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C U L P H A R N I V A L . Not only was a FELIX r e p o r t e r present at the Guilds C a r n i v a l on Jan. 21st., the EVENING STANDARD also was there. An item e n t i t l e d "Cavemen" appeared In the "In London l a s t night" column of t h e i r next day's issuo . Although the write-up was very f l a t t e r i n g from some points of view, i n other •aspects i t was Just p l a i n inaccurate. These gossip columnists Just don't know what goes on.
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Bones, animal hides, p r e h i s t o r i c b i r d s and charcoal b r a z i e r s decorated an enormous cave where druids and cavewomen danced wearing bath towels and leopard s k i n s . Students at the C i t y and Guilds College, Kensington were c e l e b r a t i n g the New Year with a carnival. f\ p t e r o d a c t y l - a p r e h i s t o r i c f l y i n g mammal - was suspended from the c e i l i n g of one of the three dance f l o o r s . During the b u f f e t at mldnlt_*.t there was a f i g h t with t r i f l e pudding. At eight t h i s morning breakfast was served to the remnants of a party of more than a thousand people.
Judging by the tone of the whole t h i n g the Standard was expecting a small Chelsea Arts B a l l . With a touch of imagination (stimulated by alcohol perhaps?) our snack bar with decorations might be l i k e n e d to an enormous cave, Oh Where! - d i d the 1000 people come from? The sentence about the f i g h t with t r i f l e pudding was unfortunately q u i t e c o r r e c t , and that i s not the kind of p u b l i c i t y f o r our C a r n i v a l s .
R E F E C T O R Y The Refectory Committee met on Monday 24th January. The main p a r t of the meeting d e a l t w i t h problems of a l t e r n a t i v e c a t e r i n g arrangements a f t e r Saster. As yet, nothing d e f i n i t e has been decided but both the Rector and the P l a n n i n g Dept. regard the matter as being urgent. I t i s very probable t h a t i n a d d i t i o n to Ayrton H a l l and the new temporary Refectory i n the Union B u i l d i n g , an a d d i t i o n a l room w i l l be a v a i l a b l e i n the neighbourhood. The E a s t e r c l o s i n g w i l l be complicated t h i s year by the f a c t that k i t c h e n equipment i n the Union B u i l d i n g has to be t r a n s f e r r e d from the West end of the b u i l d i n g t o the temporary space on the s i t e of the Old Lounge. This w i l l put the R e f e c t o r y out of a c t i o n f o r probably the whole of the vacation. A l t e r n a t i v e arrangements w i l l be made to cope w i t h t h i s s i t u a t i o n so that meals w i l l be
The decorators set about t h e i r task with much vigour and o r i g i n a l i t y . Perhaps the Snack Bar did not look quite l i k e a v a s t cavern as they had hoped, but the e f f e c t was good and the innovation of having two bars most popular. The decorations were d e f i n i t e l y the high spot of the evening but the cabaret, i n s u i t e of the hard work put i n by the performers, was f o r the most part rendered i n a u d i b l e by the audience. Only Mr. B a s i l Svans was able to q u e l l the r i o t w h i l s t he gave a r u l p h e c i t u l p h at ion which amused us a l l even i f only h a l f understood 1 The b u f f e t degenerated i n t o a t r i f l e f i g h t and the Jazzmen i n the Upper Dining H a l l , apart from the indomitable Johnny Parker, tendefl to f l a g after a while. But i n general the m a j o r i t y did have the good time they looked f o r
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COMMITTEE obtainable w i t h i n the c o l l e g e d u r i n g the v a c a t i o n , except f o r the normal f i v e days c l o s i n g over the Easter p e r i o d . Other business discussed by the Committee was the announcement that a N u t r i t i o n expert, M i s s Ward, w i l l s h o r t l y make a survey of the nutr i t i o n a l value of our menu. I n succession to the Rector, P r o f e s s o r Ubbelohde has been appointed Chairman of the Wine Committee. The Ayrton H a l l sub-couimittee were able to report t h a t Ayrton H a l l was now f u l l y a v a i l a b l e f o r evening f u n c t i o n s , and that f a c i l i t i e s had been made f o r Attendants and f o r Ladies Cloakroom space.
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Since the e a r l y hours or an October morning i n 1933 the world has known the g e n i a l p e r s o n a l i t y of one I v a n Michael Abbott. Born and bred i n Sutton, a S u f f o l k v i l l a g e where f o r the past eighteen years h i s f a t h e r has kept the l o c a l h o s t e l r y -'The Plough The second decade of h i s l i f e began at L e l s t o n grammar Sohool where he spent e i g h t years i n a carefree co-educational atmosphere. -Headers, can you not see the environmental e f f e c t on ehara-cter b u i l d i n g up even at that age!. 1952 found him at G u i l d s p u r s u i n g h i s chosen career of C i v i l Engineering. However i t was through the R i f l e Club that he f i r s t became known. L i v i n g i n the country he has and makes use of shooting r a b b i t s etc; s u r p r i s i n g l y enough he HAS a l i c e n c e . I t seems that on one occasion d u r i n g the war, w h i l s t p r a c t i s ing p i s t o l shooting w i t h a U.S. army r e v o l v e r , he n e a r l y shot the cat,descendants of which must s t i l l be f e e l i n g the b l a s t . H i s steady eye- no comment has earned him iris I.C. f u l l c o l o u r s f o r shooting. However t h i s year h i s happy s m i l e , or should I say lecherous l e e r , graces C o u n c i l i n the c a p a c i t y of Entertainments Chairman and i t i s i n t h i s post that most of you w i l l recognise the above p o r t r a i t . He has wandered around the world on Vac. jobs over the past four years to p l a c e s as f a r apart as Stockholm and the London Docks. I n the former h i s steady eye was 'put out' f o r a w h i l e a f t e r he c o l l i ded w i t h a lampost through l o o k i n g at a p a s s i n g g i r l . She c e r t a i n l y gave him the eye - a b l a c k one! In I.C. Hostel he i s w e l l known f o r h i s loud 'good-nights' and h i s r e f e r r i n g to i n t r u d e r s as miserable pieces of t u r f . M e n t i o n must be made of the lampshades i n h i s room. T h e i r c o l o u r i s not blue f o r a boy or red f o r but a s u b t l y I v a n n i c shade of pink! H i s hobbies are women and c o l l e c t i n g e a r r i n g s an e x c e l l e n t combination. He l i k e s Swedish c o f f e e , h i s pipe and throwing -trifle. He d i s l i k e s l o u d l y t i c k i n g c l o c k s , e a r l y r i s i n g ahd being on tne r e c e i v i n g end of an airborne t r i f l e . F i n a l l y , as a t i p to would be p a r t y p i v e r s here i s u i s r e c i p e f o r a good oup of c o f f e e : as hot as h e l l , as black as n i g h t and as sweet as l o v e . 1
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEKEND. "bods" who who sleep i n l e c t u r e s 1 t i e •"bods" pla.of^ end to end -- hey'd be much more jrta hie.
Apart from the C a r n i v a l , the main s o c i a l event since the l a s t issue was l a s t Saturday's Charity Hop. This Hop was a great success from a l l p o i n t s of view and r e minded one of the b e t t e r Hops of the good old Gym and Upper Dining H a l l days of l a s t year. There was a complete s e l l out of r a f f l e t i c k e t s f o r a b o t t l e of " grand old Scotch l i q u e u r whisky",and 'Hags' conducted the Dutch Auction with much aplomb. We f e e l that he has probably missed his vocation i A sobering influence , however, was the Soccer Captain's black tHe and dark s u i t - f o r the Cup s e m i - f i n a l we didn't win,but the gay atmosphere soon cheered him up. (Jueenie's Bar was perhaps her best e f f o r t i n that d i r e c t i o n to date! For the s t a t i s t i c i a n , approximately £30 was r a i s e d for the B r i t i s h S.T.F., £7 from the Tax at the door and £4.10 from the r a f f l e and Dutch auction. The Entertainments Committee extent a b i g THANK YOU to a l l who helped to make the Hop a success. Though s p o i l i n g someone's committee meeting i s not quite comme 11 f a u t , bis pueri senes,and the t h i r d year Miners s u c c e s s f u l l y d i v e r t e d many Guildsraen bound f o r a metallurgy l e c t u r e to the Metallurgy L i b r a r y , where Chairmen and Secretary became quite hot under t h e i r c o l l a r s as heads popped round >he door at the r a t a of ten a minute. A l l was taken i n good s p i r i t and perhaps forthcoming exams had somet h i n g to do with t h i s c h i l d i s h n e s s . The Guild's C a r n i v a l , reported elsewhere, appears to have r a i s e d some controversy regarding the posi t i o n of future c a r n i v a l s . I t seems that Carnivals are r a p i d l y becoming a shamblas and i f they degenerate f u r t h e r , some one i n a u t h o r i t y i s going to put a stop to them. When we v i s i t e d the Guilds Carnival at about 6.40 there seemed to be l i t t l e s u p e r f i c i a l signs of hooliganism and a few die-hard couples appeared s t i l l to be enjoying themselves i n t h e i r . v a r i o u s ways I Perhaps there were numerous newspaper reporters' p r o s t r a t e bodies secreted i n some s p e c i a l room. F e l i x i s produced under some duress this week. The E d i t o r was considering p u b l i s h i n g a page blank but for the n o t i c e 'Gone to Exams - back a f t e r Half Session . 1
We are informed that the London P o l i c e have set up a speed trap opposite to C i t y and Guilds C o l l e g e . A gentleman, clad only i n a d i r t y r a i n c o a t , can be seen standir.g on the opposite side of the road, watching the top of E x h i b i t i o n Road. On seeing a v e h i c l e t r a v e l l ing f a s t e r than i t should, hs waves an o f f white handkerchief v i g o r o u s l y to a t t r a c t h i s partner at the bottom of the read. Don't f o r g e t to wave back'.
then, a boy breaks a date, he has to when a e i r l breaks a date, she has two! A.n s.x-student, who l e f t I.C. not more than ' y**rc ago, now possesses a Rolls-Royce a gen+ley. -- I t can hsosen!
Having d i f f i c u l t y with your i n v i t a t i o n s ? Try t h i s ! My belovedOur college/The boyu/Tha Dean Is/are holding one of l t e / t h e i r / h i s popular weekly/ d a l l y balls/pub c r a w l s / sherry p a r t i e s next Thursday to Friday/Saturday/Sunday. I should bo dellghted/stimulatod/oxasperated i f you would k i n d l y consent to mo icc~.-panylng/ carrying/dragging you there. Your a f f e c t i o n a t e / r e s p e c t f u l / hopeful, Grandmother/Husband/Lover.
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T h i s FELIX i a Being s o l d on the l a s t day of the f i r s t h a l f - s e s s i o n , a time whioh. i a g e n e r a l l y q u i e t f o r the Union, and within, the Colleges. T h i a i a n a t u r a l l y so because f o r many people i n the Mines and R.C.S. i t i s examination time. The q u i e t n e s s i a a s I t should he f o r we should a l l take our examinations s e r i o u s l y . Sinoe we oome t o I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e f o r t e c h n o l o g i o a l t r a i n i n g seoond to none i n the oountry, i t i s r i g h t that our work should oome f i r s t . Any student of t h i s C o l l e g e who u n n e c e s s a r i l y n e g l e c t s h i s work f o r other a c t i v i t i e s i s being u n f a i r , both to h i m s e l f and t o those people r e s p o n s i b l e f o r sending him here. However we are members o f a U n i v e r s i t y i n s t i t u t i o n here a t I.C. and we owe o b l i g a t i o n s t o the student body t o which we belong. A Student Union i s a s e l f - c o n t a i n e d community, and should be a p r e l i m i n a r y t r a i n i n g ground f o r l i f e i n l a r ger and more a d u l t communities. Yet how many o f us use the o p p o r t u n i t i e s thus o f f e r e d t o beoome p a r t i c i p a t i n g members of our community, coming t o terms w i t h i t and o b t a i n i n g a more mature outlook The answer of course i s , t o o few. on l i f e ? Out of 2000 students a t I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e , a very c o n s e r v a t i v e estimate would be t h a t 1000 take no p a r t i n any Union a c t i v i t i e s . Who are the missing 1000 ? Do they have no s o c i a l i n t e r e s t s or hobbies, or a s p o r t t o play ? Of course they do, but t h e i r f r e e time i s spent away from C o l l e g e , the reason b e i n g the general d i f f i c u l t y and expense of t r a v e l l i n g about London. With a C o l l e g e as v a s t a s ours, s i t u a t e d i n Kensington, r e s i d e n t i a l schemes as. e x i s t a t other U n i v e r s i t i e s are impossi b l e ; although we f e e l that something oould , and should be done f o r those people who would l i k e t o l i v e nearer t o I.C. , i f something were provided. The r e a l t r o u b l e i s too much apathy. Work can be f i t t e d i n w i t h Union a c t i v i t i e s and t r a v e l l i n g problems as many Union O f f i c e r s have shown i n the past. Even lunch-time a c t i v i t i e s are supported by no more than 400 people, who we suspect are the same people who j o i n i n d u r i n g the evenings and at weekends. As the C o l l e g e expands we hope that more people w i l l make t h e i r U n i v e r s i t y education a complete one, otherwise too much w i l l continue to be done by" too few f o r too many.
ATTENTION ALL. A large number of tools.pliers.hammers and saws.wsre l o s t a f t e r the l a s t c a r n i v a l I f ' anyone has any idea where these may he found would they w r i t e to BOX 1,FELIX.
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I t has been a short w h i l e s i n c e "Viewpoint" appeared l a s t i n F e l i x , but the reoent C a r n i v a l deserves no s m a l l oomment i n view of the a t t e n dant happenings. A C a r n i v a l i a the C o l l e g e e q u i v a l e n t o f a Chelsea A r t s B a l l , and oosts a f i f t f j °f the amount to a t t e n d . I n t h i s l i g h t , the t i c k e t p r i c e i s very reasonable, and the margin f o r p r o f i t i s negligable. The G u i l d ' s C a r n i v a l net l i a b i l i t i e s t o t a l a t l e a s t £110. To balance these l i a b i l i t i e s , i f a working f i g u r e of one hundred t i c k e t s i s used, then t i e k e t s a l e s should have netted £100. About 70 t l e k e t s were s o l d . To quote the Evening Standard, a p a r t y of a thousand people attended - we d i v i d e t h i s by f o u r to o b t a i n a f a i r estimate - which g i v e s us 250 people present. T o t a l present: Present with t i c k e t s : Present without t i c k e t s :
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About £5 was c o l l e c t e d I n h a l f crown admission to the Cabaret, that i s , 40 unpartnered men p a i d . T h i s l e a v e s 70 people who p a i d n o t h i n g t o a t t e n d 28?£ of the number t h e r e . "This C a r n i v a l has r u n at a b i g g e r l o s s than any p r e v i o u s l y " says a member o f G u i l d s E n t e r t a i n ments committee. Is i t l i t t l e wonder that the C a r n i v a l runs at a l o s s , w i t h these unscrupulous people, i n the words of the Y o r k s h i r e proverb, "Takin' a l l and payin' nowt"? One does not need to contemplate l o n g before the r e a l i z a t i o n that C a r n i v a l s w i l l cease to e x i s t , w i t h such a s t a t e o f dishonesty, becomes apparent. These people have come t o expect danoing, buffet and cabaret as f r e e , g r a t i s and f o r nothing. There i s one s o l u t i o n : throw the l o u t s out i n the g u t t e r where they belong. F e l i x w i l l cake much pleasure i n p r i n t i n g the names o f such people a f t e r the next c a r n i v a l . P.A.E.S.
SPORTS PAGE CONTINUED.. J U D O L. 3. E. On Wednesday, January 19th I,C. e n t e r t a i n e d L.S.ii. t o a Judo matoh. L.S.E. i s r a t h e r a new c l u b , and apart from one 1st Kyu, or brown b e l t , , t h e i r team c o n s i s t e d of 6th Kyus, or white b e l t s . 1.0. i n r e t u r n f i e l d e d 6th Kyus, w i t h one 5th (yellow) and one 3rd Kyu ( g r e e n ) . The I.e. beginners d i d , . e l l , a l l winning t h e i r bouts, and the older hands were a l s o s u c c e s s f u l w i t h w e l l yrao t i s e d o s o t o g a r i ' s , t a i o t o s n i ' s , and h a r a i g o s h i s . L.S.E. also brought along Mr. N a k a n i s h i , a Japanese 4th Dan ( B l a c k B e l t ) now studying at L.S.S. As there are very few men i n England of that high a grade, l e t alone i n I.e., Mr. Nakanishi k i n d l y acted as r e f e r e e . A f t e r the match, which r e s u l t e d i n a 12 to 1 v i c t o r y on p o i n t s f o r I.e., he gave valuable advice to both teams. H.M.A. Sandhurst 1
The f o l l o w i n g Wednesday, Jan. 26th, I.C. went down to Sandhurst. The Cadets team was f i g h t i n g Oxford, and I.C. fought a team c o n s i s t i n g mostly of wonderfully f i t P.T. i n s t r u c t o r s and other r e g u l a r Army i n s t r u c t o r s . Burford succumbed to an ogoshi by one P.T.I., and seth d i d w e l l t o draw w i t h an even bigger one. Rotgans had an e a s i e r task, and c o n v i n c i n g l y beat a languages l e c t u r e r , but a f t e r a b a t t l e of h i p throws W i l l i a m s narrowly l o s t to a Grenadier sergeant. Science as opposed to strength i s the p r i n c i p l e of Judo, but as one o f our team discovered there i s not a l o t one oan do s c i e n t i f i c a l l y when picked up b o d i l y anf h u r l e d to the ground. One of tne most i n t e r e s t i n g bouts was between the I.C. c a p t a i n , Macpnerv.on, and h i s cadet opponent, when o s o t o g a r i was matched by k b s o t o g a r i . The f i n a l r e s u l t was a win to the H.M.A. by 5 p o i n t s to 4s. t h i s being I.C.'s f i r s t defeat t h i s year.
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I.e. Hostel. The E d i t o r , FELIX. Dear S i r , May I take advantage of the spaoe o f f e r e d by your columns to a i r a few thoughts on the subj e c t of C a r n i v a l s . The great t h i n g about C a r n i v a l s I s t h a t tney r e p r e s e n t some of the few occasions I n the year m e n everyone I s i n t e n t on e n j o y i n g themselves You can get t o know anyone, do or say almost anyt h i n g and know that i t won't be h e l d a g a i n s t you on the f o l l o w i n g day. as w e l l as g i v i n g people a ohanoe t o t r y t h e i r hand at d e c o r a t i o n s and humoroub dramatics, tney enable them t o get t o know the opposite s e x — a n a l l we s a y — a l i t t l e b e t t e r , and t o l e a r n t h e i r own c a p a c i t y f o r a l c o h o l } and why not? We have t o l e a r n sometime, and among one's f r i e n d s a t I.C. seems t o me the best p l a c e t h a t one could wish t o do i t . p e r s o n a l l y , though, I am not sure t h a t we are a c h i e v i n g our object a t the moment, as there i s a definite increase i n general i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y as d i s t i n c t from f r e e and esay enjoyment. I nave never been completely sober a t a C a r n i v a l , myself, except onoe when I was r e c o v e r i n g from a p a r t y the n i g h t before, so t h i s i s not w r i t t e n from any narrow-minded viewpoint. I t i s q u i t e n o t i c e a b l e t h a t , however, that the cabarets are having more and more d i f f i c u l t y in.making themselves heard, and the breakages i n the r e f e c t o r y and the bar have i n c r e a s e d alarmi n g l y . I s f l i n g i n g t r i f l e acros s the r e f e c t o r y r e a l l y f u n a f t e r i t ceases t o be o r i g i n a l , and d i d the people who t o r e down a l a r g e q u a n t i t y of the decorations at the Mines' C a r n i v a l d u r i n g the f i r s t hour r e a l i s e tha t they were d e s t r o y i n g the work of t h e i r f e l l o w students? Of course they almost c e r t a i n l y weren't sober, and perhaps t h a t i s r e a l l y the p o i n t . I s n ' t a d d i n g one's l i q u o r ? as the s a y i n g goes, not merely a matter of p h y s i c a l l y h o l d i n g i t , but of showing that you are a reasonable c h a r a c t e r when the s h e l l of s o b r i e t y i s washed away, and i f you f i n d tha t you're not, of doing something about i t . T h i s , of course, probably means t h a t I can't hold mine, so perhaps we a l l ought t o think about i t . Mike Neale.
The E d i t o r , F e l i x . Dear S i r , I n v e s t i g a t i o n s are being made by a group of I.C. students i n t o the s t a t e of M o r a l i t y w i t h i n the c o l l e g e , they asked one of t h e i r number to w r i t e a r e p o r t on the G u i l d s ' C a r n i v a l . Happily, t h i s r e p o r t e r was q u i c k l y Imbued w i t h a l c o h o l i c a p i r i t , r a t h e r than the s p i r i t of r i g h t e o u s n e s s , so p o s s i b l y t h i s r e p o r t w i l l not be w r i t t e n i n a form a c c e p t i b l e t o those who wish to decry the behaviour of I.e. I t i s f e l t by these students that I.C. i s immoral, and that the outward m a n i f e s t a t i o n s of t h i s i s evident from the conduct of those e.t the Guilds' Carnival. s i r ! Immorality i m p l i e s coarseness and v u l g a r i t y . I f we were s J, then the J e l l y B a t t l e i n the r e f e c t o r y would have degenerated i n t o a punching brawl. B'.t no. We soon wont across to " l i s t e n " to the Ct-oaret. The audience were kept w a i t i n g , so they trapt the show w a i t i n g - and how! The Cabaret wen-, on b r a v e l y , but itt was a case of who could shou. the l o u d e s t . One side having many times the v o i j e s , and the other, a couple of microphones (rraerophones?) With a l l t h i s chaos, i n c l u d i n g 1 j s i n g of s c r i p t s , c o l l a p s e of c u r t a i n s , and near i e s t r u c t i o n of musical instruments, not once j i d any one become crude or o f f e n s i v e . Everyone had a j o l l y d i>ime at the C a r n i v a l and i t i s about time t h i s s i a p i d confusion between "Immorality" and "Good Tlae-' ended. Yrs.
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The n a v i g a t i o n r a l l y h e l d l a s t F r i d a y n i g h t was a great auoeas, even though i t was the f i r s t time an a l l n i g h t r a l l y had been organised by the C ft d Motor Club. Seventeen d r i v e r s signed on at t h e •Peggy Bedford}" - near London A i r p o r t - and set o f f w i t h t h e i r crews about 10 p.m. on a 100 m i l e search f o r an even g r e a t e r number of Guildsman hidden at obscure p o i n t s among the c h i l t e r n s . To f i n d the f i r s t p o i n t , Competitors hadto tramp about i n a swamp. The hidden marshals had to e x e r o i a e the g r e a t e s t r e s t r a i n t on h e a r i n g the searchers c a l l i n g f o r them i n the strongest tones fin/i terms, One n a v i g a t o r was heard blowing a w h i s t l e f r a n t i o a l l y f o r a marshal (who of course did not appear t o the summons). Even so, one poor man, deeply discouraged, wandering vaguely around h o l d i n g h i s route card i n h i s hand wa s amazed when someone he was about to pass took h i s card from him One would have thought that and" time checked i t ! the t i t l e of a p o i n t , "Everest", would have l e a d t i r e d competitors t o expect some r e l a x a t i o n but the s i g h t of a row of l i g h t s l e a d i n g to a tent at the top of a h i l l unaccountably caused him t o climb the t h i n g r a t h e r than search at the f o o t where the marshal was p a t i e n t l y w a i t i n g . The course e v e n t u a l l y lead to the halfway p o i n t where a short break could be taken. Amusements were provided - the C h i e f P e r p e t r a or i n v i t ing a l l n a v i g a t o r s to a round of g o l f 'At Two A f t e r envious glances at O'clock i n the Morning'. the O r g a n i s e r s ' cooking arrangements - and Cook The marshals the Competitors went "To the Woods". and the Moustache so w e l l known i n 20 were o n l y l o c a t e d a f r a chase over numerous ploughed f i e l d s . Then to Che>-,ham t o "Late Night F i n a l " where the language was s a i d to be the worst on the whole r a l l y due to the i l l u s i v e p o s i t i o n s of the Marshals and After the f r i v o l o u s n o t i c e s they had e x h i b i t e d . a f u r t h e r p o i n t , cunningly concealed among Burnham Beeches, back to the f i n i s h at "June's Cafe" where competitors clocked o f f a t about 5.30 a.m. and strengthened themselves f o r the journey home w i t h cups of c o f f e e and p l a t e s of ? and chips . Opinions on the r a l l y , although i n p a r t i c u l a r cases u n p r i n t a b l e , were g e n e r a l l y very f a v o u r a b l e . The o r g a n i s e r s w i s h t o take t h i s o p o r t u n i t y of thanking a l l the many people who have helped t o make t h i s event so enjoyable. The f i r s t I.C man (seoond man home) was The f i r s t motorK.G. Hound — Wolseley 18. c y c l i s t was Bob Walker, R.C.S. T h i r t e e n people out of the seventeen s t a r t e r s f i n i s h e d the course. I t was s a i d that the f o u r n o n - f i n i s h e r s found t h e i r female companions too distracting. M.T.D. K.K.D.
Dear S i r , We . i e heard mueh of the mission to Catholios and Non-C h o l l o s i n recent days. We found i t quite novt . to disoover those l i t t l e oards posted i n every iLgeon-hole i n the Union racks and surely that staau & have brought the Ulaaiom t a the notic e of p r a e t i a l l y a l l t h e students In the c o l l e g e . But no. Jne f u r t h e r aot of i n t r u s i v e p u b l i c i t y was deem'd neoessary by the organisers. We /rare not amused to s i t down i n the Refectory and f i n s t a r i n g at us from the middle of the table yet mo?e of these oards. We f e e l that some means of oor c r o l should be exerted over the p u b l i o i t y metjicis of c e r t a i n clubs and s o c i e t i e s . P u b l i o i t y stupi^d be uonfined to the notioe-boards provided f o r the purpose and p o s s i b l y to oanvassing i n entrance h a l l s , e t c . I t should NOT be allowed to intrude on r-ir d a i l y h a b i t s , and p a r t i c u l a r l y not on our meals. Yours s i n c e r e l y , T.Bailey, G.Grimshaw. 1
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general D e s c r i p t i o n The g l a s s was i n the form of a f r u s t r a t e d none. Down one s i d e was a f i s s u r e probably caused by impaot. I t bore the i n s c r i p t i o n "Property of G.W.H. . Not t o be taken away." Determination of Cubic Capacity The number of times the mug had to be r e f i l l e d to produce a s o z z l e f a c t o r of 10 was noted. Determination of S u o k a b i l l t y constant
I.lOp.m, In zoology l e c t u r e t h e a t r e . I.C. S.C.M. i n f o r m a l d i s c u s s i o n on P a o i f i s m . A l l welcome, 1.15p.m. i n Room 80, New H o s t e l , I.C. Rover Crew Meeting, 8.00p.m, at rfestfield C o l l e g e , Debate on the motion: "That this.'House considers t h a t the U n i v e r s i t y i s a Seat of Yearning," Debate to be f o l l o w e d by s o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s , SATURDAY FEB 5th. S o l i d Groune at Q.A.HI Jazz Hop'. 7.30-11.30 ' B.U. Rhythm Club, Guest A r t i s t s , Bar, B u f f e t . T i c k e t s Z/~ or 3/6 double.
Determination of Rate of f l o w
MONDAY FEB 7th. 5.00p,m. i n Botany l e o t u r e Theatre. I.C.3.C.;.: meeting. Rev. V i c t o r Fox on U n i t a r i a n i s m . Talk f o l l o w e d by d i s c u s s i o n . A l l welcome, 5.15p.m., room to be announced. I.C. Cath. Speaker Soo. open forum on the C a t h o l i o F a i t h , MS. A.W.Barr of the C a t h o l i c Evidence G u i l d . A l l welcome. 5.15p.m. i n C.&G., Room 04. Radio Soc. l e o t u r e w i t h s l i d e s — the M e t r o p o l i t a n P o l i c e Radio System.
The r a t e of f l o w was measured w i t h a Moving 3ucket ffallonometer of a type designed by Messrs. 3urp and Pardon of the M i n i s t r y of Alchohology. The normal measuring c y l i n d e r of t h i s instrument had been r e p l a c e d by a r e v e r b e r a t i n g H i c k Cup of our own design. The i n t e g r a l of r a t e of :Jlow x time f o r f l o w i n and out were found t o be equal p r o v i n g tnus the e m p i r i c a l law t h a t what goes i n must come out. ( T h i s was found t o be a p p l i c a b l e t o operators as w e l l . )
TUESDAY FKB 8th. 5,40p;m. i n Large Physics Lecture Theatre, R.C.S. Maths, and Physics debase on the motion t h a t "This S o c i e t y considers t h a t a S p e c i a l i s t Study of Soienoe cannot produce a Person of wide C u l t u r e . " Proposed by P r o f . W.D.Wright, opposed by P r o f . H.Levy, Tea from 5.15p.m. Zoology Lecture Theatre. I.C. Photo Soc. l e c t u r e on " B i r d Photography" by L.A.Alimanda, M.B.O.U. Lunch-hour,. Constituent College Union Meetings.
To determine the S u c k a b i l i t y Constant, the mug The S u o k a b i l l t y was f i l l e d , and the contents drunk. Constant was found to be so good t h a t t h i s t e s t was repeated a l a r g e number of times, u n t i l not only were the contents drunk but the operators as w e l l . I t was found t o be very d i f f i o u l t to t e s t a s i n g l e mug when one appears t o have 2 mugs and twioe the normal number of l a b o r a t o r y s t a f f .
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p i n t s / M i n = f(mina) Area under graph r e p r e s e n t s the volume consumed. PO/int p r e p r e s e n t s the u l t i m a t e Sozzle 'Factor. This v a r i e s from person to person being n e a r l y equal t o i n f i n i t y f o r Miners.
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Comment on Design The f i r s t t h i n g about the mug t h a t s t r i k e s one, i s the foam. There ought to be some way of removing i t . (A small f a n perhaps w i t h a dancer t o p r o p e l i t ) . Another improvement we suggest, i s the p r o v i s i o n of some form of alarm to inform the o p e r a t i v e t h a t the mug i s n e a r l y empty so t h a t s t e p s could be taken t o r e f i l l i t before genuine <listress was caused. Conclusions As everyone knows, the c o n c l u s i o n s are the most important p a r t of an experiment. BALDY
THURSDAY FEB 10th. I.C. Conservative Soc. l e c t u r e i n General Studies programme. Hubert Ash+on, K.C..D.L., M.A..M.P., on " U n i v e r s i t y Grants." FRIDAY FEB 11th. R.C.S. C a r n i v a l , on a Theme by Lewis C a r r o l l . 1.10p.m. in,Botany Lecture "heatre, I.C3.C.I.;. t a l k on "The World Refugee Problem" by Rev. John W i l l i a m s . SATURDAY FEB 12th. 2.00p.m. at L.S..3. U .U .3 .A. conference on Far Eastern Problems, D e t a i l s on I.C.Intern a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s Club board. 8 p.m.
R i f l e Club Dance i n Q .A.
Bar, Band and n o v e l t i e s . IIONDAY FEB 14jh. I.C.Chem. 3oc., i n Large Chemi"try Leoture Theatre, 5.15p.m. "Chemistry i n Rocket P r o p u l s i o n " by Dr. T.P.Hughes (Rocket P r o p u l s i o n Dept., M i n i s t r y of Supply.) 5.15p.m. i n C.&G. Room 04. Radio Soo. l e c t u r e on "Colour T e l i v i s i o f l . " TUESDAY F3B 15th. 5.30p.m. i n the Chem. Tech. Lecture Theatre. I l l u s t r a t e d t a l k on "Dowsing, R a d i e s t h e s i a , and Radionics" by J . C e d i l MabÂŁ, A.R.C.3. Open meeting. Questions welcomed. WEDNESDAY FEB 16th. Radio Soc. v i s i t to Lime Grove T.V. Studios. THURSDAY FIB 17th. 1.00p.m. I.C.Photo. Soc. l e o t u r e . Kodak Manuscript Lecture-"Making the Most of ywrr Camera." S o c i a l i s t 3 o c , Conservative Soc., S.C.M. . j o i n t lunch-hour b r a i n s - t r u s t on C o l o n i a l i s m . FRIDAY FEB 18th. Arosa Meeting at Richmond Ice Rink, I.C. Ice Skating Club. 7.00-10.00p.m., t i c k e t s 2/-.
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Though thara was no l a c k of s p i r i t i n t h i s Cup gaaa, there was a l a c k of good f o o t b a l l , p a r t i c u l a r l y from I.C. who d i d not make f u l l use of the "ball whan they had i t . I t was disappointing because they had tw«~*hlrdB of the play. At 2.19 on I B a t t a r s a a Polytechnic Ground,, GoI&mi smiths kicked o f f , w i t h a strong wind blowing across from t h e i r l e f t . . I.C. soon went i n t o the attack coming near t o s c o r i n g and f o r c i n g a corner. The Goldsmiths defence withstood t h i s i n i t i a l pressure and the gas* developed i n t o a raldfleld t h r u s t and parry with I.e. having most of the b a l l and l o o k i n g • • i f they war* s e t t l i n g down. They were r a r e l y a cause Of trouble to Goldsmiths goalkeeper tiough, and occasional 'Smiths r a i d s produced f i n e saves toy McLeaan. So ended the f i r s t h a l f with no score. The seoond half* continued very much In the same way M the f i r i t had ended, but the Goldsmiths r a i d s were l o o k i n g very dangerous. Soon wo saw Dytham k i c k i n g c l e a r with lloLeaan beaten. I.C. then attackad and B r i n d l e y headed a good corner from the r i g h t wing that H i Just • l i t t l e too high f o r him over the bar. Soon a f t e r t h i s came the Goldsmiths breaksway which was to produce t h e i r goal which was a w e l l taken chance from c l e v e r e x p l o i t a t i o n of the weaknesses In the I.C. defence. Though e x c i t i n g to watch, the game began to degenerate and became r a t h e r scrappy. A near miss f o r I.C. came however when Bay, d i v i n g , headed Just past the post. U n t i l the f i n a l w h l a t l e I.C. continued to press f o r an equaliser but the Goldsmiths defence were never r a t t l e d . Goldsmiths deserved to win. I.C. should have made more use of the long b a l l out to t h e i r wingers and the wing halves might be c r i t i c i s e d for p l a y i n g too much of an • t t a c k i n g game l e a v i n g t h e i r opposing i n s i d e forwards very often unmarked. I.C. TEAM: MeLeman, Anderson. Dytham, Moore, Richards B l a o k a l l , May, Hoigate, Green(Capt), B r i n d l e y , Hodge. L.Locke, a former U n i v e r s i t y player who s t i l l occasi o n a l l y plays f o r I.e., was chosen to play f o r the Scotland amateur XI versus F a l k i r k on Monday 71st o f January, He I s now p l a y i n g f o r Bromley.
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Last Saturday Q.M.C. organised t h e i r annual ^^ mile race at Brentwood In Essex,an event regarded as the U n i v e r s i t y 7 i mile championships. The Banks s h i e l d f o r the winning team went t o U n i v e r s i t y College who also supplied the i n d i v i d u a l winner,D.Richards, with a time of 4Im-54s. A bout of i n f l u e n z a appeared to have c i r c u l a t e d the U n i v e r s i t y cross country clubs,which reduced the number of s t a r t e r s to t h i r t y three,an unusua l l y small number f o r t h i s event.The most s e r i o u s l y a f f e c t e d team was Kings who couldn't even manage to r a i s e a team.Because of t h i s the expected struggle for the second teas place between King's and I.C. never materialised.Instead I.C. who were without Dearden and M e l l e r (viotlms of the ' f l u . ) had a l o n g and i n t e r e s t i n g b u t t * with Q.M.C. who were at f u l l strength,Imperial Just beating the home team by f p o i n t s . Evans(4 th),Basley(5th),Stewart(14th).Turner(16th) and Ansell(20th)were the s c o r i n g members of the I.C. team RESULTS. 1. D.J.P.RICHARDS ,(U.C.) 41-548. 2. J.R.WILS0H,(U.C.) 42-213. 3. J.HKYW00D,(Q.U.C.) 42-34s. 4. J.S.EVANS,(I.C.) 43-07S. 5. T. BAILEY, (I.C. ) 44-1)8. TEAM:-l.University College 25 p t s . 60 p t s . 2.Imperial College 3. Queen Mary College 65 p t s . 4. Royal Vets. College ISOpts.
On account of i n j u r i e s the Boxing Club were able to enter a team of only four i n the U.L. Boxing Club competitions l a s t Thursday. The competitions were held In the gymnasium of Bart's H o s p i t a l . RESULTS. 1. London H o s p i t a l B.C. 18pts. 2. Royal Vats.College B.C. 16pts. 3. Imperial College 14ptn. Palmer,the I.e. captain (Bantam wgt.) was unopposed. Fillmore(Light-Welter wt.) won both hlu f i g h t s i n s i d e the dintance.Baker(Middle wt.)and Buchanan (Featherwt) both met more experienced opponents,and had t h e i r f i g h t s stopped against them. Having Just emerged from t h e i r recent period of hibernation the club are to be congratulated on t h e i r f i n e d i s p l a y i n the U.L.competition. The l n t e r - o o l l e g i a t e tournament between R.C.S. Hlnee and Guilds w i l l be held on Feb 22nd. and I t l a hoped that the c o l l e g e captains w i l l r a l l y round t h e i r teams ,and make t h i s event Into the success i t once held. Palmer and F i l l m o r e both represented D.L.in ft match against Oxford l a s t Friday. Oxford won by 5 f i g h t s to 3.
RUGGER Last Saturday I.C.entertained St.Catherines College,who won l a s t year's Cambridge U n i v e r s i t y "Cuppers" and have reached t h i s years f i n a l . Unfortunately I.C. hod to f i e l d s e v e r a l reserves i n the backs,andranopen grjne was l o s t 13-0. Tfe I.C. forward•. fought hard and obtained an even share of the ball.The backs lacked cohesion and the St.Catherine's l e f t wing scored three good t r i e s , t w o of which were converted from near the t o u c h - l i n e . The 2nd XV,also p l a y i n g against tit.Catherines fought back froman eleven point d e f i c i t at h a l f time to earn a good draw I I - I I . i'he I d t A.V match was Interrupted at one stage when I f was found that the Ex A XV were posing for a photograph on the p a v i l i o n steps ,and tha camera was i n danger of disappearing i n a loose scrum. The photographer.despite the attentions of an i n d i g nant referee completed h i s task ouite unperturbed, and the redoubtable Ex A ran o f f to beat London I r i s h 5-3. The B XV a l s o scored a good win,beating Old Windsor!one 12-8.
6EHNI8. Brown Cup. As expected, R.C.S. beat Mines i n a Brown Cup match l a s t Saturday. The score was 6 matches t o n i l , Mines t a k i n g only 21 games t o R.C.S. 'e 74.
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The Club has entered f o u r teams i n the U n i v e r s i t y League, and when the League t a b l e s were l a s t p u b l i s h e d , a l l f o u r teams h e l d t h i r d p o s i t i o n i n t h e i r reBpeotiwe d i v i s i o n s ! The f i r B t team has reached the s e m i - f i n a l s of the Cup c o m p e t i t i o n , and meets Kings I In. tne next round, h a v i n g already baatea Kings I I 7-2 and Q.M.C. I I 8-1. The seoond team went out t o Woolwioh I 2-7, a f t e r b e a t i n g Guy's H o s p i t a l 5-4.
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