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The Thursday play, once a popularfeature of College life, has lately becomea rarity. Now that the " regulars" ofCollege drama .are devoting their timetc the professional stage or, at the veryleast, to the major College productions,new talent is urgently needed with thesmaller shows. There are opportunitiesin Players for beginners in directing andacting, and it is a great pity that theseare not seized (m more often. DavidAllen’s production of Rattigan’s " Harle-

~:quinade " is the first Thursday play of~:; :~s College year, and it is to be hoped

more will follow. Scheduled for the lastweek of the Michaelmas term, the playsucceeded in opening only last Thursdayand Friday. Mr. Allen chose an easypiece. It has an amusing plot, explosivedialogue and simple characters--in fact,if played energetically, " Harlequinade "cannot fail to be a success.

It did not fail. The cast, most ofthem Junior Freshmen, jogged throughthe plot with reasonable energy. Leastcan vincing was Nell Keatinge’s police-man, who looked uncomfortable through-out. Barbar.a Fox’s veteran stageactress fussed around very excitedly, but(on the Friday night anyway) did notlook her antique age--the make-updepartment is at fault here. PeterMartin relied on his Midland accent andloud, clear voice, but more identificationwith his rSle would have helped. MaryBurroughs, Judith Brooks and BrianLoughed sank naturally into their parts,but among the minor performers GillianJolmson’s jerky secretary was mostdelightful. Of the leading characters,Gillian Howe seemed somewhat tooplacid, while David Allen’s voice wassharp and grating. Both were delight-fully absent-minded. But whenever hewas on the stage, Sophister Tony Cole-gate gently but surely ushered everyoneelse into the background i,n the mostnatural and pleasing performance of theevening.

Scenery and lighting were both satis-factory. Indeed, Mr. Allen is to be con-gratulated not only on an intelligent andenjoyable production, but also in intro-ducing to College so much new talent(including his own). Some of the casthave already been absorbed into JohnJay’s (apparently mammoth) " BloodWedding." I hope the remainder alsowill appear again .on the College stage.

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Icarus Sub-Editors Walk :)utWITHIN a week there has been news of three resignations. The

delay in the production of "Icarus" is directly due to the resigna-tion of the main sub-Editors who have disagreed with the policy of theEditor and Chairman.

Dr. O’Sullivan, Vice-President of the International Affairs Associa-tion, has also sent in his resignation to the Chairman, Mr. C. A. David.At the last meeting of the Co-operative Society, Miss Kelly offered herresignation in view of the fact that she was to go into hospital. Herrequest was happily refused.

DELAYMr. Rivers-Carew is a lonely

man. He brings out this term’sproduction of "Icarus" withoutthe backing of a staff, at least twoof whom’have been prominentcontributors for a long time. Notonly Misses Cluysenaar andGourley, but all the remaining"credit names" have walked out.

The disagreement arose because theEditor included an article by UlickO’Connor which denounced modern.poetry, including, we understand, thework of Dr. Davie, a Fellow andlecturer in English literature. The staffsay they were not consulted, a.~d, re-fusing to associate themselves with thearticle, resigned en bloc: and withdrewtheir names from the proof copies.

With the support of his Chairman, Mr.C. Cole, the Editor has accepted theresignations. In spite of the subsequentconfusion, " Icarus " will definitely beon sale with only a couple of days’delay.

UNEXPECTFDThe International Affairs Com-

mittee have received a letter fromDr. O’Sullivan, one of their Vice-Presi.dents, in which he givesnotice of his intention to resign.No reason was given. Asked fora statement, the Chairman, Mr.C. A. David, said "No comment."

Recently the Association invited bigname guests to their Inaugural meeting.Among them was Mr. Milkeniel, thePolish Ambassador i,n London. He waslater refused a visa. " TrinitY News"contacted His Excellency with a viewto publishing his comments. He feltcompelled to decline.

The President of the Association isDr. Moody. It is understood that onlythe officers of the Association werepresent at the Inaugural. Dr. O’Sullivauis the President of the Laure, ntianSociety.

o,;.,or oopmster Anne Cluysenaarwho has j~st resigned from the

editorial staff of " Icarus."

REFUSEDWhen the Co-operative Society

Shareholders met recently, theTreasurer, Miss Kelly, offered herresig~nation in view of the fact thatshe was shortly to enter hospitalwittl a serious illness. Unani-mously, the Shareholders refusedto accept it.

Miss Kelly, the familiar figure at theend of the queue, was in Trinity whenBuffet was instigated 37 years ago. Shehas done a great share .of work on thefinancial side of both the Co-op. andBuffet. Thorough, competent, cheerfuland firm, Miss Kelly will have atemporary deputy.

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One wonders if the ground floorwindows are too tightly fixed down overthere, unlike another place we know sowell.

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The Historical Society’s team of C.Cole and B. Udenze, Auditor, willtravel to North Staffs next Thursday.They will be competing in the nationalsemi-final of " The Observer" DebatingCompetition. Last year the Hist.reached the final. They will face strongopposition from Glasgow and North ofEngland university teams.

The Rt. I-Ion. George Brown, who wasprevented from coming to the Phil.opening meeting by the Suez crisis, willbe the Distinguished Visitor at to-nght’smeet-_g of the University PhilosophicalSociety. In a letter to the Presdent,Mr. Brown says that he has arrangeda three-li,ne whip so that nothing willprevent this visit, his first ever ~oDublin. George Brown was defeated byMr. Bevan for the Treasure:k~p of theLabour Party, and he was subsequentlygiven the office of Minister of Defencein the Shadow Cabinet.

Browsing through the many Univer-sity newspapers, ane can readily observethat most sports writers are ready to" back " their teams against any otherUniversity. There is one notable ex-ception-boxing. Not one is preparedto write that his University will defeatTrinity in the U.A.U. Championships tobe held in Dublin ,next week. Trinityhave won the Harry Preston Trophy forthe last six years. Once again, theyare favourites.

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Vol. IV TRINITY NEWS No. 10

THURSDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY, 1957

WHAT !-OUR report of the StandingCommittee’s recommenda-tions, recently accepted by theBoard, !has caused a group ofundergraduates to publish a seriesof objections to the r~port. Thishas been followed by a petition,which, if successful, will be pre-sented to the Board. It is mostreasonable that everyone should beallowed to express "their opinion.This seems to have been clone inan unfortunate way. Firstly, asthe main points of the report havebeen widely published over thelast twelve months, it seems thatsuch a concentrated criticism israther "late in the day." Secondly,the pamphlet was unsigned, initself not conducive to whole-hearted confidence. Even the nameof the publisher is omitted fromthe sheet. Neither is it clearwhether the authors of thepamphlet are calling for a completewithdrawal of the levy or merelycriticising the distribution offunds. Had these points been takeninto consideration before publica-tion, we feel that it might havereceived a more sympathetic hear-ing from the authorities.

A HOPEThe news of Miss Kelly’s illness

came as a shock to most of us. OnMonday she entered St. Luke’sHospital and when I spoke to lher,although she was, as always, cheer-ful, I found that she was under noillusions about the seriousness ofher ailment. A faithful servant ofTrinity for the past thirty-sevenyears, Miss Kelly will be missed.We look forward to the news of aspeedy recovery and the hope ofmany more years service.

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Douglas Bluettwas b o r n inDublin on June1st, 1934, "at 5p.m.," as he likesto relate, ofparents who areboth Trinitygraduates.

Educated firstat Avoea School,he came to Col-lege six yearsago. Duringthose years hehas taken a goodMod. in Mentaland Moral, a firstc 1 a s s DivinityTestimonium and,by the time heleaves in June, he will have written finalpapers for B.D. and H.Dip.Ed. Beforeyou begin to think him a bookworm oran academic divine, let us look at hisSociety activity.

Since his advent in 1951, Mr. Bluetthas rarely missed a meeting of eitherthe Theological Society, the Meta-

BLUETT- Characterphysical Society, or his first love, thePhil. Each has proved its debt to him.He is Treasurer of the former, andSecretary and Council Member of thetwo latter, respectively. His papershave won prizes in all three Societies.Whenever he speaks he has an eageraudience, for they know that either hewill make them laugh when he knowslittle of the subject or make them listenwhen, as often happens, he knows a gooddeal about the subject under discussion.There was apparently a mixture of bo~hwhen he represea~ted the Phil. in Belfast.

Not a few willremember for aa long time notonly his hilarious" water" speech,which was amasterpiece oftiming, but alsohis deep learneddiscourse on theHoly Spirit.

You would ex-pect him to havea name exclusive"to the boys " asit were. He has:it is just plainBluett. Here is areal character inevery sense. Longhair, odd dress, awatch-chain mad’efrom string, a

pah ilosopher,committee man,

a Theologian anda self styledspare part.

But a very humble man who practicespoverty because he believes it to beChristian, although not necessarily forevery Christian, Douglas Bluett knowswhat he has to do. Africa is the home-to-be for this prospective Missionary.He has the best wishes of all who knowhim.

In the G.M.B. with Back-Bencher

INDIVIDUALISM DEPLOREDRepresentatives from the Presbyterian

College, Belfast; Edgehill College andMagee University College attended theinter-debate on Monday night (18th), atwhich the motion was: "That thisHouse deplores the emphasises on in-dividualism in the Church."

Mr. Frank Russell (Assembly’s) inproposing the motion pointed .out thatthere was a general lack of fellowshipand friendship in the Church to-day,each man believing that he can find Godby himself. He maintained that baptismmeant entry into a society or commtmityin which individualism must take onlya minor part.

Mr. Richard King,ston (Edgehill), inopposition, stated that he believed therewas no emphasis on individualism, or ifthere were, it could not be a bad thing,as Christianity was a religion in whicha personal relationship between each in-dividual and God was essential. Thecharacteristic note of our time, he main-tai,ned, was a movement towards unity,not individualism.

Mr. T. H. Crawford (C.T.S.), second-ing the motion, set the subject in itshistorical setting and drew a parallelfrom Hegel’s thesis-antithesis-synthesis.He hoped we had passed the stage ofdependence and independence, and wereon the threshold of the age of inter-depe.ndence. He pointed out that in-dividualism was destructive, breakingdown the idea of fellowship which is atthe root of Christianity.

Mr. T. V. Craig (Mcgee), opposing,said that the Church should ratherchoose the dangers of individualismrather than the stagnation that comeswith the crushing of the individual in atotalitarian world. Visible unity andoutward conformity were false signs offellowship. He held that God workedmainly through individuals, raising up" the man for the hour " at all the crisesin history.

The subject was then open to debate,the speakers more or less equallydivided " for" and " against," themajority taking an almost "middle "view. The general thought was thatthere was a right sort of individualismand a wrong one, there being noChristian community without individuals,and no real ndividuals without the com-mu.nity. All were agreed that in-dividuals were essential for the continu-ance of the Church, but that this was adifferent thing from the spirit of in-dividualism, which detracted from thefellowship of the people of God.

When the House was divided it wasfound that the motion was carrieddecisively by 31 votes to 16.

The Chain:man, the Rev. Canon R. R.Hartford, D.D. (Se,nior Vice-President),

pointed .out the important differencebetween " person " and " individualism,"and thanked the Auditor for helping himto decide whether speakers were " for"or "against the motion. He thenclosed the meeting with the Grace.

MR. DE VALERA ON

PATRIOTISMThere was a full house at the Hist.

on the 13th to hear the debate on themotion, "That patriotism is the lastrefuge of a scoundrel." With Mr. deValera and speakers from English,Scottish and Welsh universities on thep~ogramme, the audience, naturally,looked forward to an exciting eveningand to campetent debating. The resultwas disappointing -- sensation therecertainly was, but of intelligent debat-ing hardly enough.

Mr. Udenze, the Auditor of the Hist.,treated all patriots as Robert Emmets,on whom he gave an eulogy, cox~cludingfrom this that patriots could not bescoundrels. Such inflation was tolerableonly when supported by assurance, styleand wit, which Mr. Udenze provided inabundance. J. Hastie, of GlasgowUniversity, <speaking for the motion,stunned us with a perfectly plottedm~lange of exaggeration, sensationalismand h~mour delivered at a terrifyingtempo. Whatever may be said of hisextravagant examples of good patriotsand scoundrels, his explosive humoura,nd energetic delivery swept us off ourfeet. Mr. Sides made the most sensibleremarks of the evening in favour of themotion, stressing the point that as areligion, patriotism had failed, butlacked volume or modulation to punchhome his remarks.

The candidates fro~m U.C.C. andBangor (Wales) were both quiet--theformer pleaded that nationalism was ascoundrel’s last refuge; the latter thatit was the pretence of patriotism thatwas criminal. Mr. Maguire from Queen’sand Mr. Abrahamson hovered on vul-garity. Mr. Coats from Durham quibbledineffectively. Mr. Windle from U.C.D.was absurdly tragic, while Mr. O’Reillyof Galway i.nvited us to strip Stalin,Lincoln, Churchill and himself in aspeech that will hardly find its equal foridiocy.

Finally, Mr. de Valera accused modernyouth of excessive cynicism and defendedthe stand he and his party made in the1916 troubles. His dignity and sincerity,Mr. Hastie’s amazing volubility and Mr.Sides’ intelligent speech remain thehighlights of an otherwise disappointingevening. The motie.n was defeated by42 votes to 15.

COLLEGE IOBSERVED

Dear Patter,College has been wet and dead this

week. After the weather and Dr.McDowell had dribbled on it, MissFrench’s victory demonstration lastFriday fizzled out like a damp squib.Why Miss French doesn’t fizzle out hasalways caused amazement. Mr. Bartonis in London and Mr. Bonar-Law hasgrown up (though someone must havebeen responsible for the ladder found theother morning beside the Museum build-ing). Gone appare.ntly, and thank good-ness, are the days of C~omwelliandelinquency and juvenile exuberance.Lecturer Shields received a scantily cladchorus girl on a Valentine Card lastThursday, who invited him to taste of hercharms, but though he blushed ~advowed to cherish her, he has not yetshown any inclination for her type offruit. Indeed, energy is generally at alow ebb. We are not allowed to leaveour books i,n the Reading Room over-night without the librarians removingthem to the desk--and we have been toolazy to complain.

However, our Russian .attraction,Tolstoy, is fighting fit. He has justpenned a proclamation, or declaration orrights or something, against the Board’slevy of £5 on each student for thesupport of the G.M.B.--so the Boardsays. Count Tolstoy expects his paperto cause a sensation and will be gratefulif undergraduates would appreciate thisfact. There is yet another sensationforecast for the coming week. " Icarus"is due to arrive just after the week-end,only this time it appears in rather excitingcircumstances. The newly-elected staffhave all resigned, and there is only aneditor left. Whether this will make anydifference to the publication I do notknow. I think not, for I have it .o:a thebest authority that Cluysenaar andForson will be wooing us again withtheir verses. A number of JuniorFreshmen have been wandering .all overPlayers’ stage recently and have actuallycalled the result hilarious. But this wasonly for two nights. The theatre isagain silent, awaiting Mr. Jay’s impend-ing volcanic eruption.

Love in the hail and rain is not prov-ing a success, so we are all conservingour energies and talents for the spring.And when it comes, Pater, then"All modest maidens to their mums will

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Big Bill Chinn, just back from a spellprospecting for gold and other metalsin the North:West Territory of Canada,has a man-sized story to tell. Based atYellowknife, on the southern shore ofthe Great Slave Lake, Bill is rapidlybecoming the Davy Crockett of theterritory, having already shot his firstbear.

He left Trinity in 1955 and soon foundhimself employed by Mobiloil in Calgary,Alberta. However, the call of the wideopen spaces proved too much. Alwaysan individualist, Bill decided to go offand work for himself---or, as he puts it,".offer my services to prospectors." Soone morning in May he upped and went,landing at Yellowknife, a town with abar, a bank, a cinema and not much else.However, in company of John Nisco (ex-T.C.D.), Bill set himself up in businessas a geologist and was soon trekkingthrough the bush in search of gold. Con-ditions were rigorous. Early in Junethe ice begins to melt in the hills andthe rivers are swirling torrents offreezing cold water, and it was throughrivers Iike these that they had to wade,chest deep in water.

The melting ice made conditionsawkward for the small bush planes toland, and once the boys were threeweeks without supplies and mail fromhome. In putting up the tent in ablizzard the chimney of the oil-firedstove became over-heated and threatened

to burn the tent down--the only blizzardBill has ever been thankful for.

People have been known to get lost inthe hills and so Bill and John devised aningenious scheme to let each know thatthe .other was safe--they loosed off astick of dynamite every half houri

He was away in the bush from Mayto November, .and.was more often thannot 135 miles away from civilisation.Asked if it ever got lonely, he retorted:" Damn right it did, what with .only anoccasio~aal bear and noose for com-pany!" And whether he’s going back?"Just as soon as I can get away andget the necessary financial backing."

With an eye for our prospectiveemigrants, he was asked if there wasreal opportunity in Canada or was itonly the successful stories one heard andnot of the many failures ? Characteristi-cally he replied: "The only real moneythat was ever made was by those pre-pared to take a risk. There are enoughjobs in Canada to ,offer security and apension, but for those who have thebackbone to go out for themselves there’sopportunity g.al.ore. Remember the oldadage. ’The man who never made amistake never made anything!’"

"Ovin-Ovin."

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p" JEWISH NEWSThe Dublin Jewish Students’ Union,

while not strictly a College organisation,is the only one in Dublin catering for theinterests of Jewish students, and Torthat reason, merits a mention in ourcolumns. Dr. Mervyn Abrahamson (ex-T.C.D.), presented his address. Thepaper, entitled " Three-score Year andTen," dealt with the medical progressduring the last 70 years. The paperwas well presented. Professor Lanczosof the Dublin Institute for AdvancedStudies, Professor Abrahamson ofR.C.S.I.; Professor David Green ofT.C.D. and Dr. Alan Thompson alsospoke to the paper.

Anyone interested in further par-ticulars of meetings is asked to contactMiss Betsy Elzas, No. 6 T.C.D.

Ode to PaulaAs when Oly~npian gods sang wit with

joy,But oft-times stooped to fraternise with

m,an

And wearied--as the satiated can!-So must this round of aimless pleasure

cloy.

For thou, pale goddess, since thy coursebegan

Have walked in mystic robes, pursuedsweet arts,

And shunned the valley where the crowddeparts

To primrose pastimes and the pipes ofPan.

Unlike Arachne: poor Athena starts(For she and Aphrodite both despairThy fatal wisdom hung with golden

hair.)And sees thy silken web soft trapping

hearts.

But past compare ....Thou are, my love, too rare--

Having so rich a mind--and being sofair!

Paddy Burges Watson.

Letters to theEditor

Dear Sir,--I cannot allow a repol~ inyour last issue of an mterview with meto pass without some comment.

The implication in the final statementof that report--" He feels sure ofostrich-like resistance a m o n g hismembers to the changes over the statusof his Society "--is not likely to en-courage good relations in an alreadydifficult situation. I particularly stressedfro your representative that the Thee.,although regretting certain changes, itsaw no point in obstructing the Boardin their efforts to £mprove studentfacilities in College and were willing toco-operate in any reasonable scheme.-Yours, etc.,

H. D. MeLindon.18/2/’57

Sir, -- A College society that cannotclaim the interest from students tosupport itself fulfils no useful serviceto the students. Societies that fail, doso because no one is interested in main-taining them. Sinking money into themwill not create interest.

There is a ~ompulsory levy, similar tothe proposed one, in London University.The only difference is that it is usedconstructively for the good of allstudents. It is £3 per year--not £~5--and is used in the construction of aunion building.

I am not singing eulogies of anotheruniversity, but anyone who has visitedU.L.U. would be glad to see the same inDublin. Trinity students can only getin by "crashing." We have nothingcomparable to offer and we cannotarrange reciprocal facilities. We do notwant to become either beholden to anyother university or subject to them, butwe might as well try to obtain some-where more suitable than the ReadingRoom as a centre of student life inCollege.

If this levy is to be raised, let usmake certain that the money, which israre enough anyhow, is not wasted.Before we part with any money at all,we must make certain how it is to beused.--Yours,

B. Osman.56 Palmerston Road.

People and Events

A COLLEGEBy A Student

The sight was familiar. Frances-

Jane French was leading Tom

Bennett, his sister Norah andLoretta Comfort-Browne up the

steps of the Regent House. Shortly

the Grand Master for the evening

emerged from his hideout in No. 5.

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eminence with the high authority

of a &D. and chatted for a moment

or two with Noel Igoe, who turned

triumphantly to Frances-Jane, his

mentor, to announce that if therewas any trouble she was to send

for the porters.Before long the "pro-officers" accupied

their positions, meticulously allocated tothem by Frances-Jane, a messenger-spyarrived to bring the great news thatthey were going to have a monopoly ofmeetings for the evening. Owing to theunfortunate .absence of Bob Barton,Bonar-Law had abandoned the idea ofa rival meeting which was to take placesi~nulta~aeously last Friday in the lessexalted surroundings of the WestChapel.

The Background

What was all this fervent activityabout ? Well, it was just another coup-d’6tat by Frances-Jane and her croniesto regain some of the ground which theylost with some clumsy handling ofelectioneering in the councils of theS.R.C. last November.

After the notorious affair, so boister-ously directed by the Harkness Brothers,~oor Noel Igoe was unceremoniously in-stalled into the Presidential throne.The ensuing outcry by the Council is alltoo familiar. Igoe in his innocence re-signed--was he ever really elected ? Atthe following meeting the Bonar-Lawfaction outvoted and outwitted Igoe, soBob Barton found himself at the head ofthis "august organisation." Frances-Janewould not give in so easily. She in-voked the constitution which was sus-

C* U*SSaturday night party-crashing is like

a new religion. The burning questionon everybody’s lips on Saturday night is"Where’s the party?" Each new facethat enters the pub is immediately care-fully scrutinised to see if it possessesthat particularly self-sufficient glint--theinstantaneous give-away--the knowledgethat might lose the friendship of thatevening’s unforttmate party-giver. Andso, if our omniscient friend is unwillingto share his secret with the stout-drink-ing hordes that people the pubs, who canblame him? But there’s no need to bedismayed--a couple of minutes at thebona-fide are quite sufficient to tap thegrape vine. Argued with thatinconspicuous (sic) brownpaper parcel, your passportto popularity and guaranteeof admittance, you’re all setto gain entry to anyone’sparty, and now free to messup someone else’s pleasantevening. And there’s therub! It would need morethan a mild revolution in themind of the average studentto alter this state of affairs,and anyway this writer hasno intention of delivering asermon on the moral ethics of partycrashing.

Too many of the usual College" hooleys " are dark, dismal and sordid--not at all like the gay, amusing soireesthat the Junior Fresh think they are.A scarcely audible gramophone in onecorner, an iron lung in the other, andtoo many people between the two.

Take for instance friend Bob Irwin’sparty last Saturday night. This fits the

above description to a "’ T," with theadded entertainment for guests of afight, a broken window, .and a picture ofour host laid out in front of the fire atfive in the morning. Bill Meek andBernie Maher tried to relieve the bore-dom by " singing the blues" in a backbedroom to the accompaniment .of achorus of rioters in the bar singing "TheBauld Tady Quill." A few fugitivesfrom the Rugby Club dinner rolled inwith beer stains on their dress suits,and by this time Tolstoy was out for thecount. All in all a most typical Satur-day evening’s entertaffrment]

Not that we have anythingagainst Bob Irwin. After all,he tried his best, but wasdefeated by the crashers.Things have come to thesituation having to spreadaround a false address tolure away prospective un-invited guests. BrendanCarroll is looking for thecertain somebody that senttwo car-loads of people tohis house last week-end insearch of a non-existentparty. Dennis Noyek leekout ! !

Ruby Indar has already been asked toleave her fiat after a fracas there lastterm, when the sheer weight of numberson the staircase broke down thebannister rail. The biggest fiasco of alltime happened out at Shankill a coupleof years ago, when over 500 peopleturned up at a party, wrecked the houseand broke most of the furniture. Need-less to say, only 25 people had beenasked. Who’s giving next week’s party?Not I!

Escapist ?The Christian Union held its second

special meeting on Friday. Mr. M. C.Griffiths, B.A., gave the address entitled"Is Christianity Escapist ?"

Mr. Griffiths said that esaapism wagcommon to-day. Children look forwardto growing up. Women read se,nti-mental love stories and men, to escapefrom failure, will turn to golf, girls oralcohol. People try to escape from thepresent to something of their owncreation. Thus Christianity is onlyescapist if it is u,ntrue. Was JesusChrist false or is He true ? Many rejectChristianity on quite insufficient grounds,

not understanding what it really is.Assuming that it is true, does Christi-anity not encourage people to turn awayfrom reality? The Christian is urgedto face up to the past. We can’t makeup for our sins, our rebellion againstGod. Christ died that we might be for-given.

The Christian must face up to thepresent. We can only escape fram theaction of sin by the working in us ofChrist’s spirit which gradually over-comes the adverse power and fashions uslike Him. The Christian must face upto the future and live expecting judg-ment.

NOTEBOOKof Intrigues

pended by Noel Harkness, the veryChairman who put in her candidate.Barton, however, remained immovable,and Miss French resorted to moredecisive methods.

The MeetingIgoe, somewhat timidly, called upon

Norah Bennett, the pro-Record Secre-tary, to read some minutes speciallywritten by Frances-Jane. No word wassaid about the resignation and thesubsequent meetings. The variouspuppet pro-officers read thMr " reports."Tom Bennett proposed a motion whichVernon Young was eager to second.Various questians by the amused gather-ing received no answer. French in-structed Igoe to go on to the next itemon the agenda. Meanwhile some of the" Scoundrels " put in an appearance.

Finally, in a moment of confusion, inhis effort to show kindheartedness, Igoemade the fatal mistake. He proposed aprivilege motion to pass a vote ofsympathy to a member of the Council,Bob Barton, for the accident and in-juries of his parents. There was an up-roar and it was suggested that in thelight of this information the meetingshould not have been held at all. SaidIgoe: "In that case I adjourn themeeting." The "conspirators " then re-tired into the adjoining chambers of their" President" to decide about the nextsteps.

The Stage-Manager~Frances-Jane

Frances-Jane French, the producer-director of these regular shows, is inmany respects a lovable girl, and when itcomes to occupying a subordinateposition under a strong boss she can bequite useful. She could, however, beruthless and devastating to weak " col-leagues." Dear Frances-Jane is bynature very persistent in her aims and,though few would realise it, she is awaman of ambition. In reality, her in-trigues inside the S.R.C. have no otherpurpose except a hope that she mightone day, in. her many forthcoming yearsof College career, occupy the covetedoffice of President. For the moment sheis content with any .other office, but inoffice she must be.

The Pathetic Victim~Noel Igoe

In her search for .a puppet President,Frances-Jane has found all the necessaryqualities in innocent medical Noel Igoe.Undergraduates will remember kindIgoe as the person who last yearorganised with considerable efficiencythe blood donations in the Dixon. Un-fortunately, this success was to provefatal for him for he was so.on to bedrawn into the orbit of the Harkness-French axis. His amateurism, coupledwith the clumsy tactics of his agents,led to his replace~ment by solid, con-troversial Barton, the candidate of theBonar Law-Colhoun party.

The Problem Child~Bonar Law

Infantile Andrew of the elan of Be.nat-Law--his grandfather was for a fewmonths Prime Minister of Britain in1922--introduced to his circle in Collegegames for little boys, as played by thefourth formers .at Rugby, his old school.Some of his eccentricities got an undueshare of publicity, but £n recent months,except for the management of theBarton candidature, assisted by rusticHeather Colhoun, his activities havebeen of little news value. This worrieshim a great deal, for he is verypublicity-conscious. In man~ respectsamiable, Andrew, like many of the otheraides-de-camp, is a liability to the Presi-dential entourage.

The MoralSome quarters believe in the eventual

supremacy of President Barton. Frances-Jane is sure that her men are odds-on,bets. The great majority do not care abit as to who provides the fun---~as longas there is fun. The evidence, however,points that t, he capabilities of bothfactions to this end are exhausted,Whatever insignificant activities are stillcarried on by the S.R.C. could be takenover by next year’s Hist.-Phil. jointcommittee, and the Board, tired ~of thewarring groups, could take the necessarysteps to rid itself of this perpetual pest.

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VICTORY IN THE MUDTrinity, 9; N.I.F.C., 6.

THE rugby team recorded another narrow win in beating N.I.F.C. by

two tries, a penalty goal to a try and a penalty goal, last Saturdayat College Park.

0nly the most querulous could com-plain about the match. The conditionswere horrible. Although there wasbright sunshine all afternoon, after aday’s rain the ground was so slhny ontop that a shift of balance was sufficientto slip the players’ feet from underthem. To run through this thick andclinging mud was a feat of strength.Yet the backs of both teams on manyoccasions showed their paces. The for-wards had the good sense not to keepthe ball too much--a policy rarelyadopted in such conditions--and as aresult few opportunities of opening upthe game were missed.

Trinity’s win was well merited. Aslight advantage gained by the forwardswas effectively used by the backs, whosevariation of tactics ~nade them the betterattacking force.

Within twenty minutes N.I.F.C. gaineda six points’ lead even though Trinitydid most of the attacking. A set scrumjust inside the home " 25," a quick heelby N.LF.C. and the right winger wasover for a try. The kick failed, and itlooked as if convertions would be im-possible on the day until Cooper putN.I.F.C. further .ahead with a penaltykick. In the meantime, two dummyscissors worked out between Fitzsimo,nsand Reid-Smith gained Trinity .a lot ofground, but one ended in a tackle, theother in a misdirected pass.

Oace N.I.F.C. had established theirlead, Trinity came ~nore into the picture.From a loose scrum, the ball went toSmyth, whose well-judged punt was fol-lowed up by Mostert to touch down fora try. Fitzsimon failed to convert, butcompensated shortly .afterwards in level-ling the scores with a penalty kick froma good distance.

The only score in the second halfwon the match for Trinity. WhileN.I.F.C. were beginning an attackingm o v e m e n t, Fitzsimon interceptedCooper’s pass to Todd, ran straightthrough and when very near the postspassed out for Mostert to score anothertry. DUring the last fifteen minutesTrinity were defending, but N.I.F.C.failed to score as their three-qtmrterswere unable to draw their oppositenumbers and split a defence thatmarked, covered and tackled well. Thepressure was relieved when Sutton,O’Connor and Dowse ran together andwith short passes on the ground carriedthe ball some forty yards near theN.I.F.C. line and into touch. Just themthe final whistle went and the playerswalked .off the field a few pounds ofmud heavier than when the battle began.

METROPOLITAN CUPTerenure, 8; Trinity 2nd XV, 3

Last Saturday, Trinity fielded an ex-tremely strong 2nd XV against Tere.nure1st in the second round of the Metro-politan Cup. The pitch was extremelymuddy and Very heavy, and this pointedto a forward game. So it was, and twovery evenly matched packs fought forcontrol of the ball most of the game.Trinity tactics were to handle as littleas possible and kick to the wings, hop-ing Terenure would make mistakes. This

Tri,nity nearly succeeded in doing onseveral occasions, but good covering byTerenure prevented any s c o r e s.Terenure’s backs tried a little more hand-ling and on one of these occasions theircaptain took an inside pass ~.nd managedluckily to touch down. This was con-verted. Previously Terenure had kickeda penalty goal and kn the last minuteBeatty kicked one in reply for Trinity.

Everyone on the Trinity side playedwell, but mention should be made of G.Brown who was the best forward or.the field; N. Bielenberg, who did somesterling work in the line-out, and D.Holmes, a ju,nior fresh, for his finecovering and falling on the ball.

GOSSIP with

Harri~ersCongratulations to Michael Connolly

for his very fine effort on Saturdaywhen, running individually for TrLnity,he came second in the A.A.U. juniorcross-country championship at Santryover a waterlogged and muddy threemiles. The race was won by N.McDermott (Civil Service) in 18 mins.12 sees., and Connolly followed him homein 18 mins. 42 secs.

On the same day the Club sealedhandicap was run over the @-mile courseat Islandbridge. There, too, after a,morning’s sleet, the groumd was heavyand slippery in parts. In this race thelimit man, R. Johns, in his first racewon by 12 seconds from B. Hannon(scr.), with C. Kerr third. The resultswere as follows: 1, R. Johns (4½ mi,ns.),27 mins. 51 secs.; 2, B. Hannon (scr.),28 rains. 3 secs.; 3, C. Kerr (4 mins. 25secs.), 28 mins. 16 secs.

Boat ClubThe secondary stage of training

started last Monday. The new rulesmerely tighten up all the ~les adheredto so far, ~.nd cut .out all dances andlate nights. N. MacGillycuddy has re-turned to the crew, but, unfortunately,D. K. Johnston injured his ankle inover-conscientious training over theweek-e,nd and left the crew temporarilyat the beginning of the week.

It is hoped that the Lady ElizabethBoat Club will be sending a crew up toBelfast to race the Q.U.B.B.C. 2ndsenior VIII on the day of the Wylie Cupevemt. As the Senior Championship ofIreland takes place during Henley RoyalRegatta this summer, Trinity’s onlyrepresentative will probably be basicallythis same "Lizzie" crew. It isrt~moured that Queen’s intend to sendtheir 2nd senior VIII to the champion-

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Trinity, 9 ; Veterinary College, 2.

THE Soccer Club returned to winning form last week with a welldeserved 9-2 win over the Veterinary College. Despite the absence

of regulars Stewart and McCauley, the team proved far too strong fora keen but mediocre Vets. side.

Absurd as it may sound, Trinityshould have won by a larger margin.The forwards’ approach was excellent,but on many occasions they failed toscore from easy positions. This was tosome extent due to a heavy pitch thatmade shooting difficult. Within fiveminutes, Trinity asserted themselveswith goals by David and Prole; the firsta tame shot which the goalkeeper letslip through his ha,nds; the second, awell taken penalty. Ryan scored thethird goal from Elder’s pass. An owngoal and yet another by Ryan broughtthe score to 5-0 at the interval.

Shortly after the resumption the Vetsscored from a breakaway. Then Trinitywere awarded a further penalty, but thistnne Prole shot well wide of the posts.However, a neat move between Rigbyand Elder resulted in a goal by Sains-

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ship, so this race in Belfast on the 2ndof March will be of interest as a fore-taste of some of the summer’s racing.

Collingwood To-dayThe biggest event in Irish University

soccer begins this afternoon when Trinitymeet U.C.D. at Belfield in the prelimin-ary round of the Collingwood Cup com-petition.

The winners of this match meetQueen’s, the holders, to-morrow, wheaU.C.C. and U.C.G. will be contesting theother semi-final at College Park. Thefinal takes place on Saturday.

U.C.D. are undoubtedly the strongestteam in the competition (l~ast Sundaythey only just lost to Cork Athletic, ateam of professionals), but, like Trinity,they have to play a match more thanthe others to reach the final. Thiswould mean three games in three days.

Cork have improved considerably inthe last two seasons and should have nodifficulty in going to the final, and onthe event of their meeting either Trinityor U.C.D., I expect them to win. Onthe other hand, if they meet Queen’s,the trophy might go to Belfast for thesecond time in succession.

Badminton--Exit CupThe first temn made an inglorious but

none the less exciting exit from theShield when they went down by 13points to Abbey Church II. The finalresult was 4-4, 9-9, 203-216. This wasrather unexpected as we had alread~beaten the same team in the League.Faulty serving ~nd lack of practicewere responsible for this defeat. Wehope that the second team will do betteragainst the Gas Co. II this week in theIntermediate Cup.

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bury. The same player soon completeda "hat-trick," the last one being abeautiful header from Prole’s accuratecross.

In the meantime, Vets scored a secondgoal as a result of a misunderstandingbetween McCabe and Croni,n. The ninthgoal came from left-half Wheeler whoshot into the corner of the net withwhat was to be the last kick of thematch.

The following will represent the 1stXI against U.C.D. in the first round ofthe Collingwood Cup comoetition whichtakes place at Belfield this afternoon:

1, R. McCabe; 2, A. J. Stewart; 3, T.Widdis; 4, J. Rigby; 5, D. McCauley; 6,D. Wheeler; 7, M. Elder; 8, J. Sains-bury; 9, J. Ryan; 10, R. Prole; 11, A.A. David (Captain).

Ladies’ HockeyTrinity, 1; Loreto 2nd, 3

When Trinity started their gameagainst Loreto 2nd XI the field wasalready showing signs of wear. Thesnow of the morning had melted and afriendly match since then had torn upthe surface. It soon became obviousthat close-passing between the forwardswas useless and Loreto were quick torealise this. Throughout the match theyrelied on hard hitting, both mid-field a~adin the circle; on a few occasfons theywere even penalised for undercutting orother dangerous play. Their three goalsall came from passes from the wings tothe inside forwards, who shot forcefully.

Trinity, o~a the other hand, seemed in-capable of swinging the ball about, giv-ing hard through-passes, or even shoot-ing from the edge of the circle.Struggling bravely but vainly throughthe mud, the forwards wasted manyopportunities and scored only shortlybefore full-time. Hilary Barton, sub-stitutimg for Arleen Redmond, shot thisgoal off a centre from Ruth Harris. Ifground conditions continue to be noor,Trinity will have to learn to adaptthemselves to them, otherwise theirLeague prospects will be very dim.

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