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* Those who, with S i r W. S. G i l b e r t , consider that a policeman's l o t i s not a happy one, must surely have revised t h e i r opinion on November 4th. That evening some eighty representatives of the law exchanged such arduous duties as pounding the beat i n Paddington or being knifed i n the back i n Battersea f o r the p r i v i l ege of witnessing a free firework display i n Prince Consort Road while t e c h n i c a l l y protecting IC from the lawless mobs of Kensington. It i s true that a f u r t h e r force of f o r t y were less fortunate, f o r they spent the whole evening in a quite unnecessary and remarkably c h i l l y v i g i l around the Albert MemorialSubdued by the sight of so much sombre blue serge, the crowd behaved as though on a Sunday School outing. A few f a i n t 'boomalakas were heard on the lawn, a l i t t l e water was poured out of upstairs windows of the Hostel, and some kindly soul attempted to warm up one of the constables by placing a l i g h t e d f i r e work i n h i s b e l t . Even the bangs sounded apologetic and law abiding compared with l a s t year. As soUeone i n the crowd remarked, " I t ' s a poor show when the only source of amusement l e f t i s to r a i d your own college!" And at about 11pm our one hundred and twenty protectors drove away i n t h e i r blue limousines to enjoy t h e i r hard earned sleep. 1
' Anyone present at the Mines Freshers' d i n ner on the 3 r d must have found the Guy Fawkes celebrations on the 4 t h rather an anti-climax. A f t e r a preliminary warming-up at the Catherine Wheel, Kensington Church St., guests and hosts returned to the Union, where an excellent cold meal was provided by the refectory. The Bread R o l l s were just c r i s p enough to disconcert the r e c i p i e n t without a c t u a l l y marking him for l i f e . When he could make himself heard, David G r i f f i t h s was surprised to f i n d himself proposins the health of the Mines. His speech, mostl y quoted from odd scraps of graph paper, was not so much woolly as downy. In reply, the Dean, Professor Dannatt, made a short but sincere speech i n which he c o i n ed us a new c o l l e c t i v e noun - a "frenzy" of freshers. Proposing the health of the freshers Peter Haywood, the President, welcomed them i n a well constructed and witty speech, sympathising with them f o r the t h e i r present p a r t i a l e x i l e i n the R.C.S. Much stress was l a i d on the Mines' s p i rit. On discovering to h i s chagrin that you couldn't drink i t , your correspondent returned to the free b a r r e l s and f e l l into a deep melanc h o l i a which prevented him from reporting i n det a i l what he believes to have been a f i r s t - c l a s s reply on behalf of the freshers. Worn out by thumping on the t a b l e s , the mob then f i l e d downstairs f o r the r e a l business of the evening.
A Up t i l l now we had seen only what might have been expected of a Mines Freshers' Dinner but f i r s t class and spontaneous entertainment followed. The upstairs h a l l was invaded by a crowd from Chelsea Poly with obvious aggressive intentions. The drinkers l e f t t h e i r emptying barrels and, joined by other I.C. men from downstairs, kept the invaders at bay. But the Polytechnlcians soon found that they had stepped into a hornet's nest. From the bar a further noisy angry swarm eaine forther and i n the face of f i r e and water the combined forces flung
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Cour policemen were injured in a fight with a man who Hou g ^ barricaded himself in an underground laboratory at motui the Imperial College of Science, South Kensington, S.W. cars tracks Police were called to the college last night after it was north Mr ~" ""'* ^d that a mr *w>e The Royal College of Science featured i n front page news i n the 'Evening Standard' on Monday, 6 t h November. On Sunday evening, about 9 - 0 o'clock, a 31-year-old seaman invaded a basement research laboratory of the Geophysi c s department and, wrenching the legs o f f a heavy t a b l e , started to smash up apparatus.
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THEY USE HOSES, HE THROWS BOLTS The noise was heard by Mr. F o l k i e r s k i who was working l a t e . He rushed down to the source of the noise, thinking there had been an a c c i d ent, and entered the room to i n v e s t i g a t e . He soon withdrew, however, to avoid an i r o n bolt hurled at him by the v i s i t o r . Mr- F o l k i e r s k i found the night porter who 'phoned the p o l i c e . Two policemen a r r i v e d and c a l l e d on the miscreant to l a y down h i s weapons and come out (he had by t h i s time barricaded the door). The only reply was an i r o n bolt through the window. A hurried consultation resulted i n the departure of one policeman to summon reinforcements, l e a ving the other expostulating: "What do I do i f he comes out?" Eventually over a dozen p o l i c e men arrived together with a Black Maria and an ambulance. Meanwhile Prof. S i r George Thomson, the Dean of Residence (Mr. D. A l l e n ) and Mr. D. K.Nicholas were informed by telephone and a r r i v ed on the scene soon afterwards. They were to The p o l i c e , unable witness an amazing sight. to extract the miscreant peaceably, connected up a hose to a hydrant and stood oy pending the a r r i v a l of a doctor. However, action was prec i p i t a t e d by the sound of escaping gas: fearing an explosion, the water was turned to cool the v i s i t o r ' s ardour. Instead, i t only f i l l e d the room with steam f o r the hose had been connected to the hot water maint I t provided s u f f i c i e n t d i s t r a c t i o n , however, f o r the p o l i c e to close i n and Get Their Man. I t was 9ÂŤ40 when he was f i n a l l y taken away to St. John's Hospital, Battersea. Theories as to possible motives f o r h i s behaviour range from - an act of personal revenge on science f o r being blown up during the war to - a r e s u l t of seeing the f i l m "Seven Days to Noon"! the invaders out. The l a t t e r had rather a rough passage as a band of hostelite s were waiting to push their way i n again. In t h i s encounter we won two pairs of trousers but l o s t one pair of shoes. A counter-attack found our invaders l i c k i n g their wounds i n Queens Gate. Another two of them were captured and obliged to surrender their trousers. Back i n the bar one of our debagged captives, who claimed to be t h e i r president, was made to drink a yard of water, and a messy show he made of i t too. We had captured four pairs of trousers, but I could only see three dispossessed owners - I was told "you should have seen the one that got away". For the rest of the evening a firework display was held outside the bar. A cracker which landed i n a jug of beer so thrived on alcohol that i t blew the jug and i t s contents a l l over the room. There were no f a t a l casualties.
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Letters are i n v i t e d on any and every subject. They should be short as possible and i n no case longer than 200 words. Correspondents must supply t h e i r name and college but they may The write under a nom-de-plume i f they wish. E d i t o r takes no r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the opinions expressed by corresponents. C i t y and Guilds College. To the E d i t o r , FELIX.
3 r d November,1950.
Sir, We would l i k e to state how much we deprecate the action which took place t h i s morning, r e s u l t i n g i n the debagging of the "Daily Worker" salesman. This behaviour on the part of a large crowd of students towards a fellow c i t i z e n of a democ r a t i c country i s i n the worst "communistic" taste, and i s a very bad advertisement, expeeiall y when the student body i s protestin g against the suppression of ragging. The only good i t can do i s towards the Communists themselves. Surely these rags, i f they are to survive as a healthy form ofstudent high s p i r i t s , should only take place between students and c o l l e g e s . Once they are taken out to the general public they become a n t i - s o c i a l and merit the disapprova l they now enjoy. The C.& G. Union President's remark that excess energy i s more p r o f i t a b l y d i s s i p a t e d i n the various a t h l e t i c clubs i s surely good advice. Yours etc•, E. Harvey, J. R. Bothwell.
The Engineering Society, C i t y & Guilds College. To the E d i t o r , FELIX.
5th November, 1950.
At the f i n a l meeting of the now dissolved Imperial College Student I n d u s t r i a l Committee I was requested to investigate the p o s s i b i l i t y of holding an annual conference of the Academi c Societies. This conference was to concern i t s e l f mainly with s o c i a l aspects of industry, besides providing a meeting ground f o r the interchange of ideas, and the discussion of common problems. I am accordingly c a l l i n g a meeting of the o f f i c e r s of the s o c i e t i e s concerned and should be much obliged i f you would publis h t h i s l e t t e r i n order to give i n d i v i d u a l members a chance to inform t h e i r o f f i c e r s of t h e i r points of view. Tours f a i t h f u l l y , E. C. Newman, Hon. Secretary. ( The following are the s o c i e t i e s concerned:- The I.C. Chemical Society, The I.C. Chemical Engineering Society, The I.C. Branch of the S.C.M., The R.S.M. Mining & Metallurgy Society, The R.C.S. Natural History Society, The R.C.S". Mathematical and Phsical Society., The C.&G. Radio Society, The C.&G. Engineering Society.)
Dept. of Chem. Tech., Imperial College. To the E d i t o r , FELIX.
9 t h November, 1950.
City and Guilds College. To the E d i t o r , FELIX.
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Sir, In the "Pnoenix Review- publlsned at the beginning of term there appeared a l e t t e r commenting on two anomalies i n College courses. The second of these was that the best degrees go to the unsociable "brown-bagger", summed up i n the phrase "To those who give nothing while they are here, the College gives most as they leave". May I, as a semi-"brown-bagger", be allowed the h o s p i t a l i t y of your columns to r e ply to this? Surely i t i s the man with the good degree who brings most honour to the College i n the world outside. I can imagine an employer saying: "These fellows from C.& G. (R.C.S., R.S.M) do not know t h e i r s t u f f ! " He does not care whether they were arrested on a c e r t a i n occasion due to excess of College s p i r i t , or were members of f i f t y s o c i e t i e s . Again, i t i s the academic record of the College which induces outside bodies to sponsor research fellowships and other grants and to make large g i f t s to the College, e.g. the Goldsmiths extension to C.&G. May I suggest that the maintaining of a flow of Ist and 2nd c l a s s Honours Degrees i s e s s e n t i a l to the existence and well-being of the College rather than a mammoth s o c i a l and c u l t u r a l organisation. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , Bernard M.
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We are i n s p i r e d by the recent Lord Mayor's Show to write and suggest that the students of London U n i v e r s i t y hold a s i m i l a r (but much bett e r ) procession. According to i t s s i z e , each college could contribute one or more tableaux to i l l u s t r a t e some chosen theme such as "Students through the Ages", "From Kindergarten to the Professions", etc. etc. Lent term would be a s u i t a b l e time and the occasion could be the inauguration of Perhaps we could the new U.L.U. President. persuade the Chief Commissioner of P o l i c e to o f f i c i a l l y receive the procession at Bow Streeb Police Station. Advantage could be taken of the occasion to make a c o l l e c t i o n f o r State ITn-aided Chari t i e s (such as the P o l i c e Orphanage!) which would give us a measure of public support. An annual student pageant of t h i s kind would be a great event f o r students and publ i c a l i k e and would provide a unique occasion f o r i n t e r c o l l e g i a t e co-operation. A little r e s t r a i n t would at f i r s t be required u n t i l our prerogative be f i r m l y established. A l l that i s required i s some enthusiastic suppcrt from the colleges and some hard work on the part of a few e f f i c i e n t organisers. "Yours f a i t h f u l l y , Ashley Bean, Peter Howe.'
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C i t y and Guilds. To the E d i t o r , FELIX.
To the E d i t o r , FELIX.
3 r d November, 1950.
Sir, I f e e l i t necessary to correct immediatel y a crass error i n your l a s t : you r e f e r to Bo as "she'.' The name Boanerges, meaning "Sons of Fury" or "Sons of Thunder" was the name given to the sons of Zebedee, and l a t e r by T.E.Lawrence to one of h i s moter c y c l e s . Anyone who has heard the present Bo's stent o r i a n voice w i l l r e a l i z e that there i s nothing feminine about him, unless i t be h i s somewhat capricious nature, and so doubts as to h i s sex must be quickly d i s p e l l e d l e s t some misguided s c i e n t i s t should be tempted to shout "Boanerges" i n a feminine t r e b l e at h i s next public appearance. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , E. M. Hughes.
3 r d November, 1950.
Sir, Your correspondant, who complains about the person or persons who abstract the "New Statesman" and "Spectator" from the lounge f o r the alleged s e l f i s h purpose of p r i v a t e l y perusing the paragrammatical p h i l l i p i e s of those popular p e r i o d i c a l s , w i l l have appealed to your readers as r e f r e s h i n g l y naive. I am not, of course, i n the confidence of the p u r l o i n e r ( s ) , but a deep and personal acquaintance with human f r a i l t y suggests to me at l e a s t , that the perisher(s) i n question do'nt pinch those journals to read 'em, but to o f f e r them up (or down) to Cloacina.* Your servant, S i r , HOM.
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('Editor's Note:- "Cloacina"= Roman goddess of drains and sewers.)
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FELIX prides i t s e l f on maintaining a p o l i t i c a l l y independent outlook, and though i n t h i s attitude we d i f f e r from the 'Daily Worker' we nevertheless regard the debagging of t h e i r student-salesman as unfortunate - and not i n the best taste. On the other hand we are sure that the incident took place less from p o l i t i c a l motives than to demonstrate the f o l l y of trying to s e l l the Daily Worker so close to our doors. And the salesmen themselves must surely have realised the r i s k they ran. That being said we were agreeably surprised at the restrained tone of the pamphlet which was distributed with the Daily Worker a few days l a t e r (see t h i s page); the pamphleteer, however, l a i d himself wide open with his sentence; "If they have a better paper then l e t them s e l l i t themselves"'. The reply to t h i s on the following Wednesday was s u f f i c i e n t l y urbane to close the a f f a i r with a smile. There have been a spate of rags recently. The Battersea Polytechnic caravan started things o f f . Then a party of i . C . men - mostly freshers- made u n f r u i t f u l v i s i t s to Battersea, U.C. and Kings; i n search of consolation prizes they raided Chelsea Polytechnic. Whilst applauding their zeal and enterprise i t was perhaps a l i t t l e unfair on the Poly: surely we should h i t only someone of our own size and stature? The Massacre of Mines Night (p.l) demonstrates what may happen when a smaller college is goaded into retaliation'. We hope that the foregoing remarks w i l l i n no wise dampen enthusiasm and i n i t i a t i v e . These w i l l be required i n f u l l measure i n the tow-path battle on Morphy Day'.
Dr Smith-Cohen, lecturer i n comparative mora i i t v ? a n d Miss Gloria Glyndbourne photograpned recently on Imperial Institute steps. Miss Glyndbourne w i l l lecture on 'New o «• u „+,-,^on+<!i Tt i s expected that ner n e s i i ! ^ ^ f h t o t h e - s u b j e c t w i l l arouse considerable approach to the interest. U
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ARMS & THE M A N S This i s by way of an explanation of the production of "Arms And The Man" which i s being put on at I.C. on November 28th - December 2nd inclusive. At the end of last session U.L.U. appealed to the Presidents of the various Colleges to obtain the support of their Dramatic Societies for the London University Drama Society which was badly i n need of help. As a result of this, I.C.D.S. decided to offer their f u l l support and the use of the I.C. stage for the L.U.D.S. full-length Christmas production. This offer, approved by Council, was gratefully accepted. Although, s t r i c t l y speaking, the play this term w i l l be a L.U.D.S. show, members of I.C. are well to the fore and most of the well known names w i l l be found on the programme. We want to show the rest of London University just what I.C. can produce i n the way of audiences as well as plays. We hope therefore to have the large, receptive and enthusiastic audiences which have always been a feature of I.C.D.S. productions in the past. You w i l l see many of the old familiar faces as well as some new ones. We want the support of you a l l , both freshers and not-so-freshers. The good old tradition of a 'Mines Night' w i l l s t i l l be observed (this time the Tuesday performance) with specially reduced pricesl When you read this the tickets w i l l already be on sale. If you haven't yet bought yours, do so Iodav. Tickets are on sale i n the l i b r a r y annexe from 1 - 2 p.m. each day, price l / - to 4/-. D.R.Knapp President LCD.
T The f i r s t General Meeting of t h i s new Club, sponsored by I.C.C.B.C., took place at U.L.U. recently. Mr. Louis T a r l o , who has captained England and was one of the B r i t i s h team which won t h i s year's European Championship, was there to r e present the English Bridge Union and London County Contract Bridge Association, who gave us t h e i r blessings and o f f e r s of help. I.C. has by f a r the f l o u r i s h i n g Bridge Club of the London Colleges, and i t was f i t t i n g that Bob Pearce should be elected the F i r s t President of the new club. John Hunt, the new Secretary, also comes from R.C.S. Following the meeting, Teams of Four and Pairs Contests were held simultaneously, over 100 players competong. T.G.Gilchris t Wilson.
International Student Service i s an organi s a t i o n serving students and s t a f f of u n i v e r s i t i e s a l l over the world. It i s an e n t i r e l y non-politic a l body and has no connection with the International Union of Students. Its purpose i s to help students to better t h e i r material conditions of l i f e , and to extend and develop c u l t u r a l a c t i v i t i e s within unive r s i t i e s , so that they may become r e a l centres of national and international l i f e . I.S.S. works towards this end i n two ways. It runs international centres and -study tours i n v a r i ous countries - next year i n Scandinavia, Germany and I t a l y , and conferences are arranged - the next one being held near London i n the week before Xmas. The second,and perhaps more important,way i n which I.S.S. works i s by giving r e l i e f f o r students whenever they are i n need. Thus, students are being sent food, clothing, textbooks and medical supp l i e s . Again, i n South A f r i c a many native students are studying medicine only because of help from I.S.S. Now the money f o r t h i s r e l i e f work comes from one source only - students. During this week International Students' Week, November 12th-18th collections f o r I.S.S. are being held i n colleges a l l over the country. There w i l l be a special Hop tomorrow night i n the Union, the proceeds of which are going to the 1.8.3. Sanatorium Fund. (Information concerning any of the above projects,or I.S.S. i n general, can be obtained from A.A.Levy, I.S.S.,Secretary, c/o R.C.S. rack)
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On the Friday on which the l a s t FELIX was published two students s e l l i n g 'The Daily Worker' at the corner of Imperial Institute Rd were invited along to the Guilds hallway where they were debagged by a party of students. On the following Monday a pamphlet was distributed e n t i t l e d 'You may read what you l i k e ' i n which the dangers of physical attacks on strangers are pointed out. "Whatever you may think of the point of view expressed i n 'The Daily Worker' i t i s the only daily paper that puts that point of view. And many people read i t just to see 'the other side of the question'." The pamphlet ends "Is i t right that a group of students should decide what other people may and may not read?" " I f they have a better paper then l e t them s e l l i t themselves" "Let the people decide for themselves" Footnote: In answer to the penultimate sentence of the above, on the morning of the following Wednesday two students stood on either side of the 'Daily Worker' vendors and distributed paper bearing only one word of p r i n t .
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A Study of Bodies Suspended from Straps. By A. Tuber, B.Sc. (Hopes).
PROFILE— Mr. A.V.S. de Reuck i s Chairman of the Social Clubs Committee, Vice-President of R.C.3., Editor of "Phoenix", a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and studies Physics i n his spare time. As he has been on the committees of a number of College societies at one time or another, was a member of the R i f l e Club, and once played Bridge, i t i s l i k e l y that very few readers w i l l not know him. However, f o r those who do not, here i s a summary of his personal appearance. Look out for a Union o f f i c e r who i s f a i r l y t a l l , sports a moustache and w«ars glasses. (This description also f i t s Wally, the Porter at R.C.S., but as Wally works there, no confusion should arise.) His early personal history started with a ohildhood of f a i r l y normal Freudian complexity. Later he returned to school, now as a teacher of physics, being on deferred service with the RA.F. Subsequently he served abroad i n India and l a t e r in France. On the nights when he i s Duty-Officer in the Union, he may recount to you,in the Bar, the many h a i r - r a i s i n g experiences he faced during his term i n the Service. The most unnerving of these seem to have occurred during s o c i a l evenings in the mess . And so he came to Imperial College, i n 1947. On a r r i v a l here, Tony soon distinguished himself as a f i r s t - r a t e speaker whosewords, i f not few, were at least well chosen. Despite being accused of immorality by a lady from Bedford, he was elected President of both the P o l i t i c a l Society and the L i t e r a r y and Debating Society f o r the session 1949-50. He achieved the d i s t i n c t i o n of being the f i r s t post-war President of the P o l i t i c a l Society to surmount the academic hurdles and return to take up his p o l i t i c a l duties At the request of the President of I.C., Don Huddart, he agreed about this time to take up the Editorship of "Phoenix". Since he has been Editor, Tony has completely transformed t h i s worthy b i r d , increasing i t s volume by his ingenuity, and i t s weight by his e d i t o r i a l s . It might be thought that a man who takes such an active interest i n College l i f e would have well defined opinions upon fundamental subjects,(e,g. p o l i t i c s , r e l i g i o n and beer), but his ideas here tend to be e c l e c t i c . Thus i n Union p o l i t i c s , when talking to a reactionary he i s progressive, while, when discussing a f f a i r s with progressives he i s a positive reactionary. It i s noteworthy that he i s p r a c t i c a l l y the only member of the "Phoenix" board not an agnositc. When I asked him what beer he preferred, he merely said "Thank you. I ' l l have half of mild." Nevertheless, he i s prepared to d i s course upon a large variety of lesser topics and, Indeed, with his interests varying from Greek science to heraldry, and from planetary atmosoheres to oratory, Tony i s either the l a s t a l l round genius or the f i r s t I.C. d i l l e t t a n t e . (He i s clean, healthy and rides a b i c y c l e . - Ed.) 1
The fundamental importance of t h i s subject to a l l persons concerned with Underground Railways has been stressed by M. Hangeur de Strappe i n a lecture to the Ecole des Chemins-de-fer e n t i t l e d "La Tie et 1'Amour au Paris-Metro". A lengthy paper on the subject was recently delivered to a vociferous audience i n the Union Bar by Mr. Tuber, dealing with the economics, time and motion study of t r o g l o d y t i c a l l y - t r a v e l l i n g bodies. Economically, the author showed how, owing to the high passenger-velooity through the b a r r i e r s , the p r o b a b i l i t y of non-payment of fares was some 4$ higher than that i n the case of bus t r a v e l . The author l i s t e d and described some 376 occasions when he personally had broken through t h i s b a r r i e r l a y e r of humanity, whilst r e t a i n i n g hi3 t i c k e t f o r a future occasion. A time study, applying Einstein' s g r a v i t a t i o n a l f i d d l e , was not understood by anyone, i n c l u ding the author. He stated, however, that provided DirektstrBm remained unbroken, the bus was slower. The motion of bodies was observed to vary with age. Thus, young male persons displayed a 74$« tendency to f a l l into the arms of date-worthy stenographers, whilst only 39/» of the dapper businessmen displayed t h i s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c . The ogling eye common to both categories was more marked i n the l a t t e r case. Of the opposite sex, an astoundingly painstaking research was conducted, as was to be expected. Out of 1,000 subjects studied, 130 were discarded on sight (being c l a s s i f i e d as bass-viola players, etc., en route to R.C.M.) 610 were helped to t h e i r feet and dropped r a p i d l y on t h e i r uttering the words "Thenks everso, I'm sure". The fate of the remaining 260 was not stated. A discussio n followed, i n t e r e s t i n g points raised being:Mr. Prodmore: "What about the Polyphase Shunting Motor?" "The f l u x i s proportional to the The Author: f i f t h power of the weight of solder present." "What about the Russians?" A Voice:"This matter w i l l be dealt with at The Author:the next Guilds Union meeting." "What about your l a s t orders?" The Barman:The meeting was olosed. X.K.G.F.
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The I.C. team has successfully come through the f i r s t two rounds of the University Cup contest, but on neither occasion coald they have been said to have looked l i k e Cup holders. This i s disappointing as there i s no reason at a l l why they should not be just as strong as l a s t year's winning team and i t i s fortunate that our f i r s t two opponents have not produced any serious opposition. A cup team playing University players can never be quite so satisfactory i n team work as the regular XI, and at t h i s early stage i t i s not f a i r to be too c r i t i c a l , but I would l i k e to see more 'zip' and much more decisive play. At present i t i s far too jerky - fast runs, then seconds of indecision; or a good movement into the opponents goal area, then a pass well behind the c i r c l e . Twice as many goals should have been scored i n these two matches. However there i s no reason at a l l why a l l these weaknesses should not be remedied and our next opponents, Kings College, soundly beaten. We want more drive and hard persistent attacking in the last twenty-five yards, so go to i t I.C'.'. A.S.
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By our Bowing Correspondent. Some t h i r t y years ago, the f i r s t race f o r the Morphy Cup took place, since when i t has been won on f i v e occasions by the R.S.M.B.C., three by the B.C.S.B.C. and on a l l others by This f i r s t race occurred ahthe C.&. G.B.C. out the time of the formation of the Imperial College Boat Club soon a f t e r the f i r s t world war, when the three College Boat-Clubs amalgamated to represent Imperial College i n regattas. As the years passed, t h i s amalgamation became more and more complete, and today the three Boat-Clubs only e x i s t f o r the purpose of an annual boatrace between t h e i r respective crews - at a l l other times t h e i r members row under I.C. colours. In 1943 each college had a second eight i n t r a i n i n g to a s s i s t i n coaching t h e i r Morphy crew. On a challenge from R.C.S. an u n o f f i c i a l race between these second eights was i n s t i tuted and continued as a challenge match u n t i l 19*6, when i t became a permanent f i x t u r e by the presentation of a cup f o r the event by Mr. and Mrs. Lowry - the Lowry Cup. Apart from an R.C.S. v i c t o r y i n 1948, the Guilds have had a monopoly of t h i s trophy.
S Next Wednesday, the three College Boat-Clubs w i l l again be competing f o r these two trophies. At the time of w r i t i n g Mines are undoubtedly f a vourites. They are a strong, workmanlike crew, who attack the beginning r e a l l y hard, with the f u l l intent of using the blade to move the boat. Their chief weakness at the moment i s a lack of s o l i d i t y at the f i n i s h , but i n spite of t h i s t h e i r recovery i s good and l i v e l y with a nice swing forward as the boat runs. Mackay, at s t roke i s s e t t i n g a good rhythm and a s u r p r i s i n g l y long stroke f o r so short a man, and i s well backed up at seven by Maltby who rowed at Bedf o r d School. Davidson i s an enthusiastic s i x , whilst Nind from St. Catherine's ,Cambridge, combines power with smoothness at f i v e . The R.C.S., though they lack the surge of power on the beginning which characterises the Mines crew i s the neatest of the three boats. Thebladework i s better and more together and the f i n i s h es more s o l i d . The recovery, however, i s slower and more ponderous with the resultant lack of time on the l a s t b i t forward, causing a sluggish beginning and not so much run on the boat. Sly from T i f f i n s School at seven and Seaman from St. Paul's at s i x provide a good backing f o r Metcalfe who stroked l a s t summer's I.C. boat at Henley. The "heavies" i n the middle of the boat are neat but i n c l i n e d to be slow with t h e i r hands away. The Guilds are not so f a r advanced a s t h e i r r i v als , and though working hard are not so well t o gether and s t i l l i n c l i n e d to be rough and heavy handed. However, with North as Cox (worth a ninth oar i n the boat) and Johnny Miners on the bank, they w i l l undoubtedly improve r a p i d l y during the next week and w i l l be a crew tote reckoned with by Morphy Day. A few deeply rooted f a u l t s i n some members of the crew may, however, prove to be too much should i t come to hard race and a close f i n i s h .
S At the moment the Mines look the crew most l i k e l y to win, but a race of one and five-eighths miles i n a heavy c l i n k e r boat i s no respecter of reputations, and much may happen i n the next week. The Guilds look l i k e winning the Lowry Cup again, t h e i r crew having much more experience of racing and regattas than e i t h e r of t h e i r opponents. The l a t t e r crews, however, w i l l give a very good account of themselves and are not Likel y to be l e f t behing without f i g h t i n g hard. The extreme lightness of the R.C.S. compared with the Mines may t e l l against them over the l a t t e r part of the course should they have the misfortune t o encounter a s t i f f head wind. The races w i l l be started by Charles B r i s ton from the towpath and umpired by Freddy Page of the Thames Rowing Club from the Umpires' l a u nch. The judges w i l l be Mr. G.C. Lowry and Mr. R.D. Hoyle.
CROSS
COUNTRY
The U.L. t r i a l s and subsequent I.C. t r i a l s have proved most encouraging, and although Ted Whitlock i s once again the only r e a l l y outstanding runner, the general standard i s quite high. The second team s t a r t e d o f f very well on Wed, Nov. 1 s t , beating U.C. and Q.M.C. quite conclusively, by v i r t u r of some very good packing. I . C . ' 2 ' , 3 9 - U . C ' 2 ' , 7 1 - Q.M.C.'2',76. The 1 s t team had t h e i r f i r s t match of the season against Southampton U n i v e r s i t y on Sat. Nov. 4th, over 4& miles at Roehampton; although without the services of Whitlock, whowas running f o r U.L., the team won quite e a s i l y . I.C. 32 - S'ton 51. The packing was again very good, I.C. prov i d i n g seven out of the f i r s t nine men home. Goater (S) was f i r s t , i n 27 min. 29 sec., and Davies (I.C.) second i n 27 min. 33 sec.
WOMEN'S
HOCKEY
On Wednesday, Nov. 1st, the I.C. Women's Hockey XI played Goldsmith's 2nd XI. This was the f i r s t women's team to be f i e l d e d f o r about 2 sessions, with the exception of the team which met with seccess i n the Inter-Coll e g i a t e tournament. As t h i s i s the case, and as there was no opportunity f o r t r i a l s , the fact that I.C. l o s t 3-0 need cause no despondency. The players combined well on the whole, and once the forwards get used to playing with each other, and the half-backs p l a y a more attaching game the team should have a reasonably successf u l season.
HOCKEY
v. Queen Mary C o l l .
Lost
3-7
NETBALL
v. Queen Mary C o l l .
Lost
9 -10
SQUASH
v. Bedford
Won
4-1
PERSONAL COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE, ÂŁ10, 1933 Coventry Eagle 150 cc two-strk. In good going condition. Scraped down ready for painting. - B.M.Polack, Guilds. LOST from Squash Courts, Monday 30 Oct, 5-5.30, brown leather wallet & contents. Finder please contact D.B.Dean, Guilds(2E). THE
MORPHY
CUP.
Stations: R.S.M. Middlesex, C&G. R.C.S. Surrey. C.& G. R.H.Clark (bow) D.G.Brook P.A.S.Moffat P.Sharpe D.A.Dunton L.E.A.Clare T.Gilbert S.J.Peerless (str.) D.W.North (cox)
R.S.M.
Centre, R.C.S.
L .E.Webb (bow) B.J.T.Baldwin(bow) P.E.T.Baylis J.CM.Taylor G.W.Benson C.G.Barwise D.Nowell W.A.Brandum S.D.Hughes T.E.W.Nind A.G.P.Davidson R.G.Seaman P.D.R.Maltby J.M.A.Sly J.M.Mackay H.Metcalfe (str.) (str.) A.J.Martin(cox) H.N.A.Ashforth(cox)
Stations: R.C.S. Middlesex, R.S.M. Centre, C.& G. Surrey. C & G. D.J.Gardner(bow) I.W.Joffe A.J.Caffarey R.W.Hodgson G.Etheridge A.P.Savoie P.D.C.Osborne C.B.Stevens(str) J.D.Lewis(cox)
R.C.S. R.S.M. R.J.Harbord(bow)G.B.Wetherill(bow) D.M.Houghton M-O.Holt T.F.W.Embleton W.J.Stevens M.J.Hooper J.L.Ashford R.W.Pearson G.H.H.Burrill M.A.Stevens K. A.Chandler J.Gordon-Smith P . D . G r i f f i t h T.W.Hulme(str) D.Higham(str) J.E.Sharpley(cox)J.N.Holmes(cox)
X
EVENTS
SOCCER C.&
G. 0, R.C.S. 3
In the f i r s t round of the Technology Cup, played on Nov. 8th at Harlington, the R.C.S., present holders of the cup, deservedly defeated the Guilds 3-0. .Facing a young gale, Guilds spent most of the f i r s t h a l f defending stubbornly while the R.C.S. forwards seemed unable to make the most of t h e i r opportunities. There was no score at half-time. In the fourth minute of the second h a l f R.C.S. went ahead, Thompson putting the f i n i s h ing touch to good work by Dixon and Jackman. Play continued unevenly u n t i l 13 minutes from 'ime when R.C.S. were awarded an i n d i r e c t free kick i n the Guilds penalty area. Dixon passed low across the goal to Browne whose f i r s t time shot beat Williams. R.CS. were well on top at t h i s stage, and, f i v e minutes from the end, a free k i c k , taken by Manson, resulted i n Jackman shooting into the bottom of the net. Both goals had escapes, but R.C.S. appeared p a r t i c u l a r l y fortunate when Reynolds f a i l e d to hold a high centre only f o r a Guilds toe to put the b a l l the wrong side of the post. The teams were as follows: C.& G.: Williams (capt.); Wilkinson, Ward; Hitchen, Eastland, Last; Jewitt, Wheeler, B a l l , H a i l i n g , Morris. R.C.S.: Reynolds ( L ) ; Lodge, Manson; Webb, Taylor (RG), Buckroyd; Browne,Watson, Thompson (DE) (capt.), Jackman, Dixon. A.A.G.
R In the f i r s t round of the U.L. cup, the I.C. XV drew 3-3 against l a s t year's winners, the Royal Veterinary College. In the f i r s t h a l f the Vets used the wind to great advantage and although I.C. played well together and fought out much of the game near the centre l i n e , the Vets scrum h a l f once eluded serveral players and made an opening f o r a tx-y which was not converted. The second half was played almost e n t i r e l y i n the Vets h a l f , and i n t y p i c a l cup rugger,the outside had few chances of working out movements l i k e l y to lead to t r i e s . I t was through a pena l t y , well kicked by Chester, that the match w'i s drawn. I.C. can regard t h i s match with some s a t i s faction. They played good robust rugger against competent opponents and there was no 6bvious manoeuvre by which v i c t o r y could have been achieved. There are p o t e n t i a l match winners i n the I.C. side but the game j u s t d i d not go t h e i r way. I f they have nore to do i n the replay on Nov. 18th, I.C. should go through to the second round. S.R.Sparkes.
The boxing club gave Kings a good hiding on Nov. 7th, winning f i v e of the s i x contests. The f i r s t match was between Coppelham and J. Reavey of Kings. I t was not u n t i l the 3rd round that the I.C. man came into h i s own, but the end of the f i g h t saw him a convincing winner. Mike Humphreys, the I.C. Vice-captain,punished R. Gray so severely about the head that that referee stopped the f i g h t i n the t h i r d round. A f t e r John Gordon-Smith (I.C.) had beaten P.Donniscn on points and B i l l Favger (I.C.) had l o s t narrowly on points to A. Dujon, the Kings star turn, we were entertained by what may now be c a l l e d "the f i g h t of the evening". Hulme, the I.C. Captain, stepped into the r i n g to oppose L. Corsak of Kings. "Killer" l i v e d up to h i s name f o r the f i g h t had to be stopped i n the t h i r d round. Corsak collapsed soon a f t e r he had climbed out of the r i n g and a double brandy was required to revive him. Last of a l l we saw the heavyweight contest betv/een John B o t t e r i l l (I.C.) and E. Lucas of KingsJohn, thinking that he had to win h i s f i g h t f o r I.C. to win the match went a l l out and with some damaging blows reshapedhis opponent' s body to h i s l i k i n g . Altogether a very successful evening.
Friday 17th Nov. I.C.W.A. Dance. Gym. 8.0.p.m. Saturday 18th Nov. I.C.A.F.C. v Wadhai. C o l l . Oxford. Home. IC.C.C.C. v U.C.I, i Battersea Poly. Roehampton I.C.R.F.C. v King's C o l l . Away. I.C.H.C. v Hendon Away. I.C.Y.H.A. grup I.C.Y.H.A. group t r i p to Hindhead Y.H. (self-cooking) I.C. Entertainments Committe 'Hop' Gym 8p.m. (Proceeds to the " B r i t i s h Student Sanatorium Fund) I.C. Womens' Hockey XI v K.C.H.S.S. Away Sunday 19th Nov. I.C. Mountaineering olub meet at Stone Farm I.C. Mixed Hockey XI v Ealing Dean. Away. Monday 20th Nov. I.C. Musical Soc. Gallery Party to oadlers Wells "Cavalleria Rusticana" and '1 Pagliaoci" . C.&.G. Radio Soc. "Vacation Work" Student talks Room N26 C.& G. 5-10 p.m. Tuesday 21st Nov. I.C. Railway Soo. "Sone aspects of locomotive design" by R.J.Law Room N26 C.& G. 5-15p.m. I.C. Chem. Soo. " F e r t i l i z e r s " by Dr. E.;.l.Crowther R.C.S. 5-15 p.m. Wednesday 22nd Nov. MORPHY D A Y : -
Morphy and Lowry cup races at Putney I.C.B.C. Annual Dinner I.C.Union 7.15p.m. I.C.A.F.C. V R.M.A. Sandhurst Away I.C.H.C. v University C o l l Home Thursday 23rd Nov. "Ends and Means" Lecture "The Aims and Achievements of Mathematical Physics" by Prof. H. Jones Imperial Institute cinema 4.15 p.m. I.C. Musical Soc. Concert C. & G. Council Room 1.15pm Friday 24th Nov. R.C.S. Maths and Physical Soc. "The Influence of i.iathematics and Experiment i n the Development of Physics" Prof. J.L.Bernal R.C.S. 5.15 p.m. R.C.3.Association Dinner Dance, Rembrandt Hotel 7.0 f o r 7.30 p.m. Saturday 25th Nov. I.C.A.F.C. v C i v i l Service Strollers. Home I.C.C.C.C. v R.l,.A.Sandhurst v Walton A.C. Walton I.C.H.C. v St. Catherine's C o l l . Camb. Away .C.R.F.C. v Reading Univ. Away I.C. Entertainments Committee Hop. Gym. 8p.m. Sunday 26th Nov. I.C.Film Soc. "Mather", "Designing Women" New Lounge 7.15 p.m. Monday 27th Nov. C. & G. Radio Soc. "Colour and Stage Lighting" Student t a l k by F.H.Steele Room 04 Guilds. 5.10 p .m. Tuesday 28th Nov. I.C.Chem Soc. Prof Kathleen Lonsdale "Unsolved Problems i n Crystallography" R.C.S. 5.15 p.m. Wednesday 29th Nov. I.C.A.F.C. v Corinthian Casuals 'A'. Home I.C.H.C. v London D i s t r i c t Hockey. Away I.C.R.F.C. v R.A.0.C, Home Thursday 30th Nov. I.C.Phot. Soc. "Enlargements i n Bromesko" 5.15p.m. C. & G. Eng. Soc. "Recent Steel Foundry Research" Dr. W.C.Newell. Room 15 C.& G. 5p.m. I.C.Musical Soc. Concert C.&G. Council Room 1.15pm 1.15p.m. Friday 31st Nov. Friday 31st Nov. 'Felix' No. 14 published "Ends and Means i n Science" Lecture by Prof V.C.Illing Imperial Institute cinema 4.15p.m.
RESULTS l s t XI v. v. v. Afr. v.
Batt. Poly. Won Viekers Armstrong Won Sch. Orient, and Studies.(U.L.Cup) Won Lost Old PaÂťludians
- 1 - 1
RUGGER
l s t XV v. v. v. v.
St. Mary's C o l l . Won London Transport Lost R.Vet.ColKUL Cup)Draw Saracens E x t r . l s t Lost
- 0 -10 - 3 - 8
SOCCER
l s t XI v. Coll.St.Mark & St.J.Won Lost v. Univ. C o l l . v. Westm.Coll.(ULCup) Lost
HOCKEY
SQUASH l s t Team v.Roy.Naval C o l l . v. Kings C o l l .
Won Lost
-0 - 5
7-2 1-2 1-6 5 2 -