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i A l t h o u g h the w e a t h e r , S c o t l a n d Y a r d , and e v e n t n e Home S e c r e t a r y d i d t h e i r l e v e l b e s t t o p r e v e n t t h i s a n n u a l b a t t l e , G u i l d s were n o t s u p p r e s s e d c o m p l e t e l y , and t h e e v e n t , t h o u g h l a c k i n g i n t n e n i l a r i t y o f p r e v i o u s y e a r s , upn e l d t h e t r a d i t i o n s o f t h e F i e l d Cup R a c e .

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Tony G i l l was w a r n e d t h a t a l l t h e ' Regul a t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g b e h a v i o u r i n Hyde P a r k w o u l d be r i g i d l y e n f o r c e d on F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n .

The mood o f t h e U n i o n G e n e r a l M e e t i n g was t o d i s p e n s e w i t h t h e a d v i c e o f t h e A u t n o r i t i e s , and d a r k q u e s t i o n s were a s k e d : "What i s t h e c e n t r e o f b u o y a n c y o f a P o l i c e man? " H o w e v e r , d i s c r e t i o n t r i u m p h e d , and t h e s e c o n d h a l f o f t h e A n n u a l G e n e r a l M e e t i n g was h e l d p e a c e a b l y u n d e r t h e C h e s t n u t t r e e s i n Hyde Park.

'Bo' was t n e f o c a l p o i n t o f t h e m e e t i n g , b e i n g p r e s e n t i n t h e c a p a c i t y o f "a p l a t f o r m on w h e e l s " ( n o c a r s a l l o w e d on t h e g r a s s , PLEASi)).

Doubts had been e x p r e s s e d about the g e n e r a l p u b l i c v o t i n g i n the G u i l d s e l e c t i o n s , but the f e w e n q u i r e r s s h o w e d no f u r t h e r i n t e r e s t when t h e y w e r e t o l d ' i t was not_ a s t r i k e .

A s o l i t a r y m o u n t e d p o l i c e m a n showed some i n t e r e s t i n the m e e t i n g , but h i s h o r s e i n d i c a t e d d i s a p p r o v a l by p r e s e n t i n g h i s b a c k c o n t i n u a l l y .

The R a c e i t s e l f t o o k I t s o r i g i n a l f o r m o f b o a t r a c e f o r u o x ' e d p a i r s up t h e S e r p e n t i n e t o the 3 r i d g e , between tne v a r i o u s departments of Guilds.

A r u l e o f t h e R a c e was t h a t n o n e o f t h e C r e w s s h o u l d be members o f t h e B o a t C l u b , b u t u n f o r t u n e l y one of the Departments n e g l e c t e d t h i s ( t h e y s h a l l be n a m e l e s s ; , b u t a t l e a s t t h e y d i d n ' t w i n .

Tne e l e o t r i c a l s went i n t o t h e l e a d f r o m t h e s t a r t b u t due t o t h e e n t h u s i a s m o f 2 n o n c o m p e t i t o r s , w e r e rammed.

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The c i v i l s t h e n f o r g e d a h e a d and were t n e f i r s t t o r e a c h t h e Bridge..

By t h i s t i m e t n e r a i n was l a s h i n g a c r o s s t h e w a t e r and i t was r a t h e r d i f f i c u l t t o see who came s e c o n d , b u t i t i s bet i e v e d t h e m e c h a n i c a l s f i l l e d t h i s place.

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Tne s p e c t a t o r s h a d become 3 o a k e d by t n e d e l u g e and some, r e a l i s i n g t h a t t h e S e r p e n t i n e was n o t much w e t t e r , d i v e d i n t o h e l p o r h i n d e r t n e c h e m i c a l s r e f l o a t t h e i r b o a t , w h i l s t t h i s was g o i n g o n , t h e a e r o s . c r e p t up i n t o 4 t h p l a c e .

A l l t h e b o a t s w e r e r e t u r n e d so t h a t no b o a t s , c r e w s , s p e c t a t o r s o r d e p o s i t s were l o s t . .Vhen Tony G i l l had p r e s e n t e d t h e cup and some a l e t o t n e ' w i n n e r s , dampened s p i r i t s w e r e r e v i v e d with a Boomalaka.

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A f ew\ mnabers o f t h e B a t t a r s e a P o l y t e c h n i c p e r p e t r a t e d a hugs hoax on one of t h e i r c o l l e a g u e s . The B a t t e r s e a p e o p l e a s k e d f o r t h e c o - o p e r a t i o n o f a M e d i c a l s t u d e n t f r o m t h e Westmins t e r H o s p i t a l and two r a t h e r s u a w p e r s o n a l i t i e s f r o m I.C. "Dr." Power , o u r own C h a i r m a n of A.C.C., and B r i a n S m i t h , " t h e o o m p l e a t T e c h n i c a l Adv i s e r " a l o n g w i t h D a v i d P, a m e d l s a l s t u d e n t were t h e m a i n a c t o r s i n t h i s somewhat amusing incident.

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He was r e e e l v e d w i t h a s t u t e but pro.'-'ss l o n a l d e c o r u m by "Dr." P o w e r . H a v i n g c h e c k e d t h e s t a t s o f h i e t e e t h , e a r s , n o e e , and h i s p h r e n o l o g i c a l bumps, "Dr." Power s e t a b o u t prov: -v t o t h e , by now h a r a s s e d g r a d u a t e , t h a t he was not b r e a t h i n g . H i s l e f t l u n g had c o l l a p e e d , and he, t h e d o c t o r , wasn' t s u r e w h e t h e r t h e r e was a r l g h ' l u n g ! I t w.s n o t e d t h a t t h e stethoscope r o u n d t h e d o e t o r ' s nook wasn' t f i t t e d i n h i s e a r . g i v i n g r i s e t o the statement t h a t heartbeats cannot be h n a r d u n l e s s t h e s t e t h o s c o p e i s p l u g c * * in.

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G e o f f S t a r m e r was b o r n i n 1929, a n d went t o Ecliool i n N o r t h a m p t o n w h e r e l i e d e v e l o p e d a s t r o n g a v e r s i o n t o w a r d s c o m p u l s o r y s p o r t . T h i s grew i n t o p. manl n w h i o h r e a c h e d i t s c l i m a x one d a y a t H a r l i n g t o n , when he w i e l d e d a s t a r t i n g g u n w i t h such e f f e c t t h a t seven runner s had t o r e t i r e w i t h shot o f f toec. ( T h i s t e c h n i q u e has s i n c e been n e e d w i t h g r e a t s u c c e s s b y E. Waugh). A s he lodged f a r from c o l l e g e Geoff also j o i n e d t h e Qroer C o u n t r y C l u b , i n o r d e r t o i m p r o v e t h e e f f i c iency o f h i s e a r l y bus catching.

O e o f f f i r s t became known t o t h e F E L I X p u b l i c by a number o f e l a b o r a t e d r a w i n g s i n w h i c h men and m a c h i n e s were i n e x t r i c a b l y m i x e d i n i n d e s c r i b ably ingeneous a t t i t u d e s . Extremely p r o l e t a r i a n i n nature, t h i s unuBual a r t form probably springs from G e o f f ' s f o u r and a h a l f y e a r s a t A r m s t r o n g W h l t w o r t h ' s , when he r o s e a t 5.30 e a c h m o r n i n g t o catch a t r a i n t o Coventry. His close contact w i t h work a n d i n d u s t r y h a s h a d e n e f f e c t o n h i s s t y l e o f w r i t i n g w h i c h i s w o r k m a n l i k e nnd d e v o i d o f ornament, o n h i s o r g a n i s a t i o n o f F E L I X w h i c h i s wor'-manlike and t o t h e p o i n t , a n d o n h i s t a s t e i n d r i n k which i s workmanlike.

H i s l a t e r work i n t h e E f f i c i e n c y D e p a r t m e n t o f TIMKENS r e s u l t e d i n h i s g i v i n g a p a p e r t o t h e C & G Eng. Soc., o n " M o t i o n a n d Time Study;' a s u b j e c t w h i c h he h a s n o t a p p l i e d w i t h c o n s p i c u o u s s u c c e s s t o h i s p e r e g r i n a t i o n s r o u n d Hyde P a r k . ( I n c i d e n t a l l y , he i s 3 0 9 t h b e s t r u n n e r i n E n g l a n d ; o r so t h e 1953 N a t i o n a l C.C., C h a m p i o n s h i p s w o u l d have u s b e l i e v e ) .

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Enough o f t h i s p a i n f u l s u b j e c t . I n v i n d i c a t i o n o f h i s o h a r a o t e r i t s h o u l d b e r e c o r d e d t h a t he h a s been a c t i v e i n many o t h e r c l u b s ; i n c l u d i n g S a i l i n g ("too i n a o t l v e " ) , R o v e r s ( " t o o d r a u g h t y " ) , and Photography ("of r a i l w a y e n g i n e s , o f c o u r s e " ) . I n h i s f i r s t y e a r he h a d o u t s i d e i n t e r e s t s . (When s h e l e f t h e w e n t c a r e f u l l y f o r a w h i l e , b u t i s now w e l l known f o r h i s many o u t s i d e i n t e r e s t s ) .

As a f o r c e o n t h e F E L I X B o a r d he h a s b e e n v e r y s u c c e s s f u l . Founded on a system o f r e g u l a r and punctual Board meetings;his o r g a n i s a t i o n has become so d e m o c r a t i c t h a t e v e n t h i s P r o f i l e was a p p r o v e d b y p. m a j o r i t y v o t e a f t e r t h e E d i t o r h a d refused permission f o r i t . His w e l l d i s c i p l i n e d meetings with r e d h e r r i n g s r u t h l e s s l y suppressed, have r e s u l t e d i n r e c o r d c r o w d s a t S u n d a y make-up meetings, G e o f f h a s been i m a g i n a t i v e and r e s o u r c e f u l , as witnessed by the Rag Supplement produced i n F e b r u a r y a t two d a y s n o t i c e ; a f i n e c o m p r e h e n s i v e piece o f r e p o r t i n g turned o u t i n the f a c e o f many p r o d u c t i o n a n d e d i t o r i a l d i f f i c u l t i e s . A b o v e a l l h i s o t h e r q u a l i t i e s , he h a s b e e n e n t h u s i a s t i c (even t o t h e e x t e n t o f I n d i s c r e e t , a p p l a u s e a t rather w i l d student a c t i v i t i e s ) ; an e n t h u s i a s t i c undergraduate w i t h a zest f o r s o c i a l matters; an e n t h u s i a s t i c E d i t o r , ready t o grumble o r p r a i s e with great s p i r i t , never w i t h l a c k o f i n t e r e s t ; and h i s c h e e r f u l f a c e , p e e r i n g b e h i n d h i s enormous s p e c t a c l e s , w i l l b e g r e a t l y m i s s e d when we meet a g a i n n e x t term.

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The academic year i s f a s t drawing t o a c l o s e ; take f i r s t place i n our mind and there i s l i t t l e tlÂťe f o r other a c t i v i t i e s .

FELIX appreciates t h i s stat e of a f f a i r s and, so that our readers are not detracted from t h e i r studies, t h i s w i l l be the l a s t issue of the present session.

We wish a l l of our readers success i n t h e i r caning encounters with the examiners and hope that they w i l l be here again to support FELIX next year.

FKLIX needs your support.

I t i s independent of the Union's finance, being about the only thing i n I.C. that i s not a drag on the union funds.'

The f a c t that i t has to pay i t s way i s a spur to the e f f o r t s of the board t o make i t as i n t e r e s t i n g t o i t s readers as p o s s i b l e - i f wo don't always succeed i t i s not f o r w e n t of the attempt.

If there was any thought of a subsidy these e f f o r t s would be lessened and that i s why FELIX wishes to be independent.

Why a l l t h i s t a l k of finance and independence?

This tons has seen the i n t r o d u c t i o n of SENNET - tho u n i v e r s i t y newspaper.

I t s standard of production i s f a r superior to that of FELIX and since SENNET i s a l s o s o l a f o r 3d, wo agree that i t gives you b e t t e r value f o r your money.

This i s p a r t l y due to a subsidy, which i s neoessary i f i t i s t o be a good representative of L.U., and a l s o because of a such bigger c i r c u l a t i o n .

But because of t h i s begger c i r c u l a t i o n i t cannot report a c t i v i t i e s at I.C. so w e l l as a college newspaper.

In i t s l a s t i ssue i t stated that Mr. D. Kale, i t s next e d i t o r , was at Guilds, but FELIX i s able t o report, more accurately, that Dinesh i s a member of the Eoyal School of Mines - and proud of i t . ' Since. FELIX i s a c o l l e g e paper i t should serve I.C. w e l l but, f o r the same reason, i t can never give s a t i s f a c t o r y coverage t o U n i v e r s i t y news which i s the purpose of SENNET. Thus we f e e l that FELIX and SENNIT are complementary, and that -there i s no need f o r competition between us.

U n l i k e the newspapers of other London c o l l e g e s , FELIX made no d i s g u i s e d attacks on the u n i v e r s i t y paper, but even co-operated i n using i t s own sales organisation And next term, a member of the FELIX t o s e l l SENNET. board w i l l be e d i t o r of SENNET. But i t i s no use FELIX regarding SENNET as complementary, i f members of .this c o l l e g e buy SENHET i n p r e f e r ence t o FELIX. We have already s a i d that we consider Sennet as f a r as the amount of reading i n i t , i s a b e t t e r threepennyworth.

Nevertheless, f o r members of 1,0., news of a c t i v i t i e s i n the c o l l e g e are of more immediate i n t e r e s t and i t would be a p i t y i f FELIX had~to apply f o r f i n a n c i a l assistance from the Union because of a reduced circulation.

During the time that SENNET has been on s a l e , the s a l e s of FELIX have been about one hundred above those f o r This may seem t o the equivalent i s s u e s of l a s t year. i n d i c a t e that there i s no f e a r of FELIX's c i r c u l a t i o n d e c l i n i n g but i t must be remembered that our readers have the FELIX-buying h a b i t which they have aquired during the two terms previous t o the appearance of SENNET. Next year's freshers w i l l not have t h i s habit but w i l l be faced by two p u b l i c a t i o n s . We ask our present readers t o educate the f r e s h e r s regarding SENNET as the complement of FELIX so that I.C. w i l l continue t o have a l i v e l y j o u r n a l f o r the dissemination of news of p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t to i t s e l f .

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That FELIX i s a c o l l e g e newspaper i s emphasized by the member of people who help i t i n some way or other.

Our thanks go to the President and Sec. of I.C. Union, who have nearly always been w i l l i n g t o 3upply us w i t h news and at the same time respect our independence - even i f i f does moan that the f a c t s are not always represented t o t h e i r l i k i n .' We would a l s o thank those s e c r e t a r i e s of clubs and s o c i e t i e s who have continuously f e d us w i t h news of t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s and e s p e c i a l l y f o r the f a c i l i t i e s t o FELIX reporters given by the S o c i a l Clubs Comsdttee, Dramatic Socy., Cross Country Club, Eng. S o c , Padio Soc. and Motor Club.

We hope that a l l of these have been duly rewarded through the reports i n FELIX and i f some clubs etc. f e e l that FELIX neglects them, we would l i k e t o say that i f we are informed of t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s , i t i s almost c e r t a i n that one of our s t a f f r d . l l be along.

Mention should be made of the debt we owe t o the Guilds r e g i s t r y who were a great help i n co-operating i n the production of the rag supplement i n the Spring Term.

Also helping i n the production of FELIX are the y c i n g l a d i e s from the London College of S e c r e t a r i e s who do some of our typing (the p a r t without the mistakes) i n each make-up Sunday.

Then there are the salesmen without whom the c i r c u l a t i o n of FELIX would be nowhere.

There are too many of thorn t o mention by name but t h e i r work i s very much appreciated by FELIX - i f not by the Guildsmen who can't get by the gang of aggressive vendors mustered by John Hanson, without buying a copy.

We a r e v e r y g r a t e f u l t o J o h n D a v i B S who h a s c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e p r o d u o t i o n ftf F E L I X b y l e n d i n g u s h i s t y p e w r i t e r eaeh make-up S u n d a y , s o m e t i m e s a t g r e a t inconvehien.ee t o h i m s e l f .

L a s t l y , as edixor, 1 would l i k e t o thank those members it tho board who, though g e t t i n g no b e n e f i t s such as subs i d i s e d t r a v e l e t c . as w i t h I.C. Clubs e t c . , give up They receive l i t t l e of the â&#x20AC;˘tush of -Uieir time t o FELIX. l i m e l i g h t and so some space can be devoted t o t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s : E l i z a b e t h Hamilton, the secretary, who keeps our records s t r a i g h t and attends t o the complimentary copies - 18 are sent out t o various London c o l l e g e s alone; John Pownall, t r e a s u r e r , who v a i n l y t r i e s t o r e l a t e the money taken each week w i t h the number of copies p r i n t e d ; A.B, Blake, a d v e r t i s i n g manager, who acts as an intermed i a t a r y between our treasurer, a f t e r the money and the a d v e r t i s e r s who don't want to part w i t h i t ; B i l l Hudson, c i r c u l a t i o n manager, often to be seen l a t e on Thursday evening t r y i n g t o keep FELIX, and h i s beard, out of the wheels of h i s b i c y c l e ; Don Grasham, p u b l i c i t y manager, who i s responsible f o r the wonderful posters seen around the c o l l e g e ; John Seeley, the production Manager, who has been the stalwart i n the negotiations w i t h the p r i n t e r i n t r y i n g to improve the appearance of FELIX; Mary McKenzie a s s i s t a n t t o the productions manager.

Besides these there i s the e d i t o r i a l s t a f f - Mac Fraser, News e d i t o r , who seems to t h i n k that most of t'.-;e things happening at I.C. go on i n the bar; Buster Deacon, Features e d i t o r , who gives a true J o u r n a l i s t i c f l a v o u r t o the board by never g i v i n g any i n d i c a t i o n of his coolings or goings; Paul Harding, Sports E d i t o r , who i s renowned f o r never having attended a s i n g l e board meeting but no one can deny the success of the sports page; Geoff Grimshaw,' coming events e d i t o r , the i n s t i g a t o r of the improved layout of the Coming Events colunwi; Roger Sykes, Art E d i t o r , who w i t h Peter Southgate (PASS) produces the amusing drawings which enliven our pages; J u l i u s Kosky, Photographi.j E d i t o r .

My thanks a l s o go to our contributors - Ray Bonet our c r i t i c at Drarasoc productions; Ian Kerr, our. c r i t i c , but not forecaster, of the Choir concerts; Trevor mtthen who has been of great help i n t r y i n g to improve the photographs i n FELIX, even though the p r i n t e r has u s u a l l y managed to f o i l h i s attempts; together with Bob F i l l m o r e M . P e r r l s a n d P a u l Teun*L a s t l y , but by no means l e a s t , I am very g r a t e f u l to Robin Bray, who has prevented me from making too many mistakes, and Dinesh Kale, E d i t o r Emerities, who has always been w i l l i n g to do whatever was needed.

REFECTORY

REFECTORY PROGRESSES. The Refectory i s at l a s t showing signs of recovery.

Losses i n the past two terms have slowly diminished, and there i s reason to hope that they w i l l eventually vanish completely.

The only meal which c o n s i s t e n t l y runs at a l o s s i s breakfast, and i t seems i n e v e i t a b l e that i t w i l l continue to do so u n t i l more custom i s found.

The progress i s due mainly to the e f f o r t s of the new manager l i r liooney, i n close co-operation w i t h the Catering sub-committee. Readers must have n o t i c e d that quite apart from food, small things l i k e more l i g h t s , more wat e r jugs, racks f o r t r a y s on the sides of the t a b l e s and so on have made the Refectory a f a r b e t t e r place than of old.

I t i s to be hoped that the improvement continues.

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Wine - l i s t .

The Wine Committee had been set up by the i.ifectory Committee t o i n v e s t i g a t e and make recommendations on the wine s i t u a t i o n i n the c o l l e g e . I t has produnod a most stimulatin g r e p o r t .

I t recommends, among other things, that a w i n e - l i s t be p r i n t e d and given s u i t a b l e c i r c u l a t i o n . I t a l s o rooom mends the puechase of a s n a i l loo mslrlng plant or r e f r i gerator, to be selected with a view t o I t s l a t e r re-inebft a l l a t i o n i n ths new bar (which w i l l replace Committee Rooms A 3 The committee are of tho opinion, that the " c u l t i v a t i o n of an educated tast e i n wines should be encouraged by p r i c i n g wine as cheaply as p o s s i b l e . * The) r e port a l s o contains rexcomendations regarding wines and s p i r i t s t o be l a i d down f o r future eamsumptleB sad 0 1 cession rates f o r functions.

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Ei ITOR'S ROTE: I n our l a s t I s s u e , we p u b l i s h e d a l e t t e r from U r . J .M. Hathaway, I n w h i o h he o r l t l o l a e d our r e o r t o f t h e v i s i t o f s i x member:' o f I.C. U n i o n t o W e s t e r n Germnny. The r e p o r t was c e r t a i n l y n o t l n a o o u r a t e , b u t we a c c e p t t h e t I t was b i a s e d . L i m i t a t i o n s o f apace i n F E L I X p r e v e n t e d u s fnom p r i n t i n g t h e w h o l e o f t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s , and i t was f e l t t h a t an a o o o u n t a f t h e more s e r i o u s a s p e o t s o f t h t i r v i s i t o o u l e be g i v e n i n PHOENIX, and t h a t F E L I X s h o u l d o o n e a n t r a t s oh t h e l i g h t e r s i d e o f t h e t o u r . T h i s a r r a n g e m e n t i s p a r t i c u l a r l y des i r a b l e when i t i s r e a l i s e d t h a t t h e o p i n i o n s o f e o n d i t i o n s and eoonoraio r e c o v e r y i n Weste r n Germany a r e l i k e l y t o be v e r y c o n t r o v e r s i a l and c o n s i d e r a b l e s p a c e i s n e o e s s a r y t o g i v e an understanding of b o t h s i d e s of the q u e s t i o n .

The E d i t o r , Felix.

J a n L u i k e n s t r a a t , 10, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

* wear s i r , I was i n L o n d o n r e c e n t l y and p i c k e d up a copy o f F E L I X w h i l s t I waa i n t h e U n i o n .

I r e g r e t t o Bay t h a t I was d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h i t .

3elow an i n d i o i p h e r a b l e h e a d l i n e I c o u n t e d a number o f s p e l l i n g m i s t a k e s , many more t y p i n g e r r o r s and numerou s s p l o d g e s and m a r k s t h a t r e a l l y a h o u l d n ' t be t h e r e a t a l l .

My impression was t h a t t h e s t a n d a r d o f p r o d u c t i o n h a s d e c l i n e d a p p r e c i a b l y f r o m t h e s t a n d a r d s s e t some y e a r s ago.

I know o n l y t o o w e l l t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s o f p r o d u c i n g F e l i x a t a l l e v e r y f o r t n i g h t b u t I do t h i n k y o u m u s t I n s i s t on a s l i g h t l y b e t t e r As t o t h e c o n standard from your a s s i s t a n t s . t e n t o f t h e i s s u e ( I b o u g h t i t on t h e 1 4 t h o f May - I'm n o t s u r e o f t h e d a t e o f i s s u e ) I w i l l say n o t h i n g e x c e p t t o ask i f you r e a l l y t h i n k i t o o n t a i n e d t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e news o f t h e C o l l e g e ? p l e a s e do n o t l e t FULIX become t o o f l i p p a n t .

Remember i t s p r i m e f u n o t i o n i s a newspaper.

Yours s i n c e r e l y , C l i f f . Hargreaves Dear S i r , Have you any hope of a bear, a g i r l , and night out?

Do you hope to pass a l l your exams., get a good job, high Have you any hope f o r the pay, house, family, and oar? things you r e a l l y want?

But are these the things we r e a l l y want?

Do we not seek happiness and a worthwhile l i f e ; the others are secondary.

What then doe3 make suon a l i f e ?

Not money nor pleasures.

Psychology has no simple answer and nor has C h r i s t i a n i t y but i t oan and does often make great changes i n peoples l i v e s and hopes.

In America t h i s summer many C h r i s t i a n s w i l l be d i s cussing "The hope of the world" at the great Yforld Counoil E a r l y next term many of these men of Churches' Assembly. and women w i l l be i n England speaking t o students up and dowrr the country.

KXAtf THAN (cho tarn) who w i l l speak at t h i s College on Oot. 12 and 15 worked at Rangoon U n i v e r s i t y and i s much concerned with r a c i a l and i n t e r n a t i o n a l problems.

Max Vfarren, a l i v e l y reasonable man, w i l l a l s o be here and w i l l speak on Oot. 14.

These speakers are important men and should be i n t e r e s t i n g . lours f a i t h f u l l y , Robert Palmer.

President, Student C h r i s t i a n Movement, G U I L D S U N I O N M E E T I N G As usual, Guild's A.G.M. saw room 17 and i t s approaches w e l l f i l l e d w i t h l o y a l Guildsmcn nearly a l l of whom were only p a r t l y dressed ( i n a n t i c i p a t i o n of l i v e l y a c t i v i t i e s afterwanls) The Presedent t o l d the meeting of the lack of enthusiasm 3hown by the P o l i c e to F i e l d Cup Race. The f o l l o w i n g motion was then put :- " That the A.G.M. of J u i l d s be held i n Hyde Park". The more serious eleaent of those present at the meeting foresaw the p o s s i b i l i t y of the general p u b l i c voting i n the e l e c t i o n s and the motion was f&mmended .„ "Kxcept f o r the e l e c t i o n s , the A.G.M. of Guilds be held i n Hyde Park". The motion v/as c a r r i e d .

'Andy'Levins was elected Presedent f o r next session.

Following the usual speeche«(frequently interrupted by remarks - some w i t t y , 3orae just crude) the f o l l o w i n g were elected :Vice-President 'Kim' Ash lion. Sec. Tony Grantham I.C.Rep. Ron George As the speeches progressed the only l&dy'Guildanan' beoamc 'lady', then 'Miss Dent' and f i n a l l y 'Katherine' what f a m i l i a r i t y ' The remainder af the meeting was conducted i n Hyde Park vdth a much depleted gathering. The minutes were read and approved a f t e r which Mr. 'Day* pro->o3ed that the 'minutes' be afterw.i-ds c a l l e d 'seconds' - H" was not *3"Cond<xl'.

A new item of r e g a l i a f o r the o f f i c e of VicePresident was approved - a 'said* bmsh.' 'he President i s to b- eonrratulat"d on a f i n e account of the years Im^p^nin^s.

Dear S i r , In your l a s t i s s u e you p u b l i s h e d a l e t t e r a d v o c a t i n g t h a t aoademlo gowns should" be woi-n a t I.C. One o f t h e r e a s o n s a d v a n o e d i n f a v o u r o f t h i s s u g g e s t i o n was t h a t gowns a r e " t h e c e n t u r i e s - o l d t r a d e - m a r k o f s o h o l a r s and s t u dents".

S u r e l y t h i s i s t h e v e r y r e a s o n why gowns s h o u l d NOT be w o r n . What i s t h e use ef" i n t r o d u c i n g a f a l s e impression of s o h o l a r l l n e a a amongst t h o s e a t t e n d i n g a t e c h n o l o g i c a l c r a m m i n g shop?

I t i s w i d e l y b e l i e v e d by s t u d e n t s t h a t l a r g e sums o f money a r e t o be s p e n t , and a r e b e i n g s p e n t a l r e a d y , on e n l a r g i n g t h e f a o i l l t l e a f o r t r a i n i n g so-oalled "technologists" (witness t h e a c t i v i t y on t h e r o o f s o f t h e R.3.M. and G u i l d s ; and a r o u n d Chem. T e c h ; and t h e new Adm i n , b u i l d i n g i n Queens G a t e ) b u t how muoh i a t o be s p e n t i n r e c t i f y i n g t h e d e p l o r a b l e l a c k of r e s i d e n t i a l accomodation f o r students?

We a r e t o l d t h a t two o r t h r e e y e a r a s p e n t a t c o l l e g e g i v e s one a b r o a d e r v i e w o f life.

A b r o a d e r v i e w o f l a b . r e p o r t s , and tea* t u b e s , and s u b u r b a n t r a i n s p e r h a p s , b u t t h e r e s h o u l d be more t o l i f e t h a n t h i s .

I t seena t o me that, t h e p r e s e n t p o l l o y o f I . C . i s t o t r a i n < suitable youth t e c h n i c a l l y while ignorin g tha f u n d a m e n t a l n e e d s , f o r mere e x i s t a n c e , o f a p l a c e t o e a t and s l e e p ; l e t a l o n e t h e r e q u i r e ments, f o r l i f e , of o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o exchange rlews w i t h o t h e r s .

I b e l i e v e t h a t t h e r e i s more t o l i f e t h a n s q u i n t i n g down some s u p e r - m i c r o s c o p e o r s i t t i n g at the c o n t r o l p a n e l a f a h i g h - s p e e d t u r b i n e . M o r e o v e r , I b e l i e v e t h a t a " l o t oan be l e a r n t a b o u t l i f e by d i s c u s s i o n w i t h o t h e r s .

Men who w i l l be o f most u s e t o t h e community tomorrow a r e t h o s e who know how t o l i v e , n e t t h o s e who know o n l y how t o t w i d d l e t h e c e n t r e ! knob o f some m a o h i n e . I t i s s a i d o f aen whe ga t o t h e U n i v e r a i t y t h a t " i t d o e s n ' t m a t t e r what y o u r e a d a t c o l l e g e , so l o n g a s y o u ga t a e e l * l e g e " . What a p i t y t h a t c a n n o t be s a i d o f I.C. E x p a n s i o n i s c e r t a i n l y g o i n g ahead an t h e t e o h n l o a l s i d e o f t h e c o l l e g e , b u t no preg r e s s a p p e a r s t o be made t o w a r d s m a k i n g I.C. residential.

I am f o r o e d t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t t h e a i m i s t o t u r n out a u t o m a t o n s f o r the i n d u s t r i a l m a o h i n e , t o p r a d u c e s l a v e s who w i l l o p e r a t e t h e f a c t o r i e s and t h e mine s o f t h i s c o u n t r y without ever b e i n g troublesome about t h e r e a s o n why.

I n the oiroumstanoes, s i r , I submit t h a t gowns w o u l d be a m o c k e r y h e r e .

Yours s i n o e r e i y , .T.K. A l m o n d , R.C.S.

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At the A.G.M. of the R.C.S. Union held on Friday, May 21 at a vote of chinks waa passed t o the M i n i s t r y of Works f o r the work they had put i n hand f o r the convenience of the students and also f o r at l a s t piping i n a supply of drinking water - at present confined to the A much more serious matter concerning the Physics dept.

M i n i s t r y of Works wa3 t h e i r b i l l f o r £61 f o r repairs a f ^ e r the fracas that occurred on Feb. 16.

The R.C.S. Union was due to pay h a l f , but d i d not intend doing so u n t i l an itemised account was presented, which was 3 t i l l awaited" The meeting s i g n i f i e d nearly a month a f t e r requesting i t . i t s apnrovj, , but were rather blank on methods of r a i s i n g the money (/.:her than a s e r i e s of Da..ee3 already planned) but were c ^ h a t i c that another c o l l e c t i o n was not the way.

Various reports were then presented.

The Hon. Sen. Treasurer was unfortunately not present but a d i s b e l i e v ing audience were assured that the state of the Union's finances was s a t i s f a c t o r y ; the President's report spoke of a most successful year during which not only had the Rag or the century taken place but the R.C.S. had won the Lowry Cup and al30 the College Sports and Tu<*-of-War f a r , the f i r s t time f o r 20 years.

During these reports each member drank the health of the college i n beer from the cups that h»d been wen, standing erect to do so.

The r e s u l t s of the E l e c t i o n s were then announced, the successful candidates beingIPresident P.A. Lenin Chen. P.'..

Vice-President M. Gadsden Phys.3.

The various year representatives were then named,

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there being the usual lack of anyone from the Teo-iogy dept., and by "voting f o r the one we don't want" s i x memberj of the mhtert»in«ent» Comittee were elected out of t'«e >even proposed.

J . Sherwood was elected the R.C.S. representative to the I.C.U.Council.

The new President then took over h i s duties, I.e. that of dealing with A.O.B. and a f t e r a pieee of quickthinking on the part, of the Secretary i n replying to a question concemin*. the percentage of rotes oast In the b a l l o t , the President was congratulated on being the f i r e * Legitimate one the Union had had. (the c o n e t l t u t i o a iemands a t h i r t y - t h r e e and a tnir.1 b a l l o t f o r a v»Xtd election).

His reply that " i t i a » wine nan who teem h i s own father" i» worth l u ^ l n i ? .

The meeting closed with a s-rioue a a i l s s l o n - there wno no performance of the''College wnr cry.

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The I.C. C h o i r wound u p a n e x o e l l e n t y e a r of Buoio-aalclng by p r e s e n t i n g a lunoh-time Cono e r t i n t h e Gym o n T h u r a d a y May 2 7 t h .

The n u m b e r s o f b o t h a u d i e n o e , a n d p e r f o r m e r s , w e r e i n o r e a a e d o v e r p r e v i o u s summers; a n d i f t h i e o o n o e r t was any i x . d i o a t i o n t h e s t a t e o f t h e Choir i s oertainly very healthy.

T h i s i s due i n no s m a l l measure t o t h e e f f o r t s o f t h e C o n d u c t o r , D r . K . H . B r o w i , who, h a v i n g t o f o l l o w D r . J a c q u e s , tuna n o t l e t t h e s t a n d a r d s l i p i n a n y way, a n d h a s o e r t a i n l y made t h e C h o i r a v e r y h a p p y g r o u p .

T h e programme c o n s i s t e d e n t i r e l y o f E n g l i s h muBio a n d opened w i t h "Ode f o r S t . C e c i l i a ' s D a y "

by P u r o e l l .

T h i s i s a well-known work, a n d a f i n e our t a i n - r a i s e r .

Dr. Brown's c o n t r o l was f i r m throughout and t h e C h o i r responded w e l l i n t h e b r i s k e r passages.

The v a r i o u s s e c t i o n s o f t h e C h o i r were n o t so happy i n t h e i r q u i e t e r s o l o p a s sages, and a few f l u f f e d l e a d s were n o t i c e a b l e .

The s e c o n d i t e m w a s " T h i s i s t h e R e c o r d o f John", verses from the f i r s t chapter o f S t . John's Gospel s e t t o music by Orlando Gibbons.

The s e t t i n g i s f o r t e n o r s o l o a n d c h o r u s , a n d i s completely delightful.

Both s o l o i s t and c h o i r obv i o u s l y enjoyed themselves t o t h a f u l l , and s i n c e the c o m p l e x i t i e s o f t h e work a r e n o t g r e a t , t h i s performance was t h e best, i t e m o n t h e programme.

The f i n a l i t e m w a s "Serenade t o M u s i c " b y T a u g h a n W i l l i a m s , composed f o r t h e J u b i l e e , o f S i r H e n r y Wood.

I n i t s o r i g i n a l f o r m t h e work was performed by S i x t e e n o f the c o u n t r y ' s best, s o l o i s t s .

On t h i s o c c a s i o n , f o u r s o l o i s t s a n d t h s c h o i r w e r e sufficient,.

Themusic lis t y p i c a l Taughan W i l l i a m s , p e a c e f u l and l y r i c a l , w i t h t e n d e r f l o w i n g m e l o d i e s The Choir d i d very and i n t e r l i n k i n g h a r m o n i e s . w e l l i n t h i s q u i e t e r work, and the s o l o i s t s , a l t h ough a t r i f l e unsteady a t t i m e s , were r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the o v e r a l l e f f e c t by t h e i r s e n s i t i v e singing.

As i s u s u a l w i t h thes e ocamarts t h e s o l o i s t s were , young m u s i c i a n s , a i d e d t h i s t i m e b y a n a home-grown I.C. p r o d u c t , and t h a f r e s h n e s s o f t h e i r s i n g i n g was a r e a l d e l i g h t .

F i n a l l y a t r i b u t e must b e p a i d t o C h r i s t o p h e r Shaw a n d E l i z a b e t h P a r k e r p l a y i n g t h e t w o pianos.

F o r t h e m u s i c performed» t h e y w e r e t h e i d e a l accompaniement, a n d t o them, t o g e t h e r w i t h D r . Brown* must b e a c c o r d e d t h e t h a n k s o f t h e C h o i r and t h e a u d i e n o e .

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T h i r t y w a t e r - o o l o u r s b y S i r A l f r e d were e x h i b i t e d l a s t week i n A y r t o n H a l l . P a i n t e d d u r i n g h i s world-wide t r a v e l s , they consisted mainly o f p a n o r a m i c l a n d s c a p e s , a n d t h e tree-s were p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l l - d r a w n . A S t i l l L i f e a l s o caught t h e e y e .

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The r a g g i n g , r i o t o u s , n o t s o t i m o r o u s s t u d e n t I s so busy downing the prudent Brown B a g g e r - t e n t i l l f i v e r , work no p l e a s u r e , Browning Bagger He's no t i m e F o r a pantomime I n graphs.

J u s t stands g u r g l i n g and laughs As t h e p o o r B r o w n B a g g e r - M u s t be i n b y T u e s d a y . ( W h a t ' s t h a t ? B o o z e Day?).

Has t h e s w e a t a n d g r i n d Or d o e s h e f i n d Those c a v o r t s w i t h r e t o r t s t h e t i n g l i n g E l i x i r o f h i s morbid l i v i n g ?

The s h a m b l i n g , r a m b l i n g , - s o m e t i m e s g a m b l i n g Professor'of ultra-super-hypothetics Loves t h i s fawning, yawning, midnight o i l e r W i t h h i s c h i c brown bag o f h o r r i d t r i c k s .

The o t h e r G a r g a n t u a n l y g a y T r l n s m e r r i l y through the day Upon c o f f e e , b i s c u i t s , l a t e r t e a , To f i n d h i m s e l f a l l a t s e a C o u r s e work - h o r s e work L e t ' s be i n t h e c a r t .

Dear Brown B a g g e r , t h e donkey, W i t h a many d e c r e e d , a l m o s t c i r c u l a r C a r r o t as the goad Carri's h i s lead Of p e s t i l e n t i a l p a r a s i t e s .

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To t n e c a s u a l o b s e r v e r , %„•: a v e r ' .« I . J . h o p b e a r s a marked resemblanc e t o market l a y i n B a n g k o k , j u s t a f t e r t h e s l a v e t r a d e r i.ar p u l l e d in.

A t y p i c a l e v e n i n g f a l l s i n t o t A o phases the s e l e c t i o n o f a s u i t a b l e young l a d y from t h e a v a i l a b l e r e s o u r c e s s i t t i n g around the-gym, a n d l a t e r , t h e c a r r y i n g o f f o f one's p r i z e t o the d a r k room.

S h o u l d we w i s h t o h a v e a p r e v i e w -of t n e j o y s i n s t o r e , before committing o u r s e l v e s t o the e x t e n t o f 1/-, t h i s may be h a d b y s i t t i n g i n t h e l o u n g e f o r the f i r s t h a l f - h o u r o f the dance.

Those e x p e r i e n c e d g a m b l e r s a m o n g s t u s , who a r e w i s e enough t o h i d e b e h i n d a hedge on Newmarket H e a t h s o o n a f t e r dawn f o r s e v e r a l m o r n i n g s , b e f o r e maki n g any r a s h r a c i n g d e c i s i o n s , w i l l r e a l i s e t h a t t h i s i s time w e l l spent.

Having t r a n s f e r r e d ours e l v e s t o t h e gym we a r e a t o n c e c o n f r o n t e d b y a I s o l i d p h a l a n x o f gentlemen,' a t t h i s p o i n t i n t h e e v e n i n g some t e n d a y s a r o u n d t h e d o o r .

A little r e s o l u t e e f f o r t w i l l , however, b r i n g u s t o t h e c o m p a r a t i v e v o i d b e y o n d , w h e r e a f e w c o u p l e s may be d a n c i n g , w h i l e t h e . r e s t o f t h e l a d i e s w i l l b e s i t t i n g around the w a l l s .

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T h i s may be b e c a u s e n o b o d y h a s a s k e d them t o d a n c e , o r t h e one p a r t i c u l a r g e n t l e m a n w i t h whom t h e y w i s h e d t o dance i s o t h e r w i s e engaged; o r perhaps therei s n o t one s i n g l e gentleman r o u n d t h e door w i t h whom t h e y w o u l d h a v e t h e s l i g h t e s t i n c l i n a t i o n t b . nee even i f g i v e n t h e ohance.

(The a u t h o r re... s e s t h e u n l i k e l i h o o d o f t h i s p o s s i b i l i t y b u t m e n t i o n s i t f o r the,/ s a k e o f c o m p l e t e n e s s . ) An i n t e r v a l c o m e s ' a b o u t 9.30 a n d i t i s a s w e l l t o make t h i s t h e d e a d - l i n e f o r o b t a i n i n g a partner.

We m u s t r e m e m b e r t h a t i t i s s o e a s y t o r e l i n q u i s h one p a s s a b l e y o u n g l a d y , i n t h e hope t h a t s o m e t h i n g b e t t e r w i l l t u r n up.

I t d o e s n ' t - a n d b y t h e t i m e we h a v e come t o t h i s r e g r e t t a b l e c o n c l u s i o n , the above young l a d y i a s i t t i n g i n t h e o o r n e r w i t h s o m e b o d y we h a d p r e v i o u s l y thought our friend, l o o k i n g a s i f s h e h a d known h i m a l i f e t i m e .

Comes t h e i n t e r v a l and i t i s g e n e r a l l y considered w e l l worth t h e o u t l a y o f s i x pennyworth o f orange j u i c e a t t h i s s t a g e , t o h a v e someone u p o n whom t o l a v i s h w i t and s p a r k l i n g c o n v e r s a t i o n .

Soon, i f u n a t t a c h e d we w i l l h a v e "to c h o s e ' b e t w e e n a c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e h u n t amongat t h o s e l a d i e s who h a d t o b u y t h e i r own o r a n g e j u i c e , a n d t h e b a r w h e r e we may m o r a l i s e w i t h o t h e r e i n a s i m i l a r p o s i t i o n , on t h e b a r b a r i t y o f i t a l l , a n d o u r u n w i l l i n g n e s s t o be a p a r t y t o suoh t h i n g s .

A s s u m i n g we h a v e b e e n f o r t u n a t e , h o w e v e r , t h e n e x t s t a g e i s t h e t r a n s f e r t o t h e d a r k room.

Having observed t o o n e ' s p a r t n e r ( t h i s approach i s m o r e s u i t e d t o a newoomer t o I . e . ) , t h a t t h e gym i s f a r too crowded t o dance i n p r o p e r l y , o r t h a t i t i s h o t , one m i g h t s u g g e s t n o n o h a l a n t l y t h a t t h e r e i s p l e n t y o f room i n the Upper D i n i n g H a l l , where t h e sweet s o e n t e d a i r b r i n g s a new b r e a t h o f l i f e t o a n y o n e (,a r u f f l e d y o u n g l a d y , who may have b e e n u n f o r t u n a t e enough t o speak w i t h a F r e n o h a c c e n t , s c a m p e r i n g f r o m t h e above r o o m a t t h i s p o i n t , can w r e c k a whole e v e n i n g ' s work a d i e u p a n i e r s , vendanges sent f a i t e s ! ) .

Now, f i r s t i m p r e s s i o n s o f t h e d a r k room a r e a g a i n s t it.

E y e s unacoustomed t o t h e d a r k do n o t a p p r e c i a t e a t onoe t h a t t h e r e i s p l e n t y o f l i g h t o o m i n g t h r o u g h t h e w i n d o w s f r o m t h e lamp p o s t outside.

Add t o t h i s t h e seeming r e l u c t a n c e o f many p e o p l e t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e v a s t t r a c t o f d a n c i n g s p a o e , a n d t h e r e may be some; i n i t i a l doubt i n a l a d y ' s mind t h a t t h e dark .

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ALLOM CUP REGATTA. A s s t a t e d . I n t h e S e i u i e t t , I . * . 1 s t T i l l won tha U n i v e r s i t y o f London R o w i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s a t C h i s w i o k on S a t u r d a y 22nd o f May, t h u s h e a r i n g out t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e Head o f t h e R i v e r , and a v e n g i n g t h e i r " C h i s w i o k D e f e a t " b y U n i v .

C o l l . and H o s p . B.C. I n t h e C l i n k e r D i v i s i o n , t h e I.C. " f l y i n g f i f t h " V l l l , consisting e n t i r e l y o f novice oarsa e n won t h e i r f i r s t heat, a g a i n s t C h e l s e a P o l y . , and N o r t h a m p t o n E n g i n e e r i n g C o l l e g e b y b e i n g the orew t o o a t o h t h e l e a s t " c r a b s " a n d " w i n a l n g " e a c h c l a s h t h a t o c c u r r e d . However i n t h e F i n a l t h e y met t h e U.C.JbH. 2 n d V l l l , who b e a t them o f f t h e s t a r t , a n d a l t h o u g h t h e I.C. orew h u n g on t h e y c o u l d make no i m p r e s s i o n , i n s p i t e of b e i n g o l e v e r l y s t e e r e d r o u n d t h e l a s t t e n d .

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C R I C K E T — S i n c e our l a s t r e p o r t , the 1 s t X I has p r o duced the expected improvement, a n d r e o e n t l y s c o r e d a r e s o u n d i n g v i c t o r y over L.S.E. H i t o h a n and O l d l a n d have proved t o be a n e x c e l l e n t o p e n i n g p a i r , a n d put" on 1 0 8 a g a i n s t Q.M.C, I . C . d e c l a r i n g a t 1 7 1 f o r 5 ( H i t c h e n 9 2 , O l d l a n d 46) Time r a n out w i t h Q.M.C. a t 100 f o r 7.

T h e r e was a d e s p e r a t e l y e x c i t i n g f i n i s h a g a i n s t U.C., the match ending i n a - t i e . I . C . u a t t e d f i r s t a n d made 1 4 6 ( O l d l a n d - 5 0 . ) e j i d U.C p a s s e d 100 w i t h o n l y 2 w i c k e t s down. - H a w e v e r ' they c o l l a p s e d and a f t e r t h e i r seventh w i e k e t h a d f a l l e n a t 145. t h e n e x t t h r e e a l l f e l l a t 146(Ault 5 f o r 46) I . C . w e r e w e l l o n t h e way t o a n e a s y v i c t o r y a g a i n s t Wadham C o l l e g e , O x f o r d , whom t h e y d i s m i s s e d f o r 89 by s t e a d y b o w l i n g a n d g o o d f i e l d i n g . R a i n s t o p p e d p l a y when I . C . w e r a 43 f o r 0 .

A b r i l l i a n t p a r t n e r s h i p between O l d l a n d ( 9 8 ) a n d H a m m e r t o n ( 9 5 ) waa c h i e f l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r I . C . ' s t o t a l o f 244-4 d e c . a g a i n s t L . S . E .

B o t h b a t s m e n w e r e u n f o r t u n a t e l y r u n o u t I L.S.E went b o l d l y f o r t h e r u n s b u t w e r e a l l o u t f e r 1 2 9 , Hammerton r o u n d i n g o f f one o f h i s b e s t m a t ohes w i t h 6 f o r 111

However, t h e mere f a c t t h a t t h e y w e r e o n l y 2 l e n g t h s b e h i n d U.C.&H. 2nd 7111 g i v e s an i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g s t a n d a r d o f I . C . compared w i t h t h e o t h e r London C o l l e g e s .

M e a n w h i l e t h e I.C. 2nd V l l l were r o w i n g i n t h e Thames D i t t o n R e g a t t a . A f t e r r o w i n g e x t r e m e l y w e l l i n t h e i r f i r s t two h e a t s t o h e a t C h i s w l c k diS. a n d Berway, t h e y w e r e v e r y u n l u c k y i n the F i n a l t o l o s e a dead-heat by 2 f e e t a g a i n s t t h e home orew.

A M a i d e n f o u r r o w i n g a t Thames D i t t o n met an R.A.F. c r e w i n t h e i r f i r s t h e a t a n d gave them The m a t c h w i t h K e b l e C o l l e g e b e g a n i n X X t h e f a s t e s t r a c e o f 'he d a y . b r i l l i a n t s u n s h i n e on a h a r d w i o k e t . A t h u n d e r The f o l l o w i n g S a t u r d a y , t h e f i r s t I T ( e o x s t o r m a t l u n c h t l m e , when I . C . h a d s o o r e d 85 -3 s w a i n l e s s ) went f o r t h e W y f o l d Cup a+ R i c h m o n d p r e v e n t d d more p l a y u n t i l 4-^5 a n d I.C. d e o l a j w l R e g a t t a , b u t u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e y were i n t e r at U 7 - 4 ? K i t c h e n e r 30n.fl.) K e l i e were n e v e r a c e p t e d b y a n i s l a n d , a n d l o s t muoh v a l u a b l a t a b l e t o s c o r e q u a e k l y enoug h t o w i n a g a i n s t t time i n f r e e i n g themselves from b i r d s ' n e s t s the I.C. a t t a c k , b u t the match p e t e r e d out t o ano. o t n e r s c e n e r y . a -aw, K e b l e s c o r i n g 78-3.

WALTON REGATTA. f H L E T I C S Oh S a t u r d a y , 5 t h J u n e , I . C . were r e p u s e n t e d i n the Walton R e g a t t a b y the f i r s t T i l i n the Due t o members o f t h e C l u b b e i n g i n t h e U.L. Thames Cup, a n d t h e f i r s t I T i n t h e W a l t o n ( W y •earn, I . C . h a s n o t b e e n a t f u l l s t r e n g t h i n a n y f o l d ) f o u r z . I n t h e i r h e a t on t h e p r e v i o u s F r i f t h e f i x t u r e s e x c e p t t h e U.L. C h a m p i o n s h i p s d a y e v e n i n g t h e f o u r b e a t T w i c k e n h a m R.C. e a s i l y I n w h i c h we w e r e 3 r d ) a n d s o t h e s c o r e t o d a t e Raoing Reading U n i v e r s i t y i n tne f i r s t of b e a t i n g 3 c l u b s a n d l o s i n g t o 7 does n o t •heat, t h e T i l h a d r a s h e r a h u r r i e d s t a r t a n d sound i m p r e s s i v e .

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