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The development (shown in solid black) has been planned with a view to preserving the open spaces of College Park. Sciences and related disciplines are concentrated atthe eastern end of College, while Arts, Social Sciences and related disciplines remain at the western end.

Developments planned forTrinity include a lecturecomplex for Arts and SocialSciences, extensions to thelibrary, several additionalscience buildings and aStudents’ Union. This is re-vealed in the Provost’sAnnual Report, publishedthis week.

Myles Wright, Professor ofCivic Design at Liverpool Univer-sity, and advisor for Dublin Cityplanning, was asked last year todraw up a plan for the futuredevelopment of Trinity based onthe estimated growth rate instudent numbers. The problem ofsiting the new Biochemistry build-ing without a comprehensive de-velopment plan made it apparent

that professional planning advicewas needed. A Development Com-mittee was set up by the Board,and the Secretary of the Com-mittee, Professor Chubb, ex-plained how the staged plan hadbeen worked out, using Belfiedstandards for space and comparingit with Liverpool and Man-chester universities. The sites andsizes of the buildings are limited,

primarily by problems of circula-tion and of height~none of thenew buildings will be visible abovethe roof of the Old Library

It is planned to give the scienceend of College a 20th centuryfacade which would complementthe 18th century buildings facingCollege Green. The Arts lecturebuilding is to be situated aroundthe present Fellows’ Garden, where

a square will eventually be createdwith the Old and New Libraries.There will be an underpass fortraffic in the new buildings and the

Library extension is planned togive increased reading space. It ishoped to keep the proportion ofstudents riving in College the sameat at present. To create moreresidential space, lecture roomsnow situated in main buildings willbe diverted to the new block. It is

HUGE DEFICIT: SMALL GOV. GRANTThe Provost stated in his mated deficit in the College’s

annual report that the esti-income a n d expenditureaccount for 1968 would be

Aimless? Bored?

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lazy summer afternoons?

Drink coffee? Amble round

Front Square?

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life direction. Stride around

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an hour amidst the widest

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"a frightening" £ 140,000.This report was published before

the Government grant figures for1968/9 became known. An in-crease of £127,000 in the Govern-ment grant for 1968/9 means thatthe College will be starting theyear in the red to some extent evenbefore any additional commitmentsare undertaken.

These figures mean that theCollege will not be able to take onany more staff without further in-creasing its deficit. As theTreasurer pointed out, the grantincrease for the next year(£738,000 as opposed to £611,000in the current year) is large interms of what the Irish economycan afford. He also remarked thatthe size of the grant might possiblybe in part due to the fact that theGovernment knew that Trinity hadcapital to draw upon, although, ashe added, the grant is fair in com-parison with the other Irish univer-

sity colleges.

The Treasurer, in his fulleraccount of the College finances,spoke of a decline in endowmentincome this year. The anticipatedrise in income from fees (£10,000from increased student numbers;no raise in fees is likely) will helpto offset the fall in investment in-come. The Treasurer also mademention of the following increasedcosts in excess of those of the cur-rent academic year. Academic staffwill cost £23,000 more, which willbe used for increments and pro-motions. Technical and Secretarialstaffs will cost £4,000 and £2,000more, respectively, for the samereasons. Besides these, the rise incost of printing examination papersnecessitates that the College laysout £1,000 and another additional£1,000 will be set aside for in-creases in Entrance Awards;£35,000 will be needed to coverminor additions to teaching accom-modation, such as huts in theFellows’ Garden and other spacewhich is necessary to house the in-crease in student numbers.

Fabians defy Boardon marches banThe Fabians intend to take part

in political demonstrations withoutfirst asking the permission of theSenior Dean, Mr. La ToucheGodfrey. They have written to himto this effect. This is in defianceof the Board ruling, confirmed lastweek, that the Senior Dean mustbe informed at least a day in ad-vance if members of Collegeorganisations wish to participate inpublic demonstrations.The Fabians feel that this regula-tion is an infringement on thefreedom of the individual.

recognised that the Students’Union must be near Front Gate.Students will help to decide whatit should include, but it will cer-tainly contain study rooms, betterfacilities for societies and a filmtheatre.

The urgent need for these build-ings is very apparent to the Board,but Professor Chubb emphasisedthat virtually all plans are de-pendant for finalisation on theresults of the merger negotiations.Nothing can be done until it isknown which subjects will betaught in Trinity. The Govern-ment grant received this year givesno provision for any new develop-ments and the College’s capitalresources are already strained.

TONIGHT AT THE PHIL

LORD WIGG (formerly Col. GeorgeWigg, M.P.) & Prof. G. A. DUNCAN,

Fellow Emeritus TCDwill speak to

’Political Morality’By TREVOR LAWSON, Sch.

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SPOR ?S NEWS

Another title,The Sailing Club won the Irish

Universities Championships in DunLaoghaire last weekend, by defeat-ing Bolton Street Technical Collegein the final.

Trinity came up against U.C.D.for their first match and won de-spite some very aggressive tacticsby U.C.D. In the first race T.C.D.finished 1st, 3rd and 4th, butnumerous protest flags had beenflown so the result was in doubt.In the second race one of T.C.Dboats was put out before the start,but the other two sailed on to takethe 1st and 2nd places.

In the next match againstQueens, both races produced goodteam-racing tactics, but Trinitysailed faster through the water towin. But by the time Trinity cameto race against U.C.D. Ladies thewind had dropped completely, andso the match consisted of only onerace. Trinity won it by getting1st, 2nd and 3rd places, and indoing so went on to the final.

For the final the course was in-creased to two laps and the absenceof wind maAe it very difficult tomaintain "way" in the boats. Inthe first race Trinity "match-raced"Bolton Street before the start, andin doing so, established betterpositions for themselves on thestarting line. Trinity sailed fasterand held the 1st, 2rid and 3rdplaces to the finish. The secondrace began in drifting conditions,but shortly after the start a breezeappeared and Trinity making themost of it took the first two placesand held them to the finish.

Trinity having won the BritishTitle two weeks ago, and now theIrish Title, must be regarded asthe best University team in theBritish Isles.

McNulty chosenStuart McNuky, hockey pink

and Irish international, has gainedyet another distinction. He hasbeen selected for a training squadof 24 players from which theGreat Brkain panel of 18 playersto travel to Mexico will be chosen.One training get-together hasalready taken place and thereare several more planned, inaddition to international matches,on the basis of which the selectorswill choose the panel. He is hope-ful about being selected, but won’tknow until the end of June.

FENCING GALAThis week a return visit is being

made to Trinity by a leadingGerman fencing club from Soest.A gala event has been organisedfor Saturday, commencing withspeeches and presentations at 3.0p.m. in the Gym. The match,which may be covered by R.T.E.,will include men’s and ladies’team.

GOLF

POLLIN LOSESFive Trinity players took part

in the West of Ireland Golf Cham-pionship at Sligo over Easter, in-cluding R. Pollin who was defend-ing his title. Pollin qualifiedcomfortably with 75, but after easyvictories in the first and second¯ "ounds, went out to ConnaughtInternational S. Flanagan in thethird. I. Elliott played fine golfin the qualifying round, and hadthe distinction of leading the quali-fiers by three shots with a 70.

ATHLETICS

UNEXCITING WINThe first match of the season,

marred by heavy rain throughout~he evening, resulted in a clearbut unspectacular victory over bothClonliffe and Avondale, DUHACscoring 103 points and their oppon-ents 78 and 53 respectively.

KEYS gave the team a goodstart with an excellent winningtime in the 440 Hurdles, and laterscored further wins in the 120Hurdles and High Jump. Gener-ally, the results on the track weregood~ with HIPWELL winning the

100 Yards, and UNDERWOOD(a freshman) and O’NEILL eachcoming second to Avortdale inter-national O’KEEFE in the 220 and440 respectively. The most im-pressive performance was that ofGASH~under the appalling con-ditions fast times were out of thequestion, and he wisely concentrat-ed on making sure of victory inboth the 880 and Mile with power-ful finishing bursts.

The field events were less wellcontested. JEFFERESS won theJavelin and came second to KEYS

in the High Jump, but it wasDUHAC’s ability to provide twoathletes for each event rather thanany outstanding il~dividual per-formances that earned the necessarypoints. However, the addition ofDecathlon champion MARTINand promising freshman DEEshould improve the position.

For the second successive seasonthe total membership of the clubhas shown a marked increase, andenthusiasm is certainly not lacking.However, success in the more im-portant fixtures depends on findingthe best team quickly, and also onthe ability of established runnerssuch as internationals SNAITHand REES to find their form de-spite the pressure of examinations.

sports profileThe standard of tennis at Trin-

ity is surprisingly low, the standardof squash consistently high. TonyPoustie is a prominent figure inboth games, and remains cheerfullyhopeful that Trinity will prove thebest Irish University in bothsports. This year’s tennis captainand No. 2 player, he maintainsthat last month’s tour in the Westof England was not in fact asdisastrous as Trinity News madeout. It increased morale and keen-ness which could help Trinity winthis year’s Colours Match. He hasa lot of experience in tournamentplay, including the Irish Open andthe Hoylake Championship. Heplays No. 6 in the squash team,and is Treasurer of the Club."Trinity has been a breeding-

ground for internationals". Duringthe winter he also plays ruggerand last season was in the 2nd XVfor a few matches~"It’s a goodway of building up a thirst".

A 3rd year Natural Science stu-dent, he would like to devote moretime to sport, but he is also in-terested in "extra-mural activities"--which certainly covers a widefield. Last year he competed inthe Belfast-Dublin Walk, onlydropping out after 68 miles~"40miles is fun, then it’s sheer hell’.

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Tony Poustie.On Saturday he came in second ina time of 28 hours, still looking fit.His comment afterwards "I coulduse a barrel of Guinness".

Born and brought up in Englandhe was rejected by Oxford, andTrinity was a natural alternative.

He likes Ireland and the Irish,especially their easy-going philo-sophy. One of his first loves isgambling, particularly on horsesand cards. "In fact you could sayI have better results at the race-track than I do on the court.".

Unless you feel like a quick flipto Ballinrobe today the only racingthis week is a rather uninspiringmeeting at Naas. This, however,represents something of a lull be-fore the storm breaks at Punches-town next week where, with theprobable clas~ of top novice hurd-lers French Tan, King Cutler andL’Escargot, some high class racingis certain. Should Denis Smithsend over KING CUTLER hewould be my automatic choice, forhe won his Cheltenham race veryeasily and, to me anyway, lookedto have French Tan beaten whenthe latter fell.

At Naas this Saturday the fea-ture event, the Nas Na Ri Chaseover two miles, should be foughtout between the three top weightsand Fairyhouse winners Bold Fen-cer, Albinella and Common En-trance. Albinella is the selectionto win from Bold Fencer andCommon Entrance.

Meanwhile at Sandown, lastyear’s Derby winner, ROYALPALACE and this year’s Derbyco-favourite, REMAND, may opentheir campaigns and both shouldwin. Also on the card is the lastbig ’Chase of the season, the Whit-bred Gold Cup. Nearly all thetop-class horses are entered, in-cluding Mill-Souse and Fort Veney,but the winner, I think may bethe well-handicapped CHU-TEHwho has won both his last tworaces in convincing style.

Other selection~Naas Saturday4.00, LESTRIMACHE.

CRICKET

Team prospectsRain caused the cancellation of

the first XI match, due to havebeen played against Phoenix onSunday. However, two successfultrials have indicated that thereshould be no shortage of talent,and, Trinity should have a goodchance of repeating their LeinsterSenior League victory of twoseasons ago.

Seven old colours remain, in-cluding captain and wicket-keeper,Gerry Murphy. It is hoped thatByrne will reproduce last season’ssuccesses with the bat, and thatHewson, Little and James Hallidayshow the all round form of whichthey are capable.

Fears that the opening attackmight lack a partner for McSwineyhave been allayed, for a Freshman,Hatchet-t, has already shown thathe should be a more than adequatereplacement for Henderson, lastyear’s captain.

So all in all Trinity look a well-balanced side when they take thefield against Clontarf and Queen’sUniversity next weekend.

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ILFORD T.N. C() .IPETITII()NThe Ilford-Trinity News Photographic Competition was judged by the Irish Photo-

graphic Society of Ireland and first prize has been awarded to Richard Waterbury. RobertBolam won both second and third prizes.

The Trinity rugby team. Taken with a Yashica TL-Super 200 m.m.lens 1-125th see. at 4.5 f. aperture.

Dick, third year economicsstudent, started photographysix months ago. Despite hissuccess, he intends to remain"strictly amateur." T h ejudges praised the winningphotograph for " excellent

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Robert Bolam’s photograph was described by the7udges as a ’Dream Picture’. He used a Pentaxcamera both for this photo and for the one placedthird.

It is almost impossible to see for oneselfwhat is the subject of this photograph. Bolam said,’The association of ideas is the important thing’.

WHITHER

IRISH

ESSAY

Pay rise demandedDemands for pay increases

by College staff were madein a letter sent on Thursdayby the Workers’ Union ofIreland to the Agent. Porters,ground staff, library attend-ants, janitors and skips areseeking a £2 increase in thebasic rate, 3 weeks’ statutoryholiday and double time onSundays.

At present a porter’s averagegross weekly income for a 40 hourweek spread over seven days is£12-17-6; the take home pay beingabout £11-0-0. Overtime pay forSunday work is 10/- m about 1/4

MEDICS-REVIEWOF MERGER

The Medical Students’ Repre-sentative Council said, in a reviewon what the merger means tomedics, that a unification ofmedical schools was possible, with-out the catalytic action of thelate Mr. O’Malley. Too manygraduates for the country’s needsand regaining of Ireland’s reputa-tion as a medical centre were themain reasons given for the mergerin the report on Higher Education.The Commission felt that therewas no case for closing the existingschools, but it suggested thatDublin provide half the totalstudents required and Cork andGalway together the other half.This means that the number ofstudents in Dublin would bedrastically cut. While acceptingthe idea of a merger in principal,the M.S.R.C. asked why Dublinschools should reduce their size atthe expense of Cork and Galway,when Dublin was the centre ofpopulation, health services andestablished institutions of Ireland?

per hour extra whereas transportworkers for example are on doubletime. |

A member of the staff said thatthe college would not grant manyconcessions without a fight. Headded he hoped the college wouldaccept what were reasonable de-mands in view of the rising cost ofliving.

BANKERS MEETThe International Banking Con-

ference will be held in Trinityfrom July 14th-28th. The con-ference is held each year in adifferent capital and over two hun-dred delegates from fifty-two coun-tries will attend. The delegateswill stay in New Square for thesecond week in rooms which havebeen modernised for the occasionwith the help of a grant from BordFailte.

A representative for the Bankof Ireland said ’This is an eventof major importance for Irishbanking and should be a consider-able boost to our-internationalprestige’.

Business Studiesby Law studentsThe idea of allowing Final

Year students to lecture to loweryears in certain subjects is begin-ning to catch on in College.Started last year in the EconomicsSchool under Professor Ryan, th~Law School is now experimentingon the same lines. As from thisweek, Final Year Law studentswill teach J.S. Business Studiesin Company and Trade UnionLaw.

NO HENRY MOOREThe sculptor Henry Moore, owing to his wife’s illness,

was unable to attend the symposium on "Art and DesignEducation in Ireland," held in the Exam Hall last Thursday.Several students left the Hall immediately this was an-nonunced by the Chairman, Mr. Lenihan, Minister forEducation. Sir Robert Darwin, Rector of the

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CO)IPETITION

Closing date for entries April 25th.

Watch for the results on May 25th and the publication of

prizewinning and other essays on subsequent days.

Prizes of £50, £30 and £20 will be awarded to the

authors of the essays judged most meritorious

by a panel of three adjudicators composed of

Mrs. G. O. Simms,

Rev. Patrick J. Brophy,

and Lieut. General M. J. Costello.

Royal College of Art, Londonspoke provocatively of the positionof art in Irish life. He accusedIrishmen of paying no more thanlipservice to art, claiming that evensmall rate increases to providemuseums and orchestras weregrudgingly paid. He advocatedthe extension of the Kilkenny ex-periment, the reorganisation of theexisting College of Art and thecreation of a department of Indus-trial Design in the new Universityof Dublin.

Robin Walker, President of theRoyal Institute of Architects, inIreland, spoke on the problem ofjoint education in specialised as-pects of the building industry.

Stan O’Faolain remarked thatart is as much ’whiskey bottlelabels arLd bus tickets as the worksin the National Gallery’.

To the delight of the large aud-ience the speakers struck hard atthe Irish attitude to art.

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THE SINISTER STORYOF MAGEE COLLEGE

At the beginning of this term, one of the last batches ofstudents from Magee University College came down toTrinity. In future years, Northern students wishing, to beeducated in the North will have the option of going toQueen’s or Coleraine, while Magee will probably be usedfor some branch of post graduate work as part of the NewUniversity of Ulster. Founded as a theological college inthe 1860s, for the latter half of this century it has offeredArt courses, taking honours students as far as the end of theirsecond year, and general studies students as far as the endof their eighth term.

When consideration was beinggiven to a second university in theNorth, Derry expected to be selec-ted. It wasn’t~for three mainreasons. First and foremost, Derryis predominantly Catholic while theStormont government has leaningsin another direction. Secondly,though Derry Unionists were(largely) in favour of the Univer-sity being in Derry, the variouslocal factions within the party couldnot decide¯amongst themselveswhere to site it. This became amajor problem at the local levelbecause many Unionists feared thata University in the North Ward(the Unionist stronghold where

them, the Government had alreadycome to their decision.

However, Stormont still had tofind a suitable vehicle throughwhich to make its decision public.It was important that whatevervehicle they chose emphasised theimpartiality of what appeared tomost people anything but an im-partial decision. The LockwoodCommittee on Education providedjust such a means and (though itsterms of reference specifically ex-cluded any pronouncements on thenew university site) it predictablycame out in favour of Coleraine.The reasons supporting the decis-ion were peripheral and insignifi-

Magee is situated) might drive out cant in the extreme~mere excusesProtestants thus upsetting the deli- for an essentially political decision.cate voting balance in that ward. The result of this regrettable gov-The upshot was that Derry’s casewas never forcibly pushed in thecircles where it mattered. It canbe safely assumed, therefore, thatby the time the Derry public didbecome aware of the realities andstarted to do something about

ernmental line will be to kill offa thriving (if somewhat small) col-lege with great potential for de-velopment and to deprive a relig-iously split and economically des-perate community of the oneincentive that might have led to

some degree of unification andprosperity.

That it could have developedinto an excellent university is in-disputable, but even in its presentform Magee has some interestingadvantages. Through being sosmall (approx. 200) it gives muchgreater opportunity for people witheven minimal talent to shine andimprove~people who might other-wise have been swamped by thesheer size and competition of alarger university. Confidence onceattained at a small establishmentsuch as Magee can be invaluablewhen entering a large universitylike Trinity. However, it is truethat it is mostly the English Mageestudents who thrive in Trinity,while those from Northern Ireland,very much at home in Derry,seem less willing or less able toadapt. How much this is due toTrinity’s environment and howmuch it is due to their own un-willingness to change it is difficultto say, but one suspects it is largelythe latter.

For all its ~dvantages, though,the arrangement with Trinity wasan inefficient one causing academicdisruption and administrativechaos. Its claim to Universitystatus was strong but because ofinternal bickering in Derry and theGovernments own refusal to viewthe question objectively, Mageenever stood much chance.

Kevin Pritchard.

DISSATISFACTIONABOUT TUTORS

IS THE TRINITY TUTORIAL SYSTEM FUNCTIONINGEFFICIENTLY?

Here Robin Verso reveals for the first time the findings o~ an S.R.C.sub-committee set up to examins the adequacy of the system.

Last year an S.R.C. sub-committee surveyed the tutorialsystem in College with a view to ascertaining its adequacy orinadequacy and subsequently comparing our system withthose of other universities. The sub-committee did not pub-lish a report of its findings, but their recommendations dopoint to some of the inadequacies of the present system.

T h e sub - committee recom-mended that:(a) More care be taken in choos-

ing tutors.(b) Each tutor be reviewed every

three years.(c) Tutors make themselves more

readily available to seestudents.

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(d) A greater effort be made toplace the student with a tutorin the same department, withspecial reference to a student’sfinal field of study.

These were based on a sampleof 250 students who werequestioned with respect to their in-dividual tutors. Only one tutor,Mr. R. B. D. French, was

classified as very satisfactory. Twotutors in particular were classifiedas poor substitutes; possibly notjust the tutors’ fault. Any studentwho finds that his tutor is unsatis-factory due to his being in adifferent department or because ofa clash of personalities, or for anyother reason, can easily change histutor.

Eighty-eight per cent. in thesurvey would not like to see thesystem abolished. Therefore, if itis to stay it should functionefficiently. College spends £6,200on the tutor system every year (£2per student) and even though 88%agreed to retain the system, 60%felt that they did not get valuefor the money spent. Sixty-eightper cent. would like to see visitsto tutors made compulsory andcertainly this is the practice inother academic institutions withcomparable systems. At Liverpoolit is laid down in the UniversityCalendar that " students are re-

quired to see their tutors beforethe end of the first week of the

YEAR OF COMPLAIN TS ABOUT LIBRARYThere was a limited amount of out, either up jumpers or down

The New Library has been a source of controversy since it was firstplanned.

Since the New Library was opened less than a year agothere has been a continuous stream of complaints about it.It has been widely criticised by students for the fact thatthere are not enough seats for all the people who rush is atthe end of term to do their term essays. Admittedly, it couldhave been bigger~there is desk room for only 400 students.But there are at least another 100 seats of the wire andleather bucket kind for those who not want to write, and thewindow seats aren’t bad if you like the mild sensation ofwarm air blowing up your back as you work.

money available to build theLibrary, and so it was probablybetter used to make this place,which is eminently suitable for realwork and which one can bear tobe in for long stretches of time,than in constructing tier upon tierof desks, like a factory. The useof lighting is brilliant, both in thesmall private compartments litartificially and in the larger com-munal work areas where roof andwall windows make it bearable tobe in, even on the sunniest day.

The trek from Front Steps intothe Library is no longer thedescent into the underworld that itused to be when the Old ReadingRoom was still the mecca of Juneexam candidates. It’s not hard onyour other senses either. Thesmaller work compartments atleast minimise the annoyance ofthe two J.F.s who swap all theTrinity Hall gossip or the "bigboy" who has to wait till he tiasthe comparatice quiet of theLibrary till he does either hissocialising or his chatting up, sureof a captive audience. As a tip,there is usually very little chat onthe ground floor, where a numberof the readers are external.

The most progressive feature ofthe New Library is the larger andever-increasing number of bookson the shelves. Eventually thesewill total about 160,000. Thechecking system in the foyer hopedto eliminate the "mysterious dis-appearance" of books whichafflicted the Reading Room, butbooks on the shelves are still taken

pants, or the user finds a "hideyhole" for a book he’s going toneed the next day, because booksstill go missing for days on endand sometimes permanently. Onestudent said that half the books onhis extensive reading list weremissing over the Easter vac.

This sort of misuse probablyprejudiced C o 11 e g e authoritiesagainst the petition for longerhours organised by Steven Harris.At the time his argument, whichis still valid, was that "the NewLibrary is disappointingly smalland the lecture term is short. Thenumber of students is increasinglylarge and so is the volume of workbeing set. The answer to the over-crowding which follows upon thiscould be to keep the Library opento 11 p.m. with only a skeletonstaff." This would be the best andthe least expensive way of reducingany overcrowding there may be,but the negotiations with Dr.Roberts, the Chief Librarian, wereunsuccessful. Still, we should con-sider ourselves lucky, some Londonlibraries close at 5.30 p.m.

Anyway, the grousers are notforced to use the New Library~the Lecky, the Old and New Read-ing Rooms are never full,¯ and mostfacukies have their own smalllibraries tucked away somewhere.But I for my part shall continueto troupe to the place every day, ifonly for the sheer ecstacy of usingthe sound-proofed cubicles in theshining white bogs!

Colin Wright.

first term." At Aberdeen and EastAnglia students are required to seetheir " advisers" at the beginningand end of each term.

From correspondence with otherstudent councils in the BritishIsles it appears that universitieswhich do not have a comparabletutorial system are not reallysatisfied with their present arrange-ments. Some universities dividethe tutorial function between twotypes of tutors, moral andacademic, but since the problemsof any student may stem fromboth sources, this situation wouldbe unsatisfactory without veryefficient co-ordinating machinery.

Eighty-eight per cent. of thesurveyed students agreed thattutors should be in the same de-partment as their students and86% were of the opinion thattutors could make a bigger effortto get to know their studentsbetter. One suggestion is that afund be set up to enable tutors tohold informal social meetings withtheir students at least onse a year.

The Senior Tutor has said thatthe tutorial system in Trinity isone to be prized and that otherinstitutions hold it in high regard.He was sympathetic towards theenquiries of the sub-committeeconcerning the future of unsuitabletutors, but he stated that there isno set machinery for dismissingunsatisfactory tutors. That othershold our system in high regard isone thing, but more important isthat students here realise itsmerits. It appears that if therecommendations w e r e imple-mented its defects would beappreciably diminished.

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TAKE IT LEAVE

George McAvoy.

The end of George...George McAvoy got bitten last

week on his right buttock. As arelaxation from his literary studies,George, who knows a lot aboutpornography and something aboutliterature, went for his weeklybath. Not in College but, as is hiswont, in the Tara Street baths,which he prefers becauses they arebigger.

Having spenty twenty minutespaddling in the shallow end heventured further afield. Thentragedy struck. A small boy lurk-

ing on the side suddenly hurledhimself at George with his eyesshut and his mouth open. Theteeth sank into George’s bottomwhich was protruding provoca-tively above the surface andGeorge sank moaning to thebottom.

Some time later George re-surfaced and said a few quietwords to the boy. He thengathered together his dignity andhis trunks and made his way to thechanging room to treat his wounds.

George says he could identifythe child again if he saw him. He

wears a red bathing costume andhas a big smile. Future bathers inTara Street are advised to swimon their backs and to carry anumbrella.

George is in his final year inCollege and comes from Belfastwhere he relaxes by starting streetbrawls and reading Joyce. Picturesof his damaged anatomy and othercurious views may be obtainedfrom him by sending a stamped,addressed envelope and a postalorder for £10 to the "TrinityNews" office, care of the FeaturesEditor.

No iuiceAfter testing the orange juice

served in the Buttery this week

two J. S. Students Breed O Doher-

ty and Bridget Crawford, fromBuncrana, Co. Donegal complain-ed it was undrinkable.

A representative of the Butterystaff agreed the juice was rancid

and ordered a fresh batch for the

dispenser. It appears the juice hadeither matured too long or the re-

frigeration system was faulty.

Mingling freely

Castletown House, the poorman’s Boot Inn, was the site foryet another brawl last week. SusanDenn-Bolton evicted a n c i e n ttenants like Mr. and Mrs. Gardnerand their decrepit butler TerryHall, replacing them with beautifulpeople like Nick Sharman andAndrew Tozer. Outside in thegardens Cyril Lynch, whom no-body sends an invitation to, playedhide and seek and other gameswith Gardai. The Gardai were in-vited, though not to perform thesame function as Barbara A. Rosswas administered to JolyonRobinson. Jolyon never could de-fend himself. Richard Fegan wasalso nosing around, while a fewfeet away Dinah Stabb stoodgazing at balconies and murmur-ing half-forgotten lines to herself./

"China."Not many famous people at

Santry on Friday, akhough JohnArmstrong says he has a big circleof friends; Pat Feinberg showedher taste by putting up with himfor a bit. Willie Russell forgot hisRepublican leanings and smiled atNickey.

A motley crew invaded Belfastfor the Walk. Simon Stubbingscame too and was observed at theBall in the City Hall with SarahJane Stevens. They did not takepart in any athletic pursuits on thefollowing day. No stamina.

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Cricket expert for Madras chairLeslie Webb has one of the most

unusual range of accomplishmentsin College; a few days ago headded to them what is perhaps themost unusual academic post in theworld. Madras University has justcreated a chair to be known as theWisdom Professorship in CricketStatistics. This post had beenoffered to Leslie, and after hisfinal this year he will be going outto India to take it up.

Wisdoms, who turn out anannual volume of cricket figuresand records, first heard of Leslie afew years ago when he notedseveral mistakes among t h e i rstatistics. When he pointed outfurther errors the following yearthe firm resorted to sending toLeslie the proofs of their sub-sequent editions for correction.

Subsequently Wisdoms helpedsponsor the new Madras Chair, andLeslie’s name inevitably came for-ward as that of the person bestqualified for the position. The

Chair itself will carry with it thestatus and salary of any otheracademic position. Its duties willnot be too demanding, entailingresearch and occasional publiclectures.

Leslie’s accomplishments are notjust limited to the field of cricket.He is one of the best croquetplayers in the British Isles, hasplayed in many major tournamentsand has won the Irish mixeddoubles championship. He treatsthe game with a seriousness andconcentration normally associatedwith more widely publicised if lessskilful games.

Madras will also be gaining hismusical talents. Leslie sings regu-larly with the College ChoralSociety, and last year organised aSpring Fesival of Music andPoetry in Trinity. The programmeconsisted entirely of original workswritten and performed by peoplein College.

Leslie has also engaged inmarathon running and otherathletic pursuits during his timehere. During the Belfast walk hewas up during a large part of the

night pacing in the walkers as theystaggered south towards Dublin.We trust that the faculty of cricketstatistics in Madras will benefitfrom its new professor and thatLeslie Webb will enjoy a post soappropriate it might have beenmade for him.

Leslie Webb.

THERE’S A PLACE FOR US" It’s a waste to give a girl a

good education" is a bon motthat’s been bandied about myfamily and a good many others fora long time. When my mother was"foolish" enough to let me"waste" four years of my life atTrinity instead of raking in theshekels with a good secretarial jobtill I got married, all the relativeswere horrified. But to say that awoman is not worth educating issuch a common and blatant mis-representation of the facts that itwas worthwhile spending Fridayafternoon in the Eliz loos andlockers proving it with a question-naire and a few statistics.

About thirty girls were asked thefollowing questions (that’s aboutone-thirtieth of all the women inCollege) and since the survey wascarried out in such an inter-faculty venue, there was no chanceof basing the survey on only onetype of undergraduate.

Surprisingly perhaps, m a n ypeople were either engaged ormarried and a couple even hadchildren. Although no Junior Fresh

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had yet fallen prey to this, justover 80~/o of the Senior Sophisterswere either getting married as soonas they left or had already takenthe almighty step. Before all thosemale hands are thrown up inhorror and muttered echoes of thedreaded word "waste " are heard,every single one of the latter in-tended to take up a career. Thepeople who said they would workand were most emphatic about itwere the ones akeady married forwhom the question was a very realissue.

As far as jobs were concerned,we, unfortunately, didn’t comeacross one " career " woman in thewhole of the time. A good numberof the Senior Sophisters had jobsor interviews for jobs to start inthe autumn.Those who were aboutto be married had found it a dis-advantage to admit this to pros-pective employers, who thoughthis would limit their life with thecompany to two years at the most.Apart from this being unfair to themarried woman who wanted a

fairly long working life beforechildren, it is also true that mostmale undergraduates tend to gointo a company with the idea ofstaying a couple of years for ex-perience while they find out whatthey really want to do, rather thanremaining the 43 years up tillpension time. And although single,engaged and married SeniorSophisters all had a fair idea ofwhat they would be doing nextyear, it was engageds and marriedsin the lower years who showedmore ambition. Possibly this showsthat a fixed destiny makes onemore conscious of the future anddefinitely more realistic; those inthe married/engaged class tendedtowards teaching and the like,whereas the "spinsters" were aftermore glamorous jobs.

It embarrassed hell out of mostpeople to be asked whether theyhad come to College for a husbandand the answers might not all havebeen truthful, but a fair numberadmitted to coming to College foran education, but also not mindingif they picked up a husband whilethey were there. It’s fair enoughafter all: there’s not much point instaying at home and marrying thelocal pig farmer or municipaldustman if his I.Q. is about halfyours and he is not on the samewavelength half the time.

trinity news thursday april 25--page six

TRINITY TERMPlayers Theatre "THE CHAIRS," "PLEASE N O FLOWERS" Players

IONESCO BACK AGAINL st.. .r wit.h flowers,fimshes in a farce

Norman Glass and Susan Hughes in "Chairs."

~’;~~ !:- - "The Chairs," by the absurd pointlessness and ever-spiralling

!:~]i~[i;[,:!!.:(’Idramatist Eugene Ionesco, cart be futility of existence. The "plot "interpreted in diverse manners, is simple--two old people live

~ ..... Stephanie Green has elected to alone on an isolated tower and~,i ,,!’! direct this play, conveying the invite an imaginary audience toi~, SUNDAY NIGHT REVIEW Players

.’ ;.if ¯ -’~ ’ "PLAYERS SUNDAYHERE FOR GOOD

It lacked some of the first-night enthusiasm of Bowder’s Night Club,but the content was better and the crowd bigger. Players’ Review, orRecital, or whatever you want to call it, proved that a Sunday nightfree show could bring them in, possibly every week.

Stealing the show was a half-hour improvisation by the DublinStanislavsky Group. Starting withfive empty personalities, the groupgradually built up through theirimprovisations a complex mass ofentanglements. It was fascinatingand often funny to watch thempaint the scene afresh every fewminutes, but in total the effect ofall the colours was a hopelesslymuddy brown.

The poetry was well-chosen,largely comic, and read well byall who read. Brendan Kennelystarted things off with some coun-try poetry; he read well, with acertain hesitant conviction. RolandJacquarello read some poems aboutelephants and animate furniturein a relaxed style. Hayden Mur-phy’s rendition of two concretepoems proved that concrete poetrycan come across better read aloudthan seen in the patterns whichseem to be their purpose. JulianBreWs Liverpool poems, includingone terribly funny public transport

orgy, were read with a sense oftiming and involvement reminis-cent of his "Little Malcom" per-formance of last year.

On the musical side there wasan ensemble playing Elizabethanmusic. It wasn’t always on key,but the sound was pleasant. Mich-ael Black’s version of Dylan’s "Girlfrom the North Country" was oneof the best things in the evening."The Blues Assembly", appearedto be played by their own electronicequipment. They are a promisinggroup and make good sounds atthe "Boot Inn" on Friday nights.Last Sunday night, however, theywere off. Sean Davey has a voiceand wrote a fine number for thegroup. Ivan Paul and Jim Boothsang their folk numbers wellenough and Humphrey Water-man’s closing guitar solo was ornateif not quite interesting.

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finally gibbered by an inarticulate" orator." The stage is covered bynumerous empty chairs in a stylisedsetting by James Morris. NormanGlass plays the man with a senilenervous tension; Susan Hughes(the old woman).has a wide rangeof characterisanon, and SeanDavey gibbers convincingly.

The other one-act play atPlayers this week is " Please NoFlowers," by Joel Ensana, directedby Frederick Meaney. It is a shortplay about two corpses in anAmerican funeral parlour. Thecorpses, two women, one old (EveBonham), the other a youngwoman who has committed suicide(Richella O’Reilly), talk togetherabout how glad they are to bedead. They are visited by relatives,an employer and finally a loverand a grand niece. They thenrealise how much life had held forthem and the play closes un-happily. Perhaps too facile, but itis competently acted and notboring.

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The three week presentation ofa trio of Lady Augusta Gregoryone-acters which began its run atthe Peacock last week provides apleasant evening’s entertainment.In the opener, "The Rising of theMoon," focus seem to be on theaffability achieved between thesergeant, played by Chris Curran,and the wanted man, played byEamon Morrissey. Genial humourpervades a Fenian play that shouldhave urgency and suspense layeredin the laughter.

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"Chairs," by Eugene Ionesco, is Players’ first offeringin No. 3 this term. Malachy Lawless’ highly successfulstaging of "The Lesson " was the last Ionesco to be seen inPlayers, and it is to be hoped that this production (byStephanie Green) will be equally well received.

"Please No Flowers," anoriginal play by Joel Ensana, whichrecently won two awards in theU.S.A., completes this double bill;the producer is Fred Meaney.These plays are being performedthis week.

The following Wednesday (May1) sees the first night of an oldfavourite, "The Lady’s Not forBurning," by Christopher Fry,directed by Stephen Remington.John Pine, who won the Best ActorAward at the U.D.A. Festival lastterm, takes the lead part ofThomas Mendip. Though this is ahardy perennial of the English stageand is perhaps the most popular

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"The Workhouse Ward," thesecond play, is way out front asthe boffo, socko, pazzaz featureof the evening. Eamon Kelly andNiall Toibin, as the two ¯quarrel-ling roommates in the local work-house, create an atmosphere rifewith spirited repartee~two lepre-chauns doing verbal battle whichends in a flourish of bad springs.

In "Hyacinth Halvey," the finaloffering, the overall mood is jolly,pleasant and rambling. EamonMorrissey as Hyacinth, ably anddesperately trying to lose the goodcharacter thrust upon him byrelatives and friends, is surroundedby a cast of mildly interested ob-servers. Apart from the individualsparkle of Joseph Dowling, ChrisCurran and Eamon Kelly cast aslocals, the piece has little energy.There are lots of laughs, thanks tothe language of the Lady. If youleave your critical cleaverssheathed, you’ll have a supahtime.

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modern verse play, it has not beenseen in Dublin for some time.

It had been hoped to producethe traditional Trinity Week revuefor the term production; however,owing to the numerous academicpressures that surround evenPlayers at this time of year, scriptswere not readily forthcoming andprospective performers w e r esceptical of the success of such aproject. Many felt that this genreof theatrical entertainment hasbeen played out. Farce seems to bethe alternative, so Players haveelected to do "See How ThyRun," by’ Phillip King, as theirmajor production this term. Natur-ally the plot, as with all farcicalplots, is too complex to be evenhinted at, but it may give someidea of the measure of this pro-duction to say that B. Vaughanhas undertaken to remove his beardin order to act in it. " See HowThey Run" will be directed byPatrick Boyd-Maunsell and willopen on May 13th for two weeks.

Free entertainment is to befound on Sunday evenings, rangingfrom an extravaganza organised bythe ubiquitous Jacquarello to"Winnie the Pooh" on Sunday,May 5th, including also a Germanproduction of the " Good Womanof Seczuan" on May 19th.

David Herbert.

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Last Wednesday the RadioEireann String Quartet gave theirannual concert in the ExaminationHall. The programme consistedof two pieces, the Mozart Quartetin G Minor, K.516, and theBeethoven Quartet in C Minor,Op. 131. The Mozart was particu-larly well played, though perhapsthe slow second movement wastaken a little too slow.

The Beethoven quartet was thelast complete piece of musicwritten by the composer. It pre.sents the usual difficulties of laterBeethoven ~ subtlety, intellecual-ised structure and chord pro-gression. Despite the difficukies,however, the Radio Eireann StringQuartet gave a fine performance.Few fauks could in fact be foundwith the evening’s performance asa whole.

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The above advertisement wouldprobably elict few replies if placedin the papers, and yet the Collegeskips (for it is a r6sum6 of a skip’slife) are not entirely a dead race.Not dead, but dying. The Agenthas decreed that the male skip isto be "phased out" in the nameof efficiency and expense. Infuture the role of the skip will betaken over by women who will alsoperform some of the other domesticchores. The sands of time are run-ning out for the "gentleman’sgentleman" and a facet of Trinitylife will go by the board with theirdeparture.

To those living outside Collegethe skip probably seems to be afactotum on a general par with anoffice charlady, but his relation-ship with his students places himon a different plane to the run-of-

the Mill Mrs. Mop.Apart from the isolated, usually

unfounded, grumble, there hasnever been a serious complaintfrom one about the other. Theirresilience is remarkable and theyhave the enviable attribute of pre-serving a sense of humour at thehumorless hour of 8.00 a.m., whichis when they come on to work sixdays a week.

Trinity has not, however, beenby-passed by time, and weeds havebegun to appear in the sybariticbed of roses. These particularweeds come in a brown packet onpay day. The skips look to theircounterparts in industry, comparetheir lot, and remain unimpressed.They point out that their basicwage is much lower than that offactory unskilled labour and com-plain that their pension is mini-

sculeI" It wouldn’t keep me onsalt for my poridge. Not that I eatit." They wonder why a system ofservice pay could not be intro-duced, whereby those with a longrecord to their credit could reapreward for the work they havedone in the past. On the other sideof the coin, the Agent doesn’t feelthat the skips are too hardly doneby. A contributory pension schemewhich used to be in force has beendropped in favour of one paid forby the College. True, the actualamount that a skip receives on re-tirement is small, but it does in-corporate a life insurance schemeto the value of £1,000 and is onlyintended to supplement thenational pension scheme, not re-place it.

For the most part the skips tendto feel a far greater affinity to thestudents than to their employersand akhough they are technicallysupposed to report breaches ofdiscipline to the authorities, seldomdo. " If we were to report everystudent who had a woman in hisrooms," said one, "the place wouldbe empty at a hell of a rate." Mostof the undergraduates in roomsappreciate this attitude and showit in the form of tips at the end ofterm I " Well worth the invest-ment," as one cassanova fromBotany Bay puts it.

So Trinity marches on. Progresstramples on tradition, and the skipsare faced with imminent extinction.Ten years ago there were 26 of themale skips, now their numbers canbe counted on the fingers. Achange for better or worse? Un-sung heroes or layabouts? Memorywill soon serve as sole judge.

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PROFILE

JOHN ARMSTRONGJohn Armstrong is intolerant,

unrealistic, intense and, except towomen, sarcastic. He goes out ofhis way to make himself’ extremelyunpleasant to a few unfortunatepeople and yet he has an immensecircle of friends. He also has thequalities of any successful editorof "Trinity News ": tact, leader-ship and a tinge of megalomania." I enjoyed ’ T.N.’ enormously.It’s marvellous being at the centrembeing the sieve through whichall information must pass beforepublication."

Not surprisingly, he intends tobecome a journalist. Already wildlysuccessful by College standardsmhe writes a weekly column for" T.C.D.", a weekly column forthe "Irish Press," and reports onCollege affairs for two nationaldailies---he characteristically stillhas doubts about his talent. Thisuncertainty and wish not to com-mit himself is endemic to his wholepersonality. He qualifies everysentence and has reservations aboutevery opinion. He seems to live atone remove from reality, and in-deed his whole instinct is not ofthe twentieth century at all. Hisprivate world seems to lie some-where between magic and actu-ality, an over-simplication hewould scoff at.

He proclaims his Irishnessstrongly and proudly, and has analmost religious feeling for theWest of Ireland. "I hate theAmericanisation and ergo vulgari-sation of a country where the sen-sation of the past in the present isstill very strong. His hobbies are

John Armstrong.

collecting curious relics of the pastand books with exotic bindingsand fairy tale subject matter, like"The Lord of the Rings." He hasa fanatical interest in and involve-ment of witchcraft and blackmagic, and his bible is the " Dawnof Magic." Indeed a great part ofhis life is conditioned by his firmbelief in the power and influenceof the occult. This whole side ofhis character is one of his mostsurprising qualities and, to hisbest friends, one of the mostfrightening.

His social conscience is Ofstunted growth, which he woulddeny, and he has little time forstudent politicians. " It’s hard todivorce most of our studentpoliticians from their often worth-while ideas." The dogmation andself-confidence which go alongwith his own conservative ideasmake him, on occasions, very in-tolerant. He dislikes brash, pushingpeople and Irish students who be-come more English than theEnglish themselves. " I have a veryefficient defence mechanism whichsaves me from knowing or beingknown by too many people toowell. He is a reserved person b.utnot a shy one, and does not sufferfrom acute modesty. He becomespositively vituperative on the sub-ject of girls, " self-consciouslysophisticated or aggressive femalesare quite disgusting and usuallyboring. I detest the glossy partybitches." The qualities he admiresare gentleness, vulnerability andcomplete feminity. His own moststriking characteristics are a per-vasive gentleness and completeamorality.

He spends his spare time listen-ing to music, especially Britten,teaching hockey and cricket in aDublin school and visiting theWest of Ireland. The privatefigure is in great contast to thepublic image, probably due to his

efficient defence mechanism.

I detest the glossy party bitches’

LETTERS TO THE EDITORThe Editor welcomes letters on

any subject of interest to Trinitystudents. They should, if possible,be typed and less than 9-00 wordsin length, reaching "Trinity News"not later than the Sunday beforethe publication day.

IRELAND9 POLITICS ANDYOU

Until now I have deemedit wise to keep quiet and secretabout a foul, planned andengineered scheme which I con-cocted years ago to overthrowDemocracy in Ireland as a farceand a failure and substitute in itsplace a beautiful, lofty schemeconcocted of spoof-history, racialand religious prejudice, semi-Fascist intolerance of all minoritiesand, of course, power for No. 1.

Under torture and duress, Iconfess I did. Dear God, I did.But why, you may ask, could some-one so consciously evil not pursuehis aim? Did he get what arecolloquially known among thelower orders as "the shits "? Didhe get cold feet? Did he see thelight?

I had been aware for years thatthe Liberal establishment ofTrinity College were all queer andorange and anti-Catholic and anti-Irish. I had worked out a plan forthat little place by "merging" itwith a Jansenist seminary so thatthe Jansenists would outnumber theLiberals and the Protestants, andthe whole thing would be soengineered that even the Liberalnewspapers of dirty ProtestantBritain would see it as a " stepforward," and a "logical solution"and "an end to an outdatedpolicical philosophy" which pro-

duced such miserable, ineffectualjerks as William Ewart Gladstone,who tried to fight for Home Rulefor Ireland before the de Valeraprophet even arrived on our shoresto tell us what was good for us,and what books we might andmigh not read by his very kindpermission.

I now invite all evil-mindedpersons such as myself, all thosebudding Castros and Hiders andMussolinis and Francos, to comeout in the open and do their dutyto God and their country. I wouldlike you to join with me in a veryvenerable and highly commendablescheme: Let’s work like hell to putthe soldiers of destiny firmly intopower for another thirty years.Let’s ensure that moral andpolitical and artistic stagnationshall prevail as well in the nextthirty years as they have prevailedin the last thirty. A few otherlittle points on the programme in-clude the destruction of art andliberty and Trinity College. Willyou help?

Just vote Fianna Ffiil.Brian Trevaskis’

Sir,mPermit me to air an oldgrievance with the examinationsystem. I refer to those Honorsfaculties which have finals inSeptember.

I have just been offered a jobwith I.C.I. as a Legal Assistant,but I am now likely to lose thepost as the firm needs me inJune to help with some importantlegal w o r k. They, naturally,assumed I would be available atthis time and if they cannot findsomeone from another division to

join them temporarily I am almostcertain to lose the job.

In the survey of the Law Schooibrought out last year we recom*mended that students should b~:able to choose between June andSeptember for sitting their finals.I believe any administrative inrconvenience caused is secondary tothe possibility of a student’s futurebeing so seriously impaired.

May I also add that the LawSchool has not seen fit to contactme as Chairman of the Committeewhich produced the survey, sinceI presented it to them, nor have Ireceived any acknowledgment ofreceipt of the report.

Ken Rushton.

Sir, -- I am not an Inter-nationalist but it seems to me thatMr. Miller has the right to expresshis views irrespective of hisnationality, the way he is dressedor where he went to school.

Dudley Potter.

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trinity news thursday april 25--page eight

DUBLIN Thursday, April 25th, 1968

The hope and frustrationMyles Wright and E. W. Chandler have pro-

duced a very exciting plan for the developmentof Trinity. They have shown how between6,000 and 8,000 students could be accommo-dated on the present site without too muchcongestion and without interfering with theclassical style of the front half of the College.

A major expansion of the College is neededvery urgently. Accommodation for lecturesleaves a lot to be desired and a small percentageof students than ever before are living in roomsnow. And there will probably be a great increase

in the number of Irish applicants for places herein the next few years~College officers are quiteconfident about basing their estimates of appli-cations on the assumption that the "ban" onIrish Catholics will be gone by the earlyseventies. The Science end badly needs therationalisation which the Wright plan wouldbring.

In the thick of the merger tangle the Collegecannot give its go-ahead to plans as far-reachingas those of Wright and Chandler. It can, andprobably will, build one or two of the mostneeded bu!ldings~the General Arts blocks to beput up m the Fellows’ Garden ~ almostimmediately.

But before Trinity’s role in the new Univer-sity of Dublin is worked out, the rest of thebuilding plans must be postponed. The urgencyof the need to develop Trinity, however, muston no account be put forward as a reason forpushing the merger through in a hurry.

Naughan AgonistesThis week Beverly Vaughan ends his term

cf office as Presiden~ of the S.R.C. His time asPresident has been a battle--against non co-operation from Council members, rebels in theExecutive and aloof attitude of the authorities.There have been resignations and threats ofresignations and the "Vaughan must go" factionwithin Council has been vociferous. The S.R.C.now, however, has a considerable voice in therunning of College. It is Vaughan’s work andpersonality alone which have achieved this.

The new president, Alan Matthews, has thesupport of most of the councillors and he shouldbe able to accomplish a great deal using thesound public image that Vaughan has createdfor the S.R.C.

FORD v OMURCHU IN HISTHotly contested elections

take place next Tuesday forthe 199th session of the Hist.Thirty-two candidates havebeen nominated for thetwelve posts on the com-mittee, compared with last

This year’s candidates forAuditor are David Ford and EoinO Murchu. David Ford, secondyear Classicist and an entrancescholar, ends his first year asLibrarian of the Hist. He reachedthe final of the Oscar Wilde De-bating Competition this year.

Eoin O Murchu, third yearLegal Science student, was Censor

of the Hist in 1966 when he failedto obtain a vote of thanks. Well-known in debating circles as anorator in Gaelic and English, hislast performance helped to win theInter-University Debating Com-petition for Trinity. He is alsoTreasurer of the Cumann Gaelach.

David Reid, Classicist, andVictor Allen, Business Studies, arestanding for the post of Treasurer.

David Ford.

Eoin 0 Murchu.

year when only one office wascontested. The electorol rollis small, however, under20% of its 820 membershaving attended three de-bates in the year which is thenecessary qualification forvoting.

Flats WantedFOR SUMMER VACATION

Call to AIESEC at 4.23B.

1 -2 p.m. Monday to Friday.

ADMISSION STANDARDSA warning has been issued to schools that the minimum

standards for admissions in 1969 are to be raised. The newrequirements will probably be three honours instead of twoin the Leaving Certificate Examination, and three grade Dat A level.

The changes will not affect themajority of entrants as the bulk ofU.K. students have three levels,and some of the honours schoolsare already demanding one gradeC at A level. The AdmissionsOfficer, Miss Start, said she be-lieved only borderline cases wouldbe affected ~ just those studentswho might find the course too de-mandirig. However, some countryschools with limited facilities mayfind it difficult to cater for then e e d s of potential universityentrants, although the fact thatmatriculation requirements may begained at two sittings wouldalleviate this to some extent.

Murphy agusa Chairde

Ag craobh bhabhta Chom6rtasDiosp6ireachta an Chomhchaid-rimh, sa G.M.B. D6 hAoine seochaite, fuair foineann as Colfiistena Trion6ide, Aoileann Ni Eigear-taigh agus Eoin O Murchfi, an bua.Mar sin t~i an com6rtas iomhinbuaite ag Cumann Gaelach anCholfiiste; siad an bheirt eile alabhair sa chom6rtas nh P~idhrainnNi Cheallaigh agus R6ise Ni Mhis-t6il.

Bev goes down fightingSpeaking for the last time as the President of the S.R.C. in their

A.G.M. on Tuesday night, Beverly Vaughan fiercely criticised recentactions of the Provost.

He attacked Dr. McConnell’sstand on the merger and went onto criticise the post of Provost, say-ing that it was out of date and didnot represent Trinity. He alsocalled for the abolition ofD.U.C.A.C. because it should bethe right of every student to decidehow their money should be spent.

In reviewing the position of theS.R.C. he emphasised its growingimportance in College. He added,however, that next year it mustjustify its existence, " It is no goodpassing motions that are not goingto be followed up."

In the elections that took placeat the meeting, Alan Matthews wasreturned unopposed as President,John Grindle as Vice-President,Brendan Sinnott as Secretary, AlanBaxter as Treasurer, and WillieRussell elected as External Re-lations Officer.

MACEY BREAKS

20 HR. BARRIER

Macey restsThe winner of this year’s

Belfast-Dublin walk is TimMacey, who completed the104 miles in 19 hours 45.minutes, breaking the exist-mg record by over two hours.There were 45 starters, in-cluding t w o girls’ relayteams; the weather wasgenerally good, with onlyslight rain on Sundaymorning.

Macey ran nearly all the way,and the second man home, TonyPoustie, was 8 hours behind; the

after his ordeal.sixth and last competitor into Dub-lin completed the course in 35hours.

"The winning girls relay team:~J. Curry, F. Howie, and C. Cootetook 28 hours 15 minutes, after afierce battle with their rivals. Muchvaluable work was done by pacersand car-owners, who ensured theevent’s success. The prize for allthe sweat?~a well earned barrelof Guinness tO the winner.

Results" 1. T. Macey~19 hrs.45 mins (Record). 2. A. Poustie.3. H. Courouclis. 4. H. Meakin.5. C. Kirkpatrick. 6. A. Anderson.

WOMEN FELLOWS AND SCHOLARSWomen are now eligible College began in 1903, when Ed- ruled the objection and the Ordin-

for Provostship, Fellowshipsa n d Foundation Scholar-ships. This break withtradition is announced in theProvost’s report, publishedthis week.

The Body Corporate of College,consists of the Provost, Fellowsand Foundation Scholars and tworepresentatives elected by the Pro-fessors. One representative is atpresent a woman, Professor Ott-way-Ruthven. An absurd situationhas thereby arisen in which a wom-an can, in fact, be elected onto theBody, but not appointed in thesame way as her male colleagues.

The emancipation of women in

ward VII’s permission was soughtin o~.der to give degrees to thewomen in Trinity. A substantialmajority in College has been infavour of removing the restric-tion on women’s membership ofthe Body Corporate for some time,but legal advisors wereadamantthat it would be necessary to askleave from the Dail, as Parliamenthad been approached on the pre-vious occasion.

Recently, however, ProfessorWebb unearthed an Act of Parlia-ment of 1919, stating that in uni-versity statutes the word ’male’should now read ’male and female’should now read ’male and female’.

The lawyers agreed that this over-

ances of the Board have subse-quently been passed to effect thechange.

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