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PAGE SIXTRINITY NEWS--Thursday, January 23, 1969.FeotureTRINITY87 0 IRISH33% of all undergraduates admitted to the College inOctober 1968 entered the School of General Studies.Contrary to expectations, 75% of the intake were foundplaces in the School of their first choice. This dispels theerroneous belief that students refused a place by the Honoursschools go into General Studies as a " second best."GS constitutes the largest singleintake, akhough the Sciences (includingpre-Med., Dental, Veterinary,etc.) run a close second with24°/°. Women students may takecomfort in the fact that once againthe male - female ratio hasaveraged at about 2:1.These are some of the conclusionsdrawn from the recentlycompleted computerised analysisADMISSIONS 1967Undergraduates 806Others (Incl. postgrad.and Magee) 108Total 914ADMISSIONS 1968Undergraduates 884JS from Magee 64Others 63Total 1011COUNTRY OF ORIGIN(Undergraduates)Republic of Ireland 517Ulster 255U.K. and Overseas 112Total 884of the October intake, conductedon the College’s new IBM computer.884 undergraduates enteredthe College, in addition to 127transferring from Magee U. Collegeor beginning post-graduatestudy. The total of 1011 representsa 10% increase on 1937 figures.A spokesman said that the totalmay drop due to students not payingfees or not receiving a grantas expected. Some 5 or 6 studentsare "lost" in this way each year.He added that the figures arebased upon the application formssubmitted by students beforeadmission, which are not a totallyreliable source, and should beviewedstatisticsin arethe lightavailableof thiS.fo r Noreason of the parents’ socioeconomicclass, although, as mighthave been anticipated, it is believedthat 5/8 are from professional ormiddle class backgrounds. Religiousdenomination is treated asa matter of confidence and nofigures will be published.The more off-beat courses stillhave their attraction and 2 studentsarrived to concentrate on Hebrewand Semitic languages; 6 were admittedto the Department ofAgriculture. Just under 53 % of thetotal Irish intake (32 counties)were from Leinster, whilst under3% were from Connaught and33 °/o were from Ulster (6 counties).Since this was the first computerisedcheck, there are somefacts not known m age, maritalstatus, number of children, andtotal value of grants received, butit is hoped to extend the systemin the next two years to providefuller details.Stuart Henderson¢I Revington and(women astoundHist. meetingThe first women to address theHist, Miss R. Mills and Miss S.Murnahan, Liberal M.P. in Stormont,took their seats at theSociety’s last meeting filmed byR.T.E.The motion, "This house wouldrevere the memory of Mrs. Panhurst,"was proposed by MissMills, veteran of women’s societies,who referred to the troubledhistory of the women’s suffragemovement.The Auditor’s (Mr. Ford)speech was interrupted by applauseat the arrival of Mr. Joe Revington,expelled from the Society last termfor his conduct during the discussionof the admission of women.A motion to suspend standingorders to allow Revington to speakwas defeated. Some members depositedthe ballot box outside thewindow in protest and a heatedexchange followed between theAuditor and members of the Hist.Phil discuss’Yeats and theSupernatural’The paper "Yeats and theSupernatural" was read by PatrickLyons (Sch.) at last Thursday’smeeting of the Phil.Poems which he included in hisanalysis were recited at intervals inthe reading by the two distinguishedvisitors, Mrs. DaphneFullwood and Dr. T. N. Henn.Yeats was described as one ofthe last romantic poets who channeUedthe tragedies he faced intoinspiration for his works.Patrick Lyons referred to Yeats’association with the theosophists,his participation in the seances ofMadame Blavatskq, and hisactivities in the Rosicrucion Societyof the Golden Dawn.Both Dr. Henn and Mrs. Fullwoodstressed Yeats’ intense beliefin the supernatural and its importancein the symbolism of hispoetry.KENNELLY LECTURES IN U.S.A.Dr. Brendan Kennelly has recently returned from a visit to the United States duringthe Christmas vacation. Although the prime purpose of his trip was to see his Americanpublishers, Dr. Kennelly also visited several universities and gave lectures.He spoke at the James JoyceSociety in New York on Joyce’sinfluence on Irish poetry and alsoread some of his own works atthe meeting chaired by PadraigColm.He lectured at Fairfield Universityin Connecticut, and ChestnutHill College, Pennsylvania. AtSwarthmore College Dr. Kennellywas invited to give the annualCooper Foundation Lecture, howeverthe students were holding asit-in to protest at some administrationpolicies.Kennelly found AmericanVisitstudents enthusiastic about theirwork and he was impressed by theemphasis in American Colleges onthe Seminar System of teaching.He found courses offered byAmerican Universities to be widerin scope but stated that in comparingthe literature offerings,Trinity’s programme had moredepth in coverage.As to poetry, Dr. Kennelly discoveredthat there is a largemarket for Irish poets in theStates. He met many of America’sleading poets and visited the homeof Robert Frost.MOONEYS BARSTHE COLLEGE MOONEYCollege StreetSIGN OF THE ZODIACGrafton MooneyHarry StreetDr. Brendan Kennelly.Dublin Thursday, 23rd January, 1969Police ViolenceAccounts of the "battle" of O’Connell Bridge lastSaturday give a revealing picture of the way in which thepolice machine operates in this country.Eyewitness reports tell of how the gardai launched intoa brutal and unprovoked charge against peaceful demonstrators.They did not wait to be antagonised by thedemonstrators, but merely punched~ kicked and beat theirway in a mad frenzy to clear the bridge.This they did quickly and effectively, but in so doinghave laid themselves open to charges of irresponsibility andof abusing their power. Why did they not give a warningappeal before launching their attact from D’Olier Street ?Why were batons used, contrary to orders, in removingdemonstrators ? And why did certain gardai appear to havetheir numbers concealed ?These questions are as yet unanswered, and instead weget a complacent statement from Mr. O Morain, Ministerfor Justice, in which he claims that he is ’satisfied’ thatthe Garda acted with " tact and firmness " and that "nomore force than necessary" was used in preserving the peace.The Garda Siochana showed itself on Saturday to benothing more than an impersonal machine, concerned notwith democracy and the good of its people, but in its owndefence and the unquestioning maintenance of the existingorder.The Criminal Justice Bill, which would give police-statepowers to the Gardai~ is at present being considered by theDail. The dangers of this Bill, quite apart from its overallundesirability, were highlighted by the Gardai display onSaturday.Editor: Frank Ahem; Assistant Editor: Dick Waterbury; News: SusanTarrant, Stuart Henderson; Features: Neil Holman, Kevin Pritchard;Art; John Rawlings; Sport: Rupert Pennant-Rea; Photos: RayMcAleese; Secretary: Caroline Atkinson; Business Managers: ColinButler, Mick O’Gorman; Treasurer: Iain Donnelly; Advertising: GarryCollier, Garry Young; Circulation: Kenneth Donnelly; Staff: DavidNaisby-Smith, Bruce Stewart, Dan Shine, Roger Glass, Calla Graves-Johnston, Paul Tansey, Eamonn McCann.ROMANTONIGHT AT THE PHILA PAPER BY BRIAN McCUNTONFASCISM ANDCATHOLICISM8.00 p.m.G.M.B. 23rd Jan.Bring your2nd HAND BOOKSto theS.II.C. BOOKSHOPOPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY 12.30-1.30lectaudITla~intUrneed