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At 11 o'clock on the night of the f i r s t R.C.S. Freshers' dinner, a baby was found i n the middle of the Union quadrangle. The President of the Union and the Warden of the Hostel q u i c k l y a r r i v e d on the scene and supervised the removal of the baby, whose name i s b e l i e v e d to be A u s t i n , to Prince Consort Head, where i t was l e f t f o r the night. By the f o l l o w i n g morning i t had d i s appeared. Several such episodes have occurred r e c e n t l y ; i t i s reported t h a t steps are b e i n g taken to discourage the offenders. E a r l i e r i n the evening the E.C.S. Freshers' dinners got o f f to a r o a r i n g s t a r t , the l i v e l y and e n t h u s i a s t i c atmosphere being marred only by "a couple of shockingly weak s t o r i e s , which were, however, dealt w i t h i n s u i t a b l e manner. The dinner i t s e l f was of a high standard, and t h i s was maintained by J * . Ifconey f o r the f o l l o w i n g n i g h t s .
Speaking at Wednesday's dinner, B r . Atkinson counselled freshers to exercise great care i n choosing d i g s . He himself had found ( l a t e r , he said) that M B landlady was running a house of i l l - r e p u t e . Advice on t h i s matter could be had from tutors.
A bout of l u s t y s i n g i n g i n the Bar on Thursday was terminated when some Miners present challenged B.C.S. to a 'game' of buk-buk. The design of the Bar proved i d e a l f o r t h i s purpose, and the R.C.S. men equal to the occasion, trounc i n g both the Mines and Guilds teams twice. The S c i e n t i s t s were then also v i c t o r i o u s i n a boat-race Khngella l
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comments on brownbagging and personal dress were i n a rather more serious v e i n .
As of yore, the a f t e r - d i n n e r speakers s a i d a b s o l u t e l y nothing i n a h i g h l y amusi n g f a s h i o n , ending w i t h t h e i r usual 'jokes'. Age o l d gambits were employed: "Mr, President, Gentlemen and Chemical Engineers...." (cheers, groans and genesal d i s o r d e r ) . When the speakers were dry, the Spanner was shown to the f r e s h e r s , the "Boomalaka" rendered w i t h great gusto, and the adjournment moved to the usual place.
The s i n g i n g i n the Bar was of a very l u s t y nature, being remarkable f o r i t s volume, q u a l i t y ( I ) and v e r s a t i l i t y . Accounts of a f t e r events are n a t u r a l l y incoherent, seeming to i n d i c a t e that extensive i n e b r i a t i o n was attained w i t h unf a i l i n g consistently.
The seeond part of the Karakoram exp e d i t i o n team has now returned to England. At an exclusive FELIX-PHOENIX interview, our reporter was able to t a l k to Mr. E r i e Shipton, the leader of the expedition and a very experienced explorer and mountaineer who has taken part i n several Everest expeditions, and has e s t a b l i s h e d a strong reputation f o r work that he has previously done i n the Karakoram.
The idea behind the expedition was to b u i l d i n the College a nucleus of men w i t h experience of e x p l o r a t i o n who would be leaders of f u r t h e r expeditions, a l l with the same object of S c i e n t i f i c I n v e s t i g a t i o n of "new" t e r r i t o r y . In t h i s , Mr. Shipton s a i d , the expedition had been e n t i r e l y succ e s s f u l . Although the party was very young and had had comparatively l i t t l e previous experience, they made up f o r t h i s by t h e i r keenness and enthusiasm. Indeed, there had been f a r less f r i c t i o n than he had ever known before on an expedition. Unfortunately, the expedition was delayed f o r three weeks, which were v i r t u a l l y wasted, by the n o n - a r r i v a l of t h e i r baggage, and l a t e r on the weather became very bad; d a i l y snowfalls hampered them considerably. The baggage apparently a r r i v e d outside Bombay harbour three weeks before the exp e d i t i o n , but i t was not p o s s i b l e to get i t ashore f o r s i x weeks'. This state of a f f a i r s appears to be quite usual i n Bombay, and i t i s quite inconceivable that the College agents d i d not know of i t . I f the expedition had been informed, they could probably have taken t h e i r equipment along with them, but they were taken comp l e t e l y unawares.
On F r i d a y tne R.C.S. women descended en masse on the Upper D i n i n g H a l l . I n her speech, Was Haywood s a i d that Mr. Butters had given her only one hour's n o t i c e , and t h i s had quite s p o i l e d her dinner. To r e c t i f y t h i s small matter, she suggested that Mr. Butters should take her out to dinner. They were l a t e r seen comparing d i a r i e s .
In order to reach the scene of operations,the Siechen g l a c i e r , the party had to cross an 16,000' pass. One of the strange sights they aaw was an eagle, apparently exhausted, also c r o s s i n g the past on f o o t .
In a c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y happy atmosphere, the r i t u a l Guilds Freshers dinners were h e l d In the Upper D i n i n g B a l l on f i v e evenings l a s t week.
continued os page A. For the f i r s t three evenings, President Dave Stevens took the c h a i r , before succumbing to the dreaded ' f l u . On the other two evenings the c h a i r was taken by Tioe President John Sheldon. ( A l l tbe chairs were eventually recovered).
The President's speech contained the usual advice and adÂťnishaent to be heard on t h i s occasion, although h i s scathing
Wednesday d i s t i n g u i s h e d i t s e l f w i t h an attesnit by several obstreperous B.C.S. men to whisk away the Spanner, but thanks to the instantaneous r e f l e x e s of a prominent member of the Guilds' s t a f f , t h e i r e f f o r t was i n v a i n . One of the bandits was seised; he ended the evening with nothing but a s h i r t to eover h i s rasssmnt.
Several i n c i d e n t s by a minority oarred the f e s t i v i t i e s . On Thursday fireworks were thrown i n the lounge, while on F r i d a y c h a i r s were thrown about i n the lounge aria damaged, and glasaes were thrown against the c e i l i n g . Drunkezmeaa i s no excuse f o r vandalism. I t l a i n c r e d i b l e that i n an U n i v e r s i t y , where people profess to bo educated, such hooligan behaviour should occur.
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Jock i s one of the two Wallaces on the Mines Executive (not t o be confused w i t h B r i a n who i s the Secretary). He spent most of h i s childhood i n I n d i a w i t h h i s parents and was educated at prep, school and Oundle. At Oundle he l e a r n t among other things t o row. They must have taught him p r e t t y w e l l as he stroked the f i r s t Eight i n h i s f i r s t year i n College, and i n h i s second he was Captain of I.C. boats.
R i c h , our gay handsome Union Secretary, i a going t o be i n f o r a heavy time t h i s year.both academically and i n the Union. There seems t o be more t o g e t t i n g a D.I.C. than he o r i g i n a l l y thought. However he i s used to hard work having been Chairman Of the Entertainments Committee l a s t year, and despite t h i s g e t t i n g a 1st. i n Mining. When he has f i n i s h e d here he hopes t o go t o Canada,where about a year ago he found g o l d l y i n g about i n a mine w a i t i n g f o r him t o take i t .
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To h i a many accomplishments he has r e c e n t l y added tha t of being able t o d r i v e that p r e h i s t o r i c monster, Clementine; h i s o f f i c i a l c h a r i o t . He hopes that he w i l l not be c a l l e d on t o d r i v e her when he gets married next summer.
During the l a s t three years he has played rugger f o r various teams i n thCollege, but he i s a f r a i d that he cannot f i n d time t h i s year.
When asked about h i s l i k e s and d i s l i k e s he s a i d , " I l i k e the Tuba t o be PLAXSD, and I do not l i k e young l a d i e s who ask me i f I am a Minesman". He a l s o l i s t s "Hops" among h i s d i s l i k e s ( I b e l i e v e he meant the "dance" type hop, not the type which i 3 fermented. )
Among h i s d i s l i k e s are cliques and men who play tubas at night.
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The President of G u i l d s , known t o a l l as Dave, was at the time of being interviewed l y i n g i n bed having succumbed t o the L u r g i . This was very unfortunate as he v/as s t r i k e n down i n the midst of Guilds Fresher's Dinners. He has played squash f o r I.C. but has given i t up t h i 3 year. I t i s r e c o l l e c t e d tha t towards the end of l a s t year everyone he met was greeted by the cry of "Have you played squash?" I f the answer was i n the a f f i r m a t i v e then he exhorted the s u b s c r i p t i o n from the poor unfortunate. Bo', h i s o f f i c i a l c h a r i o t , i s causi n g a l i t t l e worry at the moment. W i l l both c y l i n d e r s be f i r i n g when she attempts to go t o Brighton?. That i s the 64,000 question. When, w i t h h i s coat of many s t r i p e s , he s i t s i n her i t should be quite a magnificent sight . He f e e l s that some mention should be made of h i s fiancee, Judy, whose l a t e s t claim t o fame i s the r e c l a i m i n g of the Spanner at the beginning of the session, having followed an arduous t r a i l round London's main l i n e s t a t i o n s . Tubas played on Sundays, and I.C.men wearing jeans, sweaters and gaudy socks to College are among h i s pet d i s l i k e s .
Have you ever taken a g i r l out f o r an evening, then taken her home, and found y o u r s e l f stranded, miles from your own bed, w i t h no transport on hand but your feet? From the sad t a l e s that reach our ears we gather that t h i s i s not an infrequent occurrence. So, i n order to save.you time and t r o u b l e , to t e l l where you may or may not go, and how f a r (geog r a p h i c a l l y speaking), we present the
' I n t h i s series we s h a l l d e t a i l the aeans of g e t t i n g back to I.C. and a l l points c e n t r a l from those o u t - l y i n g parts i n whioh women are wont to have t h e i r habitat.
N Pursedown Training College i s s i t uated one mile from the nearest Underground s t a t i o n , which i s Tooting Broadway. The l a s t north-bound t r a i n leaves at 12:11 a.m., Monday to Saturday. Allowing 8 minutes f o r the mlle(the
DEREK Derek, who i s President of H.C.S. t h i s year, has worked h i s way up from the bottom. Last year he was Hon. Sec. and a very hard-working one at that. When not busy being President he relaxes playing g o l f , r a t h e r l i k e a more e l d e r l y President. His handicap, when he i s cn form and h i t t i n g the b a l l s t r a i g h t , i s 12. I f he cannot h i t a stationary g o l f b a l l s t r a i g h t the w r i t e r has d i f f i c u l t y i n v i s u a l i s i n g Derek g e t t i n g h i s hockey colours f o r R.C.S. He i s i n the Chemistry department, and i s lucky i n having l e f t the l a s t of the exams behind over a year ago. He i s doing research at the moment i n t o the behaviour of detonators when heated t o 200° C. According t o h i s l a t e s t statement they do not often explode. "Tubas should only be played by Gerard Hoffnung* were h i s l a s t words as I l e f t .
author has been known to do i t In 7:50) and 30 seca. f o r the descent t o the platform, farewells must be concluded" by 12:02} a.m. The booking c l e r k i s a very decent chap and w i l l probably l e t you r i g h t through, but i n order to a l l o w f o r the t r a i n being e a r l y , you are advised t o leave another 30 sees, o r to clearance. This t r a i n connects w i t h the l a s t E a l i n g t r a i n from Charing Cross, and w i l l get you back to I.C. by 1 o'clock. Should you miss the 12:11, however, we recommend the f o l l o w i n g course of acti o n . Take the f i r s t a v a i l a b l e south-bound t r a i n to South Wimbledon (4 mins.). Go along Barton Road, opposite the s t a t i o n , u n t i l you reach the Broadway, then t u r n l e f t . Keep going u n t i l you come to Wimbledon s t a t i o n . The t o t a l distance i s about a m i l e , f o r which par i s 8:30. ( I t l a s l i g h t l y u p h i l l . The author u s u a l l y takes a t a x i ) . From Wimbledon s t a t i o n there runs a D i s t r i c t Line t r a i n to E a r l a Court only at 12:41 a. a., or, f a i l i n g t h a t , a Southern Region t r a i n at 12:51 that reaches Waterloo at 1:05. This leaves 4 minutes i n which to n i p smartly over HUngerford Bridge to oatch a no. 9 'bus (which departs from Ludgate Circus at 1:03). Tads i s a very handy l i t t l e 'bus,
J e n n i f e r , the President of I.C.V/.A. f o r those who do not know her, i s i n t t h i r d year of her Physics course (her f o u r t h year i n College). She seems tbe doing some i n t e r e s t i n g courses at the moment which involve Engineering Drawing i n the Guilds one afternoon a week, and glass blowing. She says till t h i s i s almost c e r t a i n l y her f i n a l yea here, which seems to confirm our opinii that there may be a man looming l a r g e on the horizon.
In the l i n e of sport she has represented I.C.W.S.C. at badminton, 3quash, n e t b a l l , tennis and tabl e tennis, aa w e l l aa leading I . C . A . i n that gran*? o l d sport of waterthrowing. On t h i s l a t t e r a c t i v i t y the f o l l o w i n g statemer i waa secured - " F i r s t f l o o r people can use the balcony i n safety as long as they act i n accordance with our p r i n ciples. When questioned cn I.C.W.A. p o l i c y f o r t h i s year she s a i d that they intend to stay where they are and enjoy t h e i r beaut i f u l f i s h tank. Among her d i s l i k e s are men who play tubas.
although i t doesn't run on Sunday nights . Instead there i s an extra one at about 1:30 on Saturday, ao then you can take your time c r o s s i n g tee bridge. Allowing one minute f o r t i c k e t s at Wimbledon, you therefore need to get your south-bound t r a i n at Tooting Broadway at or before 12:39, but on no account catch a l a t e r one (since Wimbledon l a even worse than Tooting to walk back from). This procedure thus saves you at from). This procedure thus gains yon a good 20 minutes. On Sunday, the l a s t tralns*lesve about aa hour e a r l i e r tean on week-days, whioh r o l e * them out f o r our purpose. However, there Is aa a l l - n i g h t 'bus, route no. 287, which runs every nigh) of the week EXCEPT SATURDAYS, that amy be of assistance. These •buses stop at Tooting Broadway at 12:58 and 1:03 a.m. They both go to Charing Cross Underground s t a t i o n , but i n opposite d i r e c t i o n s , so watch i t l They arrive at Charing Croat at 1:32 and liSS re ays it, l v e l y , so there i s plenty of time l a which to walk up to the Strand aat e* the 297 'bus at 1:53 to South Eeasiagtoa. t
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SITUATION "The College r e f e c t o r i e s are now B a r r i n g approximately 1500 lunches d a i l y , an increase of 450 over the corresponding f i g u r e a year ago! This s u r p r i s i n g f a c t was d i s c l o s e d by s r . Ifconey, I.C, Refectory Manager, i n an exclusive i n t e r v i e w w i t h F E U S r e p o r t e r s . Mr. Mooney pointed out that the kitchens i n the Onion are now t u r n i n g out 1000 lunches d a i l y , as against 500 l a s t October, The inadequacy of the k i t c h e n s and s t a f f shortages are the two main problems f a c i n g the Refectory today. WHERE DO THET GOT On a n a l y s i s , the number of lunches served d a l l y i n the Loser Refectory i s 500, the same as l a s t year. The Upper D i n i n g H a l l and Upper Refectory, n e i t h e r of whioh was i n operation l a s t year, are now s e r v i n g 400-500 between them. Against t h i s , there has been a s l i g h t drop i n Queenie's, from 600 d a l l y t o about 530. The kitchen s i n Queenie's, however, are f a r l a r g e r than those i n the Union. The r e f r i g e r a t o r space, f o r instance, i s f o u r times the s i z e . PRICES I t i s being found necessary to r a i s e p r i c e s s l i g h t l y . The r e f e c t o r i e s l o s t money l a s t year. As a r e s u l t of t h i s and increased payments to s t a f f , there w i l l be fewer 1/9 dishes a v a i l a b l e , f o r ex* ample, and the p r i c e s of s p e c i a l dinners are also being r a i s e d . The r e f e c t o r y wage b i l l i s now 30% higher than i t was a year ago, and the income has t o f o l l o w s u i t . As members of the Union w i l l have observed, p r i c e s are i n rather a state of f l u x at the moment. The p r o f i t needed to cover wages and overheads i s 40% of the oost p r i c e of the food. I f t h i s be exceeded, the price s w i l l be reduced acc o r d i n g l y . However, i n the oase of the Cornish Pasty, the f l u c t u a t i o n s between 1/9 and 2/0 are governed by the oonte'nts, and not by the s l i d e — r u l e computations of the c a s h i e r . HOT OR COLD? The most unfortunate f e a t u r e of the kitchens i n the Union I s the perpetual draught tha t w h i s t l e s through, and I s p a r t l y responsible f o r the r a p i d c o o l i n g of food when i t Is removed from the ovens.
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I t i s a r e s u l t of the design of the k i t chens: i t cannot be eradicated — only m i t i g a t e d . I n an e f f o r t to do t h i s , new methods of keeping the food warm are c o n s t a n t l y being t r i e d . One i n f r a - r e d heater has already been i n s t a l l e d ; the purchase of another i s contemplated.
HOW TOU CAN HELP One of the ways i n which you can a i d the e f f i c i e n t running of the r e f e c t o r i e s i s simply by not removing t h e i r c u t l e r y and crockery. The losses l a s t year were Immense, and much was not r e covered — i t a l l contributes to the r i s e i n p r i c e s . Mr. Mooney has a l s o been aggrieved l a t e l y by the disappearance of pepper-pot-tops — i t should be p e r f e c t l y p o s s i b l e to o b t a i n the goods through the apertures provided. We discovered that not even Mr. Mooney knows what goes i n t o the Mulligatawny soup. On being asked, he smiled h i s enigmatic smile:"Tour guess i s as good as mine. We t r y to make the food i n t e r e s t i n g ?
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' A f t e r months of comparative i n a c t i v i t y Bo' has a busy time ahead o f him. He now sports a current l i c e n c e , the absence of which prevented h i s appearance e a r l i e r t h i s term. On t e s t l a s t week a f t e r a p r e l i m i n a r y "Tune-up" he was put through h i s paces c a r e e r i n g around the b l o c k and making several c i r c u i t s of Hyde Park at speed. (Onlookers rumoured tha t he had been supercharged, but t h i 3 i s not c o r r e c t ) Bo's busy p e r i o d commences on Sunday Nov. 3rd. when he p a r t i c i p a t e s as usual i n the annual London t o Brighton Vintage Car R a l l y , ( i t s non-appearanoe l a s t year was due t o s e c r e t a r i a l and not mechanical i n n e f f i c i e n o y ) T r a v e l l i n g i n Bo' w i l l be C.and G. Motor Club committee and i t s President Mr. Moore and a l s o Guild's President Dave Stevens. We wish them and Bo' a good Journey and may they not "Run out o f road," on the way. The f o l l o w i n g Wednesday Nov. 6th. Bo' w i l l t r a v e l t o Putney t o lead Guilds i n the Morphy Lay "Celebrations*
WINE The f i r s t , meeting of the Session was w e l l attended - too w e l l , i n f a c t , people being present, llany latecomers were refused admittance as both sherry and s e a t i n g were i n s u f f i c i e n t f o r a greater number.
His f i n a l appearence t h i s week, on Sat. HOT. 9th. Ludgate H i l l f o r the Lord .layer's Show. Here, with a l o y a l band,he w i l l support fellow Guild p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n the precession, and a l s o introduce the i n e v i t a b l e element o f chaos t o enl i v e n the proceedings. 4
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(The 297 i s also a non-starter on Saturday, unfortunately.) If the "Gyre sad tumble? Just off T i m e r s Street, i s s t i l l open, you ean always drop in for a cup of ooffee. Footnote t If something does go wrong, the nicest walk back ia along the Vest Side of Clapham .Crtsmen and over the Albert Mage.
Four kinds of sherry were t a s t e d : Manzanilla F i n n ( a dry wine w i t h a s a l t y tang) Amontillado ( a young and o l d v a r i e t y ) Oloroso (a very sweet wine) the s p e c i a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f each being i n d i c a t e d by the speaker.
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FELIX i s a n o n - p o l i t i c a l newspaper. No-one t e l l s us what to p r i n t , and we hare no p a r t y axe to g r i n d . We would r a t h e r stand a l o o f , and examine the p o l i t i c a l world w i t h a completely open mind, as i f surveying the moon through a mammoth telescope, a s c e r t a i n i n g the f a c t s o b j e c t i v e l y and b a s i n g our opinions accordingly.
Let us, then, t u r n our mammoth telescope on the l a t e s t p o l i t i c a l development i n the U n i v e r s i t y . Some pamp h l e t s have r e c e n t l y been d i s t r i b u t e d I n I.C. and other c o l l e g e s by the Nati o n a l Guardian Ifcvement. At the same time, there appeared i n SENNET a f r o n t page leader on tho subject of t h i s movement.
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The time goes very f a s t . The 23rd. of October i s the f i r s t anniversary of the Hungarian R e v o l u t i o n . Nearly a year has passed, though i t seems t h a t i t happened only yesterday. R e c a l l i n g our memories, there are two main points t o t h i n k about .
From one hand we thank the f r e e world f o r t h e i r moral support of our struggle against the r u t h l e s s suppression of our freedom and independence, and f o r the economic a i d and h o a p i l i t y .
From the other hand; some time passed and the Hungarian problem was not a headline any more. The refugees found new homes, s t a r t e d new l i v e s . A small but e n t h u s i a s t i c group of the newcomers t r i e d t o p i c k up the western way of l i f e at the famous I.C. Hostel ( s t a r t i n g w i t h the sherry party at I.C.W.A.). A f t e r a few any steps they became quite f a m i l i a r w i t h the Union f a c i l i t i e s ( i n c l u d i n g the b a r , hops, the dropping of m i l k bottles etc). But w h i l e enjoying the wonderful, freedom and democracy of t h i s country, one must not forget that l i f e i s not the same f o r everyone i n the world. T. S.
I n the pamphlets t h a t have appeared i s advertised a meeting to commemorate "The 40th. Anniversary of the dest r u c t i o n of a Democracy ! Let us ask e x a c t l y what was destroyed i n October 1917.
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The medical member of the expedition, Dr. Graham Budd, had l i t t l e i n the way of sickness or i n j u r y to d e a l w i t h , apart from a oase of stomach d i s o r d e r . Lying i n h i s t e n t , the i n v a l i d would s t a r t to mutt e r " I must get out; and then a moment l a t e r : " I t ' s too l a t e ; 1
Any h i g h l i g h t s ? B r i a n Amos hung upside down i n a crevasse f o r about an hour before the others could p u l l him out, and then they spent the r e s t of the day r e covering h i s l o a d , which he had dropped on to a ledge. Entertainment was a l l homemade, of course. Pete Grimley'a extensive song r e p e r t o i r e was c a l l e d upon, while f o r the b e n e f i t of the l o c a l people, E r i c hims e l f performed the Charleston.
A l l i n a l l , a valuable and enjoyable expedition. But, as Mr. Shipton, pointed out, " i t ' s very much of a continuous thing? I t must be followed up soon so that the experience gained i s not wasted as f a r as the College i s oonoerned.
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Do these quotations i n d i c a t e an o b j e c t i v e and unbiased point of view? What were the readers meant to think? Let us resolve not to be l e d by the nose, but to THINE FOE OURSELVES.
The Siechen g l a c i e r , the biggest i n the world outside P o l a r r e g i o n s , has been v i s i t e d only twice before, and very l i t t l e i s known about I t , The p a r t y s p l i t up i n t o groups, which each c a r r i e d out various g e o l o g i c a l and other s c i e n t i f i c i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . They were helped by eight l o c a l men, who c a r r i e d equipment.
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I n SENNET we r e a d : A f t e r a l l t h i s we s t i l l could not discover how the o r g a n i s a t i o n can j u s t i f y i t s c l a i m t h a t 23* of the l e c t u r e r s are Communist but w i t h such a charming set-up as we hare here, who cares?" Let us ask what they d i d to f i n d out, as w e l l as what the hauls of the o r i g i n a l statement i s .
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I.C. has arranged w i t h three European t e c h n o l o g i c a l i n s t i t u t i o n s , two i n Germany, one i n Switzerland, f o r the exchange of students f o r the session 195859. D e t a i l s can be obtained from the Registry. % &'% ()
Readers are reminded of the S i r Arthur Acland E n g l i s h Essay P r i z e , which was i n s t i t u t e d to encourage the good w r i t i n g of E n g l i s h . The competition i s open to a l l undergraduates, and a t o t a l of 25 guineas Is a v a i l a b l e f o r p r i s e s . E n t r i e s should be submitted by January 15th, 1958. Further p a r t i c u l a r s may be seen i n the R e g i s t r y .
My dear E d i t o r , Over the past year I have examined the many philosophies o f f e r e d by the r e l i g i o u s , p o l i t i c a l and other soci e t i e s of the Imperial College, but none of them has been able to answer my questi o n s , to o f f e r the secret of a happy, u s e f u l existence, the ultimat e purpose and drive behind human endeavour. I t would seem that we have become so s o p h i s t i c a t e d , so out of touch with the good mother e a r t h , that we must run b l i n d l y from a r t i f i c i a l stimulant to o f f i c i a l boredom, regency a r c h i t e c t u r e and potato c r i s p s . I t h i n k , I hope (and who would dare to c l a i m mors i n t h i s unbalanced and c r i s i s - r i d d e n world) that I Lave, i n my personal meditations, found what may, a f t e r a l l , be the f i n a l s a l v a t i o n of mankind. Ws must, i n some measure, look back to our happy, uncomp l i c a t e d , arboreal c u l t u r e . Those who are Interested i n the r e discovery of t h i s , our h e r i t a g e , may f i n d out more about the proposed "I.C. Tree Climbing Society" from me, through the Union Rack, I am, s i r , Buster Cole.
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We r e g r e t the erroneous s u b - t i t l i n g of the sooount of the Hebridean E x p e d i t i o n i n our l a s t i s s u e . As was evident from the f i r s t paragraph, the v i s i t o r s to Oransay were, of course. Z o o l o g i s t s .
COLLEGE HAIRDRESSER NOW IN THE DRAMATIC SOCIETY CHANGING ROOK, EAST STAIRCASE UNION BUILDING. EVERY FRIDAY 8.30
UNTIL 6.0
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REDUCTION OF 1/6 i n the ÂŁ1 f o r ALL MAKES OF ELECTRIC SHAVERS.
Remember, remember, the 5th of November — at the time of going to press i t seems l i k e l y that there w i l l again t h i s year be a b o n f i r e and hop at Harl i n g t o n , w i t h coach transport from the Union provided. Other events of a s o c i a l nature scheduled f o r t h i s term are the Guilds C a r n i v a l (Nov.22nd), on an Ancient Greek theme t h i s year, we hear; the Mines B a l l w i l l be h e l d a week l s t e r , on the 29th, and FELIX'S own b i r t h d a y hop w i l l take place on the 30th.
Morphy Day i s on November 4th t h i s year. Mines w i l l be defending the Mbrphy oup, and Guilds the Lowry. I t i s hoped that as many members as possible w i l l t r a v e l down to Putneyto support t h e i r respective teams and drown t h e i r r i v a l s .
Dear S i r , How can the Hugger Club hope that t h e i r F i r s t team w i l l be as stronc- as ever i f they are going to decrease the number of players i n the team from f i f teen to e l e r e n . We can only hope that t h e i r optimism w i l l make up for t h i s lack of numbers. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , Jennifer Heywood, President, I.C.W.A. Noellne C o w g i l l , President, I.C.W.S.C. P.3. Perhaps we could help '. Sports Editor' note: I must apologise to the Rugby Club for accidentally mentioning the word "eleven" instead of "fifteen* in ths last issue.
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bought, from b a l l s up to the complete f i t t ings of ropes and beams. This task of conversion i s not only dealt w i t h by members of I.C. but also the organisers of the U.L.U. Gymnasium. I t i s not an easy problem.
I am a f r a i d you have made a great mistake i n p u b l i s h i n g the a r t i c l e about the Gymnasium i n the l a s t i s s u e . You do not know a l l the f a c t s and some of those you state are i n c o r r e c t ,
S u p e r f i c i a l l y , i t does appear that thei has been a l o t of time spent i n preparing the Gymnasium. But t h a t i s not the whole story.
Besides t a k i n g time i t also takes money, and money does not flow r a p i d l y when there i s a large programme i n Princes Gardens. When i t was decided to t u r n the dance f l o o r i n t o a gymnasium, most of the money a l l o c a t e d f o r that part of the Union had been used. To convert and completely equip the h a l l was not favourable from the f i n a n c i a l point of view.If i t had not been f o r the generosity of the College, the tolerance of the Planning O f f i c e and the forethought of some students about a year ago you would not have had a gymnasium at a l l , y e t . Yours e t c . , I.J.Flint (Gymnasium Organiser)
In the beginning there was to be no Cymnasium.This f a c i l i t y was to be and w i l l be included i n Princes Gardens, together w i t h squash courts, a swimming pool and other amenities. These should appear by 1960. The Gymnasium, as i t now stands, was intended to be a small h s . l l , an overflow from the Concert H a l l , which you must admit, i s needed on large f u n c t i o n s . Why i t was considered that a small dance f l o o r was more important than a Gymnasium was due p o s s i b l y to a member having a s t r onger say i n the House Committee at that time.
F o r t u n a t e l y , with great persuasion by same students, I t was permitted to convert the small dance f l o o r i n t o a Gymnasium, a f t e r i t had been completed.
Of course, cannot claim that others would f i n d the same, but I think that our President was mistaken to express such a p r i v a t e opinion at the Freshers' Dinners. On these oooasions he i s unassailable as far as argument i s concerned, and he also possesses a f a r greater sway over new students, nervously groping t h e i r way through the f i r s t few weeks at College . Hoping, then, that inthe future Dave w i l l confine h i s ' c r i t i c i s m s ' to the well-worn but i n c r e a s i n g l y acute problem of the 10-5 brown-bagger, I remain Your
faithful friend, Syd Lenssen.
Although the Entertainments Committee was, a t the time, and s t i l l i s reduced t o three members instead of s i x t h i s Commi t t e e was set the task of running no fewer than four functions i n a f o r t n i g h t . Not only was t h i s done to the s a t i s f a c t i o n of the majority of danoers, but the amenities a v a i l a b l e were also improved. With regard to the authors* remarks about an East-End working -mens c l u b , I f e e l t h i s can be a t t r i b u t e d rather to the behaviour and drese of c e r t a i n students than to the manner i n whioh the dances are organised. Surely i t i s not too much to ask that a man wears a t i e , a jacket and a p a i r of trousers with some form of v e r t i c a l crease i n them.
The f a c t that i t was only r e c e n t l y decided to have a gymnasium (although the plans published i n 1954 showed i t ) has not p r e v i o u s l y been made p u b l i c . I f i t be necessary to make 'mistakes' i n order to uncover the f a c t s of the matter, FELIX w i l l be making many more.
The Committee regret that not a l l students who wish to attend Saturday-night dances can be accommodated, but have done t h e i r utmost to increase the number of dancers by opening the Upper Eefectory. I therefore f e e l that In the l i g h t of these f a c t s the authors should reconsider t h e i r statements and promptly o f f e r t h e i r apologies to the few people who have worked so hard to make these dances p o s s i b l e . Yours f a i t h f u l l y Gil Streets.
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I must admit that the wearing of Jeans, check s h i r t , baggy p u l l o v e r and fluorescent sooks does not make an engineer, but on the other hand I defy anyone to prove that w h i t e — e o l l a r and t i e outf i t s make engineers. Surely I t could be w i t h i n the realms of p o s s i b i l i t y that i n t h i s rather unreal student world of ours, some people by dressing i n a more casual f a s h i o n , might f i n d i t easier to l i v e and work. % personal experience i s that the wearing of such olothes breeds i n me a state of mind that accepts the*very serious' t r i v i a l i t i e s of student organisations, and makes me wast to help i n the work Involved i n these.
F i r B t l y I must point out that the E d i t o r f a i l e d to n o t i f y the E n t e r t a i n ments Committee of such c r i t i c i s m s thus preventing us r e p l y i n g i n the same" i s s u e .
I agree that i t Is f a r better that a student acts as Master of Ceremonies rather than the band leader, but i f one member of the Committee had not to spend that complete evening asking "Non-paying guests " to leave i t would have been possible.
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Dear S i r and Mr.'Christian D i o r ' - v i d Stevens,
On behalf of the Entertainments Committee I f e e l I must take t h i s oppo r t u n i t y to r e p l y to the c r i t i c i s m s l e v e l l e d at the Committee i n a l e t t e r to your paper l a s t issue.
E d i t o r ' s note: Mr. F l i n t has not corrected a s i n g l e one of the f a c t s stated i n our a r t i o l e . He makes no mention of our main p o i n t , the unfortunate i n s t a l l a t i o n and subsequent boxing-in of the r a d i a t o r s .
So there was the task, of t u r n i n g an e x c e l l e n t and well-designed dance f l o o r into a robust gymnasium. A l l the f i t t i n g s for the apparatus had to be remade so that they could be used In t h i s gymnasium; t h i s takes time. Hew equipment had to be
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Dear S i r ,
I address my l e t t e r thus because I do not wish ?T. Lenaaen to consider my remarks a t the Fresher's Dinner to be d i r e c t e d towards him i n p a r t i c u l a r . I must admit that i n !y. Lenssen's l e t t e r I have read f o r the f i r s t time that oarelessnes and casualness go hand i n hand with e f f i c i e n c y - the opposite i s always the case. As f o r h i s c r i t i c i s m that I should not use my p o s i t i o n as President t o influence the e a s i l y impressionable freshers, I should l i k e to point out that there i a l i t t l e point i n taking up such a p o s i t i o n i f one does not i n tend to exert any influence, so long as one i s sure that one's influences are d i r e c t e d towards the r i g h t end. Also I had hoped that everyone had noticed that I gave f i r s t place t o advising the freshers on the more obvious subject of the 1 0 - 5 brownbaggers. And now to turn the tone from defence to attack: t h i s i s the f i r s t c r i t i c i s m I have received on t h i s subject and to Judge from the reception my remarks received at the dinners I f e e l that the vast majority of the College agree with me. Freshers, plesse draw your own conclusions! Yours, i n bed with ' f l u , F.David Stevens.
E d i t o r ' s note: We apologise to the Entertainments Committee f o r not g i v i n g them the opport u n i t y to reply i n the l a s t issue. I t i s not our p o l l o y to s e r i a l i s e correspondence of t h i s nature.
Dear S i r , We appreciate the d i f f i c u l t conditions under which the depleted Committee has been working, and we were glad to notice a marked improvement i n the organisation of the l a s t two E.C , hons. We suggest that the t i c k e t s axe c o l l e c t e d at the door to prevent the entry of 'nonpaying guests' as the present system i s not foolproof. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , f.S.Smith F.Porgess.
E d i t o r ' s note: The past experience of the Enter* tainmenta Committee leads them to believe that the system i n use at the. moment i s the most p r a c t i c a b l e .
CAHTOOKS. c a r t o o n i s t s and ideas f o r cartoons required by P e l l x . A l l c o n t r i butions to Art E d i t o r v i a Onion Heck.
VIEWPOINT •Manners maket.h man', thus says the enigmatic statement whose author i s l o s t i n the depths o f time. Good manners are an e s s e n t i a l p a r t o f the Gods o f Conduct t h a t a l l well-educated persons should f o l l o w . The purpose o f an U n i v e r s i t y i s to educate i t s members. This does not mean j u s t 'getting a degree'. An U n i v e r s i t y should not spoon-feed i t s members, they should be taught t o t h i n k f o r themselves, and t o f o l l o w the examp l e s set by t h e i r superiors .
Let us stop and t h i n k f o r a moment; are we doing ourselves, and our Alma Mater j u s t i c e ; can we h o l d the job which has been o f f e r e d on the s t r e n g t h of our degree? Can we represent our f i r m at conferences and dinners without appearing uneducated and ill-mannered?
Manners and education go hand i n hand, one without the other i s a r a r e event; not everyone i s fortunate i n having been to a P u b l i c School where i n general good manners are a sine qua non, but some Grammar Schools a l s o have t h i s f a c i l i t y f o r imparting manners and b e a r i n g . Even i f you have not had these advantages a t school, your presence a t an U n i v e r s i t y should enable you t o r i g h t these wrongs as soon as p o s s i b l e . I t i s the duty o f a l l o l d l a g s to set a good example t o freshmen. Do you?
In the f i r s t few weeks of t h i s term we have had many examples o f bad behavi o u r by persons who should have known b e t t e r . A t the second hop o f term, a post-graduate student (now i n h i s f i f t h year at I.C.) o f f e r e d t o h o l d open the door t o the upper r e f e c t o r y s o t h a t a lady member o f the Entertainments Committee c o u l d c a r r y a l a r g e and heavy t r a y of cups o f coffee through. As she was passing through, t h i s l o u t l e t . go the door; the c o f f e e , cups, t r a y and a n were s p i l t on the f l o o r . What apologies d i d t h i s young lady get? Not a word. This long-haired i n d i v i d u a l had disappeared. I suppose a t the time he thought t h i s was amusing. We don't.
Often when i n the Union, you see another member f o l l o w i n g behind you; being p o l i t e you h o l d the door open f o r him, w i t h what r e s u l t ? More o f t e n than not-you get no thanks, not even a cursory 'nod, and the s a i d creature s t a l k s s t r a i g h t past you, and, i f i t i s the r e f e c t o r y door you have h e l d open, the odds are that you w i l l have t o j o i n the queue behind him as he i s so bad-mannered as t o make h i s way i n f r o n t of you. Would you do t h i s a t home i n f r o n t o f your guests and f r i e n d s ? I doubt i t , f o r i f you d i d they would not remain your f r i e n d s f o r long.
What i s the proper dress f o r a l a r g e dinner? Lounge s u i t s of course, unless i t i s formal and dinner s u i t s are c a l l e d f o r . At recent freshers' dinners, i t has been noticeable that q u i t e a few people went i n sports jackets and b l a z e r s . I suppose that i f these people were i n v i t e d out t o lunoh by the Managing D i r e c t o r of the f i r m unfortunate enough t o employ them, they would go dressed i n t h e i r same everyday a t t i r e .
Everyone i s e n t i t l e d t o d r i n k i f he wants t o , but there i s a b s o l u t e l y no reason whatsoever why he should make himself unpleasant and objectionable t o h i s f e l l o w men. Nothing i s mare r e p u l s i v e than a drunken man; why i s i t necessary to d r i n k t o excess? No reason a t a l l , i t i s purel y a sign of l a c k of common-sense, i t does no one any good; and often causes someone harm o r damage. And why must b a r glasses be smashed f o r no reason a t a l l ; accidents can happen, but i n many cases i t i s sheer bad behaviour and an i n f a n t i l e complex which makes these c h i l d r e n d e l i g h t i n •the sound of breaking g l a s s . I n the long run a l l such damage has t o be made good, and the p r i c e f a l l s on everyone and not j u s t on the bad-mannered hooligans who caused the damage.
Make f u l l use o f the Union and i t s f a c i l i t i e s , and f u r t h e r your education t o the f u l l e s t o f your a b i l i t y , and don't leave here as a moronic uneducated i g n o r amus so t h a t everyone can say 'Oh he's j u s t another of those poor t e c h n o l o g i c a l graduates who only t h i n k s by h i s s l i d e rule'. C01E ON I.C.
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SWITZERLAND V i c t o r i a S t a t i o n was assured of a place i n h i s t o r y when, on June 23rd. 1957, I.C. Hover Crew assembled there en route f o r summer camp at Kandereteg i n the Bernese Oberlsnd. The party was s i x t e e n strong and was w e l l provided w i t h an assortment of t e n t s , ice-axes, ropes, crampons and sundry other items, not t o mention w e l l f i l l e d rucsaos, most of whioh proved s i n g u l a r l y awkward to manage on the t r a i n journey across Europe, and singulary useless i n Switzerland • However, Kandersteg was reached w i t h the party s t i l l whole, the only mishap being the l e a v i n g behind of two members of the crew i n the middle of France, due to an unfortunate misunderstanding on the length of timethat the t r a i n stopped i n the s t a t i o n . F o r t u n a t e l y they caught up again w i t h the main party in Basel.
A r r i v i n g at Kandersteg s t a t i o n , the. Hovers soon had an opportunity of t e s t i n g t h e i r h i k i n g muscles on the two-mile walk to the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Boy Scouts Chalet l y i n g at the head of the steep-sided Kander v a l l e y where they were to camp. The chalet was reached without loss of l i f e however, and almost immediately the previ o u s l y f i n e weather changed to a t o r r e n t i a downpour. This persuaded the crew that i t was b e t t e r • t o sleep i n dry bunks i n s i d e the c h a l e t than i n wet tents outs i d e , e s p e c i a l l y as the r i v e r f l o w i n g past the camp-site was dangerously near t o overflowing. As things turned out, except for an occasional thunderstorm of short d u r a t i o n , the weather f o r the whole of the sixteen day stay was absolutely c l e a r , the sun being at times almost too hot for h i k i n g . 1
After two days walking i n the mountain! around the c h a l e t i t was unanimously decide that no attempt would be made to r i v a l the I.C. Norwegian and Kar&koram expedi t i o n s i n t h e i r mountaineering e x p l o i t s , the normal alpine paths p r o v i d i n g quite strenuous enough e x e r c i s e . However the Rover crew can now claim that some of i t s members have climbed the Hockenhorn (10,000 f t . ) by the e f f o r t s of t h e i r bodle* and the Jungfraujoch (11,000 f t . ) by train.
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We n o t i c e tha t the magazines have d i s appeared from the upper lounge. They have reappeared i n the w r i t i n g tor to T.V. f i e n d s the "Tele-") room. The reason given f o r ths change i s that the upper lounge was being used ss a bar by peopls w i s h i n g to s i p Mooney's Upper Refectory coffee when reading. Presumably the carpet has been s u f f e r i n g . So now what was I n i t i a l l y intended as a reading room Is T.V., waiting, snd reading room. Are you a sehlsophrsnloT
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f ELIX G FRIDAY OCT. 25th. S.C.M. "SEX* Ma, B»S*Manhood. PHOTO. SOS. Colour ffiraup meeting. B o t . Lecture Theatre, 5.15 P-ms. INTO. RELTNS. CLUB. E.G.M. 1.15pm Phys-Chem Lecture Theatre. MONDAY OCT 26th. LIB. SCO. 1st A . C M . Committee Room B, 1.15pm. I . C . C D I . T h a t can a s c i e n t i s t b e l i e v e ? " Dr.D.Mackay PiuD. Informal S a i l i n g Lecture a t 5:15 pm. i n Room 161, G u i l d s . WEDNESDAY OCT. 30tp. RAILWAY S O C w V i s i t t o Old Oak CommonMotive Power Depot. THURSDAY OCT 31st. FILM SCO. " S a b r i n a F a i r " Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart. Room 104 Cham. Tech. 1pm. NAT. HIST. SOC. "Tissue G r a f t i n g " DR. L.Brent (U.C.) Botany Lecture Theatre. 5.30cm. FRIDAY NOV*. 1 a t . CHRISTMAS ISLANDERS " A l l your own work" I s l a n d e r * own poetry read and c r i t i z e d . 5.15pm i n C o u n c i l Room ( o f f Lower Lounge:) S.C.M. "SEX" Mr. B.S. Manhood. PHOTO. SOC. F e r r a n i a and Ektachrome processing. 5.15pm. Botany Lecture Theatre. SATURDAY NOT., 2nd.
I.O.W.A. Informal Dance. MONDAY NOV. 4 t h . I . C C T I . " I s man i n c u r a b l y e v i l ? " ' Dr. O.Barclay PluD. TUESDAY NOV. 5 th. LIT.&DEB. SOC. "This house would l i k e t o be f o r ever Amber".
The p r i s e s a y i n g of the week:" I've had my copy of the Fresher's FELIX a l l t h i s time and I haven't had time to read I t y e t . " Let us hope that he t r i e s t o keep more up to date w i t h the news than t h i s suggests.
The f i r s t outing o f the I.CY.H.A. t h i s term took the form o f a day t r i p t o F l a t f o r d M i l l , and was arranged i n c o n j u c t i o n w i t h Bedford C o l l e g e . Twenty adx people, i n c l u d i n g fresher s from b o t h c o l l e g e s , spent a l e i s u r e l y day on or near the r i v e r .
oooooooooooo Freshers' dinners are e x c e l l e n t means of i n i t i a t i n g the new members of the College i n t o Union l i f e . By a l l means have a good time, and enjoy yourselves, but not a t the expense of other members' comfort. When i t comes to the s o r d i d state o f - a c e r t a i n gentleman being seen i n the Union Lounge a t llp.m, slumped i n a c h a i r and surrounded by broken glasses i t begins to make you wonder j u s t whatever Is coming to the College nowadays.
Soon a f t e r 8 p.m. the excursion t r a i n l e f t F l a t f o r d w i t h most o f the p a r t y on board; i t was assumed that the day was over. However, twenty minutes l a t e r the t r a i n came t o an abrupt s t a n d s t i l l , and the p a r t y were informed t h a t the engine had a broken con-rod. The r e v e l l e r s then proceeded t o amuse themselves f o r three hours.
Variou s accounts have been given as t o now the time was spent. Some found t h e i r way t o the b u f f e t and sang; some j u s t sat and chattered, and some c a r r i e d on w i t h the good work (?) The t r a i n a r r i v e d back i n London at 1.20 a.m., and s e v e r a l women were l o c k e d out o f t h e i r h o s t e l s . I t i s reported that they were forced t o spend the r e s t of the morning i n a l o c a l p o l i c e s t a t i o n . A good time was had by a l l (doubtless J) and the accident d i d nothing t o s p o i l the outing.
oooooooooooo The r e f e c t o r y i s now running out of milk f a r e a r l i e r than i t used t o . Sales have increased out of a l l r e cognition recently. Is this a ref l e c t i o n on the age of freshmen e n t e r i n g I.C. or j u s t a r e v u l s i o n against the a l t e r n a t i v e s of stewed tea and sludge-like c o f f e e . oooooooooooo We read elsewhere of the nefarious h a b i t s of someone i n the Gymnasium Changing Room. This i s an example of s t r a i g h t t h e f t but the other day a case of larceny was found and the c u l p r i t , when admonished, appeared to have no excuse t o o f f e r . We hope he has now recovered from h i s v i o l e n t stomach d i s o r d e r , and that the r e t r i e v i n g by the Union of t h e i r r o l l of semi-transparent paper d i d not prove too uncomfortable f o r him.
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A new societ y i s coming i n t o existence i n I.C.: or r a t h e r , i t has had members here a long time, out of contact w i t h one another, and sometimes out of sympathy. The Church S o c i e t y i s t o provide a meeting ground f o r members of the Church of England, and other members of the Anglican Communion, and anyone else who wishes t o ask questions or j o i n d i s c u s s i o n . At present the s o c i e t y meets i n Holy T r i n i t y Church, but hopes to t r a n s f e r t o I,C. Union. Programme; Wed, 8,3o a.m. Holy Communion Thurs. 1 . 2 0 - 2 p.m. t a l k by Gordon P h i l l i p s (Chaplain to U.L.) , or Brother Dunstan, C.R.? Brother Dunstan, C.R.,B.Sc.,M.A., followed by d i s s u a s i o n . O f f i c e r s ( t i l l G.M.) : Chairman - Peter Evans, R.S.M. Vloe-Chairman - A l a n G o o d l i f f e , C.&.G. Aero. Secretary - Da l Thomas, R.S.M. R.C.S.Rep.- John Quenby. A General Meeting w i l l be held soon. The U n i v e r s i t y Church i s S t . George's, Bloomsbury Way (continuatio n of New Oxford S t r e e t ) . Peter Evans.
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I t s COVER was l o s t I f anyone f i n d s i t ; there's l o l l y . " I t Was l o s t between the R i f l e Range i n Guilds and the Huxley b u i l d i n g about 3pm. on Wednesday Oct.16th. Ann-Margret Radford (Maths 2) i s very anxious t o get i t back.
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On Sat. l a s t an I.C. crew w i t h o n l y 3 weeks t r a i n i n g together competed f o r the Sabin Cup. Having p o s s i b l y a s l i g h t disadvantage i n the Surrey s t a t i o n , they put up a good f i g h t , rowing w e l l , against a b e t t e r crew, l o s i n g by 1 lengths t o Gladstone, eventual winners from Ibis lengths),who had beaten Lensbury (3 lengths) i n a previous heat.
I »C .Hops axe supposed to be i n f o r m a l , This does not mean going In your d i s reputable work-a-day c l o t h i n g as some people have been doing. Why don't you support your College and wear a b l a z e r ? Last Saturday the extremists went too f a r the other way, several gentlemen going In dinner Jackets. We a l l agree t h i s looks smart but i s t h i s showy behaviour r e a l l y wanted at a hop ?. oooooooooooo
Prospects f o r t h i s session are very promising f o r both swiaming aad water polo. ./
NELSON thanks Mr. David Briggs f o r h i s k i n d and benevolent donation of a suggestions book to the Lower Refectory. Reading the f i r s t week's c o n t r i b u t i o n s , one Is struck by the appearance yet again of the signatures of s e v e r a l regular c o n t r i b u t o r s . Let us hope that some of t h e i r w e l l meaning comments are acted upon, and that the "Tripe and Onions' p e t i t i o n gains momentum.
Most o f l a s t year's awimndag team a r s s t i l l a t I.C. and have been strengthened by the a r r i v a l of D.Beckett who has represented U.L.. P . H i l i s has returned good times f o r breastroke and w i l l stake a strong c l a i m to a place i n the team. The polo team has s e t t l e d down w e l l aad Includes a f r e s h e r , R.Basham, who w i l l strengthen tha shooting power i n f r o n t of g o a l . The second team w i l l c o n s i s t c h i e f l y of l a s t year's players end t h * t h i r d team mainly of f r e s h e r s ?
KELSON wishes to b r i n g to the notice of a l l persons that smoking at the r e f e c t o r y counter Is both unpleasant and nauseating, and asks everyone to d e s i s t from t h i s h a b i t . oooooooooooo Freshers i n the F i s h TankiL s s t week the second instalment of f i s h a r r i v e d In the ICWARIUM. oooooooooooo I t has oont t o our notice that the Ladles changing rooas In tha Gym. cannot be looked. Matters caas t o a head r e c e n t l y when BX1TS CL0TRTJK5 was found i n the Ladles' boudoir.
SPORTS The soccer club has mads an e x c e l l e n t s t a r t to the season. With a large number of keen p l a y e r s , f i v e teams have been f i e l d ed on a l l but one occasion and the f i r s t r e s u l t s have been most encouraging. I n two weeks the c l u b has played nineteen matches, winning seventeen, drawing one and l o s i n g one w i t h a goals t a l l y of 87 against 35.
Last Saturday, f o r the f i r s t time i n the Club's h i s t o r y , seven XT's were f i e l d e d . Of these, a l l except the seventh team won comfortably. The l s t . XV have begun the season quite w e l l , winning three matches and narrowly l o s i n g to Streatham 1" *. l s t . i n s p i t e of p l a y i n g 14 men f o r the whole of the game, The vacant post of c a p t a i n has now been f i l l e d by Barry Lanz who was e l e c t e d at the E x t r a o r d i n a r y General Ifeeting l a s t week. He has already s t a r t e d the d i f f i c u l t task of b u i l d i n g a team t o p l a y i n the f i r s t round of the TJ.L. Cup i n two weeks time.
London U n i v e r s i t y v. P o l y H a r r i e r s on October 19th, whioh wast won by John Evans of I.C.
The 2nd. XV has won one game and drawn one, the A XV has won one and l o s t one, while the E x t r a A, w i t h a s t r o n g nucleus of Welshmen, has scored 90 p o i n t s i n two games
The second U.C. B e l a y h e l d on Oct. 12th. was again won by Loughborough but the I.C. team improved by one p o s i t i o n to f i n i s h t h i r d w i t h L.S runners up. The i n d i v i d u a l times of the I.C. team were very consistent and a great improvement on l a s t year, which would have r e s u l t e d i n second p o s i t i o n , but f o r a magnificent record-breaking run on the f o r t h l e g by M, B a t t y of L.S.E. On the same day J.S.Evans and D.Briggs running f o r P o l y , i n the London-Brighton Relay produced the day's best times over the second and seventh l e g s .
The B XV and CI XV have both won two games and the C2 XV i n i t s f i r s t o u t i n g l o s t 11-6, a very ooamendable r e s u l t . Matches w i l l be arranged f o r t h i s team as long as support i s maintained.
Oct.9th. v. L.S.E. ( f r i e n d l y ) Won 4-1. Goalscorers:- Young, 2 pen., Wenk, Pidgeon.
On Wed, Oct. 16th. the second team defeated Marjons w i t h an e x c e l l e n t run by our newly discovered G . T l l l e y who was f i r s t f o r I.C, The P o l y , mob match r e s u l t e d i n a win f o r London U n i v e r s i t y w i t h J.S.Evans of I.C. winning e a s i l y I n h i a usual s t y l e ; J.H.Collins was tenth and. the two f r e s h e r s , A.Brash and A. Brown, were w e l l up i n the f i e l d .
SAILING Castaways Cup Competition
This i s an annual event competed f o r on run by the Castaways year I.C. entered two
The f i r s t X I has won a l l i t s matches t o date. The r e s u l t s have been achieved because the team has played e f f e c t i v e f o o t b a l l . At most times the defence has played soundly, c o v e r i n g w e l l , and t a c k l i n g hard, and there has been a good understanding w i t h the goalkeeper, Ths forwards have combined w e l l , genera l l y kept the play open and have accepted most of t h e i r chances. The l i n k - u p between defence and forwards has been adquate but t h i s oan be improved i f the forwards move i n t o open spaces and c a l l f o r the b a l l . The defensive clearances have been safe but not p a r t i c u l a r l y c o n s t r u c t i v e .
Cross Country F i x t u r e s
inter-college a knockout b a s i s , and S a i l i n g Club. This teams o f s i x people.
Wed. 23rd. Sat. 26th. Wed. SOth.
v. Zings and Goldsmiths' (A) U.L. T r i a l s v. Borough Boad (H)
The 'B' team met Westminster H o s p i t a l i n the f i r s t round, who won, due mainly t o bad l u c k i n the I.C. team. I n each race one of our boats had t o r e t i r e due t o an i n f r i n g e ment of the r u l e s , the other two boats f i n i s h i n g 2nd. and 4th. each time.
The 'A' team, however, had b e t t e r l u c k . Against U.C.'B' teem i n the f i r s t round we managed t o f i n i s h 1 s t . , 3 r d , , and 6th., and 1 s t . , 2nd., and 3rd. I n the next round we met St.Mary's H o s p i t a l , again managing t o win w i t h 1 s t . , 3 r d . , and 4th. i n the f i r s t race, and 1 s t . , 2nd., and 4 t h . i n the seoond, whioh was completed i n a f l a t calm ,1ust before) darkness f e l l . On Sunday we met the U.C.'A' team i n the s e m i f i n a l , h e l d I n a gusty, strong wind. I n ths f i r s t race, we only managed t o f i n i s h 3rd., 4 t h . , and 5 t h . and i n ths seoond race, although we suooeeded i n making one U.C. boat r e t i r e , one o f our b o a t s , i n a strong gust whish sent a l l the boats i n t o f u r i o u s planes, succeeded i n c a p s i z i n g i n a s p e c t a c u l a r f a s h i o n , l e a v i n g the other two boats t o f i n i s h 3rd. and 4 t h . U.C.'A' then went on t o win the f i n a l by b e a t i n g the Q.M.C. 'A'
The Club has made a good s t a r t t o the season, having won a l l but two o f the s i x games t o date. Last Saturday's opponents Old Dun3tablians, are a formidable club and I.C.'s three wins i n d i c a t e a good season t o come.
Miss J.3tevans C.J.Farrow P.Slddons
1.0.'B« :C.J.Prenoh (Capt.) R.Slingsby M.Moorhaad
R.Wataon B.Stone J.Farrow
Oct.16th. v. Westminster College (U.L. League). Won 4-2. (Young, Wenk, Paddle, Crievson). Oct.19th. v. St.Mark and St.John C o l l e g e . Won 6-3. (Wenk 2, Paddle 2, Ryan, Iborhouse).
While there has been much a t t e n t i o n t o the performances of the 1st X I , i t must be pointed out t h a t the lower teams are s o r * than h o l d i n g t h e i r own. I n one match the f i f t h team scored 15 goals.
S p e c i a l mention must be made of the 4th. XI under the d i c t a t o r i a l oaptalnoy of that g e n i a l Geordle g i a n t , Arthur Shilling. This team , i s f i r m l y at the top of the 4th. d i v i s i o n of the I n t e r - e o l l s g i a t e league w i t h a 100% r e c o r d . As the team narrowly missed promotion l a s t year 1: I s hoped that i t w i l l maintain I t s r *«*• and remain at the top of the &1' .tin".
No l e s s than seven of the d u b ' s fresher s are j u n i o r county p l a y e r s , and they should rejuvenate the o l d l a g s . T h e i r s p i r i t and enthusiasm appear t o be e x c e l lent.
Club record t o date:A B L P l s t . XI 4 4 0 0 9 0 0 10 2nd. XI 9 3 T 3rd. XI 8 1 0 u 4th. X] 4 4 0 0 19 S S 0 1 23 5t h . X I
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Oct.12th. v. C a t f o r d Wanderers l s t . Won 8-0 (Wenk 2, Young 2, Paddle 2, Codling 2).
I.C. I : 5 , B.V.C 2 I.C.H: 1 , G.W.R. 8 1.0.111:3 , G.V.R. I: 2 , «d Dmstahlians II: 2 ,
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