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I )R THE INDIVIDUALReaders of the national press during the past few weeks will

possibly remember the questions in the Dail and the Debate on theAdjournment on Telephone Tapping; it is likely, however, that fewpeople will have given the matter another thought after the glib repliesof the Minister for Justice. However, for those whose telephones aretapped or have been tapped, the question is of more than mereacademic interest. This is but one instance of the numerous ways thatthe Special Branch in Dublin Castle deal with "dangerous " or " semi-dangerous " individuals,

A number of these people helda meeting last Friday in aprominent hotel in the centre ofDublin. There they discussedvarious methods used by theState against them and thoseknown to them in order toascertain their movements andactivities. They also discussedsome of the more subtle methodsthat are employed to prevent ormake more difficult things whichfor other citizens are readilyavailable.

Once one is deemed to be a" dangerous " or semi-dangerous"person, a file is opened by theSpecial Branch in Dublin Castle.Such a file is never closed andremains there until the persondies, although it may have beeninactive for many years. There isalways the possibility that itmight become " live " again.

For such people, telephonetapping and the opening of cor-respondence are In many casesdaily occurrences, while forothers there may be fairly longperiods when they are notactually being watched. Somepeople require further attentionin the form of full or part timedetectives who provide suitableadditions for the files.

Not only are individuals giventhese attentions. There are

certain places and organisationsas well as those which have

o b v i o u s political association

which include a number of well-known and highly respectablepublic houses in the city. Amongthose who are allegedly watchedare the Gaelic League, Gael Linn,An Oige, the Irish MountaineeringClub and Trinity’s Fabian Society.In fact the hut at Glendaloughwhich the D.U. Climbing Clubuses is visited regularly by theSpecial Branch detectives, bothwhen it is in and out of use, themost recent visit being last month.

Here is one example of howthings are made difficult for suchpeople and this will give some in-dication of the type of methodsused. Some years ago, aprominent hotelier bought somepremises in Bray which he de-veloped at considerable expense.He wished to apply for anoccasional extension of licencefor dances. Such a license hadprevious been granted for thishotel on numerous occasionswithout an application. Normallyapplications are made to the

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ductor John Wilkinson was fullyrewarded last Thursday eveningwhen the College Singers wonthe mixed choirs section ofDublin’s Feis Ceol at the firstattempt.

The fact that only two choirscompeted does not detract fromthe performance because theother choir was proficient to saythe least, and a third choir with-drew (reputedly in face of thecompetition ).

The set pieces were "The Princeof Sleep" by Elgar and "Yar-mouth Fair," an English dittyarranged by Warlock; both choirsinterpreted them equally effec-tively, the renderings differingchiefly because Singers werenumerically less than half the sizeof their opponents. The finalverdict was thus left to thechosen third piece, and here theadjudicator preferred an exciting,accurate and musical performanceof Kodaly’s " Jesus and theTraders" to a less demandingwork by Morley.

Throughout a most compli-mentary summary, during whichSingers were likened to thechoral equivalent of a goodchamber orchestra, the adjudi-cator built up an awful suspenseonly freed by his final announce-ment: Choir II (Singers), 88, 92,92--272; Choir III, 88, 92, 89~269.

BLACK MAGICAn increasing interest in the practice of Black Magic has brought

with it ritual murders, orgies, cursed deaths and more advertisementsin the " Times " in the "Wanted, charm for dermetitus " category.

Students in College are playing with Black Mass techniques and forthe ruthless elite of occultism there are endless permutations of black-mail, extortion and unsavoury trafficking in drugs, pep pills and theprostitution of young girls to engage in.

In Ireland, in spite of its heavily The occultism which is being

weighted Christian heritage, there

still exists a hard core of fol-

lowers of the Old Religion who

practise in covens in the Wicklow

mountains and in a decaying Co.Down mansion. Within thecovens, ancient rites are observed,power and knowledge of theDevil are sought after. If thesegifts are received, the price theinitiate pays for them is knownonly to himself. Indeed, theliterature of nineteenth centuryIreland is full of stories aboutpeasants selling their souls for aloaf of bread. Father PeadairO’Laoghaire’s " Seadhna " and W.B. Yeats’ "Countess Cathleen"describe how, during the Famine,the rural poor chose spiritual self-destruction rather than physicalstarvation. However, the Brother-hood of the Left Hand path inIreland attracts the professionalman, the technician and theteacher, as well as those with ataste for the theatrics.

dabbled in by several students inCollege takes the form of anecessarily-modified Black Mass.It is rumoured that altar cloths" borrowed " from St. Patrick’sCathedral have been used in thepractice of this Sabbath, andstubs of black candles found inCollege bear witness to the con-summation of some occult rite." Weird tribal chants, drumbeatsand incantations" were heard inBotany Bay on the first cross-quatrter day in February, 1955,and several Black Magic gather-ings have been observed over thepast few years.

A white witch has suggestedthat this growth of interest in theoccult could be a form ofescapism from the arms race, andthat by seeking "the miasma ofthe Left Hand patch, people arein reality choosing a more specificmethod of self-destruction. How-ever," she warns, " the ineptpractice of magic can sear thesoul beyond repair."

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their first books. The first is Tim

Webb’s " The Voyage," publishedat 12/6, which is reviewed onpage two. Mr. Webb is aFoundation Scholar in Classicsand has been editor of " T.C.D."He has written prolifically for"Icarus" and "The Dubliner,"and has had poems published inthe " Irish Times."

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TRINITY NEWSA Dublin University Undergraduate Weekly

Thursday, 21st Hay, 1964

Chairman:Michael Gilmour

Vice-Chairman:Colin Smythe

Editors:Douglas Halliday, Robin Knight, Mirabel Walker

Business Board:Hamish McRae, Max Unwin, Gillie McCall

Secretary: Liz Bell

No. 18

Down at the

What could be as fascinatingas a room equipped for findingout what was never knownbefore; for adding to ourknowledge of the way of aworld whose ways are moremystifying the closer they areexamined? Such rooms existand are as mundane as the shedswhere the biochemists carry oiltheir patient investigation:

Professor Spener’s group isstudying the metabolism of thesulphate ion. They are interestedin how it is absorbed across themolecular membranes of cells, aprocess which has been acutelyembarrassing to some organisms,including ourselves, because ofthe similarity between the highlytoxic Molybdate ion and theessential sulphate ion, incorpor-ated amongst other things, theyhave found, in steroil sulphate,an intermediate product in theformation of one of the sexhormones.

Isoniazid is one of the anti-T.B. drugs whose mode of actionhas been a mystery for which weare very grateful. Mr. Winderhas found that this one works bydisrupting the fat metabolism ofthe bacteria. This discovery isextremely important, being thefirst case found of this mode ofaction and suggests new anglesof attack in the antibiotics field.He is now investigating the useof t r a c e metals; cultivatingbacteria in the absence of one,say, iron or zinc, and recordingtheir consequent changes inmetalbolism. Tracing back thenew sequences of enzymes usedto the primary lesion where thechange was necessitated by theuncontrollability of the enzymeswhich by it show their incorpora-

tion of the metal in question isthe main stage in locating themetal.

Dr. Panayoton is working onthe metabolism of folic acidwhich is essential to red cor-puscle formation and whoseabsence consequently causesanaemia. His experimental organ-isms are pregnant women fromthe Rotunda. Their folic acidlevels are measured on admissionand their medical case historiesfollowed carefully thereafter.

Phenylketonuria is an enzymethat breaks down phenylalanine--the amino acid present invirtually every protein we eat.Some are born without theability to synthesise this enzyme;the phenylalanine accumulatesmuch faster than the kidneys caneliminate, it causes irreparablebrain damage and within a fewdays the infant is an idiot. This isa more spectacular example ofthe metabolic mutations beingstudied by research students ofmedicine.

Dr. Baker is studying the poly-saccharide synthesis of connectivetissues. Polysaccharides are in-soluble chain molecules formedby tht linking up of simple sugarmolecules. Faults in their syn-thesis are related to arthritis, thestructure of connective tissuebeing critical in the joints. Con-genital faults in this branch ofthe netabolism cause a conditionpicturesquely termed gargoylism.

Although the work done hereis most easily explained and illus-trated by its applications, thebasic motivation is, as in any de-partment, academic. The funda-mental aim is always for a betterunderstanding of the chemistryof life. Steven Mendoza.

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TRINITY NEWS May 2is~, 1964

The one advantage of there

being so many mediocre slap

happy revues staged in Dublin is

that when you see a revue like

" Pall Me Hant!e" you appreciate

it all the more.

Michael Jones and Michael

Newling (co-authors of " Feete "

last year) have not limited them-selves in their scope of targetsfor this revue. " Pall Me Mantle"is a varied concoction of friendlysatire and mime which adds up toan immensely enjoyable evening’sentertainment; and proves finallythat Players is the only Dublintheatre with a revue tradition andprofessional standards.

The targets range from theEdinburgh writers’ conference toan anti-blood sports campaign. Itwas a pity chat "Dahling," afilmatic type montage of partyfaux-pas" and social commentwas so similar to the sketch" Dahling’s All " in " Feete." Igot the impression that I hadheard it all before, as indeed Idid with "Death H.P." and theold stand-by "Film Censorship."They were funnier the first time.

The highlight of the eveningcame with " Stephen W.B.," abeautiful take-off of "StephenD.", perfect in material and per-formance, and in the sketch onthe British police as seen through"Z Cars" and " Dixon of DockGreen."

The opening sketch on wrest-ling was a magnificent examplenot only of how to win anaudience over, but for the use ofmime and movement. Perhapsthe pace was too fast, for thelatter stages of each half began todrag. " Bloodgarten Presents "and the Shakespeare sketch needcutting and tightening up.

The cast are all individuallygood and as a team almost un-equalled. Heading the list is thenatural comedian Chris. Serle,with his india-rubber body andface he shows himself to be oneof the cleverest movers I haveever seen.

If Tony Weale, who directs,can remove some of the awkward

staging (Heather Luke’s song),

tighten up the first half, and

ensure smoother between sketchbreaks, his job will be complete.

" Pall Me Ivlantie" puts Dublinprofessional revues in the shade;it is a splendid piece of team workwhich is going to give a lot ofpleasure over the next threeweeks.

Micilael Giimour.

This, Tim Webb’s first book ofpoems, brings together much ofthe work he has published in" Icarus " and " The Dubliner " inthe past coup!e of years. Itis disciplined, perhaps ratherscholarly verse--but the scholar-ship, far from being merelydecorative, encyclopaedic name-droppping is, at best, completelyorganic; for what Webb seems tobe trying to do is to relate thegreat archetypes of life in his ownexperience. The title-poem an-nounces the main theme of thebook ~ an immanent embarka-tion, the wind "itching in thestiff sails." " Should l," he asks

"Embark with my store ofprovisions

And finally accept defeat?"

What exactly this defeat con-sists in is not quite clear, at leastnot until later:

" Should I go venturing? Andif I returned

Would you still be Penelope?"

The defeat looks like thepossible forfeiture of an ideal, analmost unavoidable compromisewith less than the best. Anotherarchetype is Ahab (Melville’s) in" Monologue for a Bedsitter." Iwonder where this poem waswritten, by the way. It is avariation on the voyage-theme,reflects the same cerebral comingand going and is equally chary ofa decision. Ahab, stompingaround his cabin-bedsitter, voicesdoubts about the advisability ofhis quest:

" Why try his noble presence,test again

His grizzled, known malignity?"Again the possibility of a prize

gleams at the end of the voyage,and again there is implied acertain scepticism, a refusal tocommit himself to an irrevocable

chain of events (scarceiy Hel-ville, but anyway):

" Remember I have kept for oneof you

This Spanish gold doubloon,said Ahab

Pacing hopefully iyis coid, un-lighted bedroom."

As if to transcend the need formovement and action. ’.A/ebb setsup a o~ailery of enshrinedemlnence--"Song of Generals,""The Arnolfini Wedding." "APortrait of W. G. Grace," even"Marilyn Monroe." These aresome of the best poems in thebook, but in them worth has be-come petrified out of flux so asto be at one remove from oursympathy:

’"Now they take up their finalpositions,

Standing in bronze attitudes,formal

And tragice..."

One of the most pleasingaspects of the book is Webb’sexcellent style of expression -- aprecision-instrument with greatreserves of strength. His char-acteristic qualities are a finelyrical fluency, and a vigoroussatirical turn of mind that checksany tendency towards facile senti-menL This is especially true ofthe love-poems. ! find his ex-cursions into straight humour lesssuccessful. "Lesson" I don’tthink comes off at all, nor" Pavilion Piece." Both are toodonnish and whimsical. But myfavourite is "Lucretius," which,despite some unfortunate bathos,captures a mood of bleak isola-tion with typical conciseness and(not so typical) rhythmicalbounce:

"Considering the nature of theatom, he

Saw the world as deathless andhimself as frail,

Was much impressed by somephilosophers,

The natural force behind thegale

And the mute wonder of themortal beast..."

This, and above all the line"Died alone on the crest of apassionate age," with its extra-ordinary poignancy, are the workof a true poet. Webb has in-sight, sensibility, a rigorous mindand obviously serious intentions.His book does not deserve to gounnoticed.

Derek Mahon.

THEODORATHRASHBINTThe pre-Trinity Week orgy of Mike de Larabeites reared his

cocktail parties becomes less of Bare head everywher, Martin

an ordeal if you divide people Melancholy Bagley described theagonies of bureaucracy, and Brian

into three--grey, brown andChattert-en about neolithic man.

purple (with concomitant shades From the window Liz Bellof lilac, eau-de-nil, mud, etc.), wriggled in ecstasy at EwanThus you have clearly-defined Simmons throwing the discus instratas of conversation which are College Parkfl The lovely Francesrelatively easy to control. To Whidborne dazzled us all withgreys you talk about Mummy and her charm, gaiety and elegantthe weather, to browns about flowery shift.exams and the summer vac., and Lee Langley, Juliet Richardsonto purples about hearts of course, and Pare gave an exceptionallyand purple knitted knocker- civilised party on Sunday--nobookers for dromedaries in crashers belt plenty of peopleAleppo and things. If in doubt, (even Mick Roche was actuallyjust drink. A lot of people must asked), no drunks but plenty ofhave been in doubt this week drink, though Andy Cairns toldjudging by the sleazy wrecks me he was "extra mea mente,"crawling back from Kilkenny and or classically drunk, and Judyother Whitsun haunts. Monahan had to be propped up

Those two virginal lovelies against v a r i o u s sympatheticMargaret de Bunsen and Pat shoulders. Petefr Hulton wasStanbridge invited all their un- nonchalant and non-committal insullied friends and a fewweirdies spite of the furor he caused into cocktails in No. 40 last week. many a feminine heart. Rudi

Wullrich held forth to a raptaudience of one about the in-tricacies of the nitrogen cycle¯

The Boat Club has rarely beenas elegant as it was on Mondaynight under the gentle hands ofRose Fisher, Kay Don, MartinBagley and Colin McGarragle.Pat Stokes though Isobel Bradywas lovely all over, and AngolaColhoun promised Noel Boling-broke-Kent "l’ll k e e p yousatisfied." Bill Fitzhugh hadsuccumbed to feline wiles, butMoray Scott-Dalgleish was activeenough not only to crash theparty, but even the " Ladies," allin pursuit of the exquisite JuliaParry-l:vans. Charles Sprawson’sJacques-like melancholy belied hisFalstaffian nose, and HeatherBraddell confided that she hadn’tgot the guts to make eyes at men.Mike Mackenzie led a " Clean upTheodora campaign" (Heh heh,up with purity," said Luth RuthLudgate).

May 21st, 1964 TRINITY NEWS

O’Brien on lrelond and the

United Nations

THE FADING IMAGE

Do you envisage returning to live permanently in Ireland inthe near future? If not, what are your plans for the future?

It is, unfortunately, not our human fate to "live permanently"anywhere, but we should like to spend as much as possible of therest of our lives in Ireland, where we still have a house. I shouldlike to be able to write and to teach, if not in Ireland,, then as nearto Ireland as possible. 1 should also like, if possible, to retain someconnection with Africa. Apart from that, my plans for the futureare highly flexible.

Do you consider thatIreland’s record as a neutralnation and friend of theemergent nations in the UnitedNations Organisation has de-teriorated in the past two orthree years? Is there a dangerthat Ireland’s desire for a closerconnection with the E.E.C. mayendanger her neutrality?

There has, clearly, been someevolution towards closer align-ment with the NATO countries.The extent of this should neitherbe exaggerated nor minimised.Ireland’s position since 1957 hasall along been a " moderateWestern " position, rather than aneutral one. I think a check onour voting pattern would showthat we were closer to the" moderate" NATO countries,Canada, Denmark, Norway, thanwe were even to Sweden, andthat we were far closer to allfour of these countries than wewere to any of the non-alignedAfro-Asian countries. This is,of course, quite natural, givenour geographical position andgeneral outlook.

The " Canadian-Scandinavian "band on the U.N. spectrum is arespected one and ireland, work-ing with these countries, hasplayed a useful r61e in seeking todiminish cold war tensions, it istrue that we were, and perhapsto some extent still are, moreanti - colonialist than t h e s ecountries, it is also true thatIreland, because of her ownstruggle, enjoyed a greater degreeof the confidence of manycountries of Africa and Asiathan did, say, the Scandinaviancountries, which are not generallythought of as having undergoneany form of colonial rule. Thesedifferences, though importantand real, were less dramatic thanthey may have appeared to peopleat home.

The Irish speeches at theUnited Nations have beendefinitely more anti-colonial thanthose of, say the Scandinaviancountries. I don’t think, how-ever, that Ireland’s voting patternrecords fully equivalent differ-ences. Thus, on Algeria--formany years a touchstone of anti-colonialism at the United Nations--Irish statements were clearlyreceived with approbation by the

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friends of the Algerian insurgents,but it was never certain thatIreland’s vote would give themequal satisfaction. When it cameto the vote, Ireland’s love offreedom had to be balancedagainst Ireland’s Common Markethopes; love of freedom put up,it must be said, a pretty goodfight, but it did not always comeout the winner, as an examina-tion of the voting record wiltshow. As far as the esteem ofthe Afro-Asian world for Irelandis concerned, this esteem is notan imaginary tactor, but it couldeasily evaporate in situationswhere Ireland was felt to be" cashing in " on it for theadvancement of proposals whoseorigins were far from being anti-colomahst. There have beenoccasions when Ireland has giventhis impresion, or come peril-ously near to doing so.

It may be taken as axiomaticthat Ireland’s credit in the Afro-Asian world goes steeply downwnenever its oelegat~on enablesa Western delegate to use tinskind of language: ’" Even ti~edelegate ot Ireland, who repre-sents a country whose aevouonto national freedom has neverbeen in doubt, has recommendedto the committee the reasonablecompromise which is now beforeyou." How much more of thiskind of thing Ireland’s delegationdoes now than it did in the past,I would find it hard to say. Pressreports give, of course, nothinglike the full picture. From thelittle I have seen, however, Iwould think that in the case ofSouthern Rhodesia--which hasnow become a touchstone, asAlgeria once was -- Ireland’sposition seems to have becomedistinctly " worse " from an Afro-Asian point of view, than waseven our--never altogether satis-factory -- position on Algeria.Here, the important factor seemsto be not so much Ireland’s desirefor a closer connection with theE.E.C., as desire for a closer re-lation with Britain. I am all forbetter relations with Britain, butI don’t think it is necessary ordesirable, in order to promotethem, that we should abet theTory Government’s manoeuvresin the interests of its settlerfriends. That is precisely whatwe are doing whenever we votein the same column with Britainon this issue at the UnitedNations. Such a policy is, ofcourse, defensible on certainpremises, but it could not bereconciled with any claim toexert any degree of influence inAfrica or Asia.

Ireland’s position in relation toChina has been another touch-stone; in some ways the mostcritical of all. When Irelandvoted, in 1957, in favour of dis-cussing the question of the repre-serl[aclon or (..hind, this was a

DOICI QeClSlOn wnlcI1 r a i s e d

Irelan~s s[aLure very consluer-aoly in tile eyes o1 many members

mcmcllng the non-ahgnecl /-~Tro-As~an countries, l~roa~Jly speaK-Ing, tne Smaller countries whovo[ea w~tn tne United ~tates onthiS issue are considered to be(to tins extent at Least) "stooges"of a more powertul and r~cnercountry.

By Mr. Aiken’s courageous de-cision to voce TOt a CilSCUSSIOn~

Ireland ralsea herself ouc oT tnlsclass anti came to De regaraecl asa small country with an unusualdegree oT courage and aevouonco prmc~ple, unlortunately, thesituation changed when theUmtecl braces tactically shitted itsground, and put its unchangedsubstantwe policy of exclumngChina on a new tormal basis. Thenew tactic, presented by Mr.Adlai Stevenson, was to face thePeking Government with thequestion not merely did it adhereto the principles and purposes ofthe Charter, but also clid it acceptprevious decision of the UnitedNations. As China is by right afounder member of the UnitedNations and Permanent Memberof the Security Council, thesequestions are, of course, irrele-vant. The only relevant questionis: Where is the Government otChina, in Peking or on Taiwan?Tactically, however, the questionsput to the Chinese Governmentwere cleverly conceived in that itwas impossible for the ChineseGovernment to answer thempositively. To do so, given theprevious United Nations decisionsat the time of the Korean War,would have meant that theChinese Government would havehad to brand itself as anaggressor, something obviouslyquite inconceivable.

The predictably negativeChinese reply can, however, betaken as a justification for ex-cluding Peking and retainingFormosa in China’s seat. Facedwith this situation, both Britainand Ireland changed their positionin relation to the fundamentalissue. Britain, which had votedagainst discussion, now foundherself having to vote foradmission when faced with astraight question; she had noalternative, as she has longrecognisecl the Peoples’ Republic.Ireland, on the other hand, whichhad voted for discussion and hadincurred some unpopularity inthe United States for so doing,now mended its hand and voted:against admission. Superficiallythis was justifiable, Ireland couldclaim she had never been infavour of admission, just of ven-tilating the question by dis-cussion. On the plane of real

political life, however, this is nottenable. The formula of discuss-ing "’ the question of discussing "the admission of China was allalong recognised as a purelytactical one, designed by theUnited States to get Britain anda few other countries " off thehook " of having to vote for oragainst the admission of Peking.There was never any question ofpreventing discussion, preventinganything being ventilated, etc.;the discussion always took place,over many hours, and coveringall the issues of substance. TheAssembly would then vote, underUnited States pressure " not todiscuss" the question which ithad already discussed, therebysafely burying the question foranother year. A vote for dis-cussion was therefore always in-terpreted as implicitly a vote fora change in the representation ofChina. Ireland’s vote was thus in-terpreted by all in the Assembly,both by those who wanted a

change and those who did not.When, then, Ireland, having votedfor a discussion, voted againstadmission, it was generally feltthat she had in substance changedhei" position, and re-aligned her-self in order to conciliate theUnited States and a section ofopinion at home. Ireland’s creditwith the uncommitted nationsand, to a somewhat less extent,her influence in the Assemblygenerally, declined from thatpoint. I do not wish toexaggerate the extent of the de-cline. Ireland’s general position,together with that of Canada andthe Scandinavian countries, is stillregarded as a moderate and ~’elp-ful one and Ireland, as Cyprusshows, is still available for serviceunder the United Nations atpoints of maximum difficulty; butit would be illusory to regardIreland as retaining, to aneminent degree, the confidence ofthe Afro-Asian countries. That,I’m afraid, is no longer the case.

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LETTERSextent, would do well to adopt international peace and securitya more relaxed and sincere (Article 1); this restrictive

Sir,--It’s a pity that an interest-ing attempt to evaluate debatingin Ireland and the r61e of Trinity(May 7 issue) was so strewn witherror. The article’s face valuewas reduced to almost nil--although in fact there was a lotof thought in it, and some truth.

The writer maintains that themanner of marking in the " IrishT i m es" tournament doesn’tfavour the precise speaking andthought associated with "[rinityteams. This may be true, yet whyconclude that the marking systemit at fault? Galway’s style ofspeaking was the other end ofthe scale this year: thunderingemotional stuff, pregnant withlectern thump and pause--asgood in its way as our own frigidwit, yet no more deserving of thetrophy.

Clare and Cosgrave of U.C.D.deserve far more than the impliedcriticism (denied criticism, nextweek I suppose! that they areeither opportumsts or lucky--but almost mediocre debaters ineither case. Why must debate(as opposed to oratory) alwaysattempt apotheosis? Clare andCosgrave won for the secondsuccessive year simply because,mlike the Hist or Galway, theytpeak in a convincing andpleasantly genuine way. Theirzeal for their cause is neverfanatical nor is their wit forcedor over-academic. It seems to beforgotten that speakers don’tgain marks by protesting howmuch they dislike the stand theyhave to take (but here goes . . .).Judges hear that ploy too often.After all, debate is as much anaffair of ingenuity as of delivery.

TRINITY NEWS

MEREDITH YA I’E "

approach.U.S.I. has long been a fashion-

able Aunt Sally. Sometimes itseems as though people are moreinterested in blaming it (cries of"shame" and "oh no"?) thanin finding out where the blameties. Take the article in question:The Union is taxed with choosingan admittedly ridiculous motion,’That bingo is the boil on theface of the affluent society’ forthe annual Scots/Irish debate,"when in fact it was picked by thehost College, according to therules. Again, very often we tryto arrange that one judge out ofthe three is not an ex-debater torelieve speakers of the pressureof a too pedantic application ofrules. In the same way, ifspeakers insist on lecturing ratherthan refuting, can organisers beblamed?

I can’t see that criticism isvaluable for its own sake: let itthrow light on the critic or hissubject since so few people knowenough of the facts to argue. Ananonymous article should at leastbe factual.mYours etc.,

Rickard de Burgh,Vice-President, U.S.I.

function is expressed in Article2 (7) which declares that"Nothing in the Charter shallauthorise the United Nations tointervene in matters essentiallywithin the domestic jurisdictionof any state." What could bemore Jn the nature of a domesticmatter than the present state ofaffairs in South Africa? If thiswere the only question theproblem would be easily resolved,but appended to article 2 (7) isa proviso that its terms shall notprejudice enforcement measuresunder Chapter Vllm" Action withrespect to threats to the peace,breakers of the peace, and acts ofaggression"; the power ofdetermining such matters is solelyvested in the Security Councilunder Article 39. Accordingly, ifthe Security Council, or perhapsthe General Assembly in theevent of the Great Power veto,were to determine that a threatto the peace existed, then andonly then could member stateslegally impose economic sanctions(Article 41). Fortunately, mostcountries have refrained fromcommitting breaches of inter-national law.

Finally, Dr. O’Brien asserts thatif economic sanctions failed toinduce South Africa to abandonits racial tendencies, military in-tervention would be necessary.Not only would it be unnecssarybut it would be an infringementof South African sovereignty.Only would military interventionbe justifiable if Dr. Verwoerdcalled for it, just as Mr. Kasavubudid in the Congo.~Yours faith-fully, S.M. Swerling.

6 Merton Road, Ranelagh.

Sir,--So Dr. O’Brien regardsmilitary intervention by theUnited Nations in South Africaas unjustifiable until all peacefulmeans have been exhausted, buthe favours the imposition ofeconomic sanctions. I considerthat U.N. intervention in SouthAfrica is unlikely even to bejustifiable and that economicsanctions in this instance areillegal.

The main purpose of the

May 21st, 1964

ON THE ROADjust h or KieKs

On the road again. Spain inthe winter and the oranges werefull and ripe. They tasted goodin the cool morning air as heflipped his thumb at the passingvehicles . . .

She was big, dark eyed andsoft; met her on a Greek islandand went dancing together in ahot, sleezy cellar. Shook andsweated to the music, staggeredout deliriously and walked slowlydown to the beach. Their whiteheads bobbed in a black sea.Flopping out on to the sand, laygazing at the stars, the soft nightair played gently over dampbodies . . .

Midnight in Paris, drunk, brokeand looking for somewhere tosleep. Wandered down to theSeine, where hundreds of glowingcandle floats were drifting sadlypast N6tre Dame. Dropped theshoulder bag and stretched outon the cobbles. The ratssqueaked, the drains trickled, theplace stunk. Slept intermittently,longing for the appearance of anautumn dawn and the renewal oftraffic sounds. In the morning hisbag was gone--some of the ratsmust have been human ...

Hitching down a valley betweenFlorence and Rome. The sun setleaving a hint of trampingcohorts in the twilight. Made hisway up the western slopes andlaid out his sleeping bag on apatch of straw. The earth rolledover and so did he. The sun

edged above the mountains,exactly opposite its setting place.He lay thrilled to the beauty oftime and nature. Suddenly astraw hat, an angry peasant faceand a thick stick rose from be-hind a wall and came stridingtowards him . . .

Dropped in Barcelona at threeo’clock on a winter’s night. Thestreets were cold, dark andhostile. Nowhere to go. Stoodat the corner of a square, watch-ing a small flickering fire. Twomarket men squatting by itbeckoned and he joined them.One of them added apple boxesto the embers--his body tingledwith pleasure as each box burstinto flame. Dark bulks of thebuildings, looming out against thecharcoal sky, watched the groupfrom the sides of the square.Asked his companions when itbecame daylight; they simplyshrugged and smiled. Misunder-stood ?--asked again. But againthey shrugged in ignorance andunconcern and gazed on into thefire. Sat on and realised that thehour was irrelevant, the sunwould rise. Impatience was point-less and " kicks on the road "seemed increasingly unimportantand stale. They had begun withthe all physical, been supercededby the aesthetic but now seemedto fade with the embers of thefire and the approach of dawn.They were waiting for the sun,they were waiting . . .

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essential service to his country than the

So said Dean Swift and even if comparisons are odious, there is anincreasing number of university graduates finding a satisfyingcareer in the fertiliser industry in Ireland.

Agriculture is the key-note of Irish industry and in agricultureeverywhere success hinges upon the scientific use of fertilisers.

There is ample evidence to prove that Gouldings have attained aposition at the peak of technological advancement in the productionof modern fertilisers for the requirements of agriculture andhorticulture.

How could gcaduates in Science technology and Commerce bebetter employed than in maintaining this position for Ireland’smost essential industry?

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May 21st, 1964 TRINITY NEWS 51964

BridgeStephen Potter was the first to

fare of the bridge table: " Whatsystem are you playing?" asks theinnocent, unwitting opposition,

ityI~_~ "Oh! Trinand Gardeners."

" Gardeners?"ntains,

place.uty of.rely ait face)m be-triding

Y.M.C.A. proved to be a harder nut to crack than expected, andwere peaten by the rather narrow margin of 23 runs. Steady bowlingby Hade, coupled with some poor strokes by the partner batsmen,meant that Trinity were never in sight of a large score. However,respectability was reached, thanks to an attractive innings of 60 byAnderson, who is an improved player this year. No Y.M.C.A. batsmanlooked ~ike standing any length of time and some goodish bowlingby Naughton and Parker saw Trinity home with 25 minutes to spare.

"Yes, optional take-out at thesix level if partner holds a pro-tected deqce in the penultimatesuit bid by the player to the leftof him, etc., etc., etc."

The opposition visibly wiltsand admit that the/’re playingAcol, with t’-.e inference that anatural bidding system is in-finitely superior to any more com-plicated ones.

Of course they’re right, but itdoesn’t help--the initia! blow hasfallen--it only takes a few morehands to complete the demorali-sation. An artificial system is avery powerful weapon in the righthands, as can be seer. from theItalian victory in the Olympiad,but there is nothing morepathetic than a partnership thatreaches the most absurd contractsthrough the misunderstoodmachinations of a biddingsequence that has son awry.Clearly a rlamral system has theadded advantage of being withinthe grasp of any one you mayhave had the bad luck to cut fora partner. However, there is auseful addition to Acol, which,when used with discretion andskill, has tremendous obstructivevalue; this is the Benjamin weaktwo opening, it has a furtherpsychological effect on opponentswho are accustomed to openingtwo-bids being strong and as aresult they overbid or underbidwith drastic results. The require-ments for opening two of a majorare simple: Seven to 11 points andsix cards in the suit. The point-count can be shaded according tothe length of the suit and as yourmastery of the bid and its in-tricacies increases. With threeor more in the suit, partner bidstwo no-trumps--this can eitherbe purely psychic with a veryweak hand, knowing that theopposition has a game or even aslam, or it can hide a stronghand; it is, however, uncondition-ally forcing: the original biddereither rebids his suit, if he hasno outside values, or he cue bidsan ace, a king-queen, or a void,as long m the suit in which anyof these are is below the rebidof the original suit. Partner, ona weak hand, merely bids the firstsuit or, with a strong hand, bidsto game and further if justified.If he also has a six-card suit andlittle support for the Benjaminsuit, he bids it naturally; with amoderate hand and support, hepasses. Itis more useful than thepre-emptive bid of three, in thatwith the odd trick in partner’shand, the contract is usuallymade, but it must be emphasisedthat one of the dangers is thatit can pre-empt partner from bid-ding and thus a possible gamemay be lost.

In order to cater for the Acol"big two" opening, it isnecessary to bid two clubs, hold-ing eight quick tricks and a solidsuit; partner automatically bidstwo diamonds as a relay and the

original bidder then bids his suit.Unfortunately, if the strong su~tis in the minors, bidding has tostart at the three level, but asfive are needed for game, this is arelatively slight disadvantage. Tocater for the Acol two club open-

ing of twenty-three points plus,a bid of two diamonds is used, for’which the negative response istwo hearts.

~ three By Whil Monday the recent:. The fine spell had given way to the< and more familiar grey sides and

Stood drizzle, so that the start of thewatch- game with Leinster was delayed

Two until 12.15. Guthrie and Ander-by it son, opening for Trinity, each pro-them. duced some pleasant strokes offboxes the variable bowling by Douglas-

tingled Pennant, but they and Labbrettburst and Hinns were all out when

of the apparently well set. For Leinster,inst the Duffy and Harris were hard to get: group away. Markham batted cautiouslysquare, for his 35, and the s!owish ratesthen it of scoring meant that Trinity felt

simply the need to bat on after tea--sunder- but this, of course, gave themt again less time to bowl Leinster out.~ce and Marchant and Gilmore openednto the brightly for Leinster, but were

~h2t the both out to near-full-pitches. Thesun scoring rate slackened and the

s point,, question was whether Trinityroad would get the wickets in time.

~portant Bagley’s smile when he was calledun with up to bowl was nearly as wide aserceded his first ball, but thereafter heseemed bowled very steadily, withoutof the bringing penetration enough for

f dawn. Trinity to have a chance of:he sun, victory.

So the game petered out as thesun came out and we had the rare

RowingTrinity retained the Gannon

Cup last Saturday when theydefeated U.C.D. by two lengths,time 7 rains. 2 sets. The startwas delayed by a schooner whichwas perambulating over thecourse--an oversight by the PortAuthority.

From a stake boat start, Trinitywent off at 37 and quickly strodeto 34, which was held over thewhole course. Trinity were soonup a length by the Queen’sBridge, but from thereon they hitq u i t e unexpected conditions.With a slight headwind, the waterbecame increasingly rough and itwas due to this, or more likelyan inability on Trinity’s part tocounteract these conditions thatprevented them from increasingtheir lead. U.C.D. held on, butwere never able to make a come-back. Nearing the Half-PennyBridge, Trinity had a little morestride in their rowing, but by ButtBridge the waves were breakingover the boat, yet this was notnot enough to prevent Trinityfrom celebrating their victory inthe usual manner.

To-morrow sees the start ofTrinity Regatta--the opening fan-fare for Trinity Week. AllTrinity’s crews have very hardfixtures on Friday afternoon, notthe least among these being theSenior Vlil’s draw against OldCollegians. The former have stilla long way to go and this weekmust see the development of ahard, long and even rowing strokeif they are to crack O.C.

Get Trinity Week off to a goodstart by coming to the Regattawhere the Club Feurs will be inaction.

sight of Labbett and Minns turn-ing kindly over in the finals rages.

Score boa rd :

D.U.C.C. v. LEINSTER C.C.

TRINITY

G. S. Guthrie cfl Fitzsimon b Harris ... 19C. D. Anderson Ibw. b. klarris ......... 17B. D. C. Labbett cfl Douglas-Pennant b

Duffy ........................................ 16W. E. J. Minns c. Dillon b. Duffy ...... 23L. H. [Vlarkham run ou’c .................. 3SP. D. Parry c. Inglis b. Douglas-Pennant 24G. E. Murphy run out ..................... 6A. P. Naughton not out .................. 3

Extras ................................. 3

Total (dec.) ........................ 148Bowling-- Douglas-Pennant, 1-34; Harriet,

2-3!; Erskine, 0-33; Duffy, 2-4S.

LEINSTER

D. J. Marchant b. Parker .................. 9E. G. Moore b. Naughton .................. 7

T. Dillon not out ........................... 28G. Duffy ¢. Guthrie b Bagley ............ SC. Inglis c. Markham b. Wicks ......... 9R. Harris c. and b. Bagley ............... 6R. Buttirner not out ..................... |6

Extras ................................. ] 0

Total (for 5) ........................ ---’~Bowling--Parker, 1-17; Naughton, 1-12;

Bagley. 2-20; Wicks, 1-20.

SailingTrinity Mermaids were put

right back on the map in DublinBay on Saturday when NickProsser and his crew of GreyStevenson and Pamela Thorpe ledthe Mermaid fleet for nearly thewhole race in Trix, finally beingbeaten into third place on thefinishing beat.

Prosser continued his run ofsuccesses at the Irish dinghymeeting held at Malahide overthe Whitsun week-end. With asecond and third place in idealconditions on the Sunday, and afourth on the Monday inwhen almost e v e r y Fireflycapsized at least once, he tooksecond place to Owen Delaneywith a first and two seconds.Trinity were also represented atthe meeting by Brian Bond, PeterMessum, Bob Curtis and JamesVernon.

TENNIS

A other ColonJ’s

DetcatTrinity again failed to wrest the

McCabe Cup from U.C.D. in

their annual Colours match on

Whit Monday. However, they

went very close to saving it after

a rather inept performance in thesingles by finishing strongly in thedoubles, winning two out of threeto go down 4-5.

Mackeown and Ledbetter werethe sole singles winners, bothaccomplishing their tasks in twostraight sets with a lot to spare.Avory and Haughton suffereddefeat in a similar fashion, andthe closest matches were betweenSheridan (U.C.D.) and Horsleyand McDowell (U.C.D.) andGraham. In the former, Horsleyraced away with the first set, onlyto be worn down by an opponentwho was growing ’with confidenceall the time. Frank Graham went

Injuries beset the athleticsteam. Without Austen orKennedy-Skipton, they came thirdagainst Queen’s University and aNorthern Ireland selected team,the winners, in the competitionthey last won for the 4thsuccessive year in 1961.

On a fine, sunny Saturday, Mayl$th, in probably the last trophymeeting to be held at Cherry-vale, Trinity’s weakness in depthof athletic talent was painfullyrevealed. However, the day waslightened by fine performancesfrom Lawson in the javelin,Oladitan (captain of D.U.H.A.C.,1957-58) in the triple jump,Russell and Crawford in the highjump, and Hatt in the discus,which is rapidly proving to be hismain event.

This year, unlike past years, theAthletic Club has been unable todraw on strong reserves especiallyin the track events. D. Clark hasproved a useful middle distancefind, but the promise shown inthe early season Scottish tour hasfailed to flower. Still, perhaps,next year?

College RacesModern athletics owe their

start to Universities, and it wasin 1857 that Trinity held the firstathletics meeting of the moderntype, in College Park. It wasorganised by the D.U. Rugby Cluband was held in February. Sincethen the Races have been anannual event, excepting the years1879, 1880 and 1914-18. In 1921they were abandoned after awoman student spectator hadbeen shot dead during themeeting.

Full results do not begin untilthe mid 1860’s, but from the startthe meetings attracted largecrowds. Initially, " the impetuousdesire to see every move inducedvery considerable numbers to runwith the runners, occasioningalmost interminable confusion."Strange events were included--long jump with trapeze and aSiamese race (186%72).

The year 1873 saw A. C.Courtney, a student, become the

first and only man ever to breaka world running record in Ireland,when in College Park he ran 1,000yards in 2 mins. 23.8 sets. The1870’s were the apogee of theRaces; 37,000 people attendedone year and the event lasted twodays, attracting English runners.!t was during this decade that theRaces became a great socialoccasion. A writer in the " Field"sa/s that "the highest toilettesin the land" were reserved forthe Races.

The 1878 Races were followedby a student " riot" and a two-year suspension. After this thingswere never the same again, openracing being banned in 1881,dancing in 1908. Since 1909 theRaces have formed the central

part of Trinity Week, begun in

that year, and if to-day they are

overshadowed by the Ball and

other activities, they are still a

vivid reminder of a brilliant past.

even nearer to success, for he led

6-3, 4,3 with two points for a

5-3 and seemingly invincible lead,

but his courage deserted him and

although he fought on gamely,

McDowell clinched the final set

6-4.

Horsley and Avory displayedtheir match tightness and won611, 17-15, despite having 6 setpoints against them in the secondset. Mackeown completed asuccessful day by pairing up withGraham and winning 6-0 in thefinal set, a feat which is all themore remarkable when one con-siders that he was playing in theEast of Ireland golf champion-ships during the preceding twodays. In the last doubles,Haughton and Ledbetter neverquite came to grips with theirmore formidable opponents anddid well to win a total of 10games from them.

T h u s another reverse forTrinity, but one which must givea lot of hope for the Tennis Clubin the future. Last year theColours match was lost 0-9 andalready the gap is being bridged.Perhaps by the time of the inter-Varsity championships in Juneand the league, Trinity will beable to claim that they are onceagain the top university side inIreland and also the top club side--for it must not be forgottenthat U.C.D. won the LeinsterLeague, Class I, last year.

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District Justice who grants themand will continue to do so untilcomplaints are made. He wiltthen investigate the matter andmay or may not grant furtherapplications. This particularhotelier’s applications w e r e

opposed on each and everyoccasion he made them. Althoughhe always managed to get thelicence granted, it cost fivethousand pounds in legal fees intwo years. This was because eachside were obliged to brief seniorand junior counsel on eachoccasion in order to secure theserights in the Bray District Court,while these rights were readilyavailable to other people forlittle more than the cost of thelicence. As a result of this, theIntoxicating Liquors Bill of 1962w h i c h abolished occasionallicences is now law.

Who is responsible for this--the Minister for Justice? Exceptin the most obvious cases he is, itis believed, unaware of theactivities of the Special Branch.It is virtually a law unto itselfOnly in the most important caseswhich are brought to his noticedoes the Minister sign thewarrants over his seal. In facthe only issues them on theadvice of the Special Branchwhose decision it is, not theMinister’s.

No one disputes that he hassuch powers; they exist underSection 56 of the Post Office Actof 1908 and under Section 2 (2)(H) of the Emergency Power Actof 1939: The vast proportion ofthese activities are carried out bythe Special Branch on their ownaccount. It is only when thesituation b e c o m e s sufficientlyserious that they ask the Ministerfor a warrant. Of course thesubjects of these warrants maynever know as they are not told.The Branch also employs anumber of full and part-time in-formers as well, who are suitablyprovided for out of general policefunds, occasionally from theFund for the Defence of PublicServants and from the SpecialBranch allocation of £7,000 perannum. Some of these are onlyknown to the detectives whoemploy them.

What redress have these so-called " dangerous" and " semi-dangerous" individuals? Unfor-tunately virtually none whatso-ever. It would be quite im-possible to bring an action forTort as the State would claimprivilege. It would be impossibleto get any witnesses as they knowthat they would lose their jobsand pensions overnight.

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TRINITY NEWS May 21st, 1964

NEWS iN BRIEFHelp for Foreign

StudentsFar back in most Trinity

students’ repressed subconsciouslies the memory of a cold Octobermorning when they stood inFront Square, damp, miserableand unwanted.

Most of us had our egospartially restored when we wereinvited to tea by our step aunt’shousekeeper’s nephew, or someequally tenuous connection. Atleast this gave us someone towave to as we weaved our wayacross a sea of strangers in thosefirst few weeks.

S u c h feelings of apparentsecurity feel ridiculous two orthree years later, but they werereal enough at the time. Newstudents from overseas very rarelyhave the same previous contactsin Trinity that saved our dignityand for this reason the OverseasCorrespondence Scheme was setup a few years ago. Volunteersfrom Trinity undertake to lookafter one overseas rising Fresh-man each. They correspond withhim, tell him how many sweatersto bring and what parts ofDublin to choose for digs--assuming the Dublin colour barwill give him a choice--and so on.When he arrives they meet himif possible and show him roundfor the first few days. Theirduties are then over, but oftenthe correspondents have foundthat the boot is on the otherfoot. They have gained a newfriend and are gaining as muchas they gave in new ideas and adifferent outlook from anotherpart of the world.

The ever-decreasing intake ofoverseas students by Trinity,while regrettable on some scores,has made it possible to run theScheme on a more comprehensivebasis than before. Volunteersare collected during the next fewweeks, so anyone interestedshould contact M. Bernard Smith,No. 6.

the year, volunteered to help atthe Congress have been sentletters (mostly to West Theatre)informing them of the arrange-ments for meeting and organisingtheir assistance. A meeting inthis connection is to be held to-morrow in No. 36.

Honours for Horsley

Freshers Congress

The arrangement for nextOctober’s Freshers’ Congress arenow well under way. The Con-gress this year is being organisedunder the auspices of the S.R.C.,and will be, in essentials, similarto the one which proved sosuccessful last year. Again it isintended to publish a booklet, aFreshers’ Guide, containing a pro-gramme of the Congress, and alsosome information which it ishoped will be useful to newstudents. In the booklet will bea list of College societies, bothfaculty and non-faculty, a n dshould any club, society or groupformed in the last twelve monthswish to be included, or it is feltthat it might be overlooked, amember should contact R. L.Bennett, Congress Chairman, No.36, as soon as possible. Also, ofcourse, the D.U. societies will getan opportunity to speak at aSocieties’ Symposium during theCongress, and they have alreadybeen contacted on this matter.

Moreover, those who, earlier in

Jeff Horsley, captain of Tennisthis year, achieved the best per-formance of his career last weekin winning the Irish hard courtstournament. Beating V. Steen,

6-0, 6-0; l. Hamid, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3; J.K. O’Brien (No. 2 Seed ), 7-5, 5-7,6-3; H. Sheridan (holder), 6-3,7-9, 6-4, he reached the final andplayed P. H. Mocl<ler. Despitehis opponent’s winter practisingin Australia, Horsley settled downafter an uncertain start andeventually won 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Thiswas easily the outstanding Trinitytennis result of the year andHorsley, unseeded and uncon-sidered, thus becomees one of thefew Englishmen ever to win thistitle.

Mr. Gahan, of Sutton Park,concentrated on the internalorganisation of schools, andvividly outlined the systemhe has constructed in his ovenestablishment. His school isorganised on " democratic " lines,and most administrative measuresare taken after discussion withthe pupil body at large. He wasseverely critical of an educationsystem which inculcated a com-petitive outlook on life. Ahealthy emotional development,he said, was more important than

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the change of time for Commonslast Thursday. One small noticegiving details of the changedarrangements was placed at FrontGate and many students missedthe meal for which they had paid4/6 in advance. However, if allreports received are to be be-lieved, they did not miss much.One student found a live ant inhis potatoes. Two complaints tothe waiter raised nothing morethan a disinterested eyebrow anda frightened giggle from fellow-diners. On Monday another poorinsect, this time a baby greenfly,was discovered prancing aroundin the salad cream. The waiteragain showed complete apathy tothe user’s complaint. The thirdconsecutive week of roast beefon Commons was celebrated atThursday’s meal with the produc-tion by the catering authorities ofa steak pie reported to have beenmade from roast beef and beefgravy.

Not-so-StagnantSociety

On Tuesday night a largeattendance at the Fabian Societyheard four prominent Dublinteachers speak on SecondaryEducation. Dr. Cathcart of Sand-ford Park, Mr. Cannon of Sandy-mount H.S. and Mr. lcEIligottof Nountjoy spoke of problemsfacing the Irish education systemin a changing world.

spectacular success at exams andgames. For this reason he 1a~tacked sex-segregation. ’ Christ "didn’t give one Sermon on theMount on Monday for boys, and

£ ¯ ,~another on Thursday ,or gwls.

If the new Fabian Committee I ,-.,maintains this constructive atti-tude towards political problems,undergraduate politics may besaid to have come of age.

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Cricket Pavilion ’-’0l[~ ,g

TheftsThe cricket pavilion was added

to the list of looted buildings in ’College on Saturday. A total ofmore than £8 disappeared fromthe pockets of members of the1st Xl during the game againstY.M.C.A. This is just the latestexample of almost daily successesfor the College pilferers. Theirony of the situation is that thereis virtually nothing one can doabout it.

Singers ConcertTo-morrow night the College

Singers are having their termlyconcert with the Music Societyin the Examination Hall at 8.0p.m. The programme consists ofa number of madrigals andchansons, an Aria from Bach’sCantata No. 147 and his Motet" Komm, Jesu, Komm." After theinterval they will be singing twopieces by Britten, the Hymn toSt. Peter and Hymn to the Virgin,three negro Spirituals and aBrazilian Psalm by Berger, to-gether with a Fantaisie by Faurefor flute and piano. Admission isby programme and costs threeshillings.

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