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KINGS D E F E A T E D CAPTAIN MIKE BREGAZZI SHOWED FINE LEADERSHIP IN BRILLIANT SECOND HALF
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After the resumption I.C, began to show their capabilities. Always slow starters I.C. were slower than usual on this occasion and at times during the f i r s t half one began to wonder i f they would ever r e a l l y swing into action.
RECOVERY BY IC.
This year as there have not been seedings i n the draw of the U.L. oup, Imperial and Kings have met early on i n the competition and not i n the f i n a l as has happened on many occasions before* In many minds, there was the thought that the winner of this game would definitel y be at Motspur Park on Feb. 20th. and would probably take thr oup home with them.
The I,C. team was at f u l l strength Vand on paper looked very impressive, but as i t consisted of U.L. players and 5 0 $ I.C. f i r s t team players who jhad only played together onoe before their real a b i l i t y was unproven. The King's team containing fewer U.L. players was an unknown quantity but the fact that they had beaten Reading Unive r s i t y whereas I.C. had l o s t to them indicated that a close game would result.
I.C. kicked o f f and i t immediately became apparent that the two were very well matched . The King's pack were t a l l e r on the average but weight for weight there would have been l i t t l e i n i t . The length of tne legs of the King's hooker caused some trouble i n the front row as he was t a l l e r than his props, but he put this to great advantage i n the tight scrum where I.C. were outhooked i n the f i r s t half.
Early i n the second half a r i a Wroaski, the U.L. skipper, scored a t r y from a loose maul on the King's line* The I.C. scrum half, Diok Lance, was tackled out of possession, and the referee playing the advantage rule allowed Wronski to piqk up the loose b a l l and touch down, but Bregazzi's kick f a i l e d .
A few minutes later one of the King's centres was caught o f f side as the I.C. pack pushed their opposite • numbers towards their l i n e .
A deathly hush f e l l over the ground as Bregazzi came up to take the kick, only to be broken by a t e r r i f i c y e l l as the touch judges signalled that I.C. had taken the lead.
I.C. now went f l a t out and i t waa not long before Dick Lance nipped round the blind side to score a typical scrum half's try, but unfortunately injuring his r i b s i n the process on colliding with the f u l l back who had been given a very harassing time by the I.C, pack. Mike Bregazzi converted this tr y with a magnificent kick from the touch l i n e .
The last try of the game Otto Gilbert nose- dived his way Over the back of one of the defenders to score a well deserved touch down. Bregazzi again added to the points witn another beautiful kick.
Several very well timed kicks by the backs resulted i n I.C. nearly sooring down the l e f t wing. Banks was kicking and running very i n t e l l i g e n t l y to Potter on the l e f t wing and i t was Just the unlucky bounce of the b a l l , which prevented the King's line from being crossed.
Although d i f f i c u l t to single out a any individual players I fool that It must be pointed out bow magnificently The I.C. back row played. Both the wing forwards played excellent games and were always ready to aid the three-quarters i n attack.
A missed tackle on the right wing led to the f i r s t score of the game when a King's man broke through to touch down almost under the posts from whioh an easy kiok gave King's a five point lead, which they s t i l l held at half time*
The last word must go to the 80 or so supporters who made the effort to give up their time to encourage the team team. This support i s invaluable i n these games, and we hope to see aa many as possible at harlington when we play C.E.M. i n the next round on February 10th,
She demolition of Guilds baa started - and on schedule too. First the north wing,so that the north-east spline of E 1 oan be b u i l t , and at a later date the entrance, and the south wing. Of course demolition started long ago when the o l d warships disappearedt but only now i s the change beooming apparent to non-Guildsmen,
The building, designed by Waterhouse (also the architect of the Natural History Museum), was formally opened by the Prince of Wales i n I884,having oost almost twice the original estimated sum Of
£50,000.
By the original proposals the ground was rented by the City and Guilds of London Institute (founded and financed by the City of London, and the Liveried Companies? from the Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition on a 999-year lease "at a peppercorn rent" (one s h i l l i n g per year). Also under this proposal - " i f not begun or finished on time, or i f i t oeased to be used for technical education f o r the space of one year, the land and the property on i t shall revert to the Commissioners".
In a few years there w i l l be nothing l e f t of this fine building, a building which has served well, and been the academic birthplace of many of the best engineers. Let us hope that the new buildings w i l l last as well, and see such talent.
COMMENTARY A fortnightly review of Union a f f a i r s . Regular readers of the Council Notioe Board i n the Union Lounge w i l l no doubt have read recently a notice concerning the Marxist 3ub-Group. The latter haa, in the past,been a sub-group of the L i t . and Deb. 3oc., but this year the Sooiety finds i t s e l f "embarrassed" by i t s relation with the Marxist Sub-Group, and, by strange ooinaidence the International Relations Club also feels f o r the same reason that i t cannot possibly take the left-wing "theorists" under i t s wing.
It i s therefore proposed that the Marxist Sub-Group should become a f u l l y fledged Society of the I.C. Union after approval by the S.C.C. at i t s next meeting However, i t s supporters are forgetting that under Item 10 of the S.C.C. Oonatitution they are bound to obtain a l i s t of signatories i n support of the proposed Club,and under past S.C.C. Chairmen i t has been necessary to submit a l i s t of not less than 25 such persons.
Let us hope that at the next S.C.C. meeting the members (the Presidents of a l l the I.C. Social Clubs) present w i l l demonstrate that they are not so gullible as the members of the Marxist Sub-Group would like to think. Perhaps they w i l l remember that apart from being an embarrassment to the L i t . and Deb. Soc., the Marxists are also an embarrassment to the I.C. Union, and for that reason should not be o f f i c i a l l y recognised i n any way.
An unofficia l survey was conducted at the last meeting of the I.C. Union upon the subjteot of the number of members present, and when, after the meeting, the results of the various counters were meaned i t was found that the attendance at the Union meeting Under Item 17 of the was 1 9 5 + 1 . Bye-Laws of the I.C.U. i t i s stated that a quorum of a General Meeting of the I.C.E. shall consist of 200 F u l l or Life members of the Union, and upon this basis we may therefore reason that a l l the decisions arrived at at the last meeting are invalid. Comparing the last Union meeting with the one at this time last year (attendance then was 700) we may ask what i s the reason for this 3udden lack of interest this Session. The answer i s two-fold:
(a) The Union i s being lead half-heartedly from behind rather than from in front. The only policy seems to be to try to discredit Council and to avoid coming to any decision or g i v i n g any lead to the Union i n public. Perhaps the person concerned i s at last beginning to realise that i t i s up to Council and not the Union meetings to manage the Union on everyday matters. (b) This year the politicians have risen to power and we see their effect i n the resulting chaos surrounding the d i s t r i bution of the proceeds from the I.C. Charity Carnival, not to mention motions about South Africa.
It i s not surprising therefore that the I.C. Union meetings are inquorate and that even the members of Council are so apathetic that they do not even bother tc attend the Union meetings and speak i n support of their own resolutions.
A PLEA FOR ACTION bu Qandall Peart What i s wrong with lectures in this College? It i s generally agreed that lectures at I.C. are not the stimulating influence they should be. Gur lectures tend "to be r e l i c s from school days - the scribbling down of oompref hensive notes and figures from the blackboard (with the last three examples for prep) rather than the University lectures of ones imagination - the lecturer standing at ease before a group of adults, dealing with his subject in an interested, interesting, and lucid manner. A lecture i s made up basically of three things; the subject, the lecturer and the audience. An unsuccessful lecture can be attributed to any of these three although the effect of the f i r s t two can influence the last to a great degree. Let us consider, then, the f i r s t two ingredients. The main arguments against this suggestion are based on the alleged disinclination of the student to study ' i f we gave them printed notes they wouldn't need to come to the lectures' 'with printed notes the material of the lecture need not even pass through their minds, as i t does at the moment on the way to the notebook'. This i s nonsense The student never need attend a lecture at present, he can get his notes from a friend. Y<hen he i s two lines behind the lecturer he begins to write automatically, to become a human duplicating machine, so that he neither hears the lecturer's explanation, nor does he understand his own scribblings. How w i l l printed notes cure thesef f a i l i n g s of the present system? At the beginning of the lecture, notes are handed out. The lecturer puts the lecture in i t s context and then runs in a leasurely and comprehensive way through the printed notes, dealing with queries as they arise. Students add their own notes and explanations and with the time gained by the omission of the present phrenetic blackboard chase the lecturer has time for a few worked examples. Result:- enlightenment, stimulation and better student-staff unders tanding.
UNION MEETING The Union Meeting, last Thursday, Nov. 19th, started five minutes late,but inspite of this, there were not many people who could f i n d the energy or time to attend. The trend towards poor Union Meeting participation oan perhaps be explained by the continually increasing popularity enjoyed by most of I.C's clubs and sooieties, but i t would be a sad reflection on a l l i f these functions became mutually exclusive. The minutes and matters arising were rushed through. Significant i n i t s omission was a vote of thanks to I.C.E.C. for the excellent entertainment they provided f o r the Union at Harlington on Guy Fawke3 night. The financial accounts were then presented by Dr. Weale, Prof. Wright and Mr. Comber with the odd humourous touch. It i s good that the Union should be able to thank these gentlemen f o r their work at this annual presentation, however, i t seems a pity, that, a l though the accounts have been displayed publicly f o r at least fourteen days prior to the meeting, they have to be' read and itemized at great length at the meeting.
Consider the second component, the leoturer. It i s very rarely that the opinion of the student who has f i r s t hand knowledge of the lecturer, i s either required or recognised. Yet we have to put up with some terrible lecturers. Lecturers can be divided into three groups. ^uite simply, those who care (they are rare and usually very good), those who can't (and don't seem to realise i t ) and those who realise they are inadequate and try to improve.
If the subject i s s c i e n t i f i c , as in a l l the bad lectures here, i t i s i n t r i n s i c a l l y poor lecture material although i t i s good '.schoolroom fodder'! A l l too often the main part of the leoture i s taken up with the transfer of plain hard fact from the lecturers notes onto the board and thence to the students notes. Industrial efficiency experts would be horrified at thia expensive and unremunerative waste of time, 'give the student printed notes' they would say, and why not?
The last group i s most numerous and point the way to the possible direction of improvement.
Anybody contemplating a school teaching career has to do a course, solely ooncerned with the technique of teaching, f o r up to two years Graduates moving onto the staff of the Universities are very rarely required to have any teaching experience or qualification. Remember also that at University they are probably teaching more d i f f i c u l t subjects under a more d i f f i c u l t but ultimately more effective system. An obvious solution to this T roblem i s a course of lectures on Lecturing for Lecturers f o r proposed Surely at a (and present) s t a f f . University, lecturing a b i l i t y i s as important as research ability?
Staff at I.C. w i l l not deny there i s room for improvement. '..ho I s courageous enough to take the f i r s t step?.
The I.C. Charity Carnival was After some confusion then discussed. with regard to procedure, and the four main speeches, i t became d e a r that the two groups of thought were attempting to reach a suitable compromise acceptable to the majority of l i k e l y supporters. This crystallized into a new motion being proposed,to the effect that WET students should receive the proceeds, and that WUS should be recognized as a constitutent member of the WRY organisation.
Discussion then revolved around whether students shoulti give to their contemporaries i n need, or to the needy i n general. An amendment was tabled, supported by a simple 'rall y round the f l a g boys' speech. The amendment was carried, the motion defeated, so now the I.C. Charity Carnival's proceeds will go to WHY?'. (Procedure, Mr. Iresident!)
A motion was then tabled concerning the boycott of South African goods. Time was moving on, however, so the meeting was adjourned u n t i l the following Thursday.
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(1) Nelson welcomes back John Hart (exPresident Guilds) from the wilds of Africa where he has been recovering from a duodenal ulcer gained from overwork during his last year i n the New Hostel. (2) "It's great Man - you can get - on 5/-* This was how one Miner described the new extra-strength bottled beer after i t had been installed in the Bar one evening last week.
(3) Is Jock Henry's new rule that a l l P.G.'s must sign i n when entering the departments in the evening an attempt to out down "brown-bagging" or has he heard whispers of midnight parties being conducted under the pretence of research work?
(4) Ntlson would like to congratulate those responsible f o r deciding to hang two pictures i n the S.C.R. of the Union Building - they hide the fuse boxes magnificently* It i s only to be regretted that i t can by no stretch of the imagination be said that the pictures are suited to the room.
(5) The "Bedford Beau", alias Peter Grimley, returned to I.C. last week from the Antarctic and he has hinted that his collection of penguins i s to be presented to the Bar i n his memory.
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No doubt many of you w i l l have spent some time i n the country. Possibly some of you may have v i s i t e d the cloth-cap country of Yorkshire, and a few might have heard of Upper Netherwick, a small hamlet resting below the coarse sandstone crags of the dales. I t was i n Upper Hetherwick that the vicar, the reverend Peters, decided to bring a l i t t l e u p l i f t into the village, and so he formed the Upper Netherwick Dramatic Society, which met at the Villag e Institute every '.Wednesday after the "Bright Hour". Attendance was good, and helped by his wife, he decided to produce one or* Shakespeare s most tragic plays. 1
Unfortunately the play was doomed from the start. Time after time Mr. Peters would rehearse his oast without any result of response. "After a l l , " people would comment, "Nobody 'ad dun a play l i k e this before, plain daft". Evm the s.-uire's son, an Oxford undergraduate, a person whom the vicar thought he could trust, s p o i l t his party manners on the ive of the performance. The posters had beenÂť b i l l e d , the tickets printed, and many 3eats sold for the opening night, but unless something could be done for the squire's son the play would not be performed.
TOWN What's on.
About the Town.
Ihe Royal Court and Ibsen! A. theatrical combination which would, I think make the average Soowgoer" quiver in hia West End "short back and sides", "what! Sit with the long hairs, Oh No' No!" In many cases his fears would spring from a solid foundation of experience. The Royal Court and especially the English Stage Society have aquired the theatrically bad habit of taking themselves rather too seriously, they have beoome unable to turn their laughter upon themselves and because of this their productions bear a characteri s t i c stamp of brittleness and over strain. This f a i l u r e upon their part i s highlighted a l l the more by the comparative success of "The Theatre Workshop", which although entirely different i n character retains the basis of both; to present plays of new and young dramatists and to revive drama to the status of a l i v i n g art form, a position which i t lost some three hundred years ago.. Ibsen's Rosmershalm, i n many respects represents a complete contrast to these aims. Although i t i s not an English Stage Society production, nor has i t been written by ah up and coming dramatist, i t i s s t i l l i n many ways an experimental play i h the same way that any production of hamlet must be experimental. Combined with this i s the fact that i t has remained unproduced f o r thirty years and as such must be entirely new to the majority of the the theatre audience. Rebecca (played by Peggy Ashcroft) and John Rosmer (Eric Porter) are both characters which require from the auatenoe much concentration plus a l i t t l e (and maybe a great deal) of phayohological insight but the play w i l l only blossom more with the effort. llease do not, therefore, rush away and read the play before seeing i t . Rebecca i s a part which may be played in l i t e r a l l y hundreds of different ways and I think i t would be unfair to impose ones own preconceived ideas onto the performance of leggy Ashcroft, which I am sure you w i l l admire i f only f o r i t being obviously one intelligent method of portraying the character.
I cannot for a long time remember a play which has opened to so much prerun publicity as "The ..or Id of Susie Wong". Whatever moral values are <fit stake i n Hiss r/ong's world, I am at least certain that her l i f e w i l l intrigue and give pleasure to many people (non-Freudians especially) f o r a long time to come. ousie nong i s a Chinese prostitute who's r e a l l y a good g i r l at heart (aren't they a l l ? ) , who f a l l s i n with an a r t i s t l i v i n g a l i f e of monklike chastity in a brothel, (don't ask me why). Despite the obvious d i f f i c u l t i e s which are bound to arise in such a relationship everyone of oourse lives happily ever after. Sentimental? Yea. A l i t t l e trite? Maybe. But i f you feel like light entertainment and,are not prepared to make too great a demand upon the author, you w i l l probably enjoy this.
UNDERWATER EXPEDITION Was the play a suocess? Did the squire's son recover? Perhaos you have many more questions, but a l l these w i l l be answered i f you v i s i t the Dramatio Sooiety's forthcoming production,- "Without the Prince", a oomedy by P h i l i p King, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10th, 11th and 12th December.
PROFILE
Following the successful Azores Expedition this summer a more" ambitious project i s being planned f o r 1961. Applications are invited f o r membership of this expedition and should be addressed to The 'Hon. Secretary, I.C. Underwater Club'. Previous diving experience i s not essential.
Having developed a dribbling technique from a very early age, i t waa obvious to many that football was to play an important part i n the l i f e of Dave Faulkner. He received his f i r s t academic tuition at St. igberts College Chingford, and after a several lazy years and the inevitable games of footb a l l , he passed on to the l o c a l high school. For some peculiar reason, after only one year he l e f t Chingford Grammar School, and transferred to the South We3t Essex Technical College.
The r a r i f i e d atmosphere of studying Advanced Level had a disturbing effeot on Dave, and on' the completion of his course, he deoided to do his national service. Naturally enough he was snapped up by the R.A.F., but after he had spent a couple of weeks doing nothing, pushing his luck he asked f o r a weekend pass, which brought a storm around his ears, as the authorities thought he was i n Essex. He was then shifted up and down the country u n t i l just before being posted overseas, he finished up i n the middle of nowhere.
The Isle of Man d i d not come up to Dave's expectation, so depressed and dejected (Like-H 1) he l e f t the "mob." It should be mentioned that due to his dynamic a b i l i t y , and power of leadership (he saidl) he raised hims e l f from the ranks, A.C. plonk, to beoome a P i l o t Officer.
With C i v i l Engineering as his subject, Dave joined forces with Europe's largest building contractors - WTMFEY. The experience he gained set him i n good stead, and i n 1956 he came to I.C. to read C i v i l Engineering. With amazing dexterity a degree was his, and now with engineering geology as his theme he has joined the ranks of the postgraduates.
Whilst at I.C. Dave has not restricted his sporting a c t i v i t y to his f i r s t love, football; boxing has attracted him, and i n the U.L.U. Championships, although he wis knocked out i n one of the e a r l i e r rounds, he succeeded i n drinking his v i c t o r under the table, which unfortunately took him no further i n the tournament. This then i s I.C.'s football captain, a quiet, conscientious man whose a b i l i t y both on and o f f the f i e l d i s admired by all.
4 Dear S i r ,
FELIX EDITOR
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R e f e r r i n g to Mr. 3 r e t t ' s l e t t e r i n the l a s t i s s u e I do c o n s i d e r t h a t most members of the Union would agree that an excess of hooliganism, devoid of any humour or s u b t l e t y , a t C o l l e g e Dinners is_ not to be d e s i r e d . This a p p l i e s e s p e c i a l l y to the F r e s h e r s ' Dinners when' the f i r s t impressions a F r e s h e r gains of the Union s o c i a l l i f e are most important and not e a s i l y erased.
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However, j u s t as manners, and c l o t h e s , . maketh man, I would beg t o suggest that i t i s the gentleman a t t e n d i n g and not the a l c o h o l i c content or vintag e of t h e i r beverage t h a t essent i a l l y c o n t r i b u t e s towards the sucoess of a d i n n e r .
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tditwdai Comment The s m a l l attendance of s p e c t a t o r s a t recent s p o r t s matches (the Rugby Cup game a g a i n s t Aings was a notable e x c e p t i o n ) , s o c i a l events, and the v a r i o u s Union meetings, i s one more i n d i c a t i o n of the l a c k of i n t e r e s t and support by the g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n of the members of t h i s C o l l e g e i n a c t i v i t i e s which do not immediately and d i r e c t l y b e n e f i t them. On a r r i v a l at I.C. we were a l l subjected to c a j o l i n g , p l e a d i n g s , and p e r o r a t i o n s from a l l q u a r t e r s not to be 'brown-baggers' and s l a v e s to work, but to enter i n t o the s p o r t s and s o c i a l l i f e of the o o l l e g e and to make I.C. the f o r most c o l l e g e i n the U n i v e r s i t y . These a t t a c k s have been repeated a t i n t e r v a l s w i t h decreasing i n t e n s i t y . The p o i n t has been reached when I . C. s h o u l d withdraw i t s head from the sand and wipe the sand froi.; i t s eyes. ? o r too long energies have been misd i r e c t e d i n t r y i n g to make I.C. a c o l l e g e of the U n i v e r s i t y , m i s d i r e c t e d because the U n i v e r s i t y does riot e x i s t , but onl y the 'Technical I n s t i t u t e s of London". At no time has the main body of students persued i t s course i n the search of knowledge o r of d i s i n t e r e s t e d learning. The C o l l e g e s of London have merely been us>--d to provide students w i t h the r i g h t l e t t e r s a f t e r t h e i r names i n order to earn l a r g e r s a l a r i e s .
The aim of a u n i v e r s i t y should be to a l l o w the c u l t u r e i n s t i l l e d i n e a r l y l i f e t o bear f r u i t . In t h i s London f a i l s miserably. I t produces v e r y few who are educated and no t e c h n i c i a n s , or more g r a n d i l o q u e n t l y , t e c h n o l o g i s t s , but thousands of i n t o l e r a n t , half-baked c r e a t u r e s f i t f o r v e r y l i t t l e at a l l . That some emerge from t h i s chaos v i c t o r i o u s , i s a b l e s s i n g f o r which we should a l l be t h a n k f u l . A l l t h a t a u n i v e r s i t y can do i s to encourage development. i?or the most part the people, you and I , t h a t come to t h i s C o l l e g e are ignorant of much that i s good and b e a u t i f u l i n t h i 3 world , the Humanities and the A r t s . hue t o our e a r l y backgrounds the seed of c u l t u r e i s not w i t h i n us and no amount of day dreaming o r wis'nful t h i n k i n g can cover up our a p p a l l i n g ignorance. The argument that the A r t s have the same problems i s a v a l i d one, although they are versed i n e i t h e r the h i s t o r i e s of the V.orld, o r the development of A r t , they are o f t e n completely unaware of other form3 of expression o r of the Sciences. K i n a l l y , one more d e p r e s s i n g thought comes to mind. ' e are a l l so engrossed i n f u r t h e r i n g our own i n d i v i d u a l aims, that no amount of r e f o r mation of o u t l o o k by the more broad mindea, w i l l a l t e r the f a c t that as products of a t e c h n i c a l decree f a o t o r y we w i l l give n o t h i n g to s o c i a l l i f e . v
I f e e l obliged to protest s t r o n g l y a g a i n s t the p u b l i c a t i o n and s e l l i n g a t I.C. of "The Voice o f the Huxley S o c i e t y , " namely S c r u t i n y . The a r t i c l e which offends most i s , of course, the one on the L i f e o f C h r i s t . When p r e j u d i c e , blasphemy, and u n h i s t a r i c a l c r i t i c i s m are camouflaged by a l a b e l s a y i n g " o r i g i n a l research," then I t h i n k t h a t p u b l i s h i n g should cease. As a "bigoted C h r i s t i a n , " I would d i r e c t the a t t e n t i o n o f the author ( c a u t i o u s l y anonymousl) t o the other 99? o f the r e s e a r c h on C h r i s t whioh does not support h i s w i l d t h e o r i e s .
I f , t h e r e f o r e , one attempt i s to be made t o make the F r e s h e r s ' Dinners a l i t t l e more f o r m a l and t o persuade the gentlemen t o g i v e way t o t h e i r exuberance i n the more f i t t i n g surroundings of the Bar then the 2nd and 3rd yea r students must be f i r s t induced to s e t an example. This can be done over a p e r i o d of 2 t o 3 y e a r s by f i r s t i n t r o d u c i n g t a b l e wines i n l i e u of beer a t the Annual Dinners of the v a r i o u s departmental s o o i t i e s , as i s done a l ready i n s e v e r a l oases.
Tours d o g m a t i c a l l y , A l a n F. G.
One must not, n e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e o r i s e t o too great an extent f o r one must not f o r g e t t h a t undergraduates (and indeed postgraduates) w i l l always tend to l e t o f f a l i t t l e steam a t Dinners, and t h a t t h e i r bank balances are not always capable of w i t h s t a n d i n g the i n c r e a s e d c o s t s i n c u r r e d by a preference towards a good t a b l e wine.
Lewis.
Dear S i r , Your account o f Morphy Day .... " E s s e n t i a l l y the o f f i c i a l I.C. Rag Day" i s an admirable summary o f events. However, i n c u t t i n g out superfluous i n f o r m a t i o n you a l s o omitted t o mention t h a t two races b e t ween the C o n s t i t u e n t C o l l e g e s took p l a c e upon the water. May I take t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y o f i n f o r m i n g you t h a t R.C.S. won the Morphy by a comfortable 2 j l e n g t h s , w h i l e G u i l d s took the Lowry by a canvas, a f t e r a neck and neck struggle?
Yours f a i t h f u l l y , R.H.T. Garnett Dear S i r , I am asked by the agents i n q u e s t i o n , t o make i t c l e a r t o your readers t h a t t h a t the Dramatic S o c i e t y had not r e c e i v e d p e r m i s s i o n t o perform " L i z a r d on the Rock" a t the time t h a t i t s a d v e r t i s e ment i n the l a s t i s s u e of F e l i x went t o press.
I t seems a sad r e i l e c t i a n on the a t t i t u d e of the C o l l e g e t o s p o r t ( o f an a t h l e t i c nature!) t h a t the behaviour o f the (supporters? ) i s considered of such importance as t o crowd out a l l i n f o r m a t i o n on the match i t s e l f .
I t was r e f u s e d p e r m i s s i o n soon a f t e r t h i s by the author's agents, on the grounds t h a t a p r o f e s s i o n a l p r e s e n t a t i o n has been arranged f o r sometime i n 1960
Yours, e t c . ,
The S o o i e t y r e g r e t s t h a t i t cannot do t h i s p l a y and w i l l do i n s t e a d "Without The P r i n c e " by P h i l i p Xing.
"Rowing Type"
Yours f a i t h f u l l y , M.L, Combridge.
Dear S i r , We should l i k e to apologise to Mr. Smalley, A.R.C.S. f a r our error as to the dates of the reign of Edward VU1; this however was due to a s l i p of the tongue rather than to the "narrowness of an Imperial College education". We are, however, appalled that Mr. Smalley, even with the letters A.R.C.5. after'his name, should think that education i n any way devolves upon h i s t o r i c a l dates. It i s surely far more important to be able to write gramma* t i o a l l y correct English and so avoid the f i v e f o o l i s h blunders which Mr. Smalley made i n his l e t t e r . We f e e l , therefore, that before Mr. Smalley presumes to c r i t i c i s e minor errors in others, he should look mare closely to his own shortcomings. Further, wo should respectfully l i k e to remind Mr. Smalley that what we do with the 'six pound prise' i s entirely our own oonoern. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , Ian W. H i l l Charles A. Mathews.
IMPERIAL COLLEGE DRAMATIC SOCIETY
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by Philip King on Thursday Friday
December lOth. December llth.
Saturday December 12 th. in the Concert Hall at 7 30pm
Tickets on sale in the Union from Dec.lst. 4/-
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WEEKS HALL
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Well and Truly
WARMED U N I O N
F r i d a y n i g h t iiav. 20th saw the long awaited Weeks H a l l warming, p a r t y . I t was an u n q u a l i f i e d success and one wonders i f the l a s t guest has l e f t y e t . I n f a c t ther e may s t i l l be someone t r a p ped i n the l i f t which showed i t s u s u a l form b y b r e a k i n g down s h o r t l y a f t e r the party s t a r t e d .
M E E T I N G
At 2 a.m. a J a z z t r i o a r r i v e d and announced they had been i n v i t e d t o p l a y . The o r g a n i s e r s knew n o t h i n g of t h i s but consented to l e t them supplement the gramaphones on whatever f l o o r they wished. . However a t 5 a.m. these gentlemen were found a s l e e p i n ' t h e lounge and were f i r m l y t o l d they would have t o go.
P S S T
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"ex
seweris"
A c e r t a i n young gentleman w h i l s t w a l k i n g across the Quad i n the l a s t few weeks has n o t i c e d the c a t - c a l l s , "Wus-wus-wus."
E a r l i e r the Union had l i s t e n e d e n t h r a l l e d to l i r . L;cKarnus, the redheaded and u n i n j u r e d Trophy O f f i c e r , gave a h i g h l y coloured account of the events of Morphy week, i n c l u d i n g an e s p e c i a l l y e l a b o r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n of the b a t t l e o f the t y r e , which he s a i d the mighty w a r r i o r s of R.C.S. would doubtl e s s have won had not the puny Guildsmen succeeded i n t a k i n g o f f t h e i r shoes. F o l l o w i n g t h i s K i s s iompsett presented the liorphy Qup to Lave Keeley and the accompanying pots t o the winning crew. E l e c t i o n s were h e l d f o r v a r i o u s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s on the R.C.^>. General Committee and r e p o r t s read by the secret a r y on the Freshersh Dinners and by Mr. Bernard Liengme oh the proceedings o f I.C. Union C o u n c i l .
The I.C. J a z z Band p l a y e d t o j u s t over 300 e n t h u s i a s t i c guests u n t i l midnight, when the p a r t y then d i s p e r s e d throughout the b u i l d i n g . An e x c e l l e n t b u f f e t supper was arranged on 4 f l o o r s and the impromptu b a r , s e t up on the ground f l o o r , d i d good trade.
Weeks H a l l has now r e t u r n e d t o some semblance o f order,the d e c o r a t i o n s have been taken down, the s m e l l of c i g a r e t t e smoke and beer has been r e p l a c e d by burning t o a s t and f l o o r p o l i s h . However the b u i l d i n g now f e e l s l e s s of a greenhouse and more of a h o s t e l . Yes Weeks H a l l has been w e l l and t r u l y warmed.
An uproarious vote o f thanks was given to the r e t i r i n g Queen Xandra, who was presented w i t h a bonnet i n R.C.S. colours.
The R.C.S. Union i n a mood o f euphrasia e l e c t e d the g r a c i o u s f a i r h a i r e d K i s s Beverley Bradford a s Queen of J e z e b e l at a crowded General Meeting on the t w e l f t h of November. The e l e c t i o n was to be decided by the volume of applause. A n o i s e meter was used to determine t h i s , though the number o f d e c i b e l l s obtained by each candidate was not announced, b'our b e a u t i f u l young l a d i e s were contending f o r the crown o f R.C.S. and were r e c e i v e d w i t h thunderous cheers as they d i s p l a y e d t h e i r charms on the demonstration bench provided by the Mathematics department. (Two gentlemen were a l s o greeted by loud cheers and stamping, but r e f u s e d on grounds o f incompetence t o e n t e r the competition). The cheers f o r Miss Bradford were, however, s l i g h t l y the l o u d e s t . . A second experiment gave an i d e n t i c a l r e s u l t and M i s s B r a d f o r d was crowned Queen of J e z e b e l . I t was n o t i c e a b l e t h a t a v i s i t i n g Guildsman, Mr. k i k e 3arron, made most n o i s e of a l l i n support of i i i s s Bradford. The b l u s h i n g Beverley, as has been the custom, d e c l i n e d to say a few words.
The achievement o f the G u i l d s P r e s i d e n t , Mr. Nove, i n c a t c h i n g a f i s h was s p o r t i n g l y aclaimed, Mr. F o r s t e r a p o l o g i s e d f o r not having the f i s h t o show t o the Union but e x p l a i n e d t h a t , although j a - i g i n a l l y an a p p r e c i a b l e f i s h i t had now c o n s i d e r a b l y d e p r e c i a t e d . Mr. Bernard Leingme r a i s e d the q u e s t i o n of the I.C. C a r n i v a l . Vrho should get the proceeds? The d e c i s i o n , he s a i d , seemed t o l i e between W.U.S; and S t . Georges H o s p i t a l . On a show of hand3 i t was decided t o g i v e a l l the proceeds t o W.U.S. Mr. F o r s t e r then mentioned that the Viorld Refugee Year was an a l t e r n a t i v e that had been mooted. M i s s G i l l i a n F r y d o b v i o u s l y an e n t h u s i a s t , p o i n t e d out that the W.R.Y. campaign was a l r e a d y a c t i v e i n t h i s a r e a , and the C a r n i v a l whose proceeds would be devoted to i t would prove most popular w i t h the i n h a b i t a n t s of Kensington. And an amazing t h i n g occurred. The Union threw i t s p r e v i o u s d e c i s i o n over-board and voted nem.com. i n favour As mentioned elsewhere t h i s of W.R.Y. d e c i s i o n has sinoe been overwhelmingly confirmed by the I.C. Union. An I.C. C a r n i v a l (R.C.S.) committee i s now being formed and t h i n g s w i l l 3 h o r t l y be g e t t i n g under way.
Quote from C <ÂŁ G P r e s i d e n t t o a t t r a c t i v e ICWArian, C O M I N G
"But I don't know my way around the women's q u a r t e r s here." (Ha-ha)
F r i d a y . Nov. We have i t on the best p o s s i b l e a u t h o r i t y that the report i n the D T o f the I.C. v Kings Rugby Cup Match was not w r i t t e n by Mr. B r e g a z z i ' s b r o t h e r ( I t was h i s u n c l e ) .
27th
A few days ago one o f the top Judonen of I.C. was i n v o l v e d i n a f i g h t w i t h a c a r and i t was neoessary f o r him to spend two days i n h o s p i t a l . Vihen our r e p o r t e r asked-him about i t , the o n l y remark made by t h i s gentleman was "Tha shuda a i n ' t car."
We hear t h a t a c e r t a i n Miner, n o t content w i t h a t t e m p t i n g to be next year's Mr. ICWA i s a n g l i n g f o r the t i t l e 'Chief L e t c h of I.C."1966."
"Physiolog y has no F r o n t i e r s " b y P r o f e s s o r H.K. P o r t e r D.Sc., D.I.C., A.R.I.C., F.R.S. , Main Chemistry Lecture Theatre a t 5.30 p.m.
Photographic S o c i e t y 'Colour Group' Botany Lecture Theatre at 5.15 p.m. F i l m S o c i e t y Shane' and a s h o r t 1
Sat. Nov.
Mon.
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F r i d a y Dec.
4th
J n i v e r s i t y of London Mountaineering Club: Welsh Weekend.
28th
Chinese S o c i e t y The P r e s i d e n t o f one of the r e l i g i o u s s o c i e t i e s of I.C. was heard t o remark the other day "1 went to Chiswick expecting to f i n d Anne i n bed. I was d i s a p p o i n t e d . " I n which p a r t i c u l a r way he d i d not say.
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30th
C a t h o l i c Sooiety: " A f r i c a i n Transit i o n " by F r . P a u l Crane S.J. 5.15 i n Room 254 Aero. Dept.
Photographic S o c i e t y : â&#x20AC;˘Demonstration of F e r r a n i a o o l o u r Processing".
Monday Deo.
7th
Wine and Cheese Evening - arranged b y the I.C. Wine-Tasting S o c i e t y . Tuesday Dec, l s t Tuesday Deo. U.L. Mountaineering Club " F i l m Show" U n i v e r s i t y Union 7.0 p.m. Wine T a s t i n g S o o i e t y "Al3ace and Hungarian vanes". General S t u d i e s : "The Law Courts" b y John B y r t Barrister-at-Law. "The Enjoyment of Music" by Antony Hopkins.
8th
Union Meeting. Musical Society:'Hymn of Jesus' by the I.C. C h o i r and Harvey P h i l l i p s O r c h e s t r a a t Queen Alexandra House: 8 p.m. Thursday Dec. 10th Union Debate see I n t e r n a l N o t i c e Board for t o p i c
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When I s t a r t e d a t C o l l e g e I was t o l d about the Vacations Works Scheme. As I had no idea what career I might take up i f and when I got a degree, i t seemed, and i s S t i l l , a good i d e a t o j o i n the scheme. I was l u c k y enough t o go t o S w i t z e r l a n d f o r ten weeks through the I.A.E.S.T.B. o r g a n i s a t i o n .
( a l t e r n a t i v e t i t l e : R e f l e c t i o n s on b e i n g a woman a t I.C.)
" I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e l - y o u must be b r i g h t t o have gained a p l a c e there!* I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e ? . . t h a t i s S. Ken i s n ' t i t ? . . . " I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e but t h a t i s a man's c o l l e g e * " A f t e r such remarks i t i s no wonder t h a t I was a l i t t l e apprehensive when I oame t o the Freshers Day r e c e p t i o n s , -
'iVe few new g i r l s occupied two rows i n the packed h a l l , the r e s t were men and they a l l eyed us c u r i o u s l y . A f t e r being t o l d t o work hard, by the Hector ,.and p i n y hard, by the P r e s i d e n t we were l e f t t o the mercy o f the e i g h t y odd c l u u s and s o c i e t i e s a l l . eager t o r e c r u i t new members. "We have never had a woman i n the c l u b , j o i n us!" " J o i n the .... sooiety!" J o i n t h i s club, that society ....Where d i d my chosen s u b j e c t , maths, oome i n t o i t ? "Come and have t e a i n the I.C.W.A. Lounge," these were the most welcome words I had heard t h a t afternoon, but t h i s w i e r d word 'I.C.W.A.* had t o be e x p l a i n e d t o me. Vhat was i t l i k e t o be a g i r l among so many men? (when I oame there was one g i r l f o r every f i f t y men,now t h e r e i s one g i r l f o r every twenty f i v e ) I t was a b i t d i s c o n c e r t i n g a t f i r s t . Going i n t o the r e f e c t o r y was a f r i g h t e n i n g experience, I used t o shake i n my 3hoes. One day a b i g b r u t e o f a man, who should have knuwn b e t t e r , turned t o me and s a i d : " H a l l o l i t t l e g i r l i e , and what i s your name?" Despite t h i s and other setbacks, I soon • found m y s e l f making f r i e n d s among the members o f the c l u b s I had j . i n e d so t h a t I c o u l d recofTiise f r i e n d s as I went i n t o the r e f e c t o r y and soon f o r g o t t o be f r i g h t e n e d .
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We are f r e q u e n t l y t o l d t h a t we l i v e i n an e n l i g h t e n e d age; an age when a l l men are considered equal; an age when a l l men share the same r i g h t s ' i r r e s p e c t i v e of raoe, cree d or c o l o u r and a man i s not t o be persecuted merely because of the c o l our of h i s s k i n . We are f r e q u e n t l y t o l d t h i s , and i n general i t i s t r u e , but i t would not be true i f we- l i v e d i n South Africa.
E v e r s i n c e the N a t i o n a l P a r t y oame w> power i n the Union of South A f r i c a the ten m i l l i o n c o l o u r e d people there have fought a l o s i n g b a t t l e a g a i n s t a p o l i c y of segregation and d i s c r i m i n a t i o n designed t o p e r p e t u a t e , and furthermore to i n c r e a s e t h e i r domination by the white m i n o r i t y . They have r e s i s t e d w i t h immense courage the slow, i n s i d i o u s erosio n of t h e i r human d i g n i t y . They have used passiv e r e s i s t a n c e methods whenever p o s s i b l e , and i n 1957 they made very e f f e c t i v e use of the boycott a g a i n s t c r i p p l i n g f a r e i n creases on the (segregated) p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t . Thousands of A f r i c a n s walked great d i s t a n c e s d a i l y i n p r o t e s t , and they won. But t h i s i s o n l y one success: the p o l i c e s t a t e possesses c r u s h i n g power, and any campaign a g a i n s t i t can only succeed w i t h help from o u t s i d e . We now have an opport u n i t y t o p r o v i d e such help.
I t i s a strange f a c t t h a t few members of I.C.W.A. go to the Saturday Hops r e g u l a r l y . I went to about f o u r i n a l l , but'at each one I met I.C. men who d i d not know I was a t I.C. myself, and who were t o t a l l y ignorant of I.C.W.A. Sure they knew I.C.W.A e x i s t e d ; but how many women there were i n o o l l e g e or t h a t we have a president and s e c r e t a r y I f ever - they j u s t had no idea of i t ! I wanted t o f i n d out how important I.C.«.A. waa to the average i . C . man I would go to a hop!
When I l e f t I.C. I had changed a great d e a l from the shy and u n a e r t a i n s c h o o l g i r l who thought t h a t t o get a deroe was the u l t i m a t e aim o f her l i f e . Now I know t h a t a B.Sc. i s not the passp o r t I had t h o u ^ i t but merely a s t e p p i n g stone, and the more I t r y t o l e a r n , the more there i s t o l e a r n . Most of a l l I l e a r n e d t h a t i n order t o l e a r n from College Union l i f e , one must be prepared t o work f o r the Union. I t d i d not take me l o n g t o r e a l i s e t h a t although t h a c l u b s a d v e r t i s e d f o r new r e c r u i t s on Fresher's Day I c o u l d not become a member of any one of them unless I made an e f f o r t t o show t h a t I was i n t e r e s t e d . I t would have been easy t o become "a brown-bagger" or anyway "10-5 e , but, l i k e most people, I was quick t o see ' that l e c t u r e s were only h a l f o f U n i v e r s i t y l i f e , and I had t o make the move t o make the other h a l f e f f e c t i v e .
Ann-Margret Radford.
The South A f r i c a n government i s very s e n s i t i v e t o c r i t i c i s m i n other c o u n t r i e s . True, there has been no l a c k of t h i s i n the past,and i t has not had a great d e a l of e f f e c t , but i f i t were backed up by p r a c t i c a l measures the s t o r y might w e l l be very d i f f e r e n t . The coloured people know t h i s , and they have appealed f o r a boycott of South A f r i c a n exports i n other c o u n t r i e s . I n t h i s way they seek to embarrass and weaken the present government and make way f o r more moderate elements. As I w r i t e t h i s , a meeting of I.C. Union stands adjourned, w i t h a motion before i t on t h i s i s s u e . Whether the motion i s passed or defeated, every one of us can, without causing ourselves any inconvenience or making any major s a c r i f i c e s , h e l p these oppressed people by r e f u s i n g t o buy South A f r i c a n goods, and t e l l i n g people why. A l l of us at some time or other buy South A f r i c a n f r u i t , 'jams, wines, c i g a i e t t e s and other imems. In every case, i t i s a simple matter t o give up buying the South A f r i c a n product and change t o another brand made e l s e where. • I t i s an e q u a l l y simple matter to enquire whether non-branded goods are of South A f r i c a n o r i g i n , and to t e l l the s u p p l i e r why. Any one of us oan, I admit, make only a s m a l l c o n t r i b u t i o n , but the oombined e f f o r t s of us a l l c o u l d have a significant effect. I t i s surely better f o r r i g h t - t h i n k i n g people t o a c t on t h e i r o p i n i o n s , r a t h e r than s i t back smoking South A f r i c a n c i g a r e t t e s and u t t e r i n g pious p l a t i t u d e s .
A. L. Brookes.
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JAZZ CLUB About a year ago I . C J a z s Club organized an evening j a z z s e s s i o n f o r the b e n e f i t of those who wanted f r e e entertainment i n r e l a x e d i n f o r m a l s u r r o u i i d i n g a . T h i s promoted q u i t e some i n t e r e s t and i t was decided t h a t these sessions s h o u l d be made a regular thing t h i s year. L a s t Wednesday was the f i r s t of suoh occasions , and the upper r e f e c t o r y was f i l l e d w i t h the sounds of musio, f i l t e r e d through a mass o f g y r a t i n g b o d i e s . As t h i s was t h e f i r s t s e s s i o n t h e r e were many f a u l t s , p a r t i c u l a r l y oonoerning o r g a n i s a t i o n , but on the whole the evening was a suooess- i f only f o r t h e s t r o n g complaints r e c e i v e d from Q.A. I t was f o r t u n a t e ( ? ) t h a t Dennis Leston was secured f o r the evening. The l a r g e fee f o r h i s h i r e was w e l l s p e n t , f o r h i s oompering proved t o be of a ver-^r h i g h standard and he h e l d the show together i n a manner i n which o n l y he c a n . A l l the r e g u l a r 1.0. J a z z groups were i n attendance, there were frequent rushes t o the b a r t o f e t c h s t r a y musioians. The F o l k Group made i t s debut, but d i d not seem p a r t i c u l a r l y a t home i n the L e s t o n i a n surroundings. However, they show much promise i n t h i s f i e l d and we wish them l u c k i n t h e i r performances a t the Troubadour C l u b . titan Salmons and R i c h a r d Rush ton provided superb pian o j a z z of d i f f e r i n g s t y l e s , and the mainstream o r c h e s t r a under the l e a d e r s h i p of J e f f Kay ( f e a t u r i n g the great John Farnswarth an trombone Twung w e l l a t t i m e s . A r a t h e r shambolic jam s e s s i o n made*, by" Dennis Lesfbn p r o v i d e d a l i t t l e amusement f o r those t a k i n g p a r t , and the evening f i n i s h e d w i t h a f i g h t between Leston and a l i t t l e known Rhythm and B l u e s s i n g e r as t o who should f i n a l l y send everyone w i t h v o c a l excursions. N
Our next s e s s i o n w i l l be on Wed. December 2nd, and meanwhile we welcome any o b j e c t i v e c r i t i c i s m and monetary help.
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ihe 1 s t X1 has now t verconie i t s tee t h i n s t r o u b l e s . Four good v i c t o r i e s i n two weeks w i t h 23 go»l3 scored and 5 against show that the team i s approachi n g top form. The team has v a r i e d due to i l l n e s s , consequently these r e s u l t s r e f l e c t c r e d i t on the 2nd X1 p l a y e r s c a l l e d upon.
The 1st axe a p o t e n t i a l l y s t r o n g squash f i v e , when they a l l play. A l s o the 2nd h a l f of the l a d d e r lias now produced some u s e f u l squash p l a y e r s , and the prospects for the f u t u r e are good.
The l 3 t recorded a very good 3-2 win over S t . Mary's H o s p i t a l some time ago. On t h e i r day they can f i e l d a very s t r o n g team so i t w i l i be a match worth watching when they p l a y here. Mike Usher f i r s t upset t h e i r plans w i t h a 3-2 win, and then S k i p and Sec have comfortable wins. John v.il3on founa i t not a l l l i k e t e n n i s , but d i d extremely w e l l c o n s i d e r i n g h i s i d l e ness.
i'h.se v i c t o r i e s i n c l u d e a 9-2 score v " a l l i o l - one of Oxford's stronges t c o l l e g e s - t h i s i s the highest score I, C. has had f o r over f o u r years. Another f i n e s c o r e , 7-0, against ..eat' minster H o s p i t a l gave the defence th<> .1 "shut out" of the season.
we a l s o had a c l o s e match w i t h Unive r s i t y C o l l e g e H o s p i t a l , winning again by the 3ame margin, tne match being notab] f o r the high standard of squash p l a y e d by lower s t r i n g s , Robin J o w i t ' s match b e i n g w e l l worth watching.
The team was w e l l beaten 8-5 by Queen's up at Oxford, but has s i n c e claimed.with some j u s t i f i c a t i o n t h a t i t was n o b b l e d very s u c c e s s f u l l y a t lunch. Food i n S.W.7. might be , but you should t r y toad-in-the ... a l a Queen's and then a l i t t l e squash to s e t t l e i t down. Sec missed the lunch and had a very good game, (which he should have won). A f t e r 1 j hours of squash he surrendered. Our "A" team was again too good f o r S.O.A.S.,but had a c l o s e game w i t h the I n s t i t u t e of Advanced Education which we won 3-2. T h e i r No. 1 was absent ( a t the Middlesex open) so someone i s going t o do some runnin g on the r e t u r n . Westminster H o s p i t a l were beaten 5-0 t h i s year, but they are unfortunate i n o n l y having f i v e p l a y e r s .
Our 2nd V has overpowered many a b i g f i s h t h i s season. T h e i r l a t e s t bag was a 5-0 win over Royal Vets. They a l s o accompanied the 1st team to C a r d i f f where I.C. recorded a 10-0 win, that no mean achievement a f t e r 150 m i l e s t r a v e l l i n g i n a t i n trunk. The t r i p was made worth w h i l e by two t h i n g s : the No. 1 match, B r i a n A v i e n t , on home ground, r e c o r d i n g a t h r i l l i n g 3-2 win having l o s t the f i r s t two; and our v i s i t t o Hallingham'a bar, w h i c h was an o c c a s i o n of a l i f e t i m e . C h o r i s t e r s of I.C.'s bar should o n l y be l i c e n s e d to a i n g having spent a oaturday evening d r i n k i n g i n C a r d i f f .
The Club evenings have c e r t a i n l y proved s u c c e s s f u l and i t i s very encouraging t o see people improving so q u i c k l y under the eye o f the short-tempered p r o f e s s i o n a l s . There i a a l s o some very good squash being p l a y e d a t I.C. T h i s i s w e l l worth watchi n g i f you are l e a r n i n g o r keen to improve. Last Saturday was an example when Sidney Sussex, Cam., v i s i t e d us. The g a l l e r y saw one of the f a s t e s t games of the season when Ron Crea3y at No. 1 beat Hugh l a t t e r s o n , 3-2. S k i p 3 r i a n hayward a l s o haa a f i n e game u s i n g h i s newly a c q u i r e d "drop", beating Roger I r i d e a u x , Cambridge c r i c k e t b l u e , 3-2. He e v e n t u a l l y won the match 4-1•
tie have seen the i n t r o d u c t i o n o f doubles on Monday n i h t s too, This i s a very enjoyable game i f i t i s not played s e r i o u s l y ; not played f o r too l o n g ; and i f p l a y e r s make every e f f o r t not t o swing t h e i r racquets i n t o each o t h e r ' s f a c e s . You know what I mean!
N o t i c e s are now up about the Whitely Cup. This i s I.C.'s c l o s e d s i n g l e s c o m p e t i t i o n . Entrances c l o s e on Monday, Nov. 30th a t 5.15 p.m., the time of the Squash Club's Winter General Meeting.
BADMINTON S i n c e the l a s t r e p o r t the c l u b baa r e c o r d e d a s e r i e s o f v i c t o r i e s , the most noteworthy of which was the f i n e 7-2 defeat o f Reading U n i v e r s i t y by the f i r s t 6 on our own c o u r t s . T h i s we hope w i l l be a good omen f o r the d i f f i c u l t matches next term a g a i n s t Oxford Woodpeckers and Cambridge Cooks r e .
The mixed team p l a y e d a g a i n s t L.S.E. r e c e n t l y and a f t e r a c l o s e match, won by 5 rubbers t o 4. t h i s r e s u l t was a l i t t l e unexpected because one o f the o r i g i n a l team beoane i n d i s p o s e d and her replacement had never b e f o r e p l a y e d badminton. We wonder i f the a t h l e t i c prowess o f Saty's Greek a n c e s t o r * had anything t o do w i t h h e r b u i l t i n badminton s k i l l ?
The second 6, havin g narrowly l o s t t o Goldsmiths 1 s t . 6 a t the. b e g i nning o f the season, i n f l i c t e d a c r u s h i n g 9-0 defeat on the School Of O r i e n t a l and A f r i c a n S t u d i e s l a s t weekend. N e g o t i a t i o n s are s t i l l t a k i n g p l a c e r e g a r d i n g the use o f the Concert H a l l f o r badminton, but i t seems u n l i k e l y t h a t we s h a l l have t h i s added f a c i l i t y b e f o r e Xmas, i f a t a l l . hay I , on b e h a l f o f the o l u b , and t h e C o l l e g e , c o n g r a t u l a t e one of our freshmen, Lee K i n T a t , oat h i s success i n winning the r e c e n t Wimbledon Open Championship'
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The 2nd /.1 lc*' 5 t h e i r unbeaten •.cord at .Yinohest» r , where a s t r o n g ag A l f r e d ' s College beat them 4-0. Thi s waa not a d i s g r a c e s i n c e t h e i r opponents I ad 7 County p l a y e r 3 . ihe team f o l l o w e d t h i s w i t h a 2-2 draw wit itoyal L a v a l J o l l o g e , Greenwich, who w r e c e n t l y a 1st X1 f i x t u r e . Thi s week Jack Mawdsley our r 2nd Z1 f u l l back f o r t h r e e sea or. r e t i r e d from th< yaffle. "This i s * s e r i o u s l o s s t o tne olub s i n c e we s h o r t of goi 1 f u l l backs. The 3rd X1 l o s t unluc; „iy to Winchester however a tood w* r e g i s c e r e d when they beat hav .s The Hawks s i d e c o n t a i n e d a coup county f u l l backs, \iho managed the l i v e l y I.C. forwards down •••• only.
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The problem s i d e i s the ('/ i 1 , T h i s s i d e c o n t a i n s a number ; Lanew t o the game, a l s o t h i s : id t h a t gets cut up when playe X jgher X1s c r o s s o f f . Thus, w i i i : ;er >,,.. they s u f f e r e d the c l u b s b i t feat t h i s season, 6-1 v Chelmsf< owuver w i t h a few more games, i t :» d that t h i s team h i l l become a res ft. i l s o o r i n g machine, c e r t a i n l y t.ie en thus* iasm i s there. The mixed X1 has been r e s t i j i p r e p a r a t i o n f o r the E a l i n g Dean "\ >h A w e l l known c h a r a c t e r o f t h i s teaii .a "Bloody Mary" who has y e t t o be drunk under the t a b l e .
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L a s t Sunday morning about 40 oars w i t h q u i t e a f a i r p r o p o r t i o n o f members o f the G u i l d s Motor Club among them gathered a t the d i s u s e d R.A.F. a i r f i e l d o f Heston. The o c c a s i o n was the d r i v i n g t e s t s organised by the U.H.U.L.M. C. and the North London E n t h u s i a s t s C.C.
Under good running c o n d i t i o n s on Sunday Nov. 22nd, seven teams took p a r t i n a "Two man t e n m i l e r e l a y ' held at Hurlinghaa Two teams were not a b l e t o complete the course, but of those who d i d the winning p a i r was Dave B r i g g s (ex-I.C.) and J o h n ' C o l l i n s ( p r e s ent I . C . ) . T h e i r time of 44 minutes 53.2 seconds, I am t o l d , ranks them among the "top dozen" best performances f o r 1959. (The b e s t performance f o r 1959 of 43 a. 43.2 sees, was s e t by Bruce T u l l o h and M a r t i n Hyman, b o t h Internationals). Dave's and John's performance i s a v e r y commendable one
A l l the competitors had two attempts a t each of the s i x t e s t s which were l a i d out on t h e concrete square. The ground was wet arid t h e r e was some f a i r l y spect a c u l a r s l i d i n g - both i n t e n t i a l l y and not. The o u t r i g h t winner Bray, i n h i s b e a u t i f u l l y b u i l t s p e c i a l TEST 1, was the master i n h i s use of the hand brake t o l o o k the back wheels and s l i d e them thut. making extremely quick 1 80 t u r n s around the p y l o n s . Guilds captain P u t t i o k d i d some c l e a n f a s t t u r n s i n F i a t Abarth but a l s o d i d the only 360 s l i d e of the. Winner on handicap C a r n i e afternoon. Bandied h i s u n g a i n l y l o o k i n g Minor Trave l l e r c o n f i d e n t l y and made f u l l use o f h i s good handicap.
The second team (Robertaon and W i l l o t of Royal TEets) f i n i s h e d i n 47 m 0 sees; f o l l o w e d by a second I.C. team (A. Brown and D. Hammonds) i n 47 m. 10 sees.
The next c o m p e t i t i v e event i s the G u i l d s - o r g a n i s e d R a l l y on Sunday L c s . 6 t h T h i s i s a simple event and i s t o be recommended f o r anyone who wants t o begi.7 rallying. _ _____
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I t i s w i t h great r e l i e f that I oan now r e p o r t the appointaient of permanent c a p t a i n s f o r s i x of the seven I.C. teams. I t i s b e l i e v e d that t h i s i s a move which w i l l ensure that a l l p l a y e r s w i l l have every o p - o r t u n i t y to be jromoted or r e l e g a t e d a c c o r d i n g to t h e i r a b i l i t y . I would ask a l l of you to support your team c a p t a i n as much as p o s s i b l e s i n c e he has an unenviable job to c a r r y out and i t can be made much e a s i e r w i t h your oooperation. When he t e l l s you to "use the open space" d o n t j u s t l i f t your l e f t l e g and i m i t a t e a French Poodle. As 'most of the Soccer Club (and I hope many other people i n C o l l e g e as w e l l ) already know the cup team beat L.S.E. by one g o a l to n i l i n the f i r s t round proper of the U.L. cup. L.S.E. are ( c o r r e c t i o n , were!) one of the s t r o n g e r s i d e s i n the Cup and t h i s v i c t o r y , c l o s e as i t was, promises w e l l f o r the Clubs chances i n the competition. The match wa. very hard fought w i t h f i e r c e t a c k l i n g on both s i d e s and p l e n t y o f good swinging football. A h i g h l i g h t of the match was a d u a l between the I.C. i n s i d e forwards, H a r r i s and Finney and the L.a.&. h a l f backs, a l l of them U n i v e r s i t y p l a y e r s . Honours were even a f t e r 50 minutes, the L.S.E. p l a y e r s having blocked the approach down the middle but they were not able to cut o f f a steady supply of passes to the I.C. wingers who u n f o r t u n a t e l y d i d not make the most o f t h e i r o p p o r t u n i t i e s , Green the l e f t winger, spent some c o n s i d e r a b l e time i n oontaot w i t h Mother E a r t h due t o a l a c k of studs i n h i s boots. The h a l f - b a c k s , Dai Joyoe i n p a r t i c u l a r , p l a y e d v e r y s o l i d l y and prevented the L.S.E. forwards from ever g e t t i n g a r e a l g r i p on the game. The d e c i d i n g b a l l came a a f t e r about f i f t e e n minutes o f the second h a l f when a c h a i n r e a c t i o n o f headers from the I.C. forward.-- l e f t Kinesman P i e r r e Mousset-Jones w i t h the o p o r t u n i t y t o p r o v i d e the f i n a l e x p l o s i v e s ark as he c a r r i e d the b a l l i n t o the L.S.E. n e t , on h i s chest , from c l o s e range. With a great s i g h of r e l i e f a t the f i n a l w h i s t l e , I.C. t u r n ed t h e i r minds t o l e s s s t e r n a f f a i r s and o b l i g i n g l y helped L.S.E. to drown t h e i r sorrows i n the u s u a l a p p r o p r i a t e manner. The next cup round i s on December 5th when I.C. p l a y I n s t i t u t e of Education on which occasion a l l t support w i l l be welcome.
L a s t Wednesday and Thursday, three I.C. teams competed i n the U.L.K.0 COMPETITION, and i n the f i n a l I.C.II beat B a t t e r s e a , the conquerors o f the f i r s t team.
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In t h i s conneotion the c l u b would l i k e to o f f e r t h e i r c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o the I.C. Rugby Club Who scored such a n o t i c e a b l e v i c t o r y over Kings, i n the seoond round of the U.L. Rugby Cup,. A l s o to a l i supporters who turned out and whose v o c i f e r o u s c h e e r i n g must have made so much d i f f e r e n c e to the team. S i m i l a r regards to the Hockey Club who I am t o l d a r e q u i t e determined to win t h e i r cups t h i s y e a r . I f a l l three c l u b s are s u c c e s s f u l then I.C. w i l l be assured of a t r i p l e d i n n e r whioh w i l l be as l o n g remembered as the event i t w i l l be c e l e b r a t i n g . Descending from the height s to the h u r l y - b u r l y of the League and f r i e n d l y games, that s o l i d f o u n d a t i o n , b u i l t by l o y a l clubmen, upon which the eminences of the Soccer Club are b u i l t , we f i n d t h a t the f i r s t eleven have drawn three a l l w i t h o l d r i v a l s Kings a t Lavender Avenue and l o s t by a l a r g e margin of 6-1 to e q u a l l y o l d r i v a l s U.C. a t S t a n l e y . In a f r i e n d l y , S t . Cleraant Dane3 f o r c e d a draw 4 - 4 l a t e i n the game a f t e r a cut and t h r u s t b a t t l e i n which both s i d e s were s u c c e s s i v e l y two goals i n a r e a r s . A h i g h l y s u c c e s s f u l t r i p to Cambridge to p l a y Christ's»College was marred only by l o s i n g the a c t u a l game of f o o t b a l l 5-0. This r e s u l t was no doubt i n f l u e n c e d by a s o c i a l g a t h e r i n g i n the Weeks H a l l the p r e v i o u s evening. I.C. were, however, h i g h l y s u c c e s s f u l a g a i n s t a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e Cambridge s i d e both a t J o t t l e ' and i n a 'boat-raoe'. - ,
SPORT CROSS COUNTRY On Wednesday 11th an "A" team defeated Q.M.C. by 32 p t s . t o 52 on the j i t t e r College' s oourse at C o x t i e Green i n Essex. F i v e o f the f i r s t seven runners Huntley (2), te. f i n i s h were I.C. men: Anton ( 3 ) . James ( 4 ) , Hooker (6) and B u t l e r (7).
On the f o l l o w i n g Wednesday the f i r s t team took on Sandhurst M i l i t a r y Academy and Wadham C o l l e g e , Oxford over the home course a t Petersham. F i r s t hom f o r I.C^ was Larkum (3) f o l l owed by Barber ( 5 ) , Brown ( 7 ) , C l e a t o r ( 6 ) , Hammonds ( 9 ) , and Warren (11) g i v i n g I.C. a v i o t c r y o f 43 p t s . against Sandhurst's 62 and Wadham's 78.
The same day the second team were r u n n i n g a g a i n s t the C o l l e g e of S t . Mark and S t . John over a course on Wimbledon Common. The o p p o s i t i o n was defeated e a s i l y by 28 p t s . t o 52 due mainly t o the e f f o r t s o f Hooker and Turner ( j o i n t 1 s t ) , C l a r e ( 5 ) , B u t l e r (6) and Gay l a r d (10)
On Saturday, 21st Wimbledon A t h l e t i c Club were hosts t o teams from I.C. and M e t r o p o l i t a n P o l i c e . The matoh r e s u l t e d i n a c l o s e v i c t o r y f o r I.C. (121) over Met. P o l i c e (123) w i t h Wimbledon A.C. t h i r d a t 136. I t i s of i n t e r e s t t o note t h a t "Crusher" C o l l i n s i s no* f a s t e r than any London bobby on two f e e t . (We w i s h him every success i n h i s f u t u r e career^ Coming f i r s t he broke the course r e c o r d and helped the Club t o v i c t o r y b e i n g f o l l owed by Auton ( 5 ) , Warren (7) and Hammonds (8).
Another team, running at Oxford, over a very muddy and slow course e a s i l y defeated teams from Westminster C o l l e g e , S t . John's C o l l e g e , O r i e l C o l l e g e and Jesus C o l l e g e . F i r s t t o f i n i s h was James, c l o s e l y f o l l o w e d by Huntley (2) and B i g g ( 3 ) . B u t l e r , Turner and Hooker oame i n together i n f i f t h p l a c e .
JUDO The c l u b continues i t s improved r e c o r d by s c o r i n g two more wins over the M e t r o p o l i t a n i o l i c e and Cambridge University. On Tuesday a team of M e t r o p o l i t a n P o l i c e was beaten by f o u r c o n t e s t s to one, w i t h one draw. Shepherd managed to topple h i s e i g h t een stone opponent although there i s s t i l l some argument as to what technique T h i s , however, set the pace waa used. f o r most of the other c o n t e s t s . we were unfortunate i n not seeing Ramsbottom's f a v o u r a t e technique i n a o t i o n , but he scored on the ground w i t h a Kami-Shiho gatame. On Saturday we beat Cambridge by two c o n t e s t s to one w i t h two draws. A l l but one ~" the c o n t e s t s l a s t e d the f u l l time, and w i t h two to go Cambridge were winning by one c o n t e s t . However the l a s t two were never r e a l l y i n doubt and I.C. gained a w e l l deserved v i c t o r y .
On the f i r s t n i g h t I.C. s u f f e r e d s e v e r a l disappointments when f i r s t o f a l l Coxon d i s l o c a t e d h i s shoulder, and w i t h 6 men I.C. had t o go t o e x t r a time t o beat L.S.E. Then i n the next round, although h a v i n g 80? o f the p l a y , b y ^ a t r o e i o u a s h o o t i n g , they f a i l e d t o concede 2 goals handicap t o B a t t e r s e a and l o s t 4-2. Meanwhile the second team, d e s p i t e having t h e i r c a p t a i n on the s i d e , fan h a l f o f one matoh, had progressed to the q u a r t e r f i n a l s by b e a t i n g Q.M.C. I I 8-5 and Wye 7-5. On the Thursday I.C. I I managed t o hang on t o t h e i r 4 g o a l handicap and beat B a r t ' s H o s p i t a l by 5 - 3 . The t h i r d team, having reached t h i s stage o f the competi t i o n by two swimovers, put up a p l u c k y show a g a i n s t Battersea but were e a s i l y beats*. 8 - 6 . Next I.C. I I had t h e i r h a r d e s t match so f a r when they beat Chelsea by 5 - 4 , the teams s t a r t i n g l e v e l 4 - a l l , the o n l y g o a l o f the game b e i n g scored by HART e a r l y i n the f i r s t h a l f , and i n the second o n l y f i n e d e f e n s i v e p l a y , and p o i n t b l a n k saves by CARTER enabled them t o hang an. In the f i n a l , the 1.0. team r e a l l y l a s h e d i n t o B a t t e r s e a , and by sheer g r i t and determinatio n won by 3 M , the only I.C. g o a l b e i n g soared by COHREGAN w i t h BREGAZZI g i v i n g a superb d i s p l a y a t stopper.
The I.C. team o f CARTER, BREGAZZI, HEDGECOCK, LOVERING, HART, CONNOR and CORREGAN then r e t i r e d t o the b a r where a l l o f the hard won p i n o f b e e r was q u i c k l y consumed.
GOLF Last week our f i r s t matoh o f the season took p l a c e on Wednesday a t Highgate. This time our opponents a r r i v e d before we d i d . Kings f i e l d e d a s t r o n g team a g a i n s t us and a l l depended on the l a s t p a i r : when they f i n a l l y emerged from the gloom and darkness Kings had. j u s t won, I m p e r i a l l o s t the match 3-2. The arrangements f o r our S c o t t i s h t o u r prOj-tre-ss. So f a r two o f the u n i v e r s i t i e s have accepted and we are w a i t i n g f o r r e p l i e s from the o t h e r s .
SKIING There w i l l be a meeting of the 3 k i Club on Monday 7 t h December at 7.00 p.m. A l l c l u b members, e s p e c i a l l y a l l of those going on the c l u b t o u r to Saas Fee, Switz e r l a n d , i n the Christmas vac. are asked to a t t e n d . We have arranged v a r i o u s f i l m s on s k i ing, and have a l s o i n v i t e d " i e t e r , " who i s an expert Swiss s k i e r working i n London, to come a l o n g and give a d v i c e on boots, s * i s , b i n d i n g s and d r y - s k i l e s s o n s . As they say i n Sennet, there are s t i l l a few p l a c e s l e f t on t h i s e x c l u s i v e s k i p a r t y to Saas Fee, but there are not many. W i l l a l l those who have s a i d they want plaoes please r e t u r n t h e i r booking forms. There have been e n q u i r i e s from overseas students about s k i i n g h o l i d a y s over Christmas and New Year. There i s a s p e c i a l t o u r being arranged by c o l o n i a l students f o r c o l o n i a l students, l e a v i n g on December 20th. They are going t o Saalbach i n A u s t r i a and i t looks l i k e a f i r s t o l a s 3 h o l i d a y . I have d e t a i l s of t h i s i f anyone i s i n t e r e s t e d . You oan a l s o spend Christmas at oaas Fee. F o r those w i t h p l e n t y of time and a good pools system you can spend Christmas at Saas Fee and j o i n up w i t h the I.C. p a r t y f o r the New Year.
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