No . 373 F R I D A Y , 10th J A N U A R Y , 1975

A GUILDED D A Y E Y ! I N T H E ear l y hours of Tuesday (7th January ) morning an

in t r ep id band o f Gu i l d smen l ed by a pe rson referr ing to h i m s e l f a s the D O C T O R executed the f i r s t and amaz ing masco t r e l i e v i n g stunt o f 1975, by mak ing off w i th R o y a l Schoo l of M ines mascot , Davey .

' — t h e y lef t a c a l l i n g c a r d ? ' . The extent of th is com­

mando s t y l e d m i s s i o n may be judged by the fac t that i t took them three weeks to p l a n , prepare and carry out the opera t i on , the p r i n c i p a l s i n v o l v e d be ing their locksmith' and 'heavy movement' depart­ments . T h e y had to go through some l o c k e d doors and a l o c k e d s t e e l c ab ine t before b e ing ab l e to remove the sought after masco t . They a c h i e v e d th i s entry w i thout b r eak ing any o f the l o c k s . In a truly great s t y l e , they le f t a c a l l i n g card? (A C h r i s t m a s ca rd no l e s s ! ) .

B E A V E R

B O T H E R Beave r , the L S E Student

Newspaper , i s i n d i f f i c u l t i e s c once rn ing a spoof adve r t i s e ­ment p l a c e d in the November 12th i s s u e , a report h a v i n g been p l a c e d before the D i r e c t o r o f P u b l i c P r o s e c u t i o n s ( D P P ) .

The advert i n ques t i on was p r in t ed as part of a f u l l page w h i c h c a l l e d for the A r m y ' s w i thdrawa l from Nor thern I r e land . The advert was a spoof o f a genuine army recru i tment ad pr in ted in the Oc tober 29th ed i t i on , u s i n g the same layout .

Se l e c t i ons i n c l u d e : a s a n ' A rmy O f f i c e r ' you w i l l have a good chance o f becoming dead a l o t sooner .you c a n a l w a y s b lame any m i s t a k e s — o n the workers , and shoot them.

A conse rva t i v e member o f the c o l l e g e , Rober t Ingram , i s reported to have sent c op i e s to members o f the Government and Shaddow C a b i n e t as w e l l a s the D P P . M i n i s t e r s are reported angry . T h e report o f the D P P i s awa i t ed .

' L a d i e s and gent lemen '• A note e n t i t l e d 'W.H.O.

HAS DAVEY!' was sent to the 'Ladies and Gentlemen of City and Guilds College' by the D O C T O R . In i t he gave an ou t l ine o f what happened and t i l l now a d e t a i l e d account i s not a v a i l a b l e . Su f f i c e to say they w i l l be demanding a ransom w h i c h 'will obviously go to a good charity'. ' F E L I X contac ted John

Mort imer, P r e s i d e n t of R S M U . i When a s k e d about the

d i sappearance 'of Davey h i s comment was 7 don't believe in rumour but I shall investigate'.

Right: A photograph of Davey in his new hideway together with Tuesday's'Express'.

U N I O N O N H A L L S Weeks

T R E V O R P H I L L I P S T O L D our reporter that : C o l l e g e i s w a i t i n g for a report from the c onsu l t an t s who examined Weeks H a l l . T h i s i s due dur ing January . When the report comes i t w i l l be c ons i d e r ed together w i th any s t rengthening schemes w h i c h may be neces sa r y . U n t i l then, C o l l e g e i s not prepared, b e c a u s e of the r i s k , to a l l o w any s tudents to o ccupy the b u i l d i n g . I Trevor c ons i d e r s we must

wa i t for the report. When th i s becomes a v a i l a b l e C o u n c i l and a U G M w i l l be c o n s u l t e d on what the U n i o n at t i tude shou ld be .

Voluntary Levy T H E U N I O N h a s i s s u e d a

l ea f l e t in forming h a l l r e s iden t s of the vo luntary l evy of 35p per week i n c l u d e d i n h a l l f ees . T h e ob ject o f t h i s levy i s to r a i s e money for the Student A d d i t i o n a l R e s i d e n c e F u n d . D e s p i t e i t b e ing U n i o n p o l i c y to have a l e v y , C o u n c i l agreed that s tudents s h o u l d be free to dec ide i n d i v i d u a l l y whether they w i s h to pay th is l e vy .

U n i o n h a s a s k e d on a number of o c c a s i o n s that the l evy be i t em i s ed separa te l y on b i l l s . T h i s was agreed by C o l l e g e but apparent admin i s t r a t i v e di f­f i c u l t i e s have a r i s e n w h i c h the

U n i o n i s t ry ing to r e so l v e .

It has been c l a i m e d by some students that the l evy i s en t i r e l y u s e l e s s and an un­necessa r y f i n a n c i a l burden, as a t present rates o f i n f l a t i on the fund cannot be b u i l t up q u i c k l y enough ever to f inance the b u i l d i n g o f a new h a l l , v i z . the f a i lu re o f the No r ths ide pro jec t .

U n i o n suggests that res idents reserve payment u n t i l at the e a r l i e s t , Monday , January 13th. It i s b e l i e v e d the l e v y w i l l have been d i s c u s s e d a t l a s t n ights U G M .

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M i c h a e l W i l l i a m s

Y E T A N O T H E R bumptious term . g r inds into mot ion . T h i s one i n e v i t ab l y has to be l e s s exuberant , l e s s en­t h u s i a s t i c , l e s s energet i c than the f i r s t term, for now i s the t ime that many s tudents r e a l i s e that their academic work i s the fundamental reason why they are at TC in the first p l a c e . N o w i s the time to be devour ing that b a c k - l o g of prob lem sheets and f i n a l i s i n g that pro jec t before w r i t i n g i t up. I t ' s a p a i n , I know, but i t i s a necessa ry torture w h i c h we a l l have to go through.

B u t w h i l s t many are r eso l ved to p i n their p rove rb i a l shoulder to the gr ind­stone there are others w i th their minds on other th ings such as the cont r ibut ion they fee l they are capab l e of mak ing to the U n i o n year p o s s i b l y as a member o f the U n i o n h i e ra r chy .

Towards the end of th is term some hardy s o u l s w i l l v i e for the four U n i o n pos t s wh i ch are e l e c t ed by means of a c o l l e g e -w ide ba l l o t . The pos t s are the P r e s i d e n t , Deputy P r e s i d e n t , H o n . Secretary and the E d i t o r of F E L I X . A l l except the D P are s a b b a t i c a l w h i c h means that the post becomes a f u l l -t ime job for a year w i th no academic work. E a c h pos t i s open to any fu l l member of I C U w i th the excep t i on that no s a b b a t i c a l o f f i cer can s t and for another s a b b a t i c a l .

Now i s the t ime to c ons i d e r the p o s s i b i l i t y of s tand ing not on ly for these pos t s but for each and every pos t that e x i s t s i n th is U n i o n . Do not be put off by those whose minds are already made up and who wish to publicise that fact.

Regard ing the a l l e g ed at t i tude of the N U S to the I R A , does i t not s t r ike anyone at a l l odd that w h i l s t vehement ly deny ing that the N U S supported the I R A , Mr. John R a n d a l l the P r e s i d e n t , d i d not take any i n i t i a t i v e whatsoever to con­demn the recent I R A bombings? T h e opportunity for h im to do so was there but he d id not take i t . A g a i n one must express one ' s cu r i o s i t y at the fact that much of the N U S p o l i c y on the I r i sh s i tua t i on c o i n c i d e s w i th the a ims o f the I R A .

' Bu t before a l l the IC l e f t i e s jump up and throw the i r a r id e loquence at me, let me jus t say that I'm not condemning J o h n R a n d a l l — I'm just not taking the opportunity to support him.

Beit Hall, Jan 6th, 1975.

Dear S i r ,

In th is year of h i gh in f l a t i on i t i s n i c e to know there i s someth ing e l s e free bes ides fresh a i r .

i We u s e d to pay for F E L I X , ye t now he i s free and more handsome. H a v i n g known F E L I X a l l h i s l i f e , and f o l l owed h im through many changes , I w i s h to congra tu la te y o u on h i s 25th ann ive rsary co lour fu l ed i t i on . I am s t i l l i n p o s s e s s i o n of many o l d ed i t i ons o f F E L I X .

• A f t e r I w a s demobbed from the army at Chr i s tmas 1945, I came to B e i t H a l l i n January 1946, a s a porter . I was in t roduced to the c l e a n i n g staf f , a n d s i x months la ter marr ied one o f them.

PARKING There are s t i l l people who

have not c o l l e c t e d their park ing pe rmi t s . If these are not c o l l e c t e d before the end of January they w i l l be forfeitted and the p l a c e s r ea l l o ca t ed .

i My w i f e s tar ted at O l d B e i t in 1926, and i s s t i l l work ing at B e i t H a l l w i t h me. We have been very happy work ing w i th the s tudents , and s h a l l m i s s them very much when we ret ire i n the not- too-d is tant future. We have seen great changes i n student d r e s s , appearance , moods e tc . , but a l l through the years we have found them most courteous and respec t fu l to us .

i I have a ment ion i n your a r t i c l e by Dave Sa l i sbury '25 Years of Residence', John Owen wou ld c l e a n shoes for 6d . and sponge and p ress su i t s for l / 6 d . T h e name i s not John Owen but J o h n Roden and 3d. a p a i r was charged for shoes , 2/6d. charged for p r essed d inner s u i t s .

i M i s s Sherwood who we worked w i th many years was a wonder fu l lady and a great a s s e t to the smooth running of B e i t H a l l . She was much concerned wi th the wel fare o f the s tuden t s , e s p e c i a l l y the g i r l s .

i L o n g l i v e F E L I X .

Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y , J . Roden .

F E L I X © M i c h a e l J . L . W i l l i a m s

Editor

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Many thanks to Ian, Catherine, Julia and Sue.

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D U E T O A C H A N G E IN PRINTING CONDITIONS,

T H E F E L I X C O P Y D E A D L I N E WILL NOW B E

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Booking of Union Rooms.

Any IC student may book a room for a funct ion. To do th i s , e i ther c a l l in and see Jen in the Un ion Of f ice or r ing her ( int .2232). There is no charge to I C U members, a l though a depos i t may somet imes be required aga ins t damage, e t c . '

If you book a room, P L E A S E read the form care fu l ly before s i gn ing i t . In some c a s e s you may be asked to return later, when y o u ' l l be to ld whether or not the booking is accep t ed . If a depos i t i s requi red , you must pay it at least 24 hours before the event . A cheque would be required even ear l i e r . F a i l u r e to pay the depos i t in time w i l l resul t in the c a n c e l l a t i o n of the book ing .

L a s t l y , if you want to have a party, or any no i sey event, going on late, you w i l l be was t ing your time app l y ing for any day but F r iday or Saturday. The best party room in C o l l e g e is the Quie t Room, L e v e l 0, C o l l e g e B l o c k . T h i s room i s sound proofed and can be booked through the Day Book ings Of f ice in C o l l e g e B l o c k .

UNION T E L E RETURNS.

Welcome news for those who l i ke a good pint w i th their v i ew ing , is the openimg of the new T V Room in the Un ion b u i l d i n g . The room, on the third floor, next to the Snooker Room, is to be refurnished as soon as p o s s i b l e . In the meantime, you can enjoy the best te le , the best beer and the ex-best leather so fas in the C o l l e g e .

N . B . A c c e s s to the T V Room is v i a the main s t a i r c a s e on l y .

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Kat i e McK innon A Discretionary Award? - It's A Dog's Life!

DOWN H E R E in the l i t t l e o l " mecca of South K e n . , l i fe i s l ived wi th that mean low down hound, g o i n ' by the name of D i s c r e t i o n . H e ' s re lated to what yer might c a l l the Lega l Beag l e fam' ly - them that s t i c k s their wet noses into every thm wat don't concern ' em. Now th is dawg is real mean, and when I say

Truth mean, I mean mean. 1 ruth i s , once pon a time he cut a pretty cute l i t t l e f igure for the fo lks round here, k inda way of l i fe fer us I s ' pose , but he sorta lost h i s green a n ' wr ink l ed appeal and now he looks jus t p la in mangy. Why he was even nick-named L u c k y fer a t ime on accounta once yer had that hound on yer t a i l , yer luck was i n . G a l s at IF reca l l when yer cou ld l i v e in near oppc l ence when D i s c r e t i o n was about but now that dawg don ' t g ive nu t t in ' away, he a in ' t nu t t in ' but bad l u c k . Cour s e , he a in ' t mean ta everwan, just those that he don' t fancy (which is p l a in near everwan I reckon) , tha t ' s why he ' s c a l l e d D i s c r e t i o n , s ee? He can just as easy bi te the hand wat feeds him as the one he don't l i ke the sme l l of. P u r s o n a l l y , I put the blame on h i s o l ' master L E A . Y e r know, time was when L e a loved that dawg l i ke he was h i s own, give him awl the best cuts

and s aw that that c r i t t e r was right propurly fed, e v 'n patted him in publ ik (and that d id L e a ' s image no end o' good ' c os thar a i n ' t n u t t i n ' f o lks l i ke so much as an a n m a l -lover) but tragedy i s that now L e a a in ' t got no t ime fer that dawg — too busy c o u n t i n ' h i s pennies I s ' p o s e , o l ' god gold has tak in ho ld , yer might say , an ' thrown hur l i n ' s ter l in" right outta the winder , l e a v i n ' yer poor oP D i s c r e t i o n wi th just the le f t -overs . Why that dawg i s so hungry he chews great ho l es in f o l k s ' pocke t s . ' Cour s e , as ever , i t ' s us h i l l y -f i l l i e s here at I F wat are su f f e r in ' the most, on accounta that hound i s s e e k i n ' fer to get back at u s . H e ' s an - eye in ' up a l l our ank l e s just s o ' s he can

bite ' em. That dawg's meanness ain't gonna end fer a long time t'come.

H a v i n g grabbed your e y e B a l l s by the scruf f of the i r i s and brought them th is far how about

FIONA CASS1DY. a second-

year Mineswoman, came into

the limelight towards the end

of last term when, against

very strong opposition, she

was crowned as the IC Carn­

ival Queen for this session.

We wish her every future

success.

A lbe r t ' s P l u m (S. Ken. Stn.)

Cut Pr ice 5 5 p

3 - course meal to

IC Students

(Discotheque t i l l 3 a . i n . )

s t ra ighten ing your mouth and cons i d e r i ng the very real problems posed by the D isc r e t i onary Award Sys tem? A l l grants of th is nature are g ross l y unjust because as there is no nat iona l po l i c y s t i p u l a t i n g that L E A ' s shou ld make such an award a v a i l a b l e in s u c h and such a c a s e , there can be no hard and fast rules regarding the award i t s e l f . Of course as it is left to the whim of the L E A , who under the present squeeze i s rather ob l i ged to fo l l ow the Government 's example in cu t t ing educa t i ona l expend i ture , one may imagine that d i s c r e t i onary awards are the f i rs t to be a f f ec ted .

Many LEA's flatly refuse to offer discretionary awards to girls at IF and it seems that as this trend is catching on more and more potential applicants are looking elsewhere. At present there are 200 girls at IF as compared with 250 last year. Whilst one may argue that we-are not entitled to an award as substantial as the university grant, one must point out that

the vast majority of girls at IF fulfill university entrance requirements.

It is undoubtedly true that because of i ts s i t u a t i o n , because of the durat ion and the high standard of the course and a number of other combin ing fac tors , the Institut F r a n c a i s is one of the most expens i v e courses of i ts type. However , by wi thdrawing or cu t t ing back on f i nanc i a l a id to the students here, the L E A ' s are j eopard i s ing the very e x i s t e n c e of the Inst i tut F r a n c a i s , and con ­sequent ly the qua l i t y of the future b i - l i ngua l and m u l t i ­l ingua l secre tary .

In a country currently riddled with economic crises and increasingly dependentonstrong diplomatic and economic relations with abroad, it is essential that the LEA's cease to regard us as liabiIities and look on us as the invest­ments that we are, for international communication, which we at IF are dealing in, is at the very basis of our country's future survival.

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P i G A F F A I R S C O R N E R

Tom Abraham T I M E A N D aga in , in conve rsa t i ons w i th postgraduates from a

number of departments, I have been confronted w i th t a l e s of comple te d i s i l l u s i o n m e n t w i th the i r pro jec ts and s u p e r v i s o r s . No postgraduate can openly c omp la in about h i s pro ject , because of h i s total dependance on the s u p e r v i s o r for the degree . The sys t em is such that no matter what, the i nd i v i dua l postgraduate i s bound to l ose . In sp i t e of t h i s , I feel that the postgraduate group shou ld openly confront th i s i s s u e . In do ing s o , I want to make it c l e a r that we do not seek a confrontat ion w i th the academic staf f . A l l we w i s h to do i s to d i s c u s s w a y s and means of improving the e x i s t i n g s y s t e m .

It has been suggested to me that a charter on postgraduate research work shou ld be drawn up and presented to the c o l l e g e au tho r i t i e s . P resumab ly among the po ints that c o u l d be put forward are: 1. The total responsibility should rest with the supervisor for providing the student with a research subject. 2. A certain amount of pre­liminary research should have already been carried out to certify the feasibility of work on that topic. 3. The supervisor should keep in touch and be aware of the state of the student's research. 4. Possibly greater help should come from the technical staff in setting up the necessary apparatus.

Any such charter shou ld be b ind ing on both student and supe rv i so r . The po in t s r a i s ed here are ma in l y for d i s c u s s i o n . T h e best way to t a c k l e the i s s u e wou ld be for the i n i t i a l d i s c u s s i o n to be ca r r i ed out at departmental groups l e v e l , w i th the IC postgraduate group d i s c u s s i n g it at a genera l meet ing somet ime in the m idd l e of the term — hope fu l ly the f i na l draft of the char ter c an be formulated at t h i s meet ing .

Imperial College Folk Song Club

Wednesday, J a n . 15th

T R O T T O

Medieval and traditional dance music on hammer dulcimer, fiddle, rebec and guitar.

U n i o n L o w e r Refectory 7.30pm

The ques t i on of whether the P G A f f a i r s Of f i cer (who i s a l s o cha i rman of the IC Pos tgraduate Group) shou ld be a member of the U n i o n exec or not, i s f i na l l y coming up at the U G M . A number of postgraduates have comp la ined to me about the lack of adequate representat ion w i t h i n the U n i o n , and some have been in favour of a 'go it alone' p o l i c y . I am totally opposed to th is s i n c e I f ee l that we s tand to ga in a lot by work ing w i th in the framework provided by I C U . However , the fu l l benef i ts cannot and w i l l not be fe l t u n l e s s postgraduates are w i l l i n g to take a more a c t i v e part in U n i o n a f f a i r s . A l though las t y e a r ' s Un i on e x e c u t i v e tended to ignore postgraduates th i s y e a r ' s e x e c have been more favourably d i s p o s e d .

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Now to wr i te about th ing more in t e r es t ing ! Dunn ing and the g i r l s been c o m p l a i n i n g about the way the f e l l ows (namely the under-grads) treat them. I s ympa th i s e w i th the i r f e e l ings and w h a t ' s more, s h a l l sugges t a s o l u t i o n to the i r prob lems. T h e s o l u t i o n comes in the form of pos tg rads . They are more mature, more intelligent, more tolerant, more unders tanding,moreaffec tion a t e, more perceptive, more loving and altogether more desirable creatures than undergrads. There are 1600 of them at IC, and although half of them are married or living with girl­friends, it still leaves BOO of them to choose from. So girls, ignore the undergraduate rabble, and start associating with real men.

F i n a l l y , the C h r i s t m a s lunch was very w e l l a t t ended . My apo log i es to those who were turned away at the door. Our main event th i s term w i l l be the Pos tgraduate d inner . T h i s wou ld be the f i r s t t ime we ' v e had one, and depend ing on how s u c c e s s f u l it i s , we c o u l d make it into an annua l a f fa i r . I wou ld l i k e to end by thank ing a l l those who he lped make the C h r i s t m a s lunch s u c h a s u c c e s s , e s p e c i a l l y J o h n Po r t e r , P a u l Newton, P h i l R y i p o n and R i c h a r d Up ton , not forget t ing M C P , G l e n T i c , F r a n k i e boy and a l l the other l e ve l s e ven i t e s .

ILogal College of Science Bnion request the p l e a s u r e of your company,

a t i t ' s regular func t i on :

' T u e s d a y N i g h t O u t '

Commencing on January 14th,

t r ips to s k a t i n g r i n k s , b ow l s , c i nemas ,

p l a y s , c once r t s , e t c . w i l l be arranged.

Spec i f i c in format ion to be found on

pos te rs and s ca t t e r shee t s .

T h e t a R e c h r i s t e n i n g D i n n e r

Thursday 13th February , 7 .00p.m. for 7.30p.m.

in C o l l e g e B l o c k .

T i c k e t s £2.75, a v a i l a b l e from

the R . C . S . U . O f f i c e , or from

departmental r epresenta t i ves .

B a r N i g h t .

Sunday 12th January , 8 .00p.m. t i l l c l o s i n g t ime in the U n i o n B a r .

D a r t s , boat r a c e s , s i n g song .

T.M. & STUDENT LIFE

A s tudent ' s l i fe i s good, but there Is just one drawback -having to study. There are many p o s s i b i l i t i e s open to us and a l s o requirements w h i c h we have to f u l f i l l . The main ques t i on i s how to make fu l l u s e of our own potent ia l a s s tuden t s : How to f ind the best pa r t i e s , the cheapes t bars ; to manage w i th the grant; and obv i ous l y how to s u c c e e d in exams w i t h the l eas t work p o s s i b l e .

So, what does all this have to do with Transcendental Meditation (TM)? F r om the exper i ence of over 300 s tudents who learnt the t echn ique of T M in the l as t 3-4 years in IC and from the expe r i ence of over 8,000 s tudents who have learnt T M from a l l over E n g l a n d , it seems that there are many benef i ts for s tuden t s . A n d the proof i s that more and more s tudents are l earn ing i t , most of them because of a 'meditating' f r i end . What are the benefits? Main l y they f i t into three ca t ego r i e s : the m i n d , hea l th and s o c i a l l i f e .

Fo r the mind, i t ' s found that after p r a c t i s i n g T M for 15-20 minutes tw i ce a day, th ink ing a b i l i t y and o rgan i sa t i on of memory improve c o n s i d e r a b l y . T h i s means that one can learn th ings e a s i l y and in a short t ime . Students c l a i m that a s a resu l t of p r a c t i s i n g T M , learn ing becomes s u c h an automat i c and spontaneous th ing — they c a n concentra te w i thout any rea l effort. (The technique i s e f f o r t l ess and doesn ' t demand any concent ra t ion ) . T h e s e c l a i m s agree wi th the s c i e n t i f i c r esearch done on s tudents w h i c h i n d i c a t e s : inc reased in t e l l i g ence growth rate,

inc reased l earn ing a b i l i t y , improved a cadem i c performance e t c .

.The s econd type of benefit i s in- the , f i e ld of h ea l th . IC medi ta tors ' say that they are more r e l axed , l e s s i l l and fee l f resh and a ler t throughout the day . T h i s enab l e s them to enjoy the bar, par t i es , or jus t s i t t i n g qu i e t l y indoors and l i s t en ing to mus i c or w a t c h i n g T V .

The last category into w h i c h the bene f i t s f a l l i s s o c i a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s . Med i ta tors f ind that they fee l better about themse l ves and therefore the i r a t t i tude towards others improves . No t on ly do they f ind improve­ments in the i r r e l a t i o n s h i p s w i th their own c o l l e g e f r iends but a l s o w i th members of the oppos i t e sex (ask the g i r l s who come to the T M Soc par t i e s ) .

C e l i a and R o s a l i n d , two beaut i fu l g i r l s who teach T M in the c o l l e g e , t e l l us from their exper i ence that T M cj in be learnt by everyone . C e l i a t o ld me: 'Anyone who can think can meditate' and a c c o r d i n g to her, the benef i ts are immediate and don ' t require y ea rs of p r a c t i c e .

F o r further information jus t drop in on one of the introductory t a l k s . The next one Is on Tuesday, January 14th, at 1p.m. In Elec. Eng. Room 406.

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Propaganda on trees? (8) As one team (6) ....has about a hundred, our south-east, resort w i l l appear (8) ....to rouse a v ig i l before noon (6) Have unfinished business: back to chaos (5) Ex i s t next to one Jack 's §lant (4)

ounds l ike germanium could be made of stone! (5) Excite a king by the river (6) No jobs back in the club (5) In June, Ed left _ that's the point (G) After morning, finish cure (5) A short d-day back at the agency (4) Work on twitch of the eye (5) Wild - a drive! But i t 's changed (6) I show fellow round American college accompanied by one member of the band (8) Issued, only to fall into decay (6) Judges look up — see back there (8)

1. Tree god stands before church (5)

2. Niche into which a clove can be put (6)

3. Take off from the v i l l a , unchallenged (6)

4. Examination on a coin (6) 6. Were any changes rnade? — i t 's

just started (3,4) 7. Removed, changed, ate no tuck,

certainly not cauliflower head (5,3)

8. Cats need peculiar entertainers (4)

14. Otherwise, E l s i e w i l l lose one (4)

15. Smarten and grow endless chant (5)

16. A French refusal soon (4) 17. Len 's wi ld greeting has five

hundred put in chains (8) 18. Gives back the others

minerals (8) 21. F irst into Len's hears (7) 23 'Make sure the river follows

directions' (6) 24. F i sh up at the river without

source — i t ' s easi ly managed (6) 25. Try to modify rivets (6) 28. Circular cake is sol id —

figures! (5)

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Planxty: Cold Blow and the Rainy Night (Polydor).

THIS H A S to be one of the best c o l l e c t i o n s of Ir ish folk tunes around at the moment. E a c h r ee l , p o l k a , a ir and j i g have an enormous depth of charac te r : the l y r i c s seem to step r ight out of the pages of the last century and the mus ic has the mag ica l charm of a l eprechaun, l i t t l e hat an ' a l l . I have become to ta l l y engrossed w i th th i s record ever s i n c e I f i rs t p layed i t , for each track has such a spa rk l i ng r ing of o lde wor lde exuberance that it becomes d i f f i cu l t to c l o s e one ' s mind to the me lod ies long after the stereo has been sw i t ched off.

Some of the best quts inc lude Johnny Cope (a song & horn pipe ) . Cold Blow &c (the t i t l e track) and The Little Drummer; but undoubtedly the best of a l l is the last track The Green Fields of Canada wh i ch as an emigrat ion song , is unusua l in as much that the emigre appears to be l i eve that he has done the right th ing . It is s l ow , in t rospec t i v e and l y r i c a l l y moving w i th the guitar p lay ing a haunt ing melody supported by beaut i fu l , a lmost ind igeneous ly Ir ish harmony.

Fleetwood Mac: Heroes Are Hard To Find (Reprise).

THIS IS F l ee twood M a c ' s f i r s t a lbum s i n c e they dec ided to se t t l e in L o s A n g e l e s permanently and a l though the adve r t i s i ng blurb says that it '...is more complex in its concept than anything they've done before', I fa i l to see how F M can be ca tegor i sed as any th ing other than conven t i ona l .

However , there are de f in i te s i g n s that the band has set i ts s i ghts on a broader s cope a s regards presenta t ion . Severa l of the t racks try to break away from the told intro-verse'Chorus-verse-chorus-end t r i t eness and even drummer M i c k F l e e t ­wood showed us that he ' s capab l e of more than the usua l thump-diddy-thump on t racks s u c h as S a d L o s e r and Safe Harbour.

M e l o d i c a l l y , the Mac have a lways been pretty s trong and s i d e two must rate as a triumph in anybody ' s books : She's Changing Me, Silver Heels and e s p e c i a l l y Prove Your Love sh ine through as the h i gh l i gh t s of the a lbum.

BOOKS Richard Adams: Watership Down (Penguin).

THIS* IS a beaut i fu l book, des t ined to become a c l a s s i c . Its story is beaut i fu l l y to ld br ing ing the wonder of the E n g l i s h Count rys ide wi th i t s p lants and an ima l s to l i fe wi th such v i v i d n e s s that you can a lmost sme l l the g rass .

Taken on its s imp l e s t l eve l the book is a fairy story conce rn ing a group of robbi ts who dec ide to leave their warren

Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea: Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor).

•WE STARTED Return to Forever with the Idea of bringing good music to a lot of people', s ays C h i c k C o r e a . A n d he ' s damn r ight . A f ter seve ra l years of hard graft , i ron ing out the inev i t ab l e problems of technique in e l i t i s t s e c l u s i o n , th i s group have natura l l y fused into a j a z z combo of the h ighest q u a l i t y . Hav ing s a t i s f i e d their ar t - for -ar t ' s -sake ambi t i ons and e s t a b l i s h e d their c r eden t i a l s in contemporary terms they k i ck off the i r ons laught into the wor ld of j a z z w i th a new premise : to communicate w i th their aud i ences rather than have them a n a l y s e the m u s i c .

Drummer Lenny White a c h i e v e s some as tound ing ent r i es — p rac t i c a l l y ghost ing out of nowhere wi th a firm gr ip on the tempo w h i l s t the a lmost legendary b a s s i s t Stanley C l a r k e cont inues subs tan t i a t i ng h i s p o s i t i o n as Melody Maker. J a z z b a s s i s t of 1974. The newest member of the group, A l D i M e o l a , emphas i s es h i s competence on the guitar and the b ig C h imse l f shows just what keyboard v i r tuos i t y is a l l about.

Ra r i f i ed improv i sa t i ona l fus ion? Bullsh. T h i s i s a new s lant on j a z z . It 's good.

Barclay James Harvest: Barclay James Harvest Live (Polydor).

B A R C L A Y J A M E S H A R V E S T must be one of the few groups around who are capab l e of reproducing the e x c e l l e n c e of a s tud io record ing on a l i ve record ing , for try though I might, I cou ld detect very few 'bum' notes and hardly any m i s ­match of instrumental tone-ba lance . Reco rd ing engineers can only do so much, so it i s a tr ibute to B J H ' s p r o f e s s i ona l i sm that th is double-a lbum i s so a c o u s t i c a l l y superb .

Severa l of the t racks ( i nc lud ing The Great 1974 Mining Disaster, Negative Earth, Paper Wings, For No One and Crazy City) are taken from their last album 'Everyone is Everybody Else'. However , if you prefer songs wh i ch are extended, ex tempor ised and deve loped to the fu l l a s opposed to the c l i p p e d , commerc ia l 3'A minute s p i e l then th is a lbum i s de f in i t e l y worth c h e c k i n g out.

R i c h a r d W a r i n g and undertake the hazardous journey to found a new co l ony . The adventures they have on the way, their s u c c e s s , their search for does , and the eventua l outcome a l l fo l low natura l l y and be l i e vab l y .

On a higher l eve l a l l e g o r i c a l inter­pretat ions are p o s s i b l e . A s an example , the way 'our heroes' act towards other rabbi ts they encounter mirrors human behav iour and i d e a l s . Wj 11 those who behave in the most commendable manner w i n in the end? Y o u ' l l have to read the book to f ind out.

Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station (Warner Bros).

THIS R E C O R D leaves me comple te ly in two minds . Af ter l i s t en ing to the f irst s ide i r on -w i l l ed determinat ion was required in order to prevent the formation of a l o c a l i s e d concentra t ion of p l a s t i c somewhere in the region of P r i n c e ' s Gardens . Neve r the l e s s , s i de two was a re l eva t i on indeed: 'Tis Your Kind of Music has a s yn thes i s e r in t roduc t i on , p layed by the band ' s leader, Larry Graham, wh i ch shows a depth of maturity in the concept of 'funk'; and the f ina l t rack , Today, prov ides one H e r s h a l l H a p p i n e s s wi th the opportunity to demonstrate h i s conf ident exper t i se on the c l a r i n e t . These two t racks s tand head and shou lders above the o thers , wh i ch might e a s i l y be construed as s p a c e ­f i l l i n g .

Storming the Southern States at the present time i s a l l very w e l l , but an a lbum s u c h as th i s , wh i ch is to be re l eased pr ior to their B r i t i s h and European tour, shou ld rea l l y have adve r t i s ed the band 's undoubted ta lents (after a l l , the ir roots are in S ly and the F a m i l y Stone and B i l l y P r e s t o n ' s band) on a broader spectrum and not present such bana l i ty as s ide one.

Osibisa: The Best of Osibisa (MCA).

C l e a r l y des igned a s a sampler for l i s teners new to O s i b i s a rather than a c o l l e c t o r ' s i tem, The Best of Osibisa is a c o l l e c t i o n of nine t racks from those O s i b i s a a lbums produced in 1971-72. The in imi tab le sound that i s O s i b i s a sh ines through e f f o r t l ess l y wi th th is h igh ly representat ive s e l e c t i o n .

However , 'criss-cross rhythms that explode with happiness' can become approx imate ly painful after a wh i l e -the group never seem ab le to s l ow up at a l l . Most t racks incorporate a tempo wh i ch seems to be ob l i ga t o r i l y fast-moving and one fee ls that their repertoire c ou ld do wi th jus t a sma l l jab of me lancho ly at t imes .

Undoubted ly the best track is 'Beautiful Seven' wh i ch uses thunder­storm sound ef fects at the beg inning p lus a superb ly reverberat ing f lute wh i ch is a s tunning combina t i on .

A good buy for those un in i t i a t ed to O s i b i s a .

A l l through the book nature i s d i s p l a y e d w i th great a c curacy , a lmost reverence . The s t y l e is in p l a c e s a lmost documentary; I ga ined the impress ion I was reading a true h i s to ry . E v e n the concept of rabbits communicat ing as though by speech seemed qui te in p l a ce .

I say a ga in : T h i s is a beaut i fu l l y wr i t ten and intense ly moving story wh i ch is he ld together right to the last word by a powerful imaginat ion that seen forbids d i sbe l i e f .

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Robert Phillips (Ed.): Aspects of Al ice (Penguin).

I F I were t ak ing bets on i t , I 'd reckon that you had read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass at some t ime in the past . Y o u may have read them recent l y , but most probably you remember them from some t ime ago. A n y w a y , y o u ' l l know what I'm t a l k ing about , for no other books have had s u c h a pe r vas i v e in f luence on the E n g l i s h id iom or p l ayed a s great a part in c o n v i n c i n g ou t s ide r s that the E n g l i s h are nuts . If you haven ' t read them recent ly , get ho l d of a copy and do it now, preferably after thumbing through a copy of 'Aspects of Alice'. A f t e r a l l , d id you on your f i r s t read ing apprec ia t e the pun when A l i c e i s introduced to a leg of mutton? She im­mediate ly a s k s the Red Queen i f s h e s h a l l cut her a s l i c e .

'Certainly not', answers the Red Queen , 'it isn't etiquette to cut anyone you've been introduced to'.

• Aspects of Alice po ints out th i s and many more re ferences to V i c t o r i a n up­b r ing ing and c h i l d h o o d , g i v e s in f u l l the forgotten poems wh i ch L e w i s C a r r o l l

parod ied , and throws a dea l of l i ght onto C h a r l e s L . D o d g s o n . It r ea l l y i s worth i t s we ight in go ld ; not just for the spread and s cope of the e s s a y s , the information presented and the care fu l l y annotated notes , but for i t s i n t r i n s i c va lue a s f i rst c l a s s c r i t i c i s m .

The op in i ons of the var ious authors c o u l d not di f fer more w ide l y , and range from whether the A l i c e books were rea l ly wr i t ten by Mark T w a i n to ana l og i e s w i th the a c i d - t a k i n g exper i ence . A n d i n -between we f ind J . B . P r i e s t l e y ' s c a u s t i c remarks on Humpty Dumpty. Walter de la M a r e ' s care fu l and thought-provoking rev iew, and s t a c k s of con jec tures from Freud ian hang-ups, p h a l l i e and p igs to Don Qu i x o t e .

P e r s o n a l l y I found myse l f most in agreement w i th R . L . G r e e n in h i s s e n s i b l e a s s e s smen t of what L e w i s C a r r o l l was t ry ing to do. A s he s a y s , extremely care fu l a l l egory i s not the work of the s u b c o n s c i o u s mind , and a l though I wou ld be the f i r s t to agree that there is much of C . L . D o d g s o n ' s l i f e in C a r r o l l , most of the attempts (and there have been so many) to re la te A l i c e to any th ing are d i f f i cu l t to s w a l l o w the day after, however c o n v i n c i n g they appear on the f i r s t r ead ing .

Whole Earth Epilog (Penguin)

IF Y O U have seen the Last Whole Earth Catalog, then you ' v e s een the Epilog. The same format, another fo lky story that I c ou ldn ' t be bothered to read and a few rud ies to shock the sort of people who l i k e to g ive educa t i ona l Ch r i s tmas presents . A s someone is quoted a s a s k i n g : 'Are you guys the symptom or cure? Put it another way, there war, nothing wrong with dinosaurs, was there?'.

Hav ing s a i d that , I must c on f e s s that there i s a dea l of use fu l information in the Epilog ( l ike the Catalog), and that I enjoy jus t leaf ing through. L o t s of i deas , wh i ch are what count , but s t i l l i nev i t ab l y Amer i can stuff, s o hard for us to get ho ld of w i thout pay ing as t ronomica l freight charges .

I hope that we aren ' t go ing to see an Epilog year (Too much , man), but it would be great to have an European v e r s i o n . Is Bath work ing on i t?

One last in junc t i on : don ' t be put off bv the cover , get yourse l f a copy and keep it w i t h i n reach because th i s i s a book that y o u ' l l want to keep d ipp ing into for a long time to come.

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O V E R T H E per iod of the Ch r i s tmas v a c a t i o n , the I C G l i d i n g C l u b cont inued to funct ion a l b e i t i n a somewhat b l oa ted f a sh i on .

A t the home aerodrome o f L a s h a m , a n o v i c e s course was o rgan i sed w i th the r e su l t that two more 'ab initio' p u p i l s have j o ined the ranks of s o l o p i l o t s (and thus qualified for the A/B certificate _ of the F.A.I.). P r i o r to the course , another p i l o t went s o l o , but a s he a l ready p o s s e s s e d a P P L (pr ivate p i l o t s l i c ence ) for powered a i rc ra f t , one c o u l d hard ly c l a s s h im a s a n o v i c e . T h a n k s are due to the ins t ruc to rs who gave the i r t ime to run the course .

Meanwh i l e , the s o - c a l l e d pund i t s , took the Sky la rk (No . 296) on an exped i t i on to S co t l and to h i l l and wave soar. D e s p i t e the fact that Chr i s tmas day was spent pee r ing into the mirk w i th h i gh w inds and heavy r a in l a s h i n g the c lubhouse , some f l y i n g was done by a l l dur ing the week. T h e B i s h o p

H i l l at Por tmoak p rov ided s e ve ra l hours of h i l l s oa r ing , a n d the norther ly w inds on B o x i n g day enab l ed some wave f l y i ng to be under taken . T h a n k s are due to our hos t s at Portmoak aerodrome who not on l y a l l owed us to f ly 296, but a lwo their S w a l l o w and P i r a t .

N.B. If you want any further information contact N i g e l L e a k , Aero. Eng. II(home tel 736 5388) or Steve L l o y d , Chem. Eng. PG, <GPO ext. 1933, int. 2610 or 3856).

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O C T O B E R 18th saw the Canoe C l u b se t out on i t s f i rs t major tr ip of the term, the annua l tr ip to the r i ve r Wye at Symonds Y a t . We a r r i ved at midnight , 2 hours ahead of s chedu le , and t r ied to f ind the g r a s s i e s t b i t of mud to p i t c h the tents on . Saturday morning, w e l l before sunr i s e we arose and, after s e v e ra l hours o f

h e s i t a t i o n , took to the water . We then padd led upstream to the roar ing waters of Symonds Y a t rap id (Grade I). Mos t of the day was spent i n t r oduc ing new members to the underwater v i e w o f the r ap id . Dur ing Saturday n ight the r i ver rose a foot or so and on Sunday the rate o f c a p s i z e had great ly i n c r eased . A n o v e r a l l c a p s i z e rate of 75% w a s a c h i e v e d .

On Saturday the9thNovember , e l e ven canoes and ten peop le p i l e d into a van a n d drove to Bed fo rd for the Bed f o rd H a n d i c a p L o n g D i s t a n c e R a c e . We a r r i ved ea r l y enough to g ive ourse l v es two hours to f i n d the s tar t . T h i s turned out to be the most d i f f i cu l t part of the race , but we e ven tua l l y l o ca t ed a group of wet l o o k i n g canoe i s t s l i s t e n i n g to the course b r i e f ing . T h e race was s ta r t ed w i th the s l o w e s t boats (under-16 g i r l s ) off f i r s t and the f as t es t (Senior K2 ) l e av ing a lmos t ha l f an hour l a t e r . We a l l s e t of f i n our r espec t i ve c l a s s e s , through the new cut , to the- f i rs t w i e r where two of the team had a q u i c k s w i m . Much re f reshed they ca r r i ed on and a coup le o f w i e r s l a t e r found a s c o u t s ' canoe b l o c k i n g a l o ck shute , f o rc ing most people to portage. T h e race ended after two more w i e rs a n d a few more m i l e s . B o b J o c e won and T i m Per ry came th i rd i n sen io r c l a s s 3 and D i a n a came s e cond i n L a d i e s s l a l o m . T h e rest of the r esu l t s are not y e t a v a i l a b l e .

A week later we set off on our annua l tr ip to the r i ver E x e for the E x e D e s c e n t race . A v o i d i n g the many (four) p i l e -up s on the way , we a r r i ved at our l odg ings and a l l o f us p i l e d into one bed . On Saturday morning we se t o f f to i n s p e c t the course and pubs . F o u r peop l e a c t u a l l y went canoe ing , two of them hav ing a p l easan t d ip w h i l e exper iment ing w i th rap ids . The even ing was spent in the pub and afterwards i n our communal bed . On Sunday morning we wandered through a p l oughed f i e l d to the start of the race wh i ch was j u s t above T i v e r t on . T e n w i e r s , many rap ids and nineteen m i l e s la ter we found the f i n i s h . A l l the I C padd lers f i n i s h e d w e l l up some f i n i s h i n g rather wetter than o thers . B o b J o c e managed 7th , T i m P e r r y 10th and Dave R o s e n t h a l 17th out of a record number o f en t r i e s . T h e rest of the team f i n i s h e d in the top h a l f o f the f i e l d . J .Hubbard ( E x . C h e m . Eng . ) won the sen ior K 2 c l a s s aga in . T h e U L U padd lers d i d not do so w e l l and smashed one of the i r two boats i n ha l f .

The next important com­p e t i t i o n that I C padd l e r s are i n vo l v ed i n i s the B r i t i s h U n i v e r s i t i e s Down R i v e r R a c e on the Dee . We w i s h them the bes t of l u ck .

We s t i l l s e s s i o n i n

have a c o a c h i n g the poo l every

Tuesday 6.30 - 8 .00p.m. A l l are w e l c o m * . ,

THE VOLUNTARY LEVY

The o r i g i n a l agreement by w h i c h the s o - c a l l e d " v o l u n t a r y l e v y " was s e t u p , has been d i s c o v e r e d t o be worded i n s u c h a w a y , t h a t r a t h e r t h a n 35 p e n c e p e r week b e i n g p a i d t o a p a r t i c u l a r f u n d by e a c h o c c u p a n t o f H a l l o r H o u s e , a s d i s t i n c t f rom a r e n t payment , 35 p e n c e o f t h e r e n t p a i d i s d i v e r t e d t o a f u n d f o r new b u i l d i n g . T h a t i s t o s a y , t h e week ly r e n t b i l l f o r a room i n S o u t h s i d e i s NOT £ 4 . 4 0 , p l u s a l e v y o f 3 5 p . , b u t i t i s £ 4 . 7 5 , 3 5 p . o f w h i c h g o e s i n t o a f u n d . T h u s , i t i s c l e a r t h a t t h e r e i s n o t h i n g " v o l u n t a r y " a b o u t the l e v y .

G i v e n t h i s , t h e r e a r e a t p r e s e n t , n o g r o u n d s f o r t h e w i t h o l d i n g o f any p a r t o f t h i s t e r m ' s r e n t , a n d s t u d e n t s who have not y e t p a i d , a r e a d v i s e d t o do s o .

Under t h e mandate o f the UGM o f 9 t h . J a n , I am now p r o c e e d i n g t o t e r m i n a t e the a g r e e m e n t , s o t h a t no p a r t o f the r e n t b i l l i s d i v e r t e d t o t h e p u r p o s e o f b u i l d i n g .