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P A C K S P U N C H

M O R P H Y M A N I A

W H A T T H E P R E S I D E N T O F R . C . S . S A I D

The Guilds party was the f i r s t to set o f f f o r Putney on ilorphy Day. They marohed down E x h i b i t i o n Road to South Kensington Station. The R.C.S. contingent seeing them pass the end of Imperial I n s t i t u t e Road, r e a l i s e d that there were about 100 people i n the party Since any R.C.S. man i s equal to two Guildsmen R.C.S. took a party of about 50 down to Putney.

They marohed down to Gloucester Road Station where the President lead the aasualt. The.ticket c o l l e c t o r wisely stood to one side. A change of train s at E a r l s Court Station lead to a rapla deploying of forces; thus four people at points along the platform confidently c a l l i n g " A l l change please" resulted i n an empty t r a i n going to E a l i n g .

At Putney Bridge S t a t i o n the party passed through by saying "Tickets at the back" The l a s t member walked through without saying anything. Thus.;:the. party a r r i v e d at the Boat"House i n great s p i r ­i t s , only to f i n d that Guilds had i n ­d u l g e d i n a dastardly attack on Jez--ebel. The wrath of the party oould not be oontained and the R.C.S. oonting--ent was lead rapidly along the tow-path 30 that i t s members oould "get at" Guilds.

This year the President of R.C.S. had challenged the President of Guilds to a duel:-

Custard pies at three f e e t .

This took place with a l l due ceremony but not before the Guilds president had been forced to apologise f o r the disgusting attaok on Jezebel.

A f t e r the Presidents duel, which l i k e the main contest r e s u l t e d i n a most honorable draw, the two p a r t i e s "had at" one another. I t hau been decided that t h i s year Mascots should not be involved i n the b a t t l e so they were placed to 'one side.. I t must be noted that during the b a t t l e the President of Guilds saw that they migat be( damaged so he removed both mascots to a safe place.

At the beginning of the contest Guilds rushed madly at R.C.S., but were speedily repelled by only a few of the 3 cwt. of r o t t e n apple3 that.R.C.S. possessed. R.C.S. then followed up t h i s i n i t i a l rout by chasing tjje Guilds--men and indulging in-some magnificent hand to hand fi g h i n g v In t h i s ^ the" Vice President of Guilds was captured and despite h i s repeated bellows of "Guilds!: Guilds:! " none of h i s men \1) had s u f f i c i e n t courage to attempt a res-

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-cue, so that the Vice Presidents trous--ers were soon f l y i n g with several other Guildsmen's trousers from the trees. I t must be noted that the Vice President of Guilds was the only member of either executive to loose h i s trousers.

The struggle f o r power waxed to and f r o along the tow-path, attaok followed attack followed counter attack and Guilds, despite t h e i r v a s t l y superior numbers, could maxe no impression on the R.C.S. ranks. The b a t t l e raged.on and on; Guilds had used up t h e i r apples, oiieir f l o u r bags, and t h e i r tomatoes,K.Co. too hid run out of ammunition; i t was no* a question of tremenuoua hand to hand f i g h t i n g . I t was obvious .that Guilds would never daunt the i < . C o . s p i r ­i t , yet R.C.S. could never quite gain the upper hand. A short truce and a conference between Presidents only res­u l t e d i n f i e r c e r attacks, but then the Presidents decided that a draw was a f a i r r e s u l t so the mascots were restored, Brough found h i s trousers and the two colleges l i n e d the banks to watch the races.

The colleges decided that since the r e s u l t was a draw, neither President had won, so each College casually tossed i t s own President i n t o the Thames.

Sie f i n a l memory of the day was the amazing sight of 150 R.C.S. and Guildsmen playing Ring 0-Ring of Roses round two" London Transport buses and four cars on Putney Bridge a f i t t i n g end t o a tremendous afternoon of sport.

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S T K I T T S

In ih« runner of this veer tha f i r s t wnaao-only owpsrUtion l e f t 1.0. to v i s i t the snailisland of ST.KITTS in the Leeward Islands, the party consisting of Miss Anne Phillips and Hiss Shelagh Hooking. The alms of the expedition were to work on the sugar oaae pests, oolleot specimens and make a survey of the fauna for the Natural History Museum, whose last records for the island are 40 years old. St. Kitts i s predominantly covered In sugar cane, but a ohaim of volcanoes stretch down the centre of the island, and these are oova red i n

tropical rain forest. A sand spit l a found in the S.E. whioh i s much dryer than the rest of the island, ao a number of ecological habitats axe found within a small area of 70 so. miles.The easiest way to travel round the island was by donkey, whioh was found to be a rather hazardous method for the inexperienced. Work was interrupted for 2 weeks by Hurricane "Donna" whioh passed through the island early i n September, but St.Kitts was not hit as badly as the neighbouring island of Anguilla. The expedition also visited Guadaloupe, Antigua and Nevis, so some comparative studies oould be made between the islands, and had the interesting experience of seeing the annual Antigua Carnival. Steel bands, oalypso- rhythms, and the wonderful hospitality and kindness of the West Indian people, combined to make an interesting, exciting, but beneficial trip.

Two zoologists spent eight >«is in

Ghana. They had two main aims. First,

to study the physical conditions in the

holds of the ships on which they trav-

-elled, and their effects on the insect

pests in the holds, especially those

pests associated with cocoa.

The other objeot of the expedition was to make a oollection of the beetles in the Forest•Reserve near Kumasi where most of the time in Ghana was spent. In addition, photographs were taken of a l l forms of insect l i f e . While in Ghana, one week was also spent at Zuarungu, near the northern border of the country.

While i t rains in Britain, the sun

shines in Iceland; and the Central

Ioeland Expedition was blessed with

the finest Icelandic summer in 33 years. During the six weeks spent in the

mountains there was rain on five days.

The objects of the expedition were

botanical and glaciologioal; but the

nearest ioe-oap proved inaccessable

and the glaoiologioal work was

abandoned

The expedition was carried by

truck llOmiles into the wilds of the

central plateau, dumped and left t o its

own devices. But a few hardy tourists

were seen from time to time, wno were i n v a r i a b l y amused by "those s i x mad Englishmen". Unfortunately the ghost of a nearby oave, which they had a l l come to see, never ra i s e d i t s head i n the s i x weeks.

Iceland's famous volcano Hekla,

was climbed during an eighteen hour

walk. No more than a few small whisps

of steam greeted six tired men at the

summit.

Three days were spent in Reykjavik on the way home — a real holiday for the party.

AHLIOAxTONS to the B^lormtios

•watt*, for future ^ e d i t i o n s to P j r .

9»1*by OMX Sag&iseriag Dap*., by the

Proi1 l i t e R. John Cleator, Nigel Clark,

Da*» Parr, Dr. Kershaw, & Frank Pickering.

Photo by Tony Larknm.

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MOUNT ARARAT — GATEWAj TO THE EAJT.

I R A N

Few readers can have f a i l e d to not­ice that cumbersome,ivory and orange, p a i ­nted vehicle outside the Union. I t was i n thi3 ex-'.i.l;. number that the expedit­ion travelled to Persia,and back. This journey would have been considered dar­ing ten year3 ago,but today i t i s an everyday occurence,although i t s t i l l retains some hazards.

In the East,night d r i v i n g i s one of these. An approaching vehicle w i l l turn off a l l i t s l i g h t s . One's immed­iate r e actio n i s to do l i k e w i s e . Res­u l t : — p i t c h darkness and a mad scramble to f i n d the l i g h t switch. Both drivers think a l i k e and the road i s illuminated by two set3 of oonverging headlights. Completely dazzled,a c o l l i s i o n i s somen how avoided,and another c r i s i s i s past. The idea i s , o f Course,to alternate, the road always being illuminated by one set of l i g h t s .

Added to t h i s are the normal hazards of hairpin bends on precipitous mountains, stream g u l l i e s c u t t i n g the road away, and beasts of burden blooking the road around the next corner.

On the seventeenth day,we reached Tehran,a c i t y of pleasant wide avenues and a t r a f f i c problem bigger than Lon­don' s. We spent the weekend there before d r i v i n g to our destination i n the Elburz mountains i n the North, The mountain peo­ple appear to be of a d i f f e r e n t race, since t h e i r f a o i a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s are more rugged and t h e i r c lothing more prac­t i c a l . Although Moslem,their womenfolk are not veiled,and they wear short s k i r t s over voluminous trousers, The young c h i l ­dren are carr i e d i n a shawl used as a pap­oose and the f i r s t impression i s , i n f a c t , of an Indian squaw.

The country they l i v e i n i s very d i f ­ferent from the a r i d p l a i n s of c e n t r a l Iran,since the mountains are i n the r a i n b e l t of the Caspian Sea and support dec­iduous f o r e s t up to a height of 16,000 f t . Our work was c a r r i e d out i n the higher f o r e s t regions and a trek was made to the glaoier below the summit of Takht-e-Sul-aiman,the highest mountain of ofce group.

£ 2 5 0 0

I.C. CARNIVAL. 1961.

As decided at the I.C. Union meeting l a s t week, the proceeds of the 1961 Carnival w i l l be donated to the Oxford Committee f o r Famine R e l i e f . (OXFAM).

Last year the organisers managed to raise £600. This year, with the valuable experienee"which 'they have passed on to us, and with your cooperation, i t should be possible to raise £2500. As an incentive, i t may i n t e r e s t you to know that a well known g i r l s ' school i n the Midlands, of only 6CO p u p i l s , raised w e l l over £500 f o r W.R.T. purely by t h e i r own e f f o r t s .

A a. i a l l body of interested people ( s i x to be precise) met f o r the f i r s t time on Tuesday l a s t week, but AT LEAST s i x more are needed to form the nucleus of. an e f f i c i e n t working coostittee.

Our tentative programme i s as follows:-

House to house c o l l e c t i o n . Fancy Dress J i v e . Competition to win a cor. Mile of pennies. Procession of Floats. Fete. Various Contests.

We hope that a Carnival Magazine w i l l be produced.

I f you are KEENLT interested i n ORGANISING any event, then please come along to our next committee meeting on Tuesday 29th Nov. at 6 .00. p.m. i n committee room A.

Even i f your i n t e r e s t i s only oasual, write your name on the back of that empty cigarette packet i n your pocket, and send i t to the Hon. Sec. (Alan Munro) v i a the Union rack. However, don't worry i f the packet i s f u l l i both the organiser and the Hon. Sec. are chain smokers.

Looking forward to seeing you,

John White. (<J»»iival :rganiser)

T O U C H S T O N E

If: you l i k e a good discussion, a rambl* m Windsor Great Park and excellent food, you are almost sure to enjoy a -touchstone Weekend. They are held twice a term at Silwood Bark, the Imperial

College F i e l d Station, where about BO bo botanisis and biologists are admiraDly

situated to carry out t h e i r research.

oilwood House uaed'-o be a country loansioh audits grounds s t i l l remind one of one; i t i s less than a mile from Windsor^ Great Park (South Eastern Corner) wher* we almost invariably wander on Sunday morning,, and within" easy walking distance of Ascot Races. In the Great Park there i s V i r g i n i a Water, a Canadian Totem Pole (complete with faces of-a Vhale, a beaver, an old man, a ''High Hat" etc.) and a good view of Windsor Castle -I've even seen the Duke of Edinburgh playing polo watched by his wife!

The week-end starts a f t e r lunch on Saturday when most of us p i l e into a coach which gets to Silwood at about 3.30p.m. (In f i n e weather a few of us cycle, -i t ' s not an unpleasant route). Tea and sandwiclies over, we move in t o the lounge and.the Guest Speaker introduces his subject - s i t t i n g on a soapbox, a

symbol of free speech suggested by S i r Roderic H i l l who in' 1950 seems to have started Touchstone Week-ends almost e n t i r e l y by himself - his was the idea of the name of Touchstone ( i t i s a type of quartz which mediaeval metalsmiths used to assay

the q u a l i t y of a piece of expensive metal),

A f t e r the main speaker has talked f o r about an hour, we j o i n i n and ask bin

questions andlater adjourn f o r a drink at the Silwood House Bar before our. four course meal followed by c o f f e e ,

At about 8.00p.m. MI reassemble i n three groups and get down to the not too seriou3 occupation of discussion; I have

never known any group succeed i n sticking r l i i d l y to thepoint f o r long, u s u a l l y we seem to wander round i t but always manage somehow to end up With a better

understanding of thetopic. The bar opens again at about 9.30 and the -roups tend to break up at about 11.00£ though some occasionally go on u n t i l 1,00 or even -later, (Some Americans once packed up at 4.00a.m. and then went to play cards!)

Breakfast i n the morning i s scheduled for 9.00a.m. I i;ave been served at 9,t5, but one chap,, woken by the cleaners at about midday, found he was a l i t t l e too l a t e . Only once i n the ten tines I've been has i t rained on S-unday, so now I ist.OW Windsor l a r k pretty w e l l , but -utyway every Sunday Paper i s available andthere i s table tennis somewhere.

Richard Grossman attraoted about 1+0 to his meeting on U n i l a t e r a l Disarmament ( the t i t l e of themeeting was "The Problem of Force").but most times there are about 30 of whom about half are postgrads, and about 2-5 women (including

wives); It has nikt been p r a c t i c a l yet to arrange a j o i n t meeting wish Bedford! A few of us turn up re g u l a r l y but most people only manage to go once or twice. The experience i s w e l l worthwhile - not from the " C u l t u r a l " aspect (that i s questionable anyway) but ^oause i t ' s damn jfood fun.

Oh, i n c i d e n t l y , we are dished out with name tabs on the bus going out there, don't forget to take yours off before returning, they somehow seem to anuse people at Sunday evening dinner i n the Union.

For those interested, there i a ample

opportunity to go to church before or

a f t e r breakfast or when you get back i h

the evening.

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COMMENT

It is three years since I came to

Imperial College. In those three years

my opinions of the aims of university

education, especially as applied here,

have changed fundamentally. In those

early days the magic letters B.Sc. rep-

-resented the ideal of my efforts, tney

influenced me wherever I went-, what-

-ever I did.

Now I am the "proud" possessor of

the degree of B.3c. (Special) and nave

oome to realise the f u l l meaning of the

qualification "special". It means end-

-les3 t o i l , worry, and above a l l , long

hours. It means the accumulation of

reams upon reams of fact3, many of whioh

are useless, many more of whioh are for-

-gotten onoe the relative examinations

are taken. In short i t means nothing less

than oraramlng. It should not be neces-

-sary that students should have to work

regularly until 9pm. to finish a day3

set work.

Over the last two years the Science and Education Committee of the Science Masters Association and the Association of Women Science Teachers has been oon--sidering the syllabuses of sixth form courses. In the case of physios i t has been shown that, by the use of imag­inative presentation, the time spent on the oourse by the pupil could be reduced by 2X&v Here then i s a case Cor radical changes at Imperial College.

Since the end of the last war we

have seen great advances in teaching

methods at primary sohools. Now secon-

-dary education i s changing. We can

see a minor revolution taking place but

at present we.are prepared to stand back

and watch. Is this good enough? The

answer is definitely NO. In a world

where the status of the soientist is

rapidly rising i t becomes more and more

Important for the science graduate to be

equipped with a good education as well

as a good degree. At present many peo-

-ple leave I.C, with one or the other;

but rarely both.' Do you think that

this should be so ? If not then where

does the fault lay ? What can be done?

Tou should a l l have some views on this,

after a l l your future depends on i t . If

your feeling are strong then take up

your pen and write, i f you oouldn't oare

less then I oan only condemn you for

your apathy.

' Robert P. Chetney.

Dear Reader, By now most of pou will know that

I am an avowed Conservative. However I am forced to disaggree with a feiipw Conservative, namely Finlay D. Mcpherson. Prom his,latter in the last edition of FELIX I get the impression that he is being haunted by nightmares of the Union being taken over by soc--ialis t s on a popular vote. If what he says i 3 true he may well be justified- in having such nightmares.

It appears that I.C. contains a

large majority of idealistio socialists

(we poor Conservatives are the oppressed

minority ??). These fanatios will, un-

-less put down by those in authority,

destroy the whole organisation of the

Union, They lust after that terrible

seditious thing, democracy. They now

actually want to be able to vote for

their President. However Finlay thinka

this reeks of that "one man one vote"

dogma. Obviously i t must be stamped .

out at once.

How the truly nightmarish beings

appear. It seems that I.C. is pop-

-ulated by people who are completely

incapable of choosing their own President

Given a free choice they would, appar­

ently, always choose the candidate with

the pretty face, the one that can down

the most beer or the "popular hero".

They would avoid a l l the "profiles"

appearing round the College (poss­

i b l y even in FELIX). They would not

consider what administrative and amb-

-assadorial qualities the candidates had

and they would certainly ignore whether

he was suitable or not. Steadfastly,

to a man, they would vote. for the most

unsuitable candidate. V

Such a situation, i f true,., is, ab­

solutely nightmarish. The future of

I.C. and indeed of the world would look grim, i f the intellectual cream of Brit-

-ain are not capable of doing what tfee

whole population of America can do, riame-

-l y choosing their own president.

However I,feel more optimistio about the" situation. I think that the. there are a few thinking beings s t i l l at' College who may be able to save us from this catastrophe. In fact I think that there are about 2,800 tiiinking beings to save ua from this. I feel that the students of this College, even given the heady wine of "one man one vote", wouli? behave in a completely sane and 3ober manner. They ljould read about i t , think about i t , talk' about i t , and I am confi--dent they would choose the right person for president.

I w i l l ignore the fact that Finlay

thinka the president should be chosen

only by his personal friends, who, to

Finlays way of thinking, "know him1.' I

will also ignore the faot that Finlay

Considers a president by 28 people to be

more truly representative than one chosen

by 2,800. Both these arguments are oo-

-viously fallacious.

In conclusion I would disagree with

Finlay on another point. The president

according to him, represents the "Union"

at functions outside College. If we

may truthfully c a l l the 28 members of

Counoil the "Union*then this i s true.

However, I personally feel that there a

are 2,778 other students who also should

save some representation.

D.3. Mercer.

Dear Sir,

In reply to Finlay MoPherson's art -

-icle opposing the demooratio election

of the I.G.. President X would like to

make the following points.

In the f i r s t place, oontrary to what Mr. Mcpherson would have us believe If our President were elected a3 o result of a poll,, and presumably hustings, by virtue of having to prove himself before a highly c r i t i c a l audience, any nuoh President would have to demonstrate his oapabilities for the job in a way that no I.C. President has yet even had to consider.

My seoond point is this;, in an age when students are learning more about less, and often abdicating reaponsibilty in favour of material seourity, any added responsibilty i s to be welcomed. To pretend that I.C. students cannot show a responsible attitude when given the opportunity is belied at the sober approach shown at the last Union Meeting when the Charity Carnival was discussed.

Finally, to eleot our President dem-

-ocratically would not force him off his

'pedestal'. Rather his popular mandate

would be increased and he would enjoy a

far greater freedom to aot on our behalf

than he does now.

Yours faithfully,

David Finney.

Dear Sir,

I should like to reply to the

two letters you have received regarding

the election of the president. Mr.

Finney s&ys that the Presidential

candidates would become known to the

students by appearing at -hustings.

This would briefly introduce him to

about J4OO people, but the other

2,400 who could not bother to attend

a Union Meeting would s t i l l be able

to vote under the proposed polling

system.

Again, Mr. Finney points to the

responsible discussion which took place

at the last Union Meeting over the I.C.

Carnival. At this discussion a maximum

of 20 people took part before an audience of about i+}0. Another 2,350 students were not interested enough to

attend to discuss either the Carnival or

the mode of election of the President

(which was also on th£ Agenda). I find

i t hard to believe that these people are

responsible or interested enough to select

aanyone.

It i s rather di f f i c u l t to take Mr.

Mercer's hysterical outburst, seriously.

D. Wilbraham.

Dear Sir,

Who is the idiot who wants women in

the Bar ? The men of I.C. are almost

alone in their resolution to keep women in their place. If we let women

enter the Bar, the thin end of the wedge

will have been inserted. Having

obtained entry into that male Holy-of-

Holies, the Bar. they will take an even

larger part in the running of our Union.

In faot, Sir, they w i l l oulminate. , In

the words of the Prophet, "There w i l l be

weeping and gnashing of beer-mugs in that

I.C. Bar."

How can any sane man allow women lit

the Bar ? The only result i s that a l l

the pure and innocent young ICWArians

become less pure and innocent, whioh I,,

am sure you w i l l admit i s rather a pity*

No Sir, keep them out i s the cryt

Yours faithfully,

A Wellwisher (Jim)

and an ICWArian (Nameless)

Sear S i r ,

In T i e r of the n a t i o n a l shortage of trained technologists, i t i s sur­p r i s i n g that large areas of South Kensington have not yet been taken over by Imperial College. We suggest that a l l the nearby b u i l d i n g s of importance be adapted f o r College use.

The most immediate requirement i s the V i c t o r i a and Albert Museum, whioh i s already admirably furnished f o r use as a Hostel. There are several large rooms suitable f o r p a r t i e s , con­t a i n i n g huge four-poster beds on which a l l those unable to f i n d t h e i r way home may be accommodated.

The Natural History Museum would provide an unending series of stuffed masoots to replace ours, whenever i t (or he) has been stolen by another College. What i s more, Guildsmen would be able to f i n d congenial h o s t e l accommodation i n the Anthropoid section.

No longer need the Miners go down to Cornwall to do t h e i r digging. They should be given the task of extending the South Kensington Station tunnel to surround the College, thereby preventing student commuters from getting wet i n the morning.

The Physics Department w i l l soon be too large f o r the new block, and w i l l have to move in t o the Albert H a l l . The auditorium i t s e l f w i l l suggest some fa s ­c i n a t i n g problems of a c o u s t i c a l research, and the outer c o r r i d o r seems ready-made f o r the i n s t a l l a t i o n of a synchrotron.

F i n a l l y , Hyde Park should be closed to outsiders and made i n t o a Garden of Rest, where r e t i r e d h o s t e l wardens and Trophy o f f i c e r s can soothe t h e i r shattered nerves and watch the "Phoenix" B a l l a s t i c M i s s i l e , formerly known as the A l b e r t Memorial, being prepared f o r i t s f i n a l launching against King's.

Imperially yours,

Jon Bareford, Ian Guy.

Dear S i r ,

I t i s very easy to write destructive c r i t i c i s m of you and your newspaper so I am therefore r e f r a i n i n g from doing so and am instead congratulating you on the 152nd,edition,your f i r s t as editor-a very good f i r s t t r y . I wanted to com­pare i t w i t h the previous issue,which, I was taught at school,should have been No. 151,dated 28th.October 1960. But when I found F e l i x of that date,I found a celeb­ratory issue numbered 150.

What has happened to 151? This i s <the Mystery of the Year - Nay,the Decade.

Then a possible answer ocoured to me. Have you,sir,become l i k e the painter who,finding that he had l i t t l e paint l e f t worked f a s t e r so that he would f i n i s h before the paint ran out? But no.152was your f i r s t e d i t i o n . Surely you're not devoid of ideas so soon and ready t o qu i t your position?

Or are you working backward to Christ­mas and p r i n t i n g No. 151 i n a f o r t n i g h t ' s time? T h l " wouldn't be a bad idea because on Dec .9th.the Christmas e d i t i o n of F e l i x w i l l be published,it would be No.150 and you oould have another celebratory issue.

And what of 1961? Are we turning our Decks on the future? W i l l progress stop I n t h i s college? I am sure i t w i l l not happen,but t h i s i s a l o g i c a l r e s u l t of tko great'mystery. I hope you t r y and solve i t , a n d I wish you luck i n your

hunt f o r No. 151. Yours F a i t h f u l l y ,

B. W.Treves.

MOTOR'S NOTE:- Streuth, he's right. 1 0 / - f o r anybody who can produce a oopy of No. 15-\.

C O M M E N T

I t was my i n t e n t i o n when I started these comments, to merely touch upon various issues rather than to argue vehemently f o r a p a r t i c u l a r side of each case. However, now that a f o r t n i g h t l y a r t i c l e has become necess ary to argue each case more f u l l y though unfortunately t h i s w i l l mean that fewer subjedts may be mentioned.

Mr. "Fotheringham" c r i t i s e d my comments of the l a s t issue regarding the choice of dates and the number of Union meetings f o r t h i s term. He s a i d , f o r i n s t a n c e , " . . . i t i s not possible to decide the dates of Union meetings

before the beginning of terra as these are arranged i n conjunction with the General Studies Board". This i s p r e c i s e l y my point - i n reverse! In f a c t , the f o l l o w i n g happened. Last julflp several s o c i e t i e s started arranging t h e i r programme f o r t h i s term. The more conscientious found out i n advance that the General Studies Progra>»se had provision f o r Union Meetings i n October 25th and December 8 t h . This programme was i n f a c t published and d i s t r i b u t e d during the f i r s t week of term. I t was then decided not to hold the Union Meetings pn these two days but one meeting on November 15th. The f o l l o w i n g are reasons f o r c r i t i s i n g thi3 d e c i s i o n : -

1). Several College society meet ings had to be cancelled because of t h i s

decision.

By John.Cox.

2 ) . The Agenda was c e r t a i n to be overcrowded.

} ) . The f i r s t Union Meeting f o r the Freshers would include the d u l l e s t item of the year - the Accounts, thus possibly

making them less l i k e l y to come again.

i f ) . Holding one meeting before December made i t necessary to present the Accounts before there had been enough time to have the Accounts p r i n t e d .

In the l i g h t of the above I f e e l my c r i t i c i s m s were j u s t i f i e d .

My very good f r i e n d Dave Wilbraham was t e l l i n g me the other day how much i t annoys him to f i n d the T.V. i n the Union Lounge. This happens every time there i s a posh dinner i n the evening. I t seems to me that the moat sensible place f o r the T.V. set would be i n the Small Lounge

u p s t a i r s , I wonder what Mr "Fotheringham" thinks!

One l a s t snippet, I see that up t i l l now (nov.19th) neither the decisions nor the minutes of Council meetings have been posted on the Council notice-board t h i s term. Since Council have been instructed by-two Union meetings to use t h i s means of publishing t h e i r decisions, i t does seem a l i t t l e high-handed f o r the Union meeting's d e c i s i o n to be ignored l i k e t h i s .

C O U N T E R C O M M E N T

by U.T.L. Fotheringham,

I am g r a t i f i e d to see that Mr. Cox. i s now going to present arguments on

the topics he r a i s e s ; t h i s i s i n f i n i t e l y preferable to baldly s t a t i n g one side of a c o n t r o v e r s i a l question.

My information regarding the dates of Union Meetings was obtained from the President of the Union. In f a c t the date of the Union, fcieeting was not

decided u n t i l the beginning of t h i s term, presumably Mr. H i l l thought that October 25th was too e a r l y i n the term.

f o r Freshers to be "able to decide on a. matter so important a a a change i n Union Constitution . I t does, however, seem i l l o g i c a l to present the Accounts before printed copies were a v a i l a b l e ; the w r e s h e r s were not alone i n t h e i r boreaom.

This w r i t e r (not unnaturally) thinks that the Upper Lounge would be the most sensible place f o r the T e l e v i s i o n set. The reading room could then be used f o r

i t s correct purpose, and we would be

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spared the weeicly v i s i t of the Television set to the Lower Lounge, where i t

causes equal annoyance to loungers and viewers.

«nile on the subject I should l i k e to commend the House Committee on t h e i r

choice of set; the new one i s a great improvement on the previous decrepit goggle-box.

Once agian Mr. Cox i s being vague. Which set of Council minutes i s lie

awaiting with such eager anticipation? I t i s only 9 days since the l a s t Council

Meeting took place and I am sure Mr. Cox cannot "expect these to be-printed yet. The l i s t of decisions taken at the Emerg­ency Council Meeting has already been on the Board, and no minutes s h a l l be published. The only, minutes missing are those of J o i n t Council l a s t year,

and I-fear these w i l l he'somewhat cold. news by now.

I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E C H O I R

conducted by

Dr. E. H. BROWN

Wednesday, December 7, i960, at 8.00 D.I

R C S S M O K I N G

N c f V E l M B E f t 2i

C o n c e r t h a l l

FREE

,BBER

II

A L L O N A S U M M E R ' S D A Y

To swimming shadows on water, the swinging sax of Jimmie G u i f f r e , dawns a summer1s day of jazz. The Newport Jazz F e s t i v a l on Rhode Island. Ships and s a i l s out i n the roads; and faces, gone e x t a t i o faces, the s u n - l i t laughing faces of the fans, the intent twisted faces of the jazz men. At l a s t here i s the answer to that question which bugs a l l f r i e n d s of jazz: What i s Jazz? Well here i s the answer, the whole gamut of jazz emotion from A to Z, from what has come to be known as rock 'n' r o l l to gongs and c e l l o s , Konk and Kahalia, Chico and Satch i n the carefree cool context of an American summer's day.

P i c t o r i a l l y t h i s thing i s a dream, oontinual close ups of the performers that r e a l l y helps the mood. The camera d i v i n g down on a close hauled ocean yacht to a drum-break. Candid "takes" of the audience throwing t h e i r emotions; r i g h t i n your eye. Pieces of p i c t u r e magics— a duet of c e l l o

player and c i g a r e t t e smoke, the orange of sunset, black g u l l s againsf the t w i l i g h t blue of the sea,the f l a s h of racing water, j i v e r 3 , drunks, a woman with eyes as blue as glass.

Unexpected a l l the time, t h i s takes you i n and out and round about the Newport jazz soene; on stage, back stage, out f r o n t , faces w i l l take up the scene, t e l l you the story of t h e i r owners and then f l a s h you i n t o the middle of a funky solo. S t a r t i n g gay, g i v i n g you the exp ctancy of preparation some r e a l gems of l o c a l reaction to the annual invasion, then the co o l , f a r out, on the edge, leading to the great c l i m a t i c of drea*ay intoxicated i d e n t i f i c a t i o n with jazz - the abstract. Then the cool o f f , the saturation, the surrender, the Lord's Prayer by Mahalia Jackson*!

-crazy.

"Beat"

S A T U R D A Y N I G H T A N D S U N D A Y M O R N I N G

I t i s r e f r e s h i n g t o see a f i l m -about working c l a s s l i f e aa i t i s today without i t grinding,,3cme wornout. axe* What references there are i h t h i s pipt*-uro .to c l a s s struggle, the -Welfare s t a t e t e l e v i s i o n , trade unions etc._ar_e i n c i d e n t a l , convincing , and i n pers­pective. The background (Nottingham), the inc i d e n t , and the speech are made t r u l y •authentic working c l a s s . We oan but hope that i t might pierce the def­ensive t h i c k s k i n of those fashionable t u r n i p heads who laugh i n a l l the wrong-places and snigger when something part­i c u l a r l y outspoken i s s a i d , who even while l i n i n g the pockets of the s o c i a l r e a l i s t w r i t e r s must have broken t h e i r hearts.

There has been need f o r a r e a l l y accurate p i c t u r e ever sinoe "Look Back i n Anger", s t a r t e d the fashion f o r "working class end i t s attendant t r a p ­pings of rather quaint v u l g a r i t y , T.V. trauma, noble savage and very earthy." Outsider type "angries" such as C o l i n Wilson enhanoed t h i s p i c t u r e of the brute masses as a contrasting background t o the Wilson brand of superman, who l i k e a l l super-men i s modelled on h i s inventor. In t h i s f i l m Wilson's p i c t u r e of an almost'inhuman "other h a l f " r e b e l ­l i n g against the established order to no great purpose.

" I want something b e t t e r than mum an' dad got. Not that 'am blaming them they hadn't a chance, they've been snu­bbed by the bloody gaffers an' now the­y're j u s t dead from the neck up. Well not t h i s boy". This seems more or l e s s orthodox anti-hero of the f i f t i e s , but u n l i k e the Amis, Braine, Osbourne types Arthur i s not an educational misfit but jusi a plain/sxjrkihg l a d . although he engages i n sniping at the enemy i n true "Lucky Jim" t r a d i t i o n : he voted communist at the l a s t e l e c t i o n i n his dad's name, i t seems more f o r the laugh than anything else.

Arthur i s a tough s e n s i t i v e lathe hand "knocking o f f a piece of married stuff ". L i f e hangs together between Saturday nights and as long as you dent let the bar-star da grind you down, ever— ythings great. Then Brenda the married piece becomes pregnant and slowly end beautifully the awareness of other peoples feelings and his responsibility te them emerges. The situations never 'Hem pretentious, always oonvincing, especially a wonderful not i n the. . l e a s t , "like the films" love scene.

I found t h i s a cheering piece. I t s a i d t o me that i t i s possible t o humanise oneself against the enemy of machine cemformism, and that beerand women p a l l i a t i v e s are not the only things that make l i f e t o l e r a b l e , but things don't end on a m i l k and r03es happy end­ing.

"Do you want a new house ducks?" says Arthur. "Yes with a bathroom and everything". " I wonldnt mind an o l d one - you know

we used t o ro;ja a l l over these f i e l d s when we were kids . Blackberryin' -soon there wont be a blade of grass anyvkero".

He picks up a 3tone and throws i t at one of the new houses :-"What d i d you do that for? One of them

houses might be f o r us " "Oh I don't know - j u s t f e l t l i k e rb -an' - I ' l l throw a l o t mere before am done an' a l l .

C l i f f o r d Gore.

S H A D O W S

A f i l m without s c r i p t or money, wi t h s e m i - p r o f e s s i o n a l actors, whioh.was the o r i t i 0 3 ohoiee at t h i s years Venice f i l m f e s t i v a l , t h i 3 i s John Cassavetes l a t e s t production. I t i s not an entertaining f i l m , no f i l m portraying l i f e ever i s . Those who wish t o be taken out of l i f e and given some Hollywood fantasy should not see t h i s f i l m . The words and phrases have not been deooi.-ated to s u i t the p u b l i c palate, indeed t h i s f i l m would choke some. The dialogue i s spontaneous.

The l o o s e l y k n i t sequence portrays a period i n the l i f e of a coloured fam­i l y i n New York. Two of the family are accepted as white. L e i i a Goldoni i n the leading feminine r o l e portrays w i t h sensitive, r e a l i s m of a g i r l d i s i l l u s i o n e d a f t e r a tempestuous love a f f a i r l a s t i n g one day.

SHADOWS i s of race r e l a t i o n s h i p s . although not produced as suoh. I t must be seen i f only t o see the technique whioh promises t o ' r e v o l u t i o n i s e the fading f i l m industry.

K.F. C.BOSSARD.

B A L L E T A N D O P E R A

by I . L. Gibson.

Stravinsky's vocal works are so seldom performed i n t h i s country that an oppurtunity of seeing two i n one go should.not be missed. "Oedipus Rex" and "The Nightingale" are being given as a double b i l l at Sadler's Wells, one f u r t h e r performance being scheduled f o r iicveiaber 30th.

Although Stravinsky i s not every­one 1 s oup of tea, i f one approaches the .evening w i t h an unbiased mind and ear, I am sure these (wo works w i l l . n o t f a i l to impress. "The Nightingale" i s the e a r l i e r and s l i g h t e r pieoe and i n some ways may be considered rather naive i n comparison with the majesty and drama of "Oedipus Rex". S t r i c t l y t h i s l a s t i s not an opera, but an opera—oratorio, and i s sung i n L a t i n by a chorus and s i x s o l o i s t s . A n a r r ­ator eases the job of i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , but he i s not allowed to intrude i n t o the stage drama, the e f f e c t of which 1B considerably heightened by the very f i n e decor. The whole of the cast, i n c l u d i n g the chorus, appear i n sym­b o l i c masks, while the splendid costumes give the production a regal a i r .

Stravinsky's music and t h i s imagi­native stage presentation combine to give the performance as a whole t r e ­mendous impact, and as the tragedy draws to a close one i s nearly overpowered by the force of the music.

The B a l l e t Season opens at Covent Garden on December 14th. with"Cinderella". Fohteyn and Soames w i l l be f l y i n g from New York to appear on t h i s opening night, but l a t e r i n the season Beriosova, Nerina, and Seymour w i l l be appearing i n the t i t l e r o l e .

"Swan Lake^. returns to the reper-tory e a r l y i n the New Year, Nerina appearing i n Hie f i r s t performance i n the dual r o l e of Odette-Odile, on January 11th. "Coppelia", "Pineapple P o l l " and a new b a l l e t , "The I n v i ­t a t i o n " , are among the other works being performed during the Christmas Season.

The F e s t i v a l B a l l e t w i l l be appear­in g at the F e s t i v a l H a l l , and here Tchai­kovsky's "The Nutcracker" w i l l be the main o f f e r i n g .

H O W T O G E T F I T

E x t r a c t from a l e t t e r by an A r t College organiser of t r a i n i n g , t o a headmaster:-

In the meantime, would i t help i f we sent the students f o r four days per week f o r three days? This would give ( i f my c a l c u l a t i o n s are r i g h t ) f i v e o r d i n a l days twice running and two days once each as against three o r d i n a l days twice run­ning, two twice but missing a t u r n , and two twice only.

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S U C H A D O A B O U T N O T H I N G

l i d s c a r n i v a l

d e c a n t e r 2 * ?

u s e e

p l e a

by F. Ross Bacon.

Once a year that strange body of men devoted to the prostitution, of a l l the f i n e r a r t s and passing as Guilds Enter­tainments Committee o f f e r u n r i v a l l e d scope f o r — w e l l , they present Guilds C a r n i v a l .

Those who have already attended a Guilds C a r n i v a l w i l l be w e l l aware of t h e i r educational value. Those who are so unfortunate as not to have been to one, should grasp t h i s opportunity to discover that education and lectures are not r e a l l y synonymous. I f you are but recently come to t h i s College, and f e e l that you are missing the Student L i f e that has acquired such fame, then we urge you to come to Guilds C a r n i v a l and sweep s t r a i g h t i n t o i t .

This year the event i s based upor. vast research i n t o the most sacred annals of our L i t e r a t u r e . Guilds Enter­tainments Committe i s presenting, as the subject of i t s yearl y report to the College, a s t a r t l i n g view of the o r i g i n s of the Shakespeare Plays, and a daring expose' of the Elizabethan Regime. They f e e l that the Nation has been under an i l l u s i o n on t h i s subject f o r too long, and that t h i s years C a r n i v a l w i l l s e t t l e the matter beyond a l l doubt.

However, do not be so,awed by the e r u d i t i o n of the subject that you forget to enjoy y o u r s e l f , and to t h i s end rem* ember to bring a g i r l l

T H E V E T E R A N S V E N U E

JEZEBEL.

D e s p i t e e a r l i e r p r e d i c t i o n s b y t h e p e a s i a i a t a , Sunday m o r n i n g was c l e a r a n d sunny ae a t 8.0 a.m. we s e t o f f t o Hyde P a r k t o j o i n the Queens o f o a r s g o i n g down t o B r i g h t o n . We a v o i d e d t h e o o n g e e t l o n on A23 by d r i v i n g down t h e o f f s i d e o f th e r e a d , w i t h t h e s a n o t l o n o f t h e p o l i o e . We a r r i v e d a t B r i g h t o n a t 12.45 p-n., and.as -the p o l i o e w o u l d n o t a l l o w u s t o j o i n t h e V e t e r a n s on t h e s e a - f r o n t , p a r k e d a t C l a r g e s H o t e l .

BOANERGES. .

A t 1.40 p.a. on e t h . November, Bo r e a o h e d B r i g h t o n h a v i n g c o m p l e t e d t h e V e t e r a n C a r Bun a f t e r l e a v i n g Hyde P a A . a t 8,20 a.m. A t th e s t a r t o f t h e r u n , t h a n k s t o t h e e x c e l l e n t h e l p o f some 30 O u i l d s m e n , he waa i n e x c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n a n d h i s b r a s s w o r k r e a l l y gleamed. E x c e p t f o r a l i t t l e o a r b u r e t t o r t r o u b l e m a k i n g p l u g changes f r e q u e n t l y n e o e s s a r y he r e a o h e d B r i g h t o n w i t h l i t t l e t p o u b l e .

L U N C H E O N .

A l u n o h e o n was h e l d t h a t a f t e r n o o n a t C l a r g e s H o t e l , B r i g h t o n , w i t h some f i f t y p e r s o n s p r e s e n t , amongst t h e s e feeing J e z e b e l ' s orew who h a d made t h e r a n a " u s u a l . The s p e c i a l g u e s t a t t h e I n n o h e o n was Bo's d e s i g n e r and b u i l d e r I t . C o l . Browne, now 87 y e a r s o l d , b u t most l i v e l y . He gave a v e r y humorous • o o o u n f o f h i s h i s t o r y and t o l d how Bo' s d e s i g n had oome a b o u t and been d e v e l o p e d . Mr. H.P.W. Moore, P r e s i d e n t o f t h e M o t o r C l u b , p r e s e n t e d C o l . Browne w i t h t h e pennant won e a r l i e r b y Bo, i n remembrance o f the r u n . Muoh t o h i s e n joyment t h e C o l o n e l was l a t e r t a k e n f o r a s h o r t r u n I n th e o a r w h i c h he h a d b u i l t n e a r l y 60 y e a r s b e f o r e .

B0' ON TRW SOAD TO BRIGHTON

B0' AND JEZ AT THE BOAT HOUSE, PTJTHET

U N I O N M E E T I N G

The Union Meeting was held on Tues­day, November 15th, at 1.15 p.m. There were over 400 present - enough to s a t i s f y the new quorum requirements.

A f t e r reading the previous minutes, three sets of accounts were presented: The Union Accounts by Dr. Ken Weale; the A t h l e t i c Committee Accounts by prof. Wright, and the A t h l e t i c Grounds Committee by Mr. S.E Coomber.

The President, Mr. Ian H i l l , moved a vote of thanks to the s t a f f treasurers

f o r taking so much trouble.

There was no correspondence.

Mr. John 'White begged f o r support f o r the next Kay's Carnival.Organisation was beginning now, and a vast amount of help was needed. A l i v e l y discussion ensued over which c h a r i t y the funds should go to. Mr. Alan Kunro pleaded f o r a l o c a l c h a r i t y , the o l d f o l k of London, many of whom are l i v i n g i n great poverty. Mr. Dan Elvyn Jones, as^rd the College to widen i t s view and dc something to help the m i l l i o n s of syarving^diseased or

homeless people t^rourhout the world - a cause best Served by donating themoney

to the Oxford Cor.-jd.ttee f o r Famine R e l i e f . Both causes were deserving ones,but the Union decided i n favour of the Oxford

Coamittee by a large majority.

In the midst of t h i s d i s c u s s i o n , Mr. F i n l a y Macpherson got up and proposed that the money be used to b u i l d a B r i t i s h b a l l i s t i c m i s s i l e , bigger, better, and more expensive than any other.

By t h i s time i t wa3 2.15. The President asked how many members would have to go at h a l f past. So many r a i s e d t h e i r hand3 tliat the meeting would have become

inquorate. So the c o n t r o v e r s i a l motion demanding P r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n s was post; oned tc Thursday, Tinaawliu. 8th REMEMBER THIS DATE.' *

Miss C h r i s t i n e Bradford.a3ked whether the College mascot, Herbert, could be exhibited at Union meetings. This s e n t i ­ment was echoed by several other members, some of wheal were amazed to le a r n that

I.C. even had a mascot. Mr. Macpherson once again stood up and demanded that

the mascot f u l f i l i t 3 proper func t i o n of being t h e : j l o r i o u s symbol of our hope and:pride, whereupon Mr. John Loome proposed that Mr. Macpher. on himself be adopted as the mascot. This proposal was c a r r i e d with acclamation. Mr. John Bridges and Mr. Mike Bragazzi were eleoted trophy o f f i o e r s , and the meeting ended wi t h them c a r r y i n g Mr. Masootpherson away en t h e i r shoulders, t o the cheers of the crowd.

F E L I X

S T A T I S T I C S

No l e s s than s i x t y - s i x man hours have been expended i n the production of t h i s copy of F2LLX. Those involved were J u d i t h Lee; l l a r r a r e t l.'askell; Pea. Gregory; Terry Clarke; Jim Carter: Ian Guy; John Jennings; I'aloolm Crawley; Dave Owen; Dave G i l b e r t ; and Ian H e l l , who made some u s e f u l c o n t r i b u t i o n s . (We threw them away afterwards.)

To a l l these people the e d i t o r would l i k e t o express h i s g r a t i t u d /

P I T Y T H E S D L

As i f I didn't have enough to do! The Business manager came up to me and said that the Lram.Soc. didn't publicise i t s e l f enough - what we needed was an a a r t i c l e i n F e l i x and wasn't I just the chap to write i t ? With a mixture of f l a t ­tery and cajolery he soon had me convin­ced,so that l e f t only one problem,what to write? Well,for what i t ' s worth,here i t i s .

Most people seem to imagine that presenting stage productions involves nothing more than a few chummy rehearsals and some set-to energetic wood-sawing and hammering and a l l w i l l . g o w e l l on the night.. Hot a h i t of i t I Theatre i s b i g business. Anyone who .loins the Dram. Soc f o r relaxation i s mad.We're a l l mad any­way. I see my friends getting less sane

as time goes by. Look at dear o l d — now.he's been here s i x years and,well, just look at him! What am I saying -I can rememberwhen i t was possible to stand on the stage with the r a i n dripr, ping down one's neckand an i c y wind blow­ing i n from where the main staircase wasn't.

Where wa3 I? Ah,yes; " a l l w i l l go righ t on the night". I t doesn't of course. One of the atage Director's tasks i s to ensure that we don't make the same mis­takes twice, or, f a i l i n g that, to ensure that there i s a decent Interval i n between. Stage Managers come and go but the Stage Director^goes on f o r ever, that's what i t f e e l s l i k e anyway. When there is'nt a production i n rehearsal, there's main­tenance or i n s t a l l a t i o n , or something. Maintenance: i f a l i n e set f a i l s and a couple of hundred-weight of scenery crash to the f l o o r , the poor S . D . w i l l have some explaining to do, especiall y i f there was anyone underneath at the time. Yet even i n the best-regulated theatres the3e l i t t l e accidents do iiappen. One becomes s u p e r s t i t i o u s — -never whistle i n the dressing rooms and don't walk under loaded l i n e sets.

I n s t a l l a t i o n now that's another matter. Has i t ever occurred to you that the Union building i s l a r g e l y composed of concrete? I f no.t, then you have never t r i e d to screw anything to the walls. Even a simple wiring job often leaves i n i t ' s wake a t r a i l of blue and blunted d r i l l s and blue and blunted stage hands.

But these l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t i e s vani3h into the background not o b l i v i o n , the S.L. never forgets when a prod­uction i s on the stocks. One minute one i s racking one's brain3 trying to f i n d enough^work to keep the 3tage s t a f f occ­upied---- then the 3et plana arrive from the designer and pandemonium i s l e t loose* The Stage Janager divides his time between driv i n g on his carpenters and painters, and explaining (or pleading ) to the Producer, the designer 1 (and the 3.D.) that we haven't got enough wood, the set i s impossible, the stage technical re­hearsal times are inadequate.. .he Can. go on »f or hours!

And so i t goes on. The play: 'Nekrassov', opening December 6th, What w i l l go wrong t h i s time?

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R U G G E R

Follovdjig the success of the Cup-team the 1.0. 1st XV v i s i t e d Streatham on Saturday. With more than a f a i r share of the b a l l from the scrums the I.C. backs were able to open up the game. Whenever Streatham did get the b a l l , p a r t i c u l a r l y from the line-outs the I.C. wing forwards, Kehoe and Connor, bottled up the half-backs very e f f e c t i v e l y . As a whole the team played very veil and deserved the 17-0 vict o r y .

2nd ROUHD of SUTTgRJDGE CUP Last year I.C. met the College of

Estate Managementship i n the Semi­f i n a l of the University Rugby Cup. 'This year the two teams met i n the 2nd round on November 16th.

Even before the game took place I.C. knew that the danger lay i n the O.E.M. stand-off h a l f Mike Weston, the England International. However on the day the I.C. pack dominated the game securing a monopoly of the b a l l from thb

scrums and line-outs. Two good pen­a l t y goals by Bregazzi sent the team o f f

to a good s t a r t . A b l i n d side break

The season i s now i n f u l l swing with a l l the teams playing w e l l toget­her. This has been p a r t i c u l a r l y noticeable i n the lower teams as the records show. The Wanderer's XV (BA) are now the only team who have won every

match. The main d i f f i c u l t y has not been fi n d i n g players but i n f i n d i n g matches f o r them to play i n . There seems to be a very good team s p i r i t throughout the club and the teams shou­l d go on from strength to strength.

On November 12th the 1st XV, with 5 players from the University side, j u s t l o s t a very close game with the London Welsh Druids. The score was 8-10. Both teams scored two t r i e s . The Druids however scored under the posts and converted. I.C. crossed t h e i r opponents l i n e on three other occasions, but the referee d i d hot allow a t r y .

On Saturday l a s t the Ex 1st XV did very w e l l to hold the London Welsh Dragons to a 3-3 draw. In heavy con­d i t i o n s the play became very rough with the Welsh "putting the boot i n " to the extent that one player was sent off but was afterwards r e c a l l e d .

by Seed led to a t r y by Place to make the score 9-0 at half-time,. Bregazzi j u s t f a i l i n g to convert from a touch l i n e k i c k .

A t r y by Millward made the score 12-0 when the team closed the game up Excellent l i n e out work by Bridges. and Bregazzi and good touch k i c k i n g by McCormaek starved C.E.M. of the b a l l . The only score of C..E.M...c*me from a penalty k i c k f o r a scrum infringement. Weston was the out r

standing player <»• the C.E.H.'side, but was harrasaed w e l l by. the wi'hg-, forwards and not given room to move, although he nearly dropped a goal from near the half-way l i n e , 1 $ . are now through to the Semi-Fihal a f t e r beating C.E.M. 12-3. Team; Sticklahd, Potter, Butler* Johnson, Millward, McCoimack, Seed). Thompson, Place (Capt.), Kehoe, Bridges, Bregazzi, L i d d l e , Howard, Marchant.

I . C W . S . C .

I.C.W.3.C. h o c k e y teas, undef­eated this season, won taair aatoh m Saturday, 19th. Eovembar, against Birrbeck Collage, 3-2, tSuis reaching the aaai-finala of the Vnivaraity 2n4. XI knook- out tournament.

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M O R P H Y R E S U L T S

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MORPHY RACE. Guilds won by 2/3 length from R.ff.S.

a f t e r a hard f i g h t , with Kines several lengths away, t h i r d . Although Guilds lead a l l the way, R.C.S. almost drew l e v e l at several points and Guilds were never onoe given a ohanoe t o l e t up.

LOWRY RACE. R.C.S. took an e a r l y l e a d whioh

thev held f o r most of the raoe. The Guilds crew gradually closed on "..C.:3. ond with a neck and neck f i n i s h nosed i n front t o snatoh a v i o t o r y by a mere two feet. Mines, who held on f o r a good part of the way suddenly faded and f i n --ished several lengths behind.

A T H L E T I C S

By gaining seoond place i n each of the three r e l a y s , the I.C. A t h l e t l o Club won tha u n i v e r s i t y College Cup, which i s awarded to the winners of the U.L. winter Relays, on Wed. 16th November. St. Mary'3 Hospital were 2nd. having: won two relay s and being d i s q u a l i f i e d i n the t h i r d and I.C. were placed t h i r d i n the Wield Events competition f o r that Tjabve Trophy.

The f i r s t t h ree teams i n the 4 by 110 yds. r e l a y f i n i s h e d w i t h i n a yard of each other and I.C. gained 2nd place through ax d i s q u a l i f i c a t i o n .

Archie MacDonald , the U.L. iOO yd. and 220 yd. champion "chose t o ran i n t h e 2nd re l a y , the 220 by 220 by 4W> r e l a y , because of a troublesome l e g . With Jim Harrison , a fresher i n f i n e form over the short s p r i n t , and Adrian Meade running seoond, I.G. were l y i n g sedond. Archie , despite returning- a suhk 51 quarter,could not hold U.L. and.U.A tJ. ^ m i l e champion Human Father off St. MaaySl

H O C K E Y

In the l a 1 1 event o f the day , toe 880 by 880 by 1 mile Relay, George Wank and D, Hammonds remained in striking distance of the leaders, and this enab­led I.C.A.C. oaptain John Cleator to move into sec on d place after two laps of the mil a leg , and his 4.27 m. mile was not sufficient to olose on Peter Sperryn who won the relay for St. Mary?* Hospital while docking 4.17 m. for his mile.

Tony Aloock and Colin Conolly remain the key -figures i n the throwing events . They both competed in the Dieses Weight and. Javelin, and amassed a large number of points . I.C. also soared in the High Jump through Aloook and Tony Brigg and in the Triple jump through Sonbry and Spioer. Jim Harrison jumped 2 0 f t . H^in. in the long jump, only £* behind the individual winner.

The results of these competitions ere more promising than last year. The Athletic; Club w i l l now be a l l out to win the University Championship for the third successive year.

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C R O S S C O U N T R Y

i t f i r s t sight the results of the last fortnights raoes seems rather depressing with not a single win for . 1.0. However, i t is comforting to note that the teams running in these raoes were by no means representative of oui f u l l strength.

Fi r s t to report i s the result af the University of London League Division II matoh held over P.H.T. on the*2nd. November. In this match I.C. ware seoond to H.C.t. with Battersea very olose third. Result: -

1. N.C.L. 119 2. I.C. 118

3. Eattersea 117 4. Guys 93

The University, 1st. 2nd. & 3rd. team raoes on Saturday, 12th. November against Oxford, oalled on the services

Of most of I.C. 'e "top* strength, and only,a weak team went to raoe U.C. over our home oourse at Petersham where they were defeated by the small margin of 6 points.

Last Wednesday's match (lath. Nov.) against Sandhurst over Petersham showed how f i t , or xather unfit, so i«,«Hkft»*»» ate.." ftone was able to hold the two Sandhurst runners, Wood and Hagai, who won in the relatively slow time of 28.30. Three I.C. runners (Warren, CollinBj and Bernard) ran in together 35 seconds behind, but With our hext man iri ICftft. position, -we were Well beaten.

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1. Sandhurst 33;

2. I.C. 45 Shis weekend (19th. November) we fcava trips to Sheffield and Oxford.

.J • Bernard.

Since the last issue, the 1st XI has been suffering rather mixed fortunes. A cup rehearsal was played against Kings last week and' in a very even -game, we managed a very credit­able 3-0 win mainly due to a sound defence. However, against B a l l i o l College from Oxford a week later, we had 70£ of the play, but somehow managed to lose 2-1 due in the. ma in­to some magnificent goal-keeping by their oaptain.

Yesterday, the 1st. * t .played a strong Enfield side, con­taining several county players, and aftera very hard fast match oh a rather bumpy pitch, lost by the only goal of, the matoh-this is probably our best performance this year. With Treves outstanding i n goal, the defenoe played very solidly, to hold a fast moving and olever forward line, and in the closing stages we could count ourselves very unluoky not nave matohed an equaliser.

At last we have had a Saturday on Jwhioh a l l four teams played, and the results were most encouraging. The 2nd. XI won oonvinoinglyby 4-0 against Royal Naval College, the 3rd. XI beat London Hospital 6-0 (thanks mainly to 4 goals by centre forward Lawson) and the 4th. XI beat the Bank of England 4-0. These results augur well for the season and for the club i t s e l f , because i t i s in the lower teams that the true strength of any club l i e s .

A very enjoyable Sausage and Mash cupper was held last week in the Upper Befeotory at whioh some 35 members of the olub were present and judging from the state of the oaptain's room the next morning "a good time was had by a l l *

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.The standard English climate has been causing s t r i f e i n the association t h i s session. Fixtures with St. Thomas' and K.C.H. have both unfortun­a t e l y suffered c a n c e l l a t i o n arid the group who gathered at Hlghgate on the 26th Oct. f o r the Autumn Meeting found the bedraggled course deemed unplay­able. However, not to be deterred, we f i e l d e d a f a i r l y sound side on Wed. 9th Nov. to tackle.the strong opposi­t i o n of Kings and U.C. in-a t r i a n g u l a i match at Stanmore.

Remarkably, the sun was beaming down benevolently as I.C. strode to the tee, but soon disappeared as one a f t e r another our stalwarts made t h e i r haz­ardous tour of the wooded countryside. Gorse bushes were the order of the day, though l e t i t be stated that t h e i r rank s had been sadly depleted when f i n a l l y we returned to the Clubhouse.

The result? S a t i s f a c t o r y ! A sound thrashing was delivered to U.S., while we l o s t by a ha i r ' s breadth t o Kings; - w e l l nearly a ha i r ' s breadth.

Last Wednesday we again closed ranks on a formidable C.E.M. side i n a f i r s t f i x t u r e at Highgate. Once again the sun gave us the pleasure of i t s company, and with renewed vigour a f t e r our previous weeks showing, we made to s a i l f o r t h i n t o a somewhat gust y breeze from the opposing camp.

Your correspondent gathers from the reports that were forthcoming i n the bar afterwards that c e r t a i n of our side l o s t c o n t r o l of the Mains'le when strug g l i n g on an awkward tack, and d r i f t e d on to the rooks, while others made the course with only the gib sheet f l y i n g . However, despite some narrow v i c t o r i e s , the r e s u l t emerged as a t h r e e - a l l draw, which gave ample i n ­centive to a l l present to f o r t i f y the inner man, and i t was a s a t l r f i e d I . e . team that returned to college some time l a t e r that evening.

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The f i r s t team belatedly opened t h e i r account on Hov. 12th. with an 8 -1 win over Reading I. ' however the soore wa3 f l a t t e r i n g and the p a i r s must k n i t together i n smoother fashion i f we are t o s e r i o u s l y challenge v'dngs, U.C. and *,i.I>i.C.

The nixed team looks l i k e having a successful season, since f i v e of l a s t year'steam have returned a i d we hove an e x c e l l e n t fresher' I n E e r y l i i i l n e r . the tesR s t a r t e d the season i a convincing s t y l e h'j beating GoldsKiith 1 s 7-2.

The second teas which i s of course i n the f i r s t d i v i s i o n now, along with the ' f i r s t teaiu, i s f i n d i n c the ~oin.-very tough i n the higher class anS l o s t 3-1 to U.B.O. ci:u 7.-2 t o i:inp;s I.

I v ; i l l take jEiis opportunity t o ocn^ratulate one of our mcribers, Chris Harvey, cu reachins the f i n a l .of the Surrey mixed handicap event and the s e a l - f i n a l of the open men's dcdbles

T A B L E T E N N I S

The only defeat suffered by any of our s i x teams i n league matches was when our 5th team l o s t to our 4 t h team 7-3 i n a very keenly fought matcn. The f i r s t team have had a 6-4 win against Goldsmiths I and a f i n e 9-1 v i c t o r y against N.C.L. I . There was a shock i n store f o r the 3rd team when they played the school of Pha­rmacy, i n that the opposition had a former Hungarian Internationa l playing f o r them. Needless to say he won a l l h i s games , but by beating a l l t h e i r other players our team scraped home 6-4.

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S O C C E R

On Wed. 6 t h . Nov. I.C. 1 s t . XI

played the return league match with U.C. Again the match was c l o s e l y fought but t h i s time U.C. ,",ot t h e i r revenge, scraping Uorae by 2-A . The 2nd. and 3r.l. XI's a l s o l o s t ; the former by 3-2 t o U.C. seconds i n a league, matcn", and the l a t t e r i n a f r i e n d l y match by 2-1 against Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The r e s u l t s c£ the 6 t h and 5 t h X I ma-cche3 completed a blaok day f o r the Club, as both l o s t i n away league matches against O.C. '''he r e s u l t s were :

U.C.IV 4 I.C.V 1 U.C.T 4 I.C.VT 1

On Wednesday 9th. November I.C. 1st, XI played. U..C. 1 s t . XI i n a league raatah at Hurl :;v-:toa. The match v;as very even i n the early stages, out v.'ith ten minutes t o j p , X.u. r o t id i'nemsel res 5 -1 dam. A tee»505rs l u t e r a l l y by I . 0 . , however, r e s u l t e d i n the scoring of three goals, and the f i n a l r e s u l t was 4:3 t o us.

On the 3ame day the seoond and t h i r d elevens played Shoreditch College i n f r i e n d l i e s . , The matches played at Shoreditch r e s u l t e d i n wins f o r the home teams. The second XI were trounced 6 - 0 , while the t h i r d XI put up a closer f i g h t before going dow dam 4- i n an even and enjoyable game.

The 'ourth XI provided I.C. with t h e i r second league win of the day. T l a y i n g L.S.E. XI at Harlington they they ran out deserving wi:mer3, the score being 4-0. The f i f t h and seventh teams both l o s t i n f r i e n d l y matches.

On Saturday 12i.ii, ilov. the 1 s t .XI had a t r i p to L e i c e s t e r , where they . played against the U n i v e r s i t y 1 s t .XI i n a f r i e n d l y game. The r e s u l t was a 2-2 draw, but I.C. could e a s i l y have won

t h i s match i f a l l scoring chances had oeen taken. The t h i r d team had a t r i p t o Cambridge, where they played against Pembroke Colege 1st. XI. The r e s u l t was a cxear 4 - 0 win t o the Cambridge side.

On the sane day the 4 t h . and 6th-XI'S had league matches on opponents grounds. I.C. 4ths beat Battersea II by 5 - 2 , while the 6 th . team had a f i e l d

day thrashing Chelsea III by 8-2. The 7 t h . team completed a h i g h l y successful day by thrashing the Bank of America 7 -1.

On Saturday 19th November the 1 s t and 4 t h XI's were due f o r a t r i p to Cambridge, but the Chri s t ' s College ground was waterloggedjahd the matches had to be cancelled. The pitches a t Harlington however , were playable and the 2nd XI

took the opportunity t o beat Sun Sawor-ance A.F.C. by 8 - 5 . On the same day I.Ok

3 r d XI lost to U.C. U, and I.C. 5 t h XI

lost t o Q.M.C. i n ^ league: matches. The 6 t h and 7th H's a l s o lost, the

former in a league match b. 4-1 against

Westainster H o s p i t a l 2nd XI.

R I D I N G

The Riding Club has had a. good s t a r t t h i s year with considerable support from the freshers. The em­phasis t h i s term has been placed on r i d i n g at V.'imbledon, and a party of about s i x people ri d e there every Wed­nesday f o r i n s t r u c t i o n and hacking out on the Common.

At the end of the Summer Vacation four members of the Riding Club spent a week r i d i n g and camping i n Cheshire We t r i e d to keep the amount of camp­ing gear to a minimum,but t h i s extra weight c a r r i e d by the horses did res­t r i c t the speed at which we could t r a ­v e l , and the distance which could be covered each day before t i r i n g the horses. However, unlik e l a s t year when the baggage was c a r r i e d separat­e l y by a pony trap, we could be sure of a tent over our heads when vie stop­ped f o r the night! One morning dur­ing the week we followed the Cheshire Foxhounds f o r some splendid cub-hunting. A f t e r the hunt we were i n ­v i t e d i n f o r "drinks" at a gentleman's house, and t h i s was t y p i c a l of the wonderful h o s p i t a l i t y which we receiv ­ed from farmers and natives throughout the week: indeed there can be few b e t t e r ways of becoming completely re­moved from the screaming cacophony and bustle of a mechanical'age.

S K A T I N G

The I C J Skating Club meets every We nesday at Queen's Ice Club j u s t across Hyde Park , end j o i n with the clubs of other colleges i n London Univ­e r s i t y . I t i s more of a S o c i a l Club than a Sport's Club; noat of the members seam t o congregate i n one comer occasionally moving round t o do one l a p of the r i n k . However f o r those who take the sport s e r i o u s l y and wish t o take up dancing or fi.gure-sla.ting f ree t u i t i o n i s p a i d f o r by the Club. The; entrance t i c k e t s f o r the three hours are subsid­i s e d by the club from 3/6 to -2/- thus maJdn<; a very cheap aftem"""'s c n t e r t -ainncnt.

Several tines a. term , a small r i n k at Richmond i s h i r e d out. f o r the evening b> the d i f f e r e n t c o l l e g e olubs. This r i n k i s oalle. an 'Aro3a'rink a.fter the. famous aid. r i n k i n Switzerland : at thaa» Aroaa meetings members; , whether beginn­ers or not, can t r y t h e i r hadi a Ice 'Hockey and! quite frequently caraes. are organised*

1,0. has held two of these meetings thta term "and w i l l hold more; during the next term.

A very successful Social Evening

was held last Saturday, November 19th at

Bedford Collegein order that the members

of the different colleges should get te>

know each other .

Anyone interested! im joining the

club , even iff they are complete beginn­

ers , should some to the club notice bosad between 1.15 and 1.45 p.m, on Wednesdays,

R.S.G. (president)