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FORTNIGHT

No 28 IMPERIAL C O L L E G E FRIDAY 23 N O V E M B E R 1951

MORPHY DAY -P R O S P E C T S FOR WEDNESDAY

On Wednesday, 28th. November, the annual boat raoer f o r the Morphy and Lowry Oups w i l l be rowed o f f . The former over the 1 mile 5 furlong course from Hammersmith Bridge to the U.B.R. Stone Putney, whilst the l a t t e r i s raoed over a shorter distance, the s t a r t being at the Mile Post.

With the raoe s t i l l two weeks ahead, what may happen i n the way of ohanges of form 1B a matter of conjecture. Nevertheless, whereas a wiser man would keep his pen i n his pocket, your rowing correspondent w i l l t r y to set out the ohanoes of the three Oollege Boat Olubs and w i l l be rash enough to attempt to predict a r e s u l t .

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The R.S.M., holders of the Morphy Oup, are doing t h e i r utmost to ensure the retention of t h i s trophy. With only three old colours i n the boat, they are, i n more senses than one, not the orew they were l a s t year. A strong and p o t e n t i a l l y powerful crew, they laok the spring and punch on the beginning which, with pr e c i s i o n i n timing made them suoh formldible opponents i n 1950. P.D.R. Maltby, t h e i r Captain,will no doubt go f a r i n r e c t i f y i n g these points i n the days that remain and should conditions be rough and the wind from the S.E. they w i l l be well to the f o r e .

The R.O.S. under the leadership of R.D.Hughes, are the l i g h t e s t of the orews. As such a t a i l wind would s u i t them, allowing t h e i r neatness and watermanship to 'be shown of f to best advant­age. The lnfluenoe of the s t y l e of the recent Lady Margaret orews i s very evident and It w i l l be i n t e r e s t i n g to see how f a r these ideas can be i n s t i l l e d into a l i g h t orew i n a heavy cl i n k e r boat. I t Is a s t y l i s h orew and with a l i t t l e more consolidation of the f i n i s h w i l l be d i f f i c ­u l t to beat i n good conditions.

The 0.& G„ are somewhat of an enigma. There are three eights In t r a i n i n g and the ohoioe of which two s h a l l race has s t i l l to be made. What­ever the ultimate deoislon, any one of these eights i s capable of winning the Lowry Oup,—-the Morphy, however, i s another matter and some Improvement i s necessary f o r them to win that.

Guilds should win the Lowry Oup. The other two Colleges have dead-heated for seoond place for the l a s t two years, and i t w i l l be i n t e r e s t ­ing to see whether the R.C.S."David" with an average weight of less than 10st. can overoome the R.S.M."Goliath", who average l£st. heavier.

As i n previous years, the Umpiro w i l l be J.H. Page (T.R.C.), with O.A.Bristow as Timekeeper and G.O.Lowry and R.D.Hoyle as Judges.

P H C E N 1 X The s t a f f of PHOENIX have been severely

depleted since, the summer, and there are vacancies for/at lea3t four e d i t o r i a l assistants. No experience i s necessary for these. The post of Sub-Editor i s . also open f o r anyone who has worked on a magazine before. The main work of t h i s new board w i l l start at the end of thi s term. The Editor i s anxious to receive a coj f o r the Spring Issue.

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Contributions for the Christmas FELIX (December 7th) are Invited. This w i l l also be our Second Birthday Issue.

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B®ANERGES T H E B R I G H T O N R U N

About 8.20 a.m. on Sunday morning Bo l e f t Guilds, in pouring r a i n , for Hyde Park.

At 9.03 a.m. we l e f t the s t a r t i n g point on our t h e o r e t i c a l l y three hour Journey to Brighton. It was s t i l l r a i n i n g .

On the Journey, the crew, J.R.Howarth, K.J.Neale, M.J.Day, D.Thomas and D.J.Gardner were st e a d i l y getting wetter. Worst of a l l , i t looked as i f the adverse conditions were going to make the journey longer than anticipated.

Our fears about the length of the journey were j u s t i f i e d and a f t e r one stop for p e t r o l and two f o r coffee we were well behind schedule. This did not matter, as to qualify one has to a r r i v e before 4. p.m.

In spite of the wetness, the crew remained happy and considerable enjoyment was had from our private "dice" with W.A.L.Cook's 1903 A r g y l l which we passed several times.

We arrived i n Brighton about 2 p.m. a f t e r a Jour­ney of some two hours during which i t never stopped r a i n i n g . Luckily Bo had given very l i t t l e trouble.

The journey home was uneventful but we did not arrive u n t i l 1.30 a.m. P.A.S.Blomfield and I.W.Joffe drove some distance. It had stopped r a i n i n g .

LORD MAYOR'S DAY

Having obtained permission by telephone to take up s t a t i o n along the Lord Mayor's route. Boanerges set out from I.C. at 10.4-5 a.m., with the President and Corporation of Guilds on board. They made the f a s t e s t time to Aldvych that can be remembered f o r any method available, and entering the path of the procession c i r c u i t e d Ludgate before parking i n St. Paul's F i e l d s . (The bombed s i t e ) .

On the a r r i v a l of his worship S i r L e s l i e Boyce, Lord Mayor e l e c t , h i s Highship the P r e s i ­dent of Guilds, Gentleman Jack Howarth, raised three cheers from the Guildsmen and other I.C. men (and woman) assembled. Then an excellent Boomalakka was given and Bo' seen o f f home, waived on by the dust-carts awaiting t h e i r turn.

The President's party a r r i v e d back by 1.0p.m.. an i n d i c a t i o n of a sound performance by the 1901 worthy. The men of I.C. then followed separate ways, some remaining with the procession to Trafalgar Square - an i n d i c a t i o n of t h e i r sound behaviour. ________

F E L I X BACK N U M B E R S

In response to a recent request, copies of 'FELIX' are now deposited i n the Goldsmiths' Library of the University (Senate House). The back numbers sent were incomplete, and the Editor would be glad to be offered a copy of Nos. 1-5, 13 and 23,for t h i s set .

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2 F E L I X

L E T T E R S TO T H E EDITOR S i r ,

I was prodded by C . h . H . to write something f o r FELIX the other day. I f you don't l i k e the enclosed i t ' s his f a u l t f o r asking.

A . F . J .

, "Won't you write something for FELIX?" he asked. Just because, Years ago when FELIX was only a k i t t e n , And d i d n ' t know any better, They printed" a poem of mine.

I ' l l write him a l e t t e r .

"Comments are i n v i t e d on t h i s subject"

- That 's the t h i n g . "Deer S i r , I " . . . . wonder how many i r a t e indignant authors, Glowing with white hot thought. Find i t s o l i d i f i e d after three words?

I ' l l write about sport .

"The X club has made a good s t a r t to the y e a r . . . We s t a r t e d with b freshers - now we have a + b (Where a i s j u s t > - b ) . We've won a l l our matches - but two (We've only had three) .

"Won't you write something for FELIX?" he asked. I've w r i t t e n .

But since they've not printed such d r i v e l for months Is a l l t h i s i n vain? One thing i s c e r t a i n , that i f he reads t h i s He won't ask me again.

H i LOIi*.JN_^• ...here t o eat

S i r , I was s e r i o u s l y dismayed to read i n FELIX of

Nov. 9th that an a r t i c l e on "Where to eat around I . C . " was contemplated. Although only a fresher (min) I had been quite successful ly a l t e r i n g my outlook r a d i c a l l y when I saw t h i s news. I had been obeying the i n j u n c t i o n i n the Calendar to " "belong to I . C . clubs i n preference to outside c l u b s " . I had been c u t t i n g out v i s i t s to the (too p r o l e t a r i a n ! ) cinema i n preparation for j o i n i n g i . c . f . s . instead, and so on. I was also (though unavoidably a green t i c k e t e e r ) r e l i n ­quishing a h i t h e r t o v i v i d i n t e r e s t i n the World . and People i n general^ and fast becoming absorbed e x c l u s i v e l y i n Imperial College as advocated by i m p l i c a t i o n by your o r i g i n a l correspondent on "green t i c k e t i n g " .

Then to my disgust I discovered that the e d i t o r of FELIX considers i t permissible, even d e s i r a b l e , to eat elsewhere than at the I .C. Refectory Club. Surely i n view of general I .C. p o l i c y t h i s i s a most pernicious and deplorable suggestion and I can only hope that I .C. w i l l remain as i s o l a t e d from and independent of the outside world as i t has been i n the past.

* Surely not t i c k e t e r - racket:racketeer: : green t i c k e t : green ticketee.r!

Yours t r u l y ,

N. Sijdrawde. IMPERIAL COLLEGE CHRIST;.. AS CONCMRT

I.C. Choir and Jacques String Orchestra Conductor : Dr. Reginald Jacques

at Queen Alexandra's House, Thursday, 29th November 1951, 7.JO. p.m.

Programme w i l l include Xmas Oratorio Pt II by Bach; Madrigals and Carols, and Handel's Concerto Grosso for S t r i n g s .

Tickets 3/6 and 2/6 are now a v a i l a b l e , from the Union Office &c.

L.U.D.S.

F i n a l arrangements are now under way f o r the LU.B.3. production of "Lazarus," S c o t t -M o n c r l e f f ' s t r a n s l a t i o n of the three-act drama by the modern I t a l i a n playwright P i r a n d e l l o .

Last season's L . U . D . S . production at I . C . saw them out of the red for the f i r s t time f o r y e a r s . Following on t h i s success they are p u t t i n g on t h e i r new play at the Watergate Theatre, Charing Cross. C h r i s McKoen, who w i l l be remembered for h i s performance i n F . 6 . , i s producing the play; L u c i o , the p r i n c i p a l male p a r t , i s to be played by Lawrence M i l l e r ( I . C . ) j the female l e a d , Sara, mother of L u c l o , i s being taken by Edna Carson (I of E ) .

The college i s wel l represented, so there Bhould be plenty of I . C . support f o r t h i s new venture on'December 4th - 9th i n c l u s i v e .

COLLEGE RiiGS OR HOOLIGANISM

Dear S i r , It i s evident that you support the frequent

thoughtless assaults on the law-abiding public by students.

On almost every occasion that these "r..gs" take place, some innocent member of the despised p r o l e t a r i a t i s s e r i o u s l y inconvenienced, or, as so often happens, i s caused unnecessary expense by the damaging of his pr her c l o t h e s .

Are the hooligans who perpetrate these out­rages to be excused, nay supported, on the grounds that they are U n i v e r s i t y scholars?

Is i t commendable that a business man on his wjiy to an important conference should L< prevented, or at l e a s t delayed, from doing so, during the cause course of a rag?

Is the vandal to be encouraged who s p o i l s be­yond hope of renovation the newly-purchased costume of a woman bystandcr i n P i c c a d i l l y by covering her with a mixture of soot and f lour?

These i n c i d e n t s are not mere f a b r i c a t i o n s or just i s o l a t e d examples, but, with many others, of a s i m i l a r brand, are the events that have been g l e e f u l l y r e l a t e d to me by some member or other of a col lege " e x p e d i t i o n " .

I, and I am sure other t h i n k i n g students w i l l agree with me, h e a r t i l y deplore your sup­port f o r t h i s type of behaviour. It .is c e r t a i n l y not for the 'good of the p u b l i c ' , as you so g l i b ­l y put i t , that outside rags should be allowed to continue. However, q u a l i f i e d encouragement should be given to korphy Day and other INTER-COLLEGE clashes, as they allow the more boisterous among us to " l e t off steam," the q u a l i f i c a t i o n being that the inoffensive onlooker i s not i n v o l v e d .

Yours etc .

J . D. A u l t ,

(R . C.S. )

S i r ,

I am e n t i r e l y i n agreement w i t h the a r t i c l e , i n your l a s t i s s u e , on Rags". T h e i r present deplorable state was I l l u s t r a t e d by the debacle at U . C . on November 5 t h . It had i t s moments, but they were very few, and came only a f t e r a two hour warming up p e r i o d . There was quite a good turn-out on a dreary n i g h t , and with a l i t t l e o r g a n i s a t i o n we could almost have taken 'U.C. a p a r t , b r i c k by b r i c k , removed the surface of Gower Street to a depth of s i x f e e t , and f i l l e d up T r a f a l g a r Square wi th the r u b b l e , policemen and a l l .

I repeat " R o l l on Morphy Day", but lette have a l i t t l e l e s s misdirected h i g h s p i r i t s and a l i t t l e more e f f i c i e n t l y planned a c t i o n .

Yours, f e e l i n g s t r o n g l y on the subject ,

" iggy."

The Editor takes no responsibility for views expressed in Readers' Letters. Correspondence is invited, but should be as brief as possible.

S i r ,

The present arrangement of the Coming Events column looks p r e t t i e r than the previous one, but conveys l e s s information. Down here, i n the wild3 of B e r k s h i r e , i t would be p r e f e r a b l e to have the c l a s s i f i e d l i s t of events ( i n c l u d i n g 'ordinary club a c t i v i t i e s ) under t h e i r appropriate dates, a s , owing to the way i n which club o f f i c e r s p e r s i s t e n t l y ignore the existence of Silwood, l i t t l e news of what i s going on percolates to us. My p a r t i c u l a r grumble at the moment i s that I never know whether the next Saturday i s a hop Saturday or not, and I cannot drop i n to f i n d out; ."drop­ping i n " means a 5/- coach f a r e . We are i n t e r e s ­ted i n club a c t i v i t i e s , but we cannot arrange our v i s i t s to London to s u i t them; i t i s a question of going to what happens to be on on the days when we are "up from the country". So i f t h i s h e a r t f e l t p l e a does not have any effect on club o f f i c e r s , perhaps you c o u l i manage'to give us the information through your columns.

Yours etc. Joan M. Slow

Silwood Park, l i i t h November, 1951

(We became aware of a f a i l u r e to give 'Hop' d e t a i l s and t h i s w i l l be r e c t i f i e d . We also intend to put more items i n 'Coming Events', but we cannot l i s t every item of regular events as anything of special interest i s then swamped. Editor)

FE I I X 3

F E JL THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE

CIRCULATION: 1250 EDITOR: S. H. WEARNE

MINES' NIGHT

W hen the Dramatic S o c i e t y ' s p r o d u c t i o n opens on Tuesday week, t h a t f i r s t n i g h t w i l l un­d o u b t e d l y be marked by comment and p a r t ­

i c i p a t i o n by the R.S.M. s e c t i o n of the audience i n the 'bobs'. The producer and h i s company have p r o b a b l y w r i t t e n t h i s o f f as 'an e x t r a d r e s s - r e h e a r s a l under se v e r e audience c o n d i t i o n s ' ; i n b a r t e r f o r s e r i o u s p l a y - g o i n g t o the subsequent performances. We would l i k e t o echo the E d i t o r i a l comments o f PHOENIX ( l a s t summer) which p l e a d e d f o r r e s t r a i n t from the Mines' N i g h t crowd, t o match the t o l e r a n c e o f the a c t o r s , " f o r , i f the r a t i o of n o i s e t o w i t becomes too h i g h , the p l a y cannot proceed and n e i t h e r the p l a y e r s nor the wags can be h e a r d " .

THE FELIX BOARD

rtl S. H. Wearne has now t a k e n over the E d i t o r s h i p of FELIX.

LSince j o i n i n g the FELIX Board t w e l v e months ago he has t a k e n a l e a d i n g p a r t i n the v a r i o u s a s ­p e c t s of p r o d u c t i o n o f the paper. He has a l s o c o n t r i b u t e d many a r t i c ­l e s on a d i v e r s i t y of t o p i c s f i r s t i n the c a p a c i t y of a s s i s t a n t e d i t o r and l a t t e r l y as news e d i t o r .

I take t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y t o thank Stephen and our many c o n t r i b u t o r s and salesmen f o r t h e i r e n t h u s i a s t i c und u n s e l f i s h support; w i t h o u t w h i c h F E L I X c o u l d n o t , and can n o t , be produced. P r o v i d i n g t h a t such a team s p i r i t i s m a i n t a i n e d our a n i m a l w i l l c o n t i n u e t o f l o u r i s h and t o grow i n s t a t u r e .

J. W. Midgley

W t o hand over FE^IX w h i l e i l l w i t h , i n f l u e n z a , so t h a t he was un­

a b l e to put e v e r y t h i n g he wished i n . t o the changeover. He has r e t i r e d " both because h i s work r e q u i r e s i t , and because he agrees w i t h the e x p e r i e n c e of the p r e v i o u s E d i t o r s : t h a t h a l f a y e a r i n the job i s enough. He w i l l not

be s p a r e d a P r o f i l e l a t e r t h i s year, but b e f o r e I do t h i s t r a d i t i o n a l a p p r e c i a t i o n , i t i s o n l y r i g h t to c o n g r a t u l a t e him on the h e a l t h of FELIX. An i n h e r i t ­ance o f f i n a n c i a l s t a b i l i t y l e a v e s me f r e e o f the worst o f the u n p r o d u c t i v e w o r r i e s t h a t can g r a v e l an E d i t o r . S H W

Views e x p r e s s e d I n the Leadar Columns o f FELIX a r e n o t n e c e s s a r i l y those o f C o l l e g e o r Union o f f i c i a l o p i n i o n .

THE CULTURE VULTURE

v u r f r e s h e r s h o u l d , by now, be t h o r o u g h l y per-

0 p l e x e d . At the b e g i n n i n g of term he was s t r o n g l y urged by h i s Dean and P r e s i d e n t to tske'sn

active part i n the Union: and probably within the l a s t few weeks he has found out (even without FHOENLX REVIEW to help him) what i s going on. &ut soon one term w i l l be over, and the dove­t a i l i n g of attractions, commitments and academic work w i l l begin. Our "Coming Events" column this year has been redesigned to select the widest range of items of general i n t e r e s t - apart from the Sports side, which i s covered separately. This l i s t has apparently not been enough to a t t r a c t the mass of students to try at least one of these features so easy to hand. Witness the attendance at the "Mock" E l e c t i o n .

We would l i k e to draw attention here to the range of l o c a l f a c i l i t i e s . Our student may have v i s i t e d one of the Museums i n E x h i b i t i o n Road, but how many of us know the "Geological", "Science" and "Natural History", and have taken our g i r l to the " V i c t o r i a and Albert"? We are well-served fo r music. We have our Musical and Jazz Societies, orchestra and choir. The Albert H a l l i s on our back door-step, and the Royal College of Music over the road. Admission i s free to the R.C.M. concerts held every Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. I f you prefer a contrast i n hops and dances, there are the Friday evening hops at the Royal College of Art Common Room, i n Cromwell Road. , The use of t h i s Union i s open to a l l I . e . , and i t may Interest you to eat there one day next week.

(Continued i . _ next column)

Viewpoint:The term "brown-bagger" was, we a r e t o l d ,

c o i n e d by H. G. W e l l s . I f o n l y he had been a b l e t o f o r e s e e the use t o w h i c h t h i s term would l a t e r be put by i r r e s p o n s i b l e c h a r a c t e r s who seem b e n t upon d i s r u p t i n g the s m a l l amount o f g o o d - w i l l t h a t remains i n I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e 1 I s i t n o t about time t h a t the eyes o f t h o s e who i n h a b i t t h a t p a l a t i a l mansion spoken o f i n awed terms as THE HOSTEL were opened?

I t has f r e q u e n t l y been s t a t e d i n t h e s e columns t h a t t h e u n f o r t u n a t e s t u d e n t who l i v e s out i s n o t o b t a i n i n g the f u l l b e n e f i t o f a u n i v e r s i t y e d u c a t i o n . From a c a s u a l o b s e r v a t i o n o f the h a b i t s o f t h o s e who a r e p r i v i l e g e d t o l i v e i n , t h e s e b e n e f i t s a r e o f a somewhat d o u b t f u l n a t u r e . The u s u a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n p l a c e d on a u n i v e r s i t y e d u c a t i o n i s a l i f e i n p l e a s a n t s u r r o u n d i n g s i n w h i c h a man, by h a v i n g time and l e i s u r e to t h i n k , to l e t o f f steam o c c a s i o n a l l y and t o pursue h i s -

. chosen su b j e c t , i s a b l e t o f o r m some s o r t of c h a r a c t e r t h a t marks him as an I n d i v i d u a l . The s e r i o u s - m i n d e d f r e s h e r d e t e r m i n e d t o r e a p the most from the o p p o r t u n i t i e s b e f o r e him i s c o n f r o n t e d b y a community I n w h i c h b a c k - s l a p p i n g , noise-making and t a l k o f r u g g e r mark out the l e a d i n g l i g h t s . He sees c l i q u e s i n d u l g i n g i n a d o l e s c e n t h o o l i ­ganism i n s u r r o u n d i n g s more r e m i n i s c e n t of an i n s t i t u t i o n t h a n a u n i v e r s i t y . The i m p r e s s i o n that he i s l i k e l y t o get ( i t may be wrong,but the f a c t t h a t he g e t s i t i s what m a t t e r s ) i s t h a t here we have a cheap i m i t a t i o n o f campus l i f e w i t h i t s f r a t e r n i t i e s and t r a d i t i o n s - t h a t - b e g i n - w i t h -e f f e c t - f r o m - t o - m o r r o w . He sees n o i s y groups b l u s t e r i n g around the bar and h e a r s second-hand s t o r i e s o f PUERILE INANITIES o f "The Boys". He i s e i t h e r so e n t h r a l l e d by a l l o f t h i s "big man" nonsense t h a t he moves heaven and e a r t h to e n t e r t h e h o s t e l or he i s so r e p e l l e d t h a t he may w e l l become a brown-bagger i n sheer s e l f d e f e n c e .

At a l m o s t e v e r y U n i o n meeting e x h o r t a t i o n s a r e i s s u e d t o make the f u l l use o f one's oppor­t u n i t i e s and j o i n i n the l i f e of the c o l l e g e b u t t o the man who doesn't p l a y r u g g e r and i s not s u f f i c i e n t l y t h i c k - s k i n n e d t o i n t r o d u c e h i m s e l f to everybody t h e r e i s v e r y l i t t l e e n t e r t a i n m e n t i n even the most l i g h t - h e a r t e d o r g a n i z e d a c t i v i t i e s .

There has been much t a l k r e c e n t l y o f long-term e f f o r t s t o make I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e e n t i r e l y r e s i d e n t i a l . These s u g g e s t i o n s have o b v i o u s l y been put f o r w a r d w i t h the b e s t o f i n t e n t i o n s and w i l l , i t i s t o be hoped, some day be r e a l i s e d , but i n the meantime i t might be an e x c e e d i n g l y good i d e a t o do away w i t h the h o s t e l c o m p l e t e l y , t h e r e ­by g i v i n g some measure o f p r o t e c t i o n t o f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s from the c u r r e n t " b e n e f i t s " o f r e s i -

A d e n t i a l u n i v e r s i t y l i f e . SCEPTICUS

Critic - A t tke D e f e e t e

"That Women have y e t t o j u s t i f y t h e i r e m a n c i n a t i o n " •

The annual debate and dance w i t h B e d f o r d C o l l e g e was h e l d l a s t F r i d a y . ' As i t i s one of the mainstays o f the L. & D. Soc. i t i s i m p o r t a n t t h a t every e f f o r t s h o u l d be made to r e t a i n a h i g h d e b a t i n g s t a n d a r d .

A d e t e r i o r a t i o n i n the q u a l i t y of debate, a t t r i b u ­t a b l e l a r g e l y t o a l a c k o f p r e p a r a t i o n was n o t i c e a b l e . The a c cent b e i n g on the s o c i a b i l i t y o f the a f f a i r , t h e m otion s h o u l d be l i g h t enough to keep a t bay t h a t d u l l ­ness which Wilde c a l l s "the coming o f age of s e r i o u s n e s s To prevent ra.g 6edness s e v e r a l members of the house s h o u l d be b r i e f e d and speeches s h o u l d be worded t o ensure t h a t the b a t t l e of the sexes does not become too r e p e t i t i v e . Too l a r g e an a u d ience,to o few d e b a t e r s ! '.

Our v i s i t o r s must be thanked f o r t h e i r l a v i s h i l l u s t r a t i o n of t h e i r speeches by numerous photographs c a l c u l a t e d t o a p p e a l to the I.C. eye. They ra.nged from one chosen from a n o t a b l e B r i t i s h mens magazine t o another i n a c h i c o u t f i t which was a l l e g e d t o c o v e r a n y t h i n g t h a t c o u l d p o s s i b l y happen i n an e vening.

The dance, o r g a n i s e d w i t h the a s s i s t a n c e o f the E n t e r t a i n m e n t s Comm., which concluded the evenings e n t e r t a i n m e n t was not overcrowded - a p l e a s a n t change f o r a Union Hop.

— C.A.T.

(Continued from p r e v i o u s column)

The c o l l e g e has many schemes f o r g e t t i n g s t u d e n t s i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e m s e l v e s , such a s : the Touchstone weekends; the Ends and Means L e c t u r e s , the programme of w h i c h w i l l soon be p u b l i s h e d ; - and D i n n e r - i n - H a l l , h e l d every Tuesday i n the U n i o n .

This t o u c h of the C u l t u r e Vulture i s directed at the s t u d e n t who has as yet taken no other i n t e r e s t i n the c o l l e g e other than his work. We do know of people, and, we dare say i t , p o s t g r a d s , i n p a r t i c u l a r , who have never been to t h e i r c o l -D^ge or I.C. Union m e e t i n g s . Most of them take c o l l e g e h o l i d a y s . Some read FELIX. We hope that you w i l l bring them a l l to Morphy Day.

F E L I X

PROFILE - Ma r/orse G rat wick.

I h i s y e a r ' s Queen i s one of t h o s e c o m p a r a t i v e l y r a r e

members of I.C.W.A. who hav i n g come -to c o l l e g e t o read p h y s i c s , o b t a i n t h e i r degree w i t h o u t h a v i n g to t r a n s f e r t o maths.

K a r j o r i e l i v e s I n K e n t , and came to c o l l e g e i n 1948 s t r a i g h t from s c h o o l a t iv'alvern. L i f e i n the c o u n t r y , o r was i t t h r e e e l d e r b r o t h e r s ? , has developed I n h e r a l o v e f o r c u t t i n g down t r e e s and b u i l d i n g f e n c e s , and we und e r s t a n d t h a t she i 3 an e x p e r t w i t h a Canadian axe and a 6' c r o 3 3 - c u t saw.

As a F r e s h e r l i ' a r j o r i e f i r s t became i n t e r ­e s t e d i n the L i t . and Deb. S o c i e t y and the P o l . S o c i e t y , , and d e c i d e d t h a t her spare time was thus more tha n f u l l y o c c u p i e d . L a t e r h e r i n t e r e s t i n l i t e r a t u r e l e d her t o j o i n The Phoenix B o a r d , where she a s s i s t e d w i t h the produc­t i o n of the magazine. W i t h the more l e i s u r e d e x i s t e n c e of a p o s t - g r a d i n Chem. Eng. M a r j o r i e i s p l a y i n g t e n n i s a g a i n , and, as a be g i n n e r i n the game, i s t o be found on the squash c o u r t aa o f t e n as she can f i n d an opponent. I t has even been rumoured t h a t she w i l l be seen on the hockey f i e l d b e f o r e the season I s out.

M u s i c , as w e l l as l i t e r a t u r e , has a g r e a t a t t r a c t i o n f o r M a r j o r i e , and she much enjoys the t h e a t r e , b e i n g a r e g u l a r p a t r o n of "the gods". W h i l e not e q u a l l i n g Miss Sherwood's r e c o r d of o n l y h a v i n g missed once, K a r j o r i e a t t e n d s D i n n e r i n H a l l f r e q u e n t l y , and l i k e s t o j o i n a Touchstone weekend whenever she can spare the t i m e .

Her e x p e r i e n c e as s e c r e t a r y of I.C.'-'»'. A. l a s t y e a r was good t r a i n i n g f o r her p r e s e n t o f f i c e , and we have i t on good a u t h o r i t y t h a t t h i s y e a r ' s s e c r e t a r y i s f i n d i n g i t d i f f i c u l t t o p u l l the wool over M a r j o r i e ' s eyes. She had a s l i g h t f o r e t a s t e of the d u t i e s of p r e s i ­dent l a s t summer term, when her p r e d e c e s s o r j o i n e d the annual m i g r a t i o n of 3rd y e a r Z o o l o g i s t s t o Sl^wood Park.

M a r j o r l e , we f e e l , was p r o b a b l y s p e a k i n g f o r the m a j o r i t y of I.C.W.A. when she s a i d t h a t she would l i k e t o see a t l e a s t 100 women st u d e n t s at I.C.

P E R S O N A L A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

A UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS Correspondent i s wanted for FELIX - to report debates,&c,

TWO FLAT boxes for storing s m a l l draw­ing originals are wanted by FELIX,

WANTED. Lightweight 100-150 cc Motor bike In good running order. Reasonable price paid. H.J.Norman,RCS or Union Rack,

D-ROOM to l e t i n V i c t o r i a area. Bath, share kitchen with I.C. Man. ouitable for P.O. Student. Reasonable rent. P.N.Rowe, Chem. Tech.

JSntrles for this column must, i n future, be accompanied by cash. For members of i.C. the charge i s merely nominal; 6d per 20 words.

XN0.4-THE 1952 SUPER-ZWOOM W h i l e F e l i x has been s u r v e y i n g t h e v e t e r a n

c a r s l i n e d up I r i P r i n c e C o n s o r t Road, we have no t been i d l e . D e s p i t e the p r e c a u t i o n s t a k e n to ensure s e c r e c y , we have succeeded i n o b t a i n i n g some d e t a i l s of the new c a r w h i c h , i t i s c o n f i ­d e n t l y e x p e c t e d , w i l l sweep t h e A m e r i c a n market. I t • w i l l o u t - F o r d C h r y s l e r , o u t - E u i c k S t u d e b a k e r , o u t - P o n t i a c De S o t o . We a r e proud t o be th e f i r s t t o p r e s e n t the 1951 Super-Zwoom. F i t t i n g - .

The c a r i s l u x u r i o u s l y f u r n i s h e d t h r o u g h o u t . The f i t t i n g s b e i n g everywhere o f t h e f i n e s t q u a l i t y . I n the r e a r compartment t h e s e i n c l u d e home cinema, c o n v e r t i b l e b a l l r o o m / b a t h r o o m , and c o l l a p s i b l e swimming b a t h .

The boot i s u n u s u a l l y commodious, h a v i n g enough room f o r the average luggage o f an average f i l m - s t a r , i n one h a l f . The o t h e r h a l f can be s u p p l i e d f i t t e d up as a bedroom o r k i t c h e n .

P l u m b i n g , i n a l l c a s e s , i s e x t r a . Bodywork.

The body " i s u n u s u a l l y f r e e from s h a r p c o r n e r s bends, a n g l e s , c u r v e s or i n d e e d any shape what­e v e r . The a v a i l a b l e f i n i s h e s i n c l u d e d e a d l y n i g h t s h a d e , r e p e l l a n t y e l l o w , r e g u r g i t a t e d g r e e n and black. When o r d e r i n g , p l e a s e s t a t e a l t e r ­n a t i v e c o l o u r c h o i c e . The a l t e r n a t i v e c o l o u r c h o i c e must be b l a c k . Rear t u r r e t .

The s o l e d i s a d v a n t a g e o f t h i s c a r i s i t s l e n g t h , w h i c h makes i t u n w i e l d y when r e v e r s i n g . T h i s i s overcome by the p r o v i s i o n o f a r e a r t u r r e t , f i t t e d w i t h a complete s e t of c o n t r o l s . The t u r r e t i s n o r m a l l y o c c u p i e d by the second c h a u f ­f e u r ; an i n t e r c o m , i s s u p p l i e d so t h a t the two c h a u f f e u r s need never be i n doubt as t o who i s i n c o n t r o l . When moving f o r w a r d , t h e r e a r t u r r e t o p e r a t o r w i l l be found i n v a l u a b l e f o r g i v i n g warn­i n g o f p o l i c e c a r s , making s u i t a b l e g e s t u r e s t o o v e r t a k e n m o t o r i s t s , e t c . I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n .

The dashboard f i t t i n g s i n c l u d e a l t i m e t e r , anemometer, barometer, c i g a r e t t e l i g h t e r , r a d i o , t e l e v i s i o n , a u t o m a t i c c o c k t a i l s h a k e r , r a d a r s c r e e n and complete b l i n d d r i v i n g equipment. Rev. c o u n t e r , o i l p r e s s u r e gauge, and r a d i a t o r thermometer can be s u p p l i e d a t e x t r a c o s t , f i t t e d i n an e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e p o s i t i o n under t h e d r i v i n g s e a t .

S p r i n g i n g . Each o f the e i g h t wheels i s i n d e p e n d e n t l y and

h a r m o n i c a l l y sprung, g i v i n g e x c e l l e n t and undamped response t o any r o a d i r r e g u l a r i t i e s . A s i m n l e adjustment e n a b l e s the phase and a m p l i t u d e of each s p r i n g t o be v a r i e d : t h e c a r c a n t h u s be used to p e r f o r m F o u r i e r s y n t h e s e s , r e n d e r i n g i t i n v a l u a b l e to m a t h e m a t i c i a n s . A t c e r t a i n s e t t i n g s r esonance o c c u r s , the r e s u l t i n g m o t i o n h a v i n g a l a u g h a b l e resemblance t o a Channe l c r o s s i n g . Paper bags a r e p r o v i d e d f r e e .

B r a k e s . The b r a k i n g system marks a r a d i c a l d e p a r t u r e

from normal p r a c t i c e . Upon d e p r e s s i n g the f o o t -b r a k e , f o u r s t o u t i r o n b a r s , p o i n t e d at one end, descend i n t o the r o a d s u r f a c e a t an a n g l e of h$°. The c a r c a n u s u a l l y be brought t o r e s t w i t h i n one f o o t from any g i v e n speed. A d i s a d v a n t a g e i n the p r o t o t y p e was the tendency o f the c h a u f f e u r to be p r o j e c t e d t h r o u g h the w i n d s c r e e n . The p r o d u c t i o n model, however, i s f i t t e d w i t h F o u r p l e x armour-p l a t e g l a s s , and w i n d s c r e e n breakage i s now n e g l i ­

g i b l e .

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The engine i s the w e l l - t r i e d Super-Zwoom Crooked Eight, with Hyper-Drive, Clueless Clutch, Childsplay Gearchange and the new Pressanprang s e l f s t a r t e r . An o r i g i n a l feature i s the pro­v i s i o n of a strong e l a s t i c band, normally intended for overdrive, but which w i l l run the car alone i n the event of machanical f a i l u r e . Performance.

Top speed i n 1st gear: 50.2 m.p.h. " " 2nd gear: 50.1 m.p.h.

u u it 3 ra gear: 50.0 m.p.h. « " " Hth gear: M-9.9 m.p.h. 11 " 11 reverse: W9.8 m.p.h.

These figures disclose what may be f e l t to be a disadvantage: v i z . the rather close r a t i o of the gear-box. Pr i c e .

£5,000, payable i n U.S. d o l l a r s , Swiss francs Portuguese escudos or any other unobtainable currency.

Prom the foregoing i t w i l l be evident that i n keeping abreast with modern automobile design Zwoom Ltd. have advanced f a r from the o r i g i n a l 1921 Zwoomster:-

The older motorist however w i l l be pleased to note the retention In this l a t e s t model of the t r a d i t i o n a l zwoom eight wheeled concertina-iointed chassis.

.a r a i n y Eov. the F i f t h d i d n o t damp the

s p i r i t s of the s i x thousand s t u d e n t s of U . w h o t o o k p a r t i n the r a g o r g a n i s e d by U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e . The r a g , which took the form of a pr o ­c e s s i o n t h r o u g h the West End, was i n a i d o f funds f o r the Student Sanatorium. The theme was a s u g g e s t i o n t h a t Great B r i t a i n s h o u l d become t h e 49th S t a t e of Am e r i c a , n o t a b l e among the f l o a t s were a " s t e r n - w h e e l e r " w h i c h e m i t t e d such r e a l ­i s t i c smoke t h a t i t h a l f s u f f o c a t e d the "crew"; ft. two w h i c h c a r r i e d J a z z bandstand one d i s p e n s i n g f r e e C o c a - C o l a .

The p r o c e s s i o n , e s c o r t e d by many p o l i c e m e n , made i t s n o i s y way down Regent S t r e e t , i n t o P i c a d i l l y C i r c u s and up S h a f t e s b u r y Avenue. The p o l i c e were q u i t e f r i e n d l y , and a f t e r w a r d s c o u l d be seen i n groups, l a u g h i n g over v a r i o u s i n c i d e n t s w hich o c c u r r e d d u r i n g the p r o c e s s i o n . The presence of the " B l a c k M a r i a " , w h i c h brought up the r e a r of the p r o c e s s i o n , showed t h a t t h e y b e l i e v e d i n t a k i n g no chances. F o r t u n a t e l y , i t was n e v e r used, for no bags of f l o u r , , o r such l i k e , were thrown, and the p o l i c e t u r n e d a b l i n d eye (or was i t a deaf e a r ? ) to the many f i r e w o r k s which were set off..

Meanwhile, about 100 members of I.C., in conjunct­ion with Northampton Engineering College, had attempted to enter U.C. by a devious route, and to set the bon­fire alight, but U.C., with memories of last year, had left a strong fire-fighting force behind, and despite strenOus efforts, the bonfire was substantially intact when the procession returned. Soon the night was made hideous by many college war-cries, and fireworks of a l l descriptions. Point was given to the plea in the last FELIX for an I.C. cry, by the fact that there were several bands of I.C. men roaming the U.C. "Quad", but they had no means of rallying together. However, I did ho«r a "Guilds" Boomalafeka at one stage of tho proceed­ings.

Colleges Identified as taking part in the procession ware i - University College, Queen Mary College, Chelsea Polyteohnio, Royal Free Hopital, Borough Polytechnic, -.-.»., «tc.

MING EVENT TOUCHSTONE

On l s t / 2 n d December a D i s c u s s i o n P a r t y w i l l be h e l d a t the I.C. F i e l d S t a t i o n , S i l w o o d P a r k , on "The Common-

, w e a l t h and Empire - What i s i t ? " -an i n t e r c h a n g e of views between home and overseas members of the C o l l e g e on changing c o n d i t i o n s and a t t i t u d e s w i t h i n the Common-f-^lth & C o l o n i a l Empire. T r a n s p o r t i s p r o v i d e d , l e a ' i n g the C o l l e g e a f t e r l u n c h on S a t u r day and r e t u r n i n g a f t e r t e a Sunday. A charge o f 10/- i s made towards c a t e r i n g c o s t s . A p p l i c a t i o n s f o r p l a c e s s h o u l d be mp.df i m m e d i a t e l y , e i t h e r t o the Union O f f i c e (Mrs. R o b i n s o n ) , or to the R e c t o r ' s O f f i c e ( Miss S p a l d i n g ) .

PHILOSOPHICAL GROUP

To l e a v e I.C. w i t h o u t a p h i l o s o p h y i s to have no anchor i n a w o r l d of s h i f t i n g v a l u e s . Perhaps v.e can h e l p t o s t i m u l a t e y o u r thought and d i s c u s s ­i o n on t h i s v i t a l , though n e g l e c t e d t o p i c ' Our group p r o v i d e s l e c t u r e s and d i s c u s s i o n s i n the d i n n e r hour on ,(ed.nesd y s i n Comm. Room A, and occa.siona.lly on Monday-evenings. On Monday <;jth Nov., Mr. Welsh, from O x f o r d , w i l l speak on Hegel, i n the Botany L e c t u r e Theatre a t 1.15.

DANCES

Nov. 2 4 t h .

Nov. 2 8 t h .

Dec.

Dec.

1 s t ,

8 t h .

E n t e r t a i n m e n t s C o m i t t e e " n i l t i c k e t " Hop. T i c k e t s from the U n i o n O f f i c e Annexe on T h u r s . and F r i .

E n t e r t a i n m e n t s C o m i t t e e "Morphy.Day Hop". A d m i s s i o n f r e e . 8 - 1 1 p.m.

A s s o c i a t i o n F o o t b a l l Club Dance. T i c k e t s 4/6 d o u b l e . R o y a l C o l l e g e o f S c i e n c e Dance. 2/6

S i n g l e , 4/- Double. W i t h the e x c e p t i o n o f the hop on Nov. 2 4 t h . , t i c k e t s i..ay be purchased from the O f f i c e r s o f t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n c o n c e r n e d , and a l s o from t h e B a r .

THE MAGIC CARPET t

The f i r s t o f t'he t h r e e C a r n i v a l s t h i s y e a r i s "The Magic C a r p e t " , p r e s e n t e d by the C i t y and G u i l d s Union on F r i d a y , 1 4th December, the day a f t e r the end o f term. The theme i s the "Roman­t i c M y s t i c i s m o f the E a s t " from Carthage t o Cathay, i n c o r p o r a t i n g the c o l o u r and exci t e m e n t of the A r a b i a n N i g h t s . A g u i n e a t i c k e t e n t i t l e s an o r i e n t a l gentleman t o b r i n g o n l y one member o f h i s harem.

U.L.U. NEWS.

INTERVARSITY DEBATE

In the Assembly 1 1 t o n i g h t s n I n t e r v r s i t y ' Debate K i l l be h e l d to d i s c u s s the motion " t h a t the

f i r t t a l l e g i a n c e o f the a r t i s t i s to h i i a s e l f " . V i s i t o r s from Cambridge, T r i n i t y C o l l e g e D u b l i n , S t . Andrews, C a r d i f f and S h e f f i e l d v. i l l be t h e r e and a l l Members o f I.C. a r e welcome.

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DCongratulations are due to the four athletic clubs

whose teams have sucessfully disposed of their opponents in the first rounds of the U.L. Cups. Besides those mentioned elsewhere on this page the Rugger Club beat HiE.C. .14-0 in a hard, fast game played almost entirely in the N.ii.C. "25". The most pleasing of these suoesses is that of the Soocer Club, who have been suffering from having no experienced goalkeeper. The results of the last few matches indioate that the problem has been solved, for the fi r s t team at least.

The second round draws at present are 1. Dec. Soccer v N.E.C. 5. Dec. Rugger v C.E.M.

Remember these dates and grace the touohline to give your , college the encouragement and support It deserves.

Whatever the weather, the Morphy and Lowry races promise to be close things, with the advantage to the heavier and more robust Mines orews i f there is much wind, provided they do not suffer the fate of the Oxford crew so completely defeated by the w*tarman3hit> of Cambridge.

May we remind College Cteamlt >.3e& and of f i c e r s that r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r giving us notices-of Coming Events, Sports Coming Ev-ents Ti.e. Cup matches), and Results l i e s With them, and that the l a t e s t date for acceptance of these notices for the next"the next issue of FELIX i s Saturday Dec 1st. In the meantime readers are advised to consult the a t h l e t i c s clubs notice boards for results not published on this page.

Y U. L. Hockey Oup 1st Round

Imperial College 5 St. George'a Hospital 0

I.C., by a remarkable recovery i n the l a s t f i f t e e n minutes of toe game, have come success­f u l l y through the f i r s t round of the U.L. Cup, but i t was a recovery, or perhaps I should say an awakening, that might well have been too late against more formidable opponents. That the I.C. goalkeeper was scarcely troubled during the whole game i s an indi c a t i o n of the good work done by the halves and backs, p a r t i c u l a r l y by the halves, and the r e a l weakness f o r the f i r s t three quarters of the game, during which no goals were scored, lay with the forward play. I should have l i k e d to have seen fewer i n d i v i ­dual spurts and less scooping of the h a l l , and more hard h i t t i n g and swinging of the h a l l across the f i e l d , so that one could have seen the forward l i n e more down the f i e l d as a l i n e , and as a fas t l i n e too, f o r the p i t c h was not i n a very bad state.

In the l a s t quarter of the match there were some good passing movements and some very good hard h i t t i n g , and shooting i n the c i r c l e combined with&oue f a s t following up, i n marked oontrast to the f i r s t ' h a l f , when i t was p i t i f u l to see the b a l l bouncing o f f the opposing goal­keeper's pads and the I.C. forwards waiting on the c i r c l e f o r the goal keeper to pass the b a l l to them. I t i s not always necessary to break the goal-keeper's s t i c k , but t h i s occurrence did at least indicate that someone was tacklin g him hard'.

I.C. have a long-standing and high reputa­tion to maintain i n University hockey and i t i s going to be d i f f i c u l t , but the closing stages of t h i s match showd that they can do i t , and we wish them the very best of luck i n future games, both cup matches and otherwise.

A. S.

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F In the golf match between London and Cam­

bridge Univ e r s i t i e s at Sunningdale Golf Club, London University scored 3£ points to Iki by Cambridge. Of the 3y points, Imperial College g o l f e r s , R. H. Hoenan and K. W. Glover scored 1Jr. Heenan scored a victory over Sustaao ' Crawley who i s probably the longest h i t t e r , i n amateur g o l f , while Glover halved his match with J . A. Alexander.

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E UNIVERSITY OF LOUDON ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CUP

I. C. 6 West Ham 2

I.C. won t h e i r f i r s t round cup match com­f o r t a b l y , but the game was not ao one-sided as the score suggests.

The game started at a fa s t pace with I.C. playing the better f o o t b a l l . I.C. went ahead af t e r f i v e minutes' play, Modge f i n i s h i n g o f f a good passing movement by the forwards, and con­tinued to press the West Ham defence, but, f o l ­lowing a break away, West Ham equalised with a fast ground shot. I.C. quickly took the lead again with a goal by Clenshaw and then attacked continuously without being r e a l l y dangerous. West Ham equalised with a high lob and I.C. then had. the misfortune to Itfse t h e i r goalkeeper, who, suff e r i n g from an e a r l i e r i n j u r y , had to go on the l e f t wing. The speed of the game slackened and play was mostly i n mid f i e l d , no further goals being scored by hal f time.

Clenshaw scored I.C.'s t h i r d goal immedi­ately after the K.O., and soon a f t e r obtained his hat-trick with a shot that gave the goal­keeper no chance. 1 .0. then had complete con­t r o l of the game and played very good f o o t b a l l . Clenshaw scored two more goals, making his t o t a l - f i v e .

On t h i s form I.C,, should dp very well i n the cup t h i s season, a l l eleven players 'having a very good game." "But s p e c i a l mention jnust be made of Clenshaw and Ward who, deputi­sing i n goal, made two grand saves.

I.C. meet N.fi,C. on 1st December i n the second round of the cup.

H The form and fortune o f the squash teams

so f a r t h i s season has been 'changeable. The f i r s t jtjeam started the season well with a 5 - 0 d e f e a t o f King's, but followed t h i s with a narrow defeat 2 - 3 by Lensbury and a crushing 0 - 5 defeat by a very strong Wimbledon team. They then v i s i t e d St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, where none of the team seemed to f i n d t h e i r form on the unaccustomed and very f a s t courts, and were inexcusably beaten 2 - 3 . I n t h e i r next match, however, t h e y beat Ashtead away i n an extremely close match, 3 - 2 .

The second team t h i s year have proved keen and promising, and the competition to get into i t i s considerable. They have so f a r won against College of Estete Management 1st and Ib i s 2nd, and l o s t to Lensbury 2nd.

The newly re-formed University club are t h i s year running a 3 - a - s i d s knock out tourna­ment, and i n t h i s our team got through the f i r s t round, against Wye C o l l e g e , on the afternoon a f t e r t he Wimbledon match. U. D. Martin at No. 1 won h i s t i e 10 - 8, 9 - 6 , 9 - 7, but A. R. Warner, p l a y i n g at No. 2 with a septic t o e , l o s t 9 - ?, 3 - 9, 10 - 8 , 7 - 9 , 7 - 9. However, &. M. Hughes, whose f o r m t h i s year has been v a r i a b l e and who was ' a t r o c i o u s l y u n f i t a f t e r a m i l d a t t a c k o f ' f l u . , , surprised the g a l l e r y and h i m s e l f by w i n n i n g 8 - 1 0 , 9 - 5 * 9 - 7, 10 - 9. Our chances of winning t h i s tournament are d i f f i c u l t to a s s e s s because the draw Includes several hospital teams whose strength i s n o t known. However, i f we survive t h e next round against Westminster H o s p i t a l , we arf hoping t h a t the team w i l l be strengthened a f t e r Christmas by the return of J e f f Kenyon, and i f he can quickly get back into practice we should stand a reasonable chance.

E. M. H.

N On.Saturday Cambridge U n i v e r s i t y H beat

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e l e t team 5 - 4 . I.e., were w i t h o u t Lau, who was p l a y i n g f o r the U n i v e r s i t y , and the match was as close as the score i n d i ­c a t e s . The 1 s t and 2nd couples won two mat­ches each, and the 2nd couple l o s t a l l three. The I.C. team hope to reverse the score when they v i s i t Cambridge i n February.

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