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e PO backs down on 2 Hall bills C O N F U S I O N N O W surrounds the p r o f i t a b i l i t y of ' c a l l - b o x ' phones in h a l l s of r e s i d e n c e f o l l o w i n g M o n d a y ' s m e e t i n g of the F i n a n c e S u b - C o m m i t t e e o f the C o l l e g e Student R e s i d e n c e C o m m i t t e e (SRC)*. A t the m e e t i n g Wardens a n d student r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s heard that b i l l s from the P o s t O f f i c e ( P O ) for the u s e of t h e s e phones e x c e e d e d c a s h r e c i e p t s by a s t a g g e r i n g £ 4 , 9 0 5 for t h i s s e s s i o n alone'. T h e f i g u r e s p r e s e n t e d to the meeting showed deficits of £1338 f o r t h e B e i t H a l l P h o n e s , £1548 f o r t h o s e i n T i z a r d H a l l a n d £1578 f o r t h o s e i n L i n s t e a d H a l l . T h i s information was confirmed by the C o l l e g e f inanc e department o n W e d n e s d a y . Investigation T h e C o l l e g e ' h a s a s k e d the PO to i n v e s t i g a t e the d i s crepancies to eliminate any p o s s i b i l i t y o f meter error s at t h e i r e n d . J u s t prior to g o i n g to p r e s s F E L I X understands that the P o s t Office h a s b a c k e d down o v e r t h e i r b i l l s for T i z a r d and L i n s t e a d H a l l s . T h e y h a v e y e t t o report b a c k o n the b i l l f o r B e i t H a l l . T h e r e i s a strong l i k e l i h o o d that they w i l l b a c k d o w n h e r e as w e l l s i n c e o n e phone i n B e i t w a s b i l l e d for an e x t r a o r d i n a r y £600 i n F e b r u a r y . "No
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C o n t a c t e d b y F E L I X , the P O d e c l i n e d to comment o n t h e d i s c r e p a n c i e s and a s p o k e s m a n for the E n g i n e e r i n g department s a i d i t w a s s t r i c t l y a matter I C a n d the P o s t between Office. T h e current s i t u a t i o n a r i s e s because C o l l e g e o f f i c i a l s empty the ' c a l l - b o x ' phones every two w e e k s a n d the P O b i l l I C b y t h e i r meter r e a d i n g s a t P O exchange every month. L a s t y e a r the C o l l e g e made a net l o s s o f £83 for a l l t h e call-bo x phones in h a l l s of residence. U n t i l F e b r u a r y , the S R C h a d b u d g e t e d f o r the same l o s s t h i s y e a r . H o w e v e r , phone
b i l l s t h e n i n c r e a s e d the e s t i m ate t o £ 7 7 5 . L a s t M o n d a y , t h i s figure w a s a g a i n r a i s e d , t h i s time t o £ 5 , 0 0 0 , i n the w a k e of the P o s t O f f i c e b i l l s . T h e f i g u r e s h a v e brought t o the s u r f a c e t h e state o f d i s r e p a i r o f some P . O . p h o n e s i n the h a l l s . R o n K i l l , subwarden of T i z a r d H a l l , c o m p l a i n e d that 'the phones are not maintained F u r t h e r , o n e of the properly'. T i z a r d phones i s currently g i v Mr K i l l w a s i n g free c a l l s . unaware whether this had been r e p o r t e d to the C o l l e g e or the G.P.O. Another incident occured last F e b r u a r y (197 5) w h e n t w o phone s i n L i n s t e a d H a l l wer e f o r c i b l y robbed. Authorities baffled A t present the C o l l e g e autho r i t i e s are b a f f l e d b y the phone b i l l d i s c r e p a n c i e s , other t h a n s u g g e s t i n g a m i s t a k e a t the Post Office end. Nevertheless i n 1973 a former I C s t u d e n t w a s p r o s e c u t e d for fraudulen t u s e o f G . P . O . p h o n e s a t I C . A t that time the C o l l e g e w a s c o n c e r n e d o v e r the number o f s t u d e n t s o b t a i n i n g free c a l l s b y u s i n g engineers* special codes. F E L I X u n d e r s t a n d s that t h i s loophole h a s now been c l o s e d .
AGM report rents to r a i s e the £ 8 0 , 0 0 0 r e q u ired. S o u t h s i d e h a l l rents w o u l d go up from £7.25 t o £ 9 . 4 0 a n d h o u s e r e n t s for s i n g l e rooms from £ 6 . 2 0 t o o v e r £ 7 . T h e m e e t i n g d e c i d e d that any S o c i a l C o l o u r s a n d A C C rent i n c r e a s e s must k e e p rents w i t h i n the national element for A t h l e t i c C o l o u r s wer e a l s o a w accommodation as allowed i n arded. Ian Morse and G i l l M c the s t u d e n t grant. C o n w a y , the t w o f u l l - t i m e s t a f f A 10% f l a t i n c r e a s e i n r e f e c wer e w h o work o n F E L I X , tory p r i c e s a n d a l l o w i n g them t o awarded S o c i a l C o l o u r s a s was float with commodity p r i c e s had John M c C l o s k e y w h o h a s been b e e n put f or war d b y the C a t e r i n g the F E L I X T e c h n i c a l Manager Manager, but the proposal met for the p a s t t w o y e a r s . w i t h a c o o l r e c e p t i o n . In v i e w of the U n i o n ' s p o l i c y t h a t r e f e c T h e meeting a l s o d i s c u s s e d tory p r i c e s s h o u l d o n l y go up h a l l and house rents and refeconce a year, a suggestion by tory p r i c e s . It h a d b e e n d e c J o h n D o w n s that w e o p t for a i d e d a t a n S R C m e e t i n g that lar g e f l a t p e r c e n t a g e i n c r e a s e there w o u l d be attempts to make s e e m s l i k e l y t o be the l i n e f o l the r e s i d e n c e a c c o u n t s b r e a k l o w e d i n n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h the e v e n next year. H o w e v e r , this College. w o u l d mean a 3 0 % i n c r e a s e i n A t the A G M yesterday B i l l Gerrard, R o n K i l l and John D o w n s w e r e awarde d the U n i o n General Award by IC Union president Peter Teague. T h e a w a r d s wer e made i n r e c o g n i t i o n o f t h e i r s e r v i c e s to t h e U n i o n .
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J E Z , t h e R C S ' s 1916 D e n n i s fire engine, suffered severe damage when s h e broke dow n o n King's Road, Chelsea last Sunday a f t e r n o o n . T h e damage c a u s e d i s e s t i m a t e d at o v e r £1000. T h e f i r e e n g i n e stuttered to a hult with p i e c e s of metal left t r a i l i n g b e h i n d i t . It a p p e a r s that a c a m s h a f t j o u r n a l m o v e d Other i l l e g a l p r a c t i c e s i n t h i s f i e l d i n c l u d e t h e u s e o f i n t o the path o f t h e N o . 3 c o n - r o d w h i c h bent the other 'tone b o x e s ' a n d w i r e t a p p i n g to e l e c t r i c a l l y s i m u l a t e the i n - c a m s h a f t and b r o k e the c o n - r o d . T h i s c o n - r o d then c r a c k e d the s e r t i o n of c o i n s . A t e l e p h o n e p i s t o n a n d p u t h o l e s i n the engineer conacted by F E L I X c r a n k c a s e and s u m p . s a i d that e l a b o r a t e methods w o u l d be r e q u i r e d to a c c o m p l i s h J e z w a s t o w e d b a c k to i t s t h i s . H e d i d not s a y that e i t h e r garage b e h i n d the B i o c h e m i s t r y wer e b e y o n d the i n g e n u i t y o f b u i l d i n g by E x p l o r a t i o n B o a r d ' s IC students. K - 9 lorry.
E a r l i e r i n the d a y , J e z h a d t a k e n part in the F E L I X T r e a s u r e Hunt w h i c h w a s n a r r o w l y w o n b y the B o ' t e a m . B e a t e n into s e c o n d p l a c e wer e the R C S s e c o n d team o f D a v e D o d g e , G r a h a m P a t e r s o n and N i g e l Davies. T h i s w a s the s e c o n d t r e a s u r e hunt o r g a n i s e d b y F E L K a n d a f u l l c o m p l e t e n t o f teams from each C C U took part. T h e c o n t e s t a n t s f oun d the c l u e s so d i f f i c u l t that, i n r e t r i b u t i o n , some o f them dumped P a u l Bentley's car inside Beit Archway thus blocking it. A t t e m p t s t o p u t the c a r i n s i d e the FELIX Office failed because the d o o r s a r e not wide enough.
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A s m a l l number o f p e o p l e h a v e s a i d that they w o u l d be i n t e r e s t e d i n t a k i n g part in a t e l e v i s i o n d i s c u s s i o n programme. This w i l l be t r a n s m i t t e d l i v e o n B B 2 from t h i s S u n d a y . If any on e e l s e is interested, would they please contact Derrick E v e r e t t i n the U n i o n O f f i c e (int 3915).
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The Fremlin Cup Final
Moorhouse makes it at last! Last Monday s a w the culmination of this year's firecely contested competition for the c o v e t e d , d a r t s s i n g l e s , k n o c k - o u t t r o p h y , the F r e m l i n P o t . T h e r e c o r d entry o f 40 h a d b e e n r e d u c e d t o the e i g h t quarter finalists w h o were paired thus:- T o m A d e y v Andy G r i b b l e ; Steve Jones v Mike G i b s o n ; Andy Slack v Steve Moorhouse and A l a n W h a t l i n g v R i c h a r d Parmentero For those intrigued by c o i n c i d e n c e s a l l the t o s s e s came up h e a d s a n d the p l a y e r from the bottom h a l f d r a w w o n 2—0, though t h o s e s c o r e l i n e s might be m i s l e a d i n g with respect to the quality o f play i n t h e s e m a t c h e s . D e s p i t e the considerable tension involved, the finals were of a high s t a n d a r d a n d p r o v i d e d a great d e a l o f e n t e r t a i n m e n t o n the night. T h e highest score i n this round a n d , i n f a c t , o f the w h o l e evening w a s Andy G r i b b l e ' s 137 (60 2 0 57) w h o o n l y h a d 123 to get at t h e t i m e . Competent finishin g proved to be t h e d e c i s i v e f a c t o r i n t h e s e m a t c h e s a n d the s e m i -
no exception. finals were D e s p i t e the w i l d l y f l u c t u a t i n g score, players tended to f i n i s h together w h i c h meant that the s l o w s c o r e r s w e r e a b l e to t ake a d v a n t a g e o f the f a s t e r s c o r e r s ' poor f i n i s h i n g a b i l i t y . Thus Steve Moorhouse and M i k e G i b s o n r a n out winners] over R i c h a r d Parmenter and Andy Gribble respectively. T h e s t a g e w a s t h e n s e t for a tense, a l l left-handed f i n a l . S t e v e w o n the t o s s i n t h i s "best of f i v e " final and promptly stormed ahead with throws o f 1 0 1 , 100 a n d 6 0 . His bad finishing, after reaching a double top, was p u n i s h e d b y M i k e who h a d b e e n doggedly c h a s i n g him. H o w e v e r , t h i s p r o v e d to b e M i k e ' s last fling as h i s nerves b e c a m e the better o f h i m and Steve took the next three games i n s u c c e s s i o n . S o after numerous attempts Steve f i n a l l y w o n the F r e m l i n a n d d e n i e d M i k e the o p p o r t u n i t y of h o l d i n g both major I C d a r t s t i t l e s i n the same y e a r . Pau'
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1F Only:. Y O U A R E about t o read t h e f i r s t g r i p p i n g i n s t a l l m e n t of a new s e r i e s of I F O n l y s . (Af t er an introduction l i k e that I doubt very much w h e t h e r y o u ' r e about to read a n y t h i n g of t h e kind). Well, if t h a t ' s your a t t i t u d e , y o u j u s t B O F F ! (I'm awfully s o r r y about that — e v e r y o n e s e e m s t o be under t h e i m p r e s s i o n that u s I F ' e r s a r e gentile young maidens, (oh, yeah?-Ed), so I therefore a p p e a l t o t h e m i n o r i t y w h o may c l a s s t h e m s e l v e s a s s u c h to f o r g i v e me for that d e v a s t a t i n g l y porn-oh o u t b u r s t . S o r r y . ) If y o u w e r e o f f e n d e d , d o n ' t read o n , b e c a u s e I'm i n a d e a d narsty m o o d ; apart from t h e f a c t that I've j u s t shut t h e d o o r o n my f i n g e r and d e f i n i t e l y failed my b l a s t e d G e r m a n C h a m b e r of Commerce exam (which I didn't really care two hoots about... m u c h ! ) , my dratted w a t c h h a s broken and t h e bath w a t e r w a s c o l d . N o w if that w o u l d n ' t puW y o u in a bad m o o d , y o u must be an a b s o l u t e a n g e l , a n d that means y o u h a v e n ' t b e e n at I F very l o n g . I w i l l , t h e r e f o r e , p e r s o n a l l y honour y o u w i t h a further free t w o - y e a r c o u r s e at I ' l n s t i t u t F r a n c a i s du R o y a u m e U r i w h e r e y o u w i l l be transformed into a normal p e r s o n or w o r s e , as Dave Chance w i l l tell y o u .
H e ' s been here q u i t e a f e w times, and h e ' s definitely worse. E n o u g h of t h i s r e b a l d r y . T o any of y o u w h o h a v e c o m p l e t e l y forgotten that there w a s e v e r such an article as ' I F O n l y ' , then I w i l l remind y o u . I t ' s I F ' s very o w n l i t t l e portion of ' F E L I X ' , where a n y of us c a n r e l e a s e our fee I i ngs on anyth i n g , and P i n g - P o n g (our f r i e n d l y , fuzzy, fungus-topped FELIX E d i t o r ) h a s t o l d me, in p e r o s n , that w e a r e under n o o b l i g a t i o n to keep it c l e a n . S o if you h a v e any emotional, p e r s o n a l or s e x u a l p r o b l e m s , forget about Anna Rayburn and l a u n c h y o u r s e l f into w r i t i n g an ' I F O n l y ' . It may not s o l v e y o u r h a n g - u p s but at l e a s t it w i l l provide I C ' s U n i o n E x e c with a b i t of f r e s h s c a n d a l to g l o a t over i n the U n i o n bar. Julia
Attack on critics S i r , - Often in t h e past I h a v e read t h e r e c o r d r e v i e w s a n d thought that the c r i t i c knew nothing about the a r t i s t ( s ) w h o s e record he w a s r e v i e w i n g : now I know that he k n o w s nothing. I h a v e n o c o m p l a i n t s about h i s r e v i e w of t h e t r a c k s , a s that i s a purely personal v i e w p o i n t , but w h e n he t a l k s a load of b u l l s h i t about the a r t i s t that i s d i f f e r e n t . T h e record that I refer to i s " S a y it a i n ' t s o " , by Murray H e a d . I w o u l d l i k e to l i s t b e l o w some of the a b s u r d s t a t e m e n t s made in the r e v i e w : 1. Q u o t e " . . . t h e b u l k of H e a d ' s efforts earn h i m z e r o for s t a r q u a l i t y " Murray head w a s for a c o u p l e of y e a r s the o r i g i n a l Judas in "Jesus Christ S u p e r s t a r " , one of the main parts in t h e s h o w . B e s i d e s t h i s Mr H e a d i s p l a y i n g support to E l t o n J o h n on h i s l a t e s t tour z e r o f o r s t a r q u a l ity, o b v i o u s l y ! 2. Q u o t e " H e might w e l l h a v e been f l u s t e r e d by h i s f i r s t venture t o a r e c o r d i n g s t u d i o ' ' First venture!! A s previously s t a t e d , he p l a y e d t h e part of J u d a s on the s t a g e and a l s o on the o r i g i n a l s o u n d t r a c k ( p o s s i b l y on the f i l m a s w e l l , but I'm not t o o s u r e ) . A s w e l l a s this he released an L P on CBS called " N i g e l Lived". T h e L P took t h e form of a d i a r y of a boy w h o c o m e s d o w n to t h e b i g c i t y i e L o n d o n t o s e e k fame a n d fortune, but gets in with different types and eventually ends up a drug a d d i c t . T h e L P h a s a f e w t r i t e s o n g s ; but the o v e r a l l sound is good, and w a s well r e c e i v e d by most of the c r i t i c s in the g e n u i n e m u s i c p a p e r s . T h u s , t h i s i s Murray H e a d ' s t hir d venture into t h e s t u d i o
and, in my most livible o p i n i o n s e e i n g that w e p e o p l e outside the literary field know s o l i t t l e about m u s i c , h i s best s o f a r . I h a v e to agree about the s o n g " Y o u ' r e s o T a s t y " , but a l l of t h e o t h e r s are done i n the u s u a l s u p e r b Murray H e a d s t y l e . 3. Quote " M u r r a y H e a d h a s . . . y e t to d i s c o v e r what he d o e s best". If he d o e s n ' t d o a n y t h i n g w e l l then w h y w a s a w h o l e programme d e d i c a t e d t o h i m and h i s music on C a p i t a l R a d i o a few w e e k s a g o ? S u r e l y , they must know what i s g o i n g to draw the a u d i e n c e s a w a y from the B B C s t a t i o n s . 4. Q u o t e " . . . o r H e a d i s low on t a l e n t . J u d g i n g from the frail vocals I s u s p e c t the latter". I f e e l that I h a v e s a i d s u f f i c i e n t t o s h o w that he i s not that l o w o n t a l e n t , a n d , in f a c t , v e r y f a r from i t . A b o u t the s o n g s : G e o r g e M e l l y M a y be a b l e t o d o a v e r s i o n of " S o m e o n e s R o c k i n g My Dreamboat" which is c l o s e r to the o r i g i n a l 1 9 2 0 ' s v e r s i o n of t h e s o n g but t h e Murray H e a d v e r s i o n i s how he w a n t s to d o i t , not how y o u want him to d o i t . What about " N e v e r Even Thought" and " S i l e n c e i s a Strong R e p l y " they stand out e v e n more than "Boats Away" and " D o n ' t Forget Him N o w " . In future I a s k ; p l e a s e d o n ' t t e l l e v e r y t h i n g that y o u t h i n k you know about a n a r t i s t when in f a c t y o u k n o w n o t h i n g . T h a t i s about a l l that I really w i s h to gripe about. B e warned, the reader doesn't like printed ignorance. Yours, W.P. J A C K S O N C h e m II
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r i g h t w i n g b u g g e r s now d e p r i c e o' lead s o h i g h . D e N a t i o n a l Gumment got d e s c r e w s on d e e d u c a t i o n . W h i l e c.e p o p p e r l a c e U n i n ' u p fo' de four per c e n t a l l r o u n ' d e r e a l leaders like yours truely e d i n ' u p w i d t w e n t y per c e n t l e s s . " W o t about d e B a l a n c e o ' P a y m e n t s " d e y s a y " a n ' de GNP an' Brit Ley land." Pusonlly I can't see why y'all so fussed 'bout de pound Stirling only bein' w o r t h a d o l l a r a n ' 'arf in d e U of S A . If y o " a s k i n ' me de w h o l e t h i n g am a c r a f t y plot by d e gumment s o dat land In de U K get s o c h e a p f o ' de Y a n k s dat d e f a m o u s B u n g C r o s b y a f f o r d i n ' to b u y Ireland f o ' c o n v e r t . n ' to d e g o l f c o u r s e .
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U n d e r the S a l e of G o o d s ( I m p l i e d T e r m s ) A c t 1973 y o u a r e e n t i t l e d t o r e t u r n a n y f a u l t y a r t i c l e t o the r e t a i l e r from w h i c h y o u p u r c h a s e d i t . Y o u c a n h a v e your money b a c k a n d d o not h a v e to a c c e p t a r e p l a c e m e n t , r e p a i r or c r e d i t note u n l e s s you c h o s e t o . E x p e n s e s i n c u r r e d due to the f a u l t c a n a l s o be c l a i m e d from the s h o p . E x c e p t i o n s not c o v e r e d b y t h e A c t are s e r v i c e s s u c h a s dry c l e a n i n g a n d g o o d s bought at a n a u c t i o n . N o r *can y o u c o m p l a i n i f the f a u l t w a s brought to your a t t e n t i o n i n the s h o p or i f y o u e x a m i n e d the a r t i c l e before p u r c h a s e a n d c o u l d r e a s o n a b l y have n o t i c e d a n y d e f e c t s . H a v i n g decided to c o m p l a i n , what do y o u d o ? T a k e the g o o d s b a c k t o the s h o p w i t h the r e c e i t . If y o u o b t a i n no s a t i s f a c t i o n w r i t e to the H e a d O f f i c e b y registered letter. T h e L S E l a w students at the Welfare C e n t r e c a n h e l p y o u w i t h t h i s . If t h i s d o e s not b r i n g r e s u l t s y o u c a n talte the matter to c o u r t . F o r a r t i c l e s worth l e s s t h a n £100 t h i s w i l l o n l y c o s t y o u £5 w h i c h i s r e t u r n a b l e i f y o u w i n the c a s e . A g a i n the L S E s t u d e n t s c a n a d v i s e you. In a p r i v a t e s a l e , for e x a m p l e , b u y i n g a c a r from a p r i v a t e m o t o r i s t , it i s up to
y o u to e x a m i n e t h e v e h i c l e . Y o u may and s h o u l d , a s i n any s a l e , c h e c k that the s e l l e r i s the r i g h t f u l o w n e r . R e d r e s s i s p o s s i b l e i f , for e x a m p l e , t h e c a r i s not a s d e s c r i b e d w i t h r e s p e c t to a g e o r m i l e a g e . b)
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C o m p l a i n t s about t h e G P O s h o u l d f i r s t be t a k e n t o the l o c a l P o s t O f f i c e . If y o u get no j o y t h e n , c h e c k i f there i s a local P o s t Office A d v i s o r y Committee ( A d d r e s s e s at the Welfare C e n t r e or i n the phone b o o k ) . T h e s e are i n d e p e n d e n t v o l u n t a r y b o d i e s w h i c h a d v i s e the G P O about l o c a l c o n s u m e r n e e d s . A n o t h e r s o u r c e of h e l p i s the P o s t O f f i c e U s e s National Council ( P O U N O , T e l : 01/928 9 4 5 8 . T h e y a r e a l s o a n i n d e p e n d e n t body and e x i s t s o l e l y to r e p r e s e n t the c o n s u m e r . c)
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Y o u are l e g a l l y e n t i t l e d t o be treated w i t h ' r e a s o n a b l e ' c a r e a n d s k i l l . If y o u t h i n k y o u h a v e s u f f e r e d due to n e g l i g e n c e o n the part o f a G P , d e n t e s t o p t i c i a n , o r chemist contact the local Family P r a c t i t i o n e r s ' C o m m i t t e e . If the c o m p l a i n t c o n c e r n s a n h o s p i t a l c o n t a c t the H o s p i t a l Administrator. A d v i c e on how to complain c a n b e o b t a i n e d from your l o c a l c o m m u n i t y Health Council. Addresses at the w e l f a r e C e n t r e o r i n the phone b o o k .
Smug, uncritical IC B U R N T H E WORK S H E E T S ! N o j o k e ; I am d e a d l y s e r i o u s . B u r n t h e h e r e t i c y o u a l l c r y , but before y o u d o , L e t me e x p l a i n , for t h o s e of y o u w h o c a n i m a g i n e a w o r l d w i t h o u t them — no harder than to i m a g i n e l i f e after death or o b l i v i o n , a s t h e c a s e may b e , w h y 1 t h i n k they are an i n s u l t to i n t e l l i g e n c e . A n y o n e w h o d o e s not know what a w o r k - s h e e t i s s h o u l d be r e j o i c i n g a n d s h o u l d c h e c k that they a r e at IC or that they have not been attending courses elsewhere, erroneously. I d o not b l a m e t h e p e o p l e w h o produce them — they a r e i n v o l v e d in " m o r e important" t h i n g s a n d h a v e no time to worry about the e d u c a t i o n a l m e r i t s of t h e w o r k - s h e e t a n d l e t ' s f a c e i t , most p e o p l e at IC a c t u a l l y b e l i e v e they want to d o them — m a s o c i s t s ! I receive are The ones master p i e c e s among worksheets, butdoes this channelling and normalisation of my i d e a d o me or a n y o n e e l s e any g o o d ? T h i s r a i s e s t h e q u e s t i o n of t h e f u n c t i o n of e d u c a t i o n i n s o c i e t y . Whatever may be s a i d , only someone living in c u c k o o l a n d c o u l d c l a i m the s y s t e m w a s not p r o d u c i n g , a t al! levels, people with regimented, stereotype minds — an easy to handle commodity, but for w h o m ? W i l l they treat us l i k e a n y other c o n s u m a b l e ? Who are t h e u s e r s ? F o r g i v e me for t h i n k i n g that o n l y o n e s u b j e c t i s taught at undergraduate l e v e l - that i s conformitty, perhaps w e have some " u s e r s " h e r e . E v e r y o n e look up from y o u r m i c r o c o s m i c worlds, can you s e e any?
F a c t o r y fodder d o e s not c h a n g e in e s s e n c e o v e r the y e a r s , or up t h e e d u c a t i o n a l l a d d e r , it j u s t g e t s more s o p h i s t i c a t e d ; a c c o u n t a n c y fodder or t e c h n i c a l fodder. What about work sheets, that method of e d u c a t i o n that s h o u l d h a v e d i e d out w i t h p h l o g i s t o n theory: D e n i e d of the Z o m b i a c t i v i t y of putting numbers into e q u a t i o n s what c o u l d y o u d o ? Start t h i n k i n g ! Y o u w o u l d h a v e n o t h i n g better to d o than t h e s u b j e c t y o u c a m e here f o r . What w a s it c a l l e d now? Society s t r i v e s to negate e x p e r i e n c e : a s e c o n d law of t h e r m o d y n a m i c s o p e r a t e s in r e v e r s e , if y o u let i t , t h e w a y s in w h i c h y o u t h i n k a n d a c t w i l l a l l be d e t e r m i n e d for you. S o c i a l l y , what g o e s on at this College? Tradition demands that y o u get drunk every other night a n d the nights in between spent in c o n v e r s e on the art of t h r o w i n g up a n d what a s w i n e y o u c a n be t o w a r d s women a n d other minorities . From your first day the u n i o n s make q u i t e sure the mindless tradition w i l l never be f o r g o t t e n . There is a s o c i a l alternative. Spend your e v e n i n g s in your own clique expanding the f r o n t i e r s of b o u r g e o i s i d e a o l o g y . H o w much h a v e y o u e x p e r i e n c e d of y o u r s u b j e c t l i f e , e a c h other s i n c e you came here? T h e opportunities e x i s t , w h y not m a k e t h e most of them? B u r n the work s h e e t s . It i s a s t e p in t h e right direction and perhaps it could stop the turning that must be g o i n g on in t h e H u x l e y ' s f a m i l y g r a v e . Stephen Humby
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If you wish to complain about maladministration by a local authority,' or water a u t h o r i t y y o u c a n m a k e a c o m p l a i n t through that authority to the l o c a l Ombudsman. T h e Ombudsman is an independent C o m m i s s i o n e r who c a n look i n t o the way t h i n g s a r e h a n d l e d , but not the merits o f any d e c i s i o n made b y the a u t h o r i t y . C o n t a c t the W e l f a r e C e n t r e f o r further d e t a i l s . We are o p e n M o n — F r i 12.30 — 1.30pm; l e g a l a d v i c e o n W e d n e s d a y s , a n d are l o c a t e d at t h e top o f t h e U n i o n . Appendices 1. O v e r s e a s S t u d e n t s ! A r e y o u i n t e r e s t e d i n d a y t r i p s to S t r a t f o r d upon A v o n , Chichester, Cambridge etc or holidays i n the L a k e D i s t r i c t ? C o n t a c t the Welfare C e n t r e for d a t e s o r p h o n e I n t e r n a t i o n a l H o u s e o n 636 9 4 7 1 . 2. Wot h a p p e n e d t o G A Y S O C ? I r e c e i v e bumph o n g a y s from time t o t i m e , f o r e x a m p l e , they a r e h o l d i n g a c o n f e r e n c e a t the e n d of M a y . A n y o n e i n t e r e s t e d c o n t a c t me through U n i o n l e t t e r r a c k s o r at t h e Centre. 3. H E L P ! N e a r l y a l l t h e C e n t r e ' s h e l p e r s are l e a v i n g t h i s s u m m e r . A n y o n e i n t e r e s t e d i n h e l p i n g out for o n e l u n c h t i m e a w e e k p l e a s e c o m e a n d s e e me a t the C e n t r e . Sue
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W H E N I F I R S T read v o l u m e o n e of t h i s three v o l u m e h i s t o r y of t h e R u s s i a n T e r r o r (before, d u r i n g and a f t e r the S t a l i n i s t p e r i o d ) , I thought that it w a s the most d i s t u r b i n g t h i n g I had e v e r r e a d . T h e first volume dealt mainly with the interrogation and transport of p r i s o n e r s — t h i s book i s a l m o s t e n t i r e l y d e v o t e d to the d e s t r u c t i v e labour c a m p s t h e m s e l v e s . It w a s not d i f f i c u l t to f i n d o n e s e l f i n such a camp; S o l z h e r i t s y n records hundreds of i n d i v i d u a l s t o r i e s . F o r e x a m p l e , the farmer w h o s w o r e at h i s c o w ; the deaf mute who hung h i s j a c k e t on a b u s t of L e n i n - ten y e a r s ! T h e c o u p l e s e n t e n c e d for h o l d i n g a s p i r i t u a l i s t s e a n c e ; the a l c o h o l i c who r e c e i v e d e i g h t y e a r s for drinking! And when one i n d i v i d u a l w a s a r r e s t e d , a l l the members of h i s f a m i l y wer e p u l l e d in a s w e l l , a n d a l l t h e i r n e i g h b o u r s w h o had f a i l e d to inform on them! We must not forget the t h o u s a n d s of
p e o p l e p u l l e d in off the s t r e e t s at random and g i v e n ten or t w e n t y y e a r s e n t e n c e s ! T h e picture is indeed horrifying. Very few survived their s e n t e n c e s - and those who did so were immediately given additional terms! What w a s t h e p u r p o s e of a l l t h i s ? P a r t i a l l y , the author e x p l a i n s , to p r o v i d e a s l a v e labour f o r c e , but p r i m a r i l y to f o r c e the p o p u l a t i o n into a fear of s t e p p i n g out of l i n e , of d a r i n g to c r i t i c i s e a u t h o r i t y or any a s p e c t of the s t a t e . T h e work for w h i c h the s l a v e labour w a s u s e d w a s not a l w a y s urgent or e v e n u s e f u l . F o r e x a m p l e , the S t a l i n White S e a B a l t i c C a n a l , b u i l t on a w h i m of the leader in t w e n t y m o n t h s . D u r i n g one w i n t e r 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 m e n , women and c h i l d r e n ( y e s , a n d it w a s p o l i c y to d i v i d e f a m i l i e s i n t o d i f f e r e n t c a m p s ) d i e d on t h i s one project — and t h e i r b o n e s c a n be s e e n in the c o n c r e t e of the c a n a l .
T h i s c a n a l s e r v e d and s e r v e s no n a v a l u s e w h a t s o e v e r . B u t it p r o v i d e d one more pit to d e v o u r the s o c i a l l y undesirable elements. It i s i n t e r e s t i n g to f o l l o w the c o r r u p t i o n , e v e n of s o c i a l i s m , w i t h i n the c a m p s ; the d e v e l o p m e n t of a r i g i d c l a s s s t r u c t u r e ; the e v e r i n c r e a s i n g u s e of c o m p e t i t i o n and i n c e n t i v e s in order to f u l f i l l the work n o r m s ; and the large s c a l e c h e a t i n g u s e d to r e c e i v e h i g h e r r a t i o n s . We are t o l d how t h i s c o r r u p t i o n l e a k e d out into s o c i e t y at large and we r e c e i v e other v a l u a b l e i n s i g h t s into that s o c i e t y . O n e s e n t e n c e , in p a r t i c u l a r , s t a n d s out — "out of every four to five city dwellers there would most certainly be one who at least once in his life had received a proposal to become an informer". T h i s i s c e r t a i n l y more d i s t u r b i n g than V o l One — I a d v i s e y o u not to read it unless you have a strong stomach' D. Everett
T S E l i o t : T h e Great L i t e r a r y H o a x by L B G o w e r s ( P e n g u i n e 60p)'. IN 1917 E B H a t c h a r d , a y o u n g C a m b r i d g e Don, published "Prufrock and other o b s e r v a t i o n s " under the p s e u d o n y m of T S Eliot. T h i s c o l l e c t i o n of " p o e m s " w a s intended a s a s a t i r e on E z r a P o u n d , w h o s e irreverent and f r i v o l o u s peoms had i r r i t a t e d H a t c h a r d . O n e e x a m p l e of t h i s f r i v o l i t y is P h y l l i d u l a , w h i c h , perhaps s u g g e s t s a c l a s s i c a l p o e m , but starts " P h y l l i d u l a i s s c r a w n y but a m o r o u s " . T h e portrait of the w h i m s i c a l but rather p r e t e n t i o u s y o u n g man in " T h e L o v e Song by J A l f r e d P r u f r o c k " w a s i n t e n d e d to represent P o u n d ' s p o e t r y . T h e next p o e m , " A P o r t r a i t of a L a d y ' , parodies Pound's 'Portrait d'une Femme' by u s e of a c o m p l e t e a n t i t h e s i s of Eliot' s t y l e . H a t c h a r d c h o s e the name 'TS b e c a u s e it i s an anagra m of t o i l e t s , the only p l a c e H a t c h a r d f e l t s u i t a b l e for P o u n d s poetry.
Music T H I S L P s t a n d s out, w i t h f e w o t h e r s , a s one of the r e a l l y w o r t h w h i l e m u s i c a l e f f o r t s of the l a s t t w e l v e m o n t h s a n d , t r e a d s the ground that g o o d m u s i c s h o u l d tend t o w a r d s — q u a l i t y s o n g s , great, c l e a n , p r o d u c t i o n , most important of a l l , p e e r l e s s m u s i c i a n s h i p — g u y s w h o are c a p a b l e of p l a y i n g w h a t e v e r i s a s k e d of them a n d of c o n s t a n t l y i n v e n t i n g w i t h i n any time—signature or b a c k g r o u n d y o u c a r e to c h o o s e . Beautiful, beautiful, sounds cover both s i d e s . Moody and y e t c a r e s s i n g l y soft acoustic piano/orchestra 'sound effect interludes slotted between some of the s h a r p e s t r h y t h m i c j a z z yet p r o d u c e d by the new w a v e a r t i s t s , s u c h a s B i l l y C o b h a m , H o r b l e H a n c o c k , and R e t u r n to F o r e v e r (with whom L e n n y White i s r e s i d e n t p e r c u s s i o n m a e s t r o ) , that are
A remarkable tale A further c o l l e c t i o n w a s p u b l i s h e d in 1920, which included the notorious and obscurely o b s c e n e Sweeny P o e m s . (In f a c t , S w e e n y E r e c t i n c l u d e s a g r a p h i c d e s c r i p t i o n of i n t e r c o u r s e b e h i n d the f a c a d e of w o r d s . ) ' T h e W a s t e L a n d ' , the n e x t to be p u b l i s h e d , a n d the most famous poem, p a r o d i e s not o n l y P o u n d , to whom it i s dedicated, but a l s o others such as Rupert B r o o k , (the f i r s t part i s an a n a l o g u e of h i s ' G r u n t c h e s t e r ' , and a l s o w o r k i n g c l a s s s p e e c h , cf the latter part of ' A G a m e of C h e s s ' , w i t h i t s g r a t i n g she saids.) These satines were initially circulated o n l y in C a m b r i d g e , u n t i l 1932 w h e n a p u p i l of H a t c h a r d ' s , F R L e a v i s , p u b l i s h e d an essay 'New B e a r i n g s in E n g l i s h P o e t r y ' ( a v a i l a b l e in P e l i c a n ) . S i n c e t h e n , the joke h a s s p r e a d far b e y o n d the
c o n f i n e s of C a m b r i d g e , and a s a r e s u l t of further ' e c p o s i t i o n ' by v a r i o u s d i l e t t a n t e s , what o r i g i n a l l y b e g a n a s a s c h o l a s t i c j o k e i s now t a k e n s e r i o u s l y by many d a b b l e r s in p o e t r y . T h i s r e m a r k a b l e t a l e of a p s e u d o n y m w h i c h b e c a m e one of the b e s t k n o w n poets of t h i s c e n t u r y p r o v i d e s much to amuse those more interested in t h i s a r e a , a l t h o u g h much of the o r i g i n a l humour of poems is lost, since attitudes and fashions have changed so much. The s t y l e of the book m a k e s it f a i r l y e a s y g o i n g , a l t h o u g h s o m e of the d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s b e c o m e s d u l l , a s do most j o k e s w h i c h have to be e x p l a i n e d . T h i s i s a book I would thoroughly recommend, a l t h o u g h to t h o s e few IC s t u d e n t s who h a v e heard of T S E l i o t , it may c o m e a s a n e m b a r r a s s m e n t to r e a l i s e that they h a v e been d u p e d . Hilax
Better than Skol f i n a l l y r e c e i v i n g some of th3 p o p u l a r i t y they d e s e r v e . Trtere are a l s o s o m e e x c e l l e n t , n e w , a x e n e n on t h i s a l b u m (nam<3checks for Raymond GO.TVBZ and Doug Rodriguez — b i g futures there) and w h o w j u l d h a v e thought e x - s a n t a ; i o i d D o u g R a u c h c a p a b l e of s u c h f e r o c i o u s l y f i n e b a s s b u z z i n g , c o n s i d e r i n g the number of mantras and <V:rto-compositions the poor s o d ' s had to e n d u r e . S a n t a n a c o u l d w e l l be better off d o i n g t h i s i n s t e a d of a l l o w i n g C B S to r e l e a s e c h e a p o , d i r e l i c t , l i v e , t r i p l e — album recordings from some obscure N i p Astrodome. So w h i l e e v e r y b o d y l o o k s around for g u i t a r i s t s w i t h enough g u t s , b r a i n s , and sure touch to *avage s o m e h o r i z o n , a l b u m s of t h i s q u a l i t y go u n n o t i c e d , and t o y s l i k e Q u e e n get l a n d e d on u s a s the m e s i a h s of the new. y e a r . If you want
to h e a r a real g u i t a r s o l o , worthy of r e s t o r i n g y e r faith in the instrument, l i s t e n to the o p e n i n g m i n u t e s of " M a t i n g D r i v e " on s i d e two — a m a s s of power p l a y i n g and i n v e n t i o n unlikely to be h e a r d e l s e w h e r e for some t i m e , and the unstoppable beat makes the number more Invogorating than the proverbial knee-tremblers. Forget Skol — this refreshes you best. It's even more m e m o r a b l e for It's c o m p l e t e d i s s i m i l a r i t y to the a n a e m i c pop " m u s i c " c u r r e n t l y c h u r n e d o u t by the m e d i a . J u s t f e a s t your e a r s on t h i s b e a u t y . N o t h i n g but u n r e s e r v e d p r a i s e Is d e s e r v i n g for L e n n y White, h i s c o h o r t s , and the far-seeing, clear-thlnking, cognoscenti of A t l a n t i c R e c o r d s ( s t a n d i n g ovation) for m a k i n g a v a i l a b l e s u c h a good r e c o r d against recent trends. Great stuff! HIC
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Thrown off course THERE WAS definitely something suspicious about the a c t i v i t i e s of s e v e r a l of our senior orienteers last weekend. F i r s t l y , D a v i d R o s e n , running the O l y m p i c marathon t r i a l at R o t h e r h a m , and thus d i s d a i n i n g to t ake part in the Southern Navigator's E v e n t at Lower B o u r n e F o r e s t near F a r n h a m . Then, on Sunday morning i t s e l f , A l a n L e a k e y proferring vague excuses about not running, otherwise engaged, e t c , and g u i z z i c a l g l a n c e s from the rest of u s , who were p u z z l e d why t h i s particular event should seem so a v e r s i v e , e s p e c i a l l y on a b l i s t e r i n g May day. It w a s n o t . u n t i l we r e a c h e d our d e s t i n a t i o n that we s a w the ligh t of d a y . O w i n g to a l i m i t e d s u p p l y of m a p s , the o r g a n i s e r s had f i t f u l l y d e c i d e d that c o m p e t i t o r s on the ' A ' and ' B ' c o u r s e s s h o u l d run ' M a p Memory' - w h i c h b a s i c a l l y e n t a i l e d t r y i n g to m e m o r i s e the c o u r s e , not in w h o l e (perhaps t h i s fate w i l l a w a i t us s h o r t l y ) , from c o n t r o l to c o n t r o l . T h o s e new to t h i s type of c o m p e t i t i o n envisaged orienteering without a map b e i n g somewha t a k i n to kamikazi. U n d a u n t e d , we r o s e to the o c c a s i o n in d i f f e r i n g orders of m a g n i t u d e . On the ' A ' c o u r s e , C l i v e R e i d in 8 5 . 1 5 and S t e v e Webb in 105.31 managed to overcome the technical d i f f i c u l t i e s of the latter part of the c o u r s e , w h i c h f o r c e d Ian Isherwood to r e t i r e . T o add i n s u l t to i n j u r y , S t e v e later s h o w e d Ian h i s m i s t a k e . On the shorter ' B ' c o u r s e , w h i c h w a s r e a l l y the f i r s t 1/3 rds of the
'A' c o u r s e , T i m Murphy in 95.25 narrowl y beat Mike Welford by two minutes. Fortunately, both courses were not too challenging, though many w o u l d t e s t i f y that the d e n s e f o r e s t a r e a s were to be a v o i d e d at a l l c o s t s . E n t e r p r i s i n g l y , three of our accompaniment declined the c h a l l e n g e , and c h o s e the ' C c o u r s e , a c h a n c e to e m p l o y real orienteering techniques w i t h a proper map, and humorously picture the quixotic a d v e n t u r e s of the f o o l - h a r d y . On a c o u r s e s l i g h t l y s h o r t e r than the ' B ' course, Hans A c h t r i c k , a f r i e n d of A l a n ' s , found the terrain to h i s l i k i n g , recording 52.57; J on G i b b i n s (66.05) and Diane Benge (74.15) in c r e d i t a b l e times, e n f o r c e d the rule that n a v i g a t i n g w i t h a map w a s a much more time-saving pastime than relying on an everforgetful memory. F o r t h o s e w h o are i n t e r e s t e d in this mentally-exacting, though not necessarily physically-demanding sport, the c l u b h o l d s w e e k l y l u n c h t i m e m e e t i n g s e v e r y F r i d a y in the Union Senior Common Room, where you w i l l learn more of our a c t i v i t i e s , both sporting and s o c i a l , to w h i c h a l l are w e l c o m e . T h e next e v e n t i s on Sunday 16th M a y , in E p p i n g Forest, a Badge Event o r g a n i s e d by C h i g w e l l O C , where there w i l l be c o u r s e s for the n o v i c e and the e x p e r t — the c l u b l e n d s out whistle and c o m p a s s e s for n e w c o m e r s , the only other requirement b e i n g a modicu m of common sense.
Mining triumph p r e c i s i o n p a s s i n g from H a l let and Johnson, tantalising dribbling by Frampton and D u n c a n . Was f i n i s h e d s u p e r b l y by a p a v l o v v o l l e y . In the f i n a l G e o l o g y 2 A made M i n i n g h o u s e work h a r d , but through a g i l e g o a l k e e p i n g by M a y o , three e f f o r t s by D u n c a n w h i c h hit the c r o s s bar, and t w o w e l l — taken individual goals by F r a m p t o n , M i n i n g h o u s e were deserved winners. Congratulat i o n s must go to the o r g a n i s e r s a n d t h e t e a m s for m a k i n g it s u c h an e n j o y a b l e d a y ' s s o c c e r .
S u z u k i s and K a w a s a k i s . S t i l l w i t h the circuit, unfamil.iar M a r t i n f i n i s h e d 34th out of 3 6 , w i t h h i s lap t i m e s g e t t i n g better e a c h l a p . H e a l s o got a B e m s e e Championship pointforfinishing 10th in h i s c l a s s . T h e r a c e w a s won by T o m P e m b e r t o n on his Kawasaki 500. Gets e v e r y w h e r e , that o n e . T h e s e c o n d r a c e of M a r t i n ' s day was also for 1000cc p r o d u c t i o n m a c h i n e s . On h i s s e c o n d l a p , he had a " m o m e n t " on C o r a m s C o r n e r but thought it w a s m e r e l y too much power too e a r l y . On h i s next v i s i t to C o r a m s , he found a p i l e of m a c h i n e s on the s i d e of the track w h e r e the r a c e l e a d e r s had d i s c o v e r e d the o i l M a r t i n s l i d o n , F o r t u n a t e l y , no one w a s b a d l y hurt. M a r t i n f i n i s h e d the r a c e 3 1 s t out of 3 6 , h a v i n g had a d i c e w i t h 3 Y a m a h a s and g e t t i n g a h e a d of two of them. W e ' l l be b a c k later for the rest of the f i e l d ! R . S . L . Wilkes
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St J o h n s C o l l e g e , C a m b r i d g e usuall y provide strong opposition and t h i s y e a r w a s no e x c e p t i o n . IC 1st XI t r a v e l l e d d o w n f e e l i n g c o n f i d e n t yet w e r e narrowl y beaten in a s u r p r i s i n g l y low scoring match. A n e a r l y c o l l a p s e and then a painfully slow accumulation of 128 runs left St J o h n s a m p l e time to s c o r e the r e q u i r e d r u n s . S e v e r a l of I C ' s b a t s m e n w e r e out p l a y i n g p r e m e d i t a t e d s h o t s , f rust rat ed by the persistent a c c u r a c y of the oppositions bowling. The c o l l a p s e was slow and the r e s i s t a n c e s t r o n g y e t the performance w a s feeble and v e r y t e d i o u s .
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Soccer M I N I N G H O U S E triumphed in the RSM 6 — A - s i d e soccer competition last Saturday, by d e f e a t i n g Mat Met 1, 2—0 in the s e m i - f i n a l and G e o l o g y 2 A , 2—1 in the f i n a l . M i n i n g h o u s e f a i l e d to produce t h e i r e x p e c t e d f l u e n t , e n t e r p r i s i n g f o o t b a l l in the early league matches, though s t i l l g e t t i n g through to the last four. T h e s e m i - f i n a l and f i n a l were e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t stories with Mining house producing some exhilarating play. In the semi-final a brilliant move, involving
In the s e c o n d of a w o r l d s h a t t e r i ng series of appearances, Martin B l e a s d a l e took h i s K a w a s a k i 400 to the B e m s e e A c e of C l u b s R o a d Races at Snetterton (near Norwich) on May 1 s t . The glory w a s to be a l l M a r t i n ' s as our other r a c e r , N i c k J a m e s , had left his Velocette in B i r m i n g h a m ( so he c l a i m e d ) and c o u l d not c o m p e t e . I n s t e a d , he w a s r e l e g a t e d to r a c i n g the v a n ! P r a c t i c e w a s at 11am for the K a w a s a k i a n d , u n f a m i l i a r w i t h the c i r c u i t , M a r t i n took a s l i g h t detour a l o n g the g r a s s verge at S e a r s C o r n e r , d o i n g a sedate 60mph. T he marshals looked q u i t e p e t u r b e d ! On the s e c o n d and s u c c e s s i v e t r i e s , a more conventional cornering style was adopted. M a r t i n ' s f i r s t r a c e w a s the 100cc Production R a c e , with machines such as Honda 750-4s, Norton Commandos and, of course, Yamahas,
A W E E K A G O on W e d n e s d a y IC 1st XI p l a y e d South Stanmore at H a r l i n g t o n . A f t e r a very b r i s k start of 48 runs in 20 minutes (Tom Ghosh 31, T o n y P a u l 27) there w a s a l u l l in the s c o r i n g , but o n c e V i c k B r o w n (76 not out) and R i c h a r d P a s h l e y (52 not out) had s e t t l e d in IC w e r e a b l e to d e c l a r e at t e a w i t h the s c o r e at 202 for 3 . After tea, Chandra Kulkarni achieved the initial breakthrough by t a k i n g the f i r s t two w i c k e t s . T h e s u b s e q u e n t c o l l a p s e w a s brought about by some e x c e l l e n t b o w l i n g by J o h n G o w l e t t (5 for 26) and the o p p o s i t i o n w e r e a l l out for 66.
St J o h n s w e r e f o r c e d to fight and the r e s u l t w a s in q u e s t i o n till near the end. Some e x c e l l e n t c a t c h e s , n o t a b l y two taken by the wicketkeeper John Thombank kept the p r e s s u r e on St J o h n s , h o w e v e r not a l l c h a n c e s w e r e takenT h e y s c o r e d the w i n n i n g runs w i t h three o v e r s of their l a s t twenty r e m a i n i n g . T h i s w a s a disappointing performance c o n s i d e r i n g the r e s u l t s of the m a t c h e s of the s e a s o n .
IC Sunday XI v P a r k f i e l d II AFTER A solid start IC scored steadily with c o n t r i b u t i o n s from a l l b a t s m e n n o t a b l y J o h n T h o r n b a c k (26). T h e t a i l had a l a s t f l i n g and the c a p t a i n d e c l a r e d at 147 for 8. The opposition were soon struggling against good accurate bowling and Nick T r e e n g u i l e and p a c e (?) w a s too much for t h e m . H o w e v e r they managed to h o l d on for a draw at 8 6 f o r 8 . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s are due for an e x c e l lent f i e l d i n g d i s p l a y ; s e v e r a l good c a t c h e s w e r e taken and the ground f i e l d i n g w a s very keen i n d e e d .
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IC retain U L U championship For the second s u c c e s s i v e year IC won the University of London Athletic Championship due to several enthusiastic performances in previously untried events and the strength and depth of middle distance running of the college. The day's athletics started, a predictable half an hour later than scheduled with the hammer event. Our three throwers all found this event a little difficult, but with a little determination and a lot of strength each managed commendable distances gaining second fourth and fifth places. Our one sprinter, Alan Gregory was IC's only sprint finalist of the day coming fifth in the hundred metres. The first s u c c e s s of the day came in the 3000 metres steeplechase, Rob A l l i n s on stormed round the seven and a half laps unconcerned about his two foot landing technique in the water jump to finish first. Ian E l l i s suffering a little in the dust storm created by Rob came in second only thirty yards behind him and two hundred in front of the next man. Whilst Rob Doyle, Gordon Chandler and John walked to
the Shot P u t t c i r c l e , a q u i c k s p i k e change s a w Dave Henton w i n through to the f i n a l of the 400m r e c o r d i n g a p e r s o n a l b e s t at the s a m e t i m e . The 3000m walk was attempted by D a v e L o r d a n d Mike "Stroller" Welford. A d u b i o u s s t y l e of w a l k i n g d o w n the back straight by some o p p o s i t i o n meant t h e IC had to be c o n t e n t w i t h s e c o n d a n d fourth p l a c e . Andy Davey salvaged a p o i n t from the 400m h u r d l e s , a n event in w h i c h w e d e f i n i t e l y missed I C ' s Dave West. With wet s p i k e s d r i e d in the baking sun, Rob Allinson p r o c e e d e d to w i n the 5000m at a steady pace, just fast enough to k e e p the s e c o n d p l a c e m a n , S t e v e Webb from t r y i n g a n y t h i n g f a s t on the l a s t l a p . A n hour later the tempera t u r e had d r o p p e d b e l o w 7 0 * F and s e v e n c o u g h i n g IC runners went b a c k on to the c i n d e r track to start the 1500m. T h e f i e l d of twenty r u n n e r s s e t off at a b r i s k p a c e and at 1000m to g o IC w e r e h o l d i n g 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 p o s i t i o n s . In the l a s t four-hundred metres t h i s had c h a n g e d to 1,3,4 a n d 6th p l a c e s with Rob A l l i n s o n winning. T h e order w a s r e t a i n e d w i t h
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T H E C O U R A G E O U S cricketers of IC 3 r d s s e t out to do b a t t l e a g a i n s t M e l r o s e on a s c o r c h i n g May day (302 K ) . T h e s k i p p e r of the t h i r d s w o n the t o s s and d e c i d e d to bat. T w e n t y runs w e r e b r i s k l y s c o r e d before the l o s s of the f i r s t w i c k e t . A f t e r the l o s s of a n o t h e r w i c k e t a n d K e n C o w a n c a m e in to bat and s c o r e d 49 out of the t e a - t i m e t o t a l of 9 5 for 9 . T h e l a s t wicket soon fell leaving M e l r o s e p l e n t y of t i m e in w h i c h to s c o r e the 99 runs r e q u i r e d , a t a s k w h i c h they n e v e r l o o k e d l i k e l y to f a i l . F o r IC P a u l A l l a n ( G e o r d i e ) took f i v e good w i c k e t s but M e l r o s e s c o r e d the n e c e s s a r y runs for the l o s s of s i x w i c k e t s . It w a s a d i s a p p o i n t i n g performa n c e by the 3 r d s and some better b a t t i n g w i l l be r e q u i r e d in future g a m e s .
S t e v e Webb t h i r d a s e c o n d or Ellis; two in front of Ian T o n y W e i r c a m e in s i x t h . Imperial won the team trophy by s e v e n p o i n t s (84) from. R o y a l H o l l o w a y C o l l e g e . T h a n k s must go to a l l the a t h l e t e s w h o turned up and managed to k e e p the c u p w h e r e it b e l o n g s . P S . I w i s h w e c o u l d f i n d some sprinters. , „ b
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