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No. 129.

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he general a i r of "sport" ana entertainment which prevailed at "Guilds" Uhicm meetings last term, gave way to a mare serious trend'cop the 15th January.

A motion that Guilds Uniai should beoome a f f i l l i a t e d to K.U.S. was on the agenda, and a certain amount of expectancy was i n the a i r .

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The lack of experience of serious debate i n Guilds became apparent when the proposer, Mr. C.H. Satan, announced that he had brought along the President of N.U.S. to address the meeting.

An immediate query from Mr. Chadwiok revealed that Mr. Grstman had not been offioally invited, and considerable argument followed as to whether he should speak - reaction varied from the straightforward attitude - the man i s here, lets hear what he has to say, to the "constitutional" attitude, that someone who i s not a member of the Union should not speak when a serious motion i s being discussed.

After considerable wrangling, the mood of the House changed t o " l e t . get The President ruled that on with i t " , Mr. Grennan should not speak as i t would almost certainly affect the vote to an undesirable extent, and he then called upon Mr. Sohan to speak i n support of the motion.

Mr. Sohan was evidently unprepared to do this and after some further rapid exchanges the motion was withdrawn by the proposer.

At this point the mood lightened, and Mr. Garnett, who had entered earlier and had been allowed t o remain by the President, was seen to be moving stealt h i l y towards the door.

He was called upon to remain, and answered queries en several topics before being allowed to leave quietly.

After "Any Other Business" had been dealt with, the N.U.S. President, Dennis Greonan, was asked to address the House, and gave an outline of the work.and aims of the N.U.S. He prefaced his talk with an apology far -tie trouble which his appearance had caused but said t h a t he had been given to understand t h a t the invitation was an o f f i c i a l one; as the invitation was not given by an o f f i c e r of the Uniai, Guildsmen w i l l no doubt require an explanation of this from someone.

A discussion followed, whioh was Decerning heated, when the meeting had to be concluded owing to shortage of time.

The President apologised to Dennis Greiman for the embarrassment whioh had been caused him, and thanked him f«r speaking.

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A GUILDS UNION NOTE The question of a f f i l i a t i o n to N.U.S., has l a i n dormant for some years now, and I was hoping to hear the points for and against, put by Guildsmen at the last Union meeting.

Unfortunately, the ease for had not been prepared and the discussion only revealed a desire to know more cm the part of most Union Members.

In consideration of this i t i s perhaps fortunate that a rote was not actually taken on the subject.

A atrcnger lead from the chair was evidently expected, and with seme justification, for the reasons f o r Imperial College withdrawing from N.U.S. oan only be found by looking up old oopies of "Felix" and by searching the Union f i l e s .

One or two additional reasons far continuance of our present position are known only t o members of student committees etc.

The reasons are mainly general ones, and ocnoem I.C. as a whole, as well aa the constituent colleges.

N.U.S. i s a non-political organisation, but, i n making this claim, i t aeans that i t i s not o on earned with National P o l i t i c s , and does not concern i t s e l f with the l e f t or right-wing tendencies of i t s members. By i t s very farm, however and by i t s declared alma, i t s activities are deeply p o l i t i cal i n that i t makes representations to Ministers and ministries and, aa Mr. Grennan told us, prides i t s e l f on being an effective "pressure group".

In other words, N.U.S. wields a certain amount of power, and i n order to obtain the various advantages of a f f i l i a t i o n , this side of i t s activities must be condoled i n a l l i t s aspects.

The nature of N.U.S. i s such that the power whioh i s related to the membership claimed, i s wielded by those interested and active enough to do the work necessary.

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-KB . PAGES 3 4 4 Thus, though the bare aims of the Union may reflect a democratic mean of student opinion, the manner of their implementation may not and i t i s with this aspect of N.JJ.S. a f f a i r s , that I.C. often found i t s e l f at variance.

The position i s aggravated by the fact that many of the members of N.U.S. are part-time students, giving i t an — m a l l y hij^i proportion of i n active members.

I t was f e l t that i n important matters I.C. can make i t s voice heard, and this has been barn out i n practice.

Arguments,on how f a r I.C. Union has represented the Students' aase on this or that National issue, seem to me to be mare criticisms of the present farm of I.C. Union, activities than reasons for I.C. to place responsibility for representation i n the hands of N.U.S. The extant and effectiveness of I.C. influenoe In a given issue i s d i f f i c u l t t o gauge, but i t i s even more d i f f i c u l t in the oase of N.U.S. whioh definitely seeks publicity of this side of i t s activities.

Our moral duty t o be represented on a body whioh /__•<_- to arbitrate on our behalf, i s no greater than our duty to make our own representations cn matters which ocnoern us, and i n the past i t has been found that our obligations are far better discharged i n tMLa manner.

This, then i s the oruxof the argument.

There are many other arguments cn both sides but these are practical matters and are subsidiary to the main issue.

The financial aspect i n particular i s important to "Guilds* but this i s an internal matter and I do not propose to discuss i t i n the pages of mix.

D.G. Clark President, City a i d Guilds Union.

F E L I X

P H O E N I X

C O N T R O V E R S Y

ONE ANSWER

AND ANOTHER

Since Mr, I r v i n g i s unable t o r e p l y to t h i s 'Viewpoint' himself, I f e e l t h a t I must do so.

F i r s t , I would l i k e t o thank Mr. Bramley f o r h i s compliments on our h a n d l i n g of the t e c h n i c a l and a d v e r t i s i n g sides o f the magazine.

Had these improvements i n a d v e r t i s i n g and sales not been made, Phoenix would no longer e x i s t .

VIEWPOINT Recent opinions, expressed both v e r b a l l y and i n p r i n t , suggest t h a t the contents o f the l a s t Phoenix were n e i t h e r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the Union nor i n the I t i s , howUnion's l i t e r a r y t a s t e . ever acknowledged t h a t the present E d i t o r has r a i s e d the standard o f the magazine t e c h n i c a l l y .

The presenta t i o n i s e x c e l l e n t : advertisements have been won.

We have gained on the roundabout but l o s t on the swing3.

I t appears that the present E d i t o r - not t o mention some of h i s E d i t o r i a l Board - have been allowed t o p u b l i s h what i 3 , t o "old-fashioned" people l i k e myself, remarks or a r t i c l e s which are i n bad t a s t e .

Unfortunately, and perhaps l e a d i n g to the down f a l l of t h i s "enlightened" age, bad t a s t e i s nowadays a l l too o f t e n masqueraded as "independent o p i n i o n , "progressive thought" or some other such " c u l t u r a l " platitude.

Offensive remarks contained i n the l a s t Phoenix, w h i l s t b o o s t i n g the ego of a group o f l i t e r a r y pimps, have embarrassed the Union, It i s a pity t h a t many Union members do not y e t r e a l i s e this.

Yet they e l e c t the Board of D i r e c t o r s of Phoenix.

They have e l e c t ed, as o f f i c e r s of some other category, persons who, as ex- o f f i c i o member of the Board o f D i r e c t o r s , presumably t h i n k t h a t " i t i s a good t h i n g t o have some controversy f o r a change".

This i s not broadmindedness - i t i s a combination of t a c t l e s s n e s s , f o o l i s h n e s s and abysmal ignorance of elementary journalism.

So much f o r the Board's choice o f E d i t o r .

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Now the E d i t o r i a l Board, poor innocent sheep, have b e j n a b l e t o get themselves i n t o a p o s i t i o n of apparent i n d i s p e r s a b i l i t y w h i l s t complaining o f the oppressive and d i c t a t o r i a l t a c t i c s of t h e i r E d i t o r , They have managed t o create the impression that they are the only people i n the Union who are capable #f w r i t i n g a r t i c l e s f o r the magazine.

Some brave s o u l suggests that Nr. I r v i n g be f l u n g back i n t o the prover b i a l g u t t e r ( l i k e h i s motor car), and immediately the E d i t o r i a l Board s t a r t a complicated process of king-making amongst themselves.

Readers o f F e l i x who are members of the Union should, i n any opinion, request the complete removal of t h i s o f f e n s i v e E d i t o r i a l Board.

The many who are capable of w r i t i n g f o r Phoenix or h e l p i n g t o produce i t , should make themselves known.

Phoenix has burnt so b r i g h t l y t h a t i t i s almost i n ashes again.

The b i r d must be re-born an I m p e r i a l College Union b i r d j John Bramley.

As a l l the copy of Phoenix i s in o spected by the Board of D i r e c t o r s before p u b l i c a t i o n and sinoe they have the power to remove the E d i t o r and h i s Board, presumably they are amonp; "the members of the Union who have not r e a l i s e d that o f f e n s i v e remarks i n Phoenix have embarrassed the Union," Mr, Bramley does not s t a t e who they are; they are i n f a c t the President and Secretary o f I.C. Union, the three constituent c o l l e g e P r e s i d e n t s , the P r e s i d e n t o f I.C.W.A. and the Chairmen o f the S o c i a l and A t h l e t i c s Clubs Committees.

Let them not however despair t h e i r b e l i e f t h a t controversy can do a pa^er good combination of t a c t l e s s n e s s , f o o l i s h ness and ignorance of elementary jour.—, nalism though i t may be - i s shared by most e d i t o r s from the New Statesman and The Spectator down t o Felice and Phoenix.

With regard to the E d i t o r i a l Board, i f he had s a i d that they had managed t o create the impression t h a t they were the only people w i l l i n g t o w r i t e f a r Phoenix he would have been f a i r e r .

As f a r the charge of king-making ( i n which, of course, E l d e r S'cstesman Bramley played no p a r t ) I would be i n t e r e s t e d to know froirt where Mr. Bramley obtains h i s information.

In f a c t the point worrying the Board was that i f Mr. I r v i n g were forced t o r e s i g n as then seemed l i k e l y , none of them were prepared to take on the job of E d i t o r and w i t h Mr. Bramley soon l e a v i n g the College there seemed no o u t s i d e r at a l l prepared or s u i t a b l e for the job.

Mr. Bramley ends h i s l i t t l e a r t i c l e with the b a t t l e c r y 'Sack the E d i t o r i a l Board and f i n d a new one ; f o r the sake of Phoenix I beg him t o change t h i s t o 'Find a new E d i t o r i a l Boa±d and then sack the o l d one.'

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Michael Banks.

THOUGHT I f a l l the people who have spent so much time w r i t i n g to F e l i x about the small number of Phoenix cont r i b u t o r s had i n s t e a d spent that time w r i t i n g a r t i c l e s f o r Phoenix, there would be nothing f o r them to w r i t e to F e l i x about.

If you think that "Phoenix" i s a mystery - what about this?C) The f i r s t correct answer given to Paul Porgeas today, before 11 wins a pint. Associates of Felix not eligible.

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I f e e l th&t c e r t a i n o f the s t a t e ments made w i t h reference t o , and c r i t i c i s m s l e v e l l e d a t , Phoenix i n y o i r l a s t issue should not go unanswered.

F i r s t I must thank Mr. Clark f o r his concern over my S o c i a l Page; may I take t h i s opportunity o f a s s u r i n g him that a S o c i a l Page w i l l appear i n the next i s s u e .

Mr. C l a r k utates t h a t "no attempt has been made t o c o l l e c t o r encourage l i t e r a r y m a t e r i a l from students of the College".

Here he makes evident h i s complete ignorance of t h e t r u e s t a t e o f affairs.

I myself coul d b r i n g forward a l a r g e number of people whom I have asked to make a c o n t r i b u t i o n t o Phoenix, and the m a j o r i t y o f the E d i t o r i a l board could do the same.

Mr. C l a r k i s only the l a t e s t i n a long l i n e of people who over the years have complained of 'a l a c k of w r i t e r s f o r Phoenix.

I may s t a t e that the E d i t o r i a l Board i s f u l l y aware t h a t there are not enought people i n the Colleg e w i l l i n g to w r i t e .

Mr. Clark might do more good i f he were to attack those who, though able to w r i t e , are u n w i l l i n g , r a t h e r than the E d i t o r and h i s Board who are t r y i n g t h e i r hardest t o produce a balanced magazine from a s h o r t supply of m a t e r i a l .

I would r e s p e c t f u l l y agree w i t h both Mr. F o t t e r and Mr. C l a r k that some of the a r t i c l e s i n the l a s t i s s u e were i n extremely bad t a s t e and out o f p l a c e i n Phoenix.

This was pointed out t o the E d i t o r by c e r t a i n members of the E d i t o r i a l Board, He, however, chose to t r u s t h i s own judgement, as he i s e n t i t l e d t o do.

Mr. I r v i n g h i m s e l f states that "we have not touched the Union subsidy since the present e d i t o r i a l team took over".

Whilst this i s s t r i c t l y true I feel i t should be pointed out that at the time of w r i t i n g the above statement Mr. I r v i n g had not r e c e i v e d the b i l l f o r the l a s t two issues.

This b i l l has now been presented and shews a c o n s i d e r a b l e l o s s on these i s s u e s .

This of course means that the m a i l i n g of 30° copies of Phoenix t o p u b l i c schools w i l l not be s u b s i d i s e d out of p r o f i t s , but t h a t , since we are a l r e a d y committed to i t (owing t o t h i s information b e i n g passed on t o a d v e r t i s e r s ) , the cost w i l l have to be c a r r i e d by the next two issues of the Phoenix.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

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IAN D. HILL

WUS. CARNIVAL On Saturday May 9th 1959 World University Service are again holding their annual Carnival and Garden Pete in the grounds of Bedford College.

In the past there has always been a strong contin-ent from I.C. and we are again looking for volunteers to help run side-shows, s t a l l s and various items of entertainment.

Anyone interested please contact the President, I.C.U. or the W.U.S.Carnival'Agent M.J. Newson. Further details are posted on the I.C.U. External H o t i c board.

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M A N Y STUDENTS * 0 NOT U N B E R S T A N B THE M « O N »'6T*6 OP THC PHOENIX" CONTROVERSY J POR THEIft B E HEP IT WE PAINT (WITH APOLOGIES T o SOME OP THOSE CONCERNED ) THIS C O N D E N S E D VERSION OP THE I S S U E //V QUESTION !

"Winter PAojaeyx"

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AN APPRAISAL. The Quatermass serial which has been responsible for f i l l i n g the Television Room i n the Union with unfailing regularity, i s more than just an expert essay i n the realms of soienoe f i c t i o n .

Technically, of course, i t can be Stop appreciated on several levels. cameraman 'Englanders' film inserts at almost any point and an exhibition print could be made; l i s t e n to the music and i t i s as effeotive, i n i t s am f i e l d , as the story i t s e l f .

But i t i s not even the action /hioh gives Quateraass i t s appeal both to s c i e n t i f i c and l a y - B i n d s .

It i s •possibility".

The g r i m elements of

the story are possible, only Just i s i t i s true, but that i s sufficient.

Indeed, r e a l i t y caught up with Quatara a s s the man early on, the f i r s t serial i s now technically (and sensationally) out of date.

Nigel Kneale, who has written a l l the grim episodes has found the weak point of society today.

It i s a f e e l in insecurity i n the scientific world which i s rapidly developing.

Too often scientists themselves speak and act as i f they had God's ear a l l to themselves.

They don't and the man i n the street knows i t , and i s frightened.

I f the scientists can tackle so much that i s f r i g h t f u l , how much mare dreadf u l and unlocked for mast the f i n a l horr o r that may destroy the world be.

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A new sport seems to have taken root among the male population of I.C. lately - that of putting members of I.C.W.A. through question..aires and ratings.

This may seem to be an amusing game on the surface, but ladies of I.C.W.A., i t i s a deliberate campaign calculated to provide a handy guide to the personalities, characters of t i n unsuspecting Iowarians.

PIN-STRIPE .. . SEE:

EXPENSIVE OSCILLOSCOPE

W H E E P U E R I S M S : BfA

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We of Cleopatras Needle see the danger i n this.

In order to retaliate i n seme measure we have compiled the "WALEOLK rating" to help a g i r l to separate the wolf from the sheep, and to make an accurate assessment of any man.

The soore opposite each question applies to the positive answer, i . e . "yes".

No marks are given for an answer i n the negative.

( o r A r e t h e r e beetles in y o u r B o o t s ? )

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ORANG-UTAN SWAHILl FRED WHEEBLEA REPORTS ON TESTS IN WASHINGTON WHERE MONKEYS GOT CONSISTENTLY HIGHER GOLFING AVERAGES THAN MOST STATESMEN .... PAGE 3*

This i s where the essential humanity of Prof. Quatermass i s apparent.

He i s almost a scientist on the outside - he too, must fight his way through the petty officialdom and smog security of men who have power - and believe Viewers feel that that i s everything. that Quatermass i s on their side, and oan even identify themselves with him, in the fervent hope that when the f i n a l shadow does f a l l across society, a •an l i k e Quatermass will be there.

225-150: Professional bachelor, rake, Casanova eto - doomed to be lonely old age i f he doesn't watah out.

Likes his liquor straight, his oars and women fast.

Not to be trusted.

Dynamite to the weaker of the weaker sex - well l e f t alone..

I5O-5O: Dangerous; unbeatably a t t ractive, unbelievably intelligent, unutterably charming, a l l male - so he t e l l s you.

Also unbearably conceited.

Improves with old age. specially i f l e f t i n cold storage.

0 and neighbourhood: The golden mean. No more need be saidl -50 205: Completely domesticated, w i l l not cause any trouble.

No worry about a wolf i n sheep's clothing here.

I f any of you men are worried about your seen, advice and psyohiatrio treatment w i l l be given on application to *WALUTLK* Box 107112 0 / 0 "Felix".

Does he sport a beard +5 Does he wear a loud shirt +5 Does he make his own omelettes +10 Doesn't he believe a l l women are after the same thing +10 Does he spend his evenin s playing chess -20 Has he said that he's a confirmed batohelor +15 Is-he a touch line player -15 Does he t e l l y«i risque stories +15 Does he have a Marilyn Monroe oalendar +10 Does he show i t to you +5 Does he spend his holidays and weekends mountain climbing with the boys -20 Does he believe i n monogamy -15 Does he (a) live at home -20 (b) share lodgings -10 +15 (o) have own apartment Is his abode cluttered up with (a) distracting objects e.g. family albums, s c i e n t i f i c toys, pets and f r u i t s , puzzles and docks -10 +10 (b) the bare essentials Dobs he use

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Does he phone you before 10 a. m.

-10 Does he like short skirts +5 Does he believe that variety i s the +10 spice of l i f e Does he own a pair of old slippers -10 Does he take you straight to the back row i n the pictures +10 Does he have a brush out 0 Does he say "I oan't give you anything but love baby" (beware!) +15 Does he remember your birthday -10 In a cloudburst does he -10 (a) send you home (b) take you to his place to dry off +10 Does he believe a woman's place i s i n -10 the home Does he keep a pet +15 -10 Has he given you his phone number Does he drown his sorrows i n (a) Cup of tea -5 (b) "Decline and F a l l of the Roman aspire" -20 +15 (o) Whisky on the Hecks Does he think Lady Chatterley was right +10 Does he Hire his chicken young plump and tender +15 Does he oomaent on your appearance +5

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F E L I X

IT'S WORTH KNOWING THE LONG AND THE SHORT AND THE TALL, which i s at present runr.ing at the Royal Court, Sloane Square, has sufficient reality i n i t s theme and dialogue to bring home to the audience the poignancy and tragedy of the situation; the scene i s a hut i n the Malayan jungle at which a small British patrol has just arrived, and when the temperaments of the soldiers have bean revealed, a Japanese prisoner i s caught.

This posew the problem pf whether to k i l l him, and brings out the indecisiveness and vulnerability of men under great stress.

M.R.HONER

COLLEGE

C O M M E N T

A Mr. Norman Scott, of tha United States Information Service, has said this in a recent article about editorials; "For the reader, the editorial page can help to bring order out of the chaos of the glut of daily occurences: fight his battles, set him thinking ... and enable him to be on guard against the editor's human weaknesses i n presenting and playing the news."

This quotation i s a l l the more interesting, for recent College discussion has been centred around two editorials, one i n "Phoenix" and the other i n the l a 3 t issue of "Sennet*.

Concerning "Phoenix", so much has been written to this newspaper about (mainly) David living's editorial that i t has been necessary to select from them.

An o f f i c i a l reply from Michael Banks, for Phoenix, i s included i n this issue.

While i t i s ridiculous to create the situation of playing at being a "controversial free-thinking student", i t i s equally ridiculous when otherwise adult students stated categoricall y that the Editor has no right to express personal views in an Editorial.

He has every right to do so, i f (and only i f ) there i s no attempt to influx enoe the reader into the acceptance of view which i s not directly stated, but can be inferred only.

Whether, i n fact, David Irving has overstepped that limit i s a question of personal opinion - there i s a school of thought, which rates the Editorial as too t r i v i a l to be worth writing about.

In "Sennet" the Editor has, to some at I.e., overstepped that boundary.

For one thing, the whole problem of Constituent College Hostels has been a vexed question for some time i n I.C. Unfortunately I.C. has usually been neglected, far some time, on the columns of Sennet.

Now we have a U.L.U. Agent and we hope that ha w i l l keep the Edito r i a l Board at Senate House better i n farmed.

There i s , i n fact, to be no referendum on the subject of Constituent College Hostels; they will not apparently be bailt.

The remarks about I.C. putting their'tribal instincts behind them" i s considered to be i n rather bad taste, as well as an attempt to direct opinion here, or, as Mr. Scott calls i t , "playing the news".

This w i l l probably move into the West End soon.

Opening last Tuesday at the Saville Theatre was VAIMOUTH, a musical play based on a novel by Ronald Firbank: this has been running i n Hammersmith, and, set i n an extravagantly fanciful holiday resort, stars Fenella Fielding, Cleo Laine, and Barbara Couper.

On Sunday evening at the Festival H a l l i _ a Mozart concert, which w i l l include his Violin Concerto in D and the 34th and 38th symphonies: they w i l l be performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Peter Maag, and Campoli w i l l be the soloist.

The last performance this season of Verdi's FALSTAFF i s being given at Sadler's Wells Theatre on February 4 t h

O R I G I N S

GENERAL STUDIES LECTURE

"In the beginning, God created the world* and " i n the beginning was the primaeval atom*, may at f i r s t seem contradictory: but, suggested Dr. McKay in his lecture on Christian and Scienti f Views of Origin, they may be two ways of answering the same question.

Scientists study nature i n terms of cause and effect, while the theistio view of God i s as a cosmic mechanic who has only, to o i l and repair the clockwork machine: further, the antheist identifies God with nature to the extent of worshipping nature.

Perhaps the meat way i s to think of God aa a casmio artist - f i r s t he sketches a static scene on the screen of a X.T. tube, and this he then brings to life:from this stage, the theist asserts that the situation w i l l have laws of i t s own, but the world would not be possible without the stability of the a r t i s t . He has the origin of the whole show i n his mind although his character i s not necessarily linked with i t .

The front page of this issue carries a topic of interest to a l l nâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;mini n of this College - membership of N.U.S. i t l a important, because - with King's and Manchester University Union, we are outsid- that body.

By bringing into being a world, God alao created i t s paat, present and future hence Genisis describes the bringing i n to being of a> world which already has a past, whioh the scientist i s now trying to discover. This i s the Christian doctrine of creation: the test i s whether God i s willing to make himself known to us - for no soiamtifio discovery i s antithetic to this doctrine. If i t i s true, scientific facts w i l l f i t i n with i t , and should not be disregarded as irrelevant, nor should they be confused with any explanations in Genesis which are not attempting to answer any h i s t orical questions.

Perhaps the amount of space given i n t h i s issue to the Phoenix fracas w i l l ixlaar this particular Editor of the charge that he i s taking sides.

The world was not created i n time as we think of i t , bat rather was time an aspect of God's creation: returning to the analogy of the TV'/, screen, there

and the last two performances of THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (Wagner) on February 3rd and 11th.

A Tchaikovsky Festival i s being held at the R.F.H. next month, when eight Soviet musicians w i l l be performing his works: the f i r s t of these concerts i s on 12th February, and includes the 5 t h Symphony, V i o l i n Concerto, and Romeo and Juliet Overture and among other well-known works w i l l be the ifth Symphony, the 1 st and 2nd Piano Concertos, and an excerpt from "Eugene Onegin".

Walt Disney, renowned for the impeccability of his cartoon productions has completed filming "Tho Sleeping Beauty", and this i s l i k e l y to be seen in London during the spring: and he i s now proposing a live-fil m version of R.L. Stevenson's "Kidnapped".

In the North and West ( f i r s t week release area) i s HOUSEBOAT, a l i g h t hearted comedy starring Sophia Loren: she volunteers to look after widower Carey Grant's children, and the end may be forecast with l i t t l e d i f f i c ulty.

John Boulting i s now making a new comedy, I'M ALL RIGHT JACK and i f the cast (Dennis Price, Richard Atteriborough, Peter Sellars, Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas) i s any criterion- i t certainly w i l l be " a l l right".

is no connection between origin i n terms of the scene depicted there and origin i n terms of i t s conception i n time - creation i s continuing a l l the time.

This world i s a fallen world, and so i n theory i t should be possible to return to the atage where thing were better, before man knew of cruelty: but the whole struotute of God's programme was affected by the f a l l and not just sections of i t and so the previous state oannot be discovered by probing the past of the present world - a l l the rules of stability have ehanged.

ENGAGED Lady Ann FEHY, 30 year-old daughter of the Earl of Limeriok, i s engaged to marry the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms at the House of Commons, 44 year-old Lieutenant - Colonel) Peter Thame.

Lady Ann i s a scientist, a doctor of philosophy, and lectures i n physics at the Imperial College of Science and Technology.

OMISSION Soon after the last issue of F e l i x appeared, the Editor was deluged by ICWA who pointed out that Dr. Helen K. Porter, quite apart from her unique position as a woman professor at I.C. (see page 4 last issue) also holds the distinguished post of Vime-President of ICWA. The Editor wishes to amend his omission such a singular honour oannot, of course, be overlooked.

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LANGUAGE

Dear S i r ,

L E T T E R S UNFAIR Dear S i r , Having waited myself for about 5 minutes, and s t i l l only half way along the queue i n the Lower Refectory on Saturday lunchtime (January 17th), I was astonished to observe a group of Administration Staff and their guests walk into the Refectory and immediately s i t down at a reserved t a b l * . To my further amazement, their meals were then served t o them by the already overworked refeotory staff.

Three years ago I was under the impression that on entering college I would be* mixing with the cream of B r i t i s h youth, intelligent, educated and good mannered. But this was a false impression.

I.C. students have proved to be the most i l l mannered louts I have yet come across, using f i l t h y obscene language with no regard I t i s not as to who i s present. clever to be able to swear, to be obscene or to be down right rude even less so when young ladies are present, I am ashamed to introduce people to the College.

How much longer i s this disgusting behaviour to continue?

Yours hopefully, Bruce Cozens.

Since reserved tables have not been allowed, and rightl y so, i n the Refeotory, may we know whether this i s a change of policy on the part of the Refeotory Casmittee, and why they did not f i r s t seek the advice of the President of the Union.

ART

FOR SCIENTISTS

Tours faithfully,

Dear S i r ,

P.K. Richardson.

A lot has been said about the advantages of incorporating the Royal College of Art into I.C. The I.C. Art Club has started a movement to bring these advantages within reach by asking a few art students to come to I.C. cn February the 5 t h at 12.35 p.m. The tutor i n aesthetic design i n engineering w i l l t e l l us about the psychological The meeting aspects of his subject. w i l l continue over lunch i n smaller groups so that students may intermingle.

BASEOVERAPEX Dear Sir , Why was «y inside upsidadown? that i s , the inside of my Felix.

This unfortunate state of affairs necessitated my reading the inner pages inverted, i.e. upon my head.

The result of this manoeuvre being, that the outside was then the wrong way up.

An interesting Topological problem, but most inconvenient. hay I suggest you try s e l l i n g inside out, upside down P e l — s to the Australians.

After lunch the form of this "new" Club w i l l be decided within the preconception of friendship and informal meeting between "scientist" and "artist".

The Royal College of Art are just as keen to meet the "soientist" as we are of meeting the "artist", and believe i t or not, they are suffering from the same troubles of specialisation as we

Tours giddily,

Yours sincerely,

J.E.C. Maths I.

Michael Young J.S. Tenaszkiewioc

KD. The Editor wishes to apologise for any unseemly contortions necessitated by the last issue - there were, admittedly, some unfortunate printing mishaps. Special back to front, pullout and throw away Tibetan supplement next issue.

CRITICISM Sir,

Plea_e it

Kcxk^

a. G x r n ' n / o l

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2.

I t i s rumoured that Peter Kassler has sold the T.V. rights of the R.C.S. Building to the organisers of ijuatermass (B.B.C. T.V. Mondays), as a last attempt to get R.C.S. over to the people.

3.

It has been suggested that the editor of Felix should follow the example of the editor of Phoenix and take a long Any suggestions? holiday abroad.

V. Have we a f-xth oolumn at work?

The Bar was very nearly flooded the other Saturday evening.

Is this an attempt by I . C . W . a . to take over our last remaining sanctuary?

5.

Following the rumour that Mrs. Robb. in the Union Office was to administer the polio injections,it i s not surprising that T i l l y was the only Union Officer to subject herself to the inoculations.

6.

Have you t r i e d i t yet?

Any evening after 10.30 i n the right atmosphere; the Ennismore Arms is now open to I . C .

7.

Dan Fowler (ex-R.S.M.) i s now working as a furniture remover.

Industry offers excellent opportunities to graduates] 8.

Nelson welcomes Richard Garnett's donations of free Coca Cola i n the Snack Bar on Tuesday afternoons, but feels that beer would be a greater attraction.

The I . C . President appears to be doing a tour of his constituencies.

Nelson observed him at the last Guilds Union Meeting wearing his oldest pair of trousers.

9.

Since the removal of Helgi Ulk's birthday present over the Xmas vac. (an 18-ins. square block of stone), she has asked for the aid of a l l F e l i x readers in procuring an even larger, heavier, and better piece of rock.

A l l contributions gratefully received on the 3rd. floor of the New Hostel.

11.

Following a recent Profile i n Sennet (Jan. 1 3 t h ) , Nelson has received this short poem.

Tough is his skin - like a rhino.

Leaden his sleep - as a log.

Stomach walls made out of lino And hairy his back - like a hog.

•Tonight

XD. We are starting a campaign f o r Guinness, so on amy i n spelling. tennis and Dennis were a l l spelt with one "n" l a s t issue.

Any innconnvenniennoes regretted.

C O L U M N

Nelson i s enjoying the improved 10. bitter i n the I.C. Bar and welcomes the temporary return of Ted Smith.

It seems that today we have the ohoioe of either a self-advertisement produced on glossy paper by the fascist minority, or the i l l i t e r a t e tripe that you provide.

Ton should know that Quinness i s spelt with two

Ex-Editor.

N E L S O N ' S

1.

A prize, to be deoided later, i s to be awarded by F e l i x to the f i r s t person to write i n the dust on Ken Weale s new oar.

12.

Although the l i f t i n the Union i s powerfully constructed, there are limits - Nelson hears that the makers have asked L i t t l e Richard t o limits his parties to eight i n future.

13.

Nelson does not wish i t to be known that ICWA are selecting a Mr. ICWA of 1959, because this information i s highly secret.

Anyone on the f i r s t two floors make good ooffae?

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SIG RIDES AGAIN Some of you wi^J. have noticed that, i n the last issue, I was noticeable by my absence - this was due to the Editor (curse him!) who has been described as the man to "clean up Felix".

Those of you who are aquaim* ted with the character i n question w i l l know the f u t i l i t y of this paradox.

However, there has been such an outcry against the suppression of my •alums that he has been forced to allow mm xo write again, with conditions, however; from now on a l l my work mu3t be elevating.

To oomply with this I am writing this column i n the Union l i f t - i t seems crazy, but who am I?

For ay f i r s t elevating lecture, patients, I am about to hold forth on "The Origins of Culture".

Culture begins with the Greeks, of course - a most fortunate coincidence for, since they are very old, culture has been around some time.

As we are taught i n this College, anything old i s worth keeping, e.g., cheese, wine, the Prof., and so forth.

Despite this, i t i s unfortunate that the Greeks appeared early i n the history of spelling and they made so many mistakes.

A fixation on the l e t t e r "p" has l e d to many confusing and p s i l l y mistakes; scientists welcome this, of oourse, as i t makes their work unintelligible when used properly.

This i s a very pstulpid pnotion, i n my opinion.

The most important invention of the Greeks was the word. When other civilisation s eventually found out the virtues of Ancient Greece - how i t made their lamps burn brighter, and so on, they notioed that whatever the situation-"The Greeks had a word f o r i t " .

It was soon found that this word was of universal application, i n fact the only drawback was i t s unprintability.

The word oan be obtained, written or spoken, by application to the Felix Office I.C.W.A. not included. A modern version of the word i s of oourse, the message, which i t seems Private Presley has got.

Another famous, and well-used Greek invention i s the following Joke:"What' s a Grecian Um?" "About 30 drachmae a week."

It was this that caused Arry Stephanas to use that word.

A very sporting nation, the Greeks spent much of their time playing marbles - a set of these, the Elgin Marbles, said to have been used by Socrates, can be seen i n the British Museum.

These famous marble games were started on Friday, B.C. 1230, when Olympia was opened for the f i r s t Olympic Games.

We are indeed fortunate to have this example of classical architecture near cur College. May I hope that you view this great edifice with renewed interest.

When we pass to the Romans we find a decadent peoples, with a long history of labour disputes - summed up i n their own proverb - "Rome was not built i n a day".

Despite this, the Romans were keen biologists and investigated the diet of the larger mammals.

One of these investigations i s a classic; Oplus Claudius, "On the dietary effects of feeding lions on various Christians, prisoners &c." - Proc. Ron. Soo. Exp. Sc. Vol. XXX.WC, Recent attempts to repeat this experiment i n the basements of the Zoology Dpet. have met with opposition, mainly from the Miners who had been chosen as suitable substitutes for the ".. prisoners, etc.".

This i s ironic justice, for since the time of the Romans, knowledge has been persecuted.

As a f u l l y qualified idiot, I would l i k e to pay tribute to an everto-be-forgotten Spaniard, Don Spit (penalty £5) who boldly told the Inquisi t i o n that the world was round and nothing that they could do would convince him otherwise- To prove this, he set s a i l due East one Wednesday and three months later, f e l l off the edge.

Which only goes to prove that there i s one barn every minute.

"I'm not 3ure, but i t means that there are four more i n the world since you started reading this - move over a b i t , oan't you, i t 3 getting crowded.

And i f some of you ask me, "where do the Chinese come into the history of culture"? the answer i s , of oourse, through chinks i n the floorboards.

DEBATE: B r i t a i n ' s

Through these notes forever wading, How my memory i s fading!

Did I really write so much Most of i t seems Double Dutoh!

Her* i s something I remember We did i t sometime in November.

This I'm sure I didn't write Here i t ' s surely "length" not "height".

Is i t really worth this worry?

(Don't answer that - just learn - and hurry!)

For these exams Just must be passed, (Pray that the next l o t are the l a s t ) , If i n the end you want to be A.R.C.S. and B.Sc

N I u g l e a k

P o l i c y .

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E V E N T S

Friday. 30th January Photographic Sec. "Mounting and Retouching of Exhibition Prints", i n the Botany Lecture Theatre, 5.15 p.m.

Saturday. 31st January Ice Skating Club Hop. Monday. 2nd February I.C. Christian Union: "Christian Ethics" by Rev. A. Rose.

'Middle East Problems' - Ivan Spenoe Liberal Candidate for N. Finchley,at 1.10 p.m. Committee Room A.

Tuesday 3rd February Church Soc. Corporate Communion, every Tuesday at 12.45 p.m. i n the Geophysics Lecture Theatre, 4-th Floor Mines.

General Studies: "Europe since 1900: The Partition of Europe", by Bavid Thomson.

"The Fames and Expressionism" by David Thompson.

"The Enjoyment of Music", by Antony Hopkins.

Wednesday. 4th February I.C. Railway Soc. - V i s i t to Stratford Works.

Thursday. 5th February General Studies: "Marxism, Science or Myth?" by the Rt. Hon. John Strachey, M.P. "The Roots of 20th Century Poetry: Gerard Manley Hopkins", by Patrio Dickinson.

International Relations Soc: Talk on New Zealand in the Snack Bar, 7 p.m.

Coffee.

"One what"?

SWOTTING

by Ann'4Jargret Radford

C O M I N G

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FEBRUARY imHS><«.

Scientific films in Chem. Lec.Theatre, 1.30 p.m.:- "Life of the Moulds", "Skyhook".

Monday. 9th February I.C. Christian Union: "Personal Relations" by Mr. G.C.D. Howley.

Tuesday. 10th. February I.C. Railway Soc. - Film "French Railways" i n Room 15, C & G. General Studies: "The Poet i n Theory",

by Cecil Day Lewis, C.B.E., M.A., F.R.S.L. "Victorian Architecture" by John Betj, M.A. "The Enjoyment of Music" by Antony Hopkins.

Scientific Films: "Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron", "Energetically Yours".

Thursday. 12th February.

General Studies: "Marxism, Soienoe or Myth?" (oont.) by the Rt. Hon. John Strachey.

"Darwinism and Modern Genetics",

by H.B.D. Kettlewell, D.Phil.

International Relations Club: I.C. Expeditions to Norway and' Iceland, i n Snack Bar, 7 p.m.

Friday. 13th February Photographic Soc. Film Strip Lecture preceded by an E.G.M. Botany Lecture Theatre, 5.15 p.m.

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ROVER CREW 4 pairs and 2 covered pairs of knees met late on Friday evening to venture on a night hike.

On climbing from Oaterham ante the Dams, only then was i t realised that the night, was a dear, cloudless, sharp and moonlight night.

The frost made the going easy but somewhat hard and i t s keenness kept On moving the party at a brisk pace. eastwards along the escarpment face of the Downs the regel beauty of the night opened up before us.

I t was due to the perfection of the night and the able leading of C.H. Hookenday that the hike proved most successful and for me at least the best ever attended.

After a quick brew of tea the escarpment was l e f t near Tatsfield and a N.E. course taken through Doune into Chelaf i e l d where the 6.33 a.m. train to Charing Cross was caught.

RIFLE CLUB Here i s a club which, as has been pointed out elsewhere, has been extremely successful i n the University 'Engineers Cup* and London Small Bore leagues i n the past.

To date however, team performances (A teams excluded) have not produced quite such good results though they have been far from poor as the following summary shows: 'Engineers Cup' L.S.B.R.A. Prone Prone Team

Div

A ) ) c

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INTER-HOSTEL- SOCCER The keenly awaited challenge match between the Old and Gardens Hostels f i n a l l y took place at Harlington on Sunday, 18th January and resulted in a convincing 9-5 victory for the b r i l l i a n t Gardens Hostel team over their gallant opponents.

The afternoon's entertainment began with lunch in the pavilion, and then both teams adjourned to the bar to decide who should hove the kickoff.

This was won by the well-trained Old Hostel team by a sip i n 60 see's.

The teams then summoned up enough courage to venture out into the cold a i r , and were welcomed by the muddiest pitch Harlington has seen this season.

The match was started with a l i v e l y skirmish between the two wardens which continued u n t i l the referee informed them that the game was played with a b a l l .

The Old Hostel team auickly settled into their stride and went into a 2-1 lead after, a few minutes.

However, the Gardens team gradually warmed up and, playing magnificent football, went into a 5-2 lead by half-time.

The Old Hostel resumed after the interval with plan X and scored 2 quick goals, but the Gardens came back to regain their lead and would have scored even more i f I.C.'s ballet dancer, Mike Vine, had not been i n superb form in goal.

After the match the teams had tea and 22 tired players had an enjoyable evening in the customary fashion;

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'Engineers Cup' Pistol Div Posn 1 5 II 3 In addition to the above, three of an annual series of friendly matches have been shot.

These were against the Metropolitan Police, a victory f o r I.C., against Birmingham University and against Cranwell, two more victories for the College.

In the f i r s t of these, team captain,- Neville Ebsworth obtained the best I.C. score and so received his second Silver Spoon from the Police.

A) B ) C

I

Dear S i r , I would like to bring to your attention the existence of the above club.

I t was formed towards the end of last Session but has only just begun to find i t s feet .

Due to a surprising lack of either tables or teams at the London Colleges, matches have only Just been arranged.

Last term, a snooker match was played against Regent Street Polytechnic at hems. We l o s t 4-0.

At the return match, on January 14th, we drew 2-2.

The team was: 1.

2.

3.

4.

D.H. Miller E.G. Stephens A. Owen A.J. Caves

Matches have also been arranged with Northern and Chelsea Polyteolinics. The away match with Northern Polyteohnio resulted i n a win (4-0) for Imperial.

The same team played for Imperial with P. Alison as reserve.

A knock-out handicap, with automati c entry for a l l members i s being arranged whilst a ladder has been functioning for some time.

I t i s satisfying to note that the olub membership has recently increased to 30. lours faithfully, L. Massey.

Hon. Sec.

WATER POLO

icw.se.

It has been announced that after the matches played last term, the I.C* and Middlesex Hospital Women's swimming team i s now showing the top position with Goldsmiths' College i n the University of London Women's Swimming Leacue Another victory for I.C. was recorded on Friday when they beat Westfield by 27-24.

The opposition from Bedford which included Christine Godden proved too much in the previous week.

The Squash team triumphed over U.C. to win 4-1 after having lost i n October.

Unfortunately a weakened team lost the next week to Kings by 4 matches to 1.

The table tennis team was beaten. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ < The hockey team would like i t to be known that some matches were played last term.

This term unfortunately no matches have been played due to the fact that either our opponents were playing in a University Cup-tie or that our opponents were unable to find a team.

THE WINNING

GARDEN HOSTEL TEAM

Despite their appearance, i t i s rumoured that they play according to normal rules (?)

Last Tuesday night, the I.C. water polo team, although apparently weakened -through injuries provided the f i r s t real surprise of this seasons league when they hammered St. Mary's Hospital, who were unbeaten i n league matches for nearly 2 years, by 6 goals to 1.

Playing fast attractive polo, I.C. soon took the lead, when a quickly taken free throw by Hart gave Jones an Soon afterwards Jones easy goal. scored a b r i l l i a n t individual goal to put I.C. two up.

However shortly afterwards Hart was sent out," and this enabled Marys to reduce the arrears.

However on his return,fine forward play, backed up by sound defensive work from Bregazzi and Church enabled I.C. to increase the lead to 5-1 by the interval, through goal* by Basham 2, and Harford, one of Basham's goals being a fine lob which completely deceived the goalkeeper.

Shortly after the interval Jones and a Mary's player were sent out for indulging i n a f i s t i c battle i n the water, and soon followed by another Mary's player, for a foul on Basham.

I.C. men hammered away at the Mary's goal but had l i t t l e success.

Occasional Mary's attacks were oapably dealt with, by I.C.'s Australian goalkeeper Macndllan.

Finally a goal

by Harford gave I.C. a 6-1 lead which they held to the f i n a l whistle.

I.C. II have not had such good fortune, but did not disgrace themselves i n taking only one point out of 4 from Chelsea, the prospective Div III champions.

Scoring 2-1 one week, and drawing 3-3 the next.

I.C. I l l consolidated their position at the top of Div IV with an easy 2-0 win over Westminster Hospital.

On Friday, I.C. gained a deserved 7-5 viotory over Regent Street Poly, after being 5-1 down shortly after halftime.

However a weakened second team were unable to keep up the sound work and l a s t 3-2 to St. Barts. Hosp.

F E L I X

EDITED BY K.W.LUDLAM.

R U G B Y This term's Rugby began f o r the 1 s t XV w i t h a game against Harlequins "A" as s a t i s f y i n g as any we have had t h i s season.

Played on a p i t c h i n e x c _ l l « t f X t i d i t i o n whioh favoured good open play., I.C. had an e x c i t i n g win, the f i n a l r e s u l t being 19-^10.

The oppositio n back: d i v i s i o n soon showed i t s p o t e n t i a l when t h e i r stand off Jinked h i s way througi"i f o r a score under the posts.

The t r y was converted I.e. d i d not r e p l y u n t i l , s h o r t l y before h a l f - t i m e when Wright walked over the ^uins f u l l back t o core- The conversion from very near the posts was taken i n typi- -! Hearn f a s h i o n , l e a v i n g I..C. 5-3 down a t the i n t e r v a l , which d i d not give a t r u e r e f l e c t i o n o f the game up t o that p o i n t .

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I.C. *s l a c k of good fortune continue d i n the second h a l f , when from an i n t e r c e p t e d pass the Quins adaed 5 p o i n t s ; and a good 3/4 Movement c u l minated, i n the touchdown by Margretts being disallowed.

I.C. were not discouraged i n 3pite of being 10-3 down about 20 minutes from the end and supe r i o r f i t n e s s began to t e l l . * A f i n e t r y by r i g h t wing Milward gave the s i d e a f u r t h e r 8 p o i n t s and renewed impetus.

Almost immediately afterwards, a quick heel by the scrum with the b a l l going s t r a i g h t out along the l i n e to Milward. who crosskicked, with good p o s i t i o n i n g

by Smith and Wright r e s u l t e d i n the l a t t e r s c o r i n g under the posts.

P h i l l i p s converted.

One minute l a t e r loose play i n s i d e the Quins 25 enabled Smith t o f a l l over f o r another t r y .

The side, now i n j u b i l a n t form apain. took play down t o the ^uins where a quick heel on the l i n e allowed Lance t o f i g h t h i s way over, capping a very good game behind the scrum.

P h i l l i p again converted, 16 points having been scored i n as many minutes t o f i n i s h o f f a very enjoyable game.

Other Results 2nd XV BEAT "A" XV LOST

G.E.C. 1 st XV 0. Windsorians '1st XV i » I X * J * X T LOST Sutton Ex "A" "B*XV BEAT 0. Windsorians Ex"B"XV LOST. King Georges Y.'^.'-.A.

3-3 0-22 3H2 16- 0

H O C K E Y

The ground was i n v e r y good cond i t i o n f o r the game and r i g h t from the k i c k - o f f the determined I.C. team s t a r t e d p u t t i n g on the pressure.

After going very near on occasions, the i n e v i t a b l e happened and I.C. opened t h e i r account with a f i n e goal by Coups a f t e r about twenty mmute3 play.

This was soon followed by two good goals by Exflt Finney, but j u 3 t before the i n t e r v a l B a t t e r s e a r e p l i e d w i t h a goal from one o f t h e i r break-aways t o make the h a l f time score 3-1 t o I.C. I n the second h a l f , only f i n e keeping by Hughes, i n the opponents g o a l , prevented I.C. from adding to t h e i r total, Battersea, however, came a l i t t l e more i n t o the Dicture an i scored another goal f i v e minutes from the end o f play.

The I.C. team,managed t o h o l d out f o r the remainder of the game and so p l a y i n the f i n a l .

We should l i k e to thank very mxch the land of support e r s , who, though small r e a l l y made themselves heard during t h i s important gam*.

I.C. w i l l meet Kings, who beat L.S.E. 2-0 i n the other s e m i - f i n a l , i n the f i n a l on February 21st. at Motspur Park, when i t i s hoped thflt the College mascots plus a l a r g e contingent from I.C. w i l l be present t o ajve the team the support i t w i l l need.

I n the two other matches played on Saturday the 2nd X I drew 2-2 with Southampton 2rVi' s w i t h goals by Paddle ana B u l l o c k and the 6th X I were beaten by Chelsea I I * s by 7 goals t o 3-

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The club has been able to maintain l a a t term' 3 success s t o r y without much d i f f i c u l t y - only one game being l o s t of a l l the games played since Christmas.

However, as the weather ruxc. ensureu '.sat only 3 games be played during t h i s Deriod i t oan be assumed that the teams have not been e n t i r e l y extenied. j.t i s very d i s a p p o i n t i n g that of the 3 p i t c h e s at H a r l i n g t o n not one has been reported f i t t o play on at any time t h i s year.

U.L. Pup The A s s o c i a t i o n F o o t b a l l Club are now i n t o the f i n a l round of the U.L. Cup and both Rugger and Hockey are looking forward '.o b e i n g there with them.

With a b i t of iuck, some hard p ay and some -jood rousing supporters w. *noulri manage to bring home a t r i p l e crown this year.

As far as the hockey i s concerned, having beaten Battersea, the winners for the last few years, we now look forward to the opportunity of "trampling* UC into the Harlington earth i n the semi-finals on Wed. 4th Feb. Supporters are very welcome so why not come along and join in the fun/ Transport may be arranged i f enough names are forthcoming.

A l i s t w i l l be posted on the hookey ;lub board. It ha? the makings of a good game but with the right supoort we should be through t o the finals On March 4th

C O U N T R Y .

On Wednesday January 14th I.C. I I defeated U.C. I I and London H o s p i t a l a t Hampstead, over a course which was f r o zen hard and i n nay places ice-oovered.

The race was won by P. C l i f t o n , w i t h P. Warren second; these two f i r s t - y e a r runnera are s t e a d i l y improving, and show great promise.

Saturday, January 17th was the date of the annual t r i p t o S h e f f i e l d .

The usual weather conditions were encountered, and over a snow-covered course the S h e f f i e l d U n i v e r s i t y team beat I.C. by 30 points t o 52.

The s i x s c o r i n g I.C. men were Larkum ( 2 ) , G i l b e r t ( 8 ) , Brown ( 9 ) , C l a r e (13) and James (14).

The "sport" a t S h e f f i e l d was, as always, e x c e l l e n t , and a merry band r e t u r n e d i n the e a r l y hours of Sunday morning.

On the same day, our second team were defeated by Westminster C o l l e g e , 26 p o i n t s t o 29, a t E n f i e l d .

The i n d i v i d u a l winner was J . Jaeger, w i t h F e a m 3 r d and C l i f t o n 6th.

The f o l l o w i n g Wednesday saw the t h i r d team a t Hampstead f o r a match against Royal Vets. I I .

Conditions were quite d i f f e r e n t from those o f the previous week, as the ground had thawed and was back t o i t s u s u a l muddy state.

The r e s u l t o f the race was that I.C. I l l beat Vets I I , 24 p o i n t s to 32, i n a very c l o s e race.

The outstanding performance of the day was that of Rob Cheeney who came 2nd w i t h Rayment J>rd and Smith 4th.

Last Saturday the -^ueen Mary College 7"? mile race was h e l d , over a g r u e l l i n g course c o n s i s t i n g o f ploughed land, roads, and c a r t - t r a c k s , w i t h a few streams t o negotiate.

John ColJ ins ran very w e l l indeed t o f i n i s h second, behind Heywood of Reading, with Adams of S h e f f i e l d t h i r d * There was a gap o f more than a minute between these three and the f o u r t h man J . Bernard, who i s running extremely w e l l , wa3 12th w i t h J . Jaeger 13th, A. Brown 19th, P. C l i f t o n 27th and M. Glare 44th.

The team race was won by S h e f f i e l d (102 p o i n t s ) , but I m p e r i a l College I were second (117 p o i n t s ) and were awarded the "John Banks Trophy" f o r the f i r s t London College true t o our t r a d i t i o n s , one second team ran i n t h i s race from I m p e r i a l College.

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(Jonceming our record, readers of the better newspapers w i l l perhaps have noticed that the f i r s t team record this year is amongst t h . top few of the 50 or 60 clubs usually, l i s t e d .

The f i g ures above can speak for themselves.

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IC REACH UL. FINAL

I.C. reached the U.L. Cup P i n a l , f o r the f i r s t time since 194-8, when they beat B a t t e r s e a 3-2 on L.S.E.'s ground l a s t Saturday.

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