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Hall rents to go up THE RECTOR, after lengthy consultations with various people inclnding Mr Mooney and Mr Teague, ICU President, has recommended to the Board of Governors that there be no increase in refectory prices next term. O B rents the Rector has recommended that they be increased to £7.25 for Linstead, Weeks, new Beit and Southside halls; £6.20 for single rooms in old Beit Garden hall and student houses; and £5.00 for shared rooms in student houses and Garden hall. A letter has been sent round to all residents in halls and houses by the Domestic Secretary, i n forming them of the Rector's decision. The Governors will meet on the 19th December to decide on the recommendations.
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Travel lose £250,000 A U D I T E D A C C O U N T S presented at the NUS Annual conference in Scarborough last weekend revealed that the travel section of the NUS s e r v i c e s made a l o s s of about £ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 in the financial year to end in May 1976. T h e accounts cover the seventeen months of trading to May 1976. S e v e r a l ' r e a s o n s are g i v e n for the l o s s i n c u r r e d ; i n c l u d i n g the fact that the a c c o u n t s c o v e r s two Winter p e r i o d s , — September to M a y , — w h i c h are s l a c k s e a s o n s . Other f a c t o r s c o n t r i b u t i n g to the l o s s are the g e n e r a l d e p r e s s i o n in the t r a v e l b u s i n e s s , i n c r e a s e in
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Red Sue booted out ! SUE S L I P M A N , N U S National S e c r e t a r y , suffered a s e v e r e p o l i t i c a l de f e at o v e r the International s e c t i o n of the E x e c u t i v e Report D e l e g a t e s , a n n o y e d at her p a s s i v e a c c e p t a n c e of the p r e s c e n c e of C S V U , the C z e c h Students U n i o n , at N o v e m b e r ' s C h i l e Seminar at U L U , c e n s u r e d her a c c e p t a n c e a n d removed her a s c o n v e n o r of the U n i o n ' s important I n t e r n a t i o n a l P o l i c y Group. T h e move c o m e s i n the w a k e of M s . S l i p m a n ' s recent a p p o i n t m e n t to the ( U K ) N a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e of the C o m m u n i s t P a r t y . H e r r e m o v a l , brought about a n unholy a l l i a n c e of right w i n g , moderate and extreme left w i n g g r o u p s , i s
seen a s a s e r i o u s s e t b a c k to her c h a n c e s of s u c c e e d i n g C h a r l e s C l a r k e a s N U S P r e s i d e n t in 1 9 7 7 . C h a i r i n g , A l i s t a i r S t e w a r t , tried in v a i n to transfer the removal and c u n s u r e s o l e l y to the India s e c t i o n of the report. B i t t e r c r i t i c i s m a c c o m p a n i e d the s u c c e s s f u l c h a l l e n g e to h i s r u l i n g . M s . S l i p m a n w a s not the o n l y member of the c o m m u n i s t b a s e d B r o a d Left to be c e n s u r e d by c o n f e r e n c e . O n Monday C h a r l e s C l a r k e suffered the same fate over p o l i c e i n v e s t i g a t i o n s into the f i n a n c e s of N o r t h L o n d o n P o l y t e c h n i c S t u d e n t s U n i o n . Its presidentGeoff Rosenberg, moving the c e n s u r e , a t t a c k e d Mr C l a r k e ' s f a i l u r e to c o n d e m n the p o l i c e action.
ions being put forward in t h i s amendment and embodied in the s u b s t a n t i v e were u n w o r k a b l e , u n d e m o c r a t i c , and q u i t e u n p r i n c i p l e d ' . ' W h a t that g e n t l e m a n up there h a s just s a i d is a p a c k of l i e s ' , w a s the immediate r e p l y of D e r r i c k E v e r e t t , I C U E A U , w h e n he s t o o d - u p t o s p e a k in favour of the amendment. D e s p i t e this however, C h a r l e s C l a r k e , N U S P r e s i d e n t , supported the p o s i t i o n t a k e n by Mr Stewart when he s h o w e d c o n f e r e n c e the offending letter. Mr E v e r e t t h a s s i n c e been s h o w n to be right in h i s a l l e g a t i o n . T h e letter, c i r c u l a t e d by the F e d e r a t i o n of C o n s e r v a t i v e S t u d e n t s ( F C S ) , S t u d e n t s for Representative P o l i c i e s (SRP) and U n i o n of L i b e r a l S t u d e n t s ( U L S ) to t h e i r members and the p r e s s makes no s p e c i f i c r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s one w a y or the other on the matter. On the q u e s t i o n of d i r e c t national e l e c t i o n s it s a y s , ' v o t i n g by i n d i v i d u a l s b a s e d on a c c u r a t e l o c a l or n a t i o n a l r e g i s t r a t i o n must of n e c e s s i t y — e v e n if d e s i r e d — be sometime away from us — i t s i n t r o d u c t i o n
w o u l d i n v o l v e r e - t h i n k i n g the r o l e of C o n f e r e n c e a n d t h e ' r e l a t i o n s h i p s between N U S a n d constituent organizations'. T h e letter goes on to s a y ' T h a t there is a strong c a s e for not l e a v i n g t h i n g s e x a c t l y a s they a r e where a l l power i s e x e r c i s e d by d e l e g a t e s who have ' e m e r g e d , by p r o c e s s e s w h i c h have not t a k e n s u f f i c i e n t m e t h o d i c a l a c c o u n t of the i n d i v i d u a l o p i n i o n s of members'. T h e F C S , S R P and U L S in a joint statement e x p r e s s e d ' w h o l e hearted d i s g u s t at the p o l i t i c a l b a n k r u p t c y of a u n i o n l e a d e r s h i p that f i n d s it n e c e s s a r y to g r o s s l y m i s r e p r e s e n t to c o n f e r e n c e the e v i d e n c e of the E l e c t o r a l Reform S o c i e t y on the e l e c t o r a l s t r u c t u r e of N U S ' A t the U n i o n C o u n c i l meeting held last M o n d a y , a motion r e q u e s t i n g the P r e s i d e n t to w r i t e to C h a r l e s C l a r k e r e g a r d i n g the e n t i r e debate on the d e m o c r a t i s ation motion,was unanimously c a r r i e d . T h e letter, h a s a l r e a d y been sent to Mr C l a r k e but a reply i s not e x p e c t e d u n t i l s o m e time next w e e k .
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Telix It h a s been a l o n g arduous term for many p e o p l e and many e v e n t s of s i g n i f i c a n c e a n d i n s i g n i f i c a n c e h a v e t a k e n p l a c e . T h e most r e c e n t of t h e s e w a s the N U S a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e h e l d in Scarborough. T h e c o n f e r e n c e w h i c h tended to be d o m i n a t e d by petty p o l i t i c a l s q u a b b l i n g a n d b i t c h i n g p r o d u c e d a mixture of p o l i c i e s w h i c h on the w h o l e are g o o d common s e n s e p o l i c i e s . O n the other h a n d i t a l s o p r o d u c e d no p o l i c y w h a t s o e v e r a s regards the i s s u e of d e m o c r a c y w i t h i n N U S . Y e t t h i s w a s the i s s u e that s h o u l d have been the h i g h l i g h t of the c o n f e r e n c e and t h a t many p e o p l e a t c o n f e r e n c e w i s h e d to s e e s o m e t h i n g b e i n g done a b o u t . T h a t i s , p e o p l e wanted to s e e N U S have a p o l i c y , t h e nature of t h e p o l i c y d i f f e r i n g from e a c h p o l i t i c a l g r o u p i n g to t h e n e x t . T h i s w a s n o t t o b e . A c o m b i n a t i o n of p o l i t i c a l m a n o e u v r i n g , l i e s and b a d c h a i r i n g c o n t r i v e d to e n s u r e a f r u i t l e s s r e s u l t to a debate s a d l y l a c k i n g i n common s e n s e a n d f i n e s e . It d o e s N a t i o n a l U n i o n ' s image no good when one of i t s l e a d e r s h i p s t a n d s up at a n a t i o n a l c o n f e r e n c e and t e l l s l i e s and i s then b a c k e d - u p by the P r e s i d e n t . It i s not o n l y g r o s s i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , i t i s a b e t r a y a l of the membership they c l a i m to r e p r e s e n t a n d s h o w s utter contempt for c o n f e r e n c e , a body w h i c h t h e s e same s e l f p e o p l e p r o c l a i m i s the s o v e r e i g n body of the N a t i o n a l U n i o n . I s h o u l d l i k e to a p o l o g i s e to S C A B for the c o c k - u p that o c c u r r e d i n l a s t w e e k s i s s u e and thus r u i n e d the p r e s e n t a t i o n of what w a s a g o o d f e a t u r e . My a p o l o g i e s a l s o to the c o u n t l e s s others w h o s e a r t i c l e s have not a l w a y s been put i n i n the c o r r e c t order — w e ' l l try harder next term. I s h o u l d a l s o l i k e to thank the s t a f f for t h e i r hard work t h i s term, a n d a l s o R o b i n G r a y w h o d i d a l o t of our t y p i n g for t h i s week. L a s t l y , Merry C h r i s t m a s a n d a Happy N e w Y e a r to y o u a l l ! ( P S . - Support N U S T r a v e l ) .
WARNING T h e National Westminster B a n k , local P o l i c e and Security Officers at Imperial C o l l e g e are becoming increasingly concerned at the number of thefts of cheque books, cheque cards and credit cards taking place on the C o l l e g e P r e m i s e s . In the main thefts occur from jackets left unattended in offices and lecture rooms. We ask all customers to ensure that all such items are kept quite separately on their persons and that every precaution is taken to safeguard them at all times.
RCC Transport 3 . It appears that from l s t J a n u a r y 1976, new q u a l i f y i n g d r i v e r s w i l l have to be over 21 y e a r s of age 1. F r o m 1st D e c . 1975 the fee for before they c a n d r i v e large p a s s the R C C d r i v i n g test w i l l be 7 5 p . enger v e h i c l e s (9 or more s e a t s ) . T h e i n c r e a s e of 2 5 p w i l l go to the D r i v e r s a l r e a d y h o l d i n g a f u l l d r i v i n g l i c e n c e before 1st J a n u a r y tester. 1976 may c o n t i n u e to d r i v e s u c h The driver's security remains v e h i c l e s . Y o u r a t t e n t i o n i s drewn at £5. to l e a f l e t D . 1 0 0 i s s u e d by the Department of the E n v i r o n m e n t . 2. T h e non-priority minibus w i l l become the p r i o r i t y v e h i c l e for A C C for an e x p e r i m e n t a l period — A n y o n e s t i l l w i s h i n g to book R C C v e h i c l e s d u r i n g the X m a s v a c a t i o n throughout the S p r i n g T e r m — s h o u l d c o n t a c t M i k e Wright ( i n t . s t a r t i n g J a n 5th 1 9 7 6 . 4125) i m m e d i a t e l y . T h i s means that a l l f i v e R C C v e h i c l e s are p r i o r i t y v e h i c l e s for certain c l u b s during this period.
The f o l l o w i n g important c h a n g e s have or are about to take p l a c e : -
Mutters Arising Y u l e t i d e G r e e t i n g s , one and a l l My X m a s offering must have the h i g h e s t nause r a t i n g e v e r . I d o not a p o l o g i s e for it — I just c l a i m diminished responsibility. A n d now
An Executive Christmas Carol
O n c e upon a t i m e , there w a s a merry o l d s o u l c a l l e d B u r t T e a g u e He w a s a c h e e r y l i t t l e c h a p and every year he went on h o l i d a y to his favourite holiday camp, s i t u a t e d on the South D o w n s . He a l w a y s e n j o y e d h i m s e l f — he p l a y e d golf, f o o t b a l l , s n o o k e r and ping pong. One summer w h i l s t he w a s on just s u c h a h o l i d a y , he d e c i d e d to g o f i s h i n g , s o off he s e t . H e went to the l i t t l e v i l l a g e of T i m b r a y , w h i c h i s a n o l d and u n s p o i l t l i t t l e p l a c e , in K e n t . Burt had f u n . H e had a go at w i n k l e p i c k i n g , but he w a s not very good at i t . A s a l o c a l put i t , ' E e dont pick'ard enough! Burt a l s o entered the l o c a l f i s h i n g c o m p e t i t i o n , i n w h i c h he came s e c o n d , n e t t i n g a 121b w h i t e R o e . In fact, he w a s s o g o o d , the w i n n e r had to c h e e t ' h a m (ugh!). H a v i n g w o r k e d - u p a good
thirst Burt toddled off to the bar and ordered a m a r t i n i , ' S h a k e ' it but d o n ' t s t i r ' , he ordered a s he c o g i t a t e d over the c o m p e t i t i o n . Burt w a s not a bright man, but he knew h e ' d been f i d d l e d , H e w a s adamant that he s h o u l d get h i s own b a c k ; ' O n c e botten, t w i c e s h y may a l r i g h t for s o m e ' , mused Burt ' b u t c a n I let h i m get away w i t h i t ? G o d , freyed not — h i s head needs s'limming down to fit h i s h a t ! ' B u t Burt had to leave the c a m p the next d a y , s o he took the guy on one s i d e and w h i s p e r e d , ' H o y lets have a r e m a t c h , h u h , next year, heare at T r a y ? ' ' S u r e ' came the r e p l y . T h e it w o u l d be different The E n d . H a v i n g got that r u b b i s h out of my s y s t e m , may I o n l y s a y — Happy N e w Y e a r and a Merry Crimple.
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RIZ L A R E A D The end of the f i r s t term a p p r o a c h e s a l l t o o q u i c k l y for some w h i l e the the term h a s c r a w l e d for o t h e r s , s o much s o , that the r e m a i n i n g few hours seems a l i f e t i m e . T h e mummies and d a d d i e s have come to c o l l e c t t h e i r hard d r i n k i n g (I mean) w o r k i n g J o h n n y from C o l l e g e . Mummy h o l d s h i m t i g h t , proud of the h i g h a c a d e m i c l e v e l that her ' c h i l d ' h a s r e a c h e d . A f t e r a l l what a c a d e m i c l e v e l c o u l d be higher than to get drunk e v e r y night for e l e v e n c o n s e c u t i v e w e e k s ( h e l p i n g to boost the bar p r o f i t s ! ) ; or s i t t i n g nude in the L o w e r L o u n g e , and t h i n k of the hours spent g a z i n g at those k n i c k e r s in the B a r , not to mention the h i g h e s t honour a c h i e v e d by the few of s t r e a k i n g round the A l b e r t H a l l (I wonder if, 'We wotrld have been a m u s e d by t h a t ? ' ) H o w e v e r , I have it from a prominent member of the C o l l e g e that, it a l l h e l p s to d e v e l o p the a b i l i t i e s of the ' f u t u r e ' l e a d e r s of the c o u n t r y . O h ! Sorry I a l m o s t forgot the l a d i e s of IC some of whom have probably t r i e d in v a i n to c r e a t e an i m p r e s s i o n on the t r a d i t i o n s of I C .
H a v i n g learnt of the s e l f p r e s e r v ing i n s t i n c t of the IC m a l e , most of them in a l l p r o b a b i l i t y have had to make-a s p e e d y w i t h d r a w I to t h e i r rooms and r e s t r i c t t h e m s e l v e s to t a l k i n g to a few f r i e n d s w h o d o not a l w a y s regard them a s p o s s e s s e d by v o y e u r i s m . Y e s my f r i e n d s , the end i s n i g h ! Y o u have to leave t h i s s u p e r l a t i v e w o r l d of f ant acy w h i c h the T o l k i e n , P e a k or Sartre for that matter, begin to i m a g i n e , let a l o n e c o n t e m plate s u r p a s s i n g . D o not g i v e up hope my f e l l o w c o l l e g i a n s ; a l l i s not l o s t ! J u s t imagine y o u r s e l v e s on the 5th J a n u a r y w i t h the grant c h e c k in your pocket and w i t h renewed d e s i r e to perpetuate t h i s u n i q u e kingdom of a t h o u s a n d and one w e i r d and wonderful e v e n t s . A k i n g d o m in w h i c h A l i c e w i l l not o n l y be truly l o s t , but that her wonder w i l l be s o great that s h e w o u l d not be ' a l l o w e d ' to s a y ' B u t I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d Q u e e n of H e a r t s ' . H a p p y C h r i s t m a s to y o u a l l and have a ' c o s m i c ' N e w Y e a r . See y o u a l l next t e r m .
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CROSS C O U N T R Y A P I N N A C L E to which we had long aspired was convincingly conquered last Saturday when the l( l s t team won the University of London Championships for the first time since 1968. T h i s success was centred on the performances of the tireless trio: Rob A l l i n s o n , who won the race in 28.04 —'a fair run' — and with it the Charles Moor Memorial Trophy; Steve Webb, in 3rd place, reaching fitness with the aid of his advanced technology racing spikes; and Ian E l l i s , that well-known slacker, in 5th place. Sterling support came from the remaining first learners, Paul Clarke (13th), Alf Garnett (15th), and Dave Jones (21st). For their very creditable efforts, the aforementioned deserve much praise in rounding off the term's running most satisfactorily. Let us not forget the IC 2nd team. The focal point of pre-race attention and nerves, Tony Weir, having finally decided upon the optimal mode of footwear, led us in, in 24th, followed by the Spray Kid in 29th. A long gap was then filled in by a big rush oflPete Mike, Colin and Martin. L a s t , and least, one should forget Andy Davey, at present undergoing a bad attack of that recurring annual disease, 'handicaposis', where the victim suffers from a period of exceptionally slow running
prior to the handicap, in order to gain an advantageous time. Surprisingly, he managed to find his way home, in 47th place, still managing to beat the entire L S E 2nd team, who filled 5 of the final 6 positions. After the race, a timekeeper's inquiry decided that all times were subject to a rather mysterious experimental error of — 1 minute. L a s t Wednesday, 3/12, we ran in the Osterley Park Relay. Results: IC ' A ' - 17th Ian Ellis Dave Rosen Sieve Webb Rob Allinson IC ' C - 39th Andy Davey Pete Johnson Mike Welford Vic Mooney IC ' B ' Rich Paul Nigel Alan
- 41st Harrington Clarke Milter Leakey
15.48 16.34 16.17 15.17 63.56 17.40 18.06 18.20 16.53 70.59 16.54 16.42 20.15 18.07 71.58
For the first team, particular mention ganes to Dave Rosen: having recorded a meritous time of 2hrs 52mins in the Barnsley marathon the previous Sunday, run
in freezing fog, he still had sufficient stamina to run 4 days later whereas other mere mortals, would require crutches to advance themselves in any given direction. On the 3rd lap, audacious Steve Webb passed no less an athlete than potential Olympic champion, Alan Pascoe who was running for a team of Borough Road lecturers. At the time, the latter was finding trouble arranging a stride pattern which would avoid mud — Steve disregarded finesse, and used about as much delicacy as a Sherman tank in passing the said
Mr Pascoe. Rob A l l i n s o n , kindly lent to us for all the afternoon by the Maths Dept., gained 5 places in pushing the 1st team up to 17th place. Thanks to another of those selectorial c.u.'s by Ian E l l i s , the third team beat the second by a whole minute. Nigel Miller, taking a break from the hustle and bustle of rucks and scrums, found the going unsuitable, and a fine run by the Catering Manager (alias Paul Clarke) enabled the third team to register one of its few victories over the 2nd team.
P u b l i s h e d b y the F E L I X Editorial B o a r d on b e h a l f of Imperial C o l l e g e Union Publications Board. FELIX Office, Imperial College Union, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2 B B . T e l . 0 1 - 5 8 9 5111 e x t . 1 0 4 8 / 1042/3 (lnt.*2881) P r i n t e d o f f s e t - l i t h o on the U n i o n p r e m i s e s FELIX © 1975
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by Graham Greene. H a v i n g s a t through t w o a n d a h a l f h o u r s of t h i s p l a y , I c a n o n l y w i s h t h a t I h a d s e e n the R S C s p r o d u c t i o n of "Sherlock Holmes" l a s t y e a r . F o r it i s s a i d that G r a h a m G r e e n e ' s i n s p i r a t i o n t o b r i n g A J R a f f l e s b a c k to l i f e c a m e from that p r o d u c t i o n . R a f f l e s i s the a n t i t h e s i s of H o l m e s , b e i n g a n a m a t e u r c r a c k s m a n and g e n t l e m a n c r i c k e t e r , h o w e v e r t h e i r creators were brothers-in-law. I s u s p e c t that E W H o r n u n g , the a u t h o r o f the R a f f l e s s t o r i e s , w o u l d be t u r n i n g in h i s E d w a r d i a n grave at t h i s r e s u r r e c t i o n of h i s gentleman t h i e f . Hornung left Raffles d e a d on the f i e l d of b a t t l e at S p i o n K o p , i n t h e B o e r War, but j u s t a s H o l m e s returned from the i n c i d e n t at the R e i c h e n b a c h Falls, so R a f f l e s comes back thinly disguised as Inspector Mackenzie of Scotland Y a r d , h i s greatest adversary; a d i s g u i s e . w h i c h a l l s a v e B u n n y , the faithful counterpart of D o c t o r Watson, c a n see through, for R a f f l e s f o r g e t s that Mackenzie has a permanently running nose. T h e rather w e a k p l o t i n v o l v e s the theft, at the i n s t i g a t i o n of L o r d A l f r e d D o u g l a s , of gold sovereigns from the M a r q u e s s of Q u e e n s b e r r y ' s safe. The
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M a r g u e s s i s o f c o u r s e the celebrated patron of b o x i n g and h i s son. Lord Alfred, the i n t i m a t e f r i e n d of Oscar Wilde, with whom Bunny has recently spent s e v e r a l y e a r s i n R e a d i n g g a o l . T h e r e are o n l y two c h a r a c t e r s who s a v e t h i s p l a y from d i s a s t e r . T h e f i r s t i s the P r i n c e of W a l e s , l a t e r E d w a r d V I I , w h o h a s a r r a n g e d to s p e n d the night i n the M a r q u e s s ' b e d r o o m , under the p s e u d o n y m o f ' M r P o r t l a n d ' , w i t h a L a d y . H i s Royal Highness is admirably played by P a u l Rogers with a deep guttural G e r m a n a c c e n t . H e i n s i s t s on h i s name a s ' M r P o r t l a n d ' and a c c e p t s R a f f l e s ' e x p l a n a t i o n that he i s Jones the b u t l e r , b a c k e d up by the f a c t that Jones h a s brought the b e s t C h a m p a g n e . They exchange remiscences as two gentlemen w o u l d . Unfortunately Jones has failed to reverse his waistcoat from White of a g u e s t to the b l a c k worn by a b u t l e r . H R H p r a i s e s R a f f l e s a s a s u r v i v o r o f S p o i n K o p a n d a c c e p t s the gift of a s m a l l s i l v e r box engraved w i t h the name of g e n e r a l B o f o r s , w h i c h h a s b e e n q u i e t l y s e v e r e d from i t s s i l v e r chain during Raffles' imprisonment by the B o e r s . M i c h a e l B r y a n t i s C a p t a i n von B l i x e n ,
a G e r m a n spy e n g a g e d by the P r i n c e ' 3 n e p h e w , K a i s e r W i l h e l m , to s t e a l H R H ' s most s e c r e t l o v e l e t t e r s . He h a s b e e n t r a i n e d a s a w a i t e r i n one of the b e s t h o t e l s i n B e r l i n and r e m a i n s s t i f f and c o r r e c t , e v e n w h e n p e r s u a d e d to remove h i s w a i t e r ' s j a c k e t and t r o u s e r s ( M o s s B r o s , w o u l d n ' t l i k e to f i n d b l o o d s t a i n s on one o f t h e i r h i r e d s u i t s , w o u l d t h e y ? ) , preparatory to b e i n g s h o t . P a r e n t s l o o k i n g for a good C h r i s t m a s o u t i n g for the c h i l d r e n w o u l d be i l l a d v i s e d to take them to t h i s p l a y . What on the s u r f a c e seems to be a h a r m l e s s t h r i l l e r i n the S h e r l o c k H o m e s m o u l d , is interspersed with scarcely veiled r e f e r e n c e s to h o m o s e x u a l i t y and l e s b i a n i s m . C r i c k e t a l s o c o m e s i n for a b e a t i n g ; t h i s is R a f f l e s ' alternative hobby â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he s a v e d the a s h e s for E n g l a n d i n ' 9 6 . It b e c o m e s quite o b v i o u s , b y the e n d of the p l a y that, i n h i s r e t u r n , he w i l l be b e t t e r cut out for c r i c k e t t h a n f o r c r a c k s m a n s h i p . It i s o n l y b y the i n t e r v e n t i o n of the P r i n c e of W a l e s that I n s p e c t o r M a c k e n z i e i s p r e v e n t e d from s l i p p i n g h i s b r a c e l e t s onto the h e r o .
Thomas Stevenson
Good but foolhardy These Dramsoc productions just s e e m to get w o r s e . " T h e C a p t a i n o f Kopenick" which r a n from Tuesday to S a t u r d a y l a s t w e e k i n B e i t T h e a t r e a p p e a r e d too often to be an e x a m p l e of a m a t e u r i s m run a m o k . T h e r e i s more t h a n one c o n t r i b u t o r y factor i n v o l v e d . F i r s t the p l a y i t s e l f i s a bum c h o i c e . S e t i n P r u s s i a around the turn o f the century, Wilhelm Voigt, a derelect (though not r e a l l y h i s o w n f a u l t ) w i t h not m u c h b r a i n power, f i n d s that w i t h o u t a w o r k - p e r m i t h e c a n ' t get a j o b ; a d d i t i o n a l l y , w i t h o u t a j o b there i s no w a y that he c a n have a w o r k - p e r m i t . N e i t h e r c a n he get a p a s s p o r t , nor a b i r t h c e r t i f i c a t e s u c h i s the s t r a t i f i e d , s e l f c o n t r a d i c t o r y b u r e a u c r a c y of the t i m e . T h e a u t h o r i t i e s w i l l not e v e n s e n d h i m b a c k tp p r i s o n b e c a u s e , i n t h e i r o w n w o r d s , "there is not a form for it." We s o o n l e a r n that there are b a s i c a l l y two c l a s s e s of p e o p l e i n e x i s t e n c e d u r i n g this period: the m i l i t a r y , and those t r y i n g to get i n t o the m i l i t a r y . E v e r y o n e appears to have a n e x a g g e r a t e d f e l i s h for p r e t t y u n i f o r m s (and, o c c a s i o n a l l y , anti-semitism). Eventually r e t u r n i n g to prison, a submissive Voigt becomes familiar with military procedures and jargon through the mock b a t t l e s s t a g e d by the i n m a t e s u n d e r the g e n e r a l s h i p of the f o p p i s h p r i s o n governor. O n h i s r e l e a s e he i s p e r s e c u t e d a g a i n by the a u t h o r i t i e s , but i n an e m b a r r a s i n g l y c o n t r i v e d s c e n e he i s m i s t a k e n a s b e i n g e x - m i l i t a r y a n d s o h i t s on a p l a n to i m p e r s o n a t e an o f f i c e r , i m p r i s o n the mayor of K o p e n i c k , d i s a p p e a r , then offer to s o l v e the c a s e for B e r l i n p o l i c e i n return for a p a s s p o r t â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to be collected after h i s ten years i n s i d e . T h e p l a y i s s u p p o s e d to be b a s e d o n fact; the author must h a v e a l l o w e d himself considerable licence in the l i c e n c e i n the t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n . A s Voight, J O H N WOODFIN became more a n d more c r e d i b l e a s the p l a y progr e s s e d . In a d i f f i c u l t part he put i n an out-
Dramatic Society: The Captain of Kopenick by Carl Zuckmayer (adapted by John Mortimer), directed by Eric St o veil. standing effort a n d d e s e r v e s h i g h p r a i s e . T O M S T E V E N S O N too, a s O b e r m u l l e r the mayor of K o p e n i c k , s h o n e . H e c e r t a i n l y brought some b a d l y needed v i v a c i t y onto the s t a g e . H e w a s t o t a l l y c o m p e l l i n g to w a t c h , despite h i s o c c a s i o n a l hamming. J O H N DOWNES produced fleeting glimses of b r i l l i a n c e on o c c a s i o n , but one felt a l l too often that we were w a t c h i n g J . D . p l a y i n g the parts of K a l l e and the p o l i c e i n s p e c t o r rather than those parts b e i n g p l a y e d by J . D . A l l c r e d i t to h i m n e v e r t h e l e s s for a t t e m p t i n g to brighten t h i n g s up w i t h mannerisms,facial expressions and a varied d e l i v e r y of d i a l o g u e . T h e f i r s t few s c e n e s are m e r c i l e s s l y s l o w ; i n d e e d the w h o l e of the f i r s t a c t (ten s c e n e s i n a l l ) seems to be there i n a g r o a n i s h attempt to give s u b s t a n c e to the meat of the a c t i o n w h i c h takes p l a c e i n the l a s t four s c e n e s of the s e c o n d (and f i n a l ) a c t . T h e p e r i o d of V o i g t ' s r e c o g n i t i o n of h i s fate when the R i x d o r f a u t h o r i t i e s order h i m to l e a v e town h a s i t s genuine poignancy smeared in the following scene by the i l l - c o n c e i v e d (from the p l a y w r i g h t ' s p o i n t of v i e w ) t r a n s i t i o n that he undergoes i n the park from b e i n g a t r i t e nobody to e x i s t i n g as someone c a p a b l e of l a t c h i n g on to an ambitious idea and taking steps to e x e c u t e a p l a n . T h a t s c e n e i s an a l l - t i m e low i n the p l a y per s e . So much for the c h o i c e of the p l a y . T h e p r o d u c t i o n must a l s o take a l o t of s t i c k . The play looked under-rehearsed and s t a l e through l a c k of direction. With o v e r seventy p a r t s b e i n g a c t e d by t h i r t y p l a y e r s , it i s h a r d l y s u r p r i s i n g that many of the c a s t had but a s u p e r f i c i a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e i r c h a r a c t e r s w h i c h often came a c r o s s as p a l e p a s t i c h e s . B u t l e t u s d e a l w i t h the good guys f i r s t .
O f the minor p a r t s , mention s h o u l d be made of S T E V E R A N D A L L (an e x c e l lent porter, but he c o u l d have s t r u t t e d more a s the grenadier and s e r g e a n t ) , ROGER (good s e n s e of o c c a s i o n and PHILLIPS timing), M A T T H E W C L E M E N T S (facial reactions excellent), SIMON L E A (confident w i t h good m a n n e r i s m s ) , ANDREW M A X W E L L ( u n d e r s t o o d h i s c h a r a c t e r s ) and J U L I A R O S S ( c o m p e l l i n g a s the m a y o r ' s s l a t t e r n w i f e ) . Z e r o out of ten must go to M I K E * E L K I N w h o s e permanently s m i l i n g features were a d i s t r a c t i o n and appeared to r e f l e c t a l a c k of i n t e r e s t i n what he w a s d o i n g . Many of the other minor parts were characterised by bad p i c k i n g - u p of c u e s , and l i t t l e thought b e i n g g i v e n to the t i m i n g of p a u s e s . T h a t b r i n g s me to the d i r e c t o r , E R I C S T O V E L L . T o attempt an a m b i t i o u s produ c t i o n w i t h a c a s t of thirty i s in my v i e w f o o l h a r d i n e s s in the extreme. T h e d i r e c t i o n i n the f i r s t a c t needed a much tighter grip on the c a s t . It rather appeared that the d i r e c t o r had t a k e n m i n i m a l , i n t e r e s t i n the way the p l a y e r s were a c t i n g their p a r t s . A c t two w a s a large improvement o v e r a l l the s c e n e s were f i n a l l y b e g i n n i n g to have c o h e s i o n , but w i t h a few e x c e p t i o n s they s t i l l tended to f a l l short of the mark. One l i n e w a s s o m e t h i n g l i k e , 'Its OK.The excitement's over' I g r i m a c e d for, there had been no ' e x c i t e m e n t ' in that s c e n e at all. T h e c o s t u m e s were, on the whole, e x c e l l e n t ; the c o n v i c t ' s attire w a s s t u n n i n g T h e s e t s were e x t r e m e l y w e l l c o n s t r u c t e d and the m u s i c throughout w a s very s k i l f u l l y c h o s e n . M a k e - u p too w a s above par. Whilst one can recognise the huge amount of time and effort w h i c h goes into s u c h a p r o d u c t i o n , one i s n e v e r t h e l e s s forced to wonder if D r a m s o c were s i m p l y u s i n g t h i s p l a y a s a v e h i c l e to i n i t i a t e t h e i r new (and a s yet inexperienced) memifcers. T h e e t h i c i s q u e s t i o n a b l e " MIKE
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RUGBY Imperial College A ' s Sidcup V T H E D A Y S T A R T E D with a few last minute p a n i c s . A s u s u a l , the major one b e i n g the late a r r i v a l of the c o a c h and f i n a l l y , w i t h fifteen men and a referee, we departed. Sidcup arrived more or l e s s o n t i m e , but w i t h fourteen men o n l y . A hasty conference in the A's changing room ensued and then it w a s d e c i d e d to grant the p l e a of t h e F i r s t s for a p l a y e r to make up t h e i r s o that they could team f a c e fifteen men w h i l e w e m a t c h e d the S i d c u p f o u r t e e n . T h e game w a s s c h e d u l e to start at 2.30pm a n d to e v e r y o n e ' s amazement it d i d . Both sides settled down q u i c k l y and s o o n the c o l l e c t i v e heart of the A ' s m i s s e d a beat when a s i d c u p man t r i e d to drop a goal from t h e half-way line, and almost s u c c e e d e d . T h e A ' s s o o n put a stop to t h i s u n s p o r t i n g a c t i v i t y but not before that same Sidcup player had scored from a penalty, u t t i n g the A ' s u n d e s e r v e d l y ehind. We were quickly in the a t t a c k a n d back u n l u c k y not to s c o r e . J o h n Fishburn broke through on the left a n d g a v e a w e l l timed p a s s to M i k e S i o m i a k who w a s brought down about ten y a r d s o u t . T h e A ' s d i d not h a v e to w i a t long for some reward. Rod Porter, p l a y i n g h i s heart out, got the b a l l on t h e i r t w e n t y - f i v e and beat three p l a y e r s to
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score an excellent try. D i c k P u l l e n made the c o n v e r s i o n look easy. That left the A ' s 6—3 u p at h a l f t i m e . T h e s e c o n d half w a s much more hectic. Unfortunately, lax m a r k i n g at a line-out let S i d c u p in for a soft t r y . T h e A ' s went s t r a i g h t b a c k at them but no moves r e a c h e d fruition, and i n fact there w a s another m i s t a k e w h i c h in another try resulted by S i d c u p . T h e A ' s d i d not g i v e u p . T h e forwards came into t h e i r o w n , l e d by J o h n F i s h b u r n and R o d P o r t e r . In the last ten minutes the A's, playing some good rugby, came very c l o s e t o s c o r i n g but not c l o s e e n o u g h . Chris Becque and Rich Jenner were both stopped right o n the l i n e . J o h n D a y , a l a s t - m i n u t e a d d i t i o n to the team, p l a y e d w e l l , a l t h o u g h out of p o s i t i o n . B u t S i d c u p h e l d o n , a n d won 1 3 - 6 . That c o m p l e t e s the preChrlstmas matches and l e a v e s us w i t h a r e a s o n a b l e record, having won five and lost three. Our first game ' n e x t term i s o n 1 0 t h January, a s s u m i n g • that everyone has recovered from the f e s t i v i t i e s . A Happy C h r i s t m a s to all our F E L I X supporters. T e a m : R Pullen, L Daves, C Becque, R Leeson, J Thomas, R Jenner, B Bubb, J Day, S Downing, C Cuthbertson, R Porter, M Siomiak, J Fishburn.
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W E A R R I V E D at H a r l i n g t o n ON W E D N E S D A Y , the 3 r d having l ost our h a l f - b a c k of December IC 1st XI l i n e , w h o h a d been r e l e g a t e d t r a v e l l e d to the p i c t u r e s q u e to the 1st X I . We w e r e thus LSE ground. Although forced to c h a n g e o u r famous hampered by i n j u r i e s to four "system" that h a s brought key p l a y e r s , IC s t a r t e d w e l l , us such unqualified s u c c e s s and t h e b r i s k open f o o t b a l l recently. made a m o c k e r y of the poor p i t c h . H o w e v e r , L S E managed Straight from t h e b u l l y - o f f to s c o r e f i r s t , f o l l o w i n g a it was obvious that the fine move down t h e left. T h e defence was finding it game degenerated into a hard to adjust and t h e scrappy affair, with both I o p p o s i t i o n quickly took a teams finding it difficult one goal lead. A second to keep t h e i r feet on a p i t c h goal followed some good that w a s now c u t t i n g up play from t h e o p p o s i t i o n ' s c o n s i d e r a b l y , and the score fast and s k i l f u l w i n g s . T h e remained the same till IC defence now began to half time. find its feet (and t h e In the s e c o n d h a l f IC opposition forwards!) and attacked w e l l , and achieved t h i s g a v e c o n f i d e n c e to t h e a penalty after an L S E other p l a y e r s a n d w e came defender had handled the b a c k s t r o n g l y to f o r c e a g o a l . b a l l . T h e j o b w a s g i v e n to was The second half Terry L i n d o n , who calmly r e m a r k a b l e for the u m p i r e s s l o t t e d the b a l l home, the sudden loss of interest ' k e e p e r m a k i n g e v e r y effort in upholding the off-side to d i v e out of t h e w a y . T h i s r u l e . T h i s l e d t o the o p p o s i t i o n lifted IC, and soon after scoring 3 goals w i t h no t hi s, P h i l Singleton sent a r e p l y from I C . fine b a l l t o t h e f a r post for A l l in a l l , a d i s a p p o i n t i n g D ave Rudd to send a b l i s t e r i n g afternoons h o c k e y . header past a s t r a n d e d ' K e e p e r T e a m : R Hutson, J Huckle, 2 — 1 , a n d more to c o m e . M Callun, D Balderson (capt) move d o w n t h e A flowing TSethi, Pete, Effendi Rahman, left e n d e d w i t h P h i l S i n g l e t o n , B Middleton, A Brewster, S s u r e l y the man of the m a t c h , Golding. sending a scorching shot towards the L S E goal. T h e shot w a s g o o d , the s a v e w a s better. However, IC were let men l i k e Steve G e e sure to score again, and h a v e that much room in t h e little Steve G e e , opportunist box. T h i s crowned a glorious e x t r a o r d i n a i r e , s n a p p e d up a s e c o n d - h a l f d i s p l a y from I C , half-chance to make the surely their best of the score 3 - 1 . Y o u just c a n ' t , season.
by Christopher Cuthbertson
Reviews continued C o m p o s e d d u r i n g the C h r i s t m a s period of 1734, B a c h s Christmas Oratorio shone b r i l l i a n t l y in a b l a z e of g u s t o and e n t h u s i a s m w i t n e s s e d by a p a c k e d a u d i e n c e in the Great H a l l l a s t F r i d a y n i g h t . T h e C h o i r , d e s p i t e a t w i n g e of understrength in the s o p r a n o s e c t i o n , produced a n u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c warmth in t h e i r s i n g i n g w h i c h w a s a f i t t i n g match to the beauty and c o m p l e x i t y of one of B a c h ' s legendary w o r k s . T h e O r a t o r i o w a s n e c e s s a r i l y a b r i d g e d , one part w a s omitted c o m p l e t e l y and the l i b e r t t o w a s in E n g l i s h — a w i s e move. T h e s o l o i s t s in my v i e w were s l i g h t l y disappointing. The soprano, G I L L I A N J A S O N w a s the best Of the b u n c h . H e r s i n g i n g w a s c l e a r , c o n t r o l l e d and u n e x a g g e r a t e d ; there was littie s h r i l l n e s s . R I C H A R D F R E W E R , s i n g i n g the tenor part, seemed a l i t t l e too a n i m a t e d in h i s posture at t i m e s . H i s s i n g ing w a s on the w h o l e e x c e l l e n t e x c e p t that he w a s flat on some of the more t r i c k y p a s s i n g n o t e s . C H R I S T I N E A S H E R , the c o n t r a l t o , suffered from a l i s p y ' s ' , and a s a r e s u l t w a s d i s t r a c t i n g . H e r performance w a s not w i t h o u t p o l i s h h o w e v e r . If y o u ' l l
a n o n y m o u s f i r s t trumpet p l a y e r . In B a c h ' s time there w e r e no v a l v e s on b a s s i n s t r u m e n t s (they o n l y began to be fitted in the 19th c e n t u r y ) . T h i s means that a c o m p l e t e s c a l e w a s o n l y p o s s i b l e above- F on the bottom s p a c e of the treble stave': below that the horns were l i m i t e d (reading d o w n w a r d s ) t o f o r g i v e the p u n , D A V I D W l L S O N - J O H N S O N , m i d d l e C , A , F , C , and the F b e l o w the b a s s the b a s s , w a s b a s i c a l l y not a b a s s at a l l s t a v e . With the i n v e n t i o n of v a l v e s the but a b a r i t o n e . H e l a c k e d the n e c e s s a r y c o m p l e t e s c a l e became a v a i l a b l e throughout v o c a l power r e q u i r e d in the F c l e f to i n v o k e the h o r n ' s range; a s a r e s u l t c o m p o s e r s have drama into the w o r k . tended t o w r i t e horn parts much lower than T h e s p e c i a l o r c h e s t r a w a s lead by J O H N B a c h d i d s o it i s u s u a l l y w i t h some B A C O N w h o p l a y e d c o n f i d e n t l y throughout. t r e p i d a t i o n that modern trumpet p l a y e r s , w h o The s t r i n g s w e r g e n e r a l l y adequate but are not used to g o i n g s o h i g h , a p p r o a c h a were s k e t c h y towards the end I f e l t . T h e work by B a c h . N o t s o our a n o n y m o u s trumpet o b o e s c r e a t e d a s t a r t l i n g warmth and c l a r i t y p l a y e r l a s t F r i d a y . ' H e c r u i s e d through the d u r i n g the symphony at the b e g i n n i n g of part d i f f i c u l t t r i l l s in the s e c o n d a r i a in part two. T h e r e the u s u a l ' a c i d i t y ' a s s o c i a t e d w i t h oboes w a s gone a s they appeared a l m o s t one and g e n e r a l l y managed e x t r e m e l y w e l l . C o n g r a t u a l a t i o n s to h i m . to r e s o n a t e in p h a s e . ( P i t y about the f i r s t The conductor, E R I C B R O W N , has o b o e ' s bum note at the end of part t w o ) . T h e produced e x c e l l e n c e . H e and indeed e v e r y c o n t i n u o of P R U A S H B E E ( ' c e l l o ) and one i n v o l v e d got the o v a t i o n w h i c h they C H R I S T O P H E R S H A W (harpsichord) w a s richly deserved. f a u l t l e s s , e s p e c i a l l y d u r i n g the r e c i t a t i v e s .
Imperial C o l l e g e Choir: Christmas Oratorio by J . S . B a c h , conducted by E r i c Brown.
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IC L a d i e s Boat C l u b R u l e s O K ! W e l l most of the time a n y - t h e i r w a y through the d a r k n e s s to the start (they were now r u n n i n g w a y . Saturday 6 t h D e c e m b e r s a w I C L B C out in force at the U n i v e r very l a t e ) . T h e f i n a l s s t a r t e d , IC A ' v ' s R o y a l V e t s . s i t y of L o n d o n B o a t C l u b . T h e T h e C o l l e g e crew had a bad r e a s o n b e h i n d t h i s s h o w of m a s o start a n d R o y a l V e t s g a i n e d a c h i s m , w a s the U L l a d i e s Winter R e g a t t a , and w i t h a t o t a l of 3 length and a h a l f , (they h a d the c r e w s and a s c u l l e r e n t e r i n g , we best s t r e a m a g a i n ) , but the c o l l e g e hoped to w a l k a w a y w i t h a l e a s t crew fought back a lost n a r r o w l y , one t r o p hy . by about half a l e n g t h . T h i s event c o m p l e t e d our f i r s t t e r m ' s It w a s s o o n e v i d e n t that U L o r g a n i z a t i o n w a s n o n - e x i s t e n t a s s e r i o u s r o w i n g w h e n we a l s o entered the H e a d of the R i v e r r a c e s ran later and l a t e r . T h i s R a c e for F o u r s . We are s u r e that bad o r g a n i z a t i o n w a s partly to , blame for the n o v i c e c r e w ' s defeat t h i s i s a n i n d i c a t i o n of i n c r e a s i n g s t a n d a r d s , to be bettin their f i r s t heat d u e to o n l y a ered next t e r m. short (2 mins) warm up p e r i o d . A f t e r a w e l l fought r a c e , they lost Our t h a n k s go to N i g e l a n d to U L , the f i n a l w i n n e r s . R o b for C o x i n g . Dr L e v y our c o a c h a n d C h a r l i e , for h i s c o n t i n Our ' C o l l e g e ' c r e w s both w o h u i n g h e l p and e n c o u r a g e m e n t . their 1 s t heats e a s i l y , to go Any ladies interested in through to the s e m i - f i n a l s . In the first of these the ' C o l l e g e B ' c r e w R o w i n g at IC s h o u l d c o n t a c t i s o b e l s t i l l shat t ered after t h e i r f i r s t race P o l l o c k . M e e k . E n g III. met R o y a l V e t s ( i . e . U L ) . D e s p i t e T h e Mens boat c l u b s t i l l e x i s t s a good s t a r t , it w a s s o o n e v i d e n t and i s f u n c t i o n i n g w e l l , h a v i n g that s t a m i n a w a s not on our s i d e , won the v e s t a Winter E i g h t w i t h R o y a l V e t s w i n n i n g c o n v i n - e a r l i e r t h i s t e r m. c i n g l y . ( W e l l , they d i d have the stream). ' The Crews. %
A f t e r l u n c h , H e l e n ' w h e r e s the nearest Y o u n g s P u b ? ' N a t r a s s , e a s i l y w o n her f i r s t heat ( a g a i n s t R o y a l V e t s ) d e s p i t e the c r o o k e d course she was steering. Our ' C o l l e g e A ' c r e w , after much h a s s l i n g , in order to u s e our o w n boat, were landed w i t h a n i n c o m plete U L boat. A g a i n s t a l l odds they e a s i l t beat S t . M a r y ' s II. A f t e r a very short i n t e r v a l , d u r i n g w h i c h H e l e n n a r o w l y lost the s c u l l s f i n a l (she drowned her s o r r o w s later). T h e ' A ' c r e w were out on the water a g a i n , in t h e i r o w n boat. A f t e r g r o p i n g .
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