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T The Ceremony proper began at 3pm. i n the Albert Hall. L a s t year there were 3000 p r e s ent, t h i s year there seemed to be c o n s i d e r a b l y more. To the s t r a i n s of d i g n i f i e d and g l o r i o u s chamber music the b r i g h t l y be-robed e l d e r s , preceded by student o f f i c i a l s , made t h e i r way s l o w l y across the arena to t h e i r p o s i t i o n s on the d a i s . The Student Orator, Randy Andy, read h i s Opening Proclamation i n p r e c i s e and s t r i d e n t tones. The c h o i r then gave a p l e a s a n t r e n d e r i n g of P u r c e l l ' s "Welcome A l l * . Then began the tedious p r e s e n t a t i o n of Over three hundred A s s o c i a t e s and Dlplomates. graduates t r i p p e d across the p l a t f o r m w i t h t r o g l o d y t e t r e a d and bowed i n v a r i o u s comic ways to the Chairman of the Governors and the Chairman of the Delegacy. The l a t t e r p a r t o f these proceedings became more s o p o r i f i c due to a s t r o k e of genius by Miss Imogen H o i s t , Conductress o f the Music. The Guildsmen were presented to the accompaniment of sweet and melodious music ( q u i t e out of c h a r a c t e r ) . A touching ceremony f o l l o w e d when Mr W i l l i a m S e l k i r k , donor of S e l k i r k H a l l and the S e l k i r k S c h o l a r s h i p s i n Mines, was presented w i t h an honorary A.R.S.M. at the grand o l d age of 95. A precedent was s e t t h i s year by the i n t r o d u c t i o n o f r a t h e r humorous c i t a t i o n s accompanying the p r e s e n t a t i o n s of the newly e l e c t ed Honorary Fellows. T h i s i s a departure which i s t o be encouraged. (We suggest tha t the S t a f f Orator should peruse the columns of F e l i x more c l o s e l y and l a y In a b e t t e r stock of jokes f o r next y«*r.) The Rector then gave a s h o r t r e p o r t on the expansion of the C o l l e g e . An account of h i s speech w i l l be found elsewhere i n t h i s i s s u e . Never have so many s u f f e r e d at the hands of so few as the c h o i r (?) sang (?) a i d e d (?) and abetted (?) by the organ (?) "The Shepheard's Wonder*. T h i s was set to music e s p e c i a l l y w r i t t e n f o r the o c c a s i o n by C h r i s t o p h e r Shawj we wish he had not. The C o l l e g e was f o r t u n a t e t h i s year i n having as i t s s p e c i a l V i s i t o r S i r John Cockc r o f t , who gave an i n t e r e s t i n g d i s c o u r s e on the f u t u r e r o l e of technology ( r e p o r t e d elsewhere). The c h q l r ' t h e n l e d the whole assembly i n the n a t i o n a l Anthem and the Ceremony came to a c l o s e with the r e c e s s i o n .
S T h i s year's Commemoration B a l l was not as d i g n i f i e d an a f f a i r as one might^expect from i t s venue and the p r i c e of t i c k e t s . Even our august P r e s i d e n t , with h i s charming l a d y (rumoured to be an e x - g i r l f r i e n d of Oggi), Indulged i n some r a t h e r h e c t i c j i v i n g . The B a l l c o u l d however be d e s c r i b e d as a success, i n f a c t , on the whole very good. The crowded f l o o r , which allowed the intimacy of a rugby scrum, and the continuous b u f f e t , e x c e l l e n t l y stocked w i t h h i g h l y i n d i g e s t i b l e d e l i c a c i e s , amply p r o v i d e d f o r the F r e u d i a n l u s t s of the P r e s i d e n t and the r e s t of h i s students. The evening wore on and was f i n a l l y brought to a c l o s e at 2.30a.m.by the s i n g i n g of 'Auld Lang Syne* and a r o u s i n g Boomalaka by the G u i l d s Everyone seems to have enjoyed contingent. themselves and we can recommend t h i s f u n c t i o n as an expensive l u x u r y which s h o u l d be i n dulged i n at l e a s t once.
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The Rector in his speech at the Commemoration Day celebrations i n the Albert Hall confined himself almost entirely to a factual review of the progress that has so far been made i n the expansion programme for the college. He began "by quoting a government estimate that 85,000 more scientist and engineers would be required during the next 10 years and went on to show that I.C. i s doing i t s f u l l share in trying to achieve this increase. VITAL STATISTICS During the 3 years 1953 to 1956 the number of students has increased from 1650 to 2240, an increase of 36/0. A corresponding increase of 33;i> has taken place in the number of staff, mainly by the creation of 5 new chairs in the departments of Aeronautical Structures, Instrument Technology, Nuclear Power, Parasitology and S o i l Mechanics. INCREASED ACCOMODATION The Reotor stated that the total floor spaoe had. been increased by 2Cf~> by the ^sd&itioffi of an extra floor to Mines and the Goldsmith's extension budildings, and the erection of the new building for Aeronautics and Chemical Engineering. This building 13 rapidly ne-o-ing completion, and the Aeronautics department i s already in occupation. The Hector reaffirmed the authorities' intention to increase residential accomodation as soon as possible, and reminded his audience that the C o l l ege had recently acquired a site in Princes Gardens, and hopes to have accomodation for another 450 students ready in two years time. The f i r s t quarter of the expansion programme could now be considered complete, and the staff and students were thanked for their co-operation under d i f f i c u l t conditions. The Rector concluded by outlining the iraaediate expansion programme, and he f e l t that with the aid of the government, University, and a l l others concerned i t should be possible to achieve a l l the objectives.
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S E R V I C E
The Rector, Deans, graduates, v i s i t o r s and students assembled i n Holy T r i n i t y Church f o r worship, before proceeding to the A l b e r t H a l l . The preacher was the V.Rev.Dr. A.C. Don, Dean of Westminster. The g i s t of Dr. Don's sermon was as f o l l o w s : -The c l i m a t e of opinion i s changing so t h a t , whereas Huxley and other great s c i e n t i s t s of the 19th. Century had to f i g h t f o r /hat they b e l i e v e d t o be t r u e , the Church has l e a r n t much from Science and there i s now.an a t t i t u d e of mutual r e s p e c t . However, f a i t h i s no o p t i o n a l e x t r a . To worship God as Lord only of the Church, and not a l s o of C r e a t i o n , and t h e r e f o r e of H i s t o r y , P o l i t i c s , Science, i s to court i d o l a t r y . The s c i e n t i s t must a l s o answer the question:"What t h i n k Ye of C h r i s t ?"
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FUTURE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
T h i s years S p e c i a l V i s i t o r f o r Commemora t i o n Day was S i r John C o c k c r o f t , K..C.B. , F.R.S., D i r e c t o r of the Atomic Energy, Research Establishment , H a r w e l l , who was i n t r o d u c e d by the Chairman of the Governing: Body, The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Falmouth. S i r John, i n h i s opening remarks, o u t l i n e d the b a s i c research that had been c a r r i e d out on n u c l e a r p h y s i c s a quarter of a century ago and s t a t e d that the r a p i d development going on at the present was only p o s s i b l e because of t h i s work. He prophesie d that twenty years hence the g r e a t e r p a r t of a l l energy i n t h i s country would be p r o v i d e d from atomic sources and c o n s i d e r e d that I.C. had an important p a r t to p l a y i n t h i s development^' by the recent c r e a t i o n of the C h a i r of Nuclear Power. Weed K i l l e r Sways U.S.
Presidential Election.
S i r John p o i n t e d out that the advent of the atomic e r a h e r a l d e d more automation but he s t r e s s e d that t h i s was merely a c o n t i n u a t i o n of something that had been going on s i n c e the I n d u s t r i a l R e v o l u t i o n and was not new. He s t a t e d that automation would make a l o t of u n s k i l l e d workers redundant but that many more t e c h n i c i a n s would be r e q u i r e d to operate the new machines. S i r John was emphatic that i t was p o s s i b l e to t r a i n u n s k i l l e d workers to become s e m i - s k i l l e d t e c h n i c i a n s , thus g i v i n g them a g r e a t e r i n t e r e s t i n t h e i r work. He agreed,however,that the development of technology would produce many new problems,and instanced the i n c r e a s e d crop y i e l d s i n the U.S. due to the use of new weed k i l l e r s , which had g i v e n r i s e to problems that were a major issue i n the present P r e s i d e n t i a l E l e c t i o n s . Need f o r C r e a t i v e
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S i r John o u t l i n e d what he considered were the i n g r e d i e n t s f o r t e c h n i c a l success. These were f i r s t l y a b a s i c new idea or s y n t h e s i s of i d e a s , secondly, adequate f a c i l i t i e s and funds f o r the development of that idea, and t h i r d l y a team of t e c h n o l o g i s t s capable of d e s i g n i n g and s t r e a m l i n i n g the product f o r maximum production . At present we were most i n need of t e c h n o l o g i s t s and compared with the United States and Russia we were outnumbered by 10 to 1 and 20 to 1 r e s p e c t i v e l y ,
S i r John ended by appealing f o r a more broadly based education f o r t e c h n o l o g i s t s w i t h more time given i n the c u r r i c u l u m f o r The g r e a t e s t need i n Industthe humanities. r y today was not f o r men who had s p e c i a l i s e d i n a p a r t i c u l a r narrow f i e l d of technology but f o r those who had a broard s c i e n t i f i c education and were able to adapt themselves to the c o n t i n u a l l y changing needs of new development. He thought that Imperial C o l l e g e had an important p a r t to p l a y i n p r o v i d i n g t h i s form of education and advocated the p r o v i s i o n of r e s i d e n t i a l f a c i l i t i e s f o r a l l students as a necessary p a r t of t h e i r education.
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The Editor of Phoenix, accomplished artist, musician and amateur astronomer, i s a delightful character who really enjoys the f u l l l i f e he leads, Roger Ian Sykes comes from Almondbury (pronounced "Aimbree") i n the West Riding of Yorkshire and i s twenty-one years old. He i s now a third year- Aeronantical Engineer - but after four years at I.C.
While at King James G.S. i n his home town, he acquired an enthusiasm for art and i n particular scraper-board drawings. Today, R.I. Sykes i s one of the few recognised scraper-board artists i n this country. Ever since he won a competition at the age of 13, his entry appearing i n the local evening paper, he has had his drawings published regularly i n that paper. How there i s one i n every issue. Recently Roger illustrated an o f f i c i a l guide-book to Derbyshire. He often undertakes commissions for drawings of an architectural nature, illustrates Christmas Cards, and, moreover, i s a f i r s t class cartoonist.
It i s not surprising that, when leaving school at 18, Roger considered art as a career. He i s , however, very much interested i n astronomy, and, i n particular, astronautics. It was A.C. Clarke, Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, who advised Roger to come to I.C. Roger won a scholarship here and so i t was that art became " a hobby that pays". This "hobby that pays" was very useful when the f i r s t year had to be repeated - i t provided almost enough money to live on. The f i r s t year savr him as Art Editor of Felix, and a founder-member of the I.C. Art Club. In his second year at college Roger joined the Air Squadron. 1
The aforegoing should be enough to make the brown baggers s i t up and think again, but Phoenix, art, aeronautical engineering and space-travel are by no means the limit of our subject's activities. At 14, Roger was playing a banjo i n a local amateur dance band. Since he has been i n London he has played his electric guitar i n ooffee-houses and pubs, for cash. He plays i n the Air Squadron dance band, occasionally in the I.C. Jazz Band, and often at hostel "sport parties".
Cautiously, having noticed a vicious sheathknife strapped to his leg, we asked Roger i f he had any particular likes or dislikes. He likes modern poetry (he i s compiling his own book of quotations), "Home Rule for Yorkshire", wine, song and one woman. He dislikes the "Yorkshire pudding" served i n London, people who are seated i n railway carriages when he has to stand, and women who wear trousers. When asked what his ambitions were,Roger said that he hoped to graduate without further delays, and to take part time art training after he leaves whilst being employed i n astronauties. Roger does not wish to make his drawing a full-time occupation unless he can really make i t Pay. His marital status, he said, was "doubtful" but there i s a snapshot of a very oteuriiing lady in his hostel roraJ
Imperial C o l l e g e . Dear S i r , I would l i k e to inform you, with reference to your E d i t o r i a l of October 6th., that SENNET's accounts balanced l a s t year without f i n a n c i a l a s s i s t a n c e from the U n i v e r s i t y Union or any other body. I would deny emphatically the i m p l i c a t i o n s of your f o l l o w i n g remark about d i c t a t i o n . Perhaps you were misled i n your guesswork by the grant made by the P r e s i d e n t s ' C o u n c i l to a s s i s t i n the paying o f f of the loan made In the summer of 1954 when SENNET was f i r s t s t a r t ed. I do not know i f I need to add that I do not think t h a t SENNET i s o r i g i n a l i n having an i n i t i a l debt nor are we any more s u b j e c t to d i c t a t i o n than the man who has an o v e r d r a f t at his bank. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , E l i z a b e t h Harrison , E d i t o r , rENWST. (We thank Miss H a r r i s o n f o r her l e t t e r . Overcome with h u m i l i a t i o n , we must admit the f a c t that FELIX s t a r t s o f f each session with an overd r a f t with I.C.Union. We congratulate the s t a f f of SENNET on the q u a l i t y of the paper c o n s i d e r ing the job they must have to make ends meet. We wish we could p r o f i l e S i r Laurence O l i v i e r i n every i s s u e . - J.V.B.) I.C. Union, 17th. October. The E d i t o r , 'Felix'. Dear S i r , At present there are two Christmas I s lands; one i s i n the middle of the t a c i f i c Ocean, the other i n the Indian Ocean southwest of Java. I t i s proposed to c r e a t e a t h i r d i s l a n d i n the middle of I.C. where a l l shipwrecked mariners from t h e sens of science are i n v i t e d to j o i n a community dedicated to the p u r s u i t of l i t e r a t u r e and philosophy and convened to p r e s e r v e l i f e from t h e s t r a n g l e holds of a u t h o r i t y , r e s t r i c t i o n and i n t o l e r ance. May I implore p r o s p e c t i v e Islander? to d i g e s t the n o t i c e appearing on the Union's i n t e r n a l board by t h e bar and t o append t h e i r signatures before t h i s venture s i n k s . Sincerely yours, Peter Jarman.
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W r i t i n g an e d i t o r i a l i s a very d i f f i c u l t job. We were going to w r i t e about the standard of manners i n I.C. - we a c t u a l l y saw the Chairman of the S.C.C. ( o f a l l people) comb h i s h a i r when s t a n d i n g i n the middle of C l a r i d g e s ' Ballroom J We were i n t e n d i n g to p r a i s e Dr. Sparkes d e s p i t e h i s unkind remarks about " d i s t o r t i o n s which appear i n FELIX" at the Union Meeting. We were to p o i n t out t h a t the s t a f f oration s on Commem. Day might have been as a u d i b l e as Andy Levine's had they taken the t r o u b l e to rehearse as he d i d . The p r o d u c t i o n manager t e l l s us that we have no room f o r a l l t h i s i n t h i s i s s u e .
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On Tues. l6th Oct., Dr. V.E. Fuchs gave a most interesting and informative talk entitled "Trans-Antarctic Reconnaissance". Before a large enthusiastic audience, he told the story of his recent v i s i t to the Weddel Sea to set up a base camp, to receive the main body of the expedition later this year.
He was introduced by Prof. H.H. Read, who put forward the suggestion that the "Theron" was trapped i n the ice by design rather than by accident, in order to attract public attention. Dr. Fuchs said that as a result of the publicity thus received, their funds had been considerably swelled. He took up the story from their arrival at South Georgia and told of their adventures i n the ice before they reached a suitable place to build the base. He gave an account of the unloading of the stores and of the misfortunes which overtook them, u n t i l they were f i n a l l y ready to leave. He said he was very anxious to get back to the 8 members of the base party who have passed a very uncomfortable winter under an upturned packing-case.
M E E T I N G His talk was f u l l y illustrated with colour slides, whioh were of a high standard and were extremely i n teresting.
The E x t r a o r d i n a r y Union Meeting was a c t u a l l y h e l d In the Concert H a l l , much to most peoples surprise. The H a l l had a completed f l o o r i n g which was t a s t e f u l l y covered w i t h green canvas. The two main items were a d i s s e r t a t i o n from the P l a n n i n g O f f i c e r , Dr. Sparkes, and the p r e s e n t a t i o n o f the House Committee's Report. The l a t t e r item i s r e p o r t e d below. Dr Sparkes was i n t r o d u c e d by K i t c h who s a i d t h a t we should now hear ' s t r a i g h t from the horse's mouth' o f the p r o g r e s s of the b u i l d i n g . Dr Sparkes s a i d that Mr K i t c h e n e r was a rude man and he had never been c a l l e d a horse before In f r o n t of so many swine. Dr Sparkes made no promises and he defended the c o n t r a c t o r s . In 17% of the c o n t r a c t time 45# of the work had been done. Good l a b o u r e r s were as scarce as good students and when one sub t r a d e d e f a u l t e d t h i s had a snowball e f f e c t on s t o p p i n g the work o f o t h e r s . P e n a l t y c l a u s e s In b u i l d i n g c o n t r a c t s c o u l d not be imposed these days.
A vote of thanks was proposed by Jon Stephenson, a past-graduate geologist here, who w i l l be accompanying Dr. Fuchs on the expedition.
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Dr Sparkes p r a i s e d Mr Biggs and s a i d that the work he has done on our b e h a l f was f i v e times that o f Mr Mooney (which was p r a i s e d i n the l a s t i s s u e ) . He t o l d of s i m i l a r b u i l d i n g t r o u b l e s i n P a r i s and hoped that t h i s would be some c o n s o l a t i o n to us. When K i t c h c a l l e d f o r q u e s t i o n s f o r Dr Sparkes to answer, a v o i c e at the back s a i d "What i s the name of the p l a y ? " (Let us not be unkind to Dr Sparkes, he i s doing h i s best with a thankless task.)
The House Committee report, reproduced i n slightly abridged form, was presented as a basis for discussion and adopted "i n toto" after very l i t t l e debate by the Union. However, provision has been made for amendments to be made at future Union meetings. The Governing Body have provided, free of rent, certain rooms for the use of the Union. The responsibility of the care and running of the new Building, whioh w i l l cost about ÂŁ250,000, rests primarily on the students of the college; a l l members of the Union are requested to co-operate by treating the Building, funiture and fittings with proper care and respect.
The opening and closing hours, and general administration of the new building will be as a l ready outlined i n the Blue Book. o on+.H . nn -n -
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Tha Committee recommend only general rule viz - that a l l members should leave their hats and coats i n the cloakrooms before proceeding to the other rooms instead of depositing coats and other garments i n the lounges (Received with loud acclamation by the Union.) 0 , 1 6
People bringing sandwiches should consume them i n the Snack Bar or Upper Refeotory and not i n the lounges. Daily newspapers w i l l be plaood i n the Main Lounge on the ground floor and periodicals i n the Reading Room whioh wil l be regarded as'a quiet room. Card games, ohess, eto., should be restricted to the rooms provided for these games. Attention i s drawn to the correct way of drawing the curtains, whioh are hung i n the most scientific and up to date manner, operated by cords. Pulling the curtains any other way w i l l wreok the p u l l e y t r a c k . POSTING OF NOTICES No general notices may be pinned up on the Internal or External notioe-boards without permission from the Union Publicity Offloer. The limiting size of posters and other notioes If 18" x 22" exoept at the discretion of the Fubliolty Off ioer. BOOKING OF ROOMS Committee Rooms may be booked i n the diaries provided i n the Committee Rooms for that purpose. A pplioation for the use of a l l other rooms i n the Union building should be made through the Union Office.
COMCTJIRT HALT, Hops and Carnivals w i l l be held i n the Conoert Hall i n oonjunotion with the Upper Refectory. ( T h i s much p e r t u r b e d Mr Higson.)
LOST, STOLEN. OR STRAYED. The cover of the Motor Show issue of PUNCH by Brookbank depioted Bo flying over the brow of a h i l l , driven by Mr. Punch, wearing Guilds scarf , acoompaniedby dog Toby and parsued by the lawe There i s no record that Bo was borrowed to pose especially as i t s t i l l has only one cylinder and can not take part in this year's Veteran Car Rally. The cartoon was inspired by Brookbank jn., a cartoonist with academic links with Guilds. LT3ERACE The London University woman's paper - Sennet, last week printed a misoonstrued account of activities outside the Albert Hall, oopied from the National Press. For the Denefit of the above, who oan not afford their own reporters, this was a short show by sohoolboya at 7 P»™» The demonstration at 10.30 p.m. at whioh the pianist escaped v i a another door, (for an adjectival description read Cassandra) caused the law to provoke a short, aquatio display. Two daysi later the oonstabulnry announced that they would strengthen their team, (wearing waterproof underwear ), at the mext matoh. This occasioned a silent protest and a polioe state atmosphere. LAST LEGS. Guildsmen have* been requested not to stamp i n lecturer beoauae their building now stands on iron legs over a 35 f t . hole where the foundations of the new buildings are Idid. Water has been discovered 11ft. abova the level indioated by preliminary borings, necessitating piling round the site before excavation to 4 f t . below sea level oan bagin.
RUMOUR HAS IT that the Imperial Institute ^ Tower w i l l be burned i n effigy today. It is ' expected that the Hostel water-throwing element w i l l be there to control thingsj anyway the ohange of element nay raiae ee tain dampened spirits.
GYMNASIUM No-one i s to enter the gymnasium i n outdoor shoes. The ohanging rooms oan be reached by the western stairoase without having to cross the gymnasium floor. UPPER REFECTORY AND SMALL LOUNGE. The Upper Refeotory i s on the top floor and the entrance to the small longs i s on the opposite side of the landing. This room i s oarpeted and the Committee recommend that no ooffee or sandwiohes should be carried across the landing for consumption in the Small Lounge.
TICKETS BLU.iUSR The depressing sight of young ladies being turned away from hops after fighting for nonexistent tlaketa may be good pre "Has for the January sales but must ne speedily rectified before we get a bad name for our hospitality. Already, the more determined havt found ways of entering the hall^paoked with fruatr&tad, hopmad^ Jiving males.
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The small lounge miiy prove to be an ideal situation for a television set. (Discussion revealed a desire to purchase, a igramophone.) 1.0. UNION CARDS It may from time to time be neoessary to hold a oheck on persons present i n the Union building; to discover for example, infiltrators at Union meetings or undesirables at Hops. Routine checks of Union oarda w i l l NOT be made, but a l l members are asked to cooperate by carrying their oarda about with them i n case a check becomes desirable.
Finally, i t oannot be.over-emphasised that the successful running of the new Union dependo on the helpful OA-operation of every Btudent with the Duty Offioers and members of Council on whom the main burden of responsibility f a l l s . (The highest authority concerning the running of the Building i s the General Meeting of the Union and that everyone using the building would have to abide by the decisions made at such a meeting.)
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S R.C.S. r e v i v e d t h e i r f r e s h e r s ' dinners a f t e r ten years and held three functions i n the Ayrton H a l l . These were followed by the usual business i n the bar below. U n f o r t u n a t e l y on these occasions the s i n g i n g was l e d not by t h e i r t o u s l e - h a i r e d P r e s i d e n t but by C. and G. and Mines i n s u r g e n t s . The Mines Freshers ' Dinner was followed by speeches of a high standard - some c h o i c e phrases being remembered by those attending. Eavesdroppers watching the yard d r i n k i n g from Imperial I n s t i t u t e Road are reported to have been r e v o l t ed by the s i g h t of Mr. Wallace d r i n k i n g from the Pornographer's Pot before winding up the proceedings with a r e c i t a t i o n of "Eskimo N e l l " packed with a c t i o n and f e e l i n g . L a s t week witnessed the four G u i l d s ' Dinners. These followed the usual p a t t e r n . A f r e s h e r t r i e d to s t e a l the l i m e l i g h t from John Le B u t t and h i s v u l g a r poetry. His t r o u s e r s were a c c o r d i n g l y r e moved. Such Is the treatment f o r p r e c o c i t y among freshers.
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The shortness of t h i s column i s due to the f a c t t h a t the c l u b s e c r e t a r i e s are too i d l e to bother sending us t h e i r announcements. The FELIX, s t a f f have enough to do without chasing round noticeboards . I f you want the f r e e p u b l i c i t y we o f f e r then send i n your programmes - and r e p o r t s of your meetings. Friday
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'The Red Shoes', 'Return to GlenFilm Soc. a s c a u l ' . - Chem. L e c t . Theatre. 6.45 p.m. S.C.M.
•Evangelism' - F r . K. Davie, C.R. Room 128 C. oc G. 1.10 p.m., Sunday
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BANG ! Hop at H a r l i n g t o n , T i c k e t s on F r i d a y lunchtime. "(Note:- TODAY a l l volunteers from the S.C.C. and any others who can spare t h e i r s e r v i c e s to help with p r e p a r a t i o n s at H a r l i n g t o n please c o n t a c t J.L. Saunders, Room 74 New Hostel.)
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Tuesday Nov. 6th. THE SPANNER WAS STOLEN ON MONDAY NIGHT by twelve Miners. A f t e r c a r e f u l plans had been R.S.M. Union Meeting. 1.15 p.m. made i n the "Queen's" and watches had been synchronised, Mike Rutter and John N i c h o l l s Thursday Nov. 8th. entered the bar, which was f u l l of U.L.U.: A.G.M. 6 p.m. Beveridge H a l l Senate Guildsmen c e l e b r a t o ° House. - Two hours fun and games I These meeto ing their last a aMOBo i n g s are u s u a l l y p o o r l y attended. A two hundOp c Freshers' Dinner. red s t r o n g I.C. contingent would represent a $Wtt>$MSrJ » Mike and John were 5 O O v a s t m a j o r i t y . Are you s a t i s f i e d with U.L.U.? MEN ON f o r c e d to climb on COUNTER & o jn ? to the bar (the d i s F r i d a y Nov. 9th. t r a c t i o n they had hoped f o r ) . J u s t as \ * Lord Mayor's Show: U n o f f i c i a l day o f f f o r C&Gi they had done so, at 7IM **1t> (Apparently the Dean t o l d John Hart that i f he p r e c i s e l y 10.10 p.m. Tft> / coul d produce a l i s t of signatures of those as planned, the IN* who wished to take p a r t i n the Lord Mayor's spanner, r e s t i n g as INSTITUTE Rt> expected at the back Show, he would t r e a t t h e i r absence as o f f i c i a l . I o f the bar, was Hart s a i d t h i s at the Freshers' Dinner on F r i whisked away through day 26th.) . the s i d e door by a member of the support group under the noses of umpteen Engineers. A group Saturday and Sunday Nov. 10th and 11th. outside t r a n s f e r r e d i t through the wicket gate i n t o a w a i t i n g car which vanished i n t o the n i g h t . Touchstone Weekend at Silwood: " S c i e n t i f i c Those Miners remaining a f t e r the coup r e t i r Humanism" - Mrs. Margaret Knight. ed without much t r o u b l e to the "Queen's", only to be attacked by angry Guildsmen i n Queen's Gate Terrace a f t e r c l o s i n g time - Rutter l o s t Sunday 18th. Nov. F r i d a y 16th. his trousers i n p u b l i c .
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The Spanner attended the Mines Union Meeti n g on Tuesday. When the meeting ended a t 1.56 i t was suspended from second f l o o r windows i n the R.S.M. entrance arch. Meanwhile G u i l d s had massed i n Room 17, and, Just a f t e r 2 p.m., came round to the f r o n t Of Mines. They got t h e i r beloved matchwood back a f t e r 20 minutes of hard s c r a p p i n g . S e v e r a l trousers changed hands, and the appearance of a p o l i c e c a r brought matters to a c l o s e . We hope to p r i n t a d d i t i o n a l d e t a i l s and a photograph i n the next i s s u e .
S.C.M. Study Weekend held i n conjunction with Queen E l i z a b e t h Colleg e and Royal Colleg e of Music at Dormers, Nazeing, Essex. Thene: " S a l v a t i o n " ; Speaker: Rev. David Edwards, Freshers are p a r t i c u l a r l y i n v i t e d . Dormers i s a farmhouse and Nazeing i s 15 miles from P i c c a d i l l y . Anglicans have to walk Z\ miles to church and back f o r Communion. A l o n g muddy walk and a r i o t o u s evening are Saturday h i g h lights.
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H Tha squash season i s now w e l l under way. The 1 s t . team have played three matches so far. In two of these, a g a i n s t B a t t e r s e a and the School of O r i e n t a l and A f r i c a n S t u d i e s we were s u c c e s s f u l . The t h i r d match a g a i n s t St. Catherines C o l l e g e Cambridge played at home on Saturday 27th October r e s u l t e d i n our f i r s t defeat. I t was extremely hard fought and was only decided i n St. Catherines favour i n the f i f t h game of the f i n a l t i e . George Hodgson, a freshman, has now establ i s h e d h i m s e l f on the f i r s t team and Harry M i l l s , an insurgent from Capetown U n i v e r s i t y and Richmond Rugger Club i s at present provi d i n g s t r e n g t h at number f i v e . We welcome back to the c l u b Ray Scott-White who two seasons ago was a r e g u l a r 1 s t . team member and i s now g r a d u a l l y r e g a i n i n g h i s o l d form.
Y In the f i r s t match of the season, on Wed. Oct. 17th., I.C. gave a good account of i t s e l f by drawing 3-3 w i t h a weakened St. B a r t ' s H o s p i t a l team at H a r l i n g t o n . I.C. may be c o n s i d e r e d f o r t u n a t e i n that they scored t h e i r f i r s t goal a g a i n s t only nine opponents but n e v e r t h e l e s s they earned a draw. I t was an e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t s t o r y when the Old Dunstabl i a n s were e n t e r t a i n e d the f o l l o w i n g Saturday. Extremely poor p o s i t i o n a l p l a y gave the CD's, chance to make a d d i t i o n a l use of t h e i r h a r d h i t t i n g and I.C. must be c o n s i d e r e d l u c k y to have l o s t only f i v e g o a l 3 to one. Coming 1st. team f i x t u r e s a r e s Sat. Nov. 3rd. V i c k e r s Armstrong H. Wed. Nov. 7th. U.L. Cup. 1st. round.
Y On the 18th. October the f i r s t lunch time V o l l e y B a l l game took p l a c e i n Hyde Park. Mrs Robinson " v o l l e y e d o f f " the f i r s t b a l l and a team of twelve then proceeded to warm up. Even the E d i t o r of Phoenix j o i n e d i n at and was seen keenly t r y i n g h i s hand the game. Contrary to popular b e l i e f t h i s game i s not a g i r l ' s game; two good teams make i t good to watch and good e x e r c i s e to p l a y . It Is widely known on the Continent. A l l are welcome and i f numbers are l a r g e some s o r t of booking w i l l be introduced. So i f you want to p l a y , come along to our ground, between the A l b e r t Memorial and Alexandra Gate any Tuesday or Thursday at 1.15 pm. Further developements w i l l be posted on the P o l ' s h S o c i e t y n o t i c e board. The i d e a to 'play b a l l ' during the lunch time breaks (Tuesday and Thursday) was o r i g i n a t e d by the P o l i s h S o c i e t y and gained the support og the Union. A proper p o r t a b l e equipment has been D u r c h a s e d and t h i s w i l l be i n use In a week or two.
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The 1st. XV has had somewhat mixed fortunes to date mainly due to the l*>ck of s p i r i t on the f i e l d among the forwards ^no u n d e c i s i v e t a c k l i n g and f a l l i n g by the whole team. The 2nd., A, B, and C X V s are as yet undefeated. In a match which snould have been won more e a s i l y I.C. defeated U.C.H. by 19 p t s . to 8 pts. Perhaps the best d i s p l a y to date was a g a i n s t Wasps Vandals the f o l l o w i n g Saturday. Here the forwards showed that they do possess some v i t a l i t y and good marking by the I.C. backs coupled with t i r e l e s s c o v e r i n g by G i l b e r t saw the Wasps l e a d i n g by only a dropped g o a l twenty minutes from 'no side'.''"The s u p e r i o r f i t n e s s of the o p p o s i t i o n then catie to the f o r e however, and they scored 17 more p o i n t s before Stone went over f o r a t r y i n a s t a t e of near c o l l a p s e j u s t before the f i n a l w h i s t l e . The l e s s s a i d of the match a g a i n s t Reading U n i v e r s i t y the b e t t e r , f o r u n e n t h u s i a s t i c forward forward p l a y , poor marking and t a c k l i n g by the backs and a s u c c e s s i o n of petty i n f r i n g ments In our own 25 allowed Reading to amass an e a r l y l e a d . Only l a t e i n the second h a l f d i d I.C show any s p i r i t when they scored 6 p o i n t s from a good t r y (Stone) and a p e n a l t y goal (Hearn). A c o n s i d e r a b l e Improvement was shown l a s t Saturday when I.C. defeated Rosslyn Park 'A' by two p e n a l t y goals (Stone) and two t r i e s (Lanz and Shepherd) to two t r i e s and a p e n a l t y g o a l , a f t e r l o s i n g Charles In the f l r 3 t ten Minutes. As so o f t e n happens the l o s s of a mail brought out the best i n the team and apart from one or two defensive lapses and an alarming tendency to g i v e away p e n a l t i e s w i t h i n a k i c k a b l e d i s t a n c e , th9 s i d e seemed q u i t e impressive. Stone was a tower of s t r e n g t h at o u t s i d e - h a l f and Dibley was predominant at wing-forward. Results. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat.
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I.C.-19. U.C.H.-8. I.C.-3. Wasps-20. I.C.-6. Reading Univ.-19. I.C.-12. Rosslyn Park.-9.
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During the f i r s t weeks o f t h i s term a l l the s p o r t s c l u b s o f the C o l l e g e have been busy. Among the b u s i e s t has been the Boat Club whose o f f i c i a l s have had the j o b o f s o r t i n g out about e i g h t y f r e s h e r members some o f whom have had rowing experience and some (70/t) who have not. Between now and the Thames Head o f R i v e r the novice s must be taught enough about the a r t o f rowing so t h a t they may be entered i n t h i s event and enjoy the race. As f a r as the o l d e r members are concerned, there have been formed f o u r t r i a l e i g h t s which are now i n t r a i n i n g and doing w e l l . There w i l l be much c o m p e t i t i o n f o r the f i r s t e i g h t seat d u r i n g the next few weeks thus adding a good I n c e n t i v e t o i n d i v i d u a l t r a i n i n g and keeness. T h i s promises t o be a good year and a l l members are l o o k i n g forward t o compe t i t i o n w i t h confidence and i n t e r e s t . Out of the present f o u r t e e n e i g h t s on the water we s h o u l d be a b l e t o produce some f a s t crews.
MOUNTAINEERING CLUB The Freshers Meet Twenty campers and ten others a r r i v e d i n North Wales at 2.00am. on Saturday 20th. Oct. The r a i n came i n h o r i z o n t a l sheets and the six who were s t a y i n g i n the hut q u i c k l y disappeared i n the gloom l e a v i n g the others to t h e i r f a t e . The campers q u i c k l y r e v i s e d t h e i r idea of camping at 2000ft. near L l y n Bochlwyd and p i t c h e d the camp about 200yds. from the road. Apart from the g a l e , the r a i n and the new l a k e which formed round the t e n t s , e v e r y t h i n g went w e l l . One p a i r d i d however manage to p i t c h t h e i r tent i n s i d e out, a remarkable f e a t i n the c o n d i t i o n s . The gale continue d and w h i l s t the hut men s l e p t i n f r o n t o f a r o a r i n g f i r e most of the twenty were s i t t i n g i n s q u e l c h i n g s l e e p i n g bags h o l d i n g on t o t h e i r shuddering tent p o l e s . Mid-day Saturday saw most o f the campers b i l l e t e d i n farm houses, barnsÂťand huts throughout the v a l l e y . That was the end of the r a i n . For the r e s t o f the weekend a high standard of c l i m b i n g was maintained on s i x d i f f e r e n t cliffs. No a c c i d e n t s are r e p o r t e d although one un fo rtu nat e l e a d e r found h i m s e l f hanging upsidedown from a belay and another was saved from s c a t t e r i n g the gaping crowd below by a h o l l y bush. The f r e s h e r s d i d extremely w e l l , many doing t h e i r f i r s t rock climb i n tne pouring r a i n . I t does not r a i n p e r p e t u a l l y i n Wales and i t i s hoped that there w i l l be enough support to run another coach at the end of January.
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The Soccer Club has made a very s a t i a f a c t o r y s t a r t t o the season with the 1 s t . XI s t i l l unbeaten and the second XI having won 2 and l o s t 1 The 1 s t . XI shows s e v e r a l changes from l a s t season and i t i s encouraging to see two freshers Moss i n goal and Sprunt on the r i g h t wing, showi n g g r e a t promise. FIRST ELEVEN MATCHES Scorers Wenk Draw 1 - 1 Kings Oct 17th., Chelsea Oct 20th., Won 8 - 0 Judd 3 Poly. Young 3 Holgate Young, Draw 3 Oct 24th. v. U.C. 1 o.g. S i r John Oct 27th. - 1 Holgate 2 Cass - Won Judd Wenk (The match a g a i n s t Chelsea was a p r e l i m i n a r y round o f the U.L. Cup.)
CROSS COUNTRY CLUB In the p a s t f o r t n i g h t the Club has had no c o m p e t i t i v e matches, members have however taken p a r t i n two s u c c e s s f u l C o l l e g e T r i a l s and i n two U n i v e r s i t y f i x t u r e s . The f i r s t was the P o l y Mob Match at Hempstead i n which the U n i v e r s i t y e a s i l y beat the P o l y t e c h n i c H a r r i e r s (607 p t s . to 1329 p t s . ) . F i r s t man home was John Evans i n 27m 54s f o r the muddy, h i l l y 5$ m i l e course. Dave Briggs (an I.C. f r e s h e r ) d i d w e l l i n coming i n 10th. The other event was the U n i v e r s i t y T r i a l over &i m i l e at Hempstead. T h i s was e a s i l y won by D.Briggs i n 34m 57s, i n so doing he beat two years U.L. 1 s t . team. The Club can a l s o be proud o f the f a c t that wo had seven men home i n the f i r s t twenty.
SAILING CLUB
The annual knockout competitio n f o r the Castaway's Cup was h e l d a t Welsh Harp on the 20th. and 21st. October, when 13 c o l l e g e teams came to the l i n e . I.C. entered two teams, the 1st. team meeting U.C. i n the f i n a l a f t e r beating Guys, N.E. C. and <*.M.C. The f i r s t race of the f i n a l was won by 'J.O. by the narrow margin o f 20y p t s . to 19 p t s . The second race was very keenly contested and i n t e r e s t i n g f o r the t a c t i c s used. A f t e r one round I.C. was i n a s t r o n g p o s i t i o n with 1st. 2nd. and 5th. but one boat h i t a buoy In the second round w h i l s t d u e l l i n g with two U.C. boats and so had to r e t i r e . T h i s l e f t li.C. the winners by 4 0 i p t s . to 37^ pts. The I.C. team was J . Conway-Jones, A.J.Dunbury, M. C c l l y e r C.Gant, J.S.Smith and Miss J.Stevens.
G The Club had i t s f i r s t match of the season versus Kings on F r i d a y . A f t e r e very e x a c t i n g match Kings won by 36-34 p t s . In the water polo Kings who were l a s t years U n i v e r s i t y Champions were defeated by 6-4 goals. The only new member of the team, CorriÂŤan. s c o r i n g 4 goals. The U n i v e r s i t y have s e l e c t e d Loveman, H a r f o r d and C l a r k to swim a g a i n s t Birmingham next Saturday.