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FRIDAY 9 MARCH 1951

K I N G S C O L L E G E W I N

T H E R O D E R I C K H I L L C U P

IC THIRD IN ROAD RELAY

This year the race was held on Saturday,Mareh 3rd, over the now f a m i l i a r course of.' E? miles.The conditions f o r the raoe were fa r from i d e a l . There was a cold, blustering wind blowing against the run­ners at the staift, down Rotten Row.

Twenty-two teams lined up for the s t a r t , a record number f o r the event. Every one went away very fast - the f i r s t two hundred yards were almost a f l a t s print. At Marble Arch, i t was seen that L.S.E., Lough borough, R.V.Gigg's team, and King's were well up i n fiumtt with I.C. running a disorg­anized twelth. This order was maintained u n t i l the sedond lap, but I.C. began to move up to eighth position; Loughb&rough, after two laps were some 100 yds. clear Of King's, with R.V.Gigg's team and L.S.E. well back. After four laps King's had over­taken Loughborough, and had b u i l t up a convincing lead - I.C. by virtue of some excellent running by G.C.Kay and M.Garrod were now running t h i r d , ahead of Birmingham and Manchester, with Battersea Poly., the holders i n sixth position. These positions

were maintained during the f i f t h lap, with King's increasing t h e i r lead, and I.C. struggling with Birmingham Univ. for t h i r d place. During the f i n a l lap sme r e a l l y fine running was seen - T. Betteridge of King's broke the tape some 300 yds. ahead of J.Disley, Loughborough - the B r i t i s h Inter­national Steeplechaser. Ted Whitlock ran i n t h i r d for I.C., well ahead of L.Hughes, of-'Birmingham.

It i s s i g n i f i c a n t to note that the f i r s t nine, teams home beat l a s t year's record time madeb y Battersea Poly. - t h i s r e f l e c t s the astonishing r i s e i n the standard of running.

F i n a l po s it1ons:-1. King's College, London 84 min 06 sec 2. Loughborough College 84 " 47 " 3. Imperial Coligge 85 " 10 "

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The f a s t e s t i n d i v i d u a l lap times were:-1. J.Disley (Loughborough) 13 - 41 2. F.Whitlock (I.C.) 13 - 44 3. M.Barrett (Battersea) 13 - 49

John Disley's time constitutes a new record f o r the course, and Ted Whitlock's time also beat the previous reoord.

The I.C. 2nd team, who also competed, came i n a very creditable twelfth, behind L.S.E.

I.C. put up a very commendable performance i n th i s event and the r e s u l t s show that we are s t i l l i n the fo r f r o n t of u n i v e r s i t y a t h l e t i o s .

A N O N A W I N S

In the l a s t and most successful Brains Trust, held on Monday 26th Febiraary, Mr- Haskell was bare­l y able to control Miss Anona Winn, Miss Ursula Jeans, Mr. Kingsley % r t i n , Prof. H a l l , and Prof. Levy, who each had a chance to expound on' t h e i r own pet subject.,;' * « to . i a w c X I o . \;-i-i9iiS

The most excited discussion of a l l , however, was on t h e subject of the comparative e f f i c i e n c y of the sexes.

To a s t r i c t l y t e c h n i c a l audience the point was made that there had been no outstanding creative woman a r t i s t s . Had t h i s Brains Tpust been held with the R.C.A., R.C.M. and R.C.D.A. as our guests, t h i s point would have kept South Kensington i n a state of gentle uproar f o r many moons.

It was g r a t i f y i n g to see that, when asked how to dispose of £10,000 our g u e s t s , a l l wanted to help the impecunious student, with the exception of one who wanted to s t a r t up a r i v a l to FELIX.

A 'quickie' showed that the Brains Trust would l i k e to walk on forbidden mountain paths, lose t h e i r i d e n t i t y cards, perform uncensored plays, drink a l l night and repeal Order 1305-

R E F E C T O R Y C H A N G E S

CATERING FIRM'S PROPOSALS WELCOMED

At the l a s t meeting of the Refectory Committee the representative of the Catering Firm, M i s s Blundell, outlined the proposed changes whioh would come i n t o force after Easter. Miss Blundell on behalf o f Messrs. John Gardner, has been i n charge of the Refeotory a t Guy's Hospital Medioal School and University College f o r some time past. She w i l l now add Imperial College t o her respons­i b i l i t i e s . iia.Jiu.apr -n.-»

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1. The present t i c k e t system w i l l be abolished. A l l meals w i l l be paid for i n oaah t o a oashler at the end of £he counter.

2. Meals w i l l be on an a l a carte basis, menus being posted on the doors of the Upper and Lower Dining Halls and on the Refectory notice-board. Prices w i l l remain more or less as at present. -r g|;jJii«ji|s'ft ftSskf ev«'-3 Sfg dIst^'?§T

3. In the Lower Dining H a l l the main dish with two vegetables w i l l cost 1/2, sweets 4d., soup and r o l l and butter being available i f wanted. 0$ n o f "*

4. In the Upper Dining H a l l prices w i l l be s l i g h t l y higher. The main dish w i l l be 1/7 and the sweet 66..; and a d a i l y Special Dish, at a higher prioe, w i l l also be available. Pay­ment w i l l be on ind i v i d u a l b i l l s to a cashier at a desk near the e x i t .

5. The Snaok Bar w i l l oontlnue unohangecU 6. Suppers, l i k e lunohes, w i l l be on an a,

l a carte basis. A l l complaints w i l l be dealt with by Miss

Blundell, and not d i r e c t l y by the l o c a l manage­ment. Miss Blundell w i l l meet the Catering Sub­committee at frequent Intervals. A l l suggestions and complaints should be made as at present by dropping a note into the suggestions box i n the Lower Dining H a l l .

The Committee after detailed consideration, gave whole-hearted approval to the above proposals. I t was emphasized that arrangements would be made f o r refunds on a l l t i c k e t s a f t e r the reopening of the Refectory on 29th. Maroh.

E N G I N E E R S C U P

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The R.S.M. defeated C & G. by a goal (5 pts.) to a penalty goal (3 pts.) i n the annual cup match at. Harlington on Feb. 28th. The game was fast but more notable f o r i t s vigour, and successful s p o i l ­ing, than f o r constructive f o o t b a l l . Guilds took the lead earl y on with a penalty goal kicked by Lap-pin , and retained t h e i r three point lead u n t i l ten minutes from the end. , Then bad p o s i t i o n i n g i n de­fence by Guilds' threequarters allowed Curry to score from a good back movement i n which the Mines' forw­ards also took part. Davies converted the t r y from a wide angle, the b a l l bouncing onthe cross-bar before going over. Both sides had e a r l i e r f a i l e d to take t h e i r opportunities to score , and on the afternoon's play there was l i t t l e to choose between them, although R.S.M. had the l i v e l i e r and more d i s c i p l i n e d pack. - : s e i l q e i Tottrdf.

G U I L D S M E N F R U S T R A T E D

A r i s i n g from the f r u s t r a t i o n of ce r t a i n students of t h e i r E l e c t r i c a l Department, the Guilds Meeting on Monday 26th Feb. devoted most t>t i t s time to a motion-proposing that Union membership should be ex­tended tq the s e c r e t a r i e s of the College. This pro­posal to L i l y the Guilds provided an excellent sub­j e c t f o r an all-male meeting; despite the arguments of the r e c i p r o c a l s o c i a l and a t h l e t i c advantages,the motion was overwhelmingly defeated. However, the President promised to pursue some of the points r a i ­sed. _

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Dear S i r - There a r e a number o f s t o r i e s f l o a t i n g around about the Upper D i n i n g H a l l on a S a t u r d a y n i g h t .

You w i l l be i n t e r e s t e d to l e a r n t h a t a t L.S.E., i n addition to two rooms f o r d a n c i n g , there are -now then, g i r l s , don't make a r u s h f o r t h e d o o r -three others s u i t a b l y u n l i t . I s u g g es t t h a t t h e (appropriate) a u t h o r i t i e s c o n s i d e r t h e p r o v i s i o n of s i m i l a r f a c i l i t i e s h e r e ; s u i t a b l e a c t i o n would also help r e l i e v e the p r e s e n t c o n g e s t i o n u p s t a i r s . This m a t t e r i s urgent, s i n c e t h e A l b e r t H a l l w i l l not be a v a i l a b l e u n t i l a f t e r t h e F e s t i v a l o f B r i t ­a i n (see l a s t F E L I X ) , by w h i c h t i m e she w i l l be no longer i n London.

T h i s i s , o f c o u r s e , j u s t a n o t h e r o f t h o s e p r o ­blems w h i c h would be s o l v e d a t once were h o s t e l a c ­comodation a v a i l a b l e f o r a l l o f us.

Y o u r s e t c . , I n f o r m e r , R.C.S.

P.S. : I n o t i c e t h a t i t w i l l soon be most i n c o n v e n ­i e n t to attempt t o use K e n s i n g t o n Gardens a t n i g h t . T h i s makes t h e above EVEN MORE u r g e n t .

TAPE RECORDER

S i r - Mr. de Reuck had s u g g e s t e d - no doubt w i t h m a l i c i o u s i n t e n t - t h a t o r d i n a r y c o u r s e l e c t u r e s s h o u l d be r e c o r d e d and p l a y e d back t o t h e i r p e r p e ­t r a t o r s . He a n t i c a p a t e s " s a l u t a r y " e f f e c t s , a n d . no doubt p r i v a t e l y hopes f o r f a r worse.

He w i l l be d i s a p p o i n t e d t o l e a r n t h a t one o f t h e very r e a s o n s f o r p u r c h a s i n g t h e tape r e c o r d e r was t o do j u s t as he s u g g e s t s . S e v e r a l l e c t u r ­e r s have s u b m i t t e d t h e m s e l v e s t o e x a m i n a t i o n b y r e c o r d e r and have been d e l i g h t e d w i t h t h e r e s u l t s .

I t i s , o f c o u r s e , o u t o f the q u e s t i o n t o o f f ­e r t h e f a c i l i t i e s of t h e r e c o r d i n g s t o s t u d e n t s , as i t i s c e r t a i n t h a t , i f t h e s e were a v a i l a b l e , s t u d e n t s would pay even l e s s a t t e n t i o n t o t h e l e c ­t u r e s t h a n they do at p r e s e n t .

Y o urs e t c . , K.D-Tocher, E.H.Lloyd.

M a t h e m a t i c s Department, 2.3.51-

'CULTURE I N I.C.'

S i r - E v e r y t h i n g has t o be l e a r n e d , f r o m making l o v e t o making money. L e f t t o o u r s e l v e s we do n o t h i n g } t h i s a p p l i e s t o ' c x i l t u r e ' w h i c h i s an a c ­q u i r e d t a s t e - g e n e r a l l y s p e a k i n g , our f i r s t i n t e r ­e s t i s g e n e r a t e d by c o n t a c t w i t h someone who i s en­t h u s i a s t i c about t h i s p l a y o r t h a t p i c t u r e ; c u r i o s ­i t y compels us t o d i s c o v e r t h e s o u r c e o f h i s h e a t ; i f o n l y t o make c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h him.

T h i s i s why any o p p o r t u n i t y f o r c l o s e r c o n t ­act between I . C and R.C.A. and R.C.M. i s v a l u a b l e .

As " i s w e l l known, f o r many y e a r s I.C. has tak­en i n i t s human m a t e r i a l , f i l e d i t , a braded i t , r e ­moved i t s b u r r s i n o r d e r t o m a n u f a c t u r e a gadget that f i t s w i t h l i t t l e fuss i n t o t h e i n d u s t r i a l ma­c h i n e . E v e r y y e a r t h e monopoly c a p i t a l i s t s p u r ­chase t h e most a c c u r a t e l y machined o f t h e s e . P i c ­t u r e to y o u r s e l f one o f t h o s e g a d g e t s as i t t i c k s i t s l i f e away - t h e monotony r e l i e v e d p e r h a p s by a t i t t i l i a t i o n o f t h e s e n s e s h e r e , a t i n g l i n g t h e r e , or with luck fcy a few wars and r e v o l u t i o n s .

^ R e c e n t l y , however, a s e n s i t i v e p l a n t has r a i s ­ed i t s t e n t a t i v e head i n t h e s t e e l - I mean a l l t h e a c t i v i t i e s d e r i d e d by D.G.R. i n h i s i n f a m o u s l e t t e r . How easy f o r t h i s oaf t o t r a m p l e on and d e s t r o y t h i s f l o w e r !

<I p i c t u r e him low-browed, b r o a d - b o t t o m e d , a swede i n one hand, a hunk of b o i l e d hacon i n the o t h e r , he gnaws, B e s t i a l ! )

Let I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e i n f o r m D.G.E. t h a t i t must Express i t s Soul come what may.

May I s u g g e s t , S i r , t h a t D.G.R. be m e t a p h o r i c ­a l l y spat upon from a g r e a t h e i g h t ?

B.E.Mc.

Our c o n t r i b u t o r r e p l i e s : -

Sir - B.E.Mo. i s looking at I.C. through p i n k -ooloured spectacles. Hasn't i t o c c u r r e d to him that some students i n I.C. might be h e a r t i l y s i c k of having t h i s ersatz culture t h r u 3 t before them? It the average student in 1.0. doesn't want to be l i b e r a l l y eduoated (and believe me, he doesn't), why not leave him i n the darkness? He won't cry.

D.G.R.

The Editor regrets t h a t owing to a lack of space a number of Readers' l e t t e r s have had to v be omitted.

BLUE FOR A BOY

S i r - I t was with p e r p l e x i t y that I observed the tender roseate hue of my l a s t copy of FELIX. I had always thought that FELIX was a l i t t l e boy -surely I am not mistaken?

Nor can I think that (s)he could have any cause to blush; and - whisper i t - no s i n i s t e r trend to the L e f t could be intended.

No, I have i t ! I t was a d e l i c a t e compliment to I.C.W.A.

Dear Mr. E d i t o r - how sweet o f you! Y o u r s i n a f l u t t e r , Iewarian,

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B I S H O P A T A N N U A L D I N N E R

The p r e s i d e n t i a l address of the s o c i e t y was de­l i v e r e d by'H. B i s h o p , C.B.E., F.C.G.I., on the sub­j e c t of "Broadcast E n g i n e e r i n g " to a packed house on Monday, Feb. 1 9 t h . I n t r o d u c i n g the p r e s i d e n t , the chairman mentioned t h a t Mr. Bishop had s t a r t e d h i s c a r e e r by s t u d y i n g i n the G u i l d s ' Department of M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g and Motive Power and had been C h i e f Engineer of the B.B.C."since 1943.

I n the course of h i s most i n t e r e s t i n g address Mr. B i s h o p d i s c u s s e d the problems encountered a t the v a r i o u s stages of b r o a d c a s t i n g . These ranged from the a c o u s t i c a l p r o p e r t i e s of s t u d i o s to the r e l a t i v e m e r i t s of d i s c v e r s u s magnetic tape r e c o r d ­i n g ; from the i n t e r f e r e n c e between the f o u r hundred European s t a t i o n s s h a r i n g t h i r t y - n i n e t r a n s m i t t i n g channels to the l i n i n g up of volume, programme to programme. We l e a r n t t h a t of the new t e l e v i s i o n t r a n s m i t t e r s planned some of these would be of low power w i t h h o r i z o n t a l p o l ­a r i s a t i o n n e c e s s i t a t i n g a h o r i z o n t a l d i p o l e , t h i s i t was hoped would be more a e s t h e t i c a l l y p l e a s i n g .

A number of s l i d e s i l l u s t r a t i n g the a ddress brought the meeting t o a c l o s e whence i t r e t i r e d t o the Union.

Sherry f o l l o w e d by a f i r s t - r a t e d i n n e r c r e a t e d an e x c e l l e n t a f t e r - d i n n e r atmosphere. Of the many a b l e and i i . i t t y speeches one r e c a l l s i n p a r t i c u l a r :- the Hon. S e c r e t a r y ' s con­c l u s i o n t h a t the success of the U.S.A. was due t o t h e i r c o n s t i t u t i o n , i n s t i t u t i o n , and p r o s . . . p e r i t y ; J.A. F r e d e r i c k s , " h o n o u r the academic s t a f f t h a t t h y days may be l o n g ; " P r o f . W i l l i s Jackson,"the best way of S a v i n g a f a m i l y i s t o become a l e c t u r e r . " P r o f . J a c k s o n conclude d h i s speech w i t h a s h o r t a p r e c i a t i o n of A s s t . P r o f . Rushton who a f t e r f o r t y y e a r s of s e r v i c e t o the department was r e t i r i n g t h i s y e a r .

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I f any brown-bagger I s as k e d why he does not t a k e p a r t i n U n i o n a c t i v i t i e s , h i s i n v a r i a b l e r e ­p l y i s t h s t " I t ' s a l l v e r y w e l l f o r t h o s e i n t h e h o s t e l , they are on the s p o t , but I have an houts t r a v e l l i n g each way. . When as k e d f u r t h e r why

he doesn't get d i g s near t he c o l l e g e , the r e p l y u s u a l l y g i v e n shows t h a t he has ne v e r c o n s i d e r e d i t s e r i o u s l y , and has become accustomed t o the t r a v e l l i n g , He t h i n k s t h a t d i g s n e a r t o c o l l e g e w i l l be e x p e n s i v e or d i f f i c u l t t o o b t a i n .

In t he Dec. 1 5 t h i s s u e of FELIX t h e r e appear­ed an a d v e r t i s e m e n t o f f e r i n g t h e share of a f l a t , o n l y 2 minutes' walk away from I.C., w i t h 3 ex-G u i l d s s t u d e n t s f o r 25/- a week. Here was a g i f t from the gods, and y e t i t was ONE MONTH be­f o r e anyone to o k advantage ox um.o u i i e r . Wake up, I.C.'. Most o f us may not be f o r t u n a t e enough t o be a r e s i d e n t , b ut t h e r e i s no r e a s o n why we i h o u l d n o t be n e a r l y s o.

With some p e r s e v e r a n c e i t j^s p o s s i b l e t o f i n d a f u r n i s h e d room a t about 30/-, cook one's own b r e a k f a s t and e a t i n t h e U n i o n i n the e v e n i n g , a t l i t t l e more expense t h a n l i v i n g i n the h o s t e l . So l e t u s have 1,500 s t u d e n t s l i v i n g i n South Ken. We w i l l t h e n have, i n e f f e c t , a r e s i d e n t i a l c o l l e g e , • and t h r o u g h t h i s a f a r g r e a t e r number w i l l b e n e f i t themselves and t h e c o l l e g e by p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n c o r p o r a t e u n i v e r s i t y l i f e .

PERSONAL NOTE

A f t e r some months of p e r s u a s i o n , e n t r e a t y and c a j o l e r y John M i d g l e y has agreed t o take on the e d i t o r s h i p o f F e l i x f o r the remainder of the y e a r . Mr. M i d g l e y has been s u c c e s s i v e l y (and s u c ­c e s s f u l l y ) S p o r t s E d i t o r and P r o d u c t i o n Manager.

I f e e l t h a t t h e r e are two v e r y good reason s why the E d i t o r s h i p s h o u l d change t w i c e y e a r l y . I n the f i r s t p l a c e the f o r t n i g h t l y appearance of F e l i x l e a v e s the E d i t o r (and h i s s t a f f ) r e g u l a r l y exhausted each f o r t n i g h t . A s f a r a s I can Judge, a term or 30 of t h i s i s enough f o r any man. I n the second p l a c e , F e l i x i s s t i l l a growi n g c a t , and b e s i d e s a r e g u l a r d i e t o f f o r t n i g h t l y c o n t r i b u t i o n s r e q u i r e s new i d e a s t o keep him h e a l t h y and l i v e l y . A change of E d i t o r t w i c e a y e a r seems the b e s t way to ensure t h i s .

I n c o n c l u s i o n I would l i k e t o than k t h e whole E d i t o r i a l B o a r d fe r t h e i r l o y a l and a b l e support d u r i n g the p a s t f i v e m o n t h s ; e s p e c i a l l y would I thank Mr. M i d g l e y and w i s h him a s u c c e s s ­f u l term of o f f i c e .

C.M.Hargreaves.

Our C o n t r i b u t o r r e p l i e s (see o p p o s i t e ) : -

S i r - When I wro t e ' C u l t u r e i n I.C. 1 I e x p e c t e d some l e t t e r s i n answer, b ut n e v e r d i d I dream t h a t t h e g r e a t P-T-H- would condescend t o r e p l y h i m s e l f . Y e t h e r e I have a whole a r t i c l e by him. Oh,Touch­s t o n e ! I am e n r a p t u r e d ! ( I t i s , o f c o u r s e , a d i s a p p o i n t m e n t t h a t t h e a r t i c l e i s q u i t e t h e most h y s t e r i c a l , i r r e l e v a n t , i n s i p i d p i e c e o f w r i t i n g t h a t has e v e r f o u n d i t s way i n t o F E L I X ) . P-T-H-, bu t I cannot a l l o w t h e s e dashes t o remain; l e t me c a l l h i m P a t c h - P a t c h t r i e s t o answer me w i t h r i d ­i c u l e and i n v e c t i v e , a l t h o u g h he seems t o have a t w i n g e o f c o n s c i e n c e a t t h e end o f h i s p o l e m i c -( t h a t ' s a k i n d l i t t l e P a t c h ! ) . He a c c u s e s me o f i d e n t i f y i n g c u l t u r e w i t h t h e a r t s - w i l f u l m i s r e p ­r e s e n t a t i o n , P a t c h ! He a p p l i e s t h e a d j e c t i v e ' h i g h ­brow' t o me, a p p a r e n t l y because I admire T u r n e r . What a lowbrow P a t c h i t i s ! The most i n a n e remark i n P a t c h ' s a r t i c l e ( t r u l y a t h i n g o f s h r e d s and P a t c h ' s ) , however, i s h i s nai've statement t h a t " s c i ­e n t i s t s " and " a r t i s t s " c an " a l l meet as e q u a l b e i n g s " Now you a r e b e i n g c o n c e i t e d , P a t c h ; one day, when you have l o o k e d a t T u r n e r , and seen 'The C o n s u l ' and watched t h e b a l l e t , y o u w i l l be s o r r y f o r h a v i n g s a i d t h a t - you w i l l f e e l so ashamed o f y o u r s e l f . I am a f r a i d t h a t P a t c h , by r e f u s i n g even t o attempt t o meet any o f t h e c r i t i c i s m s i n my a r t i c l e , has m e r e l y u n d e r l i n e d what I w r o t e . He has h i m s e l f p r o v e d t h e f o l l y o f 'Touchstone' and t h e f u t i l i t y o f 'Ends and Means', but,what i s i n d e e d a v o l t e - f a c e , he has sho­wn up t h e p r o j e c t f o r i n t e r - c o l l e g e a c t i v i t i e s among t h e s t u d e n t s o f I.C., R.C.A. and R.C.M. f o r what i t r e a l l y i s - a p i t i f u l m i x t u r e o f m i s a p p l i e d z e a l and u n p r e c e d e n t e d i n g e n u o u s n e s s b y j e j i u n e i d e a l i s t s who have d i m l y r e a l i s e d t h a t , by b e i n g s c i e n t i s t s , t h e y are o n l y p a r t l y l i v i n g t h e i r l i v e s . How­e v e r , he meant w e l l .

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CULTURE IN I.C.

A Naughty l i t t l e D.G.R. How we wonder what y o u a r e ! Up above I.C. so h i g h , W a l l o w i n g i n y o u r c u l t u r a l s k y . M u s i c , O p e r a , B a l l e t t o o , S c i e n t i s t , A r t i s t , W r i t e r - you Must n o t mind i f some o f us D e c l i n e t o make an a w f u l f u s s Over such d i s t i n g u i s h e d men -They're q u i t e beyond o u r common 'Ken'.

The E d i t o r o f F E L I X i s t o be c o n g r a t u l a t e d on hav­i n g f o u n d i n o u r m i d s t a b r i l l i a n t w r i t e r o f lam­p o o n s , a v e r i t a b l e S i r B e n j a m i n B a c k b i t e , a daw-p l u c k e r , a c l a p p e r c l a w , a r e v i l e r , a v i t u p e r a t o r , a c a s t i g a t o r w i t h o u t e q u a l .

True t o t h e h o n e s t y and h i g h purpose w h i c h has e v e r animated o u r g r e a t e s t e x ponent s o f the p a s q u i ­nade , he f o r t h f i g h t l y l e t s i t be known t h a t he i s a Mr. D-G-E-, a d m i t t i n g t h a t t he p r e s e n t w r i t e r i s a Mr. P-T-H-, a man o f no l e i s u r e and l e s s ( t h a n k God!) c u l t u r e .

I t i s o b v i o u s , I t h i n k , t h a t Mr- D.G.R. i s an u n s u c c e s s f u l hack j o u r n a l i s t who has 'take n up S c i ­ence' j u s t as he has ' t a k e n up C u l t u r e ' . I t i s e q u a l l y o b v i o u s t h a t he has r e a d S. P o t t e r on 1 W r i ­t e r s h i p ' and knows t h a t one must 'Go One B e t t e r o r You Go One Worse'. He d o u b t l e s s remembers how H-J- o f I.C. (B.Sc. Hons P h y s i c s , F a i l e d ) got t o t h e t o p i n s c i e n t i f i c c r i t i c i s m by t h e s i m p l e meth­od o f c o n t i n a a l l y a s s e r t i n g t h a t " t h e weakness i n J.'J.Thompson's argument l i e s i n h i s i g n o r a n c e of t h e e l e c t r o n t h e o r y " .

D.G.R. u s e s t h e com..ion method o f ' w i l f u l m i s ­

u n d e r s t a n d i n g ' o v e r t h e p h r a s e ' U n i v e r s i t y o f S.

K e n s i n g t o n ' w h i c h has been b r u i t e d about s i n c e o u r

m e e t i n g w i t h R.6.A. and R.C.M. He knows f u l l w e l l ,

as we a l l do, t h a t such a c o n c e p t i o n i s a r e d h e r r ­

i n g , a dangerous d e v i a t i o n f r o m t h e more c o n s e r v a t ­

i v e aims o f t h o s e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r I n t e r - C o l l e g e a c ­

t i v i t i e s . However, a t t h e l a s t he f a l l s head f i r s t i n t o

t h e p i t c o n s t a n t l y a w a i t i n g such c u l t u r e mongers as h i m s e l f : he o v e r r e a c h e s h i m s e l f . H i s i n c r e d i b l y n a i v e c o n c e p t i o n o f c u l t u r e , and how t o o b t a i n i t , r e v e a l s i t s e l f i n h i s l i s t o f d e s i r a b l e a c t i v i t i e s -t h e T u r n e r e x h i b i t i o n , the S w e d i s h b a l l e t , t h e Men-o t t i o p e r a . I t i s r e a l l y so t r a g i c t h a t one can't l a u g h , even when one i m a g i n e s d e a r o l d D.G.R. a t the e x h i b i t i o n , c a t a l o g u e i n hand, p e n c i l t o t h e f o r e , s t a n d i n g w e l l back ("Mustn't g"et t o o c l o s e t o a T u r n e r , o l d man - s p o i l s t h e ATMOSPHERE, you know") head c o c k e d on one s i d e , a s e v e r e l y c r i t i c a l e x p r e ­s s i o n on h i s s e n s i t i v e f e a t u r e s , mouthing some imp­r e s s i v e p h r a s e p i c k e d out o f l a s t week's S t u d i o .

We see h i s b r a n d of c u l t u r e r e v e a l e d i n a l l i t s h i g h b r o w h y p o c r i s y by t h e s u g g e s t i o n t h a t i f one "goes t o " e x h i b i t i o n s o f p a i n t i n g , o r b a l l e t , o r o p e r a , t h e n i p s o f a c t o one i s c u l t u r e d . 'What p r e p o s t e r o u s , m i s l e a d i n g , t r a g i c nonseniK t h i s i s !

He does not want us t o mix v.ith a r t i s t s and m u s i c i a n s and t a l k n o r m a l l y about normal t h i n g s , a l l o w i n g t h e d i s t i l l a t e o f o u r f u n d a m e n t a l l y d i f f ­e r e n t a t t i t u d e s t o i n f l u e n c e each o t h e r . He does not want ' j o i n t f u n c t i o n s ' , where we can a l l meet as e q u a l b e i n g s , w i t h o u t t h e l a b e l s o f ' s c i e n t i s t 1

and ' a r t i s t ' w h i c h n o r m a l l y r e p e l us.

No, D.G.R. wants us a l l t o j o i n the g r e a t r e g ­iment o f the p s e u d o - c u l t u r e d , who r u s h madly t o r e a d t h e ' l a t e s t book' ( i . e . t h e one H a r o l d I l i c h o l -son has f a v o u r e d i n h i s l a t e s t r e v i e w ) , t o see t h e ' l a t e s t p l a y ' ( i . e . t h e one b e i n g p e r f o r m e d u n der p r i v a t e l i c e n c e a t the B o l t o n s ) , t o be a b l e t o bab­b l e about K a f k a , and L e o p a r d i , and B a r t o k , and M a h l e r , and C h a g a l l and R a i n e r M a r i a R i l k e .

P o o r o l d D.G.R.! No wonder he doesn ' t l i k e 'Touchstone' o r 'Ends and Means', s i n c e he can.lt f i n d anyone t h e r e t o bamboozle w i t h t h e l a t e s t t h e ­o r y on A t o n a l i t y ( c a r e f u l l y p i c k e d out o f s e v e r a l o b s c u r e m a g a z i n e s ) , because t h e y a r e n ' t i n t e r e s t e d i n C u l t u r e : t h e y are t h e r e because o f a d e s i r e t o know something about o t h e r p e o p l e ' s work and i d e a s and t o t e l l them about t h e i r own.

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g r e a t gaps i n h i s f a c a d e ; b u t , as normal human

b e i n g s , n o t d e s i r i n g t o i m p r e s s w i t h o u r knowledge,

o r o u r c u l t u r e , o r ou r p r e t e n s i o n s , we w i l l l e t

h i m o f f w i t h t h i s w a r n i n g : -

I h o l d i t i s n o t d e c e n t , f o r a s c i e n t i f i c g e n t , To s a y a n o t h e r i s an a s s - a t l e a s t , t o a l l i n t e n t , Nor s h o u l d t h e i n d i v i d u a l who happens t o b e meant R e p l y by h e a v i n g r o c k s a t him t o any g r e a t e x t e n t .

P.T.H.

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D u r i n g the war, t he a m b i t i o n o f many s c h o o l b o y s w*s t o g o t i n t o t h e s e r v i c e s as q u i c k l y as p o s s i b l e , r e r h a p s a l i t t l e hard t o e x p l a i n nowadays t h i s d e s i r e does show the o v e r - r i d i n g i n f l u e n c e o f ti. e war on t h a t g e n e r a t i o n .

P e t e r Hayward was no e x c e p t i o n , and f i r e d by th e example c f a d i s t i n g u i s h e d u n c l e i n t h e R o y a l Navy, d e c i d e d t o j o i n t h e F l e e t A i r Arm.

In 1942 he went t o T r i n i d a d f o r a y e a r ' s course on n a v i g a t i o n , f o l l o w e d by'a " k n i f e and f o r k " c ourse a t ' G r e e n w i c h , where he l e a r n t t o be an o f f i c e r . t ,cb Lie sw e

-6a . From t h e n u n t i l Dday he had an i n t e r e s t i n g t i m e w i t h a " F i r e f l y " F i g h t e r Squadron, d o i n g such v a r i e d j o b s as a n t i submarine work and s p o t t i n g f o r H.M.S. Rodney, l i b e r a l l y l.sced w i t h shore based t r a i n i n g . T h i s v a r i e t y c o n t i n u e d d u r i n g t h e D day p e r i o d when r e c o n n a i s s a n c e work and t h e s h o o t i n g up o f ground t a r g e t s wai a^clea t o t h e l i s t .

He was t h e n p o s t e d t o t h e E a s t I n d i e s and f l e w "from'H.M.S. Avenger. Up t o t h i s t i n e he had been e x t r e m e l y l u c k y w i t h p i l o t s , b u t a f t e r " h i t t i n g t h e i s l a n d " ("pranging t h e b r i d g e " ) a cou p l e o f t i m e s , he began t o wonder whether t h e l u c k hadn't changed. As a r e s u l t h e gave v e n t t c h i s f e e l i n g s i n no u n c e r t a i n manner, and i s s t i l l n ot sure whether he f i x e d t he squadron, or t h e squadron f i x e d him!

However, t h e p o s t i n g was a good one, and b r o u g h t a t r a i n i n g s p e l l i n Sydney, and p r o m o t i o n t o L i e u t e n a n t . Then f o l l o w e d a s p e l l o f f i g h t e r i n t e r c e p t i o n i n t h e Formosa are q, end f i n a l l y n i g h t f i g h t e r t r a i n i n g - a d i c e y b u s i n e s s .

P e t e r came t o t h e R.S.M. i n October 1946, s t a r t i n g on t h e O i l c o u r s e . H i s presence was imm e d i a t e l y ' f e l t ' , when i t was d i s c o v e r e d he was th e b r a i n s b e h i n d the de-bagging of P e t e r H a r d i n g P r e s i d e n t o f t h e R.S.M. ( T h i s s t o r y i s n o t in t e n d e d t c g i v e i d e a s t o e n t e r p r i s i n g f r e s h e r s l )

I n 1947 he rowed f o r t h e I.C. V I I I i n t h e "Head of t h e R i v e r " r a c e s , and was i n t h e Morphy w i n n i n g Mines V I I I .

He was e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t oaT J.C. f o r l 9 4 S - 9 , b a t

a d i f f e r e n c e o f o p i n i o n w i t h t h e Board o f Examiners

f o r c e d him t o r e l i n q u i s h t h i s j o b , and t o change from

' O i l ' t o ' M i n i n g ' . One o f h i s main j o b s as R.S.M. P r e s i d e n t t h i s

y e a r has been done on t h e Committee p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e R.S.M. C e n t e n a r y n e x t Autumn. D e s p i t e t h i s he s t i l l f i n d s t i m e t o s u p p o r t t h e odd c a r n i v a l and p l a y r u g g e r when t h e wheather p e r m i t s .

P e t e r p l a n s t o l e a v e t h e s h e l t e r e d and c l o i s t e r l i k e h o s t e l f o r t h e Rand t h i s summer, and i n words w h i c h he has used t o many a f e l l o w s u f f e r e r b e f o r e an exam:- "And t h e b e s t o f l u c k t o y o u , t o o 1 1 .

T B . A P P E A L I n the T.B. Sanatorium a p p e a l I.C. has s e t

i - t s e l f a minimum t a r g e t 0 f £200. We now have an A p p e a l Committee whioh i s o r g a n i s i n g such t h i n g s as a dance i n U.LJU.,a B a z a a r . r a f f l e s , e t c . , a n d your h e l p i n a r r a n g i n g these f u n c t i o n s i s u r g e n t l y r e q u i r e d . A l s o r e q u i r e d are any i d e a s you may have,but more e s p e c i a l l y your support f o r t h e s e f u n c t i o n s . Your h e l p and support ARE needed,

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"The I n s t i t u t e f o r t he Comfort o f Women i n A d v e r s i t y " was a r e c e n t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n by the Rec­t o r o f the l e t t e r s I.C.W.A. The o c c a s i o n was t h e I.C.W.A. Annua l D i n n e r a f o r t n i g h t ago, a n d t h e R e c t o r was p r o p o s i n g t h e t o a s t o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n . He r e f e r r e d t o t h e f i r s t known case o f "Adomic S p l i t t i n g " , one o f t h e more dangerous i s o t o p e s produced b e i n g the femme f a t a l e . _< ;

I n a w i t t y r e s p o n s e June Mahon, P r e s i d e n t o f the A s s o c i a t i o n , i n t r i g u e d h e r audience by q u o t i n g f r o m a book o f h o r o s c o p e s : she f o u n d t h a t t he Icwa-r i a n s a r e b o l d , welcome a c t i o n and are f u l l o f f i g ­h t and f i r e . W i t h due r e g a r d t o t h e p r e r o g a t i v e o f men t o grow b e a r d s , t h e men o f I.C. were a s s i g n ­ed t o C a p r i c o r n u s - t h e Goat. They are o b s t i n a t e , d o m i n e e r i n g and t o o e a s i l y d e p r e s s e d . A t the men­t i o n o f b e a r d s B i l l H a z e l ' s f a c e was wr e a t h e d i n s m i l e s , b u t a t the m e n t i o n o f Goat h i s countenance dropped. M i s s Mahon, d r a w i n g a n a l o g i e s from c e r ­t a i n s o c i a l i z e d i n s e c t s , w i t h t r u e f e m i n i n e l o g i c f o r e s a w t h e day when t h e women would assume t h e i r r i g h t f u l p l a c e i n I.C.

Mary R e a v i l l t h e n proposed the t o a s t o f t h e g u e s t s . She welcomed t h e s e v e r a l P r e s i d e n t s not by o f f i c e b u t by name t h e r e b y p a y i n g a neat c o m p l i ­ment. On b e i n g g r a c i o u s l y r e f e r r e d t o as t h e c h i ­ef c h amption o f women's r i g h t s D a i N i c h o l a s r o s e t o bow acknowledgement, b u t h i s n e i g h b o u r , e x p e c t i n g one o f D a i ' s famous r e t o r t s , h a s t i l y r e s t r a i n e d him.

The Guest of Honour, M i s s K a t h l e e n F e r r i e r , t h e famous o p e r a t i c and c o n c e r t s i n g e r , r e p l i e d on b e h a l f o f t h e g u e s t s i n a s h o r t b u t charming speech.

The d i n n e r was adjudged b y a l l p r e s e n t t o be a s i g n a l s u c c e s s , g a s t r o n o m i c a l l y , v o c a l l y and s o c ­i a l l y . I t was, as we have come t o expedt f r o m I.C.W.A. one o f t h e most sm o o t h l y o r g a n i z e d f u n c ­t i o n s o f the y e a r .

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FOR SALE - D i n n e r S u i t t o f i t w e l l - b u i l t chap, of h e i g h t 5'9" t o 5'11". Good c o n d i t i o n . Grown out of by owner. To view , arrange t o meet U n i o n l u n c h t i m e , t h r o u g h box 357.

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/ An amusing and v i v i d t a l k on 'Opera i n I t a l y '

( a j o i n t R.C.A.-R.C.M.-I.C. meet i n g ) was g i v e n b y Mr. L. R o t h , "of o u r Maths. Dept. , on Monday 2 6 t h Feb.. i n the B o t a n y L e c t u r e T h e a t r e . T h i s was c r o ­wded w i t h 90 p e o p l e , but t h i s atmosphere s u i t e d t h e t a l k . The chairman was Mr. D a v i d H a l l , P r e s i d e n t o f R.C.K. S t u d e n t s ' A s s o c i a t i o n , h i m s e l f a s t u d e n t of s i n g i n g : some 20 R.C.M. s t u d e n t s came i n s u p p o r t .

A l t h o u g h t h e r e were i n f a c t no i l l u s t r a t i o n s , Mr. Roth made h i s i m p r e s s i o n s l i v e and made many s h a r p p o i n t s w i t h S h a v i a n s t r a t e g y and t a c t i c s . Mozart was t h e i d e a l , P u c c i n i and V e r d i t h e g r e a t a pproaches t o i t , B e r l i o z t h e f a n t a s t i c } Wagner was out o f c o n t e x t , Masoagni a t r o c i o u s R o s e n k a v a l -i e r ' was condemned as " t h i s e x t r a o r d i n a r y p o s t -'.Vagnerian c o n t r a p t i o n and o u t d a t e d m o n s t e r , c r u s h e d under i t s own w e i g h t . " R e a l i s m was d e f i n e d as " l a r g e as l i f e and t w i c e as n a t u r a l " .

Mr. Roth showed t h a t i n I t a l y o p e r a i s a n a t ­i o n a l n e c e s s i t y . I t i s s u b s i d i z e d as n a t u r a l l y as any p u b l i c s e r v i c e , and e v e r y performance i s a s p e c i a l event - though e v e r y I t a l i a n knows t h e mus­i c , and o f t e n the words t o o , of a l l t h e o p e r a s , f r o m c h i l d h o o d . Cn t h e q u e s t i o n o f t r a n s l a t i o n , he i n ­s i s t e d t h a t t h e o r i g i n a l s h o u l d be u s e d , because o f the o v e r a l l c o - d e s i g n o f t h e m u s i c . I t was agree d t h a t a g r e a t d e c l i n e i n s i n g i n g has been g o i n g on f o r 20-30 y e a r s a l t h o u g h o r c h e s t r a s and p r o d u c t i o n were as good as e v e r . An E n g l i s h t r a d i t i o n he con­s i d e r e d i m p o s s i b l e u n t i l o p e r a houses were as num­ero u s as i n I t a l y ; the p r e s e n t n e c e s s i t y o f h a v i n g samples of t h e German, I t a l i a n and F r e n c h t r a d i t i o n s was t h o u g h t t o be a good t h i n g , and s h o u l d be expan­ded.

P e t e r H a s k e l l (R.C.S. P r e s i d e n t ) , b e f o r e p r o p ­o s i n g a v o t e o f t h a n k s , gave a v i e w o f o p e r a a v a i l ­a b l e t o the army i n I t a l y d u r i n g t h e war: t h e meet­i n g f i n i s h e d w i t h r e f r e s h m e n t s i n ' t h e I.C.W.A. Com­mon Room.

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Group p r e s e n t e d 'The Tempest' and on Tuesday and

Wednesday I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e s t u d e n t s were g e n e r o u s l y

i n v i t e d . The p r o d u c t i o n as a whole was r a t h e r a d i s a p p -

ointment*'and, i n p a r t i c u l a r , t h e costumes c o u l d h a r ­d l y be s a i d t o have j u s t i f i e d t h e a d j e c t i v e ' c o l o u r ­f u l ' w h i c h t h e p r o d u c e r had a p p l i e d t o them i n t h e programme. N e v e r t h e l e s s , the l i g h t i n g was superb t h e whole t i m e and t h e s e t t i n g s , though a l i t t l e r e a l i s t i c f o r a f a n t a s y l i k e 'The Tempest', were q u i t e p l e a s a n t t o l o o k a t . The masque i n t h e f o u r ­t h a c t was an e x c e l l e n t p i e c e o f s t a g e - c r a f t .

So much f o r t h e s t a g i n g ; t h e a c t i n g g e n e r a l l y was adequate. June Sweeney as A r i e l , B r i a n A l l s -d r i d g e as P r o s p e r o , C h r i s t o p h e r A l e x a n d e r as T r i n c -u l o and D a v i d B a t e s as C a l i b a n were o u t s t a n d i n g , p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e l a s t named. R i c h a r d F o w l e r seemed t o be m i s c a s t as A l o n s o w h i l e R o b e r t E l l i s did. not do h i m s e l f j u s t i c e as Stephano. The s i n g i n g o f S h e i l a M. S a l t was d e l i g h t f u l , but t h e o f f - s t a g e f l u t e was c e r t a i n l y n o t h e a v e n l y , a l t h o u g h at t i m e s i t sounded l i k e n o t h i n g on e a r t h .

A f i n a l word - o f p r a i s e , f o r t h e programme, whidh was a v e r y handsome e f f o r t i n d e e d .

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l e n t ! - Ed.)

Thursday, 15th March 1951 a t 1.15 p.m. LUNCH HOUR CONCERT

i n t h e C o u n c i l Room, C i t y and G u i l d s C o l l e g e .

Bach C a n t a t a - C h o i r & O r c h e s t r a S L I V E R COLLECTION FOR T.B. APPEAL

COMING EVENTS SATURDAY, 1 0 t h MARCH.

I.C.R.F.C. V. Guy's Hosp. Nomads, Home.

I.C.H.C. v. Guy's Hosp. Home. I.C.A.F.C. v. U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e . Away. I.C.W.S.C. N e t b a l l . I n t e r - c o l l e g i a t e R a l l y , M o t s p u r .

I.C. E n t . C t t e . 'Hop'. Un i o n . 8.0 p.m. SUNDAY, 11th MARCH.

I.C. M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b . H i g h Rocks Meet. (Tun-b r i d g e W e l l s ) . Leader G.Gooberman.

MONDAY, 1 2 t h MARCH.

L . I . F . C . U . ( I . C ) "The C h r i s t i a n F a i t h ; the P e r s o n a l

F a c t o r " , by Rev. R.Rees. Botany L e c t u r e Thea­

t r e , 1.15 p.m. G u i l d s R a d i o Soc. " E l e c t r i c R a i l w a y s a t your s e r v ­

i c e " by B . J . P r i g m o r e , Room 04, 5.10 p.m. I.C. P h i l o s o p h i c a l Group. "The P h i l o s o p h y of R e a l ­

i s m " by P r o f . Levy. Large P h y s i c s T h e a t r e , 5 15 p«m •

TUESDAY, 13th MARCH I.C. R a i l w a y Soc. " C o n t r a s t s between B r i t i s h and

Overseas R a i l w a y P r a c t i c e s " , by C . S h e r r i n g t o n . R.C.S. Maths. & P h y s i c s Soc. A n n u a l S o c i e t y Photo­

graph, R.C.S. s t e p s 1.45 p.m. WEDNESDAY, 1 4 t h MARCH

I.C.H.C. v. Indiamen. Away.

I.C. Chem, Soc. Works v i s i t t o M e s s r s . B a r c l a y

P e r k i n s & Co. L t d . A s s o c i a t i o n F o o t b a l l Technology Cup f i n a l . G u i l d s R a d i o Soc. V i s i t t o London A i r p o r t . H o u n s l o w .

THURSDAY, 1 5 t h MARCH C & G Eng. Soc. A.G.M. and f i l m show " O p p o r t u n i t i e s

i n the Empire", Room 15 C & G, 5 p.m. I.C. Chem. Soc. A n n u a l D i n n e r . D i s t i n g u i s h e d V i s ­

i t o r ' s A d d ress " S y n t h e s i s i n the S t e r o l Group" by S i r R o b e r t R o b i n s o n , P.R.S.

I C. M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b . " C a v i n g i n the Pyrenees" by W.P.Stanton.

1.0. M u s i c a l Soc. Lunch-hour R e c i t a l . G u i l d s Board Room.

FRIDAY, 1 6 t h MARCH " H i s t o r y of S c i e n c e " by P r o f . Levy, M a i n L e c t u r e

T h e a t r e , Huxley B l d g . 3.0 p.m. Mines C a r n i v a l .

SATURDAY, 1 7 t h MARCH I.C.R.F.C. v . R e a d i n g U n i v . Home. I.C.H.C. v. E a l i n g Dean. Home. I.C.B.C. "Head of t h e R i v e r " . M o r t l a k e t o Putney. I.C.W.S.C. N e t b a l l v. W e s t f i e l d . Home, 10,30. I.C. E n t . C t t e , "Hop" U n i o n , 8.0 p.m.

SUNDAY, 18th MARCH I.C. F i l m Soc. F i l m Show: Rene C l a i r ' s "Le M i l l i o n "

a t 7.30 i n the New Lounge. MONDAY, 19 t h MARCH

Ends & Means L e c t u r e , P r o f . F.G.Gregory, " P l a n t P h y s i o l o g y as an A p p l i e d S c i e n c e " . Large Chem. L e c t u r e T h e a t r e , 4.15 p.m.

I.C. Dramatic Soc. p r e s e n t s "The A s c e n t of F6" by Auden and Isherwood, U n i o n , 7.15 p.m.

TUESDAY, 2 0 t h MARCH I.C. Chem. Soc. "The A d d i t i o n s o f Halogens t o

U n s a t u r a t e d Compounds" by P r o f . P.W. R o b e r t s o n M.A., Ph. D. a t 5.15 i n R.C.S.

"The A s c e n t of F6", Union, 7.15 p.m. R.C.S. Maths. & P h y s . Soc. L e c t u r e by S i r D a v i d

B r u n t . Large P h y s i o s T h e a t r e , 5.15 p.m. WEDNESDAY, 21st MARCH

I.C. Chem. Soc. V i s i t t o M e s s r s . Burroughs W e l l ­come 4 Co. L t d .

"The A s c e n t of F6" U n i o n , 7.15 p.m.

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V a c a t i o n A c t i v i t i e s : I.C. M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b , Glenooe M e e t , A p r i l l l - 2 0 t h .

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On S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 4 t h . , the f i r s t f o u r I.O.B.C. crews beat t h e i r o p p o s i t e number o f Heading U n i v e r s i t y a t Heading.

On a f l o o d s tream, t h e 1 s t . and 2nd. E i g h t s rowed upstream from the t o p o f the i s l a n d below the H.U.B.O. boathouse t o the bend below t he Hegat t a s t a r t , w h i l s t t he 3 r d . and 4 t h . E i g h t s rowed downstream over t he same d i s t a n c e .

The 1 s t . E i g h t had the s t i f f e s t o p p o s i t i o n to f a o e . T h e i r raoe was i n two d i s t i n c t phases. Heading had d e c i d e d t o row f l a t out f o r t h e f i r s t h a l f , i n an attempt t o br e a k t h e h e a r t o f t h e I.C. crew, w h i c h was a t a v e r y marked d i s a d v a n t ­age i n t h e m a t t e r of s t a t i o n s . Heading g o i n g ahead a t the s t a r t had an u n s e t t l i n g e f f e o t on 1.0. and a r u s h d e v e l o p e d i n an e f f o r t t o draw l e v e l . As a r e s u l t , t h e y were 1 l / 2 l e n g t h s down a t the h a l f d i s t a n c e . At t h i s p o i n t , the e f f o r t s o f coach and cox began t o t e l l and the crew began t o row w i t h time and rhythm. From here t o the f i n i s h they were a d i f f e r e n t crew and, r o w i n g v e r y w e l l i n d e e d , passed Heading t o win by 1/3 o f a l e n g t h i n 8 min. 54 s e c . T h i s crew, w i t h such a f i g h t i n g s p i r i t , i 3 p o t e n t i a l l y a v e r y f a s t one i f i t w i l l a l l o w i t s e l f t h e t i m e , i n t h e r i g h t p l a c e s , t o a p p l y i t ' s f u l l power.

The 2nd. E i g h t made no m i s t a k e . Going o f f a t 37 and y e t b e i n g 1/2 a l e n g t h down a t the end of the f i r s t minute d i d not worry them.. On the b e t t e r s t a t i o n , they s e t t l e d down t o row thr o u g h t h e i r opponents by l e t t i n g the boat r u n between t h e s t r o k e s and g i v i n g themselves t i m e t o p r e p a r e f o r and t a k e a t r u e and s o l i d n e x t s t r o k e . At the end o f the second minute they were 1 l e n g t h ahead and d r o p p i n g t h e i r r a t i n g , (a t one p o i n t as low as 2 4 ) , t h e y had a c o m f o r t ­a b l e row, w o r k i n g i t up t o 36 a t t h e f i n i s h , t o win e a s i l y i n 6 min. 59 seo.

The 3 r d . E i g h t t o o had a c o m f o r t a b l e row, though somewhat more rugged t h a n t h e 2nd.. E i g h t . T h e i r p a r t i o u l a r c h a r a c t e r i s t i c as a crew i s a wh o l e - h e a r t e d a t t a c k on t h e b e g i n n i n g , whioh was ver y much i n ev i d e n c e as t h e y whipped the r a t i n g up a t the f i n i s h o f t h e race,, The r e s u l t was e a s i l y and the tim e 5 min. 10 s e o .

The 4 t h . E i g h t rowed a w e l l - j u d g e d r a o e , and though b a r e l y a oanvas ahead a t t h e R e g a t t a f i n i s h , s t r o k e t i m e d h i s f i n a l s p u r t t o a n i c e t y and w e l l backed up by the r e s t of the crew, won by 1 1/2 l e n g t h s i n 5 min. 24 s e c .

DRUNK AGAIN ! Of t he c e l e b r a t i o n s a f t e r w a r d s l i t t l e need

be s a i d , e x c e p t t o say t h a t i t d i d your c o r r e s p ­ondent's h e a r t good t o see the Boat C l u b b e h a v i n g w i t h a s p i r i t and v e r v e t h a t i t has not d i s p l a y e d f o r some y e a r s . T h i s i s no tim e f o r complacency but l e t us hope t h a t t h i s may pro v e t o be t h e b e g i n n i n g o f a v e r y s u c c e s s f u l y e a r ' s r o w i n g .

SAILING

OXFORD UNIVERSITY S.C 18 - I.C.S.C. 2I#

I n v e r y good s a i l i n g w e a t h e r I.C- b e a t O x f o r d U n i v e r s i t y a f t e r a w e l l - f o u g h t match. On a s w o l l ­en r i v e r and a f a s t c u r r e n t I.C. helmsmen d i d a won­d e r f u l j o b , coming c l o s e f i r s t s i n b o t h r a c e s , w i t h t h e o t h e r s bunched so t h a t t h e r e was l i t t l e between them.

1.0. i s s t i l l on t o p i n the U n i v e r s i t y p o i n t s r a c i n g and w i t h o n l y a few weeks t o go i t seems t h a t t h e y have e v e r y chance o f w i n n i n g t h e cup. The c l u b welcomes t h e r e c e n t change i n i t s c o n s t i t u t i o n w h i c h makes i t a n A t h l e t i c C l u b , f o r t h e r e i s l i t t l e doubt t h a t s a i l i n g i s a s p o r t i n e v e r y sense o f t h e word.

Summer p l a n s i n c l u d e e n t r i e s t o t h e Rickmans-w o r t h Team Tro p h y , t h e Mo r t o n - S t e v e n s o n T r o p h y , t h e N i n a Wood T r o p h y , and t h e RaN.V.R. C h a l l e n g e Trophy. I t i s a l s o hoped t o t a k e b o a t s t o H a y l i n g I s l a n d f o r a week's s a i l i n g h o l i d a y a t t h e end o f t h e summer term.

BOXING

V I C T O R Y F O R M I N E S

A f t e r t h e p r e l i m i n a r y b o u t s on F r i d a y 23rd Feb., t h e s e m i - f i n a l s and f i n a l s were h e l d i n the gymnas­ium on Thurs d a y , 1 s t March. A p u g i l i s t i c e v e n i n g opened w i t h t h e match w h e r e i n W.Gardner (R.S.M.) ea r n e d t he p o t f o r the w i n n e r o f t h e b e s t f i g h t . H i s opponent M . H u l l (C & G) s h a r e s t h e c r e d i t f o r t h i s 'ring-warmer' w h i c h s e t t h e pace f o r t he com­p e t i t i o n s . Next 'Gabby' G a l e s ' (R.C.S.) e x p e r i e n ­ce overcame G.Evans' \ R.S.M.) p l u c k , t h e f i g h t b e i n g s t o p p e d i n the sec o n d round. A pas de deux ensued w i t h T e r r y Hulme (R.S.M.) and R . C a r o l i n ( R C S ) t h e t a t t e r ' s p i r o u e t t e s f a i l i n g t o s c o r e t h e p o i n t s . The m i d d l e w e i g h t f i n a l saw P.Huckin (R.S.M.) - a v e r y f i n e b o x e r - s c o r e a t e c h n i c a l K.O. o v e r a v e r y game Tony G r e e n f i e l d ( R . SjM.) . S t a n Copnelman (R.C.S.) , p u n c t u a t i n g h i s b l o w s w i t h a d j u s t m e n t s t o h i s c o i f f u r e , K.O'd B i l l Cook (C &. G) a f t e r a hec­t i c , e v e n l y matched s e s s i o n .

A f t e r t he i n t e r v a l , t h e c r u i s e r w e i g h t f i n a l saw P.Ebsworth's (R.S.M.) o r t h o d o x y j u s t o u t p o i n t ­i n g t h e damaging w i n d m i l l i n g o f K.Brookman (R.C.S.). Perhaps t h e b l o o d i e s t f i g h t o f t h e e v e n i n g was t h a t w h e r e i n t he c o o l Andrew F a b e l (R.S.M.) beat P. H a r d i n g (R.C.S.) on p o i n t s . There i s no need t o e n l a r g e upon the l a t t e r ' s courage. D a v i d O t o r r s ' s (R.S.M.) heavyweight o n s l a u g h t p a i d q u i c k d i v i d e n d s , John B o t t e r i l l (C & G) g e t t i n g l i t t l e o p p o r t u n i t y t o d i s p l a y h i s b o x i n g s k i l l , t h e f i g h t b e i n g s t o p p ­ed i n round one. I n h i s second f i g h t o f the even­i n g t he p l u c k y Gardner l o s t on a t e c h n i c a l K.0- t o Mike Humphreys (R.S.M.). A q u i c k s t e p f i g h t f o l l ­owed ( s , q , q , s , ) i n which "Gabby" G a l e s (R.C.S.) o u t p o i n t e d Anton Brown (R.S.M.). H o l y R e y n o l d s ( R . C S . ) hung on f o r two rounds a g a i n s t " K i l l e r " Hulme (R.S-M.), the f i g h t b e i n g s t o p p e d i n the t h i r d . Squat S t a n Coppelham ( s t i l l q u i f f f l i p p ­i n g ) K.O'd l a n k y Ted B e l l (R.S.M.) i n a f i g h t which t h o r o u g h l y a r o u s e d p a r t i s a n f e e l i n g i n t h e a u d i e n c e . A v e r y f i n e c o n c l u s i o n t o a f i n e e v e n i n g ' s s p o r t .

The R e c t o r p r e s e n t e d t h e I n t e r - C o l l e g e B o x i n g Cup t o " K i l l e r " Hulme, the c a p t a i n o f the w i n n i n g team, t h e Mines Jbsaving g a i n e d 18 p o i n t s t o R.C.S's 28 and G u i l d s ' 10. S i r R o d e r i c H i l l a l s o p r e s e n ­t e d t h e b e s t w i n n e r ' s pot t o W.Gardner (R.S.M.). I t i s hoped t h a t I.C. w i l l p r o v i d e p l e n t y of v o c a l s u p p o r t f o r t h e i r b o x e r s i n t h e U.L. I n t e r - C o l l e g e C h a mpionshipswhic h are t o be h e l d a t L.S.E. a t 7 pm on March 1 6 t h .

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W a t e r l o g g e d grounds had caused t h e c a n c e l l a t ­i o n o f matches i n t h e p r e v i o u s t h r e e weeks, but on Feb. 2 4 t h I.C. were a b l e t o p l a y R.V.C. f o r the t h i ­r d t i m e t h i s season. (Twice b e f o r e i n t h e U.L. cup s c o r e s b e i n g 3-3 and 0-3). On t h i s o c c a s i o n I.C. were not a t f u l l s t r e n g t h and were d e f e a t e d by t h e c l e a r m argin o f two g o a l s t o a p e n a l t y g o a l (10-3). Forward t he s i d e s were e v e n l y matched but b e h i n d t h e scrum t h e V e t s combined b e t t e r and were more t h r u s t f u l and dangerous.

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o B i l l R o b i n s o n on h i s e l e c t ­i o n t o t h e c a p t a i n c y o f U.L. Rugger. T h i s i s t h e second s u c c e s s i v e y e a r t h a t t h e c l u b has had an I.C. C a p t a i n .

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The f i r s t o f t h e i n t e r - c o l l e g e c o n t e s t s has a l ­r e a d y been h e l d (The T u g ) , and the Three M i l e s i s t o be d e c i d e d on Wednesday, 1 4 t h March at P a d d i n g -t o n . T h i s date i s a l s o t h a t o f t h e F r e s h e r s ' T r i ­a l s , when i t w i l l be seen how t h e new b l o o d comp­a r e s w i t h t he o l d ; rumour has i t t h a t dark h o r s e s are p r e v a l e n t .

I t i s hoped t h a t t h e C o l l e g e C a p t a i n s w i l l use th e F r e s h e r s ' T r i a l s t o seed t h e i r a t h l e t e s f o r t h e A n n u a l S p o r t s , and t h a t encouragement w i l l be f o r t h c o m i n g f r o m t h e i r a r m c h a i r s u p p o r t e r s and c r i t i c s , as w e l l as t h e l i t t l e bands o f would-be w o r l d b e a t e r s f r o m R.C.S., G u i l d s and R.S.M.

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