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I . G . d e f e a t e d C . E . M . b y J p t s (one t r y ) t o n i l i n t h e r e p l a y a t R a r l i n g t o n a n d so advance t o t h e s e m i - f i n a l , i n The game was c l o s e l y c o n t e s t e d w h i o h t h e y w i l l meet L . S . E . b u t t h e C o l l e g e h a d much t h e b e t t e r o f i t t e r r i t o r i a l l y , a n d deserved to win. The o n l y t r y was s o o r e d w i d e o u t o n t h e l e f t b y C r o s s l e y a f t e r a p e r i o d of heavy p r e s s u r e b y the I . C . f o r w a r d s i n the m i d d l e o f t h e f i r s t h a l f . The t r e a c h e r o u s s u r f a c e p r e v e n t e d e i t h e r s e t of backs f r om d e v e l o p i n g dangerous a t t a c k s i n the o p e n . a n d t h e i s s u e was d e c i d e d b y I . C . ' s s u p e r i o r i t y i n t h e p a c k . The f o r w a r d s were n o t a l w a y s a s w e l l s u p p o r t e d b y t o u o h - f i n d i n g k i c k s a s t h e y s h o u l d have b e e n ; a n d on t h r e e occasions d e f e n s i v e l a p s e s by h a l v e s and t h r e e - q u a r t e r s c o s t f i f t y y a r d s o f ground t h r o u g h f o o t - r u s h e s , w h i c h were stopped w i t h d i f f i c u l t y . I f t h e s e m i - f i n a l i s p l a y e d i n s i a i l a r c o n d i t i o n s more u s e s h o u l d b e made o f k i c k i n g t o g e t t h e f o r w a r d s i n t o t h e opponents ' 2 5 ' â&#x20AC;˘ T h e n , w i t h q u i c k e r h e e l i n g f r o m the l o o s e and a t i g h t e n e d defence,we s h o u l d reach the f i n a l f o r the f i r s t time s i n c e the war. U.LJJ. C O U N C I L The t h i r d m e e t i n g o f t h i s y e a r ' s U . L . U . C o u n c i J spent most of i t s e n e r g i e s on the f i n a l s t a g e s o f adopting a new c o n s t i t u t i o n , w h i c h w i l l probably come i n t o o p e r a t i o n f o r n e x t y e a r t o m e r g e t h e two present separate b o d i e s , the U n i v e r s i t y of London U n i o n , and the U . L . A t h l e t i c U n i o n , under the former t i t l e . A t p r e s e n t 29 c o l l e g e s s u b s c r i b e t o b o t h u n i o n s , b u t a f u r t h e r 14 ( L . S . E . , find " t h e H o s p i t a l s " ) b e l o n g t o U . L . A . U . o n l y , w h i o h i s d i v i d e d i n t o M e n ' s and Women's B r a n c h e s . It i s i n t e r e s t i n g to note that the U . L . U . Diary l i s t s the U n i v e r s i t y as composed o f : 5 U n i v e r s i t y D e p a r t m e n t s ; 2 I n c o r p o r a t e d C o l l e g e s , U . C . and K . O . : 33 S c h o o l s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y , i n c l u d i n g I . C . ; and 22 " I n s t i t u t i o n s H a v i n g R e c o g n i s e d Teachers", i . e . the Polytechnics, Training Colleges, e t c . ; a t o t a l of 62, U . L . A . U . was f o u n d e d i n 1 9 0 6 , f i f t e e n y e a r s b e f o r e t h e b e g i n n i n g s o f U . L . U . They r e c e i v e t h e i r i n c o m e s s e p a r a t e l y from t h e C o l l e g e s U n i o n s . The A t h l e t i c U n i o n i s a t p r e s e n t c o n t r o l l e d b y c o m m i t t e e s composed o f C l u b C a p t a i n s , C o l l e g e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , and o f f i c e r s e l e c t e d b y t h e two B r a n c h e s . U . L . U . i s governed by a C o u n c i l o f C o l l e g e Representatives, t h e number from each v a r y i n g w i t h t h e s i z e o f t h e c o l l e g e from two t o f o u r . T h e s e two b o d i e s a r e l i n k e d b y an i n t e r change o f O f f i c e r s . The new U n i o n w o u l d be r u n b y a s i n g l e C o u n c i l composed o f C o l l e g e P r e s i d e n t s and t h e O f f i c e r s o f t h e A t h l e t i c B r a n c h e s The g r e a t e s t amount o f a t t e n t i o n t o f r a m i n g t h e new c o n s t i t u t i o n h a s been s p e n t on f i n a n c i a l a r r a n g e m e n t s : t h e t e m p o r a r y Proposition i s that the allocations of the future Council b e t w e e n t h e a t h l e t i c end s o c i a l s i d e s s h a l l b e s u p e r v i s e d b y a Union Court for a t r i a l period of f i v e years. This Court w o u l d be composed o f t h r e e members a p p o i n t e d b y t h e S e n a t e , t h e Warden ( t h e U n i o n ' s a d v i s e r on U n i v e r s i t y a f f a i r s ) , t h e U . L . U . O f f i c e r s and t h e J u n i o r T r e a s u r e r s o f both sections o f t h e U n i o n . The income w o u l d be c o l l e c t e d b y t h e U n i v e r s i t y Authorities,

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The m o t i o n t h a t ' T h i s h o u s e w i l l n o t f i g h t in a n y w a r ' drew a s u r p r i s i n g l y s m a l l crowd o f 150 t o the U . L . U . d e b a t e on F e b r u a r y 1 s t . T h i s may h a v e b e e n because the motion d i d not a p p e a l to any organised body i n the U n i v e r s i t y , or because P a c i f i s m does not arouse any strong f e e l i n g , one way o r a n o t h e r , i n t h e average student. The m o t i o n was p r o p o s e d by M r . S t u a r t M o r r i s , the secretary of the Peace Pledge Union, i n an impassioned speech. 'Before the Peace Treaty of the l a s t war has been s i g n e d , ' he s a i d , 'we are r e a r m i n g Germany and J a p a n i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a new w o r l d w a r , w h i l e e v e n now f o u r l o c a l w a r s are in progress! War, as a s o l u t i o n t o t h e world's problems, has been judged by i t s r e s u l t s and found wanting. Communism, o u r l a t e s t enemy, i s a n i d e a a n d c a n be d e f e a t e d o n l y by o t h e r i d e a s a n d n o t b y war. The r e a l f o r c e a g a i n s t w h i c h f i g h t i n g is peoples now g o i n g o n i s t h a t o f s u b j u g a t e d s t r u g g l i n g f o r fx-eedom f r o m h u n g e r a n d disease. I n s t e a d o f s p e n d i n g m o n e y o n a r m s we s h o u l d b e p r o v i d i n g more f o o d and m e d i c i n e f o r the needy peoples of the world. To b r e a k t h e vicious government i n the c i r c l e of fear i n which w o r l d i s caught B r i t a i n should disarm and p o i n t t h e way t o ax a l t e r n a t i v e to war constructive instead of destructive. pedestrian I n a much more s u b d u e d , n o t t o s a y speech, Lord, S t r a b o l g i opposed the motion. After r e m a r k i n g t h a t we h a d h e a r d t h e a r g u m e n t s f o r the p r o p o s i t i o n many t i m e s b e f o r e i n t h e p a s t forty y e a r s he went o n t o d i v i d e w a r s i n t o categories. Some t y p e s s u c h a s d y n a s t i c w a r s a r e outmoded, a g g r e s s i v e w a r s a r e t o be condemned b u t w a r s of certainly l i b e r a t i o n and of s e l f - d e f e n c e are justified. War a s a m e t h o d f o r s e t t l i n g international differences i s o u t o f d a t e b u t t h e new methods such as U.N.O. can only succeed i f they are given f u l l support. J u s t as on a p e r s o n a l l e v e l s e l f - d e f e n c e i s sometimes n e c e s s a r y so o n a n a t i o n a l l e v e l r e s i s t a n c e to aggression i s also sometimes necessary. Even an i n t e r n a t i o n a l court be would have to have m i l i t a r y power behind i t to effective.

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Seconding the p r o p o s i t i o n , Mr. E r i c Sobinson, of Birkbeck College, differentiated between nonviolence and n o n - r e s i s t a n c e . Pacifists advocated the former but not the l a t t e r . It i s a fallacy t h a t war ennobles a man, i t i s p a r t o f t h e false i t s g l a m o r i s a t i o n of war t h a t g l o s s e s o v e r m i s e r i e s and s u f f e r i n g . I f we a c c e p t w a r we m u s t also accept r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for a l l the deaths c a u s e d by w a r . Mr. David M i t c h e l l , President of King's College Union, seconded the o p p o s i t i o n . If we r e f u s e t o f i g h t we m u s t a c c e p t t h e responsibility of the r e s u l t a n t slavery. People's ideas cannot be c h a n g e d m e r e l y b y d i s a r m i n g a n d o u r way o f life i s good enough t o be e n c o u r a g e d and d e f e n d e d , by f o r c e o f arms i f n e c e s s a r y . Finally, Christianity i s a m i l i t a n t r e l i g i o n and encourages resistance a g a i n s t a g g r e s s i o n by the a n t i - c h r i s t i a n . From t h e f l o o r o f the House t h e speeches were mostly i n support of the motion. The s u p p o r t for P a c i f i s m ranged from the p r a c t i c a l - that our p r e p a r a t i o n f o r war i s i t s e l f t h r e a t e n i n g the economic s t a b i l i t y of our c i v i l i z a t i o n and t h a t everybody i s always worse off a f t e r a war, to the i d e a l i s t i c - t h e o n l y way t o a n s w e r v i o l e n c e is with unremitting Love. The p o w e r o f non-violent r e s i s t a n c e was i l l u s t r a t e d b y t h e way i n w h i c h t h e German t r o o p s were d e m o r a l i s e d by t h e c i v i l i a n p o p u l a t i o n o f N o r w a y who u s e d t h i s t e c h n i q u e during the occupation. Opposers of the motion s u g g e s t e d t h a t p a c i f i s m was m i s g u i d e d courage.

Mr. M o r r i s p u l l e d out a l l the stops i n windi n g up f o r t h e p r o p o s i t i o n . War c a n n o t achieve a n y t h i n g g o o d , l e t u s t r y s o m e t h i n g new b e f o r e i t i s too late. On t h e d i v i s i o n t h e m o t i o n was c a r r i e d b y 64 v o t e s ,*o 36 w i t h 3 a b s t e n t i o n s .

I n t h e summing up L o r d S t r a b o l g i r e m i n d e d the House t h a t i f P a c i f i s m h a d won t h e d a y i n 1939 present they would not have been able to h o l d the debate. Pacifism is utterly impracticable. We a l l want w o r l d peace but P a c i f i s m i s n o t the way. Continued i n a d j o i n i n g column.

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I n t h e s e c o n d v e r y good t a l k o f t h i s s e r i e s , Dr. D o r e e n W a r r i n e r examined t h e dilemma o f t h e West a r i s i n g out o f t h e t e n s i o n between the apparent needs of s t r a t e g i c defence and our sense o f b a s i c v a l u e s . There was one h a l f o f t h e w o r l d t h a t wanted o n l y t o remain n e u t r a l to the East-West c o n f l i c t , while dev e l o p i n g t h e i r s o c i a l and economic s t a n d a r d s . Yet w h i l e the Soviet U n i o n c o u l d appeal t o these people w i t h c a l l s of n a t i o n a l independence, l a n d reform, and s o c i a l and economic progress (not always i n l i n e w i t h Communist d o c t r i n e ) , t h e West was r e g a r d e d a s s y m b o l i s i n g domination and maintenanoe of the s t a t u s quo. I t was e s s e n t i a l t o e s t a b l i s h a f i r m b e l i e f i n o u r Ideals, and to f i n d a streteglo p o l i c y consistent with them. I n t r y i n g t o impose freedom there i s a danger of destroying i t . The d i s c u s s i o n w a s a n improvement o n t h e p r e v i o u s one, a n d even more l i v e l y , b u t s t i l l l a c k e d p e n e t r a t i o n •0n«and a h a l f h o u r s i s h a r d l y s u f f i c i e n t t o p a s s t h e p r e l i m i n a r y stage where people l e t o f f t h e i r p e t ideas Perseverance t o t h e t h i r d and f o u r t h hours might be productive'. S t i l l , p r a c t i c e makes perfect. On Wednesday F e b . 2 0 t h , M r G e o f f r e y Goodwin (L.S.E.) while considering a l s o the ideas of various p h i l o s o p h e r s , w i l l d i s c u s s " I d e a l i s m arad R e a l i t y i n International P o l i t i c s " . We l o o k f o r w a r d t o a t h i r d h e l p f u l m e e t i n g a n d h o p e t h a t a l l I n t e r e s t e d w i l l make an e f f o r t t o be p r e s e n t d e s p i t e i t s b e i n g a Wednesdav (Zoology Lect. Th.)

N . L . Samways i s i h c one name n e a r e s t t o t h e h e a r t s o f a l l members o f this college - that i s , of course, assuming that we a l l c a r r y o u r U n i o n membership cards i n o u r breast pockets. The o n l y o t h e r w o r d o n many of those cards i s FULL na that i n i t s turn describes precisely h i s contribution to the l i f e of t h i s college. FEUX Norman "Sammy" Samways, Wamsays o r Samwort f o r so h i s numerous f o r e i g n correspondents have a d d r e s s e d h i m - was b o r n a t t h e end o f 1927 i n B a t h n o t many m i l e s f r o m t h e b i r t h p l a c e o f h i s p r e d e c e s s o r t o t h e c h a i r o f t h e A . C . C . , Spud H a y t e r . His s c h o o l l i f e was spent a t . B a t h , E n f i e l d a n d P e t e r b o r o u g h a n d he now r e s i d e s a t R e a d i n g . "Be I B e r k shire?" No, s i r , Somerset h i s n a t i v e county s t i l l finds i n him a l o y a l supporter. a

He c a m e t o t h e M i n e s i n 1 9 4 6 a n d t o o k a s e c o n d in Metallurgy i n 1949. T h i s y e a r he w r i t e s h i s t h e s i s on the s o l i d i f i c a t i o n of metals, at the end of a course of research described as " b u i l d i n g sand castles, mostly i n the a i r , and measuring t h e i r temperatures". He h a s h a d t h r e e g i r l friends. To p r i n t a c o m p l e t e l i s t o f t h e o f f ic e s h e h a s h e l d i n h i s s i x years a t I . C . would r e q u i r e a supplement He w a s c a p t a i n o f t h e R . S . M . A t h l e t i c to F e l i x . C l u b w h i c h won t h e S p o r t s Day i n 1 9 4 9 , he c a p t a i n e d t h e I . C . A t h l e t i c C l u b i n 1 9 4 9 - 5 0 , was C h a i r m a n o f . the A . C . C . i n the f o l l o w i n g year and i s the present Hon. S e c r e t a r y o f I . C . U n i o n . He h a s s e r v e d o n twenty committees. Undergraduate v a c a t i o n work was enjoyed i n I p s w i c h where he r a n a n d p l a y e d c r i c k e t , i n Sweden where where he t o i l e d i n a s t e e l m i l l a n d i n Norway he w o r k e d w i t h D a v i d E v a n s i n a w h a l i n g factory ship. Correction; he has had four g i r l friends H i s command o f t h e S c a n d i n a v i a n l a n g u a g e s , u s u a l l y sound, becomes s t a r t l i n g a s t h e n i g h t progresses a n d h e c l a i m s t h a t h i s s t o c k p h r a s e , " K a n de f o r s t a ? " has c a r r i e d h i m t h r o u g h Denmark and France on h i s recent v i s i t s . Denmark - s o r r y , Norman has had eight g i r l friends. His sporting interests- are not confined to a t h l e t i c s . When I . C . h a d t w o r u g g e r t e a m s h e p l a y e d i n t h e s e c o n d ; when t h e y h a d t h r e e he p l a y e d i n t h e t h i r d ; l a s t y e a r he was c a p t a i n o f t h e f i f t h X V . H i s b e s t game e v e r w a s a g a i n s t t h e R . S . M . X V w h e n he h o o k e d f o r S a r a c e n s ' Nomads a n d h a d c o m p l e t e p o s s e s s i o n i n the t i g h t . H i s second row c o n s i s t e d of J .R.C .Mathews and D a v i d Brookes'. I n 1949 he l i v e d i n t h e o l d h o s t e l . he moved t o a room o v e r l o o k i n g Q . A . ( n i n e t h a t i s ) a n d i s now r a i s i n g t h e s t a n d a r d b y l o a n i n g o u t many o f h i s f i n e c o l l e c t i o r a r y works to the f i r s t f l o o r o f t h e new M o z a r t a n d B e e t h o v e n r a n k h i g h among h i s t h e "moderns'' r a n k l o w . He composers; t r i e d tomatoes and sea voyages.

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Dear S i r , We a r e g l a d t o l e a r n o f t h e R e f e c t o r y Committee's recent investigation into the catering standards at I.C. It i s our o p i n i o n that not only i s the food subs t a n d a r d b u t t h a t t h e s e a t i n g a c c o m o d a t i o n i n t h e New Lounge i s , t o say t h e l e a s t , i n a d e q u a t e . At those r e s t r i c t e d h o u r s o f t h e d a y when t h e New L o u n g e i s f u n c t i o n i n g , a s many a s h a l f i t s o c c u p a n t s a r e o b l i ged t o s t a n d . We f e e l t h a t s o m e o f t h e C o m m i t t e e ' s energies could U s e f u l l y be d i r e c t e d to the s o l u t i o n of t h i s problem. We a r e , Y o u r s f a i t h f u l l y , K . N . BROWH J . H . STEVENSON T h e q u e s t i o n o f t h e u s e o f t h e New (Eds. Note: Lounge i s t o be brought up a t a Union meeting.) FELIX Sir, F e l i x i s intended t o be a r e f l e c t i o n o f o u r l i f e a t I . e . , b u t need t h i s continue f u r t h e r ? Is i t t r u e t h a t e v e n t h i s member o f o u r f r a t e r n i t y (meaning no d i s r e s p e c t t o I . C . W . A . ) h a s t o g r a The h i s t o r y o f F e l i x i s , so f a r , a v e r y duate? close p a r a l l e l to undergraduate l i f e . The f i r s t y e a r a t c o l l e g e saw a f r e s h f r i v o l o u s F e l i x making new a c q u a i n t a n c e s q u i c k l y , a n d e n l a r g i n g h i s o u t look to cover as near every Union a c t i v i t y as possible. During the second year o u r f e l i n e undergraduate l o s t h i s immature f r i v o l i t y a n d developed a r i p e (even i f s m e l l y a t times) humour, which t u r n e d mere a c q u a i n t a n c e i n t o f r i e n d s h i p , s o t h a t even t h e s t a f f t u r n e d a f r i e n d l y e y e . Now c o m e s and I note w i t h dismay that soberthe t h i r d year, i n g down, a n d t h a t a n x i e t y n o t t o o f f e n d which m a k e s some 3 r d y e a r p e o p l e s o u n i n t e r e s t i n g . S t i l l w a l k i n g , i t i s t r u e , ( j u s t ) b u t I wonder whether F e l i x w i l l pass t h e coming t e s t , t o stay, a s s o many p o s t g r a d u a t e s d o , f o r e v e r . Yours correspondingly, J.W. Saunders.

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T/V 0 1 NOT T/V The q u i n q u a g e n a r y m e e t i n g o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f I C r y s t a l S e t D e s i g n e r s was h e l d i n t h e b a r o f " T h e Crown and D i o d e " , D r . K a t s w i s k e r b e i n g i n t h e c h a i r . He o p e n e d b y s t a t i n g t h a t s i n c e t h e l a s t m e e t i n g i n 1 9 o 2 t h e n u m b e r o f p r o g r a m m e s now b e i n g t r a n s m i t t e d o v e r t h e a i r was f a r g r e a t e r t h a n t h e number o f c a t s ' I whiskers a v a i l a b l e to r e c e i v e them. : P r o f e s s o r P r i g g y commented t h a t t h i s shortage o f c a t s was d e p l o r a b l e a n d was no d o u b t d u e t o t h e Ministry of Housing's s t r i c t control of t i l e s and other bui lding material. Mr. i t h e f a m o u s I t a l i a n member t h e n very s t a t e d t h a t a l t h o u g h o r d i n a r y w i r e l e s s was s t i l l p o p u l a r a new c r a z e h a d d e v e l o p e d c a l l e d T . / V . The c h a i r m a n a s k e d i f i t w o u l d be g o o d i d e a i f t h e m e e t i n g s h o u l d d i s c u s s t h i s new m e d i u m . Mr. T u r n i t o f f the Russian representative said t h a t a l t h o u g h none o f t h e members h a d a c l e a r v i e w o f what a c t u a l l y h a p p e n e d h e was s u r e t h a t a n i n t e r e s t i n g d i s c u s s i o n would take p l a c e . The f i r s t q u e s t i o n was a s k e d by M r . M a c a r o n i who s a i d " i f l i g h t t r a v e l s f a s t e r t h a n s o u n d , h o w do t h e y b o t h a r r i v e a t t h e T . / V . s e t a t t h e same time?" Mr. Ferrmanti suggested that t h i s d i f f i c u l t y was o v e r c o m e b y s a y i n g t h e t h i n g f i r s t a n d t h e n doing the appropriate actions at a calculated delayed time afterwards. M i s s K e . Ohm s t a t e u t h a t t h i s w a s i m p r a c t i c a b l e due t o t h e d i s t a n c e s o f t r a n s m i t t e r a n d r e c e i v e r s , needing different time d e l a y s . She b e l i e v e d t h a t i t was o v e r c o m e b y t h e u s e o f a r a t h e r u n u s u a l ' H ' s h a p e d a e r i a l w h e r e o n e v e r t i c a l b a r c a u g h t thie l i g h t a n d t h e other caught the sound, the h o r i z o n t a l b a r serving to h o l d t h e two a p a r t a n d a l s o t o c a t c h a n y t h i n g e l s e t h a t h a p p e n e d t o be p a s s i n g . :

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I n 1915, V o l u m e I o f t h e J o u r n a l o f t h e R o y a l C o l l e g e o f S c i e n c e C h e m i c a l S o c i e t y was p u b l i s h e d . V o l u m e 2 a p p e a r e d i n 1923, a n d t h e J o u r n a l therechanged a f t e r appeared a n n u a l l y , the t i t l e being i n 1925 t o t h e J o u r n a l o f t h e I m p e r i a l College Chemical Society. I n 1931, V o l u m e 10 o f t h i s J o u r n a l w a s i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o Volume I o f t h e S c i e n t i f i c J o u r n a l o f the Royal College of Science, which i n c l u d e d lectures delivered before the Natural History Society and the Mathematical and Physical Society. Since then, t h i s Journal h a s appeared annually, even throughout t h e d i f f i c u l t war y e a r s . It has always been a student p u b l i c a t i o n , financed by the R.C.S. Union. The r e a s o n f o r i t s a p p e a r a n c e was s t a t e d i n Volume I t o be due t o a c o n v i c t i o n " t h a t t h e b e s t lectures of the session before the s o c i e t i e s are worthy of permanent r e c o r d and wide d i s t r i b u t i o n " , and t h i s h a s remained the g u i d i n g p r i n c i p l e of subsequent P u b l i c a t i o n Boards. Moreover, the E d i t o r i a l t o Volume I ends w i t h t h e s e words:'The b o u n d a r i e s o f t h e s c i e n c e s a r e b u t vaguely defined, and i t i s i n keeping with the t r e n d o f m o d e r n s c i e n c e t h a t we m a k e t h i s effort to satisfy the widening outlook of students.' Despite t h i s , however, i t i s u n f o r t u n a t e l y true t o say that the J o u r n a l has i n the past s u f f e r e d because o f t h e s p e c i a l i z e d n a t u r e of most of t h e l e c t u r e s p u b l i s h e d . The o u t l o o k of s t u d e n t s i s p o s s i b l y w i d e r t h a n i t w a s I n 1931, and i n r e c e n t y e a r s a number of l e c t u r e s of very g e n e r a l i n t e r e s t have appeared; f o r i n s t a n c e 'A S c i e n t i f i c Approach t o European <Vitchcraft , ' N o n E u c l i d e a n Geometry and S c i e n t i f i c Thought', and 'The Impact o f M o d e r n P h y s i c s on C h r i s t i a n F a i t h ' f r o m V o l u m e 19. The l e c t u r e s b y P r o f e s s o r P o l a n y i (The Nature of S c i e n t i f i c C o n v i c t i o n s ) and t h e R e c t o r ( T h e G i e s s e n S p i r i t ) f r o m V o l u m e 2c, a n d ' T h e e o f N e w t o n ' f r o m V o l u m e 21 !"# e 1951 E d i t i o n , w h i c h w i l l be a p p e a r i n g s h o r t l y ) a i l f a l l i n t o t h e s a m e c a t e g o r y a n d s h o u l d be o f g r e a t interest to a l l s c i e n t i s t s . specialized, I t i s hoped t h a t t h e o t h e r , more lectures are also of interest to a large mriber of students. vjhilst the Journal i s published p r i m a r i l y f o r the benefit of students of the College, i t has a considerable external sale. I t i s p u r c h a s e d by i n d i v i d u a l s u b s c r i b e r s a n d by L i b r a r i e s (academic., i n d u s t r i a l and p u b l i c ) throughout the Commonwealth. Most o f o u r f o r e i g n o r d e r s come, o f c o u r s e , from America, b u t copies a r e also sent to France, & Germany, Sweden, R u s s i a e t c . I t i s e v i d e n t $ % t '( e J o u r n a l h a s a v e r y h i g h s t a n d i n g amongst public a t i o n s of i t s k i n d and i t cannot f a i l t o enhance t h e W o r l d - w i d e )*+,-./e o f t h e C o l l e g e . 1

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Preface T " f e e l I t i s o n l y f a i r t o s t a t e h e r e a n d now t h a t i f y o n r e a d t h i s a r t i c l e a n d f i n d i t t o he n o t h i n g more t h a n a c h a i n o f p l a t i t u d e s laboured i n t o a f a b r i c of p s e u d o - s o p h i s t i c a t e d hypocrisy, I h a r e p r o v e d my c a s e . Moreover i f having read the l a s t d y i n g e p i t h e t you are s t i l l unaware af the case is I am p r e s e n t i n g , t h e n I am a f r a i d y o u r d e f e a t irrevocable. T h i s r e n d e r s the whole a f f a i r singul a r l y u n s a t i s f a c t o r y , since I remain the only person defeat o b e c o n v i n c e d o f my v i c t o r y , a n d y o u w h o a r e ted w i l l , in ignorance, s u b j e c t me t o endless humiliation. H e r e am I , t r y i n g t o w r i t e a b o u t s t u d e n t c o n v e r s a t i o n i n I . C . and a l l I c a n t h i n k o f i s a j o k e a b o u t a w h e e l b a r r o w , w h i c h i f r e p r o d u c e d w o u l d c a u s e c o n s i d e r a b l e p a i n and a n x i e t y a s t o my f u t u r e . How c a n I , m o u l d e d a c c o r d i n g t o I m p e r i a l P r e f e r e n c e , my own i d e a s a p r o d u c t o f o t h e r p e o p l e ' s i d o a s , hope t o b r i n g an i n t e r e s t i n g v i e w - p o i n t on t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n w h i c h c a u s e s t h e v i e w - p o i n t , when t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n d o e s ' n t take place. L e t me t r y t o summarise t h e s u b j e c t s w h i c h one c o u l d t a l k about. F i r s t of a l l there i s S c i e n t i f i c theory. One w o u l d i m a g i n e t h a t s t u d e n t s who a r e r e q u i r e d t o h a v e a k n o w l e d g e o f b o t h t h e o r y and f a c t w o u l d d i s c u s s t h e t h e o r y and l e a r n t h e f a c t s a t home. B u t f o r some o b s c u r e r e a s o n - p r o b a b l y s h e e r c u s a e d n e s s - t h e y n e v e r m e n t i o n t h e o r y i n p u b l i c , and c o n v e r s a t i o n s on s c i e n t i f i c t o p i c s seem t o be c o n c e r n e d l a r g e l y w i t h i s o l a t e d f a c t s which are a l l e x h a u s t i v e l y described i n t o x t - b o o k s a n d c o u l d r i ' t p r o v i d e an i n t e r e s t i n g c o n v e r s a t i o n o f more t h a n two s e n t e n c e s even i f O s c a r W i l d s ' s l i f e depended on i t . P o l i t i c s - a l m o s t t h e same s t a t e o f a f f a i r s . Either y o u a r e p a r t o f an i n f i n i t e s i m a l m i n o r i t y w h i c h t a k e s i t s m i n o r i t y v i e w t o extremes o f s e r i o u s n e s s , or you a l l o w y o u r s e l f en o c c a s i o n a l remark a b o u t how l o a t h s o m e t h e E g y p t i a n s a r e , w h i c h nobody c o n t r a d i c t s f o r f e a r o f b e i n g a " U n i o n B o r e " . A s f o r a r t , w e l l nobody h a s any f a c t s , l e t ' a l o n e t h e o r y . Since " W o z z e e k " was f i r s t p r o d u c e d a few weeks ago I h a v e h e a r d j u s t two comments ( a ) " M o n s t r o u s " , ( b ) a s o r t o f a p o l o g e t i c s m i l e w i t h a c y n i c a l t w i s t w h i c h c o u l d mean a n y t h i n g and n o t h i n g . I ' m no f a n o f "Jozzeok so l e t s t r y J a z z , symphony m u s i c , p o i n t fcifi, s c u l p t u r e , p o e t r y . " Y e s , I l i k e d i t " . ' H o , I d i d n ' t l i k e i t " . "Pleasant"} " n i c e " , "shocking", "monstrous", " f a n t a s t i c " , " i v i b o l i s v a b l e " and o n , and o n . " o wonder t h e E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e has ruoh a w e a l t h o f a d j e c t i v e s , you can t a l k f o r minutes w i t h out t h i n k i n g end s t i l l a v o i d i n g r e p e a t i n g y o u r s e l f . I t w o u l d be easy t o a n c r i b e t h i s d o t i n g on s e l f - e v i d e n t f a c t t o t h e s c i e n t i f i c l a c k o f i m a g i n a t i o n , but t h a t i s sheer wishful t h i n k i n g of a s u i c i d a l nature. I t s something i n t h e Imperial A i r . V.'e l a d ; t h e c o n t r a s t w h i c h s t i m u l a t e s c o n v e r s a t i o n , e v e r y b o d y becomes stamped v i l l i a d e c r e e o f s a m e n e s s , and a u n i f o r m grcy-.iess seems t o s t e a l o v e r e v e r y t h i n g . My m i n d t h i n k s i n t e r m 3 o f c o l p u r when f a c e d w i t h t h i s p r o b l e m . 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