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A surprise Rag meeting was called i n the Union last Friday lunch-hour. The crowded Gym was told of I.C.'s plat to kidnap the three French students who were coming over for the Reading University Rag. These ladies had been invited by the men students of Reading to lead their Rag Procession. Reading women students objected, of course, to t h i s slight on their physical charms. They appealed to the men of London Colleges (and i n person to the P.M.) to uphold the name of B r i t i s h womanhood and protest at the a r r i v a l of these French "lovelies". I.C. were certainly glad of an excuse for a rag, but they had t h e i r own ideas about what should happen to the v i s i t o r s . The plan was to "coax" them to come to the Residents Dinner and B a l l on Friday night, and then dispatch them to Reading on Saturday morning. FELIX arrived early at Victoria and witnessed the dramatic entrance of I.C. They were heralded by a subterranean rumbling, then with a crescendo of I.C'., I.C! ( s t i l l no war cry!) they burst from the Tube stairways and i n The leading banner seconds had enveloped the station. ("Le diable a votre derriere Jacques, I.C. est content") was hoisted to a place of prominence and I.C. were momentari l y hushed as they learnt, from the newspapers, that the g i r l s were not coming. Then the men of I.C. looked at each other with a mild surmise: " ' t i s a Fleet-Street-Reading Conspiracy" and s p i r i t s soured again. Singing and chanting stirred Victoria's rusty frame; banners were set alight only to be trodden down by the police; police reinforcements poured i n . The t r a i n arrived; no French g i r l a . I.C. dashed to cover a l l exits and would allow no one t o leave the platform. Two young things were reported to be hiding i n the Customs shed and the Police or B r i t i s h R a i l ways Staff were suspected of i l l intent. Throughout t h i s whole "business every one kept i n good humour. The public thought i t a great joke; the porters loved every minute of i t and the police although pelted with flour bags (not thrown by I.C., FELIX i s pleased to note) wore broad grins. One irate tejdman who was losing considerable custom, was heard to remark, however, "B- l o t of hooligans, causing a l l these b- gates to be b- well closed. Members of the Staff prominent i n the crowd during t h i a waiting period were a well-known duffle-coated member of the Physics Dept. and an equally well-known member of the Maths. Dept. "Hector was also, prominent. "Hector" was a fierce looking tiger's head, supported on a pole, which was snarling viciously at every blue-coated gentleman i n sight. This head was found unaccountably over the entrance to Bines on Friday morning. Soon I.C. had to admit that the t r i o were not on the t r a i n and the Police were able to clear a passage for the passengers to get o f f the platform. The College returned to the Union i n two forces. One walked back, taking a railway t r o l l e y and the usual booty, and lost one member to the Police. The other group t r a v e l led by tube and were grieved to find that Kensington didn't . want them, or so i t seemed, for S. Ken. Station was heavily barricaded. The defences were overcome, for only one m i l i tant portress wielding a broom offered any resistance.
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Offering from Victoria to Albert So I.C. gathered near the Union and feeling i n need of s p i r i t u a l comfort after t h e i r disappointment at V i c t o r i a , pleaded movingly for "Music!* outside R.C.M. This came i n the form of a wavering piccolo and a doleful horn. Thus revitalised the crowd turned to t h e i r old friend Prince Albert Indeed i t was f i t t i n g that they should t e l l the Prince a l l that had been happening to V i c t o r i a . At a second attempt a police helmet was firmly fixed on the Consort's head, and ror nearly half an hour I.C. reigned on t h e Memorial steps with no Officer of the Law i n sight. Then three arrived, on bicycles, through the pa*- to clear the barriers which had been put up across the Zebra, to ensure a safe crossing for the few hundred members of I.C. who wished to pay homage to Albert. More police arrived and an unfortunate scuff l e over the barriers resulted i n another member of I.C. leaving i n a Black Maria. Meanwhile, t i r e d and disappointed, President MacFie and Co. arrived back from Dover. They had travelled overnight, and had scrutinised i n vain the unloading of two boats from the Continent. An interesting anecdote i s recorded, about the crowd which surged past a helpless ticket collector at Victoria. He managed to stop the last two people of the mob, and aeked for their t i c k e t s , smacking h i s l i p s i n anticipation of prosecution. They produced season t i c k e t s ! The collector was at least as surprised as the student who l a t e r found himself t r a v e l l i n g along Prince Consort Road at 30 m.p.h. on a c a r front bumper; and possibly more surprised than the Union clocks, which stopped i n protest when a porters'trailer was carried i n , and have been funny ever since. I n recognition o f t h e e x c e l l e n t conduct of the police on t h i s , our f i r s t Coronation Year clash, FELIX suggests that the Rag Committee make a collection for the Police Benevolent iFund-
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Contemplated additions to the Union came i n for a good leal of discussion at the Refectory Committee Meeting on 23rd February. The Student Presidents expressed the opinion that current proposals for two extra floors above the Union are inadequate; and that a l l should be done to have a site elsewhere. A working party i 3 to investigate the p o s s i b i l i t y of Silwood Park supplying us with f r u i t , vegetables, poultry and pigs. The Refectory looks l i k e having a d e f i c i t the same size as last year's, for while prices have risen, ZCff, less meals are sold. Food supply costs have also risen. Nevertheless, the current meal prices are to be retained. Apprecia' tion was expressed of the fine work done by the chef i n preparing meals for people returning i n the late evening from Canvey. The suggestions book i n Queenies' i s not being used to the best advantage. Neither i s the buffet service on Saturday dance nights (the fate of t h i s hangs i n the balance). The Refectory w i l l close from A p r i l 1st to 9th i n c l u sive.
ffe print the correspondence which led to the a f f a i r at .Victoria. President, Reading (Women?) to President, I.C. HOPE YOUR COLLEGE WILL FOR ONCE SHOW COMMON COURTESY AND MEET FRENCH GIRLS VICTORIA FRIDAY DRESS OPTIONAL President, I.C.Union to President, Reading ALWAYS WILLING HELP BACKWARD PROVINCIALS STOP sHAT TIME QUESTIONMARK OUR COURTESY IS FAR FROM C01.M0N President Reading (men) to President I.C. UNDERSTAND BIFLMJE/ATORY TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM READING UNION COMPLETE HOAX REGRETS
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The Duke of Edinburgh has expressed the wish that his v i s i t s h a l l be as quiet end as informal as possible.People are asked to work normally, and to resist the temptation to form a crowd of followers.Those who wish to see him are recommendedto be near the corner of Imp.Inst. Road and Exhibition Road at about four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon A f u l l account, with photographs, w i l l appear i n the next issue of FELIX. Photographers .private or otherwise, are asked not to impede the Duke during h i s tour. FELIX offers i t s congratulations to U.L. Correspondent Roger Fisher who has just been awarded the 25 guinea Sir Arthur Acland Essay Prize, for h i s entry "The Problem of Progress".
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MR.
JAMES
Mr. J?. .Âť. J a a e a i s w e l l laiown b o t h to s t u d e n t s and s t a f f , e i t h e r i n h i s c a p a c i t y as L i b r a r i a n o f G u i l d s o r as Hon. T r e a s u r e r o f I.C. U.A.C.C. In the f i r s t p o s i t i o n , t i l s h e l p f u l n e s s and h i s equahl e d i s p o s i t i o n , h i s a s t o u n d i n g memory, d i e K n o w l e d g e o f c h e m i s t r y and h i s amateur i n t e r e s t i n w i r e l e s s and t e l e v i s i o n i v e him a g e n e r a l Knowledge i j e n g i n e e r i n g w h i c h i s i n v a l u a b l e to the s t u d e n t s , and combine to make him an extremely p o p u l a r l i b r a r i a n . H i s s c i e n t i f i c l e a n i n g s f i r s t became apparent at a s m a l l grammar s c h o o l i n Pembrokes h i r e , where the headmaster, a c r a c c shot aad an e n t h u s i a s t i c d i s c i p l e o f I s a a c W a l t o n , was v e r y generous i n the award o f h a l f h o l i d a y s on days which promised him good s p o r t . Unfortunately, anyone a c q u a i n t e d w i t h Pembrokeshire w i l l know theee o c c u r only too r a r e l y . H a v i n g l e a r n e d a l l t h a t iVales c o u l d t e a c h him, e x c e p t how to become a N a t i o n a l i s t and to master the language o f the Land o f the Leek, he now came to r i . G . S . D u r i n g h i s f i r s t year there h i s p a t r i o t i s m r e c e i v e d a s e r i o u s shock, w h i c h s u p p r e s s e d i t f o r e v e r , when on S t . D a v i d ' s Day he a r r i v e d s p o r t i n g a m a g n i f i c e n t l e e k , and was i n v i t e d by h i s f e l l o w s t u d e n t s to eat i t i n i t s e n t i r e t y o r to s u f f e r d e g r a d a t i o n too h o r r i b l e These and o t h e r i n c i d e n t s c o n v i n c e to r e l a t e . him t h a t student l i f e i n the l a t e 1 9 3 0 ' s was much more e x c i t i n g than i t i s t o - d a y . However, he cams t h r o u g h a l l these t r i a l s , and o n l y r e t a i n e d h i s a c c e n t to bear w i t n e s s to h i s Welsh o r i g i n s . H a v i n g g r a d u a t e d , he tooji up r e s e a r c h i n the f i e l d o f rubber-cement m i x t u r e s , and worked as R e s e a r c h A s s i s t a n t to P r o f . &. (J. H. Clements i n the G u i l d s . He was c a l l e d up i n the army and s e r v e d h i s c o u n t r y u n t i l 1946 when he r e t u r n e d t o the C o l l e g e as L i b r a r i a n . His experiences i n the army, though u n e v e n t f u l , considerably e n r i c h e d h i s knowledge o f human n a t u r e , b u t the s t o r i e s o f t h i s p e r i o d o f h i s l i f e are b e t t e r l e f t to h i s own telling. On h i s r e t u r n he f o u n d the L i b r a r y i n n e e d o f ^ c a t a l o g u i n g and s t a r t e d on the j o b w i t h g r e a t z e s t . " however, when " t L l s was h a l f compl e t e d he l e a r n e d t h a t the L i b r a r y would be moved t o i t s p r e s e n t p o s i t i o n to a l l o w f o r expansion. He then abandoned c a t a l o g u i n g and s t a r t e d g e t t i n g ready f o r the b i g move. This took p l a c e j u s t b e f o r e the BU'omer v a c a t i o n o f 1951; d u r i n g t h a t time Mr. James c o u l d j u s t he seen e m e r g i n g b e h i n d p i l e s o f books, d u s t - c o v e r e d but e v e r c h e e r f u l . He s t i l l f o u n d time to d e a l w i t h o r d i n a r y e n q u i r i e s , but at f i r s t a h i t o f l u c k was needed to f i n d a p a r t i c u l a r volume f r o m among the chaos r e i g n i n g on the s h e l v e s . Old and musty volumes came to l i g h t f o r the f i r B t time i n many y e a r s and have f o u n d space on the shelvets, a
The Mines Entertainment Conmdttetare u r g e n t l y seeking a p i e c e o f canvas approximately 10' X 60'. Anyone who knows i t s whereabouts i s requested t o convey i t t o t h e S e c r e t a r y , B.I..Fenhoulet. BO'S C O N T E M P O R A R I E S . A f t e r t h e Minutes o f t h e meeting o f I s t . F e b . 1907 had been r e a d , the chairman, Col.Mervyn O'Gorman,' i n t r o d u c e d t h e speaker Mr.T.G.Rose, a t t h e Eng.Soc. and Motor Club meeting ,Feb.26th. The l e c t u r e , a repeat o f "The I n f l u ence o f motor Racing on Car Design" was o r i g i n a l l y g i v e n i n 1907 by t h e same speaker, w i t h t h e same Chairman, and p a r t l y t h e same audience. Beginning w i t h 1896, when the winner o f t h e P a r i s t o Bordeaux and back averaged I5m.p.h. f o r 48 h o u r s , s o l o w i t h only 20 minutes s t o p , Mr Rose t r a c e d automobile d e s i g n up t o '06. He mentioned t h e tim e when a P r e f e c t o f P o l i c e put two columns o f i n f a n t r y and f o u r heavy guns i n t n e p a t h o f a r a c e ; t h e t i m e when J a n a s s i e on "Le Jamais Content" d i d 65.3m.p.h. i n '97} t h e u n f o r g e t t a b l e occasi o n when t h r e e m i l l i o n s p e c t a t o r s covered the r o u t e o f t h e "03 Paris-Bordeaux, and t w e l v e were k i l l e d . That put the t i n hat on the French lon g d i s t a n c e r a c e s . The winner averaged 65m.p.h. So shaken was t h e Government by the t o l l o f c a s u a l t i e s t h a t t h e c a r s had t o be t a k e n home by r a i l . Mr. Rose showed 48 s l i d e s and was never d u l l s h e knew h i s s t u f f i n t i m a t e l y . He d e s c r i b e d t h e Darracq c a r s , which i n '04 reached I04m.p.h. They were r a t h e r heavy, and a f t e r t h e l e c t u r e Col.O'Gorman d e s c r i b e d how, as a judge, he once had t o weigh a D a r r a c q t o make t h a t i t was i n s i d e t h e IOOCKg. l i m i t . Although t h e gearbox t o p had been r e p l a c e d by paper, t h e frame d r i l l e d , and e v e r y t h i n g s l i n g a b l e slung,the c a r was s t i l l too heavy. L a t e t h a t n i g h t , C o l . O'Gorman was roused and asked t o reweigh t h e ear. He found t h a t i t was w i t h i n t h e l i m i t . M y s t i f i e d , he asked the mechanics how they had done i t . They s a i d , "we turned the oar upside down and shook i t " . T h i s shook C o l . O'Gorman, so he turned t h e s t a r t i n g handle , j u s t t o make sure. There was no r e s i s t a n c e . The v a l v e s e a t i n g s were gone. The ear d i d not q u a l i f y . S l i d e s o f a '05 G u i l d s ear race were a l s o shown. C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o the s o c i e t i e s concerned f o r o r g a n i s i n g such an i n t e r e s t i n g and e n t e r t a i n i n g event.
Mr. James's e q u a n i m i t y was n e v e r more apparent than at t h i s p e r i o d and l a r g e l y c o n t r i b u t e d t o the smooth way i n w h i c h the change-over took p l a c e . He has now s e t t l e d down t o r e c a t a l o g u i n g , though h i s n a t u r a l p e s s i m i s m makes him f e a r t h a t the e x p a n s i o n o f the C o l l e g e w i l l p r o b a b l y mean a n o t h e r change i n the f u t u r e , a p r o s p e c t he can h a r d l y f a c e . D e s p i t e the l a r g e amount o f work t o he done, Mr. James, whenever he can a f f o r d the t i m e , i s v e r y w i l l i n g to t a l k on a l a r g e v a r i e t y o f s u b j e c t s . He w i l l d i s c u s s the c o n s t r u c t i o n o f w i r e l e s s s e t s , a m p l i f i e r s and t e l e v i s i o n s e t s w i t h anybody i n t e r e s t e d , but u s u a l l y i n the l a s t case h i s H i s own p e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e advice i s don't". ended i n f a i l u r e , s i n c e , a f t e r s i x months o f v i c i s s i t u d e s t r y i n g t o remedy t e r r i b l e d i s t o r t i o n s i n h i s p i c t u r e , he went o u t , bought a s e t , and i s now such an e n t h u s i a s t i c v i e w e r t h a t he has l o s t a l l i n t e r e s t i n T.V.'s t e c h n i c a l d e l i g h t s . He e n j o y s c l a s s i c a l m u s i c and h i s o p i n i o n s on modern a r t and music are s u r p r i s i n g l y s t r o n g coming, from such a m i l d man. He a l s o l i k e s r e a d i n g , but not d e t e c t i v e s t o r i e s . He b e l i e v e s i n the p o l i c y o f ' L i v e and l e t l i v e ' . He i s an A l o n g time ago he i n v e t e r a t e pipe-smoker. d e c i d e d to g i v e up smoking hut a f t e r a few days h i s temper became so e x c i t a h l e t h a t h i s w i f e p r e s e n t e d him w i t h a good s u p p l y o f tobacco and the advic e to put t h a t i n t o h i s p i p e and smoke i t . He has n e v e r r e p e a t e d the a t t e m p t , and e n c o u r a g e s s t u d e n t s i n t h i s h a b i t , a l l o w i n g smoking i n the Library. He i s a l s o a g r e a t l o v e r o f a n i m a l s , and o f cats i n p a r t i c u l a r . As f a r as h i s p o s t o f Hon. Treasurer" o f I.C. Lt.A.C.C. i s c o n c e r n e d he can o n l y t h i n k o f In one memorahle one r e a s o n f o r h i s s e l e c t i o n . s t a f f - r a c e he f o u g h t g a l l a n t l y f o r l a s t p l a c e relinquishing i t , i n true sportsmanlike fashion, t o h i s r i v a l , who r e c e i v e d a m a g n i f i c e n t hoohy p r i z e of a golliwog. A l l t h e s e are j u s t a few a s p e c t s o f h i s c h a r a c t e r as those who know him w e l l w i l l p r o h a bly realize . H i s sympathy and u n d e r s t a n d i n g f o r o t h e r s , h i s c o n s c i e n t i o u s n e s s towards h i s work are v e r y n o t i c e a b l e , hut I t h i n k t h a t i t i s b e t t e r t o f i n i s h on the s t o r y w h i c h he h i m s e l f c o n s i d e r s h i s most e m b a r r a s s i n g moment: t\ f o r m e r member o f the s t a f f asked him i f he had seen v a r i o u s s c i e n t i f i c a r t i c l e s i n an e n c y c l o p a e d i a p u b l i s h e d by a w e l l known d a i l y newspaper. Mr. J a m e s , h a v i n g a v e r y poo r o p i n i o n o f t h i s p a r t i c u l a r p a p e r , s a i d : "So, hut i f they are comparable i n a c c u r a c y to the s c i e n t i f i c i n f o r m a t i o n p u b l i s h e d i n the p a p e r , they a r e , w i t h o u t doubt, u n m i t i g a t e d rubbish'." At t h a t the member o f the s t a f f smiledi, paused and said: " I wrote t h a t s e c t i o n o f the encyclopaedia." We a p o l o g i s e f o r the absence of a photogra.ph of Mr. James.
EATING AROUND I.C. T h i s week's recommended 'eating houses' c a t e r f o r two types o f lunch hour. The f i r s t i s prompted by the f e e l i n g t h a t sandwiches and c o f f e e i n t h e Union a r e , w h i l e commanding t h e r e q u i r e d sum, not o f s u f f i c i e n t i n t e r e s t . Your correspondent f e e l s t h a t t h e Pelham Snack Bar - not t o be confused w i t h t h e Pelham G r i l l - i s worth a v i s i t when t h i s i s t h e case. Here a lunch o f soup, f o l l o w e d by beans, s p a g h e t t i o r welsh rp,rebit and so on, w i t h a r o l l and c o f f e e can be had f o r j u s t over two s h i l l i n g s . The g i r t behind t h e counter i s very charming, as i s t h e c l i e n t e l e - I ment i o n t h i s because I f e e l t h a t environment i s as important during the lunch hour as t h e food we e a t . The second t y p e o f lunch you might r e q u i r e i s o f substantial plain fare. I mean by t h i s such a meal a s : soup, "cut o f f , the j o i n t and 2 veg." rhubarb and c u s t a r d and perhaps c o f f e e ; f o r t h i s I recommend the "Bath Bun Shop" i n Kensington H i g h S t r e e t , i t i s on the l e f t , going west, almost o p p o s i t e S l a t e r ' s Restaurant. The "Bath Bun Shop's" c l i e n t e l e i s s m a l l and you can be sure o f a t a b l e downstairs at a l l t i m e s durin g t h e lunch hour. The p r i c e here i s , 2/9 o r 3/-, and as an added i n c e n t i v e s h a l l I add tha.t they sometimes serve a d e l i c i o u s t r i p e ! THIS KEEK'S SPECIAL. A l o n g i s h walk along FuTham Road b r i n g s you t o no. 208, SAIAMIS, R e s t a u r a n t , where you w i l l f i n d t a s t e f u l impressi o n i s t water c o l o u r s , uniformed w a i t e r s , s e r v i e t t e s , spotl e s s l y w h i t e c l o t h s , and a very good meal f o r 2/8d. The cost may mount a l i t t l e , as a r o l l and b u t t e r i s 4d,and c o f f e e 6d, and t h e r e i s a s m a l l surcharge; but i t i s an e x c e l l e n t p l a c e t o t a k e a guest. I f we used the s t a r system Salami's would get %ne maximum. T H E K E N S I N G T O N O R A C L E . I n a riot, v e r y i n f o r m a t i v e a r t i c l e , t h e " E v e n i n g Standard" p r o f i l e d P r o f e s s o r Levy, " B r i t a i n ' s Spotlight Scientists. (4). I t i s r e p o r t e d t h a t he hedged q u e s t i o n s about h i s p o l i t i c a l a f f i l i a t i o n s , though he affirmed h i s Marxian b e l i e f s . He made some o f h i s ^ u s u a l comments about the p o p u l a r p r e s s , B r i t i s h and Czech I t i s our o p i n i o n t h a t he made more, w h i c h were not printed.
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A r e c e n t c o r r e s p o n d e n t i n t h e L e t t e r s column a d v o c a t e d a r e t u r n t o the use o f s t u d e n t academic gowns, h i s i d e a b e i n g the c o n s t r u c t i o n o f an atmosphere o f l e a r n i n g ; of belonging; of a University. He was j o k i n g , but t h e r e i s a f u n d a m e n t a l t r u t h b e h i n d the j o k e . Our Post Graduates are n o t o r i o u s f o r t h e i r l a c k of i n t e r e s t i n Union a f f a i r s . K o s t o f them know the " w e l l - b r e d c l u b " atmosphere which e x i s t s a t some o l d e r universities. There are p l a c e s which have p r o f e s s o r s no b e t t e r t h a n ours, l a b o r a t o r i e s snd t h e a t r e s no l e s s a n t i quated, and y e t which t u r n out men much more s u i t e d t o t a k i n g top p l a c e s i n i n d u s t r y . The answer? Atmosphere. I f the p r e s e n t scheme f o r a d d i n g two f l o o r s to t h e Union i s c a r r i e d o u t , we s h a l l be s i t t i n g pretty. T h e r e w i l l be p l e n t y o f room f o r a l l activities; room f o r calm r e f l e c t i o n , and room for companionship. Long ago, i t was r e a l i s e d t h a t o u r U n i o n , b u i l t f o r 6 0 0 , was f a r t o o s m a l l for the p r e s e n t 1 6 0 0 ; and i t was d e c i d e d t h a t i t s h o u l d be i n c r e a s e d . And i t appear s t h a t t h o s e l o n g p l a n n e d i n c r e a s e s a r e t o o c c u r now. How l u c k y we are'. But when we remember t h a t we a r e t o double our student p o p u l a t i o n , things look a l i t t l e different. The scheme w h i c h w i l l add two f l o o r s above t h e gym, cannot i n c l u d e much e x t r a h o s t e l accommodation, and w h i l e i t might have s a t i s f i e d 1500, i t w i l l be h o p e l e s s f o r 3 0 0 0 . L e t us l o o k ahead. I t i s w e l l known t h a t t h o s e who l i v e i n t h e H o s t e l have s o c i a l a d v a n t a ges d e n i e d t o the r e s t o f u s . I f our present H o s t e l r e s i d e n t s were a l l t o d i s a p p e a r o v e r n i g h t , s o c i a l and a t h l e t i c l i f e i n t h e Union woul d d i e ; for those p e o p l e a r e the cream o f 1 . 0 . Many o f them a r e much t h e same as t h e r e s t o f u s , but they have d e v e l o p e d and matured i n the s t i m u l a t i n g cond i t i o n s o f a l i f e which i n v o l v e s constant close c o n t a c t w i t h o t h e r i n t e l l i g e n t and t a s t e f u l people, The s o l u t i o n : the o n l y s o l u t i o n w h i c h can be s e r i o u s l y c o n s i d e r e d i n t h e l i g h t o f t h e Government's h e a r t - c r y f o r e n l i g h t e n e d l e a d e r s o f T e c h n o l o g y , i s t h a t t h e r e s h o u l d be a l a r g e h o s t e l i n a s i n g l e u n i t , w i t h a s i n g l e compact Union c l o s e l y interwoven i n t o i t . E v e r y s t u d e n t s h o u l d be a b l e t o spend a t l e a s t one, and p r e f e r a b l y two y e a r s in that place: t h a t p l a c e w h i c h may come t o be a real University. Now i s the t i m e f o r a c t i o n . I f we add o u r two p a l t r y f l o o r s , s p e n d i n g a l a r g e sum on a scheme which i s from the s t a r t o b v i o u s l y inadeq u a t e , then we s e v e r e l y . j e o p a r d i s e o u r chance o f b e i n g a b l e t o b u i l d a new Union l a t e r . The T e c h n o l o g i c a l U n i v e r s i t y i s n o t an i d l e opium dream. I t has a g r e a t e r chance now o f coming i n t o b e i n g than i t e v e r had b e f o r e . But, at the h e a r t , i t does not l i e s o l e l y i n s p o t l e s s and u p - t o - d a t e l a b o r a t o r i e s . I t c a n o n l y be f o u n d e d on a n u c l e u s , a c o l o s s a l n u c l e u s , o f i n t e l l i g e n t , b r o a d minded U n i v e r s i t y men; men whose s c i e n c e d e g r e e s are n o t t h e o b j e c t s o f s c o r n from v e n e e r e d O x f o r d men. I t cannot r e s t on t i n t r a y s , and a g a b b l i n g r e f e c t o r y , and o v e r crowded l o u n g e s , and l o n g tube r i d e s , and i s o l a t i o n f r o m f e l l o w s t u d e n t s , and a l l the o t h e r t h i n g s w h i c h combine t o make the a v e r a g e I . C . p r o d u c t a narrow ( t h o u g h e f f i c i e n t , w i t h i n l i m i t s ) t e c h n i c a l sausage. T h i s b e i n g t h e most i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r e v e r t a c k l e d , o r e v e r l i k e l y t o be t a c k l e d by F E L I X , y o u r v i e w s a r e , t o p * t i t m i l d l y , welcome.
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"Herbert", our new mascot shook i t s gay plumage and b l i n k e d i t s wicked eye f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e a t t h e I.C. Union Meeting on t h e 24th February. "Herbert", a Phoenix, named a f t e r H. G. W e l l s t h e founder o f FELIX'S contemporary i s a t present 2' 6" o f v i v i d l y painted p l a s t e r . But a metamorphosis i s b e l i e v e d to be imminent. "Herbert" w i l l t h e n emerge i n h i s f i n a l form o f c o n c r e t e or iluminium ; which i t w i l l be only t h e Gods can t e l l (and t h e I.C. Rag Committee who anyway, s i n c e the Union M e e t i n g , must have moved t h e i r d i g s t o l i t . Olympus). A l l those who have hot a l r e a d y seen " H e r b e r t " are urged to support I.C. a t t h e U.L. Rugger Cup F i n a l on March 14th, ihere i t i s rumoured He w i l l be g i v i n g a c e r e m o n i a l " f l y ; a s t " , and (we hope) a V i c t o r y l o o p . The o t h e r important news a t t h e Union Meeting concerned I.C.'s p l a n s f o r t h e C o r o n a t i o n . The P r e s i d e n t , a f t e r t e l l i n g us t h a t I.C.'s a l l o c a t i o n o f t i c k e t s f o r t h e U.L. Coronation B a l l was only t h i r t y - f i v e , suggested t h a t I.C. should run t h e i r own B a l l on C o r o n a t i o n Day. T h i s suggest i o n was l o u d l y approved. The p r o v i s i o n a l p l a n s f o r t h i s B a l l i n c l u d e dancing i n a l l f o u r rooms, a b u f f e t i n t h e Snack B a r , and a Beer Garden i n t h e t e n n i s c o u r t s . S p o r t s Day, on June 4 t h , i s t o be a g e n e r a l C o l l e g e h o l i d a y s n d i t i s hoped t h a t i t w i l l be a "Gs.la" a f f a i r , w i t h Clubs and S o c i e t i e s r u n n i n g side-shows and everybody encouraged t o "make a day o f i t " . The G l i d i n g Club hope t o give a display. There was c o n s i d e r a b l e d i s c u s s i o n a t t h e meeting, on where t h e S p o r t s Day Hop should be h e l d . H a r l i n g t o n , t h e Union and something " f l o a t i n g " between t h e two, such as a boat on t h e R i v e r , were a l l suggested, but f i n a l l y , as u s u a l , t h e d e c i s i o n and arrangements were l e f t w i t h t h e E n t e r t a i n m e n t s Committee. Another p r o p o s a l w h i c h , i n t h e words o f t h e Minutes "was greeted w i t h a c c l a m a t i o n " , was t h a t t h e H a r l i n g t o n t r a n s p o r t on S p o r t s Day, should be used on the r e t u r n journey f o r a Grand Tour o f London. P h i l l i p A l l s o p p , who i s a member o f t h e A y r t o n H a l l Committee, announced t h a t t h e s e r v i n g r a t e t h e r e should Improve s h o r t l y . The P r e s i d e n t asked f o r t h e Union's o p i n i o n on a strong recommendation which i s t o be sent by t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s c o u n c i l o f U.L., t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y Grants Committee, a s k i n g t h a t c o l l e g e r e f e c t o r i e s are s u b s i d i z e d f o r meals served i n the v a c a t i o n s . The Union gave t h e i r f u l l support t o t h e P r e s i d e n t t o v o t e f o r t h i s recommendation.
We a r e a s k e d t o i n s e r t t h e f o l l o w i n g . ; OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS The A u s t r a l a s i a n Government announces a l i m i t e d number of v a c a n c i e s f o r PHYSICISTS t o be employed a s ROCKET TECHNOLOGISTS. The work w i l l be, i n t h e m a i n , c o n c e r n e d w i t h r o c k e t d e t e c t i n g and p a t h p l o t t i n g . The successf u l c a n d i d a t e w i l l , f o r t h e f i r s t 10 y e a r s o f the 1 5 years' a p p o i n t m e n t , p e r f o r m a n n u a l t o u r s o f 1134 months i n the W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a n D e s e r t . He w i l l l i v e i n a t e n t , spending the hours o f d a y l i g h t s e a t e d i n a s p e c i a l l y cons t r u c t e d c h a i r , f a c i n g t h e R o c k e t Base. His duties w i l l i n v o l v e s t a r t i n g a s t o p - w a t c h on s i g h t i n g a r o c k e t , f o l l o w i n g the path o f the m i s s i l e u n t i l such time as t h e back o f h i s head s t r i k e s t h e g r o u n d , t h e n s t o p p i n g t h e stop-watch. The s a l a r y w i l l be £a4oO ( l e s s 1 0 % c o s t o f l i v i n g deduction). I n t h e e v e n t o f a man l o s i n g e i g h t of a r o c k e t t h e c o s t o f t h a t r o c k e t ( a p p r o x i m a t e l y £A250,000) w i l l be d e d u c t e d f r o m h i s s a l a r y . One n a t i v e s e r v a n t w i l l be s u p p l i e d on r e q u e s t (male o r female a s d e s i r e d ) . The a n n u a l l e a v e w i l l be s p e n t a t t h e Base ; which i s the w e l l - a p p o i n t e d v i l l a g e o f Boomalaka ( i n t e r e s t i n g A b o r i g o n a l r e l i c s ) , 800 m i l e s f r o m D a r w i n , 17 days by pack-horse. O n l y a l i m i t e d amount o f l u g g a g e w i l l be allowed. However, a gramophone, e i g h t r e c o r d s and an i n e x h a u s t i b l e s u p p l y o f n e e d l e s may be i n c l u d e d . The t r a n s p o r t o f a s u c c e s s f u l c a n d i d a t e t o A u s t r a l i a w i l l be a r r a n g e d by s e c u r i n g f o r h i m a t e m p o r a r y p o s i t i o n a s S t o k e r (2nd c l a s s ) i n Her M a j e s t y ' s A u s t r a l i a n Navy. C a n d i d a t e s s h o u l d have a good 1 s t C l a s s Honours Degree, A knowledge and be f l u e n t i n P o r t u g u e s e and German. of A b o r i g i n e s e ' w o u l d be an a d v a n t a g e . A l s o , a number o f v a c a n c i e s e x i s t , f o r PHYSICISTS w i t h p a s s d e g r e e s , a t t h e Base . The work w i l l i n v o l v e superv i s i o n of rocket design. A p p l i c a n t s s h o u l d a p p l y i n p e r s o n t o the P e r s o n n e l O f f i c e r , YCE/XF-3: S e c t . 8/P D i v . Q. ( a d m i n . ) , Bxmalaka , W. A u s t r a l i a , N.E.7. Personal Advts. For S a l e : Typewriter,one . I n good working c o n d i t i o n . £8 o r best o f f e r above. Apply Box. 25, FELIX. WANTED, f o r I.C. O r c h e s t r a , a tympanist {instrument and t u i t i o n p r o v i d e d . A p p l y S e c r e t a r y , I.C. M u s i c a l Sooiety.
FELIX LETTERS TCMfHE EDITOR Dear S i r , .Dear S i r , So v i n d i c t i v e and unjust were your comments on the Peter Rowe's l e t t e r i n the l a s t iasue of FELIX C a r n i v a l Cabaret f i a s c o that they cannot be allowed to needs a rejoinder, for i t oontains a special plea for the go by unchallenged. Your remarks were unjust because independence of I.C. as a degree conferring body.My intimate experience i s only i n one faculty (mathematics) of the you placed a l l the blame on those who came up from the Bar without t i c k e t s , thus casting suspicion on many B.Sc.(Eng), but from conversations with colleagues i n othe people who i n f a c t behaved i n exemplary f a s h i o n . You other departments I have reason to believe that i t i a not offered no c r i t i c i s m of the Cabaret i t s e l f . exceptional. Aa an examiner for the External degree I would aasure The "Cabaret" began with a haraseed-looking gentleMr Rowe that the maths syllabus i s not so i n f l e x i b l e as man appealing f o r one of the a c t o r s , who was unaccountably and quite unforgiveably missing. The same gentle- he thinks, nor are the teachers of the subject so handicapped i n the institutions which take t h i s degree. Tha man returned s h o r t l y afterwards to apologize f o r the "External" has a number of defects , as these teachers late start. Surely no audience could be expected to (and I) are aware, but weakness i n teaching and i n exams i t through t h i s i n sympathetic s i l e n c e ? Matters were ination i s not among them.Naturally thoae univeraity made even worse by the appearance of a frowning John institutions which are s t i l l growing up would much preHarding, looking l i k e a severe Headmaster, who t o l d us fer to have t h e i r own degrees, instead of being subject that the Cabaret would not begin u n t i l the noise had stopped. Next there appeared from between the c u r t a i n s to the London External degree. But the "rub" comes mostly i n the f i e l d of autonomy. a disembodied face, sporting a large moustache, whose owner seemed to be e i t h e r reprimanding us or i s s u i n g a Mr Rowe wishes the external degree to be equivalent to further apology. It l a t e r t r a n s p i r e d that he was the i t s internal counterpart'. Speaking for the B.Sc. (Eng) unfortunate v i c t i m of circumstances and no-one i n the there i s the 'General Internal' degree and the 'Special audience could be blamed f o r m i s i n t e r p r e t i n g h i s funcInternals" at four Colleges. Moderators appointed by tion. London University i n the various faculties do t h e i r best to ensure that there i s equivalence i n the 6 examinations When at l a s t the curtain s opened f u l l y , to reveal Their conscientioua John Harding with Joe Lockyer at the piano, the audience without any hampering r i g i d i t y . efforts prove reasonably successful: Moreover, a 'Cof e l l s i l e n t and gave an appreciative hearing to some ordinating Board' i n mathematics, (consisting of examgood and e x c e l l e n t l y delivered songs. iners i n the 6 examinations together with the moderator) Unfortunately the sketch which followed depended meetB annually to examine problems of examination proalmost e n t i r e l y on the ears rather than the eyes of the In fact, the dire results Mr. Rowe decries do audience. It consisted l a r g e l y of two characters chat- cedure. not exist. Admittedly there i s room for improvement but t i n g amiably to themselves and was quite unsuitable for the occasion. It contained too many d i s p i r i t e d scenes - t h i s w i l l be achieved through informal methods which have characterised London University for so long. on several occasions when the curtain s were closed our The l a t t e r part of Mr. Rowejs l e t t e r i s more pertinent hopes of a m e r c i f u l deliverence were almost immediately "Imperial College i s large enough and s u f f i c i e n t l y well shattered by the c u r t a i n s p a r t i n g again to r e v e a l the established to stand alone". This has the familiar ring same rather s t a t i c scene. of nearly 30 years ago which saw an e a r l i e r drive for a It i s absolute nonsense f o r you to write of " l o u t s i n f l i c t i n g t h e i r coarse and s o t t i s h habits on a crowd of technological university of South Kensington awarding i t a own degrees". Whether t h i s would "attract more academic r e v e l l e r s waiting to hear the c a r e f u l l y prepared enteri n d i v i d u a l i s t a " and whether such an i n f l u x l a desirable are tainment of more t a s t e f u l a r t i s t s on the stage." Most The teaching s t a f f under tha "responof the audience wanted to see people - p r e f e r a b l y people mattera of opinion. sible Professor" have considerable latitude i n teaching they knew well - performing some act which was funny to even now and the moderational system above referred^ to goea watch - s l a p s t i c k of some kind, perhaps. This should a long way to ensuring that standards are safeguarded. have been a n t i c i p a t e d by the B.C.S. Entertainments ComIt i s when t h i s plea for independence i s linked with mittee . Your idea of chuckers-out i s i n any case l u d i c r o u s , expansion of the College that there are signs of danger. The great gain i n tha Government pronouncement of l a s t as the "brutes" to whom you r e f e r r e d were not so "sponJanuary was the announcement of the deciaion to expand sons taneously s e n i l e " that they could have been chucked out existing technological department a of Universities instead easily. In f a c t i t would probably have been a case of of building a new technological univer8ity or tha i n s t i t u the chuckers chucked. t i o n of a purely degree (or diploma) conferring body. This i s by no means the f i r s t time that a Cabaret Imperial College i a not the only college due for expansion; has been given a noisy reception, and the emphasis i n nor i s i t the only college of London University doing tha your remarks i s out of a l l proportion to the importance B.Sc. (Eng.) degree. of the i n c i d e n t . The work of expanding the College w i l l be a test of state lou wrote that the " l o u t s " seemed unaware of the jmanship for many years to come, taxing resources of patience, hard work which goes i n t o the production of a C a r n i v a l , 'jgoodwill and negotiation - from the Governing Body to those So does F e l i x , judging by the unkind comments published thought of as lowest i n I.C. hierarchy. In my opinion i t about the decorations, which I thought were worthy of would be f o l l y to rupture the good relations between the high p r a i s e . Congratulations to the t a s t e f u l a r t i s t s Senate House and Imperial College ao splendidly b u i l t up i n •who prepared them. London Univerrecent years by pressing for independence. F i n a l l y , I hope that the brutes and l o u t s who burned! s i t y through i t s Court and i n other ways, endeavours to deal "Amanda" on the Tennis Courts have apologized to the Jfairly with i t s constituent Colleges and our College i s Tennis Club f o r t h e i r i r r e s p o n s i b l e a c t i o n , which might xortunate i n benefiting from the personal touch. The well have damaged the court surface more than i t a c t u a l l y s t r i f e engendered by such a move for independence would not The work of the 3 colleges forming be worth the candle. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , I . C / i s well-known, the qualifications they confer are Ed. replies T. T o t a l [honoured 'labels' end there would be no gain, either to stuIf I may r e s p e c t f u l l y submit a c o r r e c t i o n co your dents or to the College, i n a 'new fangled' degree. London chronology, the disembodied face which t r i e d to give a University has a long and fine t r a d i t i o n and i t s degrees have monologue appeared some time before John Harding. I a h a l l mark' the world over. was seated near the f r o n t , and i t was p o s s i b l e f o r me As one who has been a member of the teaching s t a f f for to hear the monologue unsuccessfully begun several times. (over 30 years and remembers the days before 1926 when the You were at the back among the noisy people, and i t was due e n t i r e l y to t h e i r e f f o r t s that you were unaware that College had, perhaps, a better claim to press for a separate University status I would urge Mr. Rowe to think again. the entertainment had s t a r t e d . It was the behavior of Yours sincerely, your colleagues at t h i s time which was p a r t i c u l a r l y A. J . Hatley objectionable ; f o r once the cabaret was under way the barracking was l i t t l e worse than normal. Daar S i r , Our President, Fred Spriggs has bean invited to My idea of chuckers out i s , I agree, l u d i c r o u s . represent London on a delegation which the Student Labour Many of your associate s would have been very d i f f i c u l t Federation i s sending^to the U.S.S.R. for a fortnight i n to remove. Thank you for reminding me. My c r i t i c i s m of the decorations was, as I explained, the Easter vacation. There are seven people i n the party, and I understand that four, apart from Mr. Spriggs, are not an essay i n o b j e c t i v i s m . I too considered the t e c h n i in the Party. c a l execution worthy of high p r a i s e , but I f e l t that, This i s an excellent opportunity for aoquiaition of viewed as an ensemble there was something missing. My some f i r s t hand knowledge of Russia; and we hope to obtain remarks were on the general f r i e n d l y l e v e l which I welthe support of a l l students i n I.C. A meeting i s to be come i n c r i t i c i s m of FELIX. 1 j o i n with you i n deploring the tennis court damsge. held soon to disouss aspects on which our man should oonce entrate (assuming he has any choice i n tha matter), and we You accuse me of being " v i n d i c t i v e " . Yet, before I extend a cordial invitation to anyone who wishes to attend wrote the E d i t o r i a l comments on the Carniva l I had a l ready written p r a i s i n g those who went to Canvey more than Details w i l l appear on the Pol. Soc. ncticeboard. Yours etc., once. Some of these people thus found themselves a t t a c A.S.J.Farrow ked i n one paragraph and congratulated i n the next. It Hon. Sec. I.C. Socialist Group. i s the concern of FELIX to present f a i r comment. The extent to which research i n guided missiles nas There has been a tendency f o r a c e r t a i n amount of progressed was demonstrated i n a most unexpected quarter on rowdiness at our other dances. It i s my opinion that, Tuesday the 24th - i n the Geology Dept.' A veteran pram, when we i n v i t e l a d i e s to our Union, we should behave but complete i n a l l i t s essentials, suddenly appeard there properly. I do not withdraw any of my comments, though in the afternoon, marked "To Dr. Gwyn Thomas, i n anticipaI am aware that they have done me harm i n some quarters. tion - t h i s year? Next year? Sometime?" On dismantling, F i n a l l y , i f you care to come out from behind your no trs.ce could be found of any radio apparatus. It remains nom de plume, and your f r i e n d s with you, (those who f e e l an unsolved mystery, as not only did the pram propel i t s e l f they have been u n j u s t l y maligned) I am prepared to p r i n t to the second floor, but perched most precariously on a your names under a l e t t e r d i s s o c i a t i n g yourselves from cubic rock which has been there for a long time. The aid the a c t i o n s which made so many sober people shudder on of Callaghan Investigations i s being sougnt, Holmes having C a r n i v a l Night. declined to investigate. d i d
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The a d v e r t i s e m e n t s o u t s i d e La C o n t i n e n t a l e say something to the e f f e c t t h a t t h i s f i l m i s "The G r e a t e s t o f ALL T i m e " . F o r m y s e l f I would not speak o f i t w i t h q u i t e t h i s degree o f e n t h u s i a s m , but i t c e r t a i n l y r a n k s among the greatest. I suppose t h a t most p e o p l e t h i n k o f i t p r i m a r i l y as a comedy even a f t e r s e e i n g i t , but from my scant knowledge o f the c o u n t r y I would c o n s i d e r i t t o be a s i n c e r e c a r i c a t u r e o f I t a l i a n v i l l a g e l i f e j u s t a f t e r the l a t e war.
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If you are honest, r e l i a b l e , p e r s i s t e n t with your d i f f i c u l t i e s (but not such as to lose sight of your goal by d i s t o r t i n g the true perspective) , conscious of time (unless yon are on research), and are endowed with commonsense, an appreciation of the v i r t u e s of s i m p l i c i t y , an orderly mind and t i d y ways (which are f a r from synonymous); then i f you are a p r o f i c i e n t and i n c o r r i g i b l e doodler (for thence comes much i n s p i r a t i o n ) , and h a b i t u a l l y record on paper your mental processes i n working out problems, you may read the f o l l o w i n g paragraph. An a b i l i t y to work with others, to pass the b a l l and f o r f e i t a chance of scoring, combined with a l i t t l e sympathy, t a c t , l o y a l t y and generosity; take a l l these Jind mix well, then what w i l l you be? Y o u ' l l be an Engineer, my son. This was the substance of the P r e s i d e n t i a l Address given to the Radio Society by C. E. Strong, O.B.E., B.A.I., M.I.E.E., a f o r t n i g h t ago. The a p p l i c a t i o n of engineering knowledge does not receive the a t t e n t i o n that i t deserves, said Mr. Strong. Then he went on to describe, i n a speech which was never d u l l , the v i r t u e s he would look f o r i n a man he was considering f o r employment. And the greatest of these i s honesty. At the Dinner, also a success, your reporter was struck by the high standard of the student speeches. Altogether a good show.
The f i l m , b e i n g a c a r i c a t u r e , the communists do not escape c a r i c a t u r i s a t i o n . Parades, red f l a g s , hammer and s i c k l e , and "Comrades": a l l these f a m i l i a r symbols are s t r e s s e d , but b e h i n d i t a l l we are shown the d i f f i c u l t i e s which they are f a c e d w i t h are the good work o f improvement O N E S M A L L S P H E R E . t h a t they do; so n i c e l y are a l l these a s p e c t s This year's President of the 0. & G. Engineering Socb a l a n c e d t h a t the f i l m i s n e i t h e r a n t i - n o r p r o iety, Capt. Holbein, gave his Address on February 19th. Communist i n o u t l o o k , and c o u l d not p o s s i b l y The Address was followed by the Society's Annual Dinner. o f f e n d anyone p o l i t i c a l l y . During his address on "The f i r s t few years of an And now what o f the two main c h a r a c t e r s i n Engineer's L i f e " , Capt. Holbein gave h i s advice on a career the f i l m , the P r i e s t , Don C a m l l l o , and the Mayor which for him, he admitted (for the f i r s t time i n public) Reppooe? They b o t h want to do a l l they can f o r had" been his L i f e . Th& president started with a warning* t h e improvement o f the v i l l a g e , "but i n t h e i r Don't be surprised i f the work you do i s not the work you own way" as the commentary s a y s . T h i s i s not were trained for. Hany great men, Handley Page for example, r e a l l y s o , however. As the s t o r y u n f o l d s , we were trained for a branch of engineering different from the f i n d more and more t h a t they a c t u a l l y do t h i n g s one i n which they gained t h e i r greatness. Anyway added i n the same way. I f Reppone has b r i b e d someCapt. Holbein, you do not start learning to be an engineer one to do something i t t r a n s p i r e s t h a t Don u n t i l you leave college. The President's main advice, which C a m i l l a has b r i b e d him not t o , and the i s s u e i s he stressed greatly, was "Decide what you want to do"; "Hake more o f t e n than not s e t t l e d between the two w i t h up your mind on your aim i n l i f e , Is i t security or adfists; i n f a c t , we soon f i n d out t h a t Don vantage?" Whichever you want another question should, be C a m i l l o i s the s t r o n g e s t man i n the v i l l a g e and answered early i n your career, "Do you want to deal with i n communal f i g h t s u s u a l l y k n o c k $ out "Comrades" people or with things?" Capt. Holbeins other advice was more t o a t o t a l o f a t w o - f i g u r e s number. particularly for construction engineers. Gain experience I s a i d e a r l i e r t h a t t h e r e was nothing cultivate Accuracy. The worst crime with contractors and p o l i t i c a l l y o f f e n s i v e i n the f i l m , but o t h e r points} an engineer can commit i s . "To stumble overthe same stone have been under debate on the o c c a s i o n s when Don twice". C a m i l l o i s i n the c h u r c h he seemingly d i s c o u r s e s The Dinner was distinguished by some fine speeches, w i t h C h r i s t , u s u a l l y s p e a k i n g to a c r u c i f i x ; not the least of which, by Student Orator Brian Walker, p e o p l e o f a r e l i g i o u s t u r n o f mind may feel had the audienoe curled up on the f l o o r , helpless. s t r o n g l y about t h i s but s u r e l y not a f t e r the p r e f a c e o f the f i l m which e x p l a i n s t h a t , i n r e a l i t y , i t i s the v o i c e o f Don C a m i l l a ' s c o n s c i e n c e . The f u n c t i o n o f t h i s v o i c e i s so i m p o r t a n t , however, t h a t i t c o u l d h a r d l y be dropped w i t h o u t t h e n e c e s s i t y o f i n t r o d u c i n g another c h a r a c t e r , or SOCIAL. l e n g t h e n i n g the a c t i o n . I t i s , i n e f f e c t , the SATURDAY, MARCH ? T H . I . C . U . E n t e r t a i n m e n t s C t t e H o p , p o i n t o f i n f l u e n c e o f a t r e n d in' modern a r t f o r 8-11 p.m. T i c k e t s f r o m U n i o n O f f i c e A n n e x e i n economy o f l i n e ; t h a t i s , making one i t e m o f y o u r F r i d a y l u n c h - h o u r , p r i c e 1/-. m a t e r i a l do the work o f many. SUNDAY, MARCH 8 T H . I . C . F i l m S o c . s h o w i n New L o u n g e , The a c t u a l f u n c t i o n o f the v o i c e i s t o 7 . 3 0 p.m. " C o t t a g e o n D a r t m o o r " , A n t h o n y A s q u i t h c o m e d y , e l u c i d a t e p a r t s o f the s t o r y w h i c h o c c u r " o f f " F l y i n g D o c t o r " , d o c u m e n t a r y . T i c k e t s o n s a l e immeds t a g e " and t o g i v e us some i n s i g h t i n j o the i a t e l y p r e c e d i n g t h e show i n I.C.U. c h a r a c t e r o f Don C a m i l l o . Another, l e s s u s e f u l , v o i c e , o f w h i c h t h e f u n c t i o n i s u n c e r t a i n , i s the T U E S D A Y , MARCH 9 T H . I . C . C h r i s t i a n U n i o n . T h e f i r s t o f American commentary, w h i c h s l i p s i n at odd t i m e s t h r e e t a l k s b y M r . M. G o o d m a n w i l l b e g i v e n i n t h e o f s i l e n c e to e x p l a i n p o i n t s to the a u d i e n c 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 p . m . S u b j e c t - "The l i f e B e s i d e s h a v i n g an American a c c e n t , i t u n d e r - r a t e s of C h r i s t " . one's I n t e l l i g e n c e and seemed t o me u n n e c e s s a r y . TUESDAY, MARCH 1 0 T H . U . L . G o l f C l u b . A F i m S h o w , L e c t u r e But we can h a r d l y blame the p r o d u c e r f o r t h a t . a n d D e m o n s t r a t i o n b y W.J.Cox w i l l b e g i v e n i n t h e I a d v i s e t h i s f i l m f o r a r e a l l y amusing New L o u n g e . e v e n i n g , but a l s o as one to be remembered I . C . D a n c i n g C l u b . * .B. B e g i n n e r s c l a s s e s f o r T u e s d a y s e r i o u s l y , l e s s i n i t s narrow c h a r a c t e r s , than March 10th are cancelled. in l t B wider i m p l i c a t i o n s . H.C.G. THURSDAY, MARCH 1 2 T H . I . C . M u s . S o c . B r a h m s H o r n T r i o . C o u n c i l Room, C&G. DON T GIVE IN F R I D A Y , MARCH 1 3 T H . R i f l e C l u b D i n n e r , A y r t o n H a l l , 7 . 3 0 p.m. T i c k e t s , p r i c e 1 0 / - , f r o m C l u b O f f i c e r s o r Range. C O M E TO THE SATURDAY, MARCH 1 4 T H . I . C . S a i l i n g C l u b D a n c e , I . C . U . 8 - 1 1 . 3 0 p.m. J o h n M o r g a n a n d H i s M u s i c . N o v e l t y Dances, e t c . P r i c e unquoted. TUESDAY, MARCH 1 7 T H . I . C . P o l i t i c a l S o c i e t y . A t a l k on " A U n i v e r s i t y i n R e v o l u t i o n " w i l l be g i v e n b y D r . J O H N M O R G A N ' S R.Lapwood, ( r e c e n t l y o f Y e n c h i n g U n i v . , C h i n a ) a t 1.30 p.m. No p l a c e a u o t e d f o r t h e t a l k . WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 8 T H . S i l w o o d P a r k D i n n e r i n H a l l , BAR. 8 - I I . 3 0 SAT. I 4 T H . M A R C H . f o l l o w e d b y a D a n c e . T i c k e t s , p r i c e 3/6, f r o m P.T. H a s k e l l , S i l w o o d P a r k , S u n n i n g h i l l , B e r k s . Accomo d a t i o n c a n be a r r a n g e d . F o r m a l D r e s s p r e f e r r e d . THURSDAY, MARCH 2 0 T H . I . C . M u s . S o c . P i a n o r e c i t a l I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E DRAMATIC SOCIETY - D e n i s Matthews. P l a c e and t i m e as f o r Mar. 12. F R I D A Y , MARCH 2 0 T H . " G o l d R u s h " . D o u b l e C l a i m One G u i n e a . 9 p.m. - 4 a.m. T i c k e t s f r o m S a l o o n . presents FELIX on s a l e . ( O v e r t h e w e e k e n d 2 0 - 22 M a r c h t h e r e ' " i l l b e a I.C.U. " p H a r c h 2 1 s t , I . C . F i l m S o c . 3how o n ' " a r c h CARNIVAL * THIEVES 2 2 n d , a l s o t h e R.C.S. S m o k i n g C o n c e r t o n " a r c h 2 3 r d . ) T
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I.C. s u r v i v e d t h e i r long journey i n t o darkest Kent and are now i n the F i n a l f o r the second s u c c e s s i v e y e a r , w i t h a good prospect o f r e t a i n i n g the Cup. Wye p r o v i d e d much s t e r ner o p p o s i t i o n than t h a t encountered i n e a r l i e r rounds, but g e n e r a l l y speaking I C . c o n t r o l l e d t h e game and never seemed l i k e l y t o lose. The team was not a t f u l l s t r e n g t h because o f i n j u r i e s , but Palmer on t h e l e f t wing and B e l l , as hooker, were a b l e s u b s t i t u t e s . Beginning a g a i n s t a s l i g h t wind and a s l o p e , I.C. soon advanced t o t h e i r opponent's '25'. The f i r s t score came a f t e r t e n minutes when Hearn broke through and passed t o Palmer who ran s t r o n g l y t o touch down wide on t h e l e f t . In t h e m i d - f i e l d p l a y which f o l l o w e d t h e b e t t e r - d r i l l e d I.C. forwards were s u p e r i o r , and our backs, though not always t a c k l i n g v e r y f i r m l y , were a b l e t o check t h e Wye threequarters. and f o r c e them i n t o too-frequent k i c k i n g . Just before h a l f time I.C. went furtherahead when Knox landed a good p e n a l t y from about 40 yards. The second h a l f began w i t h a determined Wye a t t a c k , and they sc"-ed a f t e r a h i g h k i c k i n t o our '25', which was very p o o r l y covered by t h e defence. F u r t h e r attacks looked dangerous, e s p e c i a l l y when another w e l l - j u d g e d k i c k found t h e f u l l - b a c k out o f p o s i t i o n , b u t a t t h i s c r u c i a l phase t h e I.C. forwards rose t o t h e o c c a s s i o n and g r a d u a l l y worked p l a y The remaining 20 minutes were a l o n g siege o f down-field. the Wye g o a l l i n e w i t h s e v e r a l near-scores. At t h e very end B e l l fastened on t o a strong pass from a defender and crossed for a t r y . On t h e evidence o f t h i s match I.C.'s cup team i s a s t r o n g and w e l l - b a l a n c e d s i d e . The t h r e e q u a r t e r s do n o t l a c k p e n e t r a t i o n and t h e forwards are capable of p u t t i n g heavy p r e s s u r e on opposing packs. The defence c o u l d w e l l be t i g h t e n e d by s w i f t e r c o v e r i n g and h e a v i e r t a c k l i n g , but t h e main t h i n g i s t o see t h a t an a t t a c k i n g p o s i t i o n ones gained, i s f u l l y e x p l o i t e d by i n t e n s i v e and o p p o r t u n i s t backing-up. I n t h e other s e m i - f i n a l Kings defeated Q.H.C. and so w i l l be our opponents a t "lotspur Park on March 14th.
Cross CountryIn p e r f e c t c o n d i t i o n s I.C. took 5th p l a c e i n t h e annual Hyde Park I n v i t a t i o n Road Relay (6 x 2.75 m i l e s ) A f t e r b e i n g nofor t h e Roderic H i l l Cup l a s t Saturday. where i n t h e f i r s t l a p , we recovered t o 12th, 10th, 8 t h 6th and 5 t h . Although we were improving our p o s i t i o n each Hap, we were s t e a d i l y l o s i n g time w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e winners, L.S.E. The l a p r e c o r d was lowered t o 13m. 9s. by Dunkley o f L.S.E., and b o t h L.S.E. and B r i s t o l broke t h e team r e c o r d . RESULTS 1. L.S.E. 2. B r i s t o l 3. Manchester 4. U.C. 5. I.C. 6. Nottingham There were 28 e n t r i e s . Hockey—
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R.C.S. made sure o f a p l a c e i n t h e f i n a l o f t h e Tech. Cup f o r t h e 4th year i n s u c c e s s i o n by d e f e a t i n g G u i l d s 1-0 on Wed. 18th February. The score suggests a c l o s e game but i n f a c t R.C.S. were w e l l on top throughout and onl y bad f i n i s h i n g by t h e i r forwards kept t h e score down. These two teams are t o f i g h t out t h e F i n a l on t h e 18th March when another c l o s e s t r u g g l e i s expected. GUILDS
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I f any student i n h i s r u s h along t h e t u n n e l a t 9.57 on a w i n t e r ' s morning f o r g o t t o t u r n l e f t and mount t h e s t a i r s at t h e end of t h e t u n n e l , and went through t h e basement o f the post o f f i c e and under I m p e r i a l I n s t i t u t e Road, i n s t e a d , he would f i n d h i m s e l f a t t h e wrong end o f t h e c o l l e g e r i f l e range; t h e range b e i n g another p a r t o f t h e t u n n e l ( b u i l t f o r the 1851 e x h i b i t i o n ) t h a t went from t h e s t a t i o n t o t h e A l b e r t Hall. In t h i s part o f the t u n n e l , during shooting hours, the dlub members endeavour t o make h o l e s i n t h e r i g h t plaoee with pieces o f lead. So f a r t h i s yea r the c l u b has done very w e l l . I n the I n t e r - U n i v e r s i t y League t h e "A" i s top o f D i v n . I , at the moment, having won 3 and drawn 2 matches. They have 2 good teams t o shoot a g a i n s t y e t , however, Durham (the h o l d e r s ; and Aberdeen. The "B" team i s 5th i n Divn. I I , having won 3 and l o s t 3 matches. I n D i v n . I o f t h e I n t e r - C o l l e g i a t e League, the "A" team i s now 1 s t , thanks t o the "B" team c o n v e n i e n t l y b e a t i n g U.C. "A" - who had beaten our "A" team. The "B" team i s 3 r d ' i n Divn. I and t h e "C" team 3rd i n Divn. I I R
* w i t h acknowledgements t o B.R.E. p a s s a g e c a g l i a l a s t F e l i x . GolfThe G o l f i n g A s s o c i a t i o n i s c o n t i n u i n g w i t h i t s l o n g run of successes. Of t h e 21 matches played i n the l a s t t h r e e seasons, 18 have been won, 2 halved and one l o s t a g a i n s t S t . Thomas's H o s p i t a l l a s t year. Recent r e s u l t s have been two v i c t o r i e s a g a i n s t S t . Georgefe H o s p i t a l and one agains t U n i v e r s i t y College. F i n d i n g o u r s e l v e s w i t h a s m a l l space t o f i l l , i n the evening, S p o r t s E d i t o r Anderson was i n v i t e d t o compose an impromptu poem. H i s e f f o r t i s t o appear i n s e r i a l form. I thought Id w r i t e a sonnet here t h i s morning A l a s i t wouldnt come,all i n a f l a s h But suddenly, j u s t as the n i g h t was d-wning With space t o f i l l , I thought I d have a bash, But space i s not a3 l a r g e as you might t h i n k , 3 i r
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The Mines gave G u i l d s t h e i r worst s u r p r i s e packet o f the season when they defeated G u i l d s on Wed. 25th February. The score was not a t r u e r e f l e c t i o n of the game as the b a l l r a r e l y l e f t t h e Guilds h a l f o f the f i e l d . The shouts and p r i c k s of t h e i r s e n i o r p l a y e r s f a i l e d t o rouse the G u i l d s ' team t o any a p p r e c i a b l e e f f o r t , w h i l e t h e Mines demonstrated what a team w i t h a w i l l can achieve a g a i n s t heavy odds. Report by a Mines correspondent. -
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