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INTRODUCTION^ - H a v e you ever stopped t o think how much' e f f o r t i s involved i n producing the newspaper that you are reading now?

I t * s very doubtful. ''Most new r e c r u i t s to the s t a f f are absolutely amazed at the amount of work which i s necessary.

In order t o give you a b e t t e r idea we now take you behind the scenes and f o r the f i r s t time i n F e l i x h i s t o r y we show you "how i t ' s done."

RAW MATERIAL. .

To s t a r t w i t h we need raw material.

F e l i x o n l y has a few w r i t e r s on i t s s t a f f , we depend on you t o produce •Ost o f the copy. Some people need very l i t t l e prompting to pick up t h e i r pens and p e n c i l s . However-the vast majority have t o be c a j o l e d , o r even threatened. This i s a p i t y beoause 'this newspaper should r e f l e o t the S p i r i t which makes the Union what i t is.

SUNDAY WORKING Once the copy i s i n the hands of the F e l i x s t a f f i t i s read through and any e r r o r s , grammatical or otherwise, are corrected. Much of t h i s i s done as soon as the material i s received. However we r e a l l y get down to business on the Sunday before the Friday of issue. We begin to gather i n the Press Room (opposite t h e l i f t on the third, floor of the Uniua) a t a time i n the morning whioh seems t o be almost completely unheard of i n student c i r c l e s , sometimes as e a r l y as 7.30 a.m.

paper. A t t h e same time the t i t l e s and headings of the a r t i c l e s , etc. are being s t e n c i l l e d . An average eight page -issue c a r r i e s w e l l over f i v e hundred l e t t e r s produced by t h i s method. This keeps one person busy from about 6 p.m. almost u n t i l work i s f i n i s h e d which may be as l a t e as 1 a.m. on Monday.

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"PREPARATION OF THE COPT One o f the f i r s t tasks i s to type out a l l the copy i n t o columns just aver thxae inches »i<is.This l a usually enough to keep three o r f o u r ^.typewriters busy f o r seven o r eight fcoura*:« These columns are then Inspected f o r mistakes. These are corrected by typing out the oca*plete l i n e i n which the mistake occurs, c a r e f u l l y c u t t i n g out t h i s s i n g l e l i n e of type and pasting i t over the o r i g i n a l l i n e . Once the oolums are olear of mistakes they are arranged oh l a r g e white boards, each one of which represents one side of one page of the

When a l l material f o r one page i s ready and the layout has been determined then the job o f " s t i c k i n g down' begins. With the help of guide l i n e s drawn w i t h a blue p e n c i l on the boards a l l the typewritten copy, the headings, and any photographs are pasted on accurately w i t h a substance known as "cow gum."

This i s a type of rubber Solution which.allows the copy to be removed e a s i l y from the boards so that they .can be used again. F i n a l l y the s t r a i g h t black l i n e s are put onto the boards t o separate the d i f f e r e n t A r t i c l e s and* the boards are ready t o be taken t o the printer,.

PBDTOGRAIHING THE BOARDS At the printers'premises each board i s marked accurately w i t h centering l i n e s , one horizontal,one v e r t i c a l , and then set up before a camera eleven feet long. High contrast orthochrcmatice f i l m i s used so that our blue guide l i n e s do not appear on the f i n i s h e d newspaper. Then a l l the photographs i n the paper are removed from the boards and photographed separately on half-tone f i l m so that i n the f i n i s h e d newspaper they' render a correct tone contrast.

MAKING THE PLATESOnce the f i l m s have oeen developed and d r i e d the half-tone or "screen" f i l m i s cut up and the pieces are inserted i n t o windows c u t i n t o the high-contrast or " l i n e " film,thu s making a negative equal i n s i z e t o the page which you are reading now. .Should our work at I.C. not be up to standard, and t h i s i s very often the case, then these Continued on page two:

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WEST LONDON OFFSET CO who print FELIX 10th year already.

Originals are photographed on a miniature camera.

negatives have to be retouched before the " o f f s e t t p r i n t i n g plates can be prepared. ?hese are f l e x i b l e sheets of aluoinitm which Lave a pre* sensitised surface over which the negatives are placed and then exposed f o r seven minutes to a carbon axe leap. Been o f these o f f s e t t plates c a r r i e s two pages of F e l i x , making four plates i n a l l f o r an eight page copy. Thus one plate c a r r i e s pages one and eight, another oarries pages two and 3even, and so on.

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Although the o f f s e t t plates have p e r f e c t l y smooth surfaces those parts whioh have been exposed to the arc lamp through the negative have a d i f f e r e n t reaction towards, the p r i n t i n g ink than do those parts whioh have not. The plates, once mounted on the drum of the p r i n t i n g machine, are then set to work and F e l i x begins to r o l l o f f the press.

Each sheet of paper whioh mades up t h i s magazine passes twice through the press, once f o r eaoh side. In a l l i t takes only three hours f o r F e l i x to go through the actual p r i n t i n g process.

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and dried films are retouched.

Sensitised aluminium plate covered by the negative is exposed to an arc-lamp.

PUTTING THE PAGES TOGETHER Having been printed the eight page F e l i x i s s t i l l i n two separate pieces.

The oopy whioh you are reading now has been put together and folded by hand.

So. have a l l the other one thousand, f o u r hundred and ninety-nine. This i s e a s i l y the most monotonous part of the p r i n t e r ' s job.

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is printed on an offset R.30 machine.

Onoe the papers have been counted and pat i n t o bundles of f i f t y they are ready to be oolleoted by the sales manager. He telephones the printer at 4 p.m. on the day before p u b l i c a t i o n to f i n d out what time the paper w i l l be f i n i s h e d and ready f o r c o l l e c t i o n . I n the oaae of the l a s t issue t h i s was 9.30 p.m. but i s usually e a r l i e r than t h i s . Having c o l l e c t e d the papers from the p r i n t e r s the sales manager then d i s t r i b u t e s them around the College b u i l d i n g s ready f o r the sales s t a f f i n the morning. The rest of the story you already know.

B y t h e time that you are holding your oopy of F e l i x i t has consumed about one hundred man hours of time. We, ourselves, aooount f o r seventy of these.

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P A R L I A M E N T

Already tills term we have had the f i r s t In the series of four Mock Parliaments. At this, we had a Labour Government with a Liberal Opposition, the Conservatives and Communists being uncommitted back-benchers. The debate was divided into two seotionsi Question Time, which was mainly an attack on the Parliamentary Labour Party's two-way position on defence, and the presentation of a B i l l on Education. The latter led to some lively exchanges on Comprehensive and Public Schools.

Early next term, probably a t 7.0. p.m. on January 10th., the next iibck Parliament w i l l be held, with a Liberal Government and Communist Opposition. The main topic under discussion w i l l be Home Rule. Everyone who thinks - or doesn't think - on this subject i s welcome to attend and add to the discussion, irrespective of their political or non-political opinions, or whether they come from Pair Isle, Birmingham, or the Falkland Isles.

R A I L W A Y

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by tf.N. King.

On Wednesday 2 3 r d November, 6 members o f the Society t r a v e l * l e d out t o Amersham, f o r a t r i p i n the brake-van o f the afternoon l o c a l goods t r a i n on the Metropolita n l i n e to Harrow.

The i n s p e c t o r a t Amersham r e c e i v e d us, having been summoned from h i s o f f i c e by an, "Oi", from the gum-chewing and overweight t i c k e t c o l l e c t o r .

He t o l d us that the t r a i n would not leave f o r some time as he thought there was no guard. Someone then quoted the departure time given i n the working t i m e t a b l e .

"Ah", s a i d the i n s p e c t o r , "but you can't, go by t h a t , can you?"

Our guard e v e n t u a l l y a l i g h t e d from a goods t r a i n , passing i n the other d i r e c t i o n , and we s t a r t e d o f f . We could

MORPHYMANIA The Baiter, Felix.

Dear S i r , X am sere that « y feir person en the tenpath at Putney en Morphy Day w i l l agree mat Mei'eajaaala was a good t i t l far the burbling* of the President ftt R.C.S. an the afternoon's events. I give him great credit far the vast extent o f his imagination wale* mast, be second only to that of Edward Lear.

I agree with his estimates er the respective nnabers. I believe versanally t h a t t h e perennial failure ef R.C.S. te turn eat adequate support for their areas sad B a s e s t i s a clever plot te aaderaias the morale ef stoat Guildasaa who prefer te fight i f anything against the adds.

It i s for this reason that twe special squads were detailed set t e fight but te guard the aawaitlen damp at the rear and te guard the spanner.

Having l e f t me with the THERMOMETER, tan President ef R.C.S. halved his efforts and responsibilities and doubled mine.

This outburst of partisanship Is designed elaarly te overshadow the eraamiag vietery ef the twe Guilds' eights in the Merphy and Larry raoes.. The total effect ef the afternoon an R.C.S. was m i r r o r e d i s the faces ef these who rede away from Putney ea Jesabel* The* seemed te reflect the gloom ef t»<" evening sdst ever the river.

Above a l l , I take exeeptien te tea printing of one-aided lepeate ef this nature i s Felix without the eaamoe ef reply by the other aide i n the same issue. l e a should, Sir, take mere ears te avoid the eharge ef being prejudiced.

I weaU like to take this opportunity ef thanking Messrs. Gay and Bareford for suggesting that "Gtoildsmsa would be able te find eeagenial hostel aoseaedatien i s the intkrapeld section (of the Natural History Museum)." Since we l i v e at present i n sues surroundings wader the three callage arrangement, the term 'congenial' i s well chases.

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have r i d d e n i n s i d e the van, but being r a i l w a y maniacs, we rode on the f r o n t balcony, which enabled us t o take photos and see more, although we n e a r l y froze.

We spent about h a l f an hour a t Chalfont & Latimer, shunting i n t o a s i d i n g , while v a r i o u s main l i n e t r a i n s went by. A f t e r a few s i g n a l stops, we steamed m a j e s t i c a l l y through Rickmansworth without stopping, and from Moor Park to Harrow, we had a wonderful view o f the works i n progress i n widening the l i n e from 2 t o 4 t r a c k s . F i n a l l y our f r e i g h t tra"in made a s p e c i a l stop i n the middle o f Harrow s t a t i o n and we dismounted t o the i n t e r e s t e d s t a r e s o f hordes o f s c h o o l g i r l s on the opposite platform.

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Speaking as one who lives i n the same Hall as Mr Guy, I weald not,fled the ehaage ef atmosphere sad eempsay at a l l abrupt, a

loura sincerely, K.B« Greaves, Pres. C.&C.

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Dear S i r , Does the aenearable Felix, selfstyled "newspaper ef the Imperial College", asw equate himself with one ef the lesser oelleges, aad eeaspire l a perpetrating false ramears eenoeraing the deeds ef the esteemed City aad Gauss college? This i s eertaisly the impression one receives frea the front page ef Issae Ne.153. In f a i r ness I w i l l aay that Felix was oerreot i n aiving proeedaaee ef ooaaoat te a Bomber e f the side which lest both battle aad raoes am Meraay Day,, bet surely he has the cosmos deoenoy te ensure that i t i s f a i r oeane at? J It weald be tedious te l i s t the atreoioos roneris made i s the ax-Hale; snffioe t e say that i f the •assets were , in fast, sot involved i n the battle aa waa stated, then R.C.S. was gailty ef meet unfair play, since they were d e a r l y seen attempting te deprive the Guilds' President ef their tensest.

It only remains for me te say that i f Felix dees set shew a smart iqareveawat i n his manners, he will k m lost at least one reader, lasers faithfelly.

R.A.Steek.

Dear S i r , The viae President of the City and Gailds Union decides to stay l a bed one Sunday: the editor of Felix i s accused ef being predjudioed.

These twe statements may seem totally uneemeeted yet there i s a most significant connection.

Let me explain; the vine-President of C&G. stays i n bed' , f a l l s to write a.report ea Merphey Day f o r e l i x aad the Baiter i s aeeesed ef wafsir f

It seems strange that the President ef C.&G. should have to wait until the fi.CS. Union reports en Marphy Day before being being able te offer oesment, er perhaps the President of C.AG. was net aware that Felix had asked his Union fo a report on Morphy Day. Did Mr. Stock f a l l asleep en Merphy Bay? The result of'the cattle , s i r , was a draw ; perhaps you are not aware that both Presidents were thrown in the Thames, this was intended te signif* a drawn battle.

Why did the President ef C.&G. burden himself with the Mascots i n the battle ?

It was agreed that they shs/old set be involved; why invent (post V Attle?) battle plans to protect them? Why create extra responsibilities?

Why-not .just leave the Mascots en the side of the ' tewpath where .they were deposited after the custard-pie. fracasff Does the answer l i e l a the C.4G. Union? Were they capable ef adhering to the agreed rules of combat, oapable of leaving the Maseota untouched?

Obviously their President thought net.

The Swimming Gala at the U.L.U. bath en Deo. 9 th. i s the next. inter oollege tournament; i t seems a logical continuation ef Marphy Day, yet there i s l i t t l e opportunity for war.

Unless we consider the Presidents r a c e excuse me, I must go te see my Trophy Officer- my water wings may be i n danger.

Tears faithfully, Alan Logan.

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Dear Sir, As as impartial observer ef t i e aerphy Day fracas any I endorse Mr. Logans suggestion that a l l those with doubts eenoeraiag the beat rase should come te the gala ea Dee. 9th sad ameer their respective Presidents to vietery.

Surely this w i l l prove who was on Marphy Day i n the eld established trial-4r/-*ater method Tours e t c , Paul L. Boot, Pros. R.3.M.U.

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Dear S i r , I n the years t h a t we have been a t t h i s c o l l e g e , we have been a t one time o r another, annoyed by i t , fed up with i t , and completely a t a l o s s as t o what t o make o f i t . But never, u n t i l F r i d a y n i g h t , have we been a c t u a l l y disgusted by i t ( o r more c o r r e c t l y by some o f our fellow-students h e r e ) .

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The oorreapondenoe concerning the admittance of the f a i r gender to the bar seems to be reaching unmanagable proportions.

The opinions expressed by the Misses Bradford are widely held, not only among members of I.C.W.A. but also among v i s i t o r s . Very few women want to invade t h i s masculine stronghold. Judy Cox draws a t t e n t i o n to the inconvenience caused to would be hostesses, while Mr, P.W. J o l l y puts forward some constructive suggestions whioh warrant much c l o s e r inspection, What would be the advantages of a mixed bar? As Mr. J o l l y points out somewhere i s needed f o r those of us who would l i k e to entertain our lady f r i e n d s .

He also says that at the week-end " i t could help to a l l e v i a t e some of the crush that s p o i l s the main bar," I t would also be of advantage to those people who f i n d themselves i n the same predicament as Mrs. Cox. In addition i t could provide a forum f o r those who Just simply l i k e to meet people f o r the exchange of ideas and opinions, On the debit side i s that omnipresent ogre - money. Any s t r u c t u r a l a l t e r a t i o n s are going to cost money. Would the benefits balance the expense? I think they would.

I agree w i t h Mr. J . Carter that the use of the present bar should be r e s t r i c t e d to the male members of the oommunity. A haven where those who wish to oan prove t h e i r capacity f o r alcohol, where they can sing t h e i r bawdy songs, where they can demonstrate fcheir "masculinity" without causing embarrassment, annoyance and discomfort to others.

Robert P. Cheeney.

The Baiter would like te express his gratitude te a l l these who have un-aelfiaaly given their time in helping te prepare this issue. They include Jean Jennings,Dave Owen, Ian Gibson, Diane, Dave Gilbert, Aubrey Frdoker, Cy Lyle, Ian Guy, Alan Muare, Dave Wilbraham, Jim Carter, and te that anonymeus bedy af people known as the Felix Contributors. John MeNeil has made his artistic talent freely available. Te ana and a l l the M i t e r wishes a very merry Christmas.

On the subject of allowing women i n the bar there have been various c a l l s on the me.x of the college to oxslhda the f a i r sex, thus assuming that a war e x i s t s between the sexes over t h i s issue. In f a c t we are"-;*:, quite sure that the vast majority of us have not the s l i g h t e s t wish to invade" the "male Hbly-of-Holies."

The incident which" brought about t h i s l a t e s t spate of "Keep them out" was entered upon as a dare to enliven a Freshers Dinner which was proceeding very tamely. This f a c t was shown by the number of P i c t u r e s of the "Holyof-Holies" who had deserted the bar f o r lass potent (?) l i q u i d r e f r e s h ment on the t h i r d f l o o r .

During the cabaret a t G u i l d s C a r n i v a l we heard a sura t o t a l of a dozen complete phrases from the stage, and we were s i t t i n g one-and -a h a l f , and thre e yards from i t . What we d i d hear was a continuous b a r r a c k i n g t h a t could never, by any s t r e t c h o f the imagination, be taken as i n t e l l i g e n t audience p a r t i c i p a t i o n . I t seemed t o us t o he a d e l i b e r a t e attempt t o r u i n the cabaret and, as f a r as we are concerned, i t worked p e r f e c t l y .

Now s i t t i n g on a hard, crowded f l o o r f o r over h a l f an hour can be d i f f i c u l t . . Some people might subscribe t o the view that i f a cabaret t u r n s out to be... w e l l l e t ' s say "weak" t h i s gives them the r i g h t t o barrack. P e r s o n a l l y we would be i n favour o f s i t t i n g i t out i n s i l e n c e , i f only out o f a p p r e c i a t i o n o f the s i x weeks hard work put i n by the producer, c a s t , band, e t c . .

However, on F r i d a y we had no chance t o judge whether the performance was i n f a c t , good o r bad.

The bad behaviour c e r t a i n l y wasn't a vote o f censure because i t s t a r t ed the moment the f i r s t man came onto the stage and from then on i t was sheer h e l l . We heard not one o f the w i t t y phrases "from the f l o o r " t h a t used t o be a regular feature o f Carnival cabarets.

Presumably some 1+0% o f those a t the c a r n i v a l were from outside the c o l l e g e , almost c e r t a i n l y there w i l l have been a few f o r whom t h i s was the f i r s t r e a l a s s o c i a t i o n with the s o - c a l l e d "top 3%" who go t o the u n i v e r s i t y .

Three o f our f r i e n d s had never been here before, they went away convinced t h a t some o f us were nothing but loud-mouthed l o u t s .

So d i d we.

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John M. McNeil Mike Smith Dear Sir, DnfVssrtoaately I am usable te yretmos a oepy af Felix Ma. 151 far waiea yea effevea 10/- i n He. 153, but I have gat U* oepies ef Me. 113 (May 27ta and Oct LVfch), taeegh X have net get N*. 349 Tears fsitarolly CNigel King.

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Soberly yours, Beverly Bradford C h r i s t i n e Bradford Dear S i r , Have yourtwo correspondents, on the subject of women i n the Bar i n the l a s t issue of F e l i x , realised that at times i t can be quite inconvenient that woman cannot enter?

We cannot take our friend s i n t o the bar or j o i n them there, or even go inside to buy them a drink: instead we have to ask someone to buy f o r us.

At present, though, . iti.aaves my pocket, sinoe I don't pay f o r drinks under these circumstances.

Tours s i n c e r e l y .

Jetty Cox. Dear S i r , btt us once and f o r a l l time . f i n i s h the annual bickering that' a r i s e * over the -bar. l e t us be r a t i o n a l and faced w i t h the. increasin g numbers of aquariums allowed i n t o I.C. each Year,; l e t us b u i l d a c o c k t a i l bar.

A mixed bar where those of us who enjoy taking t h e i r f r i e n d s f o r a drink may >go."

That no such place e x i s t s could be quickly remedied leaving generations to come indebted to those who held o f f i c e t h i s year.

At f i r s t i t need only be opened during the evenings of the weekend when i t could help to a l l e v i a t e some of the crush that s p o i l 3 the main bar. 'whatever arrangements are decided on, <^-C. needs a mixed bar.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , P.W. J o l l y .

Dear S i r , Since correspondence on the d r i n k i n g habits of young ladies about College seems to be i n f a s h i o n may I beg space i n your columns to bring to your a t t e n t i o n a most d i s t u r b i n g occurence.

I recently had occasion to attend a Sherry Party organised By that most austere of bodies, namely the Imperial College Women's Association. To my utmost horror I found on my a r r i v a l that the only beverage .available was sherry. How oan the correspondent "Well wisher" i n the l a s t issue possibly claim that such "I.C.W. Arians" are "pure and innocent" when suoh corruption i s r i f e among them. To my great discomfort I was forced by etiquette to consume two whole glasses of t h i s obnoxious f l u i d as a r e s u l t of whioh I relapsed i n t o a highly inebriated state. I f such i s the code of behaviour, S i r , then I oan only c a l l upon the men of Imperial College to remain united against the impending female onslaught Yours i n good f a i t h .

R.F.

Cheeney

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5 .Dear S i r , Might I say how much I enjoyed the l e t t e r written by the Misses Bradford?

I t would he somewhat c h u r l i s h to suggest that they are, perhaps, somewhat biased in t h e i r views, nevertheless, i n a l l fairness, one must, I f e e l , put forward the, what I' might c a l l , p a t r i c i a n point of view.

Being an ancient and a philosopher, I have noticed c e r t a i n trends and currents in the s o c i a l atmosphere at I.C. Jn my younger days, i t was a w e l l known aphorisa tfcat Tfemg ladies sheuld be s e w and net hssr*". f a r be i t from me to suggest that this i s the formulation of a fundamental and necessary law of nature. But I f e e l i t mast be pointed out that i n those happy days of yore, many of the most talented sons of I.C. were never to be seen i n the company of Icwarians. I t was considered a s o c i a l stigma i n that happy time to treat any of these young ladies i n any but the most p o l i t e way. I f e a r that today t h i s i s not so.

ToV^tum to the point of issue.

The most d i s t u r b i n g facet of the recently rejuvenated rejectionism, i f I may term i t so, i s the constantly reiterated cry "We don't want to go i n t o the bar! " Surely the Misses Bradford cannot expect us to believe their somewhat ingenuous explanation that " I t was done f o r a 'dare' "? I t i s a w e l l known f a c t t h a t c u r i o s i t y i s the most prevalent f a i l i n g of our e n t i r e l y d e l i g h t f u l Women's Association.

Unhappily, they seem to have forgotten the o l d proverb about c u r i o s i t y and the cat. May I humbly suggest that they do not, as the v u l gar phrase has i t , ?!Poke €h$ir pretty noses into what does not concern them?"

C O M M E N T JOHN 00X. Oar govsrnmemt seems to make a habit of appointing commissions anc ignoring t h e i r orecomenda'tions. This column w i l l not be used f o r the disoussion of the Devlin or tho Monkton Reports, but a few weld* on t h e i r • treatment of the Anderson Committee's report may not be out of 'place.

This committee was set up by the government p a r t l y beoause of pressure from RUS, to investigate the structure of the system of awarding student grants - not, i t should be noted , the value of grants. It received memoranda from numerous organi s a t i o n s , covering every aspect of t h i s knotty problem and by February 1960, i t was r e l i a b l y reported that the recomendations were ready f o r publication. Inspired leaks Indicated that one major decision of the Commitee would be that the means t e s t would be abolished a proposal whioh was known to run counter to Government p o l i o y .

Since there seems l i t t l e point i n appointing high powered committee's unless you intend to l i s t e n to t h e i r conclusions, i t was o p t i m i s t i c a l l y hoped that the means t e s t would be abolished i n time f o r t h i s session.

However , f o r some 1jason o r another publication- was delayed u n t i l i t was too l a t e f o r any change to be made f o r t h i s session. Nevertheless, since the oommittee were v i r t u a l l y unanimous (the one dissident i s reported - by a usually r e l i a b l e source - to have been absent from nearly a l l the work of the oommittee), the Government were expected to implement the reoomendations next session.

F i n a l l y , I must say what pain the f i n a l part of t h e i r l e t t e r gave me.

Surely the Misses Bradford cannot be so naive as to think that any regular attenaer i n the bar, would leave the place where h i s needs could surely be s a t i s f i e d w i t h a small brown, a Keg, a Tankard, or even that most i n v i g orating of a l l drinks, a Black-ana-Tan, to taste of the f r u i t of the tree of Knowledge of Good and E v i l ? I r e f e r of course to what i s now, i n the rather disgusting modern idiom, referred to as, much a s I hate to say i t , "Third f l o o r Coffee."

No, S i r ! I f e e l that I must add my voice to those of that f i n e body af men whose tankards are never raised except to be emptied; whose hands are never placed i n t h e i r back pocket, except to buy the next round; whose consolation i s beer.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , J. Carter'.

Sear Sir, I weald l i k e te eentribwte the M i s s i n g eautismary tale by Hilarious Bales* te the epiaiems af the law HIT atlve D.3.Kexeer and the ieelaHatie Dam Harney.

One. ape* maay a dameeratie time age there was a primitive uawini 11 ty of troglodytes whioh had aa headmen, se the elders of the tribe eleoted eas amah against pepmlar opinion. However, he was neither fast nor alever enemgh and was eaten by a bear, ae the keen yseng man elected a now leader - meek against papular apin&aa. This ens was ae elevsr that he f e l l late his It cannot be argued that the government has had new f a c t s presented to them, o r that they have themselves come out with new arguments against the a b o l i t i o n of the means test.( It i s rumoured that the Government's announcement was brought forward because of the projected HUS "Protest' Weak " on grants. This timing i s i n t ended to itqp the campaign before i t starts- by g i v i n g the impression that a l l has beam completely deoided and that more pressure w i l l have no e f f e o t . .

These rumours, i f correct, indicate that the Government i s f u l l y aware o f the shortcomings of i t s case). The only "argument" so f a r presented has been that to a b o l i s h the Means Test would be technipally extremely d i f f i c u l t ! • T e l l that i s Parkinson.

Mention o f NHS reminds me, I see from the printed accounts of the Union that the balance l a s t session would have been s u f f i c i e n t to a f f i l ate to NO'S four times over and was i t s e l f greater than the t o t a l income of the majority of the colleges w i t h i n NUS. -. Christmas i s the season of goodw i l l to a l l men ( i n c l u d i n g "Fe the r i n g ham" i f she o r he i s male) and I would l i k e to take t h i s opportunity of cong r a t u l a t i n g the e d i t o r i a l board of FELIX on t h e i r l a s t issue - e a s i l y the best f o r at l e a s t a session. We a l l look forward to the projected new look for FELIX and i t i s comforting to know that the content o f FEIJJCmight be worthy of a more impressive format. I w i l l not indulge i n any obvious crack about "COUNTER C C C I E W i

C O U N T E R

Every sesame Sunday afternoon I sit damn with pea aad paper ta try and reply ta the meandering vagaries -and illogicalities af OOMMBHT. This weak looks worse than mast aa Mr. Cex has liberally smeared his a r t i a l . with" that hiah smelling rem barring — H.S.S. 1

Instead the Government has announced only a revision of t r - scales Allowing f o r the r i s e i n mostpeoplea incomes , t h i s revision leaves us approximately i n the same state as we were i n a few years back.

C O M M E N T

ova bear-trap and was eatea by the trapped eooapamt, sa the elders and the y e — g mam and everyone else who was alever aaeagh te vote assembled i s a vast oavara (a l i t t l e cavern weal* net meld them a l l ) and eleoted the best man far the jab. He was the best and aamsequeatly he lived happily ever after, the tribe, sever vent thirsty and was always oapably represented at tap troglodyte Amotions. whioh a l l gsea te Shew that even trage oan think and eheese far themselves sometimes.

Terrrs faitarally Bryan Keeper, ' Chemistry Dept.

Dear Sir The dlffiamlties of abtaiaiag a satisfactory shower in the men's ohangiag Kami have te be ezparienaed ta be believed. There ar* two main faults with -the showers.

One most either have a tepid shower er be subjected te a lew-pressure steam blast, the mixing valves giving very l i t t l e adjustment between these sxta emeu. . If, by aame flake, one baa adjusted one ef the ahevewe te be just right, eemeene altars the eenaitieas «f see of ike ether three, which aeaekew are f u l l t iaterdependent. This completely spoils ernes originally aamfai table skewer.

Ceald the skewers be made mere worthy ef a scientific college than a spartan military camp, please? This, sight entail replacement ef the present mixing valves, bat weald be well worth the tremble, Tears sineerely J«B.Rutter, .

2.C*. Bag. Ismat.admit that lit is difficult-to •comprehend,why 1 the Government sets up commissions only to ignore their reoommendationi In the ease af the Andersen Cemaittee i t may be that the geveraaent thinks that i t s awn army ef of permanent c i v i l servants engaged in educational admin— istratiaa are better suited te deciding polioy than a fevlaymen whs spend a few — t h e OTaain'ng tho problem. I f this sa, why wast* money em a.0—illusion at all.

One Ahing far sure - whatever mysterious ultar- — wetive i t was that 1

prompted tae employment of the Andersen rCemmissien, i t was not because ef the puny pressure exerted by suoh a paltry organisation as N.U.S. • According te Mr. Cox the Government is in such terrvx- and trepidation at the projected N.U.S. 'pretest' week'that the Government has brought forward i t s reply to scotch their activities.

This no doubt has avoided a week of student uprising and pitched battle, culminating in tho ever-throwing ef tyranny and the establishment-of a Peoples (or Student's) Daojeeraay.

Last session the Ualea finished with a substantial ballsnco, whioh has bean carried forward.

This balance was Mainly owing to the Athletics and Social Clubs spending less than estimated.

Is view of the ever increasing number ef Social (and new Reereatianal ) Clubs, I de not think any such balance w i l l materialise this year.

Also the Union is now ocamittod to large expenditure, with .tfee.aew Sports Centre.

Oils w i l l probably' remove any illusion of flowing oash and lucre.

Even i f wo had the spare aeaey, I da not think that i t i s worth spet, bag £300 to have the honour of sending a delegate to vote, along with delegates from such seats of learning as Bast .Croydon Technical College, an a'action of Solidarity with Puerto Rioana.

1 thank Mr. Cox far his greetings, but moat express ay amasement at his acknowledgement of what i s a Christian Festival.

Perhaps 'Mr. Cox' i s also a pseudonym cloaking same publieityavoiding strident.

R.T.L.Fethertagha».

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OHE "TODAY'S EVENTS" HOTICE BOXED.

by P. Dowel1.

PURCHASED F O R I.C. DHIQH The t r i p s t a r t e d a t 7 p.m. on F r i d a y 18th November w i t h the departure by coach from the Union of 34 members o f the I.C. & Bedford Youth H o s t e l Groups.

The Journey t o Buttermere was uneventful, although most theori e s on how t o get b e n e f i c i a l sleep were d i s p r o v e d . Neverthel e s s a 200 yard. walK along a f r o s t y road t o the Youth H o s t e l By served t o awaken most o f us. breakfas t time the sun had come out, and thus the v a r i o u s p a r t i e s s e t out i n h i g h s p i r i t s .to such p l a c e s as Great Gable, High S t i l e and P i l l a r .

TO HELP PUBLICITY FOE EVESTS HI IMPERIAL COLLEGE. EENBEEED USELESS BT THE CHILDISH EEHAVIOIJE OF A FES ILLITERATE MEMTIKBS OF I.C.U. WILL SELL AT SCRAP VALUE.

Dear Sir,

Free

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Dear Sir, As a continuation of the a l ready extensive correspondence on the subject of choosing the President of the Union, I would like to make a few points on behalf of the supposed moronic majority who are treated as being incapable of making any intelligent contribution to Union affairs.

The situation at present saws to be that we are considered unfit to vote for a President ourselves on the grounds that we know insufficient of the potentialities of the candidates.

Yet we are permitted -the ge«t honour ef electing at Union Meetings a body ef {supermen known as the union Council'' who aie deemed f i t to speak for us . a l l in choosing the.President. But i t must be patently obvious that less i s known about the numerous candidate* _ for the counoil poets by those who choose them as their mouthpiece, than would be known about the much smaller number of candidates for the single post of President, i Furthermore.these members of the council' who are elected at Union meetings can only speak for the few hundred or so who are present at such meetings .

I suggest that the apparent r e l uctance at the top to open the flood gates of democracy i s a reactionary trait among the social cliques opposed to any reduction of their inflaenoe in the college .

I submit that the only positive approach to the question i s to bold a referendum to see what proportion of us - the students of I.e.- axe prepared to be responsible for electing our President democratically.

At present we hear only trn chorus ef the extrovert indnority the important factor i s surely the opinion that lie s i n the deep s t i l l waters of the majority.

Assuming that tha majority vote to i>a in favour of a democratically elected president let the Oounoll f u l f i l a useful: function by organising'publicity and hustings in suoh a way that every member of the Union w i l l have ample opportunity (and interest) to form an opinion a. about the candidates.

A democratically eleete**p*esldent would help to break down the amah deplored barrier between .the brown baggers and those active in the s o i l age l i f e . In any ease the present feudal, system i s an Insult to intelligent human beings.

Vive lea serfsI H.H.KET-

Tour Editorial opinion that there i s a case for "radical changes" i n I.C. teaching methods expresses what very many students have been thinking for years • namely, that the present system of lectures, tutorials, and private study i s appallingly wastef u l . It i s only when a lecture oourse i s outstandingly good that one's original notes are better, for revision purposes, than a textbook.

In the Services, the aim of a training course i s to teach a maximum of information i n a minimum of time.

This may well be a false ideal of University education, but a l l the same the military process i s remarkably efficient. One of i t s main features i s the show ing of films, which give a general picture of the subject i n a vivid pictorial manner, leaving i t to the lecturer to f i l l In the mathematical details. I t i s a sign of long-awaited progress that an enterprising lecturer i n the Physios Department i s supplementing hie Eleotronics oourse with a Bevies of films from tft.illard's.

This technique could nave far wider, application.

However, the backbone of every coarse w i l l remain the lectures, and the general standard of these i s low.

It may be true that good lecturers are born rather than made) but there i s one pieoe of advice that any lecturer oould followi cultivate a good Board Technique.

Host students find i t impossible to listen to what the lecturer says end at the same time write down what he has just written. Thus i t i s up to the lecturer to provide, on the blackboard, enough information - oamplet* with headings - to build a coherent skeleton of the topioj"ao that oven i f the student cannot hear a v oxd, ha w i l l be able to slog through his notes at soma latex date and make sense of than.

What the lecturer actually says weald be the flesh to olotho «at* skeleton.

XT fite student oan digest seas of this as v e i l , so snob, the better.

This advice may seem obvious, bet X am amazed at the number of leetexexe that never seem to have realised i t , especially status they mast have enee been students themselves and been exes* pa rated by leUtoWoali who write eaeetlona i n odd corners of the beard, or wLo rub Oat, '• or • cover" ewrwaetKwieewhave j e s t written, .or never pat a heading up, or do any of the imndxed-and -one thingsthat are slowly driving JM. etadents •ad.

Tours sincerely, tier way*

There was snow on many o f the tops, and with the Autumn t i n t s o f the lower slopes the views were q u i t e b e a u t i f u l .

One u n f o r g e t f u l s i g h t was the panorama from the top o f Great Gable, which i n c l u d e d H e l v e l l y n snow capped, and with cloud j u s t touchin g the top. Such were the murals o f our rocky d i n i n g room as we ate our lunches of. corned beef, date cake, R y v i t a , e t c . .

The snow was u s e f u l as a t h i r s t quencher and a l s o enabled us t o have a snow-ball f i g h t t o use up "Surplus energy". The descent by way o f S c a r f Gap was completed j u s t a 8 dusk was f a l l i n g .

A f t e r supper most people adjourned t o "The F i s h " and having s u i t a b l y r e f r e s h e d themselves, returned t o the h o s t e l t i r e d out, but u n w i l l i n g t e admit i t .

To the s u r p r i s e o f everyone the next day was a l s o dry.

However, our departure from the h o s t e l was s l i g h t l y delayed by the disappearance o f three p a i r s o f boots. When they were found i t was s t a t e d t h a t they had been hidden because o f a l l e / g e d " s h i n i n g " by t h e i r owners. Owing t o a mistake the o n l y crime o f the young lad y who owned one p a i r was t o have small f e e t .

The Sunday was spent i n s i m i l a r f a s h i o n t o the previous day, although the walks tended — t o be l e s 3 strenous, and contained such t h i n g s as a demonstration by a graduate engineer on how t o dam a mountain stream. As t e a had been arranged a t "The F i s h " , most people were down s u f f i c i e n t l y e a r l y t o come and partake, before the coach l e f t at 5 o'clock.

The e f f e c t o f meal and pub stops i n quick succession was to put most people i n a j e l l y mood. Hence t h e r e followed a h e c t i c hour o r so, d u r i n g which shoe s t e a l i n g and f r i e n l l y f i g h t s were r i f e .

At about 11 o'clock everyone s e t t l e d down peaceably.

The coach a r r i v e d back at I.C. a t 4:30 on Monday morning, and i t i s perhaps f o r t u n a t e t h a t there was aa one about t o see the odd l o o k i n g types who got out o f i t .

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Shuffled along V i c t o r i a St. toward* the square. Sun w e l l up i n a s o l i d looking b l u i s h sort of sky; colour of I den't know what, but looking like a promise of sure e t e r n i t y . Orange light pouring everywhere. Twin towers of the Abbey shining a bright washed whiteClock i n l e f t hand tower, new v painted. Bright red and yellow. Dar) blue. Gleaming l i k e a Jewel on eondensated Cloud. Tha,. concentration o£' wxigfiaaUtoV 1

across tne green, high aDove toe leaves, s t a n d i n g , t a l l , superior, majestic, with supreme spire on top.

Big Ben. Shining in the sunlight.

Golden. Yellow, Jdnea of grey, white »tlW ^dxV.oiVuadmco^ Bisalb wttit • ng spidery blautehandsi: slowlyfluafciaig the faoe. ..-What i s the time? What i s t i ~ .

Two monks i n black robes cheeper lng along the sidewalk, with strange i r r e g u l a r , regular gait. Black robes. Not much colour about that.

Robes down below the knee, nearly t o the emtftH-i cut l e a v i n g a apace f o r grey sock and large dusty black shoe.

Kye-oatoning, jraor oa»a»foi !*«re**tsAi floating, on. nothing. Biaaeceared through an arohnay into the Deans Yan* Was drawn unquestioningly i n t h e i r wake. ,

In the Yard, a l l i s r e s t f u l peace, embalming the s p i r i t . There are some minor signs of imperturbable l i f e . A f i g u r e appears i n a doorwa and i a gone again. A cloaked body g l i d e s across a eornar. Through a window, a roomful of boys. A t a l l

Sross. Trees, What trees. Kaon one a blaze of transcendent l i g h t with every l e a f a small r e f l e c t o r of variant fane. Yellows. Greens. Yellow-Greens.

Splashes of orange. Touches of ochre.

Impressionist. A i l l i g h t . Purple shadows, and the whole-fixea on that amethyst sky.

Foundation of, everything. More permanent that the rooks.

Basis of Knowledge.

Stood fascinated. Gazed upwards.

Soaked up the colour and quizzed the i n f i n i t e about time. Where was i t ?

F i n a l l y broke away. Tustle of the soul and exertion of the w i l l only to be caught by the grey stones, worn by time (how oould time be active?)

Fat archways and short passages.

Yellow sandstone on the grey. . Crumbling with age.

A smell of dust as the o l o i s t e r i s reaohed. L i f e l e s s , grey a l l around, but w i t h v i v i d verdant patch i n the centre. The focus of attention. A l l humanity gazing inwards. M i l l i o n s of faces s t a r i n g over the stone, and peering through the i r o n work. A l l wondering. A l l intent. A l l seoking an an»wert*0',tna<iU«:iini*e; question.

Avid concentration. Restless f e e t .

White knuckles. Hair f a l l i n g anywhere.

J is and I war* so content that we didn't n**d to talk or laugh or anything. ¥• Just walked. Then- Oh Bliss- Jim drew a* oloso and h*ight*n*d our wordless ecstasy as only h* know how.

Placing hi* hand in th* inn*r jacket pooket of his twenty gns, Bur on tailored, county tweed suit, h* withdrew two copies of PHOENIX. It was madness to try and read our ffiOENICES in that wind, but we did, t i l l . at last we case upon a sheltered hollow i n the dunes. And there we lay, aid* fay side, I reading the Sooial Page and J i a the poetry I shall always remember that afternoon; the wind, the aea and our copies of PHOENIX. TBS, PEOPLE LOVE PHOENIX.

Sunlight gone and the smell of dust.

N E W S

W * M « n « V wa JAZZ AT B B PnTTItARBCmu wee*. ±oag this losae* behind ay lee areas tray at the 1 smith Gaument en Beaeay 27th. War..

Like , frankly, i t was a gas • f i r s t group te appear was the Oawnenben Addorly Quintet, who avoauood aeae ef the meat swinging ssands I have heard far a long time.

A l l their work was exalting; Caaaeaball took eaea number apart, theaput tha bite baok into plaee.

Bat Adderly provided seme booting trumpet sad Victor Pel anas some funky plane.

Felesan, who i s an ^gUi'mrn who west sueoesfully feat, get a great reception from the amdieaoe. His plane playing Justified i t . Other members ef the group were Sam Jonas (bass) and Louis Hayes (dress). Best nsmber,ln ay Opinion , were "Blue Daniel", a driving waltz, and Nat Adderly's "Work Seng".

Next earn* a group featuring Csiesan Hawkins, Bey Eldridge, Den Bias , Benny Carter and Jo JOaea.

Itwas the big j dlaaaaeiatBsaterthe evening. i**.9nJy Musioiaa who produced anything l i c e xn» Hawkins was a form expected Carter. bore,,aafcBlariage'a playing about as

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I shall always remember that day.

The rain had stopped around lunoh time, and the sun was warn on our backs aa w* walked arm i n am towards th* rainbow at the ot**r and of th* bay.

But th* wind blow strong, flecking th* iron **a with foam, a wild misty wind that touslad our hair, pummelled our bodios and polished our ch**k* until they gloved, wail* shivering th* beads of glistening aoiatur* on th* sea grass.

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s i l e n t woman, standing i n i n arobway, and a glimpse of the Clock.

W A N T E D

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES' PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

The Austrian Students National Union (Die Osterreiohische Hoohsohnlsrsohaft) w i l l arrange 'the 7th. European Universities' Photographic Exhibition from Hay 15 th. u n t i l June 3rd., 1961.

Authorised to take part axe a l l regular students of a European University or College.

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The aaxlaua number of entxiee 1* four black-and-white prints, else 12 by 16 inches unmounted, surftoo and tone '' cpUaaal. ThereJld BO taposial .these; the best entries receive awards. Be coloured entries oan be accepted i n this eoapetitioa.

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subtle aa a esreadua plated teapot.

I mesa, I know they oould have dene better than that.

Je Jones provided a solid beat, but was about 15 years out ef date.

I unfortunately missed J.J.Johnson's set, a i the beginning ef the seeend half e f t k e show*, sines I had to unload the. iee-eream tray.

However T am told he put on a really polished swinging performance.

The eliaax ef the evening was the Dizzy Gillespie quintet.

Thir contribution wasa suite "Gilleapiana*.

Qlllespies trumpet was above any sort ef eritisa. the ether howanvas Lee Wright who blew seae beautiful alto and flute.

The whsle.greup was perfectly balanced and well they Just blew .

The final number ef the ev*aiag.waa "Caravan" fostering Candid* (like, King of the Conga drum) .

Tea'vo never heard one tub belted l i k e tide one . He made the thing a l l but talk, and finished up playing at higfajjaood with elbows and Fiaelly. a **XtIeeter¥ Item, The peraeeael eV the CamenbafiCa***»<!Iy* t r i e , already a legend, has recently been made poblio.

The t r i e oeaprises Lady 0. on JO shell and harp, the gamekeeper playing bass, and eld ana 0. am virginal and toast-rack. There i a seas Jurynoiae ea the reoard. " The deadline fox the entiles l e April' 15th. Please request entry forms from the Austrian Students' National Union, Office for Cultural Affaire, attention "Photogxenble Exhibition", Wte»4 ;. *a&ohgesse 10.

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WHY NOT buy a.oopy yourself? It's on sal* next Monday, December 12th, throughout the college and only ooat* l/6d. Among many other fascinating articles, i t contains feature* on:'Alf red Hitohoook; Jules Vei e; Fred Speona.

It also includes the winning entries in the f i r s t SHORT STORY COMPETITION, and a new service for PHOENIX readers, your letters answered by EVYLANNE HOUSE, that wis* councillor of tha love-lorn. Also published is oua nation wide survey of that valuable consumer oonmodity - WOMEN. Thar* isn't ' room to l i a t a l l our feature*, stories, and poena in thia extra-large, lavishly illustrated December issue of PHOENIX. You w i l l just have to contain your impatieno* until .

Monday. And rMember WHY NOT BUY PHOENIX? IT'S

PflAsciNATiNG HEADING.

I C & T H E C O M M O N W E A L T H Br. ".JJI.Alport, Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations, was present at a lecture held at Imperial College i n oonneotion with the City of London Commonwealth Week. Professor DJC. Hewitt, F.R.B., spoke of the strong and close links over the years'between the College and the Commonwealth. The Reotor, S i r Patrick Llnstead, F.R.S., was i n the Chair and the Minister of State proposed a vote of thanks.

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A selection of the best prints entered in the Photographic 8*oi*thjB\s .

Annual Bxhibition (to be held next February ) w i l l be entered i n this oompetion We hope to repeat our sucess of two years ago when the college submitted the winning panel of prints and had the honour of organising last years exhibition, whioh as organisers we did not enter competitively. , J.P.Jennings.

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ADDRESS

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SIR CYRIL HInSHELW00D,0.M.,P.R.S. OR

COMMEMORATION DAY

1960

Copies e f t h i s address faro a v a i l a b l e t o a l l members e f the c o l l e g e . They ens. be obtained ( p r i c e : 6d.) from the B o o k s t a l l or from the R e g i s t r y , .

S M O K I N G

C O N C E R T S . C . C

°lhe S.C.C. met on the 21st.' Nov. f o r the second time t h i s term .

Mr. Quereshi was elected to the S.C.C. Executive - a place being vacant due t o the unfortunate departure of Mr. Chandmal l a s t term.

The Chairman reported that Council had agreed to the debating society b e i n g placed i n the S.C.C.

The Smoking Concert i s unique i n I.C. to R.C.S. and i t has been going strong since the days of B.G.Wells.

I t s purpose i s to enable the audience to smoke, drink and be entertained.

There were 550 p i n t s to drink and a show to e n t e r t a i n but nothing to smoke.

But what else oan you'expeot f o r 2/6d?

The a l e may not have been the best,but the show was.

The present a t i o n was s l i o k and the number of poor acts was at a minimum.

I t was good to see so many v a r i e d acts, some of whioh would not have disgraced the West End stage.

The acts suited every taste and ranged from slaps t i c k to some p r e t t y a c i d ccount about the new physios b u i l d i n g . The audience responded very w e l l and enjoyed every minute of i t .

Unfortunately an irresponsible few rushed the stage,'but l i k e everything else about the show they were quickly dealt with before they caused damage.

I t i s impossible to pick out the best aot, as so many were equally good In t h e i r own way, but Anne P h i l l i p s , C l i f f Adams and Robin Hiddihough, were tho outstanding i n d i v i d u a l performers, Stan Salmon and Mike Smith provided the auaio and were as excellent as ever.

The gap caused by the passing of Malcolm Green to older places was w e l l f i l l e d

by John MoManus who proved himself t o be the oampere with the most h a i r .

But the man of the moment was undoubtedly the producer, Norman Franklin,who encouraged and helped a l l the acts and put them together to make a Concert worthy-of the fi.C.S.

Mr. H i l l reported that the matter of the expansion of the I n t e r n a l M a i l i n g System , so that i t could be used by a l l members of the College had been passed t o the Domestic Bursar but no f u r t h e r deotaions had been made.

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Since the meeting«the Domestic Bursar has agreed to the use of p a r t o f the Ayrton H a l l Lounge f o r t h i s purpose.

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How many freshers have heard of the Thorpe-Whiteley ? Ruth Oldham has not only heard of i t but has worked there i n her f i r s t month at I.C. ! She f i n i s h e d the Organic P r a c t i c a l course i n h a l f the a l i o tod time'.

There was. nothing more f o r her to do i n the Hoffmann so she was transferred to the Thorpe-Whiteley l a b .

We understand that she wis a s s i s t i n g Dr.A.C.Cross i n h i s research i n t o the c o n s t i t u t i o n of scymnol.

B r i l l i a n c e i n P r a c t i c a l Organic Chemistry i s not Ruth's only,claim t o fame.

She i s one of B r i t a i n ' s leading long, distance swimmers.

She became the f i r s t woman to swim Ullswater only f o u r months a f t e r she had taken up the sport.

She has also swum Windermere and More-oombe Bay (three times each) and Con- i s t o n Water once.

Her next objective i s that l i t t l e gap between us a n i the rest of Europe.

She i s a member of I.C. swimming team and i s the only female member of the College to represent the U n i v e r s i t y f o r a3 long as we can remember.

Another of her interests i s horseraoing.

She hunts and points-topoints with the Vale of Lone H a r r i e r s , and has paraded horses at nearly every National Hunt meeting i n the North and Midlands, including the Grand N a t i o n a l .

For some time now s e v e r a l oluba have been running a b o o k s t a l l on the f i r s t f l o o r of the Union, on Thursday and F r i d a y lunchtimes , There was considerable'discussion on how t h i s could be brought more i n t o the publi o eye and henoe made more suoesaful . I t was decided s1) To approach the Domestic Bursar w i t h a view to opening a b o o k s t a l l i n part of the Lounge i n Ayrton H a l l .

2) To ask the union C o u n c i l i f the b o o k s t a l l oould a l s o be held on Monday and Tuesday lunchtimes 3) The S.C.C. executive was directe d to investigate the p o s s i b i l i t y a f moving I t to another p o s i t i o n i n the Union.

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There was f u r t h e r d i s c u s s i o n of our r e s p o n s i b i l i t y towards Overseas students i n College . To s a t i s f y t h e i r expressed desire to meet B r i t i s h Students.informa l l y , so that genuine f r i e n d s h i p s oould be formed and understanding created , an e a r l i e r meeting had deoided to i n i t i a t e a number of informal "Contact Groups".

This meeting discussed how the people to s t a r t suoh groups should be chosen , and what o f f i c i a l c o n t r o l i f any, there should be once the soheme was underway.

A f t e r a long d i s c u s s i o n the Chairman summed up i n the f o l l o w i n g wordst "There are two basio tendencies one to make the scheme o f f i c i a l w i t h reports e t c , and the other that there i s no formal or o f f i c i a l i n t e r ference at a l l . We have to decide, between the two ; we must s t a r t o f f with a small number and work upwards . We -must take care i n s e l e c t i o n of the oontaoters. I am hoping to bring i n one or two o l d e r and more experienced peo pie l i k e the » Wardens and Treasurers i n on the s e l e c t ion pfas f a r as the sporting clubs are concerned lam i n agreement with i n v o l v i n g them i n the soheme."

I t was proposed that the S.C.C. approve of the exeoutive going ahead on the l i n e s l a i d down above; t h i s was c a r r i e d unanimously.

The Chairman reported that c o u n c i l had made the f o l l o w i n g decisions on C o l ours:1) Colours s h a l l be awarded f o r represent! t i v e competitive a c t i v i t i e s only 2) A t h l e t i c colours s h a l l be awarded by oluba an the Athletic Cluba Committee J) S o c i a l Colours s h a l l be awarded by oluba on the Recreational and S o c i a l Clubs Committees whioh take p a r t i n representa t i v e competitive a c t i v i t i e s .

I t was thought that there should be "some"form of r e c o g n i t i o n given t o people who contributed t o corporate college l i f e but who were not now e l i g a ble f o r colours and the Union General Award, e.g. non p l a y i n g s e c r e t a r i e s of sports teams , o f f i c e r s of S o c i a l and r e o r e a t i o n a l oluba,and a motion to t h i s e f f e c t was sent to Council, B r i a n Ford, Hon. S e c S.C.C.

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EDUCATION Last Thursday tho Huxley Society held a discussion on education.

The talk was led by Finlay D. MaFhereen.

He f i r s t of a l l gave a short talk:-

Finally the meeting agreed that purely scientific colleges were a bad idea and that the educational policy today was a shortsighted and a dangerous policy.

The meeting was then declared closed.

Finlay D. MoFherson.

"Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends?

Disraeli's statement made i n 1&74 s t i l l rings as true today as i t did then.

Since this field i s so inport-ast, so correspondingly i t i s wide.

For the purposes of this discussion we w i l l consider the eduoation of the rul-ors of society.

The purpose of education i s the developing of a latent character image or, as Herbert Spencer said, "Education has as i t s object the formation ef char-actor."

In addition to this, eduoation is a process ef f i t t i n g a citizen to take up a role i n society.

The trouble with education at present in this country i s that the Government have forgotten the f i r s t aim, and concentrated on " f i t t i n g out" technologists and ether roles in society.

The entire sohool system at present with i t s specialist lines i s aimed at providing the country with the. quota ef scientists etc. i t needs. This polioy was i n effect stated by Sir David Socles when he oaae te I.C. a fortnight ago.

In order to visualise the difference betwwen the two types of education, l e t us take an analogy.

Suppose there i s a large park, completely walled in: new imagine a child i s placed inside and told that there i s a gate at the ether aide i f he wants to get out. There are two possible ways of equipping the child.

Firstly, you oan give him a map ef the way te the gate, t e l l him how ta read the map and t e l l him he must get to the gate where a prize awaits.

This corresponds to the English system where the examination and university entrance i s the ultimate prize.

Secondly, you can place the child i n the f i e l d and say merely, there i s a gate at the other end ef the park.

By this method the child i s fcreed te develop*; and think no matter what he does; i f he stays put he has at least sade the decision to stay put, i t has not been sade for his.

This i s what i s wanted i s the sehoels Net as suoh specialisation and exam, hunting; not segregation by examination but spontaneous grading as i n the comprehensive school; sore emphasis on p r i nciples, oonoepts and matters ef interest , *h'»lriwg rather than faot learning There i s no reason for specialisation at school ; i t oould easily be abolished by making university degree 0oursas longer Is oonoluslon, i f we do not want our future administrators to be narrow slsflos specialists worn cut at the age ef 35 by the pace of the- competition , then the Government should start thinking of the real meaning of education ; "that whioh f i t s the citizen to perform s k i l l f u l l y and magnanimously a l l the affairs both private and publio i n both peaoe and war".

In the subsequent dissuasion the question of National Service and the unfortunate effects i t ' s abolition i s having wag discussed and the mixing of classes and discipline were cited.

The teacher rjhild relationship was deplored as was the attitude af parents to the education of their children, "My Johnny's leaving i sohool when he's 15 ; I's net having him going i n for a l l this studying nonsense ".

OBITUARY

OTIS GRISWOLD COFFIN O t i s Griswold C o f f i n was found dead i n n i s home i n Cripple. Creek, Fa. His ' death had been caused by the accidental discharge of h i s hunting r i f l e while he was cleaning i t . l i r . C o f f i n was born a t Newcomers Town Pa. on Sept.6th.1873,the son o f ' J u l i u s V e s t e l l and Huldah(Orcutt) C o f f i n . He was descended from Tristram C o f f i n , the founder of the C o f f i n family i n America,and one of the f i r s t s e t t l e r s i n Nantucket I s . Mass. L i t t l e i s known about the ancestry of h i s mother.

He entered the engineering college of the U n i v e r s i t y of Wooster,Wooster, Ohio, and received the degree of B.Sc i n liech.Sng. He then went t o the P r a t t I n s t i t u t e where he received the degree of a. So. *He served i n Company H of the 5 th. pa. Volunteer Infantry i n the SpanishAmerican war and belonged! to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Spanish-American War Veterans. During the World War,he acted as Director of sales f o r the Liberty Loan Drives i n the 7th.Federal D i s t r i c t .

Mr. C o f f i n entered the employ of the Texas P i p e l i n e Co.'as a j u n i o r engineer, and was assigned t o the task of t e s t i n g pressure gauges,but l a t e r transferred t o the Chicago Rapid Transit Co. During the next seven years,he was connected with the E l e c t r i c Axle l i g h t and Power Co.and the Chase Elevator and Manton Windlass Co. Following this,he moved overseas and directed operations f o r the Manilla and Dagupan Railroad Co. of the P h i l l i p i h e I s . A f t e r two years,he r e t u r ned to take the post of Executive VicePresident of the Hual Constuction Co., b u i l d e r s of conduits,sewers,etc.

He served on the Power Test Codes Congressional Committee on Displacement Compressors,Blowers and I n t e r n a l Combustion.Engines.He was amember of'the Pa, Charitable Mechanics Association,the Engineers and Professional Men's Association of N.E.Pa.jthe Inventors Guild and the Society of Terminal Engineers.

Mr. C o f f i n was a Rotarian.an OddFellow,a 32nd»Degree Masonand ar Member of the Shrine. He was a l s o a member of the Cripple Creek Country Club,the Everyman's Bible Classat the Third Prebyterian Churoh a t Cripple Creek,the Charitable I r i s h Society,the Camp-Fire Club of Ameri c a , the Sons of the Amerioan Revolution, the Sons of the C o l o n i a l Wars, the Kayflower Descendants, the National Society of P u r i t a n Descendants,the Society of C o l o n i a l Wars i n the Commonwealth of Pa., the vuiet Birdmen,the B l i z z a r d lien of 1888,and he was Chairman of the Fourminute Speakers.

A c l o s e f r i e n d s a i d of him:-"When the f r - a t Otis C o f f i n saw a need.He d i d not r e s t u n t i l he had s a t i s f i e d i t . He was true t o the f a m i l y motto:-' I f I r e s t , I rust.

He was predeceased by h i s wife,Fannie Floye(Dinwiddie)Coffin,and survived by one daughter,Lulu.

GUILDS CARNIVAL On F r i d a y December 2nd, G u i l d s h e l d t h e i r annual c a r n i v a l with the u s u a l success.

This year's theme- Shakespearean cum E l i z a b e t h a n , o f f i c i a l l y e n t i t l e d "MEASURE FOR PLEASURE" o r "OVENOFF WITH JULIET" provided good m a t e r i a l f o r both the f l o a t s and the cabaret.

The transformatio n o f the Concert H a l l , which i s the g r e a t e s t problem f o r the o r g a n i z a t i o n o f any f u n c t i o n , i n t o the main s t r e e t of a s i x t e e n t h century v i l l a g e was most authentic.

The e f f e c t o f depth was achieved by b u i l t - o u t s t r u c t u r e s o f l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n s . One was an olde inne-"Ie Come & G r i p " , notable f o r i t s masterpieces i n oil.

A b a c k c l o t h t o the stage, c o n s t r u c t i o n s over each door and a v i l l a g e pump completed the atmosphere. The l a x morals o f Shakespeare's England were d e p i c t e d f u l l y on the f l a t s .

The cabaret was a ne». teparture f o r C a r n i v a l s , and one i h a t deserves f a r more i n v e s t i g a t i o n . At the c a r n i v a l t h i s revue s t y l e o f cabaret was put under considerabl e d i f f i c u l t y one o f the microphones being rendered i n o p e r a t i v e . The whole show had t o be performed at shouting p i t c h i n o p p o s i t i o n t o s e v e r a l unwelcome and unamuslng "gentlemen" who found entertainment i n t r y i n g t o r u i n the enjoyment o f the audience, The c o n t i n u i t y o f the show was e x c e l l e n t throughout.

The wily c r i t i c i s m t h a t has been l e v e l l e d at the form of the a c t s i s t h a t they r e l i e d too much on the spoken word f o r t h e i r i n t e r e s t and t h a t an element of f a r c e would have added t o the enjoyment.

The s p i r i t o f a c a r n i v a l cabaret should allow, I t h i n k , f o r a considerable amount o f audience p a r t i c i p a t i o n t o keep up the f e s t i v e atmosphere.

I would l i k e t o express my c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o those who helped produce a c a r n i v a l o f such high standard.

Norman B. Greaves

WORMY The following was dictated to year aasj asp earl est by two young ladies (Ma Bedford College who sosaifcwiloft the verses from the i s ahnriheetl. The tree literary asexLt ef the piece has recently boas roeogrjlisd by the B.B.O. who tsoladofl the poem l a a reoeat prognose an the Third BrCgraas<i.

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Nobody likes as, owybody hates so, I'm going leas the gardes te Lass; this sliay ones.

Short fat fassy ones, Gooy, goey, geey, gooy, v a n s .

The long this slimy saas a l l s doom easily.

The short fat fassy ones stick.

The short fat fussy esoa Stick i s your threat And the jalae goes sch, sea, sob.

Site off the heads and suck out the.juices And throw the skins away.

Bfobody knars law I samvo , Os » haadiiod worms a day.

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BASKETBALL

I.CW.S.C. I.C.W.8.0. Swimming has won two. of i t s three league matches and has defeated U.C., Westfield , MlddIseex^fiolpital and q.H.C. and loaiuit only to" Bedford and OoI&sBiths.

Host of, the credit for Ibis goes to Buth Oldham and Janet Elsooz. Rath a long distance svisser , 10 hoping to swia the Channel i n June . and Looh •esa i a July next jresr Jeuet i s a Lancashire oountyi I.C.W.S.C. hockey team i t i l l unbeaten, have reached the f i n a l of the U n i v e r s i t y 2nd XI Knock-Out Tournament by beating Bedford C o l l e g " 5-0.

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I.CW.S.C. This i s a true story, only the facts have been altered to preserve the records. At 6 o'olook on the evening of Hov. 30th.i i n a room on the third -floor old hostel; a challenge vas laa-uei.

The I.C.l.A. oorridor was go in to play the Judo Olub at aatball.

After the I n i t i a l bargaining i t Ok. deelded that as the girls team vas dae short, two of the Judo Club would a*** to change sex and play for them, TOSS the battle eoaneneed.

I . C . W . A . soon took the lead with a quick goal, whioh they failed to convert and the game took a sterner look. At one point the Judo team weza a man abort when their oaptala, "Crusher Baaabottoa* dissappeared head f i r s t through the 3ya. door. But these gallant asa were act to bb deterred, and a brilliant seven goal spell by Crasher KassbettoB, and three by Idiot Jim after olever sohoslng

by Bashes Shepherd, gave than a good lead by half time.

An equally exalting second half brought a further six goals, three by "Horrible Hodsoa" and three by "Crush-or Baasbottoa? Heatlma a horribly week defence of Dick, Bob, John and Aaar alL> -owed the g i r l s to sneak i n 13 points, much to the disgust of the brilliant players up in attaok.At 10 o'olook discussion » vara bald between the two captains as to whether the game should be continued or whether to retire to the bar, When, however , Capt. Raws bottom turned round his team had already vanished.

So a trace was deolaxed with the f i n a l scoreiJTJDO CLUB 15 I.C.W.A. 13 TeaojBaaber Shepherd, Horrible Hodson, Bead Bye Biok, Bungling Bob. and Idiot j l a .

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The Basketball team has got off to a poor start this season, having won only four of the eight B a t c h e s played. There are probably two reasons for this, lack of adequate practise at the beginning af the term caused by the polio oase, and the need to build a fresh team. Only four of last year's team have survived to remain at College, which has meant that we have had ta rely almost entirely on this, year's freshers.

The team has entered for two leagues this year, the University League, and <tt» - LttBdcn Laea^ mviaien I, fhWgjfeaaea promoted after last year's rucoessTul season.

The team has won a l l i t s B a t c h e s in the U.L.U. league beating H.C.L.5J-24, U.O.L. 45-24. and Batter.ea 45-40.

The.game against Battersea was a needle m a t c h as they were the only team to gain victory against us i n the U.L.U. league last year.

I t was an exciting match, won only after exra time.

However i t developed into a rugger match, the referee having ao control over the game.

In the London League we have been far from successful, beating only one olub, Croydon, by a narrow margin. lor the f i r s t tine this year we decided to enter the Rational Championships In the f i r s t round we were drawn against London University and Chelsea In a three eexnexed play off. Both teams got the better of us. We were Beaten by Chelsea after a bard match b y 38-44 having been level with three minutes to go.

London University gave us a good lesson on how to play basketball.

They are an a l l Aaeriesa team, probably the best i n the Country and we did well to hold them to JI-90.

Outstanding individual players have bean Dennis Wiokenden as Captain i n de-fenoe together w i t h Eon Parke* and TJiathews In attaok. As the season prpiogreases we should improve and we look forward to sore suooess, hoping to reach the high playing standard of last year's R.S.Ralph, (Hon. Seo.)

TABLE TENNIS Our unbeaten r a c e r d same t o am end the ether day when the second team l o s t 10-0 t o Chelsea I, The c l u b had • chance ©f reveage, however, a* our f i r s t t a a a war* da* t a p l a y them i a tho cup tho f o l l o w i n g week. I t was a e l o s e l y fought natch but I.C. vara an top and came out as' tho winners by 6 games t o 3 .

They now'ga. on t o C.E.M. f o r a l a c e l a the s e m i - f i n a l s . I K aague matches the f i r s t , t a a a continue t h e i r f i g h t f a r promotion a f t e r l a s t season's r e l e g a t i o n and have boatoa U.C. I l l & B a t t . I I I , 6-4 aad 7-3 r e s p e c t i v e l y . Tho t h i r d and f o u r t h teams are bath doing exceedingly w e l l , tho f o n s a r having dropped 1 p o i n t i a ZD aad the l a t t e r o n l y 1 i a 24.

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JUDO The d a b save got off to a vary good start tills season with flse viBtorieo ever Kings aad Goldsmiths. 9t the two newcomers to ta Hike Heine and Roger limns, has bees very esoosi eglsg; both of team have was their oanteata this term i s quite a OOsvisaisg manner.

The CSab Secretary Pete Tessa; has aeos showing very good fern and has reeeided two isprosaivo victories i s the B a t c h e s ao

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She Olub aontalas throe swab era who have fought rsgalary for the asiveraity teas. These tattoo, sanely Jean Shepherd, -lefts Bowles asd Kiel Raanfeettes also had the honour of biesg selected to fight far t h e South Bast England Bsiversitias team i n the Uhivorait* ChasBdsashipa held several weeks ago i s Birmingham. Shis i s t h e third year i s smeeossias that Shepherd and Rassbottoa have bees ehaeas for the South Baste** teas, quite a oosslstost peifexsaaoe. The beginners class has shown surprising keeness asd tenacity asd aevewal of thorn w i l l sees bo quit* liessjli haadfulls for anyone to take as

MOTORING FRESHENS RALLY The City sad Osilds Motor Cltfb Fresher'a Bally started l a Barest os Sunday 20th. Hov. Those wore tvowtyaao estreats, who after fallowing a simple resto ta the f i r s t control,were gives some fifteen sap safaroacoa giving a oevrs. which had to be followod to a assvor a variety af questions. A mtm- i l a r roste f allowing spot heights completed the rem far the 15 flsiahars who arrived at the Battle Axes Ins, ijsmhss i a time for a soggis asd setter A l l declared that they had had a vary enjoyable evenings metering. llH t . R.7.Daysamd. (Q.M.C.) 2sd. P.R.Tatham. (C.4 8.)

3rd. J.Tresthas, (K.0. )

SWIMMING GALA TONIGHT AT ULU.

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SOCCER

On Saturday 26th. of November the College sides were engaged i n Cup matches .

The I s t XI , playing away against Chelsea College, thrashed the home side by 13-2. The goal scorers were MoussetJones (3), Finney ( 3 ) , Casemore ( 3 ) .

H a r r i s (2), Oldlng ( l ) , and Cox (1).

The I s t XI now go on to play Goldsmiths i n the second round.

The I.C. 2nd XI v. U.C. 2nd. X I match was abandoned with f i v e minutes to go . A t that time U.C. were leading 3-1. Playing at Harlington both the fourth end f i f t h elevens l o s t . The former by 3-1 to 9..M.C. and the l a t t e r by 4-2 to Chelsea I I .

GOLF G o l f , hockey, and croquet, have undisputed s i m i l a r i t i e s .

A l l adopt d i f f e r i n g methods o f p r o p e l l i n g a round object around the globe, but b a s i c a l l y the d e s i r e t o d i r e c t the b a l l i n t o an opening , whether i t be g o a l , hole o r s t i r r u p , i s the same.

0* Wednesday JO^ ott Soyeabei I.C. I s t . X J played Goldsmiths i n an away f i x t u r e . The match , played under heavy conditions , resulted i n a 6-1 win f o r I.C.. On the same day I.C, IV.and I.C. V.were playing Goldsmiths I l a n d l H r e s p e c t i v e l y i n league aerobes at s a r i 1 ngton. The • res u l t s were i I.C. IV- 1 Goldsmiths I I - 5 I.C. V- 5 " III - 5

S i m i l a r too are the r e g u l a t i o n s as t o swing. I n hockey, i t i s required that one does not r a i s e the a t i c k above ones shoulder l e s t one should f e l l a fellow player.

Golf a s s e r t s t h a t i f the swing should become t o o l a r g e , the body w i l l enter a state o f h i g h l y c r i t i c a l e q u i l i b r i u m , and I am informed by a croquet a u t h o r i t y , t h a t these a r e i n h e r r a n t personal problems i f the mallet be r a i s e d too f a r .

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' i . C I I l o s t to Shoreditch College by 5-1 i n a friendly.'

On Saturday 3rd of December the f i r s t Technology cup match was played ; i n a close game Guilds ran out 5-3 winners over Mines.

I t seems u n l i k e l y that many people a r e w e l l versed i n a l l these games,, but d i s t i n c t t r a c e s o f each were n o t i c e a b l e on Wednesday l a s t when a r e t u r n b a t t l e was fought w i t h U.C., amid t h e muds o f Highgate. I am led t o understand t h a t many o f those present were overcome by a d e s i r e t o "keep the b a l l low" i n t o the wind and while the majority considered hockey a good approximation under the p r e v a i l i n g c o n d i t i o n s . I gather t h a t our v i c e - c a p t a i n was observed t o be a s s a u l t i n g the b a l l i n a croquet l i k e manner on the p u t t i n g green. However, i t must be stated here, that he and f o u r others o f our s i d e , came home s m i l i n g a s a r e s u l t o f a 5:1 defeat o f our oponents, which t o say the l e a s t was f a v o u r a b l e . (

We have our f i n a l match o f the team versus L.S.E. a t Sundridge Park next Wednesday, and should i t occur t h a t we beat these monetary f e l l o w s the r e c o r d o f played 5; l o s t 1, drawn 1, won 3, w i l l doubtless ^ jjer-riae to a l u s t .for beer.

On the same day I.C. I I and I I I met i n a league match , which resulted i n a 3-2 win f o r the seoonds.

I.C. V I . were h e a v i l y beaten by Chelsea I I I (8-1 ) i n a league matoh while 1,0. V l e s t . t o Bhuttleworw*4elUa> t>7 6-1 t

I t i s pleasing to note that the t l b l l e g e baa now rtour people p l a y i n g r e g u l a r l y i n the University sides. .

Casemore, H a r r i s and Fisher play f o r the f i r s t X I , while Ingram keeps goal for the Sidonians .

Basil James i s now oat of hospital and hopes to be f i t by the beginlng of next season.

The olub hold i t s hop i n the Union on December 3 r d . ^s i n previous years i t proved to be suoassful , and we are pleased to report that a p r o f i t was sade on the bar i n the upper r e f ectory F i n a l l y I should l i k e to remind players to t i c k o f f , and t o make sure they a r r i v e on time f o r matches.

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The t r i p s to S h e f f i e l d and Oxford: on Nov.t9th.were the f i r s t to be made t h i s year by Dormobiles. They were very sucessful t r i p s , b o t h from the p o i n t of view of s o c i a l and economic aspects,and e s p e c i a l l y i n the case of the S h e f f i e l d trip,where we were able to stay t o a hop a very enjoyable time was had by a l l . A t S h e f f i e l d , we were unfortunate enough, to) f i n d both Manchester and S h e f f e l l d a t f u l l strength and we were w e l l and t r u l y swamped,our f i r s t man being l e d W i l k i n s i n 1 3 t h . p o s i t i o n . At Oxford we were more auoessful,beating B e l l i o l and a Univers i t y College-St.John's combined team,only coming; second, tar Westaojaater. The jiirst aen home f o r I.C.were John Y o u n g ( 3 r d . ) , D.Fearn(5th.),and R . P a r t r i d g e ( 6 t h . ) In the U n i v e r s i t y matches on Wed. 2 3 r d . , t h e I.C. f i r s t team was at f u l l strength and took the d i v i s i o n 1 mateh e a s i l y , w i t h the scoring f i v e a l l i n the f i r s t twelve. (J.Cleator,2nd, J . C o l l i n s , lfth, J.Bernard,8th, D.Hammonds.iOth, and P.Warren, 1 2 t h . ) I n the same d i v i s i o n , I.C. second team were 5th.out of 10 teams mainly da* to f i n e rune by Tony Larkum,7th and J e f f Greenleaf 1 9 t h .

Team r e s u l t s : 1 I.C. 1 s t .

218; 2 Q.M.C. 1 s t . 168 3-L.S.E. I t s t . 1 l ^ i ST.M.H. 14.1 5 I.C. 2 n d .

132 6 ST.T.H. 122 The t h i r d team running In d i v i s i o n two,did not f a r e so w e l l being 7 t h out of 9 teams. This r e s u l t i s not r e a l l y s u r p r i s i n g as t h i s d i v i s i o n has several teams w i t h one or two outstanding runners.

The winner on t h i s occasion was Littlewood' with Quinlan second,both being U n i v e r s i t y Oh'Saturday Nov.26th;, the f i r s t fceea j u a t scraped home against Wimbledon A.C.The scores were equal,but I.C.'s l a s t soaring man was home before Wimbledon'*.

The seoond team l o s t to Goldsmith's,31-24 despite a f i n e win by Alan Hooker. *ed.Nov.30th.sai» t h e I.C.team r u n very w e l l aa a pack, gaining f i n e wins over Reading U n i v e r s i t y , NOwlanda Park and Battersea over our home course a t Petersham. Reading had the i n d i v i d u a l winner i n Jack Heywood but I.C." had t h e next fOur. (Larkum and Hammonds^ equal 2nd, and P.Warren'and J, Barnard equal 2»thJ Result:' 1 . 0 . 1 s t . " 22.

Reading U. 7 2 .

Devlands Fk. 7 6 .

I.C.2nd.

85.

Battersea 92.

I.C.3rd.

157.

On Saturday Dec.3rd.,we were a g a i n on our home course f o r o u r a n n u a l match with' Southampton University and Ranelagn B a r r i e r s , the team was seriously depleted due t* U n i v e r s i t y commitments and i n j u r i e s I t i# a pity t h a t we l a v a to- turn up t o ' these h'igh c l a s s matches w i t h what i s v i r t u a l l y a strengthened second team, a s i t disappoints the opposition and throws an u n f a i r burden on t h e lower members of the team. I.C.had three men w a l l up, ( J .

Bernard,5th.,T.Larkum,6th.,and P.Warren, 8th.)but with our l a s t three scoring sen at 1 6 t h . , 1 9 t h . a n d 20th,we were beaten i n t o 3rd,place.

Result: Rsnelagh H., " 3 7 Southampton B. 6 4 I.C. 7V The t h i r d team had a f r i e n d l y match against U.C,and L.d.B. on the same day and case second to U.C. w i t h Dave Fearn a very c r e d i t a b l e 3rd.

Result: D.C. 22 I.C. 28 L.S.E. 45 J.Bernard.