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BIG FISHPhil. Opening Meeting

TRUE to tradition, the Phil. opening

meeting started half an hour late,but after this hitch, proceedings wentvery smoothly. After formal presenta-tions of medals and certificates, thewaiting horde--and the dining hall wascrammed~was listening to the strained,harsh, catarrhal tones, so familiar tomany, of the President, Mr. AnthonyGarret-Anderson, deli~vering his address.

His theme was paradoxical: a hundredyears ago, the Universities were bad,conservative, reactionary, but producedgood men; now they are so good, pro-gressive and technical, they produce onlymediocrities. Somewhere, something waswrong and the President made a widesocial survey from Windsor Castle toWigan in his search for the truth.Finally, he settled on the Universities,and Dublin University in particular.Now, he claimed, there is no incentiveto do anything outside the intensivecourse. Specialisation increases and,instead of emerging from the Universitywith an outlook, the graduate has onlyequipment. According to the President’sanalysis, prime encouragers of thisattitude were the 17 tin tabernacles ofTrinity College, the 17 faculty societieswhich have grown up in the past 50years. These, he suggested, are " smallponds in which students make themselve~big fish ". Possibly " Trinity News " isthe eighteenth tin tabernacle. ATterdeciding that the Hist. and Phil. arereally all important, especially the Phil.,the President swiftly surveyed Wigan

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and Windsor again and sat down to thedeserving applause which met his ex-cellent nonsense. Sir Compton Mackenzie,proposing the vote of thanks, startedby explaining that when at Oxford hehad started a new magazine which hethought was a very good thing, but onthe whole, he agreed with the President.After treating the audience to a ex-tremely pleasant series of reminiscences,Sir Compton made an impassioned pleafor reaction, and to the war-cry, " Breakthe Television!" gave way to Mr. ErskineChilders, T.D., who brought a newserious note to the proceedings. In thiscountry, he felt, he would like to seethe Universities becoming centres ofargument of the honester kind, for per-haps the most important thing to belearned from University life was theability to distinguish between fanaticismand bigotry. Mr. Gillie Potter introducedhimself as the oldest living under-graduate of the University knownas the Latin Quarter of the NuffieldWorks. From this point, for twenty-five minutes, a delighted audience wastransported into the nhantasy world ofthe Marshmallows of Hogsnorton. Incontrast, Dr. Bethel Solomons, F.R.C.O.G.,F.A.C.S. (Hon.), spoke quietly of theUniversity spirit and made a solemn pleafor the reopening of the Pavilion bar forthe sale of stout and beer. He then com-mented on the Irish Medical SchoolReport and claimed that from his ex-perience of conditions in America, " ourschools are up to their standards, thoughthey are better equipped ". He wouldlike to see whole-time professors in theseveral departments, with their ownresearch schools.

The Provost then addressed the Housebriefly and mo’ved the adjournment.

WAGE PROBLEMIt may not be generally realised that,

without extras, the College skip’s weeklywage is .only five guineas. With thegeneral rise o’£ prices, the skips feltjustified in making a demand for an allround wage increase. Accordingly,arrangements were made for the Bursarto meet representatives of the Collegeservants together with representativesfrom the Workers’ Union. An unfor-tunate misunderstanding between theauthorities resulted in a postponementof the meeting and the hope of an agree-ment till next week.

Rising prices affect the College, too,and Trinity is not in the near-comfortableposition of her sister Universities atOxford and Cambridge. The problem isan old and recurrent one and it is to behoped that a settlement suitable to boththe servants and the University may bereached without any bad feeling orstrikes.

THE LONDON CLUBGraduates, ex-students and students

of Dublin University who are in Londonmay be interested to know of the T.C.D.Club which has recently formed there.

Club activities at present are restrictedby lack of permanent premises, but itis hoped to obtain these eventually.Meanwhile, various parties and danceswill be held from time to time. In orderthat the Club should be worthy ofTrinity, it is essential that it gets allthe support available.

Enquiries, enclosing where possiblethe names and addresses of others whomay not have seen this notice, shouldbe sent to : The Correspondence Secretary,Miss V. R. Johnston, 19 Queen’s Gate,Terrace, London, S.W.7.

COLLEGE TYPES

Extension to EngineeringLaboratories

The new extension to the engineeringlaboratories will house the equil~ment forthe comparatively new, but increasinglyimportant, subject of Soil Mechanics.¯ Some of the mechanical engineeringmachinery is also beinu installed in thenew building and another storey is beingadded to part of the existing laboratorie, sto provide room for a hydraulics depart-ment. A forge is also under construction.

The extension closely follows thedesign of the rest of the building andthe. money for constructing and equippin~it has been generously provided byengineering graduates.

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O’Neill’s " Anna Christie."

CINEMARoyal. -- " Royal Carnival IX." Film:

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Astor.--" The Raxor’s Edge."Cameo.--" Oliver Twist."

Wednesday8.30 p.m.--Opening Meeting of the

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S.R.C. Election.10 p.m.--Boat Club Ball.

Friday1.10--Lunch-Time Concert in G.M.B.

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7.30 p.m.--D.U. Engineering SocietyOpening Meeting.

7.45 p.m.--Law Society Moot.8 p.m.--The Classical Society.

Saturday2 p.m.--D.U.M.C, and L.C.C. Treasure

Hunt in ears, starting from theGough Memorial.

Sunday, 23rd after TrinityRemembrance Sunday

10 a.m.--College Chapel. Sermon: Rev.A. A. Lure.

Monday4.15 p.m.--D.U. Association for Inter-

national Affairs.Tuesday

Service in College Chapel, conducted by-Rev. R. K. Maguire.

3-5 p.m.--Gaelic Society. Dancingorganised by T. MacGloin.

BI. OPENS

THE Biological Association held a

highly successful Opening Meetin~on last Saturday, in the G.M.B., at whicha large, distinguished gathering waspresent.

After the presentation of medals andprizes, the President-Elect, Dr. V. O.McCormick, read his address vn " TheRelief of Pain." He stressed theuniversal appeal of this topic, not onlyto the doctor, but to the layman.

In tracing the development of themodern anaesthetic from the days whenpain-bearing was an essential for thecomplete man, he sh,owed the hazardswhich some of the early modern experi-menters in this field faced, not only be-cause their experiments had to be onthemselves, but also because their failuremight mean attacks on them by in-furiated crowds.

Mr. Terence Millin, pronosing a voteof thanks, appe.aled particularly forbetter measures fvr the prevention ofmental anguish, which could be far ’.moreterrifying than physical pain in itseffects.

Dr. Cecil Gray, seconding the vote ofthanks, gave the requirements of theperfect .anaesthetic for surgery, andpointed out the great value of curareand similar drugs in this field. Theseprovided a very considerable degree ofcontrol over physiological activities,especially the circulation, and it thusbecame possible to operate more f~eelyon areas which previously had beenfraught with difficulties for the surgeon.

Dr. Alan Browne, proposing themotion that the Association is worthy ofsupport, stressed the importance ofanalgesia in the vbstetrical field. Heagreed with Mr. Millin that it was tooeasy for the practitioner to concentrateon the practical aspect and leave thepatient in a state of acute mentalstress.

Dr. J. A. Wallace, seconding thismotion, pointed out that to the physicianthe most difficult part of diagnosis wasthe estimation ’of the intensity of paina patient was suffering.

The Correspondence Secretary pro-posed and the Record Secretary secondeda vote of thanks to the retiring Presi-dent, Dr. H. Jocelyn Eustace, which re-ceived great acclamation. Dr. Eustacereplied, and Dr. McCormick adjournedwhat had been a very entertainingOpening Meeting.

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Vol. I TRINITY NEWS No. 2WEDNESDAY, 4TH NOVEMBER, 1953

MOD. results are now being pub-

lished. Let us then congratulateall those who have come to the end oftheir academic careers as under-graduates, and "who are now to com-mence their labour in the world at large.As to M’od. itself, we would first con-gratulate the Senior Lecturer for havingintroduced the new technique of splittingthe second class into two groups. Thiswas an obvious need as before this timethere was no distinction between a baresecond and a second which just misseda first. The only c~iticism we have isthat we feel that it would probably bewiser for the authorities not to publishthe marks, but merely the names ofcandidates in order of merit. Thesecond tendency shown in Mod. resultshas been a stiffening in the marking.This is, no doubt, justified in the newapproach of the authorities in attempt-ing to raise the academic level ofTrinity. However, we would say thatfor four or five persons or even moreto be failed in Moderatorship shows afailure on the part of the authoritiesto mark intelligently during the yearspreceding Mod. Surely it is possible forexaminers to realise by the end of thefirst, or even second, year whether aperson is likely to pass his final exam.Yet in one faculty we have noticed forthe second consecutive year a largenumber of failures. Surely the examinerscould prevent people taking Moderator-ship if they do not think they will pass.It does seem a complete waste if aperson is to be failed only at the endof four years’ work. Let the authoritiesfirst raise the standard of entrance,then sort persons into honor and passschools by the end of the first :year,and certainly by the second.

WE have been asked why, in view of

the constant attacks made uponus by a n o t h e r college publication," Trinity News " does not reply in kind.The answer is simple. We are a news-paper, and our space is limited. Ourchief duty is to provide news for’ ourreaders, including graduate and under-graduate subscribers, and we would befailing them if we filled our columnswith the girlish wrist-Mappings andarchly esoteric references which such apolicy would involve, judging by theexample that has been set us. Onething, however, we would say. When"Trinity News " was founded, we be-lieved, and still do, that the Universitywas big enough for two weekly journals.We assumed, moreover, from the toneof our sister publication that she wouldwelcome that competition which, we arefrequently told, is the backone of freeenterprise. It seems we were mistaken.We have disturbed the complacency ofa monopoly.

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Mr. E. Gorton

THERE is something compelling about

a man who, though practicallyunknown among the students of Collegeand remembered vaguely by themembers of his own faculty only as arather reserved acquaintance, has yetmanaged to get himself elected Auditorof the oldest College Society.

Mr. Gorton is a tall, severe youngEnglishman. He is quiet and sincere,and utterly unspectacular; in fact, theonly thing that was at all spectacularabout his election was that he wasopposed in the first place. For un-opposed elections were almost becominga new traditional fetish in the " Hist."Moreover, Mr. Gorton’s very anonymityis intriguing. He is the object of muchof the insatiable curiosity that chasesafter those who hug obscure ways.Bossibly he may believe that SomersetMaughaxn was right; it is dangerous tolet the public behind the scenes. Con-tempt impinges on the familiarity bredby an Open Sesame to private lives.

Mr. Gorton doesn’t devour the interestof the curious--he teases it with ex-clusiveness. Many may wish that hecould unbend a little more readily; butthat is to reckon without the nature ofthe man. On his lean frame reposes aset of semi-official manners that makefor quiet dignity and respect. Soeveryone respects him. He sees bon-homie as coarse, and the limelightas cheap. There is, then, no unbendingand no pose. There is only, as theysay in the country, himself.

The respect in which he is so widelyheld in part assures him of a docile andattentive audience whenever he rises indebate querulously to expound the con-viction of his views. But not even hismost fervid admirers would esteemhim as an orator. He is too repressedin manner, too cut and dried. His voicehas just the slightest Gallic intonation,and is too high-pitched to wing withsuccessful resonance on noble rhetoric.Nevertheless he is an admirable de-claimer of the unadorned world. Thereare no grand phrases, no gestures, novehemence, no passion. Perhaps, funda-mentally; there is no warmth either.

Of his private life little is known.The puritanical chill of his mannerhints of a past lightened with HighChurch principles, and a future burdenedwith Foreign Office practices. Butwhether, in our deductions, we haveplayed Watson rather than Holmes, andconfused the example with the aim it isdifficult to say. A student rather thana scholar, his successes in ModernLanguages are merited and envied.Sport has no attractions for him, and ifhe permits himself any recreation at allit is that of deploring Socialism and citymanagers. Before coming to Trinity hespent a period of two years in theBritish Army with the rank of WarrantOfficer, and rumour that during thisperiod the High Command indulged inan unprecedentedly high consumption ofliquor is entirely coincidental andutterly unfounded.

Mr. Gorton has had elected under himan able and enthusiastic Committee. Hehas been very fortunate indeed. For ithas been our experience that an Auditorneeds all the support~a~lttLoyalty of hisCommittee to see hi--ugh his termoI omce--more espe~I~i~.~these latterdays, when never to fol~ive the manyou elect as Auditor is fast and alarm-inMy becoming a major tradition vf the" Hist." Many will wish him well inthe coming year and we whole-heartedlyconcur in such a benediction.

CAREERS

Priming The Pump .....

THE Socrates we meet in Plato’s

Dialogues may be cited as theahnost perfect interviewer; he can makeit so obvious that those with whom heholds his discussions are well informed.They find themselves putting forwardideas, facts and opinions of which, atthe outset, they might well have deniedany knowledge. But not all interviewersare so adept, and a good deal of effortis required before the average appli-cant for a job can, despite the inter-viewer, earn the adjective well-informed.It is a tribute rarely earned and oneabout which most employers have justcause to complain.

I am trying to provide an Informa-tion service which will solve many ofthe problems inherent in choosing acareer, selecting the best employers,making the most of an interview andsecuring a satisfactory appointment.First, by providing general informationabout qualifications, academic require-ments, and so on. Secondly, detailsabout the kind of qualifications needed,descriptions of the work and those whodo it, information about their aims,their prospects and the satisfaction orotherwise which such work may be ex-pected to bring. Some of this informa-tion may be brought out in talks frommen and women already involved, and I,hope to arrange for a number of suchvisits to College. In part I can helpwhen a student comes to see me, for Ispend a great deal of my time visitingschools, factories, conferences, labora-tories, offices, etc., seeing and talking tothose who are already doing the jobswhere a graduate could find a place. I

S.R.C. ELECTIONS

THE annual elections for seats on the

Students’ Representative Council

will take place to-morrow (Thursday),the 5th of November. The Councilconsists of three types of constituency,and the greater number of members arereturned by the direct vote of thestudents as a whole at the annualelections. These members are those whorepresent their own faculties, and thosewho are elected in the University con-stituency. The third type of con-stituency represents the clubs andsocieties in College, and members arenominated by, the clubs and societies.

Representation of the faculties forthe coming election has been distributedaccording to the number vf students ineach school, and the seats have beenallocated as follows: Classics, Ancientand Modern Literature, and Mental andMoral Science: one seat; Divinity: oneseat; Commerce and Economics: twoseats; Engineering: one seat; Experi-mental Science and Mathematics: oneseat; History: two seats; School ofPhysic (including Dentistry) : fourseats; Modern Languages: three seats;Law and Legal Science: two seats;Natural Science and Agriculture: oneseat; Arts and others not listed: twoseats.

All students on the College books areentitled to vote for candidates in theirown faculty, but ~may vote also for anyfive nominated candidates for election toseats in the University Constituency.Candidates who are not elected tofaculty seats are automatically regardedas candidates for the University con-stituency and the five candidates whopoll the highest number of votes areelected to represent the constituency.

The newly-elected Council will meeton Tuesday, 10th November, at 8 p.~a.,in the Regent House. Members will beelected to the various committees of theS.R.C. and the ChailTman elected byeach committee will then be a memberof the Executive Committee, togeth%rwith the officers elected last term.Meetings of the Council are open to thepublic.

The society and club representativesshould be nominated, and the names ofthe nominees must reach the Chairmanof the Election Standing Committee assoon as possible, if they have notalready done so.

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S.C.M.A meeting to welcome Freshmen was

held in No. 7, T.C.D., on Tuesday, 20thOctober. Lionel Booth, B.A., LL.B.(President of the Society) addressed themeeting on the Aim and Basis of theS.C.M. He spoke of the ecumenicalaspect of our fellowship, of our respon-sibility to witness to " The Lordship ofChrist over the whole of Mankind." Hestressed the fact that we must be loyalto our own church and so our varyingbackgrounds will enrich our common

.worship and fellowship. In connectionwith this, Mr. Booth spoke of study .asbeing a characteristic activity of theS.C.M.

There is no distinct theme runningthrough our Michaelmas Term pro-gramme, but various topics are beingdiscussed. These activities are open Voall students.

collect job-descriptions. Moreover, Icollect an invaluable store of informa-tion from graduates who have alreadystarted on a career; for example, notlong ago I carried out a survey ongraduates in journalism and had ex-tremely detailed letters from over 100of them.

Meeting and corresponding with allmanner of employers enables me to putthe personal and individual details ofsuch and such a job or organisation infront of a candidate who is thinki,g ofmaking an application. Having em-ployers visit Trinity helps them toknow more of the background of thecandidate they may meet in interview.

Some ADnointments Officers run dis-eussion groups on eareer~ topics. Wealready have an Information room anda growing amount of printed materialavailable, in addition to the generalreference books in the Library and inmy office. Where business firms andpublic bodies are concerned I usuallyprovide general notes with the detailsof the particular vacancies.

The first of the series of Appoint-ments Office talks will be given by Mr.C. E. Escritt, Secretary of the OxfordUniversity Appointments Committee, onTuesday, 17th November. Mr. Escritthas been a schoolmaster, a commercialartist, sales manager of a large textilegroup, and a P.o.W. building roads inBurma. The discussion which followsshould be of particular interest since weshall have as guests members of theIrish Management Institute.

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FOURSleight of Hand

The Philosophical Society’s sherryparty was chiefly interesting for theunusual sight of a beardless CharlesSweeting. My attention was, however,caught by the spectacle of DennisMcKee surrounded by admiring satelliteswho appeared to be sipping orange-juicewith great relish, under the benevolenteye of the Regius Professor of Divinity.I felt I must be dreaming, but my fearswere allayed as soon as the reverendgentleman turned .aside, for immediatelyhe did so by some adroit trick of leger-demain the orange-juice was replaced bya’glass of sherry, and I breathed again.

At the DixonLast Saturday I, j,oined the crowds

heading towards the Dixon Hall for thetraditional ceremony of viewing theJunior Freshmen -- and Freshwomen.Just inside the door I renewed myacquaintanceship with Barry White, whohad just arrived from the BiologicalAssociation, and who was viewing theassembled multitude with an experiencedprofessional eye. He seemed dis-appointed, however, and muttering some-thing about preferring the Crystal, andthat anyway he had just seen two nurseshe knew, he disappeared again. Later Imet Alan Cooke, who began to tell meof his plans for starting a school ofelocution for Ulstermen in College, buthe was interrupted by the arrival ofyoung. Dicky Hinds who seemed to beenjoying himself hugely, despite theabsence of Joyce Maine. He informedme that Miss Maine would be returningon Monday, but since he intended toleave Dublin on the same day, theywould probably not meet again for sometime.Place of Haven

Feeling rather exhausted after thestrenuous activities of the first week ofterm, I strolled into " Davy Byrnes " torefresh myself. There I was both sur-prised and pleased to meet Paul Chap-man, whom many people in Oollege willremember vividly. He was celebratingthe rebirth of a provincial newspaper inwhich he has some interest, but soonfell into a mood of reminiscent nostalgiaabout the good old days in Trinity, be-moaning the lack of initiative amongpresent-day students. " Why, I re-member once," he said, " when I broughta primus stove into a 9 a.m. pre-med.lecture, still in my dinner-jacket, and

AND SiXsettled down quietly at the back to cookmy breakfast. The sausages were justturning brown when I was caught andthrown out. I’ve never fancied break-fast since then."

As I crossed front square the otherday I chanced to spot my friend themotoring type. He had in hand anotherCollege publication and lo.oked annoyed." I do hereby solemnly swear," he said," that if those criminal members of theproletariat persist in turning BotanyBay into a glazier’s junk yard I’ll re-double my overdraft, fit the device withcaterpillar tracks and make mince meatof the Creeps when I catch ’em." Any-one know what he was talking about?

College HumourThe minor incidental pleasures of pub-

lication are many. On Friday, forexample, We were gratified to see thatwe had inspired " T.C.D.", the Collegehumorous paper, to progress from thelow standard of the last terms to some-thing more nearly approaching, thoughnot yet reaching, value for sixpence.

While we thought the skit on our-selves funny, we also considered it, asa parody, disappointing, and felt wecould frankly have done a better oneourselves. Humour was laid on with atrowel, native vigour mistaken for wit,subtlety conspicuously absent, " Fees"changed to " Trees " and " Dairy" for" Diary " is, for a University, a littletoo obvious.

" T.C.D.", we think, has in the pastsuffered from, first, having a clear field,with no necessity of maintaining anystandards at all, and secondly, fromnever receiving any competent criticismof itself, while being in the happyposition of being able to criticise ad. lib.We have already well and truly remediedthe first deficiency; we will complete ourbeneficial treatment by a balancedcritical review of this paper in a futureissue.

A reader, writing to us, has urged usto " ignore that tuppence-halfpennyrag." (Alas, we wish that this modestsum was indeed the price!) Wesympathise, but we do not agree. Ouraim is to provide impartial and informedcriticism of all College activities--andthis includes humorous journals. Somepeople are made uneasy by under-graduate humour of the type of"T.C.D." because they have no idea ofhow to criticise it. We intend to showthem how. LAUGHING BOY.

A.S.A.D.The 17th inaugural n~eeting of the

Association of Students of AfricanDescent took place in the Gresham Hotelon Saturday last, when a large gatheringof members, many from T.C.D., and in-terested visitors heard the President,Mr. Anthony Modebe, deliver an addressentitled " The Problem of Africa ".

Mr. Modebe summarised the problemsconcerning Africans in all parts of theContinent and claimed that these werefundamentally one 0r0blem.

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CRITIC’S REPORTPla~cers.--" St. Simeon Stylites " (pro-

duced by H. St. George Smith). St.Simeon (Christopher Raphael), a hermitmeditating in austerity -- "for’ animmense period of time "---on top o’f ahigh, but rather insecure pillar, receivessundry visitors who come to tempt himto descend to the world below. He hasno apparent difficulty in resisting thepleas of a professional Pilgrim (FrankMahondly), nor those of a carewornKing (Mike Fitzgerald) and his aggra-rating Jester (Brendan Haythorn-thwaite), but he comes within an ace ofsuccumbin~ to the fair Eudosia (ValerieCraig). It is with marked regret thathe spurns her and oerseveres in hisascetic course, which, as he explains tothe Devil (Derek Horwood), he does moreby force of long habit than for anyfanatic addiction to piety--

Of living tired, of loving wearySave him at the ’dies irae’ -- we

might well say. Mr. Raphael’s per-formance in the title role was mature andconfident. His timing, expression andgestures were well under control, andthough there was a slight lack of finishin his climaxes, he brought a pungentwit to the note of contempt andirascibility which were the most enter-taining fruits of St. Simeon’s solitude.Miss Craig did full justice to theseductive wiles of the temptress, and wasably supported by Caroline Gaunt as thepert Procla.

Light, and easily digestible, the playwas ideal for a matin6e, and made anappetising "hors d’oeuvre" to thePlayers’ Anniversary Season.

A WOMAN’S POINT OF VIEW

WHAT we do for you, dear female

reader, will never be reallyknown; a columnist’s life is a hard one,especially when the irate editor snatcheseach page from us as we type it, andthe mob looks ready to sandbag us on adark night. But there are compensa-tions. Lurking round the environs ofNo. 6 the other day, we heard twowomen undergraduates, " Trinity News "in hand, discussing our columns. Prais-ing Heaven for our blessed anonymity,we listened in. The verdict was shortand succinct. We were summed up as" Says you should throw your opinionsaround and get tight."

Is that what we said? Well yes, tosome extent we suppose it is, but it isobvious that we had better start enlarg-ing and qualifying and explaining,before the Jumior Dean puts us firmly inthe College pillory as Female Evil In-fluence No. 1. There are two importantreservations to bear in mind. First isthe importance of the "why "--why youare getting tight, why you are chuckingyour opinions around, why Fou aredancing or living in a social whirl, whyyou are trying to star on Collegestages. The second is the necessity ofthe critical sense. Call this if you likedetachment or the philosophical spirit.It all boils down to an importance fargreater than that of being earnest~theimportance of not being deceived.

What does all this boil down to ? Areyou to go marching l~)und despisingyourself and everybody else? Are youto murmur, as you wipe the evening’smake-up off and shudder at yourspectre in the mirror: " They stink, myGod, they stink. People!" By nomeans. Life on such terms would notbe worth living. What we .are asking isthat you gently but firmly put all youractivities into their proper perspective,distinguish between the genuinely im-portant and the less important, and keep

ON MEETINGGILLIE POTTER

APPROACHING Mr. Gillie Potter,

having lyeen most impressed at the

" Phil." opening meeting by his historicaldiscoveries about this University, wequestioned him concerning his politicalviews. " Politics," thundered the Sageof Hogsnorton, "I have no politics--I’ma Presbyterian!" Thereafter, he con-ducted the interview with the minimumof assistance from us. We learned, how-ever, that he really is Oxford’s oldestUndergraduate and King’s Inn’s eldeststudent. A keen genealogist, absorberof ecclesiastical customs and member ofthe Ancient Anti-diluvian Order ofBuffaloes, his interests are all embracing,his general knowledge vast and his con-

versation limitless. Very proud of thefact that he is one of the few peoplein the world to-day who really speakEnglish, he reckons he could easilyqualify as an elocutionist. He is/how-ever, rather shy about his prowess as amimic, although he demonstrated theintricacies of Highland Scots, Dublin,Yorkshire and Welsh dialects without afault.

He considers it unfortunate that mostcomedians have to resort to a broadaccent for laughs and, in all seriousness,pointed out the necessity of an oralexamination for students taking honoursin English. Mentioning the " Phil."opening meeting, we ~athered he had agreat admiration for Sir ComptonMackenzie but not such a great admira-tion for the President of the PhilosophicalSociety, w h o m h e described as" Cavalier". He may. of course, havebeen referring to Mr. Garrett Anderson’sskill as an equestrian, which is not~en’erally so widely known.

Affable, genial, oowerful and at alltimes lucid, Mr. Gillie Potter is not onlya great comedian, he is a personificationof that force which has made Englandgreat. His signature tune, "A Fine OldEnglish Gentleman", is a wise choice.We wish him the very best of luck.

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(quietly and to yourself, if you like)your conceptions of what really isdeserving of admiration. You, dearJunior Freshwoman, are probably underthe illusion that all College activities andsuccesses are of supreme importance’Actually, eminence in our woEd reveals,at the most, some sort of ability orpromise. Whether this will ever amountto anything is what a hard, demandingworld will decide. But whether .you areultimately a genuine success is whatFour own inner self will know.

By now our bored readers, weary ofour sermon, are demanding " What hasall this to do with a Woman’s Column ?Where’s the feminine angle?" Just thinYears of observation has convinced usthat men are better, usually, at preserv-ing secret standards than we are. Cer-tainly they make idiots of themselves(just take one look, dear foolish female,at the various stage turns walking theFront Square), but the most intelligentare not really deceived. Women, how-ever, have for centuries been con-ditioned to this soul-destroying businessof accepting prevailing opinions andvalues, and the old weaknesses die hard.Often they are more perceptive, withinthe prevailing scheme; to east aside thewhole scheme as bunk is usually beyondthem. The shoddy, second-rate, second-hand pseudo-sophisticated values thatare the care of this College are there-fore a peculiarly potent threat to thegood sense of many of them.

So keep your head, and your sense andyour values, dear Freshwoman and dearSophister. And if you can maintain inaction about five or six possible selves,you will be doing nicely. Certainly youwill derive vast amusement from seeingthe efforts that a curious world willmake to discover the real you, and thereal explanation of why you behave asyou do. Ke~p them guessing and keepyour values--and, of course, a sense ofhumour!

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QUEEN’S FLATTERED BY HIGH

SCORE AGAINST TRINITYOnce again the weather stepped in to

spoil good open rugby when Trinity metQueen’s University in College Park, forcontinuous rain throughvut most of thegame made the ball almost unmanage-able.

Although Queen’s were the better sideand played the better, they were stillflattered by the final score. The Trinitypack pressed hard and played extremelywell throughout and it would be difficultto single out individual players¯ amongthe forwards, except pgssibly to mentionRoe s excellent hooking and line-outwork. A bad weakness showed itself inmissed tackles and a fatal slowness infalling on the ball.

Queen’s opened the scoring with aquick score from ,a serum near theTrinity line, and Pedlow split the defenceto go over near the posts. Later onGlass dropped a goal. @oDd followingup by the Queen’s forwards resulted inanother score from a cross-kick by theright-wing, which Glass converted, fol-lowed shortly afterwards by a blind-sidemovement which allowed a Queen’s for-ward to cross the line and score.

The vnly Trinity score came afterGaston intercepted a pass near theQueen’s " 25" and passed to Fullertonwho ran for the line to go over near thecorner fl~g.

A final spirited rush by the Queen’sforwards gave the last score of thegame, with the result 17-3 in theirfavour.

SECOND XVThe match between Trinity seconds

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sunshine. Trinity kicked ’off into thewind and rain. At first play was scrappyand shiftless until the players becamereconciled to the conditions. Surgeonstook the lead when Trinity were penal-ised in front of the post for a serum in-fringement. Snow led the team backand after a fine cross-feld movement, inwhich forwards and backs took part, theball was grounded behind the Surgeons’posts. P. Browne converted, and athalf-time Trinity led by five points tothree.

The Trinity fol"wards were nowmoving well, and the game livened upconsiderably. Foot rushes were fierce,and on the occasions when the backsreceived the ball they handled well.Browne had to go ~)ff due to an eye in-jury. Too meticulous refereeing sloweddown the game, leading to too manyserums and penalties. The final whistlewent without .any further score.

WATER POLO

Pearson Shines in WinOver U.C.D.

The College water polo team securedan easy victory over U.C.D. by six goalsto nil in the water polo match at IveaghBaths last Thursday. U.C.D. appearedto have a very strong team which in-cluded three of the Irish ’Varsity Swim-ming Team in S. McCarth:c, R. Wilsonand H. de Sousa, and the IrishUniversities’ 100 yards freestyle cham-pion, L. Fisher. However, the superiorfitness and positioning in play of theTrinity six told against them.

From the first whistle, Lockhartobtained possession of the ball andpassed to Pollard, who shot wide fromfar out. The play moved down to theTrinity goal when the ball was passedto Pearson in the middle of the bath.He took his chance--although a slimone--and whipped the ball into theU.C.D. goal. Minutes later, & hard shotby Lockhart was well saved by Beveridgebut fell in front of G. Potter, playingin his first match for the College, whoscored, putting Trinity two up justbefore half time.

The second half started in livelyfashion with Fletcher saving well ’fromde Sousa, playing on U.C.D’s left. Theball was passed to Lockhart, who, movingup the centre, was ~iven plenty of timeto score Trinity’s third goal. A minutelaver and Pearson had scored again, andagain when Wilson ignored a pass fromhis back. The Sixth goal was scored byJ. Lamb from the right wing in the lastfew seconds of the game.

The importance of this victory overU.C.D., usually our strongest rival, canhardly be overstressed. This game wasthe first in a series of Junior Leaguematches which will end just beforeChristmas. The winner of the JuniorLeague will move up to the SeniorLeague next term, and so Trinity’s goodstart seems to augur well for the future.

BOAT CLUB"Annual General Meeting

The llth Annual General Meeting ofthe Boat Club was held in the G.M.B. onThursday, 29th October. The followingofficers were elected for the season1953-54. Captain, J. C. Pearson;Secretary, J. H. HolroFd. An enjoyablesherry party was held afterwards ~nJammet’s Bar, followed by dinner at theDolphin Hotel. Due to unforseen cir-cumstances, certain members were unableto complete the course.

Rowing activities have now commencedin preparation for the Michaelmas AtHome. New members and freshmen arebeing coached for the Usher Cup races.All freshmen intending to row are askedto contact the Captain, J. C. Pearson, at28 T.C.D., or come to the Boat Club atIsland Bridge any afternoon after 2.30;when they will be welcome.

NIGHT TRIALBy consent of all eempetitors, the

night trial of Friday, 23rd October, runby the D.U. Motor Cycle and Light CarClub, was the most enjoyable functionof its kind in th~ club’s history.

Confirmed results were not availablewhen our last edition went to press; butthey have since revealed that KevinMurray, the Sligo master driver, wasbeaten narrowly into first place byLeinster’s Jack Gibney. Our ownremarkable Graduette, Anita Newell,showed everyone what a really out-standing driver she is by calmly pilotingher elderly MG into third position wellahead of her brother, Bobby, in his newBuckler. Ulster’s ace Volkswagen ex-ponent, Paddy Hopkirk, easily won theunfortunately small saloon class fromHenry St. G. Smith, another fancier efthis German product.

Great praise must go to the organisers,Messrs. O’Donal-Browne and Garvey,for laying out a most successful courseand one which, in its early stages, wasa far cry from the traditional D.U. type.They also took a bold step in loweringthe average speed from 24 to 18 m.p.h.,making things more safe and comfortablefor all.

The first car departed at 7.15 p.m.from Old Mill road junction, Rathcoole,Co. Dublin, for the first test at White-church, six miles away, on throughEdestown to Oldtown House, outsideNaas, where, through some ambiguityin the route card, one or two driversmissed the check. Those who were morefortunate received a word of greetingfrom intrepid Johnnie Petch and a smileof encouragement from pretty AnneHeatley. From thence, the night wasshattered by the lights of many"devices" proceeding through a seriesof tests at Blessington and BallysmuttenBridges, Ballyreagh Wood and Red Laneto the Glenview Hotel, where thecustomary ’foregathering was well up totraditional standards.

On Saturday, 7th November, theD.U.M.C. & L.C.C. is running a treasurehunt. Start at Gough Memorial, PhoenixPark, at 2.30 p.m. The course will be40 miles. Everyone welcome. Entry, 2/6per car for Club members and 3/6 non-members.

" Trinity News " has been privileged to obtainthe services of Vasil Mildew, the English motor-ing ~ournalist, who in .future editions will reporton road tests and giv~ impressions of well-known College vehicles.

SKI-INGThe Dublin University Ski Club offer

a magnificent winter-sport holiday inEurope’s mo s t modern resort, atSestrieres in Northern Italy.

All facilities for ski-ing and skating,and also other interests, catered for inthe very best manner. Night clubs, danc-ing and cinemas are offered for eveningentertainment. This is the finest holidayobtainable at the cheapest possible price.Any equiries welcomed: D. Flanagan,Capt., 30 T.C.D.; L. Kevany, Hon. See.,12 T.C.D.

Annual General Meeting will be heldin Regent House at 4 p.m. on Friday,6th .of November, at which all informa-tion for intending members will beavailable.

RUGBY TOURThe rugby team left on Monday for a

ten-day tour of England. To-day theyplay a strong team at Oxford; thisshould be their hardest match, but itscoming at the beginning of the tourshould prove to be an advantage to theTrinity side. On Saturday, we playLondon-Irish, whom we beat ten daysago. As the " Irish" will be bent onavenging their defeat, it will be touchand go. The team moves on fromLondon to Leeds, where it will playHeadingly. Unforunately, Trinity will bewithout Roe, and possibly Tector, whoseankle is suspect after an injury in lastSaturday’s match. We wish the teamthe best of luck. We hope to be ableto report the thre’e games in our nextissue.

SOCCERIn one of those many friendlies, in

which the soccer club seems to indulgethese days, Trinity found little difficultyin heating a team from Surgeons lastThursday. The Surgeons’ team had themisfortune to possess only ten men forthe first half-hour, during which thehome team managed to gain a 3-0 lead.After regaining their full complementof men, Surgeons replied and at halftime the score stood at 3-1.

Both t’eams provided a lively exhibition ’and the play moved from goal to ’goalrapidly. However, Trinity were alwaysthe more dangerous in attack, due mainlyto the clever play of T. P. A. McGloinin the centre forward position. Thecaptain, G. Wheeler, playing at centrehalf, was also very much to the fore,appearing in the most unexpected places.

In the second half, scoring on bothsides became more nrolific, leaving thefinal score 8-’4 in Trinity’s favour.

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