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T During the lunch hour of March 1 s t , , there took p l a c e one of t h e most important I.C. Union meetings o f recent y e a r s . The attendance was a r e c o r d , and Room 17 i n G u i l d s r i v a l l e d the B l a c k Hole o f Calcutta. The meeting was due t o s t a r t at 1.15 p.m., but by 1 o ' c l o c k the back of the room was almost f i l l e d by the u s u a l rowdy elements. Mr. Cox p l a n t e d a lepk ( i t being St. David's Day) a g a i n s t The P r e s i d e n t on a r r i v the blackboard. a l r e p l a n t e d t h e vegetable i n f r o n t o f him on the bench d e s p i t e c r i e s of "eat it". Herbert appeared soon a f t e r and was greete d w i t h approval though i t was probably the f i r s t time any of the f i r s t year men had seen the I m p e r i a l C o l lege Mascot The meeting opened, and Mr. K i t c h ener disposed of the minutes o f t h e l a s t meeting i n almost v u l g a r haste. Under M a t t e r s A r i s i n g , Mr. Ibbotson rose t o say that on s e v e r a l occasions r e c e n t l y he had been f r u s t r a t e d . He got no f u r t h e r w i t h a u d i b l e speech and the Union put i t down t o the process of growing up. Under Cortesoondence, ' K i t c h ' read a l e t t e r f r o n the P r e s i ent o f King's thanking I.C. f o r g i v i n g Reg<rie an undercoat. T h i s had sa^-ed King's a l o t of t r o u b l e because they had intended t o o paint him anyway and now o n l y needed t o apniy a t o p c o a t . The Uni in expressed i t s contempt a t such a weak excuse by r e c e i v i n g t h e announcement i n complete silence. The next item on the agenda was Grants. The C o u n c i l had taken a c t i - i n on t h e motion by Messrs. Walnole.and Davies passed at the previous meeting. Among o t h e r t h i n g s , they had i r o v i d e d the o p p o r t u n i t y f o r i n d i v i d u a l students t o have t h e i r cases of inadequate grants taken up, Mr. Anderson had v/ritten a l e t t e r t o FELIX i n f o r m i n g the c o l l e g e of the arrangements. Not one person had taken advantage o f t l ese and though they were s t i l l open, the value of Mr. Walnole's notion had been over-estimated* Then came the c r u c i a l »oint i n the meeting - the debate on a motion from Mr. John Cox, seconded by a Fred S n r i g g s . tVas the c o l l e g e to r e - a f f i l i a t e to NU.S.? A f t e r an hour of d i s c u s s i o n i n Which no r e a l case was put up a g a i n s t the motion i t was defeated a f t e r a recount by 288 t o 252 w i t h 8 abstentions..
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The f o l l o w i n g statements were made e i t h e r a t t h e Union meeting when the N.U.S. was b e i n g d i s c u s s e d o r d u r i n g the v a r i o u s arguments which occurre d at t h a t time. Debating S o c i e t y O f f i c e r : I'm s o r r y the motion was defeated but i t would be no use u n l e s s i t was passed by a s u b s t a n t i a l m a j o r i t y otherwise f u r t h e r b i c k e r i n g would ens^e, C o n s e r v a t i v e S o c i e t y O f f i c e r : I t would have been nassed i f i t hadn't been proposed by two c o m m n i s t s . I . C . U n i o n i s t : T o b j e c t t o any motion which h=s organised support from o u t s i d e the C o l l e g e . S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y member: The motion nas promoted s e r i o u s thought i n C o l l e g e i n s t e a d of t r i v i a l i t i e s which should be l e f t t o c o n s t i t u e n t College Unions i n s t e a d of those of I.C. Mech. Eng. erson: We wont have t o have a g e n e r a l e l e c t i o n at every union meeting now t h a t we have made up our minds. C o n s e r v a t i v e : The Miners turned up and voted a g a i n s t the motion because t h e i r Union t o l d them t o . Miner: The Conservatives turned up and voted f o r t h e motion because t h e i r C e n t r a l O f f i c e t o l d them t o . Conservative liner: I abstained. Sportsman: The Union w i l l save enough each y e a r t o l e t us keep our t o u r s i n s t e a d of s u b s i d i s i n g the L i t . and Deb. Soc. L i t , and Deb. Soc. man: There are f a r more important t h i n g s i n l i f e than I.C.Union, and we should a g i t a t e f o r s o l i d a r i t y among t h e student body. ;)
Mr Cox, proposer of the motion: The N.U.S. has c o n s u l t a t i v e s t a t u s . Mr Copplestone, President of N.U.S.! I don't know what c o n s u l t a t i v e s t a t u s means. We haven't been c o n s u l t e d . Chairman o f the S o c i a l Clubs Comnittee: Students come t o C o l l e g e f o r a bit of s p o r t .
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L This years Photographic E x h i b i t i o n , whioh closets a f t e r lunch today, i s a vesy f i n e d i s p l a y . There are about ISO p r i n t s on show and q u i t e a number of colour t r a n s p a r e n c i e s Of these about 90 p r i n t s are being sent to the U.I.TJ. Exhibition. Most of the photographs were entered i n the Photo. Soc. Competition which was judged v e r y competently by Mr.R.S.Wood A.R.P.S. T h i r t y - f o u r members of the S o c i e t y entered the competition. Mr.R.Wood (not the judge) won the P i c t o r i a l s e c t i o n w i t h a f i n e church study c a l l e d "Peace*. Mr.G.Matthews'led the P o r t r a i t u r e s e c t i o n w i t h a w e l l composed photograph of a v i o l i n i s t . The C o l l e g e A c t i v i t i e s s e c t i o n was won by Mr.A. Eyoott who exhibited" h i s advertisment f o r "The Lady's not f o r Burning" which i n c l u d e d some f i n e p o r t r a i t s of the a c t o r s . Mr.Eycott a l s o took f i r s t and,second p r i s e s i n the Record s e c t i o n . Mr.J.K. Taylor won the Colour P r i n t s e c t i o n through l a c k of competition, but t h i s does not r e f l e c t on the q u a l i t y o f h i s p r i n t s . Mr.B.R.P.Cook swept the board i n the Colour Transparency s e c t i o n winning a l l three p r i z e s . On the whole the p r i n t s hung where of good q u a l i t y , though i n some cases the photographer had d i f f i c u l t y i n g e t t i n g enough depth of focus. But i n one or two Instances the mounting l e f t much to be d e s i r e d . D r . G l a i s t e r loaned four of h i s p r i n t s , and Dr. Haywood some e x c e l l e n t c o l o u r t r a n s p a r e n c i e s to show what our e l d e r s can do. On Monday evening a f t e r the Judge had g i v e n a commentary on the e x h i b i t s the f i r s t Annual Dinner of the S o c i e t y was h e l d . Prom the speeches g i v e n a f t e r the dinner I gathered the deplorable f a c t that although the S o c i e t y has a record membership of 180 t h i s year only 7 or 8 people, i n c l u d i n g committee members, t u r n up to t a l k s g i v e n by o u t s i d e e x p e r t s , and i n t o which a l o t of work has been put. The p r i z e s were presented by Mr.Wood, the G l a i s t e r S h i e l d going to Mr.R.iTood f o r the best p r i n t i n the competition, and the newly awarded Ruthen Cup t o Mr.Matthews f o r the best p o r t r a i t .
E TheSnrine; e d i t i o n of "hoeni appeared t o have l e e s mater i a l i n i t then u s u a l on r e s lag t h e Âť>reefs, but the number of paces was t h e same. Perhaps t i e l a r g e r namber o. I l l u s t r a t i o n s ' by Tony B a l l contributed t o t h i s , bat i t i e probably the nature of thi a r t i c l e s which g i v e s r i s e to t h i s impression. The: I n f a c t they are are a l l immensely readable . e n t e r t a i n i n g , and none e f them i s l o n g enough t o be l o f t h a l f read, and g i v e the u s u a l larpression of e n c y c l e p a e d i a i c a l b u l k t o the r e a d e r . I f one acknowledges t h a t the r e v i e w * o f c l u b a c t i v i t i e s are i n c l u d e d s o l e l y f o r r e c o r d mtrnoses then t h e r e i s no reason f o r b e i n g d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h t h i s e d i t i o n , and the l i g h t e r c h a r a c t e r of the i n c l u d e d m a t e r i a l makes a pleasant r e l i e f from the e s o t e r i c a r t i c l e s o f previous i s s u e s .
A The I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e Dramatic S o c i e t y , being handicapped by l a c k of a stage for t h e i r productions, lent f u l l support t o the U n i v e r s i t y Union's recent productio n o f Dispersal. The S o c i e t y provided none of the l e a d i n g a c t o r s , but . s e v e r a l members nlayed subsidary r o l e s very e f f e c t i v e l y . I t was behind the stage t h a t most of the I.C, e f f o r t was d i r e c t e d , and i s u s u a l they a p p l i e d t h e i r s c i e n t i f i c knowledge t o overcome most of the l i m i t a t i o n s t h a t they encountered.
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In view of the gradual d e c l i n e i n attendance at General S t u d i e s l e c t u r e s , the L i t . & Deb. Soc. debated the motion that "This house condemns General S t u d i e s " . As was pointed out, anvone who r e a l l y condemned them was u n l i k e l y t o be present, s i n c e the debate was h e l d under the auspices o f General S t u d i e s . This suggestion was s u b s t a n t i a t e d by Dr. Cohen and Mr. Wright, prooosing, who took a i i n e of c o n s t r u c t i v e c r i t i c i s m of the presnet arrangements. The House B e i n g l a r g e l y agreed, the debate took on a l i g h t - h e a r t e d chara c t e r and we were t r e a t e d to a touching p i c t u r e of Dr. A l l a n and Dr. Cohen i n d u l g i n g i n innocent In h i s ' pleasure r e a d i n g a Greek book t o g e t h e r . amusing but s i n c e r e speech Dr. A l l a n expressed concern at the l a c k of broad c u l t u r a l i n t e r e s t i n Imperial College. He ventured to blame our founders f o r t h i s as they had planned I.C. as a t r a i n ing s c h o o l f o r narrow minded s c i e n t i s t s , and t e c h n i c i a n s ; a l s o , ours being a l a r g e l y n o n - r e s i d e n t i a l c o l l e g e , we l o s e the o p p o r t u n i t y of d i s c u s s i n g the unsolved problems of l i f e u n t i l two i n the morning, which i s an important part of a u n i v e r s i t y education. S e v e r a l suggestions f o r improvements i n the General S t u d i e s programme were made from t h e f l o o r but the irohiem of arousing the i n t e r e s t of s t u d e n t s who never or but r a r e l y attended General S t u d i e s l e c t u r e s was not s e r i o u s l y consi* ere<T. The motion was h e a v i l y defeated".
During the l a s t two years the Jaz z Club has once again been e s t a b l i s h e d as a going concern a f t e r b e i n g on the verge of e x t i n c t i o n . With the formatio n t h i s year of the I.C.Jazz Band the Club can now be considere d on par w i t h those of r i v a l c o l l e g e s . Under the l e a d e r s h i p of T e r r y McVeigh the band made i t s debut at the j a z z hop h e l d l a s t term and now r e g u l a r l y makes appearances at c o l l e g e hops and c a r n i v a l s . Six lunch-time r e c o r d r e c i t a l s have a l r e a d y been g i v e n t h i s term, i n c l u d i n g one by Johnny Parker, Humphrey L y t t e l t o n ' s p i a n i s t . As i n the p a s t , the t r a d i t i o n a l i s t s seem t o f a r outnumber the modernist members of the c l u b . E f f o r t s by s e c r e t a r y Howard W i l l i a m s t o remedy t h i s have not met w i t h much success. Nevertheless the impending v i s i t o f Stan Kenton to the A l b e r t H a l l may yet s t i m u l a t e more i n t e r e s t i n the modern forms o f jasz. Jazz at the c o l l e g e shows a d e f i n i t e up t r e n d t h i s y e a r , and the l a r g e numbers a t t e n d i n g the J i v e classes i s a very healthy s i g n .
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A word which i s used f r e q u e n t l y j.z present i s apathy. This word croDs up i n many magazinesand e s p e c i a l l y student j o u r n a l s and papers. I t i s probably a sig n o f the times that people l i k e t o be pampered, and they expect the age o f automatons to l e a d to an even e a s i e r l i f e . Perhaps the Welfare s t a t e has had i t s i n f l u e n c e i n b r i n g i n g people to the c o n d i t i o n where' they consider that others have an o b l i g a t i o n to look a f t e r t h e i r v a r i o u s n e c e s s i t i e s and toe e n t e r t a i n them At the l a s t I . e . general meeting ot seemed that apathy a i a not aDound i n a t h i r d o f the students. Admittedly i t wasxthose that f e l t s t r o n g l y about a certa'in Issue who were present, but that they endured the overcrowding t o record t h e i r o p i n i o n s obyiates the accusing f i n g e r being t h r u s t a t them. Perhaps while t h i s s p i r i t p r e v a i l s i t would be a good- opportunity t o sugcest'that opinions can be expressed i n the College J o u r n a l and Newspaper. Indeed, FELIX hopes to cover a s e r i e s o f c o n t r o v e r s i a l subjects next term, but the need of PHOENIX *b g r e u t e i at present. Any people w i t h ideas are urged to send thett to the E d i t o r o f that Journal,who w i l l give cdvioe i f the i n d i v i d u a l does not f e e l s u f f i c i e n t l y w e l l endowed w i t h l i t e r a r y talent himself.
. I.C.W.A. held their JSnual Dinner and Dance on Friday, March 2nd. The Guest of Honour this year was Miss Margaret Popham, Ex-headmistress of Cheltenham Ladies College. An excellent dinner was followed by sdrae most entertaining speeches. I*r. Atkinson,in proposing the Association, i l l u s t rated his amusing remarks with drawings of Mark 1 and ".ark 11 Icwarians. I'embers of the Association were relieved to find these two extremes. In reply,.Hiss Maureen Hawes outlined the activities of I.C.W.A. during the past year and expressed the hope that future years would show a considerable increase in the size of the Association. From Miss Paddy Clarke's remarks i t was-concluded thatithe guests were of the highest calibre; Miss Margaret Popham expressed r e l i e f in finding that women scientists were more versatile and decorative Ulan she had been led to believe. Dancing followed to music provided by the Clubnen Quartet, and i t was generally agreed that the evening was a great success.
TJt THB NEWS: Almost every, day, referenoes to technological training or to I.C. i n partioular, are to be found i n the press. The oomments of outsiders on our problems are frequently unusual enough to be very thought-provoking. Norman Fisher i n the Observer: " mathematics, indispensible to soienoe, i s not only uncongenial but exceedingly d i f f i c u l t to many intelligent children" (converse?); and again: "When technical students are allowed to enter their examination rooms carrying reference books, the auspices for their general education w i l l become far more favourable." The article subsequently refutes the argument that science provides just as good an intellectual discipline as arts and states that "scientists have "become increasingly incomprehensible even to one another." Nevertheless, economists rarely oome under fire for having a narrow intellectual training. In the "Sunday Times", S i r John Simon goes to lengths to differentiate between technologists and technicians, while controversy rages here, as in the "Manchester Guardian" over the demolition of the prioeless r e l i c known as Collieutt Building. Meanwhile we sit and wait or sit and work for the June exams. FQK.'AL DINNERS Inadvertently entering the bar for a quiet drink about 7 o'clook, I have recently been embarrassed by the presence of crowds of spendidly arrayed students trying to buy as many sherries as possible for others, while the rest of us argue about who i s to buy the next round of half bitters. I have frequently pondered: Who i s out of place? and: Is this the Public or the Saloon Bar? Alas with the loss of our proletarian symbol, the dartboard, I feel l i t t l e confidence and trot round to the Queen. But evening dress or no evening d^ess, you must not miss last flail Dinner of the term; borrow the girl-friend's tartan skirt - nobody quite* knows what' constitutes Highland evening dress. A HEP OP SPORT (As Andy Levine said recently) Work on the R.O.S.Carnival "Night Time with Neptune" has been underway since the Mines' Carnival. Larger than ever f l a t s , designed by Vase Atkinson, w i l l provide the background, and there w i l l presumably be the usual snogging f a c i l i t i e s behind the background. FICK3D TIP. CHgAtOii 7e welcome the appearance of new lines i n the Snack #ar confectionery but the box bearing the legend "Carnival tart" ought to be smothered i n jam or something
^lain $ane thinks Jane regrets that she i s not going to continue with the examination of I.C. men begun i n the last issue. She i s fed up with them and has now developed outside interests. I t seems, however,to be the fashion at present to present surveys i n this paper and we continue on these lines. We give our faithful reader our Classification of I.C. lecturers. I.C. Lecturers can, we find, be listed as follows: Group I: Incomprehensible. A l l our lecturers f a l l into this general category to some extent. Those f a l l ing solely into this Group may be subdivided into: a) Inaudible' - usually these w i l l not, or are unable to write their message on the blackboard, o) Those who are unable to write dearly.
e Although the strains of music frequently emanate from the Ayrton Hall, on Wednesday 29th February, when the Conservative Society held its Square Dance, the Tempo was changed. A team of Young Conservative dancers entering to their signature tune "Cracking Corn" gave a short demonstration and immediately followed by inviting everyone to join them on the floor. The team,with tireless energy, assisted by the caller, had no d i f f i c u l t y i n teaching the dancers of the eight sets who thronged the floor. The dances varied 1>om the Traditional American style to "The Square Dance Jitterbug" f doubtful origin. The venture was a great success and i t i s to be hoped that a similar function w i l l be held i n the near future. 0
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3roup I I : Raconteurs: These are found usually i n R.S.M. Their lectures a^e interspersed frequently with "When I was out i n Peru....." or " One.big firm I'm doing a b i t of consulting work for at the moment ". Group I H : The mechanical lecturer. One such gentleman i n the Electrical Department. 3prings to mind. This type repeat, word for ward, without any notes, the same lecture at the same time year after year. jflroup IV: Authar*Âťlecturer.. Usually actually a professor, this species lecture from "my book" (Only 3 gas. from Lamleys, or 7 gas. from the Bookstall). Students may pass the course by borrcrving the work from a wealthy and oon3oientious brownbagger and staying i n bed to read i t i n lieu of dragging themselves to college at an early hour i n the morning. Gtbhp V": Those who Avoid being Humorous and are Funny. One Maths lecturer onoe sadd;"I want no-one to speak unless he has something to say.* Those suffering from poor circulation in the feet make use of this type. flroup VI: Those who try to be amorous and F a i l Dismally: A large.proportion of the students also F a i l Dismally. This type of lecturer i s usually s t i l l l i v i n g i n the days of silent films. The"joke" i s useful when the point i n the oourse has been reached where the students know more than he does. i " . ?(Eef. ^ SHOE! on "Imperialism") multitudinous Union Activities. ]ÂŁjT 5
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Dear S i r , At i s * l a s t I . C . Union M a t i n g , the Uniea voted tar 888 votes t o 252 a g a i n s t a p p l y i n g f a r r e a f f l l i a t l o n to the N a t i o n a l Union of Students. The v o t i n g was arranged such t h a t a number who would otherwise a b s t a i n e d but remained i n the • e a t i n g were i n c l u d e d among the v o t e r s a g a i n s t the motion. No announcement was made t h a t the a b s t a i n e r s shoul d l e a v e , and no count of a b s t a i n e r s was taken. A l s o i t has been admitted t h a t the t e l l e r s o f the votes a g a i n s t the motion d i d not come t o agreement. In view of these f a c t s i t i s w i d e l y f e l t t h a t the r e s u l t s should be d e c l a r e d n u l l and v o i d , and t h a t a s e c r e t b a l l o t should be h e l d t o decide t h i s important i s s u e . We f e e l t h a t b e t t e r arrangements f o r the conduct of f u t u r e Union meetings should be made t o prevent the recurrence o f t h i s and the premature ending of the meeting i n chaos. Yours e t c . , C.J. Farrow. P.M. L e v i n . President r e p l i e s : This l e t t e r i n s u l t s the i n t e l l i g e n c e od pe >ple who,it suggests, remained i n room 17 under the impression that they were a b s t a i n i n g , and aat watching t e l l e r s counting the number of peonie i n the ro >m. I t was s t a t e d q u i t e d e f i n i t e l y before a vote was taken what people i n e i o h roo l were v o t i n g f o r and , indeed 8 a b s t e n t i o n s -wre recorded i n the c o r r i d o r between the two r?MES. In room 17 f o u r t e l l e r s gave t h e i r numbers as 289, 288, 285 and 289; a reasonable e r r o r i n human c o u n t i n g . Mr Cox, the proposer o f the motion, has expressed no d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n w i t h the r e s u l t . The motion was defeated by a s m a l l but d e c i s i v e m a j o r i t y and the r e s u l t can i n no way be d e c l a r e d n u l l and v o i d . The
I.C. Union, Dear S i r , I f e e l t h a t I must c r i t i c i s e your e d i t o r i a l of the l a s t i s s u e o f "FELIX", on the grounds t h a t i t i s b o t h m i s l e a d i n g and, t o t h i s S o c i e t y , i n sulting. This S o c i e t y arranged the entertainment o f f e r e d t o the two American debaters and i f your E d i t o r i a l i s t o be b e l i e v e d I have "an axe t o g r i n d . " I would suggest i n f a c t t h a t I haven'tt the debaters on the f i r s t day of t h e i r s h o r t s t a y were e n t e r t a i n e d t o l u n c h , shown round London and taken to" dinner i n H a l l , and on the f o l l o w i n g day shown a l i t t l e more o f London. I b e l i e v e t h a t they enjoyed a l l o f these t h i n g s . Could the Union have done more? Short of r i g o u r o u s l y c o n t r o l l i n g every minute o f the Americans' time the Union would have had no more power than myself t o stop them meeting " a x e - g r i n d e r s " and i n g e n e r a l b e i n g b a i t e d . T h i s pre-supports t h a t they d i d meet "axeg r i n d e r s " and were b a i t e d , each of these t o such a degree t h a t they " l e f t I m p e r i a l w i t h the impress i o n t h a t i t was a hot bed o f communist a g i t a t o r s ; " s i n c e the Americans met o n l y one Communist t o the best of my knowledge, t h i s i s t o say the l e a s t s u r p r i s i n g . I would p o i n t out t e e . t h a t f o r n e a r l y the whole o f t h e i r s t a y they considere d t h i s p a r t i c u l a r communist a very pleasant chap and were somewhat amused and amazed at the same time a t h i s b e l i e f s . I f they e v e n t u a l l y t i r e d of .his constant t a l k of p o l i t i c s they d i d no more t h a n I and many others d i d l o n g age, and I am sure they were not so f o o l i s h as t o take h i s o p i n i o n as t h a t o f I m p e r i a l s ' as your E d i t o r i a l c l a i m s . No s i r . I i n s i s t the h o s p i t a l i t y o f f e r e d by t h i s S o c i e t y was t r u e h o s p i t a l i t y ; we arranged f o r the Americans t o debate here and as such considered i t our p l a c e t o e n t e r t a i n them and net t r o u b l e the Union as a whole. You suggest we d i d not do t h i s adequately, I disagree completely. Yours e t c . , _ Les A l l e n . ( P r e s i d e n t , L i t e r a r y and Debating S o c i e t y ) URGPrriY KEqUIKED One genuine a s p e d i s t r a (with p o t ) . T r i b e t o A.J. K y c o t t , M e t . I l l , R.S.M. T i l l some p u b l i c s p i r i t e d i . e . man l e n d a l o r r y or van f o r a good cause. - Jon s e l l e r s , Aero X.
° . y t m g p r 9th March, Wise T a s t i n g S o c i e t y . Leave Unioa i . l O p . s i , V i s i t Mayor and Swordor's Wine C a l l e r s . Annaul Dinner atAnchor Tavern. I.C.Skating Clnb v i s i t : Wembley l e e Show. 'Babes i n the Wood.' I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s Club. German Evening. Snack Bar 7p.m. Free.
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Baaday 11th March. T . C Hallway S o c i e t y and E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y , Day v i s i t t o Longmoor M i l i t a r y Railway, By P r i v a t e D i e s e l Car. Monday 12th March. T.C.U.U. M e t a l l u r g y Lecture Theatre, 1.15p.m. Mr.F.H.Crittenden.* 'Jesus C h r i s t - His death Tragedy or Triumph.' Methodist Group. Zoology Lecture Theatre 5.15p.m. Speaker: Rev.B.Morris. Tuesday 13th March. Dinner i n H a l l - Silwood 7.30p.m. I.C.Railway S o c i e t y . Room 161 C.and G. 5.40p,m. Speaker: Mr.G.Dow 'Railway P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s . ' Union Debate. I n s t i t u t e F r a n c a i s e . 1.15p.m. This House has no confidence i n the Government h a n d l i n g of C o l o n i a l and F o r e i g n A f f a i r s . Thursday 15th —Engineering M.I.C.E. I.C.Musical
March. _ S o c i e t y . Speaker: C.D.Crosthwaite 'Hydro-Electric I n s t a l l a t i o n s . ' S o c i e t y . E a s t e r Concert. Q.A. 8p.m.
F r i d a y I 6 t h . March — 1 . 1 . H i m S o c i e t y . 6.45p.m. E l e c . Eng. L e c t . Th. Programme I l l u s t r a t i n g B a l l e t Forms. Anna P a v l o v a . Silvikrin Ballet. Wedding At E t s e r , P o l i s h F o l k Dances On The Town} Gene K e l l y , Frank S i n a t r a R.C.S. C a r n i v a l . 'Sight-Time With Neptune! Y.H.A. Working P a r t y . Ivinghoe. F r•iday i d a y 17th 17TO March. Marcn. TXA. Working P a r t y . Ivinghoe. Monday 19th March. E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y . Annual General Meeting. I.C.C.U. M e t a l l u r g y Lecture Theatre 1.15p.m, Speaker: F.M.Crittenden. ' C h r i s t - Did He Rise Again?' I.C.Dramatic and M u s i c a l S o c i e t y . Theme: ' V i c t o r i a n a ' P l a y , readings e t c . . Tuesday 20th March. Dinner i n H a l l . Evening Dress. I.C.Union. Dear S i r , A f t e r having witnessed the a b o r t i v e attempt o f some I.C. students t o remove the 3.E.C. mascot a t the c o n c l u s i o n o f l a s t Saturday's hop, thus causing n o t h i n g but a mess ori the f l o o r , i t has s t r u c k me t h a t the a c q u i r i n g of other C o l l e g e s ' mascots f o r the purposes of p a i n t i n g or o t h e r maltreatment seems t o have reached r i d i c u l u s limits. The i d e a i s now no l o n g e r n o v e l , and peonie who p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h i s form of rag are g e n e r a l l y now making a nuisance o f themselves. Yours e t c . P.Sevier.
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CHAS. COTTKRUX Born i n Aldershot 1931, Chas has disliked the Army ever since. He went to school i n the Isle of Wight, and was Victor Ludcrimv in his f i n a l year there, i n athletios, besides being i n the school swimming, hockey, and tennis teams. He is also a member of Keden (i.O.W.) A.C., for whom he lias never run. Chas took his degree, in geology at Southampton University, where, naturally, he earned his f u l l crosscountry colours. The next two yews of his l i f e , he says, were his worst - the Army. After recovering, he came to I.C. i n 1955 and ran his way into the "niversity crosscountry team. This term he has done a fantastic amount of training for the Road Relay, and was amply rewarded by his excellent time of 13-22. Moreover, P°t tremendous amount of work, organising the Road Relay, which was justified by the a i r of efficiency about the whole meeting - the best Road Relay ever. He has an ambition to be i n Piccadilly Circus on New Year's Eve, 1999, and his likes are ballet, Stephen Leacock, and black treacle. His pet hates are T.C.P, (ever since he drank some) and the army. u e
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Bans i n Farm i a 1933-34* tea want to school i n Dumfries & xynmcuth, and was not noted for his scholastic a b i l i t i e s . He started Jds athletic career early by winning his School Athletic Championships three times running, and captaining the Soccer X3U . . . Waea he l e f t there, to 1952, Les worked for B r i s t o l Aero.,and LBN PALMER played for B r i s t o l Rovers, before: mbmtog to Guilds' to 1953. Lea obBom i n Batters ea i n 1932. tained his I.C. f u l l colours, and Len attended Raynes Park Grammar School and started a half-purple, for soccer,to 1954. his boxing career at the age of 14. Not content with this, During the following season he also played rugger, crioket and hookey for the sohopl he played for Bromley P.C., and before coming to i.e. i n 1951. Doubting greatly his, gained admittance to the ranks of •ability to pass 1st. year chemistry, he applied for a place true Suildsmem by fti-tHng Part H. i n the Botany Department, where he was told to come baok The culmination of one of his i n two years. Len thereupon joined the R»A.F,, where he athletic ambitions came two weeks reached the semi-finals of the boxing championships by ago, when he was capped as a Sootfive consecutive knockouts. t i s h amateur soooer international. On returning to I.C. he tried to arouse some interest Another of Les' ambitions Is i n boxing, and has oertainly succeeded. Len i s at present to beat 1 min. 53 seoa. for the captain of both 1.0, and U.L. boxing, and has recently half-mile. As he i s training undimmortalized himself by winning the U.A.U. featherweight er Frans Stampfl, there seems no championship - although he i s a bantam-weight. Besides reason why he should not succeed. boxing he enjoys rugby, golf, and sculling. He i s His likes he olasse3 as good plays particularly anxious to see a permanent P.T. instructor good food, and post other thingsi n the new gym, so that I.C. 's physical standards dislikes are work and women who might improve. make up i n p u b l i c Mr. Locke wishes to point out Len confesses to two strong dislikes - people who that any inadequacies i n the above slam doors late at night, and super-sophisticated are due to the Links Club Dinner. woman who smoke in public.
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R.C.S., Guilds and Mines took part i n this tournament and at the last moment 2 teams consisting of Rugby players who were without a game, were entered, making a t o t a l of ten teams to a l l , The competition proved to be very enjoyable and also exhausting, as a l l the games ware played on f u l l size pitches. In the main competition, surprises were oaused i n the semi-finals when_R.CS. 'A' were defeated by R.C.S.'B' and Guild's suffered the same fate against their •B' team. GuildSs won the R.W.*fc9pheas Shield when their •B' team defeated R.C.S.'B'. - She six comprised of five Rugby players and Kitchener are to be congratulated on wine: ntog the 'loser's' competition. Wed; 29th. Feb.
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The Hookey Club have suffered several cancelled games due to the cold spell, and the 1st XI have been combining much better to the last few games. The half-back line has now settled down giving the side a more balanced farm. Recent 1st XI results are as follows: v, Old Paludiana Drew 1-1 v. Royal Vet C o l l . Won 3-0 Lost 2-4 v. Haling Dean Mention must be made of the 2nd. XI's defeat of Baling Dean by 9-1. During the last ten minutes of the gams, John W.C. Sherwood, the Captain, was steadily .hitting the b a l l into touch as his bank balanoeoould not stand the cost of eleven pints. of. bitter. The second Annual Dinner was held on Wednesday 22nd.' of February. The dissipated appearance of many members on the following day indicates the success of the occasion. The captain wishes to point out that whilst members have had wide experience of scrubbing ladies' backs after mixed hooke|r matches, the English-type hockey stiok depiojted to the drawing by Plato Jane to the last issue of FELTS, i s no longer used by members of the dub.
I.C.W.S.C. had-their f i r s t SWHXHTG MATCH and (just) 'TON it{ The match was against U.C, 2'nd team, and the. final result was 28-23. Janet Petersen swam well to win the backcrawl and free style events and the team won both irelaysi. Thus the ladies of I.C. have shown themselves successful in yet another "porting activity. What w i l l they try next? Netball results:U.L. Rally: Furzedown Won 8-3 R. Hollcmay lost 7-2 JUDO
During the past two weeks I.C. Judo Club have fought two matches, losing one and winning one. On Saturday the 18th. of Feb. the Club entertained Cambridge university Judo Club. I.C. Winners were: Wright (harauigoshi), Sheppard (counter to sweeping ankle), Burford (harauigoshi and two hai-otoshi's) and MaoPherson (drawing ankle and osotogari). Williams was unfortunate, as he was sat upon straight away but managed to escape only to be firmly sat upon agatoi The f i n a l result was Cambridge 8 pts. I.C. fi pts. On Wednesday the 29th. of Feb the Club visite d Hatfield Technical College. This team was not as f i t as the Cambridge team but same, good judo was displayed by both sides. Burfard, Rotgans, Seth, Sheppard, Williams and Rcdwell soared far I.C. MaoPhereen surprised everyone, by suddenly going to the mat, but just to show everyone that he really did s l i p , he got up and immediately crashed his opponent down with Ouohigari followed some few seconds later by a drawing ankle throw. The f i n a l result was Hatfield 2 pts. I.C. 11 pts. IC
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Hugh Huokin d e l i v e r i n g the blow that knocked Tony Chuter out i n the f i r s t round of t h e i r f i n a l . The I.C. Challenge Cup goes each wear to the c o s t i t u e n t Colleg e which gains most p o i n t s i n the i n t e r - C o l l e g e championships. Since the war, the contest has been h e l d e i g h t times, and each time i t has been won by the Mines b e a t i n g the G u i l d s . The boxing t h i s year was o f a h i g h e r standard than l a s t y e a r s , and although arms drooped i n a few cases towards the end of bouts, the boxers were g e n e r a l l y very f i t . T h i s i s remarkable c o n s i d e r i n g the d i f f i c u l t i e s of t r a i n i n g w i t h o n l y an apology f o r a gymnasium. The o u t c l a s s e d boxers had t h e i r bouts stopped i n the f i r s t rounds, but they a l l d i s p l a y e d enthusiasm even i f the didn't know which f o o t they should have forward. The judges awarded Robin Appleby a tankard as winner o f the best bout of the evening when he fought Baker i n the s e m i - f i n a l of the m i d d l e weight c l a s s .
I.C. l l p t s . : Wye C o l l e g e n i l . I.C. reached the f i n a l o f the U.L. Cup f o r the f o u r t h time i n f i v e y e a r s , a f t e r a v e r y hard semif i n a l game a g a i n s t Wye C o l l e g e . The score o f 11-0 b e l i e s the dourness o f the game, s i n c e i t was o n l y i n the c l o s i n g stages t h a t I.C. dominated the f i e l d . Winning the t o s s , I.C. had f i r s t b e n e f i t o f a moderate wind at t h e i r backs, and s t a r t e d w i t h a p e r i o d o f m i l d p r e s s u r e . From the e a r l y scrums I.C. gained the b a l l more o f t e n than not, but the h e e l i n g was slow, and the backs had l i t t l e o p p o r t u n i t y t o show t h e i r speed. The Wye forwards were v e r y l i v e l y i n the loose and p e r s i s t e n t l y smothered the I.C. h a l v e s b e f o r e they c o u l d get the b a l l moving. The s c o r i n g e f f o r t s i n the f i r s t h a l f were l i m i t e d and c o n s i s t e d of a few l o n g shots a t g o a l from pena l t i e s . Jones touched down by the post o n l y t o be penalised f o r obstruction. K a l e went o f f 10 minutes b e f o r e h a l f - t i m e , w i t h head i n j u r i e s , due i n p a r t to the p r e v i o u s evening's b o x i n g , and d i d not r e t u r n u n t i l j u s t bef o r e the end o f the game. In the second h a l f I.C., w i t h t h e i r seven f o r wards, pressed hard, and went c l o s e t o s c o r i n g more than once. E v e n t u a l l y , a f t e r a p e r i o d of s t r o n g p r e s s u r e , Hearn broke through on the b l i n d s i d e t o i n i t i a t e a F i t z p a t r i c k - J o n e s - S t o n e p a s s i n g movement which brought a hard-earned t r y . Wye came back i n t o the f i g h t , and one t h r e e q u a r t e r movement looked very dangerous but was succ e s s f u l l y smothered. In the l a s t t e n minutes T.C. were c o m p l e t e l y on top and scored two t r i e s , the f i r s t by Hearn, who"went through from 35 yards and brushed a s i d e f o u r or f i v e t a c k l e s b e f o r e s c o r i n g between the posts} he a l s o converted. In the c l o s i n g minutes Doncaster pounced on a loose b a l l i n t y p i c a l s t y l e and scored. I.C. won because t h e i r forwards were b e t t e r i n the t i g h t and olayed w e l l i n the l o o s e , i n the second h a l f , and a l s o because e v e n t u a l l y the backs got moving t o g e t h e r . However, the team as a whole i s very slow i n s t a r t i n g , and f r e q u e n t l y the backs, i n t h e i r a n x i e t y t o get a t t h e i r man, do not keep a s t r a i g h t l i n e i n defence- which nay one day be t h e i r undoing, I.C. have reached the F i n a l now, s c o r i n g 57 p o i n t s i n t h r e e games and conceding none. The F i n a l i s at Motspur Park on March 17th,, and our opponents are U.C. PLEASE COME AND GIVE US THE SUPPORT 'A'E NEED. HYDE PARK ROAD RELAY
Peter Kale r e s t i n g a f t e r b e i n g f l o o r e d "oy Gordon Green i n the heavy weight f i n a l . ROWING
On Saturday, Feb. 25th., due to a vast amount of work by Chas, C o t t e r i l l , I.C. staged i t s biggest athletic event of the je«X - the Road Relay i n Hyde Park. ^for those who did not see the race we present an account of I.C.'s progress through the six laps. Mellor ran the f i r s t lag - always a nerve-racking task and finished 13th. i n the very good time of 14 min. 14 sees. He handed over to Wall, whose light build and track training enabled him to pull up to tenth place i n 14 - 19. The I.C. Captain, Ansell, ran the the third log. "fith » recently o j i l e i tendon not quite healed, he managed to p u l l up another place, and returned a time of 14 - 40. Collins, on the fourth lap, gained another two places b;' his characteri s t i c speeding-up half way round, finishing 7th. i n 14 - 22. Fain, an the f i f t h leg, lost no time i n chasing the man i n front, and turned i n 13 - 49, which put I.C. i n 6th. position. C o t t e r i l l , on the last leg valiantly tried to catch Heywood, of Reading, but the gap was too jzreat. With his excellent time of 13-22 (the fourth best of the day) I.C.'s total amounted to 84-46, which gave us sixth position i n a total f i e l d of thirty.
On Saturday, March 3rd., I.C. showed i t s rowing superi o r i t y over Heading University. The I.C. Seoond VTJI, substituting for the f i r s t VHI, incapacitated due to f l u , rowed a very good race to beat the heavier Heading First vTH by l i lengths. This Reading arew hag recently beaten the f i r s t T i n ' s of both Bri3tol and 3Bathhampton. The I.C "old lags" crew, which i s mainly composed of ex-lst.-VHtman who are not devoting a l l their energies to rowing this year, rowed a very good raoe with Heading 2nd. VHI to be beaten by 6ft.i n the last 50 yds. of the raoe. - Fitness t e l l s 1 The 3rd. and 4th. T i n ' s both racing i n Quaker boats raced vary^well to beat their oppo's Ik y $L> endjL. respectively. The day reflected the present strength of the club and we may weli expect pleasing results i n the Tideway Head of the Elver to be held an March 24th, rtlNlshad by FELIX BOARD, Imperial Col hp Union, London, S.W.7. Mnud by S'lL VOUS PLAIT Ltd.. 3»«. T.kphon. Plan. London, W.I4.