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,’i,e tri jtTHE IMPLICATIONS of the T.C.D. and U.C.D.merger are still largely unclear in the mindsof most students. This week’s editorial, on Page2, comes out in favour of co-operation, but notintegration.Dublin University Undergraduate NempaperU.S.I. OFFICERSFAIL TO RETURNPresident phones fromRussia with loveThe two principal officers of U.S.I. have been missingfor over two weeks. Both the President, John Murray, andthe Administrative Secretary, Derek Penny, left for an I.U.S.Congress in Mongolia over a month ago.¯Gardai strugglewith RepublicansThe print of a Garda’s boot nowdecorates the banner of Trinity’sRepublican Club. On Saturdayevening a march was organised asa protest against the ban on Republicanclubs in the Six Counties.It was decided to march to theBritish Embassy instead of to theG.P.O., and a protest note washanded in at the Embassy.A scuffle broke out in MerrionSquare, where the Trinity bannerwas trampled on when the Gardaiattempted to seize the Sinn Feinflag. No one was seriously hurt.Trinity’s Liberal Club, whileapproving of the protest in principle,refused to be associated with’extremist and violent elements inIrish Society.’Esquire shock’Esquire’, Des MacCullagh’snew club has almost exploded inhis face. MacCullagh was threatenedwith a High Court injunctionby a former director of the CavalierClub, who used the premisespreviously.After a meeting with his solicitorMacCullagh said: ’This man hasnot a legal leg to stand on. Mypartner and I will fight to thebitter end to keep the club open."ON PAGE 5, Peter Stocken casts his steely omniscienteyes forward to 2067 A.D. and foretellsthe future of Trinity, or as it is to be renamed,"The Connolly Institute."Both were due back by April14th, and no official communicationhas been received from eithersince they left. But Murray telephonedhis girl friend last weekto say he was in Moscow, andwould be going to Poland thisweek hoping to return by the endof the week. He told her that Pennywas going to Bulgaria.The trip to Mongolia wasfinanced by I.U.S., and they didnot ask the Executive of U.S.I. tosanction any expenses,Their functions on U.S.I., forwhich they are handsomely paid,are being carried out by three officers,including Howard Kinlay andBev Vaughan from Trinity.The Executive of U.S.I. issueda statement commenting that ’thefunction of the Union has beengreatly impaired especially in sofar as the far-reaching proposalsto change the structure of highereducation in Ireland are concerned’.The Executive also expresseddissatisfaction with the delegatesin prolonging their journey withoutexplanation, and dissociated themselvesfrom this action.Recently U.S.I. was representedat a Syndicalist Conference on theContinent, but it seems the Executivewere unaware of this, too.Meanwhile U.S.I. are to open anew travel office at 5 St. Stephen’sGreen on May 1st. The office willaccept bookings for all major airlines.Pink faces seen in botany bayPandemonium broke out in thebathrooms of Botany Bay lastThursday. Befuddled and dawndazedstudents gropingly turningtaps were awakened by the appearanceof blood-red water gushinginto their basins and loos.A hue and cry was raised. Hada body been found in the cisternsor had the Water Board gone mad ?However, in due course theproblem was solved: amidst theturmoil of pink-flecked bodies andtowels it was discovered that apractical joker had placed somedye in the tanks. ’Never say dye’,exclaimed one victim.DublinThursday, 27th April, 1967Vol. XIV, No. 15Price FourpenceDINAH STABB, "I always find it difficult tosay my name in public", is profiled on Page 5.Dinah’s first stage appearance was at the ageof eight. She has matured a lot since then.Mike WelchChairman of the 1964 Committee, Dr. McDowell, introduces anamused Shadow Chancellor, Mr. Reginald Maudling, last Friday.The role of Brlta,ntoday’ n Tr’,n ityRt. Hon. Reginald Maudling, British Opposition Chancellor of theExchequer, outlined his views on the Role of Britain Today before ameeting of the 1964 Committee last Friday.He began by saying that Britainwas too critical of herself, and thather performance in science and industrywas not as poor as she madeout. He said, amid applause, thatthe best tributes to her developingeconomy was that it had b~enstrong enough to stand up to twoyears of the Labour Government.Dealing with foreign affairs,Mr. Maudling said that he believedin the special relationship betweenBritain and America.East of Suez he believes shouldbe the responsibility of othercountries apart from Britain andAmerica. In this context he gaveGermany as an example.He was against devaluation ofthe pound, and criticised theLabour Party for indiscriminatepublic spending. Speaking of sterlingas a reserve currency he said:’Britain only has a reserve currencybecause she has large internationaldebts."During question time Mr.Maudling commented that be wasnot in favour of the Scottish andWelsh independence movements,since he did not consider it advisablefor the United Kingdom tobe divided up.When asked if religious discriminationwas a barrier to economicdevelopment in the North ofIreland, he replied: ’That is onequestion I am prepared for. I donot know the answer’. TheJunior Dean who was presidingresponded by saying that he wasprepared to answer.CensorshipLast Thursday at the Phil. KerRushton read an obviously uncensoredpaper on ’Censorship andthe Law’ to a disappointinglysmall audience. He traced the historyof censorship in England andIreland, and presented legal andpsychological views on the wholequestion.Jim Fitzgerald, television producerand chairman of the CensorshipReform Society, dealt mainlywith political censorship, and hethought that the Government banon the R.T.E. camera team’s proposedvisit to Vietnam was politicalcensorship of the worst kind.Ernie Bates had said earlier thathe had good reason to believe thatthe Government were forced intomaking this decision by theAmerican Ambassador.Mr. Fitzgerald said he enjoyedpornography, and he saw no harmin it, but that there were manydangers in censorship.ApologyIn our last issue it was inadvertentlystated that a motion waspassed at a private business meetingof the Hist. ’regretting the unaccountabledeparture of Messrs.Williamson, Stanford and Lucas’.This should have read Mr. Williamsonand other members of thecommittee. We apologise to theHist. for this inaccuracy.utesreturnedto Hist.After being missing for overtwo years the Hist’s Burke minutebook reappeared, undamaged, lastSunday in ]eremy Lucas, the CorrespondenceSecreetary’s post box.The minute book dates from theSociety’s foundation and much ofit is in Edmund Burke’s handwriting.It has been valued veryapproximately at between threeand four thousand pounds, but tothe Hist. it is " priceless " " . Nevertheless,in 1965, when it was realisedthat the book was missing,the best the Society could say wasthat it had been there in 1963.It had disappeared before.Twice it had been picked up fora few pence on the Quays, the lasttime was the mid 1930s. But nowit is to be locked up with othervaluable records in the manuscriptRoom, and will not be taken again,according to the Auditor Elect,William Stanford, of the Hist.Where the little seven and threequarterinch by seven and a halfinch volume has been during thelast two years remains a mystery,but it seems unlikely that it everleft the country. The most generousview that the Auditor Electfeels he can take is that the bookhas been "lying in a pile" somewhereand has been returned hastilyat its discovery.Or maybe an ardent Irish elementhas been keeping the Hist’smost valuable record book in "safekeeping" during the years of theSociety’s "English Rule": WilliamStanford feels that someone, somewhere,on Sunday was eitherblushing very deeply or smilingvery broadly.Last week the Hist., representedby Brian Williamson and StevenHarris, defeated five other teamsin Glasgow to win the S~ts/Irishtrophy. U.C.D. won this cup lastyear. .FABIAN SOCIETYFriday 28th at 8 p.m.Dr. NOEL BROWNE onStudents in Labour PoliticsSpeakers from UCC and UCGAll about AndrewRemember Andrew? Wellhe’s IN now, well IN.’Course I’m proud to knowhim: even knew him fromfirst term I did. Got infirst before that crowd. Hestill says hello to me. Notmuch I know, but he doessmile--well, sometimes hedoes. You see he’s busy actingthat’s what does it.Spends all his time in HFbuying intellectual plays.But he still smiles at me.

trinity news thursday april 27--page three1.3C~liThere is more inPa ris th a n theEiffel TowerIf you walk through the Ile de la Citr6on on a clearday you will see a slim, black spire rising above the massivebuildings of the’ Palais de Justice¯ This is the Sainte Chappelle,and staring up at its awesome grandeur of blue andcrimson stained glass you can easily imagine falling backthrough time--to mediaeval Paris, when returning Crusadersbuilt this chapel to house their treasured crown ofthorns. This relic, buried in the heart of the ramblingPalais emulates that element of surprise which is so integ-ral a part of modem Paris.Just off the busy Rue St. Jaques vards shaded by their maples youis a tiny garden of spring floweries will find cafds of every kind andand rookeries; above the narrow, strata. In those overlooking thetumbling streets of Monmatre Opera you can pay four and sixlooms the majestic Sacr6 Coeur; for a cup of tea, or in the BoulevardSt. Michel you can get ain the middle of bustling FaubourgSt. Honore stands the elegant three-course meal and wine for sixPalais ,de l’Elys6e. Along the shillings.gracious streets and wide boule- Indeed Paris may well claim tocater to every taste. For the lucky(and necessarily affluent) few thereare Georges Cinq or Maxims atwhich to spend an evening, or theOpdra where two seats alone costten pounds. But the parsimoniousneedn’t despair, for there is muchyou can do and see for free.For a start, there are any numberof students hostels on the LeftBank which cost only six shillingsfor the night. At least you canwindow-gaze at the artificialflowers and the gold-plated dinnerservices in the Boulevard Haussmann,or stare open mouthed atthe antelope suits and white crocodilehandbags in Hermes.The real beauty of Paris costsnothing at all to appreciate. Watchthe sun coming up through themagnificence of the rose windowin Notre Dame; listen to a choirof schoolboys sing the eveningMass in the Sacr~ Coeur. If youcan afford the initial outlay of afranc for the Louvre you can evenmake some money (we were soexhausted after tramping about fortwo hours that we sat down tosketch the Victoire de Samothrace¯ . . and were promptly besiegedby Americans wanting to buy oursketches).If you’re feeling brave, LesHalles and its onion soup in theearly hours of the morning is cer-THE BASTILLE MONUMEN] tainly an experience. Need I say,GOING PLACES THIS SUMMER?Go U.S.I. the Cheapest and Easiest Way from Ireland.It costs ONLY £7-10-0 to Paris by U.S.I.STUDENT TRAVEL 1967Direct Flights from Dublin to:EDINBURGH £3 10 0 MUNICH £I1 10 0MANCHESTER £3 10 0 BARCELONA fromLONDON £5 5 0 £13 15 0PARIS from £7 10 0 MADRID from £13 15 0AMSTERDAM £8 0 0 GENOA from £13 15 0DUSSELDORF £9 10 0 ATHENS £26 0 0TEL AVIV (ISRAEL) £35 0 0SUMMER TOURS:PARIS one weekHOLLAND sailing campsSPAIN (Costa Brava)GREECE (Athens)GROUP TRAVEL21 guineas38 guineas45 guineas56 guineasIf organising a special trip abroad please consult us for suggesteditineraries and quotations at cheapest available rates.Irish Student Travel Service43 DAME STREET, DUBLIN 2 Phone No.: 778217or contact your SRC Travel OfficerARC DEif you are a girl aM alone, don’t.However on the Left Bank theBoulevard St. Michel only reallywakes up after 11 p.m. Here allthe shops and cafes are open tillwell after midnight; this is thetraditional students’ haunt of Paris,though it does tend to look ratherlike the ideal ’Studentia’ of the late1950’s.With a bit of careful discrimination,you’ll think that Paris isn’texpensive--in fact, a map, a guidebook and a very comfortable pairof shoes are all one needs to enjoya week in Paris -- though reallythat is only long enough to whetone’s appetite.USIT operate direct flights toParis twice weekly on Tuesdaysand Thursdays "from Tune 20 toOctober 10 with fares of £8-5-0single and £15-0-0 return.We also offer an inclusive 8 dayholiday for the student. This (weekin Paris) holiday is based on ourdirect flight Dublin-Paris returnwith bed and breakfast accommodationfor 7 nights at speciallyselected student hostels. Studentsmay extend their holiday if theywish. Arrangements can be madefor meals at reasonably pricedrestaurants.Theatre:Olympia: "Boeing, Boeing". PeterMaycock;Abbey: "Dearly Beloved Roger".A play about Swift. 4 nights onlyfrom April 26th;Gaiety: "The Golden Years".Mark Wynter and Milo O’Shea.Matinee 3 o’c, Nightly 8 o’c.;Gate: "Charley’s Aunt". DesKeogh. Nightly 8 o’c.;Eblana: "The Good Olde Days".Cecil Sheridan. Nightly 8 o’c.Lantern: "A View on Vanessa" bySybil le Brocquy. Nightly at 8 o’c.Cinema:Carlton: "Secret Paris". 3.30, 6.25and 9.20;Ambassador: "The Bible". 2.45,7.45;Savoy: "Murderer’s Row. DeanMartin, Ann-Margaret. 2.15, 4.25,6.40;Academy: "Who’s Afraid of VirginiaWoolY’. 2.25, 5.10, 8 o’c.;Adelphi, Dun Laoghaire: "TheGreat Race". Jack Lemmon, NatalieWood;State, Phibsborough: "The BrokenLance". Nancy Tracey;Ritz, Ballsbridge: "Broken Sabre";International: "Possessed". PeterBaldwin. 4.15, 6.30, 8.45;Metropole: "Dr. Zhivago". JulieChristie, Omar Sharif. 2.30, 7.30;Capitol: "Beau Geste". GuyStockwell. 4.30, 6.40, 9 o’c.;TRIOMPH’look back survey. in anger’The Angry Young Man has nowbeen ranting and raving aroundlong enough to enable us to gethim in perspective. A product ofthe post war class mobility, he isnevertheless portrayed in the oldfashioned black-and-white worldof victorian melodrama. For thereis a cardboard quality in the constructionof sborne’s masterpiece,owing to the rigid apportionmentof class-representation among thecharacters, which reminds us ofShaw’s "St. Joan".If Osborne, together with muchcontemporary theatre which passesas ’realistic’, forgets tha we are allreally shades of grey, "Look BackIn Anger" still remains a documentof significance both sociallyand psychologically. Its best lines,the mordant cracks allotted toPorter, have a power of remainingfresh, and Julian Brett does themjustice with a nataural use of expressivemovement. The passivesuffering of Petronella’s Alison hada slightly trance-like quality thatrang true. Penelope MacDowellgave Helena a rather woodentreatment which was just right forthis part, and the d~nouementwould be mined by any attemptat something deeper with HiddenFires just showing through.Simon Holland’s Cliff seems, forthe earlier part of the play, nearerto Alison’s camp in social behaviourthan to Jimmy Porter’s,which wasn’t quite what Osborneintended, although this may be alegitimate device to emphasise thelatter’s alienation. Muir Mortoncopes well with Colonel Redfern,a part which is in many productionsunconvincing.With a good set, simple butadequate lighting, correctly excruciatingsound, Nigel Hornbyhas produced a thoughtful andpowerful rendering of "Look BackIn Anger".G.D.H.THE BASEMENTBOUTIQUEClothes designed byMICHAEL and LIZ2 CHURCH LANE, COLLEGEGREENIrishRedbrlck?Interest in student affairs increasedconsiderably over the lastfew months. The L.S.D. andL.S.E. affairs, the increase in overseas’students fees, have causedviolent reactions;S.R.C. bodies in most BritishUniversities organised coach tripsto London to support L.S.E. andto lobby M.P.s about overseasstudents: Keele opted out of theN.U.S., then changed its mind andrejoined. The ensuing N.U.S.court-martial fizzled out in afurore of woffle about the respectivevalues of votes and abstentionsat the meeting. Large Numbers ofdelegates walked out in disgust.The rash of leading articlesabout students in the nationalpapers achieved its reductio adabsurdum in the "Sunday Times"supplement’s "Insight" on LS.E.It drew its conclusion from anobviously inadequate statisticalThe inevitable reaction began.The nationals dropped students asstale news, while provincial newspaperssuch as the "Belfast Telegraph’gave the opinion thatstudents attracted too muchattention.Now in Dublin two rival universitiesmergemalmost without comment.Where would one expect tofind controversial views there issilence or jocularity. A U.C.D.student, who has jibed at Trinityever since he came to Dublin threeyears ago, confessed yesterday:"We’re jealous of Trinity".As the word "university" losesin Britain some of its connotationsof the catholic and the international,it is encouraging to seetwo strongholds -- U.C.D. andTrinitymmaking (though perhapsnot for these reasons) one of theinitial moves in reconciling the twoopposed religious forces.Only one sign seems really unhealthy-thefact that the mergeduniversity threatens to become evenmore solidly Irish than the Redbricksare English. If this happens,the individuality of Trinity willhave been sacrificed for nothing.Bryson3 CHURCH LANEGOWNS, HOODS, TIES,SCARVES, BLAZERS.Go IoTHE BEST PHARMACISTP. J. O’BIlIEN52 DAWSON STREET,DUBLIN "2TEL.: 74108, 72076TroeaderoSILVER SNACKERYNow open in ANDREW ST.’:i.

trinity news thursday april 27--page sixBy RODNEY RICEAt a Colours meeting held lastFriday, the Rugby Club electedGerry Murphy as next season’scaptain. Gerry, a Colour for thepast two years, has been DaveBuct~anan’s deputy for most of thisseason. This must be the first occasionfor some time that a cricketerhas led the rugby team and I’msure we wish him more successthan his more recent predecessorshave had.Boat: At 4.30 p.m. next Saturday,the Head of the Liffey race will berowed over the 2¼ miles from IslandbridgeWeir to Butt Bridge.This is the last big contest anDublin before the Trinity WeekRegatta, and a really serious testfor the Senior VIII as the seasoncommences.So far, U.C.D. have beaten Collegein the Wylie Cup, and Gardahad a victory over them at LoughErne. Both these teams will becompeting and the well-preparedTrinity VIII have high hopes ofrevenge. A little support near thefinish would not be amiss.Fencing: If I know little about golf,I know even less about fencing.But Trinity’s swordsmen continueto march from one honour toanother. Last weekend, three ofthe team aided the South in their53-11 annihilation of the Northernside.Sylvia O’Brien, selected in theLadies’ foil, lost only one of herfights, and brother Colm, fencingepee, achieved a similar feat. Clubcaptain, Paul Nicholson, concludedthe trio, and won all his foil fights,losing only one of his sabrecontests.Soccer: After the winning of theMetropolitan Cup, the next juniorsuccess story could be a victory forthe 3rd XI in the Colleges Cup.Last Saturday, in the semi-final,Trinity defeated the OverseasClub by 2 to 1. This oppositionhad already disposed of our 2ndteam.This is the first time that aTrinity side has ever reached thefinal of this competition for nonseniorteams, so let’s hope thatKen Pakenham and his playerscan beat College of Technology"A" to bring the trophy home.Golf: The golfers have sufferedtheir second defeat at the handsof U.C.D. this season. After a4-8 fall in the Colours match, Collegefaced National in the quarterfinalsof the Barton Shield lastweek, and lost again.On the brighter side, RobertPollin represented Ulster againstLancashire on Saturday, and defeatedthe runner-up in last year’sCounty Championship. Anotheruseful performance.CricketCricketers drawin beginning ofseason matchDublin University Cricket Clubfailed to beat Old Belvedere inthe opening game of the season inCollege Park on Saturday. Despitethe fact that the match was onlya friendly, Belvedere, set 149 towin in about even time, made noreal effort to go for the runs. Indeed,so slow was their progressthat even Trinity’s variety of bowlers,eight in all bowled, could notinduce them to throw caution tothe winds.Trinity won the toss and in lightrain Lane middled the first ball ofthe season. Overnight rain hadmade the pitch quite soft and Belvedere,bowling with a wet ball,seemed unlikely in the openingovers to trouble either Lane orJones. However, as so often before,Lane was unfortunate to becaught off his glove, when seemingwell set. Halliday joined Jones butO’Riordan struck again, bowlinghim first ball. This brought Byrneto face a crisis in his first game forTrinity and how splendidly heplayed, falling 4 short of his 50having added 60 for the secondwicket with Jones. McSweeney,Murphy and Little went quicklylooking for runs but Hewson andNeill restored the balance enablingHenderson to declare at tea. OfBelvedere’s innings there is nothingto say except that McSweeneybowled well without any luck andthe skipper held four catches;surely a good omen.Trinity: 148 for 7 declared (M.Byrne 46; S. Hewson 21 moO;Old Belvedere: 118 for 6 (Henderson0 for 28; McSweeney 0 for18; Craig 3 for 18; Hewson 0 for14; Halliday 1 for 220; Jones 2for 8; Byrne 0 for 7).SailingThird success forsailing teamThe Sailing Club continuedtheir recent run of successes when,at the Irish Universities Championshipsheld in Lame over theweekend, they retained the trophywhich they won last year in DunLaoghaire.Five teams were entered for theevent, the climax of which was therace between Trinity and Queen’s.The Belfast helmsmen were allexperts in the G.P. 14 class of boatsused for racing, and it was onlyafter a very close struggle thatCollege got home by the marginof 41 to 36½ points.For the first time ever, Trinityalso took the Ladies’ team to thisevent and their performance wasespecially promising. Few of theteam had had team racing experiencebefore, but, in spite of this,they gave the men quite a few surprises,and one of the most noteworthyperformances of the weekendwas their victory over RoyalCollege of Surgeons."The Stags Head"DUBLIN’S BEST PUBTyson Ltd. 1 & 18 Dame CourtWalkdng0t ly three finish in walkrough sleet and rainAt 9.45 on Saturday morning Mary Peters, the British Olympicathlete, started 25 walkers in rain and sleet on their way to Dublin.A tired and sore David Alfordarrived at Front Gate 28 hrs. 25mins. later’. Maarten De Wit followedhim in after 48 minutes andthe only other finisher was MervynMcCullough (35 hrs. 55 mins.).Alford, also running the first legof a 4x marathon relay, and DickBenson-Gyles set a fast pace, butBenson-Gyles dropped behind, lostsix miles on the wrong road andmuscle trouble forzed him out atNewry.De Wit, Tony Poustie and FrankGraham were next. most of theday, but first Graham (Dundalk)md then Poustie (Dunleer) droppedout. Jim Martin was closebehind but gave up at Newry, lim~ingbadly. He was passed severalhours later by his brother John whowas r~ropped up by an umbrella.Winner of the Ladies race wasGeraldine Keohane who walkeddeterminedly to Dundalk in a record13 hrs. 45 mins. Betty Adams,Anne McCarthy and DeirdreCairns-Mitchell all reached Banbridge(24 miles), a very creditableeffort.’Andy’ Anderson followed byMcCullough might both have givenup at Dundalk but for the persuasionof Ian Angus who, as many willtestify from previous years, couldpersuade a dead man to continue.Anderson finally stopped in Balbriggan(84 miles)¯Piers Allott, looking like the MadHatter with ’Walk stickers’ on hishat, reached Newry, but the onlyPub in Loughbrickland succumbedto Douglas Wain-Heapy. Also prominentwere P. Carey, J. Parsons,C. Sanderson and C. Wright.Perhaps more would have gotfurther but for the two hours sleetto start with, but few would havegot so far without tee pacing ofsuch as Ian and Lenore Angus,Gus Hancock, Pat Browne and PeteMorris.Andy de MilleMaarten De Wit, second of the three finishers in the walk, looks likethrowing in the towel here.RugbyCup victory alter 33 yearslTrinity .............................. 5 Lansdowne ........................ 3Trinity’s 2nd XV rounded off a very successful season, when theybeat Landsdowne by a goal to a try in the final of the Metropolitan Cupat Donnybrook last Thursday. This was the first time Trinity had wonthe competition since 1934, and it was only the fourth time in theirhistory.The game itself was an extremelyinteresting and tense end to endaffair. Full credit must go to theTrinity pack, who were giving awaya great deal of weight, yet stillmanaged to hold their older andmore experienced opponents.Cyril Goode, their captain, wasan inspiring leader and their generalplay, in which wing forwardEvans was quite outstanding, couldnot be faulted. The backs, whowere faced with an almost galeforce wind, also managed exceptionallywell.Half-backs Carroll and Pooleboth kicked well but it was thecrash tackling" of centres Andrewsand Levis which really caught theeye.Trinity’s points came after fifteenminutes when winger Versocharged down a kick and scored inthe corner. Ritchie added the twopoints with a fine kick. With onlytwelve minutes remaining for play,Lansdowne scored an unconvertedtry. However Trinity were not tobe denied and sensible kicking kepttheir opponents at bay and theirline intact.Gaelic FootballPublished by "Trinity News’;, 6 Trinity College, Dubtln, and printed by the Brunswick Press Ltd., 179 Pearse Stre et. in the parish of St. Mark, Dublin. All national advertising contracted by Achievement University PubicationsLtd., Achievement House, Bradford 8. Tel.: 3124113.Foot.bailers flopat first hurdleRound Towers ............ 5-8Trinity ..................... 0-5.It was a mistake to enter theDublin Senior Championships.Trinity’s first attempt at this competitionended at the first hurdlein a miserable 5-8 to 0-5 defeat.Round Towers have an impressiveteam, which includes severalcounty players. They put in nomore than an average performance,but even this was infinitely betterthan a completely untrained Collegeside could muster.Before the game was five minutesold, the Clondalkin men were2-1 ahead of the students. Yes,Trinity came back; the half-timescore was 3-1 to 0-4. But badRound Towers shooting was thecause rather than resolute Trinitydefence.In the second period, the oppositionlooked for points, not goals.Yet still they netted twice more,and seven points were added. Collegeconverted once, and a penaltywas missed--the fifth such failureof the season out of five attempts.Uninspired defence and goalkeeping,coupled with an ineffectualforward display caused theheavy defeat. But Round Towerswere a superior combination.Malone, Slowey and M. Huntstood out for Trinity, but, withthe exception of the latter, no onecould match the opposition in theairȦt the moment, IntermediateChampionships would probably bemore at Trinity’s level. It was anambitious gamble which didn’tcome off. Still, the team is animprovement on recent years, andthe experience, one hopes, will paydividends in the future.AthleticsDefeat on trackIn the first inter-varsity athleticsmatch of the season, Trinity camesecond in a triangular contest withBirmingham and Berne in CollegePark.The home side did not win asingle track event, the mile andthree miles going to Berne and theother seven to the Englishmen. Itwas only in the javelin and triplejump that Trinity gained individualvictories, B,tterworth winningthe former in 200 ft. 1 in. andPike the latter.Though points were picked upin the jumping events, the standardwas disappointing. On thetrack, Gash did well to take secondin the 800 yards from whichO’N[~lltth;iug~a~f!rst string, wasAnother creditable performancecame from Keys, who achieved thebest Trinity time in the 400 hurdlessince Tony Shillington, thepresent record holder, and whohad to face a howling gale into thebargain.Akhough the resuks show animprovement on the previousmatch, except for the wind-sweptdistance events, better performancesstill must come if College areto win the inter-club relaysagainst the added competitionthat the new athletics unity willbring.New and Second HandBooksellersGREENE & CO.16 Clare Street,