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Vhat t h e g a t h e r i n g l a c k e d i n n u m b e r s , i t made up f o r in wit.

T h i s was much a p p r e c i a t e d by t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c , who g a v e e v e r y i n d i c a t i o n o f t h i n k i n g (that the newspapers' r e p o r t of s t u d e n t s ' a c t i v i t i e s o n Guy P a w k e s d a y w e r e g r o s s l y e x a g g e r a t e d .

U n f o r t u n a t e l y some i r r e s p o n s i b l e i n d i v i d u a l s c h o s e the p a s s i n g o f the L o r d M a y o r ' s c o a c h as t h e time :o .et o f f a C a t h e r i n e w h e e l — w h i c h was t o o b i g -tn l e i , o f f s a f e l y on t h e 5 t h .

The r e s u l t was a sharp f a l l i n tue p u b l i c ' s e s t i m a t i o n of G u i l d s i n p a r t i c u l a r , a n d s t u d e n t s i n g e n e r a l . I t was g r a t i f y i n g t o see from the b e h a v i o u r o f the r e s t 'of t h o s e p r e s e n t t h a t t h e m a j o r i t y o f s t u d e n t s do not approve of such a c t i v i t i e s .

With the f i n i s h of the L o r d Mayor's p r o c e s s i o n , G u i l d s s t a g e d a show o f t h e i r o w n — i n t h e o p p o s i t e d i r e c t i o n t o t h a t t a k e n by t h e r i v a l s h o w .

But 3o r e f u s e d t o t r a v e l a t s o l o w a s p e e d a s a G u i l d s m a n on f o o t and so a t S t . P a u l s , a f t e r a r e s o u n d i n g B o o m a l a k a , Bo w e n t b a c k t o S. K e n a l o n e .

I t i s b e l i e v e d t h a t Thomas C o o k s f e l t r a t h e r insulted G u i l d s r e j e c t e d the k i n d o f f e r o f a f e w s h i e l d j i b e a r i n g the G u i l d s c r e s t , w h i c h had b e e n put out f o r c o l l e c t i o n on the w a l l s o f t h e i r premiae»«t*i ;

*eaxs t h a t Mcrphy Day was going t o become l i t t l e more t h a a t h e c u r r e n t hooliganism o f student rags were d i s p e l l e d by a touch o f o r i g i n a l i t y from G u i l d s . 'Bo' a r r i v e d a t Putney c a r r y i n g unknown o b j e c t s beneath a blue shroud. On a r r i v a l o f about 200 l o y a l Guilcismen the shroud was removed t o r e v e a l •two c o f f i n s , one bearing the i n s c r i p t i o n R.C.S. and t h e iother R.S.M. These were c a r r i e d on the shoulders of none-too - s o b e r l y dressed Guildsmen who l e a d t h e p r o c e s s i o n t o the I.C. boathouse. A debate w i t h t h e gentlemen i n blue as t o whether t h e p r o c e s s i o n should proceed o r not r e s u l t e d i n a d e c i s i o n t o go forward - and c a r r i e d by an overwhelming m a j o r i t y .

Meanwhile, E.C.S. had gathered a t t h e boathouse. T h e i r a r r i v a l i n twos and t h r e e s seemed t o i n d i c a t e t h a t they d i d nc n o t t a k e advantage o f t h e very g r e a t l y reduced r a t e s t h a t can be obtained from London Transport f o r very l a r g e p a r t y t r a v e l .

B.C.S. welcomed the G u i l d s p r o c e s s i o n w i t h a shower o f f l o u r bag® and e x p l o s i v e s but by sheer weight o f numbers, G u i l d s took "The Corner". Here the c o f f i n s were p l a c e d f o r safe keeping and remained t h e r e d e s p i t e s e v e r a l a t t a c k s by both Mines and B.C.S. The l a c k o f success was due t o l a c k o f numbers w i t h the Miners (who, a f t e r a l l , should be c o n g r a t u l a t e ^ on having some supporters even a f t e r mustering two crews) and f o r want o f the p r e s i d e n t s l e a d f o r t h e E . C . S .

A f t e r some a c t i v i t i e s o f a secondary nature on the r i v e r G u i l d s , w i t h due ceremony and Boomalackas, consigned the , c o f f i n s t o t h e r i v e r - and w i t h o u t being molested. Things l i v e n e d up as 'Bo' t r i e d t o depart. One d e s p i c a b l e c h a r a c t e r v i o l a t e d t r a d i t i o n by attempting t o throw something i n 'Bo He was m&de'to r e a l i s e h i s mistake by an i n v o l u n t a r y a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h the r i v e r .

On t h e departure o f 'Bo' some made t h e i r way bask t o I.C. but i t was too l a t e i n the day f o r a ' p a r t y ' . A few G u i l d smen d i d ' t r y t o demonstrate a method o f bringing-down t h e c e i l i n g i n R.C.S. but were discouraged by a demonstration o f f i r e h o s e s - w i t h hot and c o l d running water. iThe Say was rounded o f f by a "free" hop i n the iGjn, which was w e l l f i l l e d , but not overcrowded, probably • "because i t was on-published.

So w h i l e the Boat Club were enjoying themselves i n s t y l e , t h e i r supporters I ware doing so on a s l i g h t l y lower l e v e l ; a l t o g e t h e r an e x c e l l e n t Morphy Day. [

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i Jbottt 4.00 on Thursday afternoon, the yellow threewheeler standing outside Guilds became the yellow threewheeler standing inside Guilds - on the landing between the ground and the f i r s t floors.

Due to lack of. coordination betwaen the architect responsible f o r Guilds and the designer of 3 wheel cars, the main entrance into Guilds was insufficient to allow the passage of the driving mirror.

A large notice advertised that t h i s marvellous specimen of automobile engineering was f o r sale - much to the surprise of i t s owner.

It i s rumoured that his audible expression of astonishment prompted the prominent member of the Guilds staff accompanying him, to suggest that i n future he should park his means of transport elsewhere.

This advice was evidently taken to heart and by 5.00 the yellow three-wheeler was again standing outside.

Outside the post-office; not Guilds.'

ALBERT I r i n c e A l b e r t o f the memorial has come i n f o r a l o t o f a t t e n t i o n t h i s week. We seem t o have developed a f i x e d i d e a t h a t he i s not p r o p e r l y dressed f o r v a r i o u s occasions.

On Tuesday, the Rag Comaittee went and ensured t h a t he w i l l f e e l no i l l e f f e c t s o f the smog t h a t was t h r e a t e n i n g by p u t t i n g a l a r g e — s i z e d smog-mask on him. T h i s promptly disappeared w i t h the f o g .

Another group has been measuring him f o r a spaces u i t i n the past week. I t i s r e p o r t e d t h a t t h i s i s connected w i t h the r o c k e t craze t h a t seems t o be sweeping 1.0. a t present.

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D.HUGHES

I imagine that the f i r s t r e a c t i o n of most people, seeing the appeals f o r p a i n t i n g s by members of the c o l l e g e f o r an e x h i b i t i o n , was to suppose t h a t the -whole t h i n g would be a complete f l o p .

That was^how I f e l t , but I am happy t o be able to w r i t e that a preview of the e x h i b i t i o n 'lias converted me t o such an extent that I s h a l l rush t o the shop tomorrow and buy a palette.-

T h i s year as s e c r e t a r y of the U n i v e r s i t y Rugby Club and v i c e p r e s i d e n t of the R.S.M. Derek Hughes i s coning t o the end of a most c o l o u r f u l u n i v e r s i t y l i f e .

Derek comes from Lytham near B l a c k p o o l and was educated a t King Edward V I I School where he d i s t i n g u i s h e d h i m s e l f both i n the scrum and i n the 3wimming bath.

The Admiralty then e n t e r t a i n e d hirru f o r the next three .years where he spent most of h i s time f l a y i n g , rugby aSfe : gramophone records.

He came to I.C. i n 1949 i n the i n t e r year w i t h the idea of t a k i n g up physics.but at the end of two years he reconsidered h i s ideas.

The R.C.S.'s l o s s ^ was the R.S.M. 's g a i n , f o r he decided that he. was more s u i t e d t o the h u r l y b u r l y l i f e of a mining engineer than that of a p h y s i c i s t , needless t o say a d e c i s i o n about which he has no r e g r e t s .

H i s i n t e r e s t i n the pure sciences i s by no means dead; indeed h i s enthusiasm f o r assaying i s remarkable.

Nowadays a wealth of other a c t i v i t i e s have f o r c e d him t o choose the l e c t u r e s he attends w i t h care, but when he i s present he i s so engrossed t h a t he i s seldom seen t o s t i r f o r the space of an hour.

H i s main i n t e r e s t at c o l l e g e i s s t i l l rugby, i n h i s f i r s t year at I.C. he played f o r the U.L. 1st XV; the f o l l o w i n g year he was dropped but now he i s back p l a y i n g for h i s t h i r d year i n the U n i v e r s i t y s i d e .

H i s popul a r i t y i s always high on a rugger tour f o r during h i s stay at c o l l e g e he has acquired an u n l i m i t e d r e p e t o i r e of songs and Jokes.

Three years of h o s t e l l i f e l e f t him w i t h a r e p u t a t i o n a t c a r n i v a l s of always being able t o produce a r e a l l y s t i m u l a t i n g c o c k t a i l f o r h i s f r i e n d s , although he p r e f e r s a pint of b i t t e r .

At I.C. he i s a member of C o u n c i l He has a l s o helped run and has sat on many committees. the s a i l i r y , f i l m and j a z z c l u b s .

During the l a s t few years he has turned h i s hand t o a •variety of other jobs.

As a p a i n t e r , bath attendant, cellarman and of course miner he has shown v e r s a t i l i t y , le has t r a v e l l e d over much of I r a n c * , H o l l a n d and Sweden and i n c i d e n t s during his v i s i t to Norway made headlines i n the D a i l y Telegraph.

His recent v i s i t t o Canada and the S t a t e s this summer caused a number of Canadians t o review their ideas of the B r i t i s h .

He has decided views on r e l i g i o n and i s not at a l l h e s i t a n t i n a i r i n g them i n any company.

H i s t a s t e i n music i s r a t h e r wider than most he c o l l e c t s records of serious music and a l s o enjoys j a z z .

When asked f o r any f u r t h e r t a s t e s , he d e c l i n e d , f i n d i n g hims e l f r a t h e r embarrassed by the whole a f f a i r .

Among h i s present ambitions are t o s a i l round the world, p l a y g o l f and breed dogs.

We s h a l l watch h i s future with interest.

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Y o u r r e a d e r s w i l l no d o u b t remember r e a d i n g i n t h e i r n e w s p a o e r s o f a s t r a n g e o b j e c t t r a v e l l i n g at enormous speeds over S.S. England r e c e n t l y .

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The standard of the woasks i s v a r i a b l e , and one feels that composition does not r e c e i v e the c o n s i d e r a t i o n i t deserves. The artist, u n l i k e the camera, can be s e l e c t i v e i n h i s choice of subject and can form his work i n t o a u n i t e d whole, r e p l a c i n g inharmJL onious d e t a i l s by others.

IFW This i s missing by many ' qjf of the works i n the • exhibition.

In c o n c l u s i o n , this exhi/ b i t i o n which c l o s e s Jroday, ,.m ' should not be missed by anyj * one i n I.C. I t i s a b r i l l i a n t v i n d i a a t i o n of- those who " c l a i m t h a t we bw •=*-'.«">' c l a i m that we belong to some* t h i n g more than a t e c h n i c a l c o l l e g e . Congratulations to the organisers.'

A.R.B. "B 3c. f a i l e d (Cham. Eng.)," a s c u l p t u r e i n the e x h i b i t i o n .

We a r e i n r a d i o c o m m u n i c a t i o n w-itj. t i ; e p a r t y and a t the moment t h e y a r e e x p l o i t i n g l a r g e de p o s i t s o f 'a s o f t g r e e n m i n e r a l w i t n an o d o u r r e m i n i s c e n t of vgonzola.

At p r e s e n t t n e moon i s f u l l b u t a s t h e nev. moon a p p r o a c h e s o u r b r a v e e x p l o r e r s w i l l h a v e t o be r e s c u e d o r t h e y w i l l no d o u b t . s l i d e o f f t h e c r e s c e n t and be l e f t s u s p e n d ed i n ' s p a c e .

I t .nay be o f i n t e r e s t t o some r a a n e r s t o l e a r n t h a t a f e w member.-- o f ..he p a r t y took t h e i r g i r l - f r i e n d s hoping to take advantage o f t h e f a c t t h a t on t h e moon t h e n i g h t s a r e t w e n t y - e i f - h t d a y s Ion';-..

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Sunday Times, Nov: 22 Aero. Engineers, please note.

R O Y A L

One hears a l o t about the r e c r e a t i o n a l p r o p e r t i e s of p a i n t i n g , and how C h u r c h i l l and many other c e l e b r i t i e s •turn to i t .

The same e f f e c t i s found i n I m p e r i a l College , f o r t h i s e x h i b i t i o n i n c l u d e s work by the Rector, hjj Mr. McDowall (General Studies Organiser), Mr. Tombs (who works very liard t o make the M u s i c a l Society a success), and s e v e r a l p r o f e s s o r s .

The p i c t u r e s are i n the I.C.W.A. lounge and Committee Room B, and one f e e l s that a l i t t l e more space would do them no harm.

Most of the works shown could have been executed before 1900, but a few, notably by Rex Dadd, are much more daring.

Dr. H. Vfilman of Chem. Tech. has produced some f i n e s t u d i e s of flowers and C.C. M i l l s .. . shows a good etching" of-Bruges, but i f I was to award p r i s e s I should g i v e them t o e x h i b i t s 18, 39 and 41.

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Large crowds i n h i g h s p i r i t s used t o be t h e r u l e , a n d a n a t m o s p h e r e o f l i g h t h e a r t e d r i v a l r y p r e v a i l e d on t h o s e o c c a s i o n s .

What h a p p e n e d l a s t W e d n e s d a y was a c o m p l e t e f l o p i n t h e way o f r a g s . The G u i l d s t u r n e d u p w i t h B o , t h e S p a n n e r , a n d a b r i g h t i d e a i n t h e ^way o f coffins.

T h e K i n e s , r e d u c e d t h e s e day|s i n t o t a l n u m b e r , w e r e p l a y i n g a r u g g e r game a n d a h o c k e y game ( s o w e r e t h e G u i l d s , b u t t w o t e a m s o u t o f 1 5 0 a n d tw o t e a m s o u t o f 800 o u g h t n o t t o be c o n s i d e r e d o n t h e same b a s i s . ) The R.C.S., we f e e l , a r e p r i n c i p a l l y t o b l a m e for t h i s f a i l u r e .

Two y e a r s ago t h e y d e c i d e d t o b o y c o t t M o r p h y Day r a g s .

L a s t year they marched a c r o s s P u t n e y B r i d g e and t o the Boat-house i n t r a d i t i o n a l manner. T h i s y e a r they numbered r o u g h l y two t h i r d s o f t h e G u i l d s c r o w d , w e r e i n a group, and c o u l d have had a l o t o f f u n had they any s p i r i t .

B u t l a c k o f i n i t i a t i v e and, even more, o f l e a d e r s n i p , p r e v e n t e d a n y t h i n g b e t t e r than a h a l f - h e a r t e d barrage o f tomatoes coming out. h e R.C.S. s h o u l d make u p i t s m i n d .

Either they should e n t i r e l y r e f r a i n from t a k i n g pant i n t h e p r o c e e d i n g s , a l l o w i n g t h e i r m e m b e r s t o do n o t h i n g beyond c h e e r i n g and c h a i r i n g t h e i r crews.

Or t h e y may f u l l y b a c k t h e r a g - s p i r i t e d members.

H a l f - h e a r t e d a c t i v i t y i s worse than no a c t i v i t y i n these matters.

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You have t o l o o k p r e t t y c l o s e l y b e f o r e you r e a l i s e t h a t t h e r e ' s a pun i n t h a t word.

Perhaps I s h o u l d e x p l a i n t h a t i t ' s g o i n g t o be the name o f t h e new u n i v e r s i t y newspaper.

Can you see i t now?

W e l l , n e v e r mind At l o n g l a s t the U.L.U. has r e g a i n e d enough courage to l a u n c h y e t a n o t h e r weekly newspaper.

Two d i s m a l f a i l u r e s take a l o n ^ time b e f o r e they a r e f o r g o t t e n .

The p o i n t i s , t h i s time i t i s a l l DIFFERENT. I t i s a more a m b i t i o u s u n d e r t a k i n g than the l a s t two were, and l i k e a l a r g e t a c k l e i n Rugby, hopes t o a c h i e v e s u c c e s s by b u l l dozing.

W e l l begun i s h a l f won, and t h e y a r e g o i n g t o go a l l out r i g h t from the b e g i n n i n g .

Very w e l l , you s a y , what about i t ?

T h e r e , as Hamlet s a i d , i s the r u b .

It requires considerable organisation.

I t needs people i n a l l C o l l e g e s and people from a l l C o l l e g e s .

I.C. b e i n g one o f the B i g Four i s e x p e c t e d t o .come f o r w a r d w i t h I f you l i k e t o h e l p from h e r e , h e l p help i n a l l f i e l d s . to s e l l i t , o r w r i t e about I.C. a c t i v i t i e s i n i t , o r send s p o r t s r e s u l t s on t o them.

Or i f you want t o h e l p 'over t h e r e ' (U.L.D., t h a t i s ) , t h e y need s u b - e d i t o r s , a r t i s t s , p h o t o g r a p h e r s , and j u s t h e l p i n g hands.

I t s h o u l d n ' t take much o f your time i f you a r e good a t p a r c e l i n g i t and even i f you a r e n o t , you can l e a v e when you want t o .

"The Sennet" w i l l s t a r t p u b l i s h i n g next term - January E n q u i r i e s o r o f f e r s o f h e l p s h o u l d be sent i n as soon as p o s s i b l e e i t h e r t o the E d i t o r , F i i L I X , o r t o t h e Hon. Sec. I.C. U n i o n .

5S* An Anthology o f poetry taken from c o l l e g e magazines and newspapers o f London U n i v e r s i t y w i l l be p u b l i s h e d i n January under .the t i t l e o f 'Thames'.

Only a l i m i t e d number o f copies are' a v a i l a b l e , and can be obtained through "PHOENIX".

'Thames' i s e s s e n t i a l l y a new venture, and i f t h e f i r s t i s s u e r e c e i v e s encouraging support the magazine w i l l appear a t r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s .

The p r i c e o f the magazine w i l l be one s h i l l i n g .

I f you |. a r e i n t e r e s t e d w i l l you p l e a s e send your name and department t o "HKEMIX", and a copy w i l l be reserved i n your name.

TWO NEW SOCIAL CLUBS

Good news for those that l i k e more social a c t i v i t i e s. " There i s a new Social Club that has come into being last fortnight and another one w i l l probably be formed i n the W h i l e we a r e a b o u t i t , i t m i g h t b e a s w e l l t o next few days.

The Social Clubs require a minimum of r e m i n d M i n e r s how i m p o r t a n t i t i s t h a t t h e y b a c k 20 members for each new club and bothhave f u l f i l l e d this t h e i r c o l l e g e on every p o s s i b l e o c c a s i o n .

Their condition. s m a l l number makes i t i m p e r a t i v e t h a t t h e y do.

The B i l l i a r d s Club was i n embryonic form at the end of last session and has now been f u l l y organised.

It HOPALONG F E L I X IS FOUR has an »"""»' subscription or 5/-, and w i l l operate throughout the year i n the Staff Common Room, Beit BuildI t i s a h a r d t h i n g t o have a r e p u t a t i o n t o m a i n t a i n . ing.

Ladders for b i l l i a r d s and snooker w i l l be hung up T h e F E L I X B i r t h d a y Dance o v e r t h e l a s t two y e a r s has there, to be operated i n the normal fashion. b u i l t up one o f such a h i g h o r d e r t h a t , when f a c e d w i t h Olnb Officers: o r g a n i s i n g i t a g a i n t h i s y e a r , we f e l t q u i t e n e r v o u s .

Captain: Dr. R. T. Severn A n o t h e r t r o u b l e w i t h memorable o c c a s i o n s i s tb* f a c t t h a t Hon. Sec: V. Barnes (Room 97, I.C. Hostel) nobody remembers what went on l a s t y e a r . A f t e r c o n s i d e r * !

Committee Members: Dr. L. T. Owen s t r a i n on b r a i n s and memories the F E L I X Board has a t l a s t got somethin g which we t h i n k w i l l be q u i t e as a a B e i n g and M. Abbott i n t e r e s t i n g an a f f a i r as l a s t y e a r ' s .

(We c a n ' t count on B. P. Hitchen the f o g coming down a g a i n , o f c o u r s e , but we're h o p i n g . ) UNESCO sponsor a chain of Clubs called International Hot® t h a d a t a - December 5 t h , and keep your eyes open f o r Relations Clubs, are for the very general purpose of the s a l e o i t i c k e t s , a s they a r e l i a b l e t o d i s a p p e a r beforej developing and increasing mutual understanding amongst One i n d i s c r e e t h i n t you can say ' F e l i x Dance' backwards. different peoples; i n most cases, they also help prosi f t h e c r a c k p o e t s o f I.C. c a l l f o r t i c k e t s , t h e y w i l l hearf pective travellers by way of first-hand information on something TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. various countries.

This aspect should especially appeal CHRISTMAS COMPETITION to members of I.C. who go a l l over the world i n pursuit of pleasure and profession.

The l i s t on the general l e a d e r s a r e i n v i t e d t o submit a menu f o r the most Internal notice-board already exceeds 20, but many more, p e r f e c t d i n n e r t h e y t h i n k anyone can have. Wines t o accom- especially from this country, would want to join the Club pany each c o u r s e may o r may not be i n c l u d e d . R e s u l t s to be and make i t a success.

This Club would probably be announced i n our C h r i s t m a s number coming out on Dec . 1 1 t h started from Dec. 2, when the Social Clubs Cccmittee meets. so e n t r i e s s h o u l d be handed i n t h i s week.

No p r i z e s , a s u s u a l , e x c e p t honour.

I m p e r i a l College C h r i s t i a n Union, i n co-operaREGIONAL LAPSE t i o n with the U n i v e r s i t y C h r i s t i a n Union, r a n a I t has been p o i n t e d out t h a t M a l a y a and Sxam were M i s s i o n i n I . C . d u r i n g t h e week 1 5 t h - 2 2 n d Nov. o m i t t e d from o u r l i s t o f c o u n t r i e s r e p r e s e n t e d a t I.C., T h e g r e a t t h i n g a b o u t t n i s a c t i v i t y seemed t o me t o b e t h e e x t r e m e l y p r a c t i c a l way i n whiah p u b l i s h e d l a s t week. ____„.

— — — — t h i n g s w e r e o r g a n i s e d . To t a k e j u s t one i n s t a KECOND-HAKD BOOK WEEK n c e , p u b l i c i t y . I t i s h a r d i n 1.3. t o g e t t h e student body as a whole i n t e r e s t e d i n a n y t h i n g Have you any textbooks which you wish t o s e l l ? but t h e most f r i v o l o u s o f p l a n s . 3 u t ICCU's neat, I f so, sand your name and department, the name o f the t e x t t a s t e f u l a n d q u i e t p l a c a r d s , d i s p l a y e d at s t r a t e boqfcand t h e p r i c e you a r e asking i n t o 'FELIX' by next g i c p o i n t s t h r o u g n o u t t h e C o l l e g e d i d t h i s with mSay. A c l a s s i f i e d l i s t o f second-hand books w i l l appear the minimum o f f u s s . ii> t h e Christmas i s s u e o f F e l i x .

The p r i c e o f each i n s e r t L e c t u r e s were a r r a n g e d w i t h an eye t o t h e w i l l be I d . whioh should accompany your l e t t e r . students' t i m e r e s t r i c t i o n s , and more i m p o r t a n t , t h e y s t u c k t o t h o s e s c h e d u l e s . ' S a n d w i c h e s on s a l e ' d u r i n g t h e l u n c h t i m e l e c t u r e s was a l s o w e l l received.

C o n t r i b u t i o n time f o r a l l p r o s p e c t i v e w r i t e r s : What t h e M i s s i o n a c h i e v e d d u r i n g i t s c o u r s e i s by whioh I mean p r o s e , p o e t r y , c a r t o o n s , q u i p s , n a r d t o s a y , a n d i n d e e d t h e e f f e c t s w i l l n o t be and what have y o u . s e e n i m m e d i a t e l y . I t i s a f a c t , h o w e v e r , t h a t tke The combined C h r i s t m a s - B i r t h d a y i s s u e o f FELIX R e s i d e n t M i s s i o n e r , M r . M e t c a l f e C o l l i e r , made a oomes out on D e o . 1 1 , and l i g h t h e a r t e d c o n t r i b u t i o n s deep i m p r e s s i o n on a l l i h a t he met d u r i n g t n e a r e i n v i t e d . I f we get enough m a t e r i a l , we propose week.Was i t Sy i m p r e s s i o n , o r was i t j u s t a n o t h e r to p u b l i s h an 8-page FELIX a t the same p r i c e . case o f s t u d e n t r e t i c e n c e , t h a t t h e r e were v e r y PHOENIX, s p r i n g t e r m , needs c o n t r i b u t i o n s f e w q u e s t i o n s a s k e d o f t h e s p e a k e r s ? Where t h e r e t o o . These s h o u l d be handed i n by D e c . 4th a t a r e n o e u e s t i o n a f t e r a m e e t i n g , i t i s h a r d t o esthe l a t e s t . t i m a t e the e x t e n t t o w h i c n t h e l e c t u r e has 'sunk i n ' . The o n l y way t o f i n d o/fit now w i l l be t o w a t c n t h s s t u d e n t body f o r some t i m e , and I hope t h e ( I C C U . w i l l n o t be d i s a p p o i n t e d * i t h the r e s u l t s .

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The p r o p o s e d c h a n g e was t o p e r m i t members I f e e l t h a t i t i s h i g h time t h a t Mr. Peeps and o f t h e I . C . U n i o n E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e , who are a l s o c e r t a i n members of the Bag Committee r e a l i s e d s t i l l at C o l l e g e i n t h e y e a r f o l l o w i n g t h a t i n t h a t I.C. i s a l a r g e c o l l e g e and t h a t not everyone i n i t w h i c h t h e y h e l d o f f i c e , t o be f u l l m e m b e r s o f has the same v i e w s , i d e a s o r t a s t e s ; and t h a t i t i s o n l y C o u n c i l i f they have not been e l e c t e d a l r e a d y . n a t u r a l t h a t some p e o p l e w i l l want t o have a r a g and some F o r . t h e b e n e f i t o f t h o s e who seem t o be u n a w a r e w i l l want to go to H a r l i n g t o n . of the c o m p o s i t i o n of the E x e c u t i v e Committee, I remember, l a s t y e a r , members of the r a g committee i t c o m p r i s e s t h e P r e s i d e n t and S e c r e t a r y of g e t t i n g up at' the Union M e e t i n g when the a r r a n g e m e n t s I.C.U., and t h e P r e s i d e n t s of the t h r e e C o l l e g e f o r November 5 t h were b e i n g d i s c u s s e d and s a y i n g t h a t t h e r e would be no s u p p o r t f o r a hop a t H a r l i n g t o n .

Unions, f i v e i n a l l . During t h e i r year of o f f i c e I was not a b l e t o a t t e n d the Union M e e t i n g t h i s y e a r t h e y amass a w e a l t h o f i n f o r m a t i o n and, o f t e n , but I u n d e r s t a n d a s i m i l a r o p i n i o n was e x p r e s s e d .

I i n f l u e n c e , and ha ve a l w a y s s i n c e r e l y d e v o t e d went t o the Hop a t H a r l i n g t o n l a s t year and a g a i n t h i s t n e i r k n o w l e d g e , and p o w e r s u c h as i t i s , t o y e a r and thought i t v e r y e n j o y a b l e ; and j u d g i n g by the wa r d s t h e w e l f a r e o f t h e s t u d e n t b o d y . T h e p r o number of p e o p l e who went, a f a i r l y l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n of p o s e d c h a n g e m e a n s t h a t t h e s e f i v e may continue the Union thought so t o o . to serve the Union, i f they wish, a f t e r they I n view of t h e s e f a c t s I hope t h a t i n f u t u r e members have r e l i n q u i s h e d o f f i c e . of the u n i o n w i l l be a l i t t l e more c a r e f u l b e f o r e g e t t i n g O p p o s i t i o n t o t h i s c h a n g e was i n my opinion up a t u n i o n m e e t i n g s o r w r i t i n g t o FELIX and c l a i m i n g t o o f f e r e d on f a l l a c i o u s g r o u n d s , as I s h a l l s e e k r e p r e s e n t the o p i n i o n of the C o l l e g e . t o s h o w . I t was s u g g e s t e d t h a t a n y o f t h e s e Yours f a i t h f u l l y , f i v e p e r s o n s who a r e n o t e l e c t e d t o C o u n c i l b y D.J. P a i n jlthe e x i s t i n g m a c h i n e r y a r e r e j e c t e d by t h e i r e l e c t o r a t e a s u n s u i t a b l e . T h i s I b e l i e v e t o be Dear S i r , nonsense} e l e c t i o n s f o r most o f f i c e s i n the U n i o n I t has become obvious t h a t the I.C.U. C o u n c i l i s now completely out of touch w i t h the f e e l i n g among the rank and a r e c o n t e s t e d o n e s , and m e r e l y b e c a u s e the. e l e c f i l e of the C o l l e g e . torate chooses i n s t e a d of I t has t h e r e f o r e been decided by the L i t e r a r y and t o r a t e c h o o s e s B i n s t e a d o f A t h e y do n o t q u e s Debating S o c i e t y t o h o l d a s e r i e s of lunch-time debates t i o n A's i n t e g r i t y o r s u i t a b i l i t y , t h e y e x p r e s s t o a i r matters -which are of i n t e r e s t t o a l l members of •Ja p r e f e r e n c e . F u r t h e r , P r e s i d e n t s a n d S e c r e t a r i e s the Union. of U n i o n s are not u s u a l l y p r e p a r e d t o stand f o r The motion f o r 10th December i s "that t h i s House ,a s e c o n d t e r m o f o f f i c e , I t b e i n g a c a s e o f o n c e deplores the a t t i t u d e of I.C.U. C o u n c i l towards Rags • b i t t e n t w i c e shy, not t h a t t h e i r e l e c t o r a t e r e e s p e c i a l l y those on November 5 t h . " The P r e s i d e n t of the jects them.Finally, to c l i n c h t h i s matter, regard Union has been i n v i t e d t o Oppose t h i s motion. t h e f a c t s . Of t h e f i f t e e n e x e c u t i v e s o f t h e l a s t We s i n c e r e l y hope t h a t a l a r g e and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e t i i r e e y e a r s , o n l y two h a v e 'not b e e n n o m i n a t e d f o r body of students w i l l attend t o l e t C o u n c i l know t h e i r s u c c e e d i n g C o u n c i l s , and t h e n f o r good r e a s o n s views on t h i s subject. b u t t h e y h a v e n o t a l l b e e n e l e c t e d , and t h i s c h Yours t r u l y , ange i s d e s i g n e d t o o b v i a t e t h i s .

E.J. J u s t ( P r e s i d e n t ) S. Ruhemann ( V i c e P r e s i d e n t ) A s e c o n d c h a r g e w h i c h was made a g a i n s t t h e N.F.E. Blackmore (Hon.Jun.Ires.) c h a n g e was t h a t p e r s o n s who w e r e n o t e l e c t e d t o D. A. Langley(Hon.Sec.) C o u n c i l c o u l d n o t be r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e i r e l e c t o B.H. Wyatt r a t e . A g a i n n o n s e n s e , f o r many d e c i s i o n s h a v e t o be made w i t h o u t C o u n c i l m e m b e r s h a v i n g the Dear S i r , chance t o c o n s u l t the body w h i c h tiuey r e p r e s e n t , So b r i e f was the mention of the Commemoration b a l l ma n y w h i c h a r e f a r t o o c o m p l e x t o o f f e r f o r t h e i n your previous i s s u e t h a t I am urged t o enter your c o r r e s c o n s i d e r a t i o n of t h e i r e l e c t o r a t e — a Government pondence.

T h i s , the major s o c i a l event of the I m p e r i a l does n o t c o n s u l t the e l e c t o r a t e b e f o r e i t r e d u c e s College year i s , I t h i n k , an occassion when we should become t h e b u t t e r r a t i o n ! H e n c e I s e e .10 r e a s o n t o a r eminent members of s o c i e t y a b l e t o demand, and get, the best. gue t h a t t h e s e s p e c i a l members o f C o u n c i l w o u l d For most of us, w i t h a students t r a d i t i o n a l f i n a n c i a l , resources be s u p e r f l u o s o r u n d e s i r a b l e . A t t h e m o s t t h e a d such occassions come seldom enough. d i t o n s w o u l d be f i v e i n n u m b e r , m o r e t h a n t h r e e I would l i k e t o put the question t h e r e f o r e , was the w o u l d be r a r e , b u t a t w o r s t C o u n c i l c a n outvote uninformed phalanx t h a t seemed t o look upon any d e v i a t i o n from the immediate v i c i n i t y of the dance-floor as a t h r e a t t i i e m b y 23 t o 5 — I p r e s u m e t h i s w o u l d be when t o the s a f e t y of the b u i l d i n g , q u i t e i n keeping w i t h the a l l t h e h o n o u r a b l e members w e r e r e p r e s e n t i n g d i g n i t y of the occassion?

And was i t necessary f o r the t h e i r e l e c t o r a t e , a n d t h e f i v e r e b e l s w e r e up t o s t a f f t o push c r a t e s of empty b o t t l e s between the t a b l e s an some ' . r i c k e r y o f t h e i r o w n l l n r e t u r n f o r t h i s hour before the b a l l ended, i n an apparent attempt t o c l e a n up C o u n c i l w o u l d h a v e t h e b e n e f i t o f a t l e a s t one around us before we l e f t ? y e a r s guaranteed e x p e r i e n c e of U n i o n a f f a i r s , That these i n c i d e n t s , which I f e e l shouldn't have happena sum t o t a l o f w h i c h c o u l d n o t b e p a s s e d on t o ed, were r e l a t i v e l y i n s i g n i f i c a n t was I t h i n k due t o the any r e p r e s e n t a . i v e h o w e v e r p h o t o g r a p h i c h i s s p i r i t of a l l those present and t o Ccraldo who entered i n t o memory. t h a t s p i r i t as w e l l .

I'm sure t h a t everyone who went w i l l look back on t h i s F i n a l l y , S i r , may I a d d t h a t I d i d n o t p r e year's Commemoration b a l l as a great s o c i a l success, and as sent these v i e w s at the U n i o n meeting, because an event t o which they must go again next year.

Personally I was n o t p r e p a r e d f o r Ihe U n i o n t o r e j e c t a r e I would l i k e t o see the b a l l r e t u r n t o Grosvenor House. oomnendation of i t s J o i n t C o u n c i l . I c o n s i d e r A l t e r n a t i v e l y perhaps C o u n c i l can inform the management the q u e s t i o n of such i m p o r t t h a t I p r e f e r r e d to of the R o y a l F e s t i v a l H a l l of what i t should a l r e a d y know: write this considered opinion rather than hurrt h a t I.C. men, p r a c t i c e d i n the a r t of Nov. 5th rags are i e d l y g a t h e r a few t n o u g h t s i n t h e s e c o n d s a v a i not long t o be d e t e r r e d by b a r r i e r s on the s t a i r s or l o c k e d l a b l e f o r d e b a t e . I propose t o ask the P r e s i d e n t doors l e a d i n g t o the r i v e r s i d e gardens. i f he w i l l s u b m i t t h e same m o t i o n a t t h e n e x t lours f a i t h f u l l y , UGM w.ien I h o p e t h a t i n t h e l i g f l t o f f a c t s t h e D. V. F i n c h , 2 Ac. Union w i l l reverse i t s l a s t nasty decision. , f* Yours s i n c e r e l y , Dear S i r , t I t i s d e c l o r a b l e t h a t , i n a c o l l e g e renouned f o r i t s i 7 . P . G o s s , P.G. ! i . 3 .

"Science and Technology", there should e x i s t such an i n e f f i c i e n t p i e c e of apparatus as the r a d i o set i n the Old Vampire House, Lounge.

Werewolf Road, People who have ever t r i e d t o use i t w i l l appreciat e Dear S i r , Tombstone. immediately what i s i m p l i e d i n the word " i n e f f i c i e n t " and I n r e p l y t o your advertisement i n the l a s t i s s u e I am sure t h a t students who have borne -its t e r r i b l e of F e l i x may I o f f e r my s e r v i c e s as o f f i c i a l blood r e c e p t i o n as background n o i s e t o t h e i r newspaper reading c o l l e c t o r t o I m p e r i a l College?

I have had a wide and w i l l a l s o welcome improvement i n t h i s d i r e c t i o n . v a r i e d experience.of" C f t l l s e t i n g blood, and I can honestly say t h a t I have never had any coraplaihts froH.My. c l i e n t s ; Here, s u r e l y , i s a p r a c t i c a l challenge t o the r a d i o the only complaints have come from t h e i r n e x t - o f - k i n . e n t h u s i a s t s i n the c o l l e g e t o show the r e s t of us t h a t I f you are interested, -arould ydU. please v i s i t me at they are not only concerned w i t h s e t s which have no No stakes allowed. any time between raid-night and dawn. cabinets.

Would knobs f o r the c o n t r o l s be -too much C i g a r e t t e s by Abdullah. t o suggest?

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Prelude to Space A.C. C l a r k e The Sands of Mars A.C. C l a r k e Foundation I. Azimov Silver Locusts Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury The Man who sold the Moon R. H e i n l e i n Up the Straight Brockbank Duche I Said to my Wife Innes Christmas at Candles Live Performing Flea G. Wodehouse Publish and be Damned Cudlipp The Silent World Cousteau Casino Royale Fleming Caves of Adventure Stonier Thoughts on Beethoven's Choral Symphony R. Vaughan Williams .

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SUNDAY NOV: 29th 2.SO p.m.

U.L. Catnolic Soc. "Day of Recollection".

At 13.Devonshire Place, W.l.

7.30 p.m. i n New Lounge.

I.C. Film Soc. presents Marie Seton's version Of Si'senstein's "Time i n the Sun".

MONDAY NOV: 30th 5.30 p.m. S.C.M. "The Sacraments", talk by Pr. Allen i n Comnittee Room A 7.30 p.m. London Judo Soc. Judo contests and demonstrations i n Chelsea Town Hall.

See Notice Board f o r details.

THURSDAY DEC: 3rd 1.15 p.m. in C. and G. Council Room, 1.0. Mils. Soc. Piano r e c i t a l by Julius Katehen.

5.30 p.m. i n Botany Lecture Theatre.

R.C.S. Natural History Soc. D.J. Watson M.A., Ph.D. on "Photosynthesis i n F i e l d Conditions' .

Jewish Soc. % lecture by the Rector Papwa,.

Subject to be announced.

TUESDAY DEC: 8th I.C. Choir Concert Works by Britten and FaurS. Tickets 2/6 and 3/6.

WEDNESDAY DEO: 9th Catholic Soc. l a t Priday Mass, 6 p.m., St. Etheldreda's,Ely Place, E.C.I. . DEC: 9th - 12tn "7.30 p.m. 1.0. Drama Soc. presents "Tha Hollow" by Agatha Christie.

THURSDAY DEC: 10th 5.30pm.

Eng. Soc. meeting "Ths Production of an Aeroplane" by L. Dowdall.

5.50 p.m. R.C.S. Natural History Soc. "African Journey" by J. Levy, B.Sc, A.R.C.S. i n Botany Lecture Theatre 1.15 p.m. I.C. Mas. Soc. Madrigals and Christmas Music arranged by Dr. E.H. Brown; i n C. and G. Council Room.

1.30 p.m. !in C. and G. Room 15, S.C.M. "The Relevance of Christianity"

by Prof. E.O. Jones (King's College).

FRIDAY DEC: 11th 5.15 p.m. I.C. Catholic Soc. Committee Room A; talk by Mgr. wheeler DEC: ll-13th Union of Catholic Students: "Catholic Action i n the University".

Enquiries to Miss Agnes Bray, 11 Cavendish Square, W.l.

THURSDAY DEO: 17th I.C. Mus. Soc.; Cantata 1.15 p.m. i n 0 and G. Council Room.

82 - "It i s enough" - by Bach.

D.B. Fry (baritone) and John Barnett (oboe).

Also Oboe quartet by Mozart.

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I.C. Mountaineering Club Christmas Vac. Meet w i l l be held i n Ogwen Valley, N. Wales.

See notice-board.

• Y O U R H O P DAIRY f Christmas time i s hopping time f o r I.C. For the benefit of our readers, w» have set.out this Hop Diary separate from the rest of the coming events.

ATI.cl FRIDAY NOV: 27th "Engineer's B a l l " 8-2 a.m.

Double tickets 8/6.

SATURDAY NOV: 28th I.C. Informal Dance 8-11 p.m. tickets l / - . TONBSDAY DEC: 2nd "Mines B a l l " 8-1 a.m.

Doable tickets~10/oT~ SATURDAY DEC: 5th "Felix Birthday Dance".

8-11.30 p.m.

Tickets 2/-.

EXTERNAL FRIDAY N0V:_ 2?th U.L. Sailing Club "Annual Dance" 7.3&-11.30 p.m. at Herringham Hall, Bedford College.

Tickets 12/6 double or 6/6 single.

Inter-Varsity Club Members 5/"Informal Dance'" i n Kensington Town Hall. non-members 5/-.

National Training College of Domestic Subjects "Informal Dance" 7.30-11 p.m.

Tickets 2/SATURDAY DEC: 28th Reid Hall's'"Christmas Dance" i n Herringham Hall, Bedford College.

7.30-11.30 p.m.

Tickets 2/6.

FRIDAY DEC: 4th Inter-Varsity Club Members 3/~ "Informal Dance" i n Chelsea Town Hall. non-members 5/-.

Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine "Terminal Dance", 8 Hunter St. W.C.I. 7.30-11.30 p.m. tickets 2/-.

SATURDAY DEC: Sth Rachel McMillan Training College "End of Term Dance".

7.30-11.50 p.m. tickets 2/-.

St. Gabriel's College "Christmas Dance" 7.50-11 p.m. tickets 2/6 WEDNESDAY DEC: 9th OldreyFleming School of Speech Therapy "Annual Danco" 8-12 p.m. tickets 6/- single.

THE KING AND

I - D r u r y Lane

( G a l l e r y h/- - s t o o l s y s t e m ) .

This f o l l o w s a d i s t i n g u i s h e d l i n e of musicals f r o m t h e Rodgers-Hammerstein team.

I t i s rather l e s s n o i s y and b l a t a n t t h a n i t s p r e d e c e s s o r 'South P a c i f i c ' - t h e r e i s n o t h i n g e q u i v a l e n t t o the gasps o f i n t e r e s t a t the a n t i c s o f B l o o d y Mary.

But i t i s , u n f o r t u n a t e l y , somewhat l e s s v i r i l e .

Set i n t h e p a l a c e o f the K i n g of Siam, the s t o r y , w h i c h i s based on the l i f e o f Anna Leonowens, d e m o n s t r a t e s the e f f e c t o f i n t r o d u c i n g an E n g l i s h s c h o o l m i s t r e s s i n t o the C o u r t .

Anna i s e f f e c t i v e l y p l a y e d (and, s u r p r i s i n g l y enough, sung) by V a l e r i e Hobson, who moves c h a r m i n g l y throughout.

Roy G r a n t , a s h e r s o n , has a v o i c e not f u l l enough f o r the p a r t , e s p e c i a l l y when c o n t r a s t e d w i t h the b o l d s i n g i n g o f Timothy Brooking p l a y i n g the H e i r Apparent.

H e r b e r t Lorn p l a y s the K i n g , t o whom e v e r y t h i n g Western i s . s c i e n t i f i c , and who wants t o be, but n o t be known as, a b a r b a r i a n .

H i s e f f o r t s a t Western f o r m a l i t . , are amusing ( o r p i t i f u l , d e p e n d i n g on your o u t l o o k ) : and h i s chant "A P u z z l e m e n t " a p l e a s a n t s p e c u l a t i o n on t h e m y s t e r i e s o f e t h i c s , power, "at c e t e r a , e t c e t e r a " .

M u r i e l S m i t h , as h i s c h i e f w i f e , i s as f i n e a s e v e r , and h e r song "Something W o n d e r f u l " p r o d u c e d a g r e a t d e a l o f applause.

The b a l l e t w i t h i n the p l a y was an A m e r i c a n c o n c e p t i o n o f t h e manner i n w h i c h the O r i e n t i n t e r p r e t s Western t r a d i t i o n .

Delightfully c a l l e d "The S m a l l House o f U n c l e Thomas" and based, one must b e l i e v e , on "Uncl e Tom's C a b i n " , the b a l l e t was danced i n a s t y l e we seldom see, with a great deal of subsiduary stagecraft t i n s e l s t r e a m e r s f o r snow, s t a g e hands s e t t i n g 'waves r u n n i n g a l o n g a w h i t e c l o t h s t r i p t o r e p r e s e n t a r i v e r , and so o n .

Of t h e many songs, " I W h i s t l e a Happy Tune" and "Hello, Young L o v e r s " s h o u l d p e n e t r a t e the next few y e a r s w i t h ease.

And one e x p e c t s the .show, i n company w i t h i t s f o r e r u n n e r s , to become v e r y p o p u l a r and enjoy a long run. it.

Bonnett

L.U.D.S. Festival of One Act Plays: 'The Man Who Wouldn't Go To Heaven' by Sladen Smith This was an ambitious effort on the part of the I.C. Dramatic Society, and Beryl Walker i s to be congratulated on a stimulating production of a d i f f i c u l t play.

Perhaps a 'play with a smaller cast would have been more suitable.

Onthe other hand, the aspiration of this piece i s an excellent _ sign.

From'amongst the players G. Duff deserves special mention.

He had the t i t l e role, which required a sincere portrayal, and this he managed well.

After a rather shabby start he was i n f u l l voice and vigour, and his long speech was passionately delivered while he made good use of the stage to give i t stress and added meaning.

R. Mel]01 looked every inch an angel, but though his manner was convincing his voice was not always so.

Sheila Taylor, though embarrassed occasionally by her hands a fairly general fault - acted beautifully, and indeed was con:gratulated by the adjudicator on the evening's best performance.

A f i n e , i f somewhat formal, portrait of a gentleman of too many leisures was given by Neil Blackmore, while Ruth Barratt made a beautifully effective nun.

There appeared to be one poorly oast part - that of the lunatic.

This was pure character play and could have been delightf u l to watch, but R, Eycott, though dressed admirably, was e v i d e n t l y not adapted to this particular role, and could not develop^ts_potentialities.

The dres s was imaginative and resourceful; and the lighting, a feat of manipulation i t seemed, well done.

In a l l , a very worthwhile performance - but why don't more come along and see for themselves?

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MORPHY-DAY Morphy Day, under p l e a s a n t c o n d i t i o n s of a s l i g h t f o l l o w i n g wind, and cajm water, saw G u i l d s r e t a i n the Korphy Cup and the R.C.S. g a i n t h e i r f i r s t success i n The r a c i n g was good and t h e Lowry Cup s i n c e 1948. keen and the standard o f oarsmanship augers w e l l f o r some r e a l l y good I.C. rawing i n the coming year.

The m a r s h a l l i n g and s t a r t of the Morphy Cup was an object l e s s o n i n the s t a r t e r ' s a r t and a l l three crews got away w e l l , C. AKG. i n centre s t a t i o n s t r i k i n g 54 i n the f i r s t minute t o the R.C.S. on Middx. 55 w i t h R.S.M. on Surre y a p o i n t o r two lower.

C. & C. took a s l i g h t l e a d at once w i t h R.S.M. t a k i n g advantage o f t h e i r p o s i t i o n i n the f a s t e r water t o l e a d R.C.S. At Harrods, C. & G. ( s t r i k i n g 30) were \ l e n g t h ahead of R.S.M. ( s t r i k i n g 28) w i t h R.C.S. ( a t 31) z l e n g t h behind.

A t t h i s p o i n t R.C.S. began t o p u l l up, and a t the Crabtree C. & G. l e d by £ l e n g t h from R.C.S. w i t h R.S.M. a £ l e n g t h behind.

C. & G. as b e f i t t e d t h e i r experience w e l l coupled up throughout the s t r o k e , but l o o k i n g somewhat ponderous about t h e i r blade e n t r y were i n d i s t i n c t c o n t r a s t t o R.C.S. whose " l i f e " on the beginning enabled them t o m a i n t a i n a h i g h e r r a t e of s t r i k i n g and r a c e hard and t h i s covered up d e f i c i e n c i e s i n time and t i m i n g .

R.S.M. w i t h two n o v i c e oarsmen i n t h e boat v e r y w i s e l y allowed themselves t o row at t h e i r optimum r a t i n g and so get the best out o f each man.

By the m i l e C. & G. were c l e a r of the other two crews but along the w a l l R.C.S. began t o go up and were o v e r l a p p i n g the l e a d e r s by the Boathouses.

Prom here t o the f i n i s h C. & G. r e p l i e d t o the c h a l l e n g e and won a v e r y good race b y l£ l e n g t h s from R.C.S., w i t h R.S.M. a f u r t h e r l j l e n g t h s away, i a the good time o f 7 mins. 44 sees.

The Lowry Cup proved to be a win f o r a h a r d working R.C.S. crew who had p l e n t y of l i f e on the beginning and kept t h e i r b l a d e s w e l l covered throughout the s t r o k e .

S t r i k i n g 9, 17, 25 and 33 i n the f i r s t quarter, h a l f , t h r e e quarter and f u l l minute they were c l e a r o f the other two crews a t the end of the f i r s t minute and went on t o win by 2g- l e n g t h s from C. & G. w i t h R.S.M. a f u r t h e r 4 l e n g t h s away i n 4 mins. 22 sees.

A v e r y good time under the conditions.

Malcolm Campbell the R.C.S. non-rowing C a p t a i n i s t o be c o n g r a t u l a t e d on producing and coaching two good boats, and the two newcomers t o the r i v e r i n the R.S.M. boat deserve h i g h p r a i s e f o r r a c i n g so w e l l s i x weeks a f t e r the s t a r t of t h e i r rowing c a r e e r s .

The s t a r t e r was C.A. B r i s t o w and the umpire R.C. M o r r i s .

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MORPHY CREWS R.C.S. (Middx) GUILDS Bow i i . B . C l a r k D.Kelly N. Sanaa P.H.Swift B.Wetherill I.If. T i t c h e n e r B. George R.G.Seaman(Capt) C. J.Look R.Pain E.J.Guthrie S.K.Ash K. W.H.Johnson C. J.Dean S t r o k e M.H.Hoare J . P i a t t Cox D . A . M a r s h a l l L . P . H a r d i n g LOWRY ORi ;ws MINES(Middx) R<^2. S» Bow R . D i c k i n s o n D.R.Plummer I.C.Knight J.C.Hendy D. A. Hudson H.G.Hall R.Egerton P.D.Wiloock R.Porscher P.Jones B.Hopwood A. S . R a i s t r i o k W.Williams M.Whiting S t r S.R.3ateman.

K.Ridley Cox J . S h a r p l e y C.J.Farrow

MINES(Surrey) P.R.C.O'Connor R.U.Xingdon G. P.Jone s D.M.Cooper H. F.Ramstad M.Woakes R.Appleby (Cap) R.Hrjanes C.H.James

Swimming _ „ . „. . * I . C . S w i milling Club A f t e r a d o u b t f u l s t a r t , we a r e n o w s e t t l i n g down a n d l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o a s u e e e s s f u l s e a s o n . ; a s u s u a l o u r f i r s t f i x t u r e w a s w i t h U.C., t h e p r e s e n t h o l d e r s o f t h e U . L . C h a m p i o n s h i p , who b e a t us q u i t e s o u n d l y i n t h e swimming a n d b y a c l o s e r margin i t water p o l o . S h o r t l y a f t e r t h i s however, we d e f e a t e d N.B.C. a t s w i m m i n g a n d p o l o o n t w o s e p a r a t e o o o a s i o n s w i t h o u t much d i f f i c u l t y , a n d a t a n e n j o y a b l e m a t c h l a s t T h u r s d a y we a l s o d e f e a t e d Q.JI.C. We h a v e w e l c o m e d s e v e r a l f r e s h e r s t h i s y e a r , who h a v e s t r e n g t h e n e d o u r r a n k s c o n s i d e r a b l y , t h r e e o f t h e m now s w i m m i n g f o r t h e f i r s t t e a m , l a s t week we h a d a n e x t r e m e l y p l e a s a n t s u r p r i s e w h e n we m e t a g e n t l e m a n l o o k i n g a t our n o t i c e board, he t u r n e d o u t t o be l a s t y e a r ' s U.L. S w i m m i n g C l u b P r e s i d e n t , a swimmer o f g r e a t r e p u t e , a n d t h e l i k e o f whom I . C . S . C . h a s n o t s e e n f o r many y e a r s . H i s p r e s e n c e i n t h e C l u b i s g o i n g t o make n o l i t t l e d i f f e r e n c e , a n d we a r e v e r y g l a d t o have h i m w i t h u s .

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Swimming 19th Oct. U.C. L o s t 3-5 29th Oct. U.C. L o s t 2 4 - 1 1 L o s t 3-4 12th Nov. Won 9-1 NVE.C. Won 2 8 - 1 1 1 7 t h Nov. N.E.C. Won 2 4 - 1 1 Won 4-1 19th Nov. Q.M.C. Won Z 6 - 1 1 Won 6- 1 Soccer On F r i d a y Nov. 15th I.C.A.F.C. p l a y e d against Aachen U n i v e r s i t y a t Motspur Park, The weather was t y p i c a l o f a f o r e i g n e r ' s conception o f the E n g l i s h c l i m a t e , c o l d and damp, w i t h the now i n e v i t a b l e t r a c e s of smog.

However, these phenomena i n no way a f f e c t e d the German' p l a y and they won by f o u r g o a l s t o one.

P l a y began at an extremely f a s t pace and but for some a t r o c i o u s marksmanship the I.C. team would have had a comfortable l e a d a f t e r the f i r s t f i f t e e n minutes.

A f t e r t h i s p e r i o d Aachen s e t t l e d down and began t o p l a y soccer p e c u l i a r t o the Continent, keeping the b a l l cm the ground and moving i t q u i c k l y from man t o man without attempting t o d r i b b l e .

On occasions these tactics s p l i t the I.C. defence wide open and Aachen b u i l t up a two g o a l l e a d by h a l f - t i m e .

The f i r s t h a l f had produced some f i r s t - c l a s s f o o t b a l l w i t h the German team g r a d u a l l y g a i n i n g the ascendancy.

In the second h a l f the I .C. team a t t a c k e d v i g o r o u s l y but could make no impression on a defence which c l e a r e d i t s l i n e s i n the most a c r o b a t i c f a s h i o n s . I t appeared t h a t the German centre h a l f had modelled his s t y l e of p l a y on that of P a r o l a , the I t a l i a n p l a y e r famous for h i s overhead k i c k s .

I.C. d i d manage to get a c o n s o l a t i o n g o a l but i f there had been a forward capable of s c o r i n g g o a l s i t might have been a different story.

A D i n n e r was g i v e n i n the Union a f t e r the match, where i t was l e a r n e d t h a t Aachen were the present European U n i v e r s i t i e s Champions and that most of their p l a y e r s were s e m i p r o f e s s i o n a l s w i t h German clubs.

On t h e i r t o u r t h e y had beaten Birmingham U n i v e r s i t y 2-1 and drawn w i t h Loughborough 2-2_ The Germans presented the I.C. club with a pennant, which now adorns one of the trophy cases, as a rememberance of t h e i r v i s i t and as a token of t h e i r a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r the enjoyable time they had at I.C. Hockey

GUILDS(Surrey) M.D.G. G a r n e r C. H . B l u n d e l l J.S.Taylor N. G. T r o t m a n J.McCallum N.Turner D. E v a n s C.Bentley A. K . G i l l

Fencing Those of I.C. who peer into the gym on Monday or Thursday evenings are usually either shocked or enthralled by the display of energy and s k i l l which i s sometimes being demonstrated.

The complexity of fencing i s bewildering to the novice, and even more so to the President who interprets "beat out" for "parry-riposte".

Despite these d i f f i c u l t i e s , I.C. has fenced reasonably successfully this term.

Our f i r s t match against Salle Paul, with two-thirds an Olympic team, was lost The next two matches, versus King's and Poly were 15-5. also lost, both by 16-11; mainly due to the poor standard of the epee fencing.

In the latest match, against tJ.C, we lost the f o i l and epee both 4-5, but by dint of some hard sabre play won that weapon 7-2, and so won the match 15-12.

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On t h e 1 1 t h o f N o v e m b e r I were b e a t e n i n • the 1 s t . Round b y 3 a t t e r s e a .

Although unexpected, B a t t e r s e a must be g i v e n due p r a i s e f o r t h e i r w i n .

They p l a y e d good f a s t H o c k e y a n d f u l l y d e s e r v e d to w i n .

T h e I . C . Team, s t r e n g t h e n e d by f o u r U.L. p l a y e r s , t o o k some t i m e t o s e t t l e d o w n , p a r t i c u l a r l y _ t h e d e f e n c e , who w e r e c o m p l e t e l y a t a loss when B a t t e r s e a swept t h r o u g h them t o s c o r e t w i c e i n t h ef i r s t three minutes.

After t h i s i n i t i a l s h o c k , I.C. g r a d u a l l y s e t t l e d down, a n d c h a n g e d o v e r o n l y o n e g o a l down.

B y now t h e p l a y w a s f a i r l y even w i t h I.C. p e r h a p s d o i n g a l i t t l e more o f t h e a t t a c k i n g .

The f o r w a r d s , however, tended t o be a l i t t l e slow a g a i n s t a h a r d - t a c k l ing defence.

B a t t e r s e a s c o r e d a g a i n , but I.C. q u i c k l y ' g o t t w o more a n d i n t h e l a s t f e w m i n u t e s almost scored again.

T h e f i n a l w h i s t l e went w i t h the score three a l l .

E x t r a t i m e was p l a y e d a n d B a t t e r s e a s c o r e d t w i c e more t o w i n 5-3.

I n o t h e r f i x t u r e s t h e 1 s t . Team., h a s h a d a v e r y s u c c e s s f u l s e a s o n s o f a r . T h e 2 n d . seem" t o be h i t t i n g w i n n i n g f o r m a l s o .

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