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AFTER BEING DRENCHED WITH BEER AT FRIDAY'S E.C.S. FRESHER'S DINNER GUILDS PRESIDENT JOLYON NOTE LEFT THE PROCEEDINGS IN DISGUST.
" I was f u r i o u s " he s a i d l a t e r "not because I was wet a l t h o u g h t h a t h e l p e d , b u t beoause F r e s h e r s were s e e i n g , a t a f o r m a l d i n n e r , behaviour t h a t s h o u l d be r e s e r v e d f o r t h e b a r where I enjoy i t as much as anyone"
P r e v i o u s R.C.S. d i n n e r s had presaged no such happenings, and a t t h e be<tinning t h i s one had been pleasantly peaceful. P r e s i d e n t John F o r s t e r handled interruptions t o h i s e x c e l l e n t opening speech w i t h ease. P r o f e s s o r B l a c k e t t , speaking next as a s p e c i a l , nfimst o f the R.C.S. Union, r e c e i v e d the a t t e n t i o n t h a t a man as g r e a t as he deserves.
I n t r o d u c i n g the next guest F o r s t e r s a i d " I am almost f r i g h t e n e d t o hand you over t o the next speaker gentlemen Mr. Dennis Leston......now a n y t h i n g can happen".
It nearly d i d ! Lestcn at ease i n a smoke l a d e n c o n c e r t h a l l was now c o m p l e t e l y out o f h i s depth and deserved, and was perhaps p l a y i n g f o r the b a r r a c k i n g he g o t . He ended a d i s a p o i n t i n g speech w i t h an a l l u s i o n t o h i s numerous immersions on p r e v i o u s Morphy Days, i l l u s t r a t i n g the p o i n t by d r e n c h i n g t h e occupants o f a nearby t a b l e w i t h b e e r , aimed so w e l l i t might have been r e h e a r s e d .
Perhaps r i s i n g t o Leston's t a c i t " t h i s i s too d u l l " theme but perhaps not p l e a s e d a t h a v i n g b e e r soaked s u i t s , n e i g h b o u r i n g R.C.S. men r e t a l i a t e d , and i n the ensuing melee J o l y o n Nerve was caught by a spray of b e e r , he l e f t d i s g u s t e d .
L e s t o n c o n t i n u e d as b e f o r e , b u t was c u t s h o r t by the R.C.S. P r e s i d e n t whose own f e e l i n g s on the i n c i d e n t are b e s t i n d i c a t e d by h i s l a t e r apology t o J o l y o n Nove.
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FRIDAY OCTOBKH 30TH, 1959.
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He wrote: " I apologose on b e h a l f o f the E.C.S. Union f a r the r e g r e t a b l e i n c i d e n t which l e a d t o y o u r l e a v i n g our F r e s h e r s Dinner. I admired your a c t i o n and endorse your f e e l i n g s on the s u b j e c t o f Freshers Dinners. Your expert h a n d l i n g o f G u i l d s ' Dinners t h i s y e a r has made them some o f the b e s t i n r e c e n t y e a r s . I would l i k e t o add t h a t , had you been a b l e t o s t a y , I'm sure t h a t your i m p r e s s i o n would have been different. I would l i k e i t t o be known t h a t P r o f e s s o r B l a c k e t t g r e a t l y enjoyed h i s evening w i t h the s t u d e n t s .
COMMEMORATION DAY The Commemoration Day ceremony h e l d i n t h e A l b e r t H a l l was l i t t l e d i f f e r e n t from i t s predecessors. The event would be f a r more popular i f some way of speeding up the p r e s e n t a t i o n o f the A s s o c i a t e s h i p was evolved. As i t was, by the time the R e c t o r r o s e t o make h i s speech many o f the audience i n o l u d i n g your correspondent were a l r e a d y nodding s l e e p i l y i n t h e i r seats. The main theme of the Rector's Report waa t h a t "The C o l l e g e i s i n a s t a t e of rude and v i g o r o u s health". The t r u t h of t h i s i s mani f e s t around us. S i r P a t r i c k went on o u t l i n i n g the many events of the past year, a l l l e a d i n g to one concl u s i o n - expansion, and l e f t h i s audience w i t h the impression t h a t they were t o be the founder members of something very b i g . The s p e c i a l v i s i t o r t h i s y e a r was L o r d Tfeeks. Sneaking a t I.C. f o r the seuond t i n s i n a f o r t n i g h t , t h i s gentleman of many d i s t i n c t i o n s d e l i v e r e d a speech which c o n t a i n e d a number of extremely cogent i d e a s . U n f o r t u n a t e l y the d e l i v e r y was poor,, no doubt c o n t r i b u t e d t o by the a p p a l i n g a c o o u s t i c s i n the A l b e r t H a l l , - a n d d i d l i t t l e t o arouse h i s audience from a somewhat somnolent state, Indeed e a r l i e r on a mention o f Bo had brought f o r t h o n l y a merest p a t t e r i n g from the assembled Guildsraen.
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L o r d weeks spoke a t some l e n g t h about " l e a d e r s h i p " p o i n t i n g out t h a t t h e s c i e n t i s t o f to-day w i l l most p r o b a b l y be t h e l e a d e r o f t o tomorrow, p r o v i d e d t h a t he o b t a i n s the b r e a d t h 01 i n t e r e s t and unders t a n d i n g t h a t i s so necessary. "On these a s p e c t s o f a man hangs h i s a b i l i t y t o secure t h e a l l e g i a n c e and t r u s t o f h i s f e l l o w men and women, f o r the prime t e s t o f l e a d e r s h i p , i s i n d e a l i n g s w i t h people!.'
At t h i s p o i n t i t s h o u l d be n o t i c e d t h a t among t h e many eminent men r e c e i v i n g honorary f e l l o w s h i p s was S i r Lewis Casscn, many years ago an e n g i n e e r i n g student a t t h i s C o l l e g e - a man who has t r u l y reached the b r e a d t h o f i n t e r e s t and understandin g mentioned, i n a m u l t i t u d e o f f i e l d s .
L o r d Weeks f i n i s h e d w i t h a q u o t a t i o n from "A g r e a t headmaster some f i f t y y e a r s ago" - one which we would do w e l l t o remember - . " A l l I d e s i r e would be t h i s ; t h a t t h e r e s h o u l d c o n t i n u a l l y go f o r t h from t h i s C o l l e g e a steady stream o f young men and women, d e s i r i n g i n p e r f e c t s i m p l i c i t y and s e l f - r e n u n c i a t i o n t o do t h e i r work f o r God and Queen and neighbour". Ian D.
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COMMEMORATION BALL Some 486 paying and a few nonpaying guests, danced tb the Music of the Savoy Blue Room Orchestra, f e t a * themselves on smoked salmon and f r u i t salad, and drank the products of the most 'U' D i s t i l l e r i e s at Claridges on Thursday l a s t .
The B a l l was h e l d i n what C l a r i d g e s d e s i g n a t e as the p a i n t e d room, a l t h o u g h f o r many a beady I.C. eye i t e o u l d be more a p t l y named. ,
There were a noticeable numner of newly s e l f e l e c t e d governors who b r e a k i n g a l l the corkage „ iterPf of the house caused a w o r r i e d water t o remark " I don't know where i t comes from". a
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Perhaps you w i l l have seen J o l y o n Nave - t h i s y e a r s F r e s i d e n t of G u i l d s - making h i s r a p i d progress about C o l l e g e on a ramshackle o l d scooter. T h i s machine would I am s u r e , be a b l e t o d e s c r i b e i t s owner i n a f a r more c o l o u r f u l manner than I can; f o r i t bears s e v e r a l testimonials t o h i s past c a r e e r , one of them being a bras p l a t e i n s c r i b e d w i t h the name 'Mohammed Kassan' - an Arab he r a n down i n T r i p o l i docks.
J o l y o n a r r i v e d a t I.C. two y e a r s ago, h a v i n g come v i a Oundle and the Army, and h i s i n t e r e s t s were immediatley aroused by the E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y . Beginning as a y e a r r e p . he then became the V i s i t ' s Sec. He o r g a n i s e d an e x c e l l e n t y e a r of V i s i t s ; c u l m i n a t i n g i n the E a s t e r T r i p to l a r i s where 36 s t u d e n t s were a b l e t o see somet h i n g of the F r e n c h i n d u s t r i e s e t c f o r an a s t o u n d i n g l y low c o s t . He p l a y s Hockey f o r G u i l d f o r d , and sometimes v i l l a g e c r i c k e t , a l s o took p a r t i n orga n i s i n g the Cabaret i n l a s t y e a r s G u i l d ' 3 Carnival.
The dancing a l t h o u g h s t a r t i n g s l o w j y became s p i r i t e d when the guests had reached t h a t d e l i g a t e dynamic e q u i l i b r i u m between s o b r i e t y and paralysis!. Most Jhoughtthat the O r c h e s t r a was good a l though i t was c r i t i c i s e d f o r p l a y i n g too many slow p l a c i d q u i c k s t e p s . However, these s u i t e d everybody's dance s t y l e e s p e c i a l l y when l e t h a r g y set i n about 1.30 a.m.. The dance f i n i s h e d at 2.30 a.m.with a rousing. Auld Lang Syne, when people went t h e i r v a r i o u s ways to the H o s t e l f o r c o f f e e , Covent Garden f o r b r e a k f a s t and some merely to s l e e p .
The evening was a ' d i s t i n g u i s h e d success and served as a f i t t i n g ending to Commemoration Day.
A l l thanks are due to the Banqueting S t a f f of C l a r i d g e s f o r a most e x c e l l e n t evening.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY His a c t i v i t e s i n c e r t a i n o t h e r f i e l d s mist, p e r f o r c e , be l e f t u n s a i d . However b i s a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r the good t h i n g s i n l i f e and h i s attachment"• f o r the charms of the d i s t r i c t l e d ^ t o h i s b e i n g f o r c e d to occupy t h r e e d i f f e r e n t f l a t s i n Unslow Gardens i n one y e a r .
His y e a r ended i n a three month t r i p t o Canada t o g a i n experience i n h i s phosen P r o f e s s i o n of C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g , t h i s proved a huge success; e n a b l i n g him, among o t h e r t h i n g s , to spend £150 in one s h o r t weekend. he i s q u i t e idamant about r e t u r n i n g there as soon »s p o s s i b l e .
I am sure you w i l l a l l j o i n w i t h Be i n w i s h i n g him the b e s t o f l u c k i n the strenuous and, we hope, memorable f e a r ahead of him.
Yet another success has come the way of the photographic society this year. I t has just been announced that Tony Ayoott has been awarded the f i r s t prise i n the FIRST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SALON of Photography i n Hong Kong, with his print 5Joan". He i s to be presented with a cup, and the choice o f a Japanese camera or an electronic flash unit and lightmeter. This print was placed f i r s t i n the Society's own exhibition l a s t year, and was one o f the panel o f s i x prints which won the European Universities t i t l e for our society. In the l a t t e r exhibition i t was one of the five highly commended individual prints. Tony, who recently l e f t the College, has been one o f the most active members of the society for several years, being the main stay of the portrait group. Besides his portrait work he has done most of the stage photography f o r the LCD. S. and L.U.D.S. over the past few years, and has done quite a l o t of model and commercial photography.
SKI CLUB F u l l d e t a i l s Ct> the Club's Tour of S w i t z e r l a n d t h i s w i n t e r have now been prepared. ?hey can be o b t a i n e d from the S k i S e c r e t a r y thoough the Union Rack. The main p a r t y w i l l be f l y i n g from Gatwick, on Tuesday morning 29th December, to Geneva. Then on t o Saaa Fee by r a i l . They r e t u r n the same way on Saturday 10th January. Cost of t r a v e l Gatwick t o Gatwick and f u l l board and l o d g i n g f o r 12 n i g h t s w i l l be £29 t o £32 depending at which H o t e l you s t a y . The v i l l a g e i s "at 6,000 f t . w i t h l i f t 3 r e a c h i n g up to 9,000 f t . F r e s h e r s are not a b l e t o take t h e i r c a r s as there are no s t r e e t s i n Saas Fee. I would l i k e t o p o i n t out t h a t the Club can o n l y take 50, but t o date we have had over 90 e n q u i r i e s . Don't leave booking u n t i l December. You w i l l be unlucky. Peter Odell. O l d Hostel,Room 49.
OBITUARY SIR
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S i r Henry T i z a r d spent t h i r t e e n y e a r s between the wars and w e l l i n t o the second World War as Rector of Imperial College, He was f a r t h i n k i n g i n matters of education and as e a r l y as 1935 developed a 3cheme f o r the expansion of the C o l l e g e . The B r i t i s h Government was not so s c i e n c e conscious i n those days, however, and i t was 20 year 3 l a t e r that the present expansion was adopted. The present s t a t u s of the C o l l e g e owes much to the f o r e t h o u g h t of. S i r Henry, he was the f i r s t Rector to have ' B i g Ideas' f o r the C o l l e g e , i n those y^ars when money f o r academic expansion was extremely scarce. Although a prominent man, S i r Henry T i z a r d would t a l k t o and l i s t e n to people of a l l s o r t 3 , sympathising r i t h t h e i r views and u s i n g h i s w i t , f o r which he waa w e l l known, only t o humour and not to harm. There was one e x c e p t i o n , however, when r e f e r r i n g to the a t t i t u d e of the government t o wards s c i e n c e he was q u i t e d e v a s t a t i n g , and no doubt h i s c r i t i c s m has done much to make the government more aware of the v i t a l importance of s c i e n c e i n the w o r l d to-day.
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JAZZ CLUB Eh* cry "Arc yon Blowing Jasawise?" Is onoo again echoing round these hallowed walls, and introduces another Jazz year to the Imperial Soilage. Last year ,(under the j u r i s d i c t i o n of f i r s t Dennis Leston, and then Gordon Pritchard)was one of the most successful the Jtas olub has known, a l l i t s various functions being well attended. Jass appreciation i n the Šallege has oorreamondingly increased After excellent talks,concerts,and informal sessions throughout the year, the higaspat was reached with the Jass Hop, which featured the music of A l FaixweaAher-Sandy Brown All-Stars, they swung throughout^ to the delight Of hundreds of dancers.However,some salve i d i o t has since complained that they never played a waits. Weekly record r e c i t a l s w i l l he held again this year, featuring well known jazs a r t i s t s , c r i t i c s , i n t e l l e c t u a l s and i l l i t e r a t e s . The club i s also having Thursday evening sessions, starting soon this term, tc provide l i v e rausic f o r l i s t e n i n g and dancing (admission w i l l be entirely FHEB). At these, the t i r e d science student w i l l be able to proceed Jazs wise u n t i l he reaches absolute exhaustion.
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The Freshars have provided several talented maaioians, including an excellent and much needed undergraduate trumpet player. It i s hoped that the club w i l l be able t o maintain one traditional and one main stream o u t f i t , besides two existing small modern groups, and the newly farmed Folk SohH group (the word " s k i f f l e " went out of fashion long ago). This year the club intends to win a l l sections of the W.U.S. jaas band competition, (last year the t r a d i t i o n a l band cams second, on normal form i t would have undoubtedly won) and also to enter the i n t e r University competition, i f f i n a n c i a l l y possible. Several lunch time Jazz concerts w i l l be held this year - i n the past, these have been the only entertainment to pack the concert, since Gypsy Rose Lee did a complete s t r i p there i n 1910. Dennis Leston, v i s i t o r t o I.C. and ex-Jazz Club president, has promised his personal appearance at these concerts and at other jazz club sessions, and meetings. Nothing more need be said about t h i s , I t seems l i k e l y that oollege jazz groups w i l l once again be i n great demand to play at hops, carnivals, formal b a l l s , and so on. This w i l l give playing members a ahanoe to beat the carnival record established by an eminent ex-president who played swinging piano f o r 10 hours before eventually collapsing. A strangely moving sight,| seen several weeks ago, was John Farnsworth entering College with an ancient trombone. This completes the formative stage of an experimental group, consisting of bamboo flute, bongos, trombone and man-hole cover; Anyone f a r tennis?
It would appear that the hostel furniture designers have meet t h e i r match at l a s t ; th. occupant of room Ko. has had h i s bed replaced after only one week i n resiaenoe. Methinks that we have a future Mr. I.Q.W.A. here. The fact that the present Mr. I.fi.W.A. has returned his "constant companion" to the custody of their President has shattered a l l feminine hopes that he i s standing f o r r e election. I t i s rumoured that this may have some connection with with the faot that a notioe has appeared an his door stating that "Ewart has l o s t a l l interest i n sex". Congratulations to Claire Broakea and Tony Oliver* who, this summer, proved that anything i s possible under water and are now engaged as a r e s u l t . What a bunch of "old lags" walked up f o r their D.I.C's on Commemm, Day i n the Albert H a l l ; one exâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;president of U.L.Y and two ex-president* of I.C. Union and two expresidents R.C.S, Union, I suppose they have to give these D. I.C.'s to someone. Residents returning to the hostel i n the early hours of the morning are warned to be on (their guard against a feminine i ghost that now walks between the |second and the t h i r d floors of ' the new hostel. Knocking only once before entering the rooms, t h i s early morning speotre i s reported to carry a large cup of tea i n the right hand. What has happened this term to the old club house, r e s t home f o r 30 many has-beens, the Union offioe? Our speoial reporter states that Mrs. Robb "has never had i t so good".
MOTORING The main a c t i v i t y of the Guilds motor olub i s at present concentrated on preparing their 1902 James and Browne car Boanerges for the Annual Vetorto oar club Brighton run on November 1 st .
Proof has been obtained at l a s t that Chad, i s persuing an aoademic l i f e among other things. A l e t t e r has been received from Moscow University where Chad, i s finding l i f e a l i t t l e different to I.C. - the trouble i s that they have a nasty habit of shooting ex-presidents.
The engine has been r e sleeved and i s not yet r e i n s t a l l e d i n the chassis and, same routine maintenance has a l s o to be done before the run. As usual Bo w i l l be accompanied to Brighton by a crowd of Gulldsmen who w i l l assemble at Clerges Hotel for t h e i r annual Brighton run dinner together with the crew of Jezebel from R.C.S.
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The run starts around 7.39 a.m. on the Sunday and competitors expeot to reach Brighton around midday. I f you oan summon up the energy to see the oars o f f i n the morning you w i l l be treated to a memorable sight. Rene Guerster, Guilds Rally Secretary w i l l compete this week-end (October 24th-25th) i n the i n t e r varsity r a l l y . Clerk of the oourse for t h i s i s Guilds motor olub captain John Puttiok aided by several other Guildsmen as me r a t a l a. This r a l l y i s a tough 300 mile closed event over some rough country i n Wales. For those who want an easy introduction to r a l l y i n g , Guilds w i l l hold a treasure hunt a t the end of November; a l l members of I.C. are welcome--^no competition licence i a required.
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Now. showing at the Plaza i s the l i f e story of Red Nioholls staring Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong, a rea l must f o r a l l jazs fan, whilst f o r those with.-naore mundane tastes there i s a f i l m star staring J u l i e London c a l l e d Wonderf u l Country. We hear Robert Mitchum also appears. There w i l l shortly be three Ingmar Bergman films i n central London; The Face (Academy), Summer Interlude (Paris Pullman) and Waiting Women (Cameo BkLy ), a l l well worth seeing. In the world ef the theatre there i s opening at the Adelphi Le Frere Jacques, Trance'a answer to the Crazy Gang; whilst from America we have the new comedy The Marriage Go Round at the Piooadilly theatre. For the musically minded there are concerts at the F e s t i v a l Hall every night.
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Editorial comment) The various Constituent College Fresher's Dinners, always help to enliven the beginning weeks of the new session; the "old lags" take the unsuspeoting Freshers to t their f i r s t I.C. s o c i a l occasion, and bar sales reach an unprecedented level. Following the dinner and a after the inevitable speeches, the main bulk of the undergraduates r e t i r e to the bar, to quench theirt h i r s t and prepare f o r the singing ahead. There i s always someone i n the three colleges whose repetoire of "chamber" music i s both Ions and varied, and with a body of exuberant Freshers behind them the bar walls soon begin to vibrate; the effects of alcohol are well known, and this week has shown that many of the men of I.C. are not qns*«" the men they thought they were.
OBITUARY p I t i s w i t h a heavy h e a r t , wet eyes, and a shaking pen t h a t we b r i n g t o your knowledfe the sad and t r a g i c ' d e a t h ' of one of t e C o l l e g e b e l o v e d s e r v a n t s Dr. iVeale. whether o r not h i s academic work, h i s Unio n book-keeping,or h i s p h y s i c a l e x e r t i o n s on the c r i c k e t f i e l d , rugby f i e l d , and squash c o u r t , brought him t o an u n t i m e l y end, we s h a l l never know. We o f f e r our commiserations t o a l l h i s f r i e n d s both w i t h i n the b a r and w i t h o u t , i t i s a aad day f o r I.C. but 1.3. I l e a s e look we must a l l go oneday. a f t e r him C a r o l .
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Some of the shady characters are l i s t e d below. A l l are from Damon Runyon short stories and are to be found i n the pages of the two omnibus volumes "Runyon on Broadway" and "Runyon from F i r s t to Last" (stories A La Carte section)
A l l you have to do i s to write down- the occupation of each character. The f i r s t a l l correct l i s t handed in to the Union Cloak Room attendant between ll.'3Qa"m. and 11 p.m. any day including Saturday and Sunday w i l l win a Double Ticket to the Carnival. The two reference volumes are to be found on the shelves on any respectable public library
Letters to the Edito, Dear S i r , I t h i n k i t i s time t h a t n o t i c e i s brought t o the members of I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e Union t h a t i n the past few months many items of equipment b e l o n g i n g t o c l u b s and s o c i e t i e s have disappeared w i t h o u t t r a c e -many from l o c k e r s , store-roomf and oupboards.
'Whether t h i s i s a r e s u l t of p l a i n s t e a l i n g or as a r e s u l t of s e l f i s h and absent-minded "borrowing" and f a i l u r e to r e t u r n , the e f f e c t is the same. I know of s e v e r a l s o c i e t i e s who a r e f i n d i n g i t extremely d i f f i c u l t to c a r r y out t h e i r meetings and programmes due to l o s s e s i n equipmenti
I t i s d i f f i c u l t t o do anyt h i n g about the s t e a l i n g w h i l e the "borrowing" w i t h o u t p e r m i s s i o n c o n t i n u e s . Let us a l l f a c e up t o our r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s as members of our Union. Let us a l l s e a r c h our c o n s c i e n c e s and ask o u r s e l v e s whether o r not we have borrowed something i n the past few months and f a i l e d t o r e t u r n i t . Many c l u b s are o n l y too w i l l i n g t o l e n d out equipment f o r events connected w i t h the Union and the C o l l e g e i f proper p e r m i s s i o n i s asked f o r and a d e f i n i t e pledge Sor a time and p l a c e of r e t u r n i s given .
Aa soon as the f i r s t a l l correct l i s t i s received the result w i l l be published on the Union Internal Notice Board, whioh i s on the l e f t of the Union Entrance as you go i n . The decision of the R.C.S. Entertainments Committee i s final. The Any Any Any
following may not entersmember of R.C.S. Ents.Comm. O f f i c i a l of R.C.S. Gen.Comn. member of the F e l i x Staff
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Dear S i r , I should l i k e to crave the indulgence of you columns to c l a r i f y the arrangements prepared for the "Bonfire Bounce" next Thursday as Harlington. 350 tickets w i l l b* sold, divided up as follows:approx.' 75 ladies. 75 men. 100 double. Ladies tickets w i l l be on sale at the hop on Saturday evening 31st October. The remaining tickets w i l l be sold on Tuesday lunch time at 1.0 p.m. i n the Union office. On the evening, buses (free) w i l l leave th e Union for Harlington from 6.30. p.m. onwards and w i l l s t a r t returning about 10.30 p. m. At Harlington t h e r e w i l l be a hop, with Derek Pyke's band, a bufLEet and b a r . The bonfire w i l l be l i t , p r o v i d e d t h a t i t has not been s t o l e n , a t about 3.0 p.m. and f i r e w o r k s l e t loo.se a t 3.30. p.m. Yours f a i t h i ' u l l y , Ian D. H i l l . (Chaiman I.C. Entertainments).
Dear S i r , Even the I.C.W.A. lounge i s not exempt from the action of irresponsible students.
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Only when t h i s s e l f i s h "borrowing" has stopped can the Union as a whole 3et about the more s e r i o u s b u s i n e s s of " c a t c h i n g the t h i e f " , i f i n f a c t he exists.
I t happened one day i n the A r c t i c An e x p l o r e r was chased by a bear And having n o t a s i n g l e b u l l e t , He wept i n h i s d e s p i a r .
Yours f a i t h f u l l y , 1.A.
Taylor
The t e a r s streamed f a s t e r arid f a s t e r Ehen f r o z e i n t o i c e one by one The e x p l o r e r p i c k e d up one f r o z e n t e a r And crammed i t i n t o h i s gun. Then a i m i n g i t a t h i 3 a t t a c k e r With h i s f i n g e r s a l l s h a k i n g i n d r e a d He f i r e d and the i c e b u l l e t f l e w S t r a i g h t i n t o t h a t p o l a r b e a r s head. 1
the i c e b u l l e t v e r y soon m e l t e d and the bear r o a r e d a c r y of p a i n Ee s h i v e r e d and s i g h e d and then he d i e d fjf HgO on the brain'. N.E. Loch p. G. Keen. Eng.
The Editor, I would l i k e to amend a false impression given i n my p r o f i l e l a s t issue. I shallrnot be i n fact organising the next European Universities Photographic Exhibition • - I only wish I had the time to. This task i s i n the capable hands of the present Committee of the Photographio Society. Yours etc. I.M. Plummer.
A sherry party was held t there by the Zoology department on Monday 1 9 t h Ootober. Afterwards, the aquarium was found to be i n an appalling condition - containing a beer Bottle and a sherry b o t t l e (and smelling of beer) and the surface oovered with f i s h food - the f i s h did not l i v e long.
This entails a thorough cleaning out and restocking with plants and f i s h , probably costing about £10. My indignation need hardly be expressed.
Perhaps the people concerned would be good enough to help remedy the results of t h e i r foolishness the burden of whioh should not f a l l e n t i r e l y on I.C.W.A. Yours sinoerely Hilary Tompsett. (President I.C.W.A.)
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This was the l a n d of the l l a m a and the a l p a c a , s t u r d y s h e e p - l i k e animals which roam i n n i m b l e - f o o t e d f l o c k s over the mountains, p a r t l y domesticated by semi-nomadic I n d i a n f o r wool and meat.
One of the toughest c l i m b s we t a c k l e d was the 18,100 f t . east S o r a l l e a k . A long approach to i t from our main food dump e n t a i l e d c r o s s i n g the b i g Azucarni g l a c i e r , c r i s s - c r o s s e d w i t h dangerous crevasses.
Our e x p e d i t i o n i n the B o l i v i a n Andes r e a l l y got under way on the,day that the mules a r r i v e d from the l i t t l e I n d i a n v i l l a g e Of Pelechuco to c a r r y our food and equipment i n t o the mountain a r e a .
Our expieditions aims, s u c c e s s f u l l y c a r r i e d out i n s i x weeks'* a t sub-zero temperatures, were to map and c l i m b some of the almost unknown 18,000 and 19,000ft. peaks i n t h i s s p a r s e l y populated border area between Peru and B o l i v i a .
The three g e o l o g i s t s i n the p a r t y com; l e t e d a g e o l o g i c a l survey of 3ome 300 square m i l e s of the rugged c o u n t r y s t r e t c h i n g ] r i g h t down to the steaming j u n g l e s of the Amazon b a s i n , w h i l e the others worked togethe r to produce the f i r s t - e v e r map of 170 square m i l e s of the main mountain jiass. Copies of t h i s map are now a v a i l a b l e i n London f o r the I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e E x p l o r a t i o n Board and the Mount fiverest f o u n d a t i o n - which j o i n t l y f i n a n c e d the p r o j e c t - and f o r the B o l i v i a n Government and the R o y a l G e o g r a p h i c a l S o c i e t y .
A p a r t from the mapping, the e x p e d i t i o n Bonquered 11+ h i t h e r t o unclimbed peaks, tach of them over 18,500ft.
We had a r r i v e d a t the Apolobamba by way of La Paz, the B o l i v i a n c a p i t a l , tdiich n e s t l e s i n a huge hollow i n the B o l i v i a n a l t i p l a n o ( p l a i n ) 13,000 f t . ftbove sea l e v e l . Dominating the b u s t l i n g , nodern c i t y - where the b r i g h t l y d r e s s e d I n d i a n women a l l wear gay c o l o u r e d bowler ftats - are the looming shadows of the i c e peaks of I l l i m a n i , a g i a n t 21,000 f t . mountain t h a t l o o k s almost c l o s e enough to touch but i s a c t u a l l y 25 m i l e s efistant.
Over the g l a c i e r , the f o u r of us, Geoff B r a t t , John J e n k i n s o n , A r t h u r Smith and myself, s e t up out two tentsr on a narrow ledge of rock h i g h above the v a l l e y . Opposite towered the south f a c e o f the e a s t S o r a l l e a k , w i t h i c e f a l l s dropping n e a r l y v e r t i c a l l y from the cone-shaped summit to the g l a c i e r below.
I t was a f a r more f o r b i d d i n g prospect than we had imagined, so the f o l l o w i n g morning a r e c o n n o i t r i n g p a r t y went out to f i n d another approach. They were back 36 hours l a t e r , a f t e r weathering out a d r i v i n g snow storm through the n i g h t , w i t h the news that the n o r t h - e a s t s i d e looked a more l i k e l y prospect. I t was a strenuous march, w i t h e i g h t day's f o o d and f u e l f o r t h e stove s on our backs. C l i m b i n g w i t h 60 l b . loads i n the t h i n a i r a t 17,000 f t . i s i n c r e d i b l y hard work and any s l i g h t o v e r - e x e r t i o n l e a v e s one gasping f o r oxygen.
We camped under the e a s t r i d g e that night. P a r away t o the n o r t h , beyond a c l u s t e r of blue l a k e s s p a r k l i n g l i k e jewels on a n e c k l a c e , was the dark ereen of the Amazon j u n g l e .
Two reconnaissances decided us a t f i r s t on an approach from' the e a s t r i d g e , but t h i s was f o r e s t a l l e d i n the l a s t 1,000 f t . of the r i d g e by huge cracks i n the i c e and f o r m i d a b l e overhanging c o r n i c e s . Next morning we t r i e d the more d i r e c t r o u t e on the n o r t h e r n f a c e which had o r i g i n a l l y been r e j e c t e d because we d i s t r u s t e d the r o t t e n , o r l o o s e , rock which We s t a r t e d would have to be cros3ex$. out i n the b i t i n g i y c o l d a i r j u s t a f t e r sun-up, aimin g t o c l i m b a steep i c e g u l l y R e a d i n g t o a narrow r i d c e about 1,000 y a r d s s h o r t of the summit. Roped t o g e t h e r f o r s a f e t y we pushed, s l o w l y on, u n t i l i t became c l e a r t h a t t h i s way, too, was s o i n g t o be a l i t t l e difficult. The o n l y remaining a l t e r n a t i v e was to c l i m b the great 300 fit. rock f a c e itself. A f t e r two hours of sometimes
There were, incidentally, nostalgic memories in La Paz and many of the smaller towns f o r our leader Dr. Geoffrey Bratt, The clear, high* of Hobart, and myself. altitude a i r carried a strong smell of eucalyptus from"the thousands of gum trees imported from Australia.
Travelling out of La Paz by tiruok, as were soon bouncing across the desolate, treeless wastes of the highlands leading into â&#x20AC;˘ the ApbloeesS jba. Occasionally we Would pass" an IndLlh's loaded antique lorry heading back f o r the c i t y , one i n particular had, a load of ice aboard hacked from a glacier on a nearby* mountain. The ioe, found a ready sale i n the opena i r markets of La Paz.
d e l i c a t e work l e a d i n g out up t o 80 f t . at a time on the s t r o n g n y l o n ropes we had reached the top of the f a c e undei a p r o j e c t i n g s h e l f of rook. Moving c a r e f u l l y from there on a l t e r n a t e i c e and r o c k , we reached the base of the 300 f t . c o n i c a l summit. We stopped t o put on crampons - en sharp m e t a l s p i k e s s t r a p p e d t o t h e rubber s o l e of each boot - and, c u t t i n g , o c c a s i o n a l s t e p s w i t h the i c e axes, moved up the l a s t few f e e t to the summit. Around us was a g i g a n t i c t h r e e - d i m e n s i o n a l map of mountains, g l a c i e r s and, f a r away t o the n o r t h e a s t , the j a n g l e dabbled w i t h a f t e r noon c? iud. I t was the moment that makes a l l the hard work seem w o r t h w h i l e , i n an incomparable s e t t i n g and from a vantage p o i n t nobody had ever a t t a i n e d b e f o r e .
In these a l t i t u d e s l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s of p a r a f f i n were needed f o r c o o k i n g . Ice has t o be melted t o water, and a s b o i l i n g p o i n t i s only between dG and 'JO degrees C e n t i g r a d e n o t h i n g c e t s cooked v e r y w e l l , p a r t i c u l a r l y the dehydrated f o o d s on which we were mainly l i v i n g . The p a r t y r o s e e a r l y next morning to be on the g l a c i e r b e f o r e the sun had s t a r t e d to s o f t e n the top c r u s t and a f t e r s e v e r a l hours' c l i m b i n g we made the r i d g e a t the head of the g l a c i e r . Prom t h e r e crampons had t o be used:: on the hard r i d g e i c e a l l the way t o the summit. The l a s t 200 f e e t was s t i f going on steep i o e d r o p p i n g almost s t r a i g h t down 3,000 f t . to the g l a c i e r below, but we made the top by midday. The r e t u r n down the g l a c i e r proved v e r y t i r i n g a3 by now the top c r u s t o f f r o z e n snow had melted and every few steps we would break through and s i n k down almost t o our w a i s t s . So we f l o u n d e r e d r a t h e r than walked back to the t e n t s where a " b i l l y " w a s soon on f o r welcome d r i n k s a l l round. Only i n s i d e , away from the d a z z l i n g r a y s o f the sun, f-ould one d i s c a r d the d a r k goggles, w i t h o u t which, i n these c o n d i t i o n s , one would be q u i c k l y snowblinded. S i x weeks a f t e r l e a v i n g L a l a z we r e t u r n e d , bearded and i n c r e d i b l y f i l t h y , t o be g i v e n a w o n d e r f u l r e c e p t i o n by the l o c a l C l u b Andino B o l i v i a n o and the B r i t i s h Emba33y, b o t h o f which had g i v e n the e x p e d i t i o n a great d e a l of v o l u n t a r y h e l p r i g h t from the p l a n n i n g stage b e f o r e we l e f t England. As conspicuous as a bunch of tramps a t a deb b a l l , were made guests of honour a t an embassy garden p a r t y a t t e n d e d by s e v e r a l of the d i p l o m a t s i n the c a p i t a l and t h e i r , w i v e s . It was a f i t t i n g way t o end i t a l l .
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BILLIARDS & SNOOKER The Club has started the 1 9 591960 session with no fewer than 60 members, whioh i s an increase of 5<j5 orer l a s t year'a t o t a l , that i s most surprising i s that two thirds of these are freshers, whose r e l a t i v e merits the Club i s attempting t o establish by running a freshers' tournament.
For the f i r s t time i n the Club's short history, a Club Night has been started rather tentatively with the object of giving t u i t i o n to the beginners i n the game, the t u i t i o n being given by the members of the two teams.
The sessions matches have got o f f to a good s t a r t , as both teams have won t h e i r f i r s t matches. The A team whioh comprised 1. D.H.miller. 2. A. J.Caves 3 . P.Aliacn. i»K.M.Raja won i t s match 3-1 against Regent Street Polytechnic A team. The B teaa comprising 1. R. W i l l s . 2, A-Whltelook. 3 . a. Jane. 4 . UPlmaingtcn. won i t s match 3-1 against the same club's B team. The Club i s looking forward to a session of increased a c t i v i t y but s t i l l has d i f f i c u l t y i n finding teams against which to play.
Can anyone help? I f so, please contact the Secretary through the Union rack.
FENCING •
The fencing club has increased i t s membership this year and wo. are more confident i n being able to carry out a rather ambitious f i x t u r e programme.The club caters f o r fencers of a l l standards and i s running a large beginners c l a s 3 this year. Anyone interested: i n learning would be very welcome and i s advised to j^in: now, since catching up on beginners excercises .is a v e r y s t i f f e n i n g process.Professional instruction i s given at the meetings held i n the gymnasium, on Monday evenings at 5.00p.m. and Thursdays at 1,15 p.m.
RUGBY The Rugby olub i s f i n a l l y sorting players out to play the right standard of rugby and a nucleus of players have already developed i n many of the teams. This i s a slow and laborious job, however, for the o f f i c i a l s and i t has been hampered a great deal t t h i s season by the apparent increase i n the number of people who cross offtthe team l i s t late . The teams are posted up early i n the week , and there i s no reason why anyone should leave i t to after Thursday to cross o f f the l i s t . Tuesdays and Thursdays trainin g session i n the Park have not yet been well attended. We must have people out to t r a i n as one must be b a s i c a l l y f i t to play the game well and (Training befoxwthe game, enjoy i t . beer after i t ) . I t i s imperative therefore with the U.L.U. cup matches commencing less than a fortnight hence, that players must spend some time together; i n the park keeping f i t and getting to know each others play. The A f i f t e e n have made what must definately be described as a promising start to the season. Having now played 3 games i t had i t s f i r s t defeat l a s t Saturday at the hands of a f a i r l y strong Chelsea Paly 1 s t XV. On losing i t s stand o f f h a l f f i v e minutes a f t e r the resumption f o r the second h a l f the remaining;fourteen men (only three of whioh belonged to the o r i g i n a l team chosen) oould not hold on to the f i v e n i l lead i t had b u i l t up i n the f i r s t h a l f and was f i n a l l y beaten by a goal and a penalty goal to a goal The previous week the (8 points to 5 ) . team drew 16 points a l l with Wasps "A" at home and beet the N.P.L. "A" team on t h e i r ground i n the f i r s t f a l l of r a i n for many weeks. When the team thus picked actually play together then the "A" XV w i l l be as good a side as a club oould wish for. One l a s t request before closing t h i s report must be made to those who s t i l l have 1.8. jerseys and who are not playing rugby for I.C. t h i s season. W i l l a l l suoh people hand i n their jerseys to any o f f i c i a l Of the Club, as we are s t i l l very short of jerseys.
ICWSC ATHLETICS Squash Under the able leadership of Sheenagh Wallace the I.C.W.S.C. registered i t s f i r s t victory with a f i n * j'H win over U.C. l a s t Wednesday. Hookey Despite the faot that the f i r s t natch against King's ended i n a 4-8" defeat f o r I.C. we are pleased t o announce that Hilary Tompsett has regained her plaoe i n the University Ist team, and that 1st year botanist Christine Bragiel has been selected to represent the 2nd team. Netball Although we have been lucky snough to play several matohes i n the Chelsea PSLy gym and despite the fact that we have a promising team i t i s not encouraging to play i n a gym packed with opposition supporters. So why not give some verbal a s s i s tance at our next match (Nov. 2 3 r d ) .
Despite the aawtaxtiott ef two w*S» players,and l a s t year's Sougbborough Oollege captain, disappointingly 1,0. performed In our f i r s t match o f the season » and were defeated by 9-4.Hr. William MaoMlllan from Wogga? Wegga,h*d obviously not reoevered from his attack of bush fever, Baa ham and Oorrigan wre daoidedly u n f i t , while the rest of the team although trying hard,just could not c l i c k . Goals f o r I.C, wears scored by P a r i s (2),Rushton, and Wilson. The seoond team, although they defeated Chelsea, by 4-2, were also 8ias.pawdntlng.The most a t t r a c t i v e feature being the promising debut of Canon,who i n addition to soaring 2 good goals,excelled in. the midfield play.
On Wednesday IVth Ootober the Judo Club had i t s f i r s t match o f the season at Sandhurst.We l o s t the.match 5-1 with one draw.This i s not a very encouraging star to the season,one main trouble was, as usaal after the summer vacation, u n f i t ness. This w i l l perhaps spur the team td get into fornr f or the next match. Three I.C, men have secured places i n the U.L.team and aloo i n the SouthEastern regi on .Fortunately none o f t h e matches w i l l coincide with I.C. fixtures so we should be a b l e to f i e l d our f u l l team f o r a l l matches.
During the summer vacation three of the College F i r e f l y s were taken away to various open meetings. At the National F i r e f l y Championships, held t h i year at Plymouth, G.C.Taylor showed up well s a i l i n g F.2168 Fiasco. He came 11th i n overall placing i n the S i r Richard Fairey points Trophy. Placed seoond i n the points Trophy and 11th i n the S i r Ralph Gore oup race was J.M. Conway-Jones, an ex-commodore of the, Imperial College Club. I.C. has yet again retained i t s good name i n t h i s f i e l d of sport. Our a r r i v a l back to college was not, however, very heartening as we found that someone had pulled the plug out of the Welsh Harp reservoir. B r i t i s h Waterways had i n fact been running water into the Grand Union Canal a l l summer and we were l e f t with a l o t of mud and very l i t t l e water. S a i l i n g i s possible on a
On Wed. No 4th a t r i a l w i l l be held i n the following events 100,220,440,880 and 1 mile i n order to pick a team to represent the College i s the University Winter Relays Competition. Also incorporated i n this meeting w i l l be the F i e l d Event competition f o r which the team has been posted on the Athletic Club notioe board (see Cross Country Club Board). If anyone not chosen f o r the F i e l d Euents Competition would like a t r i a l would he please inform me, K.W. Ludlam, v i a the Union Rack before Nov 3rd. The time and venae of the t r i a l w i l l be posted on the Board as soon as I can make the requisite arrangements. The Winter Relay and F i e l d Events Competition w i l l be held at 2.30 p.m. on Wed. Nov. 11th at Motspur Park, In the past I.C. have not been able to produce their strongest team, with a r e s u l t that no success has been achieved Can we, this year, produce this success?
l i m i t e d soale and several of our more stalwart members, together with many keen Freshers, have managed to launch boats on most Wednesdays and week ends. An instruction course i s being run and team t r i a l s were held l a s t Sunday, as a result of which teams are now being selected f o r our f i r s t match on the 7 t h and 8 t h of November. We would ask a l l interested persons, be they Freshers or o l d l a g 3 , to bear with us during t h i s d i f f i c u l t time and assure you that with the return! of the water we w i l l provide s a i l i n g and racing f o r a l l who are keen. Meanwhile maintainanoe work i s being carried out on the boats and help would be appreciated. Small Ad. 700,000,000 gallons of water required. Any suggestion. Commodore S a i l i n g Club.
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GROSS COUNTRY On. Wednesday 1 4 t h several members of the elub took part i n a t r i a l f o r the University College Belay at P a r l iament H i l l F i e l d s . This was combined with a match against Borough Road Training College whioh we lost owing to the over oenfidenoe of the eaptain who nominated the l a s t ten I.C. runners to score against the f i r s t ten of Borough Hoed.
The U.C. Relay proper took place on the following Saturday the oourse being 6 x 1 i miles approx. The f i r s t team oame second to Birmingham University with Souihampton University a close t h i r d . The second team d i d well to f i n i s h ninth and the t h i r d team plodded along to take up 18th place.
Two separate fixtures were held on Wednesday the 21st. The second team went down to our home oourse at Petersham to aot as hosts to a team from Shoreditoh Training College. The going was hard and the times were fast, several members r e cording personal best performances f o r t he course. I.C. won with a score of 34 to Shoreditoh's 46. Well up i n the f i n a l positions were I.Bennett (2), C.Huntley ( 4 ) , A.Bigg ( 5 ) , C.James ( 6 ) , P.Auton ( 7 ) .
TABLE TENNIS Last seasea the table tennis olub was moderately successful, under the captaincy of "Chick ' Brans, a b r i l l i a n t a l l round sportsman. There are at present no o f f i c i a l s of the club John Ponsford and I are acting i n a 'caretaker capacity and we shall hold elections very soon. 1
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P r a c t i c a l l y a l l the f i r s t and second team members l e f t us, but we think that among the Freshers we*- have seen some promising players.
Members of the Boat Club i n Training So f a r we have 50 members and have entered 6 teams i n the U.L.T.T. league. We hope to have a ladder, and a knock out competition to encourage members to get together.
From the enthusiasm shown by oar members, we look forward to a very successful season.
SQUASH The remainder of the Club travelled to Mitcham f o r a mob match with Kings College and L.S.E.This was also won, the scores being 35, 45 and 141 respectively. Notable performances were those of J . C o l l i n s ?1}, M. Berber (2), D.Hammonds ( 4 ) , A..Brown ( 5 ) .
On Saturday 2 4 t h several members took part i n the annual mob match—University of London vs. Polytechnic Harrers over 5 i This miles at Parliament H i l l f i e l d s . was combined with the f i r s t of a namber of forthcoming league matches arranged among the London Colleges. F u l l results for t h i s match are not available at the time of going to press. As before, the going was fast and good times were recorded.
L A W N TENNIS The I.C. Tennis Club finished l a s t term having had i t s most successf u l season i n recent years. I t now remains dormant u n t i l the summer, except for the usual series of ooaohing lessons given' by Captain Rodgers at his courts at Sydenham. Preparations are being made however f a r a proposed tour to take place next summer, i f the Union's finances permit.
The olub was away to an early s t a r t , and 15 ladder aea have already played i n representative matches. The 1st V started badly when they went to Leicester University. Bans Espig and Gef Bullock gave us a good start, both quickly adapting their game to the fast oourt. Fresher Dos Webb had the best game of the afternoon, a l l his games going to 10. He was unluoky not to have the decision, reversed. Secretary Peter Odell ran a long way but not nearly f a r enough. Skipper Brian Haywood forgot how to serve, and oame i n for some rough punishment because of it. Leicester have a new Union building whioh i s extremely spacious having squash oourts on the ground *1oor. Their numbers are Just over a thousand, but t h i s building would put ours i n the shade. The oourt's speed was the same is any internal oourt..........fast.
The 1st V has also won matches against Kings, London (3-2) and Keeble 0aford'((5-0). The l a t t e r was notable for the return of Brian Avient at number one, and the convincing win of Brian Jarman, ex-Cambridge man. The 2nd V have a l o t of matches, there w i l l be a report of them neat time. Many members are s t i l l not f i t enough (the skipper has been seen c i r c u i t training). Squash Club Evening.
In contrast, the Constituent College Clubs are buzzing with a c t i v i t y , under t h e i r respective captains, I. C. Cameron, (H.C.S.), A. Netheroott, (C. 4 6.), and D. Zimmermann (R.S.M.). Kaon has an impressive l i s t of fixtures against other London colleges.
Monday evening has been set aside f o r the olub evening. No oourts are bookable i n advance. Everyone i s welcome. The following are the objects of t h i s evening*(1 ) For beginners t o meet beginners. (2) For beginners toleara the rudiments of the game from 1st V players. (3) For everyone to have a chance t o ay someone better than himself. ) For new members, i n order that they have an evening on whioh they know they w i l l be able to meet olub o f f i c i a l s and players.
S , The inter-oollege trophy, the Brown Cap, i s this year being played for -aider a new league system, i n whioh saoh college plays each of the others twice. Both R.C.S. and Mines hare strong hopes of breaking the monopoly which Guilds have had over t h i s event during the past dozen years.
F i n a l l y , I would l i k e to say that the squasn courts are definately not cooing down t h i s year or i n the near future.
BOAT CLUB This year the Boat Club welcomes over 40 freshers who are already learning t h e i r rowing from the beginning under the tuitions of more experienced students ( l ) Enthusiasm i s very high at present, although punctuality oould be improved, and i s always important. Novioe oarsmen should remember that i t take time to do anything that i s worthwhile, and to make a good oarsman takes a l o t of patience as well.
A l l three colleges have Morphy and Lowry crews training at 7«45 a.m. three days per week, and the standard again appears to be high. Great pains are necessary to ensure that r i v a l crews do not get too close together on the r i v e r and Mines are sending out running spies to report progress on the other two boats. A slight majority of opinion fav ours R.C.S. for the Morphy, but possibly Guilds being the holders, w i l l have the edge on the day.
After Morphy day, I.C. training w i l l be uninterrupted, and there are good prospects of f i v e crews rowing i n the summer term. Good news f o r freshers: i n the words of Captain Jerry Caddy "No seat i n the f i r s t three boats i s safe."
BADMINTON The club at the moment i s suffering greatly from lack of playing space. However attempts are being made to secur« the Concert Hall f o r club play and i f these are successful the present overcrowding of the gym oan be avoided. To date three matches have been played. The f i r s t team were unfortunat not to win against U.C. cn the 14th Oct. the result being U.C. 5 and I.C. 4. Last Saturday both l s t and 2nd teams had matches and unfortunately they coincided with the Wimbledon Tournement i n whioh several of our better players were taking part. However despite t h i s drawback the l s t Team succeeded i n beating Q.M.C. away by 6-3 while the depleted second team jjjust f a i l e d to secure vistory against Goldsmiths by losing 5-4. On paper therefore the results so far do not look very encouraging. LOST 2
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF W.U.S. World U n i v e r s i t y S e r v i c e f i r s t began i t s work i n 1920, when an the midst o f the rubbl e and r u i n of Europe, European Student R e l i e f (E.S.R.) was founded t o meet the c r i t i c a l m a t e r i a l needs o f U n i v e r s i t y s t u d e n t s a f t e r the F i r s t World War. T h i s type o f work expanded w i t h the h e l p and under the guidance o f the two emerging b o d i e s , the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Student S e r v i c e and World Student R e l i e f , u n t i l 1950 the I.S.S. and W.S.R. merged i n t o the i n t e g r a t e d programme of i.orld U n i v e r s i t y dervice. t h i s programme has Since 1950, continue d t o p r o v i d e the means through which U n i v e r s i t y men and women -have been a b l e t o combine t h e i r e f f o r t s t o h e l p where needs are g r e a t e s t . While the main emphasis has-been turned towards l o n g - t u r n undertakings t o s o l v e b a s i c problems i n South-East A s i a , the F a r E a s t , and K i d d l e - E a s t , other p r o j e c t s have been c a r r i e d out t o h e l p t a c k l e immediate s i t u a t i o n s o f need i n these r e g i o n s as w e l l a s i n A f r i c a and Europe. P a r t i c i p a t i o n of U n i v e r s i t y Communities of seven major areas o f the World i n j o i n t a c t i v i t e s to j r o v i d i * m a t e r i a l a s s i s t a n c e has i n e v i t a b l y and i n c r e a s i n g l y l e d t o important new c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o wards the process o f educatio n f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g and c o l l a b o r a t i o n .
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At the l a s t Union meeting a motion was p l a c e d b e f o r e the house a s k i n g membejsaof the Union to r e j e c t l a s t year's C o u n c i l d e c i s i o n r e g a r d i n g the d i s t r i b u t i o n of proceeds f r o m any c h a r i t y c a r n i v a l run b y I.C. The C o u n c i l ' s d e c i s i o n was t h a t i n s t e a d o f s u p p o r t i n g W.U.S., I.C. students would e s t a b l i s h a h o s p i t a l bed i n St.George's H o s p i t a l , s i n c e i t was the g e n e r a l o p i n i o n of the 20-odd members of C o u n c i l that W.U.S. was too nebulous i n f o r m , and i n s u f f i c i e n t i n f o r m a t i o n about i t s a c t i v i t i e s was r e l a y e d back to the C o l l e g e i n r e t u r n f o r the e f f o r t s made on i t s b e h a l f . The jseeposer, 3yd Lenssen, and hi3 supporters argued mainly a l o n g the l i n e s t h a t the proposed 'support o f the bed' although p l e a s i n g and d e s i r a b l e was s h o r t - s i g h t e d i n view of the o t h e r worth w h i l e , more r e l e v a n t and needy n* c h a r i t i e s which e x i s t . The motion was passed b y an enormous m a j o r i t y , l e a v i n g u n t i l the next Union meeting the d e c i s i o n as t o where the money should go. Obviously from the support r e c e i v e d and a l s o because o f p r i o r c o n n e c t i o n s , W.U.S. w i l l be a s t r o n g claimant f o r the proceeds. F e l i x has t h e r e f o r e decided t o g i v e W.U.S. an o p p o r t u n i t y t o c l a r i f y i t s p o s i t i o n and publicise i t s activities.
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IN HEED OF YOUR HELP? F o r those i n t e r e s t e d i t i s hoped to arrange a v i s i t b y Dr. Kaloolm I v i i t c h e l l on Thursday 12th Uov. when he w i l l g i v e an address on the Work and Aims o f World U n i v e r s i t y S e r v i c e , Ample o p p o r t u n i t y w i l l be a l l o w e d f o r questions. I t i s a l s o hoped t h a t a f i l m on the work of 'A or Id U n i v e r s i t y S e r v i c e produced by the American Co-operating Committee «ili be shown. W.U.S. PLUS I.C.
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I t i s obvious how u s e f u l a c o n t r i b u t i o n of approximately 5500 i s t o any c h a r i t y . I n the case of World U n i v e r s i t y S e r v i c e t h i s money would be used i n a wide programme b o t h a t home and abroad. Among i t s a c t i v i t i e s i n t h i s country W.U.S. i s an a c t i v e and f o u n d i n g member of the B r i t i s h Student T.B. Fund, i t r u n s v a o a t i o n a l exchange course f o r about 30C s t u d e n t s a n n u a l l y , and has a r e v o l v i n g Abroad, problems on student l o a n fund. h e a l t h , l o d g i n g s , education f a c i l i t i e s , and emergency a i d are t a c k l e d w i t h v i g o u r and enthusiasm. A d e c i s i o n to r e j e c t W.U.S. i n f a v o u r o f some other body w i l l u n f o r t u n a t e l y be taken a t home and abroad as a vot e o f no.confidence i n our o n l y international university organisation. How w i l l a 'student who has been t r e a t e d or depends f o r h i s c o n t i n u e d good h e a l t h on a W.U.S. H o s p i t a l , (not j u s t a h o s p i t a l bed) r e a c t on l e a r n i n g t h a t I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e has r e j e c t e d ' i t s r e s ponsibility. Such a d e c i s i o n oould be reached b y Union M e e t i n g swayed b y the eloquence o f a good speaker, i n d e e d i t was reached by Union C o u n c i l . This d e c i s i o n s h o u l d be made by you a l o n e and not be the r e s u l t o f p e t t y w r a n g l e s . Balance the i s s u e i n your mind, and l e t I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e student s h e l p o t h e r students t o h e l p themselves.
The c a r d i n a l f e a t u r e o f a l l t h e work c a r r i e d on by W.U.S. s i n c e 1920 has been the p r i n c i p l e that i n t e r n a t i o n a l a i d t o s t u d e n t s and u n i v e r s i t i e s i n need i s n e i t h e r c a r e l e s s c h a r i t y nor prejudiced politics. A b i l i t y and proven need a l o n e a r e the c r i t e r i a , a n d a i d i s p r o v i d e d w i t h o u t d i s c r i m i n a t i o n on grounds o f r a c e , c r e e d , n a t i o n a i l i t y , sex o r s o c i a l conditions. irogrammes are a d m i n i s t e r e d on sound economic grounds and i n d e v e l oping s e l f - h e l p p r o j e c t s , u n i v e r s i v y student s and s t a f f wh., might never have met come t o g e t h e r i n e f f e c t i v e c o - o p e r a t i o n ,
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