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GUILDS R.C.S. IN THE
Members o f R.C.S. who walked past G u i l d ' s j u s t a f t e r lunch on 29th ».r.y were not s u r p r i s e d at t h e h o r r i b l e smell d r i f t i n g through the doors, f o r i t was known t h a t the Guilds were h o l d i n g t h e i r A.G.l!. and P r e s i d e n t i a l E l e c t i o n s ; and when you get several hundred of them together
1953.
C O L L E G E
SMELL SWIM
J U N E
TROUBLE
In the E l e c t i o n s , Ron George became P r e s i d e n t , and Tony G i l l V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , w i t h Edward J . T a y l o r Hon. Sec. A c l a y p i p e was presented t o i.ir. Selby, oldest e s t a b l i s h e d member o f the Union, l e a v i n g t h i s year. The previous day, i n the R.C.3.H.A .C-.U., Jim Anderson ha.d taken h i s p l a c e as new P r e s i d e n t amid tumultuous cheers, w i t h the new V i c e P r e s i d e n t , John Hathaway.
A f t e r the Union Meeting, G u i l d s assembled outside P h i l i p A l l s o p p , p r e s i d i n g over the meeting, s n i f f e d R.C.S. to s t a r t the F i e l d Cup Race. Each department had t c ••delicately -nd expressed the opinio n t h a t "Gentlemen, make a crown, and c a r r y i t i n p r o c e s s i o n i n a palanquin to jthcre i s a member of R.C.S. here somewhere." Mr. A l l s o p p , the Serpentine, where a w a i t i n g boat bore i t , l i k e Iting ' r e t i r i n g P r e s i d e n t , was presented, i n token of h i s s e r v i c e s , A r t h u r , to the other s i d e , thence to be disembarked and rushed t o K n i g h t s b r i d g e where Derek C r o s s l e y , d i s g u i s e d as w i t h two books. Lest worse b e f a l l , s u f f i c e i t to toy t h a t an Ex Eastern Monarch, was w a i t i n g to be crowned, seated of the;- were p r i n t e d i n E n g l i s h i n France, -nd are brut what None o f the boats sunk th course on the Coronation stone. you expect. t h i s year ( c . f . F i e l d Cup 1950), although a number of swimmers d i d t h e i r best to cause a maximum o f chaos, Chemical Engineers won f o r the f i r s t time ever, C i v i l s being second. Imperial C o l l e g e c e l e b r a t e d the Coronation i n i t s own way. A l a r g e contingent chose t o greet the Great Day from F o l l o w i n g the base i n s t i n c t of revenge, G u i l d s then , the e t r e e t s o f London, w i t h a heap o f papers under one arm, marched t o R.'C.S. A witness who was i n s i d e R.C.S. at the and t h o u t i n g " D a i l y H r . i l . Everest S p e c i a l Coronation Edition." Our r e p o r t e r , up a l l n i g h t , d e s c r i b e s the t h r i l l time t e l l s us, "The f i r s t s i g n that anything was wrong occurred when I •** t h e porter rush to the main door, and o f "being a l i n k i n the chai n which s t a r t e d w i t h a b r i e f I n a few minutes time i t became c l e a r t h a t the bar i t . w i r e l e s s message, then a youth w i t h a banner, running down a mountain t o the North o f Khatraondu, then another w i r e l e s s rabble o u t s i d e was i n a dangerous mood. We tried to 'message, then a p r i n t i n g p r e s s , then rae." Everybody i n the quieten thorn down with a hose p i p e , sticking out of the crowd was mad keen t o buy a paper - one lady bough' two dozen cloakroom window, but water pressure was low and we only suct o s i t on. The p o l i c e , brawny countrymen w i t h a g l o r i o u s ceeded i n w e t t i n g o u r s e l v e s . Then the G u i l d s discovered v a r i e t y o f accents were, o f course, n o t supposed t o read on t h a t they could enter R.C.S. by a side door, and in a few duty. N e v e r t h e l e s s , "Fold one up, son, and s l i p i t under Women minutes a d r e a d f u l scene was d i s p l a y e d b e f o r e me. my cape", was heard more than once. Another paper s e l l e r and c h i l d r e n were f l e e i n g along c o r r i d o r s h o t l y pursued by r e p o r t s how he entered a grandstand at Marble Arch at the ravaging hordes who brandished s p u r t i n g f i r e 6 a.m., s o l d a l l h i s papers, end decided t o stay t h e r e . extinguishers. G u i l d s a l s o managed t o get h o l d of a l a r g e A f t e r w a i t i n g seven hours a.steward came up and demanded to hose-pipe, and they used i t t o great advantage on the R.C.S. The i n e v i t a b l e happened and he watched the corpses which were l y i n g around. see h i s t i c k e t . The building was almost p r o c e s s i o n from a d r e a d f u l p o s i t i o n i n the s t r e e t . completely wrecked." A V.I.P. who was i n conference at t h e time i n R.C.S. i s The whole i d e a o f s e l l i n g newspapers was t o have enough understood .(FELIX Underground Hews S e r v i c e ) t o have s a i d , money t o go t o the B a l l . Excitement ran f e v e r h i g h , f o r "There must be some changes here." those who were i n the Union on Coronation Eve saw the And the soaking m u l t i t u d e s agreed. f r a n t i c and very noble e f f o r t s raa.de by a group of enthus i a s t s i n t r a n s f o r m i n g the Lounges, Gym., and D i n i n g H a l l i n t o a p p r o p r i a t e arenas. The t e n n i s c o u r t s too were equipped w i t h dance f l o o r s , f l o o d l i g h t i n g and beer garden.
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In connection with the FELIX exposure of a f i l a which (we alleged) l i b e l l e d R.C.S. (sea FELIX 45 ), after prolonged n e g o t i a t i o n s between t h e distributors of the f i l m and the Royal College of Science, a number of R.C.S. o f f i c i a l s have been invited to a private viewing of the film. The distributors claim that the film "Lost Hours" contains nothing which can be considered i n any way libellous. We await f u r t h e r developments with interest.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. So f o r , t h e r e are two%, f u l l y seconded nominations f o r I.C. P r e s i d e n t . Prior to the b a l l , a host o f very t a s t e f u l and w i t t y advertisements had appeared, and a specimen t i c k e t was shown. These tickets were master p i e c e s o f a r t and p r i n t ing, and the world flocked t o buy them. We were a l s o told that we were t o be allowed t o keep tnem,but t h a t , l e s t any vhould be used t w i c e , they were t o be franked on the back with "a specially made stamp." With Borne eagerness,'then,I handed i n my t i c k e t at midnight on Coronation Day, and i t was handed back t o me, stamped. And how delightful t o find t h a t the special stamp was a signature of I.C. Hon. Secretary W.P. Goss.' The rain made a mess of tenniB-court p l a n s , and the Union was very crowded, resulting i n a l i t t l e chaos, especially when several hundreds had t o stand for a quarter of an hour holding glasses of wine, waiting to toast t h e Queen. Mention should be made here of the Cad who set off a firework in the Upper Dining H a l l , causing wine to be • p i l l e d over many dresses. ^ The supper, fresh salaon or ham salad, and wine, was very good. In fact, a good time was had by a l l .
1. Iff.P. Goss, present Secretary of I.C. 2. J.S. Harding, present P r e s i d e n t of R.C.S. The e l e c t i o n of P r e s i d e n t , h e l d at the I.C. C o u n c i l I f the meeting on the day b e f o r e t h i s e d i t i o n appears. r e s u l t i s not stamped i n the space below, readers are e n t i t l e d t o complain t o the E d i t o r , who w i l l supply d e t a i l s .
FELIX
PROFILE J E F F
K E N Y O N .
A rare picture of the Best Dressed Man i n I.C. seen without a t i e .
Born i n 1928 at Darwen, tne youngest of a family of five Jeff, decided to prove that though last he would he by no means least. Known for his neat appearance - called The Squire or The Gentleman Miner - never being seen with a hair out of place i t i s said he even carries a comb i n his pyjamasiand that h i s electric raior i s always i n h i s pocket. Smooth though his appearance i s , with his powers o f concentration and willingness to turn h i s hand to anything, he has made a success of almos everything he has done. Not least i s this shown i n the Sporting world, his successes at school - Wrekin College, Wellington - where he played i n the f i r s t team of every b a l l game, captaining Cricket, Squash and Fives are shadowed by his career at I.C. Entering the Mines i n 1946 he has a B.Sc.. (Mining) and a B.So. (Mining Geology) and i s at the moment studying f o r a Ph.D. Whilst here he has represented the University at Rugger and Squash (Purple), I.C. at Tennis, Squash, Cricket, R.S.M. at Hockey, Soccer etc. Winning the Individual Squash Championship for 6 years i n succession, Jeff, also won t h e Tennis Championship the f i r s t year he entered and this year he has won the Shove-Half-Penny Competition also reaching In 1948 he claimed t o the f i n a l of the Darts Tournament. have won tha Golf Championship finishing i n two strokes less than the winner though he tore his card up i n disgust at t h e ninth hole. Outside College he has played for the East Lancashire Club at Cricket, his favourite and best sport, representing the Lancashire League on Tour together with such notables as Constantine, Pope and Jim Smith of England and Middlesex fame. Jeff's talents are not confined to the Sporting f i e l d • his mime of G i g l i singing "The Barber of Seville" at t h e President's B a l l i n 1952 w i l l long be remembered together with his Sand dance at this years Mines Carnival. A staunch supporter of Lancashire he follows closely the fortunes of the Duchy - his dialect stories being known to many. Being a Mining Engineer J e f f , has large interests abroad and at the moment these are centred i n South Africa. I f J e f f , teaves college t h i s year his friendliness, companionship and good nature w i l l be missed by many people, hot t h e l e a s t o f tUe.se v a i l be h i - opponents or. this Sjicrting field.
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N E W S L E T T E R
Welfare TEe Empire S t a t e B u i l d i n g i s going t o i n s t a l a p l a t f o r m on t h e 98th f l o o r l e v e l f o r t h e b e n e f i t of p e o p l e f e d up w i t h l i f e . S p e c i a l arrangements a r e b e i n g made t o ensur e t h a t l o n g queueing w i l l n o t be n e c e s s a r y . P r a c t i s e jumps under e x p e r t guidanoe w i l l be g i v e n from t h e 1 s t f l o o r windows. Arrangements a r e a l s o b e i n g made so t h a t t h e customer can c o l l e c t h i s i n s u r a n c e check as he p a s s e s t h e 67th f l o o r and pay t h e u n d e r t a k e r when p a s s i n g the 19th. The scheme i s t o come i n t o o p e r a t i o n as soon as a s u f f i c i e n t number o f p e o p l e have r e g i s t e r e d . Students The Nevada S t u d e n t s ' U n i o n has oomplained t o P r e s i d e n t E i s e n h o w e r about t h e f r e q u e n t d i s t u r bances caused by A-homb e x p l o s i o n s on the Y u c c a Flats. A t h l 9 t e s have complained t h a t s e v e r a l f a l s e s t a r t s i n r a c e s o c c u r due t o c o n f u s i o n between t h e sound o f the t a c t i c a l A-bomb and t h e sound o f a s t a r t i n g gun. A n g l e r s and l o v e r s c o m p l a i n t h a t v i c t i m s on t h e p o i n t o f b e i n g hooked a r e soared away, never t o r e t u r n a g a i n . Other The U n i o n c o m p l a i n t s a r e a l s o coming i n . r e q u e s t s t h a t e x p l o s i o n s s h o u l d be a r r a n g e d o n l y e a r l y i n t h e m o r n i n g , n o t over weekends. Fashion T&e f a v o u r i t e shade f o r g i r l s ' summer d r e s s e s t h i s y e a r i s c a l l e d McCarthy Red. One s i d e o f the o l o t h i s p r i n t e d with designs i n that c o l o u r . The d r e s s i s o r d i n a r i l y worn w i t h t h e white s i d e showing. I n d o o r s , however, t h e owner may t u r n i t i n s i d e out and wear i t . A l l s a l e s of the text i l e s and c l o t h e s made from them must be r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c u r i t y Department. L i p s t i c k and n a i l enamel i s a l s o a v a i l a b l e i n t h i s shade. From - A l a b a s t e r Crooke
H Y D R O L Y S E D P R O T E I N !2-6°/o. Ask anybody what a Gruyere Is and t h e y w i l l t e l l you i t i s a 60° s e c t o r o f a d i s c o f creamy cheese s p r e a d wrapped i n s i l v e r paper. Or "words to t h a t e f f e c t , w i t h wo mention o f the waxy, s u b t i l e cheese w i t h the b i g h o l e s i n t h a t s e l l s f o r Gruyere i n F r a n c e . I can see no end t o t h i s s o r t o f t h i n g ; a r t i f i c i a l , s y n t h e t i c , processed f a c t o r y made s u b s t i t u t e s n o t o n l y competing w i t h the r e a l a r t i c l e , but assuming i t s v e r y name. We f i n d i t w i t h o u r cheese, o u r c o f f e e , our w i n e s . All is " p r o c e s s e d " , " s p e c i a l l y combined w i t h " , " s p e c i a l l y b l e n d e d " , "homogenised", " c o n s i s t e n s l z e d " , "de- . caffeinated." (I c o u l d even b r i n g i n the N a t i o n ' s D a i l y ' r e a d , hut s i n c e I have n e v e r gone b e r s e r k on a g e n i s e d f l o u r , n o r found m y s e l f e x a c t l y a package o f c o n c e n t r a t e d energy on whole wheat f l o u r I f e e l incompetent to comment). The d i s t r e s s i n g s i d e t o t h i s b u s i n e s s i s t h e way i t i s i n c r e a s i n g , and i t i n c r e a s e s by a p p e a l i n g t o the b a s e s t i n s t i n c t i n man - h i s damned laziness. Our f a c t o r y - f r e s h f o o d p r o d u c t s , d i s s o l v e i n s t a n t l y , spread smoothly, are lump-free, scum-free, r e q u i r e no b o i l i n g , s t r a i n i n g , o v e r n i g h t standing. I f we are t o f o l l o w o u r c o u s i n s ( o r " b r o t h e r s " , "comrades", " f r i e n d s " , ) a c r o s s the A t l a n t i c , we s h a l l soon have o u r ( s p e c i a l l y compounded s t r a i g h t - f r o a - t h e - c h u r i i f u l l y f l a v o u r e d r a d i o - c o l o r - e n r i c h e d ) cheese s p r e a d ready c u t i n generous mouth-melting s l i c e s , ' ready f o r o u r K r i s p a B i s k a Rusks. We s h a l l have a S o l v o - P r o n t o T e a p r o d u c t ( c a l l e d N e f t e e o r something s i m i l a r ) , w h i c h w i l l e l i m i n a t e t h a t tlme-and-energ'y-wast i n g chore o f making t e a i n p o t s . No need t o c a l c u l a t e t » n * lp I n s t e a d we j u s t add b o i l i n g w a t e r t o a spoonful'.' o f the aroma-sealed powder i n the oup. And so ad. i n f . But we t r a d i t i o n a l i s t s ( I assume you a r e a l l w i t h me) can f i n d some hope f o r the f u t u r e . That « these B l e n d e r s and F r e s h - P a c k e r s have a d e e p l y i n g r a i n e d i n f e r i o r i t y complex i s o b v i o u s . What do t h e y c o n t i n u a l l y harp on i n t h e i r e n t r e a t i e s ? F i r s t l y t h e i r p r o d u c t s a r e t e r r i b l y e a s y t o use and s e c o n d l y t h e y c o n t a i n a c c u r a t e l y known q u a n t i t i e s o f the most amazing components. These a r e u s u a l l y g i v e n us i n a f o r m u l a (hence my t i t l e ) g i v i n g "condensed f u l l - c r e a m m i l k s o l i d s k%, h y d r o l y z e d p r o t e i n B%, h a p h a z a r d l y a s s o r t e d t i e r t f i n s Cfi, p r e s e r v a t i v e D%, oolor-ing m a t t e r NIL" e t c e t e r a . Our p r o d u c t s do n o t need t h i s s o r t o f t h i n g . Real s h e r r y , u n l i k e L i v e r p o o l - s t y l e p o r t t y p e made i n E n g l a n d , does n o t need t o t e l l us I t s p r e c i s e proportion of alcohol. I t i s i n t h i s i t c h o f the B l e n d e r s t o J u s t i f y themselves a t a l l c o s t s t h a t we can see t h e i r sense o f i n s e c u r i t y . (We can see the same t h i n g i n h i s t o r y - G i n and Rum i n v a r i a b l y , g i v e us i n f o r m a t i o n about d e g r e e s o f p r o o f s o i r l t . ' and t h e y are r e l a t i v e u p s t a r t s - but dons our orandy o r o u r l i q u e u r t r o u b l e t o t e l l ub t h i s s o r t Of t h i n g ? ) . r n e r e I s however an answer t o o u r ^ilenrntu A d v e r t i s i n g s a l e s a p p e a l i n the f l a s h y manner "SEE the g r o c e r c u t t h a t s l i c e o f d e l i c i o u s , s u b t l e f l a v o r e d GruyeSre s p e c i a l l y F r e n c h - made f o r YOU'. The o n l y cheese w i t h the g r e a t b i g h u m i d i t y freshening holes i n i t . Refuse a d u l t e r a t e d p r o cessed substitutes'." Or how about - "Gorganzola; the o n l y cheese w i t h N a t u r e ' s own m i r a c l e - working c h l o r o p h y l l ; c h l o r o p h y l l not only k i l l s unwanted o d o r s , but f o r t i f i e s the d e l i c i o u s aroma s t r a i g h t from the I t a l i a n p l a i n s . " "Buy r e a l coffee; no d u s t y powder t o d i s s o l v e ; you SOAK o u r Nature's own s t i m u l a t i n g r e f r e s h i n g compounds, and t h a t f u l l f l a v o r w h i c h you o n l y g e t i n REAL c o f f e e grains." L e t ' s go i n t o the b a r and get a wood-aromasealed, i n s t a n t l y drinkable f l a v o r - f u l l glass of r e a l E n g l i s h b e e r s h a l l we? EDDIE. P.S. The Times wouldn't p r i n t t h i s f o r f e a r o f a l i e n a t i n g commercial i n t e r e s t s . Only FELIX can g i v e you the s t r a i g h t - f r o m - t h e - h o r s e s - m o u t h lowdown on m a t t e r s o f p u b l i c and c o l l e g e i n t e r e s t ; o n l y FELIX has the courage o f i t s c o n v i c t i o n s , and c o n v i c t i o n s w h i c h a r e n o t mere p r e j u d i c e s . Order y o u r f i r s t - o f - t h e - t e r m copy NOW t o a v o i d d i s a p pointment.
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As the s e s s i o n draws r a p i d l y t o a c l o s e , we begin t o t h i n k of the sum.-r.er h o l i d a y s } some o f you might s t i l l be i n the t h i c k of exams, and as yet unable t o dream away your t i n e . While we are a l l l o o k i n g eagerly ahead, a quick glance backwards i n time w i l l do a l o t t o encourage us. I n s p o r t s , the triumphs of I.C. are s t i l l f r e s h i n our memory. Amongst o u r s e l v e s , Guilds took the l i o n ' s share of the v a r i o u s a t h l e t i c C u p s — a p i t y nerhaps, but t h e r e i t i s . For the people without two l e f t feeo, the t h r e e C a r n i v a l s — . F i e s t a , Nightmare, Gold Hush-- together w i t h the Coronation B a l l provided e x c e l l e n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s . We ourselves remember the FELIX b i r t h d a y Dance v i v i d l y . Though Nov. 5th was considered by many t o be too g e n t l e , a l l i t s shortcomings were more than wiped out by the V i c t o r i a rag. A f t e r a l l the t e a r s shed i n November, a f t e r laments about "successive P r e s i d e n t s p r e s e n t i n g the Union w i t h f a i t s accompli", i t was a worthy demonstration t h a t t h e r e i s s t i l l some s p i r i t l e f t i n I.C., t h a t we are s t i l l capa b l e of energetic Rags. I n January came t h e momentous announcement t h a t I.C. i s t o be expanded t o roughly double i t s present s i z e . Though t h i s w i l l take t i m e , we must s t a r t t h i n k i n g now about our f u t u r e s t r e n g t h , f o r i t i s going t o have c o n s i d e r a b l e e f f e c t s on t h e running o f t h e Union. Well, a l l that i s past. We hope you have pleasant h o l i d a y s i n many l a n d s , and r e t u r n to the Union f u l l of new ideas and energy; a l s o , we hope, something t o feed FELIX. I f t h i s i s your f i n a l year, may we d i s c r e e t l y remind you t h a t FELIX w i l l keep you i n touch w i t h I.C. wherever you go? FELIX i s now f e e l i n g s l e e p y , and f o r once he can a f f o r d t o r e l a x , t o i g n o r e t h e goings-on. J u s t hear h i * purr . . .
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The A. G. II. of I . C. Union was h e l d on 11th June, with not many people present . ~ i e f i r s t important matter was t h e r e j e c t i o n by the Union o f a Motion f o r sending n I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e t o the Bucharest F e s t i v a l . On a show o f hands, the Motive was defeated by a small m a j o r i t y , but t h e meeting d i d not d i v i d e , s i n c e the P r e s i d e n t announced t h a t a m a j o r i t y of 100 would have been needed t o pass i t . P r e s e n t i n g h i s Report f o r t h e year, the P r e s i d e n t , t a l k i n g about proposed expansions, s a i d , "The Student P r e s i d e n t s were given the opportunit y of s t a t i n g t h e i r - we hope - r e p r e s e n t a t i v e views on necessary Union and r e s i d e n t i a l accommodation, t o the Governing Body. As a r e s u l t we have an undertaking t h a t the a d d i t i o n of two e x t r a f l o o r s t o t h i s b u i l d i n g i s viewed only as p r o v i d i n g the e x t r a space necessary f o r the present number of students and w i l l not p r e j u d i c e the f u l l e r scheme proposed. T h i s a d d i t i o n should commence some time a f t e r next E a s t e r . The l a r g e scheme we suggested should i n c l u d e accommodation i n not too large Halls of Residence f o r a minimum of 1000 students." E l e c t i o n s t o I . C. Union C o u n c i l made at the meeting were: R.C.S. M i s s J . F i n d l a t e r ; A.V.S. de Reuck. Guilds. G.M. G i l l e t t j M.J. Neale. R.S.M. W.S.
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_., The E d i t o r wishes t o express h i s thanks t o the s t a f f of FELIX f o r t h e i r e x c e l l e n t work. In p a r t i c u l a r , N i g e l Benson who has spent many hours s t e n c i l l i n g h e a d l i n e s , P e t e r Clewer who helped us out w i t h photographs although he r e t i r e d from t h e Board l a s t term, Buster Deacon of unl i m i t e d a r t i s t i c i n s p i r a t i o n , P h i l Purser a tower of s t r e n g t h as P r o d u c t i o n Manager, Jim Anderson, next years R.C.S. P r e s i d e n t w i t h l i t t l e enough time t o spare a l r e a d y , who has served as Sports E d i t o r . Thanks a l s o t o the l e s s s p e c t a c u l a r jobs of A B. B l a k e , ( A d v e r t i s i n g Manager), Stan Wardle ( T r e a s u r e r ) , E l i z a b e t h B l y d e n s t e i n ( S e c r e t a r y ) , P e t e r L i l o y (Coming Events E d i t o r ) , K i k e P i g g o t t ( C i r c u l a t i o n Manager).
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HEWS MISCELLEHY Geoff. G i l l e t t has been elected U.L. A t h l e t i c Chairman for the next session. Brian Fenhoulst says he brought f o u r ( d r i n k i n g ) bars to the Mines Carnival, and oould f i n d only two a f t e r i t was a l l over. He suspects t h a t someone mistook them f o r g i r l s and walked away with them. Please r e t u r n f o r t h w i t h he i s very thirsty. B. D. Smith i s next year's U.L. Derek Hughes i s Rugger Vice-Capt.
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Mike Piggott denies t h a t he i s t a k i n g out an expedition to try and scale the Sinkiang mountains, some of them said to be t a l l e r than E v e r e s t . The FELIX S o c i e t y r e p o r t e r spent Coronation Day sipping c o c k t a i l s end l o c k i n g at T.V. i n the t.'oorchester. A waiter i n a hurr y s p i l l e d a t r a y of d r i n k s over him. Cur r e p o r t e r remained calm and u n r u f f l e d , h i s only comment' being "Thank heavens they were a l l dry Martirtis". ',000 students are e n r o l l i n g , on the average, at the Law .faculty of P a r i s U n i v e r s i t y every year; however, only 800 students graduate from t h i s F a c u l t y per year (by o b t a i n i n g S i m i l a r r a t i o s of students said graduates the " l i c e n c e " ) . p r e v a i l at the P h i l o s o p h i c a l and M e d i c a l F a c u l t i e s of the University. (Le F i g a r o , Paris) "Studium generale" l e c t u r e s at Wagenlngen have so f a r been attended, on the average, by f i v e t o s i x students only. It i s envisaged t o s h i f t these l e c t u r e s t o morning hours, as o b v i o u s l y the competition of other events i s too strong Ln the evenings. (WageningB Hogeschoolblad, V/ageningen). The name of the N a t i o n a l Union of Students, formerly the Federacion E s t u d i a n t a l de N i aragua, has been changed recently to the Unid*n N a c i o n a l de E s t u d i a n t e s . (Information. Bulletin, C o o r d i n a t i n g S e c r e t a r i a t ) lecturer: I.e. " Ion men s h o u l d work .'-.ring e f s e r o i s e a t •night, " (Dsv
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E. M. Hughes, Chairman of the A.C.C. had an enviabl e job at the I.C. U.A.G.U. when he d e l i v e r e d h i s Report, f o r Session 1952-53 has been the g r e a t e s t even i n the h i s t o r y of I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e Sport. Ten U.L. Cups have been won. Hr. Hughes d e a l t w i t h the i n c r e a s i n g support of U.L. Sport by I.C. He regarded i t as good p o l i c y , p o i n t i n g out the experience i t g i v e s , as w e l l as the opportunity of being spotted by County s e l e c t o r s . The R i f l e Club are e x c e p t i o n a l , i n not p r o v i d i n g men f o r U.L., since i f they did the U.L. R i f l e team would be the same as the I.C. team. E n t e r i n g i n the I n t e r U n i v e r s i t y R i f l e Championships, I.C. won, as w e l l as winning t h e U.L. League Trophy. At the opposite extreme, another team w i t h a b r i l l i a n t record i s the Boxing Club, w i t h one c a n c e l l e d match to their credit. The opponents, of course, were the d e f a u l t e r s Hockey, weakened by having 5 men i n the U.L.team, were only once a b l e t o t u r n out t h e i r strongest team. They f a i l e d i n the Cup s e m i - f i n a l , c a s u a l t i e s of o v e r l o y a l t y t o U.L. Rugger, permanent custodians of the U.L. Cup, scored 62 p o i n t s , w i t h 6 against them i n t h i s year's competition. On t h e morning of t h e Cup F i n a l an I.C. " f i r s t team" j u s t missed winning the U n i v e r s i t y 7-a-side tournament. The Boat Club are i n the middle of a very a i c c e s s f u l . ason, and are considered t o have a chance i n the Thames Cup at Henley. Fourth i n the Head of the R i v e r , they have now embexked on a s u c c e s s f u l pot-hunting t o u r of th© summer Regattas. T h e i r successes are too numerous t o r e l a t e . Squash, s i n n i n g 27 out of 20 matches, are at t h e i r zenith. At Torquay i n t h e i r West Country Tour they beat a team c o n s i s t i n g of a n England p l a y e r , 3 County p l a y e r s , and another. Cross Country and A t h l e t i c s have both p u l l e d i n t h e i r quota of U.L. Cups, they are e c l i p s e d by the Women'n Sports Clubs, whose successes have been honoured by the announcement t h a t Miss Janet F i n d l a t e r has been i n v i t e d t o j o i n B r i t i s h U n i v e r s i t i e s i n the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Sports i n Germany t h i s summer. G o l f , not mentioned i n Mr. Hugheta summary, have been beaten t h r e e times i n 25 matches. A good season.
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I w i s h t o draw t h a a t t e n t i o n of thm mmheta of I.G.Unim to t h a g r o s s l y u n f a i r and a l t o g e t h e r I n s u l t i n g way i n which the «lasti<ais «P the I.G.Jresidon t i s b e i n g c a r r i e d out t h i s j w . I s h o u l d e x p l a i n t h a t I am the proposer of W.F. (Welly) tan, f o r tha pout mentioned and I s h a l l say a t the o u t s e t t h a t I tmvw v a r y good reascsss f o r doing so. W a l l y has been i n anooeaalva y e a r * S e c r e t a r y and Chairman of the I.C. A t h l e t i o Clubs 0\ i t t e e , i s t h i s year's S e c r e t a r y of t h e Enico, and i s S e c r e t a r y o f TJ.L.Seoo«r C l u b . A l s o , he was Hon.Secretary I.C.A.F.C. 1950-51, on the H o s t e l R e s i d e n t s Committee from 1951^-52 and 1952-53, and Deputy Chairman U.L.A.C. 1952-53. H© has had, therefor®, ample experience of Union a f f a i r s - why then t h e unpleasantness of the pant few days? I s h a l l enumerate the reasons whic h I have been g i v e n and s y answers, ( l ) Although tha m a j o r i t y o f h i a opponents l i k e hist p e r s o n a l l y , they do not t h i n k t h a t he would make a good p r e s i d e n t - t h i s i s not a concrete reason, i t i s o n l y a matter of o p i n i o n and mine d i f f e r s . (2) Be spends too much time d o i n g U.L.Soccer Club business - I as a Eugby Club man and an s u f f i c i e n t l y broad minded t o admit t h a t Soccer i s a l s o a good gao» and worthy o f v e r y a c t i v e support. (3) H i s e l i g i b i l i t y t o stand whan nomina t e d - t a l l y was, on the 11th June, a f u l l member of I.C. Union and t h e r e f o r e e l i g i b l e . There has been a l o t o f a^wValtngint a l s o which, by i t s very n a t u r e , i s not worth r e p e a t i n g . I t i s my o p i n i o n , however, t h a t W a l l y i s unp o p u l a r i n c e r t a i n o i r c l e s because he i s not the type t o say "yes" j u s t because everybody e l s e does. Having, t o my mind, amply j u s t i f i e d my p r o p o s a l , I • h a l l o u t l i n e the v e r y q u e s t i o n a b l e "goings oa" i n what, i n my o p i n i o n can o n l y he d e s c r i b e d as the "Anybody feat W a l l y f o r P r e s i d e n t " campaign. The e l e c t o r ! * ! n o t i o n **» put up a f u l l s i x t e e n days b e f o r e the U t h Juo*, m& i t had typed on i t t h a t the noH&n&tien l i s t would clows a t 5 p.m, on t h a t day. However,the Lords of the Union had no "pet" Candidato en the c r u c i a l day so, a l t h o u g h W a l l y -mm f u l l y proposed and seconded, they a l t e r e d , f a n " o l e a l n g d a t e t o Tuesday, 16th June, ( I put i t t o y«a t h a t t h e r e can be no o t h e r reason f o r d o i n g t h i s ) . StSa. a l t e r a t i e m was made j u s t JKPTEK t h a Union Annual General H s o t i a g (were the Powers t h a t Be A f r a i d of awkward e^Mtiena?) The reason g i v e n f o r t h i s a c t i o n i s t h a t they have i n t e r p r e t e d a vague passage i n I.C.U.Bye-Lawa kh "not l o s s than 2 days' passage") t o M a n t h a t they were e n t i t l e d t o do s o . I put i t t o you t h a t i t ww not a c o i n c i d e n c e t h a t the Lords d i s c o v e r e d t h i s era the 11th June a f t e r a l l , the n o t i c e had been up a f u l l lt> fays! A seoond candidate has bean proposed a f u l l day a f t e r the a d v e r t i s e d c l o s i n g date and I put on r e c o r d a • t * w t c o b j e c t i o n t o t h e i r i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f the passage aeatloaod. I t i s the h a b i t of lawyers i n t h i s c o u n t r y t o baao t h e i r arguments on p r e v i o u s r a l i n g a i n s i m i l a r oases I s h a l l do the same. F i r s t read C & C A r t i o l o a o f C o n s t i t u t i o n , page 6 " a t l e a s t one woe*" passage. In e f f a o t , b o t h r e f e r e n c e s I have mado swan t h a t the newineo afea.ll he proposed and f u l l y sooonded a t l e a s t a c e r t a i n time b e f o r e the e l e c t i o n . Now l e t me r e f r e s h your minds, o r t e l l yon about the G u i l d s e l e c t i o n s ef o n l y a y e a r ago. The nomination l i s t was due t o oloho a t 5 p.m. on & F r i d a y f o r e l e c t i o n s a weok hence l a t h i s case a l s o , the Lords were unable t o got a " s a t i s f a c t o r y " candidate t o stand IN TIME - but the l i s t olooed. Being of an i n q u i s i t i v e n a t u r e , I asked a L o r d whs.* tha p o s i t i o n was m& h i s answer was q u i t s d e f i n i t e ther e was, a c c o r d i n g t o the C o n s t i t u t i o n , NO CASE AT ALL f a r p u t t i n g up a candidate a f t e r the c l o s i n g t i n t on the c l o s i n g day. An i n t e r e s t i n g p o i n t , here, i s t h a t the l i s t was c l o s e d when one candidate was not f u l l y seconded h i s second sooondsr a r r i v e d a few minutes a f t e r 5 p.m. A t the Union Meeting a t which the e l e c t i o n s were h e l d , the progoJMra o f the o t h e r two candidates were ASKED i f t h e y had any o b j e c t i o n t o the o t h e r " i r r e g u l a r * nomination, and, f i n a l l y , the Union a m b e r s wero iwiked t o accept the excuse o f the second seconder t h a t he a r r i v e d l a t a dua t o t r a n s p o r t t r o u b l e o r something. Front the oaso quoted above I can o n l y conclude t h a t the a l t e r a t i o n o f the c l o s i n g time of t h i s y e a r ' s I . C . e l e c t i o n i s out of o r d e r and t h a t the l i s t d i d a c t u a l l y o l e s e a t 5 p.m. on June 11th, I c o n s i d e r t h a t t h e whole "date a l t e r i n g " b u s i n e s s i s a q u e s t i o n a b l e "frame up" which i s not l e g s ! w i t h i n our Union C o n s t i t u t i o n , and a t h i n g t o be deplored by a l l tha Union nessbera - whether f o r Wally o r not. A p o i n t whioh I f e e l more s t r o n g l y about, however, i s t h a t the whole s o r d i d b u s i n e s s amounta t o n o t h i n g l e s s than a p u b l i c i n s u l t t o W a l l y f o r no b e t t e r reasons than "matters o f o p i n i o n " - a tM.Bg whioh does not f a l l w i t h i n my code o f decency. Two more p o i n t s which should be recorded, b o t h of which s w e l l o f h i g h pswerod d i r t y work - whether d i r t y work was i n t e a i a d o r n o t . The f i r s t p o i n t i s that I , as T a l l y ' s p r e ^ e s e r , was not asked whether I had any o b j e c t i o n em b e h a l f o f my c a n d i d a t e , t o the " date-*!terin«5* - I was l e f t to f i n d eat myself. The second p o i n t has f a r more s e r i o u s i m p l i o a t i a a a . I s t r e s s hare t h a t I o n l y suspect t h i s t e ha t n M , a l t h o u g h ray grounds f o r s u s p i c i o n a r e v a r y s t r o n g *
Dm d e c i s i o n t o c a r r y out the "date a l t e r i n g " M i s t have boss wade b e f o r e t h e Annual G e n e r a l Meeting,because the business was mentioned t o Wally ( v e r y i n d e l i c a t e ) as soon as the Meeting was over. The dates wore then a l t e r e d , unknown t o s». My sneaking s u s p i c i o n than i s t h a t I have been " s i l e n c e d " . I am not a member of the Union C o u n c i l , so t h a t I cannot v o i c e my o p i n i o n s t h e r e , except by l e t t e r and where would t h a t get me when the C o u n c i l , I suspect, i s h o p e l e s s l y biased? The o n l y way then i n whioh I c o u l d have v o i c e d my o p i n i o n i n p u b l i c before the e l e c t i o n s would have been a t t h e A.G.M. - and I was not t o l d o f t h a date a l t e r i n g d e c i s i o n , so t h a t I c o u l d not ask q u e s t i o n s . However, I do not intend, t o s t a n d back and w i t n e s s a grass i n s u l t t o W a l l y - hence t h i s l e t t e r t o F e l i x . Unfortoaatol y , F e l i x w i l l n o t be on s a l e u n t i l a f t e r t h e e l e c t i o n s , otherwise I s h o u l d have had another means of s t a t i n g a y ease* I have heard much d i s c u s s i o n from W a l l y ' a opponents about the wording on page kk o f the I.C.Union Bye-Laws,, but why d i s c u s s more wording when t h e r e i s an obvious breach of the C o n s t i t u t i o n s t a r i n g them i n the f a c e ? There i s w r i t t e n i n b l a c k and w h i t e a passage w h i c h moans t h a t t h a P r e s i d e n t s h a l l be e l e c t e d before t h a 12th June each y e a r - these e l e c t i o n s w i l l a c t be h o l d u n t i l 13th Juno. WILL THREE BE AN I.C. HRESIBENT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SESSION? Tours disgustedly , D.H.WALTERS. P r e s i d e n t I.C.Union t o E d i t o r , FELIX June 15th. Dear S i r , I am g r a t e f u l t o Mr Walters f o r g i v i n g me t h e oppo r t u n i t y o f seeing h i s l e t t e r and o f r e p l y i n g t o i t imaediately. The j o i n t meeting o f C o u n c i l was delayed t o June 1 8 t h , s i x days l a t e r t h a n the c o n s t i t u t i o n a l d a t e , p r i n c i p a l l y because o f t h a Coronation C e l e b r a t i o n s j+.his i s u n f o r t unate, but would not seem t o be r e l e v a n t t o the controvers y over e l e o t i o a s . The nomination l i s t should have gone up 14 days before t h e j o i n t C o u n o i l Meeting and should have come down 2 days before t h e meeting. The turtles was i n f a c t put up f o r convenience w i t h t h s e t h e r nomination sheets on 27th May. Nevertheless I decided t h a t nominations should ho accepted up t o 2 days b e f o r e t h e m e e t i n g . ( C o n s t i t u t i o n * Paragraph 7 ) . The proposer o f any other nominee would i n f a c t have had t h e strongest grounds f o r complaint had t h a n o t i s s been t a k e n down e a r l y . T h i s d e c i s i o n i n v o l v e d a l t e r a t i o n e f t h e n o t i c e , whioh was done a f t e r c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h t h s Sear o t a r y , and should i n courtesy have been oommunicated t o Mr Walters as proposer o f a p r e s i d e n t i a l candidate. T h i s was not done, an omission f o r which I have a l r e a d y a p o l o g i s e d i a p r i v a t e t o Mr Walters and now w i s h t o do i n p u b l i c By t h e time t h i s l e t t e r i s p u b l i s h e d a d e c i s i o n oa t h i s matter w i l l have been reached by C o u n o i l and t h e e l e c t ion c a r r i e d o u t , and I t r u s t t h a t any r u l i n g by t h i s e l e c t e d body w i l l have t h e f u l l support e f t h a Union. Tours f a i t h f u l l y , , R.A.B.MAOFIE. President. D.R.Walters t o E d i t o r , FELIX June 15th. Dear S i r , I a l s o an g r a t e f u l t o Mr Maofie f o r g i v i n g aa t h e opportunity o f seeing h i s l e t t e r and o f r e p l y i n g t o i t imme d i a t e l y and f o r agreeing f o r m* t o have t h e " l a s t word". I a l s o t a k e o f f ay h a t , i n p u b l i o , t o t h e e t h e r p r e s i d e n t i a l proposer f o r p r e v e n t i n g a v e r y embarrassing s i t u a t i o n . E v e r y t h i n g mentioned i n Ron's l e t t e r has i t s answer i n my o r i g i n a l e p i s t l e but I would l i k e t o s t r e s s one p o i n t . Ron has decided t o aot s t r i c t l y a c c o r d i n g t o t h e wording o f one p a r t o f t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n ( h i s i n t e r p r e t a t i o n ) so I contend t h a t he should aot s t r i c t l y aocording t o t h s whole C o n s t i t u t i o n , i . e . t h e P r e s i d e n t s h a l l be e l e c t e d before 12th. June. T h i s l o a v e s a l a r g e query i n my mind as t o t h e v a l i d i t y o f next Thursday's e l e c t i o n s . I should a l s o l i k e to repeat my p r e v i o u s statement t h a t i t was r a t h e r i n d e l i c ate t o mention t h i s "date a l t e r i n g " b u s i n e s s t o Welly b e f o r e i t was mentioned t o a e . Before I c l o s e I should l i k e t o s t r e s s t h a t a l t h o n gh no punches have been p u l l e d i n t h i s matter the whole busi n e s s has been conducted i n a v e r y f r i e n d l y Banner. There have been l o n g d i s c u s s i o n s but they have never been heated and t h e r e has been no l o s s o f temper. However, I remain, Tours as b e f o r e , D.R.WALTERS. Dear S i r , . . . . . Having come t o the Autumn o f my academic c a r e e r , and being desirou s o f r e s t i n g s. w h i l e ere Duty c a l l s , I f i n d i t extremely n e r v e - r a c k i n g , when dozing i n the lounge, t o be woken by n o i s y c h i l d r e n . I t i s '.veil known t h a t b r i d g e i s a rowdy game, and an e x c i t i n g one, but some o f our e n t h u s i a s t s overstep the mark at times. Recently another disturbance has been caused by. f l a n n e l l e d f o o l s at the r a d i o r e c e i v e r , anxious t o hear t h e l a t est from the Test i n the loudest p o s s i b l e volume. May I a p p e a l , S i r , on b e h a l f o f the opressed m i n o r i t y i n the lounge, f o r a l i t t l e o f the quietness which one expects to f i n d t h e r e ? Tours e t c . , "Pro Bono Whatsitsnaaa."
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Photo by P.K.N.Ward. W E D D I N G On S a t u r d a y , 23rd May, Mr. N e i l Blackmore was m a r r i e d t o M i s s J a c q u e l i n e Cohen a t the H o l y T r i n i t y Church, P r i n c e Consort Road. The r e c e p t i o n was h e l d a t the C r o f t o n H o t e l . The Croons, aged 24, i s a well-known, second y e a r ohemist, and, a t p r e s e n t , h o l d s the p o s i t i o n o f p r e s i d e n t o f t h e L i t . and Deb. Soc. The B r i d e , aged 22, i s an a c t r e s s f o r the Croydon R e p e r t o r y Company. They f i r s t met l a s t summer v a c a t i o n i n the bedspread department o f S e l f r i d g e s where t h e y were b o t h w o r k i n g f o r a l i v i n g ! They w i l l , u n t i l the summer, be d w e l l i n g i n L a n c a s t e r Gate, and t h e n go f o r a honeymoon i n S w i t z e r l a n d . A f t e r the wedding t h e y o n l y t o o k a weekend i n F o l k e s t o n e due t o p r e s s u r e o f exams. For t h e b e n e f i t o f the l a d i e s , the B r i d e wore (as f a r as the c o r r e s p o n d e n t can remember) a w h i t e wedding d r e s s w i t h a net v e i l . The two B r i d e s m a i d s (aged 21 and Si) wore v a r y i n g shades of blue. The p r i n c i p a l men were r e s p l e n d e n t i n morning d r e s s ! An e x c e l l e n t r e c e p t i o n was given a f t e r w a r d s a t which the B e s t Man was k i s s e d by the e l d e r but not the younger B r i d e s m a i d . The happy p a i r were sent on t h e i r way t o the s t a t i o n i n a oar whose d e c o r a t i o n s r i v a l l e d t h o s e f o r t h e Coronation. A r e a l l y e n j o y a b l e wedding; a l l b e s t wishes t o N e i l and J a c q u i J Hugh C. G r i g g .
SUMMER TERM 1953 1/6 • The l a t e s t PH023IX i s the best f o r strae time. Buy i t . I f you -re l o o k i n g f o r as much humour or i n t e r e s t as you Can get from l/6d. worth of Punch, then you w i l l be disappointed . PHOENIX cannot and does not pretend t o l i t e r a r y eminence; i t p r o v i d e s a t r a i n i n g ground f o r young s c i e n t i s t s who need a medium of s e l f expression. That s c i e n t i s t s need t o express themselves i s i n c o n t r o v e r t i b l e , and i s l u c i d l y a m p l i f i e d i n an a r t i c l e "The Way \head", i n the PHOENIX under review. J.A. Lusher and 3.R. Edwards, who c o n t r i b u t e short s t o r i e s , d i s p l a y a h i g h order of t e c h n i c a l a b i l i t y , but they should both note t h a t t o t e l l a bad s t o r y w e l l i s only h a l f N e v e r t h e l e s s , s i n c e n e i t h e r of them f a l t e r s the b a t t l e . u n t i l the c l o s i n g l i n e s , each produces what a more f a s h i o n a b l e c r i t i c might c a l l "a rewarding experience." Ken Glover, i n a very readable fragment, puts i n seme very e f f e c t i v e propaganda f o r washing machine shops. That he obviously w r i t e s from the heart adds poignancy t o h i s observations. For good measure, t h e r e i s a Staggers S t o r y , but not v i n t a g e . People seldom look f o r poetry i n PHOENIX, but t h i s time they w i l l f i n d i t . There -\re two pages of pseudopoetic composition, but three l i n e s o f i t , towards the end o f t h e second page, are worth reading more than once. The outspoken essay, "The Forbidden Knowledge", which appeared i n the Spring E d i t i o n , has provoked a r e p l y , complete w i t h a formidable array of r e f e r e n c e s , i n which Pschycology i s t o r n down from the p e d e s t a l on which "Rufus" set i t , and Religion substituted instead. Unfortun t e l y , the d e s t r u c t i o n i s done more e f f e c t i v e l y than t h e s u b s t i t u t i o n , and we a r e back where we sta.rted. But high power c o n t r o v e r s i e s l i k e t h i s make e x c e l l e n t reading, i f only you would bother t o read them. They are the best c f a l l p o s s i b l e m a t e r i a l f o r PHOENIX. A comparison between l i f e i n America and England makes an i n t e r e s t i n g a r t i c l e by Pamela. Fry. L o u i s Cohen, i n "Science and the P r e s s " deals w i t h t h e a c t i v i t i e s of the S c r i b l e r u s Club, who spent a month c u t t i n g The r e s u l t s are out science news from the newspapers. s u r p r i s i n g and (to use an "O.K." word) " r e v e a l i n g . " The popular press i s too much concerned w i t h unimportant t h i n g s to have spa.ee f o r science. The blame l i e s l a r g e l y on our s i d e , since we i n s u f f i c i e n t l y ejoperienced i n l e t t e r s t o make our work i n t e l l i g i b l e t o the n o n s c i e n t i s t . Perhaps PHOENIX serves a u s e f u l purpose here.
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Three e i g h t s have represented the C o l l e g e d u r i n g the past t h r e e weekends both on the Tideway at Chiswiok and up r i v e r a t Walton and Reading. CHTSWICK REGATTA
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day. The 1st eight competing i n the Thanes Cup event f a i l e d to s e t t l e down a f t e r a bad s t a r t and l o s t t o U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e , t h e eventual winners, by 3 f t The J u n i o r Senior eight a f t e r a bad s t a r t fought hard i n rough and t r y i n g c o n d i t i o n s but l o s t t o Midland Bsnk b e a t i n g Northampton Engineering C o l l e g e into t h i r d place. Midland Bank were the eventual winners. S i m i l a r l y the J u n i o r e i g h t had t o row i n such c o n d i t i o n s and l o s t to- Quinton School. .. WALTON REGATTA The day provided a f i t t i n g reward f o r continuous and hard t r a i n i n g . The Walton Challenge Cup f o r Thames Cup crews was won by the 1st eight a f t e r an enjoyable afternoon's rowing. Both J u n i o r Senior and J u n i o r crews competed, each Unfortunately the effects winning t h e i r f i r s t heat. of the Coronation B a l l made themselves f e l t and both l o s t t o the f i n a l i s t i n the next heats . READTHO REGATTA The f i r s t eight r a c i n g i n the Thames Cup event enjoyed another day of good but hard From the s i x t e e n crews entered, i n c l u d i n g two f a s t rowing. c o l l e g e boats from Oxford, the Royal A i r Force end I.C. rowed t h e i r way t o the f i n a l . A t the s t a r t the R.A.F. went s l i g h t l y ahead and maintained t h i s p o s i t i o n throughout the race d e s p i t e a determined e f f o r t by I.C. t o row through them. The r e s u l t being a win f o r the R.A.F. a remarkably f i t crew, by •§• l e n g t h . The J u n i o r crew u n f o r t u n a t e l y had a "shipwreck" i n t h e i r race a f t e r going o f f w e l l from the s t a r t and l o s t t o the N a t i o n a l P r o v i n c i a l Baik. P r e p a r a t i o n s f o r examinations are f e l t t o have had t h e i r | a f f e c t s on the crews. The 1st e i g h t w i t h the exaii3. behind them are l o o k i n g forward t o meeting the R.A.F. on t h e longer Henley course. S P O R T S
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Sports Day was p o o r l y attended as u s u a l , but the Hop h e l d t h e same evening was comfortably crowded. The outstanding event a t H a r l i n g t o n was a g l i d i n g d i s p l a y i n which P r e s i d e n t M a c f i e appeared towed by an aeroplane p i l o t e d by h i s b r o t h e r . A f t e r c a s t i n g o f f (as i n k n i t t i n g ) he gave a t h r i l l i n g d i s p l a y o f manoeuvres t o t h e b r e a t h l e a s y o k e l s gaping below.
The 1st XI has shown much improvement and r e c e n t l y scored m e r i t o r i o u s v i c t o r i e s over two''Oxford C o l l e g e s . They a l s o had much t h e b e t t e r o f a drawn gome w i t h E a l i n g Dean. K i t c h e n , a s o l i d opening batsman, has continued h i s run o f good scores and Oldland has shown a. r e t u r n t o form w i t h 77 a g a i n s t Keble C o l l e g e and 55 a g a i n s t E a l i n g Dean. I . C. p a i d t h e i r annual p i l g r i m a g e t o Hook (Hants) on Whit Monday and were favoured w i t h g l o r i o u s weather. The team f o r t i f i e d themselves i n The Dorchester Arms befor e taking the f i e l d . a n d the wisdom o f such t a c t i c s was amply demonstrated when Hook had scored 6 f o r 6. The lunchtime score was 18 f o r 6, but the enormous luncheon was too much f o r I . C. and Hook amassed 67. H i t c h e n and W i l l m o r , a p e r f e c t combination between the r a c k e t s , opened f o r I . C. but t h e r e was a c o l l a p s e and we were a l l out f o r 41. Another immense meal, combined w i t h a short bowling s p e l l by K. Wer.le, made the game s a f e f o r Hook who made about 120 i n t h e i r second i n n i n g s t o which I . C. r e p l i e d w i t h 91. KiR. M i l l e r ( A u s t r a l i a ) watched the l a s t hour o r so o f the gome and s t a t e d t h a t t h i s t o him seemed the i d e a l type of c r i c k e t . He and another A u s t r a l i a n were defeated i n a d a r t s match w i t h K. Weale and R. Reynolds and we took t h i s to be a good omen f o r Trent B r i d g e . T E N N I S
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I.C. regained t h e Tennis Cup which they h e l d i n 1951 by d e f e a t i n g U.C. by f i v e matches t o t h r e e ( one u n f t o i s h e d ) i n t h e f i n a l l a s t Sunday a t Motspur P a r k . A f t e r each p a i r had played two matches t h e teens went t o t e a w i t h the score at t h r e e a l l , F o r e t e r a n d Ward having won two matches, and McDonald and Paige,one. A f t e r t e a , I.C. q u l o k l y gained a winning l e a d , T o r s t e r and Ward, and F o s t e r B u r r i l l , winning i n s t r a i g h t s e t s . Safety was n e c e s s a r i l y t h e keynote I n most o f t h e matches and as U.C. tended-to slow the games up as much as pose-*""* when l o s i n g , the t e n n i s was not o f e x c e p t i o n a l l y h i g h s t a n dard but nontheless very i n t e r e s t i n g t o the s m a l l g a l l e r y supporting I.C. P a r t i c u l a r mention must be made o f I.C.'s p a i r F o r s t e r and Ward, who p l a y r e g u l a r l y f o r U.L., and who went r i g h t through the U.L. Cup Competition without l o s i n g a match.
I.C.A.C. On Saturday 13th June a very depleted team from the A t h l e t i c Club t r a v e l l e d to Loughborough t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n a t r i a n g u l a r match. I f I.C. had. had a f u l l y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e team a much more s a t i s f y i n g r e s u l t would have been obtained. Nevertheless I.C. managed t o win f o u r of the track events, these being:IOC yds. 440 yds. 880 yds. 1 mile
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