The New York herald., 1878-07-03
"BLOODS IN TRINITY"

UNDERGRADUATES REvEts AND ISDIGSAToH
or THE "DoSs '-cnAELLY o'MALLEY BlDi-
yIvUs.
DUBLIN June 81 1873
Those are familiar with Levers "Charies
O'Maliey''--and their name Legion both sides
OF the Atantic-wil not have much difficulty In re-
calling memory heros 'aast night IN rrinity;"
the bosterous supper party, the Joval officers, the
furious iun, the Bursar captive ana the
rolcKlng upsy mirth and sport in which
it closes. Tho students OF the Dubnn Univcr-
sity have been ousy tn.s week reviving
this scene from their esencary annals but ns be-
comes a revival, modern uress with additions and
alterations rhis time the chief theatre OF the aca-
demic reveS was quadrangle OF the college; tho
junior Dean lgared Instead of the Bursar; college
porters not barred out, but hunted like vsrmins
there were Light Dragoons," aud the results are
proportonaely serious
OLD IRELAND FOREVER.
To so back to the beginning. Itis usage, now oe
some years standing, with the students OF DuoIin
University to hold athletic sports In the
month OF June. BY Permission OF tho
authorities these sports held In the coi-
lego park, green expansc OF thirty acres,
with slopng banks aud surrounded by trees, the
preservation OF which unbroKen in the heart OF tha
city Is marvel in tne sc ouslng times. Hther flock
the citizens and strangers, too. To watch tho
cemic athletes is the hn. assrred,v w"h 49,
ladies the object must be ess u.a - ss acgn.
And the ladies gather IN the coltGh ip eemgese
annually increasing, aud the "s're' pa Fts p4te
remarked that The decline IL silietr f,sac ar
the sports has been steadily nlnne p@.a "a ts@
Increase in the number of sp gfa
COMET
This year 'tho proverDai s.tyt ttisfee, 4gsa ~ raa
counter dcinicians' ietr ~ hasa
como of tho Tuesday aud Wednesday in whiisun
week (or 1t absorbs two wno!e davsL but 10
rainei SO furiousy that pos,ponement was 10.
evitablc, and the actual celebration came or ase
Moaday and Tuesday. Bu. with this it is quite
Unnecessary to trouble ourselves. Tho crowd
grea-some twenty-five thousand, II
said-,ho sports were proportonateiy below the av-
erage; tho ladies' dresses were, doubt, much
Ia mode their iashoners could accomplish The
real interest which Is likely to make the occasion
memorable belongs to tue night, 10 the day, and
not " college park but to part tho
dem zeal precincts.
coNMgNcE.
Among the pretty customs winch have grown up
the annual satuInaa is that oi the students
giving supper parties their the even
ing. The ialrer forms OF creation often grace these
gatherings, ana II must be owLed that, If their prcs-
ence tcnus TO augment tho unacademics gayety, it
also tcmpers anu even Tor tue time conccas the
academic ruughuess. On ihis those frseeiny
people who are WISE after the event have noted tnaG
the gentler element was unprecedentediy dchcient IN
many OF tho reunions Was 1t that the
| ladies nau Decn IcL into Inc secret Oh WHAT
was going 10 happenY or that the studenis
feared their presence might have Its asual effects
and substitute the muzurka ana te waltz Tor the very
different KIND ot dance they were preparing Tor tho
| college authoritiesy However this may rave been.
| about midnight hosts ana guests sailed from tneir
quarter and assembed as II by previous concert, IN
| one OF the quaaranses named IA college slang
shouting iuaugura'ed the resels some oi the alumni
| are sporlsmen and handy AT The rine shots ~"r"
fired crackers were exploded, vi fns
silence OF the night caused DEL
verberations. Presently some active
| mischief collected IRON the park the scat
which had been used at the sports during
ing days. rney took them 10 ''EotanI -s 4-
them In confused heap, and SCI hre Z Tue
nsmes hgn above tho roofs o! ,.djoning
buildings aud the dwellers IN the nei sirccts
were terrified at discovering that as they thought,
the University was on ire.
EIIS GO BRAGg.
largo band, led by master IN the strategy OF dis.
turbaucc proceeded TO side gate opening into Bruns
wick street They aroused tnc porter, VINO lived in
the adjoining lodge, aud called on hn to open II HIS
refusal SO irriiated them that ther menaccs mado
the Unfortunate man run tor his LIE. Some then
oil the carpenters shop tools forco tha
gate In an adjoining shed they found some timber,
which they boro away tofoed tho pyro IN tho "Bay.'s
In the confusion tho carpenters workshop iseli to,k
lre, and tins brought the IRE brigade on Inc scens
Meantime the .atc was iorcod, and a rope was at.
tached to the nearest street lamp. performance
mimick ng the ''tug OF war" soon brought tho iamp
to the ground The process would proDaDy have been
repeated with other lamps but Tor ,he appearances VI
THE DEAN AND rms DIN
The Junior Dean accompanied by several por-
ters. carly on The scene; but he soon saw mat
the number OF tho rioters made hopeless TO aitcmpt
a capture While he was engaged recommending th0
attack college proprietes lew harmonious sprita
went of TO his own rooms, carried away pianoIore
and haTmonium. and, taking them to more Quct
quadrangle, soon gathered around them large and
sympathetic crowd. AS the concert, which was At
ovised not OF classical Character but
consisted exclusively oil highly popular m0rcguus, tho
reIrans which chanted with all the visor OF
tipsy carnestncss, tho uproar became tremendous.
The Dean hurried 10 ascertain the nature OF this new
utbroak, ana penetrating the surrounding ring
recog nzed hts horror bis beloved Instruments
IN tho hands OF The vandals.
BRIGADE
But perhaps the most characterstic bit has yet to-
come. Tho Dire brigade detachment set about extn.
gushing tho nrcs, aud we're Joined by few steady
students, who worked with a will Alter an amaz-
covered TO his indignant vcxaon that several oi his
men we're drunk. They had bccD quietly Withdrawn
by the .'seady studcnis'in Bma patches aud libsr-
ally "trcatcd.' Fortunately the only dangerous lf,,
That In the carpenters workshop was easily dealt
with by the sober hands
by this timo the morning light making every
thing so GEAR that the Identification OF some at case
Of the crowd OF mutineers was easy Task. Ncxe
day the college Board sat IN secret council 70 consdc1
the most formidable outbreak which had happened
occasion OF the annual sports some disturbancss bad
occurred but nOthing IKE the scale OF last Tues
day night Then the Board announced that should
there be any repetition oil such scenes thof
ior those annual sports. Tho decision of
| the Board has not yet been announced.
But is generally undorsto0d that thc threat mnie.
Two years since will be nexorsbly carried Out Wnab
further punHhmcnt may be III store Tor the chief per-
| formers in the uDscademical revcs may DO gucssca
| by the probable victims. In any case II seems ony
too likely that. like Charley O'aniiey, the secretary
| OF the Dublin University Athletic CLUB may al once
about writing In hts record of tue club history the
most dro but sad chapter, TO DO emitted "the las
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