T H E N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E UNION

No 143 Friday January 29th. 1960 4d

S T A N D A R D

P R O C E D U R E

On Tuesday 19th February a s e l e c t i o n

of London College Presidents and some

ULU o f f i c i a l s were i n v i t e d to a party i n

F l e e t Street by the E d i t o r of the Evening

Standard. With one or two exceptions

no one knew what the Evening Standard was

planning. The E d i t o r a r r i v e d a f t e r the

party was w e l l under way, and announced

that the Standard was going t o p u b l i s h a

weekly supplement concerning U n i v e r s i t y

a f f a i r s . He considered that such a

great U n i v e r s i t y should have i t s a f f a i r s

reported i n a National newspaper.

Those present, under the b e l i e f that

the a r t i c l e would be read by the whole of

London, were en t h u s i a s t i c , and thought i t

an excellent idea. What seemed t o be a

minor d i f f i c u l t y then arose; the day of

p u b l i c a t i o n was t o be Thursday. This

i s the day that P i , Beaver and Kings

News i s published and the Standard

agreed t o meet the Presidents of ULU,

IC, Kings, LSE, and UC t o straighten out

such d i f f u l t i e s the f o l l o w i n g morning.

These f i v e Presidents decided t o have a

quick meeting at Kings that evening t o

discuss what t h e i r a t t i t u d e should be.

At t h i s meeting i t became c l e a r that the

Standard had planned these a r t i c l e s

without reference t o the President of ULU

or any other o f f i c i a l i n the f i r s t

instance, but had discussed i t with Mr.

J.Spellman, ULU President of Debates, who

had neglected to t e l l the ULU Executive.

They had however found out that something,

was afoot. Secondly the President of IC

had found ou"t that contrary t o everyone's

b e l i e f the e d i t i o n would not be on s a l e

a l l over London, but only t o students,

the Standard's idea being to s e l l i t i f

possible i n s i d e the various Unions.

Such a p u b l i c a t i o n c l e a r l y threatened the

existence of Sennet. I t was decided t o

f i n d out from the Standard the f o l l o w i n g

morning:- i)What power d i d Spellman s t i l l

have. ii)Was i t only a l i m i t e d e d i t i o n t o

students. i i i ) D i d they r e a l i s e that they

oould only s e l l i n the Unions with the

permission of the various Union

a u t h o r i t i e s .

A f t e r t h i s meeting they s a i d that

they reserved the r i g h t t o get informat­

ion from anyone they wanted, that they

would help us and we oould help them, but

that they would p r i n t exactly what they

saw f i t - and what they p r i n t e d was none

of our business. The e d i t i o n was to be

a l i m i t e d one, five-thousand copies on

the f i r s t day with the hope that i t

would be increased i n future. They

hoped to s e l l i t i n the Colleges, with

our permission of course, by means of

student vendors whom they would pay.

Eventually they would t r y and s e l l i t

to the p u b l i c when and i f the p u b l i c

showed any desire to buy i t . The

Presidents present agreed to go back

t o the Standard on Monday 25th January

having consulted t h e i r executives and

having seen the f i r s t issue of the

paper.

The IC Executive have decided, i n

view of the f a c t that i t i s c l e a r the

paper w i l l be only s o l d to students,

that i t has no value t o the U n i v e r s i t y .

Consequently i t has decided to refuse

t o l e t i t be s o l d i n the Union, i f i t i s

s o l d outside the Union IC w i l l not

provide s e l l e r s , and f i n a l l y no o f f i c i a l

information concerning IC a f f a i r s w i l l

be given to the Standard. These d e c i s ­

ions were made t e n t a t i v e l y t o allow

room to f i t i n t o any scheme that ULU and

the other Colleges had i n mind.

The President spoke t o other London

Presidents i n f o r m a l l y on Saturday 2 3 r d January, and i t appears that other

Colleges share the IC viewpoint. The

ULU Executive f e e l i n the same way, and

intend now to f i n d out i f the Standard

w i l l come to an agreement about what

should be published and how and when.

Also they intend to f i n d out from

other newspapers i f they would object

t o a s u i t a b l e agreement between the

Standard and the U n i v e r s i t y , f o r

c l e a r l y i f they would such an arrangem­

ent cannot occur. I t i s c l e a r then at

the time of w r i t i n g (Sunday 24th Jan)

that the Colleges and ULU intend to put

forward a s o l i d f r o n t , and t o show that

i t i s the students who count i n London

U n i v e r s i t y and not what a National news­

paper cares to say or write about them.

In a l l i t lool.s as i f the Standard has

b i t t e n o f f more than i t can chew. A

o l i c h e worthy of j t s own w r i t e r s .

A N O T H E R

B L O O D Y A P P E A L

Very soon a campaign w i l l

be s t a r t e d to enrol Blood Donors

f o r a v i s i t to I.C. of the National

Blood Transfusion Service.

The H.B.T.S. i s a State financed

organisation r e l y i n g s o l e l y on the

voluntary support of members of the

society i t b e n e f i t s . The State can

extort almost anything from the p r i ­

vate c i t i z e n , but not yet his blood.

This does not mean that a supply of

blood i s unimportant. Over 800,000

bxood donationswere made i n the l a s t year

and more are needed t h i s - surgery becomes

more u n i v e r s a l l y e f f e c t i v e , road accidents

m u l t i p l y , new uses are found f o r blood

transfusion every day - the demand f o r

blood r i s e s a l l the time.

This i s one good cause that nobody

can dispute and i n which a small e f f o r t

on your part may mean perhaps another

l i f e saved. The f a c t that i t i s a v o l ­

untary service leaves the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

f o r i t s success e n t i r e l y i n your hands.

I t w i l l be i n t e r e s t i n g to see how many

people at I.C. are prepared to do some, thing f o r no material reward.

GIVA PINTA BLOODA QUAETA

O N Y O U R M A R K S

FELIX

P R O F I L E

Mr. BREGAZZI. B.So. A.R.C.S.

GENTLEMAN OP THE TOWN OP MIDDLESBROUGH.

I t has often seemed strange t o us,

that persons possessing the most m u l t i ­

f a r i o u s talents , should be noted f o r one

of these t a l e n t s only. And, Indeed i n

the oase of the gentleman we are today,

as the modern fashion i n E n g l i s h has i t ,

" p r o f i l i n g " , there i s no v i o l a t i o n of

t h i s general r u l e . Having come from the

murky depths of the i n d u s t r i a l North, he

at once gained a c e r t a i n fame as a player

of that i n c r e d i b l y d i f f i o u l t and dangerous

game, to w i t , water polo. His prowess a t

t h i s sport was suoh that he was elected

to the oaptainoy of the Imperial College

Swimming Club. Meanwhile, however, he had

also been active i n the f i e l d of Rugby

Union F o o t b a l l , that game at which only

the strongest survive, and has now r i s e n

to eminence i n this a t h l e t i c exercise.

I n f a s t he i s at the present time, t o *

Captain of the Imperial College Rugby

Union Club, a p o s i t i o n of much responsi­

b i l i t y , and from t h i s exalted spot, he

controls the fortune and d e s t i n i e s of

t h i s 3iost e x c e l l e n t of the a t h l e t i o clubs 1

of our establishment.

Having been questioned about his

vein on l i f e i n general, he was strangely

r e t i c e n t , which i s most s u r p r i s i n g i n view

of his extroverted and, i t might even be

sai d , ferocious play on the f i e l d . He

also refused to prognosticate on the

f i n a l outcome of the Gutteridge Cup

Competition, but one f e e l s t h i s i s due

to n a t u r a l modesty as he possesses a team

of a l j . t alents. His wonted a b i l i t y to

kick the spheroid long distances as was

notioeable i n that f i n e match against our

poorer neighbours, King's College, has

recen t l y , so we have been informed, des­

erted him of l a t e . But p r a c t i c e , as

the o l d aphorism has i t , makes perfect,

and practice he c e r t a i n l y has. We would

commend to you, then, t h i s estimable

person as worthy of notic e and respeot

not merely as an a t h l e t i c personage

but a l s o as a research worker of consid­

erable acumen and v e r s a t i l i t y .

C L E M E N T I N E H

Clementine I I a r r i v e d q u i e t l y at

i t s new home at 1.0 a.m. on a fr e e z i n g January night. This was not to avoid

l o s i n g the mascot on the f i r s t night but

the r e s u l t of a 150 mile tow by a l o r r y

only eight years younger than our vintage

machine.

The story began i n almost "Cops and

Robbers" fashion. While the d r i v e r and

navigator (Dick Howard and Ian Callow)

were discussing the influence of using

d r i e d blood as manure on the f l a v o u r of

grapes with the head gardener at Shering-

ham H a l l , Clementine I I was seen d i s -

C A L U S T O R R B E

John Braine achieved suoh extreme

success w i t h h i s opening best s e l l i n g

novel that his name beoame i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y

known. With t h i s fame came the problem

of a l l successful new w r i t e r s ; how to pro­

duce a f u r t h e r book without seemingly r e ­

peating the f i r s t .

Ae f a r as I can see, t h i s problem

only ocours to the successful. The l e s s e r

known w r i t e r can repeat and develop h i s

ideas, b r i n g i n g them forward from e a r l i e r

books with l i t t l e notice taken of the

r e p e t i t i o n ; whereas a best s e l l i n g w r i t e r

cannot a f f o r d to repeat anything i f he

wants t o keep h i s high reputation.

The Author only p a r t i a l l y succeeds i n t h i s , i n h i s l a t e s t novel THE VODI (prioe 1 6 / - ) .

The main, characters are indeed exact

opposites i n h i s two books, the f i r s t

being i n love with success while the sec­

ond dotes on f a i l u r e . But the secondary

characters seem t o be much the same i n both novels, each being set i n a small

Northern town on the moors. However, even

i f t h i s c r i t i c i s m i s not t o t a l l y v a l i d , as

obviously a w r i t e r can only w r i t e w i t h i n

his own experience, which i n t h i 3 case i s

a North Country Society, one expects rather

more v a r i a t i o n of theme than i s provided

here.

The book opens w i t h the hero, Diok

Corvey, i n h o s p i t a l s u f f e r i n g from con­

sumption. We are t o l d that he is slowly

dying because he has no w i l l to l i v e .

Then, by means of "flashbacks" i n Diok

Corvey's mind, John Braine t e l l s of the

unfortunate l i f e of his hero.

I t begins normally with neither

success nor f a i l u r e entering i t . Diok

and h i s best f r i e n d play a game while

they walk to school each day. I t i s a

atrange c h i l d i s h fantasy of "the Vodi",

an old obscene woman r u l i n g a group of

l i t t l e men. The Vodi represents a i l that

i s v i c i o u s and e v i l oppressing good in

any form.

Dick grows up and the Vodi fades

from memory. He achieves r e l a t i v e success.

His father's shop prospers, he has a secure

family, money and a g i r l he i s going to

marry.

His s e c u r i t y i s broken when h i s

dies , and he contracts consumption. F i n ­

a l l y h i s g i r l - f r i e n d gives him up. I t i s

then that h i s mind returns t o thoughts of

the Vodi. He becomes obsessed with the

idea. Wouldn't i t be wonderful to be a

magnificent f a i l u r e , not j u s t to fade i n t o

obscurity, but t o f a i l absolutely.

At t h i s point, when oomplete f a i l u r e

i s imminent he gets a strong desire f o r

one of h i s nurses. This desire brings

back h i s w i l l t o l i v e and he decides t o

f i g h t h i s i l l n e s s .

The book closes on him lea v i n g the

h o s p i t a l and going out i n t o the world again

to f i g h t f o r the love of the nurse.

This book, i f compared w i t h the pre­

vious novel, i s c e r t a i n l y not s t r i k i n g .

I f , however, i t i s revised on i t s

own merits i t i s a good study of small

town l i f e . Dick Corvey's character i s

w e l l established though most of the others

remain somewhat weak.

On the whole, i t i s above the usual

»run of novels, but don't expect i t to

rjsaoh the heights of "Room at the Top."

appearing at great pace over the brow of

a neighbouring h i l l . The mascot gone

without us! The owner of t h i s S t a t e l y Home ordered h i s mechanic to rev up the

Phantom $ R o l l s Royce and w i t h the s k i l l

of an experienced racing d r i v e r the chase

was on. Had they gone v i a Norwich or

Fakenham. Just outside Holt we spotted

the curious t r a i n , a 1934 Ford l o r r y

towing a 1926 Morris Commercial l o r r y

(Clementine I I ) ju s t taking a wrong

turn. Half a minute l a t e r and we should,

have missed them.

iVe had been able to run Clem. I I on

only 3 c y l i n d e r s and to save damaging the

engine f u r t h e r i t was decided to have i t towed back to London. We had waited

2 days f o r our helping hand to a r r i v e

and when he d i d turn up we were not on

the spot. Anxious to get back to London

he coupled up the two l o r r i e s and set

s t r a i g h t o f f without us.

The journey was uneventful except

that we got l o s t around the rocket s i t e s

of East Anglia, the leading vehicle only

had side l i g h t s f o r half the .journey and

no braking l i g h t s or u r a f f i c s i g n a l s at

a l l and one sporting woman d r i v e r t r i e d

to pass Between us at some t r a f f i c l i g h t s

and was brought to an abrupt h a l t by the

tow rope. We were so frozen i n the cab,

no aide windows, that we wore every

a v a i l a b l e scrap of clothing. On stopping

at a cafe i n Newmarket the woman immediately

looked the t i l l and c a l l e d f o r her husband.

The rest of the journey was continued

i n dense fog but we were helped by a con­

voy of monstrous carrot l o r r i e s who trap­

ped U3 i n t h e i r midst and guided us to

London, In answer to many queries the

portable harmonium on the platform was

not used.

We hope that a f t e r a complete over­

haul and repaint Clementine I I w i l l be

on the road by March. According to the

H i s t o r i c a l Vehicles Club there i s only

one other such vehicle i n existence and

that i s not roadworthy. This 14.9 H.P. Morris Commercial was found i n a Breakers

l a r d i n 1954 and r e b u i l t and restored to

i t s o r i g i n a l condition. I t appeared i n

the f i r s t commercial v e h i c l e R a l l y at

Beaulieu i n 1957.

We hope to take the mascot on i t s

f i r s t o f f i c i a l t r i p to Camborne f o r the

B o t t l e Match.

R.A.H.

U P W I T H B A N N I S T E R ' S

SBWPVHSWA i ll a AS Vr* A. i till usif

S E D A N S A G A

On Friday January the 22nd, as a l l

readers of the News Chronicle know, a

race between a sedan c h a i r and a sports

oar took place i n the C i t y . The race

was organised by L i l l i p u t and the occup­

ant of the sedan chair was K i s s June

Thorburn. The eight bearers were a l l

lawyers from IC (whatever they may be)

and ran (or staggered) i n relays of two.

L i l l i p u t i n the best t r a d i t i o n s of

English sport divided up the route by

pubs i n t o f i v e stages.

A f t e r a number of photographs had

been taken, the race was s t a r t e d by the

f i r s t p a i r , Alan Goodliffe and Jim

Carter, who were i n eighteenth century

dress. They c a r r i e d K i s s Thorburn as

f a r as "Ye Olde London" (loungers) where

Gerry Ridgeley and Tony G i f f o r d took over.

The f i r s t two were then rushed by car t o

the "Cheshire Cheese" (Free House) f o r

the l a s t p i c k up. Meanwhile, the sports

oar (Lotus) had disappeared i n the d i s t ­

ance. At the next change "The King Lud"

(Whitbread) Peter Kassler and John

Dewey took over. They handed on t o Tim

Dhonau and Brian Young, who dropped the

chair once (and Miss Thorburn) who

a r r i v e d at the "Cheshire Cheese" to f i n d

an exhausted next p a i r , Alan Goodliffe

and Jim Carter, awaiting them.

A f t e r a short r e s t , these two reach­

ed Dr Johnson's house i n Gough Square

10 seconds before the sports oar. An

a l t e r c a t i o n between one photographer

and the bearers developed, when, f o r

the purposes of obtaining a b e t t e r

photograph, the bearers were requested

to run the l a s t twenty yards again. A

reception was then held i n Hulton House

whioh surpassed anything seen there f o r

some time. The bearers departed i n a

drunken state and, so f a r as i s known got

back i n safety.

Two comments to end with. Both By-Miss Thorburn. The f i r s t was, "I'm not

volunteering f o r t h i s sort of thing very

often", and the second, "Nobody w i l l

b e lieve me when I t e l l them where I got

these bruises." Never mind, Miss

Thorburn, we w i l l .

FELIX

S T A N D A R D S T A T I S T I C S

A mighty fanfare on the pub­

l i c i t y trumpets of F l e e t Street

heralded the appearance of the

Evening Standard, U n i v e r s i t y of London

E d i t i o n . Four out of the paper's t o t a l

of twenty pages were devoted to the

Un i v e r s i t y , and an analysis of the actual

contents i s i l l u m i n a t i n g .

On each page of the paper there are

90 column inches, so that the t o t a l

devoted t o the U n i v e r s i t y was 36O column inches. Of these 74«3 column inches were devoted t o U n i v e r s i t y news, 128.6

Column inches to photographs of students,

an a r t i c l e on Professor Masaey, head of

UC physics department, 4J6.A, oolumn inches

and adverts 68 column inches. The r e s t

of the four pages were taken up by

headings and gaps. These f i g u r e s , exp­

ressed as percentages of the whole paper

were:-

1) Student news and photographs,

12.72 %

2) A r t i o l e on Professor Massey,

2.58 %

3) Total aclvertisments ( o f the whole

paper) 869.2 oolumn inches, or

48.29 %

The a r t i c l e s "In London Last Night"

and the Society column t o t a l l e d 103 column inches, of which 22 column inches

were devoted to a s i n g u l a r l y weak cartoon.

Expressed as a percentage, 5.85 % i I

quote these figures without comment.

standard. The back page consisted of

photographs of students and t h e i r views

on r e l i g i o u s education i n schools; and

that was that.

I f the Evening Standard wishes t o

s e l l t h i s e d i t i o n r e g u l a r l y , as i s t h e i r

i n t e n t i o n , I b e l i e v e , then they might do

w e l l to remember that monosyllabic

p l a t i t u d e s and t e p i d comment w i l l not

endear them t o students, who, on the

whole prefer l i v e l y discussion and v i g o r ­

ous c r i t i c i s m .

One f i n a l comment, Sennet's usual

habit of leaving IC out i n the cold has

spread to Fleet Street. The t o t a l men­

t i o n of Iff, i n c l u d i n g B a s i l James on the

sports page ran t o 3.1 column inches

( i . e . 1.53 % of the t o t a l ULU newe). IC

I would remind you, eaters f o r about 10 % of the ULU population.

Since t h i s a r t i o l e was w r i t t e n , the

f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r has been drafted t o the

Evening Standard:-

S i r ,

We would l i k e to express our disgust

at the way you are using our U n i v e r s i t y

as a peg on which to hang your l a t e s t

s ales-drive.

Surely you could have given us a

re v e a l i n g view of the p r i v a t e l i f e of

some "pe r s o n a l i t y " , or s e r i a l i s e d yet

another b e s t - s e l l e r , or employed any of

the other tawdry routines used by second

rate newspapers to s e l l more; anything

rather than re s o r t t o the sickening

p r a c t i c e of i n v o l v i n g the l a r g e s t c o l l e g ­

i a t e U n i v e r s i t y i n the world i n oheap

commercialism.

Now l e t us consider the a r t i c l e s i n

d e t a i l , I mean of course, those connected

with the U n i v e r s i t y , f o r the other 16 pages were t y p i c a l of evening newspapers,

and not worth reading. On the front

page was a rambling review of ULU, whioh

reminded me of Shakespeare's ' ' t i s a t a l e

t o l d by an i d i o t , f u l l of sound and fury,

s i g n i f y i n g nothing'. The middle pages

oontained the a r t i c l e about Prof. Massey

which was bearable, an a r t i c l e about

sport, which wasn't, and some j o t t i n g s

whioh were of the F e l i x C o n f i d e n t i a l

We suppose i t i s having the desired

e f f e c t since many of us have bought

copies from the men s p e c i a l l y posted out­

side the Union 30 that we could "see our­

selves i n the papers".

We appreciate your desire t o s e l l

your newspaper, but l a y o f f London

U n i v e r s i t y l

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

A. J.Ablewhite

C.J.Blowes.

W H A T D O Y O U T H I N K

L i f e at College, away from the Lec­

ture theatre, i s e s s e n t i a l l y s o c i a l .

Which type of education best prepares the

student f o r t h i s ? Is i t the Grammar

School or P u b l i c School?

There are more students i n the

Un i v e r s i t y from Grammar Schools than

Pablio Schools. You may, therefore, be

i n c l i n e d to think that i f the s o c i a l

pattern i s set by the majority, the

majority i s best suited to the s o c i a l

l i f e . You may be r i g h t , but ju s t

b r i e f l y l e t us examine the two forms

of education and t h e i r e f f e c t s upon a

man's outlook and character.

The e s s e n t i a l difference i s that a

Pu b l i c School i s generally a boarding

school, a Grammar School i s a day school.

So the Grammar School boy spends

part of each day with h i s parents and

family. He KJIOWS tnat a f t e r school

he can go back to the s e c u r i t y of his

home. This cannot help him to develop

self-confidence. On the other hand,

he mixes with a broad cross-section of

society both i n and out of school. He

meets older and more mature people than

himself. At the same time, however, he

becomes acutely conscious of cl a s s d i s ­

t i n c t i o n s .

The f a c t that the l u b l i c School boy

i s away from home induoes him to provide

his own s e c u r i t y by becoming independent.

He has no one to provide sympathy and he

learns to look a f t e r himself. So he

gains a great deal of self-confidence.

He mixes mainly with h i s own type, and

so he i s l e s s aware of clas3 d i s t i n c t i o n .

These a t t r i b u t e s together enable him, on

contact w i t h the world outside his c l o i s ­

tered existence to t a l k with a l l types of

people without embarrassment.

Which type of man moulds most e a s i l y

to U n i v e r s i t y l i f e ?

Is i t the Grammar School boy, who

has mixed widely has a broad outlook,

but who i s not s e l f confident? Or i s i t

the P u b l i c School boy, w i t h his independ­

ence, s e l f confidence and p o l i s h , but

who has not mixed so much?.

I b e l i e v e the self-oonfidenoe of the

l a t t e r overcomes h i s inexperience of

mixing and f i t s him best f o r the arduous

s o c i a l l i f e at College.

I wonder what I.C.W.A. thinks about

th i s ? They should be i m p a r t i a l judges.

G O M A N G O

F E L I X

F E L I X

EDITOR M.F.BARRON.

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The University newspaper world,

to say nothing of the U n i v e r s i t y i t s e l f ,

was shocked l a s t week when one of the

London evening papers published a r i v a l

to Sennet. The idea of such a scheme

passed through i t s embryonic stages t o ­

wards the l a t t e r h a l f of l a s t year; and

without any P r e s i d e n t i a l sanction, the

would-be University contacts aided the

London paper i n i t s project.

P r i o r to p u b l i c a t i o n , many thoughts

were expressed on t h i s subject, and the

general concensus of opinion was that

Sennet would not be able t o compete

wit h such a powerful, and v i r t u a l l y

i d e n t i c a l format, newspaper.

What to do? This was the b i g

problem. Boycott, surely the most

over-worked word i n the English

d i c t i o n a r y , came quickly to mind; but

how? The mental p i c t u r e of a l i n e of

p i c k e t s , around the news-vendor, borders

on the r i d i c u l o u s ; we could decide not

to oblige the E d i t o r with IC news, but

t h i s would not deter, l e t alone prove a

stumbling-block to such a large combine,

as u n o f f i c i a l news i s so easy t o obtain.

Reactions around IC have been v a r i e d ,

but on the whole negative. Despite the

fact that we are c o n t i n u a l l y snubbed by

Sennet i t i s the U n i v e r s i t y ' s only news­

paper, and as such should be supported i n

preference to, what can only be described

as nothing more than a poor taste p u b l i c ­

i t y stunt, hatched i n order to boost

sales among the i n t e l l i g e n s i a of the

U n i v e r s i t y C i t y .

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R I C C I W R O N G

S i r ,

I t i s generally considered to be bad

form f o r any member of a t h e a t r i c a l company

to take issue with a c r i t i c on the subject

of notices, but since I personally was not

concerned i n the Dramatic Society's pres­

entation of "Without The Prince" perhaps

I may be permitted to comment upon your

notice of that production.

Your c r i t i c ' s views on the meaning

of Drama are h i s own a f f a i r , but I would

venture to s u r e s t th.-t, holding such

views, he would be w e l l advised t o r e f r a i n

from dramatic c r i t i o i s m . The f i e l d of

drama i s an exceedingly wide one, ranging

from tragedy t o low comedy. Your c r i t i o ' s

tastes may i n c l i n e towards High Drama,

but the Dramatic Society, f o r i t s part,

considers that a balanced r e p e r t o i r e i s

of more value, and of more i n t e r e s t to

i t s a c t i v e members, than a r e p e r t o i r e

c o n s i s t i n g s o l e l y of plays of s o c i a l

s i g n i f i c a n c e . .

Your c r i t i c at l e a s t i s quick to

l e a m , f o r a l l but one of the people

whom he singles out as g i v i n g perform­

ances "of the nature that one has l e a r n t

to expect" were freshers, appearing

for the f i r s t time at I.C.

As a " l i g h t i n g expert" of some

experience I was p a r t i c u l a r l y sur­

p r i s e d by the concluding sentence.

The l i g h t i n g of t h i s production was by

no means simple; i f i t appeared simple

to your c r i t i o , then the l i g h t i n g

designer had indeed done h i s work w e l l .

But i f your c r i t i c expects a kaleidoscopic

display i n a s e t t i n g such as t h i s , we s h a l l

continue to disappoint him. I suggest

that he turns h i s a t t e n t i o n to Opera, where

highly mobile l i g h t i n g can be employed with

considerable b e n e f i t to the production.

This i s not often the case i n drama.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

A.D.C. Shipley.

R I C C I - R I G H T

Mr. Shipley (of the above l e t t e r )

would appear to be somewhat confused by

the s u b t l e , nay obvious differences

between drama and play acting . Quite

c o r r e c t l y he points out that drama can

range from tragedy to low comedy, from

'King Lear' t o 'Bartholomew F a i r ' .

With t h i s I should not argue, but from

t h i s obvious truism, he then takes the

strangely i l l o g i c a l step of saying,

therefore, a l l that i s performed on the

stage i s drama. Perhaps Mr, Shipley

does not f e e l that drama i s an a r t form,

perhaps he does not think that i t s purp­

ose i s not b a s i c a l l y t o t e l l a story but

t o investigate a s i t u a t i o n , maybe he

does not consider that i t i s necessary

f o r a state of c o n f l i c t t o e x i s t between

the actors, and that what I c a l l drama

(he c a l l s high drama) i s rather starchy

and l o n g - h a i r i s h . I f t h i s i s so,than

n a t u r a l l y 'Without the Prince' i s drama.

To me i t can never be.

From t h i s , he goes on to suggest

that because I do not hol d h i s views,

I should be f o r ever s i l e n t . From a

presumably t h i n k i n g person, t h i s

suggestion i s so ludicrous and banal

that I don't consider i t worthy of com­

ment.

B l i n d l y gathering speed, he goes

on to t e l l me that I could not have

'expected' any i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , as most

of the performers were freshers. Had

he read a l i t t l e more c a r e f u l l y , he

would have appreciated that I implied

that we received the i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s

that a l l previous actors and actresses

have used when performing these r o l e s .

Thus str e s s i n g that there seens to be

l i t t l e i n t e r e s t from the actor3 point

of view.

As Mr. Shipley i s , as he says a

' l i g h t i n g expert', i t i s not possible

f o r me t o argue with him on t h i s point

and I should l i k e to condidionally

withdraw the statement. I t was

merely my contention that a more i n t e r -

r e s t i n g play might have, given wider

scope f o r these people.

R i c c i

B E N S P E A K S

Dear S i r ,

That f o u l b i l i o u s attack on my

a r t i c l e ' How to play Chesse ' was grossly

inadequate and what's more quite untrue.

How can anybody c r i t i c i s e that most sacred

of a l l games?

I t goes without saying that the back­

bone of t h i s or any other nation are the

chest, players. Indeed, suoh i s the disgust

at that l e t t e r p r i n t e d i n your l a s t issue

that r e p r i s a l s have a l l r e a d y begun. Some

chess players have even sent delegates to

London to lobby t h e i r M.P. to propose a

motion i n the House of Commons that "The

sacred game of chess should be i n v i o l e t "

I o a l l on the ohess players of the

country to unite and again march against

d i c t a t o r s h i p , as they d i d once before

when there was a shortage of wood.

Once again the peoples of the world w i l l

be able to move about f r e e l y without f e a r

of being checked, f o r was i t not Shakespeare

who said ' A l l the world i s a chess board

and a l l the people pawns'?

I demand you to resign S i r , and stop

t h i s perpetual checking, f o r i f you do not ?

t h i s paper w i l l become a l i t t l e s t a l e , mate.

F i n a l l y , I would l i k e to say that no

member of the chess club belongs to any

group or sub-group, i n f a o t I sometimes

wonder whether they are a l i v e at a l l .

Yours Resignedly,

J.Hindley.

President of chess olub.

T H A N K Y O U

Dear Sir,

I would l i k e to congratulate

the person or persons who i n s t i g a t e d the

rearrangement of the f u r n i t u r e i n the

ground f l o o r lounge.It i s a pleasant

change t o get from one aide of the lounge

to the other without d i s t u r b i n g the news­

paper readers,and I f i n d i t equally pleas­

ant not to be disturbed when I am reading

a newspaper. But why,I wonder,did no-one

think of i t before?

Yours Sincerely, .

Henry Mann.

Dear Mr. Barron,

Thank you f o r the Hostel

E d i t i o n of ' F e l i x ' . When i s the College

E d i t i o n coming out?

Yours s i n c e r e l y ,

D.Goodman.

S.Lenssen.

R.Peart.

P.Smith.

P.J.Swash.

M I N E S , I T H I N K

B O Y C O T T

R D I C U L O U S

Sir,

I would l i k e to b r i n g to the notice

of the more aware members of the Union

the f a c t that the notice, containing

over 75 signature*, concerning a pro -posed South A f r i c a n Society has been un -

o f f i c i a l l y removed from the notice board.

My f e e l i n g s about t h i s , dare I say

t h e f t , are mixed. Visions of South A f r i ­

can Wine Tasting evenings and perhaps the

odd J a f f a Orange Sucking evenings seem to

be fading w i t h the removal of t h i s notice.

I t does, however, s t i r me into t h i n k i n g

that perhaps a supporter of the South

A f r i c a n Boycott has ra i s e d himself from

h i s apathetic p o s t e r i o r and performed a

p r a c t i c a l deed i n the honour of his oause.

I f more such supporters were to f o l l o w

t h i s S t i r l i n g example and do something

constructive they would r e a l i s e the r i d i ­

culousness of t h i s boycott.

C r i t i c i s m of Apartheid seems to me

to be u n j u s t i f i a b l e without bette r sugg -

estions f o r a s o l u t i o n of t h i s problem.

Too many people are w i l l i n g to h u r l abuse

and c r i t i c i s e things i n s i d e and outside

the Union without l i f t i n g a f i n g e r to

improve something that apparently needs

improvement.

Is t h i s Union to sink i n t o the curr­

ent trend of becoming s i c k , siok, s i c k .

Yours etc., etc.

Paul L.Buet.

W A N T E D

O N E M A N - O N E W O M A N

To complete a sixsome t r i p by

el d e r l y but r e l i a b l e R o l l s to A u s t r i a

f o r s k i i n g , f i r s t two weeks i n

February, or l a t e r . Transport free.

F i r s t - t i m e r s or not r i n g : -

S P E 2 0 9 4

R A C E A G A I N S T T I M E

You're wrong again f o l k s , our

President i s not running away from i t a l l .

In f a c t there i s a very good reason f o r

hi s d i s p l a y of a t h l e t i c prowess.

As a r e s u l t of a bet, he stood t o win

a goodly sum of money f o r World Refugee

Year i f he could run round the Island

S i t e w i t h i n s i x minutes. Our series

of a c t i o n photographs represent h i s epic

s p r i n t . During a practioe run Les A l i e n

had clocked 6 minutes 15 seconds, so when he set o f f on the actual run excitement

was r t.gh. Sad to r e l a t e our benevolent-

av' ^.resident clocked 6 minutes 40

seconds and had to contribute 2/6d t o

those with whom he had taken the bet.

What the b e n e f i c i a r i e s did with t h e i r

winnings i s not recorded.

The world of jazs as a whole, and

esp e c i a l l y that part which i s t o be

found i n Imperial College, reoeived a

great honour when i t was revealed i n the

l a s t e d i t i o n of F e l i x that Richard

Rushton had been awarded the Eugene

Q u i l l s Award (1960) for piano pl a y i n g .

This great triumph has sparked o f f

considerable i n t e r e s t i n t h i s young music­

ia n and I intend t o use t h i s week's

column i n committing some thoughts about

Richard Rushton, and the group he leads,

t o paper.

John Richard Rushton was born i n

Wimsbey and l i k e a l l good Northern lads

h i s f i r s t musical experience was with the

l o c a l brass band. 0 Daddy, Rush blew

euphonium i n t h i s koo-ool o u t f i t , but i n

s p i t e of t h i s the band h i t the tqps.

This v e r s a t i l e musician s t i l l l i k e s t o

r e c a l l these memories and i s always w i l l ­

i n g to pick up an o l d battered tuba and

blow the blues. And when t h i s happens

- Man, look outi l i k e i t ' s B i r t h of

Cool.

I t i s s a i d that Rush was bom i n s i d e

a piano, but there i s some doubt as to

the accuracy of t h i s f a c t , and even

Leonard Feather i n h i s Encyclopaedia

of Jazz i s non-commital However,

Man, Richard Rushton was digging the o l d

Masters at an ea r l y age, and very soon he

was blowing a swinging box. This boy

notched grade 42 i n h i s Eugene Q u i l l s

Academy examinations, when Bop struck;

l i k e - Powl He heard Charles Parker and

Bud Powell blowing up a storm on The

Yolce one night and that was i t . L i k e

I s a i d Man - l i k e , Pow{

And so i t was l i k e Rush was at the

base of Bop ladder, and a f t e r several

years he has reached the top.

But don't think that t h i s cat's work

i s l i m i t e d to the confines of Bop.

Amongst h i s early i d o l s were Jimmy Yancey,

Meade Lux Lewis, Count Basie and C r i p p l e

Clarence Lofton. And so Daddy, i n t o

those ten d i g i t s of JRR i s squeezed a

complete h i s t o r y of j a z z , and out oomes

the s t y l e so personal and so f u l l of so u l .

Richard Rushton uses h i s technique i n the

manner of the l a t e Art Tatum. In the

hands of a l e s s e r man i t would be expres­

sed as meaningless exhibitionism, but

here i t i s used t o explore the f u l l

p o t e n t i a l i t i e s of the piano, and t o t r a n s ­

l a t e an endless flow of ideas i n t o l o g i o -

a l improvisation.

Man, l i k e I d i g the blues E s p e c i a l l y when i t ' s c ool.

(Anon)

The combo which Richard Rushton

leads i s completed by John Farnsworth

(bass) and Gordon P r i t c h a r d (drums).

John was bom i n Hemsworth and during h i s

e a r l y days he blew a hot c l a s s i c a l box.

He reached the ultimate i n t h i s sphere

and then turned t o s t r i n g s ; he played

g u i t a r i n a Rock o u t f i t and blew a s o l i d

bass i n a S k i f f l e combo. He also bowed

' c e l l o f o r a while at t h i s time. L i k e ,

you might say that t h i s boy's v e r s a t i l e .

Just to prove t h i s John now breathes

plenty plenty soul i n t o a trombone. But

i t ' s that b i g f i d d l e Daddy-O. That mel­

odic walking l i n e that swings l i k e fury,

those bowed ensemble passages i n ballads,

those uppish solos executed with perfect

ease, those ideas that oould have come

from Oscar. Daddy, t h i s boy sets me on

f i r e . Like he swings , «hj*

Gordon P r i t c h a r d i s yet another

Northerner. Now t h i s boy's r e a l l y blue

-hot. His f i r s t tubs were made from

b i s c u i t t i n s and banjo vellums. On

these he pra c t i c e d blowing s k i n s ; here

was a man dedicated to h i s work. And

now such i s h i s standard that he can

oomplete t h i s e x c i t i n g t r i o . Dig that

stick-work man - every piano idea

competently answered with strokes o.

great nuance. Was that a mammy •daddy

boy? How skins and bass d r i v e together.

When t h i s man blows brushes-then Man,

i t ' s l i k e t h i s combo has wheels.

Man, l i k e play me a

Ana make i t swing.

paxadiddle

(Anon)

And so we have three great musicians

each understanding the other's musical

temperament p e r f e c t l y , p l a y in g together

as one e n t i t y , a l l dedicated t o t h e i r

a r t . Undoubtedly t h i s i s the greatest

o u t f i t 'Of t h i s type i n the Western Hemis­

phere.

Rimshot.

with apologies t o

John Staccato.

M I N E S R E J E C T B O Y C O T T

At a Union Meeting on Thursday

Deoember 101 J -,-^nded by about 135 people,

Mines Union crushingly r e j e c t e d I.C.Union's

decision to impose a boycott on c e r t a i n

South A f r i c a n goods i n the Union.

K. Warren Proposing "That t h i s Union,

w h i l s t not con'" n: Tg Apartheid should

di s s o c i a t e i t i ' -rom the I i r p e r i a l College

Union.in the master of boycotting South

A f r i c a n Goods," f i r s t o u t l i r s d the con­

d i t i o n s under which the vot was taken at

the I.C. meeting. According to him there

were only j u s t over 200 people present out of a possible 2500 and 50 of these were dragged i n out of the corridor s of R.C.S.

to make the meeting quarate.

Warren continued by po i n t i n g out

that the f i r s t person t o be affected by

an extensive boycott wouia be the A f r i c a n

native, the person we,-were endeavouring

to protect and that no boycotts had been

imposed on Hungarian and Chinese goods

a f t e r the bloodbaths of Hungary and Tibet.

He quoted the paradox of the Ghanaian

Government's boycott of South A f r i c a n

products u n t i l they found that 7 $

of t h e i r mining equipment came from that

area.

N. Seldon seconding, suggested that

a s o l u t i o n to the Apartheid problem would

come only from discussions at government

l e v e l .

At the vote the above motion was

oarried amidst loud applause by 108

vote3 to 14 with 10 abstentions.

The other main business of the

meeting was the s e l e c t i o n of a new mascot.

A f t e r some discussion i t was f i n a l l y

decided t o adopt a 1926 Morris Commercial

l o r r y .

M A C K E S O N !

6

B Y B O B O B U E T

( h e ' s o n r i g h t )

Covent Garden at five in the morn­

ing i s not a particularly cheering sight,

yet this i s where the Mines Ball of 1959

really began. Flower bedecked Minesmen

returned to the Union with a view to

brightening the dance hall, and with the

aid of girl-friends, waste paper baskets

from the third floor and miscellaneous

helpers, the hall began to resemble

something like the wreckage after a

carnival instead of a ballroom.

E X P L O R A T I O N

W E E K '

(February 1 st to February 6th)

Since 1956, when the Exploration

Board was f i r s t formed, there have been

17 Imperial College Expeditions. From

the numerical point of view alone, this

is a considerable achievement.

To illustrate the work which has

been going on in this f i e l d , the

Exploration Board and Exploration Society

are sponsoring, jointly, an exhibition

of photographs, reports, instruments,

equipment etc. This w i l l be held in

the third floor lounge of the Union dur­

ing next week (February 1 st to February 6th) and w i l l be open from 10.00 a.m.

each morning, except Monday, when i t w i l l

be opened by the Rector at 12.30.

A publication, 'A Review of Imperial

College Exploration' w i l l also be on sale

in the Union during next week. This i s

a collection of general accounts of some

of last year's expeditions together with

items of more general interest. Price

1/-.

In oonjunotion with General

Studies, two lectures have been arranged

during the week. They are:-

'The Explorer in Africa'

By Dr. Hugh B.Cott, Director of the

University Museum of Zoology,

Cambridge. Tue. 2nd Feb., at

1.30 p.m., Concert Hall.

'The South Georgia Survey'

by Duncan Carse (ex Dick Barton),

broadcaster, writer and explorer.

Thu 4-th Feb., 1.30 p.m., Concert

Hall.

FELIX

By eight i n the evening, sherry

p a r t i e s sprang t o l i f e i n many of the

hostel rooms, and by the timethese p a r t i e s

had disgorged t h e i r contents i n t o the

Union the B a l l was w e l l on i t s way. The

e a r l i e r chaos had changed i n t o ordered

oalm and the decorations were a f i t t i n g

background to the occasion. Were these

tuxedoed gentlemen r e a l l y a l l Minesmen?

Not e n t i r e l y as some members of the other

Colleges were present. Indeed the usual

f i v e or so gate-crashers a r r i v e d ; would

any Union function be possible without

them?

This, however, was no ordinary B a l l ,

f o r on t h i s night there was a C o c k t a i l

Bar, a Beer bar and a Coffee bar from

which to purchase drinks. The l a t t e r

emporium was ably run by David and

Jonathan combine. Dancing of a l l types

was e x c e l l e n t l y catered f o r by the band.

Having seen the photographs of the B a l l

several persons have approached the Mines'

Hon. S e c with a view to r e c e i v i n g l e s s ­

ons.

What other B a l l could o f f e r a f u l l

meal with wine during the evening?

Mr. Mocney, apparently i n the Christmas

mood, provided an excellent meal i n the

middle refec t o r y and the Minesmen rose t o

the occasion by consuming the complete

stock of some v a r i e t i e s of wine.

At one i n the morning the cabaret

appeared i n the disguise of Trevor

P o r r i t t , Noel Reams, Tom King, John

Loome and Andy F r a n k l i n w i t h the i n v a l ­

uable assistance of Ian Callow.

Forgotten words only added to our enjoy -

ment and t n i s excellent cabaret was

deservedly acclaimed. These persons

worked hard f o r our pleasure and to them

we would say thank you. At three,the

proceedings came to an o f f i c i a l c lose.

Flowers saw the end out even as i t saw

the beginning i n — Chrysanthemum

eating being the f i n a l act of t h i s great

show.

I f you saw the photographs of the

B a l l i n the Union you w i l l have r e a l i s e d

that we had a great time. "Excellent''

commented Ian H i l l , and surely t h i s is"

the opinion of a l l those who were there.

So Mines have f i r m l y placed t h i s occasion

on the s o c i a l calendar as a must.

I t i s hoped that Union members w i l l

walk round the e x h i b i t i o n , buy the

j o u r n a l , and support the l e c t u r e s ; and

that the popular misconception of exped­

i t i o n s as payed holidays w i l l , t o some

extent, be r e c t i f i e d .

W I N T E R - U G H !

Notes from the Suburban Country.

A horrid cold hibernating month

this. Not much to be seen on the

bird table except for a few bread

crusts, which can be seen just as

well in other months. The sparrows

are skating on the water bath in

about as big a f i x as a short-armed

trombone player, or a drummer with

Dermatitis on his skins.

Spore tracks can be found by

the diligent searcher in the snow.

The spore i s an uncommon animal,

occuring of course sporadically.

The prints of the spore are worthy

of mention, sinoe consecutive ones

always pointing in precisely opposite

directions. Three possible explan -

ations of this phenomenon have been

propagated. Either the animal has

one foot pointing backwards and one

forwards Charles Chaplin style

(Herniodactyl); or i t spins round

a l l the time; or is i t just plain

stupid. Sometimes specimens walk

on their hands (Pedodactyl), to save

the wear and tear on feet which are

then used as trafficators.

WHAT'S ON OUT Ai\D ABOUT

Just released at the Academy Cinema

i s a f i l m which may prove to be one of

the most astonishing e x h i b i t s of the oen-

tury. I t i s "The Boyar's F l a t " and

forms the second part of a t r i l o g y

dramatising the l i f e of "Ivan the

T e r r i b l e " . I t was produced by Ei s e n s t e i n

who i s almost c e r t a i n l y the greatest of

a l l Russian f i l m producers. F i r s t r e l ­

eased i n 1946, i t was i n i t i a l l y censored

by S t a l i n .

The f i l m conveys the whole atmos­

phere of the times, the suspicion and

fear, the c r u e l t y which Ivan i s forced

to use at moments of great n a t i o n a l

danger. B r i l l i a n t l y using dramatic

"close-ups" and music by P r o k o f i e f f ,

E i s e n s t e i n makes the f i l m move i n the

form of an opera. Apparently very

deliberate, yet conveying the whole speed

and tension of the s i t u a t i o n . Every shot

every work and movement are designed ae

as to produce the exact state of mind

that he wanted. Cherkosov as Ivan i s a

magnificent f i g u r e , using his tremendously

powerful and adaptable voice to the f u l l ,

he produces at ease states of rage and

of p i t y .

The programme at the Academy i s

superbly balanced by the supporting f i l m

e n t i t l e d "Greek Sculpture". Directed by

B a s i l Wright and photographed i n Eastman

colour, i t i s one of the best f i l m s of

i t s type that I have ever had the pleasure

of watching. For once the commentarv

does not pander to the uninterested

audience, nor does i t make ostentatiously

d i f f i o u l t what they are t r y i n g to say.

R i c c i .

The Butterflies that were once

so pretty in the summer are now rot­

ting in the gutters and down the

drains. Snowdrops oan be found by

the keen Botanists (score 20 points)

and in some cases may be prolifio

enough to trample through. Time

for the bluebell desecrators of

early summer to put in a l i t t l e

praotioe.

Readers with an interest in

taxidermy should keep an eye on the

new motorway for specimens. A bird

in the bush i s worth two in the

hand

Meanwhile those who are tired

of January s i t down and wait for

February. It i s a terrible time of

the year.

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T H E 6 M I N . M A R K

& F A I L U R E

FELIX 7

S K I T R I P

The annual tour of the 1.0. S k i

Olub to the mountsins found us t h i s year

In Saas Fee, & small Tillage some 6000

feet above sea l e v e l i n the V a l a i s

d i s t r i o t b f Switzerland, which proved to

be an excellent choice from every

point of view. Perhaps the most important

advantage was that, unlike Kltzbuhel the

year before, there was snow i n abundance,

and the s k i i n g conditions were excellent.

The majority of the party t r a v e l l e d

by t r a i n , l e a v i n g London e a r l y on 29th Deo., and passing through Dover, Ostend,

Basle and Berne on t h e i r way to B r i g .

Perhaps the only major excitement on

t h i s part of the journey was the uninten­

t i o n a l p u l l i n g of the communication cord

by one of the party before the t r a i n l e f t

Ostend, whioh produced not only deep w a i l ­

i n g and rushes of Mighty Wind from the

bowels of the t r a i n , but a l s o a f l u r r y of

o f f i c i a l d o m .

Prom B r i g the party t r a v e l l e d by r a i l

t o Stalden, there leaving the route to

Zermatt and enjoying what was perhaps

the most e x c i t i n g hour of the holiday, i n

the form of a bus journey up the side of

a v a l l e y i n t o Saas Pee. On many occasions

d i d the party resign i t s e l f to what seemed

an i n e v i t a b l e f a t e , and discussion centred

on terminal v e l o c i t i e s ' of f a l l i n g buses.

I t oame as no surprise when, on rounding a bend, a snow plough was seen t o be blocking

the road, i t s d r i v e r having gone to lunch.

In s p i t e of t h i s and the f a c t t h a t the bus

then ran short of p e t r o l , I.C. turned up

i n Saas Pee apparently l i t t l e the worse

f o r wear.

The small party »ho t r a v e l l e d by a i r

(that quick, modern, e f f i o i e n t way) landed

at Basle instead of Geneva and had to make

t h e i r own way from there. Reports are

c i r c u l a t i n g that one member of the group

spent h i s holiday i n Montreux. But most

of them a r r i v e d .

Once i n Saas Pee, the party divided

themselves i n t o three Pensions. I t i s

reported that the porter who c a r r i e d the

luggage t o the Pension Supersaxo, wearing

a Supersaxo cap, then changed his oap and

performed a s i m i l a r service for the guests

at the Pensions "Alpina" and "Garni des

Alpes." This I caimot deny.

Prom then onwards followed eleven

days of wonderful s k i i n g , enjoyed a l i k e

by beginners and more experienced s k i e r s * .

There was one long run f o r good s k i e r s ,

from the Lange Plua Hut, down v i a SPIEL-

BODEN i n t o Saas Pee, a f a l l of 3,500 f t .

I f Saas Pee had some a l t e r n a t i v e long

descents early i n the season; one could

regard i t as a Utopia f o r s k i e r s .

True there were other a t t r a c t i o n s on

the slopes, and everyone w i l l by now have

heard of the young lady who, r e a l i s i n g

that the s i t t i n g p o s i t i o n , occupies much

of the beginners time, determined th a t

she would do so as near as possible to

her charming i n s t r u c t o r , who then had the

e x c i t i n g task of p i c k i n g her up. However,

i n s p i t e of f r i v o l i t i e s , most members of

the party l e f t Saas Pee more p r o f i c i e n t

i n the a r t of s k i i n g than when they a r r i v e d .

Some even gained experience in crossing

g l a c i e r s roped together and i n spending

afternoons i n sub-zero mountain huts.

We poor students' found that the

organisers had imported p r o f e s s i o n a l

card -sharp3 instead of l a d i e s and Tie

popsy even had her own loaded poke.'

dloe - OhS How do you play i t ? didn't

hold water f o r many nights - d i s c i p l e s of

B i l k o . The party enjoyed some very gay

evenings, among3t which the evening spent

at the W a l l i s e r h o f w i l l long be remem­

bered, i f only f o r the vast quantities of

wine and Fondue consumed and the im­

promptu piano work by Patsey which had

everyone on t h e i r f e e t , even o l d Peg Leg

Percy, dancing a cunningly executed "Rock."

On several occasions nocturnal r i d e s

were enjoyed on sledges, much t o the

oonstemation of the l o o a l p o l i c e . T r i a l s

showed beyond doubt that a sledge t r a v e l s

f a s t e r the more people you have on i t .

B E A U T I C W A R I A N

N 2 6

A N N H O D N E T T

But although much research was done on the

matter no s a t i s f a c t o r y method of s t e e r i n g

around 90 degree s t r e e t corners was e s t ­

ablished. Also there seemed t o be only

one way of stopping i n a hurry and i t was

very p a i n f u l .

Accidents were few, and s l i g h t , but

fo r two r a t h e r notable exceptions. In

fa c t s k i s suffered more than s k i e r s ; a

c e r t a i n I.C. man found i t d i f f i c u l t t o

steer himself between two narrowly-

spaced t r e e s : he l o s t h a l f a s k i but kept

h i s l e g , (only t o break a bone i n h i s foot

the next day).

The journey home was uneventful,

apart from the annoying delays i n the

t r a i n schedule. But everyone was pre­

pared t o put up with a l i t t l e incon­

venience, considering i t small repayment

f o r such a f i n e holiday.

S Q U A S H C L U B

Both squash teams got sway to a

good start last Saturday by beating

Cardiff University 1st. and 2nd. teams 5 - 0 and 3 - 2 . The 1st, team matoh

was something of a foregone conclusion

sinoe we had our strongest team out,

and only one game was lost in the five

matches played. The second match,

however,provided one of the most closely

contested for a long time. Most

of the glory goes to John White,

who played last with the score in

matones 2-2. Things went badly to

start with and he found himself 0-2 down in games and 2-7 down in the

last game; whether i t was the voc­

iferous, i r beery support from a much

more crowded gallery than usual, I

don't know, but suddenly he became

inspired, fighting back to win the

game 9-7, then the next game, and

finall y the last game to win the

matoh 3 - 2 . Mention should also be

made of Ged Brough, who gallantly

same in at the last moment, and

proved himself to be well! worthy of

the plane, by winning his matoh

suite easily.

On Tuesday our "A" Team reoieved

. crushing defeat from L.S.E. In

est years they have played the 2nd team, but this year they are partic­

ularly strong and deserve a 1st Team

fixture, whioh we hope to arrange

later this term. Both the Captain

and Secretary played at short not­

ice and were defeated in two good

matches; they were the only people

to get games off their opponents.

The 1st team will have to play well i f they are going to win, and

I think i t should prove a very olose

matoh, whichever way i t goes.

Next Monday the 1st Round of the U.L. Individual Championship i s

to be played off at St, Mary's Hosp­

i t a l . Six players are entered -

Messrs Avient, Espig, Odell, Bullock,

Haywood, and Creasy - and we wish

them luok particularly Brian Avient

who has the job of "tripping up"

Mike Kingston, the University

Captain. Also the Club is due to

play U.C. in the 2nd Round or the Tgleeias Cup - 3 a aids College com

petition - sometime within the next

week or two. This should prove to

be a close match.

Most of the 2nd Round of the

Whitely Cup— College Individual

Championship - have now been played

off, and i t i s hoped that the third

round can be arranged for Wednesday

3 r d , Feb. There were 4.1 entries

this year including two young ladies

of I.O.W.A., one of whom Brenda White

won her f i r s t round easily and com­

fortably, to be defeated in the sec­

ond by Ronnie Creasy, whom, y H m

glad to say, she made do quite a bit

of running.

F E N C I N G

The fencing club now meets f o r

two hours on Thursdays 12,30 - 2.30 p.m. and not, as previously, on Mondays.

Last term's matches were nearly a l l

cancelled but we hope to play a few more

t h i s term, and with greater success.

Beginners and experienced fencers

are welcome to j o i n , p r o f e s s i o n a l i n s t r u c ­

t i o n i s given.

T H E L A S T L A P

e F E L I X

S O C C E R

The outstanding item of news i n the

Soooer Club at the moment i s the winning

of a Welsh International Cap by B a s i l

James, the U n i v e r s i t y Skipper and IC Cup

stalwart. The Club, and I am sure the

whole College o f f e r t h e i r congratulations

and hopes that t h i s i s the f i r s t of many

in t e r n a t i o n a l honours to come h i s way.

Since the l a s t F e l i x report came

out, the Club tour to Germany has taken

place, and on the whole i t proved suo-

oessful i n every respect except one -

ask any member of the tour and he w i l l

give you h a l f a dozen reasons why we d i d

not manage to win a game. The r e a l

reason I suspect i s that the teams we

played were prestige sides f o r t h e i r

respective U n i v e r s i t i e s , and included

some of the be3t student teams i n South­ern Germany - hence the standard was very

high.

The t r a i n journey to Co Logne passed

unevjentfully, and having spent the night

there the party picked up two VW mini­

buses and drove down the Rhine V a l l e y t o

Mannheim i n b r i g h t sunshine. Here we

were entertained r o y a l l y during a two

day stay, i n s p i t e of the threat of be­

ing chucked out of the h o t e l on the f i r s t

night. The match here was played on an

i c y bone-hard p i t c h , and i n a snow storm,

the oold s p e l l i n Germany having ju s t

s t a r t e d . IC made a bad s t a r t and were

3-0 down by h a l f time. A great second

h a l f r a l l y , however, took them to a 4 - 3 lead, only f o r Mannheim to equalise and

then scored the winner i n the dying

seconds of the game.

The f o l l o w i n g afternoon we drove

rather unsteadily through Heidelburg,

the Oxford of Germany, soon beguiled by

the v a g u e i s l i g h t l y off-hand charm of the

town whioh nestles i n a b e a u t i f u l

mountain s e t t i n g with snow covered

heights on three sides. High up above

the town stood the famous Sohloss or

c a s t l e where even the hardiest IC

v i s i t o r s were taken aback by the giant

wine b a r r e l whioh holds 45,000 gallons

and has only been f i l l e d completely 3 times i n 300 veers.

IC f i e l d e d t h e i r weaker team against

Heidelburg thus making sure that every­

one had at l e a s t one game to remember -

and how we rememberedl In s p i t e of a

br i g h t sun the temperature was several

degrees below zero and the so c a l l e d

scratch Heidelburg XI included four

semi-professionals. Once again a f t e r a

bad s t a r t i n the f i r s t h a l f IC played

more i n t e l l i g e n t l y and more vigorously

l a t e r and held t h e i r s k i l l e d opponents

to a score of 4 - t .

R U G B Y F I V E S

Some people may have noticed the

p e c u l i a r b u i l d i n g s being erected i n

front of Weeks H a l l . These, f o r the

b e n e f i t of the l e s s well-informed, are

f i v e s oounts, a g i f t from the Rector to

the Union.

These courts are only intended t o

be temporary, but may be w i t h us f o r

three or four years. I t has been

decided to form a Fives Club as a sub­

section of the Squash Club u n t i l the new

olub can stand on i t s own f e e t .

The courts should be f i n i s h e d soon,

and i f anyone i s interested , they can

contact me through the Union rack or i n

my room, 62 Weeks H a l l . A l i s t w i l l

a l s o be posted i n the Union. I hope

that the Union may also be persuaded to

provide equipment f o r those people who

ceased to play the game when they l e f t

school.

B.N.Heywood.

S P O R T

R e l u c t a n t l y and with sliinmer w a l l e t s

we l e f t Heidelburg having tasted here

what was described as almost the best

beer i n the world and having completely

devastated a f i n e o l d student drin k i n g

house c a l l e d SeppL with our tuneful ( i )

3 i n g i n g . Outstanding was a song-and.

-dance routine e n t i t l e d "Green grow the

Rushes, Oh" which was enacted on the

table tops with such fervour that i t

almost l i t e r a l l y brought the house down.

The b r i s k e f f i c i e n c y of the t e c h n i c ­

a l U n i v e r s i t y of Karlsruhe contrasted

strongly with the f a i r y t a l e atmosphere

of Heidelburg. The excellent meals and

the good accommodation s i t u a t e d i n a

splendid sports stadium complete w i t h

grand-stand, i n d i c a t e d how w e l l organised

the Karlsruhe boys were from the sporting

point of view. This they further

demonstrated the f o l l o w i n g day when a

side i n c l u d i n g 2 dtudent i n t e r n a t i o n a l s

and the Karlsruhe p r o f e s s i o n a l olub

reserve goal-keeper played extremely neat

simple f o o t b a l l to record a 5-0 win.

The IC team fought hard t o keep the score

to 1-0 at h a l f time but faded somewhat

i n the second 45 minutes.

A night on the town meant that some

people a r r i v e d back ju3t i n time f o r an

e a r l y s t a r t to Cologne at 5 o'olook the

fo l l o w i n g morning. A f t e r a f l a t out

drive along the Autobahn one VW blew up,

about 10 kilometres from Cologne but

c a r r i e d on with j u s t s u f f i c i e n t strength

to get us back to the garage.

A f t e r a quiok t r a i n journey we spent

the night i n Brussels, s t i l l resplendent

and l i v e l y from the 1958 E x h i b i t i o n , and

t r a v e l l e d back the f o l l o w i n g day to

London.

Thanks are due to our German hosts

who treated us so very w e l l and t o a l l

the tour party who aquitted themselves

admirably, and helped maintain IC's

excellent reputation abroad.

Lack of space prevents the i n c l u s i o n

of team reports and r e s u l t s i n t h i s

a r t i o l e , but i t i s hoped that a l l team

members w i l l oontinue the good work and

a v i d l y read about t h e i r mighty and heroic

e f f o r t s i n the next issue.

. D.F.

R U G B Y

A Few More Words (j)

Below are shown the records of the

seven I s 0 . rugger teams up t o and i n ­

cluding Sat. 16th January.

P W L D F A

1st Team 21 14 6 1 235 113 EX 1st 10 4 6 0 55 93 "A" 9 5 3 1 103 72 EX "A" 9 5 4 0 140 86 B 1 7 0 7 0 36 69 B 2 8 4 4 0 66 87 B 3 1 0 1 0 3

638

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Although the records may not appear to be i n d i v i d u a l l y very good the club as a whole i s comfortably on the c r e d i t side and s e t t l i n g down to some good steady dr i n k i n g .

Last Wednesday, Jan. 2 0 t h , the f i r s t

team played U.C. and l o s t 3 - 6 . As there

appears to be a good chance of I.C. meet­

ing U.C. i n the F i n a l of the Gutteridge

Cup t h i s r e s u l t might cause alarm i n

c e r t a i n quarters. I don't think however

that T h i s alarm i 3 j u s t i f i e d beoause I.C.

was beaten not by a b e t t e r team but by

i t s own lethargy. The f o l l o w i n g Saturday,

Jan. 23rd, saw I.C. i n completely d i f f e r e n t

mood i n a game i n which the team showed

complete mastery over a strong Harlequins

"A" teanv

I f i t i s possible to pick out i n d i ­

v i d u a l s i n such a f i n e d i s p l a y then

p a r t i c u l a r mention must be g i v e n to the

baok row trio of Fisk-Gllbert-Berger whioh

played outstandingly both i n attack and defence.

Saturday 23rd Jan. must c e r t a i n l y

be set down as a memorable one f o r the

I.C. club f o r out of 3even teams s i x won and one -drew, a feat which I b e l i e v e has

been e q u a l l e d on one other occasion but

never surpassed. The B 3 team brought

about a "near miracle" by beating Charlton Park with 11 men. I t i s reported t h a t Baoyn3ki and Carter rampaged and Ludlam scored a t r y o n l y beoause he was f a s t e r

than everybody e l s e .

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

I.C. WIN TROPHY

The f i r s t f i x t u r e of the term, a

matoh against London H o s p i t a l over our

home course at Petersham on Wed. 13th, soon sorted out those members who had

kept up t h e i r t r a i n i n g during the

Christmas Vacation from those who had

been taking l i f e easy. Notable among

the l a t t e r were the Captain and the V i o e -

Captain. The match wa3 won, however, by

a wide margin, due no doubt t o the opp­

o s i t i o n being i n a s i m i l a r state of f i t ­

ness. F i r s t three places were occupied

r e s p e c t i v e l y by John Conway, Dave Hammonds,

find Pete Warren,

The t h i r d team disgraced i t s e l f on

Wed. 20th by l o s i n g to the Royal Veterinary

College second team at Petersham. F i r s t

three places were occupied by members of

the opposition. In fourth plaoe was B r i a n

B u t l e r followed by Roger Woolf ( 5 ) .

Reading U n i v e r s i t y and Sandhurst M i l i ­

t a r y Academy provided weak opposition i n

a match held at Sandhurst on the f o l l o w i n g

Saturday. John Cleator, was f i r s t home f o r

I.C. followed by Pete Warren ( 4 ) , Dave

Hammonds (5) and Alan Brown ( 6 ) . F i n a l

scores were I.C. 45; Sandhurst 62; Reading

66.

Conditions"were s o f t and slow f o r

the annual 7'j mile race organised by

Queen Mary College and run over a course

at Coxtie Green near Brentwood i n Essex.

F u l l r e s u l t s are not yet a v a i l a b l e but

The John Banks Trophy f o r the f i r s t

London College was won by I.C. In the

o v e r a l l team placings Cambridge Univer­

s i t y were f i r s t with 93 followed by Birm­

ingham U n i v e r s i t y (108): Imperial College

"A" (116); and S h e f f i e l d U n i v e r s i t y (178).

The f i r s t i n d i v i d u a l t o cross the f i n i s h i n g

l i n e was K e i t h M i t o h e l l of U.C. followed

two seconds l a t e r by our own John C o l l i n s .

A f t e r a f u r t h e r gap of 21 seconds Shaw of

Birmingham and F r u i n of Cambridge came i n

equal t h i r d .

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