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I.C. C o u n c i l i s t o inaugurate a new scheme f o r o r g a n i s i n g hops. " h i s a c t i o n has been i n f l u e n c e d by the view that there has been a steady d e t e r i o r a t i o n i n the standard of the Saturday i n f o r m a l dances. A r t i c l e s and l e t t e r s i n FELIX have shown that t h i s view i s w i d e l y h e l d i n I.C. and the C o u n c i l s ' move i s an attempt t o r a i s e the standard. At present, clubs can only run hops on a l t e r n a t e Sat'irdays as the other weeks a r e reserved f o r the i n f o r m a l dancss.organised by the Entertainments Committee. With an i n c r e a s e i n the number o f c l u b s hoping t o run hops, i t was obvious t h a t , unless the terms were made longer, there would not be enough Saturdays to s a t i s f y the demand. A l s o , and c o n t r a r y t o a C o u n c i l Itlnute concerning t h i s matter, the clubs o r g a n i s i n g dances have been d i s p o s i n g o f the p r o f i t s at t h e i r ovrr. d i s c r e t i o n . Due t o the scramble f o r a Saturday t c run a hop, i t i s not p o s s i b l e t o enforce c l u b s to budget f o r t h i s incoae i n t h e i r estimates a t the beginning o f the year. Thus the olubs l u c k y enough t o book f o r a hop have a d e f i n i t e f i n a n c i a l advantage over ' rtonate and t h e &«venteg* i s g r e a t e r as the o f p r o f i t i n c r e a s e * , ftt.1* l * * d a t o a tendency t o r e f i t s a t t h * cspmow o f t h e n-fawtod o f t h e I t i s t o prevent tW.a «t«*t c o u n c i l i s t o I n t r o nm r e g u l a t i o n s . Aft t h e l a s t C o u a o i l Meeting i t * a * decided t o ssafas n o r * Sataraays a v a i l a b l e f a r «Mb-org*ni*eA hops b y H a l t i n g those n » b y t h * e n t e r t a i n * * * * e c s M t t e e t o a msdsum o f f i v e p e r year. t a t a l * way, i t should fee p e a a i b l e f o r a l l o l u b * desir-tag t o h o l d a hop t o da so, «NS they w i l l then be a b l e t o a l l o w f o r t h i s a d d i t i o n a l eearo* o f l a c o m l a t h e i r estimate*. t h i s »fcottl& r e s u l t i n % mom accurate budgeting aystaa •aongrt t h e Club* and l e a d t o a. f a l r w d i s t r i S K i t i e n s f funds. The v.as at the p r o f i t s frost t h e * * .daaaes w i l l be subject t o .Saixa a ^ - r o v e l which should enoeoragu an Lsprortoent l a * i * standard o f t h e hope. Tbr 0 s m e l l s * p l a n w i l l CUM l a t e ejHtyatien a t t b * Vaglnaing o f t h e swaner W M sua! u n t i l tatm, t h e *d.pting C c j a o i l Janata which s t a t e s t h a t c l u b s *h*H not be a l l o w e d t o c o n t r o l t h e p r o f i t s , w i l l be r i g i d l y anforood. At t h e SSJM O o o n e i l Meeting i t was announced t h a t the TT.IuQ. Newspaper w i l l not asca&r u n t i l tr. next s e s s i o n . •Of war* l a n e & l a t e i n t e r e s t t o I.C. i s the f a s t t h a t Radio Bi»t*l i s t o be i n s t a l l e d i n t h e o l d l o u n ^ v e r y s h o r t l y . T h i s w i l l be en t r i a l u n t i l t h * end a? t h e present session. | S«n Bestbers o f C o u n c i l nave inspeoted the p l a n s f o r sfifiittOBS t o t h e Union b u i l d i n g s . X<my f ouod the propomX» e n t i r e l y s a t i s f a c t o r y a f t e r an* o r two minor a l t e r a * t i o a s b*& be«m Bade and this f i a a l p i * a a have now t e e n l i b e r a the S e v e r a l t y Orants Oaasltsee f o r approval. .'. O a s o r l p t i o n o f t h e new b u i l d i n g s w i l l appear i n FELIX i n the v e r y near f u t u r e . 1
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In the past i t has been customary to p r o f i l e the R e t i r i n g E d i t o r s of F e l i x ; however, r e c e n t l y the E d i t o r s have proved to be ' r e t i r i n g ' i n more than one sense, so i t i s w i t h great pleasure we enclose t h i s P r o f i l e of our present E d i t o r Emeritus, Mr. D.C. Kale. Dinesh Chintaman Kale was brought up and r e c e i v e d his e a r l y education i n Poona,' (yes, really-) H i s educa t i o n there proceeded t o the p o i n t where he r e c e i v e d h i s 8.So. (Poona) i n Chemistry. Since then he has s l i g h t l y changed h i s i n t e r e s t s , so when he came t o England i n 3«ptomber, '52, i t was t o enter the R.S.M. as a Fresher. Although concerned w i t h f i n d i n g h i s f e e t i n a strange fiecmtry and g e t t i n g to g r i p s w i t h Mining Subjects, .he found p l e n t y of time f o r Union a c t i v i t i e s . He played iHockey and Boxed (once) f o r the R.S.M. (mainly t o get them? p o i n t s , he s a y s ) . He Joined FELIX i n h i s f i r s t term and worked up t o E d i t o r , which post he took over i n May '53 i t h i s s t i l l s u r p r i s e s him since i t was only h i s f i r s t year at I.C. toother achievement i n h i s f i r s t year w i t h which he was q u i t e pleased was t h a t he learned to dance and has since s e t t l e d down to a steady I.C. Hop standard - which he doesn't want to haprove. An i n c i d e n t a l f a c t about h i s f i r s t year at I.C. i s that he got through h i s F i r s t Mining Es^m. In Oct >55 he e n t e r e d 1.0. 004 H o s t e l , ana i s st*A., i n r e s i d e n c e t h e r e on the top f l o o r . I t i s generally - I t t h a t he has added even more d i s t i n c t i o n t o t h a t g u s t body o f H o s t e l l t e s , who have r e c h r i s t e n e d hi» Danny'. The f i r s t month o f the p r e s e n t S e s s i o n was spent i n g e t t i n g F e l i x back on t o i t s f e p t a g a i n a f t e r the l o n g Vacation. He was so s u c c e s s f u l w i t h t h i s t h a t he had t o spend the second month o f the S e s s i o n r e s t i n g , and then t h e v a c a t i o n working.' He s t i l l p l a y s Hockey; and r e c e n t l y he has helped t o s t a r t the newly formed I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s Club. In coranon w i t h most busy people D i n e s h proved v e r y r e t i c e n t , when asked e x a c t l y what he does w i t h h i s spars time. H i s p a r t i c u l a r l i k e s i n c l u d e , Hops, P e t e r Cheyney, Beethoven^ Shocolate and Jung. H i s d i s l i k e s , Mathemati c s , modern composers, tobacco and Shopping. F r a a t h e p o i n t o f v i e w of an I n d i a n i n England he flays t h a t he f i n d s t h e c l i m a t e warmer than ha expected, t h a t E n g l i s h people t a l k more than he expected, and t h a t he c e r t a i n l y does more work than he expected. D u r i n g v a c a t i o n s he ha3 worked i n S c o t l a n d and Wales; he l i k e s Scotsmen b e t t e r t h a n Englishman, and has no comment on Welshmen. :
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The f o r m a t i o n of a women's boat c l u b has r e c e n t l y been d i s c u s s e d between members of I.C.Vf.A and boat c l u b o f f i c i a l s . The need f o r more women a t I.C. i s c l e a r , s i n c e at l e a s t two dozen a c t i v e members and a coach would be necessary t o p r o duce two r a c i n g crews, i n c l u d i n g the necessary r e s e r v e s . Boat Club diehards may t h i n k t h a t woman's p l a c e I s on the towpath, or even elsewhere a l t o g e t h e r , but i f s u f f i c i e n t and l a s t i n g support c o u l d be guaranteed f o r such a venture, then I.C. should have a women's boat c l u b . I.C.W.A. must r e a l i s e , however, t h a t i t i s unreasonable t o expect the c o n s i d e r a b l e a l t e r a t i o n s t o the boathouse necessary t o c a t e r f o r a h a n d f u l of t h e i r members who might not row r e g ularly after a l l . I t would be i m p r a c t i c a l t o m a i n t a i n t h e i r accomodation s o l e l y f o r o c c a s i o n a l p l e a s u r e o u t i n g s . The s o l u t i o n i s s u r e l y f o r our Amazons t o J o i n U.L. women's boat c l u b , which has good f a c i l i t i e s . The Boathouse Committee should g i v e the matter f u r t h e r a t t e n t i o n when the boathouse e x t e n s i o n s are b e i n g planned i n the next few years. By t h i s time f i r m e r support f o r the c l u b should be assured, as c o l l e g e membership w i l l be l a r g e r , and I.C. c o u l d w e l l have a l a d i e s ' VTII which would be the scourge of the r i v e r . "Belle-note."
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Dear S i r , May I t h a n k t h o s e y e t unknown p e r s o n s who have so e f f e c t i v e l y r e n o v a t e d t h e U n i o n r a d i o set. I h o p e now h o w e v e r , t h a t I s h a l l be f o r g i v e n my l a s t t e r m l a c k o f c o n f i d e n c e i n t h e r a d i o e n t h u s i a s t s and t h a t you S i r , w i l l p r i n t t h e names o f t h e p e r s o n s r e s p o n s i b l e s o t h a t t h e y may b s p u b l i c l y a c k n o w l e d g e d . Tours f a i t h f u l l y , K.J. Davis. nORCR:
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So many long-playing records are being i s s u e d these days that i t must be d i f f i c u l t f o r the average music l e v e r t o choose records which w i l l give reasonable pleasure. I will t r y to give reviews that w i l l help c l a s s i c a l "gramophiles." D e l i u s ' "The Mass of L i f e " was f i r s t performed under S i r Thomas Beecham i n ,1909 and i t i s he who conducts the r e a l l y magnificent set i s s u e d r e c e n t l y on Columbia 33CX 1078/9. T h i s set has given me much pleasure and the performance and recording are extremely good. There are a few moments at the ends of sides when there i s s l i g h t d i s t o r t i o n but 6ne has only to p l a y the f i r s t side t o r e a l i s e what suberb D e l i u s i t i s . Four s o l o i s t s and l a r g e c h o r a l and o r c h e s t r a l f o r c e s are employed i n a t y p i c a l l y D e l i a n manner, and the work i s sung i n the c o r r e c t language - German, a i g h l y recommended. Beethoven'3 5th Symphony has j u s t s u f f e r e d a r e s u r r e c t i o n , f o r KLeiber has recorded on Decca LST 2851 a superl a t i v e performance. The only other performance which can touch i t i s the one of Karajan on Columbia, but the Decca recording i s so much b e t t e r that I can s a f e l y say that i f you want t h i s symphony then buy KLeiber. On same gramaphones i t may seen a l i t t l e harsh, but that w i l l be the f a u l t of improper L.P, c o r r e c t i o n . T h i s recording I would rank as one of Decca'- best. At l a s t that monumental Symphony Ho. 3 of Saijit-Saens i s a v a i l a b l e i n a wonderful performance on Columbia 33CX 1116. T h i s symphony i s w r i t t e n i n memory of L i s z t and was f i r s t performed i n 1886. The work i s scored f o r a mammoth o r c h e s t r a which includes two pianos, an organ and a larg e woodwind s e c t i o n . T h i s work i s stated as having two movements but there are many s u b - d i v i s i o n s i n these. Hi-fi enthusiasts w i l l note a l a c k of frequencies above about 8 Kc/s, but i n view of such a t h r i l l i n g performance i t i s only a small "con." E x t r a c t s • from some of these recordings w i l l be played at the Monday lunchtime gramophone r e c i t a l s .
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Secretaries of Societies are reminded t h a t they are r e s p o n s i b l e f o r submitting n o t i c e o f ccering events to F e l i x . E n t r i e s may be w r i t t e n i n the book p r o v i d e d f o r the purpose i n the Union P o r t e r ' s O f f i c e , o r addressed through the rack t o the Coming Events Editor.
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Wto HOPPOR FRIDAY FEB. 5th: 5.10 p.m. C. and G. Room 15 C. and G. Motor Club F i l m Show. Programme includes " M i l l e M i g l i a , " u n i v e r s a l l y acclaimed the IM (top*. . best motoring f i l m o f the -ear. A l s o showing: "Logbook 1953," a m i s c e l l a n y of major c l u b eventsj A OOQO Supply OF SO?T « M » i n c l u d i n g the Morecombe R a l l y , and " S i l v e r s t o n e Saturday," the major o o t o r - c y c l e race meeting of the year, second only t o the June T.T. s e r i e s . TKR
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MONO AT FEB. 8th: M u s i c a l S o c i e t y Gramophone Recitad.3. Review of recent L.P. r e l e a s e s , 1.05 - 1 . 5 5 p.m. ir. C. and G. Room 21. Sandwiches, Beer and L i g h t D r i n k s o b t a i n a b l e . Reviews of D e l i u s "Mass of L i f e " and Vaughan W i l l i a m s ' •* tsrr -nasal "Sinfania Antartica." J& Stiff, I.C.C.U. Open Meeting. Botany Lecture T
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TUESDAI FEB. 9 t h : I.C. Railway S o c i e t y : "The Tal-y-Llyn.Railway" by T.W. Robertson Esq., 5.30 i n C. ana G. Roan 161. The T a l - y - L l y n WAU.6 ACROSS r a i l w a y i s a narrow gauge l i n e i n mid Wales, r u nf ONTfcCTS. * by a s o c i e t y of r a i l w a y e n t h u s i a s t s . Same of t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s w i l l be shown i n a f i l m i l l u s trating this talk. 13K."S3DAY FEB: 10th: 7.30 p.m. i n the Gymn. I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s Club presents an evening of music and dancini! f r e e I n d i a . Classical Ballet. F o l k dancing - Ram Gopal f i l m - Songs of I n d i a . An Orchestra o f 6; c a s t of 40. Admission f r e e . THURSDAY FEB. 11th: 5.30 p.m. C. and G. roan Presidential 15. E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y meeting. address:- "The I n c r e a s i n g E n g i n e e r i n g Importance of same Rare M e t a l s , " by Dr. W i l l i s Jackson, D . S c , D. P h i l . , F.R.S; f o l l o w e d by the Annual Dinner at 7.30 p.m. i n the Ayrton H a l l . I.C.C.U. B i b l e Study, Roam 101, Chera. Tech., 1.30 p.m. "The Church". SATURDAY FEB. 13th: T h i s i s the f i n a l day f o r handing i n your a p p l i c a t i o n s l i p f o r the Touchstone week-end, Feb. 20 - 21. See bottom of next column. MONDAY FEB. 15th: 5.15 p.m. i n Room 101, Chem. Tech. S.C.II. F e d e r a t i o n Evening. Seme f i l m s about the -.vork o f the 3.CM. i n the World; a l s o l a t a l k and d i s c u s s i o n s . I.C.C.U. Open Meeting. Botany Lecturo Theatre, 1.15 p.m. " C h r i s t and the World's R e l i g i o n " . Dr. R.G. Bird,"M.B., B.S. Sandwiches on S a l e . TUESDAY FEB. 16th: 5.35 p.m. Roam 04. I n f o r m a l l e c t u r e and demonstration of the Compton E l e c ^ " o n i c Organ, by L.E.A. Bourne ( C h i e f of Research of Campton Organ Co.). R e c i t a l by Mr. S w i f t - demonstrating the c a p a b i l i t i e s o f the organ. WEDNESDAY FEB. 17th: I.C. Railway S o c i e t y . V i s i t t o S t r a t f o r d Locomotive Works and Shed. See Union Board f o r d e t a i l s . C. and G. Motor Club: V i s i t t o A . l I . C , Woolwich. (A.J.S. and Matchles See n o t i c e - b o a r d f o r d e t a i l s factory.) •THURSDAY FEB: 18th: E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y raeetin; 5.30 p.m. i n Roan 15; "The Developments of the I n t e r n a l Ccrabustion Engine i n the 18th and 19th C e n t u r i e s , " by A. S t o v e r s , B.Sc., M.I.Mech.E., A.C.G.I. FTHD-VY FSB. 19th: 5.10 p.m. C. and G. Room 15. C. and C. Uotor Club F i l m Show. "Round the T.T. Course w i t h Geoff Duko " Duke shows the l i n e he takes, and e x p l a i n s how to do i t y o u r s e l f . A l s o "Twist and G r i p , " c o v e r i n g most of the motorc y c l e s p o r t i n g events o f 1951. .PRELIMINARY #W0UN03HENTi I.C. R i f l e Club Dance Saturday March 13th., 8 - 1 1 . 3 0 . Band, Bar. {
PRELIMINARY JUCJOOSOBIENT: I.C. R i f l e Club Annual Dinner, Thursday March 25th, Upoer Dining H a l l . T i c k e t s ( l 0 / - ) from Club O f f i c e r s .
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Mr. S t u a r t MoClive ( o f the e d i t o r i a l s t a f f of "The Times" E d u c a t i o n a l Supplement.) i s t o introduce the t o p i c of " T o l e r a t i o n i n The Twentieth Century" at the next Touchstone week-end. T h i s — i l l be h e l d on 20 - 21 February 1954 a t Silwood Park. A s p e c i a l coach takes you t o Silwood on Saturday afternoon and r e t u r n s on Sunday evening. The only charge i s , 40/- towards-catering, expenses. A p p l i c a t i o n s s l i p s ( o b t a i n a b l e from the General Studies notiee"boar&3) must be sent t o Mr. C.K. ' KcDowall b y Saturday 13th February.
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the t w g i t f a x t o * S h e f f i e l d U a t r e r a i t y 6 m i x * t » M eaaasxjr oouraa *** 54.16 u n t i l Saturday 23r&. January. Oa t h i s data a weakened I.C. f i r s t t a a a r a n «r»-tnatt S h e f f i e l d U n i v * x * i t y a s * Lo«gab*xough e e l l e g * a s s t h * f i r s t s i x man i n f o x I.C. v a r a a l l timed t o be w i t h i n t h a e x i s t i n g raoexd. A t t h a s t a r t , L y a * (Loughborough) s e a t i s f s a a t sad gained a d e f i n i t e l e a d over t h a r e s t o f t o e f i e l d she «ex* l a d by P a i n e and B a i l e y ( b o t h o f I . C . ) . w i t h Bo a f t e r two m i l e s , t h e f i r s t two I.C. men passed Lyn* sad xaa together f o r another m i l e when P a i s * west ahead. L y a * was s t i l l p r e s s i n g hard and w i t h o n l y ' * a i l * and a qnarta r t o go, t a s k o v * r Maond p l e a e from B a i l e y . The (.Gagfcboroug* raanar never s a r i o u s l y «h«U*ng»d P a i a * who f i n i s had f i r s t I n 28.66. B a i l e y was t h i r d t o e r e * * t h * l i s * a f t e r balding, o f f Whittakex (Loughborough) who had b**a aeodag up f a a t i n t h * l a s t a d l e . O a a p l t * having t h a f i r s t nan heme. I.C. (62 p o i n t * ) aaa* aaaaad t o Loughborough (46 p o i n t * ) . S h e f f i e l d ware t h i r d w i t h 70 p o i n t s . The f a i l u r e o f t h * I.C. n i d d l * man nay be a t t r i b u t e d ta t h e l e a k o f f a c i l i t i e s i n t h a South t a t r a i n f o r h i l l * *• asrare a * thoa* found o a t h * S h e f f i e l d eouxa*. Fran* +ha • t a r t , t h e eouxa* drop* 200 f a a t before r i s i n g 300 f a s t aad t h i s happen* t h r e e t i n * * round t h * sours*. Suoh a a*mx*a ask** t h * t i m i n g s p u t up i n t h i s r u n , appear t o o f e e d t * a* t r u e and i t wa* * v * a t u a l l y decided t h a t thax* waa a a axrox o f 6 minute* i s t h e t i m i n g * . Ev*n ae, F a i a * kaaaked 21 n n a i l i * f f t h a * x i * t i n g raeord. V* r a g r a t t h a absence o f saw* f r e a t h * o l u b * u s u a l l y repor-Wd oa t h i s sag* but c o n d i t i o n * a t H a r l i a g t o n hav* aausad aaay f i x t w r a a t a b* o*n*«n*d.
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The I.C. Photographic S o c i e t y i n v i t e s r e t r i e s f o r a t e c h n i c a l photograph c o m p e t i t i o n . Pict u r e s o f r e s e a r c h apparatus, specimens and i n d u s t r i a l processes a r e e s e c i a i l y welcorae. P r i n t s , h a l f p l a t e and above should be sent to the Hon. Sec. I.C.P.S., v i a the Unions r a c k b y 28th February 1954 -
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I f he sounds out o f date -with match r e s u l t s , do not blame your r e p o r t e r , f o r the r e s u l t s o f league matches a r r i v e by post a week o r a f o r t night a f t e r the l a s t shot i s f i r e d . Unsatisf a c t o r y i n many ways, but cheaper than t r a v e l l i n g to Birmingham, Durham, L i v e r p o o l , Cambridge, J r f o r d and Manchester i n successive weeks.' The I n t e r - U n i v e r s i t y League t a b l e a f t e r t h r e e rounds 3 t a r t s as f o l l o w s : 1. Cambridge "A" 2. I m p e r i a l College "A" 3. L i v e r p o o l
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* 3 I w r i t e , the "A" team i s i n a s t a t e o f suspense over i t s match against L i v e r p o o l , and by t h e time t h i s account i s read most o f the cards w i l l have been shot i n the needle match against Cambridge. Without wishing t o chafe the sore of r e l a t i o n s w i t h the U n i v e r s i t y , t h e R i f l e Club trumpet must be blown: U.L. "A" are running 5 t h , having been soundly beaten by I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e as w e l l as by Cambridge. However, i n the 2nd D i v i s ion I.C. "B" l i e s 4 t h w i t h U.L. "B" 3 r d and the r e s u l t o f the match between them i s i n the post. Good l u c k , I.C, : your score looked good enough, but no doubt London s a i d the same about theirs.' Nearer home. I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e i s s t i l l h o l d i n g I n D i v i s i o n 1 I.C. "A" on t o the Engineers' Cup. leads the f i e l d w i t h U.C. "A" » c l o s e second and B a t t e r s e a P o l y t e c h n i c not f a r behind. I.C. "B" i s f i f t h but have a good aggregate and should soon rise. The " C team were l e a d i n g D i v i s i o n 2 a f t e r the second round, but have 3ince had a bye and no f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n i s a v a i l a b l e f o r a few days. They c u s t beware o f U.C. "B", but otherwise seem f a i r l y safe. A notable f r i e n d l y match was shot r« s n t l y when Wimbledon Park R.C. were hosts t o I . J . "A". On a strange and b i t t e r l y c o l d range I m p e r i a l College d i d not shoot w e l l and were h e a v i l y defeated by the q u i e t l y competent home team. So quiet was t h e i r competence that the names and heavily-emblazoned shooting Jackets were not at f i r s t connected w i t h the two stocky l i t t l e men who chatted e a s i l y as the teams prepared to shoot. It was E r n i e S p i r i t ! and H.R. " t f a l l y " Hammond, B r i t i s h I n t e r n a t i o n a l s , who scored the only two 200's that evening and q u i e t l y s u p p l i e d as many points-worth An enjoyable evening, 5f advice a f t e r the natch. only c u r t a i l e d by the approach of the l a s t t r a i n home. So much f o r the teams. On our own range, the annual Club Competitions have s t a r t e d . E n t r i e s are open u n t i l February 19th, and a l l There cards must be completed by February 26th. i s a c o m p e t i t i o n f o r everyone from the worst shot upwards: p r i z e s w i l l be presented a t the Annual Some cards have already Dinner on March 25th. 'been shot, but i t i s too e a r l y t o make p r e d i c t i o n s . P i s t o l e n t h u s i a s t s are competing f o r the f i r s t ti7-«e f o r the Club P i s t o l Championship. Some e x c e l l e n t scores have been returned, f o r e t e l l i n g a health y s t a r t to a new venture. The f i r s t match between the three Colleges for the Courtman S h i e l d i s f i x e d f o r 7/ednesday February 17th. - Since 1P32-3 G u i l d s have won the trophy eleven times, the R.C.S. nine times, and the Mines not at a l l . The donor, 2.0. Courtman, •Jsq., A.R.S.ll., might f e e l he has been l e t down, •ut on present form the llines are u n l i k e l y t o oreak t r a d i t i o n t h i s year. A c r i t i c a l eye r e v e a l s that the G u i l d s and R.C.S. teams are once again the " t a i l " w i l l win the trophy t h i s well-matched: year and decide whether o r not the R.C.S. w i l l hold i t f o r the s i x t h successive year. R.W.G.
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