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Friday 21st IC E n t s ' A l m o s t ' F r e e D i s c o in t h e U n i o n L o w e r Refectory starting at 8.00pm. Adm 10p. IC F i l m S o c i e t y p r e s e n t s "Ivan T h e T e r r i b l e ' in M e c h E n g 220 at 7 . 1 5 p m . Ad m by m e m b e r s h i p c a r d o n l y . M e m b e r s i p £1.50.
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L i b e r a l S o c i e t y : " A r e the L i b e r a l s F i n i s h e d ? " L e a d i n g the a t t a c k w i l l be S h e y n e L u c o c k M e c h E n g 6 6 4 at t.OOpm. D o n ' t m i s s t h i s e x c i t i n g affray(?) H a l l D i n n e r in the S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g at 7.00 for 7 . 3 0 p m .
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IC E N T S present ' G e o r g e M e l l y ' p l u s B u r l e s q u e in a super e n t e r t a i n i n g c o n c e r t d e s i g n e d t o b l o w y o u r m i n d ? ! Great H a l l . 8.00pm A d m IC a d v 70p, a d v 8 0 p , o n t h e door £1.00. C h e l s e a : ' M a g n a C a r t a ' i n c o n c e r t in t h e L i g h t f o o t H a l l , M a n r e s s a R o a d , SW3. Start 8.00pm A d m 6 0 p .
Sunday 23rd ' T o w n C r y e r ' — J a z z / R o c k B a n d in c o n c e r t in t h e U n i o n L o u n g e at 8 . 0 0 p m . A d m A b s o l u t e l y f r e e ! ! ! C h e l s e a : F i l m ' B l i n d Terror' plus cartoons. Lightfoot M a n r e s s a R d , SW3. Start 7 . 0 0 p m . Ad m 2 0 p .
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Monday 24th N a t u r a l H i s t o r y S o c : G e n e r a l M e e t i n g in t h e B o t / Z p p C R at 4.30pm for e l e c t i o n s e t c .
IC F o l k C l u b p r e s e n t s ' B a r r y S k i n n e r ' in t h e U n i o n L o w e r R e f e c t o r y at 8 . 0 0 p m . A d m members 2 5 p , non-members 4 5 p . M e m b e r s h i p 6 0 p .
Thursday 27th C a r e e r s O p p o r t u n i t i e s T a l k : " T h e G r a d u a t e in R e t a i l D i s t r i b u t i o n " by M i s s H F a i r f a x , D e b e n h a m s L t d . A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s : 600th L u n c h - h o u r C o n c e r t In T h e L i b r a r y , 53 P r i n c e ' s G a t e . F i l m s : O n e M a n ' s C h i n a 5. " A Great Treasure H o u s e " 6 . " S e l f R e l i a n c e " . T h e a t r e A , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g . 1.30pm. Imperial College Symphony O r c h e s t r a . Great H a l l , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g . 8.00pm. I C C U present Prof S i r Norman A n d e r s o n t a l k i n g about ' T h e E v i d e n c e for the R e s u r r e c t i o n ' at 12.40pm in t h e U n i o n S C R .
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Tuesday 25th Careers Opportunities T a l k s : " T h e Graduate School T e a c h e r " by D r J E S p i c e , I L E A . A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s : F r a n c e s i n c e de G a u l l e . P a r t 1; " V a l e r y Giscard d ' E s t a i n g : a new-style President facing new-style p r o b l e m s " by J o h n A r d a g h , J o u r n a l i s t a n d B r o a d c a s t e r , author of ' T h e N e w F r a n c e ' , e t c . T h e a t r e B , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm. R o y a l Aeronautical Society: Students and Graduates Section L a d i e s E v e n i n g . " T h e L a k e r W a y " by Mr F r e d d i e L a k e r , 7.00pm in 4 H a m i l t o n P l a c e , L o n d o n SW1. F u r t h e r d e t a i l s from N i g e l Williams in Aero 3 . P h o e n i x : M e e t i n g in C o m m i t t e e R o o m A , R A T T at 5.45pm for a n y o n e i n t e r e s t e d in h e l p i n g w i t h t h e m a g a z i n e .
IC F i l m S o c present ' R o m e o and J u l i e t ' in M e c h E n g 220 at 7 . 1 5 p m . A d m by m e m b e r s h i p c a r d o n l y . M e m b e r s h i p £1.50. Q E C : A l l night C h r i s t m a s B a l l - 8.00pm t i l l 8.00am in t h e A t k i n s B u i l d i n g . T h e ball features ' G e o r g e Fame and the B l u e F l a m e s ' , 'Mike Absalom', 'Slack A l i c e ' , 'Circus', 'North Circular A c c i d e n t a l B a n d ' , ' T C D i x i e B a n d ' a n d ' S t a n A r n o l d ' . D i s c o s by the ' N a k e d E y e D i s c o ' and ' T h e R a n d y R h i n o R o a d S h o w ' . F i l m s : " T h e W a l k i n g D e a d " and " L o o t " . Buffet d i n n e r i n c l u d i n g w i n e a n d b r e a k f a s t to f o l l o w . D r e s s : F o r m a l or dark lounge s u i t . T i c k e t s : a d v £6.00 d o u b l e , £3.50 s i n g l e ; on t h e door £7.00 d o u b l e , £4.00 s i n g l e . T i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e from the S o c i a l S e c r e t a r y , Q E C U n i o n , T e l : 937 9 7 1 4 / 1 7 9 4 .
Protection under the rent acts Dave Rawnsley - Student Residence Officer Here i s a little advice on harassment and unlawful eviction, s e c u r i t y o f tenure a n d r e n t s . F u r t h e r d e t a i l s may b e o b t a i n e d from t h e R e n t O f f i c e r , 9 0 C r o m w e l l R o a d ( o n t h e c o r n e r o f G l o u c e s t e r R o a d ) , y o u r l o c a l t o w n h a l l or from me i n t h e U n i o n Office. 1. P r o t e c t i o n a g a i n s t e v i c t i o n and h a r a s s m e n t . It i s a c r i m i n a l o f f e n c e for a n y o n e t o turn y o u out of y o u r home w i t h o u t a court order o r t o t r y t o d r i v e y o u out u s i n g t h r e a t s , violence b u l l y i n g , or a n y other type of i n t e r f e r e n c e . If y o u are l a w f u l l y o c c u p y ing a h o u s e , flat or rooms a s y o u r home a n d a n y o n e t r i e s t o treat y o u in- t h i s w a y , y o u s h o u l d inform y o u r local council. They have power to prosecute and there a r e heavy penalties on conviction. This basic projection a p p l i e s to everyone. T e n a n t s of p r i v a t e l a n d l o r d s have the a d d i t i o n a l rights d e s c r i b e d here u n d e r "security of tenure"
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2. S e c u r i t y o f t e n u r e a) P r o t e c t e d t e n a n c i e s . T e n a n t s of f u r n i s h e d a n d unfurnished houses and f l a t s or rooms w h i c h a r e not part of t h e i r l a n d l o r d ' s home with a rateable v a l u e not exceeding £1500 in L o n d o n are p r o t e c t e d by R e n t A c t security. Only the court can order s u c h t e n a n t s t o l e a v e e v e n if a n o t i c e t o
q u i t h a s e x p i r e d or a f i x e d term t e n a n c y h a s e n d e d . T h e T h e c o u r t c a n n o t make s u c h an order e x c e p t on g r o u n d s l a i d d o w n in t h e 1968 R e n t Act, a s amended by t h e 1974 R e n t A c t — for e x a m p l e , that t h e tenant i s not p a y i n g the rent, or i s c a u s i n g a n n o y a n c e t o t h e n e i g h b o u r s , or i s damaging the landlord's furniture. b) L e t t i n g s w h i c h a r e part of t h e h o u s e i n w h i c h t h e landlord lives. E x c e p t for t h o s e t e n a n t s of u n f u r n i s h e d a c c o m m o d a t i o n who l i v e d in t h e s a m e h o u s e as their landlords before 14 A u g u s t 1974, those in a c c o m m o d a t i o n w h i c h i s part of t h i e r l a n d l o r d ' s o w n home, and w h e r e t h e r a t e a b l e v a l u e of t h e part they o c c u p y d o e s not e x c e e d £1500 in L o n d o n , can apply to the Rent Tribunal if they receive n o t i c e to q u i t , t o h a v e t h e e f f e c t of t h e n o t i c e p o s t p o n e d . T h e a d d r e s s for K e n s i n g t o n and Chelsea is Newlands H o u s e , 3 7 / 4 0 B e r n e r s Street London W1P 4 B P (Tel: 580 2 0 0 0 ) . They a r e open
from 9.30am t i l l 4.30pm M o n d a y to F r i d a y . Y o u must applybefore t h e n o t i c e e x p i r e s . ( A t l e a s t four w e e k s ' w a r n i n g i n w r i t i n g must be g i v e n for t h e notice t o be v a l i d ) . Rent Tribunals can give tenants up t o s i x m o n t h s ' s e c u r i t y at a t i m e . If y o u l i v e o u t s i d e Kensington and C h e l s e a the a d d r e s s of y o u r rent t r i b u n a l may b e o b t a i n e d from y o u r local council offices or Citizens Advice Bureau — 140 L a d b r o k e G r o v e W1D 5 N D ( T e l 9 6 0 3322 or 9 6 9 2 4 3 3 or 2 5 0 K i n g ' s R o a d SW3 ( T e l 352 8101) 3. R e n t s a) P r o t e c t e d t e n a n c i e s 1. R e g u l a t e d t e n a n c i e s A t e n a n c y of a d w e l l i n g w h i c h i s p r o t e c t e d by R e n t Act security, but i s not controlled (see below) is c a l l e d a regulated tenancy. The Rent Officer will d e t e r m i n e a f a i r rent for a reguI ated t e n a n c y on app I i c a t i or t h e tenant or by the by l a n d l o r d or by both of them t o g e t h e r . If e i t h e r landlord or tenant o b j e c t s t o the Rent O f f i c e r s d e t e r m i n a t i o n he w i l l p a s s t h e matter t o a R e n t Assessment Committee who will settle it after h e a r i n g both s i d e s . When a rent h a s been registered y o u cannot l a w f u l l y b e r e q u i r e d to pay more u n l e s s t h e i n c r e a s e i s
i) to t a k e a c c o u n t of a n y i n c r e a s e in r a t e s i i ) t o t a k e account of the c o s t of improvements i i i ) to take a c c o u n t of a n i n c r e a s e in t h e fuel, whenever the rent i n c l u d e s an e l e m e n t for fuel u s i n g s e r v i c e s or iv) w h e r e the tenant i s a s t u d e n t a n d the l a n d l o r d i s a n e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n . F o r further d e t a i l s s e e the b o o k l e t ' Y o u r R e n t s , Rights and R e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s ' free from Rent obtainable officers. 2. R e n t a g r e e m e n t s Under the H o u s i n g F i n a n c e 1972, Landlords and Act tenants may agree rent i n c r e a s e s between t h e m s e l v e s ' . Agreements must be in writing. This will not interfer w i t h y o u r r i g h t to a p p l y for r e g i s t r a t i o n of a rent at any t i m e . 3. C o n t r o l l e d t e n a n c i e s T h e s e are tenancies w h i c h d a t e from before 1957 a n d remained controlled after the 1957 Rent A c t . If a d w e l l i n g let on a controlled t e n a n c y i s c e r t i f i e d by t h e local authority a s being in a good s t a t e of r e p a i r , t h e t e n a n c y c o m e s o u t of c o n t r o l and b e c o m e s r e g u l a t e d ( s e e a b o v e ) . R e n t s for c o n t r o l l e d t e n a n c i e s w e r e f i x e d by t h e Rent A c t of 1 9 5 7 . T h e y c a n be increased only if t h e landlord pays the rates a n d t h e s e g o up or if t h e l a n d l o r d or repairs the improves d w e l l i n g a n d t h e n o n l y by Continued
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more education c u t s ' - N U S The Government was allegation a c c u s e d t h i s w e e k of p l a n n i n g secretly to force local authorities to make staff redundent a n d to make further c u t s i n h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n of o v e r £130 m i l l i o n . NUS President Charles C l a r k e s a i d h e w a n t e d the government to answer two specific charges: "Firstly, that the R a t e Support G r a n t for next y e a r , w h i c h i s d u e to be a n n o u n c e d t o d a y , w i l l be so l o w a s to d r i v e some l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s into b a n k r u p t c y , or e n f o r c e massive redundancies. I don't know i f Mr M u l l e y and the other social services ministers are p u t t i n g up any k i n d of fight against the Treasury and Mr C r o s l a n d ; but u n l e s s t h e s e c u t s are s t o p p e d , they w i l l he p r e s i d i n g o v e r the destruction of education and s o c i a l s e r v i c e s a s w e k n o w them. " S e c o n d l y , that p l a n s for massive spending cuts have been drawn up and top Civil S e r v a n t s are working on w a y s to c a r v e o v e r £130 m i l l i o n from h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n a l o n e i n the c o u r s e of one y e a r . T h a t w o u l d mean the c l o s u r e of many more c o l l e g e s and t h e i r d e p a r t m e n t s , the redundancy of thousands of s t a f f i n a l l j o b s w i t h i n the h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n s e c t o r . Undoubtedly, the already weakening condition of student s uppo r t w o u l d r e c e i v e yet one more b o d y b l o w . * ' The secrecy surrounding
t h e s e p r o p o s a l s r e m i n d e d Mr C l a r k e of " T h e h a t c h e t j o b w h i c h d e s t r o y e d the C o l l e g e s o f E d u c a t i o n " . He demanded an e n d of s e c r e c y . "Last week the International Monetary Fund lent £975 m i l l i o n to the B r i t i s h G o v e r n ment. What k i n d of g u a r a n t e e s were g i v e n i n r e t u r n ? " Mr C l a r k e a d d e d : "It may be that some form of short-term relief w i l l a r i s e to s t o p the w o r s t effects. Whatever the s i t u a t i o n the p u b l i c h a s a right to k n o w what i s g o i n g on. "I challenge Mr M u l l e y to deny a b s o l u t e l y that the new R a t e Support G r a n t w i l l force even more swinging cutbacks. Will he give a categorical assurance that there will be no more cuts i n educational expenditure for n e x t y e a r or s u b s e q u e n t ones? "If these measures do go f o r w a r d , l o c a l c o u n c i l l o r s must refuse to implement them; staff must not be l a i d off; c o u r s e s must not be c l o s e d ; s t u d e n t s ' g r a n t s must c o n t i n u e to be p a i d . If that m e a n s t h a t the c o u n c i l must l o o k for s u p p o r t from the p e o p l e who e l e c t e d them in pursuing a c o l l i s i o n course with the government, then I am c o n v i n c e d that they w i l l get i t . C e r t a i n l y t h o s e of u s in student unions w i l l do w hat ever we c a n . "
New Domestic Secretary appointed Captain JWG Lindley, R N , h a s been a p p o i n t e d to the recently created post of Domestic Secretary. He assumes his duties next M o n d a y , 24th November 1 9 7 5 . C a p t a i n L i n d l e y s e r v e d in the N a v y for t h i r t y i - s ix y e a r s before r e t i r i n g to take • the post of D o m e s t i c Secretary. H e s e r v e d in both World War two and the K o r e a n War and from 1973—75 w a s C a p t a i n in C o m m a n d of H M S C o c h r a n e , the Fleet Accommodation C e n t r e at R o s y t h , S c o t l a n d . As Domestic Secretary,
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battle c o n t i n u e s S i r , - S i n c e Mr W i l l i a m s ' s article was mainly directed at what he f e l t w a s my "ambitious r e p u d i a t i o n " of h i s refectory c r i s i s s y n o p s i s , I feel I s h o u l d have one l a s t s t a b at c o r r e c t i n g m a t t e r s . The heading "Pooh's c o r n e r " w a s very a p t : it w a s full of t y p i c a l P o o h logic if a n (eg Please knock answer is not required!) together with several misconceptions. H e a s k s : " D i d Mr T e a g u e offer to c a m p a i g n to f i l l the if the c o l l e g e refectories kept the prices down?" Were my e a r s d e c e i v i n g me a s I s a t in on G o v e r n i n g B o d y a n d heard Mr T e a g u e give this very last ditch s t a n d l a s t summer? I n o t i c e Mr W i l l i a m s d i d not argue w i t h my m a t h e m a t i c s o r t h e inevitable conclusion of the G o v e r n i n g body that I expressed last time. I d o not a c c e p t h i s v i e w s on the r e l a t i o n between u n i o n and c o l l e g e , but t h e r e ' s not enough room to discuss that h e r e . The good s i d e of t h i s discussion has certainly been that e v e r y o n e now is a w a r e of the i s s u e s at s t a k e . week's T h e e d i t o r in l a s t editorial suggests that the U n i o n s h o u l d take over the catering service. "Sennet" tells us how successful QEC w e r e in a temporary venture of t h i s type — h o w e v e r , most unions that have attempted to run the c a t e r i n g (eg Surrey U n i v e r s i t y ) have (at l e a s t f i n a n c i a l l y ) d e e p l y regretted it. S t i l l , I hope this suggestion will be treated seriously despite my b e l i e f that it i s not our job to run s u c h s e r v i c e s . A l s o I've j u s t heard that Mr Mooney h a s i n v i t e d M e s s r s Teague, Williams and myself to s e e c e r t a i n a s p e c t s of meal p r e p a r a t i o n — s o p e r h a p s w e ' l l have more t o s a y l a t e r . Now, come on someone, let's hear your v i e w s on accommodation p r o b l e m s or something — perhaps they may prove less difficult after d i s c u s s i o n . Yours faithfully, WA G E R R A R D . Metallurgy P G .
S i r , — T h e h e a d l i n e s of the p a s t t w o e d i t i o n s of F E L I X h a v e been p r e s e n t e d somewhat d i s t u r b i n g l y . It s e e m s s o many years that after to emulate "The of trying Sun', FELIX has finally found Suitable Sensational News to make these front-page splashes. The headlines published were indelicate, insensitive and c r u d e . We b e l i e v e that it i s u n s u i t a b l e for a s t u d e n t to broadcast newspaper personal tragedies in s u c h a w a y . In a s m a l l c o m m u n i t y such as IC, a newspaper s h o u l d be a b l e to s e r v e a more useful purpose than the initiation of gossip. If it is n e c e s s a r y t o p u b l i s h such news, it s h o u l d be p r e s e n t e d in a more c o n s i d e r a t e f a s h i o n . It a p p e a r s t h a t t h e circulation of FELIX is more important than the f e e l i n g s of t h o s e i n v o l v e d . Yours sincerely, G K NIEUWENHUIJS Jl KAHN JL LAWRENCE Physics 3
(Whilst I applaud your sense of morale justice, I teel that on this occassion you are being misled by it. I would contend the use of the adjectives "indelicate", "insensitive" and "crude" with regard to the two stories you refer to. they On the contrary, were tactual and to the point and in the first instance, helped to destroy any unfounded rumours being time. I would spread at the draw your attention to the fact that, in the second story concerning a girl being raped, the so-called sun — type sensational story was in essence an announcement appealling for witnesses who may yet be crucial in helping to solve the case. The circulation of FELIX, though a factor in determining the content of the paper to an extent, is not more important than peoples' leelings. I thank you for your missive and suggest that in future you read our 'sensational' front page stories a little more carefully betore giving air to your critical talents — Ed.).
...or n o t ? S i r , — May I c o n g r a t u l a t e y o u on the c o n s i d e r a t e w a y you have dealt with two rather s e n s i t i v e stories in the last two issues of F E L I X . I refer of c o u r s e to to the r e s i d e n t dying in L i n s t e a d H a l l and the s a d c a s e of a g i r l b e i n g raped at I C . Many editors would be tempted to d e l v e d e e p into the background of these
1F Only:. " O n c e more Into the b r e a c h , dear f r i e n d s , o n c e m o r e ! " w a s the w a r c r y heard at 8am l a s t S a t u r d a y o u t s i d e 14, C r o m w e l l P l a c e (IF H e a d q u a r t e r s ) . N o , It w a s n ' t the s t o r m i n g of t h e B a s t i l l e — j u s t a band of h e r o i c v o l u n t e e r s w h o b r a v e d the e l e m e n t s a n d v e n t u r e d out i n t o t h e m o r n i n g m i s t s t o l e n d v e r y w e l c o m e hands for the d e c o r a t i n g of the IF f l o a t . t o be Everybody seemed to in a s t a t e of t o t a l c o l l a p s e (must be these all-night do's!) but rallied round magnificiently, especially when w e d i s c o v e r e d at 9.30am that the f l o a t ' s theme model was stuck somewhere in Bayswater! Three intrepid g i r l s set off in s e a r c h of i t , a r r i v i n g b a c k at I F j u s t i n time to be h o i s t e d up onto the 4 0 foot l o w r y . A r r i v i n g at the b a c k of I C , w e w e r e j o i n e d by s e v e r a l members of the j a z z c l u b , w h o p l a y e d the gallantly throughout proceedings. We w e r e then s t e e r e d q u i c k l y t o w a r ds the other f l o a t s and the M i c h e l i n bus parked on Imperial I n s t i t u t e R o a d , and off w e went towards H i g h St K e n . and many s h o c k e d o n l o o k e r s — mind y o u , I d o n ' t suppose you d o s e e M i c h e l i n b u s e s and f l o a t s e v e r y d a y of the week! D e s p i t e the w eather, t h e s h o p p e r s were out a n d about and few e s c a p e d the moneygrabbing collections from IC and IF — w e l l d o n e l a d s and l a s s e s ! T h a n k s s h o u l d a l s o go to the p o l i c e c o n t i n g e n t , most of whom bought R a g M a g s a n d took that o p p o r t u n i t y to chat up the g i r l s on the float (they know q u a l i t y w h e n they s e e it!) Everyone w h o took part in the p r o c e s s i o n enjoyed t h e m s e l v e s , and the e n t h u s i a s m , bubbling everywhere, was
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stories, presenting a sensationalist, crude and hurtful imitation of the S u n , N e w s of the World e t c . Instead y o u h a v e presented the p l a i n f a c t s and n o t h i n g Y o u even had the more. courtesy not to mention the names of t h o s e i n v o l v e d . Yours sincerely, CLIVE DEWEY. Maths 3 .
IC C A N O E C L U B F I L M SHOW Wednesday 26th N o v e m b e r 7.30 pm B o t / Z o o Common R o o m Non-members very w e l c o m e .
tremendous and s t i l l apparent at about 1pm w h e n p o l i c e m e n , drivers,floaters,and collectors — a l l tired, hoarse, cold and hungry (but s t i l l s m i l i n g ) — arrived back on familiar ground a n d proceeded to t a k e o v e r the U n i o n b a r . B o b , o u r d r i v e r , becam e s o a t t a c h e d to the bar and h i s fourth pint of b i t t e r in fact, that C a r o l e had to forcibly pour the l i q u i d d o w n h i s throat s o that he w o u l d return our m o t l e y band a n d her g o o d s b a c k to I F . A n d what a s i g h t that w a s ! F o u r of u s , w i t h 10feet e a c h of s p a c e , c l i n g i n g h o l d of c h a i n s , t a b l e s , empty wine bottles e t c for dear as we were driven life (rather haphazardly) along Q u e e n s g a t e t o w a r ds I F . It w a s d e f i n i t e l y a memorable r i d e ! C l e a r i n g up proved an e a s y t a s k , d u e to a k i n d band of h e l p e r s , and 3pm s a w u s on our w a y home, where the sound of heavy sleepers w a s a l l that broke the s i l e n c e — and a l l I c a n s a y to t h o s e it to who actually made SS, E v e l y n G a r d e n s i s y o u must be superhuman or b . . . . r a v i n g ! H o p e y o u had f u n , t h o u g h ! A n d to t h o s e w h o are s u f f e r i n g from the aftermath of the w i n d and rain — fear not, y o u a r e in good c o m p a n y atishoo! Margaret S l i m m i n g BOOK WEEK N o v . 24 - 28 Read: A matter of l i f e a n d d e a t h ' T h e E v i d e n c e for the Resurrection' o n l y 10p e a c h a v a i l a b l e from b o o k s t a l l s around C o l l e g e .
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a d e a d s p u d ; M i n e s produce a p i t h e a d from under N i c k (he Brayshaw's trousers w a s n ' t w e a r i n g them at the time), and Guilds, still s u f f e r i n g from C a r n i v a l S h e l l S h o c k , and a bad o v e r d o s e of money, managed to find a 14ft Spanner, a s w e l l a s B o . The promised L o c h N e s s M o n s t e r w a s s t i l l in a k i d d i e s play-pen i n H a r p e n d e n , but a M i c h e l i n O m n i b u s , together w i t h a c o u p l e of w e l l at-tyred (ugh) gentlemen d i d arrive. The whole delicious mellee w a s headed by B i g g i e s and and h i s M o l l in a superb o l d Morris. Sir Laurence Olivier, S i r J o h n G u i l g o o d , and S t a n l e y Baldwin didn't come after a l l , but d i d that s t o p our intrepid heroes? Not on Harpenden's N e l l i e . Together
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But to set the s c e n e ... 8.15am on Saturday morning s e e s r a i n . Down at I F a few hardy perennials (ie not me) were s t i c k i n g paper f l o w e r s on a 4 0 — foot t r a i l e r John — not a n e a s y t a s k . "Brassneck" Kearns, our cheery R a g Co-ordinator, i s c r a w l i n g up a n d d o w n Imperial Institute Road having his t h i r d h e r n i a . S o m e o n e (mentioning no n a m e s , C h a l k y ) i s b u s i l y w a k i n g up S o u t h s i d e with a loud hailer unfortunately e v e r y o n e ' s d e a d the m o r n i n g . T h e n , in for what seemed like only a few seconds, but w a s in fact an hour, " t h e w h o l e scene changes, m a n " ; R C S appear on a float d i s p l a y i n g
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ten minutes later playing some well known Bonzo songs; ' J o l l i t y Farm', 'Hunting Tigers' and 'Mr Apollo'. U n f o r t u n a t e l y the P A w a s not very good and d e t e r i o i a t e d when somebody k n o c k e d the m i x e r onto the f l o o r . S t i l l , a lot of p e o p l e e n j o y e d the set a n d after a brief e n c o r e there w a s a b i g equipment removal to c l e a r the s t a g e for the f i l m s . T h e f i r s t f i l m at 12.45am "Percy" began to a f a i r l y f u l l c o n c e r t h a l l , i n d e e d , some p e o p l e at the b a c k c o m p l a i n e d of not b e i n g a b l e to s e e . A short break at 2.30 e n a b l e d p e o p l e to u s e the l a s t of the bar e x t e n s i o n . The second film, " T h e P a r t y " , and starred Peter Sellers w a s much e n j o y e d by t h o s e who w e r e not f o l l o w i n g the e x a m p l e of K A a n d SW w h o c r a s h e d out on the f l o o r . It w a s a l l o v e r at 4 . 3 0 and I must thank a l l t h o s e w h o h e l p e d to c l e a r up, t h o s e w h o h e l p e d throughout the n i g h t , Dramsoc, B r e n d o n and h i s barstaff. R i z w i t h o u t whom the e v e n i n g w o u l d not h a v e run a s s m o o t h l y a s it d i d a n d last but not l e a s t , to the G u i l d s E n t s Committee who d i d a l ! the d o n k e y work to get it o r g a n i s e d In the f i r s t place.
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GLIDING CLUB by P J Verkroost The Gliding Club finished l a s t y e a r by r i s i n g to great heights (sic) at Aboyne, S c o t l a n d , d u r i n g the last two w e e k s of the summer v a c a t i o n . If that o r t n i g h t w a s d e s c r i b e d a s s u c c e s s f u l , y o u run out of a d j e c t i v e s for the s e c o n d half of the expedition. T h e r e w e r e o n l y f i v e of u s for the s e c o n d h a l f — three e x - s t u d e n t s and t w o between the s t a t u s of student and ex-student. Between u s , we managed to achieve two diamond heights and two gold heights. The only p e r s o n who d i d not manage a n y t h i n g w a s J e f f who had already achieved his gold height on a previous expedition. Ian P a r k e r d i d h o w e v e r , reach a height of 25,OCX) feet a b o v e the s i t e while yours truly reached 21,000 feet in the C l u b Dart at the same time and r o u g h l y the same p l a c e . I broke off my c l i m b w h i l e s t i l l g o i n g up at 400 feet per minute due to the fact that my feet w e r e f r e e z i n g and I w a s not too sure of where I w a s . A l s o , I w a s about to h i t h i g h l e v e l cloud and in addition c o u l d not s e e where I w a s g o i n g because the canopy had almost completely iced up. In the e v e n t , the d e s c e n t w a s straight-forward until the
l a s t 1000 feet when t u r b u l e n c e s e t i n — they s t o p p e d l a u n c h i n g when they s a w my l a n d i n g ! ! We h a d t w o or three more good d a y s in w h i c h p e r i o d Paul and Steve attained their gold heights. Paul, on one suspicious day, flew straight over Aboyne airfield without seeing it. By the time he had reo r i e n t a t e d h i m s e l f and turned r o u n d , he w a s too far a w a y to get b e c k a n d l a n d e d in a f i e l d two m i l e s a w a y . T h e other f i e l d l a n d i n g w a s made by Steve who was practicing c l o u d f l y i n g — in a s t r o n g wind? He landed fifteen miles down w i n d . T h i s y e a r h a s begun w e l l for the Club, this being essentially due to keen f r e s h e r s . D e s p i t e the g e n e r a l bad w e a t h e r a t the w e e k e n d s , four or f i v e s t u d e n t s h a v e progressed from the motor glider o n t o the engineless t y p e . S e v e r a l o t h e r s are not far b e h i n d . For those students to whom circuit bashing in l o u s y w e a t h e r i s not the d o n e thing there h a s been plenty to do around L a s h a m . T h e dart t r a i l e r i s in the p r o c e s s of having its front end rebuilt (yet again!) after an a c c i d e n t on the w ay up to S c o t l a n d . We are also s t a r t i n g t o do the C of A ' s
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on our v a r i o u s g l i d e r s . If anyone is interested in j o i n i n g the C l u b , but h a s not s o far been i n t o u c h w i t h us, please come along to one of our meetings. We meet every Thursday at 5.30pm in A e r o 254 when we h a v e f i l m s or l e c t u r e s and arrange t r a n s p o r t d o w n to Lasham for the next w e e k e n d . T h e r e are always c a r s g o ' n g d o w n w h i c h are available for l i f t s . If y o u are not s u r e about g l i d i n g but w o u l d l i k e to f i n d out more about it w e c a n arrange for you t o g o down for a weekend to Lasham as a guest (only social membership fee payable — 50p) and h a v e a f l i g h t or t w o to s e e how y o u r fair. Flying membership for a year is £9.50. The bonfire party at Lasham last weekend went off with a roar, several bangs and the odd fizz. Those of us who could remember it, decided that it was one of the best p a r t i e s L a s h a m had p r o d u c e d . The next social function i s the f a r m e r s ' c h e e s e and wine party to which all farmers who h a v e been landed on are i n v i t e d . I need to g o to that if o n l y to s e e if any of my f i v e turn up! * A f t e r that it w i l l be the C h r i s t m a s dinner. We are again arranging c o u r s e s t h i s y e a r , the f i r s t of w h i c h w i l l be on the last w e e k of the C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n . T h e s e c o u r s e s are for p e o p l e 18. Rent d e c r e a s e ? T h e n w h y t h i s e v i d e n c e of c r y i n g (8) 19. Song of s p h e r e r e c e i v i n g l i t t l e n o t i c e (6) 2 1 . I n s i g n i f i c e n t of between q u i e t and loud f i s h (8) 23. A s P e e l returns uncons c i o u s (6) 26. N a t u r a l b a s e b e s i d e s k e l e t a l wood (5) 2 7 . A F r e n c h name by a d i s t u r b e d s o u l . H o w very i r r e g u l a r ! (9) 28. H e l p i n g s of food or e x t r e m i t i e s of L o n d o n (6,2,4)
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Across 1. A s c r o p it tops s c r a m b l e d s n a c k (6,6) . L e g point far under the l e v e l of w a t e r (5,4) 10. C o m p a c t s t u d i e s to a point (5)
11. F i r e g i r l t a k e s s t i r r e d a l e (6) 12. S t a r - l i k e s e a l h a s broken ride (8) 13. N a t u r l a a b i l i t y of A1 under c o m a s (6) 15. Start out from fixed S c o t t i s h r i v e r (3,5)
1. Worker c a r r i e s v e g e t a b l e s for another (7) 2. V o u c h e r O K i n ten (5) 3 . K i d n a p p e d t a n n e d rep i n s i d e (9) 4. M u s i c a l s y m b o l from U n c l e F r e d (4) 5. L e s s t h a n perfect l i t t l e d e v i l brought out in the open (8) 6. C u s h i o n about p r i e s t (5) 7. L a r g e t i n s m a s h e d but c o m p l e t e (8) 8 . T h e law a b o u t i n c h e s (6) 14. G a m e r e s u l t s from t a n g l e d flag rop (4-4) 16. G l o a t s l o u d l y three t i m e s about pole (4-5) 17. Not up to a c c o u n t returned by good man d e j e c t e d (8) 18. C r a z y p i p e in r a c e for hood (6) 2 0 . Settlement i s back in depot (7) 22. R o y a l changes direction v i t i a l l y a n d b e c o m e s faithful(5) 24. Wear away rod between two p o i n t s (5) 2 5 . T h r o w to s h i p (4)
who have completed about three h o u r s i n t h e d r e a d e d Falke and have converted convert) (or are about to to the t w o - s e a t g l i d e r s . Any queries about the G l i d i n g C l u b , what we do, where we go etc should be addressed to either A P o r t e r (Maths 3) or N L e a k (Aero 3). F a i l i n g that, come a l o n g t o a n y of our T h u r s d a y meetings.
CHINESE SOC So far t h i s term w e h a v e had t w o major e v e n t s . The first of these was the F r e s h e r s R e c e p t i o n in w h i c h new members of the C o l l e g e were introduced to the Society and w e r e a b l e to meet e a c h o t h e r and c o n t i n u i n g members. F o r a few who had o n l y r e c e n t l y come to B r i t a i n , it a l s o s e r v e d a s a s t e p p i n g stone into B r i t i s h Society. It w a s c o n d u c t e d i n f o r m a l l y over d r i n k s a n d s n a c k s , and afterwards we featured " E v e r l a s t i n g G l o r y " , a film which depicted a successful g e n e r a l d u r i n g the time of the J a p a n e s e wars who suffered a s a f a m i l y man in h a v i n g obey o r d e r s and s e r v e to his country in its best interests. The second event was the football match played last Sunday against the India S o c i e t y . A b o u t 18 of us truned up in varying degrees of unfitness to f a c e 9 I n d i a n s . It w a s an 11-a-side match played on H a r l i n g t o n ' s w o r s t p i t c h , and d e s p i t e being a b l e to make numerous substitutions we found ourselves a goal down after o n l y a m i n u t e . Although we managed to decelerate their scoring rate a s the match w o r e o n , we found o u r s e l v e s 5 — 0 down at half-time. Afraid of waht w e might do w i t h the b r e e z e b e h i n d u s in the s e c o n d h a l f , the o p p o s i t i o n suggested we should play with mixed sides. (No — Indians and Chinese you fool!) T h i s proved a more even affair despite the f i n a l s c o r e l i n e of 5 — 1 to the R e d s at l e a s t some of us members got their names on the s c o r e sheet. (Uh, what s c o r e s h e e t ? ) . T h i s w e e k s e e s the start of our a n n u a l competition against U C Chinese Society. We s h a l l be p l a y i n g them at soccer, snooker, table tennis, basketball, badminton, squash, swimming, Chinese Chess, International Chess, bridge and table tennis. The c o m p e t i t i o n w i l l s p a n about 3 weeks, so if you have an a p t i t u d e for any of t h e s e events please contact the Committee. However, (or also), if y o u r t a l e n t s have continued
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Morphy Day O N T H E 21st M a r c h 1 9 2 0 , an R S M r o w i n g e i g h t beat C & G o v e r a one m i l e c o u r s e ; t h i s w a s the f i r s t time the c o l l e g e s had r a c e d s i n c e the r e v i v a l of t h e i r i n d i v i d u a l r o w i n g c l u b s after the 1st| Warld War. Mr A r t h u r Morphy, father of the G u i l d s ' s t r o k e , D o n a l W M o r p h y , p r e s e n t e d a c u p w h i c h he had d o n a t e d for the occasion. T h e r a c e became known a s the Morphy C u p R a c e , to be c o m p e t e d for on M O R P H Y DAY. O v e r the y e a r s , a s i d e event has become more popular, and now attracts more spectators than the actual boat races. This e v e n t i s the b a t t l e between City and Guilds and a combined RCS/RSM team for a n oar — the Morphy O a r . T h e r e are few r u l e s for the c o n t e s t . The partaking teams line-up, facing each other on the t o w - p a t h a l o n g i s i d e the T h a m e s at P u t n e y ; about h a l f a m i l e upstream from the C o l l e g e boat h o u s e . T h e three presidents of the Constituent College Unions exchange "pies" and the battle begins; the winners b e i n g the p o s s e s o r s of the oar when the combatants h a v e run out of missiles, drop ' d e a d ' from e x h a u s t i o n , or are overcome by the pervading odours.
Mr Downs, unfortunately w a s t o w a r d s the r i v e r , and d i d not n o t i c e , p a s s i n g behind h i m , a member of the p u b l i c . The F a t e s had c o n t r i v e d to take the poor innocent on a w a l k a l o n g the t o w - p a t h , and the to b r i n g him between o p p o s i n g f o r c e s at p r e c i s e l y the moment the action began. He probably backs losing horses as w e l l , such is life! Immediately, he disappeared, as did everyone else, under a t h i c k , b l a c k cloud of c a r b o n b l a c k and flour, d e n s e w i t h p r o j e c t i l e s . When the cloud lifted, it was obvious (from the s m e l l ) , that both s i d e s had been slowly preparing for w e e k s beforehand. T h e s u p e r i o r i t y in numbers told almost immediately; C & G b e i n g d r i v e n b a c k , but fighting a courageous rear guard action. Meanwhile, the oar w a s b e i n g removed by R S M .
and later became famous a s h a l f of " M o r p h y R i c h a r d s " , d i e d e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r . H i s Day is perpetual memorial. David
The police arrived during t h i s e p i c s t r u g g l e and l o o k e d on w i t h a m u s e d tolerance, from the s a f e t y of a panda car parked 200 yards away. They f i n a l l y became bored and d r o v e a w a y . A small break with t r a d i t i o n o c c u r r e d o u t s i d e the College Boat House after
The rival groups stood poised, confronting each other a c r o s s a fifty feet g a p . The thr.ee C C U presidents a s s e m b l e d in the m i d d l e , and John the adjudicator Mr Downs, gave the signal to e x c h a n g e p i e s and b e g i n the b a t t l e .
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Relentlessly, R C S added i n s u l t to injury by a c q u i r i n g G u i l d s t u g - o ' - w a r rope w h i c h w a s t i e d around two trees. Humiliation stirred Guilds into a c t i o n and they l a u n c h e d a counter attack, which was quickly quoshed. G u i l d s p e r i o d i c a l l y surged forward, but e a c h time w e r e h e l d , the surges grew weaker, like an ebb t i d e , and the i n i t i a l favourites undoubtedly won the D a y .
T h u s the s c e n e w a s set for t h i s y e a r ' s e v e n t . R C S / R S M , the h o l d e r s from l a s t year, were clearly the f a v o u r i t i e s t h i s t i m e due to t h e i r s u p e r i o r i t y in numbers over the opposition, City and Guilds. They outnumbered G u i l d s by two to one. G u i l d s morale w a s nevertheless high; they were clearly relying on quality rather than q u a n t i t y .
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the main Battle. Alf's Imperial A r m y m a s s e d t h e i r w h o l e strength and marched down the road in a rowdy mob of seven. Guildsmen, M i n e r s and S c i e n t i s t s l i n g e r i n g outside the Boat House, i n c e n s e d , forgot t h e i r p r e v i o u s differences and A l f ' s Army f i n i s h e d t h e i r march in the r i v e r . R C S , in r e a l l y a c q u i s i t i v e mood, p u r l o i n e d A l f ' s flag. Pleased with their efforts, several members of RCS rounded the day off w i t h tea at H a r r o d ' s . Sad to r e l a t e , therefore, that D o n a l d W Morphy, who w a s a keen O l d C e n t r a l i a n ,
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hundred
people
concert hall to view the annual Sex,
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show.' C h a l k y White o p e n e d the proceedings by introducing Chem I and their Teddy B e a r s ' orgy. In t h i s , s e v e r a l members of the department m u d d l e d t h e i r way through a sketch singing Python-like songs and occasionally r o l l i n g on the floor s t r o k i n g e a c h other. After suffering Chalky W h i t e ' s j o k e s for a c o u p l e of m i n u t e s , we were i n t r o d u c e d to R C S e x e c u t i v e a n d t h e i r B i g Bang Theory. N i c Roe, a p r o f e s s o r i n v o l v e d i n the study of s e x , e x p l a i n e d i n his broken German the research being carried out on this subject. In an explicit dialogue, illustrated w i t h e q u a t i o n s and u t i l i s i n g dimensional analysis, he proved that sex leads to babies. Quite a revelation! Other members of RCS e x e c u t i v e then went on to describe their involvement w i t h s e x . T h e s k e t c h went down well, even with the G u i l d s m e n , who p r o v e d that t h e i r paper d a r t s c o u l d be a i m e d very a c c u r a t e l y , much to the embarrasment of M i s s HitchCock. P h y s i c s I performed n e x t . Two little schoolboys innocently playing marbles were c o n f r o n t e d by a m y s t e r i o u s figure who unashamedly unfastened h i s coat, sending them away terrified. Then a y o u n g tart p a r a d i n g around the s t a g e w a s a l s o confronted by t h i s m y s t e r y m a n . A f t e r exposing himself once again, the girl ran away screaming. What could
The
mummified
p o s s i b l y be so h o r r i b l e ? ... The mummified Simon C h a s e and h i s b i g *****. Recovering from Simon Chase's masterpiece, we were confronted by M a t h s I. In an amalgam of o l d Monty Python material they tried to disgust the audience, drinking piss and phlegm out of buckets. Later we were introduced to a dog w h i c h b o r e a strange r e s e m b l a n c e to a bog b r u s h and h a d a l i k i n g for b a r - m a i d s . After refusing to 'mount' on two o c c a s i o n s h i s owner w a s f o r c e d to demonstrate, a m i d much n o i s y encouragement from the audience. But as live sex is not allowed at R C S Smoking Concerts, the c u r t a i n came d o w n . The drag artists, were n e x t on "Playgirls", the b i l l . T h e y p r a n c e d a r o u n d t h e s t a g e m i m i n g to v a r i o u s female recordings (Boring). T h i s w e n t on for much too long and eventually they resorted to embarrasing t h o s e members of the a u d i e n c e s i t t i n g c l o s e to the s t a g e . T h e y f i n i s h e d off t h e i r a c t i n a much better fashion, p r o v i n g they w e r e q u i t e hot stuff. After a break for l i q u i d refreshment, Kangalas, Boomalakas and various other t r i b a l s o n g s 2 0 0 1 : A Space O b s c e n i t y . T h i s was an i n c r e d i b l y l o n g r e n d i t i o n by C h e m i s t r y 7(?), but they managed to keep the a u d i e n c e a m u s e d for m o s t of the t i m e although the puns became
Simon
Chase
r a t h e r p a i n f u l at t i m e s . T h e act provoked much audience p a r t i c i p a t i o n . A t one stage BUM ( t heir British made g a v e the results computer) of the 3rd t e s t a s " E n g l a n d won by an i n n i n g s and 168 runs.
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improbable','
r e p l i e d Mr P o c k s . "Bloody inconceivable" someone s h o u t e d . A n d so i t went-on a n d on and on and on .... A f t e r more K a n g a l a s e t c . i t w a s the turn of the I C U executive to show u s how to be v e r y s i l l y . J o h n D o w n s arrived complete w i t h baby in pram. "When's train North?",
the he
next asked.
The question passed slowly down the executive line from K e i t h (beautiful legs) A h l e r s to R i z S h a k i r ( g i v i n g a good impression of an I n d i a n ) to S t e v e B r i g h t m a n to
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N i c ( " t a k e off y o u r t r o u s e r s " ) B r a y s h a w and f i n a l l y to the only Irish station master with a Brummie accent, Pete Teague himself. While this was going on, John w a s g i v i n g h i s M i n e s baby a bottle (light ale) which was a pleasant distraction from the monotony of the original plot. N e x t came N i c k W i l k i n s o n with his 'Do-it-yourself, Do-it-yourself machine. After that came Guilds, 'Boring' they shouted, and it w a s , too b o r i n g to w r i t e about. N e x t came the c l i m a x , so we were l e d to b e l i e v e , of the e v e n i n g , the S t r i p p e d T h i s was a disappointment (no seduction of audience members etc.) a mere go-go d a n c e r . 'We want B r a y s h a w ' they s h o u t e d , and s o i t e n d e d .
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Rag Procession w i t h the IC R u b b e r J a z z B a n d , and the f l o r i s t s shop was IF's float, we that sallied forth. A word of t h a n k s to the J a z z B a n d . They were superb. That five guys c a n play five different t u n e s at the same time o v e r s u c h a long p e r i o d is u n b e l i e v a b l e . A c k e r B i l k , watch out. A n d s o , to the p r o c e s s i o n . . . PC B607 l e d the w a y . T h e J a p a n e s e t o u r i s t s on top of the A l b e r t M e m o r i a l thought the R u s s i a n s w e r e c o m i n g , the K i n g s R o a d thought an
open a s y l u m h a d moved i n , and C a r o l c h a t t e d e v e r y o n e u p . The Mines pithead got d e m o l i s h e d by every p a s s i n g tree, e v en with Howard "Smelly S o c k s " Cheetham on t o p l i k e some perched b l a c k and g o l d c a n a r y . The policemen, cunning piled a s a brace of f o x e s , onto the o m n i b u s , and w e r e last seen devouring B r a s s n e c k ' s beer a l o n g S l o a n e S t r e e t . When he reported the incident later, the police c o u l d n ' t t r a c e the fourteen g e n t l e m e n , a l l over 5ft 1 0 i n
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tall responsible for this affront. Eventually, with only minor mishaps we arrived b a c k at c o l l e g e . G u i l d s s t i l l had B o in one p i e c e , IF hadn't lost their new mascot (oh, what a g i v e away) and the p o l i c e , w h o had been ordered to "follow the procession it w e n t " dutifully wherever followed u s into the U n i o n B a r . Whilst Brendon w a s being rushed to h o s p i t a l (another shock victim) we exchanged college, memories of p o l i c e life in g e n e r a l , Everton's c h a n c e s of w i n n i n g t h e C u p , and whether Carol could
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next?
really hide in a certain p o l i c e m a n ' s helmet. T h e day ended at c l o s i n g time. John Guilgood still hadn't come; a circufe had run away with the jazz b a n d , w e ' r e a l l n u t s , I'm h a v i n g treatment, s e e y o u next y e a r .
Thanks to: B r a s s n e c k , P C B 6 0 7 , W a t n e y s (for the lorry), Micheiin, Brendon, MercedesB e n z , Marge, C a r o l (wherever you are), N i c k , Steve, K e i t h , Lisa (I remembered), and the M e t r o p o l i t a n P o l i c e . We l o v e you a l l .
Mines energy, what's yours?
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Theatre review "Song of A s i a " of Eastern styles are consistently evocative. But the most b r e a t h t a k i n g moment of t h e e v e n i n g o c c u r w h e n the entire cast appear in glorious Technicolour to h a r m o n i z e to the c h a l l e n g i n g s o n g s . A word must be s a i d too for the l i g h t i n g , w h i c h makes the most of an a l m o s t and frequently bare stage, complement the a c t i o n w i t h s h a d o w and s i l h o u e t t e e f f e c t s . A l l , i n a l l , then, a very engaging evening, in which o n e ' s a t t e n t i o n is c o n s t a n t l y h e l d by the u n c e r t a i n t y of never k n o w i n g what to e x p e c t next. Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, Rajmohan, asked "What wilt Asia be known for? Will it be the blast of bombs? Will it be the cry of will it be for suffering? Or still small voice that the speaks in every heart?". In
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Ian Morse A t t r a c t i n g the l a r g e s t a u d i e n c e y e t s e e n at IC t h i s s e s s i o n , G o n g went a long w a y toward m a k i n g the g i g a l s o the most m u s i c a l l y s a t i s f y i n g . T h e y s e e m e d much stronger than the l a s t time I s a w them a few months ago, w i t h regard to the d i r e c t i o n t h e i r music should take, probably finally s h a k i n g off the after e f f e c t s of the departure of mentor and g u i d i n g l i g h t , D a e v i d A l l e n . A l t h o u g h it w o u l d be u n f a i r to s a y that the band h a s improved s i n c e the l e a v i n g of A l l e n , it w o u l d be true to s a y that under the a s s u m e d l e a d e r s h i p of S t e v e H i l l a g e , they a r e c o n c e n t r a t i n g to a greater d e g r e e on the i n s t r u m e n t a l s i d e of t h e i r i d e o l o g y , breaking away from Allen's often monomanic o b s e s s i o n w i t h l y r i c s about pot-head pixies, flying teapots a n d other esoteric peculiarities of the planet Gong. off as
Concerts
Whether or not y o u are a b l e t o get f u l l y on the b a n d ' s m u s i c d e p e n d s much a s a n y t h i n g on the t y p e of
g r a s s that g r o w s at the bottom of y o u r g a r d e n , but e v e n s o o n e c o u l d not h e l p but a p p r e c i a t e the fine m u s i c i a n s h i p d i s p l a y e d by the band d u r i n g a s e t that i n c l u d e d m a t e r i a l m o s t l y from ' Y O U ' a n d ' F I S H RISING', as well as some new, unrecorded t u n e s . P a r t i c u l a r l y e l e v a t i n g was flautist/saxophonist D i d i e r M a l h e r b e , who a s w e l l a s h a v i n g a s u r e t e c h n i q u e , d i s p l a y e d a fine m e l o d i c s e n s e throughout, e s p e c i a l l y w i t h h i s u s e of a n E c h o p l e x during his orientally-inspired flute feature. H i l l a g e t o o , w a s a s t a s t e f u l l y e c o n o m i c w i t h h i s g u i t a r work a s e v e r , w h i l s t what s e e m s at l a s t to be a permenant rhythm s e c t i o n laid down a s o l i d , i n v e n t i v e f o u n d a t i o n for the rest of the m u s i c i a n s to b u i l d o n . A f t e r a performance that l a s t e d a l m o s t n i n e t y m i n u t e s , the s u i t a b l y i m p r e s s e d a u d i e n c e for a deserved brought them back encore. If G o n g ' s m u s i c w a s a w e l l e x e c u t e d a s it w a s c o n c e i v e d , the same c a n n o t be s a i d of the support a c t . C l e a r L i g h t O r c h e s t r a s e e m e d to be a band w i t h admirable intentions but lack the musical capacity to carry them off. A t t e m p t i n g to e m u l a t e the i n n o v a t o r y
ensembles of the past few years, the o b v i o u s i n f l u e n c e of L i f e t i m e and to a l e s s e r d e g r e e M a t c h i n g M o l e c o u l d the be heard protruding through C o n g l o m e r a t i o n of s o u n d they p r o d u c e d d u r i n g the two o v e r - l o n g p i e c e s p l a y e d . T h e y h a d n e i t h e r the m u s i c i a n s h i p nor the i n t e l l i g e n c e to p u l l them t h r o u g h , the o v e r a l l effect b e i n g a muffled p s u e d o c o m p l e x w h o l e , at t h e i r n a d i r ( w h i c h they seemed to a r r i v e at w i t h e x c r u c i a t i n g the i m p r e s s i o n of regularity) giving b l i n d m e n w a d i n g through a torrent of turd. N B S p e c i a l mention s h o u l d go t o A n d y and h i s h e n c h m e n , w h o h a n d l e d the affair w i t h t y p i c a l p a n a c h e . T h e s e hard w o r k i n g l a d s of the E n t s C o m m i t t e e d e s e r v e a l l the c r e d i t they h a v e t o l d me to g i v e t h e m . A l w a y s the h e i g h t of d i p l o m a c y and d e c o r u m , they work hard day a n d night in order to m ake t h e S a t u r d a y night c o n c e r t s a s u c c e s s . Why, often I h a v e s e e n them o u t s i d e c o n c e r t h a l l s throughout L o n d o n , s h i v e r i n g i n the cold night air, with handouts d e p i c t i n g c o m i n g e v e n t s at I C , r e l e n t l e s s in t h e i r t a s k ... ( A l r i g h t , enough of t h i s c r a w l i n g — E d . )
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"Song Of A s i a " Westminster Theatre Without prior k n o w l e d g e or a f a i r amount of d i l i g e n c e , it w o u l d be a l m o s t impossible to d i s c o v e r the e x i s t e n c e of t h i s s h o w , w h i c h runs u n t i l November 29th, Wednesdays to S a t u r d a y s o n l y . T h e common p u b l i c i t y c h a n n e l s s e e m to be i o n o r i n g i t , a l t h o u g h the C h r i s t m a s s h o w at the same theatre is already being However, those advertised. who bother to make the short journey to V i c t o r i a w i l l be rewarded with a captivating evening. T h e i d e a for t h i s m u s i c a l s p r a n g from the ' C e a s e f i r e ' two and a half y e a r s a g o in
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in 1907 r i o t s w e r e o r g a n i s e d by the N a t i o n a l i s t s , angry at S y n g e ' s portrayal a s unfaithful and of Irish peasants harbourers of m u r d e r e r s . Unfortunately they m i s s e d the point that, at that time, the I r i s h peasantry were d e m o r a l i s e d , s c r a p i n g a meagre e x i s t e n c e off t h e barren g r o u n d , and ready to look for a hero in a n y l i k e l y c a n d i d a t e . Stephen R e a , perhaps better known a s t h e taciturn C a r t e r B r a n d o n in the B B C ' s recent comedy s e r i e s , " / Didn't You Cared", plays a similar Know character in Christy, particularly e f f e c t i v e w h e n t h e l o c a l s are p r e s s i n g him to find put w h y he i s b e h a v i n g with s u c h r e t i c e n c e . H i s total bewilderment at the s i t u a t i o n in w h i c h he f i n d s himself i s another v a r i a t i o n on the v i c t i m a s hero, for, d e s p i t e a k n o w l e d g e h i s wrongdoing, the a u d i e n c e is of p e r s u a d e d to s e e h i m a s hero t o o . A s i t u a t i o n made a l l the more c r e d i b l e
Vietnam. Young A s i a n s m e e t i n g at the Moral Rearmament in P a n c h g a r i , India Centre felt that more fundamental remedies were needed in A s i a , a n d d e c i d e d to present their ideas through a c o m b i n a t i o n of d a n c e , m u s i c and d r a m a . T h e s h o w h a s a p p e a r e d in I n d i a, V i e t n a m a n d L a o s , and a r r i v e s in E n g l a n d at the end of a s i x - m o n t h tour of E u r o p e . T h e members of the c a s t , 4 5 i n a l l , are u n p a i d , a n d many h a d g i v e n up t h e i r p o s s e s s i o n s to be w i t h the s h o w . T h i s b e i n g s o , it w a s no surprising that o n e of the f i r s t t h i n g s that s t r i k e s y o u about the m u s i c a l i s the conviction with w h i c h the
At T h e O l d V i c by the r e m o t e n e s s of the s e t t i n g . If the thought of mock Irish a c c e n t s w o r r i e s y o u , then y o u need h a v e no fears for a l m o s t the e n t i r e c a s t i s Irish a n d , a l t h o u g h t h e s e n s e i s s o m e t i m e s d i f f i c u l t to f o l l o w the sound i s s h e e r Synge u s e s i s poetry. T h e language a u t h e n t i c , for he spent s e v e r a l s e a s o n s in t h e A r a n I s l a n d s at the s u g g e s t i o n of WB Y e a t s . One of the most e f f e c t i v e p a r t s of the p l a y i s t h e d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e r a c e s . The set i s ingeniously designed so that the c h a r a c t e r s c a n go o u t s i d e the the c o t t a g e , w h e r e the" m a i n a c t i o n takes place and p r o v i d e a running commentary of the e v e n t s on the s a n d s below. G e o f f r ey Scott's a t t e n t i o n to detail is terrific. Students' standby t i c k e t s may be a v a i l a b l e from 6.30pm for 9 0 p .
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cast convey their ideas. T h e short scenes, which are l i n k e d by bouts of a m u s i n g between a naive repartee young Indian and an o l d s a g e , are m a i n l y drawn from the real-life experiences of members of the c a s t , and depict moments of crisis, where decisions b a s e d on hate a n d d e c e i t a r e r e a d i l y taken, which lead inevitably to further p a i n and s u f f e r i n g . The examples taken range from petty f a m i l y squabbles to matters involving large as in the communities, Papua copper dispute. In the c l i m a x , a s t o r y about the ceasefire in Vietnam, a villager who has seen h i s two brothers shot down
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On W e d n e s d a y the 15th the X - C o u n t r y C l u b d e s c e n d e d on G u i l f o r d for a q u i c k 6 man by -\u m i l e r e l a y round the Cathedral. The first team, fortified by the inclusion of s p r i n t e r D a v e West and by the return of s o m e t h i n g r a p i d l y a p p r o a c h i n g f i t n e s s of S t e v e Webb, e v e n t a u l l y f i n i s h e d 6 t h out of about 30 t e a m s ; t h e i r best performance in this event for some years. Unfortunately it was not raining so Borough Road w e r e there — o t h e r w i s e we w o u l d h a v e done e v e n b e t t e r . R o b A l l i n s o n on the first leg, came home fourth with our f a s t e s t t i m e , 8m 13s, following which- Dave Rosen, Steve, Dave W and Paul Clarke were battling against stronger opposition (but h a n g i n g on w e l l ) u n t i l f i n a l l y Ian E l l i s completed the team's performance w i t h a time of 8m 4 1 s : t h i s f o l l o w e d an e a r l i e r run by Ian on the s e c o n d lap for the C t e a m , w e l l
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L a s t S a t u r d a y , our s a d l y depleted 3rd team arrived at L i t t l e H a r l i n g t o n for a mat ch a g a i n s t the H a y e s 4th XI. We were only eight strong as D Balderstone, the c a p t a i n of the 2nd X I , had commandered two players for h i s u s e . We a l s o had to r e s o r t to a k i c k i n g - b a c k a s a l l our g o a l k e e p i n g gear had been requisitioned by the 1st XI ( o w i n g to the e f f i c i e n c y of J M a r t i a l - a r t s ) . On b e i n g informed of our plight, the Hayes captain lent u s one of h i s p l a y e r s . Thus, outnumbered ten to
F i v e members travelled to Woods in Suffolk, last Sunday to compete in the Icenian Trophy Event. The terrain was very flat and fast, and the controls were generally easy to find, giving the fast runners an advantage. However, there was a high density of control points in the forest, and several people
CROSS C O U N T R Y timed in 10m 5 4 s , d u r i n g which h i s much p u b l i c i s e d a t t r i b u t e s w e r e kept s t r i c t l y under c o n t r o l . On the second lap for the B team, Alf Garnett showed a w e l l turned-ankle with an unexpectedly fast time of 8m 3 7 s . T h e other more sedantry runners in t h i s team w e r e D a v e J o n e s , Alan Leakey, Colin Dale, Pete J o h n s o n and a new star M i k e D a l e y . The third team, which was at one time l a s t , e v e n t u a l l y managed to beat some of the s c h o o l teams: the team featured M i k e W e l f o r d , not o n l y r u n n i n g twice (!) but a l s o b e a t i n g rival Andy Davey, and D a v e J and R o b both c o m p l e t ing a s e c o n d l a p . T h e journey home featured a round of a'pplause when the clutch on the v a n d e c i d e d to w o r k in one of its l e s s s t u b b o r n
moments: for r e l a t e d r e m a r k s see F E L I X No. 351. On Saturday the u s u a l IC hordes were reduced to three in number for the U L match against Oxford and Birmingham Universities at O x f o r d . T h e c o a c h at M a let Street suprised everyone by being fifteen minutes early: unfortunately it had a l r e a d y s p r u n g a l e a k so i t left a more t r a d i t i o n a l h a l f hour late. Having circled Oxford's Ring Road and stopped three cars on a roundabout for directions, the famous Iffley R o a d track was found overgrown with green stuff ( p r e c i s e b o t a n i c a l s p e c i f i c a t i o n u n a v a i l a b l e ) andreduced to four lanes. However, two coaches containing 18 enthusiastic and fit U L r u n n e r s and v a r i o u s odds and sods from the other Universities set off
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(the hockey ball!) worked miracles. A frozen J.L. r e c e i v e d two b a l l s in l e s s than a m i n u t e . T h i s s h o c k e d him into l i f e a n d h i s return p a s s ied to the f i r s t of four more g o a l s . IC o n c e more e a s e d off and the f u l l b a c k s nearly made a disastrous
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m i s t a k e ! I a c t u a l l y had to move! D r o p p i n g my f a g , I ran out from the g o a l and kicked the ball clear. From the look of s u r p r i s e on our Captain's face at that moment, I can conclude nothing. After this, the only notable event of the
Imperial College Hockey 3 r d XI n i n e w e s t a r t e d the game.. Almost from the bully-off, IC's superiority was evident. The forwards a t t a c k e d c o n f i d e n t l y and the wings were used e x t e n s i v e l y . T h e d e f e n c e had enough of a game to prevent them g e t t i n g bored. D a v i d C a r l l i e , our e v e r g r i n n i n g right w i n g e r , s c o r e d the f i r s t g o a l . H a y e s t h e n managed to draw even. David Carlile retaliated w i t h our s e c o n d g o a l . The
next three goals came in rapid succession. The f i r s t of t h e s e w a s by E d m u n d R e e d , our left w i n g e r . The next one c a m e from (yes, guessed it) David Carlile, who t h u s q u a l i f i e d h i m s e l f t o buy u s a ' J u g ' ( w h i c h we're still waiting for). Christopher Parker netted the fifth g o a l : t h i s w a s a r i s i n g s h o t from the edge of the ' D ' and w h i c h went in just under the crossbar. T h e H a y e s man lent to us
ORIENTEERING were disqualified for visiting the wrong control. Provisonal Results: ' A ' course 13.4Km 2nd David Rosen 87mins 42sec Alan Leakey 105mins l s e c ' B ' course 9.0Km
6th Tony Warwick 93mins 15sec H ' coarse 3.0Km 5th Martin Kessler 41mins 15 sec The club will be going to Bagley Wood near Oxford for a small event next Sunday (November 23rd). However,
from here l o o k i n g for the course: this was discovered h i d d e n in a bank of fog a n d a heavy s h o w e r of r a i n at the top of some h i l l . T h i s h i l l w a s very high as we found l a t er on h a v i n g to run up and d o w n it and round s o m e t h i n g of a s w i t c h b a c k course three t i m e s . T h i s 6 a n d a bit m i l e s c o m p l e t e d , the r e s u l t s w e r e c o m p u t e d , and thus approximately w e had B i r m i n g h a m U n i v e r s i t y places 1 to 15, Oxford U n i v e r s i t y 16 to 3 3 , U L 3 4 to 52. There were some exceptions notably third home for U L at 22nd D a v e Rosen, formerly of Oxford but now of I C , o n e bound to go far (at l e a s t 50 m i l e s a week.) Further down the f i e l d , in the m a i n U L p a c k was Dave J o n e s at 3 9 t h ; J o h n S h e a r e r , the t h i r d IC representative, found four miles on t h i s , very murky day more than e n o u g h and j o i n e d the D N F ' s .
m a t c h , the b a l l went into our opponents net three before the more times final whistle was blown by our Chairman; Many thanks! To avoid being murdered I shall now list the g o a l s c o r e r s : - M i k e I s l e s 5, T r e v T u t u 4, A l i s t a i r R o s s 1, Own Goals 1 and Chas Hardy x (we l o s t c o u n t of the number h e m i s s e d ) . Team:J Marshall (capt), C Brown, K Houlden, A Brown, A Ross, M Hatcher, C Hardy, J Andrews, T Tutu,
s c o r e d the s i x t h goal and D a v i d C a r l i l e s l o t t e d in the seventh. rain made things The a w k w a r d , e s p e c i a l l y i n the s e c o n d h a l f w h e n it c a m e down in sheets, virtually blinding the bespectacled players. Nevertheless, it w a s a most e n j o y a b l e game and we look forward to playing them again next season. T e a m : - M Bachrynowski, PC Nair, K Shine, Parker (capt,), J Brownridge, a Hayes man.
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closer to home on Wednesday November 26th, the club is organising an introductory event on H a m p s t e a d H e a t h . Beginners will be very welcome to both of these events, particularly the Wednesday oup. A party will be leaving the Onion Entrance H a l l at 1.00pm.
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