Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...So also are the new laboratories, the gift of Viscount Iveagh. The Future of Trinity College. The effects of the great European War on the numbers of the students are incomparably greater and more permanent than those of the Boer war. Beside this depletion, there will be dangers peculiar to Ireland when the time comes to determine the question of its internal relations under Home Rule. In that respect, indeed, Trinity College showed an unexpected breadth of view. When the Home Rule Bill was introduced, and an amendment to exclude the College from the scope of the Bill was accepted by the Government, an emphatic protest was entered by a majority of the staff, with the happy result that, while certain safeguards were inserted in the Act with the cordia approval of the Nationalist leader, the College was, in other respects, put under the control of the Irish Parliament. It was thus made evident that the younger and more vigorous among the staff realized that the life of a university must have its roots in the life of the people. Whatever the future may hold in store, we may feel assured that the national recognition of the importance of education will be increased. In all probability, there will be considerable changes; we shall examine our methods more earnestly, that we may do better in the future than in the past. In that effort we are entitled to hope that Trinity College will at least maintain her high reputation, and that, as she has in the past been the pioneer in so many important innovations, so, in the future, she will not be behindhand in the path of progress, efficiency and culture. E. P. C. TRIPOS.--This is the name given to the examination for honours at Cambridge University. Candidates for Honours must pass the Previous...
