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The G u i l d s party was the f i r s t to s e t o f f f o r Putney on ilorphy Day. They marohed down E x h i b i t i o n Road t o South Kensington S t a t i o n . The R.C.S. contingent s e e i n g them pass the end of I m p e r i a l I n s t i t u t e Road, r e a l i s e d that there were about 100 people i n the p a r t y Since any R.C.S. man i s e q u a l t o two Guildsmen R.C.S. took a p a r t y of about 50 down to Putney.
-cue, so that the Vice P r e s i d e n t s t r o u s - e r s were soon f l y i n g w i t h s e v e r a l other Guildsmen's t r o u s e r s from the t r e e s . I t must be noted t h a t the V i c e P r e s i d e n t of G u i l d s was the only member of e i t h e r e x e c u t i v e t o loose h i s t r o u s e r s .
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This year the P r e s i d e n t of R.C.S. had c h a l l e n g e d the P r e s i d e n t of G u i l d s to a d u e l : Custard p i e s a t three f e e t . This took p l a c e w i t h a l l due ceremony but not before the G u i l d s p r e s i d e n t had been f o r c e d t o apologise f o r the d i s g u s t i n g a t t a o k on J e z e b e l .
They marohed down t o G l o u c e s t e r Road S t a t i o n where the P r e s i d e n t l e a d the aasualt. The.ticket c o l l e c t o r wisely A change o f t r a i n s stood to one s i d e . a t E a r l s Court S t a t i o n l e a d t o a r a p l a deploying o f f o r c e s ; thus f o u r people a t points along the p l a t f o r m c o n f i d e n t l y c a l l i n g " A l l change please" r e s u l t e d i n an empty t r a i n going t o E a l i n g .
A f t e r the P r e s i d e n t s d u e l , which l i k e the main contest r e s u l t e d i n a most honorable draw, the two p a r t i e s "had a t " one another. I t hau been decided t h a t t h i s year Mascots should not be involved i n the b a t t l e so they were placed t o 'one s i d e . . I t must be noted that d u r i n g the b a t t l e the P r e s i d e n t of G u i l d s saw that they migat be damaged so he removed both mascots t o a safe p l a c e .
At Putney Bridge S t a t i o n the p a r t y passed through by saying " T i c k e t s a t the back" The l a s t member walked through without s a y i n g anything. Thus.;:the. party a r r i v e d a t the Boat"House i n great s p i r i t s , only t o f i n d that G u i l d s had i n d u l g e d i n a d a s t a r d l y a t t a c k on J e z -ebel. The wrath of the p a r t y oould not be oontained and the R.C.S. oonting-ent was l e a d r a p i d l y along the towpath 30 t h a t i t s members oould "get a t " Guilds.
At the beginnin g of the c o n t e s t G u i l d s rushed madly a t R.C.S., but were s p e e d i l y r e p e l l e d by only a few of the 3 cwt. of r o t t e n apple3 that.R.C.S. possessed. R.C.S. then f o l l o w e d up t h i s i n i t i a l rou t by chasing tjje G u i l d s -men and i n d u l g i n g in-some magnificent hand t o hand f i g h i n g v In t h i s ^ the" V i c e P r e s i d e n t of G u i l d s was captured and d e s p i t e h i s repeated bellows o f " G u i l d s ! : G u i l d s : ! " none of h i s men \1) had s u f f i c i e n t courage t o attempt a r e s -
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The s t r u g g l e f o r power waxed to and f r o along the tow-path, attaok f o l l o w e d a t t a c k f o l l o w e d counter a t t a c k and G u i l d s , d e s p i t e t h e i r v a s t l y s u p e r i o r numbers, c o u l d maxe no impression on the R.C.S. ranks. The b a t t l e raged.on and on; G u i l d s had used up t h e i r apples, oiieir f l o u r bags, and t h e i r tomatoes,K.Co. too h i d r u n out of ammunition; i t was no* a question o f tremenuoua hand to hand f i g h t i n g . I t was obvious .that G u i l d s would never daunt the i < . C o . s p i r i t , y e t R.C.S. c o u l d never q u i t e gain the upper hand. A short t r u c e and a conference between P r e s i d e n t s o n l y resu l t e d i n f i e r c e r a t t a c k s , but then the P r e s i d e n t s decided t h a t a draw was a f a i r r e s u l t so the mascots were r e s t o r e d , Brough found h i s t r o u s e r s and the two c o l l e g e s l i n e d the banks t o watch the races. The c o l l e g e s decided that s i n c e the r e s u l t was a draw, n e i t h e r P r e s i d e n t had won, so each C o l l e g e c a s u a l l y tossed i t s own P r e s i d e n t i n t o the Thames. Sie f i n a l memory of the day was the amazing s i g h t of 150 R.C.S. and Guildsmen p l a y i n g Ring 0-Ring of Roses round two" London Transport buses and f o u r c a r s on Putney Bridge a f i t t i n g end t o a tremendous afternoon of s p o r t .
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In ih« runner of this veer tha f i r s t wnaao-only owpsrUtion l e f t 1.0. to v i s i t the s n a i l i s l a n d of ST.KITTS i n the Leeward Islands, the party consisting of Miss Anne P h i l l i p s and Hiss Shelagh Hooking. The alms of the expedition were to work on the sugar oaae pests, oolleot specimens and make a survey of the fauna for the Natural History Museum, whose l a s t records for the island are 40 years o l d . St. K i t t s i s predominantly covered In sugar cane, but a ohaim of volcanoes stretch down the centre of the island, and these are oova red i n
Two zoologists spent eight > « i s i n Ghana. They had two main aims. First, to study the physical conditions i n the holds of the ships on which they trav-elled, and their effects on the insect pests i n the holds, especially those pests associated with cocoa. The other objeot of the expedition was to make a oollection of the beetles i n the Forest•Reserve near Kumasi where most of the time i n Ghana was spent. In addition, photographs were taken of a l l forms of insect l i f e . While i n Ghana, one week was also spent at Zuarungu, near the northern border of the country.
tropical rain forest. A sand spit l a found i n the S.E. whioh i s much dryer than the rest of the island, ao a number of ecological habitats axe found within a small area of 70 so. miles.The easiest way to travel round the island was by donkey, whioh was found to be a rather hazardous method for the inexperienced. Work was interrupted for 2 weeks by Hurricane "Donna" whioh passed through the island early i n September, but St.Kitts was not h i t as badly as the neighbouring island of Anguilla. The expedition also visited Guadaloupe, Antigua and Nevis, so some comparative studies oould be made between the islands, and had the interesting experience of seeing the annual Antigua Carnival. Steel bands, oalypso- rhythms, and the wonderful hospitality and kindness of the West Indian people, combined to make an interesting, exciting, but beneficial t r i p .
While i t rains i n Britain, the sun shines i n Iceland; and the Central Ioeland Expedition was blessed with the finest Icelandic summer i n 33 years. During the six weeks spent i n the mountains there was rain on f i v e days. The objects of the expedition were botanical and glaciologioal; but the nearest ioe-oap proved inaccessable and the glaoiologioal work was abandoned
The expedition was truck llOmiles into the central plateau, dumped own devices. But a few
carried by wilds of the and l e f t t o i t s hardy tourists
were seen from time t o time, wno were i n v a r i a b l y amused by "those s i x mad Englishmen". U n f o r t u n a t e l y the ghost of a nearby oave, which they had a l l come t o see, never r a i s e d i t s head i n the s i x weeks.
Iceland's famous volcano Hekla, was climbed during an eighteen hour walk. No more than a few small whisps of steam greeted s i x tired men at the summit. Three days were spent i n Reykjavik on the way home — a real holiday for the party.
AHLIOAxTONS t o the B ^ l o r m t i o s •watt*, f o r future ^ e d i t i o n s t o P j r . 9»1*by OMX Sag&iseriag Dap*., by the
Proi1 l i t e R. John Cleator, Nigel Clark, Da*» Parr, Dr. Kershaw, & Frank Pickering. Photo by Tony Larknm.
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If: you l i k e a good discussion, a rambl* m Windsor Great Park and e x c e l l e n t f o o d , you are almost sure t o enjoy a -touchstone Weekend. They are h e l d twice a term a t Silwood Bark, the I m p e r i a l College F i e l d S t a t i o n , where about BO bo botanisis and biologists are admiraDly s i t u a t e d t o c a r r y out t h e i r r e s e a r c h . oilwood House uaed'-o be a country loansioh a u d i t s grounds s t i l l remind one of one; i t i s l e s s than a mile from Windsor^ Great Park (South E a s t e r n Corner) wher* we almost i n v a r i a b l y wander on Sunday morning,, and within" easy w a l k i n g distance of Ascot Races. I n the Great Park there i s V i r g i n i a Water, a Canadian Totem Pole (complete w i t h f a c e s of-a V h a l e , a beaver, an o l d man, a ''High Hat" etc.) and a good view of Windsor Castle I've even seen the Duke of Edinburgh p l a y i n g polo watched by h i s w i f e !
MOUNT ARARAT — GATEWAj TO THE EAJT. I R A N £ 2 5 0 0
Few readers can have f a i l e d t o n o t ice that cumbersome,ivory and orange, p a i nted v e h i c l e outside the Union. I t was i n t h i 3 ex-'.i.l;. number that the expedition t r a v e l l e d to Persia,and back. This journey would have been considered d a r ing ten year3 ago,but today i t i s an everyday occurence,although i t s t i l l r e t a i n s some hazards.
In the East,night d r i v i n g i s one of these. An approaching v e h i c l e w i l l turn o f f a l l i t s l i g h t s . One's immedi a t e r e a c t i o n i s t o do l i k e w i s e . Resu l t : — p i t c h darkness and a mad scramble to f i n d the l i g h t switch. Both d r i v e r s think a l i k e and the road i s i l l u m i n a t e d by two set3 of oonverging h e a d l i g h t s . Completely dazzled,a c o l l i s i o n i s somen how avoided,and another c r i s i s i s p a s t . The i d e a i s , o f Course,to a l t e r n a t e , the road always being i l l u m i n a t e d by one set of l i g h t s .
Added t o t h i s are the normal hazards of h a i r p i n bends on p r e c i p i t o u s mountains, stream g u l l i e s c u t t i n g the road away, and beasts of burden b l o o k i n g the road around the next corner.
On the seventeenth day,we reached Tehran,a c i t y of pleasant wide avenues and a t r a f f i c problem bigger than London' s. We spent the weekend there before d r i v i n g t o our d e s t i n a t i o n i n the E l b u r z mountains i n the North, The mountain people appear t o be o f a d i f f e r e n t r a c e , since t h e i r f a o i a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s are more rugged and t h e i r c l o t h i n g more pract i c a l . Although Moslem,their womenfolk are not veiled,and they wear s h o r t s k i r t s over voluminous t r o u s e r s , The young c h i l dren are c a r r i e d i n a shawl used as a papoose and the f i r s t impression i s , i n f a c t , of an Indian squaw.
The country they l i v e i n i s v e r y d i f f e r e n t from the a r i d p l a i n s of c e n t r a l Iran,since the mountains are i n the r a i n b e l t of the Caspian Sea and support deciduous f o r e s t up t o a h e i g h t of 16,000 f t . Our work was c a r r i e d out i n the higher f o r e s t r e g i o n s and a t r e k was made t o the g l a o i e r below the summit of Takht-e-Sulaiman,the highest mountain of ofce group.
I.C. CARNIVAL.
1961.
As decided a t the I.C. Union meeting l a s t week, the proceeds of the 1961 C a r n i v a l w i l l be donated to the Oxford Committee f o r Famine R e l i e f . (OXFAM). Last y e a r the o r g a n i s e r s managed to r a i s e £600. This year, w i t h the v a l u a b l e experienee"which 'they have passed on to us, and w i t h your cooperation, i t should be p o s s i b l e to r a i s e £2500. As an i n c e n t i v e , i t may i n t e r e s t you to know that a w e l l known g i r l s ' schoo l i n the Midlands, o f o n l y 6CO p u p i l s , r a i s e d w e l l over £500 f o r W.R.T. p u r e l y by t h e i r own e f f o r t s . A a . i a l l body o f i n t e r e s t e d people ( s i x to be p r e c i s e ) met f o r the f i r s t time on Tuesday l a s t week, but AT LEAST s i x more are needed to form the nucleus of. an e f f i c i e n t working coostittee.
Our t e n t a t i v e programme i s as f o l l o w s : -
House to house c o l l e c t i o n . Fancy Dress J i v e . Competition to win a c o r . M i l e of pennies. Processio n o f F l o a t s . Fete. Various Contests. We hope that a C a r n i v a l Magazine w i l l be produced.
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I f you are interested i n ORGANISING any event, then please come a l o n g t o our next committee meeting on Tuesday 29th Nov. a t 6 . 0 0 . p.m. i n committee room A. Even i f your i n t e r e s t i s o n l y o a s u a l , w r i t e your name on the back o f that empty c i g a r e t t e packet i n your pocket, and send i t to the Hon. Sec. ( A l a n Munro) v i a the Union rack. However, don't worry i f the packet i s fulli both the o r g a n i s e r and the Hon. Sec. are chain smokers. Looking forward to seeing you, John White. (<J»»iival :rganiser)
The week-end s t a r t s a f t e r lunch on Saturday when most of us p i l e i n t o a coach which gets t o Silwood at about 3.30p.m. (In f i n e weather a few of us c y c l e , i t ' s not an unpleasant r o u t e ) . Tea and sandwiclies over, we move i n t o the lounge and.the Guest Speaker introduces his s u b j e c t - s i t t i n g on a soapbox, a symbol of f r e e speech suggested by S i r Roderic H i l l who in' 1950 seems to have s t a r t e d Touchstone Week-ends almost e n t i r e l y by h i m s e l f - h i s was the i d e a of the name of Touchstone ( i t i s a type of quartz which mediaeval metalsmiths used to assay the q u a l i t y of a p i e c e of expensive metal), A f t e r the main speaker has t a l k e d f o r about an hour, we j o i n i n and ask bin questions a n d l a t e r adjourn f o r a d r i n k at the Silwood House Bar before our. f o u r course meal followed by c o f f e e , A t about 8.00p.m. MI reassemble i n three groups and get down to the not too seriou3 occupation of discussion; I have never known any group succeed i n sticking r l i i d l y t o thepoint f o r long, u s u a l l y we seem to wander round i t but always manage somehow to end up With a b e t t e r understanding of t h e t o p i c . The bar opens again a t about 9.30 and the -roups tend to break up a t about 11.00£ though some o c c a s i o n a l l y go on u n t i l 1,00 or even -later, (Some Americans once packed up at 4.00a.m. and then went to p l a y cards!) Breakfast i n the morning i s scheduled f o r 9.00a.m. I i;ave been served at 9,t5, but one chap,, woken by the cleaners at about midday, found he was a l i t t l e too l a t e . Only once i n the ten t i n e s I've been has i t raine d on S-unday, so now I ist.OW Windsor l a r k p r e t t y w e l l , but -utyway every Sunday Paper i s a v a i l a b l e andthere i s t a b l e t e n n i s somewhere. Richard Grossman a t t r a o t e d about 1+0 to h i s meeting on U n i l a t e r a l Disarmament ( the t i t l e of themeeting was "The Problem of Force").but most times there are about 30 of whom about h a l f are postgrads, and about 2-5 women ( i n c l u d i n g wives); It has nikt been p r a c t i c a l y e t to arrange a j o i n t meeting w i s h Bedford! A few of us turn up r e g u l a r l y but most people only manage to go once o r twice. The experience i s w e l l worthwhile - not from the " C u l t u r a l " aspect ( t h a t i s questionable anyway) but ^oause i t ' s damn jfood f u n . Oh, i n c i d e n t l y , we are dished out w i t h name tabs on the bus going out there, don't f o r g e t t o take yours o f f before r e t u r n i n g , they somehow seem to anuse people at Sunday evening d i n n e r i n t h e Union. F o r those i n t e r e s t e d , there i a ample opportunity t o go to church before o r a f t e r b r e a k f a s t or when you get back i h the evening.
4 Dear S i r , In reply to Finlay MoPherson's art - i c l e opposing the demooratio election of the I.G.. President X would l i k e to make the following points.
Dear Reader, By now most of pou w i l l know that I am an avowed Conservative. However I am forced to disaggree with a feiipw Conservative, namely Finlay D. Mcpherson. Prom his,latter i n the last edition of FELIX I get the impression that he i s being haunted by nightmares of the Union being taken over by soc- i a l i s t s on a popular vote. If what he says i 3 true he may well be justified- i n having such nightmares.
COMMENT It i s three years since I came to Imperial College. In those three years my opinions of the aims of university education, especially as applied here, have changed fundamentally. In those early days the magic letters B.Sc. rep-resented the ideal of my efforts, tney influenced me wherever I went-, what-ever I did. Now I am the "proud" possessor of the degree of B.3c. (Special) and nave oome to realise the f u l l meaning of the qualification "special". I t means end-les3 t o i l , worry, and above a l l , long hours. It means the accumulation of reams upon reams of fact3, many of whioh are useless, many more of whioh are for-gotten onoe the relative examinations are taken. In short i t means nothing less than oraramlng. I t should not be neces-sary that students should have to work regularly u n t i l 9pm. to f i n i s h a day3 set work. Over the last two years the Science and Education Committee of the Science Masters Association and the Association of Women Science Teachers has been oon-sidering the syllabuses of sixth form courses. In the case of physios i t has been shown that, by the use of imagi n a t i v e presentation, the time spent on the oourse by the pupil could be reduced Here then i s a case Cor radical by 2X&v changes at Imperial College. Since the end of the last war we have seen great advances i n teaching methods at primary sohools. Now secon-dary education i s changing. We can see a minor revolution taking place but at present we.are prepared to stand back and watch. Is this good enough? The answer i s definitely NO. In a world where the status of the soientist i s rapidly r i s i n g i t becomes more and more Important f o r the science graduate to be equipped with a good education as well as a good degree. At present many peo-ple leave I.C, with one or the other; but rarely both.' Do you think that this should be so ? I f not then where does the fault lay ? What can be done? Tou should a l l have some views on this, after a l l your future depends on i t . I f your feeling are strong then take up your pen and write, i f you oouldn't oare less then I oan only condemn you for your apathy. ' Robert P. Chetney.
It appears that I.C. contains a large majority of idealisti o socialists (we poor Conservatives are the oppressed minority ??). These fanatios w i l l , un-less put down by those i n authority, destroy the whole organisation of the Union, They lust after that terrible seditious thing, democracy. They now actually want to be able to vote for their President. However Finlay thinka this reeks of that "one man one vote" dogma. Obviously i t must be stamped . out at once. How the truly nightmarish beings appear. It seems that I.C. i s pop-ulated by people who are completely incapable of choosing their own President Given a free choice they would, appare n t l y , always choose the candidate with the pretty face, the one that can down the most beer or the "popular hero". They would avoid a l l the "profiles" appearing round the College (possi b l y even i n FELIX). They would not consider what administrative and amb-assadorial qualities the candidates had and they would certainly ignore whether he was suitable or not. Steadfastly, to a man, they would vote. for the most unsuitable candidate. V Such a situation, i f true,., is, abs o l u t e l y nightmarish. The future of I.C. and indeed of the world would look grim, i f the intellectual cream of Brit -ain are not capable of doing what tfee whole population of America can do, riame- l y choosing their own president. However I,feel more optimistio about the" situation. I think that the. there are a few thinking beings s t i l l at' College who may be able to save us from this catastrophe. In fact I think that there are about 2,800 tiiinking beings to I fee l that the save ua from this. students of this College, even given the heady wine of "one man one vote", wouli? behave in a completely sane and 3ober manner. They ljould read about i t , think about i t , talk' about i t , and I am confi-dent they would choose the right person for president. I w i l l ignore the fact that Finlay thinka the president should be chosen only by his personal friends, who, to Finlays way of thinking, "know him.' I w i l l also ignore the faot that Finlay Considers a president by 28 people to be more truly representative than one chosen by 2,800. Both these arguments are oo-viously fallacious. 1
In conclusion I would disagree with Finlay on another point. The president according to him, represents the "Union" at functions outside College. I f we may truthfully c a l l the 28 members of Counoil the "Union*then this i s true. However, I personally f e e l that there a are 2,778 other students who also should save some representation. D.3.
Mercer.
In the f i r s t place, oontrary to what Mr. Mcpherson would have us believe If our President were elected a3 o result of a poll,, and presumably hustings, by virtue of having to prove himself before a highly c r i t i c a l audience, any nuoh President would have to demonstrate his oapabilities f o r the job i n a way that no I.C. President has yet even had to consider. My seoond point i s this;, i n an age when students are learning more about less, and often abdicating reaponsibilty in favour of material seourity, any added responsibilty i s to be welcomed. To pretend that I.C. students cannot show a responsible attitude when given the opportunity i s belied at the sober approach shown at the last Union Meeting when the Charity Carnival was discussed. Finally, to eleot our President dem-ocratically would not force him off his 'pedestal'. Rather his popular mandate would be increased and he would enjoy a far greater freedom to aot on our behalf than he does now. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , David Finney.
Dear S i r , I should l i k e to reply to the two letters you have r e c e i v e d regarding the election of the president. Mr. Finney s&ys that the Presidential candidates would become known to the students by appearing at -hustings. This would b r i e f l y introduce him to about people, but the other 2,400 who could not bother to attend a Union Meeting would s t i l l be able to vote under the proposed polling system. Again, Mr. Finney points to the responsible discussion which took place at the last Union Meeting over the I.C. Carnival. At this discussion a maximum of 20 people took part before an audience of about i+}0. Another 2,350 students were not interested enough to attend to discuss either the Carnival or the mode of election of the President (which was also on thÂŁ Agenda). I f i n d i t hard to believe that these people are responsible or interested enough to select aanyone. It i s rather d i f f i c u l t to take Mr. Mercer's hysterical outburst, seriously.
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D. Wilbraham.
Dear S i r , Who i s the idiot who wants women i n the Bar ? The men of I.C. are almost alone i n their resolution to keep women i n their place. If we l e t women enter the Bar, the thin end of the wedge w i l l have been inserted. Having obtained entry into that male Holy-ofHolies, the Bar. they w i l l take an even larger part i n the running of our Union. In faot, S i r , they w i l l oulminate. , In the words of the Prophet, "There w i l l be weeping and gnashing of beer-mugs i n that I.C. Bar." How can any sane man allow women lit the Bar ? The only result i s that a l l the pure and innocent young ICWArians become less pure and innocent, whioh I,, am sure you w i l l admit i s rather a pity* No Sir,
keep them out i s the cryt
Yours f a i t h f u l l y , A Wellwisher (Jim) and an ICWArian (Nameless)
Sear S i r , In T i e r o f the n a t i o n a l shortage o f t r a i n e d t e c h n o l o g i s t s , i t i s surp r i s i n g t h a t l a r g e areas o f South Kensington have not y e t been taken over by I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e . We suggest t h a t a l l the nearby b u i l d i n g s o f importance be adapted f o r College use.
By John.Cox.
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I t was my i n t e n t i o n when I s t a r t e d these comments, to merely touch upon v a r i o u s i s s u e s r a t h e r than to argue vehemently f o r a p a r t i c u l a r s i d e of each case. However, now t h a t a f o r t n i g h t l y a r t i c l e has become necess a r y to argue each case more f u l l y though u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h i s w i l l mean that fewer subjedts may be mentioned.
The most immediate requirement i s the V i c t o r i a and A l b e r t Museum, whioh i s a l r e a d y admirably f u r n i s h e d f o r use as a H o s t e l . There are s e v e r a l l a r g e rooms s u i t a b l e f o r p a r t i e s , cont a i n i n g huge f o u r - p o s t e r beds on which a l l those unable to f i n d t h e i r way home may be accommodated.
Mr. "Fotheringham" c r i t i s e d my comments of the l a s t i s s u e r e g a r d i n g the choice of dates and the number of Union meetings f o r t h i s term. He s a i d , f o r i n s t a n c e , " . . . i t i s not p o s s i b l e to decide the d a t e s of Union meetings before the beginning of terra as these are arranged i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h the General S t u d i e s Board". This i s p r e c i s e l y my p o i n t - i n r e v e r s e ! I n f a c t , the f o l l o w i n g happened. Last julflp s e v e r a l s o c i e t i e s s t a r t e d a r r a n g i n g t h e i r programme f o r t h i s term. The more c o n s c i e n t i o u s found out i n advance t h a t the General S t u d i e s Progra>Âťse had p r o v i s i o n f o r Union Meetings i n October 25th and December 8 t h . This programme was i n f a c t p u b l i s h e d and d i s t r i b u t e d d u r i n g the f i r s t week of term. I t was then decided not t o h o l d the Union Meetings pn these two days but one meeting on November 15th. The f o l l o w i n g are reasons f o r c r i t i s i n g t h i 3 d e c i s i o n : -
The N a t u r a l H i s t o r y Museum would provide an unending s e r i e s of s t u f f e d masoots to r e p l a c e ours, whenever i t ( o r he) has been s t o l e n by another C o l l e g e . What i s more, Guildsmen would be a b l e to f i n d congenia l h o s t e l accommodation i n the Anthropoid s e c t i o n . No longer need the Miners go down to Cornwall to do t h e i r d i g g i n g . They should be g i v e n the task of extending the South Kensington S t a t i o n t u n n e l to surround the C o l l e g e , thereby p r e v e n t i n g student commuters from g e t t i n g wet i n the morning. The P h y s i c s Department w i l l soon be too l a r g e f o r the new b l o c k , and w i l l have to move i n t o the A l b e r t H a l l . The auditorium i t s e l f w i l l suggest some f a s c i n a t i n g problems o f a c o u s t i c a l r e s e a r c h , and the outer c o r r i d o r seems ready-made f o r the i n s t a l l a t i o n of a s y n c h r o t r o n . F i n a l l y , Hyde Park should be c l o s e d to o u t s i d e r s and made i n t o a Garden of Rest, where r e t i r e d h o s t e l wardens and Trophy o f f i c e r s can soothe t h e i r s h a t t e r e d nerves and watch the "Phoenix" B a l l a s t i c M i s s i l e , f o r m e r l y known as the A l b e r t Memorial, b e i n g prepared f o r i t s f i n a l l a u n c h i n g against King's.
1). S e v e r a l C o l l e g e s o c i e t y meet i n g s had to be c a n c e l l e d because of t h i s decision.
i f ) . H o l d i n g one meeting before December made i t necessary t o present t h e Accounts b e f o r e there had been enough time to have the Accounts p r i n t e d . I n the l i g h t o f the above I f e e l my c r i t i c i s m s were j u s t i f i e d . My very good f r i e n d Dave Wilbraham was t e l l i n g me the o t h e r day how much i t annoys him to f i n d the T.V. i n the Union Lounge. This happens every time there i s a posh dinne r i n the evening. I t seems to me t h a t the moat s e n s i b l e place f o r the T.V. s e t would be i n the Small Lounge u p s t a i r s , I wonder what Mr "Fotheringham" thinks! One l a s t s n i p p e t , I see t h a t up t i l l now (nov.19th) n e i t h e r the d e c i s i o n s nor the minutes of C o u n c i l meetings have been posted on the C o u n c i l n o t i c e - b o a r d t h i s term. Since C o u n c i l have been i n s t r u c t e d by-two Union meetings t o use t h i s means of p u b l i s h i n g t h e i r d e c i s i o n s , i t does seem a l i t t l e high-handed f o r the Union meeting's d e c i s i o n to be ignored l i k e this.
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I am g r a t i f i e d to see that Mr. Cox. i s now going to present arguments on the t o p i c s he r a i s e s ; t h i s i s i n f i n i t e l y p r e f e r a b l e to b a l d l y s t a t i n g one s i d e of a c o n t r o v e r s i a l q u e s t i o n .
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My i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g the dates of Union Meetings was obtained from the P r e s i d e n t of the Union. In f a c t the date of the Union, fcieeting was not decided u n t i l the beginning of t h i s term, presumably Mr. H i l l thought t h a t October 25th was too e a r l y i n the term. f o r F r e s h e r s to be "able to decide on a. matter so important a a a change i n Union C o n s t i t u t i o n . I t does, however, seem i l l o g i c a l to present the Accounts before p r i n t e d c o p i e s were a v a i l a b l e ; the r e s h e r s were not alone i n t h e i r boreaom.
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Dear S i r , I t i s very easy to w r i t e d e s t r u c t i v e c r i t i c i s m of you and your newspaper so I am t h e r e f o r e r e f r a i n i n g from doing so and am i n s t e a d c o n g r a t u l a t i n g you on the 152nd,edition,your f i r s t as e d i t o r a very good f i r s t t r y . I wanted t o compare i t w i t h the previous issue,which , I was taught a t school,should have been No. 151,dated 28th.October 1960. But when I found F e l i x of t h a t d a t e , I found a c e l e b r a t o r y i s s u e numbered 150. What has happened t o 151? This i s <the Mystery of the Year - Nay,the Decade. Then a p o s s i b l e answer ocoured t o me. Have you,sir,become l i k e the p a i n t e r who,finding t h a t he had l i t t l e p a i n t l e f t worked f a s t e r so that he would f i n i s h before the p a i n t r a n out? But no.152was your f i r s t e d i t i o n . S u r e l y you're not devoid o f i d e a s so soon and ready t o q u i t your p o s i t i o n ? Or are you working backward t o C h r i s t mas and p r i n t i n g No. 151 i n a f o r t n i g h t ' s time? T h l " wouldn't be a bad i d e a because on Dec.9th.the Christmas e d i t i o n o f F e l i x w i l l be p u b l i s h e d , i t would be No.150 and you oould have another c e l e b r a t o r y i s s u e . And what of 1961? Are we t u r n i n g our Decks on the f u t u r e ? W i l l p r o g r e s s s t o p I n t h i s c o l l e g e ? I am sure i t w i l l not happen,but t h i s i s a l o g i c a l r e s u l t of tko great'mystery. I hope you t r y and s o l v e i t , a n d I w i s h you l u c k i n y o u r hunt f o r No. 151. Yours F a i t h f u l l y , B. W.Treves.
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To swimming shadows on water, the swinging sax of Jimmie G u i f f r e , dawns a summer s day o f j a z z . The Newport J a z z F e s t i v a l on Rhode I s l a n d . Ships and s a i l s out i n the roads; and f a c e s , gone e x t a t i o f a c e s , the s u n - l i t laughin g f a c e s of the f a n s , the i n t e n t t w i s t e d f a c e s of the j a z z men. At l a s t here i s the answer t o t h a t question which bugs a l l f r i e n d s of j a z z : What i s Jazz? W e l l here i s the answer, the whole gamut of j a z z emotion from A t o Z, from what has come t o be known as r o c k 'n' r o l l t o gongs and c e l l o s , Konk and K a h a l i a , Chico and Satch i n the c a r e f r e e c o o l context of an American summer's day. 1
P i c t o r i a l l y t h i s t h i n g i s a dream, o o n t i n u a l c l o s e ups of the performers t h a t r e a l l y helps the mood. The camera d i v i n g down on a c l o s e hauled ocean yacht t o a drum-break. Candid "takes" of the audience throwing t h e i r emotions; r i g h t i n your eye. P i e c e s o f p i c t u r e m a g i c s — a duet o f c e l l o
p l a y e r and c i g a r e t t e smoke, the orange of sunset, b l a c k g u l l s a g a i n s f the t w i l i g h t blue of the sea,the f l a s h of r a c i n g water, j i v e r 3 , drunks, a woman w i t h eyes as b l u e as g l a s s . Unexpected a l l the time, t h i s takes you i n and out and round about the Newport jazz soene; on stage, back stage, out f r o n t , faces w i l l take up the scene, t e l l you the s t o r y of t h e i r owners and then f l a s h you i n t o the middle of a funky s o l o . S t a r t i n g gay, g i v i n g you the exp ctancy of p r e p a r a t i o n some r e a l gems of l o c a l r e a c t i o n to the annual i n v a s i o n , then the c o o l , f a r out, on the edge, l e a d i n g to the great c l i m a t i c of drea*ay i n t o x i c a t e d i d e n t i f i c a t i o n w i t h j a z z - the a b s t r a c t . Then the c o o l o f f , the s a t u r a t i o n , the surrender, the Lord's P r a y e r by M a h a l i a Jackson*! -crazy. "Beat"
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I t i s r e f r e s h i n g t o see a f i l m about working c l a s s l i f e aa i t i s today without i t grinding,,3cme wornout. axe* What r e f e r e n c e s there are i h t h i s pipt*uro .to c l a s s s t r u g g l e , the -Welfare s t a t e t e l e v i s i o n , trade unions etc._ar_e i n c i d e n t a l , c o n v i n c i n g , and i n p e r s p e c t i v e . The background (Nottingham), the i n c i d e n t , and the speech are made t r u l y • a u t h e n t i c working c l a s s . We oan but hope t h a t i t might p i e r c e the d e f e n s i v e t h i c k s k i n o f those f a s h i o n a b l e t u r n i p heads who laugh i n a l l the wrongp l a c e s and snigger when something p a r t i c u l a r l y outspoken i s s a i d , who even w h i l e l i n i n g the pockets o f the s o c i a l r e a l i s t w r i t e r s must have broken t h e i r hearts. There has been need f o r a r e a l l y accurate p i c t u r e ever sinoe "Look Back i n Anger", s t a r t e d the f a s h i o n f o r "working c l a s s end i t s attendant t r a p T.V. pings o f r a t h e r quaint v u l g a r i t y , trauma, noble savage and v e r y earthy." O u t s i d e r type " a n g r i e s " such as C o l i n W i l s o n enhanoed t h i s p i c t u r e of t h e b r u t e masses as a c o n t r a s t i n g background t o t h e W i l s o n brand o f superman, who l i k e a l l super-men i s modelled on h i s i n v e n t o r . I n t h i s f i l m Wilson's p i c t u r e o f an almost'inhuman "other h a l f " r e b e l l i n g a g a i n s t the e s t a b l i s h e d order t o no g r e a t purpose. " I want something b e t t e r than mum an' dad got. Not t h a t 'am blaming them they hadn't a chance, they've been snubbed by the bloody g a f f e r s an' now t h e y're j u s t dead from the neck up. W e l l not t h i s boy". T h i s seems more or l e s s orthodox a n t i - h e r o o f the f i f t i e s , but u n l i k e the Amis, B r a i n e , Osbourne types A r t h u r i s not an e d u c a t i o n a l m i s f i t but j u s i a p l a i n / s x j r k i h g l a d . although he engages i n s n i p i n g at the enemy i n t r u e "Lucky Jim" t r a d i t i o n : he v o t e d communist a t the l a s t e l e c t i o n i n his dad's name, i t seems more f o r the laugh than a n y t h i n g else. A r t h u r i s a tough s e n s i t i v e lathe hand "knocking o f f a p i e c e of married stuff ". L i f e hangs together between Saturday n i g h t s and as long as you dent let the bar-star da grind you down, ever— ythings great. Then Brenda the married piece becomes pregnant and slowly end beautifully the awareness of other peoples feelings and his responsibility te them emerges. The situations never 'Hem pretentious, always oonvincing, especially a wonderful not i n the. . l e a s t , " l i k e the films" love scene.
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I found t h i s a c h e e r i n g p i e c e . I t s a i d t o me t h a t i t i s p o s s i b l e t o humanise o n e s e l f a g a i n s t the enemy o f machine cemformism, and t h a t beerand women p a l l i a t i v e s are not the o n l y t h i n g s t h a t make l i f e t o l e r a b l e , b u t t h i n g s don't end on a m i l k and r03es happy ending. "Do you want a new house ducks?" says A r t h u r . "Yes w i t h a bathroom and e v e r y t h i n g " . " I wonldnt mind an o l d one - you know we used t o ro;ja a l l over these f i e l d s when we were k i d s . B l a c k b e r r y i n ' soon ther e wont be a b l a d e of grass anyvkero". He p i c k s up a 3tone and throws i t a t one o f the new houses :"What d i d you do t h a t f o r ? One of them houses might be f o r us " "Oh I don't know - j u s t f e l t l i k e r b an' - I ' l l throw a l o t mere b e f o r e am done an' a l l . C l i f f o r d Gore.
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A f i l m w i t h o u t s c r i p t or money, w i t h s e m i - p r o f e s s i o n a l a c t o r s , whioh.was the o r i t i 0 3 ohoiee a t t h i s y e a r s Venice f i l m f e s t i v a l , t h i 3 i s John Cassavetes l a t e s t p r o d u c t i o n . I t i s not an e n t e r t a i n i n g f i l m , no f i l m p o r t r a y i n g l i f e ever i s . Those who w i s h t o be taken out o f l i f e and g i v e n some Hollywood f a n t a s y should not see t h i s f i l m . The words and phrases have not been deooi.-ated t o s u i t the p u b l i c p a l a t e , indeed t h i s f i l m would choke some. The dialogu e i s spontaneous. The l o o s e l y k n i t sequence p o r t r a y s a p e r i o d i n the l i f e o f a c o l o u r e d fami l y i n New York. Two o f the f a m i l y a r e accepted as white. L e i i a G o l d o n i i n the l e a d i n g feminine r o l e p o r t r a y s w i t h sensitive, realism of a g i r l d i s i l l u s i o n e d a f t e r a tempestuous l o v e a f f a i r l a s t i n g one day. SHADOWS i s o f r a c e r e l a t i o n s h i p s . although n o t produced as suoh. I t must be seen i f o n l y t o see t h e technique whioh promises t o ' r e v o l u t i o n i s e t h e fading f i l m industry. K.F. C.BOSSARD.
S t r a v i n s k y ' s v o c a l works are so seldom performed i n t h i s country t h a t an o p p u r t u n i t y o f seeing two i n one go should.not be missed. "Oedipus Rex" and "The N i g h t i n g a l e " are being g i v e n as a double b i l l a t Sadler's W e l l s , one f u r t h e r performance being scheduled f o r iicveiaber 30th. Although S t r a v i n s k y i s not everyone s oup o f t e a , i f one approaches the .evening w i t h an unbiased mind and ear, I am sure these (wo works w i l l . n o t f a i l t o impress. "The N i g h t i n g a l e " i s the e a r l i e r and s l i g h t e r pieoe and i n some ways may be considered r a t h e r naive i n comparison w i t h the majesty and drama o f "Oedipus Rex". S t r i c t l y t h i s l a s t i s not an opera, but an o p e r a — o r a t o r i o , and i s sung i n L a t i n by a chorus and s i x s o l o i s t s . A n a r r a t o r eases the job o f i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , but he i s not allowed to i n t r u d e i n t o the stage drama, the e f f e c t o f which 1B c o n s i d e r a b l y heightened by the v e r y f i n e decor. The whole o f the c a s t , i n c l u d i n g the chorus, appear i n symb o l i c masks, w h i l e the s p l e n d i d costumes g i v e the p r o d u c t i o n a r e g a l a i r . 1
S t r a v i n s k y ' s music and t h i s i m a g i n a t i v e stage p r e s e n t a t i o n combine to g i v e the performance as a whole t r e mendous impact, and as the tragedy draws to a c l o s e one i s n e a r l y overpowered by the f o r c e o f the music. The B a l l e t Season opens a t Covent Garden on December 14th. w i t h " C i n d e r e l l a " . Fohteyn and Soames w i l l be f l y i n g from New York to appear on t h i s opening n i g h t , but l a t e r i n the season B e r i o s o v a , N e r i n a , and Seymour w i l l be appearing i n the t i t l e r o l e . "Swan Lake^. r e t u r n s to the r e p e r t o r y e a r l y i n the New Year, N e r i n a appearing i n Hie f i r s t performance i n the d u a l r o l e o f Odette-Odile, on January 11th. " C o p p e l i a " , "Pineapple P o l l " and a new b a l l e t , "The I n v i t a t i o n " , are among the other works b e i n g performed d u r i n g the Christmas Season. The F e s t i v a l B a l l e t w i l l be appeari n g a t the F e s t i v a l H a l l , and here T c h a i kovsky's "The Nutcracker" w i l l be the main o f f e r i n g .
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Once a year t h a t strange body o f men devoted t o the p r o s t i t u t i o n , o f a l l the f i n e r a r t s and p a s s i n g as G u i l d s E n t e r tainments Committee o f f e r u n r i v a l l e d scope f o r â&#x20AC;&#x201D; w e l l , they present G u i l d s Carnival. Those who have a l r e a d y attended a G u i l d s C a r n i v a l w i l l be w e l l aware o f t h e i r e d u c a t i o n a l v a l u e . Those who are so unfortunate as not to have been t o one, should grasp t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y t o d i s c o v e r that education and l e c t u r e s are not r e a l l y synonymous. I f you are but r e c e n t l y come t o t h i s C o l l e g e , and f e e l t h a t you are m i s s i n g the Student L i f e t h a t has a c q u i r e d such fame, then we urge you t o come to G u i l d s C a r n i v a l and sweep s t r a i g h t i n t o i t . T h i s yea r the event i s based upor. v a s t r e s e a r c h i n t o the most sacred annals o f our L i t e r a t u r e . G u i l d s E n t e r tainments Committe i s p r e s e n t i n g , as the s u b j e c t o f i t s y e a r l y r e p o r t t o the C o l l e g e , a s t a r t l i n g view o f the o r i g i n s of the Shakespeare P l a y s , and a d a r i n g expose' o f the E l i z a b e t h a n Regime. They f e e l t h a t the N a t i o n has been under an i l l u s i o n on t h i s subject f o r too l o n g , and t h a t t h i s years C a r n i v a l w i l l s e t t l e the matter beyond a l l doubt. However, do not be so,awed by the e r u d i t i o n o f the subject that you f o r g e t to enjoy y o u r s e l f , and to t h i s end rem* ember to b r i n g a g i r l l
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Despite e a r l i e r predictions by t h e p e a s i a i a t a , Sunday m o r n i n g was c l e a r a n d s u n n y a e a t 8.0 a.m. we s e t o f f t o Hyde P a r k t o j o i n the Queens o f o a r s g o i n g down t o B r i g h t o n . We a v o i d e d t h e o o n g e e t l o n o n A 2 3 b y d r i v i n g down t h e o f f s i d e o f the read, w i t h t h e s a n o t l o n o f t h e p o l i o e . We a r r i v e d a t B r i g h t o n a t 1 2 . 4 5 p-n., a n d . a s -the p o l i o e w o u l d n o t a l l o w u s t o j o i n the V e t e r a n s o n the s e a - f r o n t , parked a t C l a r g e s H o t e l . BOANERGES. .
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The P r e s i d e n t , Mr. I a n H i l l , moved a vote of thanks t o the s t a f f t r e a s u r e r s f o r t a k i n g so much t r o u b l e . There was no correspondence. Mr. John 'White begged f o r support f o r the next Kay's C a r n i v a l . O r g a n i s a t i o n was beginning now, and a v a s t amount o f help was needed. A l i v e l y d i s c u s s i o n ensued over which c h a r i t y the funds should go t o . Mr. Alan Kunro pleaded f o r a l o c a l c h a r i t y , the o l d f o l k of London, many of whom are l i v i n g i n great poverty. Mr. Dan E l v y n Jones, as^r d the C o l l e g e to widen i t s view and dc something t o h e l p the m i l l i o n s of s y a r v i n g ^ d i s e a s e d o r homeless people t^rourhout the world - a cause best Served by donating themoney to the Oxford Cor.-jd.ttee f o r Famine R e l i e f . Both causes were deserving ones,but the Union decided i n favour o f the Oxford Coamittee by a l a r g e m a j o r i t y . I n the midst o f t h i s d i s c u s s i o n , Mr. F i n l a y Macpherson got up and proposed that the money be used to b u i l d a B r i t i s h b a l l i s t i c m i s s i l e , b i g g e r , b e t t e r , and more expensive than any other.
Miss C h r i s t i n e Bradford.a3ked whether the C o l l e g e mascot, Herbert, c o u l d be e x h i b i t e d at Union meetings. This s e n t i ment was echoed by s e v e r a l other members, some of wheal were amazed t o l e a r n that I.C. even had a mascot. Mr. Macpherson once again stood up and demanded that the mascot f u l f i l i t 3 proper f u n c t i o n of b e i n g t h e : j l o r i o u s symbol of our hope and:pride, whereupon Mr. John Loome proposed that Mr. Macpher. on h i m s e l f be adopted as the mascot. This p r o p o s a l was c a r r i e d w i t h a c c l a m a t i o n . Mr. J o h n B r i d g e s and Mr. Mike B r a g a z z i were e l e o t e d trophy o f f i o e r s , and t h e meeting ended w i t h them c a r r y i n g Mr. Masootpherson away en t h e i r s h o u l d e r s , t o the cheers of the crowd.
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LUNCHEON. A l u n o h e o n was h e l d t h a t a f t e r n o o n a t C l a r g e s H o t e l , B r i g h t o n , w i t h some f i f t y p e r s o n s p r e s e n t , amongst t h e s e feeing J e z e b e l ' s o r e w who h a d made t h e r a n a " u s u a l . The s p e c i a l g u e s t a t t h e I n n o h e o n was Bo's d e s i g n e r a n d b u i l d e r I t . C o l . B r o w n e , now 8 7 y e a r s o l d , b u t m o s t l i v e l y . He gave a v e r y humorous â&#x20AC;˘ o o o u n f o f h i s h i s t o r y a n d t o l d how B o ' s d e s i g n h a d oome a b o u t a n d b e e n d e v e l o p e d . M r . H.P.W. M o o r e , P r e s i d e n t o f the M o t o r C l u b , p r e s e n t e d C o l . Browne w i t h t h e p e n n a n t won e a r l i e r b y B o , i n remembrance o f the r u n . Muoh t o his enjoyment the C o l o n e l was l a t e r taken f o r a s h o r t run I n the oar which he h a d b u i l t n e a r l y 60 y e a r s b e f o r e .
A f t e r r e a d i n g the p r e v i o u s minutes, three sets of accounts were presented: The Union Accounts by Dr. Ken Weale; the A t h l e t i c Committee Accounts by p r o f . Wright, and the A t h l e t i c Grounds Committee by Mr. S.E Coomber.
By t h i s time i t wa3 2.15. The P r e s i d e n t asked how many members would have to go a t h a l f past. So many r a i s e d t h e i r hand3 tliat the meeting would have become inquorate. So the c o n t r o v e r s i a l motion demanding P r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n s was post; oned t c Thursday, Tinaawliu. 8 t h REMEMBER THIS DATE.' *
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A t 1.40 p . a . o n e t h . N o v e m b e r , B o reaohed Brighton having completed t h e Veteran Car Bun a f t e r l e a v i n g Hyde P a A . a t 8,20 a.m. A t t h e s t a r t o f t h e r u n , t h a n k s t o t h e e x c e l l e n t h e l p o f some 3 0 O u i l d s m e n , h e waa i n e x c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n and h i s brasswork r e a l l y gleamed. E x c e p t for a l i t t l e oarburettor t r o u b l e making plug changes f r e q u e n t l y neoessary he reaohed Brighton with l i t t l e tpouble.
The Union Meeting was h e l d on Tuesday, November 15th, a t 1.15 p.m. There were over 400 present - enough t o s a t i s f y the new quorum requirements.
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No l e s s than s i x t y - s i x man hours have been expended i n t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f t h i s copy of F2LLX. Those i n v o l v e d were J u d i t h Lee; l l a r r a r e t l.'askell; Pea. Gregory; T e r r y C l a r k e ; J i m C a r t e r : I a n Guy; John Jennings; I'aloolm Crawley; Dave Owen; Dave G i l b e r t ; and Ian H e l l , who made some u s e f u l c o n t r i b u t i o n s . (We threw them away afterwards.)
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As i f I d i d n ' t have enough to do! The Business manager came up t o me and s a i d that the Lram.Soc. didn't p u b l i c i s e i t s e l f enough - what we needed was an a a r t i c l e i n F e l i x and wasn't I j u s t the chap to w r i t e i t ? With a mixture of f l a t t e r y and c a j o l e r y he soon had me convinced,so that l e f t only one problem,what to write? W e l l , f o r what i t ' s worth,here it is. Most people seem to imagine tha t presenting stage productions i n v o l v e s nothing more than a few chummy r e h e a r s a l s and some s e t - t o energetic wood-sawing and hammering and a l l w i l l . g o w e l l on the night.. Hot a h i t of i t I Theatre i s b i g business. Anyone who .loins the Dram. S o c f o r r e l a x a t i o n i s mad.We're a l l mad anyway. I see my f r i e n d s g e t t i n g l e s s sane
But these l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t i e s vani3h i n t o the background not o b l i v i o n , the S.L. never f o r g e t s when a produ c t i o n i s on the stocks. One minute one i s r a c k i n g one's brain3 t r y i n g to f i n d enough^work to keep the 3tage s t a f f occupied---- then the 3et plana a r r i v e from the designer and pandemonium i s l e t loose* The Stage Janager d i v i d e s h i s time between d r i v i n g on h i s carpenters and p a i n t e r s , and e x p l a i n i n g (or pleading ) t o the Producer, the designer (and the 3.D.) that we haven't got enough wood, the set i s impossible, the stage t e c h n i c a l r e h e a r s a l times are inadequate.. .he Can. go on »f or hours! And so i t goes on. The p l a y : 'Nekrassov', opening December 6th, What w i l l go wrong t h i s time? A.D.C.Shipley
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2nd ROUHD o f SUTTgRJDGE CUP Last year I.C. met the College o f Estate Managementship i n the Semif i n a l o f the U n i v e r s i t y Rugby Cup. 'This year the two teams met i n the 2nd round on November 16th. Even before the game took place I.C. knew tha t the danger l a y i n the O.E.M. stand-off h a l f Mike Weston, the England I n t e r n a t i o n a l . However on the day the I.C. pack dominated the game securing a monopoly o f the b a l l from thb scrums and l i n e - o u t s . Two good pena l t y goals by Bregazzi sent the team o f f to a good s t a r t . A b l i n d side break
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as time goes by. Look a t dear o l d — now.he's been here s i x years and,well, j u s t look a t him! What am I saying I can rememberwhen i t was p o s s i b l e t o stand on the stage w i t h the r a i n d r i p r , ping down one's neckand an i c y wind blowi n g i n from where the main s t a i r c a s e wasn't. Where wa3 I? Ah,yes; " a l l w i l l go r i g h t on the n i g h t " . I t doesn't of course. One of the atage Director's tasks i s t o ensure that we don't make the same mistakes twice, or, f a i l i n g that, to ensure that there i s a decent I n t e r v a l i n between. Stage Managers come and go but the Stage Director^goes on f o r ever, t h a t ' s what i t f e e l s l i k e anyway. When there i s ' n t a production i n r e h e a r s a l , there's maintenance o r i n s t a l l a t i o n , or something. Maintenance: i f a l i n e set f a i l s and a couple of hundred-weight of scenery c r a s h to the f l o o r , the poor S . D . w i l l have some e x p l a i n i n g to do, e s p e c i a l l y i f there was anyone underneath at the time. Yet even i n the best-regulated theatres the3e l i t t l e accidents do iiappen. One becomes s u p e r s t i t i o u s — never w h i s t l e i n the d r e s s i n g rooms and don't walk under loaded l i n e s e t s . Installation now that's another matter. Has i t ever occurred t o you that the Union b u i l d i n g i s l a r g e l y composed of concrete? I f no.t, then you have never t r i e d to screw anything t o the w a l l s . Even a simple w i r i n g job o f t e n leaves i n i t ' s wake a t r a i l of blue and blunted d r i l l s and blue and blunted stage hands.
Follovdjig the success o f the Cup-team the 1 . 0 . 1 s t XV v i s i t e d Streatham on Saturday. With more than a f a i r share o f the b a l l from the scrums the I.C. backs were able to open up the game. Whenever Streatham d i d get the b a l l , p a r t i c u l a r l y from the l i n e - o u t s the I.C. wing forwards, Kehoe and Connor, b o t t l e d up the half-backs very effectively. As a whole the team played very veil and deserved the 17-0 victory.
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The season i s now i n f u l l swing w i t h a l l the teams p l a y i n g w e l l together. This has been p a r t i c u l a r l y n o t i c e a b l e i n the lower teams as the records show. The Wanderer's XV (BA) are now the only team who have won every match. The main d i f f i c u l t y has n o t been f i n d i n g players but i n f i n d i n g matches f o r them to p l a y i n . There seems to be a very good team s p i r i t throughout the club and the teams shoul d go on from strength t o strength . On November 12th the 1st XV, with 5 p l a y e r s from the U n i v e r s i t y s i d e , j u s t l o s t a very c l o s e game w i t h the London Welsh Druids. The score was 8-10. Both teams scored two t r i e s . The Druids however scored under the I.C. crossed posts and converted. t h e i r opponents l i n e on three other occasions, but the referee d i d hot allow a t r y . On Saturday l a s t the Ex 1st XV did very w e l l to hold the London Welsh Dragons to a 3-3 draw. I n heavy cond i t i o n s the play became very rough w i t h the Welsh " p u t t i n g the boot i n " to the extent t h a t one p l a y e r was sent o f f but was afterwards r e c a l l e d .
by Seed l e d to a t r y by Place to make the score 9-0 a t half-time,. B r e g a z z i j u s t f a i l i n g t o convert from a touch line kick. A t r y by M i l l w a r d made the score 12-0 when the team c l o s e d the game up E x c e l l e n t l i n e out work b y Bridges. and B r e g a z z i and good touch k i c k i n g by McCormaek starved C.E.M. o f the ball. The only score o f C..E.M...c*me from a p e n a l t y k i c k f o r a scrum infringement. Weston was the o u t standing p l a y e r <»• the C.E.H.'side, but was harrasaed w e l l by. the wi'hg-, forwards and not given room to move, although he n e a r l y dropped a g o a l from near the half-way l i n e , 1$. are now through t o the Semi-Fihal a f t e r b e a t i n g C.E.M. 12-3. Team; S t i c k l a h d , P o t t e r , B u t l e r * Johnson, M i l l w a r d , McCoimack, Seed). Thompson, Place (Capt.), Kehoe, B r i d g e s , B r e g a z z i , L i d d l e , Howard, Marchant. r
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I.C.W.3.C. h o c k e y teas, undefeated this season, won taair aatoh m Saturday, 19th. Eovembar, against Birrbeck Collage, 3-2, tSuis reaching the aaai-finala of the Vnivaraity 2n4. XI knook- out tournament.
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By g a i n i n g seoond place i n each o f t h e three r e l a y s , t h e I.C. A t h l e t l o Club won t h a u n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e Cup, which i s awarded t o t h e winners o f t h e U.L. w i n t e r R e l a y s , on Wed. 1 6 t h November. S t . Mary'3 H o s p i t a l were 2nd. having: won two r e l a y s and b e i n g d i s q u a l i f i e d i n t h e t h i r d and I.C. were p l a c e d t h i r d i n t h e W i e l d Events competition f o r that Tjabve Trophy. The f i r s t t h r e e teams i n t h e 4 by 1 1 0 yds. r e l a y f i n i s h e d w i t h i n a y a r d o f each other and I.C. gained 2nd p l a c e through ax d i s q u a l i f i c a t i o n .
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i t f i r s t sight the r e s u l t s of the l a s t fortnights raoes seems rather depressing with not a single win f o r . 1.0. However, i t i s comforting to note that the teams running i n these raoes were by no means representative of oui f u l l strength. F i r s t to report i s the r e s u l t af the University of London League D i v i s i o n II matoh held over P.H.T. on the*2nd. November. In this match I.C. ware seoond to H.C.t. with Battersea very olose t h i r d . Result: 1. 2. 3. 4.
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The University, 1st. 2nd. & 3rd. team raoes on Saturday, 12th. November against Oxford, oalled on the services Of most of I.C. 'e "top* strength, and only,a weak team went to raoe U.C. over our home oourse a t Petersham where they were defeated by the small margin of 6 points. Last Wednesday's match ( l a t h . Nov.) against Sandhurst over Petersham showed how f i t , or xather u n f i t , so some i « , « H k f t » * » » ate.." ftone was able to hold the two Sandhurst runners, Wood and Hagai, who won i n the r e l a t i v e l y slow time of 28.30. Three I.C. runners (Warren, C o l l i n B j and Bernard) ran i n together 35 seconds behind, but With our hext man iri ICftft. position, -we were Well beaten. Besult;33; 1. Sandhurst 2. I.C. 45 Shis weekend (19th. November) we fcava t r i p s to Sheffield and Oxford.
A r c h i e MacDonald , t h e U.L. iOO y d . and 220 yd. champion "chose t o r a n i n t h e 2nd r e l a y , the 220 b y 220 b y 4W> r e l a y , because o f a troublesome l e g . With J i m H a r r i s o n , a f r e s h e r i n f i n e form over t h e s h o r t s p r i n t , and A d r i a n Meade running seoond, I.G. were l y i n g sedond. A r c h i e , despit e returning- a suhk 51 q u a r t e r , c o u l d not h o l d U.L. and.U.A tJ. ^ m i l e champion Human F a t h e r off S t . MaaySl
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Since the l a s t issue, the 1 s t X I has been suffering rather mixed fortunes. A cup rehearsal was played against Kings l a s t week and' i n a very even -game, we managed a very c r e d i t able 3-0 win mainly due to a sound defence. However, against B a l l i o l College from Oxford a week l a t e r , we had 70£ of the play, but somehow managed to lose 2-1 due i n the. ma into some magnificent goal-keeping by t h e i r oaptain.
Yesterday, the 1st. * t .played a strong E n f i e l d side, cont a i n i n g several county players, and a f t e r a very hard fast match oh a rather bumpy pitch, l o s t by the only goal of, the matoh-this i s probably our best performance this year. With Treves outstanding i n goal, the defenoe played very s o l i d l y , to hold a f a s t moving and olever forward l i n e , and i n the closin g stages we could count ourselves very unluoky not nave matohed an equaliser.
At l a s t we have had a Saturday on J w h i o h a l l four teams played, and the r e s u l t s were most encouraging. The 2nd. XI won oonvinoinglyby 4-0 against Royal Naval College, the 3rd. XI beat London Hospital 6-0 (thanks mainly to 4 goals by centre forward Lawson) and the 4th. XI beat the Bank of England 4-0. These r e s u l t s augur well f o r the season and f o r the club i t s e l f , because i t i s i n the lower teams that the true strength o f any club l i e s .
A very enjoyable Sausage and Mash cupper was held l a s t week i n the Upper Befeotory a t whioh some 35 members of the olub were present and judging from the state of the oaptain's room the n e x t morning "a good time was had b y a l l *
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I n the l a 1 event o f the day , toe 880 by 880 by 1 mile Relay, George Wank and D, Hammonds remained i n striking distance of the leaders, and this enabled I.C.A.C. oaptain John Cleator to move into sec on d place after two laps of the mil a l e g , and his 4 . 2 7 m. mile was not sufficient to olose on Peter Sperryn who won the relay f o r St. Mary?* Hospital while docking 4.17 m. f o r h i s mile. Tony Aloock and C o l i n Conolly remain the key -figures i n the throwing events . They both competed i n the Dieses Weight and. Javelin, and amassed a large number of points . I.C. also soared i n the High Jump through Aloook and Tony Brigg and i n the Triple jump through Sonbry and Spioer. Jim Harrison jumped 2 0 f t . H ^ i n . i n the long jump, only £* behind the individual winner. The results of these competitions ere more promising than l a s t year. The Athletic; Club w i l l now be a l l out to win the University Championship f o r the third successive year.
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.The standard E n g l i s h climate has been causing s t r i f e i n the a s s o c i a t i o n this session. Fixtures with St. Thomas' and K.C.H. have both u n f o r t u n a t e l y s u f f e r e d c a n c e l l a t i o n arid the group who gathered a t Hlghgate on the 26th Oct. f o r the Autumn Meeting found the bedraggled course deemed unplayable. However, not t o be d e t e r r e d , we f i e l d e d a f a i r l y sound side on Wed. 9 t h Nov. t o t a c k l e . t h e s t r o n g o p p o s i t i o n o f Kings and U.C. i n - a t r i a n g u l a i match a t Stanmore. Remarkably, the sun was beaming down b e n e v o l e n t l y as I.C. strode t o the tee, but soon disappeared as one a f t e r another o u r s t a l w a r t s made t h e i r hazardous t o u r o f the wooded c o u n t r y s i d e . Gorse bushes were the order o f the day, though l e t i t be s t a t e d that t h e i r rank s had been s a d l y depleted when f i n a l l y we returned to the Clubhouse. The r e s u l t ? Satisfactory! A sound t h r a s h i n g was d e l i v e r e d t o U.S., while we l o s t by a h a i r ' s breadth t o K i n g s ; - w e l l n e a r l y a h a i r ' s breadth. L a s t Wednesday we a g a i n c l o s e d ranks on a formidable C.E.M. s i d e i n a f i r s t f i x t u r e a t Highgate. Once again the sun gave us the pleasure o f i t s company, and w i t h renewed v i g o u r a f t e r o u r previous weeks showing, we made t o s a i l f o r t h i n t o a somewhat gust y breeze from the opposing camp. Your correspondent gathers from the r e p o r t s t h a t were forthcoming i n the b a r afterwards t h a t c e r t a i n o f o u r s i d e l o s t c o n t r o l o f the Mains'le when s t r u g g l i n g on an awkward tack, and d r i f t e d on t o the rooks, w h i l e o t h e r s made the course w i t h o n l y the g i b sheet f l y i n g . However, d e s p i t e some narrow v i c t o r i e s , the r e s u l t emerged as a t h r e e - a l l draw, which gave ample i n c e n t i v e t o a l l present to f o r t i f y the i n n e r man, and i t was a s a t l r f i e d I . e . team t h a t returned t o c o l l e g e some time l a t e r t h a t evening.
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B A D M I N T O N The f i r s t team b e l a t e d l y opened t h e i r account on Hov. 12th. w i t h an 8 -1 win over Reading I . ' however the soore wa3 f l a t t e r i n g and the p a i r s must k n i t together i n smoother f a s h i o n i f we are t o s e r i o u s l y c h a l l e n g e v'dngs, U.C. and *,i.I>i.C. The n i x e d team l o o k s l i k e having a s u c c e s s f u l season, s i n c e f i v e of l a s t year'steam have r e t u r n e d a i d we hove an excellent fresher'In E e r y l i i i l n e r . the tesR s t a r t e d the season i a c o n v i n c i n g s t y l e h'j b e a t i n g GoldsKiith s 7-2. 1
The second t e a s which i s o f course i n the f i r s t d i v i s i o n now, along w i t h the ' f i r s t teaiu, i s f i n d i n c the ~oin.v e r y tough i n the h i g h e r c l a s s anS l o s t 3-1 t o U.B.O. ci:u 7.-2 t o i:inp;s I . I v ; i l l take jEiis o p p o r t u n i t y t o o c n ^ r a t u l a t e one of our mcribers, C h r i s Harvey, cu r e a c h i n s the f i n a l .of the Surrey mixed handicap event and the s e a l - f i n a l of the open men's dcdbles
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The o n l y d e f e a t s u f f e r e d by any of our s i x teams i n league matches was when our 5th team l o s t t o our 4 t h team 7-3 i n a v e r y k e e n l y fought matcn. The f i r s t team have had a 6-4 win a g a i n s t Goldsmiths I and a f i n e 9-1 v i c t o r y a g a i n s t N.C.L. I . There was a shock i n s t o r e f o r the 3rd team when they played the s c h o o l o f Pharmacy, i n t h a t the o p p o s i t i o n had a former Hungarian I n t e r n a t i o n a l p l a y i n g f o r them. Needless to say he won a l l h i s games , but by b e a t i n g a l l t h e i r o t h e r p l a y e r s our team scraped home 6 - 4 .
On Wed. 6 t h . Nov. I.C. 1 s t . XI p l a y e d the r e t u r n league match w i t h U.C. Again the match was c l o s e l y fought but t h i s time U.C. ,",ot t h e i r revenge, s c r a p i n g Uorae by 2-A . The 2nd. and 3r.l. X I ' s a l s o l o s t ; t h e former b y 3-2 t o U.C. seconds i n a league, matcn", and t h e l a t t e r i n a f r i e n d l y match by 2-1 a g a i n s t R o y a l Naval C o l l e g e , Greenwich. The r e s u l t s c£ the 6 t h and 5 t h X I ma-cche3 completed a b l a o k day f o r the C l u b , as both l o s t i n away league matches a g a i n s t O.C. '''he r e s u l t s were : U.C.IV 4 U.C.T 4
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On Wednesday 9th. November I.C. 1 s t , X I played. U..C. 1 s t . X I i n a league raatah at H u r l :;v-:toa. The match v;as v e r y even i n the e a r l y stages, out v.'ith t e n minutes t o j p , X.u. r o t id i'nemsel es 5 -1 dam. A tee»505rs l u t e r a l l y by I . 0 . , however, r e s u l t e d i n the s c o r i n g of t h r e e g o a l s , and the f i n a l r e s u l t was 4:3 t o us. r
On the 3ame day the seoond and t h i r d elevens p l a y e d S h o r e d i t c h C o l l e g e i n f r i e n d l i e s . , The matches p l a y e d a t S h o r e d i t c h r e s u l t e d i n wins f o r the home teams. The second XI were trounced 6 - 0 , w h i l e the t h i r d X I put up a c l o s e r f i g h t b e f o r e going dow dam 4i n an even and enjoyable game. The 'ourth X I p r o v i d e d I.C. w i t h t h e i r second league win o f the day. T l a y i n g L.S.E. X I a t H a r l i n g t o n they they r a n out d e s e r v i n g wi:mer3, the score b e i n g 4-0. The f i f t h and seventh teams both l o s t i n f r i e n d l y matches. On Saturday 12i.ii, ilov. the 1 s t . X I had a t r i p t o L e i c e s t e r , where they . p l a y e d a g a i n s t the U n i v e r s i t y 1 s t . X I i n a f r i e n d l y game. The r e s u l t was a 2-2 draw, b u t I.C. c o u l d e a s i l y have won t h i s match i f a l l s c o r i n g chances had oeen taken. The t h i r d team had a t r i p t o Cambridge, where they p l a y e d a g a i n s t Pembroke Colege 1 s t . X I . The r e s u l t was a cxear 4 - 0 w i n t o the Cambridge side.
l.G.C. On the sane day the 4 t h . and 6thXI'S had league matches on opponents grounds. I.C. 4 t h s beat B a t t e r s e a I I by 5 - 2 , w h i l e the 6 t h . team had a f i e l d day t h r a s h i n g Chelsea III by 8-2. The 7 t h . team completed a h i g h l y s u c c e s s f u l day b y t h r a s h i n g the Bank o f America 7
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On Saturday 19th November the 1 s t and 4 t h XI's were due f o r a t r i p t o Cambridge, b u t the C h r i s t ' s College ground was waterloggedjahd the matches had to be c a n c e l l e d . The p i t c h e s a t Harlington however , were playable and the 2nd XI took the opportunity t o b e a t Sun Saworance A.F.C. by 8 - 5 . On the same day I.Ok 3rd XI l o s t to U.C. U , and I.C. 5 t h XI lost t o Q.M.C. i n ^ league: matches. The 6 t h and 7th H's a l s o l o s t , the former i n a league match b. 4-1 against W e s t a i n s t e r H o s p i t a l 2nd XI.
The R i d i n g Club has had a. good s t a r t t h i s year w i t h considerable The emsupport from the f r e s h e r s . phasis t h i s term has been placed on r i d i n g a t V.'imbledon, and a p a r t y o f about s i x people r i d e there every Wednesday f o r i n s t r u c t i o n and hacking out on the Common. A t the end of the Summer V a c a t i o n f o u r members of the R i d i n g Club spent a week r i d i n g and camping i n Cheshire We t r i e d to keep the amount of campi n g gear to a minimum,but t h i s e x t r a weight c a r r i e d by the horses d i d r e s t r i c t the speed a t which we could t r a v e l , and the d i s t a n c e which could be covered each day before t i r i n g the horses. However, u n l i k e l a s t y e a r when the baggage was c a r r i e d s e p a r a t e l y by a pony t r a p , we c o u l d be sure of a t e n t o v e r our heads when vie s t o p ped f o r the n i g h t ! One morning duri n g the week we f o l l o w e d the Cheshire Foxhounds f o r some s p l e n d i d cubhunting. A f t e r the hunt we were i n v i t e d i n f o r " d r i n k s " a t a gentleman's house, and t h i s was t y p i c a l of the wonderful h o s p i t a l i t y which we r e c e i v ed from farmers and n a t i v e s throughout the week: indeed there can be few b e t t e r ways o f becoming completely r e moved from the screaming cacophony and b u s t l e o f a mechanical'age.
S K A T I N G The I C J S k a t i n g Club meets every We nesday at Queen's Ice Club j u s t across Hyde P a r k , end j o i n w i t h the c l u b s o f other c o l l e g e s i n London U n i v e r s i t y . I t i s more of a S o c i a l Club than a S p o r t ' s C l u b ; noat o f t h e members seam t o congregate i n one c o m e r o c c a s i o n a l l y moving round t o do one l a p of the r i n k . However f o r those who t a k e the s p o r t s e r i o u s l y and w i s h t o take up dancing o r fi.gure-sla.ting f r e e t u i t i o n i s p a i d f o r by the C l u b . The; entrance t i c k e t s f o r the t h r e e hours a r e s u b s i d i s e d by the c l u b from 3/6 t o -2/- thus maJdn<; a v e r y cheap a f t e m " " " ' s c n t e r t ainncnt. S e v e r a l t i n e s a. term , a s m a l l r i n k at Richmond i s h i r e d out. f o r the evening b> the d i f f e r e n t c o l l e g e olubs. T h i s r i n k i s o a l l e . an 'Aro3a'rink a.fter the. famous aid. r i n k i n S w i t z e r l a n d : a t thaa» Aroaa meetings members; , whether beginne r s o r n o t , can t r y t h e i r hadi a I c e 'Hockey and! quite frequently caraes. are organised* 1,0. has h e l d two o f these meetings thta term "and w i l l hold more; during the next term. A very successful Social Evening was held l a s t Saturday, November 19th at Bedford Collegein order that the members of the different colleges should get te> know each other . Anyone interested! im joinin g the club , even iff they are complete beginners , should some to the club notice bosad between 1.15 and 1.45 p.m, on Wednesdays, R.S.G. ( p r e s i d e n t )