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R S X News o f the I m p e r i a l College. Expansion was d i s c l o s e d t o the N a t i o n a l Press l a s t Thursday p r i o r t o the R e c t o r ' * l e c t u r e on the s u b j e c t . FELIX d i d not a t t e n d the press conference, d e s p i t e i t s having the l a r g e s t c i r c u l a t i o n on t h e " I s l a n d O P M E N T / S i t e " ( suppressed i n the i I • recent E^S.E. s u r v e y ) , * s i n c e i t had a n t i c i p a t e d the a r c h i t e c t ' s i n t e n t i o n s in a b r i l l i a n t journali s t i c scoop i n 1954. Roger Sykes' s k e t c h , r e produced a g a i n , shows t h a t even the number of s t o r i e s i n what i s t o be a c e n t r a l home f o r s t u d ents i n the middle of the s i t e was a c c u r a t e l y f o r e t o l d . The Sykes b u i l d i n g was p l a c e d on the s i t e o f the B e i t B u i l d i n g . In those days of optimism i t had not been r e a l i z e d t h a t at the c u r r e n t r a t e of b u i l d i n g by Marples Ridgway and P a r t ners t h a t i t would take f i f t e e n years t o e r e c t the Sykes b u i l d i n g . The i n t e r e s t i n g f e a t u r e s o f the Dawbarn plans are the galvanometer shaped a u d i t o r i u m f a c i n g the Royal C o l l e g e of Science, and the skys c r a p e r behind i t . The -WAY S f i c K I N V 4 I O O a r c h i t e c t pointed.out on BELIEVE THEY MSEO T O Thursday t h a t Br b u i l d i n g D R O P IN A T T H S I W W of t h i s h e i g h t had t o be HRU. CJUITS OFTEN....* i n the c e n t r e o f the s i g h t to preserve the 'ancient l i g h t p r i v e l e g e s of the A l b e r t and Queens Gate S Mansions. Prom PB.TK, 5 Oct. '54. (Courtesy FELIX)
e R.C.S.CARNIVAL On F r i d a y evening (16th. March) havoc was again l e t l o o s e a t I.C.; the R.C.S. h e l d t h e i r C a r n i v a l , "Night time w i t h Neptune". Students i n t e n t on dancing and Asbauchery were introduced to l i f e i n an underwater cavern, who where, the a t t r a c t i o n s were Mr. Vere Atkinson's mermaids, ( t h e i r Green t a i l s brought back memories of The Green Lady, and we paused t o r e f l e c t on who modelled f o r Mr. Atkinson's c r e a t i o n s , no conc l u s i o n , however, was reached.) The f l a t s were of a standard which we have come t o expect from the R.C.S.. A rough e s t i m a t e of the time t h a t went i n t o t h e i r p r e p a r a t i o n i s 500 man/women hours. Had the u n s k i l l e d l a b o u r been p a i * 3/6 par hour.the c o s t would have been ÂŁ87..10..0. Music from the I.C. j a z z band, the Clubmen and others was e n j o y a b l e , and a d u l l cabaret l i v e n e d up at the end w i t h a c u s t a r d p i e a c t i n which even the audience p a r t i c i p a t e d , l a w primary f e a t u r e of c a r n i v a l s i s the fancy d r e s s . I t was n o t i c e a b l e t h a t t h e r e was a d i s t i n c t l a c k of I n s p i r a t i o n and o r i g i n a l i t y i n the dress of the majority present.
D I.C. 1 s t . XV compl e t e d a great season by winning the U n i v e r s i t y Cup F i n a l l a s t S a t u r day. T h i s was I.C.'s f o u r t h winning f i n a l i n f i v e years. The f a c t t h a t a horse c a l l e d " B r i a n Oge" won the f i r s t r a c ^ at L i n g f i e l d on F r i day was c o n s i d e r e d a happy augury f o r the o c c a s i o n . Sure enough B r i a n "Oggi" Hearn was i n f i n e form and two p e n a l t y goals k i c k e d by him won the match. Before the match a message was conveyed from the Rector, who was unable to a t t e n d owing t o an a t t a c k o f laryngitis. It told the team,in no unc e r t a i n terras, what t o do t o U.C. A d e l i g h t e d Dr. Sparkes, the c l u b P r e s i d e n t , was a b l e t o b e l l o w over the phone to Mrs L i n s t e a d t h a t the i n s t r u c t i o n s had been duly c a r r i e d out. An account
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l The q u e s t i o n n a i r e forms sent out w i t h FELIX two e d i t i o n s ago r e c i e v e d the l i m i t e d support a n t i c i p a t e d . Of 352 forms r e t u r n e d , these were c l a s s i f i e d as 220 o c c a s i o h a l a t tenders a t the l e c t u r e s , 18 r e g u l a r , and the remainder never. The Mech. Eng. and E l e c . Eng. departments encouraged students t o a t t e n d , w h i l e the Chemistry and Chem.Eng.tended t o be h o s t i l e . Upon v e r b a l e n q u i r y i t was found that the students a t t i t u d e f r e q u e n t l y r e f l e c t e d t h a t of h i s t u t o r . The t i t l e o f the l e c t u r e i n v a r i a b l e drew the audience, though a well-known name had equal a t t r a c t i o n . The present time was s u i t a b l e f o r 95 per cent of the a t t e n d e r s , though X hour e a r l i e r was suggested t o prevent overrunning, and t o a l l o w more time f o r q u e s t i o n s . 117 people p o i n t e d out t h a t the meetings of the Union andvarious committees c l a s h e d w i t h g e n e r a l s t u d i e s , and the r e l i g o u s s o c i e t i e s and R i f l e eiub c l a i m e d s u p p o r t e r s Suggestions f o r t o p i c s gave the humourists g r e a t e s t o p p o r t u n i t y , but i n g e n e r a l i t seemed t h a t the present range was s a t i s f a c t o r y , i t a p p e a l i n g t o many t a s t e s , A request f o r more c o n t r o v e r s i a l t o p i c s was prominent, whether r e l i g o u s , p o l i t i c a l o r m o r a l . The i n d i v i d u a l t o p i c s o f l o c a l h i s t d r y , modern a r c h i t e c t u r e , t r a v e l , and the b i z a r r e were r e q e s t e d . I t was s u r p r i s i n g t h a t so many students s t i l l wanted l e c t u r e s on sex.
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The motian o f the Union Debate h e l d on 13th. March was: "This house has no Confidence i n the Government's h a n d l i n g o f F o r e i g n and C o l o n i a l Affairs." Jua_ i n t e r e s t i n g debate was opened by Aidan Crawley, speaking f o r the motion. I t was f o l l o w e d by the speaker f o r the o p p o s i t i o n , The Hon. P a t r i c k M a i t l a n d M.P., whose a b i l i t y as a speaker was shown i n the m a s t e r l y manner i n which he handl e d the l i v e l y audience. The two I.C. speakers f o l l o w e d , .with John Bingham f o r the motion and T e r r y Smith against.". T h e i r speeches were o f a high standard, l i k e the subsequent ones d e l i v e r e d from the f l o o r . I n f a c t the o u t s i d e debaters were impressed w i t h the standard o f I.C. debates. The p o p u l a r i t y o f the motion was shown by the v o t i n g at the end w i t h 85 votes f o r the n o t i o n , 34 a g a i n s t w i t h 13 a b s t e n t i o n s . These f i g u r e s do not r e f l e c t the number o f the audience as many l e f t before 3 p.m. Mr. Les A l l e n (The P r e s i d e n t of I.C. L i t . and Deb. Soc.) i s t o be c o n g r a t u l a t e d on the h i g h q u a l i t y o f debates h e l d t h i s y e a r .
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last Thursday evening the I.C, Musical Society gave their Easter Conoert i n the Concert Hall of .Queen Alexandra's House. The choir was accompanied by the Jacques String Orchestra (lender: Emanuel Hurwitz) with Christopher Shaw at the piano. Miss Imogen Hoist, who trains the choir, was the conductor. The professional soloists were Sosamund Strode and Shirley Walker, Soprano: Kay Poster, Contralto: Philip Todd, Tenor and Donald Frankie (who took the place of Walter Todds at 24 hours notioe) Bass. After a performance, by the orchestra, of Baah's Third 3randeriburg Concerto, the choir sang, unaccompanied, a Madrigal: ' A l l Creatures now are Merry Minded' by John 3ennet. Then followed 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by the conductor's father. The singing during this f i r s t half laoked s p i r i t and, u n t i l they warnwd up, the sopranos were » l i t t l e weak* Not so the second half, whioh was a great ImpSoromaot. A shortened version of Puroall's 'King Arthur' was swig with l i f e and i t was-apparent ths* the choir, as well as She audienofj enjoyed the seoond far more than the f i r s t half. In fact, so good wmi the shivering soene, that someone decided A s was coUU Of the soloists Kay Poster was exoellent and Shirley Walker was very olear on her top notes. At the end of the nonoert Janet Walsby (president I.C. Mus. Soc.) presented Miss Hoist with a large bouquet.
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A ilie s p i r i t of the 'Music Hall', the wioked v i l l i a n of the melodrama, the Victorian ballad, are a l l things of a byegone age, a l l stock characters "which to us reflect that age. To revive them, to make them l i v e again, however requires above a l l , an infinite amount of 'gusto'. Judging by results, the gusto whioh members of the Dramatic Society and Musical Society gave to 'Victoriana' on Monday 19th march i n Ayrton Hall must have been infinite. The audience was treated to a grand mixture of, melodrama, complete with hisses and boos, Victorian music, a mime with a narration in vorse which can only be described as ghastly, quartets from Gilbert and Sullivan, and sundry other items i n the form of songs and monologues. A l l of these were strung together by a chairman in''true Victorian style. The longest single item on the b i l l was a one act play "Hiss the V i l l a i n " , which was produced by Derek H i l l who did very well earlier i n the evening i n a short sketch. To single out other individuals from this very : pleasant evening would only be unfair to the others, but Judy Kornbluth is to be congratulated for her work as organiser i n ohief.
The Railway S o c i e t y . The Railway S o c i e t y r e c e n t l y v i s i t e d the Long- . moor M i l i t a r y Railway a t L i s s , Hants., I n a t r a i n f u r n i s h e d w i t h carpet s and a r m c h a i r s , they made a conducted t o u r o f the l i n e , w i t h v a r i o u s i n t e r u p t i o n s to e r e c t s t e p signs across the roads - ther e was even a c o r p o r a l w i t h a red f l a g . At Longmoor downs the i t i n e r y i n c l u d e d the G a r r i s o n Church, the N a a f i f o r l u n c h , and the auauetv Them f o l l o w e d v i s i t s t o the l o c o shed, where those w i t h cameras took f u l l advantage o f the sun and the absence of smoke and p o l i s h , and the s i g n a l s c h o o l , where s h i n i n g brass t o l d a t a l e . From the models on t o the s i g n a l box, and then back t o the t r a i n . There were anxious moments as i t r e v e r s e d over t h e h a l f completed t r a c k (not a m o n o r a i l ) , but L i s s was duly r e t u r n e d t o , w i t h s e v e r a l members r i d i n g the engine. . General impressions o f the v i s i t were t h a t Longmoor i s a t r a i n - w r e c k e r s p a r a d i s e - many f i l m e d t r a i n crashes t h a t have occurred t h e r e , a l t h o u g h the S o c i e t y d i d not a c t u a l l y witness one. Other a c t i v i t i e s o f the S o c i e t y t h i s year have i n c l u d e d works v i s i t s and t a l k s , r a n g i n g from d i s c u s s i o n s on Tube brakes t o r e v i s i o n o f the b e s t i n swim wear advertisements. For the f u t u r e , a l o n g d i s t a n c e v i s i t t o the M a n c h e s t e r - S h e f f i e l d e l e c t r i f i e d main l i n e has been arranged, and w i l l i n c l u d e a brake-van t r i p , and the annual Dinner w i l l doubtl e s s f o l l o w the customary p a t t e r n .
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The U.L.TJ. Photographic Exhibition was on view i n the Union in Malet St. during the last week. There were 531 entries from 18 Colleges! and Hospitals. I t i s a great pity that there was not a room large enough to house them all,,consequently anyone wishing to view them a l l had to wander a l l over the "Building, sometimes without the aid of the 14ft, yet s t i l l miss some i n an obscure corner. The I.C. photographers, going straight from their own exhibition took one f i r s t and three third prizes i n the four sections. They also ent ered seven photographs whioh were among the twenty-eight highly ocmmended. These results were roughly i n proportion to the number of I.C, entries as they contributed about one third of the total. It i s interesting to note that In some cases the winners in the I. C. competition staw placed lower than prints which they had beaten there. This shorn how the opinion of the judges varies and points to ths fact that their judgement must he based en their likes and dislikes to a certain extent, and not pwreSjr on photographic —
. Touchstone Weekend. Education was*the s u b j e c t o f the l a s t Touchstone Weekend, which was h e l d on the 1 0 - l l t h March. The guest speaker, Mr. S y l v e s t e r , the C h i e f Educati o n a l O f f i c e r f o r B r i s t o l , d i s c u s s e d the s o c i a l i m p l i c a t i o n s o f our present e d u c a t i o n a l system, p a r t i c u l a r l y the e f f e c t o f now t r e n d s . Examples quoted i n c l u d e d d e c e n t r a l i s a t i o n , modern comprehensive s c h o o l s , and group methods o f t e a c h i n g i n v o l v i n g d i s c u s s i o n and r e s e a r c h . Two i n f o r m a l d i s c u s s i o n groups then c o n s i d e r e d «a» p h i l o s o p h i c a l aspect o f the 'subject. An attempt waa made t o d e f i n e the meaning and aims o f e d u c a t i o n . Is was r e g r e t t e d t h a t modern education tends t o concentrate upon the a c q u i s i t i o n o f s p e c i f i c knowledge w i t h the consequent n e g l e c t o f the w i d e r aspects o f l i f e .
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The disclosures l a s t ween of plans for rebuilding "island site" have been reoieved with mixed feelby the national press. Several suggestions have made to preserve the Colloutt building and tower, and although these w i l l no doubt be considered, i t i e enllkely that any great ohange w i l l be made In the present plans. The remarkable feature of the reoonstruotion i s the retention of the Royal College of Music and the houses i n Queens Gate by Imperial Institute Road. The former i s rumoured to be preserved by metual oonsent of a l l oonoerned beoause o f the Royal Patronage the College reoieves. Sinoe this area was never considered for the expansion, i t should not effect the College materially, but the London College of Secretaries building and Alexander Court region may influence Imperial College Union considerably. The Reotor has pointed out that the Zoology and BBtany departments w i l l now have to remain in the Beit Building. One of these departments i s to occupy space originally intended as hostel accomodation this summer, so that instead of the Beit Hostel increasing even more i n size, i t w i l l not now be as large as originally intended. Nevertheless, the availability of $he temporary gymnasium and the Senior Common Room'this summer should enable about 30 new rooms to be added to the accomodation. This w i l l be the f i r s t stage towards the 1^00 extra residents mentioned by the Reotor i n his Inaugaral Lecture, bet i t appears the Union w i l l have to wait a very long time before the whole of the quadrangle i s cleared of builders materials and i s completely residential. When w i l l Imperial College have 1000 residential students? This figure was ^recommended* by the I.C. president four years ago- when there were only 1500 students at the College
The 8TUDENT of LEISURE BREAKFASTS Many bachelors inhabit single rooms and by a process of t r i a l and error have devised for themselves a routine far the painful daily process of waking, dressing and breakfasting. Having bedded down at 3a.m. resolving to be up aj„the oraok of dawn to do the work that had not been attempted on the previous evening, the alarm goes unheeded at 6.30 am» In time the sleeper develops a suboonsious actios of swiping the olook so that the button i s driven firmly into the works before the alarm'has run far one second. Two hours later oortBQidusneas , slowly returns to the repumbent form which then remains awake but unable t o open his eyes {or some time; whanhe f i n a l l y does the room i s s t i l l gyrating as drunkenly as when he kipped down. The next process i s oonneoted with preparing a frugal repast for an unreoeptive stomach. Without exposing more torso than absolutely necessary the gas f i r e i s l i t and the loaf of bread retrieved from the mouse hole whence the other inmates 1 of the room have dragged i t . A slice of dry bread Is propped against the fire to char. The next operation i s to brew some lubricant for this Meal. Coffee, i s employed universally beoause Its prepaeettian requires fewer unit operations than tea. The gas ring i s invariably on the further side of the fire from the bed. A cracked oup and a dirty spoon, which suffioe as . crockery and cutlery are retrieved from under the bed. The sugar has to be collected from the floor beoause the bag burst. At this point the remnants of te-ead are removed from the grate and doeoked. The gas runs out before the water bolLs and a Season far the necessary coin for the meter i s occasionally successful. During this stage i n the proceedings the toast, impregnated with butter and jam travels down the bed between the sheets. At this poAat the clock i a again noticed, having ranched the other side of the room with fits internal motion arrested. The tins, calculated by extrapolation, gives trre -result that there are barely five minutes i n which to shave, dress and complete the twenty minute journey to college to be Sm time forth* f i r s t lecture; the gentleman therefore relaxes i n bed and after leisurely ablutions-arrives at has place of learning with t i n * for coffee before the third lecture, further Instalments may relate the bachelor* evening seal* and ouiaine attempted when entertaining female guests on an insubstantiallocal atrthortty .went.
WHEN THE RED REVOLUTION COMES. The only I.C. student I have met who i s opposed to the demolition of the Imperial I n s t i tute i s , oddly enough, John Cox. As we can safely assume this i s The Party Line, readers w i l l be Interested to hear that they have no plans for the building i n their sahens baSf merely wish to preserve the torture f a c i l i t i e s i n the basement recently developed for Chemists who want to take Wednesday afternoon off. OURS IS WOT A RIO CARNIVAL. There was a strong smell of ether along one of the hostel oorridors an the night of the Carnival. THE SCIENTIFIC MIND. So R.A.F. Bomber Command are i l l u s trating the Flying Safely Review with pin-ups to encourage pilots to look at i t more frequently. Should I.C. be afraid to stoop to this - why can't we have picture books of Windm i l l g i r l s tattooed with differential equations. Alas, I i doubt i f this would reduce the f a i l rate but[ provide just another arbitrary division for examination purposes - those who can't tear themselves away from the book and those who oan't tear themselves away from the Stage Door of the Windmill. R.C.S. MATHEMATICAL AND PHISICAL SOCIETY, tried Whitbread's for their brewery v i s i t this year, As this company are rather more generous with samples than the usual Watney's and Guinness, the v i s i t was the most successful for some years. A WOMAN FOR THE CARNTVALi Our report on the Carnival contains an estimate of the number of man hours spent on preparations. | This makes me wonder how many man hours are expended on the acquisition and pre—treatment of partners. We heard of one E.'C.S. Cassanova who started looking for a partner at the previous Saturday's hop but his Sstaady" (whom he didn't want to take) turned up so he had to put thing* off to the jiving class on Monday where he was unfortunately turned down twice. Thus frustrated, he accepted an offer to f i x him with a blind date; 3he oculdn't go but said she had a friend who wanted to, but as thi3 friend turned out to be one of those who had turned him do-.m on Monday, he fled and decided to try an ax. The ax. wasn't having any and our poor friend ^was no nearer and loosing considerable face, unti l he was "ixed on another blind a few hours before the Carnival started. The alternative is to have the thing arranged a few weeks before hand. This necessitates a l o t of time spent politely keeping i n touoh and, for the oareful man, pre-treating her for the event. I suppose some w i l l lecture on the advantages of a steady g i r l friend, but is this a reasonable solution? UNO DONG MERRILY. Amongst those at the meeting to preserve the Imperial Institute a week last Monday, was a small ~~ hostel contingent who like to hear the sound of the bells in S. Kensington. THE SCANDINAVIAN MYTH. As Sweden takes more English students for vac. work than any other foreign country, there are quite a number i n the College intimately oonneoted or very interested i n certain aspects of Swedish l i f e . They - , - i l l be interested to hear that a member of our staff recently received a newspaper cutting headed "Engelska sexualmoralen tyoks s l a a l i a i-ekord." PROGRESS. Many who attended the Rector's lecture an the new oollege were disappionted i n not hearing where a new Planning Department i s to be housed. ISOLATION D0CTSINE. Guilds having passed a motion deploring the action of the Mines i n discussing N.U.S. before the I.C. meeting, i t i s now only left to the R.C.S, at their coming discussion of the natter, to pass a motion deplorlnc Guild's attempt to interfere i n the affairs of another coUeon
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S Dear s i r . During a discussion on student honesty a well known Guilds, man onoe said 'Let's face i t - a l l students are crooks'. I aiBnot suggesting that this i s entirely true - 'some' should replace ' a l l ' . There are sufficient petty thieves and thoroughly objectionable characters among us to leave a nasty taste i n the aotSkh. Anyone going into Guilds w i l l see notices exhorting people, to look up there belongings because of the likelyhood of having them stolen. Quite frequently most of the daily newspapers have vanished from the Union byeveniag , some of the piotorial weeklies or part of them soon get stolen. The Union Library has had hundreds of books stolen. The gatecrashing , of dances and carnivals i s another page i n the sorry tale or some of our fellow students, than the Swimming Club held a hop i n Ayrton B a l l a barricade was built to stop people gaining access from the bar. This was so constructed that i t could n ot be brokeii down from the outside, nevertheless later i n the evening i t was demolished. Some one With a ticket had l e t his cronies i n - nice fallows.Carnivals give some students an excellent opportunity to show their hooliganism. The measures employed to try to. keep gatecrashers out have now been forced to the estrone of hiring uniformed doormen. Thefto from the bars prooeod apaoeBottles of whisky and brandy at the last one. Good ChapsJ I t Would appear to be about time a definite attempt ware •ado to patch these swine and throw them out of the Union. Tours sincerely, —
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Dear S i r , With reference to the oomments on the N.U.S. motion at the reoent I.C. Union Meeting, which you published i n your last edition. I would like to point out that I have never been a member of the Communist Party. Tours eto., F. Spriggs. Dear S i r , I feel that, as thettirae for our return to ths Union building draws nearer, one or two observations on eating habits would not be out of place. I admit that i t i s necessary to hurry through one's lunoh, so as not to inconvenience others. This, however, i s no excuse for the animal habits of some diners. As we are at University, i t follows, I hope, that we are a l l sensible, responsible persons. Nowhere i s the lack of manners more apparent than.at table. Therefore I suggest that a l l members of the Union make a conscious effort to avoid the mare obvious breaches of eating etiquette. Nothing looks worse than a queue of soruffs, some of whom are s t i l l wearing grimy raincoats or scruffy soarves. Nothing looks worse than tables oluttered up with dirty crockery, l e f t by some forgetful diner, and those rings, those disgusting rings. I know that present conditions are not oondueive to good Manners, but I appeal to a l l mmbers of the Union to make the effort and make sating hare much pleasanter. Temps eto., Tony Iaoreenx.
H O C K E Y
SEASON
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The last match «f the season was played on Saturday 17th. Kerch. The First X l defeated Staines 3-2 while the Seoond and ThtedsXl's lost their matches 1-2 and 0-2 respectively. The records of the teams are as follows: W ist
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The deoiding match of the Sparkes' Cup i s being played this afternoon between the Royal College of Science and the City and Guilds College. The rsults of the other two matches played so far i n this series are: R.C.S, 6
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The Heading Head of the River fiaoe, held last Saturday, March 17th, was entered for the f i r s t time by the I.C.B.C., represented by their f i r s t and second vTH4» .Both crews had good rows, but unfortunately were impeded i n the narrow cuts where they were foroed to drop their rating to give way to the crews leading them. The f i r s t VHI, starting 49th (being a new entry) went off the start extremely well and by the 4th minute was overlapping crew No. 48, Clifton College. Unfortunately, at the mouth of Rat Cut the Clr.fton crew s t i l l had a lead of a oanvas and the I.C. creir were requested by the umpire to give way. The Clifton crew, no longer hard pressed, slackened off here and the I.C. crew were almost "paddling light". On ooming out of the out the I.C. orew dealt promptly and effectively with their opponents and were soon welliin the lead. By this time however, No. 47, Christ's (Camb.) were out of sight and the 1st T i l l rowed alone to ths finish. The seoond VIII had trouble at the second (Fisheries) out where they were the outside crew of a bunch of four raofng neck and naok to the cut whioh was i n a right hand ben'". Not only had they to give way as the group converged 01 the cut but, being the overtaking crew, on coring out of the cut were forced by rule to pass on the l e f t which was the outside of the bend. However this must have spurred .hem on, for the f i n a l result showed the 2nd VIII finishing 26th just three seconds ahead of the 1st VIII.
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The f i r s t XI average of just over two goals a matoh i s enough to ensure a f a i r season and they have finished almost all:square,. The side has Improved this term and during the last f c i r games the forward line has been more effective and has scored twelve goals. I t i s a pity that the f u l l f i r s t XI cannot be kept together to play i n the Festival at Teddington, but with the addition of several enthusiastic members of the Seoond and Thiijd teams a f a i r l y sound team should, result. Tne reoords of the Second and Third XI's leave something to be desired. The seoond team have had a settled side for most of the season but the third team has had to be run on a rota system to provide games for a l l . JMe disturbing feature has been that with more than 4k playing members, several Third XI games have been cancelled Owing to lack of support. A side from Grcningeri University i s arriving on Thursday 29th. March and are staying u n t i l the following 7/ednesday. A happy and inebriated time i s anticipated. Owing to a blackeye and other injuries sustained i n a recent tussle with a young lady from Q.E.C. John Sherwood has been appointed non-playing drinking captain.
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The reoent heavy weather has given great scope to the sailors of I.C, With the aid of a 3rd place (M.Collyer) on 4th £arch and a f i r s place (j.M.Conway-Jones) on 11th Karoli, FsjhuIuh i s nor i n 2nd place to Seagoon (U.C.) i i the InterCollegiate "i"class . oints Trophy. Seagoon (U.C.) has a J point lead, but 11 i s hoped (on present form) that I.C. w i l l be successful i n he last race of the series to be held on 18th March and win the Trophy. Famulus (H. Jackson, ?. Fisher, J. Smith) h s also been very successful i n the "B" Series and i s an easy winner on points. Stop Pi-ess. 18th March . . Famulus was "beaten into second place by Seagoon^TT.C.) and so finished seoond in. the 'A' Class series. In the individual helj.isman s cha/ipionslr p3 E, Kranok (i.e.) rsas fourth i n the Lr.dr.ei Trophy, M. Collyer four*': in the 7ae Trophy, and. J.?'. Conway-Jones second in t i e IT Ion Single-Handed Trophy. The two latter were wen \ J. Clark(K.C.) and A. 3penoe(R.J».»T,} won the Ladies Trooi\y.
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Although tilt Club i s not meeting with the same amount of soooess as i t last year, a high standard of shooting is being maintained. In the Inter University League the'A' and'BHteams each finished 4th. i n their respective leagues, while the tCj team easily .to', theirs. The 'A' and '3' teams i n the 1st. division of the London University League are finding some very strong opposition, but both are oop-'ng well. The 'A' tean has so far won five of its eight or .ches; but even so i t appears doubtful whether we shall ret- j> the Engineers' Cup. The 'C and 'D' teams are each wt J. up in their respective divisions, while the Novioes'Lee --e i s providing useful ..'atch experience for the younger w „•<.•». Future fi.-.arf include a match .against the Metropolitan Polioe at Thame" P.tton and the University Open Meeting at Twickenham.
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At smith St. Baths last Friday the- Foster Swimming _ Trophy waevfon by R.CS, with 24 points. Guilds were seoond with 17 points end Mines 3rd. with lA pclrita. The R.C.S, main strength was in their members being aide to vdn both Kelay* whereas Guilds won 4 out of the 6 individual events. Clerk of R.C.S. won the 100 yards fre-r.tyle aid ion y -rds Backstroke, MoChesney of Guilds won the f 0 yards freestyle and 5C yards butterfly. Hobinscn won the 1C0 yards breast-stroke for Guild'1 Snellook the diving. In the water polo following, H.C.S. von both their niatohes, Guilds andB»S.M» drawing in the other. ;
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Barts Club. Without a ^tae ground on which to lean, and no subsidy owning from the U'd.on to patronise local '.anilities, this Society has become almost defunct, A l i t t l e training i s s t i l l dene at Harrington on Wednesday and Satjrday evenings, but there .a ne. doubt that peat skill have been lost, and a gr at deal tf training will nave to bt dene next session '-o re-enquire We are glad that the Seorwtar of the Union has ehampir ,ed the Club and oV"tainea worthy facdlitie-- i n fee VM Union.
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The Table Tennis Club has enjoyed a svccessful season. In the University League the 'st team have played well, winning 8 matches and losing only 2. The. 2nd tean have found the 1*jt division of the. league rathe:- strong but i l l the other teams have held their own and the 4th team have only lost 1 match. The season was oomdluded with a short tour of Cambridge. In the f i r s t match Selwyn College narrowly defeated the 1.0. teen-6-4, (Cjx 2). Fitwilliaw>Oollege, Oambridge University ahampions, rare beaifn 6-3, (Wilson 3, K w>es".2), ana i n the f i n a l matoh Christ's College were defeated 7-2, (Wilson 3, Cox 2, Reed 2 ).
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T h i s photograph o f a l i n e - o u t was taken d u r i n g the Cup f i n a l from the touch l i n e where s i x t y I.C. supporters gathered t o encuurage t h e i r team. The match began w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e pressure by U.C., who missed a reasonable chance o f a p e n a l t y g o a l . P l a y was f o r c e d back t o the U.C. h a l f and I. C. were awarded a f r e e k i c k on the ten-yard l i n e , about t e n yards i n from touch. Hearn produced one of h i s f i n e s t long-range k i c k s and the b a l l s a i l e d over the b a r . Not long afterwards U.C. were penal i z e d f o r o b s t r u c t i o n almost i n f r o n t o f the p o s t s , about t w e n t y - f i v e yards out, and Hearn i n c r e a s e d I.C.'s l e a d t o s i x p o i n t s . During the f i r s t twenty minutes o f the second h a l f I.C. p l a y e d m a g n i f i c e n t l y , and s e v e r a l times came near s c o r i n g a t r y . Towards the end o f t h e
game thetl.C. forwards began t o take c o n t r o l and heavy pressure was maintained on the I.C. l i n e : however, t h e defence h e l d out and I.C. had won the coveted trophy. F i r s t words of p r a i s e must go t o the c a p t a i n , B r i a n C o r b e t t , a rugged and tough f r o n t row f o r ward, whose enthusiasm has f i r e d the team i n t o many f i n e performances durin g the season. Heroes o f t h e match i t s e l f , a p a r t from Oggi, were the two c e n t r e s , Holman and Ooncaster. Doncaster covered s u p e r b l y i n defence : on more than one occasion he was t h e r e t o snatch the b a l l from U.C. w i t h i n a few yards o f the I.C. l i n e and set up a c o u n t e r - a t t a c k which c a r r i e d p l a y i n t o the U.C. h a l f . The p s y c h o l o g i c a l e f f e c t of such sudden r e v e r s a l s i n f o r t u n e on the U.C.forwards must have been c o n s i d e r a b l e . Holman, p l a y i n g i n h i s e i g h t e e n t h cup match f o r I.C., was s o l i d and assured, imbued a f e e l i n g o f confidence i n a l l the backs. He has played i n a l l f o u r winning f i n a l s . The f o u r f r e s h e r s i n the s i d e - Stone, Wright, Gibbons and D i n g l e - a l l covered themselves w i t h g l o r y . Cup nerves were c o n s p i c i o u s by t h e i r absence, and a l l t h e forwards f*ught themselves t o a s t a n d still, , I.C. has e s t a b l i s h e d i t s e l f as e a s i l y the l e a d i n g rugger c o l l e g e i n U.L. Not only does i t run s i x teams,, a l l w i t h s t r o n g and a t t r a c t i v e f i x t u r e l i s t s , but i t s Cup r e c o r d i s outstanding. I n the l a s t seven years t h e h e a v i e s t Cup defeat has been 0-3 by the Vets, i n 1950 . During t h i s p e r iod 21 cup matches have been p l a y e d of which 16 have been won, 2 drawn and 3 l o s t . i ; C . have scored 203 p o i n t s to t h e i r opponents 44. T h i s year 63 p o i n t s have been amassed without r e p l y , s l i g h t l y b e t t e r than the 62-6 i n 1952-53. By the time I.C. reached the H o s t e l a f t e r t n e i r e x e r t i o n s on the f i e l d and c e l e b r a t i o n s i n sundry bars they r e t i r e d exhausted t o bed, and Frank should have had a good n i g h t ' s s l e e p . s
D e lo S e e Si I The I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e Boat Club w i l l be s u p p o r t i n g , t o i t s f u l l e s t e x t e n t , the Tideway Htsdd o f the R i v e r Race t o be h e l d on Saturday March.24th, 1956. I t w i l l be rowed over the r e v e r s e d V a r s i t y Boat Race G r i f f i n course from Wort lake t o Putney. Brewery. T h i s race i s the reward o f some 20 weeks spent i n hard prepara t i o n - n o v i c e and experienced oar a l i k e . The g e n e r a l standard of t h e c l u b i s h i g h , as indead i t must be i f i t i s t o compare w i t h l a s t season's rowing. The 3 miles f r e s h e r s a r e keen and t h i s year t h e r e are more o l d l a g s . , rowing than ever b e f o r e , and such i s the i n s p i r a t i o n t h a t a crew o f old. stagers
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With an o u t i n g -every even i n g they are c o n s o l i d a t i n g t h e i r a b i l i t y and can be r e l i e d upon t o produce t h e i r best performance f o r t h e i r stage o f t r a i n i n g . Although the g e n e r a l standard i s high t h i s y e a r , the 1 s t . V l l l may w e l l enhance the name o f the c l u b and rese h i g h e r i n the 1st. division. The second V l l l w i l l of course, Kgo l i k e t h e c l a p p e r s " and are expected to s t a y i n the i s * . D i v i s i o n at the very l e a s t . •' To a l l members o f I.C. come a l o n g and g i v e your crews a cheer-these a r e the numbers| 14, 19 61, S
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