Founded in 1949 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 U N I O N F R E E !

No.376 FRIDAY, 31st J A N U A R Y , 1975

FELICIDE A V E R T E D ! R A D I C A L

A C T I O N N O W ! T H E R A D I C A L A C T I O N group i s , accord ing to i t s own words,

'a student organisation set up in response to trends within the National Union of Students'. One of i t s major a ims i s to dem­oc ra t i s e N U S and make i t more representat ive of the grass-root s tudent .

R A G does not propose d i sa f f i l i a t i on from N U S but cons t ruc t i v e c r i t i c i s m . R A G w i shes to prevent further a l i ena t i on of the a l ready d i s ­i l l u s i o n e d N U S membership .

In h i s speech to s tudents at

Keel University last Thursday

More On

Weeks There i s s t i l l no deve lop­

ments conce rn ing when or i f s tudents w i l l be a l l o w e d back into Weeks H a l l . T h e con ­s u l t a n t s ' report does not appear to have a r r i ved at C o l l e g e a s yet .

The P r e s i d e n t has addressed three ques t i ons to the au thor i t i e s :

1. I f Weeks i s dangerous why i s the Warden s t i l l there? If he has a moral r ight to stay there why haven ' t the students who shou ld be there?

2. Who are the two s tudents l i v i n g there? If the f loor they occupy i s safe , why- i s the ent ire f loor not o c cup i ed?

3. What i s Weeks ' enter ta in­ments a l l owance for the Autumn term be ing used for; s i n c e there are no s tudents in Weeks?

When ques t i oned further T revor P h i l l i p s s a i d :

'There is no question of an attack on the Warden but the fact

A n d y V a l l a n c e - O w e n , N a t i o n a l Co-Ord inator o f R A G and P r es iden t of B i rmingham U n i ­ve rs i t y G u i l d of Students put forward severa l of R A G ' s a ims and p o l i c i e s . T h e s e i n c l u d e :

The N U S execu t i v e shou ld by e l e c t ed by a na t i ona l secre t ba l l o t .

De l ega tes to N U S confer­ences shou ld be e l e c t e d by campus w ide secret ba l l o t , and i n s t ances where de legates vo ted aga ins t the i r mandate be prevented ( in the one c a s e where th i s happened the de legates were app lauded ! ) .

T h e r e s t r i c t i ons imposed by N U S on speakers shou ld be eased . (The R A G i s concerned wi th the e ros i on o f c i v i l l i b e r t i e s in a l l f i e lds ) .

T h e s i m p l i s t i c foreign p o l i c y o f the N U S shou ld be reapp­r a i s ed , (e.g. No te i s taken of the prob lems of d i s s i d e n t s i n the Sov ie t U n i o n — someth ing a t present d i s regarded by N U S ) .

Whi le R A G i s an umbre l l a o rgan i sa t i on c on ta in ing s tudents from a w ide p o l i t i c a l spec t rum, i t i s not an 'unholy alliance' but a new group p r o v i d i n g the b a s i s for open debate on va r i ous i s s u e s . .

Set up a l o c a l R a d i c a l

A c t i o n Group now!

that Weeks remains vacant is depriving a large number of students of accommodation which is •their right. Whatever the reason for leaving the hall vacant, whqt I am questioning is the justification for allowing a few people into the hall whilst denying space to 60 odd students'.

T H E BID to remove the third sabbatical from the Editorship of FEL IX at last Monday's IC Union Council meeting failed after a 'delete all and insert' amendment found the common line which, crystallised most Council members' feelings on the matter.

T h e mot ion to r e -a l l oca te degenerate mot ion the s a b b a t i c a l was proposed by J a c q u i Ger ra rd , the H o n . Secretary o f the U n i o n , i n a paper e n t i t l e d 'A Need for Change'. Seve ra l po in t s were made w h i c h ou t l i n ed the need for another s a b b a t i c a l i n the U n i o n ' s cen t ra l admin i s t ra t i on to exp lore the realm of f inance with a v i e w to be ing far better prepared for d i s c u s s i o n s w i th C o l l e g e in that a rea . The paper a l s o remarked on ce r ta in a spec t s o f F E L I X .

M i k e W i l l i a m s , the E d i t o r of F E L I X , answered most of the po in t s r a i s e d conce rn ing the newspaper and then went on to present h i s own paper w h i c h argued that w i thout a s a b b a t i c a l a for tn ight ly F E L I X wou ld

in to a poor com­mun ica t i ons s e r v i c e w i th l ousy presenta t i on and l ow readersh ip .

A f te r the two speakers had answered a few minor po in t s of c l a r i f i c a t i o n , Ron K i l l , the Deputy P r e s i d e n t rose to present h i s amendment (See C o u n c i l H i g h l i g h t s , page 5) w h i c h presented the case that Council should not rush into making any sort of far-reaching decision without a f u l l investigation into the workings and the needs of FELIX and the Union central administration.

M r s . Gerrard and Mr. Por te r spoke aga ins t the amendment and M e s s r s . P a r k e r and Mort imer spoke for i t . O n the vote , the mot ion was ca r r i ed over­whe lm ing l y .

HEALTH CENTRE

INCIDENT A R E P O R T is being prepared for the College Secretary following

an incident in which there was difficulty in contacting the Health

Centre at night.

J u s t after 2a.m. on Monday morning a g i r l i n B e i t com­p l a i n e d of abdomina l p a i n s . Two ma l e s tudents at tempted to phone the H e a l t h Cent re (us ing the number s ta t ed in the co l l e g e d i rec tory : ext . 1038). However , the c a l l was answered by a secur i t y guard who s a i d h e c o u l d not put them through as he was not on the co l l e ge exchange and c o u l d not he lp them. H e sugges ted B e i t s ecur i t y who were however a l s o unable to h e l p .

T h e P r e s i d e n t had a r r i ved on the scene by th i s time and w a l k e d to the H e a l t h Cen t r e w i th one o f the s tudents . They e ven tua l l y got in to the Hea l th Cent re w i th the he lp of Weeks

s e c u r i t y . No-one was there but on l i f t i n g the phone (ext. 1038) to d i a l for an ambulance , the P r e s i d e n t cut in on a c on ­ve r sa t i on between the o r i g i n a l s e c u r i t y guard and the n ight s i s t e r . T h e guard appeared to have d i s c o v e r e d he d i d have the night number. T h e night s i s t e r was to ld the s i tua t i on and at once got d ressed . O n r e a c h i n g B e i t i t was found the g i r l had recovered .

However , such a course o f events c o u l d have had grave consequences and so the P r e s i d e n t has sugges ted that a l l s e cur i t y s ta f f shou ld be sent a memorandum concern ing n ight c a l l s to the Hea l th Cen t r e .

FELIX

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

THE COMMON line was found. The third sabbatical will remain with the Editorship of FELIX for the next year. FELIX is safe for the time being. L a s t Monday ' s c o u n c i l d e c i s i o n can on ly be d e s c r i b e d a s a v i c t o r y for commonsense inasmuch that any major d e c i s i o n regard ing the th i rd s a b b a t i c a l has been deferred u n t i l a w o r k i n g party has thoroughly i n v es t i ga t ed the work ings o f the F E L I X O f f i c e a n d the U n i o n C e n t r a l A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . A n y such en­qu i ry , I s h a l l p e r sona l l y we lcome for on ly after pro longed d i s c u s s i o n and d ia logue i n a work ing party atmosphere c a n one begin to exterminate the na i v e t e chn i ca l m i s concep t i ons that s w i r l a round F E L I X ' s new s i tua t i on l i k e a d i s e a s e d mis t .

One o f the approaches open to the enquiry wou ld be to see w h i c h concern ( i . e . e i ther F E L I X or the soon-to-be-c rea ted j ob o f Junior Treasurer ) has

p r i o r i t y i n terms of importance and so warranted a f u l l s a b b a t i c a l ; that wou ld s i m p l y a n d i n e v i t a b l y l e a d to a d i ­vergence o f o p i n i o n . However,, if the approach were to be the determination of which area could least afford to do without a sabbatical, then the resolution of the matter would be more clear cut.

B e that as i t may, one further aspec t o f the whole a f fa i r must not go un -broached : as in the c a s e of the F E L I X E d i t o r / P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r anoma ly , i t was the i n i t i a t i v e shown by the Deputy P r e s i d e n t w h i c h proved to be the i m ­portant s tepp ing-s tone towards u l t imate l y r e s o l v i n g the matter. Ron Ki l l has once aga in prov ided the means by which the majority has expressed i t s f e e l ings ove rwhe lming ly .

* John R a n d a l l ' s le t ter l e a ves me

unmoved. The paradox so grubbi ly e x p l o i t e d by the D a i l y E x p r e s s remains

i n t ac t : ( i ) Tfce N U S does not support v i o l e n c e ; ( i i ) T h e N U S does not support the I R A ; ( i i i ) Some of the N U S p o l i c y on Northern

I re land c o i n c i d e s w i th the a ims of the I R A ; but does the N U S totally

condemn the very concept of the IRA and its aims? B y premise ( i i i ) , i t wou ld appear not, but the sp i r i t o f such a c o n c l u s i o n appears to c o n f l i c t w i t h premise ( i i ) . I f ee l sure at some time or other, someone must have s a i d 'Paradoxes can be construed'.

*

C a n it be the w ind of change that i s r u s t l i n g through the por ta ls of ICWA? I understand that c o n s t i t u t i o n a l moves are afoot to incorporate a p o l i t i c a l a spec t in to the A s s o c i a t i o n . We awa i t further deve lopments .

*

I n c i d en ta l l y , Dave L e a ' s 'vicious band of rustlers' ( C o u n c i l H i g h l i g h t s , page 5) were those who kept on r u s t l i n g their papers .

L E T T E R S A L E T T E R FROM

JOHN R A N D A L L

The President's Office,

The National Union of Students,

i Endsleigh Street,

London, WC1H ODU

10th January, 1975.

Dear S i r ,

I must take excep t i on to the statement p u b l i s h e d in the l a s t ed i t i on o f your paper that I took no i n i t i a t i v e to condemn the bombings r ecen t l y per­petrated i n B i rm ingham.

May 1 draw your a t tent ion to the f o l l ow ing remarks that I made i n open ing the N a t i o n a l Conference o f the U n i o n on November 29. O n that o c c a s i o n I s a i d :

'There have been for some time those who have sought to discredit this Union by a deliberate misrepresentation of our policy on Ireland. In the wake of the tragic events in Birmingham may I make it clear that at no time has the NUS condoned acts of indiscriminate terrorism, or the murder of innocent people, be it by the Provisional IRA, the extreme loyalists, the SAS, or the army. Let me repeat what was said on behalf of the Union after the Birmingham bombings. As an organisation that has campaigned for an end to internment and for a Bill of Civil Rights for Northern Ireland, we condemn unres" ervedly the bombings. They will only serve to hinder progress towards social justice in the six counties. I must add also the specific sympathy of the Union to those Birmingham students who were injured and maimed in the explosions. But in so doing I must state that our views of condemnation for the bombers and of sympathy for

their victims extend, as they have always done, to those who have lived through the hell of the last five years in the six counties. The best memorial we can offer to those who have died, be they in Belfast or Birmingham, Deny or London, is a continuing and unrelenting campaign for civil liberties in Northern Ireland.

At this time we must ask whether the measures announced by the Home Secretary will assist in achieving a solution to the problems of the six counties. My view is that they will not. The existence of the Special Powers Act and the Emergency Provisions Act in Northern Ireland have not brought an end to violence, nor a political solution to the problems. I fear that the new police powers may be used indiscrimately against the left in this country, and against those groups, such as the official Sinn Fein, who pursue by peaceful means the leg­itimate political objective of a united Ireland. The tragic lessiort of Northern Ireland is that we will not establish civil liberties by accepting their erosion'.

I am g lad to l earn from yornr e d i t o r i a l that y o u are not condemning me for th is a t t i tude but I am somewhat d i s turbed to f i nd that i t i s not a p o s i t i o n you fee l ab l e to support .

Your s s i n c e r e l y ,

John Randall, President.

ENTS CRITICISED

Imperial College,

January, 1975.

Dear E d i t o r , When 1 came back for th is my

f i f th term at c o l l e g e , I was aga in expectant at the bands

F E L I X ©

M i c h a e l J . L . W i l l i a m s

Editor

1975 FELIX Office,

Imperial College Union,

Prince Consort Road,

South Kensington,

London SW7 1UB

Published by the Editor on behalf of the

Imperial College Union Publications Board.

Printed Offset-litho on the Union premises.

P a u l Ekpenyong , Sub-Editor

R i c h a r d Waring, News Editor

R i z Shakir., Features Editor

Ramon Newmann, Photographic Editor

Rob J o n e s , Sports Editor

Roger W i l k i n s , Photo-Journalist

C h r i s Keenan , Business Manager

John McCToskey , Technical Manager

Many thanks to Ian, Catherine, Julia, Sue and Andrew.

COPY DEADLINE

MONDAY, 11.55 A.M.

01-589 5111 Ext. 2166 Int. 2881

who were to be on th is term. Howeve r on s e e ing the E n t s Sheet pushed out on the second day I found for the f i f th t ime there was no one I p a r t i c u l a r l y wanted to s e e . O n c e aga in the l ine up of ac t s seems to c o n s i s t o f t i r ed and s t a i d rock bands with the o c c a s i o n a l A m e r i c a n F o l k i e (?) who seems to get booked to appear at IC on a l l h i s B r i t i s h tours. T h e i n c l u s i o n o f N i c o , I presume, i s to app­ease those wi th s l i g h t l y more avante garde t a s t e s , w h i c h i s O . K . i f you happen to l i k e a s i ng l e lady on s tage ramb l ing on for an hour or so accom­pan i ed on l y by harmomium. C e r t a i n l y not everybodys cup of tea.

However one on ly has to read the m u s i c press or ta lk to f r iends from other u n i v e r s i t i e s before one r e a l i s e s the number o f d i f ferent a c t s who have done U n i v e r s i t y tours over the l a s t few months and presumab ly haven ' t been approached by I C .

B y these I don ' t mean the Y e s ' s or P i n k F l o y d ' s of th is wor ld , who apart from be ing a b i t e xpens i v e aren ' t much above the s tandard o f the band booked a l r eady , but those such as H a t f i e l d & T h e Nor th , Fa i rpo r t C o n v e n t i o n , the G l i t t e r B a n d , 1 0 c . c . e t c .

Sure ly the a t roc i ous l o s s e s made at the Heavy Meta l K i d s and Chapman-Whi tney -conce r t s l a s t term have sunk i n , so why not try a b i t of a change , a b i t o f adventure .

Above a l l , my message to E n t s Commit tee i s , c a n we have a b i t o f va r i e ty i n the a c t s booked ?

A.P .Stevenson,

Metallurgy II

P.S. I w o u l d we lcome any r ep l i e s to t h i s .

Cont'd on page 9.

F E L I X 3

K W f V/NC CHEUNG

comes from Hong Kong,

as you might have imagined,

and is working very hard as

a first-year undergraduate

chemist.

She feels that lots of

is OK so long as the social

side of life is varied and

interesting. Is that the case

at IC?

'It's a bit repetitious on

<TF Only:.

K a t i e M c K i n n o n

H E L L is w a i t i n g at C l a p h a m in the pouring ra in for a number 34A bus ; jumping into a f reez ing c o l d bath under the mis taken impress ion that i t ' s hot; being marooned on a deser t i s l a n d w i th Ma lcom Mugger idge and M r s . M i l l ' s Par ty P o p s and running two mi l e s to a pub l i c loo to f ind that a l l you have i s one frui t mach ine

work and a bit of pressure the social side, actually'.

t aken , two ha 'penn i es and a bent penny. My persona l h e l l i s boredom.

For tunate ly the wor ld i s too busy dropping bombshe l l s — e x p l o s i v e , in f l a t i onary , ve rba l or o the rw i se , to become bored, but it c ou ld happen. T h i s is why the o ldes t most bor ing i n ­s t i tu t i on of them a l l — the Ma l e i n s t i tu t i on — needs a w e l l -p l a ced k i c k to get it mov ing a g a i n . The trouble i s men take themse lves far too s e r i o u s l y . T h e i r a t t i tudes w i th regard to themse l ves , the i r ro le in s o c i e t y , the i r l i f e s t y l e and even the i r d r e s s , have hard ly changed in the past hundred y ea r s . In fact I th ink we can sa f e l y say that men are gradua l l y go ing out of

f a sh i on , w h i c h i s why the c o n s c i e n t i o u s male i s j o i n i n g Gay L i b . Women in compar i son are moving ahead at the rate of k n o t s . They now play a dua l role in s o c i e t y — that of mother and breadwinner . Of course women have been emanc ipated by con t racep t i on , whereas med i ca l s c i e n c e seems to have done l i t t l e for the man. What wou ld be h i s reac t ion on d i s ­cove r ing that he too c o u l d bear c h i l d r e n ? ( A c t u a l l y I have a s n e a k i n g s u s p i c i o n that a way has been found but i t ' s be ing kept qu ie t ) .

Of course he wou ldn ' t haVe to suffer from s o c i a l s t i gmas . If the doctor to ld an e ighteen

year o ld that he was pregnant, h i s las t concern wou ld be whether he was married or not . T h e s o c i a l s t i gmas wou ld come though, and it wou ld be Inter­e s t i n g to see if a g i r l wou ld fee l ob l i g ed to marry her pregnant boy f r i end. Shotgun wedd ings wou ld assume a who l e new a s p e c t . E x p r e s s i o n s wou ld have to change . 'Bun in the oven' wou ld probably have to be

adapted to 'He's got a little car in the garage'. The day may ye t come when h o s p i t a l w a i t i n g rooms are f i l l e d w i th a n x i o u s w i v e s w a i t i n g for news of a 7 lbbeau t i fu l , bounc ing B i s e x u a l — but rest a s su r ed that I s h a l l be the f i r s t to g i v e up my seat to s a v e the a c h i n g back of a n expec tant father .

Down here at heal thy hetero­sexua l IF l i fe c a n be summed up by one word : c h a o s . If th i s term con t inues a s i t has begun we shou ld be in for qu i t e a r i d e . On the s o c i a l s c ene we hope to arrange a coup l e of dances w i th IC , a P a r i s tr ip is o rgan ised for next month and/ of course the h igh l i gh t of the season w i l l be our D inne r Dance at the H i l t o n on F r i d a y , February 28 th . A s tee l band w i l l be in at tendance and the cos t of a double t i c k e t w i l l be £8.50 (£7.00 for IF s tuden t s ! . Not s o much d i s ­c r i m i na t i on more a l a ck of dough.

SEXISM A T IC!

A n o n

A N Y G I R L who comes to IC is go ing to have a hard time to begin wi th — adapt ing to an a l l male environment i s n ' t e a sy . One is not expec ted to m i s s female company because there js a popular myth that 'women don't like women' s o genera l l y one doesn ' t admit to i t . When you ' r e s ta r t ing un i v e r s i t y and l i v i n g

away from home, i t ' s qu i t e hard to adapt — when you ' re part of a minor i ty group i t ' s much worse . Se t t l i ng in i s n ' t s o bad for the men, who can e a s i l y f ind others to ta lk to, or who can l i v e in i s o l a t i o n . I t ' s when y ou ' r e one in ten or even one in th i r ty , a s on some eng ineer ing c o u r s e s , that you feel c o n s p i c u o u s .

Most cope w i th t h i s ; however , no g i r l c an properly adapt to a male dominated s o c i e t y , w h i c h a s s um e s the female e lement i s there purely for the man ' s benef i t . Most of the a c t i v i t i e s

a t IC seem to be organ ised in th i s way , and it takes a great dea l of se l f -decep t i on to enjoy them and s i m i l a r l y in te r ­c o l l e g i a t e a c t i v i t i e s . In these the women invo l ved to be tee-s h i r t e d , beer d r i n k i n g , a i l - l a d s -together types l i k e the men they mix w i t h . I condemn these a c t i v i t i e s because they sum up the tota l a t t i tude towards women a t IC . We need someth ing a lot better for the women here, (un l ess the a t t i tudes are vas t l y changed there ' s no point in

encourag ing women to come to IC) . P l e a s e don ' t b lame the women by s a y i n g that they c o u l d do someth ing about i t . We 're in a bad pos i t i on and we need it improved. If and when some­th ing pos i t i v e does happen, perhaps then w e ' l l d i s c o v e r what i t ' s l i k e l i v i n g in a mixed community and not jus t a male one .

I'm not s a y i n g that l i fe i s i m p o s s i b l e for women at IC , I'm just s a y i n g that i t ' s d i f f i c u l t . When I see in te l l i g en t and a l e r t females l eav ing after s i x weeks because they c a n ' t s tand it any longer, I know how they f e e l .

The a t t i tude towards women at IC i s purely s e x i s t , and i t ' s ge t t ing worse a l l the t ime. The a c t i v i t i e s s u c h as the R a g Q u e e n , B o B e l l e and Queen of J e z compe t i t i ons are thoroughly degrad ing and i n s u l t i n g to the women here . Other i n s u l t s are the p ic tures in F E L I X w i th the i r s i c k l y , pa t ron is ing d r ibb l e on some misgu ided female w h o ' s been s tup id enough to pose for it (I thought you said, they were intelligent and alert! - Ed). A n d o f course there ' s the Men ' s Bar — No comment.

I C Soc i e t y for S o c i a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y i n Sc i ence

( ICSSRS)

Speaker : S i r B r i a n F l o w e r s ,

Re c t o r o f I .C .

T i t l e : T o B e Announced .

Venue : M e c h . E n g . 342-

Tuesday, 4th February, at

7.30p.m.

To be s u c c e s s f u l i n a career , c l ea r , p r e c i s e th ink ing i s the f i r s t n e c e s s i t y . How c a n you improve i t? Introductory ta lk on

T rancenden ta l Meditation Tuesday 4th February in Elec. Eng. 406 at Ip.m.

A lbe r t ' s P l u m (S. K e n . Stn.)

Cut Pr ice 55p

3 - course meal to

IC Students

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

4 F E I I X

P R E C I ! P 3 C E

In my last P r e c i P i c e (two weeks ago, s i n c e the l as t F E L I X was b edev i l l e d by pr in t ing d i f f i cu l t i e s ) I spent a lot of s p a c e e x p l a i n i n g the need for a c am­pa ign aga ins t the c u t s i n e d u c a t i o n a l spend ing , and showing that t h i s w a s inseparab le from the Grants C a m p a i g n . I th ink that t h i s w e e k ' s news shows qu i t e accura t e l y what the future ho lds , pa r t i cu l a r l y for s tudents in IC .

The Sc i ence Resea r ch C o u n c i l has d e c i d e d to offer 3 5 % l e s s postgraduate awards than in 1974. The c l a i m Is that there were not enough a p p l i c a n t s q u a l i f i e d l as t year to take up a l l the awards of fered; I am sure that we a l l know people w i th upper s e conds who did not get awa rds . The fac ts are that the s c r e w s are be ing put on the S R C , and they are in turn squee z ing s t u d e n t s .

What is alarming to me is that most of the cuts are coming in awards offered for engineering research. How many Guildsmen are going to be disappointed? The obvious result of this will be to drive research students into the arms of industry, with a number of firms trying to tie students to contracts and to direct the postgraduate's research.

It is not a pretty p i c tu re for f ina l - year s t u d e n t s . T h i s i s why the c u t s must be fought w i th a l l the strength that s tudents c a n muster . It i s in the in teres ts of a l l o thers , l ecturers and a n c i l l a r y staf f i n c l u d e d , to support us . If the s tudents go - then so w i l l the j obs .

The National Grants/Cuts Cam­paign culminates in A Week of Action at the end of February. The National Demonstration is on Feb­ruary 28th. It is crucial that students support the activities of that week.

Some people are not aware of the c l a i m s of the C a m p a i g n . I hope to wr i t e a short a r t i c l e for F E L I X each week , w h i c h w i l l c ove r an aspec t of the campa i gn . It i s important that people read them, they are re levant to you and your future.

Two-Year Terms?

There has been much d i s c u s s i o n over the role of s a b b a t i c a l o f f i cers r ecen t l y . One of the problems w h i c h much be faced Is the lack of c on t inu i t y in the s abba t i c a l pos t s , s i n c e a new set i s e l e c t ed a n n u a l l y . It is in our c o n ­s t i t u t i o n that no-one shou ld be ab l e to take more than one s a b b a t i c a l year . T h i s is one p rov i s i on the ethos of w h i c h I very s trongly support ; that i s , we s h o u l d not a l l o w the U n i o n to be run by 'professional students'.

On the other hand , a rea l i ty that must be faced is that by the t ime the P r e s ­ident , for i n s t ance , has come to g r ips w i th h i s job, and begun to unders tand it proper ly , it i s a lmost t ime for h im to go. T h i s s ta te of a f fa i rs is c l e a r l y no good to the U n i o n .

The Executive has discussed this problem many times. A possible solution that we see, is to change the con­stitution to allow a sabbatical officer to stand for a second term of office. Clearly, if the Union did not want him, it would reject him. Furthermore, it would provide an added incentive for sabbatical officers to get things done (though I don't think they usually need it, since in order to survive one has to be committed to the job.

T h i s i s not f loated out of s e l f -in te res t ; it is too late to be of any use to th i s y ea r ' s o f f i c e r s . But it is worth a debate , and it may be of de f in i te benef i t to the U n i o n .

Weeks Hall

The E x e c u t i v e has dec i d ed to accept the Govern ing B o d y ' s d e c i s i o n on Weeks H a l l that it must remain empty un t i l a l l r i s k is e l i m i n a t e d . However , I have three ques t i ons to a s k of the C o l l e g e :

* It Weeks Hall is in danger of col-lapsing, and cannot be occupied (legally) by students, why is the Warden of Weeks Hall living on the top floor?

' The Warden receives an entertain-ments allowance of £1.50 per student p.a. To what purpose is the £60-plus from the Autumn and Spring Terms being put, since there have been no students to entertain?

" Is it true that there are students living in Weeks, and if so, why is the floor that they live on (presumably sate) not filled with students? I a s k e d these ques t i ons at the

F i n a n c e Commit tee of the Student R e s i d e n c e and got no a n s w e r s . Why? If none are forthcoming the U n i o n must r e cons ide r i ts pos i t i on on Weeks very urgent ly , a s s tudents are be ing depr i ved ot their own accommodat i on .

T r e v o r P h i l l i p s

Voluntary Levy

T h i s i s my last try at e x p l a i n i n g i t . T n o s e s tudents who knew about the 35p levy thought it was a levy (paid on top of the weeKly rent) that goes towards new b u i l d i n g s . We d i s cove r ed mat th i s is not the c a s e . It i s in fact part ot tne rent wh i ch i s s iphoned off for new b u i l d i n g s . We asked for it to be d i s c on t i nued for two main r easons :

1. The fund w i l l never bu i ld up fast enough to prov ide a s i g n i f i c a n t number of new p l a c e s . It was o r i g ­i n a l l y env i saged that it wou ld bu i l d a new h a l l of r e s i d ence . C o s t s shot and the project was abandoned. The money c o l l e c t e d over four years e ven tua l l y he lped to buy 14 Q u e e n s -berry P l a c e . On average the levy gave an extra f i ve p l a c e s per year.

2 . It i s more important, in the present economic c l i m a t e , that that 35p he lps pay the cos t of running the H a l l s , and keep ing them in shape ; the H a l l a c coun t s are a l r eady under tremendous s t r a i n , p lus the £13,000p.a. w h i c h th i s change w i l l g i ve to the H a l l s s h o u l d be of c r u c i a l s i g n i f i c a n c e . In my view, it is not students'

responsibility to provide new halls; the Government gives us a 'maintenance grant', to meet our bills, and it is for that purpose that it should be used.

U N I O N G E N E R A L

M E E T I N G

T H U R S D A Y 27th F E B R U A R Y

A T I p m I N T H E G R E A T H A L L

Union Officers' Hustings

IMPORTANT MANY O F YOU HAV E LOOKED FOR December that the practice of accom-

F L A T S THROUGH AGENCIES AND modation agents in charging prospec-

H A V E POSSIBLY B E L I E V E D T H A T tive tenants for their service is now

IT IS I L L E G A L FOR THEM TO legal for so long as the customer

C H A R G E YOU A F E E FOR FINDING actually takes up the tenancy which

A F L A T FOR YOU. is offered."

A L E T T E R HAS BEEN RECEIVED SO NOW AGENCIES CAN C H A R G E

FROM T H E UNION SOLICITOR. IT YOU A F E E IF YOU A C C E P T T H E

SAYS: "The House of Lords ruled in ACCOMMODATION.

F E L I X 5

C O U N C I L H I G H L I G H T S The meet ing opened at

6 .02p .m. on Monday , 27th January 1975. The P r e s i d e n t in t roduced M r . C a r l Seaford, the Domes t i c B u r s a r who d e s c r i b ed what h i s job en ta i l ed . H e a l s o o u t l i n e d the h i s to ry o f h i s work at C o l l e g e , w h i c h does cover a large area . F o l l o w i n g a short ques t ion and answer s e s s i o n the B u r s a r was thanked for a t tend ing C o u n c i l .

Matters Arising From Minutes

It appears that the B r i t i s h C o u n c i l are prepar ing to make a f i n a n c i a l con t r ibut i on to the F r e n c h T r i p .

Conce rn ing the f ire i n C o l l e g e B l o c k l a s t term; the D P reported that i t was not normal p rac t i c e to p l a c e a f ire a larm in an a rea such as the J C R in case pan i c was caused when the a larm went off. There i s a b e l l nearby that c an be heard by the bar staf f who wou ld dea l e f f i c i en t l y w i th the s i tua t i on i f i t a rose .

No nominat ions have been r ece i v ed for the post of P u b l i c i t y O f f i ce r but a member o f the U n i o n has in fact a s k e d to be cons ide r ed for the pos t .

Correspondence

A le t ter has been rece i ved from L e e d s U n i v e r s i t y S . U . conce rn ing a conference on student c o u n s e l l i n g i n B r i t i s h U n i v e r s i t i e s . Anyone in te res ted shou ld contac t the Welfare Of f i ce r .

President's Business

C o u n c i l agreed that the P r e s i d e n t shou ld persue further the p o s s i b i l i t y o f a student chairman o f the C o l l e g e A t h l e t i c s Commi t t ee .

A t a meet ing between h im­se l f , Mr .Stevens ( E n d s l e i g h Insurance) and M r . Anna s (Co l l e g e f inance ) , the la t ter a s k e d that a r i v a l quote to E n d s l e i g h ' s be ob ta ined . This was embarassing since End­sleigh had already been promised the business.

Weeks H a l l was ment ioned (See P r e c i P i c e , page 4).

In v i e w of the present economic c l i m a t e , i t was cons ide r ed inopportune to ask for an inc r ease in the cap i t a t i on fee (the p e r - cap i t a amount p a i d by l o c a l educat ion auth­o r i t i e s to the Un ion ) .

A query was r a i s e d by the R S M A rep. regard ing a report wh i ch ment ioned ' S o c i a l Sec r e ta r i e s ' and ' p e r k s ' . T h e S C A B cha i rman r ep l i ed that the few ' p e r k s ' were records but no th ing monetary. H e quoted the co l l e g e doorman at E n t s ' C o n c e r t s , 'This year's Ents Committee are the most honest I've known'.

The P r e s i d e n t reported the Hea l th Cent re i n c i den t (See page 1).

C o u n c i l agreed to the P r e s i d e n t ' s recommendat ion to send a ' le t ter o f support and a donat ion o f £10 to A l n w i c k C o l l e g e o f E d u c a t i o n w h i c h faces c l osure by the Govern­ment.

Imperial College Operatic Soc.

presents

THE* MIKADO by GILBERT & SULLIVAN

TUES. F E B . 11th to SAT. F E B . 15th .

at 7.30p.m. in the UNION C O N C E R T H A L L

T i c k e t s 50p (Sat. 60p)

A v a i l a b l e from members of the Soc i e t y or

from U n i o n B u i l d i n g and Souths ide from J a n . 27th .

E N Q U I R I E S 589 2963 ( D A Y ) .

Hon. See's. Business

A d i s c u s s i o n conce rn ing the use o f the sw imming poo l by d i s a b l e d pe rsons and o t h e r s ' took p l a c e . A d e c i s i o n was deferred u n t i l the l e ga l l i a b i l i t y p o s i t i o n had been i n v e s t i g a t ed .

Third Sabbatical

T h e H o n . Sec . presented her paper 'A Need for Change'. The motion was to take the th i rd s abba t i c a l from the E d i t o r s h i p of F E L I X and r ea l l oca te i t to a F i n a n c e / B u i l d i n g s Of f i cer , w i th dut i es a s ou t l i ned in the paper .

T h e E d i t o r o f F E L I X spoke aga ins t the mot ion, answer ing some of the po in t s r a i s e d i n the H o n . S e e ' s , paper . T h e E d i t o r then presented h i s own paper wh ich summed up by s ta t ing that C o u n c i l should have the fu l l e s t fac ts before i t , before coming to any far r each ing d e c i s i o n .

The Deputy P r e s i d e n t proposed an amendment: De l e t e a l l and inse r t :

'We resolve that a Council sponsored motion be put to two UGM's create the post of a non-sabbatical Junior Treasurer. We further resolve to set up a Working Party to examine the workings of both the FELIX Office and the Union central administration and to report on the options open to the Union in the deployment of its resourses in and between these areas'.

After much d i s c u s s i o n th is amendment was ca r r i ed over­whe lming l y .

Any Other Business

M r . L e a a s k e d the P r e s i d e n t to p a s s a mot ion of censure on the v i c i o u s band of rust l e rs i n C o u n c i l . The P r e s i d e n t r ep l i ed that he c o u l d not s ince he was in the c h a i r .

The m e e t i n g * c l o s e d at

10.35p.m.

M i n e s says

N O ! t o

P G A O

Richard Waring

A t the l a s t R S M U Meet ing the proposa l that the P G A f f a i r s Of f icer become a member of the I C U E x e c was d i s c u s s e d .

Tom Abraham ( P G A f f a i r s Off icer) arid Ron K i l l ( I C U Deputy P r e s i den t ) spoke in favour o f and a g a i n s t the proposa l r e spe c t i v e l y . A f t e r a d i s c u s s i o n John Mort imer ca l l ed " for the meet ing to i n d i c a t e the i r f ee l ings about the p roposa l to h im . A show of hands r evea l ed a large major i ty were aga ins t the proposed change .

Davey trials

A t the same meet ing the l o s s of Davey was admit ted . T h e ' Davey bearers w i l l s tand t r i a l at the next meet ing u n l e s s Davey i s recovered before then.

C H E M S O C L E C T U R E 11th February 1975 at 17.30 " I m p o s s i b l e R e a c t i o n s " Dr . R . A . J a c k s o n , S u s s e x U n i .

ORIENTEERING

W o u l d t h o s e t w o s t u d e n t s who borrowed two or ient­eer ing compasses l a s t term in order to wa lk the P e n n i n e Way p l ease contac t Terry Door i s of C o l l e g e F i n a n c e (431, C o l l e g e B l o c k , in t e rna l 3926). Mr. Doo r i s i s l e a v i n g C o l l e g e on March 21st and-would l i k e them' back before that da te .

H A T H A Y O G A c l a s s e s , f o l l ow ing the method of M r . B . K . S . lyongar author of 'Light on Yoga', are w e l l e s t a b l i s h e d at IC . C l a s s e s are he ld in the L e v e l 8 Common Room, P h y s i c s , on Tuesdays at 5 .30p.m. , and beginners are very we l come . Members inc lude s tudents and c o l l e g e employees . If you have no pr ior exper i ence you are inv i t ed to watch a c l a s s . Ha tha Yoga i s a p rac t i c a l way to a t ta in a heal thy body together w i th a more c a lm and d i s c i p l i n e d mind through the regular p rac t i ce of t rad i t i ona l yoga e x e r c i s e s .

For further information come along to next Tuesday's class or phone Internal 2175.

PROF. B R E M S S T R A H L U N G

I m not sure

I l . k e t h i s

g e n e t i c

r e s e a r c h

P r o f !

Now tha t we've b e e n g i v e n

t h e g r e e n t i ^ h t i c a n

C o n t i n u e m y i n v e s t i g a t i o n s

T

-A

In p a r t i cuLa f , I m u s t resume, my

w o r k on E x p e r i m e n t ALPH/4 ONE J B u t P ro f !

prefer S i r B r i a n

t h e w a y

he- is '

6 FtLIX

R o n K i l l by A n d y W a t s o n

I M E T the Deputy P r e s i d en t , (straight from one of h i s i n * numerable committee meetings) in the Un i on ^ r and he offered to buy me a, d r ink — wh i ch in the days ot d i m i n i s h i n g grant buying-power, doesn ' t often happen to me; regret ful ly I had to admit that I'd. a l ready got one. He shepherded me into the lounge, sugges ted a tab le , and through the d i n of the juke box t r ied to communicate to me h i s v i e w s on h imse l f and the task of be ing D . P .

H i s main plat form for e l e c t i o n , he to ld me, was the cond i t i on o ' some of the union f a c i l i t i e s , for w h i c h the D P v i a the House Commit tee , is r e s p o n s i b l e . The J C R furniture for i ns tance , w h i c h i s f a l l i n g apart :

'I've just had the estimate for its renovation, arid it works out at about £2500. The chairs at present have rubber webbing under the seats, most of which has torn. When they've been repaired they'll be like these ones' — he grabbed a nearby c h a i r by the leg and f l i c k ed it onto i t s back — 'with a wooden base. Much more durable. And the floor here' — he waved h i s hand at the f loor of the lounge, w h i c h looks a s if it has caught some unspeakab le d i s e a s e — 'Is in a mess. We are going to cover it with a cord carpet. It's hard wearing and cheap but it will cost a fair bit!'.

Ron a l s o s i t s on the Safety Commit tee , w h i c h i s r es ­pons ib l e for the safety of a l l the c o l l e g e b u i l d i n g s :

'College safety is not as good as it might be', he commented. 'We are trying to educate everyone to be more safety conscious. Many im­provements can be made without much effort, like the new luminous fire signs in the Union building'.

I a s k e d him how he f inds out what the s tudents want in the way of f a c i l i t i e s :

'/ like to think my views reflect the views of the average IC student. I've found from talking to people I meet that surprisingly often their views and mine agree'.

I .C . Photographic Society

T u e s d a y 4th February

18.45 M ines 246

' Iron D i n o s a u r s ' —

T h e F o l l o w - U p T o

' A f r i c a n S a f a r i ' L a s t Year.

Some Superb R a i l w a y

Photography .

. For Sale

Garrard SL65J3 Deck . P l i n t h and cover . G800 Car t r idge . Excellent c ond i t i on . H a r d l y used. £15.00. Phone Marion Int. 2508 (day) or 373 4855 (evening).

A l l the same , he w i s h e s more people wou ld come and g ive h im their op in i ons on the th ings they feel he ought to be do ing . T h e genera l s tuden t ' s d i s ­interest in un ion matters i s , he t h i n k s , at l east pa r t i a l l y due to the fact that the U n i o n is do ing approx imate ly what most s tudents want it to .

Ron enjoys be ing Deputy P r e s i d e n t , and looks on it a s be ing to some extent l ight re l i e f from h i s research work in B i o - o r gan i c C h e m i s t r y .

'Research is frustrating. If chemical A will not react with chemical B , you won't change matters by reasoning with them. But people are much more flexible. You can persuade them to see your point of view'.

Free Ks 71 B i rd ! J u l i a D u n n i n g

A l though I have been known on a number of o c c a s i o n s to com­p la in about the work invo l ved in ICWA, I s h a l l a l s o be the f i rst to admit the perks of the job.

The weekend before last I was g iven what I regard a s an opp­ortuni ty of a l i f e t ime - the chance to f ly in a g l i de r . T h e cap ta in of

the G l i d i n g C l u b at IC , N i g e l L e a k , and h i s commit tee , d e c i d ed to offer me the chance to exper i ence th i s inc r ed ib l e sport in the hope that I wou ld then be ab le to wr i te t h i s a r t i c l e to encourage some of the more adventurous women amongst us to j o i n .

I shou ld f i rs t l i k e to g ive you some idea of the way the week­end was spent rather than jus t space f i l l w i th my f ee l ings over the matter.

I, together w i th Sue Tanner ( P h y s i c s I), were p i cked up on the F r i d a y night by N i g e l and dr i ven to the L a s h a m A i r f i e l d in Surrey . On f i rs t s i gh t , It was a l i t t l e daunt ing but after a l i t t l e Dutch courage at the l o ca l our s p i r i t s rose c o n s i d e r a b l y .

In the morning it ra ined , in the afternoon it snowed ! ! Not the most encourag ing weather for g l i d i n g — not for any sport in fact . We were shown round the workshop (fondly known a s the Brown E lephant ! ) where I s aw my f i rs t g l i de r c l o s e to. I found it d i f f i cu l t to be l i e ve someth ing s o f rag i l e l ook ing c o u l d make me a i rborne . H o w ­ever , the a c t u a l strength of these g l i de rs i s undoubtable -t h i s one c e r t a i n l y d i d not c o l l a p s e under my we ight !

In the even ing we were treated to a superb pub mea l , accompan ied by a l ove ly s e l e c t i o n of home brewed w i n e s . En j oyab l e a s th i s w a s ,

it was not the most idea l preparat ion for the f o l l ow ing day .

We were, c a l l e d at 7 .15a .m. to look out onto a perfect c l e a r sunny but very frosty morning . We ar r i ved on the runway at 8 o ' c l o c k and were s c o l d e d for be ing late, a w e l l deserved comment as a l ready the g l ide rs were out and ready to f l y . The g l i de rs are towed into the sky at L a s h a m in two ways — by aero -tow or by car tow. In the former you are pu l l ed up into the s k y to about 2,000 feet by a s m a l l , powered aerop lane ; in the latter , a c a r speed ing a l ong the runway, ho i s t s the g l i d e r into the s k y . I was aero-towed into the sky a t 8 .30a .m. in a two-seater g l i de r w i th my ins t ructor Doug s i t t i n g behind me.

T h i s part of the f l i gh t , the tow was superb — the v i ew be ing l i k e a dream w i th pockets of morning m is t dotted around the count rys ide (it was p o s s i b l e to s e e Watersh ip Down from here\. Then came the s l i g h t shock a s the tow rope was r e l eased and we were just f l oa t ing in the a i r . I must admit , I fe l t rather s ca r ed but it was immensely e x c i t i n g too . The nasty b i t is exper­i enc ing the abnormal ba l ance f e e l ings you get though I w a s a s s u r e d that a f ter one or two more f l i gh ts one i s hard ly aware of them. I w a s a l l owed to. exper iment w i th the con t ro l s '

for a l i t t l e w h i l e and then we made for the landing s t r i p . L a n d i n g , s u r p r i s i n g l y , (as I thought I wou ld be s ca r ed sti f f ) was rea l l y great fun. A n d there ended my f l i ght .

The hosp i t a l i t y and k indness of the people of the c l u b — both of IC and L a s h a m i t se l f — w a s superb throughout and I shou ld l i k e to thank a l l of them now for s u c h a good weekend .

The expense? Y o u can afford to g l i de on a grant w i thout a doubt but one a l s o has to g i ve up the t ime to r ea l l y make a go of i t . F o r d e t a i l s of the cos t I sugges t you contac t N i g e l L e a k in A e r o E n g . II or Indeed, myse l f . The IC G l i d i n g C l u b i s the second o ldes t In the country and Is a w e l l e s t a b l i s h e d , w e l l run o r gan i sa t i on . It i s a lot of fun, but a l s o a lot of hard work . B u t the f e e l i ng of g l i d i n g through the a i r a s a bird i s jus t i ndesc r i bab l e — so do try it for y ourse l f .

Annual Swimming Gala

T o be he ld at the Sports Cen t r e on Tuesday , 18th February at 6 .00p .m. F r e e Beer and Sandw iches w i l l be prov ided for compet i to rs and spec ta to rs in the U n i o n Lower Lounge f o l l ow ing the event . A d m i s s i o n w i l l be by programme p r i c e I0p on s a l e in U n i o n O f f i c e s . Prospective competitors should contact their CCU's.

mix 7

S E C U R I T Y Thefts on the campus of College equipment and

students private property such as cash, wallets, clothing

etc. have increased in recent months.

All students and staff are asked to co-operate fully

by promptly reporting to the Security Officer details of

such losses and, what is equally important, to telephone

the Security Office immediately they see any person

acting suspiciously. Many of these thefts occur during

normal working hours and the persons most likely to see

anything untoward happening are those students and

members of staff who are constantly about in their own

buildings. A polite 'Can I help you' to a stranger may

be the means of assisting a geniune visitor or it might

provoke a reaction which would indicate that the person

is up to no good.

Recent occurrences in the College suggest that

illicit keys, either 'home-made' ones or other improperly

obtained are still circulating. Whilst the manufacture

and retention of such keys may not have been motivated

by any criminal intent, their very existence does a great

deal to undermine security in the College. Persons still

in possession of such keys are asked to forward them

(anonymously if need be) to the Security Officer at once.

If you leave your pedal cycle on College premises

please ensure that it secured with a stout chain and

good padlock. Don't forget to insure it and retain details

of the serial number.

Frequently, document files containing lecture notes

bearing no details of their owners are handed in at the

Security Office, Some of them are never claimed though

no doubt worried students are still searching for them.

A name on the file would prevent a lot of worry.

A.D.Dawson, Security Officer.

C h a r l e s L o u i s s o n

A F E W weeks ago a cas s e t t e ar r i ved in the F E L I X o f f i ce , wh i ch the E d i t o r a sked me to rev iew and I thought, it must be my lucky day, someth ing new to l i s t en to. Unfortunate ly I shou ld have read my s ta rs that morning ' c o s they s a i d that I was going to get lumbered and I d i d !

The t i t l e of the cas s e t t e is 'Unwillingly to School' produced by an outf i t c a l l e d Seminar C a s s e t t e s , who purport to pro­duce tapes on sub j ec t s ot ' In ternat iona l concern ' ( their words not mine) , and it c on ta ins a long and fa i r l y bor ing ly s t ructured exp lana t i on of the educa t i ona l s y s t ems in A m e r i c a , F r a n c e and R u s s i a , supp l e r mented by a brief d i s c u s s i o n on the f l e x i b i l i t y of c u r r i c u l a w i t h i n s c h o o l s , the exam sys tem and the s ta tus of t eachers . The sub j e c t s are d i s c u s s e d a lmost t o ta l l y w i th reference to primary and s e c ­ondary educa t i on , and introduce no ear th-shat ter ing information w i th the p o s s i b l e excep t i on of a wes te rn-b iased v i ew of the Sov ie t educat ion s y s t e m .

However the s e c t i o n on the s ta tus of teachers leads to an important sub jec t w i th r e l ­evance to IC and undergraduates in par t i cu la r , and that is the standard of l ec tur ing w i t h i n the c o l l e g e . The current v i ew of academics i s that the standard of undergraduate ach ievement i s l e s s e n i n g a s years go by.

Pe rhaps that—is true, perhaps not, but if it i s , how much of "trie e r os i on i s due to s tuden ts , and how much i s due to inade­q u a c i e s , w i th in the t each ing staf f of the c o l l e g e ? One p o s s i b l e , and I be l i e ve probable , answer to the ques t i on is that, w i th the inc rease in the quant i t y and d i v e r s i t y of the information to be t ransmi t ted , the l ec turers , few of whom have had a s i gn i f ­i cant per iod of formal t eacher t r a in ing , are becoming over­whelmed by the i r t ask and consequent l y l e s s ab l e to put over the information s a t i s f a c t o r i l y .

T h i s i s a s i tua t i on that shou ld not and must not be to lerated e s p e c i a l l y in future. Undergraduates represent over 6 0 % of the student body of th i s cgl l 'ege and we are en t i t l ed to good l e c tur ing . A l t h o u g h , apparent l y , H eads of depart­ments are now s e r i o u s l y q u e s t i o n i n g the t each ing c a p a b i l i t y of p rospec t i v e a cadem i c staf f , th i s w i l l not rect i fy the s i tua t i on for severa l years to come, and it is time the co l l e g e thought s e r i o u s l y of remedia l courses for e x i s t i n g

ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS

T O I.C. UNION DIRECTORY.

Page 1.

R S M U A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s O f f i ce r

P a g e 5. R C S U

inser t : —

J . C o x

A . J . W i l l i a m s ) J .Shemi l t )

D r . F . B e r k s h i r e

Chem. R e p s .

2nd Y e a r

3 rd Y e a r

3rd Yea r

Maths .

1st Y e a r

1st Y e a r

2nd Y e a r 3rd Y e a r

3rd Y e a r

P h y s i c s .

1st Y e a r

1st Y e a r

P a g e 17. R C C

M u s i c Soc .

P a g e 21. S C C

Arab Soc .

inser t : —

P r e s i d e n t Deputy P r e s i d e n t Treasurer Others

P a g e 34.

Jew ish , Spy,

Cha i rman

Treasurer

Others

C h a r l e s L o u i s s o n F a l . 136

M.Hope M i n i n g 3.

E x p l o r a t i o n Boa rd R e p .

R C S A R e p s .

Senior Treasurer

A c a d e m i c S o c i a l A c a d e m i c

S o c i a l

A c a d e m i c

A c a d e m i c S o c i a l

A c a d e m i c

S o c i a l

A c a d e m i c

P h y s i c s 3 .

P h y s i c s 2.

Maths

M s . H . Walker P . M i l l e r P . V i n c e n t

C H a r d y , N . R o w e .

N . D a v i e s , M . T r i p p . A . P r o u d m a n P . F . T h o m a s , I .Redwood . M s . V . L a r d n e r , J . A . A l l e n .

M s . T . P e a r s o n , D.Stewart . M s . S . J a m e s , A .Sudwor th .

T reasurer de le te 'Nandbrak '

inse r t 'Handerek '

de le te a l l .

M .Massoud A . A l - Z u b a i d i H . A l -Mahamed M.Ibrahim R .H IA I -Raheh A .Shams A l - D i n

I. N o s s h i

de le te " E l e c . E n g *

inse r t ' C h e m '

de le te 'Schef fe i * i n se r t 'Schaffer* de le te ' L i n d s e l f * i n se r t ' L i n d s e y '

C i v . E n g . P G C h e m . E n g . 2 M e c h . E n g . P G P e t . T e c h . M e c h . E n g . P G P h y s i c s P G Mech.Eng.-3

i n t 2420 ext . 1786

t each ing staf f i n v o l v i n g i n ­s t ruc t i on o n . de l i v e r y of l e c tures , use of a u d i o - v i s u a l a i d s e t c . F o r the present if you fee l that any of your lecturers are inadequate in th i s respect , t e l l your academic rep and get him to do someth ing about i t , take it to your sta f f -s tudent committee i f necessa ry , they are there to sor t out your g r i e vances .

F i n a l l y , a p lug : a s the H o n . S e c . s a i d in F E L I X the other week, th is is e l e c t i on term, so if y ou are in teres ted in the academic s i d e of c o l l e g e l i fe and feel l i ke do ing some p o s i t i v e good for your f e l l ow and future s tudents , th ink about s t and ing for A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s O f f i ce r . Nominat ion papers go up in a few w e e k s , you have got noth ing to l o se , except p o s s i b l y the e l e c t i o n !

W E L L S O C p resen t s :

P r o f e s s o r R . C h u r c h o u s e (Head o f Department o f Comput ing Mathemat i cs U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e Card i f f ) .

'Unusual Applications Of

Computers'

Monday 3rd February i n M e c h .

E n g . 220 at 7.15p.m.

External Affairs Committee presents

A C h i l e a n Speaker from the C h i l e So l i da r i t y Campa ign

a n a F i l m — 'Companeros '

Tuesday February 4th, 1.00 Mech.Eng. 342

8 mix

E N T S C O N C E R T S

S A T U R D A Y

S A T U R D A Y

1s t

f e b -Mike Heron's Reputation & Hfco + SthFEB- arzqent

90p Lc £100 adv £1-20 door

5 80p i.e. 90p adv £1 door

F I L M S - B Y P R O G R A M M E 15p O N D O O R - M E 220 ~ 6.30

T H U R S D A Y 6 F E B ~ D L N O * F R O M R U S S I A W I T H L O V E

T H U R S D A Y 1 3 F E B - T O U C H O F C L A S S * S A V A G E M E S S I A H

C O N C E R T T I C K E T S A V A I L A B L E F R O M I . C . J . O F F I C E 1 2 . 3 0 to 1-30

D I S C O E V E R Y F R I D A Y 8.00PM U N I O N L O W E R R E F E C T O R Y 1 Q P

Si M l I M V % v

SOo<yyxJj^ S T U O ^ N T OF T O D A Y " g y ON pt-e e y

mil nm.r grgZI 3

T H A T JrA^tEY H-/W

/ - fii-cKe e w e COT O F

*>«-•'> - " r wtNO OF

ft A T <£-0'fv<k *t>J An/0

,£/\i-&0 OFF AM-

fCfc

flue T O A M 5 o N f /

• Y T A K - E A /

1 xyyiTH w «

t i t e r / cuK<~y cvruwes

ft-ftrV H E r+AS AfcF/V A / C H M A A -

of»Pe£ THE: l/MCM rMCorVeV. How/eire* , avert T * e ve^As r w w e e t/JeAT^'^CS HAt<Jp eA-Tfjfc'

<̂ e fii^+tr fee AtfUE ro

I f owe otifl VA^AY i A/To OA/6 OF

\ THE W T C H t ^ f , . . vuff-rVT

0 0 y o u S A Y '

"Awe SO OOfc IK/THeCiD T w o t+EAces ft-cuyrt ON INTO T r f e Uto^tJt^'fJ.

mix

LETTERS Cont. from page i

M O T O R C Y C L E C L U B

Elec. Eng. II.

Imperial College,

24th Jan., 1975.

Dear S i r ,

I am wr i t ing on behalf o f the proposed I C Sport ing Motor­c y c l e C l u b i n response to Rupert Harpe r ' s 'Motorcycle Column' (FELIX No. 3.74). I w i s h in no way to c r i t i c i s e Ruper t ' s let ter even i f he might have an tagon ised a c e r t a in No r v in owner and spe l t my name wrong.

I too think th i s Honda we are want ing to race i s a good i d e a , but £200, in my o p i n i o n , i s a fa i r p r i c e , hav ing jus t g l anced through a few back c o p i e s o f Motor C y c l e N e w s . I a l s o be l i e ve that the f i r s t p r io r i t y of the C & G Moto rcyc l e S e c t i on i s to f ind a good workshop . However , there are a l s o in I C a number o f peop le who are not on l y in t e r es t ed in ma i n t a i n i ng the i r own b i k e s , but a l s o in the spo r t ing s ide o f the motorcyc l e spectrum. However , one needs money to go rac ing , s c ramb l ing or whatever, and th is i s where we wou ld come i n .

The C & G Mo to r cyc l e S e c t i on i s , a s i t s name i m p l i e s , a s ec t i on of the C & G Motor C l u b . If the C & G Motor C l u b had the f inances to race, no doubt they wou ld prefer to race a ca r , or perhaps extend the f a c i l i t i e s of their a l r eady e s t a b l i s h e d Go -kart and P e d a l C a r S e c t i o n s . F o r th is reason i t was dec i d ed to go ahead and form an I C Sporting Mo to r cyc l e C l u b . Thus this c l u b wou ld d i rec t i t s energ ies towards motorcyc l e sport . T h i s c l u b i s i n no way intended to r i v a l the C & G Sec t i on .

We a l ready have the f a c i l i t y through the Southern 67 R a c i n g C l u b and the B r i t i s h Mo to r cyc l e R a c i n g C l u b L i m i t e d ('Bemsee') to marsha l l at Snetterton and Brands H a t c h . A s a m a r s h a l l , one na tura l l y p a y s no entrance fee to the race meet ing , i s g i ven free mea ls , and , most important , i s i n v o l v e d in the meet ing i t s e l f , M a r s h a l l s are a b l e to s e l e c t wh i ch meet ings they a t tend . The re i s a one day T r a i n i n g

Cours e on Saturday, February 1st , 2.30 to 5.30p.m. at B r a n d s H a t c h , i f you are i n t e r e s t ed p l e a s e s e e Mar t in B l e a s d a l e , Room 674 Se l k i rk H a l l .

I f anyone supports the forming o f our c l u b , p l e a s e s i gn the no t i c e on the C o u n c i l

No t i c eboard in the U n i o n L o w e r Lounge . We a l ready meet on T u e s d a y s 1p.m., above South-s ide bar .

• Your s f a i th fu l l y ,

R . S . L . W i l k s .

IN R E P L Y TO N.F..

Dept. of Chemical Engineering,

S i r ,

P l e a s e let me rep ly to the le t ter from S .Brady , who wrote on beha l f o f the N a t i o n a l F ron t (NF ) i n the l a s t i s s u e of F E L I X . A s a fore igner I am probab l y l e s s p r e jud i c ed , and as far as the abundant use o f the word ' f a s c i s m ' i s concerned a s a German I know from my fami ly what f a s c i s m r ea l l y means .

I do not understand why the N F does not share the r es ­p o n s i b i l i t y wh i ch the people o f th is country have from the pas t and w h i c h i s w i d e l y a c c e p t e d by the majority of the B r i t i s h peop le .

A s a matter o f f ac t most o f the co loured peop le in t h i s country are B r i t i s h a s a c on ­sequence of the p a s t and the a d v i c e to 'go home where they come from' i s not only inhuman but a l s o might probably be a s i gn o f i l l e g a l i t y .

S ince the N F does not accep t any co loured people into i t s membership, why does i t not go further and accept on ly those who can trace back the i r fami ly to W i l l i a m the Conqueror or, better s t i l l , A l f r e d the Great?

N e v e r t h e l e s s , one can f ind a s i m i l a r pattern o f p o l i c i e s i n va r i ous count r i e s , e.g. i n Sw i t z e r l and , (where Schwar-z enbach tr ied to reduce the number of foreign workers ) ; and in Germany, (wi th the N a t i o n a l democra t i c party , a t present fortunately a lmost d i s in tegra ted ) . A l l these movements are c e r t a i n l y not ' f a s c i s t ' but the p s y c h o l o g i c a l background i s s i m i l a r .

Sure , the in t eg ra t i on of

members of soc i e t y who are not

S U P P O R T I .C . ...

U N I V E R S I T Y

C H A L L E N G E Imperial C o l l e g e hope to be

p l ay ing the New U n i v e r s i t y of U l s t e r in a U n i v e r s i t y C h a l l e n g e match to be recorded in Manches te r on Wednesday 5th , February 1975. T h i s appear­ance w i l l net I C U the sum of £100 and £100 for each subsequent appearances ( i .e. , if they w in ) .

The team that w i l l be ca r r y ing our hopes i s made up of Tom Stevenson , Chem P G ; Ke i th Sugden, Astronomy P G ; Robert D a v i e s , Maths III; and due to a l a s t minute dropout, Mart in Turner , Bot III. Mar t in a l s o w i s h e s it to be known that the t e l e v i s i o n compan ies are

l ay ing on a free c oach to take supporters (approximate ly 40 In number) to the ma tch . The coach w i l l leave B e i t A r c h at 1.00p.m. for Manches t e r where there w i l l be a party ( i .e . lots of nosh and booze) for the team and suppor te rs . The coach w i l l leave Manches te r at 22 .00p .m. and w i l l not a r r i v e back in London t i l l a f ter midn ight .

A l l those who w i s h to go on the tr ip p l ease send your name and department to Mar t in Turner , Bo tany III by Monday, 3rd F e b . 5.00p.m.

FIRST COME FIRST

SERVED!

Introducing the

SAVE ENERGY CAMPAIGN

The C o l l e g e i s mak ing an a l l out effort to save energy i n a l l p o s s i b l e w a y s . Co -o rd ina t i on i s b e ing arranged by a group l ed by P ro f e s so r John B r o w n , H e a d of the Department o f E l e c t r i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g .

You can help by:—

switching off all unnecessary lights closing all doors after you — especially outside doors firmly shutting all windows

L o o k out for further announcements in F E L I X and T o p i c .

M e a n w h i l e , i f you have any br ight (or dim) ideas to save

energy for the country and money for the C o l l e g e , send them

to:

Save Energy c/o Department of Electrical Engineering.

yet fu l l y a c cus tomed to the s p e c i a l way o f l i f e i n th i s country may be d i f f i cu l t . B u t I d i s l i k e these t o t a l i t a r i an methods s i n c e I know p e r s o n a l l y where they l e a d to.

A f ter a l l , i f I want to stay in th i s country for good, does the N F want to throw me out l i k e w i s e ?

Y o u r s f a i th fu l l y ,

J . J . A l b r e c h t ,

Chem.Eng. PG.

CROSSWORD

A s no correct answers to l a s t w e e k ' s c rossword were r e c e i v e d at the F E L I X Of f i ce by noon on Wednesday, and as X a m i s r e s t i ng from h i s menta l exe r t i ons t h i s week , we have ex tended the dead­l ine on X a m No .9 u n t i l noon next Wednesday , ( F e b . 5th).

RCS Mathematical & Physical

Society Presents for your entertainment

L IVE ON STAGE

That Gentle Giant of Gyrational Genius!

YOUR OWN, YOUR VERY OWN . . .

ERIC LAITHWAITE 'MULTIPLICATION OF BANANAS BY

U M B R E L L A S "

Wednesday, February 5th, 1.15pm.

PHYSICS T H E A T R E 1

A L L WELCOME!

BOOKS J o h n A n d r e w s

Penguin Modern Poets (Fontana)

With the pub l i c a t i on of t h i s new vo lume, Pengu in have now introduced us to 75 contemporary poets , an admirab le a c h i e v e ­ment. When v i ewed a s a comple te antho logy , the s e r i e s presents us w i th an inva luab l e c o l l e c t i o n from wh i ch we can a s s e s s the c a l i b r e of modern poetry in B r i t a i n . In the last decade we have los t , among o thers , E l i o t , Pound and A u d e n ; it i s not i n conce i v ab l e that their eventua l s u c c e s s o r s w i l l emerge from among poets s u c h a s these .

On the strength of th i s o f fer ing, how­ever , I do not th ink that the three poets whose work i s represented here — G a v i n E w a r t , Z u l f i k a r Ghose and B . S . J o h n s o n — are l i k e l y to f i n i sh in the s e l e c t band of poets for whom the ad j ec t i v e 'great ' i s no exagge ra t i on . A s w i th a l l the wr i t e r s Pengu in have offered us , their work i s of a very high s tandard in genera l , and a l l three c o u l d be desc r ibed a s s u c c e s s f u l ; but there are many others jus t a s good. The i r work , a l though competent , does not progress in any way from the s tandards l a id down in the las t thirty y ea r s . T h i s i s one of the major c r i t e r i a in d i s t i n g u i s h i n g the major poets from those who are jus t w e l l p rac t i s ed in the art of w r i t i n g v e r s e . T o reach their s tandard i s an ach ievement in i t s e l f , and for that reason I c an recommertd the book as a s u i t a b l e in t ro ­duc t i on into modern poetry. Some of the work i s very good; it never drops be low competent . It i s a l s o , for the most part, eminent ly readab le . But don ' t ex.pect too much from i t , enjoy i t , and remember ' that minor poetry is the l i f eb look of l i t e ra ture .

Arianna Stassinopoulos: The Female

Woman (Fontana)

The Womens L i b e r a t i o n movement has been observed w i th fervent admi ra t i on , amusement and c y n i c a l contempt. M s . , sorry , M i s s S t a s s i n o p o u l o s i s f i rmly entrenched in the latter grouping, and th i s book i s a d e t a i l e d a t tack of the tenets of the present l iberal females who hope to e l evate the s ta tus of women to that of the a l l - dominee r ing m a l e s . H o v e r i n g in the

Little Feat: Dixie Chicken (Warner

Bros)".

A N O T H E R qua l i t y a lbum from a band that produce c o n s i s t e n t l y good mus i c and remain c o n s i s t e n t l y unno t i c ed . The opening t i t l e t rack moves in w i th a shu f f l ing beat sp r i nk l ed w i th honky-tonk b luesy piano and the unique larynx of L o w e l l George, who goes on to power the whole package w i th rasp ing s l i d e gu i tar . The m u s i c i a n ­s h i p is t y p i c a l l y t ight and p r ec i s e a l though g i v i ng the appearance of l a id -back r e l axa t i on , as if at any moment they

background are the e v i l spec t r es of Germaine Greer and Kate M i l l e t ; these two, in par t i cu la r , are s i n g l e d out for repeated and often h o s t i l e c r i t i c i s m . M i s s S tass inopou l o s u s e s a great dea l of ' b i o l o g i c a l ' r eason ing , w h i c h i s impress i v e , but at t imes l apses in i l l o g i c a l , common-sense arguments; however , we have been brought up to expect th i s from women, and as the lady i s obv i ous l y an a l l - f ema le female I suppose she th inks she can get away w i t h i t . Not so , M i s s S. , not s o .

The book d ea l s in a s y s t ema t i c way w i th the va r i ous ro les a woman has in s o c i e t y , and attempts to reason that these are, in the main , na tura l . I'm sorry , l ad i e s of IC, but a lot of it makes s e n s e . On the other hand, I th ink she i s be ing unfa ir in t ry ing to destroy the l ibera t ion movement, in that she c l e a r l y does not understand i t . I pe rsona l l y see womens L i b . a s a move­ment wh i ch i s suf fer ing from over-react ion to the prob lem. T h i s i s on ly natura l because of the huge, f a l l a c i o u s t rad i t i on present in most s o c i e t i e s w h i c h be l i e ves that women are an infer ior race . G i v e n t ime, the movement shou ld se t t l e down to a reasoned batt le aga ins t pre jud ice ; the answer to the problem does not l i e in the ashes of M s . Gree r ' s gutted bras , nor in th i s book.

If there are any ardent Womens L i b b e r s in IC, I recommend that you have a look at th i s book, even if it only r e su l t s in h igh blood pressure . Its semi - face t i ous tone sugges ts hope that M i s s S t a s s i n o p o u l o s is not qu i t e so an t i - l i b e ra t i on a s the book may seem to imply .

Cand i

'Modern Man Looks at Evolution'

W.W.Fletcher (Fontana).

With e vo lu t i on a s i t s under l y ing p r i n ­c i p l e , t h i s book s e t s out to cover eve ry th ing that has e vo l v ed , from the incep t i on of the un ive rse to present day s o c i e t y . Unfor tunate ly , (it was a great idea , but what c an you expec t in 160 pages? ) , it f a i l s d i s m a l l y .

More s e r i o u s l y , it a l s o c l a i m s to be an 'ideal introduction for the non'scientist

into the ways of science' w h i c h I f ind very hard to s w a l l o w . T o my mind whole s e c t i o n s df the book, e s p e c i a l l y on the astronomy s i d e , were l i t t l e more than ted ious ca ta ldgues of fac ts that can be found in any yearbook, let a l o n e e n c y ­c l o p a e d i a . T h e general l eve l of treatment, e s p e c i a l l y towards the front of the book, i s pretty s k e t c h y , but I suppose that th is is i nev i t ab l e in s u c h a l im i t ed

might miss a beat or two but never in fact do .

The key to the band is the v o c a l s and s l i d e - p l a y i n g of L o w e l l George . He has complete contro l of the instrument and> seems capab le of impart ing some b lood-and-guts to the s o u l d — u s u a l l y the prerogat ive of s t ra ight e l e c t r i c gu i tar . B e c a u s e of th is the mus ic in i ts com­p lex i ty is more inv igora t ing than say a comparable band such as the A l l m a n Bro thers .

With luck , they might f i n a l l y make it on the Warner Brothers package tour current ly do ing the rounds here, where , if there 's

account . A l l the same we f ind an assumpt i on of b a s i c concep ts on one hand, and over s i m p l i f i c a t i o n of ideas on th^ other. There i s a l s o a l i be ra l use of magic words l i k e 'scientist', 'energy' and 'proteins' and too many throw-away phrases s u c h a s ( t a l k ing of the moon landings and probes) 'we now know nearly as much about the surface of the Moon as

we know about the surfate of the Earth'.

I d i d n ' t f ind the p la tes pa r t i cu l a r l y , i l l um ina t i ng e i ther .

T h e main faul t of th is vo lume Is that it is t ry ing to cover much too w ide a f i e ld at too e lementary a l e v e l . T o appea l to the to ta l l y ignorant layman a more d i r ec t and e x c i t i n g approach i s needed, w h i l e the se r i ous amateur w i th only bas i c knowledge w i l l f ind it supe r f luous .

'Occasions' Dorothy Hammond Innes (Fontana)

'Occasions' i s not a book that I expec ted to enjoy , be ing a lmos t , the abso lu te a n t i t h e s i s of my t r a v e l l i n g expe r i ence . U s e d to economy c l a s s , camp ing and w a l k i n g to s a v e bus fares, I f ind the who l e idea of l i v i n g in hote ls and tak ing c a r s a bit s t range . S t i l l , i t ' s a l w a y s good to see how the other ha l f l i v e s , and to my surpr i s e I r ea l l y enjoyed g looehopping w i th M r s . Innes. F o r devotees of the Mr .H . Innes , th i s sc rapbook has some in teres t ing if obv ious background g l i m p s e s , to h i s n o v e l s : the A u s t r a l i a n outback and 'Golden Soak' for example .

Make no mis take , though, t h i s trave logue is noth ing more than a s t r i n g of remin­i s c ences of people , p l a c e s and events on a cu l ina ry thread. I found the d i s c r i p t i o n s of meals just a bit wear ing after a w h i l e and they kept mak ing me feel -hungry. A l though I'm no ep i cure (or even a decent cook) , I w i s h there had been an appendix of r ec ipes to try.

The book i s fu l l of fun & enjoyment; a t yp i ca l b i t i s where the Innes ' & p i lo t are f l y i ng towards the O l g a s — another A y e r s R o c k sort of t h i n g . " / was studying Harry Purvis' fine profile when I heard

my husband say 'Oh, don't worry about

Dorothy, she loves it'. I was Just wonder­

ing what I was alleged to love when he

rolled the plane over and we crawled up

the face of the Olgas, then down, then up

again, slowly, very close to the details

of the surface".

If you l i ke t rave l and t a l k ing about p l a c e s , y o u ' l l l i k e th i s easy , f l ow ing book. I t 's c e r t a in l y more abso rb ing than any of the h o l i d a y - s l i d e v i gne t tes that I was treated to las t year . I wou ld expec t it to be rev iewed on Womans Hour and r ight ly s o : your m i s s u s or your mum w i l l probably th ink i t ' s great.

Hie

any i u s t i c e left, they deserve to stomp a l l

over some of the bigger names on show.

T h i s a lbum is their th i rd , and al though not up to the ex c e l l en t s tandard of 'Sailin' Shoes' remains strongly and unmis takeab ly L i t t l e F e a t . The r e ' s the ins i s t en t , haggerdly drumming of R i c h i e Hayward , the stoned-out piano of B i l l Payne and the d raw l ing b lues -based s tance of George — ' t ' s a shame that l esser mus i c can become so popular and so many m u s i c i a n s of true qua l i t y go unno t i c ed .

A K C 0 A D 8

F E L I X 11

B e c a u s e of a d i sas t r ous Gutter idge Cup resu l t for I C l a s t Wednesday, f i tness t ra in ing for the f i rs t X V had been ex­tended to F r i d a y e ven ings . P r e s s - u p s , pu l l -ups and s i t -ups were not encouraged but a more s p e c i a l e xe r c i s e such as too much Y o u n g ' s b i t ter was pre­ferred. Undaunted by th is servere test of s tamina the Brave B a n d i t s be long ing to Bruce B rad l e y set off to avenge the a forement ioned 11-3 defeat by Q M C .

Before the match started i t was dec i d ed that tea and b i s c u i t s shou ld be se rved to both the b a c k s and forwards to help keep out the ef fects of the cons i s t en t d r i z z l e and b i t i n g c o l d w i n d . Unfor tunate ly s i x minutes in to the f i rs t ha l f the forwards were s t i l l dunk ing their b i s c u i t s and consequent l y were too busy to stop a P L A forward from c r a s h i n g over from a q u i c k l y taken short pena l t y .

T en minutes la ter I C were awarded a penal ty thirty yards out and i n front of the pos t s . B . F i n n e y e l egant ly conver ted and reduced the score de f i c i t to 6-3. T h e adverse wet c o n ­d i t i ons made hand l ing the b a l l extremely d i f f i cu l t and both s i d e s found i t hard to produce c l ean p o s s e s s i o n from the l ineou ts . Unfor tunate ly IC were reduced to 14 men, ten minutes

later , when B .S te rn h a d to ret i re w i t h a badly b r u i s e d arm. H e was , however , exper t l y l ooked af ter by our res ident F l o r e n c e N i g h t i n g a l e s , Jane t and A n i t a . It i s thought that next week the two g i r l s are h a v i n g their heads examined for hang ing around in such mise rab l e weather.

H a l f t ime came and went . T h e reshuf f led I C s ide c o u l d make no impress i on on the score l i n e desp i t e constant good pressure from the forwards and steady p lay from the b a c k s . F o u r minutes of the game re­mained. The spectators were on tender hooks and exc i tement mounted to a c l i m a x . R a y Hughes , a foimer good p laye r w i th a l l h i s teeth, r e c e i v ed good b a l l from the p a c k f i ve yards from the P L A l i n e . B e ­cause I C had had a two-man over lap from h i s b l i n d - s i d e break, Ray dec ided h e ' d better go a lone and snook i n for the winn ing try. A minute la ter the ref b l ew up but no one was hurt.

It was a deserved w in and hopeful ly the s ide w i l l now carry on without l o s i n g for the rest of the season .

Team: Denso, Clumsey, Sterno, Cuddles, Bobo, L. Lunch, Engaged, Sloop B, B1100. Verona, Nothandsome, lOg, Alias, D.Squared, M.Pius,

I C E x t r a 1 sts we l comed the return o f the i r s tar p l aye r , top try scorer and cap ta in for their match aga ins t L o n d o n I r i s h . Surpr i sed that the game h a d not been c a n c e l l e d we arr i ved at Har l ing ton to f ind a c o l d w i nd that was b l o w i n g at approx lOOmph (nearly a s fast a s S.Chudy) ac ross the p i t c h . H a d i t not been for th is w ind we may have run up a much b igger score as i t p l a yed havoc w i th the p a s s i n g . L o n d o n I r i sh were not a s a f f ec ted s i n c e the I C front row won so much b a l l , w i th great hook ing by I .Shepherd, that they rare ly had a b a l l to p a s s .

The I C b a c k s d i d w e l l c l e an ing up loose b a l l to stop L I get t ing any loose b r e a k s , M . G i b s o n (not that one) do ing very w e l l i n th is dept. The I C pack p r e s s u r i s e d so w e l l charg ing through l ineouts on the oppos i t i on h a l f bakes that we spent most of the f i rs t h a l f on their ha l f . M . K i l b r i c k at No .8 forced the L I wingforwards and scrum ha l f to g ive away pen­a l i t i e s by ho ld ing the b a l l i n .

Our f i r s t try came from a charge down by R.Sut ton , who

had charged through the l ineout , the b a l l bounced jus t r ight for S .Chudy who ran the l a s t 5 yds and d i v e d over wi th ha l f the oppos i t i on on h i s back . T h e w i n d d i d not he lp the con ­ve rs i on attempt but H.Sayers later p l a c ed a penal ty k i c k over (London I r i sh d isagree ) to g ive us a ha l f t ime l ead o f 7-0.

The second ha l f w a s the more even o f the two w i th the ba l l going backwards and forwards. The wingers who d idn ' t get many p a s s e s c h a s e d k i c k s in at tack and covered w e l l i n defense and London I r i s h were lucky to get their c on ­verted try. M . G i b s o n was un lucky not to score after a good run by M.Sergot but a l a s t d i tch effort j u s t caught h i m . F i n a l score 7-6.

Cheers l a d s , sorry you c a n ' t a l l get ment ioned, (I take up too much of the report).

Team: H.Sayers, S.Ladle, M.Gibson, J.Rose, C.Whiteley, R.Stern. T.Fern, M.Sergot, I.Shepherd, C.Wrigley (No drain pipes this week), P.Jeffs, R.Sutton, I.Marwood, M.Kilbride, S.Chudy.

GO THEATRES &

SPECTACULARS!

l

T H E ROYAL C O L L E G E OF SCIENCE UNION

ENTERTAINMENTS COMMITTEE

•nvites members of the student body of Imperial

College to participate in our forthcoming production of

^oluptuou? Vavittv Old Time Music Hall on Wednesday, 19th March, 1975.

All types of Music Hall acts will be given the fullest

consideration.

Contact the R.C.S.U. Office, Int. 3869 or Alan Jones

in Linstead Hall, room 214 . •

N U S C A R D S

Issued i n the Un ion Of f ice

between 12:45 and 1:30pm,

on Monday ' s on ly from now

on !

F O L K C L U B Barry Skinner

R o u s i n g c h o r u s s o n g s — w a n n a be r o u s e d ? A l l i n the U n i o n L o w e r R e f e c t o r y a t 7 . 3 0 p . m .

P HO TO GRAPH. C 5 O C I E T Y

outmtti

THE PrioroidRPHic S O C I E T Y IS WILLING TO TAKE

P «oTOt f<WP «5 Foa.CoLiut O W * W > S » » T I O * S . S ^ f t T t c r T o

fl M / W H I / M O I O E O . OF 1 0 filers Ouk P R J C E S fine : -

BLACK & WH

COLOUH.

I T£ 5 0P

ALL P R I M T S 1 0 * * , O T M S A . S/zts 8 V Srec.*L

J. fl. flu*v M "? DIE. M F J

D.LW/LL PHYSICSI ?.LRUT0H Et£cFfV&2

F E L I X S P O R T

L A D I E S F O U R S

T h e 7th December , 1974, A . D . marked the f i r s t v i c t o ry for Imper ia l C o l l e g e L a d i e s B o a t C l u b in t h e U L Winter I V s . We h a d four c r ews out , the C o l l e g e C r e w c o n s i s t i n g of some of the hard-core f ana t i c s , and three fresher c rews who had only been rowing for about e ight w e e k s .

With th i s sort o f numbers , and our e f f ec t i ve k i l l e r - i n s t i n c t we felt we had to w in something. L a d i e s from a l l parts of L o n d o n a s s emb l ed and the hea ts began. Our B crew hadn ' t a r r i v ed . T h e y ' d been seen on the t ra in but not s i n c e . The f r eshers ' A crew went out and won the i r heat wi thout too much s t r a i n . T h e C crew then raced i n p l a c e o f the B c r e w and l o s t to the R o y a l Ve te r inary C o l l e g e . A t l a s t the B crew turned up after be ing l o s t for two h o u r s . They went out and won their heat .

The C o l l e g e C r e w were bese t by hazards right from the s tar t . Our rudder s tuck and a s l i d e came off. T o o much ! We demanded a re-race, but they l e t us race i n the f i na l a g a i n s t the winners of the two h e a t s . We l l , before the f i n a l I came s econd i n the N o v i c e S c u l l s . (Only two people entered

anyway) . Then we raced i n the f i na l a ga ins t R o y a l H o l l o w a y C o l l e g e and a U L Scratch IV . We left R H C way behind at the s tar t , but i t took some t ime before we overtook the U L boat and won by a cons ide rab l e marg in .

Now the fresher fours f i na l was a d i f ferent story. Our supposed v i c tory was marred by the c o l l i s i o n of the two I C fours r ac ing . I must say , I ' d have laughed i f they hadn ' t been I C c r ews , but as i t was , on ly r ep lus i ve horror s truck our hearts as i t happened . R o y a l Veter inary C o l l e g e won.

Y e t the ignomies and qu i rks of fate wh i ch the day presented were overshadowed by our v i c t o r i o u s ' joy as we j u s t l y regarded ourse l v es as the best C o l l e g e IV in the U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n .

College IV: cox. Nigel Williams str. Linda Talbot

3 Isobel Pollock 2 Alison Heap

bow Helen Nattrass P . S . We wou ld l i k e to thank N i g e l W i l l i ams for c o x i n g s e ve ra l boats for us dur ing the Winter I V s .

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

After w i n n i n g both d i v i s i o n s o f the L o n d o n in t e r - co l l e ges league l a s t Wednesday and l o s i n g i gnomin i ous l y to M i c k F u l l e r ' s entourage i n the r a in on Saturday, the I C C r o s s Country C l u b j ourneyed to the grassy was t e l ands of Richmond-P a r k . Here we met the teams of B r u n e i , Wye and the L S E .

The start was de layed for some time wh i l e P e t e F o s t e r t r i ed to e x p l a i n the c ourse to the runners . It must be unders tood that P e t e i s a t l e a s t e ight t imes a s u n i n t e l l i g i b l e as h i s brother and thus each word had to be repeated and, o c c a s i o n a l l y t rans la ted , by h i s team-mate B o b G l e d h i l l . B y th is t ime the r a i n , w h i c h had star ted when we left B e i t quad was qu i t e heavy , and M r . P . D o n n e l l y of P h y s i c s III fame was c a l l e d upon to start the race . H e f a i l e d , but was g i v en a s e c o n d chance .

The park was in the wet test c ond i t i on that anyone c o u l d remember i t , but that d i d not deter Hur r i c ane Hou lb rooke from storming to the front for the f i r s t m i l e . T h e race ended wi th Ro b A l l i n s o n i n front,

A l f G a m e t t i n f i fth and I . E l l i s j u s t managing to beat Steve Webb (and about time) in seventh p o s i t i o n . The r e s u l t s , computed on the back o f a C o m m e r c i a l A s s u r a n c e handout showed a d e c i s i v e w i n for I C .

O n Saturday the team went to that haven of the L e s s e r -spotted Mudlark , P a r l i a m e n t H i l l f i e lds to compete in the U C 5 . A s p e c i a l ment ion must go to Dave Hou lbrooke who was l ead ing the race at one po int , and h i s double who f i n i s h e d the race i n fourth p o s i t i o n and f i r s t home for I C . Steve Webb ran an e x c e l l en t race and M ike 'What a b l o w ' Welford narrowly a vo i ded l o s i n g the H o l b e i n H o u s e bar k e y s in a g i r l s ' s c h o o l of no good repute.

T h e f i rs t team f i n i s h e d the race a commendable fourth, be ing beaten, p r ed i c t ab l y , by Ox fo rd , Cambr idge and Borough R o a d . T h e second team came tenth and s t i l l managed to beat the L S E ' s f i r s t team. I am conf ident that th i s w inn ing form w i l l cont inue for the rest o f the

IC V IS IT SIDCUP

T h i s y e a r ' s t r ip to S i d cup w a s l ooked forward to w i th a n t i c ­i pa t i on by a l l , and s u s p i c i o n by some, after the e s capades o f l a s t s e a s o n . T h e s cene was set when the A X V dragged three p l aye r s off the s t ree t and f o r c i b l y ex t rac t ed another from the student house reg ion .

We a r r i ved at S idcup a h a l f an hour late a s h a s become customary th i s term. T h e 1st X V d i d not have t ime to warm up w h i c h proved fa ta l , for S idcup s tar ted wi th a bang and were s i x po in ts up w i th in two minutes from a conver ted try. A very strong w i nd in the i r favour he lped them tremendously i n the f i rs t h a l f and I C found i t extremely d i f f i cu l t to get out

short — found Boo th in support and Smith touched down for an unconverted try. B o n e h a d met bone dur ing th is dr i ve and B r a d l e y was forced to ret i re to h o s p i t a l to r ece i ve a t t en t i on . T h e I C fervour was not to be broken , however , the the S idcup l i n e was now under cons tant p r essure . F i n n e y K i c k e d another

of the i r own twenty f ive . A three p e n a l t y M d C o t ' t e r b e a t m o s t o f

man over lap brought another try , h e S i d c u p s i d e w j t h s o m e

from S idcup and a burst through o u t r a g e o u s dummies a n d s i de -the midd le from the ha l f way l i n e s t e p s ( s o , ^ t o l d ) t 0 s c o f e a n

secured their th i rd try of the e x c e l l en t try. T h e conve r s i on h a l f and a l ead of 16-0 was W a s u n s u c c e s s f u l and so were dese rved l y the irs at the h a l f I C who l os t by 16-14. way s tage . T h e return c oach was not

With the w ind now in the i r booked un t i l 12.00 midnight and favour I C s tar ted strongly and I C l ooked forward to an en -were very un lucky to have a j o y a b l e e ven ing . T h e most try d i s a l l o w e d i n the f i r s t few m a s s i v e s k i n f i e l d of the even ing m inutes . A pena l ty goal c o n - undoubtedly be longed to the ver ted by F i n n e y was the on l y Man from B e d r o c k . S idcup saw reward for I C for a l ong time their f i r s t ever carry out but the and S idcup d i d extremely w e l l i n IC p l aye r i n v o l v e d was s i n g -f o r c ing I C in to the i r own h a l f u l a r l y not amused . M r . U . G l y was for l ong pe r i ods . I C h a d been not a s u n s u c c e s s f u l in ca r ry ing throwing the b a l l backwards as off a young lady d r e s s ed in though the c o n d i t i o n s were cu r t a in mate r i a l , however, per fect i n s t ead o f c a r r y ing the T h a n k s to everyone, e s p e c i a l l y b a l l fo-jward and these t a c t i c s the p laye rs who turned out for p l a y ed : into the hands of the the A ' s at such short n o t i c e . S idcup team.

I C were not to be beaten Team: DJShakesheff, A.Williams, withxmt a f ight, however . Some M.Cotter, J.Gilbert. G.Clement, robust p lay put us i n s i ght o f B.Finney, R.Hughes, B.Bradley, the S idcup l i n e and from a maul R.Austin, D.Hart, K.Lipscombe, ten yards from their l i n e B r a d l e y S.Booth, R.Cresswell, P.Robins, thrust forward, was brought down J.Smith.

ACC ©XNNfft Tues . 11th F E B

P R I C E £1-50

d e t a i l s f r o m c l u b

c a p t a i n s