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N E W S P A P E R O F IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION F O U N D E D IN 1949

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F r i d a y , 10 D e c e m b e r , 1976

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NUS set to sell Endsleigh

Cathy (landlord and other students from Chem Eng 1 who collected £ 2 2 6 for Rag last Saturday by pushing the bed (above) down Oxford St. With average of £ 1 8 . 9 0 per collecting can Chem E n g 1 came top in the Guilds Year collections earning themselves a barrel of beer in the process. Aero 1 who collected £232 (£17.91 per can) came second by measuring Oxford St in Imperial units. In all £836 was raised for R a g .

Top individual collector was Mark Corrigan with £46.

IC U n i o n delegates to this weekend's N U S Annual Conference are e x p e c t i n g N U S to a n n o u n c e p l a n s to s e l l i t s insurance company, E n d s l e i g h Insurance (Brokers) L t d . T h i s follows remarks

by Dave Aaronovitch, NUS Vice President f o r S e r v i c e s , to External Affairs Officer Hugh B a r r e t t that t h e N U S E x e c u t i v e w o u l d t e l l t h e c o n f e r e n c e that t h i s w a s the o n l y w a y to s a v e N U S from f i n a n c i a l r u i n .

Similar bnt more subtle h i n t s wer e g i v e n b y N U S D P Pete Ashby last week at L i v e r p o o l . T h e s e t i e up w i t h the o p i n i o n o f U L U P r e s i d e n t Richard Silver who has u n c o n f i r m e d reports that s e n i o r NUS Executive members b e l i e v e t h i s to be t h e o n l y course which would allow N U S to m a i n t a i n i t s current research and campaign activity.

T h e d e s i r a b i l i t y of a c a s h injection w a s confirmed last night b y N U S P r e s s O f f i c e r F r a n c i s Beckett. H e agreed that N U S c o u l d not s u s t a i n i t s current activity without i t .

Whether N U S would sell E n d s l e i g h w i l l be l e f t t o t h e c o n f e r e n c e to d e c i d e , HoVveve it would solve N U S ' s

present problems, Mr B e c k e t t d e n i e d that t h e E x e c u t i v e had already d e c i d e d on E n d s l e i g h ' s fate.

The need for a cash injection comes two w e e k s after the c o l l a p s e o f N U S Travel which wiped off £44,000 of Endsleigh's operating c a p i t a l . T h e full c o s t t o the U n i o n i s t o b e revealed on Saturday at the c o n f e r e n c e ' s a n n u a l s e s s i o n on finance. E n d s l e i g h last y e a r made a £ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 a f t e r tax p r o f i t .

A b i g Dutch insurance f i r m , G A U D A , i s k n o w n to be interested i n buying E n d s l e i g h . a t around £!4m.

Other informed sources s u s p e c t that the E x e c u t i v e might a s k C o n f e r e n c e f o r t h e power to s e l l E n d s l e i g h i f t h i s becomes necessary between conferences.

Clarke to go?

ICU appears likely to support moves to oust Charles Clarke as N U S President at this weekend's NUS Conference.

T h e m o v e s t o get r i d o f Clarke have already been s t a r t e d from both the u l t r a l e f t and the F e d e r a t i o n of C o n s e r v a t i v e Students ( F C S ) o n the right.

F C S Chairman Mike F o r s y t h e b e l i e v e s t h e t w o groups w i l l v o t e together a s both believe i n a strong viable U n i o n , With the c o l l a p s e o f NUS Travel whole The c r e d i b i l i t y of U n i o n i s h a n g i n g i n the b a l a n c e , t h a t ' s w h y Clarke h a s to go' said Forsythe, I C U delegates are likely to s u p p o r t the m o v e s t o s a c k C l a r k e f o l l o w i n g the a c c e p t a n c e by l a s t w e e k ' s I C U n i o n meeting of N i c k B r a y s h a w ' s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n that the U n i o n b a c k no c o n f i d e n c e m o t i o n s i n the B o a r d members — C h a r l e s Clarke, Dave Aaronovitcb., Chris Morgan a n d Penny Cooper.

RSMU reject women diners?

Problems could l i e ahead for R S M U f o l l o w i n g a d e b a t e o n whet he r w o m e n s h o u l d be allowed to g o to Mines fresher's dinner. T h e question put to the m e e t i n g , that women be a l l o w e d t o a t t e n d their departmental fresher's dinner, w a s defeated. T h i s r e s u l t d o e s n o t become R S M U p o l i c y nor d o e s i t a f f e c t the RSMU constitution.

H o w e v e r i t r a n s p i r e d i n the d e b a t e that t h e R S M U c o n stitution . already allows w o m e n t o go.-.'to t i e d i n n e r s .

T h e r e l e v a n t part r e a d s 'The priveleges of the Union accorded to members shall include the right to attend and introduce guests to such functions as may be arranged by the Union'.

Pressed as to w h e t h e r these included dinners, RSMU President Paul Kurowski c o m m e n t e d ' / / you're goingto interpret that part of the constituation as such there is nothing to stop anyone in the Union going to any of the fresher's dinners'.

Mr K u r o w s k i f e e l s that i s now up to R S M U G e n e r a l Committee to interpret t h e constitution and decide w h e t h e r t h e current p r a c t i s e — where o n l y m e n a t t e n d t h e departmental fresher's dinners — should continue. A t present R S M U d o e s arrange a L a d i e s freshers' dinner which has e q u a l numbers o ^ meji and

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In a s p o n t a n e o u s r e a c t i o n t o the t u i t i o n f e e s i n c r e a s e a n n o u n c e d by the G o v e r n m e n t r e c e n t l y , 17 s t u d e n t s from 12 L o n d o n c o l l e g e s v i s i t e d t h e home of Education S e c r e t a r y M r s S h i r l e y W i l l i a m s l a s t F r i d a y a t 8am.

A s reported i n F E L I X l a s t w e e k , t h e s t u d e n t s d e l i v e r e d 2,500 s i g n e d l e t t e r s p r o t e s t i n g at t h e f e e s i n c r e a s e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y their d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t o v e r s e a s students.

F o u r s t u d e n t s from I C d e l i v e r e d some 1,200 l e t t e r s from I C s t u d e n t s . A m o n g t h e I C d e l e g a t i o n wer e t h e P G , E x t e r n a l a n d Academic Affairs Officers.

T h e s t u d e n t s were l a t e r i n v i t e d i n t o M r s W i l l i a m s h o u s e f o r a c u p of co.'fee a n d a c h a t . W h i l s t s y m p a t h e t i c t o ' t h e i r c a u s e s h e o f f e r e d l i t t l e h o p e of the s i t u a t i o n e a s i n g . A s r e g a r d s o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s s h e o p p o s e s a "quota s y s t e m ' w h i c h s h e s a i d 'smacks of apartheid'.

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letters to the editor Deranged films at SCAB evening S i r , — We h a v e r e a d w i t h a v i d i n t e r e s t ( ? ) the s t i r r i n g p i e c e , printed i n last w e e k ' s F e l i x i s s u e , w r i t t e n by . ' S P U P ' of Physics F i r s t l y , the r e p u t a t i o n o f S C A B E v e n i n g s a s a forum for 'Artistic' expression is well i n o w t j , even amongst physi c i s t s . A l t h o u g h the o f f e n d i n g p e r f o r m a n c e s a f f e c t e d M r Spup nobody w a s f o r c i n g h i m t o s t a y a n d c o n t i n u e w a t c h i n g the films.

Secondly, intelligent people s h o u l d be a b l e to d e c i d e w h e t h e r they w i s h to rook at s o m e t h i n g o r n o t .

T h i r d l y , b l u e f i l m s w e r e not the o n l y form o f a r t t o be performed d u r i n g the e v e n i n g .

We w o u l d l i k e to p o i n t o u t that although we d o not a p p r e c i a t e the f i n e r a r t i n performances of this nature, w e s e e n o r e a s o n to p e r s e c u t e others w h o a t t e n d , e i t h e r for s e x u a l s a t i s f a c t i o n or j u s t a good laugh. T h i s c a n be i l l u s t r a t e d by t h e f a c t that a sizeable proportion o f the audience at the R C S Smoking Concert persisted in making remarks to t h e s t r i p p e r about the w h e r e a b o u t s of her a l s a t i a n and e e l s . If this fine f e l l o w took t h e t r o u b l e to f i n d o u t the v i e w s of other p e o p l e , h e w o u l d s e e that the m a j o r i t y of people enjoyed both e v e n i n g s ' entertainment.

We l o o k f o r w a r d , w i t h great a n t i c i p a t i o n , t o the m e e t i n g between Mr Spup a n d M s M i l l i n g t o n , that w e l l k n o w n entrepreneuse of erotica.

C i v E n g 111 c / o Scotland Y a r d P o r n Squad MIKE E L K I N ( P h y s i c s 2) D A V E WRIGHT ( P h y s i c s 2) 3rd D e c e m b e r 1976.

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S i r , — F o l l o w i n g the l e t t e r from S P U P , P h y s i c s 2 , printed i n last week's i s s u e , I would like to m a k e some comments m y s e l f about^ t h e S C A B evening e v e n t s w h i c h lite (I a s s u m e , p e r h a p s m i s t a k e n l y , that S P U P i s a m a l e ) found s o u p s e t t i n g , the w a y I s e e d i e s i t u a t i o n , a n d l a s t l y about a n E d i t o r i a l P o l i c y I s h o u l d l i k e to s e e i n v o k e d i n a l l future i s s u e s o f FELIX. F i r s t l y , t h o u g h , I must s a y that the rantings of this unfortunate (on h i s own admission) individual are r e m i n i s c e n t o f those o f t h e estimable L o r d Longford and Mary Whitehouse, w h o , at great r i s k , s u b j e c t t h e m s e l v e s to d e p l o r a b l e a n d u n s p e a k a b l e depths of filth and depravity i n o r d e r t o p r o t e c t the ' p u b l i c at l a r g e ' . What r i g h t have t h e s e s e l f - a p p o i n t e d s a v e r s of o u r souls to s a y w h i c h b o o k , t e l e v i s i o n programme, f i l m or s h o w w e s h o u l d o r s h o u l d not s e e ? What r i g h t h a s S P U P t o s a y that i t i s n e c e s s a r y to " r i d C o l l e g e of a n y future threat o f o b s c e n e s h o w i n g s " ?

by the w h o l e a f f a i r he s h o u l d have stayed away. That way he w o u l d h a v e s a v e d h i m s e l f much embarrassment and ange r and p o s s i b l e mental derangement.

But w h o i s this SPUP character anyway?

Nobody knows.

There are lots ol people t o c h o o s e from i n P h y s i c s 2 , a n d o f c o u r s e , that might b e put i n to throw y o u off t h e t r a c k . B u t the f i n a l p o i n t 1 w i s h to make i s t h i s : it i s a f i n e a n d noble t h i n g to w r i t e to F E L I X s a y i n g h o w good t h i s , how b a d that, h o w o b s c e n e the o t h e r . B u t i t i s quite another kettle of f i s h t o a c t u a l l y s i g n y o u r name t o your v i e w s and be r e c o g n i s a b l e a s t h e p o s s e s s o r of a b e l i e f , o p i n i o n , o r m i s h e g o s s . It i s o n l y right, after a l t , that a p e r s o n w i t h o u t t h e guts to put h i s name behind h i s argument s h o u l d n o t have h i s argument h e a r d .

Yours D U N C A N SUSS E l e c Eng 2.

What transport thorn ?

B u t what o f these f i l m s , the "obscene showings"? Y e s , they were degenerate — by d e f i n i t i o n , a blue movie c a n be n o t h i n g e l s e ! — a n d I, l i k e S P U P , v i e w e d the s c e n e s o f b e s t i a l i t y with contempt. B u t , in my c a s e , a s w a s e v i d e n t l y l a c k i n g i n S P U P ' s , there w a s mingled with this initial r e v u l s i o n a t o u c h of humour; if provided only by t h e pathetic attempts of the ' a c t o r s ' to prompt the h o u n d , w h i c h seemed perpetually to forget i t s l i n e s , a n d t h e a l t o gether crummy e d i t i n g .

D e a r S i r , — In r e s p o n s e to Derrick Everett's 'Orange Mole' column l a s t week we must p o i n t out that transport i s not 'a thorn in the Union's side',rather i t i s a great a s s e t .

A C C a n d R C C transport i s self financing and i s run e f f i c i e n t l y by A C C a n d the R C C transport s u b c o m m i t t e e .

There certainly are a lot of p r o b l e m s i n t h i s a r e a b u t a t present R C C a n d A C C have them w e l l under c o n t r o l .

Yours Sincerely, Andy Nelson Merlin Hibbs Mike E l i o t t N i c k i Whitehead Richard Szczepanski (ie the R C C E x e c u t i v e ) 6th D e c e m b e r 1976

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The problems of parking D e a r S i r , — T h e other m o r n i n g , w i t h my H - Z o n e p a r k i n g permi t p r o u d l y s t u c k on my w i n d s c r e e n , I a t t e m p t e d to p a r k i n the allotted zone in Imperial Institute R o a d .

But l o ! It s e e m e d that H—Zone w a s a l r e a d y f u l l o f other b l i g h t e r s , w h o f a r from p a r k i n g n e a t l y s i d e by s i d e , h a d p a r k e d i n a n y - o l d - how with exaggerated spacing.

E v e n t u a l l y , after m u c h ' t o ' i n g a n d ' f r o ' i n g , I m a n a g e d to squeeze in between two vehicles.

A t this point, a problem became apparent, s i n c e I w a s now u n a b l e to o p e n the c a r door. I s w i f t l y wound down the window and i n d i v i d u a l l y transferred my b r i e f c a s e , f l a s k a n d s a n d w i c h e s through the w i n d o w to t h e front b o n n e t . I then dexterously climbed out through t h e w i n d o w a n d s t o o d b e t w e e n the t w o c a r s , o p e n e d my d o o r — a s f a r a s I c o u l d — and s t r e t c h e d i n w a r d s to w i n d up the w i n d o w .

A t t h i s p o i n t — w h e n the window w a s nearly c l o s e d — another problem became a p p a r e n t . I w a s u n a b l e to r e a c h i n far enough t o c l o s e the w i n d o w f u l l y .

With some considerable d i f f i c u l t y , I managed to get the w i n d o w f u l l y o p e n a g a i n .

I then c l i m b e d b a c k i n t o the c a r , w o u n d up the w i n d o w a n d l o c k e d d i e door from the i n s i d e .

I t h e n o p e n e d t h e front window on the opposite s i d e , c l i m b e d o u t a n d o p e n e d the d o o r . T o my r e l i e f the c l e a r a n c e b e t w e e n my c a r and the adjacent v e h i c l e w a s about a n i n c h greater on t h i s s i d e , and I eventually succeeded i n w i n d i n g the w i n d o w f u l l y closed.

A s I p r o u d l y shut the door and l o c k e d i t , my triumph w a s crowned — by a s t a n d i n g o v a t i o n from a w i n d o w o n the 6th floor o f the B i o c h e m i s t r y Department.

ANON. Ed's note: This letter is genuine and the author's name were supplied and address with the letter. Both have been omitted at his request.

Letters All letters for publication should reach the FELIX Office no later than Monday 2pm for publication the following Friday^. Letters should be brief — preferably less than 200 words — legibly Written on ALTERNATE lines or typed double spaced. In future no letter will be printed unless genuinely sighed, although the editor will uphold requests for an author's name to witheld in the published letter.

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A s a student journalist I have taken surrealist's view of NUS Conferences in the last two years.

Rarely has conference come up with substantial pieces of new policy of relevance to students.

It is easy to criticise N U S as irrelevant, but that judgement fails to appreciate the potential of a national union, In times of economic coutbacks and inflation it i s most important that we have a national body capable of negotiating on our behalf. Despite its faults NUS has a highly respected (by the Government) Education and Welfare dept and h a s negotiating links where they are needed.

If, as expected, Conference decides to sell Endsleigh to save the Union then NUS will be no less strong as a negotiator. Rather than opt out we should stay i n and play a continually increasing in changing NUS to what we want.

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L a s t week the Social Services (Miscellaneous Provisions) B i l l received its second reading in the Commons. This will stop students claimingsocial security/supplementary benefit during the short vacations. It also stops students claiming benefit for rents of their digs, flats etc over these vacations. Now that's alright if you live in an IC hall and don't pay rent over Xmas provided you go home.

At least 2/3rds of IC students live

out and most pay a retainer or full rent over the Xmas holidays. Your grant doesn't cover this retainer and you were allowed to claim benefit for this.

Mr David Ennals (Social Services the Government Secretary) says considers the bill contains 'sensible measures for students'. So much for the Welfare State (sic) and the Labour Party. L e t ' s hope the latter wake up before the b i l l ' s final reading.

Otherwise this measure will put another nail in the coffin of the principle of 'Higher Education being available to a l l regardless of wealth'.

e I was rather bemused to learn that few in RSM Union knew that women in RSM had a right to go to their fresher's dinner if they so wished. I could perhaps see why they shouldn't go if I hadn't heard Stuart Ardern, Mines Pornographer, say that the jokes a t the Chaps Club — the all-male Mines social club — dinner were suitable for mixed company. B e s i d e s which dinner goers have no obligation to drink a yard of ale.

Special thanks to Paul Ekpenyong, without whose help F e l i x would not have come out this week. Apologies to Chalky whose article suffered a pasting up fault.

e There i s always a need for staff on Student papers; no paper — except the complacent ones — can say i t ' s ever overloaded with staff. F E L I X welcomes anyone who wants to contribute t o their (the student's) paper. E s p e c i a l l y needed are people who know how to

use a drawing board and would like put the paper together — literally. We call these Paste Up Artists, they're held in high regard as they stick the pieces of typeset copy on to pieces paper that are printed to become your paper. Patience and clean bands are the desired virtues here.

Also in demand are book reviewers who get free copies of the works they review.

X Editor — C l i v e Dewey Sports Editor — Howard Cheetham Assistant Editor (Business Manager) — Duncan Suss Assistant Editor (Technical Manager) — Mark Kuse Hon. Production Editor — G i l l M c Con way Ian Morse Editorial Staff — Dave Crabbe, Andrew E v a n s , Mukozoke, T e c h n i c a l / P a s t e Up Staff - A l l i s o n Cann, Jim Richardson, Chris Palmer, Terry Westoby, Paul Ekpenyong, Business — K H Chan Photographers — Dick Hope, Tevor Poole, Steve E a r l y , Bob de Wardt, P h i l l ip Utting.

Critics — Paul Ekpenyong (Films) Thomas Stevenson (Plays), E r i c Stovell ( P l a y / F i l m s ) H!c (Records) Cartoonists — Mike Slone-Murphy, John Loraine, Tony Jones.

Morale Dept — Jen Hardy-Smith, Chris Palmer.

Collating — Many thanks to Jane Turner and Gordon Chandler.

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C o m m e n t i n g o n the e d u c a t i o n c u t s , D r H a m p s o n a c c u s e d the L e f t of b e i n g more p r e p a r e d t o cut higher education o n the grounds that it w a s o n l y available to an elite which i n c l u d e d j u s t a s m a l l porpor t i o n o f the w o r k i n g c l a s s . H e h i m s e l f w o u l d l i k e to s e e a new approach to h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n w i t h a much g r e a t e r

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On h i s main theme ' H i g h e r e d u c a t i o n ' , he e x p r e s s e d a necessity for a balance b e t w e e n the g e n e r a l l i b e r a l c o u r s e s and the j o b - o r i e n t a t e d ones. T h e main problem, he s a i d , i s there a r e t o o m a n y ' a r t s and h u m a n i t i e s ' s t u d e n t s and too f e w ' S c i e n c e a n d Engineering Ones', This i s particularly so in the P o l y t e c h n i c s w h e r e the

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Dr Hampson c l o s e d by expressing h i s disapproval at the t w o - t i e r f e e s r a t e s f o r home a n d o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s .

He felt is was a bit of a sham \ w h e n most home s t u d e n t s h a d their fees paid by their l o c a l education authority.

H e s u g g e s t e d that w h e n an overseas student i s n o t 9 supported by h i s or her government that B r i t a i n might s u p p l y f u n d s from h e r e x i s t 'tsl ing Overseas A i d fund.

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by IC Union President Nick Brayshaw

W e l c o m e b a c k to t h e a r t i c l e w h i c h h a s become the k i n g - p i n of F E L I X (by v i r t u e of i t s regular a b s e n c e ) . A c o u p l e of important items to m e n t i o n , s o :

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by John White IC Union Hon.Sec. A l l y o u have to d o i s s a y " Y o u ' r e C h a l k y White of the D a i l y Mirror a n d I c l a i m my £ 5 " , n o , n o , n o I mean " I ' m a R e c i p r o c a l Member of y o u r U n i o n a n d I w o u l d l i k e to u s e y o u r f a c i l i t i e s " . D o n ' t , h o w e v e r , w h a t e v e r you d o , forget to bring y o u r authorised IC U n i o n C a r d w i t h y o u .

n There is a vacancy tor the post of Union Fairy.

T h e rates a r e t h e s t a n d a r d U n i o n r a t e s i e £1 per hour a n d t h e w o r k i n g conditions are e x c e l l e n t .

A n y o n e w i l l i n g to s t a n d o n t h e t o p of the U n i o n O f f i c e C h r i s t m a s T r e e f o r the next month s h o u l d c o n t a c t the n e a r e s t p s c h i a t r i s t of H a p p y F a r m or both.

s J u s t a reminder to a l l y o u l o v e l y p e o p l e to s e n d me a C h r i s t m a s C a r d (one from e a c h of y o u , that i s ! ) — y o u know the address Chalky, IC Union, Imperial College, London SW7. M a y I e x t e n d a n open i n v i t a t i o n to a c e l e b r a t i o n of t h e N e w Y e a r : Meet y o u a l l in t h e U n i o n B a r on t h e e v e n i n g of F r i d a y 3 1 s t D e c e m b e r from w h e n c e , after s u i t a b l e r e f r e s h m e n t , w e s h a l l w e n d our w a y t o T r a f a l g a r Square w h e r e w e s h a l l a l l c a t c h p n e u m o n i a from h a v i n g a late b a t h .

H a v e a good C h r i s t m a s a n d a H a p p y N e w Y e a r . T a k e care a n d s o l o n g .

S e e i n g a s y o u w i l l a l l s h o r t l y be t o d d l i n g off to Bermuda or St M o r i t z under-Lyme for your C h r i s t m a s H o l s , this had better be le fin i n a r t i c l e s a s I F ' e r s would s a y .

I N E E D : - Information from a n y s t u d e n t w h o i s g o i n g to f i n d h i m s e l f in f i n a n c i a l difficulty next y e a r , or may e v e n be f o r c e d t o l e a v e d u e to t h e l e v e l of f e e s .

A n y i n f o w i l l be treated i n t h e s t r i c t e s t c o n f i d e n c e — I a m not i n t e r e s t e d in n a m e s , merely s t a t i s t i c s , s o for h e a v e n ' s s a k e let me know o n internal 3 9 1 5 . I t ' s ' o r your b e n e f i t .

i t s w i s d o m ) to a) u s e the r e g u l a t i n g m e c h a n i s m (set u p by the g o v e r n o r s ) r o r e regulari l y . b) I n c r e a s e s a c r o s s t h e board by 2 % from January ' 7 7 . c) I n c r e a s e s of 5 % on a l l f u n c t i o n s .

The sheer blind stupidity of the p e o p l e r e s p o n s i b l e for t h i n k i n g up a n d agreeing with these suggestions (and that g o e s a l l t h e w a y up t h e c o l l e g e h i e r a r c h y ) l e a v e s me s p e e c h l e s s . T h i s term the t a k i n g s a r e up by approx 1 5 % w h i c h r e p r e s e n t s a 5% i n c r e a s e in p r o f i t r a t i o s (approx). T h i s r i s e i s l a r g e l y due to t h e l a c k of bad p u b l i c i t y i n t h e U n i o n ' s m e d i a . T h i s r i s e in t a k i n g s c a n be z a p p e d t o s m i t h e r e e m s by a c o u p l e of a r t i c l e s in F E L I X s o a n y o n e w h o h a s a s a y w i t h t h e g o v e r n o r ' s ought to d o some f a s t t a l k i n g ! !

S T h e referendum w i l l not be at t h e same time a s t h e s a b b a t i c a l e l e c t i o n s , y o u f a t - h e a d D e w e y . T h a t w a s never s a i d , s u g g e s t e d or agreed by the m e e t i n g .

What w a s agreed w a s that t he referendum w i l l be h e l d in t h e s p r i n g term. It w o u l d appea r that t h e most s e n s i b l e t i m e to hold this referendum i s before t h e s a b b a t i c a l e l e c t i o n s s o that they d o not d e g e n e r a t e into a q u e s t i o n of " i n o r o u t " . T h e r e are far more important i s s u e s to e l e c t a p r e s i d e n t for than whet he r w e s t a y i n N U S or n o t .

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l Soon after h a v i n g h a d my a r t i c l e r u n off l a s t w e e k I d i s c o v e r e d that Rail Cards are now available over the counter at an outlet in Euston Mainline Station. A g a i n , bring a l o n g t w o p a s s p o r t s i z e p h o t o s , y o u authorised U n i o n C a r d a n d £ 6 . 5 0 .

S O n Tuesday M a r c h 8 t h there w i l l be a d e b a t e o n the many a n d v a r i e d a s p e c t s / pro a n d c o n s of m e m b e r s h i p of N U S .

F r d a y w i l l s e e (hopefully) a spread in F E L I X on t h e s a m e s u b j e c t a n d t h e n , c o i n c i d e n t w i t h the S a b b a t i c a l O f f i c e r s ' and D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t ' s e l e c t i o n s (on Monday 14th a n d T u e s d a y 15th) w i l l be the s e c r e t b a l l o t . I f e e l that the t i m e b e t w e e n t he d e b a t e and the referendum i s very n e c e s s a r y in order to e n a b l e e v e r y body to f u l l y e x a m i n e a n d a n a l y s e t h e situation.

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S a t u r d a y May 7 t h ie t h e s e c o n d Saturday o the Summer T e r m . T h i s e x t r a v a g a n z a w i l l be h e l d in P r i n c e ' s G a r d e n s and w i l l be opened by a s u i t a b l e d i g n a t o r y . T h e w h o l e event i s to be f i n i s h e d off w i t h a bar-b-que and a d i s c o i n t he e v e n i n g .

A l l w e n e e d n o w i s your h e l p a n d a promise from b i g (or S i r B r i a n ) that it won't rain.

If y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n h e l p i n g t o get t h i s s h i n d i g on the road then p l e a s e drop in a n d s e e me or drop a l i n e , v i a the infernal t r i a l , to I C R a g c / o IC Union. f

n T h e c o m p e t i t o r s are on t h e i r m a r k s , t he s t a r t e r i s p o i s e d ( t h a t ' s me — s w o o n , s w o o n ) a n d t h e y ' r e off . . .

W H A T U N I O N P O S T A R E YOU GOING TO STAND FOR N E X T Y E A R ?

T h e C h r i s t m a s V a c . i s upon u s and a l l there i s left to do i s to s i t a r o u n d , s t i c k a p i n into the U n i o n B y - L a w s , ' L i s t of O f f i c e r s ' , a n d s a y " w e l l if that i d i o t c a n do the j o b , w h y t he h e l l c a n ' t I ? " "Indeed why not, Sir/Madam!" I r e p l y .

T h i n k hard on t h e s u b j e c t , o n c e y o u c o m e b a c k after the v a c . t h e s e c o n d term w i l l f l a s h by a n d before y o u know it T h u n d e r b o l t S p r o g g i n s w i l l be e l e c t e d to the post y o u ' r e s t i l l d i d d e r i n g a b o u t . T h e best t h i n g t o do i s t a l k to the p r e s e n t h o l d e r of the post or me ( I s n ' t it e x c i t i n g ! Scream!) c o s I'm d e a d n o s e y !

p Somewhere i n t h i s F E L I X , h o p e f u l l y b e l o w t h i s a r t i c l e , y o u w i l l find a l i s t of C o l l e g e s a n d U n i v e r s i t i e s w i t h whom' IC Union has a Reciprocal Membership A g r e e m e n t . T h i s agreement i s s u c h that we c a n use their f a c i l i t i e s a n d v i c e v e r s a w h e n e v e r e i t h e r be in the l o c a l i t y , if y o u s e e what I m e a n .

A n y w a y , what it b o i l s dow n to i s that if y o u look through the l i s t a n d d i s c o v e r the Wolfgang J . F l y w h e e l C o l l e g e of P h y s i c a l E d u c a t i o n for y o u n g l a d i e s w h i c h j u s t h a p p e n s to back onto y o u r country retreat — then y o u c a n u s e t h i s agreement a n d go a n d have a s w i l l in t h e i r bar or j o i n their H a t h a R u g b y C l u b .

F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 10th 1976 - 5

Linstead HallrThe rush to T h e p r e s e n t L i n s t e a d H a l l w a s o p e n e d in 1968 and b u i l t from funds donated by the s a m e b e n e f i c i a r y a s the present £ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 g i v e n for it s e x t e n s i o n . T h e new b e n e f a c t i o n c a m e in J a n u a r y t h i s y e a r and w a s c o n d i t i o n a l on C o l l e g e b e i n g in a p o s i t i o n to s t a r t b u i l d i n g by J a n u a r y 1 9 7 7 . T h e C o l l e g e d u l y s e t up a w o r k i n g party that c o n s i d e r e d the p l a n s s u b m i t t e d by a r c h i t e c t s Norman and D a w b a r n .

T h e p l a n s were a l s o s c r u t i n i s e d by W e s t m i n s t e r C i t y C o u n c i l ' s ( W C C ) Department of A r c h i t e c t u r e and P l a n n i n g w h e n they r e c e i v e d the ammended C o l l e g e p l a n s . S i n c e J u l y the C o l l e g e and the Department h a v e been in c o n s u l t a t i o n , i r o n i n g o u t d e s i g n problems a n d s e r v i c i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s .

T h e s e n e g o t i a t i o n s w e r e s o s u c c e s s f u l that the D e p a r t m e n t g a v e the C o l l e g e p l a n s a c l e a n b i l l of h e a l t h in a report to the W C C T o w n P l a n n i n g C o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g of 28th O c t o b e r . In p a r t i c u l a r the Department r e j e c t e d the i d e o l o g y of a low r i s e d e v e l o p m e n t for P r i n c e s G a r d e n s . T h e y thought that a t h i r d t y p e of a r c h i t e c t u r e — in a d d i t i o n to the t e r r a c e d h o u s e s a n d s t u d e n t h a l l s — w o u l d not be a p p r o p r i a t e to c o m p l e t e the s q u a r e . T h e y f e l t the c o l l e g e p l a n s r e t a i n e d t h e G a r d e n s ' e s s e n t i a l c h a r a c t e r istics.

T h e Department a l s o d e c i d e d that a p o p u l a t i o n d e n s i t y of 2 0 0 p e r s o n s per a c r e w a s 'not unappropriate for student accommodation'. T h u s they r e j e c t e d the K n i g h t s b r i d g e A s s o c i a t i o n ' s ( K A ) s u b m i s s i o n that a d e n s i t y of 85—100 be adopted for the new

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draft letter to IC g i v i n g w e r e overturned at t h e the d e s i g n r e j e c t e d on T h e meeting w a s w e l l C o u n c i l l o r s beforehand.

The College proposal T h e p r o p o s e d e x t e n s i o n to L i n s t e a d H a l l h a s been p l a n n e d by the C o l l e g e A r c h i t e c t s to a layout a n d d e s i g n w h i c h e m b o d i e s the a d v i c e and r e q u i r e m e n t s of s t u d e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s w h o w e r e members of a W o r k i n g P a r t y f i r s t e s t a b l i s h e d in 1972 to c o n s i d e r the further d e v e l o p m e n t of s t u d e n t r e s i d e n t i a l a c c o m m o d a t i o n in P r i n c e ' s G a r d e n s . A l t h o u g h e a r l i e r s c h e m e s for l o a n - f i n a n c e d d e v e l o p m e n t had to be a b a n d o n e d through l a c k of f i n a n c e , t h e offer by the A n o n y m o u s B e n e f a c t o r made p o s s i b l e the r e a l i s a t i o n of p l a n s w h i c h h a v e been the s u b j e c t of c a r e f u l c o n s i d e r a t i o n for some y e a r s .

T h e e x t e n s i o n i s p l a n n e d to p r o v i d e 9 5 r e s i d e n t i a l p l a c e s on the s i t e i m m e d i a t e l y north of L i n s t e a d H a l l and a b o v e t h e e x i s t i n g c a l o r i f i e r chamber w h i c h w a s s p e c i a l l y d e s i g n e d a s a b a s e for a n e w b u i l d i n g . S o a s not to intrude a t h i r d a r c h i t e c t u r a l d e s i g n into the G a r d e n s (in v i e w of the p r e s e r v a t i o n order o n 8—15 P r i n c e ' s G a r d e n s on the north s i d e ) the a r c h i t e c t u r a l d e s i g n r e f l e c t s b r o a d l y the rhythm and s t y l e of L i n s t e a d H a l l , it f o l l o w s the s a m e s t r u c t u r a l g r i d a n d h a s i d e n t i c a l f l o o r h e i g h t s for e a s e of c o m m u n i c a t i o n . In o r d e r t o t a k e a c c o u n t of v i e w s e x p r e s s e d by l o c a l r e s i d e n t s the o v e r a l l h e i g h t of the b u i l d i n g i s three s t o r e y s lower than L i n s t e a d H a l l i t s e l f ; for a e s t h e t i c c o n s i d e r a t i o n s a n d for e c o n o m y of m a i n t e n a n c e improved m a t e r i a l s are to be u s e d on the e x t e r i o r of the b u i l d i n g , and the d e s i g n of s t u d y bedroom? h a s been improved to r e d u c e s o u n d e m i s s i o n — a point of c o n c e r n to the l o c a l r e s i d e n t s .

I n t e r n a l l y a t y p i c a l f l o o r i s d e s i g n e d on a " c o m m u n a l c o r r i d o r " p r i n c i p l e around w h i c h s t u d y bedrooms a r e d o u b l e b a n k e d , the c o r r i d o r b e i n g d i v i d e d by f i r e d o o r s to permit 4 or 5 s t u d e n t s to s h a r e a u t i l i t y room ( g a l l e y ) bathroom a n d s e p a r a t e W C a n d s h o w e r compartment — a s i m p l e f l a t c o n c e p t — but a l s o a l l o w i n g , if n e c e s s a r y , for a w i d e r s o c i a l g r o u p i n g of up to 16— 20 on one f l o o r . V e r t i c a l c i r c u l a t i o n i s by s t a i r c a s e a n d l i f t s .

T h e b u i l d i n g i n c l u d e s t w o s e l f - c o n t a i n e d f l a t l e t s for the a c c o m m o d a t i o n of married s t u d e n t s . T h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n of the rooms in a s i n g l e b l o c k d o e s not c o n t r a v e n e the permitted d e n s i t i e s l a i d d o w n by the p l a n n i n g a u t h o r i t i e s , a n d c o n t r i b u t e s to d e v e l o p i n g the G a r d e n s to t h e i r f u l l p o t e n t i a l . T h e C o l l e g e A r c h i t e c t s h a v e been in c l o s e t o u c h throughout t h e p l a n n i n g s t a g e s w i t h the o f f i c e r s of the P l a n n i n g a u t h o r i t y , w h o s e p u b l i c l y e x p r e s s e d a d v i c e w a s that t h e A r c h i t e c t s s h o u l d not do other t h a n c o n f o r m to the l i n e s of the s q u a r e , in order t o r e t a i n t h e e s s e n t i a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c e n c l o s u r e w h i c h is t y p i c a l of L o n d o n s q u a r e s .

T h e mood of the m e e t i n g w a s s u c h that a member of C o l l e g e remarked that it w a s a c a s e of " H o w d o we r e j e c t t h e s e p l a n s " , not 'Whether we reject t h e m " .

S i n c e then the b e n e f a c t o r h a s e x t e n d e d the d e a d l i n e t o J a n u a r y 1 9 7 8 . T h e e x t e n s i o n w i l l be f u l l y d i s c u s s e d at a G o v e r n i n g B o d y meeting today w e e k .

H a v i n g l o o k e d d e e p l y at the v a r i o u s p l a n s put forward for the L i n s t e a d e x t e n s i o n the two of us f e e l i n c l i n e d to a g r e e in p r i n c i p l e , w i t h the h e i g h t of t h e C o l l e g e d e s i g n . L i k e W. C i t y C o u n c i l ' s own A r c h i t e c t u r a l a n d P l a n n i n g D e p t we are a g a i n s t a low r i s e e x t e n s i o n . T h e s q u a r e s h o u l d be c o m p l e t e d w i t h a medium r i s e d e v e l o p m e n t — l i k e S o u t h s i d e a n d L i n s t e a d — a s o r i g i n a l l y e n v i s a g e d before the ' l i s t i n g ' of 8—15 P r i n c e s Gardens.

We f e e l that, any low r i s e d e v e l o p m e n t w o u l d d e s t r o y t h e s q u a r e by a d d i n g a further a r c h i t e c t u r a l d e s i g n . We hope that the Royal F i n e Art C o m m i s s i o n ( R F A C ) , w h o h a v e b e e n a s k e d to comment on how — low r i s e or medium r i s e — the s q u a r e s h o u l d be c o m p l e t e d , w i l l c o m e to a s i m i l a r c o n c l u s i o n . If t h e y d o t h i s may p r o v i d e s u f f i c i e n t g r o u n d s for a C o l l e g e a p p e a l to t h e Department of E n v i r o n m e n t .

H o w e v e r , w e are l e s s k e e n on the w a y C o l l e g e h a s a p p r o a c h e d the e x t e n s i o n ' s d e s i g n . T h e r e s e e m s t o h a v e b e e n i n s u f f i c i e n t d i s c u s s i o n w i t h i n C o l l e g e . We w e r e h a r d l y e n d e a r e d to l e a r n that L i n s t e a d w a r d e n D r C a r a b i n e d i d not r e c e i v e a c o p y of the C o l l e g e p l a n s — a s s u b m i t t e d to W e s t m i n s t e r C C — a n d had t o get one through d e v i o u s m e a n s .

F u r t h e r , Topic, the C o l l e g e m a g a z i n e , h a s not b e e n a l l o w e d to p u b l i s h a s much a s it w o u l d h a v e l i k e d on the C o l l e g e p l a n s .

We r e a l i s e that in the future i n t e r e s t s of the C o l l e g e s o m e matters s h o u l d not be made p u b l i c i m m e d i a t e l y — h o w e v e r d o e s t h i s r ul e out a c o m p l e t e l y ' q u i e t d i s c u s s i o n ' ?

We f e e l that w h a t e v e r the comment of the R F A C o m m i s s i o n further d i s c u s s i o n i s n e e d e d — e s p e c i a l l y c o n c e r n i n g the f a c a d e and i n t e r i o r d e t a i l s . T h i s i s a n a r e a w h e r e it w o u l d be u s e f u l to i n v o l v e the w a r d e n , D r C a r a b i n e , e v e n though he h a s not b e e n d e s i g n a t e d w a r d e n of t h e new e x t e n s i o n .

We w o u l d a s k the q u e s t i o n that if o n e of the terms of t h e b e n e f a c t i o n h a s been c h a n g e d (the time l i m i t ) i s it a b s o l u t e l y i m p o s s i b l e to c h a n g e o t h e r s if e i t h e r C o l l e g e i s c o n s i s e n t l y d e n i e d p l a n n i n g p e r m i s s i o n or c h a n g e s are w a r r a n t e d to p r o v i d e a better h a l l ?

F u r t h e r more w e a r e not c o m p l e t e l y s a t i s f i e d that the t e r m s of the b e n e f a c t i o n w e r e not i n f l u e n c e d by top c o l l e g e p e r s o n n e l .

T h i s s u p p l e m e n t i s i n t e n d e d to s t i m u l a t e d i s c u s s i o n on t h e L i n s t e a d e x t e n s i o n . L e t t e r s on the s u b j e c t are w e l c o m e s i n c e they w i l l h e l p to p r o v i d e a w e a l t h of i d e a s to c o n s t r u c t the new brief to the C o l l e g e a r c h i t e c t s .

T h e u n c r e d i t e d a r t i c l e s in t h e s e four p a g e s h a v e b e e n w r i t t e n by C o l l e g e , the K n i g h t s b r i d g e A s s o c i a t i o n a n d P r o f e s s o r W i g g i n s . F o r further i n f o r m a t i o n c o n s u l t F E L I X N o . 433 (5th November).

D a v i d Crabbe & C l i v e Dewey

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F E L I X , D e c e m b e r 10th 1976

F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 10th 1976 -

THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE ASSOCIATION'S ALTERNATIVE P L A N x x x x ^ ^

THE WARDENS' VIEWS

More open discussion needed

College is living in Rip Van Winkle land T h e K n i g h t s b r i d g e A s s o c i a t i o n i s a t y p i c a l l o c a l amenity s o c i e t y brought to l i f e by " 9 6 0 ' s l e g i s l a t i o n as a c o n s u l t a t i v e body to the p l a n n i n g a u t h o r i t y , W e s t m i n s t e r C i t y C o u n c i l , f o r d e v e l o p e m e n t w i t h i n its a r e a .

A b o u t a g e n e r a t i o n ago Imperial C o l l e g e a c q u i r e d P r i n c e s G a r d e n s and w i t h it p e r m i s s i o n to c o n s t r u c t term-time h o s t e l s and v a c a t i o n - t i m e h o t e l s . T h u s the C o l l e g e r e c e i v e d p e r m i s s i o n to d e m o l i s h the h o u s e s in P r i n c e s G a r d e n s in the d a y s before p u b l i c c o n s u l t a t i o n . One can now h y p o t h e s i z e that a better s o l u t i o n might h a v e been to h o u s e s t u d e n t s in the c e n t r a l C o l l e g e a r e a , thereby e n l i v e n i n g the campus d e s e r t e d after the d a y ' s work.

In the l a s t two y e a r s the C o l l e g e h a s made a p p l i c a t i o n to i n c r e a s e the e x i s t i n g student p o p u l a t i o n in P r i n c e s G a r d e n s from 600 to 1500, though the s u b s e q u e n t l i s t i n g (by the Dept of E n v i r o n m e n t of N o s 8 to 15 reduced the i n c r e a s e to 600 p e r s o n s .

D u r i n g t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s the A s s o c i a t i o n h a s sought to c o operate w i t h the C o l l e g e to produce a s o l u t i o n a c c e p t a b l e to its n e i g h b o u r s : and repeatedly the C o l l e g e has d e c l i n e d .

It h a s to be s a i d that after a d e c a d e of e x p e r i e n c e , n e i g h b o u r s to the H a l l s are c o n f i d e n t that what amounts to a v i r t u a l r e p l i c a e x t e n s i o n of L i n s t e a d H a l l w o u l d r e s u l t in a s h a r p d e t e r i o r a t i o n of d e s i r a b l e s t a n d a r d s of a normal d o m e s t i c e n v i r o n m e n t . Indeed we b e l i e v e that any new b u i l d i n g s h o u l d h a v e a d o m e s t i c rather than hotel e m p h a s i s . T o many it s e e m s that the C o l l e g e , in p u r s u i n g its 20 year old p l a n , is more l i k e R i p V a n W i n k l e than a U n i v e r s i t y in the forefront of s c i e n t i f i c development and e q u i p p e d w i t h an i n d u s t r i a l s o c i o l o g y department.

T h i s summer, the K n i g h t s b r i d g e A s s o c i a t i o n , c h a l l e n g e d t o make c o n s t r u c t i v e p r o p o s a l s , very r e l u c t a n t l y set about p r o d u c i n g its own s c h e m e . A t root we b e l i e v e it n e c e s s a r y to retain the r e s i d e n t i a l a r e a in the South K e n s i n g t o n m i x , to a v o i d not only a B l o o m s b u r y d e a t h , but the sort of d a n g e r s of c e n t r a l c i t y d i s i n t e g r a t i o n that have been e m p h a s i z e d by the P l a n n i n g M i n i s t e r and h i s p r e d e c e s s o r : there are many o m i n o u s e x a m p l e s to b e a v o i d e d if the enormous e x o d u s from L o n d o n of those in s e a r c h of better l i v i n g c o n d i t i o n s is to be s t e m m e d .

O v e r c r o w d i n g is one of the r e p u l s i v e features of c i t y l i f e : c e r t a i n l y the C o l l e g e has a l r e a d y o v e r t o p p e d the h i s t o r i c d e n s i t y of its own (and the a d j o i n i n g ) S q u a r e . P r o p o s a l s to i n c r e a s e it w o u l d a c c o u n t for one quarter of the w h o l e of K n i g h t s b r i d g e s i m p l y i n v i t e r e s i s t a n c e . Our s c h e m e then is d e s i g n e d to mend the g a p s in P r i n c e s G a r d e n s w i t h u s e f u l b u i l d i n g s to h o u s e a n optimum and not j u s t a maximum a d d i t i o n a l p o p u l a t i o n , On the e a s t s i d e our p r o p o s a l i n c l u d e s a c a r park in the e x i s t i n g b a s e m e n t , d e c k e d o v e r w i t h 3 t e n n i s c o u r t s (with an a l l w e a t h e r f i n i s h ) , and a s e r i e s of c o v e r e d g a m e s courts w i t h m a i s o n e t t e s a b o v e a c c o m m o d a t i n g a student p o p u l a t i o n of 7 2 .

O t h e r f a c i l i t i e s , i n c l u d i n g a m e d i c a l centre and a c r e c h e , a r e

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A sketch of the proposals put forward by the Knightsbridge Association (looking from the present Garden Hall on the north side of Princes Gardens. l o c a t e d in s e v e r a l s t o r e y s a b o v e the e x i s t i n g b o i l e r h o u s e . T o the e a s t of L i n s t e a d H a l l open c a r p a r k i n g w o u l d be o b s c u r e d by a pergola.

In our v i e w , a b u i l d i n g four s t o r e y s in height is s u f f i c i e n t to b l a n k e t from s i g h t the b a c k of E n n i s m o r e G a r d e n s t e r r a c e .

C o n t i n u i n g to use the m a t e r i a l s of the o r i g i n a l b u i l d e r s — b r i c k and s t u c c o — the s t y l e w o u l d b a l a n c e the mews d e s i g n and the a r t i c u l a t i o n s of its main s t r e e t V i c t o r i a n n e i g h b o u r s .

On the north s i d e , some s i x t y s t u d e n t s w o u l d be a c c o m m o d a t e d in a low r i s e b u i l d i n g fronted by a d o u b l e storey c o n s e r v a t o r y common room. A p a r t from the a t t r a c t i v e n e s s of s u c h a feature the p r o p o s a l is aimed at s a t i s f y i n g the P l a n n i n g A u t h o r i t y ' s d e s i r e to s e e d e s i g n s y m p a t h e t i c to its V i c t o r i a n s u r r o u n d s .

Such a height w o u l d c o n t i n u e the line of the h e a v i l y e m p h a s i s e d p o r t i c o s : the e x p o s e d t e r r a c e end w o u l d m i m i c f e a t u r e s from its main f a c a d e .

C o n c e p t u a l d e s i g n of student h a l l s of r e s i d e n c e h a s made r a d i c a l progress in the last 20 y e a r s : our own d e s i g n , put forward s o l e y in o u t l i n e , i n c o r p o r a t e s t h i s p r o g r e s s and w e are c o n f i d e n t it w o u l d meet w i t h the a p p r o v a l of t h o s e whom it i s intended to a c c o m m o d a t e .

A model of College

proposals

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10 y e a r s ago w h e n p l a n s for the present L i n s t e a d H a l l w e r e being drawn up, its warden d e s i g n a t e , C i v i l E n g i n e e r Dr P a u l M i n t o n , w a s d e e p l y i n v o l v e d in c o n s u l t a t i o n s w i t h the C o l l e g e a r c h i t e c t s . A l o n g w i t h then D o m e s t i c B u r s a r , C a r l S e a f o r d , a n d S e n i o r Warden Mr S t e p h e n s o n — h i s e q u i v a l e n t now w o u l d be the C o l l e g e S e n i o r T u t o r — Dr M i n t o n spent a c o n s i d e r a b l e t i m e f o r m u l a t i n g L i n s t e a d ' s d e s i g n . H e w a s i n v o l v e d in the p l a n n i n g from the ear l y s t a g e s , s o m e t h i n g w h i c h has not happened w i t h the present w a r d e n , Dr C a r a b i n e , over t h e e x t e n s i o n p l a n s .

In fact w h i l s t Dr C a r a b i n e h a s been i n v o l v e d w i t h the W o r k i n g P a r t y on the L i n s t e a d E x t e n s i o n he has only been s o s i n c e just

THE COLLEGE SECRETARY REPLIES^xWftWS?*:

'It's a question of T h e C o l l e g e S e c r e t a r y , Mr D a v i e s h a s been one of the s p o k e s m e n for C o l l e g e on the L i n s t e a d p r o p o s a l s . A s s u c h f e l t that it w o u l d be only c o u r t e s y to let him reply to some p o i n t s r a i s e d e l s e w h e r e in t h i s f e a t u r e .

C o n c e r n i n g extent of C o l l e g e p o l i c y in i n f l u e n c i n g the

A longitudinal section through three courtyards of the plans drawn up by Wiggins arrangement of study bedrooms around a central staircase.

The existing Linstead common rooms or study bedrooms are planned here.

and Gardiner. boiler house

It shows the mezzanine is shown on the left -

major FELIX of the terms

you draw the lines' of the b e n e f a c t i o n , Mr D a v i e s s a i d there w a s 'no consultation about the precise terms of the benefaction'.

A s to whet he r the money d o n a t e d c o u l d be used for a new h a l l rather than an e x t e n s i o n he p o i n t e d out that a s the same b e n e f a c t o r had g i v e n the money for the o r i g i n a l L i n s t e a d H a l l , 'not un-naturally he or she envisagedan extension to Linstead and College did not quarrel with that.'

Q u e s t i o n e d if C o l l e g e had a s k e d the b e n i f i c i a r y to c h a n g e any c o n d i t i o n s he commented that 'College had informed benefactor about the rejection of planning permission.'

Mr D a v i e s refuted the s u g g e s t i o n that the v i e w s of the K n i g h t s bridge A s s o c i a t i o n ( K A ) had not been t a k e n into a c c o u n t .

'College has had meetings with KA and some of the points they raised have been met.'

F u r t h e r m o r e , he e m p h a s i s e d that a l t h o u g h C o l l e g e had to h a v e 'things done fast', t h i s in no way i m p l i e d that there w a s inadequat e c o n s u l t a t i o n or that the urgency w a s a c a u s e of the u l t i m a t e r e j e c t i o n of the p l a n s .

H e w a s sure that the c o m p o s i t i o n of the Working P a r t y w a s a d e q u a t e . H e added 'there has to be a limit a s to the numbers involved in the planning process.

It's a question of where you draw the lines in this matter.'

He further p o i n t e d out that D r K e n W e a l e — C o l l e g e T u t o r and an e x - w a r d e n - h a d been i n v o l v e d w i t h the w o r k i n g party from the b e g i n n i n g . T h e i n c l u s i o n of Dr C a r a b i n e w a s not i m p l i e d b e c a u s e he w a s the present w a r d e n . W a r d e n s h i p has a tenure of f i v e y e a r s and Dr C a r a b i n e need not n e c e s s a r i l y be the warden w h e n the e x t e n s i o n is o p e n e d .

Mr D a v i e s w a s not prepared to comment on the f i n d i n g s of the Royal F i n e Art C o m m i t t e e , or on p o s s i b l e C o l l e g e p o l i c y a s s e e n in the new brief for the a r c h i t e c t s . H e f e l t that it w o u l d be i n a p p r o p r i a t e a s the G o v e r n o r ' s w i l l d i s c u s s the q u e s t i o n of the L i n s t e a d H a l l e x t e n s i o n at t h e i r m e e t i n g a w e e k t o d a y .

A typical courtyard - showing the mezzanine section gardens - as envisaged by the Wiggns and Gardiner

and roof Scheme.

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a f t e r the time the p l a n s had been s u b m i t t e d to C o l l e g e by the a r c h i t e c t s Norman and D a w b a r n . H i s role w a s a s o b s e r v e r in a t t e n d a n c e , a s s e s s i n g the p l a n s and p r e s e n t i n g any points r a i s e d by the L i n s t e a d H a l l C o m m i t t e e .

Me f e e l s the Working P a r t y h a v e been lumbered w i t h a p l a n w h i c h i s , in e s s e n c e , a repeat of the N o r t h s i d e plan for a h a l l a b o v e the s p o r t s centre (the plan w a s s u b s e q u e n t l y d r o p p e d b e c a u s e the f o u n d a t i o n s of the c e n t r e wer e not s u i t a b l e ) .

He has never r e a l l y been happy w i t h the p r o p o s a l s for an e x t e n s i o n , f a v o u r i n g the i d e a of a s e p a r a t e h a l l . I n i t i a l l y , h e r a i s e d t h i s w i t h the Working P a r t y where the idea r e c e i v e d s o m e s y m p a t h y . But the terms of the b e n e f a c t i o n a p p e a r e d to be e x p l i c i t , requiring an e x t e n s i o n to L i n s t e a d H a l l .

T h e L i n s t e a d H a i l C o m m i t t e e d i d not react f a v o u r a b l y to the Working P a r t y ' s p r o p o s a l e ' t h e r ; they did s o on the grounds t h a t there w o u l d be a large number of s t u d e n t s in the present common rooms, and that t h e s e w o u l d be the only a c c e s s to the new b u i l d i n g . D r C a r a b i n e c o n v e y e d t h i s to the Working P a r t y , a l o n g w t h m o d i f c a t i o n s made by P a u l J o w i t t , then s u b - w a r d e n o f L i n s t e a d and h i m s e l f a C i v i l E n g i n e e r . T h e s e m o d i f i c a t i o n s i n c l u d e d the p r o v i s i o n of an e n t r a n c e at ground l e v e l . T h e s e m o d i f i c a t i o n s were a c c e p t e d by the W o r k i n g P a r t y .

Dr C a r a b i n e e m p h a s i s e s that h i s c r i t i c i s m is not r e a l l y of the a r c h i t e c t s p l a n s — a s long a s the b u i l d i n g is f u n c t i o n a l and a t t r a c t i v e - but of the brief p r e s e n t e d to Norman and D a w b a r n and the manner in w h i c h it w a s drawn up. H e r e c o g n i s e s that the C o l l e g e had a tight s c h e d u l e , being required to start b u i l d i n g by J a n u a r y 1 9 7 7 . H o w e v e r , he f e e l s that 'fo some extent, consultation within College was curtailed at very early stages when perhaps it would have been of most value.' ;

T h e Working P a r t y d i d not d i s c u s s the K n i g h t b r i d g e A s s o c i a t i o n or P r o f e s s o r W i g g i n s ' a l t e r n a t i v e p l a n s , Dr C a r a b i n e s a i d .

F o r v a r i o u s r e a s o n s they h a v e not met s i n c e J u l y .

He e x p r e s s e d r e l i e f on h e a r i n g of the e x t e n s i o n of the t i m e l i m i t , and s e e s it a s p r o v i d i n g an opportunity for further d i s c u s s i o n . T h i s c o u l d c e n t r e around both the type of r e s i d e n t i a l unit r e q u i r e d and the w i s h e s of o u t s i d e g r o u p s , e s p e c i a l l y t h e K n i g h t s b r i d g e A s s o c i a t i o n and W e s t m i n s t e r C i t y C o u n c i l . H e t h i n k s there i s a need for i n v o l v i n g s t u d e n t s w a r d e n s a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i o n in a n y future w o r k i n g party to produce a c o n c e p t of r e s i d e n c e s u i t a b l e for e v e r y o n e .

On the s u g g e s t i o n of an open m eet in g on the s u b j e c t , Dr C a r a b i n e commented that it might be a good idea if there wer e enough p e o p l e i n t e r e s t e d . 'After all', he s a i d , 'If a competent firm of architects have not managed to produce an acceptable building within their brief, then it indicates that one ought to go back and discuss the constraints', (of the brief).

He f e l t it w a s p o i n t l e s s to s p e c u l a t e on a l t e r n a t i v e s at t h i s s t a g e - in fact he d i d not know the C o l l e g e plan had been rej e c t e d u n t i l it w a s p u b l i s h e d in F E L I X - but thought the c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h the F i n e A r t s C o m m i s s i o n w a s good s i n c e 'an aesthetic consideration is needed a t this stage.'

Dr C a r a b i n e ' s c a l l for more d i s c u s s i o n w a s e c h o e d by Mr F r a n k P o t t e r , Warden of K e o g h H a l l , S o u t h s i d e and a former w a r d e n of L i n s t e a d . He d o e s 'not know how one can go ahead without more discussion.'

H e s e e s the e x t r a year as g i v i n g a c h a n c e for a 'new beginning' w i t h a l l p a r t i e s , i n c l u d i n g s t u d e n t s and w a r d e n s , involved in c o n s u l t a t i o n .

H i s p e r s o n a l o p i n i o n of the d e s i g n of the e x t e n s i o n w a s that it w a s i n c o n g r u o u s w i t h the present L i n s t e a d H a l l . He a l s o f e l t that management problem s w o u l d a r i s e and there w a s the p o s s i b i l i t y that a requirement of ' d o u b l e s i t t i n g s ' at m e a l s w o u l d r e s u l t in some s t u d e n t s not f e e l i n g part of L i n s t e a d .

Mr P o t t e r is 'not keen' on the i d e a of an open m e e t i n g . H e f a v o u r s q u i e t d i s c u s s i o n , d i s c u s s i o n w h i c h he f e e l s i s now absolutely necessary.

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David Crabbe

8 - F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 10th 1976

An alternative plan from Professor Wiggins & Stephen Gardiner

Human habitation for students P e o p l e h a v e begun to hate u n i v e r s i t i e s . If y o u doubt t h i s , look at the n e w s p a p e r s — empty of u n d e r s t a n d i n g of what u n i v e r s i t i e s d o , a n d f u l l of m a l i c e t o w a r d s ' s t u d e n t s , i n v a r i a b l y i m a g i n e d in a s t a t e of p a r a s i t i c a l d e p e n d e n c e on t h e ' long s u f f e r i n g t a x p a y e r . T h e c u t - b a c k in u n i v e r s i t y e x p e n d i t u r e w h i c h s t a r t e d w e l l before the s q u e e z e , i s j u s t one r e f l e c t i o n of the s t a t e of p u b l i c o p i n i o n .

T h e r e are many r e a s o n s for t h i s v i e w of u s . O n e r e a s o n i s the s e l f - a b s o r p t i o n of u n i v e r s i t i e s . T h e most perfect e x p r e s s i o n of the s e l f - c e n t r e d n e s s of L o n d o n U n i v e r s i t y i s i t s b u i l d i n g p o l i c y .

T h e Sunday T i m e s for 10th A u g u s t 1969 w r o t e : " L o n d o n U n i v e r s i t y , w h o s e reputation for p h i l i s t i n i s m w a s a l r e a d y s e c u r e , h a s s t r u c k its s h r e w d e s t blow y e t a g a i n s t t h e f o r c e s of beauty a n d p l e a s u r e . . . . Woburn Squar e i s gone . . . . it i s gone by the w i l l of what i s s u p p o s e d to be a great s e a t of l e a r n i n g and c u l t u r e f i n a n c e d by p u b l i c money and s p u r r e d on by good i n t e n t i o n . It i s w o r s e than a c r i m e . It i s a f o l l y . A l l t h o s e r e s p o n s i b l e .... s h o u l d be a s h a m e d . " B u t c o n s e r v a t i o n i s t s are not the o n l y p e o p l e w h o d i s t r u s t the U n i v e r s i t y . P e o p l e w h o c a r e about modern a r c h i t e c t u r e are e q u a l l y c o n c e r n e d . A p a r t from the R o y a l C o l l e g e of A r t , w h a t good b u i l d i n g h a s the U n i v e r s i t y put up in K e n s i n g t o n ? T h e S e c r e t a r y of the R o y a l F i n e A r t s C o m m i s s i o n o n c e w r o t e t o Norman and D a w b a r n , a r c h i t e c t s then a s now to Imperial C o l l e g e , " T h e q u a l i t y of the d e s i g n (of the I C c a m p u s ) s e e m s to express a great c o m m e r c i a l c o n c e r n rather than a s e a t of l e a r n i n g and r e s e a r c h . " W i l l the new H u x l e y b u i l d i n g in Q u e e n s G a t e refute t h i s charge?

T h e r e are c o n s e r v a t i o n i s t s and there are c o n n o i s s e u r s of a r c h i t e c t u r e , and there are n e i g h b o u r s o v e r s h a d o w e d a n d i g n o r e d .

B u t there i s y e t a n o t h e r group w h o f i n d I C ' s present b u i l d i n g s w a n t i n g — the s t u d e n t s t h e m s e l v e s , w h o c o m p l a i n about t h e i s o l a t i o n w h i c h h a s r e s u l t e d from the plan y o u f i n d at L i n s t e a d H a l l , four rooms to a c e l l w i t h v i r t u a l l y no other r e f e r e n c e point between the c e l l and the w h o l e b u i l d i n g . T h e remedy for t h i s i s not a n o t h e r p l u n g e i n t o the unknow n — a h o t e l v e r s i o n of the same u n s u c c e s s f u l b u i l d i n g form. What is n e e d e d i s a w a y of b u i l d i n g w h i c h h a s proved i t s a b i l i t y to a n s w e r to the n e e d s of a community.

T h a t at l e a s t w a s the p o s s i b i l i t y I e n v i s a g e d , and w h i c h the shame I have long f e l t for the U n i v e r s i t y , prompted me to c o m m i s s i o n S t e p h e n G a r d i n e r to e x p l o r e , when the C o l l e g e u n v e i l e d i t s p l a n to e n c l o s e P r i n c e s G a r d e n s a g a i n , and to o v e r w h e l m w i t h yet more high b u i l d i n g s the s p a c e and a i r w h i c h the s q u a r e had a c c i d e n t a l l y got from the c l e a r a n c e of i t s E a s t s i d e . The g u i d e l i n e s I gave Stephen Gardiner w e r e , first, t h e need to d e s i g n an a l t e r n a t i v e w h i c h s t u d e n t s w o u l d be h a p p y i n ; s e c o n d , the p o s i t i o n of the s i t e in the e x i s t i n g s q u a r e ; t h i r d , the s p e c i a l c h a r a c t e r of the neighbourhood a s a w h o l e . H e drew the d r a w i n g s w h i c h c a n be found in the U n i o n O f f i c e . H e w r i t e s about h i s s c h e m e : " T h e a l t e r n a t i v e to a h i g h - r i s e c o n c r e t e s l a b b l o c k e x t e n d i n g L i n s t e a d H a l l n o r t h w a r d s (with i n e v i t a b l e internal central c o r r i d o r , l i f t s and uniform w i n d o w s ) , i s a s c h e m e w i t h low b u i I d i n g s s p r e a d i n g a c r o s s the w h o l e s i t e between E n n i s m o r e G a r d e n s M e w s and the h e d g e w h i c h marks the b e g i n n i n g of the s q u a r e . T h i s means a s e r i e s of d o m e s t i c s c a l e b u i l d i n g s w h i c h c a n be arranged to make a s e r i e s of c o u r t s between three and four s t o r e y s h i g h . T h e c o u r t , l i k e the street t e r r a c e , i s a b u i l d i n g form w h i c h h a s been t r i e d and e n j o y e d over c e n t u r i e s , w h e r e a s the h i g h - r i s e b u i l d i n g form h a s c o m e to be r e j e c t e d w i t h i n the s p a c e of one g e n e r a t i o n . T h e court m a k e s a f o c u s for l i v i n g and w o r k i n g . It b r i n g s p e o p l e together round a c o m m u n i t y s p a c e . P e o p l e c a n s e e e a c h other, or are a w a r e of the p r e s e n c e of t h e i r n e i g h b o u r s . T h i s m a k e s for a f r i e n d l y , s e c u r e s o c i e t y . " T h e brief a s k e d us to p r o v i d e the maximum number of s t u d e n t s that w a s a r c h i t e c t u r a l l y a c c e p t a b l e for the s i t e . W e f i n d that w e c a n h o u s e 280 (and 300 if we b u i l d o v e r the b o i l e r h o u s e rather than b u i l d a Common R o o m there). We do not l i k e the i d e a of d o u b l e rooms for s t u d e n t s but, s i m p l y for p u r p o s e s of s h o w i n g what an a l t e r n a t i v e to the o f f i c i a l s c h e m e w o u l d look l i k e , we h a v e r e l u c t a n t l y f o l l o w e d the C o l l e g e ' s o w n o v e r a l i r a t i o of s i n g l e to d o u b l e r o o m s . " O b v i o u s l y w e h a v e to l i v e w i t h the e c o n o m i c s of t h i s p r o b l e m . F o r a rather s m a l l e r number of s t u d e n t s , we c o u l d h a v e d e s i g n e d a better s c h e m e w i t h e v e n l e s s of the feel of " s t u d e n t b u i l d i n g s " . B u t e v e n w i t h the p r e s e n t number of r o o m s , o u r s w o u l d be very u n l i k e most of the student h o u s i n g we have s e e n in L o n d o n , e s p e c i a l l y w h e n the s m a l l g a r d e n s e s t a b l i s h e d t h e m s e l v e s . (If you doubt the beauty or u t i l i t y of s m a l l g a r d e n s l i k e t h e s e , w a l k around in the C i t y , eg between C a r t e r L a n e and the R i v e r , and s e e what s u c h s p a c e s c a n be l i k e , and how much p e o p l e v a l u e them.) " T a k i n g the three p h a s e s t o g e t h e r , the c a p a c i t y of our s c h e m e i s the s a m e a s the C o l l e g e ' s if, w h e n the C o l l e g e s e e k p l a n n i n g p e r m i s s i o n for P h a s e III in the 1 9 8 0 s , the C i t y C o u n c i l i n s i s t s on e n f o r c i n g d a y l i g h t i n g r e g u l a t i o n s and r e m o v e s t h r e e storeys ( s 8 0 students).

" T h e g u i d e l i n e s of the e x i s t i n g s q u a r e and the a d j o i n i n g m e w s s t r e e t s of the n e i g h b o u r h o o d c o n f i r m the Tightness o f c o u r t s among b u i l d i n g s . T h e s q u a r e c o n t a i n s a l a r g e garden and the c o u r t s are l i k e e c h o e s of t h i s g a r d e n . T h e y c o n t i n u e it a s s m a l l e r g a r d e n s . A t the s a m e t i m e , it has to be remembered that when t h i s V i c t o r i a n s q u a r e w a s b u i l t o v e r a hundred y e a r s a g o it w a s a l l of one s t u c c o p i e c e , and the t r e e s w e r e s a p l i n g s . It w a s n e v e r a s p a c i o u s s q u a r e , but one thing s a v e d it. T h e South s i d e w a s b u i l t lower than the E a s t and West s i d e s . ( Y o u c a n s e e o n e or two of the r e m a i n i n g h o u s e s at the S o u t h - w e s t c o r n e r . ) T h e s q u a r e w a s t i l t e d to the m i d d a y s u n . T h a t a d v a n t a g e i s g o n e w i t h the great height of the r e b u i l d i n g to the S o u t h . It f o l l o w s that any p r o p o s a l to c l o s e the E a s t s i d e , a n d to cut out l i g h t , must be a v o i d e d . S u c h e n c l o s u r e c a n o n l y be a v o i d e d by low b u i l d i n g s , and by t r eat in g L i n s t e a d H a l l a s a large free s t a n d i n g o b j e c t — w i t h an e f f e c t w h i c h w o u l d be t h o r o u g h l y t y p i c a l of K e n s i n g t o n . " W i t h o u t g o i n g into a m a z e of d e t a i l , there is a n o t h e r important f a c t o r w h i c h i n f l u e n c e d our d e s i g n , and t h i s w a s the need to r e l a t e the l e v e l of the s i t e to the l e v e l of the s q u a r e . A t the s a m e t i m e , the l e v e l of our r o o f l i n e s had to match the l e v e l of the mews r o o f l i n e . T h e s e two t h i n g s w e r e a c h i e v e d in one move — by r a i s i n g the l e v e l of our s i t e ( at p r e s e n t one s t o r e y b e l o w that of the s q u a r e ) by four f e e t . T h e s e c t i o n - and thus the s t a i r c a s e p l a n w i t h two rooms off e v e r y l a n d i n g — e v o l v e d from t h i s m o v e .

We u s e a m e z z a n i n e s e c t i o n w h e r e the lower ground f l o o r s t a r t s from the present l e v e l of the s i t e and our e n t r a n c e s t a r t s from the new l e v e l . It s o u n d s c o m p l i c a t e d but is r e a l l y very s i m p l e , a s a g l a n c e at our d r a w i n g s w i l l s h o w . T h e t r a d i t i o n a l c o l l e g e s t a i r c a s e p l a n w i t h b e t w e e n 14 to 2 0 s t u d e n t s off it c r e a t e s a p l e a s a n t d o m e s t i c arrangement w h i c h l e a d s to roof g a r d e n s a t the top. T h e s e , l i k e the c o u r t s b e l o w , unify the b l o c k s , and r e l a t e them to the s q u a r e a s a w h o l e . " T h e roof g a r d e n s p r o v i d e a c o m m u n a l s p a c e for the i n h a b i t a n t s of e a c h b l o c k . T h e c o u r t s are a p l a c e w h e r e a l l the s t u d e n t s in the s c h e m e and from e l s e w h e r e w o u l d c o m e a c r o s s one another in a natural w a y a s they do in c o u n t l e s s other u n i v e r s i t i e s — Cambridge, Durham, Oxford, B o l o g n a , Harvard, C r a c o w , A m s t e r d a m , P r a g u e , (to name but a f e w ) . " T h e r e are p e o p l e w h o d i s a g r e e w i t h the i d e a that the b a c k of E n n i s m o r e G a r d e n s c o u l d d e f i n e the w e s t e r n s i d e of P r i n c e s S q u a r e . T h e y d i s l i k e t h e s e b a c k s . B u t t h e s e very p e o p l e w o u l d condemn half the s t u d e n t s in the o f f i c i a l s c h e m e to look c l o s e up on no other v i e w than the one they s a y they d i s l i k e . O u r a l t e r n a t i v e w o u l d i n v o l v e p l a n t i n g t r e e s and g r a s s - in m a k i n g s o m e t h i n g w h i c h w o u l d be g o o d to l o o k at a n d l i v e i n .

"I am sorry the U n i o n E x e c u t i v e d i d not i n v i t e me to their meeting to e x p l a i n our d r a w i n g s , w h i c h they h a v e m i s u n d e r s t o o d in c e r t a i n important w a y s , or r e s p o n d to a further s u g g e s t i o n of a m e e t i n g w i t h s t u d e n t s . A letter of c l a r i f i c a t i o n of the d r a w i n g s w a s sent to Mr B r a y s h a w on 16th O c t o b e r , w h i c h I hope he w i l l s h o w to any s t u d e n t s w h o are i n t e r e s t e d in p r o b l e m s ot d o m e s t i c or communal a r c h i t e c t u r e . " When S t e p h e n G a r d i n e r had made h i s d r a w i n g s we h a d them c o s t e d by the q u a n t i t y s u r v e y o r w h o had a c t e d for the L i n s t e a d H a l l b u i l d i n g . O u r b u i l d i n g c o s t s s l i g h t l y l e s s than the C o l l e g e ' s at P h a s e O n e a n d 19% l e s s per student h o u s e d at P h a s e s T w o and T h r e e . What is more, the l o w - r i s e a l t e r n a t i v e w o u l d admit of p i e c e m e a l a d d i t i o n s after P h a s e O n e , and w o u l d e n a b l e the C o l l e g e to c o m p l e t e student a c c o m m o d a t i o n g r a d u a l l y w i t h t h e h e l p of s m a l l b e n e f a c t i o n s . T h e plan i s f l e x i b l e . It i s to be f a v o u r e d if w h a t the C o l l e g e r e a l l y w a n t s i s to a c c o m m o d a t e a s many s t u d e n t s a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e .

T h e r e is s o m e t h i n g for a t e c h n o l o g i s t to t h i n k about in t h e s e e c o n o m i c f i n d i n g s . T h e ugly s o l u t i o n need not b e the c h e a p o n e , and the c h e a p s o l u t i o n need not be the u g l y o n e . T h e time i s c o m i n g w h e n p e o p l e w i l l require t e c h n o l o g i s t s to find s o l u t i o n s w h i c h c o m b i n e s i m p l i c i t y w i t h beauty and e c o n o m y and c o n g r u i t y to the n e e d s of e v e r y d a y l i f e . T h e P r i n c e s G a r d e n s s c h e m e c o m b i n e s m e d i o c r i t y and d e f i a n c e of n e i g h b o u r h o o d w i t h v e r y high c o s t - money w h i c h w o u l d be better spent p r o v i d i n g more student a c c o m m o d a t i o n here and n o w .

I t h i n k p e o p l e w o u l d s t o p t a l k i n g about the need to e n c l o s e the s q u a r e and undo the f ort uit ous b e n e f i t s of the d e m o l i t i o n of the E a s t s i d e of P r i n c e s G a r d e n s if they w o u l d try to t h i n k what t h i n g s w o u l d be l i k e on the ground when the P h a s e T h r e e b l o c k , d a y l i g h t i n g i n f r i n g e m e n t s and a l l , i s f i n i s h e d , and when t h e p r o c e s s w h i c h began w i t h a l o c k i n g of the light from the S o u t h i s c o m p l e t e d . In a s i t u a t i o n l i k e t h i s , it i s the e m p t i e s t f o r m a l i s m to s p e a k of the c l a s s i c q u a l i t i e s of L o n d o n s q u a r e s in c o n n e x i o n w i t h P r i n c e s G a r d e n s . C o n s i d e r B e d f o r d s q u a r e : It i s w i d e r in e x t e n t a n d lower on a l l s i d e s — a s w e l l a s c o m p l e t e . In P r i n c e s G a r d e n s , w h e r e s o much h a s gone wrong a l r e a d y , what is n e e d e d i s an a r c h i t e c t u r a l i d e a w h i c h w i l l make the best of what r e m a i n s : a s e n s e of s p a c e , and l i g h t from the E a s t . A s it i s , if the C o l l e g e h a s i t s own w a y , the g a r d e n s w i l l be o v e r w h e l m e d — and by a b u i l d i n g w h i c h I h a v e y e t to find any member of Imperial College call beautiful.

L e t me end w h e r e I b e g a n . In the U n i v e r s i t i e s we h a v e to learn to l i v e in harmony w i t h the c i t y , e l s e we s h a l l e v e n t u a l l y be s t a r v e d out of the c i t y . I l e a v e to L e i b n i z , a p h i l o s o p h e r whom I t h i n k I c a n r e l y on Imperial C o l l e g e to r e s p e c t a s c o - i n v e n t o r w i t h Newton of the i n f i n i t e s t i m a l c a l c u l u s , the l a s t word on what sort of l o s s that w i l l be for the community of l e a r n i n g . " . . . . t h u s a new m a x i m — w h i c h g o e s c o m p l e t e l y a g a i n s t the o l d one h a s become n e c e s s a r y ; namely that s t u d e n t s and s c h o l a r s s h o u l d p a r t i c i p a t e a s much a s p o s s i b l e and be a s much as they c a n w i t h p e o p l e and in the w o r l d . "

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(Evening Standard, 22nd November) I am now w e l l into my 2 n d y e a r of t r a i n i n g to be a " s t a t u s s y m b o l " . I ' v e been taught in T P (nothing to d o w i t h y o u great author) about the good s e c r e t a r y : h o p e f u l l y by the summer I w i l l h a v e s p e e d s of 1 2 0 / 1 0 0 w p m (words p e r minute dumbo!) in E n g l i s h / F r e n c h s h o r t a n d , a n d 6 0 / 5 0 wpm in t y p i n g . I w i l l h a v e become a r e s p o n s i b l e , i n d e pendent w o r k e r , r e l i e v i n g my b o s s of h i s work b u r d e n . I w i l l t ype h i s l e t t e r s , arrang e a p p o i n t m e n t s for h i m , d e a l w i t h unwanted v i s i t o r s . I w i l l be p u n c t u a l , honest, w e l l - d r e s s e d and have a s e n s e of humour.

T h a t ' s not b e i n g a s t a t u s s y s m b o l . I t ' s hard w o r k . S e c r e t a r i e s a r e a very v i t a l part of b u s i n e s s l i f e . T h e y are d e d i c a t i n g t h e i r l i f e to make the b o s s ' s e a s i e r — if he d o e s n ' t take a d v a n t a g e of the h e l p o f f e r e d , more fool h e . Indeed there i s a c e r t a i n amount of truth i n the s t a t e m e n t : 'British executives need to be trained in the proper use of a secretary'.

On T u e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 14th w e a r e g o i n g C a r o l s i n g i n g w i t h G u i Ids — detai Is from I F U n i o n . I h o p e to s e e a s many s t a t u s s y m b o l s there a s p o s s i b l e (and s o do G u i l d s ) .

JANE TURNER

remaining s e r v i c e s (NUS Marketing a n d Endsleigh I n s u r a n c e ) remain student c o n t r o l l e d and p r o f i t a b l e .

T h e other f i n a n c i a l d e b a t e w i l l be concerned with the NUS estimates for next y e a r . T h e s e o u t l i n e in some d e t a i l spend their how t h e e x e c u t i v e w i l l m o n e y . A s most of y o u w i l l know N U S i s in some f i n a n c i a l d i f f i c u l t i e s due t o l o o s i n g £43,000 w h e n t r a v e l went b u s t ( b e c a u s e of a n o f f - s e t agreement w i t h the bank). T h i s , together w i t h t h e recent s p a t e of S c o t t i s h d i s a f f i l i a t i o n s , m e a n s that N U S w i l l h a v e very l i t t l e to s p e n d on c a m p a i g n s n e x t y e a r .

U T h e I C U d e l e g a t i o n w i l l be p r o p o s i n g that a l l the money N U S c u r r e n t l y s p e n d s on International work ( C h i l e , South A f r i c a , P o r t u g a l e t c ) i s t r a n s f e r e d to t h e more important domestic c a m p a i g n s s u c h a s Grants, fees, social security and overseas students.

T h e other m o t i o n s to be d i s c u s s e d are on G r a n t s , O v e r s e a s S t u d e n t s , R a c i a l i s m , South A f r i c a a n d t h e N U S C o n s t i t u t i o n . On t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n motion IC has put an ammendment c a l l i n g for the i n t r o d u c t i o n o f d i r e c t e l e c t i o n s for t h e N U S e x e c u t i v e . T h i s unfortunately stands very little c h a n c e of b e i n g a c c e p t e d .

I C U h a s a l s o put ammendments i n o n South A f r i c a a n d G r a n t s — t h e G r a n t s ammendment c a l l i n g for the a b o l i t i o n of the p a r e n t a l c o n t r i b u t i o n and d i s c r e t i o n a r y a w a r d s a s the m a i n a i m s for next y e a r ' s grants campaign .

T h e rest of the b u s i n e s s of C o n f e r e n c e i s t a k e n up w i t h the e x e c u t i v e report of what they have done in the p a s t y e a r .

l T h i s may s o u n d a heavy w o r k l o a d and c o n f e r e n c e i s in s e s s i o n from 9am t i l l 12 m i d n i g h t to get most b u s i n e s s d i s c u s s e d — t h e o n l y c o m p e n s a t i o n i s that the bars d o n ' t c l o s e u n t i l 6 a m l F i n a l l y , following last w e e k ' s incredi b l e 1200 s i g n a t u r e s on the letter to M r s W i l l i a m s about f e e s , I'd l i k e to thank the p e o p l e who d i d most of t h e hard work in collecting those signatures — the Departmental R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s .

A l o r s , e n c o r e u n e f o i s , un autre a r t i c l e from l e s p o r t a l s d ' I F . C e t t e s e m a i n e nous a v o n s b e a u c o u p d e c h o s e de t a l k a b o u t , m a i n l y l e w e d d i n g d e M a d a m o i s e l l e R o s s , et M o n s i e u r D o w n s .

Oue, c'est vrai!!! C ' e s t finally happened!

D r o p p i n g the v e r n a c u l a r pour, une mo let me w i s h them both my h e a r t i e s t c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s a n d best w i s h e s for t h e i r future l i f e t o g e t h e r .

S a n s doute there w i l l be b e a u c o u p about t h i s s o o n ( c o n f e r t h e T i m e s , Personal Column).

if only What e l s e h a s happene d — c a n a n y thing e l s e r i s e a b o v e t h i s e v e n t ? E h b i e n , v o t r e L S O . D e b a t e went t r e s b i e n , n ' e s t - c e p a s ? M a i s , m o i , je a l w a y s l i k e d A n d r e P r e v i n — h a s n ' t i l g o t un s u n t a n s m a s h i n g ! A u s s i , merci b e a u c o u p p o u r u n e R a g Week s u p e r b e , m a i s j e t h i n k q u e I s h o u l d h a v e won the R a g Q u e e n C o m p e t i t i o n . I d i d enjoy l e s o i r S C A B ; l e s films b l e u s , e e l s sont beaux. J ' a g r e e a v e c M o n s i e u r C h a l k y , q u e l e jour Morphy n ' e t a i t p a s a s s e z dirty-; n e a n m o i n s i l d i d a c h e t e me un bun i n H a r r o d s .

E n c o r e , moi a u s s i j e h a v e t r i e d t o p e n s e u p un nom f o r t h i s c o l u m n a n d je thort it w o u l d be uhe bonne i d e e t o c a l l it " L a g - a t - I F " .

F i n a l l y , I w o u l d j u s t l i k e to r e m i n d y o u that the I F B a l l i s next t e r m . T i c k e t s are now available from Paula, IF S o c i a l S e c r e t a r y , a t a c o s t of o n l y £ 1 0 per d o u b l e t i c k e t . T h i s y e a r w e s h a l l b e h o l d i n g it i n the B a l l r o o m a t Y o r k H o u s e s o c o m e d o w n and get y o u r t i c k e t s s o o n or ring up t o r e s e r v e a t i c k e t at 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 a s k t o be put thro' t o Madame C . L y o n s .

A la p r o c h a i n e , j o y e u x N o e l e t bonne annee.

Nicola

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l A Pool cue will be awarded to the winner of the Stan's Bar Pool Competition currently being organised. There will also be prizes for those coming second and third. Names and entry fees ( 2 0 p each) should be handed into Stan's B a r , Southside, by the end of the second week of next term.

This house believes....' that a s u c c e s s f u l d e b a t i n g s o c i e t y i s e s s e n t i a l t o Imperial C o l l e g e ' s w e l f a r e and c u l t u r a l w e l l b e i n g .

Well that's one motion, which w o u l d probably be c a r r i e d q u i t e e a s i l y by I C ' s recently revived Debating S o c i e t y . T h e D e b a t i n g S o c i e t y h a s been formed to stimulate discussion and organised argument in a c i v i l i s e d f o r u m .

The s o c i e t y ' s first main function i s an i n t e r - C C U debating competition; this gets underway on Monday w i t h the o t h e r two d e b a t e s next term. T h e C C U w i l l be c o m p e t i n g for a m a g n i f i c e n t interC C U trophy a w a r d e d to the b e s t C C U d e b a t i n g team i n the three d e b a t e s .

T h e s u b j e c t d e b a t e o n Monday 1 3 t h December (at 6.30pm in Sherfield Lecture Theatre A ) is ' T h i s house would

rather h a v e w r i t t e n G r a y ' s e l e g y t h a n t a k e n Q u e b e c ' . It i s t a k e n from a n o w famous quote by G e n e r a l Wolfe w h o w a s a c t u a l l y g i v e n the t a s k of t a k i n g Q u e b e c , an event w h i c h a f f e c t e d w o r l d h i s t o r y .

A s the d e b a t e — b e t w e e n G u i l d s & R C S w i l l h a v e f i n i s h e d by 8.30pm y o u c a n s t i l l go to one of t h e p a r t i e s ( L i f e S c i e n c e s etc) a f t e r w a r d s o r e v e n go home and f i n i s h w r i t i n g that report w h i c h had to f i n i s h e d by t o d a y !

T h e s o c i e t y h a s a l s o l i n e d up d e b a t e s w i t h M P ' s l i n e d u p and a t r i p t o O x f o r d U n i o n S o c i e t y for next t e r m . If you a r e i n t e r e s t e d in t h i s t r i p let c l u b o f f i c i a l s k n o w at M o n d a y ' s d e b a t e , o r drop a l i n e ( g i v i n g y o u r name and d e p t ) , to A d r i a n B a g n a l l , I C . U n i o n o f f i c e , o r ring P a m , . the U n i o n r e c e p t i o n i s t (Int. 2 2 3 2 ) .

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Y Y Concert IC C h o i r : Works by H a y d n , K o d a l y , R o s s i n i . 8.00pm. Great H a l l . T i c k e t s on t h e door 8 0 p Students 6 0 .

Theatre IC Dramsoc Present ' T h e F l i e s '

by J e a n - P a u l S a t r e . 7 . 3 0 p m .

Union Concert H a l l . Tickets 6 0 p , S t u d e n t s 40p on door or from D r a m s o c storeroom (int 2854).

Film I C F i l m s o c present ' T h e M a t t e i Affair' 7.30pm. Mech E n g 220.

F r e e a d m i s s i o n w i t h membership cards, otherwise 25p.

Disco IC E N T S D i s c o . 8 p m . U n i o n Refectory. 1 5p.

Gig ' C i t y B o y ' & the ' G e o r g e H a t c h e r B a n d ' at K i n g s C o o l e g e , Surrey S t , T h e S t r a n d , W C 2 . 7 p m .

A d m i s s i o n £1 in a d v a n c e , £ 1 . 3 0 at d o o r .

Foster Bros & T F B & A q u i l l a at Q u e e n Mary C o l l e g e ( M i l e E n d R o a d or Stepney G r e e n t u b e ) . 7.30pm 5 0 p .

Miscellaneous R C S C h r i s t m a s P a r t y . 20.00 ICWA L o u n g e . B r i n g a bottle and a f r i e n d or a f r i e n d l y b o t t l e .

R C S Xmas Party: 8.00pm.

ICWA L o u n g e . A l l R C S U m e m b e r s invited

Orienteering C l u b Lunchtime m e e t i n g : 12.>40pm. U n i o n S e n i o r Common R o o m . C h e a p lunch available.

Y Theatre D r a m s o c present ' T h e F l i e s ' by J e a n - P a u l Satre. 7.30pm. Union Concert H a l l . T i c k e t s 60p, S t u d e n t s 40p on door or from D r a m s o c s t o r e r o o m (int 2854) Last Night.

Gig City U n i v e r s i t y / L S E Ents present a C h r i s t m a s Romp w i t h 'Mud' and ' D e n c e ' . A d m i s s i o n £1.20 in a d v a n c e , £1.40 on night. Great H a l l , C i t y U n i v e r s i t y , St J o h n ' s S t , E C 1 . ( A n g e l or F a r r i n g d o n t u b e ) .

IC E n t s present T h e F l a m i n ' G r o o v i e s in the G r e a t H a l l , Sherfield B u i l d i n g . 8pm. T i c k e t s £1.50 i n a d v a n c e . (£1.30 to I C s t u d e n t s ) from the E n g s O f f i c e (IC U n i o n ) t h i s l u n c h t i m e or £1.60 on d o o r .

Miscellaneous Carol S e r v i c e . Speaker, Roger F o r s t e r . (International E v a n g e l i s t ) . 7 . 0 0 p m . St P a u l ' s C h u r c h , Onslow Square. Near S K e n Tube Station.

R o y a l C o l l e g e of S c i e n c e Y e a r C o l l e c t i o n s 10 - 10.30am R C S U Office. London. See S o c i a l R e p s for d e t a i l s of y ou r

Disco Q E C D i s c o , 8pm, Union B a r , C a m p d e n H i l l R o a d , W8. 2 0 p .

S U c a r d s r e q u i r e d . N e a r e s t tube H i g h t St K e n s i n g t o n .

Film ' P e r m i s s i o n to K i l l ' shown a t C h e l s e a C o l l e g e Students Union H a l l . 7pm, 15p.

Y Club Activity W e l l s o c F i l m . '1 M i l l i o n y e a r s B C . 7.30pm. Mech E n g 220.

15p. A l l w e l c o m e !

Miscellaneous IC Debating S o c i e t y ' s first d e b a t e . T h e Inter - C C U Tournament: - G u i l d s v R C S .

T h e motion i s ' T h i s h o u s e w o u l d rather h a v e w r i t t e n G r a y ' s e l e g y than t a k e n Q u e b e c ' . 6.30— 8.30pm. Sherfield L e c . Theatre A Free.

D r a m s o c : A u d i t i o n s for S p r i n g production ' F r e n c h without T e e r a ' . 6 . 0 0 p m . S e n i o r Common Room. Everyone Welcome.

L i f e S c i Dept P a r t y . 20.00 B o t / Z o o Common R o o m . 5 0 p .

Live Band.

Chemistry Dept. P a r t y . 20.00 Union Lower R e f e c . 40p.

Y Club Activity Science Fiction Club F i l m : I n v a s i o n of the body S n a t c h e r s ' 6 . 3 0 p m . M E 2 2 0 . 15p to n o n - "

members.

Pakistan Society E i d F i l m Show. 5-50pm. Mech Eng 542.

Free. A l l welcome. 3 films w i l l be s h o w n i n c l u d i n g " I s l a m i c summit c o n f e r e n c e — L a h o r e " J e w i s h S o c i e t y ' s ' G r a n d E n d of Term Get Together P a r t y ' . F o o d , fun, people, music. Chemistry 231 at 7 . 3 0 p m .

Miscellaneous R C S Carol Singing. Free Punch in B o t / Z o o Common R o o m at 6.30pm.

I C Wind E n s e m b l e : A n n u a l Frostbite Concert. IPM Queen's T o w e r . Programme i n c l u d e s w o r k s by H o i s t , A n d e r s o n , & Long & Jacobs.

G u i l d s Carol Singing & Christmas P a r t y . 7.00pm. U n i o n B a r . L e a v e U n i o n B a r 7 . 3 0 a n d return ( h o p e f u l l y ) for m i n c e p i e s e t c .

Y Club Activities Meteorological and E n v i r o n mental S o c i e t y : ' N u c l e a r P o w e r , Environments and P o l i t i c s ' A lecture by P r o f e s s o r K i b b l e .

1.00pm. L e c t u r e T h e a t r e 3 , Blackett L a b .

D r a m s o c : A u d i t i o n s for s p r i n g p r o d u c t i o n ' F r e n c h Without T e a r s ' . 7.00pm. S e n i o r Common Room. Everyone Welcome.

Film Q E C F i l m Society 7pm. Queen E l i z a b e t h C o l l e g e , Campden H i l l Road, W8. 25p. SU cards required.

Miscellaneous Maths Dept. P a r t y . 20.00. J C R .

30p.

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FELIX SPORT Diving medals reward versatile IG efforts O n c e a g a i n the v e r s a t i l i t y of the members o f I C S w i m m i n g and W a t e r - p o l o C l u b w a s p u t to test, with swimming, d i v i n g and water-polo competi t i o n s a l l i n the s p a c e of o n e w e e k . A l t h o u g h good p e r f o r m a n c e s were r e c o r d e d , it w a s o n l y i n the d i v i n g p o o l that I C h i t the m e d a l t r a i L

o O n M o n d a y night the I C w a t e r - p o l o s e c o n d team e n t e r t a i n e d the A m p h i b i a n s i n t h e Winter Handicap KO. The match s t a r t e d w i t h the I C team f i v e g o a l s better o f f o n h a n d i c a p , but f i n i s h e d at -14 g o a l s to 10 i n the A m p h i b i a n s ' f a v o u r .

g M e a n w h i l e , on the s w i m m i n g front, a s m a l l I C c o n t i n g e n t w a s b a t t l i n g i t s w a y through h e a t s o f the U L U S w i m m i n g and D i v i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p , T h i s year s a w I C f i e l d a n extrastrong L a d i e s ' team, b e i n g represented i n the 1 1 0 y d s f r e e s t y l e by C e c i l i a N e v i l l a n d Wendy L o w e , I n ' the M e n ' s s e c t i o n John B a g n a l l , F r a n c o i s Hindlet and Rory L e w i s a l l made i t to i n d i v i d u a l f i n a l s , w i t h Ian Shott a n d C o l i n D a l e j u s t m i s s i n g o u t i n the b a c k stroke r e s p e c t i v e l y .

g I w o d a y s later i h e team returned to M a l e t Street for the f i n a l . F i r s t o n the programme

w a s the d i v i n g , w h i c h turned out to b e I C ' s b e s t e v e n t , Y a i r T a m i r won the g o l d m e d a l , h a v i n g turned up h a l f a n hour e a r l y to p e r f e c t h i s d i v e s , with Francois just being pipped for second place by half a point.

g s ^Unfortunately the IC swimmers were unable to repeat t h i s p e r f o r m a n c e . In t h e 440yds freestyle Rory s e t the initial pace but w a s eventually overtaken and forced into third p l a c e , w h i l e John comfortably finished s i x t h w i t h a p o i n t for I C , T h e individual medley produced a similar result, t h i s ' time F r a n c o i s gaining third p l a c e and John coming i n fifth.

In the b l u e r i b b o n e v e n t , the 100yds f r e e s t y l e , R o r y l o s t h i s c h a n c e to w i n the t i t l e three y e a r s r u n n i n g o n the f i n a l turn a n d h a d to b e content w i t h fourth p l a c e The evening was completed w i t h the team r e l a y s . T h e medley team, c o n s i s t i n g of Ian S h o t t , F r a n c o i s , R o r y a n d J o h n , f i n i s h e d w e l l d o w n the field against some strong opposition. However certain members w e r e s a v i n g their energy f o r one f i n a l e f f o r t i n the f r e e s y t l e r e l a y a n d the I C team o f R o r y , F r a n c o i s , J o h n and D a v e L o w t h e r obtained a creditable second p l a c e .

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Alcohol rules out marathon success E x c e s s merriment and a t i r i n g 12 hour marathon b o w l accounted for some rather mediocre ten p i n b o w l i n g results last weekend. A t one stage the I C 2nds b e a t the I C l s t — s u c h w a s the s t a t e o f the t e a m s . ; O n Saturday the c l u b h a d b r a v e l y made their w a y t o Birmingham for the a n n u a l B r u m M a r a t h o n — 12 hours n o n - s t o p b o w l i n g and d r i n k i n g .

T h e l a s t f e w members of t h e team r e a l l y c a u g h t t h e s p i r i t of t h e o c c a s i o n by e n t e r i n g w i t h a b a r r e l of b e e r . T h i s p r o v o k e d a l a r g e c h e e r from the c r o w d .

T h e man o f the m a t c h m u s t be N i c k G a s c o i g n e , - w h o , unde r the ""affluence of i n c o h o l ' staggered and c o l l a p s e d to the line more often than anyone e l s e .

It w a s here that the s e c o n d s beat the firsts.

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ACROSS 1. C l e a n & i n g c a n make s a t i n R o b e s r o u g h . (10).

10. D o e s n ' t soun d near (3).

12 B u t e v e n further and we e n d up f u r i o u s (4).

13. S l a v e in what he o w e d (5). |I4.Small plant; soft f'rin' s t a n c e ? (3).

15. R e l a t i v e m a t e r i a l i s main c a u s e of s i c k n e s s ( 6 ) .

17. E x t r a s t r o k e a t the fourth?

S o u n d s l i k e ed ( 3 ) .

1 9 . S h e s t a r t s from t h e f o r e i g n b a c k d o o r (4).

20. D u c k s and apparently c a u s e s c o m p r e s s i o n ((>).

2 1 . C u t g r a s s a c r o s s before f l y e r for a n i m a l ( 6 ) .

2 3 . S e e (hafs) from e s c a p e s ( 4 ) .

2 4 . F r e n c h a n i m a l , or S c o t t i s h one (3).

2 5 . F o r e i g n wood h a s o n l y part h y d r o u s c o n t e n t , s o i s not mature (6).

26. R o d e n t done a w a y w i t h ; the f i r s t ? (3).

29. Part opera 3tarts centrally in South A f r i c a (5).

31. Comical cutter's cooking programme? (4).

3 2 . F o r e i g n nes t m a k e s n o i s e if u p s e t (3).

33. T h i s and'the sun can give u s t h e o u t l i n e s (10).

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Another person who showed the team h o w to b o w l w a s T e d P h i l l i p s , who the C l u b welcomed back. Thanks are due to P h i l B l u m s o n , R u p e r t Wilcox-Baker and Sue James for s c o r i n g , t i m e - k e e p i n g a n d d r i n k i n g ( s u r e l y n o t i n that order — E d ) , a n d t o t h e patient supporters. T h e c l u b had a v e r y e n j o y a b l e n i g h t out.

T h e f o l l o w i n g night brought out the true e f f e c t s of the m a r a t h o n . A t the A i r p o r t Inter League's Tournament Final" the C l u b s l i p p e d from 4 t h t o 12th equal with Brunei U n i v e r s i t y , w h o ' d a l s o been part o f the B r u n M a r a t h o n , The only bowler showing true form w a s P a u l B a r t l e t t ; the o t h e r s : S i m o n S p u r r i e r , Graham H i l l m a n a n d E f f e n d i A— R a m m a n , merely showed immense e x h a u s t i o n . Nevertheless the team d i d v i s i t the bar f o r a d e s e r v e d r e s t b e f o r e returning, Simon Spurrier (Captain)

S W o u l d a n y w o m e n i n t e r e s t e d in running C r o s s - c o u n t r y , either this Sat urda y (in t h e U L C h a m p i o n s h i p s ) or n e x t term, please contact David Rosen ^ P h y s i c s P G . ' I n t 4458.)

DOWN 1. D r a w s o u t a t the e n d ; s t i l l the s a m e but n o t a s before (10).

2 . S h o w s d i s g u s t at rhyming w i t h 10 a c r o s s ( 3 ) .

3. C o u r a g e on the.ropes?

S o u n d s l i k e thin m a t e r i a l ( 5 , 5 ) .

4 . B o t h e r s mout b a d l y , a n d g i v e s me i n s t r u m e n t (10).

5 . T w i s t e d g r a s s w e h e a r (3).

6 . T r a n s p o r t f o r the s u n ? F o r a P e r i o d antway (5,5).

7. Etre a v e c s a mixture, et a v e c L ' i n t e r i e u r etranger d e ux f o i s m e t t a i e n t A L ' i n t e r i e u r (10).

8. Good extract contains a poem ( 3 ) .

9. P l a n t p r o t e c t i o n from t h e D a r k ? (10).

1 1 . D r i n k and g e t tight ( 4 ) .

16. A particle w h i c h appears e v e n s m a l l e r w i t h o u t my french (4).

1 8 . W r i t e a t very bottom of letter?

D o e s e v e n better (4).

2 2 . N e a t and r u f f l e d h o s t ( 4 ) .

27. Trust a friend to chop off the w r o n g e n d of Idi ( 3 ) .

2 8 . T e l l from t h e t o l l though, shortly (3).

30. F o o l i s h light pressure? (3).

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THE NEEDY HELPERS DESPERATELY NEED YOU A grunt c o m e s from a h e a p of c a r d b o a r d b o x e s a n d p l a s t i c b a g s o n a park b e n c h , a n d a grimy h a n d r e a c h e s out from under t h e h e a p f o r t h e w a r m drink offered. Soon a whiskery fate, bleary-eyed and pinched w i t h the i d d a p p e a r s .

T h i s i s a scene which occurs every night o n w h i c h soup-run takes p l a c e ; when members o f I C C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n Group ( I C C A G ) travel down to the C h a r i n g - C r o s s area a t about midnight t o w a l k around t h e E m b a n k m e n t Gardens and Strand P a l a c e , t o give the " d o s s e r s " — w h o s l e e p - o u t there — s o m e t h i n g warm to d r i n k , a n d t o have a chat to them.

T h e soup-run i s just one of the I C C A G ' s a c t i v i t i e s , the g r o u p ' s a i m b e i n g to g i v e d i r e c t h e l p to p e o p l e i n n e e d , whether i t be c h i l d r e n or o l d people.

A t p r e s e n t w e have a d i r e l a c k of p e o p l e . We e s p e c i a l l y need h e l p o n : Soup-Run I C C A G members are p i c k e d up from F a l m o u t h K i t c h e n o n M o n d a y n i g h t s a t 11 o ' c l o c k , and o n F r i d a y nights from T i z a r d k i t c h e n a t 1 1 . 3 0 p m . If you want t o come a l o n g , just turn u p ; y o u ' l l be t a k e n b a c k home by m i n i - b u s a f t e r w a r d s .

Play-Group A group of kids from deprived areas in London i s Accompanied

by I C C A G members t o , f o r e x a m p l e , one of the L o n d o n p a r k s , to have a good time a n d to get t h e m o u t of t h e i r s o m e t i m e s d e p r e s s i n g e n v i r o m e n t s . I C C A G members are p i c k e d u p f r o m t h e U n i o n arch-way at 2 o ' c l o c k o n Sundays, s o if y o u like c h i l d r e n , c o m e a l o n g at t h i s time.

C o t t a g e „.-.ekends a r e a l s o organised f o r c h i l d r e n . Here I C C A G members go w i t h them

to a country c o t t a g e to have a w e e k e n d a w a y from L o n d o n .

It c a n p r o v e to b e t h e f i r s t time that some of the c h i l d r e n s e e s u c h mundane t h i n g s a s cows.

Visiting Old People:T h i s c a n be q u i t e s u c c e s s ful if y o u get on w e l l w i t h p e o p l e , a n d the o l d p e r s o n tends t o become l i k e a s e c o n d grand-parent i n the e n d . If y o u w o u l d l i k e to v i s i t a n o l d person once in a w h i l e , we can put y o u i n touch with somebody.

Blood-Do ning:I C C A G is also responsible for the b l o o d - d o n i n g s e s s i o n s h e l d i n C o l l e g e , and i s b a d l y i n n e e d of s o m e b o d y to t a k e over the o r g a n i s a t i o n o f t h i s .

If y o u are i n t e r e s t e d c o n t a c t Dave Millard or myself (Cheryl Whiffin). T h i s activity helps save people's lives and i s w e l l - w o r t h s u p p o r t i n g if y o u can.

Whilst we're o n the subject, a fewweeks ago IC d o n a t e d 394 p i n t s of b l o o d — many t h a n k s to t h o s e w h o helped.

ICCAG also needs a p u b l i c i t y o f f i c e r to d o p o s t e r s for the v a r i o u s e v e n t s ; a n d a b o v e a l l w e n e e d d r i v e r s . If you are over 2 1 , a n d fancy d o i n g a b i t of d r i v i n g i n t h e College mini-bus, let us C h e r y l l Whiffin 126. Metallurgy pfrone - 3 4 5 7 .

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SPORTS RESULTS C a p m a t c h e s — Saturday 4th D e c e m b e r : XI 1v 1 Kings College Hospital lst 2nd XI 2v 6 K i n g U n i v e r s i t y 2nd X I 10 v 1 Q E C 2nds 5th T h e 1 s t T e a m G a m e w i l l b e r e p l a y e d o n Saturday

(tomorrow).

Imperial College Debating Society CITY AND GUILDS vs.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE MOTION This house would rather have written Gray's Elegy than taken Quebec" SHERFIELD THEATRE A

6.30 pm on Mon. 13th

Dec

Thumbs up for January travel T h e setting up of a London Student T r a v e l B u r e a u ( L S T B ) , as p u t forward b y ex—IC p r e s i d e n t T r e v o r P h i l l i p s three weeks a g o to r e p l a c e the l i q u i d a t e d N U S T r a v e l , took a step towards inception this week.

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from t h e student unions who w o u l d run the B u r e a u ' s o f f i c e s — a t I C , University of London U n i o n & Q u e e n M a r y C o l l e g e — met two main travel companies S A T A (who operate a i r f l i g h t s ) a n d Transalpino (who operate train t r a v e l ) .

T h e meeting, on Wednesday, a g r e e d d e t a i l s t o s u p p l y the Bureau with S A T A and T r a n s alpino services. Negotiations w i t h B r i t i s h R a i l to s e l l t h e i r R a i l c a r d h a v e a l r e a d y been successfully concluded. I C U president N i c k Brayshaw, w h o a t t e n d e d the m e e t i n g , s a i d that the w a y i s n o w o p e n f o r a v i a b l e L S T D . A f e w minor operators h a v e y e t to b e s e e n and the f i n a l g o - a h e a d c o u l d be g i v e n l a t e next w e e k . I f this happens the I C travel office could re-open in January.

XMAS PARTY F R I D A Y 10TH D E C .

20.00 ICWA L o u n g e T i c k e t s from R C S U Office ( F R E E ! ) L i m i t e d number a v a i l a b l e

CAROL SINGING T U E S D A Y 14TH 18.30hrs F o r F R E E

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Year Collections S A T 11TH D E C E M B E R Can RCS Collect in a D a y (again)? £1,000 F i n d out by turning up at R C S Office 10.00 am.

Union riot E i g h t p e o p l e wer e t a k e n t o hospital at the weekend f o l l o w i n g a f i v e minute b a t t l e between rival T u r k i s h students at I C U n i o n .

The trouble began during the a l l d a y a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e of the left wing Turkish F e d e r a t i o n of S t u d e n t s i n t h e Union Lower Refectory last S u n d a y . A r i g h t w i n g group of s t u d e n t s stormedthe U n i o n b u i l d i n g j u s t after n o o n , a n d t r i e d t o get i n t o the R e f e c t o r y .

T h e i r w a y w a s barred b y the students i n there w h o r e s i s t e d the onslaught w i t h sticks, chairs a n d later b o t t l e s . D a m a g e to t h e U n i o n i n c l u d e d the l o s s of s e v e r a l p a n e s o f g l a s s to t h e doors of t h e U n i o n f o y e r , a n d t h e l o s s o f a b r a s s door h a n d l e t o the s a m e .

The Federation have o f f e r e d to p a y f o r the damage, and have already forfeited t h e i r £ 5 0 d e p o s i t o n the room booking.

A l t h o u g h d o u b t s e x i s t to the i d e n t i t y of the a t t a c k e r s , ' T h e group i n s i d e the b u i l d i n g l o o k e d a s though they e x p e c t e d trouble' s a i d one e y e w i t n e s s in B e i t H a l l .

The battle lasted five minutes after which the attackers withdrew. P o l i c e — alerted by College security — arrived o n the scene soon afterwards.

The p o l i c e requested that the m e e t i n g c l o s e p r o m p t l y .

T h i s it d i d a t 2 p m , e i g h t hours ahead o f s c h e d u l e .

None o f the c a s u a l t i e s wa s retained overnight i n St Stephen's hospital.

DEC.

Meet B o t / Z o o Common R ' m

C T —TONIGHT— 8pm G r e a t H a l l T i c k e t s o n the door 80p (students 60p)

S A n y k i n d of t o y s , w h e t h e r o l d o r n e w are u r g e n t l y w a n t e d for a bunch o f k i d s w h o w o u l d otherwise have n o Christmas presents. P l e a s e bring the t o y s to the C & G U n i o n O f f i c e .

C A v o l u n t e e r i s neede d to d i s t r i b u t e Sennet on W e d n e s d a y mornings. Anyone interested s h o u l d a p p l y to J o h n W h i t e , I C U H o n S e c , a t the I C U n i o n O f f i c e . A l i s t of d r o p p i n g p o i n t s w i l l be p r o v i d e d .

0 Non—Life scientists taking a d v a n t a g e of the l o w p r i c e s o f the B o t / Z o o common room a r e requested to observe the recently posted notices conc e r n i n g c o n g e s t i o n o f the T e a Room. I t ' s operation depends entirely on s m a l l - s c a l e organi s a t i o n by a group of v o l u n t e e r s from w i t h i n t h e d i v i s i o n .

S o , w e ' r e s o r r y , b u t , whatever your w i s h e s , the opening of t h i s T e a R o o m t o e v e r y b o d y wouldn't work — as .the i n c r e a s e d time demand w o u l d end the voluntary b a s i s and p r i c e s would shoot up. P l e a s e d o n ' t s p o i l t h e f a c i l i t y f o r our o w n m e m b e r s , or make i t n e c e s s a r y f o r u s to i s s u e membership cards (we'll willingly advise y o u on s t a r t i n g up a s i m i l a r s y s t e m ! )