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The majority of students at college are idealistic,socialist i n their behaviour. This i s a good feature because i t induces a very questioning attitude to the society i n which the student l i v e s . However,sometimes students are swept downriver i n their boats of democraoyjby the| time they have manned the oars of practica l i t y , their l i t t l e craft i s lost on the ». v sea. at. disorganisation. This? i s the danger of- the idea of the President of the Union being eleoted by a p o l l of Union members and not by Council. The proposers of this motion have the best of motives;the furtherance of Democracy. However,let us consider the praoticalities.What does the President have to do?He represents the Union at outside functions;he i s chairman of Counc i l and must be able to work amicably with them;he i s the major contact between, staff and students and must be acceptable to both bodies;last,but by no means least ha i s intimately oonoerned with the administration of the Union and must therefore be familiar with the processes involved.
F O R 'The ideal output of the Imperial College remains a swam of mechanical, eleotrical and chemical business smarties, guaranteed to have no capacity for social leadership constructive criticisms or original thought' - H.G.Walls. I t as impossible to be * member at this college without feeling some sentimental attachment to i t , so that i t hurts a l i t t l e to realise that there i s an element of truth i n Wells' words. I f you ask yourself how many great men have come from this place since i t was
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Thus obviously, the candidate oust possess certain qualifications. I t seems f i t t i n g that Council,who have a knowledge of such matters should select the President,who may,by the way,be nominated by any member of the Union. The Council i s elected by the Union.and i f they make a poor choice, as* is, unlikely, they could be instructed by the Union to ask the President f o r his resignation. The election of the President by a p o l l of Union members i s a system fraught with dangers. Firstly,there i a the danger of the President being a "popular hero" but totally incapable of doing the job;in this case,as happened at Battersea two years ago,the outcome i s disastrous. The Union folds up and the Governing body step in,thus reducing the power of the students to run their own Union. Secondly, the elected candidate may be unacceptable to Council i n the sens* that their views may be radically opposed. The administration w i l l suffer since continual argument w i l l slow down the processes of decision and legislation. F i n a l l y , i n a college of 2,800 i t Is impossible f o r any one person to know more than a small percentage of the members of
founded the answer i s i few i n comparison with Oxford and Cambridge i n the same period. You may be tempted to enquire the cause of this sad state of affairs and I am inclined to think that the answer to the inquiry lies i n the a absence of an eduoation i n certain social graces at this college. Who oan bar a great man i f he spurns every ohallenge of dialectical exercise or mental effort and has a mind made up, not wishing to be confused with facts? Who has not learned i n his student days even the rudiments of the democratic game? Cent, oh page f i v e .
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Many members of the Union have exp-ressed d i s a p p r o v a l of the system by which the President of the Union i s e l e c - t e d , that i s by the j o i n t meeting of new ,and r e t i r i n g C o u n c i l s a t the end of the s e s s i o n , and i n s t e a d would p r e f e r t o see him e l e c t e d from the f l o o r a t a Union Gen- e r a l Meeting. At the forthcoming Union meeting Mr. Richard Lewis i s to propose a motion i n favour of t h i s l a t t e r course and w i l l probably meet w i t h some b i t t e r opposition. I n order t o give the ord- i n a r y members of the Union food f o r thought before t h i s meeting we p u b l i s h the two a r t i c l e s below, one by a sup- o r t e r and one by an opposer.
the Union. In the election of the Iresid— ent,where personal qualities are much more important than policy,it i s essential that the voters know the candidates. The only way this oan be achieved,short of having whistle-stop tours of the departments, i s by having the President elected by Council. Who would bother voting and who would be eligible to vote?The apathy at college i s such that a large number of students would not record their votes and hencs the President could not be said to be truly representative. As to who i s going to vote,the definition of which l i f e members of the Union are to vote,is extremely d i f f i c u l t , i f at a l l possible. My personal test when people say that this change would be a good thing,is to look at the three constituent college Presidents,who are eleoted by a democratic process. Have the constituent college Presidents been better at their jobs than the President of I.C?The answer,to'my mind,is emphatically no. Therefore,I see no point i n changing the prosent syatem,and I trustthat that Union w i l l not be swept off i t s feet*by a watery wave of sham democracy at the next Union meeting. Findlay D. MacPherson.
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By §. G. Harianrt. but we could s t i l l r e g a i n what we had l o s t . The trench coats cheered and Mosley continued h i s harangue. We were reminded of the h y s t e r i a o f a H i t l e r o r a M u s s o l i n i heard on o l d news r e c o r d i n g s , but there were no massed regiments to r e t o r t w i t h t e r r i b l e rythmic c r i e s o f a d u l a t i o n , and Hosley's words disappeared down the miserable s t r e e t to be l o s t unrecorded among the t r a f f i c rumbling along the main road. "Only j o i n i n and march behind the magnificent band", he implored. "Pay a s m a l l s u b s c r i p t i o n " and a l l would be a t t a i n e d . Come to h i s headquarters. March back w i t h him t h a t n i g h t . Only do something f o r England s sake. Again the f a i t h f u l applauded and the meeting was over.
i'tie sound of the drums drew us from the house. V.'e followed f i v e drummers leadin g a Union Jack and ab-out eight other assorted f l a g s c a r r i e d by d a r k l y dressed anonymous c h a r a c t e r s . Down Westboume Park Road and i n t o Great Western Road they marcned a t a _ slow steady pace while the drums beat q u i e t l y but i n s i s t e n t l y l u r i n g the occupants out of houses alon£ the way. L i t t l e boys appeared i n ever i n c r e a s i n g numbers and f e l l i n behind, a s h u f f l i n g i l l - d i s c i p l i n e d parody o f t h e i r e l d e r s . They turned i n t o Harrow Road shepherded by an outnumbering force of policemen then r i g h t , i n t o a gloomy s t r e e t flanke d by low drab i m i t a t i o n Georgian houses. By a s i g n warning us "Beware c h i l d r e n p l a y here." was a loudspeaker van covered by p o s t e r s . These, a d v i s i n g us. to "Win w i t h l i o s l e y " and "Eat the o y c o t t " , explained the o r i g i n s of the nameless band. Union Movement was on -the move.
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About s i x o f the trench ooats gathered nearby. The drum band was reforming. On i t s r i g h t f l a n k stood too blond youths, t a l l , s l e n d e r and proud. My companion remarked "What p e r f e c t p h y s i c a l specimens of H i t l e r youth." Immediately a short f a t trench coat'.tumed on him , "What do you mean poor p h y s i c a l s p e c i men? That poor p h y s i c a l specimen could knock you out i n no time." Obscenity d r i b b l e d from the corner of h i s mouth and he i n v i t e d us to name a time and a place when the poor specimen would make mincemeat out o f us . Cowardly by nature and overawed by t h e i r s u p e r i o r numbers we d i d not r e p l y andoswearing and laughing q u i e t l y they faded.jinto the gloom f u r t h e r up the s t r e e t .
About f o r t y people c l u s t e r e d round w a i t i n g f o r the speaer. Beyond them the p o l i c e waited, constables d i r e c t i n g the t r a f f i c and v/atching w h i l e t h e i r o f f i c e r s moved about i s s u i n g i n s t r u c t -ions. The gathering s w i r l e d s l i g h t l y and an outer r i n g o f trench coated men suddenly appeared spaced about one every three yards. A man a l s o wearing a trench coat appeared on top o f the van l o o k i n g over the crowd and away to I t was Mosley, the end of the s t r e e t . i n h i s trench coat, l o o k i n g s h o r t e r and plumper than h i s poster p i c t u r e . He spoke i n t o a microphone w i t h a voice s w i f t and persuasive Ww should not achieve anything by r i o t i n g . Our experience o f race r i o t s has shown thi3. I f we wanted t o be r i d o f the blacks and send them back to Jamaica "then why not j o i n Union Movement i n our tens o f thousands. Then as a powerful p o l i t i c a l p a r t y we could achieve our aims and provide money from the N a t i o n a l Exchequer to pay f o r comfortable pass-ages f o r negroes returned to Jamaica and f o r the p r o v i s i o n of w e l l p a i d jobs there. The b e t t e r type would be g l a d of t h i s opportunit y and the others He r e would be shipped out anyway. -mlnded h i s audience o f Englands great past and now the p i t c h o f h i s v o i c e was r i s i n g . I t had l o s t i t s warmth and beoome harsh England had been betrayed
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The "magnificent band" l e d the trench coats.and a few women , f r e s h l y r e c r u i t e d perhaps, on the march home . Now proud o f t h e i r increased number they disposed of the s m a l l boys who were chased onto the pavement. There the p o l i c e were r e s t r a i n i n g a r a t h e r v i o l e n t young c y c l i s t , "but I hate Moslay' , I have a r i g h t to hate"Mosley , haven't I . " he shouted. "Not here," was the r e p l y and he was l e d o f f by a sergeant while a constable brought h i s b i o y c l e along behind .
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by I.L.Gibson. At the Old V i c the most c o n t r o v e r s i a l new p r o d u c t i o n t h i s season has been V i s c o n t i ' s "Romeo and J u l i e t " • The I t a l i a n producer has succeeded where many of h i s predecessors f a i l e d , i n b r i n g i n g to the London stage a r e a l Veronese atmosphere.^ The decor and aotors both c o n t r i b u t e t o t h i s i l l u s i o n ; the s e t s , the s t r e e t scene i n p a r t i c u l a r , have a r e a l l y a u t h e n t i c r i n g , w h i l e the young men of Verona s t r u t around and f i g h t w i t h hotheaded enthusiasm, j u s t as one imagines they d i d i n the f a r o f f days of the "Romantics" However; w h i l e h^s eyes were beguiled, your correspondent f e l t that the r a t h e r elaborate p r o d u c t i o n somehow tended to submerge Shakespeare's words and hence the productio n l o s t a good d e a l of i t s impact. The p l a y as a whole became unconvincing and one never r e a l l y b e l i e v e d J u l i e t was i n love w i t h Romeo; one o n l y saw her going through the motions. But don't take my word f o r i t - go and see t h i s much discussed production f o r y o u r s e l f . Tommy Steele fans have a chance of seeing t h e i r i d o l when Goldsmithfe "She Stoops to Conquer" i s produced at the Old V i c on November 8 th. Mr. S t e e l e plays the p a r t of Tony Lumpkin, w h i l e leggy l o u n t , of ''Sailer Beware" fame, w i l l . b e . appearing as Irs.Hardoastle.. I n a less^»r4i»ssijniinj,-«ne. of t h e best M u s i c a l s to coed on the London scene d u r i n g the long vac i s " O l i v e r " . This r a t h e r cheared up v e r s i o n of " O l i v e r Twist" can now be seen at the New Theatre. Of course the freshman cannot go f a r wrong i n t a k i n g h i s lady f r i o n d s to "My P a i r Lady" a t the Theatre Royal Drury lane, o r "West Side Story" a t her Majesty's Theatre that i s of course i f h i s predecessor hasn't a l r e a d y done so! I f you know your g i r l f r i e n d r e a l l y * e l l a v i s i t to "Pings A i n ' t Wot They Used' T'be" a t the G a r r i c k Theatre i s sure to produce some laughs ( I n the r i g h t places of oourse)
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by A. A. Man, l i k e I'm mad, mean I'm up the groove without a s t y l u s . A f t e r reading Rimshot's sleeve notes i n the l a s t squares' song sheet, I got sent and played a r i f f i n the l o c a l sax supermarket, l i k e I wanted a Rimshot d o - i t - y o u r s e l f hard bop outf i t , (man, the d o l l on that oashr e g i s t e r , she was pounding the keys l i k e Thelpnius Konk, but couldn't blow nothing but A major. Pow, was she oubic.'), I was r o l l i n g the l i f e s i z e model of Uranus up E a r l ' s Court Road, when t h i s cop r i d e s up i n h i s motorised v i b e s , l i k e he was p l a y ing Land of Hope and G l o r y on the siren. This bum gets out h i s manuscript book and says "I.an, that way you' 11 be doing your next s o l o on a s t e e l bar harp w i t h a cement soundbox." This d i d n ' t f i g u r e t o me, l i k e nobody's played me any l e g a l d i s c s about not r o l l i n g planets up E a r l s Court Road. So I played t h i s guy two or three bars about not reading the road t r a f f i c aot, and he took o f f l i k e he'd j u s t heard Parnsworth p r a c t i s i n g his extending trumpot. "Kan", he s a i d , "You're r o l l i n g that planet up a one-
way s t r e e t , that i s , w h i l e the Motor Show i s s t i l l playing." So he slun g me i n h i s jug-box, and made f o r the c l i n k l i k e he was f i v e bars behind the r e s t of cue combo. Next morning, I made a one day stand i n the witness box, and blew my s o l o a t the leader of the long-haired guys on the benoh, making out l i k e I played some blue notes at the cop by mistake, but that m a g i s t r a t e ' He was square i n n-dimensions, l i k e he thought Mantovani had the swingingest o u t f i t ever. T h i s hunk, he says "don't p l a y these chords i n here, my man", and s l i n g s the book at me. He thinned out my l e t t u o e some, the payola was .220, f o r r i d i n g a planet without l i g h t s and insurance, going the wrong way up a one way s t r e e t , and confusing the J o d r e l l Bank telesoops. So t h a t s why I don't d i g Rimshot's o u t f i t now. I traded i t f o r a 1/I0d J e n i t o y s j a z z s e t . Why, man, t h e i r cardboard g u i t a r i s s u p p l i e d complete w i t h Bert Weedon, and I traded him f o r an E.P. of L i l o s Davis. ' S t i l l , I'm C20 i n the double bass - t h a t s what comes of reading Himshot.
B.CS. h e l d i t s f i r s t . Union-. Meeting t h i s term on Thursday, Nov. 3rd. The meeting was p r i m a r i l y a buisnes s one, but was enlivened by a good attendence, some impromptu speeches from the f l o o r ' a n d o c c a s i o n a l oloudbursts. The h i g h l i g h t was the e l e c t i o n of the <jueen of J e z e b e l , and the house, whioh had great d i f f i c u l t y i n ohoosing between the three young l a d i e s , e v e n t u a l l y gave the loudest applause t o the d a z z l i n g redhead, Judy Lewis, a f i r s t year chemist from South Wales. Our r e t i r i n g Quean, Beverly Bradford, handed over the orown and Judy Was d u l y enthroned. On the e l e c t i o n of another Trophy O f f i c e r P e t e r Young gave a d e s c r i p t i o n of the d u t i e s of t h i s post which should be i n every Union Handbook. P e t e r Redfirm s u f f e r e d himself t o be a l e c t e a to the post. Other e l e c t i o n s were t h a t of L a r t i n amith (Chea I.G.) as E x p l o r a t i o n Board Rep.,and those of the f i r s t year Representatives
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Having obtained e q u a l i t y i n the M to 5 world of I.C., the f a i r sex i s now launohing i t s campaign f o r e q u a l i t y in i t s s o c i a l l i f e . The major anomaly t men-only-in-the-bar has been successf u l l y attacked.
A f t e r the f i n a l f r e s h e r s ' dinner (mixed ), s e v e r a l s l i g h t l y i n e b r i a t e d aquariums attempted to rush the main entrance to the bar. T r a d i t i o n prev a i l e d . This however was j u s t a b l i n d f o r the d a r i n g young l a d l e s who s t r e s s e d the u l t i m a t e aims of e q u a l i t y by e n t e r i n g through the door by the mens' l a v a t o r y *¥e j u s t want t o touch i t l ? They s w i f t l y found themselves outside.
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Drinks were served i n the h a l l , and one young f i n i s h i n g school product downed a p i n t without stopping. She then l o s t i n t e r e s t i n the proceedings.. I don't know whioh sex takes i t s l i q u o r the b e t t e r , but the men of I.C. allowed them t o walk' over t o the sacred a l t e r of happiness and p l a c e t h e i r glasses on i t . F a r from being r e s i s t e d i n t h i s symbolic gesture I saw one I.C. man h i d i n g a g i r l under h i s jacket
maybe c u r t a i n s would be put over the c o l d , b l a c k bar windows and worst of a l l aquarium bar maids on a rota.
But f o r Howard, who knows what would have been the r e s u l t , l e r h a p s men would have been f o r b i d a e n from the bar and have to wait p a t i e n t l y i n the lounge t r y i n g to a v o i d the Or lecherous gaze o f passing g i r l s .
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In def erenoe t o those whose views- do not ooinoide w-— the j 's i n the famous t r i a l r e c e n t l y concluded, I h b persuaded to w r i t e t — - a r t i o l e . Let me say, r i g h t a , t I do not consider f l e t t e r words a f t h i n g . Indeed, I w e go f u r t h e r , and s t a t e , q u i t e oategorically, t tr— are a had t h i n g . Therefore, t artiole w not h any f l e t t e r words i n i t . Now, to my m—p o i n t . Why i s i t t — everyone wants to see these words i n p r i n t ? I t h i n k I h — found "the answer. No one knows how to spell t . Therefore , t cover up t h e i r ignoranoe by using dashes. ' Now t — a l l these words can (and no doubt w ) appear i n the d i c t i o n a r i e s , everyone w— w a-— k how t o s p e l l t - — , and t be t . I would suggest t a l l , schoolteachers be f o r c e d to use at. l e a s t one of »-— • a * — these woras per sentence, T — " a — obilifcre* r e a l i s e e a r l y on i n 1—•»' the s a n c t i t y of sex. No one w-— h a any nasty i n h i b i t i o n s about anything. We oan then 1 forward to a f u t u r e f of w— adjusted people, f r a n k conversation about sex, and f l e t t e r words. A/quiok chorus of "For he's a j o l l y g f l e t t e r w-—er" and we oan depart i • the nittht , r e j o i o i n g .
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Recently German Youth has s t a r t e d to ask searching questions about the events o f the war. There has been awakened i n t e r e s t i n the searching out and t r i a l of Bast war o r i m i n a l s . The swastika daubing of Cologne synagogue sparked off a n a t i o n wide protest i n which the youth of Germany played a oommend&bly oonanicuoua Dart. low o f course we have'the Eiohraejan t r i a l . I t was a paradoxical feature of the Bermany o f the F i f t i e s that there were no Nazis, o r even ex-Nazis t o be found. The war w;s over, i t must be f o r g o t t e n . From this head i n the sand attitude, the German public has swung round and reoently Curzio Malaporte s books have been published i n Gexmanv i n paper backs. She Germans• interest i s very personal, but to people i n t h i s country who, compared to the holocaust of central Europe lead an almost sheltered awjjrtenoe during the war, the interest Is i n looking at tha r i s e , motives and effects of a false sick truth. 1
Oursio Malaporte was i n a unique position to observe this alok truth, ea war correspondent of one o f the leading Borne dailies he had •oarte blanche to a l l theatres Of the war. His bowk "Uapnt", vacllshed by Redans' a i n 154B,HwkbU)h fee wrote at great personal r i s k tram tha Gestapo, starts with a eemveTwaties with Prince Bugen, eossin o f Qostar T of Sweden, ami. subsequently moves to Finland, Poland, tha Ukraine, Rumania, Germany and f i n a l l y Italy. Strangely the picture painted l a oomio, a bizarre macabre landscape of
However, w i t h t r u e decorum they were esoorted out but the f i r s t blow has been s t r u c k and the q u e s t i o n again a r i s e s "Do the men of I.C. r e a l l y want to exclude women from the bar?"
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grotesque humour. He t e l l s of the snow-madness o f the Alpenjaegen i n F i n l a n d , tha t e r r i f y i n g r e s i g n a t i o n o f Jews i n the Warsaw Ghetto, the hideous s i c k refinement and c u l t u r e o f the N a s i r u l i n g e l i t e , the massive defiance o f Russian r e s i s t a n c e . T h i s s e t out i n parables o f animala, which f o r Malaporte are symbols o f the tragedy and irony o f a kaputte Europe In i t s death danoe, the horses, f l i e s dogs, the r a t s o f J u s s y . t h i s monumentally grim f a r c e i s an o b l i q u e attempt as a n a l y s i s o f the s i c k t r u t h as w e l l as being a documentary o f the wake o f " t h a t slow monster dragging i t s e l f towards Jerusalem to be reborn". Although i t s u f f e r s g r e a t l y as a n o v e l from being e p i s o d i c and r e p e t i t i v e , i t s s t r e n g t h l i e s i n the a u t h e n t i c i t y o f i n c i d e n t , the a c i d anecdotes and the p o r t r a i t o f the e f f e c t o f such c r a s s i n h o m i n i t y and bra t a l i ty has on the men caught up w i t h i t . S e n s i t i v e men l i k e Malaperts h i m s e l f , o r l i k e the c u l t u r e d Frank, t h a N a z i K i n g of Poland. Ken o f s t r o n g compassion and f e e l i n g exposed to a b l i n d i n g l i g h t o f experience to which t h e i r compassion i s f e e b l y Inadequate.
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It i s reported that the oosetery ft Wain f l e e t , near Skegness i s running t a l o s s — only two b u r i a l s in the est year. In order t o a l l e v i a t e t h i s i f f i o u l t y the r a t e s have been i n c r e a s e d y one halfpenny. Thus by r a i s i n g tha oost of l i v i n g the c o u n c i l i s s u b s i d i s i n g the aost of dying.
l e t Malaporte charges'the scene w i t h glimpses o f strange hope; how g r e a t people o&n be, how people o o u l d f i g h t the eiok t r u t h w i t h shrugs, s m i l e s , sneers, j u s t m a g n i f i c e n t human stubbornBesB. I t i s . m o r b i d l y f a s c i n a t i n g to see the human s o u l s t r e t c h e d out on the d i s s e c t i n g t a b l e of war-time Europe, at f i r s t s i g h t s i c k and r e p u l s i v e , but a f t e r f i g h t i n g a f e e l i n g o f nausea' i t i s a t h i n g o f t e r r i b l e beauty.
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Dear S i r , We were most pleased t o hear t h a t the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. F i s h -er, intends i n the near f u t u r e t o v i s i t Pope John a t the V a t i c a n . We hope and pray t h a t the v i s i t w i l l l e a d t o b e t t e r r e l a t i o n s between the Church of England and the C a t h o l i c Church, n o t h i n g but p;ood can come from the tseeting, Tours f a i t h f u l l y , John Gangham (Pres. Cath. Soc) B r i a n D. Bond (Chairman Church Soo.)
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I t was w i t h ni::ed f e e l i n g s that I volunteered t o ;,ooapt the e d i t o r i a l c h a i r from ,"±a OcuTtsr at the beginning of term and even now, as I s e t about e d i t i n grayf i r s t i s s u e , a c e r t a i n un-easinesr. remains. B e i n g , b y nature, a somewhat r e t i r i n g person one of ny f i r s t thou~hts w s "Am I r e a l l y s u i t e d f o r the job?" Maybe not! But then what does one gain from u n i v e r s i t y l i f e i f one i s not prepared t o accept the c h a l l e n g e — i t would have been f a r e a s i e r t o have shunned the responsibi l i t y but i n t a k i n g up t h i s post I b e l i e v e that I am making a v a l u a b l e c o n t r i b u t i o n t o my own education. Lute a l l new e d i t o r s I v i s u a l i s e c e r t a i n changes i n FELIX. I think, and I am sure t h a t most readers w i l l agree w i t h me, that :^uc:i can be done t o improve the appearance o f the Compared w i t h other c o l l e g e paper. newspapers i n the U n i v e r s i t y , FELIX i s In the method a v e r y shabby a f f a i r . of production which we use at present nKst of our e f f o r t s go i n t o a c t u a l p r i n t i n g :>nd f a r too l i t t l e i n t o the e d i t i n g and w r i t i n g which form the sub-stanoe o f the paper. The o n l y ad-vantage t h a t t h i s method commands i s that i t i s cheap so t h a t we oan manage without e x t e r n a l revenue (e.g. grant from the Union, f e e s f o r a d v e r t i s i n g etc.) I f we are t o r a d i c a l l y change the appearance o f FELIX then we must adopt a p r i n t i n g process whioh i s , o f n e c e s s i t y , much more expensive. Since we b a r e l y make a p r o f i t on cur sales as we stand there i s a l l too l i t t l e l a t i t u d e f o r Improvement i f we oontinv.c without f i n e n t i a l h e l l ; Two main sources e x i s t , revenue from oom- m e r c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g , snd d i r e c t grant from the Union, both o f which are be- i n g explored a t t h e moment. The o t h e r main d i f f i c u l t y which FELIX faces i s the l a c k of v a r i e t y o f and depth o f m a t e r i a l which appears i n i t s columns. T h i s i s i n e v i t a b l e owing to the small o i r o l e of people a c t i v e l y involved. But I am sure t h a t t h i s i s not a t r u e r e f l e c t i o n of the t a l e n t a t Imperial College. Remember t h a t t o many people o u t s i d e the C o l l e g e FELIX i s the o n l y organ o f communication and as suoh should r e c o r d p r a c t i o l l y every a c t i v i t y and opinion w i t h i n the Students Union as w e l l as p r o v i d e f e a t u r e s o f general i n t e r e s t . So i f you have h a l f an hour t o spare, a keen i n t e r e s t , and a sense o f r e s p o n s i b i l t y towards your f e l l o w students s e t t l e down now and become a FELIX correspondent. Robert F. Cheeney.
In the l i g h t o f l a r l i m a n t a r y developments, i s i t not time that a centre was s e t up f o r the b e n e f i t of people who l i k e t o t a k e " s p o r t i n g chances"? noting that i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r the Carnival, i l l e g a l b e t t i n g took place on the outcome o f a t o r t o i s e race, I f e e l sure, that t h i s type o f t h i n g could have been bettered" by the use o f a b o o k m a k e r , t o t a l i s a t o r , or even better,by the s e t t i n g up of a b e t t i n g s k o p j t h i s i s t o s t a r t next y e a r ) . Bonoe, any f u n o t i o n s (such as t o r t o i s e races) oould be handled by a s o c i e t y which I propose t o form. I know of twenty w i l l i n g people who w i l l j o i n me i n forming a S p o r t i n g Chance S o c i e t y ( f o r want of a b e t t e r name), and w i t h our p o o l e d knowledge of racecourses, e t c . , I am sure we oould b r i n g f i n a n c i a l gain t o a l l Union f u n c t i o n s . Any person w i l l i n g t o throw i n h i s l o t , please n o t i f y me through the Union r a c k , D. Brown. (2nd, Chem. Eng.)
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The S e c u r i t y O f f i c e r has drawn our a t t e n t i o n t o the f a c t that s i n c e t h e beg'-ining of term there have been two cases of t h e f t of w a l l e t s from jacket pockets. For your own good he has i s s u e d the f o l -lowing warning which we reproduce here:WALLETS MUST BE REMOVED FROM JACKETS WHEN THESE ARE TAKEN OFF'FOR ANT PURPOSE. STUDENTS CAN PROTECT THEIR OWN PROPERTY BT TAKING THIS SIMPLE PRECAUTION.
I enclose the f o l l o w i n g l e t t s r which may be of i n t e r e s t to any of your readers who a n t i c i p a t e using Icwt.of sugar t h i s coming c o l l e g e year. I t i s i n r e p l y t o a l e t t e r of mine t o the f i r m concerned, e n q u i r i n g as t o the advantages of buying 1cwt.sacks of t h i s most import a n t commodity. Yours F a i t h f u l l y , O.W.Davies, wear o i r . We are i n r e c e i p t o f your l e t t e r 25th.Ootober e n q u i r i n g f o r d e t a i l s d i f f e r e n t i a l between 1cwt.sacks T.L.Granulated Sugar and the e q u i q u a n t i t y of 2 - l b . p a c k e t s . For your information,1-owt.sacks of T.L.Granulated Sugar are a v a i l a b l e at a d i f f e r e n t i a l of j / l j d . p e r cwt.under the oost o f an e q i v a l e n t q u a n t i t y of 2 - l b . p packets. A s i n g l e sack taken from a r e t a i l grocer who i s not i n the habit o f s e l l i n g sugar i n bulk,would however,be s u b j e c t t o an a d d i t i o n a l d e l i v e r y charge of 2/— per cwt. approximately,whioh would narrow the s a v i n g t o l / l g d per owt. In view of the fact t h a t i t w i l l take you one o o l l e g e y e a r ( t h i r t y weeks of term time)to exhaust a supply o f sugar purchased i n t h i s way,we f e e l t h a t the s a v i n g w i l l b e p r o b l e m a t i c a l . One f u r t h e r p o i n t should be borne, ist mind, the g r o c e r y t r a d e f r e quently t r e a t s packet granulated aa a " l o s s - l e a d e r " a n d sugar i s . a v a i l a b l e a t out p r i c e s from many r e t a i l o u t l e t s . I t may w e l l be p o s s i b l e f o r you t o purchase 2 - l b . p a c k e t s o f g r a n u l a t e d sugar f o r a s l i t t l e as l / 2 d . o r l / 3 d . i n your v i o i n i t y , a n d at t h i s p r i c e , t h e y would i n f a c t , b e cheaper f o purchase than the e q u i v a l e n t q u a n t i t y i n a 1cwt.sack. *bs d i f f i c u l t i e s o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of a stock o f sugar s p o i l i n g i £ r e t a i n e d on your premises f o r t h _ s l e n g t h o f time must a l s o be borne i n mind and we p e r s o n a l l y cannot-advise t h i s method o f purchase i n your i n s t a n c e . We hope that the above-mentioned f a c t s w i l l enable you t o compare the r e l a t i v e m e r i t s o f purchasing sugar e i t h e r i n packet as r e q u i r e d or i n b u l k .
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T H A N K S The Editor would like to express his gratitude tn the following people who undertook the inflame th task of typing this issueiShelagh Hoekingj Jim Carter, Ian Guy, Ian Gibson, John Jennings,- H n -lay acFherscn, and Cave Owen.
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We must tender our apologies to Mr. Bob Lucas whose book review i n the l a s t e d i t i o n o f FELIX e n t i t l e d "The World o f A r t " was i n a d v e r t a n t l y s i g n -ed w i t h the wrong namei
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3Y JOKK GCA. Ovei' the l a 3 t year i t has become not i c e a b l e that the number of anonymous a r t i c l e s and l e t t e r s published i n PELIX has increased. Furthermore, the pro- p o r t i o n .of personal a t t a c k s i n such oon- t r i b u t i o n s has been comparable w i t h the p r o p o r t i o n of personal a t t a c k s i n the weekend speeches of Labour P a r t y leaders. Unless we wish a l l d i s c u s s i o n of Union L a f f a i r s t o r e s o l v e i t s e l f i n t o personal i n v e c t i v e , then i t might be u s e f u l t o im-pose a ban on the p u b l i c a t i o n of a l l un- s i g n e d — o r wrongly s i g n e d — c o n t r i b u t i o n s . I t i s s m a l l comfort f o r those attacked to know that the w r i t e r s have not the courage of t h e i r c o n v i c t i o n s and are unprepared to s u b s t a n t i a t e t h e i r a l l e g a t i o n s . The very f a c t that the • " • t i d e s ar« nubliahed. — e s p e c i a l l y when s i s n e d w i t h seemingly authentic names—can give the impression that there i s some substance i n the a r t -icles. Several people have commented oh the improvement to the Union Lounge now t h a t the carpets have been l a i d . ' However the f a c t that o l d l a g s are seeing an improve-ment doesn't cut much i c e w i t h aestheti c a l l y minded f r e s h e r s or Saturday night hoppers from outside. Although the d i f f i c u l t i e s of making a large room look
cosy are considerable, the same excuse can hardly e x p l a i n the c o l d and bare IOOK of the smaller lounges i n the Union 3 u i l d -ing. Apart from anything e l s e , our Union B u i l d i n g must be amongst the poorest whe i.t comes t o p a i n t i n g s . We have, i t i s true, two l o y a l photographs i n the Union Lounge and odd daubs elsewhere, bu1 nowhere i s there anything hanging which one would care to look at twice. I t i3 d i f f i c u l t to see the reason f o r t h i s , be-cause p i c t u r e s , u n l i k e other items of expenditure, can even increase, i n value w i t h age and the purchase of p i c t u r e s of a r t i s t i c merit cannot therefore be s a i d t o c o n s t i t u t e a threat to the Union assets. I t seems a p i t y that i t has been decided t o hold only one Union meeting t h i s term. This breaks a t r a d i t i o n of many years standing that two meetings are held i n the autumn term, one f o r the p r e s e n t a t i o n of'Accounts and one f o r any The next meetother important business. - i n g on November 15th. w i l l be the f i r s t at which the quorum of 400 becomes l e g a l and u n f o r t u n a t e l y , due t o t h i s break i n t r a d i t i o n , some s o c i e t i e s had already a r -rariged meetings f o r t h i s date before t h i s change was announced. In a d d i t i o n the crowded agenda makes that e i t h e r there w i l l be a very short d i s c u s s i o n on important t o p i c s , or the meeting w i l l go on a f t e r 2.30p.m. and be i n danger of be-coming i n q u o r a t e . Next term I 3Ugge3t the Union meetings be announced w e l l i n advance and i f the agenda appears l i k e l y to be crowded, an e x t r a meeting c o u l d be arranged.
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You cannot change the t r a d i t i o n s o f an i n s t i t u t i o n by an over-night r e v o l u t i o n , but you oan do a l l i n your power t o improve i t l i t t l e by l i t t l e . That i s why I regard w i t h favour the t r e b l i n g i n the number o f the s o c i a l c l u b s i n the l a s t few years) although each one has been e s t a b l i s h e d i n the t e e t h o f the o p p o s i t i o n of the s t u p i d e s t form of conservatism.....Softly, s o f t l y , catches monkey,....One day t h i s c o l l e g e w i l l be important because we w i l l have learned how to have a s o c i a l conscience.
I t h i n k i t i s important t h a t the Union should do a l l i n ipi power to educate i t s e l f . T h i s i s why I f e e l t h a t members o f the Union should l e a r n to choose t h e i r own P r e s i d e n t and oease to a l l o w the choice to be made f o r them. Some people say t h a t the members o f the Union are too i r r e s p n s i b l e to e l e c t t h e i r own P r e s i d e n t . T h i s i s not t r u e of the v a s t m a j o r i t y o f c o l l e g e unions and I do not b e l i e v e i t to be true o f t h i s U n i o n . l f i t were true then s u r e l y i t f i s the making o f d e c i s i o n s t h a t causes people to be r e s p o n s i b l e and the v i c i o u s c i r c l e o f i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y must be broken sooner or l a t e r . Some people s a y i look a t the King's f r a c a s or the B a t t e r s e a f r a c a s , by way o f evidence against a popularly elected President.
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In the column Comment one union member presents h i s views and c r i t i c i s m s on the v a r i o u s c o n t r o v e r s i e s which per- e n n i a l l y a s s a i l us. Obviously h i s column presents one view only. This column i s inteait.ed to r e p l y t o these o r i t i o i s j i s , and t o o f f e r opposing a r g -uments, although the views of t h i s w r i t e r are not n e c e s s a r i l y opposed t o those of our commentator.
Sane people have been v o c i f e r o u s l y oomplaining that the l a s t e d i t o r of FELIX p r i n t e d anonymous l e t t e r s cont- a i n i n g personal a t t a c k s . This i s not true. In none of the l e t t e r s p r i n t e d was any i n d i v i d u a l mentioned or r e f e r r e d to, and a l l the authors were known t o the e d i t o r . Unfortunatel y there are i n the College c e r t a i n groups ho w i l l never accept t h a t the other side has a case. I f a l e t t e r b e a r i n g the name of a p r o t a g o n i s t of one s i d e appears the other side dismisses i t as propoganda.
Thus i n order t o present a case whioh w i l l be debated on i t a m e r i t s i t i s . sometimes neoessary t o adopt a pseudonym The F e l i x Board s t i p u l a t e s t h a t the e d i t o r must know the t r u e name of the author, but, p r o v i d i n g the case p r e s e n -ted i s a good one, there seems no nec- e s s i t y f o r appending the t r u e name o f the author. Perhaps some people oan not understand t h a t ther e are Union members who don't w r i t e f o r FELIX j u s t t o beoome w e l l known. r
On the question of Union lounges I f i n d myself i n agreenw-it w i t h Mr. Cox. The i n t r a i u c t l o n of carpets t o the low- e r lounge has r a i s e d the standard t o t h a t of a f i r s t o l a s s s t a t i o n w a i t i n g room. Who knows but what we may not aohieve the standard of a second c l a s s h o t e l f o y e r i n two or three years time. Of course a few good p i c t u r e s would h e l p t o make the lounges a t t r a c t i v e and would prove a sound invesianent; i f Mr. Cox would loan us. say £100,000 I am sure C o u n c i l would buy the odd Van Gogh, and i n years t o come would s e l l a t a vast p r o f i t . *
May I o f f e r my condolences t o our commentator as he bemoans the passin g o f the age-old t r a d i t i o n o f two Union meetings i n the Michelmas term. How-ever, i t i s not r e a l l y " p o s s i b l e t o j u s t i f y a Union meeting s o l e l y f o r pas- i n g the accounts as there i s u s u a l l y v e r y l i i t l e d i s c u s s i o n on t h i s s u b j e c t . I t i s unfortunate t h a t t h i s Union meet- i n g clashes w i t h some s o c i e t y f u n c t i o n s but i t i s not p o s s i b l e t o decide the dates of Union meetings b e f o r e the beg- i n n i n g of term as these are arranged i n oonjuntion w i t h the General Studies Board. As many s o c i e t i e s arrange t h e i r meeting during the previous term t h i s c l a s h seems i n e v i t a b l e . We are a l l somewhat apprehensive as t o whether the meeting w i l l achieve the neoessary 400 quorum. However p r o v i d i n g our P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r j u s t i f i e s h i s pos- i t i o n ther e should be l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t y i n r a i s i n g 400 hefds from a 2,800 pop-ulation.
B u i there have been some f a i r l y good I m p e r i a l f r a c a s e s i n the past two years and we do not e l e c t our P r e s i d e n t . I t h i n k the t r u t h o f the matter i s that probably the same man would be e l e c t e d e i t h e r by the Union or by the C o u n o i l .
Now some people w i l l p i c k on the l a s t statement tp prove that there i s no. reason to make the change, and they w i l l have completely missed the p o i n t . The e f f e c t the ohange w i l l have w i l l be to causa a f a r l a r g e r number o f people to think.and argue about the q u a l i t i e s needed i n a good P r e s i d e n t . To the extent that to improve the output o f I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e i t s members should l e a r n toargue and d i s c u s s , an e l e c t i o n f o r P r e s i d e n t would be a good t h i n g . Bob F i n c h .
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COMING EVENTS CATHOLIC SOCIETY Maa. Hsy.. i k i h . — a t a l k on " A f r i c a Today" by Anthony A l l o t of the School of O r i e n t a l and A f r i o a n S t u d i e s at5.15-p.m. i n the Botany Lecture Theatre. Mon. Nov.gtst. A t h e a t r e partly t o the Globe Theatre t o see "A Han f a r A l l Seasonns"
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For the f i r s t time ever the I.C. Commemoration Ball was held at Quaglino'a. The choice promised to be a popular one, for a l l the tickets were sold well i n advance of the event. Looking back the change of venue proved to be a moat successful one, The evening opened at 9.00pm,, when the early arrivals were announced by the Toastmaster,,and welcomed by the President.
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The main point of interest at this year's Commem. Day, was the address by the special v i s i t o r Professor S i r CyriliHinohlewood, President of the Royal Society > President of the U a s s i c a l l A s s . and something of a linguist . His. speech wits concerned with what he oalled'the two cultures of arts (or the humanities) and s c i ence.
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Th* decor and general f a c i l i t i e s were of an extremely high standard. Perhaps the only fault i n an otherwise memorable evening was the occasional xo-efficSency of the service.
The number of couples dancing throughout the evening paid tribute to the excellent music: of the Tommy Kinsman's Orchestra, and the quality of the ballroom. This year a light dinner was served i n four sittings, ThTheuauperbe-manu provided a choice of dishes f o r each course, after which, coffee was served i n the foyer. A photographer was in attendance to record the notable events of the evening, including the Links Club meeting, which took place i n the Long
Unfortunately the evening closed at 3 . 0 0 a m , when a reluctant, but contented company dispersed. In a l l the event proved to be so highly successful that similar arrangements are being considered for next year. The success of the Ball must be credited to last year's sommittee f o r t h e i r organisation of this memorable occasion.
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Since 1884 successive generations of engineering students have bean entering the red brick, building designed by Waterhouse on Exhibition road, and which became the City and Guilds College. On the evening Of Friday 4th November a reception held at Imperial College the same b o l l whioh'was used to c a l l students to lectures i n 1884 was rung again to mark the transition from the old building to the new - now f u l l y commissinred as the f i r s t part of the larger building for Mechanical Engineering. Under the guidance of men l i k e Unwin and his successors, the growth of engineering education has been p phenomenal during the last 7 5 years. There were some ,,200 engineering students when the City and Guilds College was federated to form part of the Imperial College i n 1907. By 1952 there were
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nearly 8001 today there more than 1 , 2 5 0 and the planned number i s 1 , 7 5 0 . The major increase during the past eight years i s the result of the Government s decision to expand the Imperial College; and the number of engineering students both undergraduate and postgraduate, oould only be increased by the provision or more space and up-to-date f a c i l i t i e s . 1
The new building, of which the f i r s t instalment has now gone into service, w i l l be completed some three to four_years henoe. I t w i l l take the place of the bid buildings on Exhibition Road,which w i l l be progressively demolished to make room f o r i t . I t w i l l be 440 feet long, and on nine floor levels, and w i l l provide teaching and research f a c i l i t i e s for more than 330 students of Mechanical Engineering and f o r some 300 of the engineering students from the other Departments of the College.
&k well as major groups working on A-pplied-Theraodynamics ( all'subjects concerned with oombustion and with heat and mass transfer) and Applied Mechanics ( metal fatigue, p l a s t i c i t y , stress analysis and the like ), the Department also inoludes sections studying nuclear power and production engineering. The new building w i l l form the eastern boundary of a new East Quadrangle, bounded on the south and west by other new-trai-ldlMgg now-nnder construction for C i v i l and for E l e c t r i c a l Engineering. Designed by Messrs. Normen and Dawbarn, the building i s of composite construction with structural steel and reinforced concrete frames. External treatment i s similar to that adopted for the new building-for the Physics Department ( opened last month by S i r John Cockcroft) - white mosaic columns and spandrel walls faced with green Swedish t i l e s .
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The hockey f i r s t XI got of to a good s t a r t w i t h a convincing 8-2 win against St. B a r t s . A t h a l f time the score was 2-0 i n favour of I.e., hut i n the second h a l f we r e a l l y got on top sooring s i x goals i n the l a s t twenty minutes.
The case of p o l i o i n the c o l l e g e meant that matches f o r the f o l l o w i n g two weeks had to be cancelled. A f t e r t h i s r e s t the teams were eager to s t a r t p l a y i n g again, but l a s t Wednesday's and Saturday's matches had to be oanoelled owing to the weather. One of the matches c a n c e l l e d because of t h i s was the f i r s t round of the U.L. Cup against Kings, and i t i s hoped to p l a y t h i s match o f f i n the near f u t u r e .
JOHN COLLINS
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F i n a l l y I should l i k e to remind everyone t o TICK. OFF e a r l y i n the week.
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The teams creaked somewhat a f t e r he p o l i o interlude, and the seoond team isd a c l o s e but eventually--aulaaaaflil Jpen t o the season agains t a rajbher" depleted Chelsea team. In the f i r s t match in whioh a l l l a d i e s have representeS. the lollege a t bsdmington .the • . g i r l s - l o s t " narrowly 5-4 t o a strong King's team. This was an e x o l l e n t s t a r t f o r a new venture. D.F.
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In s p i t e of having t o miss the second U n i v e r s i t y t r i a l , because of the P o l i o outbreak, many o f the c o l l e g e were chosen t o represent t h e U n i v e r s i t y i n the 1 s t . , 2nd., and 3rd, teams against Cambridge on Sat. 29 t h . October. I.C. f r e s h e r Ted W i l k l n s r a n i n the t h i r d team match, though not s e l e c t e d , and won quite handsomely t o prove h i s f i t ness. Others d i d not f a i r so w e l l .
On Saturday, 5 t h . of November the f i r s t , second and t h i r d elevens had matches agains t Guy's H o s p i t a l , The f i r s t eleven match was a hard f a s t game considerin g the muddy c o n d i t i o n s , and the h o s p i t a l side won 5-2. The second eleven played w e l l and managed to hold Guy's to a two-two draw. The t h i r d eleven provided our only win of the day, and played e x c e p t i o n a l l y w e l l to r e c o r d a 5-2 win.
I t s badminton i n the Concert H a l l at l a s t ! The l o n g awaited'launching of our new a q u i s i t i o n , a p o r t a b l e badminton court took plac e on the a f t ernoon of Wednesday 2pd. Nove. iber. The court ( a l l «U74 17 s 3d. worth of i t ) was an undoubted sucess. A l l we need now i s permission t o use i t r e g u l a r l y on d i e evening -per week. I t i s t o be hoped that o f f i c i a l d o m does not a l l o w the court t o become a very expensive w h i t e elephant- gathering dust i n the gym.
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On t h e f o l l o w i n g Wednesday we had three away matches,.The f i r s t team p a i d a v i s i t t o Borough EoadiT.C. and f o r t h i s s n a i l o o l l e g e o f 300 we had t o t u r n out our strongest'team s i n c e l a s t years U n i v e r s i t y Championships. Having been beaten by them Once already t h i s season we came v e r y near t o b e i n g beaten again, and only a splendfd f i n i s h by a not very f i t Tony Larkum pipped, a Borough Road man i n t o l a s t p l a c e t o g i v e us a one p o i n t v ' c t o r y . Borough road had the f i r s t two men home but I.C. packed w e l l J . C l e a t o r ( 3 ) , T.Wilkins (5) J . C o l l i n 3 ( 6 ) , D.Hammonds (7) and J.Beraond (8) t o give us the hard earned v i c t o r y 26-27. A second team were a t Parliament H i l l F i e l d s running agains t Royal vets and R.A.F. Chessington. G.Wenk p u l l e d o f f an e x e l l e n t i n d i v i d u a l v i c t o r y f o r I.C., on one of h i s few appearances f o r the cross country c l u b . D.Colin ( 6 ) , and O.Fearn a l s o put i n good perfonnances t o give I.C.second place to the P..A.F. Result. 1. R.A.F. 29. 2. I.C. 44. 3. R.V.C. 56. A t The time of w r i t i n g we have no r e s u l t s of the t h i r d match - a U n i v e r s i t y League I I match.
Owing to the case of p o l i o i n the c o l l e g e the Korphy ana Lowry boat races.had t o be postponed. The i l l n e s s led t o the m t e r u p t i o n of t r a i n i n g , but a l l crews are now f i t a f t e r a f o r t n i g h t s hard work. The races w i l l nowbe held on Wednesday 16th. of November and i t i s hoped that as many" people as p o s s i b l e w i l l be on the tow path to cheer on the orews.
I C W S C Ann King was r e c e n t l y e l e c t e d •president ofthe Imperial College Womens' Sporting Clubs,
Saturday 5 t h . November was the date of the annual v i s i t of the London C o l l eges to the Midlands. This t i n e our ho hosts were the U n i v e r s i t y of North Staf f s . L i v e r p o o l U n i v e r s i t y provided t!ts r e s t of the K i d l a n d o p p o s i t i o n t o teams from I.C. , U.C. , nr." (J.M.C. I.C. w i t h 4 men i n the f i r s t . 7 i n c l u d i n g the i n d i v i d u a l winner J . C o l l i n s were very unlucky not. t o win. D.Itavjnonds oaiao t o g r i e f on the ( f i r s t barbed w i r e fence and was" badly scratohed and l o s t h i s shorts. Fresher John Young t w i s t e d h i s ankle Only a l i t t l e I n t e r but very p l u c k i l y a a r r i e d on t o c l o s e the s c o r i n g f i v e . L i v e r p o o l won the day however from I.C. by f i v e p o i n t s , the r e s u l t b e i n g :"t. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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S O C C E R On Jaturciiy 2,th October the 1 s t , 2nd, and t h i r d elevens t r a v e l l e d to Southampton f o r f r i e n d l y matches against the U n i v e r s i t y . The 1st XI played w e l l , and showed a d i s t i n c t , improvement on t h e i r performance i n the f i r s t match. The r e s u l t of the :xitoh was 2-1 to Southampton, but a draw would have been a f a i r e r r e f l e c t i o n of the p l a y . I t was p l e a s i n g to see f r e s h e r Dave L o f t u s , a t r i g h t baolc a i d Lave Hunt, at l e f t - h a l f , p l a y i n g so s t r o n g l y and w e l l . The 2nd XI a l s o l o s t , by 3 - 0 / to a strong Southampton s i d e . Southampton wore h e l d to a 1-0 lead i n the f i r s t h a l f , but a f t e r h a l f - t i m e , t h e i r greater stamina t o l d and they r a n out worthy winners Of the three' teams p l a y i n g at Southampton the 3rd XI put up the best performance,, and w i t h Rod Vi'ilshaw s c o r i n g twice, I . C . won 5 - 3 . On Wednesday 2nd November, a l l I . C . teams p l a y i n g were engaged i n league matches. The 1st. X I , not taking advantage of a s t r o n g wind i n the f i r s t h a l f , l o s t 1-3 to Kings I , This was a great disappointment a f t e r our f i n e d i s p l a y of the p r e v i o u s Saturday. The 2nd X I , p l a y i n g away,
Gold weather and r a i n - i i n f o r t u n a t e l y marred the f i r s t n e e t i n " o f the season a t Hurlmgham Park or. Sat. Nov. 5 t h . against L.S.E. and Kannheim U n i v e r s i t y . In s p i t e o f t h i s , the match r e s u l t e d i n a very c l o s e f i n i s h between I.C. and, Mannheim, w i t h the German team winning by three p o i n t s . Kost o f the I.C. sucesses came i n the three f i e l d events - w i t h some gooc performances f r o n Connolly who w e l l supported by A l l c o c k . These two ca>fie f i r s t and second i n shot and d i s c u s and second a i d s i x t h i n the j a v e l i n . I n the two r e l a y s , I.C. f i n i s h e d second i n each case t o Mannheim . I n the long r e l a y , 4&0 - 220 - 220- 880, C l i f t o n running the 1+kD handed over i n 2nd. place t o H a r r i s o n who ran a f i n e 220 under appal l i n g conditions to consolidate thi3 b e f o r e handing over t o meade . C l e a t o r running the f i n a l stage, d i d w e l l t o mainta.in h i 3 p o s i t i o n and h o l d o f f a strong challenge from Heck o f L.S.E, In the other r e l a y , hk-0 -33° - 220 110 , S p i e r began w e l l f o r I.C., narrowly f a i l i n g t o h o l d o f f a l a t e challenge from Leger of Mannheim . B l a k e Meade and Soribry drew w e l l away from L.S.E. but were unable t o c l o s e the gap w i t h Mannheim. The next meeting o f the season w i l l ; be the U n i v e r s i t y Winter Relays a t Motspur Park, f a r which we w i l l need as strong a team aa p o s s i b l e .
opportunity of showing 1st XI how to
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' The game s t a r t e d o f f a t a f a s t pace, and the German side scored two e a r l y goals. Mannheim kept t h i s deserved l e a d u n t i l the i n t e r v a l , but i n the second h a l f I.C. g r a d u a l l y got on top. The tannheim goal was under almost constant pre ;sui-e, and i t was not s u r p r i s i n g t o see the German goalkeeper beaten f i v e time3. Two of these goals were scored w i t h long shots by I.C. defenders. The Rufper Club, a l s o i n c l u d i n g U.L. p l a y e r s , had a c l o s e r game, but t h e i r greater s t r e n g t h t o l d i n the end. The f i n a l score was 16 p t s . - 3 p t s . i n favour of I.C. A f t e r the matches Mannheim were ent e r t a i n e d ' a t dinner. The teams then r e t i r e d to the b a r , where a general sing-song and the d r i n k i n g of much beer oompleted an enjoyable evening.
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T E N N I S â&#x20AC;˘ B a s i l Janes brought great honour t o h i m s e l f and the c o l l e g e by b e i n g s e l e c t e d t o c a p t a i n Wales againsti'pngland i n an Amateur I n t e r n a t i o n a l Match.
by the same 3core to Q.M.C. I I . The f i f t h XI, however, won c o n v i n c i n g l y by 5-0 a g a i n s t Northern P o l y .
w i n . ' P l a y i n g i n an away league match a t Condon School of Economics, they "soundly thrashed the o p p o s i t i o n and won by 6 - 2 . The 3rd XX, not to be outdone, a l s o won, by 3-0 against Northern Poly, t h e i r second c l e a r win i n succession. The f o u r t h XI, p l a y i n g a g a i n s t Old Templonians at H a r l i n g t o n ,
The Soccer Club, i n c l u d i n g the c o l l e g e ' s U n i v e r s i t y p l a y e r s , liad a f i n e 5-2 win.
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l o s t 0-3 t o K i n g ' s I I , w h i l e the 3rd XI, p l a y i n g at H a r l i n ~ t o n , went down
November 3th saw the 1 s t XI r e s t i n g f o r t h e i r match a g a i n s t Mannheim U n i v e r s i t y to be played on the .followi n g day, and the 2nd XI took the
On Sunday s i x t h November the I.C. Soccer and Rugby Clubs played the Mannheim U n i v e r s i t y clubs at Harlington.
The f i r s t week of league matches was quite a s u c c e s s f u l one , w i t h each winning i t s r e s p e c t i v e match. In the f i r s t round of the cup the f i r s t team scored a 7-2 v i c t o r y a g a i n s t Goldsmiths I and w i l l go on to p l a y the winner of Chelsea and Charing X. The second team were unlucky to draw L . S . E . I . as opponents add were beaten by a s u p e r i o r s i de 9-0. I.G.Cameron
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The match p l a y e d on B r i g h t o n and Hove'Albions ground on Saturday 5 t h . November ended i n d i s a s t e r f o r B a s i l , as i n the 36th. minute he was c a r r i e d o f f w i t h a broken l e g . The game ended i n a 6-4 win f o r England, but Wales fought g a l l a n t l y w i t h t e n men.
I f e e l everyone i n o o l l e g e would l i k e t o w i s h B a s i l a speedy recovery , and that we w i l l see him i n a c t i o n again l a t e r i n the season.
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