EVERY FORTNIGHT

Ho.16. IMPERIAL COLLEGE FRIDAY 26 JANUARY 1951

R U G G E R W E E K E N D I N P A R I S

The Rugger Club t o u r e d Paris over the New Year and p l a y e d one game against "The N o r t h of F r a n c e " . d r a w i n g 6-6, There was no l a c k of a c t i v i t y i n o t h e r d i r e c t i o n s as the report shows.

'DOES ANYONE HERE SPEAK ENGLISH?'

Of the many p e r p l e x i n g p r o b l e m s d i s c u s s e d i n t h e On­

i o n b a r l a s t t e r m , the q u e s t i o n o f t h e r u g g e r c l u b ' s

t o u r t o F r a n c e o v e r t h e New Y e a r week-end c l a i m e d

many a p i n t o f f r o t h y wisdom b e f o r e i t s f i n a l s e t t l e ­

ment. D e s p i t e some v e r g e r - l i k e r o p e - p u l l i n g a t a

h i g h l e v e l by B i l l R o b i n 3 o n , the end o f t e r m saw l i t ­

t l e more t h a n a vague promise f r o m F r a n c e and w i t h 36 h o u r s t o go such t r i v i a l i t i e s as t r a v e l , f i x t u r e s and

a ccomodation i n P a r i s s t i l l r e q u i r e d f i n a l c o n f i r m a t ­

i o n .

From out o f t h i s chaos e v e n t u a l l y came enough o r -

de 4r t o assemble some twenty-odd o f the c l u b a t V i c t o r ­

i a on t h e morning o f December 29th. Knowing t h a t

D i c k Edwards was i n the p a r t y i t was d e c i d e d t o meet

an hour b e f o r e t h e t i m e o f d e p a r t u r e o f t h e b o a t t r a i n

but even the s t o u t e s t h e a r t s m i s s e d a b e a t when, w i t h

a c o u p l e of m inutes t o go P i p Clemo was g i v e n up as

l o s t . Not t h a t i t r e a l l y m a t t e r e d - he was o n l y one

o f t he f o r w a r d s !

On a r r i v a l a t St. L a z a r e t h e boys were met by a

f a i r y godmother i n t h e f o r m of P a u l V a l l e t who modest­

l y s t a t e d t h a t a l l was a r r a n g e d and p r e p a r e d . V e r y

many t h a n k s , P a u l , f o r t h e m a r v e l l o u s job you d i d on

our b e h a l f !

T hat was t h e l a s t we aaw of s e v e r a l of o u r p a r t y ,

a p a r t from the game on Sunday, b u t rumour has i t t h a t

a group of young men headed by a l e a d e r known o n l y as

"Ifoose-tache " c o n t r i v e d t o u p h o l d t h e f i n e s t t r a d i t ­

i o n s of t h e c l u b , T.C., t h e B r i t i s h Navy and s u n d r y

o t h e r o r g a n i s a t i o n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o i i r s e o f t h e wee­

kend, ^he " i n t e l l e c t u a l s " headed b y Doc S p a r k e s made

a t o u r o f t h e L o u v r e , N o t r e Dame and many o t h e r p l a c e s

o f i n t e r e s t , b u t even t h i s p a l l e d and t h e y f i n i s h e d up by a s k i n g t h e l o c a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f Thos. Cook where

t h e b e s t c a b a r e t s were t o be f o u n d .

Much to o u r d i s a p p o i n t m e n t , t h e s e c o n d game w h i c h

was to be p l a y e d a t Vieryon was c a n c e l l e d owing t o some 12 inches of snow on t h e ground. The game play­ed on New Year's Eve i n P a r i s was hindered by 3 inches o f snow and an i r o n - h a r d s u r f a c e . Of t h e game i t s e l f

o p i n i o n s seemed t o v a r y . Some s a i d i t was good, some

not so good, w h i l s t S t a n Coppleman s a i d t h a t b y f a r

t h e b e s t item of t h e a f t e r n o o n was t h e p l a y i n g o f t h e

F r e n c h m i l i t a r y band and t h e r e n d e r i n g of "Rule B r i t ­

a n n i a " ( s u i t a b l y amended) by t h e B r i t i s h U n i t e d S e r v -

ttces XV a t h a l f time. The match p l a y e d a g a i n s t a

.North of F r a n c e XV was drawn, each s i d e s c o r i n g s i x

u j o i n t s . I.C. went i n t o t h e l e a d when B r i a n L a p p i n

- k i c k e d a m a g n i f i c e n t p e n a l t y g o a l from t h e t o u c h - l i n e

and at h a l f t i m e were l e a d i n g by 6-5 a f t e r D a v i d Evans j u s t b e a t D i c k B l i a s i n t h e touch-down f o r a t r y wide

out on the r i g h t . P o s s i b l y t h e g r e a t e s t s p e c t a c l e of t h e a f t e r n o o n was afforded by I a n G r i e v e who, c l a d i n

c o l o u r s b l a z e r and irimaculate I.C- r u g g e r k i t put t h e

" l i n e s m e n a t t h e 'Varsity'game completely i n t h e shade.

A f t e r a l a r g e meal a t the expense o f t h e F r e n c h

; Rugby O n i o n t h e team adjourned to the P l a c e P i g a l l e

I where, h a v i n g r e g a r d f o r the moral s t a t u r e o f F E L I X ,

ou r r e p o r t e r l o s t h i s note-book- One b r i l l i a n t l y

o u t s t a n d i n g performance by Derek Hughes i s w o r t h y o f

n o t e . He c o n t r i b u t e d to the success of -a F r e n c h Cab­

a r e t by a d e l i g h t f u l rendering of three E n g l i s h m a d r i ­

g a l s b u t had b a r e l y i n f o r m e d us of t h e f a t e o f a c e r t ­

a i n Mr- B a n g e l s t e i n before h i s r e c i t a l was somewhat

a b r u p t l y t e r m i n a t e d .

The New Y e a r was b r o u g h t i n t o t h e s t r a i n s o f

" A u l d Lang Sune" and t h e r e a f t e r f o l l o w e d a n i g h t o f

modes* c e l e b r a t i o n a l o n g w i t h t h e B r i t i s h Combined

S e r v i c e s XV. We s a y "modest" a d v i s e d l y s i n c e C h r i s

( C o n t i n u e d on page Z.)

I n f u t u r e F K U Z n o t i c e s w i l l appear on the [i'HOENIX n o t i c e b o a r d .

Anyone who can spare an a f t e r n o o n on o c c a s ­i o n a l Sundays t o h e l p i n the make-up of F ELIX i s sked t o s i g n a l i s t whioh w i l l fee d i s p l a y e d t h e r e

U N I V E R S I T Y G R A N T S

C O M M I T T E E A T I . C .

The U n i v e r s i t y G r a n t s Committee of the T r e a s u r y

v i s i t e d the C o l l e g e on Wednesday 17th J a n u a r y . The

Committee v i s i t s , the c o l l e g e s of the U n i v e r s i t y once

e v e r y f i v e y e a r s t o g a i n some n o t i o n of how t h e i r

l a r g e s s e i s absorbed.

A f t e r a w h i r l w i n d t o u r of the C o l l e g e and a

l i g h t n i n g l u n c h the U n i v e r s i t y G r a n t s Committee i n ­

v i t e d the o f f i c e r s of the Union t o meet them. H o l d ­

i n g no b r i e f o r n o t i o n of what was e x p e c t e d , the

U nion o f f i c e r s soon r e g a i n e d t h e i r customary aplomb

and f o r h a l f an hour a s k e d and answered q u e s t i o n s of

the eminent men s e a t e d o p p o s i t e them. In p a r t i c u l a r

t h e p r o j e c t e d e x t e n s i o n o f the Union b u i l d i n g was

mentioned and some time was devoted t o d i s c u s s i n g

our o v e r - s p e c i a l i s e d c u r r i c u l a . Other t o p i c s men­

t i o n e d were g r a n t s t o r e s e a r c h workers and I.C.'s

use of the U n i v e r s i t y Union a t Bloomsbury.

Among the members of the Committee i s S i r

Andrew McCance, the eminent m e t a l l u r g i s t , a graduate

of R.S.M., whose name has been mentioned as the

p r o b a b l e d i s t i n g u i s h e d v i s i t o r f o r the 1951 Com­

memoration Day.

I N T E R - C O L L E G E E X P E R I M E N T

SOUTH KEN. LINK UP ?

F o r some t i m e now t h e r e has been i n c r e a s i n g aggrava­

t i o n f o r some s o r t o f i n t e r c h a n g e o f i d e a s between

t h e s u n d r y f a c u l t i e s housed i n o u r n e i g h b o u r h o o d ,

and much s u p p o r t has been p r o m i s e d t o t h o s e who have

r a i s e d t h e i r v o i c e s . A t l a s t a t e n t a t i v e b u t c o n ­

c r e t e s t e p has b e e n t a k e n i n t h i s d i r e c t i o n , and a

Committee, s u p p o r t e d w h o l e h e a r t e d l y by t h e R e c t o r ,

and c o n s i s t i n g o f t h e P r e s i d e n t s and " S o c i a l S e c r e t ­

a r i e s " o f R.C.S., R.C.A. and R.C.H., has been s e t up.

T h i s has now been r e o r g a n i s e d t o i n c l u d e i n t e r e s t e d

and c a p a b l e p e o p l e who are n o t O f f i c e r s o f t h e r e s p

e c t i v e C o l l e g e U n i o n s , i n o r d e r more e f f e c t i v e l y t o

b r i n g about t h e aims o f t h e p r o j e c t . These a r e : -

t o promote and f o s t e r s o c i a l r e l a t i o n s - as a s t a r t -

between t h e c o l l e g e s c o n c e r n e d and o t h e r s , by t h e a r ­

r a n g i n g o f d e b a t e * , r e c i p r o c a l i n v i t a t i o n s t o t h e a c ­

t i v i t i e s o f s o c i a l arrd academic s o c i e t i e s , and t h e

o r g a n i s i n g o f o c c a s i o n a l s o c i a l f u n c t i o n s .

The outcome o f d e l i b e r a t i o n s t o d a t e i s t h e o r g ­

a n i s i n g of a d i s c u s s i o n , f o l l o w e d b y a b u f f e t and

dance on Monday, 5th F e b r u a r y . I t w i l l be h e l d i n

t h e Gym. and Upper D i n i n g H a l l , a n d t h e t o p i c f o r

d i s c u s s i o n w i l l range a r o u n d t h e p l a c e o f m u s i c , a r t ,

and s c i e n c e i n U n i v e r s i t y e d u c a t i o n . I t i s hoped

t o i n c l u d e among the a t t r a c t i o n s an Eminent Personage

t o s t i m u l a t e d i s c u s s i o n , and t h i s p r a c t i c e w i l l be

m a i n t a i n e d a t f u t u r e f u n c t i o n s .

I t i s t o be hoped t h a t r e a d e r s w i l l s u p p o r t t h i s

v e n t u r e w i t h t h e e n t h u s i a s m i t d e s e r v e s , and a l s o

b e a r i n mind t h a t t h e d i s c u s s i o n w i l l be p r i m a r i l y by

and f o r them, and e v e n i f t h e y ' v e n o t h i n g t o s a y , get

up on t h e i r h i n d l e g s and s a y i t . W r i t e i t down i n

y o u r d i a r y now, and keep an eye open f o r n o t i c e s ^ l a t e r

on. . XXX

E N G L A N D B E A T S W A L E S

I n the Amateur Soccer I n t e r n a t i o n a l Wales was

s o u n d l y d e f e a t e d by E n g l a n d , 4-1, a t L e i c e s t e r on

S a t u r d a y .

A t Swansea, the same day, Wales succeeded i n

d e f e a t i n g E n g l a n d a t Rugger by 23 p o i n t s t o 5.

to do.

Do n o t f i l l up t h i s space u n t i l t o l d what

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FELIX

LETTERS THE EDITOR

HALL DIHHER

S i r - Polypheme, i n your l a s t issue (so long ago), took the Musical Society, among others, to task f o r supporting Dinner i n H a l l . I must admit that i n organising t h i s shameful a f f a i r I was somewhat em­barrassed at the response from our music makers i n College as well as those who help us from adjacent colleges. We t o t a l l e d 80. Very nearly everyone wanted to come. Polypheme thought that b r i n g i n g so many people from one club destroyed the main purpose of a Dinner, v i z to enable people of d i f f ­e r i n g opinions to come i n t o contact with one ano­ther; yet what b e t t e r example could you have of people of d i f f e r i n g opinions than s c i e n t i s t s and musicians?

Polypheme (who I take i t i s a male giant) asks, why not hold a club dinner i n the proper manner l i k e law-abiding Union members?* But s u r e l y to do t h i s would only r e s u l t i n separating the musicians from the rest - a p i t y , I think, f o r both p a r t i e s . Would i t not be b e t t e r f o r Polypheme to ginger up "the r e s t " u n t i l there i s such a clamour f o r places at H a l l Din­ner that no club could stand a chance of swamping H a l l Dinner?

But I agree - 30 was rather too many when our ac­

commodation i s s t i l l so l i m i t e d . Tours faithfully,D.M.Tombs.

* I t would seea a "Club"Dinner"were more appropriate

to giants l i k e Polypheme.

The f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r w r i t t e n to the B d i t o r ofthe •Evening — ' i s reproduced exactly as received. I t supports our statement that FELIX w i l l p r i n t

almost anything!

stevens terrace

Dear S i r

j u s t a few l i n e s I was reading the 'evening 1

about the houseing shorted w e l l I thinks those people who hare got f a t s and house to t h e r e s e l f should be made to share them a l l given up and l e t somebody with c h i l d r e n we gota single g i r l l i v e i n g i n stevens t e r r ­ace and she as got * room and wont share them and there are plenty more l i k e her I think i t time the co u n c i l done something about i t your t r u l y

Hx w C

P h i l o s o p h i c a l group

A P h i l o s o p h i c a l Group has been s t a r t e d w i t h i n the L i t e r a r y and Debating Society. Philosophy i s i n ­cluded i n the s y l l a b u s o f science students at many continental u n i v e r s i t i e s . I t i s f e l t that P h i l ­osophy i s an i n t e r e s t i n g subject f o r d i s c u s s i o n and d i f f e r s from p o l i t i c a l d i s c u s s i o n i n that the r e s u l t s a r r i v e d at can sometimes be of p r a c t i c a l value.

The group w i l l i n v i t e speakers to address them on subjects of p h i l o s o p h i c a l i n t e r e s t and discussion groups w i l l be held. I f there i s enough i n t e r e s t i t might be p o s s i b l e to arrange a course on p h i l o s ­ophy at Imperial College.

The f i r s t meeting of the group w i l l take place

on Thursday, 8 th Feb, i n the Zoology theatre at 5.15

p.m. Dr. Whitrow or the liaths. Dept. w i l l speak on

"Philosophy and Science". Watch the notice boards

f o r f u r t h e r meetings. P. Wegner, Vice-Chairman.

'BRAINS TRUST' Jan. 8th, 1950.

Gir - For several years the annual programme of the L i t e r a r y and Debating Society has included a Brains Trust. We have i n v i t e d several notable p e r s o n a l i t i e s to I.e. f o r t h i s year's event, arranged f o r Thursday, Feb. 27th.

For the maximum he n e f i t from the 'Brains', an ample supply of r e a l l y worth-while questions i s r e ­quired. I therefore appeal to the readers of FELIX to produce as many as p o s s i b l e , and to send them t o the Secretary, L i t . & Deb. Soc., v i a the Union l e t t e r

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , Paul G. J e f f e r y ,

Hon. Sec., Imp. C o l l . L i t . & Deb. Soc.

'IMPERIAL COLLEGE EXPBDITIONS'

Jan. 5 th , 1950.

S i r - I t gave me very great pleasure to read i n your l a s t number that I.e. are considering organising f u r ­t her expeditions. The 1938 Jan Mayen expedition un­doubtedly brought great prestige to the College, but I am c e r t a i n i t d i d f a r more than that, i n the case of i n d i v i d u a l members. They gained an experience ahd\a sense of achievement t h a t i s d i f f i c u l t to put i n t o words, but which were well worth a l l the s a c r i ­f i c e s that had to be made i n order to take part i n the expedition.

As i n most exploration, whether i t be topograph­i c a l or purely s c i e n t i f i c , i t i s extremely d i f f i c u l t to explain to the m a t e r i a l l y minded people,just what i s the use of i t a l l . Fortunately, the man who i s keen to go and f i n d out things f o r himself, i s not r e a l l y worried by what other people think, and when h i s quest i s over he i s more than c e r t a i n that i t was well worth while.

Since the war, apart from government sponsored large expeditions there have been few s c i e n t i f i c ex­peditions other than those organised by various u n i ­v e r s i t i e s to take place during the long vacations. Such 'long v a c ' expeditions have developed greatly i n the l a s t 2 or 3 years and there have been as many as 6 or 7 d i f f e r e n t U n i v e r s i t y expeditions i n the f i ­e l d each summer. These expeditions, from St.Andrews, B r i s t o l , Birmingham, Cambridge, Durham, Leeds, Oxford, to mention some, have covered a wide f i e l d of i n v e s t ­i g a t i o n i n such places a s Gambia, P e r s i a , Kenya, Nor­way, Spitzbergen, Greenland and Jan Mayen.

It i s good therefore to f e e l that the s p i r i t of adventurous i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s reawakening i n the form of a combined I.e. e f f o r t , and I very much hope the expeditions w i l l be a great success.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , A. Stephenson,

Reader i n Surveying, Dept. of C i v i l Engineering.

(Mr. Stephenson i s also d i r e c t o r of surveying and cur­ator of instruments at the Royal Geographical Society; i n t h i s capacity he has supplied many expeditions with instruments and advice; i n a d d i t i o n he has himself been a member of many expeditions i n recent years.-Ed.)

THIS OHRISTIAH FAITH

P a r t l y as a r e s u l t of i n t e r e s t shown during the Mis­sion i n London U n i v e r s i t y l a s t term, the LIFCU has arranged a s e r i e s of meeting* on the C h r i s t i a n F a i t h , to be held every Monday (except during exams.), at 1.15 p.m. i n the Botany Lecture Theatre. This s e r i e s i s s p e c i a l l y designed f o r t hose who know l i t t l e about the C h r i s t i a n F a i t h - and perhaps consider i t i l l o g i c ­a l * or i r r e l e v a n t t o present-day circumstances - and wish to know more about some of i t s aspects. Questions w i l l be i n v i t e d .

We are confident that the f a c t s that w i l l be pre­sented are worthy of the consideration of every true s c i e n t i s t - and abundantly worth putting to the t e s t . ,

Geoffrey S. Bishop, Hon. Secretary.

S i r

' When i s Committee Room B coming back into

c i r c u l a t i o n ?

Yours disgustedly,

A.Cue.

Continued from page 1.

Wilson paid 3/6 f o r a h a l f and R.H.G.Weighill of the Services XV was asked 7/- f o r a coco-cola! It i s be­l i e v e d that the record f o r the evening was created by Paul who r e t i r e d to bed at 11a.m. the morning follow­ing. For those who could remember her size i n nylons and favourite perfume there followed a few hours f r a n ­t i c shopping and on the morning of the 2nd we said "goodbye" to P a r i s with heavy hearts and l i g h t pockets.

A mid-channel storm made many regret the e x c e l l ­ence of French cooking and the f i n e r points of the New Year's Eve celebrations. I f you would hear more of t h i s tour, the Union bar any Saturday night, 7-30 t i l l 10-30 i s the best place to f i n d out, but readers be­ware! The answer to the question "Do you speak Eng­l i s h ? " must always be NO!

J.R.H.

PE LIX 3

EDITORIAL

NO NEWS IS SAD NEWS!

When the E d i t o r i a l Board sa t round the t a b l e

l a s t meek they c o u l d f i n d few crumbs f o r our v o r a c i ­

ous c a t . We sat and thought, we s a t , F e l i x jumped

i n t o the e d i t o r ' s l a p with a p l a i n t i v e look i n h i s

eyes, the s p o r t s e d i t o r ran round the t a b l e and the

r e s t of the board dozed o f f . Then one of the b r i g h t ­

er among us showed us the reason f o r our so f a r emp­

ty pages: No news! Nothing had happened t h i s term!

The ghost of apathy haunting I.C. n f t e r the f r o l i c s

of l a s t term - the S p r i n g of our year - the s l o t h f u l

genie of the brown bag was reappearing, encouraged

and emboldened by the prospect of exams. Or c o u l d

we hope tha t the g e n e r a l t o r p o r was j u s t the a f t e r ­

math of Christmases too w e l l spent?

Whatever the reason, FELIX had then r e c e i v e d

only two l e t t e r s , a few e n t r i e s f o r Coming Events,

a piece of s t r i n g and a brass button. Now t h i s i s

not gocd enough f o r a c o l l e g e of c a t - l o v e r s . FELIX

expects b e t t e r treatment of f e l i n o p h i l e s . I f t h i n g s

get no b e t t e r the FELIX Board w i l l be o b l i g e d to go

out and make t h e i r own news by burning down the

Union or shooting the P r e s i d e n t .

At the time of w r i t i n g we have r e c e i v e d a few

more a r t i c l e s and news items and we hope t h a t d r a s t ­

i c a c t i o n w i l l prove unnecessary. However, we would

urge you, our r e a d e r s , to make more use of our c o r ­

respondence columns. In FELIX you can a i r your

g r i e v a n c e s , g r i n d your axes, communicate with your

e n t e r s , c a s t i g a t e your enemies or perhaps even r a i s e

a l a u g h . There i s p l e n t y to w r i t e about. What has

followed, l a s t term's b o l d words about a c o l l e g e mas­

cot? What has happened to the Beaver Club? What of

the controversy over d i v i d e d l o y a l t i e s i n s p o r t ?

Has the r e f e c t o r y - so soon - balanced i t s budget?

And i t s food values? Bones of c o n t e n t i o n are simply

l i t t e r e d about the p l a c e . There are dozens of t o p ­

i c s that deserve p u b l i c i t y and d i s c u s s i o n . I f FELIX

i s to be more than a l a s t r e s t i n g p l a c e f o r the

hidebound n o t i o n s of the e d i t o r and h i s minions, you

must take up your pen and w r i t e ! We p r i n t almost

anything!

A l i t t l e t a r d i l y , FELIX wishes you a happy and

b u s t i n ' New Year.

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A c c o r d i n g t o the "Observer" of Dec.31st. 1950 . a t h r e e day rowing r e g a t t a w i l l be h e l d on the Ser­p e n t i n e i n Hyde P a r k t h i s summer. I t i s hoped t h a t w i t h the support of the Amateur Rowing A s s o c i a t i o n l e .ding rowing c l u b s w i l l take p a r t i n a complete "I.iiniature Henley" on the h a l f - m i l e S e r p e n t i n e c o u r s e . There w i l l be r a c e s f o r e i g h t s , f o u r s , p a i r s , and s c u l l s , s t a r t i n g a t the B r i d g e by the L i d o and rowing i n a west to east d i r e c t i o n . The r a c e s w i l l "be open to rowing c l u b s i n a l l p a r t s of the c o u n t r y . The dates proposed are August 9 t o August 11.

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\ ftB. CHOmC~hM$Dfc&U& 17m C E M t U R Y .

Correspondence f o r a t t e n t i o n of Mr. B.H.Warms

from the Brown Tintube Co. (Manufacturers of Heat

Exchanger Elements, E l y r i a , Ohio) has been seen i n

the Union Rack r e c e n t l y .

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U N I V E R S I T Y A R M A D A

(At a r e c e n t U.L.U. C o u n c i l M e e t i n g i t was suggested t h a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y h o l d a C a r n i v a l P r o c e s s i o n on the fhames t h i s summer. The f o l l o w i n g account has been w r i t t e n by a FELIX r e p o r t e r w e l l known f o r

h i s p r o p h e t i c w r i t i n g s )

F i f t y minutes a f t e r the p r o c e s s i o n was due t o s t a r t , eager crowds l i n i n g t h e Embankment from C h e l ­sea t o Hungerford b r i d g e were rewarded by sounds o f m u s i c , f i r e w o r k s a n d p r o f a n e language from upstream.

The d e l a y was caused by the u n f o r t u n a t e c i r c u m ­s t a n c e t h a t t h e barge r e p r e s e n t i n g Domestic S c i e n c e , n o r m a l l y employed by the Wandsworth Borough C o u n c i l , had n o t , when t a k e n over f o r the C a r n i v a l , d i s c h a r g e d i t s cargo of r e f u s e , and the occupants o f t h e barges f o l l o w i n g i t had p r o t e s t e d so s t r o n g l y t h a t i t s pos­i t i o n had had t o be changed t o the l a s t p l a c e i n the p r o c e s s i o n , where i t was towed at the end of a l o n g warp. T h e i r s t e e r i n g was c o n s e q u e n t l y somewhat e r r ­a t i c , and. i t i s u n d e r s t o o d t h a t B a t t e r s e a B r i d g e and A l b e r t B r i d g e w i l l be c l o s e d t o t r a f f i c f o r some tim e w h i l e r e p a i r s are c a r r i e d out on t h e p i e r s .

The l o n g p r o c e s s i o n was towed by the S.T. " K i n g C o a l " . The f i r s t t h r e e b a r g e s , c a r r y i n g the o f f i c ­e r s o f U.L.U. p l u s t a b l e a u r e p r e s e n t i n g "The S p i r i t o f the U n i v e r s i t y " were c o m p l e t e l y obscured by smoke d u r i n g the e n t i r e p r o c e e d i n g s . Space does not p e r ­m i t a d e s c r i p t i o n o f the whole f l e e t . There was a massed o r c h e s t r a p l a y i n g Handel's Water Music,though u n f o r t u n a t e l y the music, and e v e n t u a l l y most o f the o r c h e s t r a , were drowned by t h e r a t h e r a m b i t i o u s f i r e ­works c o n t r i b u t e d j o i n t l y by t h e R.S.M. M i n i n g dept. and the R.C.S. Ch e m i s t r y dept.

The p r e v i o u s n i g h t the advice of a prominent member of I.C.B.C. had been sought on the problems and r u l e s of n a v i g a t i o n . The gentleman concerned had been i n t h e b a r a t t h e t i m e , and i t seems t h a t a f a l s e i m p r e s s i o n of the t r u e f a c t s had been o b t a i ­ned. As a r e s u l t , when, at C h e l s e a B r i d g e a west­ward bound s t r i n g o f barges was encountered, whereas t h e Master o f t h e K i n g C o a l a l t e r e d c o u r s e , r i g h t l y , t o s t a r b o a r d , t h e barge manned by L.S.E. somewhere i n t he m i d d l e o f t h e p r o c e s s i o n , s t e e r e d t o p o r t . I n a few seconds the scene ressembled a log-gam on the S t . Lawrence.

The f o l l o w i n g b r i e f c o n v e r s a t i o n then took p l a c e

between t h e two t u g s k i p p e r s :

! !' " - - - - ! ! ! " At t h i s p o i n t 1? young l a d i e s on t h e barge r e ­

p r e s e n t i n g 6he Women's C o l l e g e s f a i n t e d and were t r a ­

n s f e r r e d t o t h e H o s p i t a l ' s b a r g e , where t h e y were de­

t a i n e d f o r the r e s t o f the a f t e r n o o n . The master of

the K i n g C o a l c a s t o f f t h e r e m a i n i n g barges and went

home f o r t e a .

The L o r d Mayor, o f f i c i a l s o f !he U n i v e r s i t y and

s e v e r a l M.P.s, w a i t i n g on t h e t e r r a c e o f the P a l a c e

o f W e s t m i n s t e r , were s u r p r i s e d t o see t h e p r o c e s s i o n

d r i f t p a s t them r o u g h l y i n l i n e a b r e a s t , but agreed

t h a t the change i n p l a n had p r o b a b l y been made t o

save t i m e .

The u l t i m a t e f a t e of each c r a f t t a k i n g p a r t i s

unknown, but i s o l a t e d , and d o u b t l e s s e xaggerate d r e ­

p o r t s have been r e c e i v e d . S e v e r a l barges jammed ac­

r o s s t h e spans o f the E x h i b i t i o n f o o t b r i d g e thus caus­

i n g p a n i c at t h e E.E. h e a d q u a r t e r s , and were res c u e d

by the r i v e r P o l i c e . The p o l y t e c h n i c s were c a r r i e d

up B a r k i n g Creek w i t h no means of p r o p u l s i o n . The

Women's barge was r e s c u e d by t h e crew of a South Ame­

r i c a n s h i p b e r t h e d i n t h e P o o l and has not been heard,

o f s i n c e . One o f t h e barges i s r e p o r t e d t o have run

aground a t Southend a n d t h e occupants t o have p e r i s h e d

o f e x h a u s t i o n w h i l e w a l k i n g towards the l a n d . The

U.L.B. o f f i c e r s , i n the f i r s t b a r g e , l a n d e d at Margate

P i e r where t h e y were m i s t a k e n f o r N i g g e r M i n s t r e l s and

have been drawing l a r g e crowds f o r t h e t i m e o f y e e r .

I t i s u n d e r s t o o d t h a t next y e a r t h e U n i v e r s i t y

p l a n s t o h o l d a p r o c e s s i o n from the Aldwych t o Senate

House, on f o o t .

" I t seems t o me the o n l y way to be saved

i s t o f l y a H a g from the mast."

F E L I X 4

P R O F I L E * OLDEST INHABITANT

V e t e r a n p o s t - g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s v y i n g f o r e n d u r ­

ance r e c o r d s a s f u l l members o f I.C. U n i o n may a s

w e l l g i v e up hope; f o r t h e o l d e s t i n h a b i t a n t i s a l ­

most c e r t a i n l y G. J . H. M c C a l l , p o s t - g r a d u a t e G e o l ­

o g i s t .

B o r n i n 1820 (and s t i l l g o i n g s t r o n g ) J o e comes

f r o m mixed I r i s h and S c o t s s t o c k , who were i t seems

h i g h l y p r o l i f i c . H i s g r e a t g r a n d f a t h e r h a d t w e n t y

c h i l d r e n , i n c l u d i n g t h r e e s e t s o f t w i n s J h i s g r a n d ­

f a t h e r m a r r i e d t w i c e h a v i n g e i g h t c h i l d r e n b y h i s

f i r s t w i f e and s e v e n b y t h e s e c o n d . Jo e h i m s e l f

comes f r o m a c o m p a r a t i v e l y s m a l l f a m i l y o f s e v e n ,

he b e i n g t h e l a s t s t r a w .

A f t e r l e a v i n g ST. Edward's S c h o o l , O x f o r d , where

h i s m a s t e r s d e s c r i b e d him as b e i n g bone l a z y , J o e

came t o I.C. i n 1938 t o s t u d y C h e m i s t r y . A f t e r two

y e a r s he d e c i d e d t h a t e v e n t h e army was b e t t e r t h a n

C h e m i s t r y : he was c o m m i s s i o n e d i n t h e R.A.S.C. and,

t o g e t h e r w i t h a few o t h e r s , was s e n t t o c o n q u e r Mad­

a g a s c a r . The c o n q u e r i n g h e r o was t h e n p o s t e d t o

E a s t A f r i c a , and f o r some t i m e was s t a t i o n e d a t J i g -

j i g g a ( s i c ) - h i s e x p e r i e n c e s h e r e c a n be d e s c r i b e d

o n l y o v e r a p i n t i n t h e b a r . ( F o r t h o s e i n t e r e s t e d ,

Joe d r i n k s m i l d ) .

I n 1946 C a p t a i n M c C a l l r e t u r n e d t o I.C. l o o k i n g

not a day o l d e r t h a n when he l e f t ; he d e s e r t e d Chem­

i s t r y f o r G e o l o g y , t h o u g h s t i l l r e t a i n i n g an i n t e r e s t

an i n t e r e s t i n c e r t a i n f i e l d s o f C h e m i s t r y s u c h as

f e r m e n t a t i o n . He f i n a l l y g r a d u a t e d i n 194-9 t o p o f

the y e a r w i t h f i r s t c l a s s h o n o u r s showihg t h a t i t i s

p o s s i b l e t o p u t e x t e n s i v e e f f o r t i n t o b o t h academic

and s o c i a l a s p e c t s o f c o l l e g e l i f e .

Most o f us know Joe a s a r e s u l t o f h i s wide s p o r ­

t i n g i n t e r e s t s . He h a s r e p r e s e n t e d I.C. i n h o c k y ,

s q u a s h , and c r i c k e t , a n d a l s o p l a y s a good game o f

p oker d i c e , u s i n g an I r i s h h a l f p e n n y as a l u c k y charm.

S i n c e he r e t u r n e d t o I.C. he has been c a p t a i n o f t h e

I.C. s e c o n d h o c k e y X I , w h i c h as a r e s u l t o f h i s l e a d ­

e r s h i p has t h e f i n e s t team s p i r i t i n I.C. and i s u n i ­

v e r s a l l y known as U n c l e Mac's b o y s . T h i s s p i r i t i s

s u c h t h a t o f t h o s e who have g r a d u a t e d t o t h e f i r s t X I

some have worked h a r d f o r ' a p a s s a g e b a c k a g a i n . J o e ' s

o t h e r u n i o n a c t i v i t i e s i n c l u d e : t h e s e c r e t a r y s h i p o f

.the s q u a s h c l u b , t h e V i c e - p r e s i d e n c y o f R.C.S. 1949-50, and membership o f I.C. C o u n c i l .

A p r o f i l e on J o e M c C a l l c a n n o t be c o m p l e t e w i t h ­

out a m e n t i o n o f h i s 'Monumental E v e n i n g s ' ; t h e i r

m a g n i f i c e n c e c a n be a p p r e c i a t e d o n l y by f i r s t - h a n d e x ­

p e r i e n c e . B u t i t i s o n r e c o r d t h a t C h a r l e s B r i s t o w e

once e n c o u n t e r e d h i m c h a n t i n g 'Paddy R e i l l y ' i n a west­

bound t u b e t r a i n t r y i n g t o g e t t o C o c k f o s t e r s ! How­

e v e r , t h e s e c e l e b r a t i o n s have become l e s s f r e q u e n t ,

f o r i t seems t h a t h i s v i e w s on b a c h e l o r h o o d a r e b e i n g

m o d i f i e d : h i s f r i e n d s s u s p e c t he i s ' l o o k i n g around'

( E r r a t u m : f o r 1820 r e a d 1920.)

N . U . S .

I n t he N.U.S. r e f e r e n d u m on the q u e s t i o n of

a f f i l i a t i o n t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l U n i o n o f S t u d e n t s

10,006 v o t e s a g a i n s t 15,632 were c a s t a g a i n s t con­

t i n u e d membership of I.U.S.

Membership o f N.U.S. i s 105,660. I m p e r i a l

C o l l e g e has had no c o n n e c t i o n w i t h N.U.S. s i n c e

R.C.S. d i s a f f i l a t e d l a s t y e a r .

I.C.Union,

J a n . '51.

Sakubona i i ' F u t a ,

Once more the t r i b e of I s e e have

r e t u r n e d t o the f e e t o f t h e i r e l d e r s , n o t as we

do, b i t w i t h much i d l e c h a t t e r b e h i n d the b a c k s

of the wise ones who t e a c h them o f the wonders of

t h i s w o r l d .

A g r e a t d a r k n e s s i s on t h i s t r i b e .

Some tim e ago an i m p i s e t out a c r o s s t h e g r e a t w a t e r

t o r e c o v e r t h e got of s p o r t t a k e n l o n g ago by t h e

Aussee t r i b e . We have heard by t h e drums t h a t our

men,, a l t h o u g h t h e y f o u g h t s o h a r d K i t h t h e i r w i l l o w

weapons had n o t enough r u n and were d e f e a t e d , w i t h

many dead. A g r e a t mourning t h e r e i s f o r u n t i l t h i s

god, "Ashes", i s b r o u g h t back no man may e a t meat.

The god who p r o t e c t s our k i n g has

been d i s t u r b e d and t a k e n f r o m h i s accustomed s e a t ,

t o a p l a c e where no man t e l l e t h . The t r a c k e r s have

l o s t the s p o o r of h i s v i o l a t o r s .

A g r e a t d a r k n e s s t h e r e i s , O h f a t h e r ,

Y o u r son,

Umfaan.

F A I R G R O U N D F R O L I C S

Ask anyone about the R.C.S. C h r i s t m a s C a r n i v a l

and t h e y w i l l t e l l you t h a t i t was one of the o c c a s ­

i o n s of the y e a r . Thanks a r e e s p e c i a l l y due t o

8. Pascoe and J . M. Groocock, upon whose s h o u l d e r s

f e l l t he monumental t a s k of o r g a n i s i n g t h i s most en­

j o y a b l e e v e n i n g .

F a n t a s t i c m u r a l s i n s p i r e d by Rex Dadd put e v e r y ­

one i n the r i g h t frame of mind as soon as t h e y en­

t e r e d the U n i o n * and so r i g h t from the b e g i n n i n g the

show went w i t h a bang. The company never l a c k e d the

i n s p i r a t i o n s of Bacchus - t h i r s t y t h r o a t s were w e l l

s u p p l i e d w i t h l u b r i c a t i o n by Joe M c C a l l and h i s two

s h i r t s l e e v e d barmen. T h e i r costumes, d e s i g n e d by

J o e , would have s t o o d them i n good s t e a d i f t h e y had

e n t e r e d the f a n c y d r e s s p a r a d e . Costumes of s p e c i a l

mote were those Of Don Webb, w e a r i n g a f o r t u n e t e l l ­

e r ' s t e n t , and Tony Embleton and p a r t n e r wandering

around as a p a i r o f c o c o - n u t s .

The Cabaret t h i s y e a r was f i r s t c l a s s . A s a t ­

i r i c a l d i t t y ( w i t h choreography) by D a v i d G r e e n f i e l d

and J o a n Spencer; s l a p s t i c k nonsense w i t h f l o u r ,

water, and beer by Guildsmen J a c k Howarth, Sta n

Coppleman, and Derek C r o s s l e y ; and the now famous

Z u l u war dance by the o l d f i r m of Bock and Dark -

t h i s time i n f u l l d r e s s of g r a s s s k i r t s and b l a c k

g r e a s e p a i n t , and armed w i t h r e a l a s s e g a i s and s h i ­

e l d s .

D a n c i n g want on t i l l f o u r : when the band d e p a r t ­

ed a t h l e t i c c o u p l e s c o n t i n u e d t o r e c o r d s w h i l s t

o t h e r s c o u l d be seen l i t t e r e d about on s o f a s ; t h e

r e s t were nowhere t o be seen.

C A B I N E T R E S H U F F L E A T I . C .

( W i t h a p o l o g i e s t o t h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r )

The f o l l o w i n g changes a r e announced as a r e s u l t o f

t h e p u r e l y a p o c r y p h a l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e r e p r o d u c e d

b e l o w . . .

M i s s June Mahon - C h a i r m a n , A t h l e t i c C l u b s C o m m i t t e i

A.V.S. de Reuck - Hon. S e c r e t a r y , Imp. C o l l . U n i o n .

N.L.Sam-ways - C h a i r m a n , S o c i a l C l u b s Committee.

My dear Mr. President,

Having now served as Hon.Secretary f o r

over 5 months, I am f e e l i n g the need f o r some

rel a x a t i o n and I would be g r a t e f u l i f , at your

convenience, you would r e l i e v e me of my present

appointment. I f I can serve you i n any other

capacity I s h a l l be happy to do so, but I place

myself e n t i r e l y at your disposal.

Yours very s i n c e r e l y ,

D.K.Nioholas.

My dear Old Nick,

Thank you f o r your l e t t e r . I am very

g r a t e f u l to you f o r the good work that you have

done i n your exacting o f f i c e . I should be very

glad i f you would continue to serve with us and

desire you to take over I.G.W.A. where I am

sure you w i l l f i n d the r e l a x a t i o n you seek.

Yours sin c e r e l y .

D.Y.Coomber.

FELIX

VIEWPOINT

On t h i s page we hope to p r i n t , from time to time, a r t i c l e s on controversial topics and matters of gen­e r a l i n t e r e s t . Contributors willbe given a carte blanche and the Editor, therefore, accepts no res­p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the views expressed. The f i r s t of these a r t i c l e s concerns the new london newspaper,

"University".

P A P E R U N I V E R S I T Y

The great cry of despair, which i n c i d e n t a l l y has l a t e l y acquired a hint of the same monotony as the bleating of many sheep, that students at t h i s College have no university l i f e misses one s i g n i f i c a n t f a c t . London i s not a suitable home f o r a university.

With the world's greatest c i t y to explore, why blame the students who refuses to give up time to or­ganise dances f o r those who have to be cajoled by Jub-l i c i t y into dancing? Why blame him for refusing to play rugger or row f o r a college which w i l l support him only i f mascots be jeopardized on touch l i n e or tow-path? What student i n his senses w i l l pay/a bob to see his companions' endeavours to act when the Hew Theatre of f e r s him the f i n e s t i n the land f o r one and six?

I f we i n I.C. have tended to miss the obvious, s i s t e r colleges have shown themselves even l e s s per­

ceptive. Recently a f o r t n i g h t l y publication has em­erged from U.C's P i . o f f i c e , the intent of which i s c l e a r l y to promote a "University of London S p i r i t " . As a solemn seal to these intentions the paper i s c a l ­led "The University".

So f a r two 4-page editions of "The University" have been printed. They give news of goings on at other colleges and discuss at great length the pro­posed d i s a f f i l i a t i o n on p o l i t i c a l grounds of the N.U.S from the International Union of Students. (I.C. Un­ion d i s a f f i l i a t e d from the N.U.S. f o r similar reasons some years ago). Ofte page i s devoted to reviews,art­i c l e s a nd a short story and the fourth page to Univer­s i t y sport.

The newspaper i s well brought out. Really up-to-the-minute news i s included and i f the a f f a i r s at U.C. tend to attract an undue share of attention t h i s i s probably the f a u l t more of other colleges than of the e d i t o r i a l board.

The a r t i c l e s are good and the reporting, i n gen­e r a l , e x c i l l e n t . One write-up i s marred by an abom­inable t r i c k of using a question and answer form with no f i n i t e verb i n the interrogative. The staccato effect produced i s probably int»nded to rouse the rea­der - i t c e r t a i n l y achieves t h i s but not more re a d i l y or les s p a i n f u l l y then would rack or thumbscrews. But i n general we may say that "The University" i a the pro­duct of a l o t t o f very hard work and -quite considerable j o u r n a l i s t i c and l i t e r a r y t a l e n t .

It i s unfortunate that t h i s talent i s so wasted. London University has a d e f i n i t e function as an exam­ining body, as a useful pool of a t h l e t i c strength to compete with other u n l v e r s i t i e d and as an organisation i n which colleges within f a i r l y easy reach of each ot­her can f i n d suitable opponents and r i v a l s . London University can and does serve no other real purpose.

It i s useless to compare London with Oxford and Cambridge and other u n i v e r s i t i e s where a l l students from whatever college attend the same lectures.Here i n London each college i s an independent unit strug­g l i n g against almost overwhelming odds to avoid bec­oming a 10 to 5 sweat shop. Any deployment of f o r c ­es to foster an unrealisable and only dubiously des­i r a b l e "London U n i v e r s i t y " S p i r i t " i s not merely a. wa­ste of time but might possibly be a disservice to the indi v i d u a l colleges.

The contributors to "The University" should con­

sider whether the joy of writing f o r a very large but

p a r t i c u l a r public i s j u s t i f i e d when that public has

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COMING EVENTS SATURDAY, 27 t h JAN.

I.C.E.F.C. v. London Welsh 'A1- Home. I.O.H.C. v. St. Catharine's, Carob. Home. I.C. Badminton Club v. U.C. (Women). I.C.A.F.C. v. Cambridge Falcons. Home. I.CG.C.C. v. Northern Poly.

SUNDAY, 28th JAN. Mountaineering Club. Meet at Harrisons Rocks. Leader, W.I.Stanton.

TUESDAY, 30th JAN. Mountaineering Club. "Mountaineering" by Prof. G.I.Finch. 5-30 Botany Lecture Theatre.

WEDNESDAY, 31st JAN. CC.C.C R.N.C Greenwich. Home.

THURSDAY, 1st FEB. G. Engineering Soc. Distinguished v i s i t o r ' s address A.CHartley. Room 15 Guilds 5 P-m. F o l l o w e d a t 7>30 p.m. by Annual Dinner. Mus. Soc. V i o l i n & Piano r e c i t a l , Council Room, G u i l d s , 1.15 p.m.

I.C. Badminton C l u b v. Nerthern. Away. I.C.A.F.C v. P a r i s U n i v . Home.

FRIDAY, 2nd FSB. I.C. LIt.& Deb. Soc. J o i n t debate with Bedford C o l l .

(At Bedford), that "as Bacchus l i g h t s his torch, so we must f o l l o w h i s debauch". Youth HBstels Group. J o i n t meet, with Bedford C o l l . to J o r d a n s & Henley Youth Hostels.

SATURDAY, 3rd FEB• CS.F.C. v. St. John's C o l l . Camb., Away. CH. C v. Harrow. Away.

I.C. Badminton C l u b v . G o l d s m i t h , (Women). Away. I . C . C C C v. B a t t e r s e a P o l y . Away.

MONDAY, 5th FEE. L.I.F.C.U., I . C Branch. "The C h r i s t i a n F a i t h : Does

i t change w i t h the t i m e s ? " by J . R . H i l l . Botany Lecture T h e a t r e , 1.15 p.m.

I n t e r - C o l l e g i a t e D i s c u s s i o n & Dance - RCA/RCM/RCS. M u s i c , S c i e n c e and A r t i n University e d u c a t i o n . Upper H a l l , I . C U n i o n , 5-15-

TUESDAY, 6 t h FEB. I.C. Squash C l u b v. K i n g s C o l l . Away.

WEDNESDAY, 7th FEB.

U.L. Hockey Cup. I.C. v. Westminster Hosp.

I.C. Railway S o c V i s i t t o Clapham Junction Signal­l i n g School

I . C Badminton C l u b v. K i n g s , Mixed. Away.

I.C.A.F.C v. Westminster Bank. Home.

THURSDAY, 8 t h FEB.

Philosophical Group, L i t . & Deb. Soc. F i r s t Meeting.

Dr. Whitrow on "Philosophy and Science", Zoo. Th.

5-15 p.m.

I.C. Mus. Soe- Unacc«mpanied c h o r a l music. Council

Room. Guilds, 1.15. FRIDAY, 9th FEB.

I.C. Chem. Soc. "Some Modern Ideas on the Nature o f

a Bond" by Prof. CA.Coulson, D.Sc. F.R.S. , at 5.15 p.m. i n R.C.S.

Guilds Carnival 9'P-m. - 4 a.m.

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I.C. were beaten by the R o y a l V e t l n a r y C o l l e g e 3-0 i n the f i r s t round r e p l a y of the U.L. Cup; they w^re u n f o r t u n a t e l y w i t h o u t two of t h e i r r e g u l a r p l a y e r s , Kenyon and Severn, due t o i n j u r i e s .

Despite heavy r a i n which had f a l l e n i n p r e -ceeding days the p i t v h was i n good c o n d i t i o n and a f t e r l o s i n g the t o s s I.C. k i c k e d o f f i n t o a s l i g h t breeze. The p l a y was v e r y l i v e l y and the V e t s , showed s u p e r i o r i t y i n the set scrums and l i n e - o u t s .

The o n l y score came by way of a t r y by the V e t s : the b a l l went l o s e d u r i n g an I.C. a t t a c k , a f l y -k i c k f a i l e d to f i n d t o u c h , and an attempt to f a l l on the b a l l by an I.C. p l a y e r was u n s u c c e s s f u l . The Vets, s e i z e d the o p p o r t u n i t y and f o l l o w e d up f a s t to score a t r y near the c o r n e r , which was not con­v e r t e d .

In the second h a l f I.C. f a r e d b e t t e r , t h e i r forwards s t r o v e v a l i a n t l y but l a c k of f i n i s h thwarted t h e i r e f f o r t s , and when the f i n a l w h i s t l e blew, I.C. came o f f the f i e l d t i r e d and perhaps unlucky l o s e r s .

SOCCER Mid-Season Review

I.C. S o c c e r i s p a s s i n g t h r o u g h one o f t h o s e unhappy p e r i o d s which comes t o a l l c l u b s at some stage i n t h e i r h i s t o r y . Two y e a r s ago I.C. won t h e U.L. Cup, p r o v i d e d b o t h teams f o r the f i n a l o f t h e U.L. s i x - a ­s i d e c o m p e t i t i o n , and had f i v e p l a y e r s r e g u l a r l y i n the U-L. team i n c l u d i n g t he c a p t a i n .

T h i s season I.C-'s o n l y l i n k w i t h U.L. i s t h e s e c r e t a r y W a l l y Goss who i s a r e f e r e e and not a p l a y ­e r ; add t o t h i s the f a c t t h a t some s e n i o r members o f the c l u b are not g i v i n g S t u a r t W i l l i a m s t h e su p p o r t he d e s e r v e s , and i t i s not s u r p r i s i n g t h a t I.C. are out o f the U.L. Cup and t h a t t h e 1 s t V I at l e a s t w i l l p r e f e r t o f o r g e t t h e s i x - a - s i d e tournament. Never­t h e l e s s , t h e r e a r e s i g n s o f improvement, and 6-0 v i c ­t o r i e s o v e r '."/adham C o l l e g e , O x f o r d , and C i v i l S e r v i c e S t r o l l e r s t o g e t h e r w i t h a draw a g a i n s t C o r i n t h i a n C a s u a l s 'A' and a 4-2 w i n o v e r R.M.A. ( S a n d h u r s t ) h o l d out hopes o f a much b r i g h t e r f u t u r e .

The v i s i t o f the Dutch f o o t b a l l e r s f r o m D e l f t wa.; c a n c e l l e d by them at t h e l a s t moment, Don B o w t e l l r e c e i v i n g a t e l e g r a m which r e a d : " S o r r y c a n ' t come, team t o o s t r o n g . L e t t e r f o l l o w i n g " . Whose team was a p p a r e n t l y l e f t t o o u r i m a g i n a t i o n l The l e t t e r f o l l o w i n g d u l y a r r i v e d and i t appears t h a t o u r Dutch f r i e n d s had a r r a n g e d t o come o v e r i n a t a n k e r b ut t h a t a t the l a s t moment t h e s h i p was sent t o K o r e a and, w i t h o t h e r methods o f t r a n s p o r t s e e m i n g l y t o o c o s t l y , the Dutchmen d e c i d e d t o s t a y a t home.

The 2nd X I f i n i s h e d l a s t t e r m w i t h a r u n of 6 games w i t h o u t a w i n w h i l e t h e 3 r d X I wh i c h has won 6 out o f t h e l a s t 7 matches seems unable t o a c h i e v e much i n the lea g u e . B o t h t h e s e teams are b e i n g l e t down by members not p l a y i n g r e g u l a r l y w h i l e t h e 4 t h XI i s s u f f e r i n g from t h e acu t e l a c k o f i n t e r e s t w h i c h k i l l e d t he 5th X I i n i t s v e r y e a r l y i n f a n c y . Some people seem t o o v e r l o o k t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s i n v o l v e d i n c o m p i l i n g a f i x t u r e l i s t a f t e r t h e season has s t a r t e d and t h e n , a f t e r c o m p l a i n i n g a t t h e l a c k o f games,man­age t o be o t h e r w i s e engaged when a f i x t u r e i s a r r a n ­ged. .

I S T H I S A R E C O R D ?

The f o l l o w i n g i s reproduced from "The U n i v e r ­s i t y " , J a n . IP t i l , 1951i "The course a t Roehampjion had been changed t o a v o i d c r o s s i n g the Portsmouth Road and the d i s t a n c e was s l i g h t l y i n c r e a s e d t o j u s t over 5fj m i l e s . E . F . W h i t l o c k ( I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e ) was an easy winner i n the I n d i v i d u a l Championship, r u n n i n g i n , l o o k i n g remarkably f r e s h , i n the e x c e l ­l e n t time of £8 minutes 13 seconds."

We j o i n w i t h "The U n i v e r s i t y " i n c o n g r a t u l a t i n g Ted U h i t l f c c k ' s m a g n i f i c e n t performance. H i s average tpeed appears t o have been 110.5 m.p.h.

HOCKEY W i t h h a l f t he season p a s t . r e c o r d s o f matches p l a y e d

g i v e t he f o l l o w i n g p i c t u r e : -

GOALS

WON DRAWN LOST FOR AGAINST

1st X I i r 4 w g s ~ - 22

2nd X I 4 0 5 29 - 17 3 r d X I 5 2 3 18 - 14

4 t h X I 2 0 5 19 - 24

l i i x e d XI 1 1 2 5 - 6

The 1st X I w i t h o n l y f i v e o f l a s t y e a r ' s team s t i l l p l a y i n g has now b l e n d e d i n t o a workmanlike •

s i d e p l a y i n g t he d i r e c t , open and f a s t t y p e o f game whi c h i s r a p i d l y becoming a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the name o f t h e C l u b . ' I n the l a s t s i x matches 33 g o a l s have • been s c o r e d w i t h o n l y 2 a g a i n s t . I n the U.L. Cup' c o m p e t i t i o n t h e s e m i - f i n a l has been re a c h e d f o r the t h i r d y e a r r u n n i n g w i t h e x c e l l e n t p r o s p e c t s o f r e a c h ­i n g t h e f i n a l . The next opponents are West m i n s t e r H o s p i t a l on F e b r u a r y 7th (away).

The 2nd X I , p l a y i n g s o l i d l y i n d e f e n c e , s t i l l l a c k s punch i n t h e f o r w a r d l i n e where t h e onus o f g o a l s c o r i n g r e s t s a l l t o o o f t e n on the s h o u l d e r s of t h e c e n t r e f o r w a r d ; t h i s p a r t i a l l y e x p l a i n s matches b e i n g l o s t on t h r e e o c c a s i o n s by the odd g o a l .

The 3rd X I can j u s t i f y a good r e c o r d d e s p i t e

many team changes and t h e 4 t h X I i s s t i l l m a n i f e s t

when f i x t u r e s can be o b t a i n e d .

S p e c i a l m e n tio n s h o u l d be made o f t h e C l u b ' s

County p l a y e r , E.C.Green who has r e c e n t l y p l a y e d f o r

M i d d l e s e x on two o c c a s i o n s . B.W.P.

NETBALL A TALL STORY

On Thursday a t 9-15 I.C.W.A. t u r n e d out on t o the N e t b a l l Court f o r a n e e d l e game a g a i n s t a r e p r e s e n ­t a t i v e team o f t h e h o s t e l men. The match had been i n p l a y b u t a few seconds b e f o r e i t became obvious t h a t t h e l a d i e s needed a few J a c k s t o r a i s e them­s e l v e s t o the h e i g h t o f t h e game. At h a l f - t i m e t h e y were on even terms but g r a d u a l l y t h e gap wide­ned and though I.C.W.A. t r i e d h a r d , t he f i n a l score was 9-4 t o t h e men. Hear s a y t e l l s me t h a t I.C.W.A. are c h a n g i n g t h e i r motto t o "Never say d i e " . No, n e v e r do.

E l i z a b e t h Canning.

SAILING From i t s i n a u g u r a t i o n i n 1949 the Club s a i l e d

on t he Welsh Harp, a r e s e r v o i r i n N. London over a m i l e i n l e n g t h where f i n e r a c i n g i s p o s s i b l e . S a i l ­i n g m a i n l y F i r e f l i e s , a IS f t . Dinghy o f h i g h per­formance, t h e C l u b , l a s t y e a r , beat U n i t e d F o s p i t - . a l s , R e ading, and K i n g s , l o s t narrowly to Cambridge but were soundly beaten by Ox f o r d . T h i s y e a r , Reading have been beaten on t h e i r own " a t e r , and h i g h hopes a r e e n t e r t a i n e d concernin g the s e n i o r

u n i v e r s i t i e s .

I.e. i s now a f f i l i a t e d t o rs.h.F.S. and I n t h i s f i x t u r e p r o v i d e d two crews out o f t h r e e . From be­in g t h e ' C i n d e r e l l a ' of the c o l l e g e r , , I.C. i s now one o f the s t r o n g e s t due ma i n l y t o an i n f l u x o f ex­t r e m e l y competent f r e s h e r s . The f i r s t 3 n t e r - f : o l -l e g e p o i n t s race has a l s o been won bv I.C.

I n t h e i r spare time members have b u i l t a s l i p ­way, e r e c t e d a hut and have made many a d d i t i o n s to the a m e n i t i e s o f the s i t e . A l l t h i s has been ach­i e v e d by the c o n s i d e r a b l e and whole-hearted co-op­e r a t i o n o f the c o n s t i t u e n t c o l l e g e s . I t i s f e l t t h a t t h i s c l u b , perhaps more than any o t h e r , exem­p l i f i e s the s p i r i t o f U n i v e r s i t y f i r s t and C o l l e g e second, a s p i r i t which i s not always shown i n o t h e r spheres o f s p o r t .

T.R.