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P R E S I D E N T
E X P L A I N S
At the last Council meeting of last term cm 21 st. March I resigned as President of Imperial College Onion. I did this because; effectively •.majority of the members of Council and I disagreed as to what was the function of Council. I believed and s t i l l do, that Council exists to help run the Union and mate decisions that would be burdensome and timewasting i f they a l l had t e me discussed by a f u l l Union Meeting. These decisions should try and r e f l e c t to the best of Council's a b i l i t y what the Union would want; and i f the Union at a Union Meeting makes a d e c i s i o n then Council's Job i s to implement that d e c i s i o n , irrespective o f whether o r not they as individuals agree w i t h the m a j o r i t y d e c i s i o n of the anion. At the C o u n c i l Meeting a member of C o u n c i l proposed t h a t the Union's d e c i s i o n to a f f i l i a t e t o N.U.S. be sent back f o r reconsideration. The proposer s a i d i n effect, "You a l l know what I thin!, of H. U.S.," I s a i d i t at the Union Meeting, l e t s throw i t back." Other speakers argued t h a t the subject had not been w e l l enough discussed. Before a vote was taken I explained t o Council what I considered their job to be, and added that I thought they would be dishonest i f they voted f o r this motion. I s a i d t l i a t I considered that i f the motion on II.U.S. had been defeated and I had proposed i t be r e c o n s i d e r ed because i t had not been f u l l y discussed , Council would have howled me down. I told C o u n c i l that I would f i n d i t hard t o represent them at the Union Meeting i f they voted i n favour of throwing the N.U.S. motion back. Mr. I . Callow asked i f I would elaborate what I meant by " f i n d i n g i t hard to represent themj^I refused because to have t o l d them I would r e s i g n i f they did not apyee with me * would have been p u t t i n g a p i s t o l to Council's head, which I had no wish t o do. A vote was taken and C o u n c i l decided by M+ votes t o 7 w i t h one abstention t o r e f e r the motion back t o the 'Jnion. I then resigned. Two days l a t e r C o u n c i l accepted my r e s i g n a t i o n ; t h i s , a f t e r I had been t o l d by two members of C o u n c i l t h a t i f I would admit I was i n the wrong I oould go back. I b e l i e v e i t i s what the Union says t h a t must go, not what Council says; consequently I do hot bel i e v e that I was wrong. Some people may object tliat 250 people at a Union meeting i s not enough t o make an important d e c i s i o n . No-one i s more d i s s a p o i n t e d than I t o see so few present, I would p r e f e r many more, but a quorum i s 200 and provided t h a t number i s prese:.t any d e c i s i o n made i s , I b e l i e v e , binding. A l s o people p o i n t out t o me that Counoil does warn have the r i g h t con- s t i t u t i o n a l l y t o r e f e r back a Union dec- i s i o n . This of course i s so. I f i t were not 1 would r u l e d out of order any d i s c i s s i o n on C o u n c i l about r e f e r r i n g i t back. But Council's r i g h t t o do t h i s i s only a safeguard so t h a t i n an emergency o r i n the l i g h t of a d d i t i o n a l v i t a l i n f o r m a t i o n a Union d e o i s i o n may not be adequate. However, such a case could not be made on t h i s occasion, nor d i d any member of Counoil t r y t o make one. C o u n c i l was f u l l y aware t o o , t h a t i f the Union r e a l l y were unhappy w i t h the deoision t o a f f i l i a t e , a member could have sent in a motion bergin,g permission t o have $he matter redisoussed. Such a request i s bound to be granted, no pne ha3 a u t h o r i t y to do otherwise. Counoil knew t h i s as well as I . I have been proud t o h o l d the o o s i t i o n of President of ICU., and I thank everyone who has helped me d u r i n g the two terms I Some people have have been i n o f f i c e . suggested to me t h a t a r e s i g n a t i o n was too big a step to take on such an issue . I cannot see any other course of a c t i o n I oould have taicen. I b e l i e v e the issue at stake to an important one; that i s whether the Council runs the Union o r whether t h e Union members do as a whole. To have not
A l l i n a l l , I suppose this book Jut had to he written. How fortunate we in that i t has made i t s appearance in our lifetime. But what of the Author? 1 am going to be quite honest with you,uJ straight away admit that the nans of Sybil B. Xenon, had meant mettbinc to •was this work of att her f i r s t book • had I missed other volumes perhaps jut as great as the masterpiece isting in my bookcase i n dog-eared splendour! It came as a r e l i e f , and indeed a surprise to find the truth about Miss Inn No, she had not written previous voluw, and yes, this was her f i r s t attempt at putting pen to paper.
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r e s i g n e d would have rubber-stamped C o u n c i l ' d e c i s i o n w i t h my approval, something I found mwself unable t o do. There i s something about 14 people o u t v o t i n g 183 people t h a t r e v o l t s me.
P A R E N T H O O D M A D E
E A S I E R
B O O K R E V I E W O F
T H E
Y E A R
I see that someone or other has done i t at last - a do i t yourself volume entitled "Do i t yourself Parenthood".
Now this l i t t l e book has undoubt edly oome on to toe market at the right time. As a Book - c r i t i c I have my time out out reading a l l the volumes whioh ocme out each week, but I am really glad that this particular work came my way just when I was deciding what to read next. It made my mind up for me, so to speak. Onoe I had picked i t up I found i t extremely d i f f i c u l t to lay down again. Without a doubt this volwee i s going to be found next to the Bible and 'Scouting f o r Boys' on Mr. Everyman's bookshelf i n the years to come.
Did you know that every child had a mother and a father? Well I had to admit i t shook me - up u n t i l the moment i t was revealed en page 27 of this ex oellent textbook I had taken the word of my f i r s t sergeant major quite l i t e r a l l y - i n fact he seemed to think that our whole squad had no fathers. I wish I oould f i n d out where he was stationed now and I'd send him a copy of "Do i t yourself Parenthood" so that he could clear things up i n his own mind. After a l l , i f you knew that someone was going through l i f e under a complete misapprehension about a certain subjeot, I'm sure you too would wish to help in every way you could.
My newspaper arranged an interriei with Miss Xenon, and i n due course I turned up at her suite i n the Dorobaittr, I knocked on the door and was admitted at once by her aproned maid. "Mil* Xenon i s expecting you," I was toll by the maid, and would I,"Come this way,' I followed the maid and was led into til Royal Suite. In a large double bed amongst a pile of soft pillows reolined Miss Xenon. To me she appeared as any old woman would, exoept that quite obviously her brain must be the sin of a pumpkin in order to be able to writ) as she did. She had a long cigaretteholder i n her right hand and with her l e f t hand was popping large succulent grapes i n to her toothless mouth. "Good Godl" I thought "She i s eccentric N she must be a genius." The maid brouitt a chair to the edge of the bed, and bill me s i t down. At onoe I begged persiiia to interview Miss Xenon. She oonunts with a nod of her blonde wig. Hot oil was she, please, I wanted to know. ?8, Where was she born I wanted to know. Scunthorpe. Had she ever been in low' She did not know. How did she obtain ta information for her book. Through 15 x 100 binoculars. Where did ahe lin before the book was published? Tlern del Fuego. Did she know her parentity sight? Miss Xenon did not understand ti question. Did she find Aristotle ati* ulating? They were Just good friendl. What was her job before the wealth fra royalties came her way? She gutted herrings.
It *as time to leave and as I nut go I thanked her f o r granting the Inter' view. "Maria, show the gentleman to tot door." The maid had half closed the 1» behind me when I swear I heard kin 78 year old Xenon shouting, "What are yon doing tonight Dearie?" I sprinted to.lie head of the stairs and s l i d down the bannisters f o r f i v e storeys. It oould have been dangerous to await the arris! of the l i f t l Ah well', we must allot eccentrics a l i t t l e licence in their behaviour, and besides, she may' not hen called out at a l l .
You know a l i t t l e about the book ill I say to you're ad i t ' . You know a lifj about the Authoress, and I say to you, 'forget i t ' . By the way, there is only one slight omission in this otherwiii excellent textbook - Miss Xenon haa declined to t e l l the do i t yousself parents to get married f i r s t . So If you want to be a parent, I urge you to go ti the nearest off - licence and take out a marriage certificate for yourself and partner. Negotiations are in progren with a well known engineering firs is ti Midlands to produce a do i t yourself kit which should be used i n conjunction titl the manual, and i t i s expected this till be on the market in time for next Christmas, together with a junior Tenia of the k i t f o r kiddies stockings. By t. way, the Junior k i t w i l l contain a plaits stethoscope. As these are habit fornlii you may wish to take i t out sf the box before giving the k i t to your child.
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Since our r e g u l a r t h e a t r e c r i t i c is not available,it f a l l s to my part to write s> exit, «f tThe Big JShifo." Last term's choice of play was not a happy one,but this play was quite a d i f different matter."The B i g Knife"as a play is vary good.It has something to say and i t says i t i n the beat Amerioan manner. This does not necessarily make a good play,but Odetta has used his dramatic craft to good effeot.His use of the past of the characters(brought up in the course of conversation)is olever, as his use of atmosphere. ..e i s Successful in making his characters l i v e and,in faot,some of them r e a l l y unpleasant. In general, the acting was good. The only cxitiosm I have t o o f f e r was that Brenda Whyte underplayed her. role, and Carolyn Russell overplayed bewHt Les Allen was ( o f course!) e x o e l l e n t , and Edward Kattan was v e r y good. Mike Baron's debut as the most e v i l character i n the p l a y was excellent. I enjoyed i t .
g) .From Nomenclature,fa]=S, From '1 down', I=£s+Nj1 h). fb./"= from Nomenclature 4 L i s even, so [6Lj* = 1/2. Hence, , C6bj'= CR+5+L/2) f o r Rodd , 1 #;i (6bJ = [R + L/2j*for R even, J noting that £6bJ = K, from ' 5 aoross Also. Cl5(o-b)JS C 5 ( r 5 ) - 15(HL)J" Therefore,
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e) . lyO since this would contradict «3) as both Mo would thus be d i v i s i b l e by 5. Hence we can r e s t r i c t a l l the possible values of L to the following, L> 2 4 6 8. 1 ( _ Correspondingly, from © H1/9 3/7 3/7 1/9 V © Correspondingly, from (J) 1 P» 8/6 2/6 4/8 4/2 . J
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T h i s year's E a s t e r Parade, h e l d i n B a t t e r s e a P a r k , was c e n t r e d round J e z e b e l , a b l y a s s i s t e d by a few hundred v e h i c l e s ranging from a 200 y e a r o l d stage coach t o the l a t e s t Renault P l o r i d e equipped w i t h e q u a l l y modern feinale t a l e n t . In ' s p i t e o f c h a o t i c o r g a n i s a t i o n J e z e b e l and her firemen managed t o pass the r e v i e w i n g sti-nd twice and reach t o p gear once. The f o l l o w i n g Saturday she took the „ road once again t o S i l v e r s J o n e w i t h 1Q brav e passengers f o r t h e VSCC spring meeting. The r e l u c t a n c e 'of the exhaust p i p e t o remain i n t a c t caused great a n x i e t y and even great n o i s e a l l the way t o S i l v e r s t o n e where s u c c e s s f u l r e p a i r s were c a r r i e d o.it i n the paddock. F o l l o w i n g an i n t e r e s t i n g afternoon's r a c i n g the p a r t y invaded the narrow Northants* lanes and, having wined and d i n e d w e l l , r e t u r n e d t o London i n the u s u a l manner, d r i v i n g on other people's h e a d l i g h t s . In s p i t e o f a l l attempts t o the c o n t r a r y we r e t u r n e d intact.
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BARRON.
EDITOR
S W f E T bear S i r ,
LETTE*. f r o m
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Crelg F r y n , Garth Road, Bangor
Until now I have refrained from joining the ever increasing number of c r i t i c s of the brown-baggers. For the most part, I thought, these student, wn being unfairly c r i t i c i s e d aa they probably a l l ha* quite acceptable reason ?or their habits.
Caerns.
circulation
The E d i t o r , The U n i v e r s i t y Newspaper,
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However, sometime last term I was rudely awakened from this illusion by t» following incident.
Dear S i r or i'adam, £dUo*ia£Qommmtt
So the third and last term of the present session has begun, but i n the minds of many brown baggers and Union Social Butterflies alike i t i s an anticlimax - notable exceptions being the oar-rival and the Hay b a l l . What has caused this not so ob vious statement and how w i l l the year passed be recalled. It was brought . about by several factors; on the Fields of Sport 1.0. teams have been invinoible Although the capture of the mythical triple or own overshadows a l l , we have had championship winning teams from Basketball to Water-polo. Will the terms past be remembered, on the other hand, for the N.U.S. controversy whioh ended i n the tragic resignation of the l.C. president ( Mr. Allen has presented his views on the matter in this issue). A l l these facts have been recorded lo the annals of the oollege, and only time w i l l t e l l whioh item w i l l remain.
U N I O N
G E N E R A L
M E E T I N G CONCERT HALL AT 1.15
Kay we use some o f your v a l u a b l e space to deplore the d e c l i n e i n the noble a r t o f c u s t a r d - p i e throwing. Bangor C o l l e g e o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f Wales, s e l f - a p p o i n t e d fforld Custard P i e Champions, hereby
challenge the leaser Universities t o ah I n t e r n a t i o n a l Cu3tard P i e Throwing Champi o n s h i p t o be h e l d i n Bangor between June 15th and 30th. Teams o f two w i l l throw 5 p i e s each at a range o f 1 r p d , p o l e p e r o h , whichever i s p r e f e r r e d , h i t s t o be s c o r e d i n the c l a s s i c a l manner. F o l l o w i n g the c l a n p i o n s h i p, which w i l l be h e l d on a knock-out b a s i s , a fabulous trophy w i l l be p r e s e n t e d , and a l l teams a r e i n v i t e d to a grand 1 0 0 - p i e f i n a l e . You nay e n t e r as many teams as you l i k e , b o t h o f f i c i a l and u n o f f i c i a l ( a c t i o n p a i n t e r s not e l i g i b l e ) . The r e i g n i n g World I n d i v i d u a l Champion ( t o be appointed) w i l l open the event. A l l those w i t h s u f f i c i e n t e n t e r p r i s e t o wish t o enter should w r i t e f o r f u r t h e r details t o : P.E.Nicolson, Creig Fryn, Garth Road, Bangor, Caerns, N.Wales
as soon as p o s s i b l e .
p.*. TUESDAY Jrd MAY
Yours I d i o t i c a l l y , P.E.Nioolson.
One Wednesday iunoh time, whila M> ing in the lower refectory I was a littli annoyed at the non-stop prattle of the They called for support loudspeakers. of the hookey club's oup f i n a l match, a; enticed one to view the excellent photographic society's exhibition in the oonoert h a l l , and they persuaded one that the art olub's exhibition just opened la the upper lounge, was not to be missed. How unnecessary, I thought, to keep calling these things out over and over ..gaii,
But then, to my horror, amidst this noise, one of a pair of students on the J opposite side of the table from me brought to a halt a discussion on the intrioacies of a mathematical problea 1 with the words, "Ah well, might as veil j go back to the lab again - nothing else 1 to do i s there?"
Should these two people read this I plead with them, and to a l l similarly ] inclined students, to open their ears is) their eyes. The Union i s bubbling owl with aotivity and offers them opportunlB unequalled outside student oirolee, 1] f i r s t - c l a s s honours degree or a doctors* is one thing, but an eduoation is anotl* - why not try f o r both? Yours f a i t h f u l l y , A. R. Bonder.
A G E N D A Dear S i r , Now that the expansion scheme i s f o l l y underway,might I make a plea for married quarters in the hostel?
1.
MINUTES OP THE LAST MEETING
2.
MATTERS ARISING
3.
CORRESPONDENCE
V.
PROPOSED FORMATION OF A 3rd CLUB COMMITTEE
5.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
Sinoe I have been at I.C.,1 have been appalled at .the standard of behaviour among the so-called top % of the country's youth. The manners of most students compare unfavourably with the habits of the domestic pig,and only after marriage de they appear to become at a l l c i v i l i s e d . The presenoe of a number of married people i n the hostel might(I say might)raise the level of conversation above the b e s t i a l trough i n whioh i t wallows and cause some of the sportsex-beer maniacs to realise the utter fatuity of their actions.
F R I D A Y
At the same time,the sordid aspect of most hostel rooms might be alleviated.I have seen conditions whioh epold be ••fasaaisblj osaaaamted. en i n a f i f t h - r a t e doss-house i n the v i c i n i t y o of the Elephant and Castle.
MAY
BALL
DANCING F R O M T I C K E T S 3
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B A N D S Kab
Last,but ejertainly not least, i t could persuade I.C.W.A. that l i f e does not consist of m»v-ing oof foe, spreading gossip and fomenting disocrd among their own sex. I remain S i r , Yours Faithfully, "Betrothed" (Bte name and address of the anther of this letter have been witheld f o r obvious reasons. Ed. )
L E T T E R
F R O M
USSR
The following l e t t e r has been received from'The Polyteohnioal Ihstitute, Leningrad. 1
Dear S i r , At last,after the tedious and exalting straggle the pretentions that J bound the Union as a result of clique , rule have been swept away and we are now f u l l y aware of our position in the great brotherhood of students. The leoi s ion to join N.QVS. w i l l be an Interesting one to follow because I for one have always been at pains to discover the the ™ denominator between our Union,Croydon Tech. and Ludlow Training Colleen, Perhaps now the Union fill be h a l e to •ocert i t s full, antfcaritr »tt a national level instead of snapping tt . the heels of the wayward sheep. With tat I flock we are sure to be lead to great pastures but perhaps the Union will faf I i t c h i l l y wham shearing time comes, I wish our delegates the best ! of good fee-tune at their oonferenoe They oan be sure that,after a sail; the national organisation,wo shall be• than a l i t t l e interested In the results. I ream In S i r , Yours Faithfully, John Chsdwiek.
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Central heating system for Island Site
Physics Duiwing r r o m uueensgaie. Nov. 5 9
from Mech. Eng.
Nov. '59
T H E
FUTURE O F T H E
COLLEGE TALK
B YT H E
RECTOR Physics building from
SIR
PATRICK
L I N S T E A D
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M A Y 11TH
IN C O N C E R T AT
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Mech. Eng. from Waterhouse. Jan.'59
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Physics building from topof Roderic Hill. Xmas'59
Mech. Eng from Island Site Nov. 59
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W H A T W E A R E TRYING T O D O The British effort in World Refugee Year is to be specially directed to help these people: 1. The remaining 160,000 refugees in Europe ; 2. The 8,000 European refugees in China; I. The million Chlnyt* refugee* in Hong Kong : 4. The million refugees from Palestine.
education. W,U.S. has already done much, work in this latter problem, and student rtaftiseas spend fjOfE of t h e i r .Use teaching in -the co-operative schools ran by a skeleton permanent staff.It i s impossible to assess the t o t a l ammount of money required to solve the Hong Kong r e f ugee problem, but any contribution w i l l help to alleviate the most urgent needs. V.
The million refugees i n Palestine.
One result of the Palestine conflict in 1948, was that hundreds of thousands of men, women and children l e f t their homes and lands whioh then became part of Israel territory. They took refuge i n the neighbouring lands of Jordan, the Chasa Strip, the Lebanon and Syria. As a group they are mixed i n every way; regarding nationalities they are mainly Ares, with smaller proportions of Armenians, Greeks and other communities; regarding religion nine-tenths are Moslem and the rest are Christian; regarding occupations the vast majority are small farmers, agricultural labourers and unskilled workers. The smaller proportion of well-todo refugees and others belonging to a profession or possessing any technical s k i l l have settled relatively easily in Arab countries. The greater proportion by f a r are unemployed or can get only harvest work. When i t beoame obvious that no rapid solution was imminent the fcneral Assembly of the United Nations established UNHWA (United Nations Belief and Works Agency , for Palestine refugees in the Near East). This organisation has an annual budget of £14su Unfortunately UNRWA i t s e l f i s sure to expire on June 30th 1960. Who then w i l l continue these services which are so desperately needed?
I C 1. The remaining 160,000 refugees i n & Europe, Geographically this problem i s the closest to us here in the UK, and perhaps unfortunately most of the receipts of WET w i l l be spent i n an attempt to f i n a l l y solve this European problem. In r e a l i t y , of oourse, this problem i s relatively easy compared to the Chinese f o r example. Even so, as a number of students from this College, who have visited the refugee camps, w i l l bear out, these people and their children are in a plight with respect to health problems and morale. How can a child who has known no other l i f e other than that of a oamp adjust to the world outside? Our efforts, whether monetary or i n kind can help*. 2. The 8000 Refugees i n China. I t i s perhaps surprising to find that on the 1 s t of January 1959 there were over 10,000 European refugees on the Two thousand of these Chinese mainland. people have since been moved to various parts of the world at a cost of approximately £700 each. Here they have t o set up l i f e at home onoe more at ease to go about in religious and p o l i t i c a l freedom. The aged and 111 are to receive life-long care arid medical treatment from Europe mainly. That most of these people were settled and actively engaged i n helping the Chinese i n spheres of education, agriculture etc., makes the situation doubly tragic. For completion of the operation, another £2m and the necessary visas are necessary. 1
3. The million Chinese refugees i n Hong Hong long. The problem i n Hong Kong i s different from most, i n that the refugees are not interested, i n fact on the whole are violently opposed, to leaving Kong Kong. This highly over-populated town i s the "last" free refuge for them, and most, presumably wish to return home someday, meanwhile ,there are the problems of; swivssasdatlon .health and
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Have you ever s t u d i e d the elephant? Elephants are extremely u s e f u l and i n t e l l i g e n t animals. You p e r s o n a l l y can use an e l e p h a n t ; you carouse i t . tO'Win
one of the many fabulous p r i z e s offered at the Carnival Fete. T h i s parfciqujar Elephant r e s i d e s a t the London Zoo In
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T h i s band i s the band o f the Third American A i r Force which i 3 stationed in B r i t a i n , and they w i l l b e playing for p e r i o d s o f the afternoon. Anyone who has seen t h i s American Band i n action will :M» t h a t t h e i r performance i s a spectacle whii must not b e missed. So come along to the] C a r n i v a l F e t e and see the Third American A i r F o r c e Band.
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That i s the theme o f the Carnival P r o c e s s i o n , and everyone who has any means of t r a n s p o r t must b r i n g i t to join the p r o c e s s i o n . You may not have r e a l i s e d i t but the theme gives plenty of scope f o r imaginative decoration. Just t h i n k o f a l l the t h i n g s you l i k e in life (more than the obvious three i f possible) and they are capable o f being adapted to the theme. A l t e r n a t i v e l y think of the t h i n g s (people??) you d i s l i k e and they too can be adapted t o form part of the procession.
The p r o c e s s i o n s t a r t s i n Prince Consort Road a t 1.45 p.m. on Saturday May 7 t h and ends, we hope, on the same day, I t i s p o s s i b l e t h a t p a r t s (small parts?) o f i t may s t i l l be proceeding' to Bon S t r e e t on Monday morning, but they will he dis-owned as a h e r e t i c sect ( i . e . you will The ohanoes have t o pay vour own 4 0 / - ) • o f t h i s a r e s m a l l , however, for we do have p o l i c e s a n c t i o n f o r the route and polioe coverage a t t r a f f i c l i g h t s , junctions etc. so u n l e s s you deoide t o indulge in some f i n a l p r a c t i c e f o r the coconut-shy by ' p o t t i n g ' p o l i c e m e n ' s helmets or traffio l i g h t s you s h o u l d be q u i t e safe.
i t i s c l a s s e d as an Indian Elephant,
although i t a c t u a l l y comes from Ceylon. There i s one other piece'of information I can supply about this elephant - i t i s nineteen years old. How can this elephant win you a prize? - Quite simple - A l l you have to do i s to guess i t s weight and chest measurements. You can s i z e up the elephant by paying i t a "visit at the Zoo any day of the week, or you dan study a large photqgrssphl4 feet, by three feet) which w i l l be on display at the Fete. I f anyone knows precisely what part of an elephant constitutes i t s chest w i l l they please l e t me or the London Zoo know at once. Our present intention i s to throw the tape measure_round the elephant, start measuring just "behind the forelegs and continue measuring at various strategic points a l o n g the elephant u n t i l we find
the widest p a r t . Whether the measurement corresponds to chest expanded, chest contracted or chest normal w i l l be entirely a function of the elephant. Since the elephant w i l l be weighed and measured on Monday morning, due account must be made for Rusty having had a heavy week-end. This Monday morning i s Kay the 9th, the Monday after the Fexe, and also the weekend of 'The Wedding'; that means lots of v i s i t o r s to the Londem Zoo and l o t s of buns for Rusty, so do make allowance for this i n your estimation of Rusty's v i t a l s t a t i s t i c s .
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you t h i n k you can p e d a l that far or that the ' old bus' can make i t with ten on board then for you the p r o c e s s i o n i s an absolute must. So g e t those banners out, find thost i d e a s that a r e l u r k i n g i n your mind, and b r i n g y o u r s e l f and your vehiole along to P r i n c e Contort Road i n time to start at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday 7 t h May.
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I N T H E Q U A D There w i l l be dancing in the Beit Quadrangle on the ilofJday, Wednesday and Friday evenings during Carnival week. The dancing w i l l begin at 7 p.n« and continue u n t i l 10.JO p.m. It i s hoped that the IC 'Big Band' w i l l be playing during these eveninga. What more could you ask? Good jazzSt Fresh a i r i t Handy Barti Enjoyable dancingl-i And l o t s of girls!S So
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'Count Baaie has onoe again swung it way i nto the hearts o f the B r i t i s h ui eonoert-going p u b l i c (Benny Green uoepted). F o r the Count, who baa been blowing h i s top as a band l e a d e r f o r 25 tin, this i s the f o u r t h t i n e i n as many [«r« that he has brought h i s boys over lit pond to wow the oats i n B r i t a i n , lad the band seems to get b e t t e r and tetter. The powerful, f u l l - t o n e d b r a e s , lai smooth d r i v i n g s a x - s e c t i o n and that laoosparable rhythm s e c t i o n combine together to produoe, i n me a t l e a s t , a puliation second to none i n the m u s i c a l ' world. The s t a b l e personnel o f the band, Bier the C o u n t ' s b r i l l i a n t and s t r i o t Unction and helped c o n s i d e r a b l y by the rnat leadership o f M a r s h a l l R o y a l , ntblea them to develop as a s i n g l e u n i t nther than Just a c o l l e c t i o n o raioiaas. There has been one change lines last y e a r i n the replacement of hodell C u l l y - ' The P r o f - by Sonny Corn. The l a t t e r appears t o have s e t t l e d la well ana should smke a valuable lidltlon to the trumpet s e c t i o n . The icloista continued to impress and Basle litis to be g i v i n g more of h i s men t h e ohanoe to s o l o . A l l f o u r trumpeters art HOI soloing and Snooky Young s s o l o on bit own 'Who Me?' was probably the best of the evening a t hammersmith, (April 23rd). A l l three trombones were featured i n 'Bag Of B o n e s ' , w i t h Benny 1
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The mugshots that you're d i g g i n g to s t a r b o a r d are those o f Scream and D i e z e l t h e beat poet3 - two s t r a y c a t s from the J a z z Gardeners. That c a t on the l e f t - l o o k i n g r e a l smooth i n jnute and shades - swings out on box "ad, and d i g t h a t c o o l boy w i t h the b i g f i d d l e l i k e a young Wolfgang Amadous - he's r e a l l y swinging. Crazy. Like they're g r a z i n g o u t s i d e the r e c o r d i n g s t u d i o man. Gee, l i k e I s m e l l t r a p s t h e r e t o o >oppa - like real s t i l l - l i f e . Now these boys swung out o f the s t u d i o on a r o c k k i c k . Now don't climb on me man f o r d i g g i n g t h e Rock. The way t h e Gardeners blow i t i s r e a l Zen - so f a r out buddy boo. So when t h i s swinging wax appears on the scene, grab a t r e y man and get r e a l h i g h . Crazy. Snap.
Powell p a r t i c u l a r l y impressive. henry C o k e r ' s f e a t u r e on tribe Song i s You' showed us what great power and superb tone t h i s f i n e s e c t i o n l e a d e r h a s . The B a s i s s a x - s e c t i o n has always been a source of enjoyment f o r me, and as always the p r e s e n t s e c t i o n boasts some f i n e soloists. B i l l y M i t c h e l l ' s o u t i n g on ' W h i r l y b i r d ' was smoothly c o n s t r u c t e d and very i m p r e s s i v e . The other t e n o r i s t , F r a n k F o s t e r , swung w e l l on an e x c i t i n g 'Woodchoppers B a l l ' w i t h much v e r b a l ' a s s i s t a n c e from the r e s t o f the band. Frank Wess's s o l o work i s now l a r g e l y r e s t r i c t e d t o f l u t e , and 'The Mi dgets' w i t h J o e Newman's muted trumpet and E d d i e J o n e s ' s a o l i d base, found Wess i n as great form as e v e r . But i n d i s c u s s i n g the horn s o l o i s t s one tends to f o r g e t the man who I oonsider t o be the best s o l o i s t i n the band - Count W i l l i a m B a s i e , p i a n o .
No matter what the c r i t i c a say about drum s o l o s , Sonny Payne's f e a t u r e -on ' O i l Man R i v e r ' w i l l q u i t e r i g h t l y remain a guaranteed show-stopper f o r many y e a r s I t was b r i l l i a n t . Nothing t o oome. oould f o l l o w Sonny's f e a t u r e without The i n t e r v a l i t b e i n g an a n t i - c l i m a x . had t o be h e l d a t t h i a p o i n t . 'Joe W i l l i a m s s i n g s t h e b l u e s ' says the programme, and from the moment t h i s g i a nt s t r i d e s onto the stage we hear the Basie band a t i t s b e s t . I have always thought that the band swings f a r more when Joe i s i n t e g r a t e d i n t o I t s midst than a t any -other time. Maybe t h i s i s due t o t h e happy r e l a x a t i o n whioh p r e v a i l s a t t h i s t i m e , o r maybe t o t h e great arrangements, or maybe simple; t o the presence of J o e W i l l i a m s - t h e man who s i n g s t h e b l u e s . Rims hot.
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O R C H E S T R A IC O r c h e s t r a The I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e o r c h e s t r a has grown 3 t e a d i l y i n s t r e n g t h d u r i n g the past few y e a r s and i t s present size- i s The standard of about s i x t y p l a y e r s . p l a y i n g i s q u i t e high i n a l l s e c t i o n s and p l a y e r s w i t h experience o f N a t i o n a l Youth Orchestras and the London U n i v e r s i t y Orchestra a r e amongst the r e g u l a r p l a y e r s . The conductor i s Mr Frank Kennard under whom the o r c h e s t r a meets f o r r e h e a r s a l each week. The programme f o r the o r c h e s t r a i s a l i g h t opera and a c o n c e r t each year, the former being a combined p r o d u c t i o n This y e a r , w i t h members of the IC o h o i r . HMS P i n a f o r e was produced w i t h great success d u r i n g the s p r i n g terra and the c o n c e r t i s t o be g i v e n t n i s term on May 12th. Works by-Dvorak, Haydn, V i v a l d i a n d . I p p o l i t o v - I v a n o v a r e t o be performed^ Stefan i.i'pf p l a y i n g the s o l o i n the V i v a l d i concerto. Many members a l s o meet t o p l a y i n ensembles and the best o f these groups perform a* lunch-time concerts i n the C o l l e g e . F o r some time now, i t has been the p o l i c y of the o r c h e s t r a t o become independent of p r o f e s s i o n a l a s s i s t a n c e a t performances, and t h i s o b j e c t i v e has now, to a l l i n t e n t s and purposes, been a c h i e v e d . T h i s i s mainly a r e s u l t o f i n c r e a s e d support from w i t h i n the C o l l e g e but a l s o o f our f r i e n d s from the Royal C o l l e g e o f M u s i c , and elsewhere who r e g u l a r l y a t t e n d our r e h e a r s a l s and do much t o i n c r e a s e the enjoyment of the rest of u s .
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P l e a s e do n o t take these l o v e l y l a d i e s a t t h e i r f a c e v a l u e - some o f them a r e n o t photogenic and our photographer i s no Mr Armstrong-Jones. Before malting your c h o i c e why n o t examine the genuine a r t i c l e . They may be found e x h i b i t e d at v a r i o u s p o i n t s i n the U n i o n , and w i l l not charge f o r a viewing.
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i l l the major C o l l e g e s and U n i v e r s i t ies «f this country belong to the Nat i q n a l Mon of Students, except f o r I m p e r i a l tillage, Kings C o l l e g e and Bangor U n i v e r s i t y College. The f u n c t i o n s o f NUS are do-fold: f i r s t l y , to p r o v i d e f o r t h e upression of the student v i e w - p o i n t , and secondly, to provide f a c i l i t i e s supplementary t o those provided by the individual student unions. r
Consider the f i r s t o f these f u n c t i o n s : tie expression o f the strident view-point. Just aa doctors have a view-point on modioli affairs, and teachers a view-point on education, and boilermakers on b o i l e r i liking, so I b e l i e v e students have some things to say on student a f f a i r s t h a t nobody else oould say o r i s l i k e l y t o say. ' Just as a member of any other occupation redd be i r r e s p o n s i b l e i f he d i d not g i v e I use consideration t o the wider problems of his or her p a r t i c u l a r o r g a n i s a t i o n , 1101 think that a r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s shown hy those who advocate apathy o r d i s o r g a n i s ed criticism o f student a f f a i r s by students. It would be a sad day f o r t h i s country i f ell its students became so i r r e s p o n s i b l e that they c^uld not organise an i n s t i t u t i o n for the reasonable e x p r e s s i o n o f t h e i r tm view-point.
For many years NUS has had a comprehensive policy on student a f f a i r s ,v kept up to date, and agreed on stage by stage by its' members, I w i l l quote t h r e e examplee from this comprehensive p o l i c y . NUS advocates a c e n t r a l clearing-house f o r miversity entrance t o r e p l a c e the present ohaotic scramble from one U n i v e r s i t y to another without any i n d i c a t i o n o f the NUS advocates tha t planes available. standardised grants should be given autdmatically upon an entrant o b t a i n i n g a University plaoe. F p r y e a r s i t has been recommending the a b o l i t i o n of the meansteet,
NUS has means o f making i t s e l f heard is good as those of any other o c c u p a t i o n a l organisation. I n the House of Commons there are 5 Vioe-Presidents o f NUS: two Conservative MPs, two Labour MPs and a liberal MP. Lord Pakenham i s the V i o e President representing NUS i n the louse of Lords. NUS has annual meetings with the education committees o f the Parliamentary P a r t i e s and from time t o tiae with the M i n i s t e r o f Education on certain specific i s s u e s . The P a r l i a m e n t a r y Secretary for Education r e c e n t l y met jeabers of the NUS E x e c u t i v e t o d i s c u s s tlook-grants. D i r e c t oontaot i s m a i n t a i ned with the l o c a l education a u t h o r i t i e s , .'cist standing committees are maintained with the National Union o f Teachers and the lasooiation of U n i v e r s i t y Teachers. The University Grants Ccjnmittee maet the NUS tacutive for a one-day oonferenoe onoe a year, (When the UGC v i s i t I m p e r i a l College onoe ewery f i v e ygars they meet a pcup of only f i f t e e n students f o r t h i r t y •unites). I n a d d i t i o n NUS organises the rritlng of l e t t e r s t o the press and representations t o other o c c u p a t i o n a l organisations.
The effects o f t h i s work should be assessed i n the same way as f o r any other occupational o r g a n i s a t i o n . The number o f local education a u t h o r i t i e s adopting the national Union's recommendations on sintenance r a t e s and methods of assessment rose from 64 i n 1952 to 118 i n 1955, and it was asked i n 1957 by the M i n i s t r y t o submit evidence o f student expenditure. Co, several other ocoasions the M i n i s t r y in requested i n f o r m a t i o n " from NUS, a p a r t from the numerous r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s on the behalf of i n d i v i d u a l students. I n 1955 the Ministry o f Pensions t r i e d t o l e v y f"ational Insurance C o n t r i b u t i o n s at
• s e l f employed' rate ftwa post-graduate students, but a f t e r refnresentationa by NUS and NUS alone the matter was dropped. Lord Pakenham, the Vioe P r e s i d e n t of the House o f Lords, was able t o arrange f o r a debate on the means-test, and NUS c a l l e d f o r the support of parents through NUS has campaigned a l e t t e r t o The Times. a g a i n s t the g i v i n g o f loans i n s t e a d o f grants by l o c a l education a u t h o r i t i e s . The West R i d i n g o f Y o r k s h i r e was the l a s t a u t h o r i t y to g i v e up the p r a c t i c e o f g i v i n g Icons a t J t i n t e r e s t f o r study purposes a f t e r NUS e f f o r t s i n 1957. NUS has fought foarr the award o f grants to a d u l t stss&tmtfc w i t h a f a i r measure of success. NUS a c t i v i t i e s gained the p o i n t from the L8IR t h a t post-graduate grants should be f r e e There i s a l o n g l i s t o f the means-test. o f o t h e r i n s t a n c e s of the e f f e c t i v e n e s s of HDS and I submit t h a t the r e c o r d of hard mA and uiiliUiiesiJlT Hr11 bj^NU3 i s out o f n i l p r o p o r t i o n t o the almost n o n - e x i s t e n t e f f o r t s o f the ICU i n t h i s d i r e c t i o n .
But not only do t d i s l i k e the i d e a o f ICU oashing i n on others' e f f o r t s but I b e l i e v e t h a t members o f ICU would stand t o p r o f i t q u i t e s u b s t a n t i a l l y from the supplementary f a c i l i t i e s o f f e r e d by NUS. L e t us now c o n s i d e r t h i s second f u n c t i o n o f NUS. On a r r i v i n g a t IC new students would r e c e i v e a f r e e copy of 'The Students' Guide to London'. ICU members would be able t o make use of the NUS T r a v e l Bureau and would be provided w i t h f r e e i n f o r m a t i o n on f o r e i g n t r a v e l on request. They would be able to p a r t i c i p a t e i n the student c h a r t e r f l i g h t scheme. There i s an NUS H o s t e l i n Gordon S t r e e t . There i s an NUS v a c a t i o n work" department, p r o v i d i n g i n f o r m a t i o n on n o n - t e c h n i c a l jobs and there are the famous i n t e r n a t i o n a l farm-camps. An 80-page bookl e t c o n t a i n i n g advice on choosing a career is c i r c u l a t e d f r e e t o f i n a l year students. IC would be able t o enter the NUS drama . f e s t i v a l and the Observer Mace debating competition. In a d d i t i o n a number o f shops] and t h e a t r e s i n the London a r e a g i v e up t o 20»o concessions t o NUS members.
A s i t Chandmal, who seconded me i n proposing the motion t o a f f i l i a t e t o NUS at the l a s t Union meeting d e s c r i b e d h i m s e l f as 'a r a r e b i r d : an o r i e n t a l who i s a l s o a m a t e r i a l i s t ' , and t o prove i t he went on t o d e s c r i b e how he had saved £50 by b e l o n g i n g t o NUS. I f you vote f o r ICU to a f f i l i a t e t o NUS a t the next Union meeting l/3d o f the £6 you pay every year t o the ICU and the A t h l e t i o Ground Committee w i l l go t o NUS. I hope t h a t a l l those members o f the Union who can see a b a r g a i n when i t i s o f f e r e d w i l l come t o the next Union meeting t o endorse the former d e c i s ion f o r ICU t o take S*s r i g h t f u l p l a c e w i t h the other 89 U n i v e r s i t i e s , and U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e s i n the N a t i o n a l ...Unian of. Students.
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A sudden awareness came over him and from the dim d i s t a n c e a few words began to break through the b l i s s f u l b a r r i e r of afternoon nap. inoongruent curves at s i l i c a t e . . •
H i s eyes opened r e l u c t a n t l y and s t i r r e d u n w i l l i n g l y towards the board, Mew tremtheres.' with t r i a n g l e s . A deep nod decided him t o make a superhuman e f f o r t , and h i s eyes opened again. The b l u r r e d board began t o oome i n t o focus. In f r o n t the p a i r o f head backs were g e n t l y nodding - an u n r e t r i e v e d p e n c i l t i n k l e d t o the f l o o r . "This must soon end," he thought, but was horror-strietrwa to find i t was only 2.40. "*%'*•*»'• t i s * drag «r>cm Friday
Almost suboonatously he f e l t on the f l o o r f a r the i n e v i t a b l e pen, and glanced round. He had not been alone i n the p o s t Mooney dreamland. I n the f r o n t now now the warm sun on the napes was having i t s deadly e f f e c t - the pages of a now abandoned notebook f l u t t e r e d shut.
" undergoing f r a c t i o n a l c r y s t a l l i s a t i o n , oan g i v e r i s e t o m i n e r a l a s s o c i ations ,* deep yawn, " associations and a n t i p a t h e t i c tendencies p o i n t . . . . , " v i o l e n t nod, and the musical notes o f f a l l e n chalk. It had happened. There he was snoozing h a p p i l y a t the board, w h i l s t the c l a s s , now f u l l y awake, s t a r e d i n r a p t amazement. With great v i s i b l e e f f o r t the l e c t u r e r recovered h i s balance, took one l o o k a t the c l a s s , wrote " I do t h i n k afternoon l e c t u r e s should be banned." and f e l l l i m p l y asleep on the f r o n t bench. ASTARTE
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JOINED DEC, 1922 (YEAR NUS WAS FORMED). DISAFFILIATED NOV. 1926. (CHIEF REASON APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RAISING OF SUB. FROM £30 TO £60). REJOINED IN 1938 OH 39. DISAFFILIATED MAY 1940. (VOTING 180 T6 (0*038 IAS GENEHAI 56. 17 ABSTENTIONS). DISSATISFACTION WITH ATTITUDE OF NUS TO WAR AND TO GOVERNMENT POLICY). MAY 1948. PROPOSAL TO EEAFFILIATE DEFEATED BY 387 TO 196 WITH 32 ABSTENTIONS. (40$ OF UNION MEMBERS AT MEETING).
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MARCH 1956. PROPOSAL. TO HEAFFILIATE DEFEATED BY 288 TO 252 WITH 8 ABSTENTIONS. (27% OF UNION MEMBERS AT MEETING). MARCH 1960. PROPOSAL TO REAFFILIATB CARRIED BY 187 TO 53 WITH 7 ABSTENTIONS. (9£ OF UNION MEMBERS AT MEETING). IC HAS FROM TIME TO TIME SENT OBSERVERS TO CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES ORGANISED HI NUS. THE CONSTITUENT COLLEGES HAVE REJECTED PROPOSALS TO HBAFFILIATE.
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The r e v o l u t i o n has come, And the bourgeois a re beaten a t l a s t . Our fore-runners dream has e v e n t u a l l y come t r u e , For the NUS motion i s passed.
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There's s t i l l t r o u b l e ahead, f o r as y o u a l l know, It was chucked out b y C o u n c i l l a s t term. But we're got i t through once and w e ' l l do i t a g a i n , And that w i l l make a l l the 'chaps squirm.
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This year baa seen I.G.'a biggest â&#x20AC;˘ sporting triumph ever,it' a also been a I unprecedented so f a r a* apathy i s eoaÂť I arnad.
Ohl a great time we'll have' when we reorganise The Union and a l l the s p o r t s o l u b s . T h e y ' l l a l l have t o pass a p o l i t i c a l exam Which i s b e t t e r than d r i n k i n g i n pubs.
What are the reasons for- this? Firs t l y , the- intense enthusiasm of a few' j people has carried the'dumb- beast' ( u one member o f the Union c a l l s the vast , is of uninspired and uninterested its enta) along,as usual,but with more succeii this year than l a s t . Secondly,aa I.C, j becomes bigger,* few sore people sufficiently interested i n the Union to SO Ut ething hare come along.
We d o n ' t r e q u i r e rugby o r snooker o r darts Or d r i n k i n g , o f these we'11 get r i d . For w i t h NUS we'll get c u l t u r e i n quarts. ( I t w i l l o n l y cost t h r e e hundred q u i d ) .
We now have the stupid position of a few people providing the hard work to make sure that the r e s t have somewherti eat,somewhere to drink and somewhere to chase women*ie the Saturday night hops, Imagine the uproar that would ensue if the refectories were shut down or the bar closed or the Saturday night hope were termAr^ted.
With c o u n t e r - r e v o l u t i o n a r y a t h l e t i o The p l e b s have been b l i n d e d , you see. But now t h e y ' l l be s i g n i n g 'Pledges f o r Peace'. And marching on the AWRE. you must a l l r e a l i s e t h a t a s t u d e n t ' s free time, Should be spent i n p o l i t i c a l wise And g e n e r a l l y improving, w i t h c u l t u r e i n mind, And marching i s h i s e x e r c i s e . For
It would appear that very few people are prepared to take an active part in the a f f a i r s of the Union, and of those TOO 1 do a number have l o s t their sense of prop ortion.
U t o p i a , a t l a s t , as the pliil030phers foretold W i l l come, but we're n o t q u i t e sure when, And the o l d IC s p i r i t (what a h o r r i b l e word) W i l l never be heard o f again. Our crew i s w e l l coxed, t h a t ' s c e r t a i n at l e a s t , So be a l l o f s t o u t heart and t r u e And our o r a t o r s w i l l spout and continue to spout, And t h e y ' l l spout ' t i l l they're a l l b l a c k and b l u e .
Oh the bourgeois are beaten, t h e end i s i n si'jht, We've conquered the Union a t l a s t . C o u n c i l i s f i n i s h e d we've got the whiphand, And the days o f the sportsmen are passed.
Y O U R Compulsory N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e was i n t r o d u c e d i n this country i n 1938, i n order to i n c r e a s e the s i z e of o u r f i g h t i n g f o r c e s at a time whan H i t l e r was t h r e a t e n i n g the peace i n Europe. Howe v e r , i t was continued a f t e r the war so that we oould f u l f i l our commitments t o other countries. F i v e army d i v i s i o n s have been kept i n West Germany as p a r t of N.A. T.O. Only now i s the GovernThe ment ending compulsory c a l l up. i n t r o d u c t i o n was f u l l y j u s t i f i e d . b y the outbreak of war i n September 1939. I t i s the c o n t i n u a t i o n a f t e r the war that i s to be d i s c u s s e d . Many sohoolboys and undergraduates t h i n k of N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e as a u s e l e s s break i n t h e i r work and look f o r ways of a v o i d i n g i t . These boys u s u a l l y t r y t o o b t a i n employment w i t h a f i r m engaged i n defence work, and which can o f f e r them deferment. Some, however, w e l oome the opportunity to break away from home and to see t h e world. N a t i o n a l Servicemen fought i n the Korean War and at Suez. Some have seen a o t i o n a g a i n s t t e r r o r i s t s i n Kenya, Malaya o r Cyprus. I t i s g e n e r a l l y accepted that the m a j o r i t y enjoy the companionship d u r i n g N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e and b e n e f i t from the team s p i r i t and d i s c i p l i n e . These young men u s u a l l y l e a v e the s e r v i c e f o r more mature than when they j o i n e d and are more f i t t e d t o s t a r t t h e i r c a r e e r s i n i n d u s t r y . Some g a i n i n v a l u a b l e experience i n the h a n d l i n g of men. A few, however,
In fact,T.C. beeosan more like a technical college every year. What the future holds,who can say? butt the outlook is not bright. We may aa well abandon ourselves to our fate.NUS say be able to do something about i t , b u t I have a feelinc that their interests are better applied to National p o l i t i c s . J.C. |
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do n o t f i t i n , f o r they r e s e n t a u t h o r i t y and do not l i k e a c c e p t i n g o r d e r s . They u s u a l l y leave w i t h a s t r o n g e r d i s l i k e f o r a u t h o r i t y and, u n f o r t u n a t e l y no answer has been found t o t h e i r problem.
A f t e r the war, I n d u s t r y found that i t was l o s i n g i t s s k i l l e d youth to N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e and that most of the b e t t e r s c h o o l l e a v e r s were a c c e p t i n g employment w i t h f i r m s engaged i n d e f enoe work. An a p p r e n t i c e who had been taught a c r a f t would be c a l l e d up f o r N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e a t a time when he c o u l d have s t a r t e d to do u s e f u l work f o r h i s firm. A f t e r d o i n g h i s s e r v i c e he would not always r e t u r n to the same f i r m . I n d u s t r y d i s l i k e d t . i i s and, i t i s s a i d , found ways of g a i n i n g deferment f o r i t s young men whenever p o s s i b l e . however, i t has now come to be accepted t h a t the team s p i r i t and d i s c i p l i n e enjoyed by a y o u t h d u r i n g h i s term of N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e can be of b e n e f i t to him and that he may w e l l be a b e t t e r worker f o r having The young men who had completed i t . been o f f i c e r s d u r i n g t h e i r N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e were now t r a i n e d l e a d e r s of men.
The Government adopted N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e to i n c r e a s e the s t r e n g t h of the F o r c e s , but i t a l s o had to c o n s i d e r the overall efficiency. Much o f a Nat-
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U i o n a l Serviceman'a time i s taken up by l e a r n i n g a c r a f t . T h e i r training o n l y becomes o f v a l u e to the Forces in an emergency. T r a i n i n g i s given by r e g u l a r servicemen, and t h i s causes a r e d u c t i o n i n the s i z e of the part of the r e g u l a r F o r c e s h e l p i n g to meet F o r these the C o u n t r y ' s commitments. reasons N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e r e s u l t s in s r e d u c t i o n o f the o v e r a l l off ioienoy of the F o r c e s . The type of young man who makes the F o r o e s h i s c a r e e r , i s one who taxes a p r i d e i n b e l o n g i n g to an e f f i c i e n t , volunteer organisation. National S e r v i c e causes a l o w e r i n g of efficiency and so r e s u l t s i n a f a l l of regular recruitment f i g u r e s . T h i s i s indicated by the growing r e c r u i t m e nt figures now that N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e i s to end. The s p i r i t must improve when everyone i n the F o r c e s i s making i t his career. Now that the c o l d war i s not so i n t e n s e , i t has been p o s s i b l e to reduce our commitments. F o r c e s need no lo n g er be as l a r g e as they were. With I n d u s t r y expanding as i t i s , i t i s more important to the c o u n t r y ' s eooncey to i n c r e a s e the manpower engaged in production. The Government hopes that by d o i n g away w i t h compulsory National S e r v i c e , the s i z e and e f f i c i e n c y of the r e g u l a r F o r c e s j e i l l i n c r e a s e . It w i l l then be a b l e to meet a l l i t s commitments wi th these r e g u l a r Foroes, and by r e l e a s i n g young men from two y e a r s N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e , be able to i n c r e a s e the p r o d u c t i o n of consumer goods,
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Those of us who attended IC k u s i c a l [ Society'a production l a s t term of the ^operetta 'HMS P i n a f o r e ' , one of the most I popular creations of the f e r t i l e I imginations of G i i b e r t and S u l l i v a n , / sust I think ha^e gone away afterwards I feeling that at l e a s t they had been given 'omgnificent evening's entertainment, tnn though there were matters of d e t a i l rbioh they would c r i t i c i s e . Now i t may be the c r i t i c ' s task t o draw i n an as oeneral and non-commital manner as possible the overall e f f e c t t h a t a c e r t a i n performance has had, or ought to have bed on a p a r t i c u l a r audience, w i t h an lir of profundity which deceives none but himself, or a l t e r n a t i v e l y he may t r y to ake the c r i t i c i s m that he considers the irerage man would put forward, but i n either aiproach t o the problem he w i l l fill simply beoause h i s judgement i s lierltably s u b j e c t i v e and therefore personal. He must therefore w r i t e from Ids own point of view and l e t others read U little or as much as they f i n d i n bio, otherwise he w i l l be i n the p r e d i o laent of the p o l i t i c i a n whotaaserted that be would not l e t h i s oppinions b i a s i d s decisions.
Good entertainment though i t was I this performance was a l s o something more lihlth in the end .has the more l a s t i n g | effect in the memory, that i s , i t was on I the Thole executed w i t h considerable j skill and a r t i s t i o competence. I t was Iclear from the openL.g bars of the (oTtrture that the o r c h e s t r a had gained e lot of oonvidenoe i n the year sinc e the last Gilvanian production, and as the evening went on, t h i s confluence infected the audience which then had a reciprocal e f f e c t on the c a s t , b u i l d i n g the whole into a most l i v e l y combination of entertainers and the enter tained.^ la contrast to the score of ' I o l a n t h e ' , 'pinafore' does not give such great scope to solo instruments, so that the â&#x20AC;˘ork of the orchestra r e l i e s as one eight say on team work. I t i s perhaps j for this reason that there was so much I lore unity among them at times sounding |quite professional. I t i s no r e f l e c t i o n JI themselves, but wouldn't i t have been better i f there had been an o r c h e s t r a pit built i n w i t h the concert h a l l , so that one didh't f e e l i n danger of being ought up by an over-zealous f i r s t | wiolinist.
Turning now to those on the stage, one newer knows whether to c a l l them lotors or singers, but t h i s o n l y underlines the fundamental problem b e s e t t i n g opera from the very beginning. The wirious oosposers have l a i d emphasis â&#x20AC;˘OKtiaes on the one, sometimes on the other aspect, and i t i s f a i r to say that Gilbert and S u l l i v a n have demanded a ooniiderable degree of both a c t i n g and linging to sustain i n t e r e s t . Gilbert's libretti usually c a l l f o r a b i t of quick and witty tomfoolery a t some p o i n t t the action, and on t h i s occasion i t i s
provided by the F i r s t Lord of the Admira l t y , the Rt Hon S i r Joseph P o r t e r K'JB played by Timothy Dhonau, who was o b v i o u s l y enjoying prancing over the stage and keeping the audience r i p p l i n g w i t h l a u g h t e r . This he d i d most capably. _Tt was a _ p i t y he d i d not d i s p l a y t h e same v i v a c i t y i n h i s s i n g i n g which' a t times became confused beoause of the l a c k of c l a r i t y i n d i c t i o n . To s i n g e f f e c t i v e l y one c e r t a i n l y needs a s t r o n g v o i c e . Under t h i s d i f f i c u l t y laboured a l s o Richard Walmsley s i n g i n g the p a r t oof Ralph Raokstaw who sang charmingly but who was apparently f i n d i n g i t hard work to achieve the necessary power, a p e r e n n i a l d i f f i c u l t y w i t h tenors. Captain Corcoran (by David Rymer)happily had a v o i c e to matoh h i s heart and provided us w i t h some of the best s i n g i n g we heard. H i s movements were s u i t a b l y d i g n i f i e d as beooming the Captain of the P i n a f o r e and a l t o g e t h e r h i s i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of the r o l e was convincing.Comp e t e n t l y supporting t h e i r Captain were the Boatswain's mate(by Robert Adams)and Dick Deadeye (Richard H a s e l l ) both of whom were very c l e a r l y a u d i b l e and commanded a t t e n t i o n .
Amongst the women,first t o appear was L i t t l e Buttercup (Helen Barker) who,being p h y s i c a l l y about h a l f the s i z e of the Buttercup one i s accustomed to,was able t o put a somewhat new conception, it the characte r across.An instance of t h i s wor t h mentioning was Her complete disapper aranoe beneath a p i l e of s a i l o r s grasping a f t e r her w a r e s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; q u i t e d i f f e r e n t from what u s u a l l y happens i n t h i s scene.Her s i n g i n g was w e l l - p o l i s h e d and charming to l i s t e n to.Josephine,the Captain's daughter (Lorna Haywood) who,on the s h i p , i s the c h i e f c l o s e of the t r o u b l e was,on t h e - s t a g e , j u s t the a n t i t h e s i s and supplemented her a c t i o n s by a s t r o n g and accurate soprano which a t "least on one occasion brought an encore c a l l from the audience which was thoroughly deserved.This encore was o n l y one of many which were demanded c o n t i n u a l l y during the evening whioh was a l l p a r t of the easy cooperation between p i t and stage which i s e s s e n t i a l i n a p r o f e s s i o n a l as w e l l as an amateur performance.The d i r e otor,Prank Kennard d i d not always grant these encores,presumably t h i n k i n g that e i t h e r he or the audience had had enough, but to be i n a p o s i t i o n to g i v e or w i t h hold these " e x t r a s " i s i t s e l f a s u f f i c i e n t t r i b u t e t o him.
The two Choruses were not so accomp l i s h e d i n t h e i r s i n g i n g as one would have expected,in p a r t i c u l a r the s i s t e r s , oousins and aunts seemed r a t h e r s p i r i t l ess and t h e i r d i c t i o n was not always good a s e r i o u s matter i n a work l i k e this.TbS a i l o r s were a t any r a t e more vigorous but again mere l a c k i n g i n u n i t y and prec i s i o n of expression.I suspect that f i n d i n g themselves on the stage w i t h t h e i r conductor a dim f i g u r e behind the g l a r e of the l i g h t s ^ w a s l a r g e l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h i s . The matter o f adequate r e h e a r s a l i s always a thorny one. As regards the other components c o n t r i b u t i n g to the success o f the opera,cred i t must be g i v e n to the stage crew f o r the s p l e n d i d s e t they had produoed.This was a good s o l i d pieoe of workmanship, p o s s i b l y the o n l y _fate b e i n g the hatchway,placed c e n t r e stage.Even t h i s was so r e a l i s t i c that a t l e a s t one member of'the audience was conviased she had seen somebody go down i t . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e stage i s s m a l l enough, a l r e a d y and suoh an e l a b orate setup aa we saw o n l y made the usef u l space even l e s s . I would have had not so much the impression that the choruses were f a l l i n g i n t o the wings i f t h i s e x t r a room had been a v a i l a b l e t o them. The depth of the stage was a l s o out by the ship'a r a i l , b u t no doubt there waa some s t r a t e g i c reason f o r this.The costumes were w e l l designed and the oolouss blended very w e l l together.They must have cost the production a good sum of money.
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Mention must a l s o be made of.the s p e c i a l l i g h t i n g e f f e c t s used i n the second a c t , which though s t r i k i n g , s h o u l d not have been allowed to obtrude q u i t e so much on the eye.We were t r e a t e d to the s i g h t of an assortment of clouds d r i f t i n g across a f u l l moon,a type of e f f e c t which i n t h i s t e c h n i c a l age i s becoming more and more expected,but p r i o r to t h i s , a most novel s p o t l i g h t i n g was used, which again wes continued too long. I t was r a t h e r p e r p l e x i n g to see Josephine's face f l i c k e r i n g i n the strong l i g h t as she moved about the stage,reminding one 9f v i e w i n g colour s l i d e s w i t h a f a u l t y i l l u m i n a t i o n . O f course,the answer to t h i s l i t t l e problem would have been f o r her t o remain s t i l l , b u t i t i s not 30 easy to begin a l t e r i n g these t h i n g s without going i n t o a matter of production at l e n g t h which i s not the purpose of t h i s comment. I n any case,such suggestions and c r i t i c isms would be concerned w i t h d e t a i l s of what was a f t e r a l l a most s u c c e s s f u l e f f o r t of cooperation,the general aims of whioh are probably comment to producer, d i r e c t o r and c r i t i c . M a n y t h i n g s have to be taken i n t o account when s t a g i n g an opera in. our c o l l e g e and compatibly w i t h these the s o c i e t y i s c e r t a i n l y w e l l up to the mark,and i t i s t o be hoped that i t i s s u f f i c i e n t l y encouraged to unleash i t s enthusiasm again next y e a r . I should be s u r p r i s e d i f i t doesn't. J -Tripp A p r i l 1960
G E O R G E Born i n the c h i l l room of an empty.house, Fashioned i n s e c r e t and i n haste, A hollow f a n t a s y of rods and w i r e s , But b a r e l y o v e r l a i d w i t h p a i n t on paper paste, Cardboard a f o o t , w i t h glasswool t a i l and mane, Here was a creature of b r i e f d e s t i n y and fame, F o r but a few b r i g h t hours Midst measured music, dancing and carouse, And yet a challenge to d u l l thoughts pedestrian, A noble animal, I m p e r i a l and e q u e s t r i a n ! Was e'er before a f i t t e r horse To grace the R i d i n g Club's f e s t i v i t i e s ? Did i t not prove, w i t h prancing hoof, I t s terpsiohorean p r o c l i v i t i e s ? Was not i t s coat of dapple gray A p r r f e o t f o i l to evening dresses gay? A symbol, p a t i e n t and a l o o f , Yet e a g e r l y i n v i t i n g to the course, Of c a r e l e s s canters o'er the c o u n t r y s i d e , Of moorland t r e k s and freedom thus personified.
But s t a y , the morning brought r e p r i e v e : Mounting the steps of A l b e r t ' s famed Memorial, He stood i n easy, g r a c e f u l pose For record photographically p i c t o r i a l , Thus e a r n i n g , w i t h equine t e m e r i t y , A place w i t h F e l i x i n p o s t e r i t y . He a l s o s h a l l be seen by those Who may t h i s g l o r i o u s e p i c not b e l i e v e ; F o r t h i s the C a r n i v a l s h a l l be accountable, As he r i d e s proudly by, untamed, unmountable! J.F.
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The f i r s t Saturday of the Easter Vac saw the Cross Country Club start oat f o r the f i r s t match of their tour agsiatst Durham University and the Northumberland and Durham.County team. The raoe, over a beautiful, h i l l y , seven an* a half mile course was of a very high standard and the team really excelled In tarlarj second place to the County team. Result. Northumberland and Durham County teea 56 I.C. 57 Durham University 58. The main reason f o r this excellent result was a fine run by Tony Larkum who finished second with John Collins f i f t h , the rest of the team finishing eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth,end fourteenth.
A f t e r a day watching the waves a t W h i t l e y Bay (where J.H.C, and C.R.H. looked j u s t a l i t t l e too c l o s e l y and got a l i t t l e b i t wet), we t r a v e l l e d across country t o S t r a n Raer where we caught the I r i s h M a i l t o Lame f o r Belfast. A f t e r a b r i e f tour for B e l f a s t , we decided t o have s day i n the country t r a v e l l i n g by the most f a n t a s t i c r a i l w a y set up imaginable t o Warrenpoint. Here the team d i d some "hard* t r a i n i n g on a nearby 100 foot mountain Clough Llore, chasing sheep and f a l l i n g i n gorse bushes.
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On the last day of March,a team of eight l e f t the Union by oar f o r the North. Our f i r s t fixture was against Durham University, playing sir-s-side,and was held s t the K>rtbuBberland Golf Club, Goef«»•*->. This i s said to be the best comas l a the north-east,and certainly i t was very testing, threading i t s way in and out of Newoast le racecourse. In the morning,H.Godfrey and B.Noxon won their foursome,and the club oaptain,A.JJDix-Perkin,and John Street played competitively to halve theirs. In the afternoon,we lost the singles,4-2,so Durham had won 5i-3?,our f i r s t set-back.
The road t o Edinburgh was empty,we reaohed i t i n the morning,and played at Gullane i n the afternoon,a long,windy, seaside course on the south of the F i r t h of F o r t h .
On Wednesday 30th we t r a v e l l e d t o D u b l i n where, on the f o l l o w i n g morning,
we had a much looked-forward-to v i s i t to t h e Guinness Brewery but our consump t i o n of samples was r e s t r i c t e d on C a p t a i n ' s orders. The reason f o r t h i s was a 3 m i l e race i n the evening against C l o n l i f e H a r r i e r s "the f a s t e s t t r a c k i n the world" at Santry. In t h i s r a c e we were narrowly beaten by C l o n l i f e 57 p o i n t s t o 50, John C o l l i n s talcing seoond p l a c e w i t h a personal time of 14.27. S e v e r a l other members o f the team a l s o reoorded personal b e s t s on t h i s b e a u t i ful track.
F r i d a y morning saw the team t r a i n ing i n the teeth o f a gale on a f i n e s s t r e t c h o f sand and dunes j u s t o u t s i d e D u b l i n i n preparatio n f o r the raoe next day. This,a relay i n 6 stages cm o f v a r y i n g length, was the h i g h l i g h t of the tour. Every man i n the team seemed t o g i v e of h i s b e s t t o g i v e I.C. a v e r y c r e d i t a b l e seoond place t o Dunore Harr H a r r i e r s whose team contained four i n t e r nationals, beating C l o n l i f e Harriers and Avondale, two more o f I r e l a n d s top
On the boat r e t u r n i n g t o U n j . ^ members o f the team p l a y i n g s o l o took on a remarkable resomblamoe t o t e n greer b o t t l e s as one by one they f e l t the e f f e c t o f a rough sea on a l a r g e t e a and dashed out on deck " j u s t t o get a b r e a t h of f r e s h a i r J l " . So ended a very s u c c e s s f u l and enjoyable t o u r .
C R I C K E T The t r i a l s are upon us; 4 0 freshers are longing to swing the willow and hurl the leather, to snow »**t they can do. What oan they look forward to this season, what does the cricket club offer?
It offers a varied fixture l i s t , sufficient to satisfy the i l l — i r i s and a b i l i t y of every type of cricketer, plus ii—miinl s p i r i t and general intention to get the ewjdaaal possible enjoyment out of orioket. The 'dangling carrot'held i n front of every member of the cricket club is THE DEVON TOUR; the mast fantastic 10 days of your l i f e , w i t h oriskwt against the top teams l a the south-west,eti urinating
After taking i n Dalsahoy we crossed tha Forth and drove to St, Andrew's.On oar f i r s t day we played pratrtioe rounds an the recently opened Old and New courses The links hare run out on a peninsula of aand h i l l s between the sea and the r i v e r Eesn and provide probably the cheapest and beat golf i n tha worldeOur oaptain had a latter of introduction to the secretary of the Royal and Ancient,and we ware privileged to use the fejsoua clubhouse. Here excellent lunches are served at oast price and one oan s i t at a great bow window and watch players teeing off an the Old course. A l l this and f i n e weather too,made our stay awawrabla,evwn though St,Andrews bast us 9tV-4. I t waa decided to play wka singles over the Old in? tha morning and this meant that wa had to win at least 2+ to be able to win the match on the four afterneon fours asses. H. Godfrey and B.Noxon duely wen,but i t was l e f t to M.J.Rycroft at No.8 to get the last,-. Watched anxiously from the club • house he played a courageous third shot to tks hols t s aawa the match. AlaaXVe l o s t tha faura oma* 4-0 over tka Now course in the afteratwaaa.
Next day we played Edinburgh a t North Berwick,in inclement weather,and lost 7i~i This was not surprising as only their best team was available asd lnclndad British, ana Scottish Universities champions.The only half won waa l a tha afternoon by N. Look and A, J. Dix-Parkin i n a four b a l l . They returned scores of 78 and 80 respec>tivoly.good sacres f o r 8 handloappars i n (renditions of wind and rain.
After a farewell round on. the enures* of our choice next aoxnlng(John Street •soring wall an. the short Jubilee course) we made the short run across the Tay to Carnoustie where we stayed the night, and played next day. We were disappointed with this long championship oourse which we thought rather uninteresting, and wa continued to Aberdeen in the afteanocn.
in the game on the County ground against Torquay, with a l l the f a c i l i t i e a that the English Slviera can offer. Dig out those whites! hardest f o r the Devon tourJ it.
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Here we put up at a small hotel whioh served very good porridge and The venue waa extremely 'good valise'. for our match with Aberdeen was Crudeo BIT, a beautiful and almost deserted l i t t l e course 25 miles north of Aberdeen, and bj the sea. Tha opening hole* i n tha momiij and the closing ones i n the afternoon wen played i n a wetting rain. But the sun Again the waa seen during the day. Scotsmen were too good for us. Staltatti H.Godfrey and B.Nnxon won their singloi wad foursomes ami N. Look did well to win by two holes i n the afternoon. The result: 8-4 to Aberdeen. Our hosts wen moat hospitable and we went to a hop in the evening.
After this f i n a l humiliation the tew waa almost over and while half the teas fled southwards the others motored through the Highlands to Gleneagles to play two last rounds i n Scotland on the scenic oourses there. We had a very satief actor/ day's golf there and H.Godfrey produced his best play of the tour, having a 72 a the Queen's oourse and 74 on the King's, Next day we returned to London. Many thanks are due to our friends i n Scotland, We hope they w i l l send teams to tour Colleges i n the south. John Street M.J.Ryeoroft.
R O W I N G
Saturday, March 26th saw the c u l m i n a t i o n of two terms continuous t r a i n i n g on the p a r t o f the boat-olub. The Head of the R i v e r , rowed over t h e r e v e r s e Boat Raoe oourse o f 4j; miles from M o r t l a k e t o Putney, saw n i n e crews from ICBC rowing, making the club one of the l a r g e s t s i n g l e competitors.
IC's f i r s t V i n , starting at number 24, had a steady and uninspired row, and were overtaken twioe during the raoe although one of the crews was a fast London V I H . They finished i n a time of nineteen minutes, 43 seconds, whioh in the f i n a l l i s t s gave thorn a plaoe of 33rd, a drop of nine places.
The weather was cloudy, w i t h a lively south west wind, g i v i n g t a i l wind conditi o n s on the whole o f the course exoept f o r the Hasawjramith Reach.
There was more c o n f u s i o n a t the start t h i s y e a r as t h e 300 competitors lay i s a t a n g l e d mass on more than 1\ m i l e s of the r i v e r . However, t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n triumphed, and the maroons t o i n d i c a t e the s t a r t were f i r e d v e r y near t o the scheduled time.
The seoond VIII, r a c i n g b e t t e r than at Reading, overtook two crews, and moved up 25 p l a c e s t o f i n i s h 5 0 t h , only 14 seas behind the f i r s t IC V H I .
Most o f t h e o t h e r IC VTIls went down i n p o s i t i o n , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f the On t h e whole i t 4 t h and t h e 7 t h VHIS. was a d i s a p p o i n t i n g day, b u t t r a i n i n g is now s t a r t i n g f o r t h e R e g a t t a season, and we hope t h a t what we have l e a r n t from the Head w i l l h e l p the Club towards a b e t t e r crew i n the summer. B.H.P.