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THURSDAY IC Union h to be asked to " deplore any suggestion of returnable loans to students and demand full maintenance grants for students irrespective of parental income." K e i t h Cavanagh, who is to propose this motion to the lunchtime U n i o n Meeting, considers that the present Government is trying to provide education " on the cheap." This thought follows, most recently, from the move to increase the number of students i n T r a i n i n g Colleges without extra expenditure. T h e motion springs from a suggestion that loans should be introduced in a letter from the Department of Education and Science that found its way to the national press i n early October. The problem its creates i m mediately is whether it was intended as bluff or as a feeler prior to some definite action. However, it probably heralds a hardening of attitude towards increase in student grants. In view of the element of doubt, M r . Cavanagh "feels that, like N U S , I C U should act as though it is a serious consideration.
EUROPEAN SEMINAR J ) E L E G A T I O N S from nineteen European Countries have been invited to the European Student Seminar of Technological Education (ESSTE) to be conducted from 2nd—8th January, 1966. This seminar was formed to draw a critical comparison between the teaching methods in various European scientific Institutions. They will discuss a wide range of topics from education in schools to their future positions in Industry. From this they hope to help the future development of scientific education in 3 RETAIN has suffered a silent Europe. social revolution in the last The delegation from I.C. should eighty years, in the institution include one person competed with called marriage. So said Profesunion affairs and one " mature student." who w i l l have to submit papers sor O. R . McGregor to a General on particular aspects of education at Studies meeting on Thursday, I.C., and they must be very familiar 25th November. with the details o f education here. He informed us that during the last A Science Research C o u n c i l grant century there weri> 25 per cent more of £600 has been given by the governwomen in our country than men. T h i s ment towards the estimated expendihad lead to the suffragette movement ture of £1750. Complete" board and and the eventual emancipation of lodging w i l l be provided at M a n women. Equality had helped to rechester University, but travel to Manchester w i l l probably have to be volutionise marriage. met by the delegates. It was explained how the husbandand-wife " triangular " marriage had departments, and other staff who had been replaced by one democratically been present, were that the dinners based on loyalty and love. M o d e r n had been successful i n their purpose society considered it to be wrong to and that they would probably be more marry i f one is not i n love. successful next year when more staff Surely it is also wrong for a couple could be persuaded to come along, to remain married if they are no M o s t o f the students I talked to longer in love ? D u r i n g the last cenagreed that they h a d enjoyed the tury the number of broken marriages evenings and had found great value — o r " draws on losing tickets " had i n talking to a few members of staff. not increased, only the availability of divorce. M I K E SMITH. Some students who had apparently not managed to talk to any staff felt that the dinner had been disappointing. N o doubt the traditional freshers festivity w o u l d have suited them. B u t most of the students, including members of the second, enjoyed themselves.
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GUILDS DINNERS 'SUCCESS' THE M A I N OBJECT of the Guilds Freshers Dinners this year was to give an opportunity to the freshers to get to know a few members of their staff and vice versa. The assemblages were more subdued and refined than last year, each dinner taking the form of a three course meal including wine, with beer to follow in the company of various guests from the department concerned. The opinions of the heads of the
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GLAD BAG LOSES T H E GLAD RAG Ball is estimated to have made a " considerable " loss after being attended by only a third of the number of people anticipated. Beaver reports L o n d o n Students' Carnival C h a i r m an M a x W i l l i a m s as laying the blame largely to " lack of co-opt ration f r o m other colleges"
M A X SAYS ' G L A D BALL WILL MAKE HRtSS (itiifiTiiicc orpiiiii •A.the London School nf_ Lcyn.>eit
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than L S E . H e stated cases ot u n i o n Presidents refusing to let L S C put up posters. Other publicity attempts— notably the raid on R a d i o L o n d o n — were "foiled by people leaking stories to the press and by sheer bad luck." A further possible cause f o r the financial failure of F r i d a y , 19th, is that a large number of forged tickets at half-price are rumoured to have been used to gain entry to the E m pire Pool. Police have been brought in to discover the source. Regarding sponsorship by R a d i o Caroline, and the consequent reductions to Caroline C l u b members, and riot to members of U L U , M a x made no cdmment.
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fJURING T H E KAST few week thieving in Southside has become a distinctive feature of Hall life to its residents. In Keogh so many articles have been lost that a circular has been sent round, subtly asking for stolen articles to be returned. However, the possibility of outsiders entering the Halls for nefarious activities is not ruled out. N o r is this trouble unique to Keogh. Falmouth now has a notice in its laundry warning residents that clothes have been stolen from it. Besides clothing such things as food, bicycle acessories, magazines, kettles and money have been stolen.
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YOU ~ LIVING " T , I F E : Living or Existing" was the subject tor the I C C D ' s first meeting in their series " Why Believe," on November 15th. Ed* Reis, f r o m the U S A society " T h e Navigators," talked o n this subject, basing his arguments on the premise that people who are active Christians are l i v i n g to the f u l l ; that once a person becomes actively committed to Christ then his life completely changes, takes on a new meaning and purpose, and has more significance. H e chose St. Paul as an example, siaying th?:t before his cc \ version, Paul had only lived i n the sense of existing; his life was unsatisfactory and purposeless; afterwards however, he achieved a new goal i n life and realised the power of Christianity.
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Reis, apart from the very jokes and the obvious meta(which seem to be an occupahazard of many I C C U meethad presented his argument and logically.
But then he continued with the basic assumption that everybody who was not a Christian could not possibly be as happy," or their life could not be so meaningful, as it would were they to become one. H e d i d not justify this, but he proceeded to expand it to the point that the only way to achieve a state of grace is to become a Christian. The audience accepted this, without demurring, and proceeded to soak i n the usual cliches and assertions which followed on for the. next twenty minutes with obvious relish, or else with complete boredom, (but with no stages of interest between these extremes). Thus the objectives c f the meeting, which was to inform an J interest non-Christians, was not acheved. MARTIN BELL
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N O R T H E R N CENSORSHIP The Newspaper of Rutherford College of Technology now refuses to name who produces it, or where it is produced in order to avoid " the indignity of censorship by College authorities." The Editor claims that the authorities want to prevent unfavourable impressions of the College reaching outsiders.
of losing £280 on three held so far. The dance on November 5th alone lost £150.
HELPFUL M E N IN BLUE The police, often accused of being bad-tempered during student jollifications, contributed greatly to the celebrations at Bristol concerning the Lord Mayor's annual Grant to Wills Hall, by coating the War Memorial—a favourite object for climbing, with black grease. This sort of action will have a far better effect than simply banning any such actions, and is less likely to lead to frayed tempers. • • * Y E T M O R E LOSSES King's Ui.lon have cancelled two dances this term as a result
SO T H E Y L O S E T O O ! 1,038 beer mugs, worth £130, have been broken or stolen from the Manchester Union bar so far this term.
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* *• * THE MONASTIC LIFE Two undergraduates of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, have been ordered to leave their rooms after they were seen by the dean to enter with a girl after hours. 4- *
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JUST W E N T F O R A W A L K . . . A Bristol second year medic has now been missing for three weeks. On~November 2nd he left his room at 10 p.m. to walk the hundred yards to a friend's room, and has not been seen since. The police have searched the Hall and its surroundings and Royal M a rine Reserve rock climbers have scoured the Avon Gorge, but no trace has been found.
Another Phoenix Jones Appeals
Mervyn Jones speaks to Peter Combes n r m S A C A D E M I C , year's first issue of Phoenix comes out on Monday, December 13th. As a preview to the new issue, Felix talked to the Editor of Phoenix, Mervyn Jones. O n being asked what he thought the aims of the magazine were, he replied: " Phoenix was started i n 1885 by H. G . Wells. Since then it has varied from being virtually a newspaper, reporting such things as deaths of members during the Great W a r , to the other extreme—completely a literary magazine. " I believe that Phoenix should be a mixture of these two extremes. It should contain good literary contributions and it should also be used by students as a platform for airing their views or ideas. " A t the moment the few people who actually think about the U n i o n do not bother to write anything because they
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do not reckon they are good enough. \ believe that students should take an interns i n Phoenix, as it is the only College publication apart from Felix, and is therefore important." T h e forthcoming issue of Phoenix contains articles on the Haldane Library, Halls of Residence, short stories, and two poems by Patric D i c k i n s o n , the famous British poet, and visiting lecturer to I.C. Finally, Mervyn Jones pleaded for more staff, and contributions for the issue coming out at the end of next term. People interested should contact h i m via the U n i o n Rack or R o o m 525, T i z a r d H a l l .
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BEDLAM p R E S U M A B L Y in an attempt to discourage unwanted visitors, the R.C.S. Union Meeting on 23rd November was held with the minimum of publicity. The minutes of the last meeting were read, from which it emerged as the particpants seemed to, and the that a film of the recent Spanner snatch would not be available as was reward f o r their " efforts" was an hoped. This was attributed to Guilds embarrassed silence and a sense of refusing to return Spanner for photo- bewilderment. Indeed, after a time, the executive looked as embarrassed graphing. A shout f o r the Queen of Jez to move to the platform proved unsuccessful. Demurely, she preferred to remain on the front bench.
as the audience at this fiasco.
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T e d Needham was then elected Miss W o r l d , to be crowned at the Swimming G a l a . This about sums up CARNIVAL th« tone of the meeting. It was disclosed that the R . C. S. T w o teams of four then ran tw o Carnival on 3rd December would " boat r a c e s " i n which the U n i o n have professional belly-dancers as had the pleasure of watching sixteen part of the entertainment. Tickets for pints of beer half drunk and half the event (25/- double) are now o n spilled over the floor. After this ensale. joyable climax—presumably the teams T h e proposed constitutional change enjoyed it anyway—came any other that a commitee of thre be elected business. fr om the floor f o r the purposes of A n R . C. S. diary was proposed b y publicity, under the chairmanship of K e n West and he promised to look the Publicity Officer, provided a d i into the feasibility of it. A complaint version from the gravity of the rest about rubbish i n the theatre was acof the meeting. A n amendment that cepted and the treasurer's report deeach department should elect one livered. member for the committee was deAFRICAN feated. After a deal of wrangling, the After a brief argument about motion, put to the vote, was passed C o u n c i l minutes, the meeting was almost unanimously, and now passes closed with a Kangela. A sad comto the next U n i o n Meeting f o r a ment on the meeting—even the U n i o n second hearing. chant was misspelled three times. Back to the serious side of the Footnote : It is reported that meeting. The Swimming G a l a was R C S U ' s Publicity Officer was too next on the agenda. Vice-President hard-pressed over advertising BedK e n West in black corset and stockouins to be able to afford adequate ings and Secretary Ian Kershaw gave pre-publicity to the U n i o n Meeting. an " e x h i b i t i o n " of the various F e l i x hopes that the new committee T h e audience strokes to be used. may remedy any such recurrence. knew as little of what was intended
A N A L Y S I S H A S been completed of the recent survey of religious beliefs in the college, showing that against 28 per cent, atheists, 55 per cent, of those interviewed profess to believe in G o d ; however 46 per cent, of the whole sample never go to church and only 22 per cent, go weekly, Religion Ignored Mini-,men seem markedly irreligious compared with the other colleges (which havefiguresnearer to the I.C. average), with only 9 per cent regularly attending church.
T o nearly half the college the Christian is a product of environmental pressure and a large number of students have never given Christianity serious consideration one way or the other, o r religious issues at a l l for that matter. A similar survey in R . C . M . revealed a very much higher Christian bias. Copies of the analysis can be obtained from A . I . M a y o , Falmouth H a l l or U n i o n Rack. Ed.: The survey, carried out by I.C. Christian U n i o n , N O T BY F E L I X , which does not accept responsibility for its accuracy, involved 15 per cent. of the College^
A n interesting trend is the decrease in belief in G o d with progression from 1st year (60 per cent) to P C s (25 per cent), balanced by a corresponding i n crease i n agnosticism rather than atheism. Church-going habits however remain constant. The girls of the colledge predominantly believe i n G o d (77 per cent.) but rarely attend C h u r c h (11 per cent.). T o the question "What do you think of lesus C h r i s t " answers varied from " H e never existed " to " H e was a n influential exponent of a social structure." 28 per cent, believed H e was C h a i r m a n o f the Huxley Society the son of G o d but 37 per cent, that referring to Population Control Week H e was something out of the ordinary. — " Y o u have no conception . . . !"
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COMPULSORY HALL DINNERS KEOGH MEALS ON H A L L BILL J£EOGH H A L L has initiated a system of regular " Dining-in evenings," the cost of which will be added each term to the hall bill. This sweeping step was only taken after a thorough investigation (via a questionnaire) into the form these dinners should take and the popularity of the idea itself, followed by a referendum, ft seems that " Keoghlogians " are particularly keen to meet their companions in hall, so these dinners w i l l provide a pleasant method of becoming acquainted w i t h people not o n one's own staircase, who might otherwise not cross one's path. When the H a l l was asked to accept or reject tne plan, it accepted it " en masse." I n this College the result seems startling. In other Colleges dining-in for hall residents is often a nightly occurrence. Nothing quite so devastating is planned in Keogh. The dinners are to be
held every other week on M o n d a y s , Tuesdays or Wednesdays at 6.00 p.m. in the Staff D i n i n g R o o m , Southside.
Religious Exceptions It should be pointed out that exceptions can, and w i l l , be made for people who, f o r say religious reasons, find they are unable to attend the dinners. Such people will merely be asked to explain, i n person, their reasons to the H a l l Committee. It is hoped the number of these exceptions w i l l be minimal. PETE W A L L U M
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t That Democracy may be seen to be carried out... T O M O R R O W (THURSDAY) IC Union will be asked to decide whether the responsibility for choosing its President should reside with every student at the College or with the students' representatives on Council, One criticism that is all too often levelled at our system of electing a President is mat it is not democratic. If this is go, then the election of the British Prime Minister, too, does not belong to a democracy. C o u n c i l may be likened to an outdated British Constitution, where certain constituencies are represented by more than one M P , and some electors have more than one vote. F o r instance, your vote may be used to elect a Deputy President, three representatives f r o m I C U n i o n , a represenative f r o m a constituent college, and one or more Committee Chairmen. A l l but the first Deputy President and I C U representatives on C o u n c i l are chosen by a closed vote; only R C S men have the franchise f o r R C S President and their representative o n C o u n c i l , only Chairmen of Social clubs elect their Committee Chairman (they are i n turn elected by the members of their clubs).
Why should the closed vote for President, therefore, be discarded? A particularly able person is needed to take on the position. By the present system the candidate (there is rarely more than one) has, generally, spent a year as understudy, observing how Council operates and discovering all that the Presidency involves. The President-elect is thus able to take over the responsibility immediately, and does not need the summer term " training period " prevalent in so many other college democracies. H o w w e l l d o other Free Votes i n the College work? T h e easiest parallels are to be drawn from the constituent colleges, and from those elections from the I C U A n n u a l General Meeting. It appears to be a general rule that the more the responsibility carried by any post, then the fewer are its contestants. This year's Deputy President, C h r i s M o l a m , was unopposed; s6 tpo were the Presidents of M i n e s and G u i l d s . Futhermore, they were put up for their posts by their predecessors, and thus well-briefed o n what lay ahead. One o f the arguments against Council's election of the President may be summed up i n that dreaded word " clique." T h e open votes appear to suffer from that other dreaded utterance " a p a t h y . " The question now becomes one of "what's the difference?" Whichever system of voting for the President is adopted only those who are really interested i n the running of the U n i o n w i l l take the trouble to impress their views o n the matter. N o w they have to find their way on to C o u n c i l or lobby present members of C o u n c i l . Soon, perhaps, they may merely have to record their crosses o n a piece of paper.
On balance I hope that the open vote does tip the scales, if only so that democracy may be " seen " to be carried out in IC Union. If tomorrow the general members of the Union do gain the chance to vote directly for their President, we all must beware of any cheapening of the elections bv untidy wall-daubings, emotional bombast or other adverse reflections.
A PLACE TO GO A S T W E E K I W A S unlucky enough to find myself i n Malet Street one ' night about ten. B ei n g a conscientious student, I ventured into the mausoleum on the corner, laughingly called a university union. In desperate need of relief, I first tested their facilities an level one and found them entirely satisfactory. Returning t o the throngs i n the passage ways, I followed a sign to the bar, whic h I must admit was pretty lively ; people d r i n k i n g heartily, and being ever so careful not to drop ash on the floor. Attempts to buy a drink, however, proved absolutely fruitless, because it was 10.02 by the clock and I was told " Bar closes at ten, S i r . " T E N . I could hardly believe it, but all efforts to get a drink met with the same reply. Dejectedly, I went down again to the ground floor, and picking m y way 'trough the crowds of people a l l wearing patriotic red white and blues scarves. I reached the front door. " U n i o n closes 10.30 " said the enamel plaque. T h i s was the last straw; I went a n d was last seen i n the " Intrepid F o x " i n Wardour Street, w h i c h closes at eleven, thank y o u very much. It is hardly surprising the place is so empty, the welcome is overwhelming to the point of embarrassment. Perhaps if they rearranged the name to " U n i v e r s i t y l u , " i t would get more support.
ADVERTISING C O M E T H I N G W H I C H T H I S College can be proud of, is the quality of its *-* advertising. One has only to look around to see rows o f imaginative artistic posters luring the unwary away f r o m work. T h e free availability of photo-copies has enabled the various publicity men to spend more time o n design, and a lot less on construction. Although the College U n i o n s and R.C.S. C a r n i v a l have produced the more obvious material, it is noticeable that many more' of the smaller clubs are producing high quality advertisements for their meetings. The Religious and a l l i e d Societies have a prodigious output, especialy the stripe of fluorescence asking, " W h y believe?" T h i s improvement is not only aesthetically pleasing, but should increase the support f o r a wider- range of union activity. I f i t does not, the publicity officers certainly cannot be blamed.
YOU V V 7 H A T D I D Y O U D O to support Population Control Week? Quite a lot, judging by the remarkable decrease i n the number of women at Sunday breakfast. That's the spirit, keep it up, lads.
WAY R E J O I C E to hear that G u i l d s are K i s s of L i f e " says c r i t i c — " B i g making progress with their new, g i g g l e " says Dufti, " shall we ever Bowdlerised Freshers' Dinners; any know the truth? " N e d Tedium was breach i n the w a l l of heartiness, any then elected M i s s W o r l d — t h i s about triumph for a seemly prudishness is sums up the tone of the m e e t i n g " dear to m y heart. One day, I hope to sniffs O u r Correspondent. Is it any see them included i n General Studies wonder our dedicated clowns were with urbane, cultivated M r . M c - hurt? " I enjoy pratting about there— Dovetail sitting discreetly near the and the U n i o n enjoy seeing me " — back, puffing paternally, and plebby, ( D u m again). ignorant H a i Bowells reading (though with difficulty) from " Party Jokes foi Toddlers," and the elegant, sophisticated women all tittering coyfy. It will never happen, of course. J
Adventure Playground I H E A R that the H o l y Huddle is intending to secularise their social work i n the neighbourhood. I hope the good work of the organisers of the U n i o n H o p doesn't get overlooked: what would all those fourteen year old girlies be doing on a Saturday night if they weren't i n our Concert H a l l ?
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Y A V H A T G O E S into F e l i x is con" siderably less interesting than what gets thrown out each issue. One day 1 hope these non-Felixes w i l l be published by Some publisher with great courage. The method of censorship is quite simple—come up to the F e l i x Press R o o m every other Wednesday and blast the galley slaves about anything you don't like. The staff w i l l nod respectfully, and i f y o u are F . Lecher, eventually nod off respectfully. This time it was Tweedledum and Tweedledee huffing about a rather elephantine piece of reporting on their latest U n i o n meeting. " Not enough p u b l i c i t y " said their stern c r i t i c ; — I wouldn't know—I've long ignored a l l Constit. U n i o n meetings and their advertising. " Embarrassed silence at Dum's demonstration of the
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XXTITH reference to Mr. Wailum's article in your last issue, complaining of lack of publicity in College for " The Mikado," it should be noted that members of the college are by and large apathetic with regard to DON'T WASTE ALL that beau- forming an audience for such an tiful invective on the barmaid— event. L o o k again at Woolworths, as they FELIX welcomes letters on almost Unless this attitude changes radi- have the bull's eye design on brooches any topic. Drop them in our pigeon- cally, the College does not justify the and earrings and also new giant penhole in the Union Lower Lounge. ... expense and expenditure involved in dants o n black cord. A l l at 5s. rings the " high-pressure advertising " he so 3s. Jewelcraft L i m i t e d have also recently brought out a new kind of lightly mentions. earrings called " c h i c k e n " earrings, PHILIP L. EDWARDS, Drain. Soc. (not necessarily for the chicks.), if J i V your leading report on the you're too chicken to have your ears front page of the last issue, a pierced! They are two little beads c i
a fine gilt wire and the effect makes your ears look pierced. I n gilt/pearl as 5s. 6d. y o u can find them at W o o l worths too i n colours and black for 2s. fid. Peter Robinson have some good handbags, (right next to the jewellery counter). One I liked particularly is the recent open, all-in-one shape i n red or white oilskin-type plastic, 25s. particularly nasty and unnecessary l i d . and i n black fabric with a stripe reference was made to my characdown the centre at 15s. l i d . and ter. This reference directly imagain i n corduroy at 35s. There are pochette shapes on long handles at plied that I was unfitted for my OR ANY of you who do like rice, here's an almost " never fail" N o w the cold winter nights have 35s. and 39s. l i d . job on Union Council. quantity recipe. Rice is generally really set i n , d i d y o u know that the I was recently looking for some Whilst I admit that you attributed measured i n cups, so you just double Peppermill Supermarket i n the O l d boots for the rain, but naturally more these remarks to Barry Mair, you In other words, for, the quantities. Brompton Road do hot pies? If you with-it than the old school Wellington kiow as well as I do that you as say, five good helpings, use 2 | cupfuls live far away y o u can re-heat them types. Although Harrods do have Editor must be held directly responto five of water. B r i n g to the of rice with vegetables. Containing steak some at 55s. i n shiny black, blue, red sible for anything that is written in b o i l quickly, add salt to taste, i f and mushrooms; steak and onion; or white i n most shoe shops I your newspaper. It is in this context that I must level a direct charge savoury, then lower heat and put a steak and kidney, turkey, etc., i n puff received a negative answer for something around 30s. Finally, I was i n at you : you seem to be basically un- l i d on. Keep testing, and you should pastry, they are all about Is. 6d. find it allright within 15 minutes. A If you are just plain lazy, or can't Gallops the Heel Bar at Sth. Kensingable to appreciate that people do not favourite " home-made " recipe of a cook, Bird's E y e are helping y o u ton and found a very light-weight like being bandied around college as rankly incompetent. Mike Scott and girl-friend of mine would go well on with their individual or instant meals, shiny rubber boot for 28s. 1 Id. D i d a bed of rice. Begin frying some boxed at 3s. 6d. They contain meat you know that they are now cut lower Chris Hocking have already come onions slowly i n o i l , preferably before and two vegetables i n separated foil and have a litle heal, and that terribly tinder your little chopper; it now you start the rice, and then add some trays, and you just heat in the oven. bulky toe has turned into a gently seems to be my turn. minced steak, about l i b . for the P.S. " L a z y . " but not slimming? Then rounded, much smoother one? Far be it fon me, however, to sugabove rice, a little streaky bacon and you can find delicious new potatoes P.S. Watch the central M . & S. gest that you s op criticising people : about 5 tomatoes. When a l l are in a tin i n the London M . & S.'s for branches for new lacy stockings, black but I do demand that any criticism cooked, stir i n a smallish t i n of your store shelves; just warm and add or white, to keep up the theme, a t you print should be constructive and tomato puree and divide on to the 6s. l i d . a knob of butter or fry. based on fact, instead of being highly destructive and calculated to cast innuendos. For if this sort of thing continues, doubt will certainly be cast upon your ability to run a college newspaper and another Editor will have to come from the blue. TED NEEDHAM.
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A Philosophy for M R . SCHUMACHER, Economic Advisor and Director of Statistics at the National Coal Board,finishedon Tuesday his series of six lectures on how to apply the precepts of philosophy as a guide* to living. He dealt with convergent and divergent problems, showing that not all divergent ones (i.e. non-scientific ones, not encountered in the laboratory) were soluble, with the question of free will and causality and with many of the important philosophical errors which people tended to accept H i s latest three lectures completed a n d drew together his argument into a logical whole and indicated how to translate philosophy into action. Before formulating any precepts on a guide to action, there are three main prejudices to be overcome : that of assuming superiority of intelligence over our ancestors—an hypothesis easily discounted by a study of the great literature, art and science of the world. That of the superiority of the white m a n over others, and that of religious prejudice and intoler nee.
Self Awareness A consideration o l the three greatest teachers in history, Buddha, Christ and Mohammed, w i l l show that a l l , i n effect, basically say the same thing; that m a n must become " A w a k e , " must achieve self-awareness. The ideai of Buddha was to achieve " enlightenment,' N i r v a n a ; Christ was always giving warnings of the danger of " falling asleep into temptation," and many passages i n the K o r a n compare sinners to " sleepers ,n a prison . . . " This idea is also followed by many primitive tribes and is found i n most western philosophy : (Dante's D i v i n e Comedy : — " In the middle of the road of life I woke up—.") M a n must free himself f r o m his hampering passions, from his own likes and dislikes, and become aware of his posi tion i n the world. Between the dialectical extremes of attachment and detachment there is the " middle St. Thomas Aquinas way," non-attachment. echoed these ideas when he said that a l i w of pleasure is subhuman. " Pleasure is not w, ong, but the pursuit of pleasure as a diversion is wrong. It arises natural." Plato wrote that the two virtues of m a n were (a) " prudentsia"—i.e. selfawareness, (b) " solertia "—objectivity i n the face of unexpected events. A l l systems which realize the goal of self-awareness also agree that the way to achieve this is to tackle one's m i n d : " A l l that we are is the result of what we have thought," said he Buddha, and again " Vigilance is the path. Thoughtlesness is the path to death."
Morality Before finding a basis for action, then, we must first find self-awareness, or " w i s d o m . " T o live in this state of consciousness we must liberate ourselves from our likes and dislikes, and achieve freedom of intellect. The intellect, and hence morality, must be sovereign i n our lives—this again is a common precept of a l l great religions. F o r instance, the noble eight-fold path, i n Buddhist teaching, is Right Understanding and Right A i m s , (awareness), Right Speech, A c t i o n and L i v e l i h o o d (morality), Right Effort, Mindfulness and C o n centration (" mind-training " ) . M a n may be thought of i n two separate ways : 1. " H o m o Sapiens," a zoological description of man. This method says that m a n is simply a cosmic accident i n the. process of evolution. I n some philosophies this is raised to a r e l i g i o n — a basically erroneous step; because a hypothesis fits certain facts, this does not mean that the hypothesis is the absolute scientific truth, or even that the hypothesis is correct. It says that there was no intelligence behind his creation—it just happened, due to the operation of immutable mechanical processes. 2. " H o m o V i a t o r " — m a n , the pilgrim. The homo viator says that it is impossible for man to be created by an accident i n a few thousand m i l l i o n years—the probability of it occurring is too low. He feels "something has created h i m from chaos." Both systems start with an unexplainable enigma, •f ; creation or formation of man. Under these
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Freedom The inevitable and unavoidable inference from considering the " H o m o S a p i e n s " approach is that man has no freedom; everything is determined by physical and chemical processes, because this is being proved by science. But the other system assumes that m a n is endowed w i t h the power of potential freedom—this is justifiable, since the scientific method precludes the existence In of freedom, it is unobservable by science. Kierkegaard's words, " Omnipotence cannot only bring forth the most imposing of a l l things, the world i n a l l its totality, but can also bring forth the most delicate of a l l things, a creature that is free of the w o r l d . " Potential freedom i n one's life is affirmed by Nietsche, Sartre, and other Existentialist thinkers, and is a recurring theme in most religions—man has the freedom of choice. Systems i n w h i c h man is a biological phenomenon only deny the existence of any existential meaning i n life. L i f e has no purpose, no meaning, is absurd, says much modern philosophy (Camus, Hegel, Sartre.) Kierkegaard was confronted with this problem of meaninglessness, but unable to offer any consolation, he could only confirm the diagnoses. " One sticks one's finger into the soil to tell by the srnell what land one is i n ; I stick my finger into existence—it smells of "nothing. Where a m I? W h o a m I? H o w d i d I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? What does the world mean ? W h o is it that has lured me into the thing, and now leaves me there? . . . H o w did I come into the world? W h y was JL not consulted, why was I not made acquainted with its manners and customs, but was thrust into its ranks as though I'd been bought from a kidnapper, a dealer i n souls? H o w d i d I obtain an interest i n it? Where is the Director? I would like to see h i m . " E v o l u t i o n is assumed to be taking mankind (a collective term) higher and higher. But presumably one does not bother about the majority w h o w i l l fall by the wayside. M a n has no task i n life, but everything is previously determined a n d programmed by scientific principles.
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Poll on President
Ignorance Revealed \S T H E A V E R A G E I.C. student well enough informed on the running of the Union to be able to choose wisely a Union President ? K a n t a Polls investigated this question by asking approximately two hundred members of the C o l lege including some Freshers, the following three questions:— 1. What do yo u think the main function of the President of I C U is ? 2. W h o is responsible for the basic financial policy of the U n i o n ? 3. H o w many people sit on C o u n c i l ? A summary of the result is given below. Q u . 1— per cent Don't know 28 Student representative 20 Public figure 13 Administrator 10 In answer to the first question, the largest percentage (28 per cent) of the people simply did not know what the m a i n function of the President of I C U is, or even should be, and 29 per cent had only a vague idea. When asked what he thought the job of the President should be, A d r i a n Fletcher, President of I C U , said that it w o u l d ' v a r y from President to President, but it should be concerned mainly w i t h being one of the following : an administrator, a fieurehead, a student representative to I.C. authorities or to other Colleges and Universities. Twenty-five per cent of those interviewed admitted they d i d not know the. answer to question two ; 30 per cent gave the correct answer—Counc i l . This shows a distinct lack of interest i n the financial affairs of the U n i o n . Lastly, the majority of students (75 per cent) thought C o u n c i l to be smaller, and therefore less representative, than it really is. Eighty per cent of those asked could not get within plus or minus five of the correct number, 26, their answers verying from 4 to 40. F r o m the results it can be inferred that the majority of the members of this College are uninformed or mis-informed o n the running and set-up of the U n i o n . R.J.M.
The homo viator considers that man is a " pupil in the school of l i f e , " to use a sanctimonious phrase. H e must use his freedom to fit i n with the universe as a whole, and his task is set by the " Director of the enterprise " (Kierkegaard). One can teach optics to a blind man (manipulative knowledge), but this is a very different f r o m a knowledge of L I G H T . Science trains us highly i n manipulative knowledge, to solve convergent problems, but divergent problems cannot be solved by such knowledge. Others are regarded simply as physical necessities for self-preservation, by homo sapiens, but the homo viator says that unless one lives i n a certain way one is debarred f r o m understanding the things worth understanding. The two systems lead to completely different modes of l i v i n g and thinking (in one case, art, for instance, w o u l d be regarded as an intimation assisting towards self-awareness, but i n the other case, art is propaganda or entertainment). One cannot be agnostic, f o r this is simply subscribing to " H o m o Sapiens," but must decide which course to follow. Both philosophical systems agree that man must develop his individuality, (c.f. " The Lonely C r o w d , " by Reesman) but i f one views man as " H o m o V i a t o r , " one must progress further. T o achieve " metanoia " (self-awareness) and then " rebirth," or to live i n a " state' of inspiration," is the goal. People judge themselves by their intentions, and other people by actions, but if this process were reversed, many problems of community life would be solved. W e would also live existentially, a n d discover freedom and responsibility. Whatever objections one had against M r . Schumacher's method of philosophy, one could have nothing but admiration for the lucid way i n which it was presented. So often, philosophy is wrapped up in obscure mumbo-jumbo, t u t here at least one had the satisfaction of understanding and digesting the choices and arguments presented. MARTIN BELL
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s• u D i N 01s 772 Foreigners Visit I.C I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E has more students from overseas than any other college in London University, with the exception of the London School or Economis. Last year, there were seven hundred and seventy-two overseas students in the college, or one in 4.2. This is much higher than the national average for universities which is one in ten. Some of these students are from European countries and North America, but the majority are from other continents. Usually they come to Imperial College direct from their own country, and find themselves plunged into our English society with some very strange customs. How do they react? What do they think of us? The student from abroad can usually be picked out from a crowd b y his physical characteristics; this makes h i m feel different. It is emphasised by language problems. A large number of the students w i l l find themselves having to speak English exclusively for the first time i n their lives. A s one third year Malaysian said, " Don't criticize the English i n my report, I think it is amazing that I have produced anything i n a foreign language."
Accommodation Troubles H i s m a i n difficulty is w i t h accommodation, a problem which we a l l share. Unfortunately, though, there are many landladies who w i l l not take lodgers who look foreign, this problem gets worse as the student's skin gets darker. H e can get help i n finding accommodation f r o m the University Lodgings Bureau or the British C o u n c i l , or i n cases o f real difficulty M r . M c Dowell , secretary of the Rector's committee o n Overseas Students, can help. T h i s cannot reduce the embarrassment felt when he answers advertisements for flats or digs and is told, " Sorry, no blacks." A t Imperial College there is a large number of nationalistic societies. I cannot help feeling that the very number of them is in some way an i n d i cation of our failure to form an integrated community at Imperial. W e have a society f o r racraj equality and a n International Relations Club , but they concern themselves in the main with what is going on in the world at large—perhaps we ought to set our own house i n order first. W h a t is it that goes wrong? It is unlikely that many people w i l l have another opportunity of meeting others from different cultures.
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T T W A S F O U N D on talking to a variety of I.C. students (born in the U.K.) that the majority were oblivious of the existence of the committee. M r . McDowell, the secretary, was therefore asked to talk to Felix about how the committee tries to help overseas students.
L A Y H A R T A N is a Chinese student from Singapore—a second year chemist. She came to Britain because of the better facilities fo* studying science, because she had heard of I.C., and also for the opportunity of living abroad ; she hopes to return to Singapore after her degree.
Before the beginning of the academic year an introductory day is organised. T h i s consists of an information morning, when the students are given a talk on the history of the College, and meet various College officials whom they can ask about lodgings, health facilities etc. etc. They are then given lunch, and the afternoon is devoted to a departmental guide, ending i n tea. This year 140 out of the 300 overseas freshers attended the above meeting. Overseas students are welcome to go to see M r . M c D o w e l l whenever they come up against problems. Generally he finds language and trouble i n finding accommodation constitute the greatest difficulties. Often he helps with more unusual problems such as nursery schools f o r students' children. M r . M c D o w e l l ' s greatest worry is trying to help overseas students during vacation, when often they find themselves alone. One of the answers to this problem is for a n English family to have a student to stay with them, and often this is the only opportunity f o r the student to See life i n an English home. CLAIRE SOUTER
L a y H a r -was i n digs in Holloway last year, and now she has digs irt Earls Court. She says that because she was in digs a long way out< she took very little part in college activities last year; she was only a member of the Chinese Soc. and the Buddhist Culture S o c , and had very little social life, (apart from I C W A functions). M o s t students from overseas, apart from scholars, come from wealthy homes (otherwise they would not be here), and she said that in her case, this meant that i n Singapore she had led a very cosy life, whese most things were done for her. C o m i n g to I.C. was a very abrupt change, and meant a great adjustment. There are difficulties in obtaining lodging for non-Europeans, difficulties i n communicating with B r i t i s h students, different customs, and a l l this is very confusing to a foreigner. Thus L a y H a r feels that the College does not adequately help overseas students newly arrived i n Britain, especially i n their first term, and thinks that more ought to be done. She said, however, that she was lucky i n having a very helpful Personal Tutor, but many people did not even know who theirs was. She thinks that where t o stay, and what to do during the holidays, can someimes be a problem with foreign students, but that she is lucky i n having relations near L ondon. However, although her impressions of her first term at I.C. were simply of bewilderment,, this year she intends to have a fuller college life. M. J . BELL.
If there is any British Student in college who would like to entertain an overseas student in his home this Christmas would he get in touch with us and we will try to put him in contact with one. If any overseas student would like to take advantage of any offers, will he or she do the same. Please contact Claire Souter, room 130 New Beit, or through the Felix pigeon hole in the Union Rack.
The Good Ladies at Chelsea
Troubled African "
§ O M E E N G L I S H boys are all right. 1 suppose that it is partly our fault— overseas students should try to talk to the British students and not Wait to be approached by them." Sam is a student from East Africa. This is his second year in England but his first at Imperial College.
There are several bodies which exist outside the college whic h offer friendship t o the foreign students, but many of them seem to exist i n order for the " good Ladies " of Chelsea and Kensington t o demonstrate their virtuosity t o each other. However good some of these organisations may be, it is still a reflection on our hospitality as fellow students that they exist at a l l . T h e British C o u n c i l runs the L o n d o n Overseas Students Centre w h i c h provides a focal point for the foreign student i n London. A n y British student who wishes to can get free honorary membership of the centre, but few take advantage of this. The effect of bodies
such as this is to make it easier for a student from say. Africa, to make friends with a student from Ind a, than one from Britain. :
The main problem, along with accommodation, which besets the student f r o m abroad is the vacations. When the term ends we all go home, or at least those of us with families in the British Isles do, but the student who is living i n a foreign country, and who has not got a great deal o f money, cannot. Some are lucky, and w i l l be able to spend this Christmas at a Centre such as that at Hans Crescent, or w i l l have been given an invitaion to spend the holiday with a family i n this country. Others w i l l not be so lucky and w i l l be facing the thought of Christmas alone i n digs. This is somewhere where we can help—see opposite. J. C A W S O N
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Christmas dinner at the British Council Residence for Commonwealth Students in Hans Crescent
He spent his first year in digs in South London whilst he attended a technical college. H e was thrown out of his first digs with only six hours notice, shortly after his a r r i v al i n Britain. In this case the British Council was able to help him, and he soon got some more. This year he has been more fortunate, and is living i n a room i n East A f r i c a House. East A f r i c a House is a hall of residence, built f o r students in L o n d o n who are nationals of one of the East A f r i c a n Countries, It is typical of several residences which have been set up for students from specific countries. H i s room is a small area, partitioned off from a larger room. F o r this reason it is noisy, and at £5 12s. 6d. a week is fairly expensive. Does he l i k e Imperial College? " W e l l , the standard of education is good." Socially? "I belong to Wellsoc and the A f r i c a Society but no other clubs." If he misses his meal at seven o'clock, he w i l l either have to pay for another one or go without. T h i s acts as a severe barrier to his activities. Although most students, from overseas tend to do more academic work than their English counterparts, Sam finds that most of his studies are confined to work at college, except for periods immediately before exams. S.I.D.
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IN WITHA CHANCE Compiled by Mike Smith
Y Catholic Society Mass. 8.55 a.m. 11 Prince's Gardens. The D i c k Morrissey Quartet are appearing i n tonight's Jazz C l u b C o n cert. A l s o appearing w i l l be the " J a zz Congress." 8 p.m. i n the Upper R e fectory. A d m i s s i o n 3s. 6d.—Members 2s. 6d. Literary Society w i l l meet at 7.30 i n the C o m m o n R o o m , level 6, Elec Eng.
Y I.C. C h e m i c a l Society " Graphite Compounds, are they Synthetic metals or aromatic derivation?" by Prof. A . Ubbelohde. 5 p.m. i n Theatre C , Chemistry Department. G l i d i n g C l u b w i l l meet i n room 254, Aeronautical Enginering Building at 5.45 p.m. Catholic Society Focus G r o u p Meeting. 613 T i z a r d H a l l at 5.45 p.m., today and every Thursday. " 1 9 Spiritual Operation Starlight Batteries around the w o r l d . " T his operation is the greatest Metaphysical task ever undertaken upon this E a r t h for 100,000 years. Aetherius Society G r o u p , Botany'Lecture Theatre, 7.30 p.m. A l l are welcome. '•U.S. Policy i n V i e t n a m " M r . Frank B . C r u m p from the U . S . Information Service w i l l be introducing the subject at a meeting of the International Relations C l u b i n the Upper Lounge, Southside, at 7.30 p.m. T h e talk w i l l be followed by general discussion. A l l are welcome to come along to discuss the topics. Coffee w i l be served. I.C. C h o i r Concert, at 8 p.m. i n the Concert H a l l , R o y a l College of M u s i c . Programme : Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Part I; and Rossini's Messe Sollennelle. Tickets 4s, "rom the choir Secretary, or any member of the choir. Beit H a l l Wine and Cheese Party, for residents and their guests. 8 p.m. in the Senior common room/T.V. room. Tickets : 6s. Single, 10s. Double from Ted Needham, R o o m 7, Beit.
Y Islamic Society F r i d a y Prayers, 1.30 p.m., 11 Princes Gardens. A r a b i c , Pakistani, and Islamic Societies w i l l be holding a joint meeting tonight at 7 p.m. i n the Upper Lounge, Southside. Salahuldin G a h i n w i l l speak on " The Position of Women i n Islam." F i l m s on the Kahsrhir conflict and Jordan w i l l also be shown. A l l are welcome. Imperial College F o l k & Square Dancing C l u b , 7.15 p.m. i n the U n i o n Snack B a r . T o m Jones—the well known film version of Henry Fieldinss novel, w i l l be shown by the F i l m Society i n R o o m 342, Mech. Eng. Dept. at 7.15 R.C.S. Carnival B a l l . Zoot M o n e y and his B i g R o l l Band and the Washington D C s . 9 p.m. t i l l 6 a.m., i n I C U n i o n . Fancy Dress: Shieks in the night. A l l night D a n c i n g ; cabaret. Midnight meal & films. Tickets 25s. Double. President's B a l l , Dancing to N o r m a n Jackson & his Orchestra, with Lance Percival i n Cabaret. T h e Settlers and the Sound Trekkers. Senate House—8 'till 2. Tickets 55s. Double. F o r m a l Dress.
Y A m I M y Brothers Keeper—TouchStone Weekend. L i f e i n Britain's Prisons and their purposes w i l l be discussed i n the very pleasant surroundings ? f Silwood Park- A special coach leaves Prince Consort R o a d at 2.15
p.m. on Saturday, and gets back at 6 p.m. on Sunday. I.C. H o p . The Raiders and the F i v e Proud Walkers w i l l provide the music i n tonight's hop i n the U n i o n at eight.
Y Judgement. Brother C o l u m b a S S F w i l l speak on this subject at Sung Eucharist, St. Augustine's Queen's Gate, at 9.00 a.m. Huxley Society: holds several informal discussion metings each Sunday at 2.30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come along and invited to a i r their views o n the topic. See the Huxsoc board for details! U . L . Presbyterian-Congregational Society holds meetings every Sunday. F u l l details o n U n i o n noticeboard or contact L . Heran c/o M e c h . Eng. 4.00 p.m. at Whitefields Church, Tottenham Court Road.
Y I.C. C h r i s t i a n U n i o n . The Christian's Knowledge of G o d . Rev. Jack G r a ham. 1.10 p.m. i n 266 A e r o . Under-Water C l u b w i l l meet at 6 p.m. outside the U n i o n to be at the Great Smith Street Baths for 6.30 p.m. Dancing C l u b Lessons, L a t i n A m e r i can at 7.00 p.m., and Jive and Rock at 8.15 p.m. i n the U n i o n B u i l d i n g , C o n cert H a l l : H . G . Wells Society : " T h e m . " A famous science fiction film about G i a n t A n t Invasion is presented at 7.30 in >Room 408 Elec. Eng. Dept__ WHAT'S O N If your club or society has any events i n the first two weeks of next term; y o u can advertise them free of charge i n the next issue of F E L I X . Please send full information a n d details (signed!) by M o n d a y 6th December to " W h a t ' s O n , " F e l i x , v i a the U n i o n R a c k , o r M i k e Smith, R o o m 213 F a l m o u t h H a l l .
T H I S S A T U R D A Y I . C . are playing i n the first round of the University of L o n d o n C u p . There are three separate cups to be w o n ; the Challenge C u p , the Upper Reserves C u p and the Lower Reserves C u p . In the C h a l lenge C u p , the first team are playing U . C . at Harlington. This year, d i l i gent preparations are being made to form a team combination capable of bringing the C u p back to I.C.. T h i s takes the f o r m of training together with the University players eligible In addition, for the competition. efforts are being made to invite professional players to discuss tactics with the team i n order to get some measure of unity .among the players. Aeronautical Engineering Building at 5.45 p.m. Huxley Society: The Threat and the Promise of Leisure i n an Automated Future, a talk by Prof. Denis Gaber, FRS, presented by I.C. Huxley Society i n the T o p Lounge of Biet U n i o n at 7.30 p.m. K a s h m i r and Indo-Pakistani R e l a tions. A joint meeting of the Indian, Pakistani and International Relations Clubs w i l l be held i n the main Physics Lecture Theatre at 7.30 p.m. Three guest speakers w i l l be invited to talk. General discussion w i l l follow. A l l are welcome to come and take part. Concentration, Contemplation, M e ditation.—The Aetherius Society., B y ment w i l l dawn, and true knowledge w i l l be gained. Y e t , this exalted state is ithin the capabality of each and every one of us. Come and find out i n this tape recorded lecture by D r . George K i n g , C o m m o n R o o m , level 6, Elec. Eng, 7.30. A l l are welcome.
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In previous years it could be said that I.C. had too many players who could not be expected to combine well with the nucleus of the regular League team for just three games a year. However, this year, as there are only two such players, a better degree of combination should be ^achieved. The first team prospects against U . C . look reasonably favourable, having already drawn with tham in the League with a slightly weakened T h e only other stumbling team. block before the final w i l l be King's, but i f the team starts playing well we hope to be there. R. J . F A I R H O L M E
GOOD SHOT A W I N N I N G S T R E A K by the Rifle Club , both teams have been shooting well. The A team shot against K i n g s o n 17th November, and, despite dismal scores from a l l except M a r t i n Bregrer and Bob Kennett, substantially beat them by 8 points. This victory was followed up o n 21st November by a five point w i n over Battersea, with good shooting from the whole team. The B team shot for the first time on 22nd November against Barts, at home. Averaged 95, which was enough t o . soundly beat the Barts team even allowing for the bad luck of one of their members, whose light rifle jammed, and who consequently obtained 58 with an I C rifle.
RIGHT TACK T H E R I V E R H A M B L E was the scene of a sailing victory over Southampton and an equally succesful away match was sailed against Leicester, despite dubious winds and natural hazards at the bottom of a disused granite quarry, the venue of the Leicester club. Q M C suffered a similar defeat at the Welsh H a r p , but a match against Battersea had to be abandoned because o f gale force winds. The college has maintained a strong position i n the University " A " points series, and comprises a high proportion of the University o f L o n d o n 1st team. I.C. 3rds beat I.C. 2nds i n a soccer league match after the 2nd's captain's boot had disintegrated during the match.
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LUCKY E N Y E A R S A G O our athletics team won the University winter field events trophy for the first time: two weeks ago they won if for the second. After ten long bleak years, during which throwers and jumpers seemed to be entirely the property of other colleges, and we were forced to rely on press-ganging unwilling " track men " into service, such success seems like a dream. I
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In spite of the cold, wet and windy conditions turning the Mot spur Park ground into a polar waste, there was a complete college turn-out and th's, in addition to several fine individual performances, was our winning factor. The Tvalve trophy for field events works on an " aggregate" points system, where the distance achieved by each competitor f r o m a college is added together to find the final college placings. T his means that it is essential to have two men entered for each event for otherwise even the individual winner of an event can score no points i f he has no second string to back h i m up,
Full Team By ensuring that we had a full team i n each event, we managed to gain high points i n most events : 1st place in the H i g h Jump; 2nd i n the Pole Vault, Discus, Shot and T r i p l e Jump and sufficient points i n the remaining events to take us to a 30-27 points victory over the second place team Guy's Hospital.
Near Thing It was a neck and neck struggle between I.C. and Guy's a l l afternoon with I.C. just leading by one point each time the overall scores were anounced, and only in the dying Stages of the afternoon, as the rain began to pour down, d i d we draw ahead w i t h everything depending on the result of the T r i p l e Jump. Here Chris Fowers and Paul Jones, fighting hard at the end of a strenuous afternoon after each had competed in several events, managed to stave off the Guy's challenge and bring us to victory.
Versatile M a n y of our athletes tried their hand at several events : L e o n H a l l took one look at the high jump takeoff and stormed off i n disgust to come second i n the pole vault and B r i a n Dexter gave fine service by coming second and third i n the Discus anij Shot. W e wefs nowhere near so succesful i n the relays' cup, which we have held quite often i n the past, with a depleted team coming a dismal seventh.
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Fall from Grace AFTER EASY VICTORIES against I . C , Q.M.C. and King's, we went confidently to play the next best team in the League to us—Goldsmiths. Last year's Captain, M . Fitzgerald, who had only lost one league match for I.C. i n two years had an " offday " and lost two of his matches. R. M.ilward and D . Fisher after being 14-0 up against Goldsmith's first pair in the final game of the first match lost their grip and managed to lose. In light of the foregoing, what chance did we s'.and. W e lost, 6-3! O u r first defeat for almost a year. Since then, however. Goldsmith's have been beaten by King's and as our seconds beat them at the beginning of the season, we should still w i n the League (always assuming w e beat our unbeaten second team.)
Ian Blair
YY/ATER POLO has never had a reputation as a " gentleman's sport," and I.C.s match against Birmingham University bore more resemblance to Putney tow-path on Morphy Day than a normal polo match. I.C. scored three excellent goals through their trio of Geoff Hook,, Barry Stapley and K e n Price. These however were insufficient to overcome Stapley, the handicap of having Shorty, Randall and Rowe sent off
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Knock-out Cup Last Friday i n the play-off of the U . L . C u p I.C. w o n through to the final. O n the way there both the 1st and 2nd team defeated Q . M . C . 6 — 0 to reach the semi-final. In the semifinal I.C. I and I.C. II were drawn against each other with the 1st coming home 4 — 2 after a close struggle. A n d so on to the final for the fifth year running. O u r opponents U . C . took a very early lead but owing to poor shooting by I.C. the equaliser did not corne until 20 sees, before the end through a goal by Randall. The game went into extra time when U . C . scored to take the cup 2—1.
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'T'HE NORTH W I N D doth blow and we shall have snow," and so we did— lots of it. Perhaps it did not last very long but it was enough to warn us that this looks like being a harsh, bitter winter. A winter that w i l l tempt us a l l to any excuse to avoid soending a Wednesday or Saturday afternoon shivering on a Harlington Pitch. There w i l l be matches cancelled; there w i l l be pitches unfit; and there w i l l be a lot of people who suddenly discover they have an unprecedented amount of work to do, relatives to meet etc. N o doubt the top teams can be persuaded to keep turning out through all the bad weather to come, but for the lower ranks, who may possibly feel that their matches are not so important, it w i l l be a different proposition.
Don't Give Up But if a sport is worth doing it is worth doing w e l l — a n d that means regularly. D u r i n g the bad winter of '62-'63, even some of the gym games gave up because the gym was too cold. T his year, should the weather be as • bad, let us hope that everyone w i l l be brave and remember that everyone is needed f r o m the 1st team to the 7th.
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A MOODY WIN I.C. 2 — Q.M.C. 1 O N W E D N E S D A Y , 17th November, I.C. travelled to Brentwood to play Q.M.C. in the Premier Division of the University League. Due to their previous record the visitors were not too confident of their chances. The conditions could not have been called ideal, thick mud covered most of the playing surface, which later on in the game wj> *•» •nrn into a quagmire. c
Straight f r o m the k i c k off pressure was on the I.C. defence and early on a shot from the Q M C inside forward was kicked off the line by Holmes with Wojtowicz beaten. I C played good football and managed to stave off these early shocks and indeed went close on a number of occasions, Smart in particular going near with a twenty yard drive. Towards half time, I C playing with the slope, were firmly i n charge c f the game, but they could not take the lead.
I C at last got their second goal when Hopwood although harassed by two defenders crashed the ball into the corner of the net. Although Q M C piled everything into a final b i d for the equalizer, the I C defence held out to the end. T h i s against the form w i n for I C was very heartening, particularly with the team coming from behind.
hasty measures The game was now developing into a battle, more against the conditions than anything else. Both teams were striving hard for the winning goal, and the defences had to resort to hasty clearances time and ime again.
Sunday Tea The evening was spent drowning sorrows or celebrating victory until closing time. The following morning was spent similarly occupied till luncn time. In the atternoon the 1st team obtained a commendable w i n over Queen's College; 3-2. The second team were not so fortunate being hammered 0-5 by a strong St. John s Team. After tea and crumpets, followed by ale, the two teams rejoined and set off for the bright lights of London again. The journey was uneventful apart from one of the cars nearly running to the other at some traffic lights.
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beaten all the way T w o minutes after the interval Q M C scored when a centre from the left was headed i n by the inside right, beating Wojtowicz a l l the way. It was very pleasing however to see the I C Team fighting back after this setback, and they set up attack after attack, going close to scoring on a number of occasions. It came as no surprise when Eastall scored the equaliser; after receiving the ball square on the edge of the area he sent the ball rocketing into the top corner leaving the keeper helpless.
THE A N N U A L pilgrimage of two IC squash V ' s to one of the more provincial of Universities took place on the week-end of the 20th, 21st November. The party set off from the Union at the civilised hour of 11.00 p.m. on Saturday morning. The first car managed to cross Hyde Park before becoming lost. After driving right round Regents Park a couple of times, the driver and navigator decided on a likely looking road and we resumed our journey i n the general direction of Cambridge. The cars arrived in time for lunch in various pubs and/or colleges. In the afternoon the 1st team played and were just beaten by a strong Christ's College team 2-3. The 2nd fared better against the St. Catherine's first team and managed to scrape a win 3-2.
Last Friday i n the play-off of the U . L . C u p I.C. w o n through to the final. O n the way there both the 1st and 2nd team defeated Q . M . C . 6 — 0 to reach the semi-final. In the semifinal I.C. I and I.C. II were drawn against each other with the 1st coming home 4 — 2 after a close struggle. A n d so on to the final for the fifth year running. O u r opponents U . C . took, a very early lead but owing to poor shooting by I.C. the equaliser did not come until 20 sees, before the end through a goal by Randall. The game went into extra time when U . C . scored to take the cup 2—1.
Last Wednesday at Chingford I.C. beat Cass by 5 tries and one conversion to nil in the 1st round of the cup. I.C. lost the toss and played down the slope into a cold wind and a low bright sun.
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P H E GUILDS UNION meeting opened last Thursday in the "newest, biggest, bestest" lecture theatre in Mech. Eng. In the new surroundings, the large number there were not so obvious since for once everybody, apart from I.C.U. President, found seats.
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RHODESIAN DEBATE*. NOVEMBER 25th This was the biggest meeting the Debating Society has had for a long time—an audience of 200 being present. Unfortunately it was spoilt by much over-emotion rt rhetoric and by continuous il-mauncr :1 heckling whenever anyone supported the motion—which the chairman seem incaoable of quelling, only calling for order twice. i ne main argument, of Patric W a l l proposing that " this house would riot suport further coercive action against M r . Smith's Government" was that because of the intransigence of South A f r i c a and Portugal, any economic sanctions are foredoomed to disaster. T.ie only logical sanction, the use of force, would involve not only battle but full scale war, and Britain had no right to instigate this. D a v i l Ennals presented his case logically and unemotionally to a very tense audience. H e emphasised the political repercussions of a policy of no further involvement, such as the possible break up of the C o m m o n weath, and reiterated the need for i m position of o i l sanctions. Roger Lee, at times inaudible from the constant hissing and booing, gave a badly delivered but sound speech, handicapped by a Rhodesian acent. The floor produced some noteworthy speeches, especially from M r . Anand and M r . Lisman. The motion was defeated by 144 votes to 29, with about 15 abstentions.
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The routine business of the meeting was dispensed with, with a m i n i mum of interruptions. A n election was held for the I . C . W . A . representative on G u i l d s C o u n c i l . O f the two nominations : Professor S i r W i l l i s Jackson and P a m Pocock, the former was disallowed (his nomination was not up for a week) and M i s s Pocock was elected. Professor F o r d presented the M o r phy and L o w r y crews w i t h full and half colours respectively. A Guilds U n i o n General A w a r d was made to M r . T o m M o r l e y for his services to the College since 1919. H e is shortly to retire. This delightful o l d gentleman then made an amusing speech thanking everybody and recounting some of his experiences. T i d M a i n i , Vice-president, advertised the Engineers' D i n n e r on 28th January, and rather embarrassedly, the C a r o l Singing on 15th December. A parade of clothing suitable for the Swiming G a l a was held under the title " Haute Boutique Floatique," compered b y that man's man, R u d i Roberts. Exhibits included " M i s s B i r t h Control " i n " an all-enveloping, rubber s k i n , " " M r . Unisphere 1965 " and, for after the event, get " K - l i n e . "
EMERGENCY CALL O.SS. _N E M E R G E N C Y task force to aid in cases of sudden eviction is one of the ideas envisaged by Arthur Francis to help the Notting Hill Housing problem.
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D Y MID-WEEK, attendance at the two meetings already held in Population Control Week had been disappointing—despite two excellent meetMr. Francis is now engaged in ings. Mr. Norman of the Centre for Urban Studies outlined lucidly the forming a society to help with any social work necessary locally. There size of the population disaster that is is, he feels, a genuine need for such descending upon us; this is what a society since all the voluntary social people need: incontrovertible facts work is done at present by the re- and figures. ligious societies. No scope is afforded M r . Taylor of Oxfam showed us a the person who wishes to help in so- moving film about work done by cial work but does not wish to be voluntary workers i n post-indepeninvolved with a religious body. dence Algeria, followed by a detailed discussion of Oxfam's work. The principal function of this club Every year £300 m i l l i o n go out of —tentatively named the Organisation for Social Services—would be to pro- this country to help the developing countries; half of this comes from the vide a link between the students i n Government; of the rest, £2 million College and any social work that needs to be done outside the College. come from Oxfam, who also, proA file of such work would be com- bably, make the greatest contribution, piled and would extend as the organ- through their advertising, to persuading the people of this country of the isation grew and was able to underneed for A i d . take more tasks. There is a move afoot i n this C o l In the immediate future O.S.S. is likely to be mainly concerned with the lege for more social work to be outNotting H i l l Housing Trust—remov- side; O x f a m should be high on the ing the responsibility f o r organising list of worthy causes. redecoration parties, task forces and people to aid by simply talking to rtuyone interested i n such social those i n need from the C a r n i v a l C o m - .vork, whether just f o r the Carnival mittee. or all the year round, should contact Talks with officers of the religious A r t h u r Francis at R o o m 26 Weeks societies and H u x l e y Society have met Hall or add their names to posters with favourable response, and theasking for helpers for Notting H i l l . club is soon to be proposed to the G R A H A M BOLCH. Social Clubs Committee. Plates and offset printing by WEST L O N D O N OFFSET CO., 86, Lillie Road, London. S.W.6. Tel.: F U L
The finale—Phil M a r s h a l l " This is Y o u r L i f e "—plotted the wet and messy progress of this " product of a miscarriage " from his early days as a seducer of nurses through his education at Eton (which he left having had a fag) and his experience i n the Pioneer Corps (from which he was cashiered) to his first G l o r y at G u i l d s Everybody left the meeting feeling once again that G u i l d s is the greatest. Though more subdued than previous ones, a happy medium was struck between seriousness and farce.
QUIZ WIN T . C BEAT their opponents in the 2nd match oi the *' Quiz International " series being produced by the B.B.C. We beat U.C. by 86 points to 77, and, having already beaten 1..S.I;. (82-50)—this puts us well on the way to the finals. " The Q u i z International " series is for teams of Commonwealth students from London colleges; each college plays four others, and the top four have a knock-out competition on a points basis. The I.C. team was Ian Cumming, (Canada and E . E . P.C.), Darshan Pandya, (India and Chem. Eng. P.G.), Patrick V a n der Puiye, (Ghana and E . E . P.G.). I.C. Students can support their team by obtaining a ticket from the U n i o n Office, to be present at the recording. Future Dates : Wed. 12th Jan. (v. King's College) Wed. 19th Jan. (v. Q . M . C . ) P.P.
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' EDITOR - T. DOE. ASSISTANTS- 5. L I C E , N.?LEADEN. iAVE YOU LOST SOMETHING? S u s p i c i o u s g o i n g s - o n o u t s i d e Garden i a l l were r e p o r t e d d u r i n g the e a r l y hours of Saturday morning by Dave M i t c h e l l , ..ero - A G . W h i l s t n a k i n g t o a s t at 5 a . m . , he saw f i v e souths and a g i r l l o i t e r i n g near a c a r p a r k e d o u t s i d e the l a l l . When he l o o k e d a g a i n , tlie c a r was gone. Other s n a i l i n c i d e n t s had been n o t i c e d and the p o l i c e were •• called. The n e x t m o r n i n g , no c a r t h e f t s ware r e p o r t e d , but s e v e r a l c a r l o c k s had been f o r c e d open. The d o t m o b i l e owned by the warden o f Garden l a l l , M r . ? , M i n t o n , was among the f o u r v e h i c l e s i n t e r f e r e d w i t h . Is anyone missimg a c a r ?
TIB SCRUFFS OF I . C . ilave y o u ever s a t i n K o o n e y ' s e s t a b l i s h m e n t p e r u s i n g the ' a l a c a r t e ' and i d l y looked at the d r e s s of the c l i e n t e l e ? G h a s t l y , i s n ' t i t ? Why do the U n i v e r s i t y s t u d e n t s i n s i s t on w e a r i n g the w o r s t c l o t h e s i n London? S u r e l y t r o u s e r s w i t h a c r e a s e must be p r e f e r a b l e t o t h o s e t h i n g s c a l l e d ' j e a n s ' w i t h b u l b o u s knees and s a g g i n g bottoms - can t h e r e be any o t h e r e s t a b l i shuent i n England where the men o f supposedly h i g h i n t e l l e c t appear f o r work i n such a manner. The p o l o - n e c k e d sweater ( d o e s n ' t need w a s h i n g s o o f t e n d i r t y j a c k e t and the shoes w h i c h l a s t saw C h e r r y Blossom a t t h e i r b i r t h , seem t o be the u n i v e r s a l marks of the s t u d e n t . Can i t be wondered t h a t o t h e r t e e n a g e r s , not so f o r t u n a t e , t r y to i m i t a t e t h e i r so c a l l e d b e t t e r s ? Good c l o t h e s are e x p e n s i v e , but t h e y wear and l o o k so much b e t t e r than t h e i r cheap c o u n t e r p a r t s , so y o u man of I . C . why n o t s e t an example to the r e s t of L o n d o n ' s s t u d e n t s , Y o u ' r e not even u r t i s t s so y o u c a n ' t use t h a t e x c u s e , y o u ' r e meant t o be the f u t u r e top minds i n s c i e n c e , ana s u r e l y a s c i e n t i s t s h o u l d be o r d e r l y i n body as w e l l as i n m i n d . I n c i d e n t l y , some o f the women s t u d e n t s at t h i s c o l l e g e s h o u l d r e a d t h i s as w e l l , a m i n o r i t y are as bad as the men, T
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JNI0N MESS. * ' A t the l a s t E.C.S. U n i o n m e e t i n g , (see page 2), C h e m i s t r y ' s Deputy S u p e r i n t e n d a n t r e s p o n s i b l e f o r maintenance - e xpre sse d d i s g u s t a t the t r e a t m e n t accorded to the l e c t ure t h e a t r e , He was p a r t i c u l a r l y d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h the example s e t by "the people out the f r o n t " r e f e r r i n g to the R . C . S , e x e c u t i v e . AUDIENCE EXPLOSION FOR HUXSOC. As e x p e c t e d , the T h u r sd a y m e e t i ng i n the P o p u l a t i o n C o n t r o l Week, devoted t o the s u b j e c t of o r a l c o n t r a c e p t i o n , was p a c k e d , 'Peace o f M i n d ' , t h e f i l m made b y G . D . S e a r l e & C o . , w h i l e o b v i o u s l y not d e s i g n e d f o r an audience of our i n t e l l e c t u a l d i s t i n c t i o n , was h i g h l y i n f o r m a t i v e on the b a s i c p r i n c i p l e employed by such p r o d u c t s as O v u l i n . In these drugs the p r o d u c t i o n of ova i s i n h i b i t e d by means of a l a r g e dose of oestrogen; the m e n s t r u a l c y c l e i s o t h e r w i s e m a i n t a i n e d normal b y p r o g e s t i n s s i m i l a r t o t h o s e manufactured i n the b o d y , .lence the p i l l can be used to r e g u l a t e the p e r i o d s ; cramps and p r e - m e n s t r u a l t e n s i o n a l s o t e n d t o d i s a p p e a r . The p i l l a l s o seems to reduce f i l m showed, a t the i n c i d e n c e o f c e r v i c a l cancer i n t h o s e women u s i n g i t . As the o t h e r l e a s t one American d o c t o r b e l i e v e s i t reduces the i n c i d e n c e of Communism i n poor count r i e s using i t . N e v e r t h e l e s s , the t e c h n i q u e o f t a k i n g p i l l s on s u c c e s s i v e n i g h t s f o r t h r e e weeks a t a t i m e , seems to be too c o m p l i c a t e d t o be u s e f u l i n the d e v e l o p i n g w o r l d . The b e s t hope h i r e seems to l i e i n the i n t r a - u t e r i n e p l a s t i c c o i l . r e g a r d i n g the A t t e n d a n c e a t the F r i d a y d e e p l y d i s a p p o i n t e d as throughout the week f o r one t h i n k i t was h i g h - the a d v e r t i s i n g ilave people had too much p u b l i c i t y f o r the
d i s c u s s i o n m e e t i n g , A u x l e y Group were as g e n e r a l l y . Whatever i t s q u a l i t y - and I f o r - t h e week was n o t l a c k i n g i n q u a n t i t y , P o p u l a t i o n P r o b l e m t h r u s t at them? C,1c.C.
SHORTS. Conservative c o l l a p s e s . One g e n t l e m e n ' s s e a t c o l l a p s e d beneath h i m , but a u a r t from t h i s i n t e r l u d e the C o n s e r v a t i v e S o c i e t y D i n n e r on Thursday e v e n i n g was a complete s u c c e s s . A l l those p r e s , ent ( i n c l u d i n g the reps of S o c . Soc and Com. S o c . , not to m e n t i o n L i b Soc and F e l i x * a p p a r e n t l y enjoyed the f u n c t i o n immensely. ABTIUR SHOTTED IN IMPERIAL INSTITUTE ROAD. A r t h u r , e x - S o u t h s i d e barman, was seen, d i s g u i s e d i n b l u e b o i l e r s u i t and c a r r y i n g f o u r empty b i s c u i t t i n s , s n e a k i n g f u r t i v e l y up I m p e r i a l I n s t i t u t e Road on Wednesday afternoon, J
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Shimming Gala •» &A1NER STOLE!?. While spectators watched the rjool-side a c t i v i t i e s on F r i d a y n i g h t , the C i t y and G u i l d s maroon banner, which was d i s p l a y e d "behind them, vas s t o l e n * Guilds President D a i Howells l e d a chase a f t e r the t h i e v e s hut they escaped unharmed, A Union o f f i c i a l s a i d he thousht i t was the work of an outside c o l l e g e *
ROY/DYISM. Towards the end of the evening at the p o o l c e r t a i n students who bad "been l a r k i n g i n and out of the p o o l turned t o spraying spectators w i t h water from a b i c y c l e pump and threatening them w i t h l a r g e r doses. The spectators were l a r g e l y i n indoor c l o t h i n g and without waterproof p r o t e c t i o n . E a r l i e r a rumour had c i c u l a t e d that" someone had brought dye to colour the poo! water. I t was e v i d e n t l y c o n v i n c i n g enough to r e q u i r e Adrian Fletcher?; to give a waraigg to everyone t h a t i t would cost, £ 2 0 0 to clean the water and the p o o l * Anyway Mines won the water-polo and G u i l d s were the o v e r a l l winners, C.G.H, }
LIFT WRITERS. 'WHEN I f i r s t came to I,C, the only t h i n g w r i t t e n i n the Union l i f t was ' K i l r o y * , but w i t h the passage of time;,and e s p e c i a l l y of l a t e , the quantit y and q u a l i t y of the w i t t i n g has increased and decreased r e s p e c t i v e l y . That chappee on B.B.C.3. could l e a r n another f r u i t y /nglo-Saxom f o u r l e t t e r e d word ,plus a s i x l e t t e r e d bonus; to say nothing of the f a c t s that ' L e s l i e loves Bob' and Colin, i s g r e a t . I f you must w r i t e then put pen to paper and send your views to F e l i x , a much b e t t e r way of g e t t i n g your name i n p r i n t . 1
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would students please stop parking i n f r o n t of the arch, outside the Union b u l l i n g i n the event of a f i r e , e s p e c i a l l y i n Old B e i t or Zoology, the only access f o r f i r e tenders i s the archway. .". white A u s t i n 1100 seems to be the Main offender at the moment,registration :FM'I 145B. LITTLE BITS: The Union Rack: In. r e p l y to many enquires, we r e v e a l that the Union Rack i s i n the Lower Lounge of the B e i t Union B u i l d i n g , and that a l l members of the Union should check i t r e g u l a r l y f o r m a i l addressed to them.
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Mines.: At the present time C h r i s Molam and Ginger O ' R e i l l y are representing R.S.M.U. . at the c e l e b r a t i o n of the f e a s t of S T . BARBiJA., patron s a i n t of Mines, at S T . Etienne, France. H3CAEY: I.C. Mixed Hockey teem on Sunday t i e d f i r s t with the Royal Free H o s p i t a l , Goldsmiths and Bedford Colleges. Unfortunately no s e m i f i n a l s -./ere played due to bad lighting. E L E T C H A R ; H 3 \ . E R S SEN,
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Viith reference to yesterdays issue of Senate and the a r t i c l e headed "Democracy f o r Imperial College" or words to that effect,.Adrian F l e t c h e r , our President, has expressed his disagreement w i t h the f i n a l sentence "The Imperial College Executive, l i k e the Tory Party, b e l i e v e they were born to r u l e and that the r e s t of the Union are there to r u l e d . .As he points out, anyone who knows him and the other members of the Union Executive w i l l r e a l i s e t h a t t h i s comment by David Livesey i s both unfounded end unwarranted, DEATH. Ae regret to announce the death of J:..J. Newth, Reader i n Physics. ..'AOL0GY. F e l i x apologises f o r the l a c k of the f i r s t paragraph i n "CO ESCAPE CLEARS L.B0RATOHY" i n bhe l a s t issue - t h i s was due to .an e r r o r of the printer, EGA' TING IN SOUTESIDE. I t i s reported tonight that the heating, i n Southside i s once again f a i l i n g , a t i n g a week of f a i l u r e s throughout "che c o l l e g e ,
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CiJffiIV/.L. The. Union w i l l be closed as from 7p«m. on F r i d a y evening, due to the f a c t that t h i s i s C a r n i v a l n i g h t , so i . " you want to get i n buy a t i c k e t at lunchtime i n the Union.