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books books books HODGES FIG618 ¯.. where else? TRIN ITY N EWS A Dublin University Undergraduate Weekly THURSDAY, 19th NOVEMBER, 1964 PRICE THREEPENCE Tailoring Under the supervision of our London-trained cutter GOWNS, HOODS, CASSOCKS, BLAZERS 3 CHURCH LANE COLLEGE GREEN ews Jern ; to ngly rSle Ijoys no of g a re at ishes OW$. s his been king. hold his At will and ,y. ld BITTER ATTACK ON TRINITY "Cherwell" Passes Judgement From Our News Editor A contingent from the staff of the Oxford University newspaper 9’ ° " "Cherwell twelve days ago paid a week-end visit to Dubhn, and this week’s edition contained a foreign supplement in which the visitors tried to describe their impressions of this city. Copies of " Cherwell " havebeen on sale in Trinity and the re- actions to the supplement amongst undergraduates here who saw it was chiefly of surprise and disappointment. This was because the supplement did not succeed in rising above the superficial and ignorantly biased picture of Dublin and Irish life which every un- informed and uncritical Englishman seems to possess. It was typical of the adolescent approach of the visitors that they gave principal place in their description to the issue of censor- ship in Ireland. One is led to con- clude that they came with pre- conceived and prejudiced ideas from which even their short ex- perience here did not disillusion them, Every aware person knows that there is a censorship in Ireland just as there is one in England, and one might reason- ably have expected presumably sophisticated undergraduates from Oxford to realise that different countries require different forms and degrees of censorship. The visitors also came to Trinity which they described as displaying "all the worst in Oxford " with " few of our saving graces," while the stranger to Dublin was advised " not to take in Trinity College." The supple- Tel. 75545 Trocadero Restaurant 3-4 ST. ANDREW ST., Open daily till 1 a.m. Sundays, 5.80 p.m. till midnight Books tO Treasure APCK Booksellers and Pubh’sbers 37 DAWSON ST. DUBLIN 2 ment also contained numerous jibes at religon and at the Irish character, but one is inclined not to take such criticism seriously when its writers include people like Bill Jones who has not even learned how to spell " Guinness." Whether or not it is true, as "Cherwell" says, that " in re- lation to Trinity, Oxford is a red brick university," it certainly seems true that in relation to the undergraduates here, those at Oxford nowadays seem to include among their numbers many vulgar and discourteous upstarts. W.U.S. Week Again Next week, the World Univer- esity Service is holding its annual fund-raising week. Last year £980 was raised for the inter- national fund and over the next two years it is hoped to raise £2,500. This money will be devoted to a student hostel, being built largely by voluntary student labour, in Guatemala. Many and diverse activities are being organised. This year season tickets will be available, giving admission to all the functions of the week at a considerably re- duced cost. The following is part of the programme: Sunday, 2.30 p.m.--Car Treasure Hunt starts from the Indian Embassy. Monday, i.0 p.m.--Grand Fiesta Concert in Exam. Hall. 2.0 p.m. --Parade leaves St. Stephens Green. 9.0 p.m.--Informal Dance in Power’s Hotel, Kildare Street. Tuesday, 12.30 p.m.--Charity Lunches in G.M.B. Bridge Exhibition Match in Friday, 8.0 p.m. -- All-Night Eason’s. Saturday, 12.45 p.m.JFiesta in the Exam. Hall. From Monday begins the marathon piano-playing in College Green, the W.U.S. Art Exhibition in No. 12, and the raffle. The stall at Front Gate will have all the information and tickets required. One W~ Streets?mTut Tut. ~lrlsk Times. POWELL’S TWO MYTHS Reasons for Economic "Failure" A week of visits by personalities was crowned last Friday night when Enoch Powell, ex-Minister of Health,, addressed the 1964 Com- mittee in the G.MdB., with Dr. McDowell in the chair. One hundred and fifty people heard Mr. Powell elaborate a theory which showed that British failure in the economic world was based upon two myths. The first was the " imperial " myth perpetrated in the 1890’s to show Britain was in fact Great. The second was the " workshop of the world" tag which would seem to indicate that Britain was the initiator of all technological process, but was now sinking in the " Economic Growth Tables." The psychological effects of these two myths have been great and long-lasting because they have been accepted by the Time*. Enoch Powell addressing the 1964 Committee. majority of nations and exph)n in a roundabout fashion why people are disappointed with Britain’s economic performance to-day. He went on to illustrate how in fact Britain never really was the "workshop of the world," that the productivity of labour has always been lower than in the United States, that because of the early start to the Industrial Revolution, Britain’s share in the World Trade was bound to decline. The imperial " myth" meant that Britain was looked upon as a nation above all others, where " Britannia ruled the waves " and so she appeared stronger in fact that she was. Only in India did Britain possess a true Empire and the ideas of the 1890’s, which were pushed forward by a few with a certain political end in mind, only serve to illustrate the misconception of the Empire as a political advantage. As a result it is false to explain any national decadence by the decline in the Empire because it never really existed. Thus it is the " identical twin" of the cause of Britain’s supposed economic failure to-day. Questions ranged from why the Conservative Party used the slogan of " You’ve never had it so good " when the country was not in such a good shape, as his talk showed, to a question con- cerning his refusal to serve under Sir Alec in October, 1963. All these were dealt with adroitness one expects from such an ex- perienced Parliamentarian and the lively evening was brought to an end by a lively Junior Dean. QUINTIN HOGG On page four of this week’s issue we publish an exclusive interview between our News Editor and Mr. Quintin Hogg. Bartkus is Willing Welcoming and Appreciative of Trinity Customerm We can supply ALL your Stationery end Office Equip- ment Needs---It the keenest prices. Why not call and inspect our range of Ring Binders, Refills, Notebooks, Desks, Pens, Rulers, Files, etc. HELY’S LTD. DAME STREET, DUBLIN m ~ m I I I I D.U.E.S.A. I I I I I " SCIENCE AND THE I I SUPERNATURAL " i I Address by SIR ARNOLD LUNN ] I Chairman: F. A. 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TRIN ITY N EWSA Dublin University Undergraduate Weekly

THURSDAY, 19th NOVEMBER, 1964 PRICE THREEPENCE

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ON TRINITY"Cherwell" Passes Judgement

From Our News Editor

A contingent from the staff of the Oxford University newspaper9’ ° ""Cherwell twelve days ago paid a week-end visit to Dubhn, and

this week’s edition contained a foreign supplement in which thevisitors tried to describe their impressions of this city.

Copies of " Cherwell " havebeen on sale in Trinity and the re-actions to the supplement amongst undergraduates here who saw itwas chiefly of surprise and disappointment. This was because thesupplement did not succeed in rising above the superficial andignorantly biased picture of Dublin and Irish life which every un-informed and uncritical Englishman seems to possess.

It was typical of the adolescentapproach of the visitors that theygave principal place in theirdescription to the issue of censor-ship in Ireland. One is led to con-clude that they came with pre-conceived and prejudiced ideasfrom which even their short ex-perience here did not disillusionthem, Every aware person knowsthat there is a censorship inIreland just as there is one inEngland, and one might reason-ably have expected presumablysophisticated undergraduates fromOxford to realise that differentcountries require different formsand degrees of censorship.

The visitors also came toTrinity which they described asdisplaying "all the worst inOxford " with " few of our savinggraces," while the stranger toDublin was advised " not to takein Trinity College." The supple-

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ment also contained numerousjibes at religon and at the Irishcharacter, but one is inclined notto take such criticism seriouslywhen its writers include peoplelike Bill Jones who has not evenlearned how to spell " Guinness."

Whether or not it is true, as"Cherwell" says, that " in re-lation to Trinity, Oxford is a redbrick university," it certainlyseems true that in relation to theundergraduates here, those atOxford nowadays seem to includeamong their numbers many vulgarand discourteous upstarts.

W.U.S. WeekAgain

Next week, the World Univer-esity Service is holding its annualfund-raising week. Last year£980 was raised for the inter-national fund and over the nexttwo years it is hoped to raise£2,500. This money will bedevoted to a student hostel, beingbuilt largely by voluntary studentlabour, in Guatemala.

Many and diverse activities arebeing organised. This year seasontickets will be available, givingadmission to all the functions ofthe week at a considerably re-duced cost. The following is partof the programme:

Sunday, 2.30 p.m.--Car TreasureHunt starts from the IndianEmbassy.

Monday, i.0 p.m.--Grand FiestaConcert in Exam. Hall. 2.0 p.m.--Parade leaves St. StephensGreen. 9.0 p.m.--Informal Dancein Power’s Hotel, Kildare Street.

Tuesday, 12.30 p.m.--CharityLunches in G.M.B.Bridge Exhibition Match in

Friday, 8.0 p.m. -- All-NightEason’s.

Saturday, 12.45 p.m.JFiesta inthe Exam. Hall.

From Monday begins themarathon piano-playing in CollegeGreen, the W.U.S. Art Exhibitionin No. 12, and the raffle. Thestall at Front Gate will have allthe information and ticketsrequired.

One W~ Streets?mTut Tut. ~lrlsk Times.

POWELL’S TWO MYTHSReasons for Economic "Failure"

A week of visits by personalities was crowned last Friday nightwhen Enoch Powell, ex-Minister of Health,, addressed the 1964 Com-mittee in the G.MdB., with Dr. McDowell in the chair. One hundredand fifty people heard Mr. Powell elaborate a theory which showedthat British failure in the economic world was based upon two myths.

The first was the " imperial "myth perpetrated in the 1890’sto show Britain was in fact Great.The second was the " workshopof the world" tag which wouldseem to indicate that Britain wasthe initiator of all technologicalprocess, but was now sinking inthe " Economic Growth Tables."The psychological effects ofthese two myths have been greatand long-lasting because theyhave been accepted by the

Time*.

Enoch Powelladdressing the 1964 Committee.

majority of nations and exph)nin a roundabout fashion whypeople are disappointed withBritain’s economic performanceto-day.

He went on to illustrate how infact Britain never really was the"workshop of the world," thatthe productivity of labour hasalways been lower than in theUnited States, that because ofthe early start to the IndustrialRevolution, Britain’s share in theWorld Trade was bound todecline.

The imperial " myth" meantthat Britain was looked upon asa nation above all others, where" Britannia ruled the waves " andso she appeared stronger in factthat she was. Only in India didBritain possess a true Empire andthe ideas of the 1890’s, whichwere pushed forward by a fewwith a certain political end inmind, only serve to illustrate themisconception of the Empireas a political advantage. As aresult it is false to explain anynational decadence by the declinein the Empire because it neverreally existed. Thus it is the" identical twin" of the cause ofBritain’s supposed economicfailure to-day.

Questions ranged from whythe Conservative Party used theslogan of " You’ve never had itso good " when the country wasnot in such a good shape, as histalk showed, to a question con-cerning his refusal to serve underSir Alec in October, 1963. Allthese were dealt with adroitnessone expects from such an ex-perienced Parliamentarian andthe lively evening was brought toan end by a lively Junior Dean.

QUINTIN HOGGOn page four of this week’s

issue we publish an exclusiveinterview between our News

Editor and Mr. Quintin Hogg.

Bartkus is WillingWelcoming and Appreciative

of Trinity Customerm

We can supply ALL yourStationery end Office Equip-ment Needs---It the keenestprices. Why not call andinspect our range of RingBinders, Refills, Notebooks,Desks, Pens, Rulers, Files, etc.

HELY’S LTD.DAME STREET, DUBLIN

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I D.U.E.S.A. II I

II " SCIENCE AND THE I

I SUPERNATURAL " i

I Address by SIR ARNOLD LUNN ]

I Chairman: F. A. REID, M.A. I

II IN THE CHEMISTRY THEATRE

I

FRIDAY, 20th NOV., at 8 p.m. I

II Coffee and Biscuits at 7.30-- !

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TRINITY NE WSA Dublin University Undergraduate Weekly

Vol. XII Thursday, 19th November, 1964 No. 3

Chairman:Douglas Halliday

Editors:Bill Hutchinson, Hirabel Walker, Robin Knight

Business Board:Max Unwin, Charles Halliday, Hamish McRae.

Secretary:Caroline Western

DICTUM SAPIENTI...Educational polemicists have, for many years now, been locked in

printed conflict over the merits and demerits of the various methodsof university teaching. In Trinity, like it or not, we are landed witha system that guarantees even the most unenlightening of lecturers areasonably full lecture room. At the beginning of every year, theacademic cobwebs are brushed off the notes of many lecturers, andthese speaking corpses plunge, with even less enthusiasm than before,into another year of ritual regurgitation of their ageing gospels.However, even amongst those members of the staff who are not yetintellectually bankrupt, there exist men who, though highly qualifiedin the sense of having large blocks of post-graduate degrees, are byno means qualified or even able to communicate their message totheir students. The most basic function of a lecturer is to impartknowledge of (or at the least enthusiasm for) his subject. To get thisacross to a lecture of one hundred people requires both fluency,preparation and imagination; however, come exam time, many ofthese oratorical failures expect their students to show gems ofinterest and comprehension, combined with a demonstration thattheir words of wisdom have animated some magical mental processthat produces original thought. Lecturers are hired by the Univer-sity mainly on the basis of their degree qualifications; there is no checkwhatever to see whether or not the lecturer is performing his primaryfunction adequately. Scholarship (an essential quality in a universityteacher) may be an indicator of intellectual prowress--however, it iscertainly no indicator of teaching ability. Banal platitudes from agenius for two hours a week are unlikely to fertilise potentialacademy. The College should take more care that those employedto propagate knowledge have the ability to do so.

Given our present system of compulsory lectures (rather than theinfinitely better system of tutorials) full use should be made of thelimited teaching opportunities provided by it. Students are neitherfooled by nor interested in lecturers who clearly have only preparedenough material for ten minutes’ speaking and spend the rest of thehour repeating it in various ill-disguised forms. A lecturer should haveenough command of his subject to know the fundamentals that shouldbe given to students; it is up to the individual to take up the variousthreads of inquiry and weave them into a tapestry of opinionativecriticism. Trinity has a fine academic record. Many of the peoplepresently on its staff are extremely brilliant thinkers. However,it does seem that a considerable proportion of their time would bebetter s~)ent on improving their lecturing ability, instead of wanderingin vales of obscure academy and leaving their students to flounder in amorass of untrained ideas, if this does not happen, Trinity may,unknowingly, be performing an academic abortion on itself.

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THE FAREWELL STATEA Report by

It is a very tough life for theunmarried mother who decides tokeep her child. One particularlypitiful case we had was that ofa girl who had had her thirdillegitimate child from Hollowayand hoped to marry the father ofthe children, who is now inGloucester prison, later this year.Her total income is £4 15s. perweek National Assistance, and18s. per week Family Allowance.She lives with her mother withwhom relationships are strained,but she cannot find anywhereelse within the area to live forthe amount the National Assist-ance Board are prepared to putup towards her rent. This girlhas got into an almost hopelesssituation, but she is determinedto keep her family together, andstart a new life when her husbandcomes out of prison. I visited herseveral times, and saw that thestrain of trying to cope with thefamily and find somewhere to livewas very telling¯ She told methat she sometimes got sodesperate for money by the endof the week she was tempted tosteal, and at times she felt likegiving up the whole unequalstruggle and having her childrengiven into care and brought up ina Home. Time and again oneheard distraught mothers say howtired they were of their own fourwalls, and the wailing of the kids,and never having even 2s.. 6d.over for the cinema at the end ofthe week. Admittedly it is notalways an unequal struggle. Some-times the putative father pays aweekly maintenance, sometimesthe mothers can find a part-timejob that fits in with the L.C.C.nursery hours, or a minder tolook after their children¯

Occasionally a closely-knit EastEnd family, of which there aremany, will insist that theirdaughter should bring her childhome and it grows up accepted asone of the family. One daughterof a family like this wrote to us:" Mum took him to the clinic two

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weeks ago and he weighed 17 Ibs.8 ozs., goodness knows what hewill weigh this Thursday, blesshim, I wouldn’t part with him foranything."

Unless, however, life is goingto be comparatively smooth foran unmarried mother who keepsher baby, adoption does seem tobe a more practical course¯Adopting parents are chosen withgreat care, and asked very de-tailed questions about the kindof home they are able to give thechild. As far as possible they arecarefully matched with the realparents of the child in tempera-ment if not in background. Themother never knows where herchild has gone, and will never seeit again, while being certain thatit is in safe hands. For instance,last year the National AdoptionSociety had 1,418 enquiries fromprospective adopters, of whomonly 267 were accepted. Duringthe probation period, the prelim-inary few months of adoption,only one mother in 39 asked forher child to be returned.

When one deals with cases ofprostitutes soliciting at nightwhile carrying their illegitimatebabies, or leaving them all nightunattended while they go on thestreets, or bringing them up inthe brothels they live in, so thatthey will probably follow thesame profession in the end, theadvantages of adoption becomeapparent. We dealt with onepathetic case of a West Indiangirl called Clover who, desper-ately lonely in this alien land,frequently invited men to her flatfor the night to give her a feel-ing of comfort and a transientsecurity. When the eldest of herthree children was about 3½ yearsold she wrote to us: "1 feel verymuch ashame of having them inthis little place and I am ashamedto talk about them too, knowing

Walkerthat they don’t have any father¯ . . I always say I don’t want anychildren but when I get them Ican’t do anything but sorry I did¯ . I want you to know that I amnot giving them up to get anotherone . . . I am giving them up sothat I can make good for themall, I can’t do nothing but crywhen I have to say anythingabout them because the shame isright in front of me and I can’tbear to see it . . ." She asked forher children to be put into thecare of Dr. Barnado’s while shegot a job to support them.

Although we dealt mainly withunmarried mothers, we acceptedevery kind of case, of whichthe most heart-rending wereover accommodation. It wastragic to see families split throughlack of accommodation; t h echildren were put into the careof the local council until theirparents found somewhere to live,perhaps in a few years’ time.

Some cases were more cheer-ing, such as that of the teen-agemarried couple who were £15behind with rent, and were given£5 towards this debt from churchfunds. They received a letterfrom the landlord refusing themoney as ’" others need it more,"and allowing them to stay onwith the arrears unpaid.

This was one of the fewencouraging instances in theotherwise depressing round ofthe social worker’s job asmediator between bureaucracyand the individual.

It is ironic that a society whichis so outspoken in condemningthe " holier than thou" attitudeof the Victorians, and in assert-ing its broadmindedness, never-theless itself finds no place forthe unmarried mother. TheWelfare State makes some pro-vision for her, but socially sheremains beyond the pale, despitethe injustice of condemningsomeone who "produces theevidence of what everyone isdoing."

One party: no reparties, butthat King of snide RoddyCrumble arrived over fro mOxford to do a lightning surveyof Trinity’s social life. He chosethe wrong week-end. Still, hedid manage to paint the townpuce in his own sweet reader’sdigesty way.

First he met the naice peoplewho went racing at Naas. JamesBrown mumbled drunkenly to adisinterested collection of wetgrass, why is it that James mustalways be on the flat. HughTeacher was his usual friskyself, while Hike Short touted.Roddy didn’t like the look of JohnMacDonald’s eyes, a case ofCassanova cough-cough. DaphneAlexander didn’t look at thehorses much but nobody worried.

Next he moved into the worldof highballs and low brows and

met Charles Edwards who had his"J must go clown to Carnaby St."look about him, and was en-thralled by that Queen of ClevageBridget Byrne. Alain " I’ll getyou m a corner" Chawner gavehis inimitable impression of ablue cum Ioo singer, yes? top ofthe nit parade, but Roddy wasn’timpressed as much as he was withour own musical muse FrancisRainey who, unfortunately, had acoda in his dose. Behind hisback he caught a glimpse of HughIremonger sipping a small gin andbitters, while Ruth Ludgate had acase of titters over Hike Dollins’quest for another breakthrough¯

Friday the 13th and darklydressed, we celebrated Black Massat Wellington Place. The ritualbegan: Jeremy Grierson wasbending ore r backwards toplease, but obviously Pippa

Packham sees no more in himthan do the rest of us. AlainChawner and Liz Bell murmured" Red Hair" which would seem amatter of great importance inboth their lives. Dark figuresgathered round Michael Crow,and Declan Budd was silhouettedagainst an archway. Peter Stockenwas charming all adversaries, butkept his Wooden Heart. SimonElliot exceeded his ration ofchampagne, but there was enoughto keep everybody happy, evenAntonia Peck in the face of trendsetter Joh n Jennyns, holdingforth on male fashions. When allwas done, our hosts were leftrhythmically beguiling the latenight, Julian Matthews on thetrumpet, Peter Vesey on the bag-pipes, Hartyn Rix on the recorderwith James Farrer at the piano,and John Platt gathering thestubs of the black candles.

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Telefis Eireann have an annoy-ing habit of giving viewers a briefglimpse of how good their pro-grammes can be and then shelv-ing them as quickly as possible.While series such as "Tolka Row"go on and on without so much asa bend or a twist to relieve themonotony, Television Workshopwas given just one chance. Itappeared as a rather pale imita-tion of TW3 yet it had the mak-ing, the ideas and the talentworth developing. But no; some-where along the line it has metwith disapproval. Let’s hopethat Montrose comes to its sensessoon.

With minimum ceremony theChristmas lights (Regent St.,1952) have been switched on inGrafton St., as a symbol of spend-ing adding to the garishly care-free atmosphere. This is amonumental occasion--after all itdid warrant a four-column photoin the " Irish Times"--and will,no doubt, trigger off yet anotherseason of Advent sayings. Wecan now expect the usual crusad-ing clerics’ package deal sermonson the " Spirit of Giving," withside-tracking grouses on "Thecommercialisation of Christmas,teenage morals, drinking -- tomention just a few." What wasall that about a happy Chris . . .

Mr. Hugh Shields of the Frenchdepartment, collector and broad-caster of Irish ballads, hasrecently won first prize of £50 inan Irish ballad competition heldin Belfast. He sang "OurWedding" and "1 Long to GetMarried, " simply and directly,"according to the adjudicator.

A kind of mid-term madnesshas been sweeping College in thelast few days. Apart from theJ.D. giving a superb take-off of across traffic warden, a dogclimbed diligently on to the topof No. 35, slept through Dr.Skeffingon on Flaubert and leftunnoticed at the end. The voiceof an adult borrower boomedthrough the Reading Room andproduced an outburst of hissingfrom students only matched bymembers of the League ofDecency at an anti-clerical play.

Not so long ago the " crab-likewalk" of young lovers in Dublinwas condemned in the CatholicPress, as was kissing in publicparks, doorways and thorough-fares. Paris, according to the"Sunday Press," has the sameproblems. But the problem wasdelightfully put in perspective bya French specialist, ProfessorAndre Soubiran, when he said:" Kissing in public is excellent forthe secretion of saliva and there-fore very good for the digestion."I suppose you can look at it thatway.

BROWN’S139 St. Stephen’s Green

REVIEWS --NIGHT OF THE IGUANA

Night of the Iguana containsTennessee Williams’ usual fascin-ating characters; the tortured,congregationless Rev. T. Law-rence Shannon; Charlotte, afifteen-year-old needing someoneto adore; Miss Mellows, herspinsterish chaperone; Maxine,the earthy hotel owner with herbeach boys to love; and thestrong-willed woman traveller andher poet grandfather, a wonderfulcomic figure towards the end ofthe film.

Rev. Shannon is shut out of hischurch when he tells his con-gregation what he thinks of them.A job as guide to Baptist Leaguewomen in Mexico brings him incontact with Charlotte, MissMellows and Haxine, all powerfulwomen in their own ways.

REVIEWSThe film is about the need for

human contact and forgiveness.Shannon becomes a Christ-figure,driven to self-destruction by thecriticism of his smug parishioners;Maxine needs a man about theplace, Charlotte needs someoneto adore, and the traveller, playedby Deborah Kerr, is a model ofselfless love, portrayed withscarcely a trace of sentimentality.(Only once does she sound a littleI i ke the Queen’s Christmasmessage.) Shannon’s one success-ful act is of charity, freeing theiguana at the end of its tether.

John Huston’s direction is un-obstrusively smooth and some-times beautiful. Richard Burtoncatches brilliantly the bitter witof a man who knows he isdestroying himself, and AvaGardner, Sue Lyon and DeborahKerr put in splendid perform-ances. Williams has continuedwhat he started in " Period of

Adjustment," writing on theborders of comedy and drama,and he again succeeds brilliantly.

C.S.

THE SKY ABOVE, THEIHUD BENEATH

" The Sky Above and the MudBeneath " at the Astor Cinema isa treat for the connoisseur of badfilms. The subject matter, ajourney across the unexploredand unmapped centre of NewGuinea, could have been interest-ing, but combined with an in-sentive translation of an over-enthusiastic script, it became atfirst irritating and later laughable.However, when at last the crazedsurvivors emerge from the foreston to the coast of North Guinea,one it at least relieved. C.W.

PLAYERS PLEASE.

Of Players’ two one-act playsproduced this week by MikeMackenzie and Martyn Lewis,"Apollo de Ballac" by Jean

Garandoux was the more in-teresting, and " The Dark Lady ofthe Sonnets " by G. B. Shaw, themore successful. With a largecast, the former just missedachieving the unity essential in aone-act play. Helen Stewart asMademoisella Agnes, a timid girlwho gains confidence throughsincerity, is not quite appealingenough at the beginning, notwistful enough at the end, butdelightful in between. The manfrom Ballac was quietly playedby David Henderson, but DouglasHenderson was a little cumber-some.

"The Dark Lady of theSonnets" was well staged.Martyn Lewis, who produced theplay and played the part ofShakespeare, had great presence,and the Queen Elizabeth, MaureenMarcus, was a challenging one.In both these plays there was atendency to make a disturbingnumber of small gestures, butotherwise they were successfulproductions. C.W.

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Certainly there are easier waysof decorating rooms. A coupleof reproductions from the CollegeGallery would have covered thosedamp patches on the walls for amere ten bob. A B.O.A.C. posterwould be even cheaper. Butneither of these solutions wouldhave g iven much aestheticpleasure, and it struck me thatit would be a good excuse toinitiate a collection of old prints.

I had two choices open. Icould either root around the junkshops on the quays in the hopeof picking up something valuable,cheaply; or I could go to a dealer.If you know a lot about printsyou would probably be better totry the junk shops. I didn’t, and,seeing th e advertisement in" Trinity News," went down tothe Neptune Gallery in St.Stephen’s Green.

I decided not to spend morethan £20, for which I wantedabout half a dozen interestingprints. If that sounds a lot ofmoney, remember that the fourMalton’s that the Phil paid £60for three years ago are now worth

£100. All capital appreciationgratefully received.

Though I was limited to thecheaper items, this did notgreatly hamper my choice. Manywere priced at under £2. Someof these are rather dull--theBartlett views of Ireland wouldmake excellent presents for one’smaiden aunts. Many more areboth amusing and attractive. Iparticularly liked the numerouscomic situations in Rowlandson’sDance of Death (1815)--theSkeleton Death anxious to pur-suade buxom bosomed matronsto enter his fold. I included twoof these cartoons in my collectionfor £2 10s. A detail from one isillustrated. More serene, butequally interesting, were themezzotints by Lucas after Con-stable. Though normally usedfor portraiture, this technique isperhaps even more successful inlandscape reproduction. In fact,Constable and Lucas worked inconjunction to produce this series.I particularly liked the view ofHampstead Heath, with stormapproachin, price £3.

The Neptune Gallery alsospecialises in old maps of Ireland.

Last Friday our News Editor hadan exclusive interview withQuintin Hogg at Dublin Airport.

News Editor: Will your maininterest continue to be in politics,or will you devote more of yourtime to the Bar?

rQuintin Hogg: Well, it is morea question of how much attentionthe Bar will pay to me. Atpresent there is no real choiceand I intend to play my part inthe Opposition.

Do you approve of the 15%surcharge to improve the Balanceof Payments? If not, whatalternative action would yousuggest, and do you think thatireland should be given specialconcessions ?

I’m not a very good economist,but I don’t believe in the " crisis."I notice that Wilson last year atSwansea said that if there werecrises he would deal with themby using interest rates. Onlywhen the election came along andhe had to find something differentdid he think of the import levy.There are plenty of combinationsof policies to deal with theproblem another way. There wasinadequate consultation wit hfriends and allies and it is atragedy if EFTA, which is foundedon need, is forgotten in a resortto unilateral action. Being partlyIrish myself I would like to seeIreland given special treatment,but if we make any exceptionswe will be reminded of ourobligations to EFTA and GATTas well. I myself felt thatIreland and England should beregarded as a Free Trade area.

Were you surprised by the con-tents of Mr. Callaghan’s Budget?Do you think that the LabourParty had a mandate for the taxincreases in view of the fact thatthey emphasised during theelection campaign that their

policies would be paid for out ofincreases in productivity?

This is difficult to answer asI’m not yet aware of the exactimpositions. I realised all along,of course, that if you are goingto pay for votes you are certainto have to do something drastic.I had, however, expected the

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I would have liked to buy some-thing from Speed’s Atlas of 161 I,but the price, around £20, wasout of the question. Instead Ichose a map by Norden (c. 1725),for £6 10s. While it lacks theinterest of the earlier miss-shapenattempts, the quality of theengraving make it an attractiveornament. Besides, it is big; thatdamp patch, remember?

I was also attracted to the

Chancellor to soak the rich in-stead of soaking everybody. Ihadn’t expected the rise in incometax so soon and that came as anasty taste in the mouth. Theyhad to put up income tax to payfor the social benefits, but theshocking thing is that having hadan election less than a monthago they had to pretend that thiswasn’t so. They had, therefore,to invent the economic crisis toenable them to pay for theirelection bribes, and this I con-sider to be a dishonest policy, forthe Labour Party have simplymisled the public.

When would you like to seeanother election? On what plat-form do you think the Con-servative Party should fight it ifit were to take place as soon assome observers suggest it might?Do you think that your platformat the last election was positiveenough?

I don’t think the public wantanother election before Christmasand it must be prepared to acceptresponsibility for what it has donefor a month or two. No one cansay I didn’t warn them. Wecan’t chuck our old manifestointo the dustbin and fight an in-consistent policy. The situationwill be developing and our policywill change with it. It has beenmodified already and we canexpect this to continue. Ourplatform was inherent from thesituation of being in power. Youcan’t bring out new proposalswithout people saying, "Whywasn’t this don e before?"Government policy tends to belost because it is enacted item byitem whereas the Oppositionmanifesto tends to come as arevelation from on high.

Do you think it will be possiblefor the Labour Party to carry outits programme?

It is difficult to say. They dohave a narrow majority and ifthey want to waste time in doingthings the country doesn’t wantor need they can ride roughshodover it. But they will pay for itwhen the day of reckoning arises.I doubt if the Lords would liketo kick out any Bill aimed atre-nationalising s t e e I. They

normally only reject Bills onsecond reading wh ere con-stitutional issues are concerned,and I don’t know how far theyshould take Gallup polls as a con-stitutional convention. My ownview is that the Labour Party hasa small majority for a basket ofeggs, one of which is rotten.

Is the power of the PrimeMinister increasing?

I’m not absolutely sure. Ithink that if I had had the officeI would have altered its structureradically from what it is now. Itis too much an administrativemachine and should be integratedwith the Cabinet office and twoor three deputy prime ministersappointed. The Cabinet officeshould play a bigger part in co-ordinating present policy, in theplanning of future policy and inwatching over the machinery ofgovernment. A cardinal mistakeof the Wilson government hasbeen the unnecessary appoint-ment of Brown. Reform shouldhave begun in the office of thePrime Minister where there istoo much personal rule and toolittle efficiency. The P.M. shouldbe a man of leisure who shouldpick out the things that matterand go into them in great detail.Most important matters runthemselves simply and the P.M.should pick out the key issuesbefore they arise. Wilson is infavour of personal rule andthinks he is the re-incarnation ofPresident Kennedy which, ofcourse, he is not.

Do you see a trend towardsthe increasing importance of theState and the diminishing im-portance of the individual.

Individualism is something forwhich we must be continuallyfighting or else it will diminish.But to fight for anything in termsof a past philosophy is futile. Ibelieve that there are many in-stitutions that should have anexistence independent from theState. The modern State is anelaborate construction and ex-tends into many aspects of ourlife. I do not think it is asoppressive under Conservativerule, but under Socialist rule ittends to become arbitrary.

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wood engravings of the DalzielBrothers. For technical skillthese must be amongst the bestwork done on wood in the 19thcentury. I chose "Cottages"from Birket Foster’s " Picturesof English Landscape," publishedin 1862. The price was £1 10s.

Finally, a political cartoon: Iwas torn between something byHogarth, which would have beenimpressive but a bit too well

known, and a selection of colourcartoons of the late eighteenthand early nineteenth centuries,including Sauley, Rowlandson,Newton, Cruikshank and Gillray.I settled on a Gillray parody ofthe death of General Wolfe(1795) for £6 10s.

And so there you have it. I hadspent my total of £20. Manypeople would disagree with mychoice. This is, after all, essenti-ally an individual matter. Theymight possibly have wanted toinclude plant and animal prints.Some of the fashion plates (takenfrom a sort of 1803 "Vogue")were also most appealing. How-ever, I have, I hope, shown thatit is possible to make a start toa collection reasonably cheaply.I tried to buy good examples oftheir type even if the type is atpresent not particularly popular.Because of this, the prints, quiteapart from any aesthetic valuethey may have, should prove tobe a sound investment. More andmore people are realising that,though they can’t afford anoriginal work of a master, theycan at least buy contemporaryreproductions carried out underthe artist’s supervision. Whetheryou collect prints as a secondbest, or for their own sake, thefield is so vast that everyone canfind a niche to suit both theirpocket and their taste.

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November 19th, 1964 TRINITY NEWS 5

Sports Editor

Robin Knight

RugbyCollegians, 13 pts.; Trinity, 0Trinity put up a good all-round

performance against a powerfuland experienced Collegians sidewho were somewhat flattered bythe margin of their victory. Butthe hard fact is that Trinity wereagain defeated and have only alone success against Monkstownto their credit.

The game was played almostthroughout in rain and a strongishcold wind which made handlingdifficult. The Trinity pack didwell in containing the heavierCollegian forwards for much ofthe game. Butterworth excelledin the loose and Jones jumpedwell in the line-outs, often foil-ing the Collegian combinationsof "94" downwards. Consider-ing the conditions the backs, too,played well, with Coker andMorrison covering efficiently, andStafford-Clark tackling hisopposite number on severaloccasions.

Trinity should have gone aheadin the 16th minutes, but Murphymissed an easy penalty followingan upfield rush by Whittaker andButterworth. Then a quarter ofan hour later, Collegians’ talentedyoung out-half, C h a m b e r s,wriggled over near the posts. Mid-way through the second half aCollegians movement went mostof the length of the field for theleft wing to score far out, andwith 7 minutes remaining theother wing cut through themiddle and touched down be-neath the posts.

To their credit, Trinitythroughout maintained t h ei rattempts to open up the game,though the halves were on thereceiving end of some rough play,Murphy sustaining a well ex-ecuted uppercut at one stage.Wilson and Whittaker tackledwell, but the latter’s attackingefforts were marred by histendency to overdo his insideswerve which resulted in hisbeing caught in possesesion ontoo many occasions. Trinity wereplaying directly into the wind inthe second half, but the team’sfitness never appeared suspect,the pack invariably being on handand the backs generally runningand covering well.

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season after the A.G.M., underthe supervision of the newcaptain, P. H. S. Braidwood. Thisseason marks a departure fromprevious seasons in that the Clubis to abandon its temporaryflirtation with Continental stylesand revert to the conventionalEnglish style of rowing. Thismeans that, during the season, itwill dispense with the coachingservices of Pat Bradley, EnglishOlympic oarsman, Oxford BlueBoat coach, and member of theLeander Club. It is hoped thatthe change will serve toeliminate the present destructivegap between the Senior Eight andthe rest of the Club. Anothercorollary is that the present pre-occupation with rowing atHenley is to be set aside in favourof a concentration upon Irishrowing. Supporters of the Clubwill wish every success to thiscourageous reversal of recentpolicy.

GolfLast Monday the Golf Club

held their winter term meetingat the Foxrock Club. Aboutthirty players, an encouragingnumber, entered the competition,which was run on Stableford andbest gross return lines. Conditionswere very cold and rather windy,and anyone starting after 2 p.m.had to play the last few holes indarkness.

Hugh MacKeown and NedStokes shared the best grossreturn prize with 79’s. Stokesalso won the Stableford com-petition with a creditable 41points. David Fleury with 37points was second in the lattercompetition, whilst John Gray,with a round of 81, came thirdin the gross return. Bev Labbett,playing off 24, did the second ninein 45, and returned home with abottle of wine and, we hope, alower handicap!

SquashTrinity have within their grasp

at last the winning of the WinterHandicap League. They havealready overcome the favourites,last year’s winners, Fitzwilliam A,and they have had 2 decisive winsagainst Bankers and FitzwilliamB, and as long as they do notdrop any superfluous rubbers theyshould be comfortably aheadwhen the Christmas recess occurs.

The basis of the side’s successhas been its depth. There is nota great margin between D. Buddand W. Barr, a fresher, the Nos.1 and 2, and J. Horsley and A.Shillin~ton, the Nos. 4 and 5. R.Merrick, the captain, can look for-ward to a successful season then,not only in the league but alsoin the annual match with Queen’sUniversity which is bein~ playedin Belfast on November 26th.

The Squash column cannotclose without a reference to the"B" and "C" teams who areboth doing well in their respec-tive leagues.

BoxingThe Boxing Club had a very

successful tournament at theStadium on Saturday night, atwhich the visiting Belsize andCambridge team was defeated by9 bouts to 3.

In a night full of surpriseresults the tone was set in thefirst match in which J. SkandaRajah of Cambridge knocked outCunningham of U.C.D. in 58seconds flat. Hick Bowman andKevin Noone avenged this defeatwith good wins over LondonUniversity and Cambridgeopponents.

The three Trinity boxers takingpart all won their matches, but itwas unfortunate that Coker,Buchanan and Condon could notbe matched. Sam McBratneyshowed signs of being out ofpractice but boxed well to defeatSymes of Cambridge; TommyMcGreavy as too fit and skilledfor Jeremy Eccersal of Belsize.John Tylor, suffering from ’flu,boxed well enough to collect adeserved if hard fought win overa very fit opponent.

Guest boxer Willie Cullen ofCorinthians was too strong forTommy McNeill, a London-Dubliner boxing for Belsize.

In the Great Hall, U.C.C., to-morrow night, 20th November,U.C.D. and Trinity meet in theirfirst official colours match. It ishoped to make this a regularfixture. U.C.D., having won theUniversity Championships fortwo years, are very strong, but ifthe Trinity Freshmen give a goodaccount of themselves it shouldbe a close match. Colours team:J. Coker, D. Buchanan, J. Tylor,R. Condon, J. Hodgson, S.McBratney, J. Love and C.Hamilton, with three of fournovice bouts.

Ski-ingWinter follows summer.

Usually. So with long-john-weather and chilblains aroundthe corner, now is the time toslit your Piggy Bank to arrangea sure escape from it all and booka ticket to snow and sunshinewith the Ski Club. They aregoing back to the friendlyAustrian village of Z~irs againthis year for a fortnight’s ski-ingin the daytime, and dancing,drinking or do-what-you-like atnight. Oxford and Cambridgeare adding their talent too. Talk-ing about talent. Now is thetime to start those running,jumping, and standing still exer-cises for Rumour has it that withthe pleasure of Anthea Peel andTerry Schwartz’s company thereshould be competent ski-ing anda sound team.

HockeyNext Saturday, Trinity play

Pembroke Wanderers in the MillsCup semi-final at LondonbridgeRoad.All support will be welcomed--the game begins at 2.30 p.m.

Junior RugbyThe introduction last season of

the junior league was an un-doubted success. Players whohad in earlier years been shuntedfrom team to team week afterweek now found themselves play-ing as regular members of asettled side.

This year the league includestwo new names, the Grasshoppersled by John Nickson, and theFreshets "A," under MartynLewis. Last year’s winners, theGaels, again captained by RobAndrews, head the table so far,having won both their gameswithout quite reaching top form.Last week-end they had a hardtime defeating Grasshoppers, whoare very solid but lack scoringpower.

The Freshets "A," like theGaels, have won both theirgames, but have scored fewerpoints. J. Sugars has led theNorsemen, who have some powerforward, to one win and twodefeats. The fifth side, thePirates, have yet to make anyimpression.

It is to be hoped that the con-sistently clean and open playwhich was a feature of the com-petition last year will be main-tained. Once rough tactics areadopted, playing standards de-teriorate, as teams using suchmethods soon discover.

CroupierLeopardstown on Saturday has

all the makings of an attractiveif tricky card. Anyone who hasa bet in the November Handicapmust be nuts and should see mypsychiatrist before it’s too late. Ifyou must, try Ticonderoga, Pot-tar Rogue or Troubled Soul, butdon’t say I didn’t warn you, youlucky people. A better-lookingproposition is Crown Prince inthe first; if he can take care ofPersian Signal and Soltest. Flying-bolt, if a runner and if he standsup, looks a cert, but at verycramped odds. Winning Fair rana promising race at the Curraghand looks a more attractivewager. The winning-post camefar too quickly for Celdado lasttime and he was travelling likean express train at the finish. Ifhe gets steam up sooner he shouldbeat Royal Rose and Valour. Allthose rivers will be safer in yourpocket than in a bookie’s satchelin the 3.15 too, but booking ofbrilliant English apprentice PaulCook for Boy Bill could be signifi-cant. They won’t be paying hisair fare for nothing! Soldier,Belle of Athens and Bagors areother possibilities. In the 3.40,the last race of the flat season,they’ll all be trying their hardestto contribute towards thewinter’s keep, but Sittin’ OnReady, which I hope all Croupier’sclients will be doing, couldprevail.

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flattering result and anotherdefeat were about all Trinitygained from this match onSaturday.

Trinity kicked off towards theMuseum Buildings and weresettling down well when theirconfidence was shaken by an owngoal after eight minutes--a passback from Lawless having failedto find his ’keeper. Five minuteslater a good pass by Mcllroy waswell taken by Nolan, but his shothit the upright and was cleared.Trinity continued to press, withthe left wing working well, andshots from Sowerby, Mcllroy.andMeldrum just missed their target.However, at half-time we werestill I-0 down.

After ten minutes of the secondhalf, a badly taken free kick onthe goal line went straight to the

Congratulations to HowardMarkham who made his League ofIreland debut last Sunday atinslde-right for Bohemians againstWaterford. From all reportsHoward had a most promisinggame.

opposing forwards who scoredeasily. Three minutes later thedeficit was reduced to one byLeonard after a free kick by Shawhad been headed on by Nolan.Immediately the pace hotted up,but despite conceding numerousfree kicks, Hammond Lane heldout, and after 63 minutes theysettled the issue wih an oppor-tunist goal by their centre-forward/ The latter was a ~riflelucky only to have his name takenafter a series of fouls on theTrinity ’keeper. .. ~-

Trinity were well served byLawless, Meldrum, Pointon andNolan, and Shaw again excelled--but until the defence learns tocall for the ball and certainplayers are prepared to enter intothe cup-tie spirit of the A.U.L.,Trinity’s potential must remainon paper.

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News Editor

Bill Hutchinson

NEWS IN BRIEF

Lending Library Hogg at Hist.for Trinity?

Trinity is to have a lendinglibrary for students. The Boardhas decided to re-organise thelibrary situation in College, re-organising the Lecky and RegentHouse Libraries.

The main College Library willcontinue as at present, booksbeing read only in the readingrooms, while a new College Lend-ing Librarian, Miss Eileen Roche,has been appointed to supervise

the Lecky and Regent HouseLibraries.

These two libraries are to beincorporated into the CollegeLibrary, as a lending department,material and staff being to someextent interchangeable betweenthe two and the main Library. Itis also intended to extend thescope and stock of these libraries.

These are long-term projects,and will not come into effect forsome time. Initially Miss Roche’sduties will consist of re-organising

the Lecky Library, working outpurchasing and cataloguing pro-cedures and supervising the staffs

of: both branch libraries, nowinterchangeable.

Boland on U.N.Probably due to the presence

of a more controversial figure inthe G.M.B. last Friday night,there was a very small thoughdistinguished gathering to hearDr. F. H. Boland deliver anaddress entitled " The U.N. SinceSuez" to the Irish Nations’Association in the ExaminationHall. The Chancellor describedthe problem of financing the U.N.peace-keeping activities. Havingdescribed the background to thisissue of "the utmost gravity," heconfessed he could not see anywholly satisfactory way out ofthe ,mpasse. He speculated"’whether the time is not ripefor making a determined effortto reactivate the SecurityCouncil." There must first be anagreed settlement on the questionof Chinese representation on theCouncil and an enlargement ofthe Council’s membership to pro-vide fair representation for thenew Africa and Asian members ofthe organisation.

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One ot the biggest crowds toattend a meeting of the Hist forsome time last Wednesday heardMr. Quintin Hogg speak to apacked house against the motion"That this house prefers maddogs to Englishmen."

This had previously bee nproposed by Mr. M. O’Leary,the Educational Officer of theI.C.T.U., whose main contentionwas that although Britain hadbeen forced to dissolve its empireby enfranchisement, it to-daytried to maintain its formerdominance by using economic

QUINTIN HOGG.

methods, and the old Britishtiger, he said, " had not changedits spots."

Mr. Hogg replied to Mr.O’Leary, and agreed with thelatter that he could be describedas a typical Englishman since hismother was American whilst hisfather’s family had come fromIreland. He then went on todescribe.some of the peculiarcharacteristics of the English,who, he said, enjoyed representa-tive government under a here-ditary President, unlike t h eUnited States and the SouthRepublic in which there existedmonarchies and where the kingsw ere called presidents andelected.

The English were the heirs andguardians of European civilisationand had made three great con-tributions to the rest of theworld. These were the techniqueof representative government, theidea of the Common Law, and theenormous medium of the Englishlanguage.

Mr. Hogg’s speech received asustained ovation and had beendelivered to an attentive audiencewith only a few gruntings fromMarxist hecklers.

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Melissa Stanford, like mostpeople who are portrayed inprofile, went to school. Inher case, however, though thelandscape has been adquatelypainted, the portrait is moreinteresting, and consequently thecatalogue notes will concentrateon it.

Although, as one of Thurber’slimericks has it, " Melissa is noMona Lisa," her smile is one ofthe most enigmatic things abouther- being a sort of normbetween the serious frown (re-served for the Eliz. Committee,Dr. Pyle’s lectures and chauffer-ing her alma pater) and her un-usual shrieks of happy laughterheard in every cocktail party,Front Square and the ReadingRoom. Her laugh is, in fact, bothan indicator to her whereaboutsand a guide to the sort of personshe is.

Melissa is a confirmed socialitewhose chief interest is meetingpeople. Being in the Mod. Lang.School and Society, she under-stands that heterogeneous bunchof xenoglossic weirdies astonish-ingly well. On the S.R.C. benchin the year of Our Lord J. MichaelNewcombe, she recorded thesayings of those frantic repre-sentatives who time and againbore the fiery brand of studentrights to the Executive; only tohave it quenched by the Agent’stears. She tended the Freshers’Congress in its early childhood;and in the rble of Resident

Steward at the last SummerSchool devoted much tim eand energy to tracking downforeigners w h o periodicalllychanged rooms but brought theirbeds with them.

Melissa’s most responsible jobso far--with the possible ex-ception of keeping a pack of cubsand minding a 97-year-old Frenchwoman and her ten infant great-grandchildren--is being Presidentof the Elizabethan Society. Hercomposure, fearlessness a n dability to express herself makeher the obvious choice for im-

proving her society’s publicappearance; a task which will alsodraw on her talent as an organiserand hostess. For her recreationshe enjoys sailing and dancing(she feels lost without company)and she housekeeps in a com-petent, if slightly scatty, way.

It seems a far cry from theFreshman who rowed in the BoatClub Regatta and beagled en-thusiastically until she fell in, tothe demure Senior Sophister Presi-dent of the Elizabethan Societywho, next February, will repre-sent the University at an inter-national conference on highereducation in Cornell. But in bothcases an extrovert, almost ex-hibitionist, trait is required aswell as an untiring enthusiasm forthe more usual College socialactivities. And that is why hertwo most prized possessions area Francoise Hardy recording anda strong-man Dood-l-oon.

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