee whistled upand ordered a count of the players.When Richmond’s sixteenth man had leftthe field, play recommenced with vigour.The first score was made towards theend of the first half when The Richmondscored a well-kicked penalty goal fromabout 35 yards from touch in mid-field.At half-time, oranges and cigaretteswere rushed up to revive the players,and after a pause the game recom-menced. The second half was noticeablyslower in pace, although some fine in-dividual fumbles were seen, albeit withdifficulty, in the rapidly descending dusk.No further score was made in this ha!’f,so Richmond won by 3-0, although itwould have been hard to guess if onesaw the losers later that night. We aretold that they ~’ere celebrating theirescape from the second round.

N.I.F.C ...................... 14 pts.Trinity ....................... 5 pts.

In Belfast, the 1st XV lost to Northof Ireland by 14 points to 5. Trinitywere unlucky to lose Lyle with a headinjury after 20 minutes. Fullertonmoved up to out-half, and Brennan wentto full back. The forwards played withfire, and had a good share of the ball.

Almost from the kick-off, North scoreda try. Play was open and entertaining,and Gaston and Hyde, on the wings,showed up well, but there was a lackof enterprise in the centre. Half-timecame without any further score.

Trinity drew level when Gill inter-cepted a pass and crossed under theposts. North then began to assert theirsuperiority, and scored a further 11points before, in the closing moments,Hyde scored a try, which Crawford con-vetted.

The seven forwards played gallantlyand did all that could be expected ofthem. McCl~an at scrum-half was ingood form, but the midfield play lackedthrust and imagination.

RESULTS--JUNIOR LEAGUEDublin University 2~d XW ... 8 pts.Clontarf ............................. 8 pts.

MINOR LEAGUEClontarf 3rd X?V ............... 5 pts.D.U. 3rd X~ ..................... 13 pts.

Next Monday. Trinity will meetBlackheath R.F.C. in a match to com-memorate the club’s centenary. Anattractive, open game may be expected.In the evening, at the Metropole, therewill be the Rugby Club’s Centenary Ball.

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