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On Wednesday, 28th. November, the annual boat raoer f o r the Morphy and Lowry Oups w i l l be rowed off. The former over the 1 m i l e 5 f u r l o n g course from Hammersmith B r i d g e to the U.B.R. Stone Putney, w h i l s t the l a t t e r i s raoed over a s h o r t e r d i s t a n c e , the s t a r t b e i n g a t the M i l e P o s t . With the raoe s t i l l two weeks ahead, what may happen i n the way of ohanges o f form 1B a matter of c o n j e c t u r e . N e v e r t h e l e s s , whereas a wiser man would keep h i s pen i n h i s pocket, your rowing correspondent w i l l t r y to s e t out the ohanoes o f the t h r e e Oollege Boat Olubs and w i l l be r a s h enough t o attempt t o p r e d i c t a r e s u l t . 10,74
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The s t a f f of PHOENIX have been s e v e r e l y depleted since, the summer, and there are vacancies f o r / a t lea3t four e d i t o r i a l a s s i s t a n t s . No experience i s necessary f o r these. The post of Sub-Editor i s . a l s o open f o r anyone who has worked on a magazine b e f o r e . The main work of t h i s new board w i l l s t a r t at the end of t h i s term. The E d i t o r i s anxious to r e c e i v e a coj )py f o r the S p r i n g Issue. 3 >
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Having o b t a i n e d p e r m i s s i o n by telephone t o take up s t a t i o n along the Lord Mayor's r o u t e . Boanerges s e t out from I.C. a t 10.4-5 a.m., with the P r e s i d e n t and C o r p o r a t i o n o f G u i l d s on board. They made the f a s t e s t time t o A l d v y c h t h a t can be remembered f o r any method a v a i l a b l e , and e n t e r i n g the path o f the p r o c e s s i o n c i r c u i t e d Ludgate before p a r k i n g i n S t . Paul's F i e l d s . (The bombed site). On the a r r i v a l o f h i s worship S i r L e s l i e Boyce, L o r d Mayor e l e c t , h i s H i g h s h i p the P r e s i dent o f G u i l d s , Gentleman Jack Howarth, r a i s e d three cheers from the Guildsmen and o t h e r I.C. men (and woman) assembled. Then an e x c e l l e n t Boomalakka was g i v e n and Bo' seen o f f home, waived on by the d u s t - c a r t s a w a i t i n g t h e i r t u r n . The P r e s i d e n t ' s p a r t y a r r i v e d back by 1.0p.m.. a n i n d i c a t i o n o f a sound performance by the 1901 worthy. The men o f I.C. then f o l l o w e d separate ways, some remaining w i t h the p r o c e s s i o n to T r a f a l g a r Square - a n i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e i r sound behaviour. ________
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About 8.20 a.m. on Sunday morning Bo l e f t G u i l d s , i n pouring r a i n , f o r Hyde Park. At 9.03 a.m. we l e f t the s t a r t i n g p o i n t on our t h e o r e t i c a l l y three hour Journey to B r i g h t o n . I t was s t i l l raining. On the Journey, the crew, J.R.Howarth, K.J.Neale, M.J.Day, D.Thomas and D.J.Gardner were s t e a d i l y g e t t i n g wetter . Worst of a l l , i t looked as i f the adverse c o n d i t i o n s were going to make the journey l o n g e r than a n t i c i p a t e d . Our f e a r s about the l e n g t h of the journey were j u s t i f i e d and a f t e r one stop f o r p e t r o l and two f o r c o f f e e we were w e l l behind schedule. T h i s d i d not matter, as t o q u a l i f y one has t o a r r i v e b e f o r e 4. p.m. In s p i t e of the wetness, the crew remained happy and c o n s i d e r a b l e enjoyment was had from our p r i v a t e " d i c e " w i t h W.A.L.Cook's 1903 A r g y l l which we passed s e v e r a l times. We a r r i v e d i n B r i g h t o n about 2 p.m. a f t e r a Journey of some two hours d u r i n g which i t never stopped r a i n i n g . L u c k i l y Bo had give n v e r y l i t t l e t r o u b l e . The journey home was u n e v e n t f u l but we d i d not a r r i v e u n t i l 1.30 a.m. P.A.S.Blomfield and I.W.Joffe drove some d i s t a n c e . I t had stopped r a i n i n g .
LORD The R.S.M., h o l d e r s of the Morphy Oup, are d o i n g t h e i r utmost to ensure the r e t e n t i o n o f t h i s trophy. With only three o l d c o l o u r s i n the boat, they are, i n more senses than one, not the orew they were l a s t year. A s t r o n g and p o t e n t i a l l y powerful crew, they laok the s p r i n g and punch on the b e g i n n i n g which, w i t h p r e c i s i o n i n t i m i n g made them suoh f o r m l d i b l e opponents i n 1950. P.D.R. Maltby, t h e i r C a p t a i n , w i l l no doubt go f a r i n r e c t i f y i n g these p o i n t s i n the days t h a t remain and should c o n d i t i o n s be rough and the wind from the S.E. they w i l l be w e l l to the f o r e . The R.O.S. under the l e a d e r s h i p o f R.D.Hughes, are the l i g h t e s t o f the orews. As such a t a i l wind would s u i t them, a l l o w i n g t h e i r neatness and watermanship to 'be shown o f f to best advantage. The l n f l u e n o e o f the s t y l e o f the r e c e n t Lady Margaret orews i s very evident and I t w i l l be i n t e r e s t i n g to see how f a r these ideas can be i n s t i l l e d i n t o a l i g h t orew i n a heavy c l i n k e r boat. I t Is a s t y l i s h orew and w i t h a l i t t l e more c o n s o l i d a t i o n o f the f i n i s h w i l l be d i f f i c u l t to beat i n good c o n d i t i o n s . The 0.& G„ are somewhat of an enigma. There are three e i g h t s I n t r a i n i n g and the ohoioe o f which two s h a l l race has s t i l l to be made. Whatever the u l t i m a t e d e o i s l o n , any one of these e i g h t s i s capable of winning the Lowry Oup,—the Morphy, however, i s another matter and some Improvement i s necessary f o r them to win t h a t . Guilds should win the Lowry Oup. The other two C o l l e g e s have dead-heated f o r seoond p l a c e f o r the l a s t two years, and i t w i l l be i n t e r e s t ing to see whether the R.C.S."David" w i t h an average weight of l e s s than 10st. can overoome the R.S.M."Goliath", who average l£st. h e a v i e r . As i n p r e v i o u s years, the Umpiro w i l l be J.H. Page (T.R.C.), w i t h O.A.Bristow as Timekeeper and G.O.Lowry and R.D.Hoyle as Judges.
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I was prodded by C . h . H . to wri te something f o r FELIX the other day. I f you d o n ' t l i k e the enclosed i t ' s h i s f a u l t f o r a s k i n g . A.F.J. ,
"Won't you wri te something f o r FELIX?" he asked. Just because, Years ago when FELIX was only a k i t t e n , And d i d n ' t know any b e t t e r , They printed" a poem of mine. I ' l l wri te him a l e t t e r . "Comments are i n v i t e d on t h i s
subject" - T h a t ' s the t h i n g .
"Deer S i r , I " . . . . wonder how many i r a t e indignant authors, Glowing with white hot thought. Find i t s o l i d i f i e d a f t e r three words? I ' l l write about s p o r t . "The X club has made a good s t a r t to the y e a r . . . We s t a r t e d with b freshers - now we have a + b (Where a i s j u s t > - b ) . We've won a l l our matches - but two (We've only had t h r e e ) . "Won't you w r i t e something f o r FELIX?" he asked. I've w r i t t e n . But s i n c e t h e y ' v e not p r i n t e d such d r i v e l f o r months Is a l l t h i s i n vain? One t h i n g i s c e r t a i n , that i f he reads t h i s He won't ask me a g a i n . H i LOIi*.JN_^• ...here t o e a t Sir, I was s e r i o u s l y dismayed to read i n FELIX of Nov. 9th that an a r t i c l e on "Where to eat around I . C . " was contemplated. Although only a f r e s h e r (min) I had been quite s u c c e s s f u l l y a l t e r i n g my outlook r a d i c a l l y when I saw t h i s news. I had been obeying the i n j u n c t i o n i n the Calendar to " "belong to I . C . clubs i n preference to outside clubs". I had been c u t t i n g out v i s i t s to the (too p r o l e t a r i a n ! ) cinema i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r j o i n i n g i . c . f . s . i n s t e a d , and so on. I was a l s o (though unavoidably a green t i c k e t e e r ) relinq u i s h i n g a h i t h e r t o v i v i d i n t e r e s t i n the World . and People i n general^ and fast becoming absorbed e x c l u s i v e l y i n I m p e r i a l College as advocated by i m p l i c a t i o n by your o r i g i n a l correspondent on "green t i c k e t i n g " . Then to my d i s g u s t I discovered that the e d i t o r of FELIX co n s i d e rs i t p e r m i s s i b l e , even d e s i r a b l e , to eat elsewhere than at the I . C . Refectory Club. Surely i n view of general I . C . p o l i c y t h i s i s a most p e r n i c i o u s and de p lo ra b le s u g g e s t i on and I can only hope th a t I . C . w i l l remain as i s o l a t e d from and independent of the outside world as i t has been i n the p a s t . * Surely not t i c k e t e r - r a c k e t : r a c k e t e e r : : green t i c k e t : green ticketee.r! Yours t r u l y , N. IMPERIAL
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I.C. Choir and Jacques String Orchestra Conductor : Dr. Reginald Jacques at Queen Alexandra's House, Thursday, 29th November 1951, 7.JO. p.m. Programme w i l l include Xmas O r a t o r i o Pt II by Bach; Madrigals and C a r o l s , and Handel's Concerto Grosso f o r S t r i n g s . T i c k e t s 3/6 and 2/6 are now a v a i l a b l e , from the Union O f f i c e &c. L.U.D.S. F i n a l arrangements are now under way f o r the LU.B.3. p r o d u c t i o n of " L a z a r u s , " S c o t t M o n c r l e f f ' s t r a n s l a t i o n of the t h r e e - a c t drama by the modern I t a l i a n playwright P i r a n d e l l o . L a s t s e a s o n's L . U . D . S . p r o d u c t i o n at I . C . saw them out of the red f o r the f i r s t time f o r years. F o l l o w i n g on t h i s success they are p u t t i n g on t h e i r new play at the Watergate Theatre, Charing Cross. C h r i s McKoen, who w i l l be remembered f o r h i s performance i n F . 6 . , i s producing the p l a y ; L u c i o , the p r i n c i p a l male p a r t , i s to be played by Lawrence M i l l e r ( I . C . ) j the female l e a d , S a r a , mother o f L u c l o , i s being taken by Edna Carson (I of E ) . The c o l l e g e i s w e l l r e p r e s e n t e d , so there Bhould be p l e n t y of I . C . support f o r t h i s new venture on'December 4 t h - 9th i n c l u s i v e .
HOOLIGANISM
Dear S i r , It i s evident th a t you support the frequent thoughtless a s s a u l t s on the l a w - a b i d i n g p u b l i c by s t u d e n t s . On almost every o c c a s i o n that these "r..gs" take p l a c e , some innocent member of the des pi sed p r o l e t a r i a t i s s e r i o u s l y inconvenienced, o r , as so o f te n happens, i s caused unnecessary expense by the damaging of h i s pr her c l o t h e s . Are the hooligans who p e r p e t r a te these o u t rages to be excused, nay supported, on the grounds th a t they are U n i v e r s i t y s c h o l a r s ? Is i t commendable that a business man on h i s wjiy to an important conference s h o u l d L< prevented, or at l e a s t delayed, from doing so, d u r i n g the cause course of a rag? Is t h e vandal to be encouraged who s p o i l s beyond hope of r e n o v a t i on t h e newly-purchased costume of a woman bystandcr i n P i c c a d i l l y by c o v e r i n g her with a mixture of soot and f l o u r ? These i n c i d e n t s are not mere f a b r i c a t i o n s or j u s t i s o l a t e d examples, but, with many o t h e r s , of a s i m i l a r brand, are the events that have been g l e e f u l l y r e l a t e d to me by some member or other of a c o l l e g e " e x p e d i t i o n " . I, and I am sure other t h i n k i n g students w i l l agree with me, h e a r t i l y deplore your s u p p o r t f o r t h i s type o f behaviour. I t .is c e r t a i n l y not f o r the 'good of the p u b l i c ' , as you so g l i b l y put i t , that outside rags should be allowed to continue. However, q u a l i f i e d encouragement should be g i v e n to korphy Day and other INTER-COLLEGE c l a s h e s , as they allow the more b o i s t e r o u s among us to " l e t o f f steam," the q u a l i f i c a t i o n being th a t the i n o f f e n s i v e onlooker i s not i n v o l v e d . Yours e t c . J . D. A u l t , (R.C.S. ) Sir, I am e n t i r e l y i n agreement w i t h the a r t i c l e , i n your l a s t i s s u e , on Rags". T h e i r present d e p l o r a b l e s t a t e was I l l u s t r a t e d by the debacle at U . C . on November 5 t h . I t had i t s moments, but they were v e r y few, and came o n l y a f t e r a two hour warming up p e r i o d . There was q u i t e a good t u r n - o u t on a d r e a r y n i g h t , and w i t h a l i t t l e o r g a n i s a t i o n we c o u l d almost have t a k e n ' U . C . a p a r t , b r i c k by b r i c k , removed the surface of Gower S t r e e t to a depth o f s i x f e e t , and f i l l e d up T r a f a l g a r Square w i t h the r u b b l e , policemen and a l l . I repeat " R o l l on Morphy Day", but lette have a l i t t l e l e s s m i s d i r e c t e d h i g h s p i r i t s and a l i t t l e more e f f i c i e n t l y planned a c t i o n . Yours, f e e l i n g s t r o n g l y on the s u b j e c t , "iggy." The Editor takes no responsibility for views expressed in Readers' Letters. Correspondence is invited, but should be as brief as possible. Sir, The present arrangement of the Coming Events column looks p r e t t i e r than the p r e v i o u s one, but conveys l e s s i n f o r m a t i o n . Down h e r e , i n the wild3 of B e r k s h i r e , i t would be p r e f e r a b l e to have the c l a s s i f i e d l i s t of events ( i n c l u d i n g 'ordinary c l u b a c t i v i t i e s ) under t h e i r a p p r o p r i a t e d a t e s , a s , owing to the way i n which c l u b o f f i c e r s p e r s i s t e n t l y ignore the existence of Silwood, l i t t l e news of what i s going on p e r c o l a t e s to u s . My p a r t i c u l a r grumble at the moment i s th a t I never know whether the next Saturday i s a hop Saturday or n o t , and I cannot drop i n to f i n d out; ."dropp i n g i n " means a 5/- coach f a r e . We are i n t e r e s ted i n club a c t i v i t i e s , but we cannot arrange our v i s i t s to London to s u i t them; i t i s a question o f going to what happens to be on on the days when we are "up from the c o u n t r y " . So i f t h i s h e a r t f e l t p l e a does not have any e f f e c t on c l u b o f f i c e r s , perhaps you c o u l i manage'to give us the i n f o r m a t i o n through your columns. Yours e t c . Joan M. Slow Silwood P a r k , l i i t h November, 1951 (We became aware o f a f a i l u r e to g i v e 'Hop' d e t a i l s and t h i s w i l l be r e c t i f i e d . We a l s o intend to put more items i n 'Coming Events', but we cannot l i s t every item of r e g u l a r events as anything of s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t i s then swamped. E d i t o r )
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hen t h e D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y ' s p r o d u c t i o n opens on T u e s d a y week, t h a t f i r s t n i g h t w i l l und o u b t e d l y be m a r k e d b y comment and parti c i p a t i o n by t h e R.S.M. s e c t i o n o f t h e a u d i e n c e i n t h e 'bobs'. The p r o d u c e r and h i s company have p r o b a b l y w r i t t e n t h i s o f f as 'an e x t r a d r e s s - r e h e a r s a l u n d e r s e v e r e audience c o n d i t i o n s ' ; i n barter for serious p l a y - g o i n g to the subsequent performances. We w o u l d l i k e t o echo t h e E d i t o r i a l comments o f PHOENIX ( l a s t summer) w h i c h p l e a d e d f o r r e s t r a i n t from the M i n e s ' N i g h t crowd, to match the t o l e r a n c e of the a c t o r s , " f o r , i f t h e r a t i o o f n o i s e t o w i t becomes t o o h i g h , t h e p l a y c a n n o t p r o c e e d and n e i t h e r t h e p l a y e r s n o r t h e wags c a n be h e a r d " .
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rtl S. H. Wearne has now t a k e n over the E d i t o r s h i p of F E L I X . LSince j o i n i n g the F E L I X Board t w e l v e months ago he has t a k e n a l e a d i n g p a r t i n the v a r i o u s asp e c t s of p r o d u c t i o n of the p a p e r . He has a l s o c o n t r i b u t e d many a r t i c l e s on a d i v e r s i t y o f t o p i c s f i r s t i n the c a p a c i t y of a s s i s t a n t e d i t o r and l a t t e r l y as news e d i t o r . I take t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y to thank Stephen and our many c o n t r i b u t o r s and s a l e s m e n f o r t h e i r e n t h u s i a s t i c und u n s e l f i s h support; w i t h o u t w h i c h F E L I X c o u l d n o t , and can n o t , P r o v i d i n g t h a t s u c h a team be p r o d u c e d . s p i r i t i s m a i n t a i n e d our a n i m a l w i l l continue t o f l o u r i s h and t o grow i n s t a t u r e . J . W. Midgley t o hand o v e r F E ^ I X w h i l e i l l w i t h , he was unhe w i s h e d i n . t o the changeover. He has r e t i r e d " b o t h b e c a u s e h i s work r e q u i r e s i t , and b e c a u s e he a g r e e s w i t h t h e e x p e r i e n c e of the previous E d i t o r s : that h a l f a y e a r i n t h e job i s enough. He w i l l not be s p a r e d a P r o f i l e l a t e r t h i s y e a r , b u t b e f o r e I do t h i s t r a d i t i o n a l a p p r e c i a t i o n , i t i s only r i g h t to c o n g r a t u l a t e him on t h e h e a l t h o f F E L I X . An i n h e r i t a n c e o f f i n a n c i a l s t a b i l i t y l e a v e s me f r e e o f t h e worst of the u n p r o d u c t i v e w o r r i e s t h a t can g r a v e l an E d i t o r . S H W
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Our v i s i t o r s must be t h a n k e d f o r t h e i r l a v i s h i l l u s t r a t i o n o f t h e i r s p e e c h e s by numerous p h o t o g r a p h s c a l c u l a t e d t o a p p e a l t o t h e I.C. eye. They ra.nged f r o m one c h o s e n f r o m a n o t a b l e B r i t i s h mens m a g a z i n e t o a n o t h e r i n a c h i c o u t f i t w h i c h was a l l e g e d t o c o v e r a n y t h i n g t h a t c o u l d p o s s i b l y happen i n an e v e n i n g . The d a n c e , o r g a n i s e d w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f t h e E n t e r t a i n m e n t s Comm., w h i c h c o n c l u d e d t h e e v e n i n g s e n t e r t a i n m e n t was n o t o v e r c r o w d e d - a p l e a s a n t change f o r a U n i o n Hop. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C.A.T. ( C o n t i n u e d from p r e v i o u s column) The c o l l e g e has many schemes f o r g e t t i n g students i n t e r e s t e d i n themselves, such as: the T o u c h s t o n e w e e k e n d s ; t h e E n d s and Means L e c t u r e s , t h e programme o f w h i c h w i l l s o o n be p u b l i s h e d ; - and D i n n e r - i n - H a l l , h e l d e v e r y Tuesday i n the U n i o n . T h i s t o u c h of the C u l t u r e V u l t u r e i s d i r e c t e d a t the s t u d e n t who h a s as yet taken no other i n t e r e s t i n the c o l l e g e other than h i s work. We do know of people, and, we dare say i t , p o s t g r a d s , i n p a r t i c u l a r , who have never been to t h e i r c o l D^ge or I . C . Union m e e t i n g s . Most of them take college holidays. Some read F E L I X . We hope t h a t you w i l l b r i n g them a l l to M o r p h y Day.
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W h i l e F e l i x has been s u r v e y i n g the v e t e r a n c a r s l i n e d u p I r i P r i n c e C o n s o r t R o a d , we h a v e n o t been i d l e . D e s p i t e the p r e c a u t i o n s t a k e n to e n s u r e s e c r e c y , we h a v e s u c c e e d e d i n o b t a i n i n g some d e t a i l s o f t h e new c a r w h i c h , i t i s c o n f i d e n t l y e x p e c t e d , w i l l sweep t h e A m e r i c a n m a r k e t . I t • w i l l out-Ford C h r y s l e r , out-Euick Studebaker, o u t - P o n t i a c De S o t o . We a r e p r o u d t o b e t h e f i r s t t o p r e s e n t t h e 1951 Super-Zwoom. Fitting-. The c a r i s l u x u r i o u s l y f u r n i s h e d t h r o u g h o u t . The f i t t i n g s b e i n g e v e r y w h e r e o f t h e f i n e s t quality. I n the r e a r compartment t h e s e i n c l u d e home c i n e m a , c o n v e r t i b l e b a l l r o o m / b a t h r o o m , and c o l l a p s i b l e swimming b a t h . The b o o t i s u n u s u a l l y c o m m o d i o u s , h a v i n g e n o u g h room f o r t h e a v e r a g e l u g g a g e o f a n a v e r a g e f i l m - s t a r , i n one h a l f . The o t h e r h a l f c a n b e s u p p l i e d f i t t e d u p as a bedroom o r k i t c h e n . Plumbing, i n a l l cases, i s e x t r a . Bodywork. The b o d y " i s u n u s u a l l y f r e e f r o m s h a r p c o r n e r s bends, a n g l e s , c u r v e s or i n d e e d any shape whatever. The a v a i l a b l e f i n i s h e s i n c l u d e d e a d l y nightshade, r e p e l l a n t yellow, r e g u r g i t a t e d green and black. When o r d e r i n g , p l e a s e s t a t e a l t e r native colour choice. The a l t e r n a t i v e c o l o u r c h o i c e m u s t be b l a c k . Rear t u r r e t . The s o l e d i s a d v a n t a g e o f t h i s c a r i s i t s l e n g t h , w h i c h makes i t u n w i e l d y when r e v e r s i n g . T h i s i s overcome b y t h e p r o v i s i o n o f a r e a r t u r r e t , f i t t e d w i t h a complete s e t of c o n t r o l s . The t u r r e t i s n o r m a l l y occupied b y the second chauffeur; a n i n t e r c o m , i s s u p p l i e d so t h a t t h e two c h a u f f e u r s n e e d n e v e r be i n d o u b t a s t o who i s i n control. When m o v i n g f o r w a r d , t h e r e a r t u r r e t o p e r a t o r w i l l be found i n v a l u a b l e f o r g i v i n g warni n g o f p o l i c e c a r s , making s u i t a b l e g e s t u r e s t o overtaken motorists, e t c . Instrumentation. The d a s h b o a r d f i t t i n g s i n c l u d e a l t i m e t e r , anemometer, b a r o m e t e r , c i g a r e t t e l i g h t e r , r a d i o , t e l e v i s i o n , automatic c o c k t a i l shaker, radar s c r e e n and c o m p l e t e b l i n d d r i v i n g e q u i p m e n t . Rev. c o u n t e r , o i l p r e s s u r e gauge, and r a d i a t o r t h e r m o m e t e r c a n be s u p p l i e d a t e x t r a c o s t , f i t t e d i n an e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e p o s i t i o n under the d r i v i n g seat. Springing. E a c h o f the e i g h t w h e e l s i s i n d e p e n d e n t l y and h a r m o n i c a l l y s p r u n g , g i v i n g e x c e l l e n t and undamped response t o any r o a d i r r e g u l a r i t i e s . A simnle a d j u s t m e n t e n a b l e s t h e phase and a m p l i t u d e of each s p r i n g t o be v a r i e d : the car can thus beused to perform F o u r i e r syntheses, rendering i t i n v a l u a b l e A tc e r t a i n s e t t i n g s resonance to m a t h e m a t i c i a n s . occurs , the r e s u l t i n g motion having a l a u g h a b l e resemblance t o a Channel c r o s s i n g . Paper bags are provided f r e e . Brakes. The b r a k i n g s y s t e m m a r k s a r a d i c a l d e p a r t u r e from normal p r a c t i c e . Upon d e p r e s s i n g t h e f o o t b r a k e , f o u r s t o u t i r o n b a r s , p o i n t e d a t one e n d , d e s c e n d i n t o t h e r o a d s u r f a c e a t a n a n g l e of h$°. The c a r c a n u s u a l l y be b r o u g h t t o r e s t w i t h i n one f o o t f r o m any g i v e n speed. A disadvantage i n the p r o t o t y p e was t h e t e n d e n c y o f t h e c h a u f f e u r t o b e p r o j e c t e d through the windscreen. The p r o d u c t i o n model, however, i s f i t t e d w i t h F o u r p l e x armourp l a t e g l a s s , and w i n d s c r e e n b r e a k a g e i s now n e g l i gible .
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A UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS Correspondent i s wanted f o r FELIX - to report debates,&c, TWO FLAT boxes f o r s t o r i n g s m a l l drawing o r i g i n a l s are wanted by FELIX, WANTED. Lightweight 100-150 cc Motor bike In good running order. Reasonable p r i c e p a i d . H.J.Norman,RCS or Union Rack, D-ROOM to l e t i n V i c t o r i a area. Bath, share k i t c h e n with I.C. Man. ouitable f o r P.O. Student. Reasonable r e n t . P.N.Rowe, Chem. Tech. JSntrles f o r t h i s column must, i n future, be accompanied by cash. For members o f i . C . the charge i s merely nominal; 6d per 20 words.
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FELIX The engine i s the w e l l - t r i e d Super-Zwoom Crooked E i g h t , w i t h Hyper-Drive, C l u e l e s s C l u t c h , C h i l d s p l a y Gearchange and the new Pressanprang selfstarter. A n o r i g i n a l f e a t u r e i s the prov i s i o n o f a strong e l a s t i c band, n o r m a l l y i n t e n d e d f o r o v e r d r i v e , but which w i l l r u n the c a r alone i n the event o f machanical f a i l u r e . Performance. Top speed i n 1 s t gear: 50.2 m.p.h. " " 2nd gear: 50.1 m.p.h. u u it 3 a gear: 50.0 m.p.h. « " " Hth gear: M-9.9 m.p.h. " reverse: W9.8 m.p.h. These f i g u r e s d i s c l o s e what may be f e l t t o be a disadvantage: v i z . the r a t h e r c l o s e r a t i o o f the gear-box. Price. £5,000, payable i n U.S. d o l l a r s , Swiss f r a n c s Portuguese escudos o r any other unobtainabl e currency. Prom the f o r e g o i n g i t w i l l be e v i d e n t t h a t i n keeping abreast w i t h modern automobile d e s i g n Zwoom L t d . have advanced f a r from the o r i g i n a l 1921 Zwoomster:r
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On l s t / 2 n d December a D i s c u s s i o n P a r t y w i l l be h e l d a t t h e I.C. F i e l d S t a t i o n , S i l w o o d P a r k , o n "The Common, w e a l t h a n d E m p i r e - What i s i t ? " a n i n t e r c h a n g e o f v i e w s b e t w e e n home and o v e r s e a s members o f t h e C o l l e g e on c h a n g i n g c o n d i t i o n s a n d a t t i t u d e s w i t h i n t h e Common-f-^lth & C o l o n i a l Empire. Transport i s provided, lea' i n g the C o l l e g e a f t e r l u n c h on S a t u r day a n d r e t u r n i n g a f t e r t e a Sunday. A c h a r g e o f 1 0 / - i s made t o w a r d s catering costs. Applications for p l a c e s s h o u l d be mp.df i m m e d i a t e l y , e i t h e r t o the Union O f f i c e (Mrs. Robinson), o r t o the Rector's O f f i c e (Miss S p a l d i n g ) .
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To l e a v e I.C. w i t h o u t a p h i l o s o p h y i s t o have no a n c h o r i n a w o r l d o f s h i f t i n g v a l u e s . Perhaps v.e c a n h e l p t o s t i m u l a t e y o u r t h o u g h t a n d d i s c u s s i o n o n t h i s v i t a l , t h o u g h n e g l e c t e d t o p i c ' Our group p r o v i d e s l e c t u r e s and d i s c u s s i o n s i n the d i n n e r h o u r o n ,(ed.nesd y s i n Comm. Room A, a n d occa.siona.lly on Monday-evenings. On Monday <;jth Nov., Mr. W e l s h , f r o m O x f o r d , w i l l s p e a k o n H e g e l , i n t h e B o t a n y L e c t u r e T h e a t r e a t 1.15.
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a r a i n y E o v . t h e F i f t h d i d n o t damp t h e s p i r i t s o f the s i x thousand s t u d e n t s of U . w h o took part i n the r a g organised by U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e . The r a g , w h i c h t o o k t h e f o r m o f a p r o c e s s i o n t h r o u g h t h e West E n d , was i n a i d o f f u n d s f o r t h e S t u d e n t S a n a t o r i u m . The theme was a s u g g e s t i o n t h a t G r e a t B r i t a i n s h o u l d become t h e 4 9 t h S t a t e o f A m e r i c a , n o t a b l e among t h e f l o a t s were a " s t e r n - w h e e l e r " w h i c h e m i t t e d s u c h r e a l i s t i c smoke t h a t i t h a l f s u f f o c a t e d t h e " c r e w " ; ft. two w h i c h c a r r i e d J a z z b a n d s t a n d one d i s p e n s i n g free Coca-Cola. The p r o c e s s i o n , e s c o r t e d b y many p o l i c e m e n , made i t s n o i s y way down R e g e n t S t r e e t , i n t o P i c a d i l l y C i r c u s a n d u p S h a f t e s b u r y A v e n u e . The p o l i c e were q u i t e f r i e n d l y , a n d a f t e r w a r d s c o u l d be s e e n i n g r o u p s , l a u g h i n g o v e r v a r i o u s i n c i d e n t s w h i c h o c c u r r e d d u r i n g t h e p r o c e s s i o n . The p r e s e n c e of t h e " B l a c k M a r i a " , w h i c h b r o u g h t u p t h e r e a r of t h e p r o c e s s i o n , showed t h a t t h e y b e l i e v e d i n t a k i n g no c h a n c e s . F o r t u n a t e l y , i t was n e v e r u s e d , fo r no b a g s o f f l o u r , , o r s u c h l i k e , were t h r o w n , and t h e p o l i c e t u r n e d a b l i n d e y e ( o r was i t a d e a f e a r ? ) t o t h e many f i r e w o r k s w h i c h were s e t off.. Meanwhile, about 100 members of I.C., in conjunction with Northampton Engineering College, had attempted to enter U.C. by a devious route, and to set the bonf i r e alight, but U.C., with memories of last year, had left a strong fire-fighting force behind, and despite strenOus efforts, the bonfire was substantially intact when the procession returned. Soon the night was made hideous by many college war-cries, and fireworks of a l l descriptions. Point was given to the plea in the last FELIX for an I.C. cry, by the fact that there were several bands of I.C. men roaming the U.C. "Quad", but they had no means of rallying together. However, I did ho«r a "Guilds" Boomalafeka at one stage of tho proceedings. Colleges Identified as taking part in the procession ware i - University College, Queen Mary College, Chelsea Polyteohnio, Royal Free H o p i t a l , Borough Polytechnic, -.-.»., «tc.
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In t h e Assembly 11 tonight sn Interv r s i t y ' D e b a t e K i l l be h e l d t o d i s c u s s t h e m o t i o n " t h a t t h e f i r t t a l l e g i a n c e o f the a r t i s t i s t o h i i a s e l f " . V i s i t o r s from Cambridge, T r i n i t y C o l l e g e D u b l i n , S t . Andrews, C a r d i f f a n d S h e f f i e l d v. i l l be t h e r e a n d a l l Members o f I.C. a r e welcome.
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D Congratulations are due to the four athletic clubs whose teams have sucessfully disposed of their opponents in the f i r s t rounds of the U.L. Cups. Besides those mentioned elsewhere on this page the Rugger Club beat HiE.C. .14-0 in a hard, fast game played almost entirely in the N.ii.C. "25". The most pleasing of these suoesses i s that of the Soocer Club, who have been suffering from having no experienced goalkeeper. The results of the last few matches indioate that the problem has been solved, for the f i r s t team at least. The second round draws at present are 1. Dec. Soccer v N.E.C. 5. Dec. Rugger v C.E.M. Remember these dates and grace the touohline to give your , college the encouragement and support It deserves. Whatever the weather, the Morphy and Lowry races promise to be close things, with the advantage to the heavier and more robust Mines orews i f there i s much wind, provided they do not suffer the fate of the Oxford crew so completely defeated by the w*tarman3hit> of Cambridge. May we remind College Cteamlt >.3e& and o f f i c e r s that r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r g i v i n g us n o t i c e s - o f Coming Events, Sports Coming Ev-ents Ti.e. Cup matches), and Results l i e s With them, and t h a t the l a t e s t date f o r acceptance o f these n o t i c e s f o r the next"the next i s s u e o f FELIX i s Saturday Dec 1 s t . I n the meantime readers are advised to consult the a t h l e t i c s clubs n o t i c e boards f o r r e s u l t s not p u b l i s h e d on t h i s page.
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Imperial College 5 S t . George'a H o s p i t a l 0 I.C., by a remarkable recovery i n the l a s t f i f t e e n minutes o f toe game, have come s u c c e s s f u l l y through the f i r s t round o f the U.L. Cup, but i t was a r e c o v e r y , o r perhaps I should say an awakening, that might w e l l have been too late against more formidable opponents. That the I.C. goalkeeper was s c a r c e l y t r o u b l e d d u r i n g the whole game i s an i n d i c a t i o n o f the good work done by the halves and backs, p a r t i c u l a r l y by the h a l v e s , and the r e a l weakness f o r the f i r s t three q u a r t e r s o f the game, d u r i n g which no goals were s c o r e d , l a y w i t h the forward p l a y . I should have l i k e d to have seen fewer i n d i v i d u a l s p u r t s and l e s s scooping o f the h a l l , and more hard h i t t i n g and swinging o f the h a l l a c r o s s the f i e l d , so that one c o u l d have seen the forward l i n e more down the f i e l d as a l i n e , and as a f a s t l i n e t o o , f o r the p i t c h was not i n a very bad s t a t e . In the l a s t q u a r t e r o f the match there were some good p a s s i n g movements and some very good hard h i t t i n g , and shooting i n the c i r c l e combined with&oue f a s t f o l l o w i n g up, i n marked o o n t r a s t to the f i r s t ' h a l f , when i t was p i t i f u l to see the b a l l bouncing o f f the opposing g o a l keeper's pads and the I.C. forwards w a i t i n g on the c i r c l e f o r the g o a l keeper to pass the b a l l to them. I t i s not always necessary to break the goal-keeper's s t i c k , but t h i s occurrence d i d a t l e a s t i n d i c a t e that someone was t a c k l i n g him hard'. I.C. have a l o n g - s t a n d i n g and high r e p u t a t i o n to maintain i n U n i v e r s i t y hockey and i t i s going to be d i f f i c u l t , but the c l o s i n g stages o f t h i s match showd t h a t they can do i t , and we wish them the very best o f l u c k i n f u t u r e games, both cup matches and otherwise. A. S.
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I.C. won t h e i r f i r s t round cup match comf o r t a b l y , but the game was not ao one-side d as the score suggests. The game s t a r t e d at a f a s t pace w i t h I.C. p l a y i n g the b e t t e r f o o t b a l l . I.C. went ahead a f t e r f i v e minutes' p l a y , Modge f i n i s h i n g o f f a good p a s s i n g movement by the f o r w a r d s , and cont i n u e d t o p r e s s the West Ham defence, b u t , f o l lowing a break away, West Ham e q u a l i s e d w i t h a f a s t ground s h o t . I.C. q u i c k l y took the l e a d a g a i n w i t h a g o a l by Clenshaw and then a t t a c k e d c o n t i n u o u s l y without b e i n g r e a l l y dangerous. West Ham e q u a l i s e d w i t h a h i g h l o b and I.C. t h e n had. the m i s f o r t u n e t o Itfse t h e i r goalkeeper, who, s u f f e r i n g from an e a r l i e r i n j u r y , had to go on the l e f t wing. The speed o f the game slackened and p l a y was mostly i n mid f i e l d , no f u r t h e r g o a l s b e i n g s c o r e d by h a l f time. Clenshaw scored I.C.'s t h i r d g o a l immedia t e l y a f t e r the K.O., and soon a f t e r o b t a i n e d h i s h a t - t r i c k w i t h a shot that gave the g o a l keeper no chance. 1 . 0 . then had complete cont r o l o f the game and p l a y e d very good f o o t b a l l . Clenshaw scored two more g o a l s , making h i s total five. On t h i s form I.C,, should dp very w e l l i n the cup t h i s season, a l l e l e v e n players 'having a very g o o d game." "But s p e c i a l mention jnust be made o f Clenshaw and Ward who, d e p u t i s i n g i n g o a l , made two grand saves. I.C. meet N.fi,C. on 1 s t December i n the second round o f the cup. -
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The form a n d f o r t u n e o f t h e squash teams so f a r t h i s season h a s been 'changeable. The f i r s t jtjeam s t a r t e d t h e season w e l l w i t h a 5 - 0 d e f e a t o f K i n g ' s , but followed t h i s w i t h a narrow defeat 2 - 3 by Lensbury and a c r u s h i n g 0 - 5 defeat by a very s t r o n g Wimbledon team. They then v i s i t e d S t . C a t h a r i n e ' s C o l l e g e , Cambridge, where none o f the team seemed to f i n d t h e i r form on the unaccustomed a n d very f a s t c o u r t s , and were i n e x c u s a b l y beaten 2 - 3 . In their next match, however, t h e y beat Ashtead away i n an extremely c l o s e match, 3 - 2 . The second team t h i s y e a r have proved keen a n d p r o m i s i n g , and the c o m p e t i t i o n t o get i n t o i t i s considerable. They have so f a r won a g a i n s t C o l l e g e o f E s t e t e Management 1st and I b i s 2 n d , a n d l o s t t o Lensbury 2 n d . The newly re-formed U n i v e r s i t y club are t h i s y e a r running a 3 - a - s i d s knock out t o u r n a ment, and i n t h i s o u r team got through the f i r s t round, a g a i n s t Wye C o l l e g e , o n t h e a f t e r n o o n a f t e r t h e Wimbledon match. U. D. M a r t i n a t No. 1 won h i s t i e 10 - 8 , 9 - 6 , 9 - 7 , but A. R. W a r n e r , p l a y i n g a t No. 2 w i t h a s e p t i c t o e , l o s t 9 - ? , 3 - 9, 10 - 8 , 7 - 9 , 7 - 9 . H o w e v e r , &. M. H u g h e s , whose f o r m t h i s year has b e e n v a r i a b l e and who was ' a t r o c i o u s l y u n f i t a f t e r a m i l d a t t a c k o f ' f l u . , , s u r p r i s e d the g a l l e r y and h i m s e l f by w i n n i n g 8 - 1 0 , 9 - 5 * 9 - 7 , 10 - 9 . O u r chances o f winning t h i s tournament a r e d i f f i c u l t t o a s s e s s because the d r a w Includes s e v e r a l h o s p i t a l t e a m s whose s t r e n g t h i s n o t known. However, i f we s u r v i v e t h e next round a g a i n s t Westminster H o s p i t a l , we a r f hoping t h a t t h e team w i l l be strengthened a f t e r Christmas by t h e r e t u r n o f J e f f Kenyon, a n d i f he can q u i c k l y get back i n t o p r a c t i c e we should stand a reasonable chance.
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In the g o l f match between London and Cambridge U n i v e r s i t i e s at Sunningdale G o l f C l u b , London U n i v e r s i t y s c o r e d 3 £ p o i n t s t o Iki by Cambridge. Of the 3y p o i n t s , I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e g o l f e r s , R. H. Hoenan and K. W. Glover s c o r e d 1Jr. Heenan scored a v i c t o r y over Sustaao ' Crawley who i s probably the longest h i t t e r , i n amateur g o l f , while Glover halved h i s match w i t h J . A. Alexander. Bogey (?) Man
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On.Saturday Cambridge U n i v e r s i t y H beat I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e l e t team 5 - 4 . I.e., were w i t h o u t L a u , who was p l a y i n g f o r t h e U n i v e r s i t y , a n d t h e matc h was a s c l o s e a s t h e score i n d i cates. The 1 s t and 2nd c o u p l e s won two matches each, and the 2nd couple l o s t a l l t h r e e . The I.C. team hope t o reverse the score when they v i s i t Cambridge i n February.
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