Sartorial observations
THE 2010 Statutes, recently adopted, participate in the modern march towards blandness.
A 90-degree university
A QUICK look at the 2010 Statutes reveals the remarkable number of degrees which the University of Dublin awards or has awarded in the past.
Battle in Botany Bay
STUDENT VIOLENCE, fires in Botany Bay and the ousting of a terrified Junior Dean are not what one expects of dignified 19th-century Trinity.
Taking your college time
THE CLOCK above the entrance to the Dining Hall was once the only public clock in college. It’s not particularly remarkable to look at, but it once eschewed standard timekeeping for the nobler, and slightly tardier, college time.
The Campanile's arms identified
THE CAMPANILE has been a recognisable symbol of this college since it was erected in 1852.
A parody of Locksley Hall
IN THE last Trinity News this column quoted a few lines of a 19th-century poem which, I feel, ought to be reproduced in full.
A degree of error
THE FATE of most Trinity students is to graduate with the Baccalaureus in Artibus degree.
The ghost of Edward Ford
MANY GHOSTS must walk the squares of Trinity College invisible or unnoticed.
Charming, idyllic novel by a devoted son of Trinity College
MOST Trinity undergraduates are more familiar with The Ginger Man at the back of college than they are with the novel after which it is named.
A student newspaper and a glass of Guinness
TRINITY has a new newspaper: The University Times.
Unhappy the city where the students disobey
TROUBLESOME students exist in every generation, young louts who spend their days drinking, fighting, stealing and generally enjoying themselves.
The habitation of the wilder spirits
WHATEVER Protestantism may have given us, wrote Henry Albert Hinkson, “she has given us little that is artistically beautiful.”
Cigarette cards offer glimpse of past
UNTIL THE 1940s, the man who enjoyed a cigarette could look forward to finding an attractive printed card in his ten pack.
Our forgotten student gown
THE DISAPPEARANCE of academic dress has been one of the many casualties of modern arrogance.
Trinity’s holy well
LOOKING THROUGH the railings at the entrance to college on Nassau Street one can see, below street level, what looks like a gated doorway leading under the road.
Roofs and flags
I SPOTTED this remarkable photograph in the recently-published Our War: Ireland and the Great War, edited by John Horne and published by the Royal Irish Academy.
Latin graces at Commons
THAT THE LATIN graces continue to be recited before and after Commons every evening in the old Dining Hall is a victory of the perennial over the transitory.
Postcards a unique window on past
THE SIMPLE postcard has served its purpose well since its invention in the 1860s.
The night climbers of Trinity College
THIS TIME last year The Night Climbers of Cambridge was reprinted, bringing to a large audience the original guide to scaling the walls of Cambridge’s colleges, which was first published in 1937.
Stepping out of history's shadow
A BIG WIN demands a big celebration, and on Friday week Dublin University Boat Club will mark the senior eight’s momentous victory in the Irish championships with a celebration to remember.
The Phil’s reinvigoration of a colourful tradition
THE PAST has a lot to offer the present, and Trinity’s past is a storeroom filled with valuable traditions.
Paul Joseph Anthony Tansey, MA, MBA
PAUL TANSEY, a former editor of Trinity News, passed away on September 21 at the age of 59.
Rusticated jibs and disapproving skips
DOES YOUR skip disapprove of sprees?
Robert Desmond Harman, MA
MEMBERS OF Trinity News received before Christmas the sad news that another of the newspaper’s early editors had passed away.
Dermod Dmitri Owen-Flood, LLB, MA
ALL THOSE involved with Trinity News were saddened last term to hear the news that Dermod Owen-Flood had passed away.
22 T. C. D.
Written by William Wilkins in c1878.
A bright future for college’s ancient dining tradition?
STUDENTS AT Trinity College inherit an immemorial custom which, despite its value, is rarely taken full advantage of.
Oarsman, pugilist, doctor and war hero
OARSMAN, pugilist, doctor and war hero: Michael Patrick Leahy was a Trinity man who distinguished himself in his sporting endeavours and remains a model of sportsmanship today, 100 years after he wore the Trinity badge in competition.
Over the Wall to the Trinity Ball
Written by Richard Marsh in 1981.
Jack Langrishe
JOHN du Plessis Langrishe, captain of the DU Boat Club in 1906, is pictured here standing by the Liffey.
THE 2010 Statutes, recently adopted, participate in the modern march towards blandness.
A 90-degree university
A QUICK look at the 2010 Statutes reveals the remarkable number of degrees which the University of Dublin awards or has awarded in the past.
Battle in Botany Bay
STUDENT VIOLENCE, fires in Botany Bay and the ousting of a terrified Junior Dean are not what one expects of dignified 19th-century Trinity.
Taking your college time
THE CLOCK above the entrance to the Dining Hall was once the only public clock in college. It’s not particularly remarkable to look at, but it once eschewed standard timekeeping for the nobler, and slightly tardier, college time.
The Campanile's arms identified
THE CAMPANILE has been a recognisable symbol of this college since it was erected in 1852.
A parody of Locksley Hall
IN THE last Trinity News this column quoted a few lines of a 19th-century poem which, I feel, ought to be reproduced in full.
A degree of error
THE FATE of most Trinity students is to graduate with the Baccalaureus in Artibus degree.
The ghost of Edward Ford
MANY GHOSTS must walk the squares of Trinity College invisible or unnoticed.
Charming, idyllic novel by a devoted son of Trinity College
MOST Trinity undergraduates are more familiar with The Ginger Man at the back of college than they are with the novel after which it is named.
A student newspaper and a glass of Guinness
TRINITY has a new newspaper: The University Times.
Unhappy the city where the students disobey
TROUBLESOME students exist in every generation, young louts who spend their days drinking, fighting, stealing and generally enjoying themselves.
The habitation of the wilder spirits
WHATEVER Protestantism may have given us, wrote Henry Albert Hinkson, “she has given us little that is artistically beautiful.”
Cigarette cards offer glimpse of past
UNTIL THE 1940s, the man who enjoyed a cigarette could look forward to finding an attractive printed card in his ten pack.
Our forgotten student gown
THE DISAPPEARANCE of academic dress has been one of the many casualties of modern arrogance.
Trinity’s holy well
LOOKING THROUGH the railings at the entrance to college on Nassau Street one can see, below street level, what looks like a gated doorway leading under the road.
Roofs and flags
I SPOTTED this remarkable photograph in the recently-published Our War: Ireland and the Great War, edited by John Horne and published by the Royal Irish Academy.
Latin graces at Commons
THAT THE LATIN graces continue to be recited before and after Commons every evening in the old Dining Hall is a victory of the perennial over the transitory.
Postcards a unique window on past
THE SIMPLE postcard has served its purpose well since its invention in the 1860s.
The night climbers of Trinity College
THIS TIME last year The Night Climbers of Cambridge was reprinted, bringing to a large audience the original guide to scaling the walls of Cambridge’s colleges, which was first published in 1937.
Stepping out of history's shadow
A BIG WIN demands a big celebration, and on Friday week Dublin University Boat Club will mark the senior eight’s momentous victory in the Irish championships with a celebration to remember.
The Phil’s reinvigoration of a colourful tradition
THE PAST has a lot to offer the present, and Trinity’s past is a storeroom filled with valuable traditions.
Paul Joseph Anthony Tansey, MA, MBA
PAUL TANSEY, a former editor of Trinity News, passed away on September 21 at the age of 59.
Rusticated jibs and disapproving skips
DOES YOUR skip disapprove of sprees?
Robert Desmond Harman, MA
MEMBERS OF Trinity News received before Christmas the sad news that another of the newspaper’s early editors had passed away.
Dermod Dmitri Owen-Flood, LLB, MA
ALL THOSE involved with Trinity News were saddened last term to hear the news that Dermod Owen-Flood had passed away.
22 T. C. D.
Written by William Wilkins in c1878.
A bright future for college’s ancient dining tradition?
STUDENTS AT Trinity College inherit an immemorial custom which, despite its value, is rarely taken full advantage of.
Oarsman, pugilist, doctor and war hero
OARSMAN, pugilist, doctor and war hero: Michael Patrick Leahy was a Trinity man who distinguished himself in his sporting endeavours and remains a model of sportsmanship today, 100 years after he wore the Trinity badge in competition.
Over the Wall to the Trinity Ball
Written by Richard Marsh in 1981.
Jack Langrishe
JOHN du Plessis Langrishe, captain of the DU Boat Club in 1906, is pictured here standing by the Liffey.
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