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.The Ball in RetrospectThe cheers which echoed throughFront Square at 3 a.m. on Saturday~0rning when it was decided that the~lt should be extended a further half-~6ur, and the volume of applause half

hour later signified that in the mindsd all the first Trinity Week Ball held

College was a roaring success and agreat achievement on behalf of those~ho organised it¯During the last few weeks there has

i been much discussion as to how the Ball’ ~0uld be arranged and whether College

. ~0uld provide a better setting than the¢~rmar~v_ C~a~,m:, and Me~rop61e.

O~ty very slowly did the changes takeplace. On Thursday the marquee ~nd0overed passages were erected at snail-

the possible results could well have beendisastrous. Perhaps this could be remediedby having a definite gap of, say, 15minutes between each supper, whichwould enable persaas attending onesupper to leave before those attendingthe next arrived.

However, to be able to pick out only.one ~aj0r fault in the first attempt ata Ball in College says much for theorganisation as a whole. Congratula-tions to Brian Fisher and his Committee.They have set up a precedent which willprobably become a tradition in thisU.uiversity.

StudentsOn Monday, Mr. de Valera and some

members of his party held their finalmeeting in College Green to convincethe citizens of Dublin of the advisabilityof abolishing Proportional Representa-tion, and many ~members of the Collegeattended. It started quietly at 8.30 p.m.,but when Mr. Boland was nearing theend of his speech disturbances beg__a,nwhich did not end until well after thefunction had officially ended. Threeundergraduates of this University werearrested, but all were released shortlyafte~vards without charge. It appearsthat members of the Civic Guards, try-

, resteding to prevent serious outbreaks in thecrowd, thought that they were ¯beinghindered in this by our students. Oneof the detainees was, i,n fact, arrestedWhile being attacked by thugs who hadbeen previously instructed to deal withhecklers. Of the three students, oneallowed himself to be led awayquietlyand one was removed more forcibly byfive Guards!

An ill-tempered section of the crowdgathered afterwards at the gates of~

College, m~d it is possible that adangerous incident would have takenplace were it not for the good sense

Like pace, but by Friday afternoon thetempo .of work was appreciablyaccelerated and ’the finishing touches,c0nsisting of flowers, flood-lighting,French chalk over the lino-covered con-crete floors and coloured lights alongthe passages, were added¯ By 8 o’clockthe work had been completed and Trinityradiated an air of tranquility and ex-peztancy ~ waiting for the final touchthat only the evening and darkness couldbring¯:Twilight was ~omi~g swiftly around10.30 and at that tt’me also Dubliners hadone-of the best free shows so far thisyear, when with obvious enjoyment~itea crowd watched and acclaimedthe arrival of the beautiful young ladies~d their elegant, if often totterir),g,~-orts. Having net~otiated Front Gate~l having succeeded in attaching abadge to our person, then, and only

did we realise the full beauty ofand abandon any previous

that College-was the perfect~etting for a BailAs for the dance itself, the weather

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~l~ch must be remedied next year.Pae supper arrangements were mostconfused and the catering a poorKandard. In a Case of " help yourself,’-’~any found themselves paying 12/6 forthree sandwiches and cold coffee, themare fault being that the marquee was

~r0ssly overcrOwded and, consequently,e food was inacCessible--had it rained

" Lunch.Time RecitalAt.l.lO to-day, a lunch-time recital inaid of the Opera Society will be given.l~e programme Js a varied one. Wen-~eor Chan, a pianist .of no mean ability,.,~ play two of Debussy s irnpressionia~-~leces; . Nula Mathews, o~e of the~righteat lights of the l~oyal Academy0f Music, will sing operatic arias; the~rst performance will be given of a new¯ 0rk by a Trinity under raduate Bill0ddy, and Hazel Morris will singbieder.

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New U.S. LecturerAt the end of this term, Mr. Sund-

guard, having played such a stimulatingpart in the activities of the EnglishSchool and of Players this year, isleaving Trinity to return to America.

His place next year will be taken byanother American exchange lecturer,Prof. R. S. Cox, who is a professor inthe University at Minnesota. He is alsoa dramatist a~ad a poet, and so shouldbe able to bring a personal and practicaltouch to his lectures in the same wayas Mr. Sundgaard did.

Prof. Cox will be delivering publiclectures on modern poetry and drama,and on Amel~ican literature as a whole.

Soloists and QuartetOutstanding

After a shaky beginning in the trickytenor opening to Brahms’ Gipsy Songs;the Choral Concert improved graduallyin Standard, helped by Julian Dawson’sexcellent accompaniment, and reacheddramatic exuberance in the closingVaughan Williams chorus.

Joseph Groocock’s Nursery Rhymeswere a most enjoyable light set and thechorus (unaccompanied) performed themvery effectively, maintaining its pitchremarkably well even in the difficult:chromatic passages.

Outstanding was the soloist, WilliamYoung, who in his selection of songscombined excellent singing with a senseof humour. Some of his words were lostin the laughter of the audience.

The Richard Cherry Cup winningquartet Misses A. Blythe Praeger, A.J.ones, and Messrs. B. Moller and B.Harmon--sang confidently and with con-siderable depth of feeling.

The orchestra sUffered from theinability of some of its players to tunetheir instruments, but otherwise ga~ce acareful performance. It is very en-couraging to see its numbers augmentedto such an extent.

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TRINITY NEWS3 Trinity College

Chairman:CAROL CHALLEN

Vice-Chairman :D. MAWHINNEY

Editors:M. J. RIGGS, J. HOLT, T. C. D. MULRAINE

Business Managers :A. C. GYNN, B. ADAMS, N. SOWERBY

L. H. CAMPBELLSecretary : P. H. VAUGttAN

Vol. VI TRINITY NEWS No. 18

THURSDAY, 18TH JUNE, 1959

EDITORIAL

~aEN an Irishman, an African and

German can meet as membersof one educational establishment and,having agreed in their opinions ofCommons or the parking regulations,can then turn to discusskng seriously butamicably their differences in outlook,then we can feel that there is some hopefor the world. We can hear withoutdespair that once more no satisfactoryagreement has been reached in Geneva--one cannot be reached while politicianslose their principles .on distrust, and theycannot afford to take risks. We canfeel that it does not matter so long asthey keep talking long enough for theordinary people of their countries to getto know one another, as’ with the helpof easier travel a~d internationalorganisations they are now doing. Whenthey meet they find that although theymay dislike a race as an abstract thing:they heartily love John, Peter, Thomasand so forth; and, once the people thinkthis, the politicians will find it ex-pedient to think so too, for they cannotscorn the vote, whether it be P.R. orX--Yes.

In communities like Trinity’s, membersof different countries and religions, youngpeople who are not embittered by pastdisputes or biased by economic com-petition, can come together in one placeand by so doing can broaden their mindsto cover the whole world. It does theEnglishman good to learn that he is notconsidered by men of all countries sucha jolly good sort as he considers him-self; admittedly he may not really carewhat people of other countries thinkabout him, but it will at least make himconscious that there are opinions othertha.n his own. It does the Americangood to find that dish-washers and air-conditioners are not invariably essentialto civilisation and that the dollar is nota key to open all locks. It does theIrishman good to realise that there aremany people in the world who havenever heard of Dev. or Jimmy O’Dea,and quite a few who have never heardof Ireland.

Students can, and should, discuss theirreligious differences. Here a society likethat in Trinity can play such an im-portant and stimulating part in one’slife, if one is willingto consider withgenuine interest and good-will themysteries of other people’s beliefs. Inthese days of scientific expansion werealise more and more how artificial arethe boundaries between religions. Sciencedoes not obscure religion, but throwslight upon it, giving meaning to thedogma and conventional phraseologywhich threaten the vitality of so manyreligious creeds. The atomic theories,

for instance, by breaking down the wallbetween matter and energy and thusshowing how very insubstantial are thesolid substances around us, help us toconceive of a spiritual existence, anessential feature of the religions of bothWest and East. The thrilling possi-bilities inherent in the new concept ofTime may help to explain the ideas ofeternal life or of Nirvana -- and evengive meaning to the allegories of theWeek of Creation and the Day ofJudgment.

These world-wide truths must be ableto lead people to understand a little ofone another’s religions. Toleration isone of the pass-words .of this century.We tolerate enough in art and litera-ture; surely we can learn greatertolerance in religion and nationalloyalties. At least, we can try to under-stand by taking advantage of theopportunities offered by universitysociety and discussing these problems.

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MISS C. F. GODFREY--LadyIn the summer of 1906 a number of

Alexandra College students sat for theSenior Grade Intermediate examination.Among them was one who in later yearswas destined to earn the gratitude andaffection of hundreds of women studentsfor her kindly and practical interest intheir academic careers. ChristabelFrances Godfrey gained an Exhibition inthe Senior Grade Intermediate examina-tian and was awarded a Board Scholar-ship by Dublin University -- which sheentered as a Modern Languages studentin October, 1906. She read French andGerman, and became First Scholar in1908. Two years later she graduated asSenior Moderator with Large GoldMedal. For a number of years sheemployed her talents in teaching in agirls’ school, coaching a.nd acting asIntermediate Examiner. Then came theFirst World War and many malestudents and members of the staff ofT.C.D.v.olunteered for service--amongthem being Professor Waterhouse, Headof the German Dept. in the School ofModern Languages. During his absenceMiss Godfrey was invited by ProvostMahaffy to take charge of the Germa~aDept. and so she returned to her almamater.

Many generations of women studentshave cause to be grateful to ProvostMahaffy, as this temporary appointmentdirected M i s s Godfrey’s thoughtstowards a permanent appointment in theUniversity. Accordingly, in 1923 shewas appointed Assistant Lady Registrar,Miss Olive Purser being the LadyRegistrar. When Miss Purser retiredin 1931, Miss Godfrey became Lady

Registrar--so for 36 years she hasministered to the needs of womenstudents in College. Many changes havetaken place during those years--womenstudents have become more emanci-pated, new avenues have opened up tothem in College societies, social life andcareers--but Miss Godfrey has alwaysadapted herself successfully to thesechmnges and maintained her position

:with dignity and courtesy. Gone arethe days when women students wereforbidden to converse in the FrontSquare with male acquaintances, andwhen attending society meetings--otherthan those of the Elizabethan Society--had to meet and be shephered in a groupby the Lady Registrar. The latter hadto remain at the meeting as chaperoneand then see her charges safely off thepremises. Women students are now atliberty to obtain the examination resultswhich are posted up outside the Asst.Registrar’s Office, but this is anotherchange which has taken place duringMiss Godfrey’s years as Lady Registrar.Prior to this, women students were for-b;Mden to enter even the hallway ofwhat was irreverently known as" Shaw’s Office " and could only see themarks and results in "the rooms setapart for their use in No. 6." As theLady Registrar and her assistant had tocopy down the marks to display in No. 6,this resulted in agonised groupsanxiously congregating outside the doorof the office. Eager to l~ow the worst,tbey then swarmed in, practically taking3ossession of the Lady Registrar’s office.Put Miss Godfrey was always there tooffer congratulations or consolation asoccasion demanded. Many students whofailed to obtain the required marks

Reg istrarremember with gratitude her anxiety ontheir behalf, her kindly sympathy, herwillingness to advise and help--eve~lwhen it was long after office hours andshe should have been relaxing in theprivacy of her home. Instead she wasprebably walking from one end ofCollege to the other seeking out hercolleagues who had set or corrected thep~,.pers, in order to make sure that shewould give the correct and best possibleadvice to those who needed it. Theacademic problems were not the o~flyo,’~es to which she lent a sympatheticear. There were many others--socialproblems, domestic problems a n dfinancial problems--in fact, anythingwhich affected her students was ofmajor importance and she was always

willing to give time and take trouble tofind a solution.

During Miss Godfrey’s years as LadyRegistrar many changes have takenplace in the administrative side ofCollege life--printed forms and leafletshave been sent out in increasing numbersfrom most of the other offices. These areoften bewildering and formidable to agirl who has just left school and who iscc~ntemplating entering a new world--that of the University. Innumerableprospective women students have beenencouraged by friendly, helpful lettersin Miss Godfrey’s own handwriting--assuring them of her interest andwelcoming them to Trinity. They havebeen surprised on their arrival to findthat she remembers--without referenceto any records--their names and coursesof study. The hundreds of womenstudents who have passed throughCollege from 1923 to 19.59 never ceaseto marvel at Miss Godfrey’s phenomenalmemory. Graduates who return aftera~ absence of perhaps 20 years aredelighted and amazed to fred that notor.ly does she remember the formerstudent but in addition those who wereher friends and fellow students and oftenenquires about and names .othermembers of the graduate’s family.

Those of us who have been privilegedto come under Miss Godfrey’s caregreatly regret that the time has comewhen she will no longer be in her placein the Lady Registrar’s office, but hopethat in her retirement she may find timeto think a little of herself instead ofdevoting all her hours and thoughts toothers.

THE OPERASOCIETY

When, some weeks ago, the idea ofan Opera Society was launched on an un-suspecting Trinity, many eyebrows wereraised. Where was the money to comefrom? Who was to conduct? Moreimportant, where were voices fit to beheard solo in public to come from?Who was to direct the stage side of sucha production ? All these questions havenot, admittedly, been answered. Butmany have; perhaps the most importantone being that the post of conductor hasbeen accepted by Julian Dawson; theorchestra will be taken from that whichplayed ha the Fellows’ Garden on Tues-day night. As for singers, we haveenough trained voices in College to fillthe leading rSles. The Onera Society’smain worries now are not musical ones.A producer still has to be found, and theold bugbear of pounds-shillings-and-pence is still with us. It costs moneyto put on an opera, and that’s whereyou, dear reader, come in; for we canonly hope to succeed if we have publicsupport.

The first production will probably benext term, and it will almost certainlybe " The Beggars’ Opera." It willprobably run for one week. Anyone in-terested in any side of opera production,vocal or otherwise, should get. in touchwith Wm. Scott, No. 38 College, towhom all large cheques should be madeout. Meanwhile, you can show yoursupport by going to to-day’s lunch-timerecital, of which details appear else-where in this issue.

Next Year’s NamesAt a meeting on Monday evening, the

S.R.C. elected the following officers fornext year:--

President: W. P. Morris; Treasurer:R. E. Harte (Sch.); Cor. Sec.: B. Hull;Record See.0 B. L. Dee; Travel and Vac.Sec.: J. Fletcher; Dance Sec.: L.O’Shaughnessy; Book Market See.: O.Langley; Welfare See.: M i s s E.Leicester; Public Relations Officer (anew position): J. R. West.

At their A.G.M. on Monday afternoon,the Elizabethan Society elected the fol-lowing officers:-

President: Miss B. Hull; Cor. See.:Miss C. Challen (Sch.); Record Sec.: MissL. Hay; Treasurer: Miss P. Furney;House Officer: Miss R. Philips; Librarian :Miss M. Brush; Publicity Officer: MissD. Carc!yn.

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The International Affairs Assoc. haveelected the following Committee for the1959-60 sessi.on:--

Chairman: J. W. Jackson; Rec. See.:F. J. Giles; Cor. See.: Miss Liza Hay;Treasurer: N. N. Wachuku; Librarian:Miss M. Willes; Travel Sec.: J. BaxterCommittee: Messrs. Khousain, MacGilly-cuddy, Lakhani and Miss Lasrado.

By a straight vote the Society hasdecided to award a scholarship to aSwedish university to Mr. DanaiTululamba.

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CollegeObservecl

The Big Ball has come and gone, thecu]~minating private and public finale tothe year has arrived and departed. Theparties are over, social year 1959 i~T.C.D. is over, and all that is left is toprovide the academic ~unpowder nextOctober, which will permit anotheryear’s barrage upon Trinity. The ne~people of last Michaelmas term have bythis time f,ound their ov~a level; thisterm there has been much less of th~brash immaturity of the inexperienced,desperately fighting for a place in thesun, or some newspaper or other. Forthis, and natural reasons, College is atits most pleasant in the summer. Peophhave by this t~me become more natural,they are trying less hard to be whatthey aren’t. Next year the people whostuck out with all the awk~vardness ofinsecurity will become a more integralpart of the constantly shifting face ofTrinity, not just an excrescence on it,In October there will be new, interest.ing, annoying, troublesome, objectionabl iand pleasant people to be observe~ IThis, to those who are past that stag~ jis one of the chief delights of th ]University. [

There will be a new 2acad~ Ul>~a ~ !human structure of the University. This iterm we have had a considerable inno.vation in the most important socialof the year. Whether this innovationwould become permanent has beendebated all term. Somebody said to methat he was going to the Ball becausehe felt that it would he the first andthe last ever to be held in College. Ithink it is now certain that it will bethe first of ~many. I must confess thatI was full of gloomy premonitions aboutthe guy ropes of the tents being letdown and hundreds of eaters beingsuffocated underneath, of guards withtruncheons upraised chasing men andmaidens around Front Square in theglare of a searchlight, and a soaking wetevening which would have caused womentrying to look like mice to look likedrowmed rats, and made those trying tolook like cats, or tigresses, or any otherform of animal life, into damnonentities who could not disguise thei~unfortunate human shape, these things

Fortunately, none ofhappened. Had it rained, the Ball wouldundoubtedly have been the biggest flo~of all time. But it did not rain, whichmakes it more likely that it will ra~next year. As to the organisation, Ihave only minor quibbles. It was unfor-tunate that the dampness of the Fellows’Garden lawn should have seeped throughin a delightfully subtle manner, first theouter layer of clothing, then thosebeneath, until it reached the skin itself.But then I did sit on the lawn by choice,and I suppose it is too much to expecteven Brian Fisher to control the dewsof heaven. However, he and the Com-mittee did have control of the supperarrangements, which were nothing shortof chaotic. Some people find that thereis nothing like a good serum to brushoff one’s appetite. I do not. Therewere too many people in too smallspace, and the guzzlers spent not onebut three suppers in the area, and thusseriously incommoded the dancers whowere intent upon a quick supner to ~re-vent their concentration from beingunduly impaired. I, think that there i~a sim~le solution to this problem. Theorganisers next year would kill ~birds with one stone if they made ~l~supper an o~tional extra; In this waythey would cut down the p~ce, which h~not been above criticism, and reduce t~esuu~er-time confusion. A closing datefor the purchase of supper tickets wouldurovide an exact indication of quantitYfor the caterers.

All in all. the Ball was an enormoussuccess. This strange maturity whichhas descended upon College manifesteditself in the general behavi.our. If Imay misquote a quotation of mine:

" Not a bang was heard nor a rioto~note."

Everything and a]cmost everyone wasthoroughly civilised. This is a notableachievement in a university.

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FOUR & SIKl~ivhard Gibbons was looking decidedly

10st outside a pickled onion--no wonder¢hen he was surrounded by a milling,v~iferous throng of King’s Inns, LL.B.,~,llcitors’ Apprentices and Legal Science~inV"ded people. Even " The Others " ofn0n-legal profession were, by process ofidection, similarly loquacious. Stellan,Connor and Hugh Gibbon in concoction~th Ann Mahon’s skiiful hand provided

one-eyed cocktail last Thursday,~e_ssitating three legs. Towards the endtithe evening the party was swelled b-~e ra~ks ~)f those fleeing from theoppressive heat engendered by a super-~uity of sun, smoke and humanity at the~rty given oy the boys of No. 15, wherQBob Barton made a brief 1e-entranceht0 Socie~ty and retired, appalled. Theb0ys-snoum nave taken a lesson on howto treat your guests from RosanneAnderson who was giving a cocktail

of great finesse at Trinity Hall.~0od food, good drink, fresh air androom to circulate would have been justa few of the basic tips available.

What a Ball was Fisher’s Ball. From

~ bun-fight in the Fellow(e ?)s’ Garden"the beer-garden under the Campanile,

the well behaved young people manetheir way with respectable enjoymentunder the eyes of the Porters en

,-a-n~0o~d:Queen Bess (if yourof direction had wavered). David

Leonard and Sylvia French appeared tobe enjoying themselves within their

limits, but then so did everyone else, sowhy ennumerate personal details?

On Saturday evening the Boat Cluboffered two marquees, one for drink andone for stomping to those who couldsummon up enough convertible glucosefor another night. Wearily one trodthe way from the noise and heat of thestomping marquee to the bottle breakingcharm or the draughty chalTn of the other.Somebody should point out to these freshair lads the benefits of the Big Indoors--the grey mists along the river keptthe tow-path walkers within whistlingdistance. Brian Kidd produced Lucy forinspection to the wonder of JerryMurdoch and John Connor--and theseworking men were inspected with morethan wonder by such as David Jagoe andPeter Ross-Todd.

Patrick Keith-Cameron, T~m Pattonand Peter Welch will be " At Home" ~nthe pointed end of the Ile de la CitS,Paris, to any student from Trinity whothere presents himself at 9.30 p.m. onWednesday, June 24th, 1959. All-

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We are pleased to announce ~heen~age=m~nt o2 Mr. B. D. A. Hannon(Captain of T.C.D. Athletics) and MissP. A. Var~enan (lst year Mod. Lang.student.). We wish them success andhappiness.

¯ .. to the EditorDear Sir,--The letters from Mr. Loly position clear. I am in favour of nuclear

and Mr. Rogers in recent issues make war. N.ot weapons, WAR. I say this,me suspect that a controversy is about moreover, in no frivolous spirit; ourto develop. This, to my mind, would be spiritual resources, which include those

s pity. There exist two diametrically of the Communists, have entirely failedopposed views with regard to nuclear to produce a satisfactory relationshipweapons, and the only interest attached between tIumanity and Science. The

to their evaluation lies in the skill with framework of those resources is toowhich they are debated. The super- rigid and must be destroyed. We shall~iality of the two preceding letters in-- have brought the inevitable suffering of

dzates the probable futility of such a such destruction upo,u ourselves, and if,~ntroversy. in the process, we create a few genetic

The school of thought represented by mutations, who can say whether some

lit. Loly might be described as believing of those mutations might not be betterin death before dish.enour. It did not xnen than we? There could hardly be

~nd a particularly able exponent, in one produced two more depressing hominids~ho evidently does not believe in nuclear than Messrs. Loly and Rogers. ~ Yours

weapons, except in their capacity as a faithfully. Christopher Rye.deterrent. The second body of opinion . . .is, perhaps rightly, more frightened ofnuclear warfare than anything else, and

Dear Sir,--Generally speaking, sport

they had an even more abject apologistseems to flourish at Trinity, but there is

Mr. Rogers. He pr.oduced the typicalno rifle club. Shooting is ideally suited

penny-in-the-slot reaction of the in-to this university as matches may be

tellectual left-Wing--and, if this wereheld by post, thereby avoiding the

~0t enough to put him out of court, didexpenses incurred by touring teams.

There are many people in the univer-not ~ven include the reference to a bodybows as the Establishment," so sity who shot at school and would like

essential in this style of argument,to do so here. We suggest that anyone

The party represented by Mr. Rogersinterested should contact us forthwith,

is not, of course, without its justification,so that the possibility of starting a club

Mr. Loly ignores the fact that nuclearin the next academic year may be con-

warfare is prepared for, in its actuality,sidered.--Yours faithfully,

by military leaders, that its probable A, W. G. Gillam, No. 36.etrects are cooly considered by scientists J.C. Peters, No. 13.and economists, who envisage, with , ¯ ¯

[~ePiy.arentequanimity, a return to what Editor’s Note: We thank Mr. N. M.--

~-’~~ ~--- ~:Pie~eO~°Yea~La--- *~*^ ^÷~___~adSwi~h’aRhodes, Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. John

cal~er u 1 ShipEman and Mr. Peter Loly for their~nsiderable depression m the demo-graphic curve." He also ignores the

letters on this problem and very much

Preparations made on a more abstractregret that, owing to lack of space, we

plane of Philosophy and Literature,are unable to include them.

which have been concerned with theproblems of what would happen if the¯ 0rs~ came to the worst ever sifice the World Universityend of the w~r.The danger that is the horror andS ihminence of nuclear war, has been err cet, ommitteefully brought home to us, but it stillremains to Mr. Loly merely a "bitter Do we in Trinity do all we can topill to swallow." make overseas Freshmen feel at home ?

Mr. Rogers is not prepared to swallow This is one of the questions which isit; and that is all that can safely be being tackled by the Dublin University~d. He courageously goes on, however, Com~mittee of World University Service.by attacking the democracy of the West, W.U.S. is an international organisationasit is to-day, for not measuring up to, which works to meet the needs of

~athe imagines should be, its ideal, university communities and individualis attitude is presumptious, histori- students at both local and international

tally uninformed, and politically in- levels. The Committee (Acting Chair-~nsitive. Furthermore, his arguments man, Denzil Stewart; Secretary, Miss

~u~logically tmsound. Particularly dis- Richardson) was formed after a meetingbing, to quote an instance, is his on W.U.S. held in the Hilary term, and

assumption that "No country can be represents various College societies. Itruled unless a large proportion of the believes that at the moment the answerPeople are apathetic." Surely the basis to that question is " No "--so that newof government in the Western ideal arrivals, pitchforked into a foreign

~0uld be the consent of the governed ? university i.n a strange country with un-e main objection to his thesis, how- familiar social customs, tend to fly for

.ever, is that such an exnression of advice to more experienced compatriots~gnorance and bigotry should purport to and be absorbed into national groups,give utterance to the liberal point of not welcomed into an international~iew. College community.

tie unouest~oningly believes, for W.U.S., therefore, in co-operation withexample, in the veracity of anyone who the British Council, ~lans to meet all.~eaks against the authorities in overseas students individually as soon.Africa; which is as ridiculous as beUev- as they arrive. Many helpers are needed~g in their automatic inveracity. Show to make this project successful, and the~r. Rogers an authority and you show Committee appeals urgently for offers ofann a target, show him a disaffected assistance.~i~.ority and you show him a cause. It has also organised a meeti.ug for~alS mode of thinking is thoroughly un- the Michaelmas term, when a panel of~’~hy of the sauve and cheerful gravity staff members will face a barrage oft~anifested in the two articles written questions from overseas Freshers, rang-~Y the people who went on the Alder- in~ perhaps from " table manners " to~aSton march, and thus did something " What is a Junior Dean?"e0~,crete for a cause in which they Finallv. the Committee hopes to work.~.~.rently believe purely and withou~ for World Refugee Year by co-ordinat-

~T~gested extraneous considerations, ing money-raising efforts and invites thef Finally, lest I be accused of criticising co-operati~n of all College societiesr0m the fence, I :must make my own interested.

Blackground toIBlake

Miss Ddsirde Hurst, guest speaker tothe Mod. Lang. Society, threw new lightor. William Blake’s poetry when sirespoke in the Museum Building on Tues-day afternoon. She felt that he waswriting in a language, loaded as it waswith symbolism and strange ideas, whichis almost incomprehensible unless weunderstand its philosophical background.

This background, she suggested, wasthe mystical and semi-pagan philosophywhich was based an a wide cult spread-ing from the ancient Druids in the Westto the Egyptians and Persians in theMiddle East and which was given formby later writers like the sixteenthcentury German thinkers Paracelsus andJakob Boehane.

Boehme in work like his " Aurora,"which greatly influenced Karl Marx andmany later thinkers, writes, for instance,of a dark fire-world and a light love-world which together are God and whoseconflict produced the created world.Ideas like this are echoed in Blake’spoetry where we often find thesuggestion of clashing forces as con-structive and only reason as barren.

Connected with this rather esoteric~hilosophy which had such a wide in-fluence throughout Europe up to thenineteenth century is the semi-pagan,semi-Christian symbolism which is anessential part of art, music and litera-ture, particularly during the Renaissance.Men were trying to reconcile their paganbackground, that of the Greek andRoman civilisations, with their newChristian outlook.

The importance of this symbolism canbe seen in most Renaissance paintings,in Botticellis’ " Prima Vera" for in-stance. It influenced music and helpedto give birth to ballet. It is even saidto have influenced scientists like Newtonor Harvey--if Harvey’s mind, it hasbeen suggested, was not working on theideas of symbolic circles, he might no{have been led to discover the circulationof the blood--and it certainly had aneffect on cosmology. Not least of all itaffected William Blake who was stee~edin the language and ideas of the Bibleo.n one hand and Boehme on the other.

He was not, considers Miss Hurst, apatheological case whose confused mindled him to write of strange, new, per-sonal visions so much as a poet, well-versed in the concepts and symbols ofphilosophy which we must try to under-stand before hoping to comprehend thefull ~neaning of his poetry.

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"" 1 C A R U S "" reviewed

In this tez~n’s " Icarus," the poetry inparticular represents a broad cross-section of student work. R.J. Wathen’s" Song" stands out as the most polishedpiece of writing, for he combines simplelanguage and verse form to produce realemotion, while D a v i d Mariano’s" Epitaph " is graceful and forceful inits neat use of contrast. " Street LightLogic " has real originality, but suffersfrom a touch of naivety and an awkwardi.uversion in the second stanza after adelightful opening. The familiar, jerkystyle of " And Finally" and " ’58 CustomBuilt" illustrated a popular way ofwriting which has perhaps been betterrepresented in earlier editions. RudiHolzapfel, however, writing in the sametradition, shows an ability to handlewords and emotion in his poem," Romance," as well as in his short storywhere the well-managed, colloquial styleis so extremely attractive that it tendsto over-shadow the subject matter.

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Bruce Arnold’s prose style is easy,pleasant, and adequately expresses awell-constructed story, incorporatingstrong Chaucerian connections and acharming love sonnet. Judy Hillerysuccessfully creates a feeling of panic,although her story weakens towards theend. R.B. Scott-Taggart writes " Donerhythmically out on the moon road,"which is grammatically unacceptable ’~uteffectively evocative. He relates "TheBathe" to reality in the form of theparents, thus reducing the danger of an" airy fairy" treatment of a commonsubject.

As a whole, this term’s "Icarus" isinteresting and well-varied, although the" Editorial" is perhaps its m o ststareingly unusual feature. It is full ofechoes and contains only one line whichreally made me laugh: " No. 4 is a greatplace to meditate . . ." Most peoplewould rather see an " Editorial " in thetraditional manner, but now and again itseems good to break away. J.N.

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HOME VICTORIES IN THE SUN

THE Trinity Regatta could not have had more suitable weather, and

the hosts could not have hoped for better results than those gainedexcept for a victory in the senior eights. The regatta at sun-drenchedIslandbridge was run splendidly and great credit must be given to theorganisers, not the least of whom was the enigmatic weather man.

The Senior Eight had been beaten atthe Head of the Liffey by the Gardacrew, but were expected to beat themau this occasion and reach the final.This did not prove the case and theGarda crew, who are to represent Irelandat an internatianal regatta at FrankfurttMs week, went into the final, only tobe beaten by a very fine Queen’s Univer-sity crew. Thus the University GrandChallenge Cup once again travelledNorth.

The most exciting event of the daywas the final of the Maiden Eights, inwhich Dublin University .opposed Queen’sUniversity, Belfast. From the beginningof the race the crews rowed stroke forstroke. It was surely going to be a deadheat until the Trinity crew found un-believable energy to take their boat homeby a canvas in the last four strokes.

The Junior Eight won once again inthe Lady’s Challenge Cup, adding totheir victories at the Head of the Liffeyand Cappoquin. The other remainingvictories were the Senior Sculls, theMaiden FOurs, and the S~nior Fours,second event.

Of the eleven " Pots," Trinity won five,Queen’s three, and the Garda crew, ofwhom so much was expected, had to becontent with a victory in the non-University Eights.

Events in BriefSenior Eights (University Grand

Challenge Cup--Heat A--U.C.D. beatPortora, ½ 1. Semi-final--Queen’s Univer-sity beat U.C.D., 2~ 1. Final--Queen’sUniversity (D. C. Campbell, W. F.Harbinson, A. Lees, W. J. Skelton, E. I.RosBorough, D. M. Brown, H. H.Nesbitt-Porter, S. O. Doherty stk., I.Adler cox) beat Garda, 1½ 1.

1st Senior Fours (Isthmian ChallengeCup)--~Final--Queen’s University (E. I.Rosborough, D. M. Browne, H. H.Nesbitt,Porter, S. O. Doherty stk., I.Adler cox) beat D.U.B.C., easily.

2nd Senior Fours (Lady ElizabethChalienge Cup)--Semi-finals -- D.U.B.C.row over; Queen’s Univ. scr.; Garda beatL.E.B.C., 1~ 1. Final--Dublin University(J. V. O’Brien, 5. B. Morris, S. S. New-man, W. D. Keating stk., N. B. Gillettcox). beat Garda, easily.

Junior Eights (Lady’s ChallengeCup) --Semi-finals -- D.U.B.C. beatPortora II., 2 l.; Queen’s University beatNeptune, It 1. Final--D.U.B.C. (M. D.Duncan, A. J. Godfrey, M. 5. Felton, R.P. Thompson, A. Anderson, R. M. Good-body, G. R. Hallows, P. J. Reynoldsstk., W. H. Zaier cox) beat Queen’s Uni-versity, 2½ 1.

Non-University Senior Eights (SirArthur Ball Challenge Cup -- Final--Garda (J. Killian, J. F. Callanan, E. J.O’Dea, 5. B. Maguire, G. P. McDonagh,T. F. Brennai% T. 5. Casey, 5. 5. Cuffestk., P. J. K. Hoare cox) row over;L.E.B.C., scr.

Junior Fours (Chapelizod ChallengeCup)--Final--Queen’s University (5. B.Fleming, K. E. Morrow, R. B. Stevenson,R. C. Ewins stk., P. R. Blackwood cox)beat Neptune, easily.

Maiden Eights (Towers ChallengeCup) -- Semi-finals--Queen’s Universitybeat Bann, 4 l.; D.U.B.C. beat U.C.D.,2~ 1. FinaI--D.U.B.C. (R. Beazer, B. J.Whelan, E. Longfield, P. D. Wooley, B.

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Kealy, G. Rebbeck, T. J. Vignoles, C. R.Dewhurst stk., D. A. H. Rolft cox) beatQueen’s U~iversity, canvas.

Maiden Fours (Islandbridge ChallengeCup)--Heat A--Queen’s University beatBann, 2½ 1. Semi-finals--D.U.B C. beatQueen’s University, 31 1.; Garda beatU.C.D., 1~ I., after re-row. Final--Dublin University (R. Longfield, P. D.Wooley, T. J. Vignoles, C. P. Dewhurststk., D. A. Rolfe cox) beat Garda, easily.

Schools’ Eights (Perpetual ChallengeCup) -- Semi-final--Methodist Collegebeat Portora III, canvas. Final--R.B.A.I.(C. C. Ferguson, W. H. Calwell, F. W.Gay, T. R. McCormick, C. Mercer, G.W. Filor, D. H. Hess, K. R. Nesbitt stk.,S. I. D. Hay cox) beat MethodistCollege, ~ ].

TENNIS FINALSR. Sweetnam again defeated J. Lavan

’in the finals of the championships, againby a very-narrow margin, and againa£ter an extraordinarily close and in-Ceresting match. This time the patternwas rather different. In the first set,Sweetnam was altogether too powerfuland accurate for Lavan. He brokeLavan’s service~ jumped into a 4-0 lead,and took the set early at 6-1. It appearedas if Sweetnam was going to run awaywith the second set, but this time Lavanbrightened up his game, and won the set6-4. The third set was a repeat of thefirst, Sweetnam ta~dng it at 6-3. In thefourth set, Sweetnam began to makequite a number of mistakes, both off theground and on the volley. Lavan got anearly service break, which was im:mediately nullified. He got another, tolead 5-4. But Sweetnam, helped by twobrilliant passing shots, immediately re-plied by winning Lavan’s service. Hethen won his service, Lavan his, and thescore was 5-5. The issue seemed to be.poised on a hairsbreadth. But Sweet-nam’s power told, and Lavan, at a vitalmoment, double-faulted and smashed out.One more break by Sweetnam was suffi-cient and he took the final set 7-5.

In the women’s singles, Hilary Bartonbeat Jennifer Cronin because of hergreater aggressiveness. Miss Cronincould only offer steadiness in return.

Results:--Men’s singles : R. Sweetnam’beat J. Lavan 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.

Ladies’ singles: Miss H. Barton beatMiss J. Cronin 7-5, 6-4.

Men’s doubles: R. Sweetnam and J.Lavan beat D. Pratt and V. Keely 7-5,7-9, 6-2, 7-5.

Ladies’ doubles: Misses H. Barton and5. Cronin beat Misses J. Lavan and G.Kennedy 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSThe D.U.F.C. "A" team won the

Dublin Foil League last Monday weekfor the first time ever. They won everymatch in the League, and on Mondaydefeated Pearce Fencing Club, also un-defeated so far, i,n an exciting contest.

"A" team: (1) B. M. C. Hamilton,(2) M. Boyd, (3) M. Makower.

The College Championships were heldin the Gymnasium on Friday afternoon.There was a large entry and thestandard of fencing was high. M.Makower retained the foil championship.Results :-

Ladies F~oil Championships -- (1) A.Dresser, (2) A. Jones.

Men’s Foil Championships- (1) M.Makower, (2) M. Boyd, (3) B. M. C.Hamilton.

Men’s Sabre -- (1) M. Boyd, (2) P.Wacl~man, (3) M. Makower.

Men’s Ep~e -- (1) M. Boyd; (2) B.Hamilton, (3) C. Rye.

REGATTAS!The changes

NOTABLE DOUBLE FOR ALAN McGOVERN

TRINITY WEEK started disappointingly, for the Sailing Club were

beaten in the Colours match with U.C.D. on Wednesday.

U.C.D. won the first race quite corn- i ciuding two graduates, Trinity calledfertably by 4~ points after one of theTrinity boats had to retire early in therace for a rule infringement. In a veryclose second race, the result was reversedby a ~ point margin. The results mighth~ve been very different but for theretirement in the first race and for thefact that G. Henry, after working intothe lead in both races, was in each casejust beaten into second place practicallyon the finishing line. I~ addition, whileU.C.D. used only three helmsmen, in-

Record atCollege RacesThe Co]~-ge’Races did h-o~-vr~ty ~-

feminine spectacle, for there was a newCollege record set up in the 2 mileshandicap. Colin Shillington~ running offscratch, was set a fast pace by R.O’Moore, who had a start o~ 330 yards,and won in the new record time of9 mins. 23.1 seconds, beating the oldtime by some 18 seconds. 5. Leeson wonfour events, and had a second and athird, whilst Bob Francis produced his

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Bob Francis winning the440 Yards Handicap.

usual effortless style to win the 220yards a~d the 440 yards.

Result, continued:220 yds. handicap--l, R. V. Francis

(scratch); 2, G. R. Mason (2~ yds.); 3,.P.S. White (10 yds.). 22.8 secs.

2 miles handicap -- 1, C. Shillington(scratch); 2, S. Whittom (70 yds.); 3,T. C. I. Ryan (100 yds.). 9 mins. 23.1;sec~. (record).

440 yds. handicap--i, R. V. Francis(scratch); 2, D. Bayne (15 yds.); 3, A.Quinn (25 yds.). 50.1 secs.

440 yds. hurdles ~ 1, B. Hannon(scratch); 2, 5. McCarthy (30 yds.); 3,J. Clarkson (30 yds.). 57.8 secs.

Long Jump Handicap ~ 1, J. Leeson(2 ft.); 2, G. Patrikios (2 ft. 6 ins.);3, H. D. O’Clery (scratch). 20 ft. 11 ins.

Pole Vault--l, D. Archer (scratch);2, 5. Leeson (1 ft. 3 ins.); 3, B. S. Heron(1 ’ft. 4 ins.). 11 ft. 3 ins.

Javelin--l, T. R. Wykes (30 ft.); 2,T. Clarkson (20 ft.); 3, 5. Leeson(25 ft.). 152 ft. 8 ins.

Other winners--G. Guthrie, R. Roberts.

COMMENT ...Maiden Eights have come through withflying colours.

But only the highest praise must begiven to the athletic team who have up-held the honour of the College so ofte~and so successfully. They have not ~nabundance of talent, and they do notreceive great support. However, thisseason they have, happily, blended oldstars with new ones and built up a teamwhich must be a threat to all univer-sities next season.

The Tennis Club have only just beguntheir matches, but here there appearsto be a wealth of new talent on the’courts which will only show its truevalue i.n the years ahead.

The summer has really come and therespective championships are over forthis year, and Trinity sportsmen haveshown themselves equal to all opposition.

This term has been a successful onefor all College sportsmem and women.The weather has been unbelievably kindand this has allowed the summer sportsto flourish.

The cricket eleven has up to thismoment won six matches and lost onlytwo. They are in the semi-final .of theSenior Cup and have a team which o~its day is possibly the best in Ireland.At the beginning of next month the sidewill be on tour in England and much isexpected of them.

The Sailing Club had a most success-ful tour and regatta, although they lostthe Colours match.

In the Boat Club, as in many otherclubs, the Freshmen have shown theirtalents and if the Senior Eight have notlived up to expectations, the Junior and

upon five different helmsmen. The whol,team will be available for next year. Itwas: G. Henry (capt.), J. Mason, A,IMcGovern, M. Browett, M. Hare, lgiMoorhead. "~

However, disappointments were soo~ Idrowned at the very successful dinner[and da,nce at the Royal St. George Y.C.in the evening.

On Friday the annual regatta wa~held. Pleasingly large entries had bee~received, but when at 10.30 a.m. the windhad practically dropped ~nd the pro.gramme was running 40 minutes late, theregatta secretaries would have been gladto resign their jobs. Suddenly, however,the wind turned through 180 andfreshened; the sun began to shine andcon’ditions remained perfect for the res~of the day The mare results were:~

Bastin Trophy--A. Mct~overn. -:Novices’ Race--A. Smythe.Ladies’ Races--Felicity Bartree.While as a fitting reward for the larg~

amount of work he had done, theRegatta Secretary, E. M. Browett, wonthe J. B. Stephens’ Trophy, sailed inWater Wags.

On Sunday, in similarly delightfulcca~ditions, Alan McGover,n completed anotable double by winning the single-handed Firefly trophy.

Finally, keeping to the principle thatsailers should just be able to row,though not to swim, a four consistingoi A. McGovern, M. Hare, G. Henry, ~,Mason, and cox 5. Gibbon, after twoeasy victories in the heats, won the finalof the Club Fours competition at Island-bridge, beating the Medical School by acanvas after one of the most excitingraces of the day for sheer uncertaintyand wetness.

GLIDING 11~

Until recently, Trinity has been theonly major university in Europe withoutflying facilities for students. This voidbas now bean filled. Since the beginningof this term a small group of student~has organised the nucleus of a Dub//~University Gliding Association, in con-junction with the Dublin Gliding Club,

Modern sailplanes regularly fly overtwo hundred miles, climb over threemiles, and stay up for over ten hours--all for the cost of retrieving the gliderwith a car and trailer, and for launching.The absence of heavy engines and in-flammable fuel makes for the largesafety factor in gliding, which is notexceeded by other mechanised sports.Teamwork is essential to ensure thatmachines waste as little time on theground as possible, and much of theground work is as interesting as flying,certai,nly there is never a dull moment.

Trinity is fortunate in having anexisting gliding club already at hand,and in havifig a large number of Englishstudents with previous flying .or glidingexperie.nce who will give a basis of ex-perienced members. There are n0official limitations on gliding, physic$i~treng~h is not necessary and wome~ areforming an increasing proportion dgliding club members throughout theworld. The Dublin Gliding Clubpossesses a two-seater training machine,and there is room on the training listfor new pupils, so why not go out toBaldonnel one week-end (see notices i~Front Gate) and try this new sport?

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