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FIFTEEN MILLION POUND SCHEME N0.79 4 OCTOBER 1955 3d.

PEWS U IBRIEF

The p r e s i d e n t a l Dinner and Da­nce was heldat the Rembrandt Hotel. Among the speeches a f t e r dinner was A. V. S. de Reticle's reminder that "clangers are d e f i n i t e l y out". Dan­c i n g , both i n s i d e and outside, went on t i l l the e a r l y morning hours, when one poor t a x i - d r i v e r ' s cab be­came a p u b l i c thoroughfare. A l l i n a l l , i t was a most enjoyable evening,

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Maidstone C i v i c Theatre saw the I.C. Dramatic Society's production of "Someone Waiting" by Emlyn Williams,during t h i s Summer vacation. As Cheltenham has been the usual stage f o r the Tour i n previous years the Society was on v i r g i n t e r r i t o r y i n Maidstone. Although the venture was not a f i n a n c i a l success, the impression they created was worthy of t h i s energetic Society.

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On Wednesday J u l y 20th. a party of four Imperial College a t h l e t e s , namely Dr. Tony Watts, "Bunny" Sne-l l o c k , Gordon Stewart, and Les Locke descended upon the Devon Constabu­l a r y Sports Meeting at Torquay.

Gordon Stewart won the 600 yds. from the Devon County Champion i n the f a s t time, on a wet t r a c k , of lmin. 14.2secs.. Later i n the afternoon Les Locke, running from the back mark i n the "880" handicap came t h r ­ough to win i n lmin. 50.8 sees..

The Team won the l a s t event, the mile medley r e l a y , c o n v i ncingly , by 80yds..

Arrangements are now being made where i t i s hoped that a f u l l - s c a l e Team w i l l be sent to compete i n the 1956 meeting, also to be held at Tor­quay.

JTOP PRESS.

LORD MAYOR'S SHOW : Guildsmen on half of the floats, King's College on remainder. All women from King's. One float to carry Guild's Shield.

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BY JOHN SCOTT SEELEY

For the l a s t year the peaceful calm of Imperial College has been shattered by the roar of the a i r -compreesor and the chatter of the pneumatic d r i l l . The b u i l d e r s are i n , and they w i l l be staying with us f o r s everal more years. Between the years 1953 and 1962 the student pop­u l a t i o n of t h i s College w i l l be ex­panded from 1500 to over 3000. To acc­omodate the e x t r a numbers the College and Union Buildings w i l l be added t o , and i n some cases, modified. It is a vast p r o j e c t , i n v o l v i n g the expenditure of £15 m i l l i o n s of pub­l i c funds.

During the past eighteen months four preliminary p r o j e c t s have been put i n hand. One has been completed: 9 f o u r t h storey having been added to the R.S.M. and Goldsmiths' extension of Guilds . The a r c h i t e c t s were i.'or-man and Dawbarn. The Union B u i l d i n g (N. side of the Beit B u i l d i n g , close to the Albert H a l l ) i s being convert­ed from a two-storey b u i l d i n g of 25,000 sq. f t . to a four-storey b u i l d i n g of 50,000 sq. f t . Work began i n J u l y '54 and i s due to be completed i n J u l y *56. A permanent r e f e c t o r y i s a l r e a d y i n s t a l l e d i n the ground f l o o r of t h i s b u i l d i n g . The a r c h i t e c t s are S u t c l i f f and Partners w i t h S i r Hubert Worthington as con­s u l t a n t .

By f a r the l a r g e s t of the pres­ent projects i s the Roderic H i l l B u i l d i n g on. the South side of Prince Consort Rd., next to the Royal College of Music. The f i n i s h e d f r o n t of t h i s b u i l b i n g i s shown i n our i l l u s t r a t i o n , from the drawing by Mr. Frank Weemys. This new b u i l d i n g w i l l give a nett increase of 81,000 s q . f t . to house the expanded departments of Chemical Engineering and Aeronautics. Aeronautics i s due by October '56 and Chemical Engineering by January '57. The a r c h i t e c t s are again Norm-man and Dawbarn with S i r Hubert Wor­thington, as consultant.

The large s i n g l e - f l o o r Bessemer Lab. i n the R.S,M. i s beingconverted to a three-storey b u i l d i n g f o r use as engineering workshops and mater­i a l s l a b o r a t o r i e s , g i v i n g 10,000 sq. f t . of a d d i t i o n a l space. B u i l d i n g began i n January ' 85 and i s scheduled f o r completion f o r the beginning of t h i s session. The a r c h i t e c t s are Norman and Dawbarn.

For the f u t u r e , plans of most i n t e r e s t to FELIX readers w i l l be

those applying to Union B u i l d i n g s . As a Remembrance to S i r Roderic H i l l the Beit Quadrangle w i l l be l a i d out as a semi-formal garden with grass lawns and York stone paths, and some c e n t r a l feature which may be a fountain . The tennis club have recieved extra courts at Harlington as compensation f o r the l o s s of i t s o l d courts on t h i s s i t e . I.C. s t u ­dents w i l l welcome the proposal that, at long l a s t , the Hostel accommdda-t i o n i s to be increased. At present t h i s has not been made d e f i n i t e , but we can hope f o r room f o r a d d i t i o n a l 100 students.

On the wider plane l e g a l d i f ­f i c u l t i e s have a r i s e n i n c l e a r i n g ths Imperial I n s t i t u t e Rd. / Prince con­sort Rd. s i t e f o r the complete de­velopment of the College. This i s a Government a f f a i r . In the debate on S c i e n t i f i c and Technical Manpower i n the House of Commons on J u l y 21st, Mr. Brooke ( F i n a n c i a l Secretary to the Treasury)stated that; " i n order to overcome these l e g a l d i f f i c u l t i e s i t may be necessary f o r the Govern­ment to introduce enabling l e g i s l a ­t i o n a f t e r the Recess"'..

Comment

I t can be j u s t i f i a b l y stated that the progress of the Contractors on the Union B u i l d i n g seems to be very slow. Their job Has been d i f ­f i c u l t i n that they s t a r t e d w i t h h a l f - a - b u i l d i n g and have had very l i t t l e room to manouevre to b u i l d upwards. But as a team they seem i n f e r i o r to those across the road working on the new Aeronautics and Chemical Engineering B u i l d i n g . Let us hope there i s no i n f e r i o r work put i n to complete the contract by J u l y '56.

The t e n t a t i v e proposals, at present under discus s i o n , f o r the ex­pansion of the Hostel, are that the whole of the Beit and Union Buildings w i l l be given over to Union a c t i v ­i t i e s and student r e s i d e n t i a l acc­omodation. General student f e e l i n g has been of t h i s opinion f o r years past.. I f t h i s college i s to continue to provide U n i v e r s i t y - l e v e l educa­t i o n , i t s r e s i d e n t i a l accomodation must be increased at l e a s t f o u r - f o l d . The dreadful a l t e r n a t i v e i s that I. C. might become a Technical I n s t i t u t i o n with only i t s academic reputation l e f t . I t i s the duty of a l l to ensure that t h i s never happens.

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I TUESDAY, 4th OCTOBER 1935

JIM ANDERSON, n t A LEfTER from THE PRESIDENT

James Anderson name up i n '50, took a second i n Physios, and i s now a t h i r d year Post-Oroduate i n spectroscopy. His career i s l i t t ­ered with the usual landmarks which make a man f i t to lead one of the l a r g e s t Colleges i n the country, He was head boy at Rutherford School, Newcastle, and has been President of R.C.S., l,C. Soccer Captain, and a member of Council f o r two years. He has hewn timber on a vacations! Job i n Finland! attended S c i e n t i f i c Conferences i n Sweden! played Soccer in Germany, and done one or two other things i n France. At one time, Jim was Sports Edito r of FELIX, His i n ­t e r e s t s are unusually broadi i n f a c t here l i e s h i s p e c u l i a r genius, He never pretends to knowledge which ho does not possess, being the World's Worst Liferoan, and consequ­ent l y , since most people are only too eager to a i r t h e i r ignorance, he generally l i s t e n s rather than t a l k s i thus he knows everything that i s going on i n the Union, and i s i n exce l l e n t touch with student opinion.

Every President of I,C. has an arduous task. He i s burdened by a huge v a r i e t y of committees, with nerhaps a meeting per day throughout his r e i g n . He must lend h i s O f f i c i a l presence to many s o c i a l functions throughout the U n i v e r s i t y , This year there i a n s p e c i a l problem,

The Union showedmany signs of d i s i n t e g r a t i o n l a s t year. Each Club and Society functioned as w e l l as over (although not, to an o l d ob­server, b e t t e r ) but a cooperate Union s p i r i t was absent, Union meet­ings were d i s o r d e r l y shambles, end often not worth attending. There were no Rags. From previous exper­ience of hooligan students, the Senate was J u s t i f i e d ( i n i t s own view) i n banning Rags. But,from our point of view, i t was not. Our s p i r i t has been sapped. Our constituent Colleges have not been united i n any o r i g i n a l and harmlessly eccen­t r i c a c t i v i t y since the V i c t o r i a R i s i n g of March 1983. In another year the Rag t r a d i t i o n w i l l be l o s t f o r ever, and s h o r t l y a f t e r , per­haps l i k e our present chemists, we s h a l l " v o l u n t a r i l y " work on Wednes­day afternoon,

It i s an accident of time that Jim Anderson has to face t h i s crux i n our a f f a i r s . I f he succeeds no better than h i s predecessors, he w i l l f a i l . But he i s experienced and informed; he prefers common sense to the Blue Book, and he has the blessed g i f t of f o r t h r i g h t hon­esty and s i n c e r i t y which w i l l ensure f o r h i s counsels respect and a t t e n ­t i o n .

AS A PRESIDENT, HE CANNOT BE BAD. CAN HE BE GREAT?

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I consider the f o l l o w i n g p o i n t s an e s s e n t i a l guide to the student who i s aiming t * ' derive the utmost ben e f i t from h i s stay at Imperial College. 1) . Use the Un«en f a c i l i t i e s to

t h e i r f u l l e s t advantage. 2) . Attend H a l l Dinner as f r e q u e n t l y

as p o s s i b l e ^ 3) . Attend one o l the Formal Dances

during the term. 4) . Indulge i n sow* a t h l e t i c a c t i v e

i t y on Wednesday afternoons. 5) . J o i n one of the s o c i a l clubs.

There are many people i n the College who only use the Union as a Restaurant ana never take part i n Union a f f a i r s , These are the moronic technologists of tomorrow. The c u l ­t u r a l and s o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s of the Union help to combat t h i s narrowing of I n t e r e s t s , wMeh *is the e v i l i n s p e c i a l i s a t i o n , feeing ever present, these a c t i v i t i e s ere there f o r the t a k i n g , f *

An e s s e n t i a l a t t r i b u t e i n the mature I n d i v i d u a l i t h i s a b i l i t y to be comfortable and' n a t u r a l on a formal occasion. This a b i l i t y l a only aquirod through p r a c t i c e . Every Tuesday the College holds a H a l l Dinner i n Ayrton H a l l , Any student may go along,(a booking must be made i n the Union O f f i c e ) , and dine with members of the s t a f f on terms of e q u a l i t y round the same t a b l e . The some arguments apply to Formal nances i by attendlngthose funotions the most immature student w i l l soon d i s p e l h i s fears about being tongue-t i e d and leaden-footed.

The a t h l e t i c prowess of t h i s College i s l e g i o n i n the U n i v e r s i t y . In order to achieve t h i s p o s i t i o n many students have indulged i n Sport i n midweek. Not only does t h i s midweek Sport enhance the rep­u t a t i o n of the College, but i t a l s o enables the i n d i v i d u a l to maintain a reasonable l e v e l of f i t n e s s , Un­f o r t u n a t e l y , some departments make i t d i f f i c u l t f o r students to have Wednesday afternoons o f f , but that does not prevent the more sensible members from having t h e i r Sport, I t i s those students who remain chained to t h e i r benches during Wednesday afternoon who are to be p i t i e d .

As w e l l as t a k i n g part i n some a t h l e t i c endeavour, i t l a else a good idea to be aasoolc'ed with one of the S o c i a l Clubs. Tim l e t t e r form a very use f u l t r a i n i n g ground f o r a f t e r - C o l l e g e Uf«. t f one wishes to become an expert M i l l or chess player there ere the nec­essary openings i n the Union.; The Wine Tasting l o e i e t y w i l l develop a novlee i n t o e connoisseur, ets (> f i n a l l y , the o f f i c i a l posts In « Club always provide a goes t r a i n i n g ground where one oan develop one's q u a l i t i e s of leadership ana organ­i s i n g a b i l i t y ,

I b e l i s v s that by f o l l o w i n g the above points the freshmen w i l l gain tho maximum rewards from h i s stay hero, and w i l l be a p e r f e c t l y f i t t e d i n d i v i d u a l to take up a

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This FELIX i s something of a t r i a l . As f a r as we know, the l a y ­out of three (and not two) columns with r i g h t hand j u s t i f i c a t i o n (an O.K. word f o r t h i s year) has not been used i n t h i s paper before. I t probably w i l l not be used again.

Papers l i k e Sennet receive a large bonus, grant, or whatever you care to c a l l i t to a s s i s t them f i n a n c i a l l y . We have a j u s t pride i n being the only unsubsidised Newspaper ( we repeat ; Newspaper) i n the U n i v e r s i t y of London. What you read i s not views censored by an o l i g a r c h y . The Union O f f i c e r s , the Administration; i n f a c t , the whole of I.C. i s part and p a r c e l of FELIX.He i s your forum and informant.

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Returning to Imperial College a f t e r a vacation spent f a r away, we were s u r p r i s e d that two innovations had come i n t o being. F i r s t l y , we are not w r i t i n g i n FELIX as he was l a s t term. Some w i l l wonder whether the paper i s stepping backwards i n the d i r e c t i o n of SENNET. We are t o l d , however, that the l o s s of those endearing l i t t l e t y ping mis­takes and ragged edged columns w i l l not a f f e c t the character of FELIX. Judge f o r y o u r s e l f . . . . i f you f e e l l i k e w r i t i n g to the E d i t o r about i t , don't p u l l any punches.

The second s u r p r i s e i s that some U n i v e r s i t y Union O f f i c i a l has deemed,it necessary that every member of L.U. should have a spec­i a l Union card which he would have to produce i n order to gain admit­tance to the U.L.U. B u i l d i n g . The reason f o r t h i s Gestapo-like move appears to be that i n the past the f a c i l i t i e s have been misused by outsiders. At l e a s t , they saem to think that i t may be o u t s i d e r s , but regretably there i s a hooligan e l ­ement i n the U n i v e r s i t y . However, a f t e r c a r e f u l consideration i n the aopropriate quarter, these new Union cards have been issued, and anybody who wants to enter must produce one on demand. To the enquiry as to what i s wrong with the i n d i v i d u a l College Union cards the r e p l y i s : "The doorkeepers can't recognise them". What i s wrong with the idea of keeping f a c s i m i l e s of a l l the London Colleges 1 Union cards at hand f o r the doorkeepers ' r e f e r ­ence? That might be a l i t t l e cheaper than the c o s t l y business of p r i n t i n g thousands of these i d e n t ­i t y cards. We hear that they are intending to p r i n t them i n d i f f e r ­ent colours every year. This may or may not be t r u e , but each student w i l l have h i s name and number. I f student money i s involved i n the f i n a n c i n g of t h i s operation, i t i s an outrageous m i s d i r e c t i o n of funds that are i n great demand f o r much more worthwhile p r o j e c t s . To the point that may be put forward that not a l l colleges have t h e i r own union cards, the answer i s that they only might be provided with some proof of t h e i r membership of U.L.U.

This innovation smacks of a worst type of bureaucracy, we s h a l l be r e q u i r i n g passports next i n ord­er to enter l e c t u r e s ! Every stud­ent who i s issued with one of these a t r o c i t i e s ought to tear i t up. Worse regulations i n the same s t u p i d vein may f o l l o w .

o-o-o-o-o-o-o Who i s t h i s intake of ICWA from

Canada who sends the hardened e d i t o ­r i a l heads spinning?

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Rumour has i t that Messrs . And­erson and Kitchener w i l l appear at I.C. t h i s term c l a d i n bowler hat, black jacket and s t r i p e d t r o u s e r s .

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We have to report that Mr, Dave Mars h a l l was n e a r l y a r r e s t e d by an armed Swedish policeman, who claimed that Dave was p l a c i n g s t r e e t b a r r i e r s across tram t r a c k s . Knowing Dave we are sure that t h i s could not p o s s i b l y have been true!

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Glancing through t h i s book, one i s struck by the neatness and c l a r i t y of both photographs and diagrams. The f i r s t f i v e chapters, w r i t t e n by Frank I r v i n g , are more of a t e c h n i c a l discussion than the l a t e r ones by Ann and Lorne Welch* Frank's s t y l e of w r i t i n g i s remin­i s c e n t of E.J.Holinyard: In the cock­p i t . , "two or three inches of width w i l l prevent that sense of f r u s t r a ­t i o n which attends s i t t i n g on an i n a c c e s s i b l e packet of c i g a r e t t e s " ; and the diagram on page 36 could have come equally as w e l l from i'.Gamesmanshin" as from "The Soaring P i l o t " .

The non-technical g l i d e r enth­u s i a s t may f i n d these f i r s t f i v e chapters rather heavy going, but he w i l l be w e l l rewarded by the abund­ance of ready w i t . This wit i s not confined to Frank 1s w r i t i n g , and i f the reader f e e l s i n c l i n e d to read the l a t e r chapters f i r s t , l e t him choose the eighth;Landing i n F i e l d s . Here* he w i l l f i n d a most unusual and yet a s e n s i b l e , c o l l e c t i o n of data ranging from the q u a l i t y of meadowland to a short discussion on animal behaviour.

By and l a r g e , t h i s i s an ex­tremely informative and w e l l written book. It should do much to increase the p o p u l a r i t y of G l i d i n g i n t h i s country.

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S C R A P B O O K F O R 1 9 5 4

by MACAVITY

FRESHMEN ARE A NUISANCE.THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. Ranging from the type who meets you at every corner with a please can you t e l l me the way to the nearest — - - — — to the O.K. —so— t 1 m—new—here—so—were— you-once type who loves b u r s t i n g i n on the Prof's l e c t u r e ; they are a l l outcasts. Generally speaking, that i s . But t h i s year, at t h i s College, you are going to. f i n d a number of old-timers reduced* to the ranks.

During the past year we have been tossed around from one r e f e c t ­ory to another, from one Hop-base to another, u n t i l we're as green as you are. We've been awakened by a i r compressors so e a r l y -for so long that we hate the D i e s e l Cycle. And we know that we're coming back to the same th i n g f o r yet another year. We ' re looking forward to i t , j u s t as you are; perhaps moreso, because although l i f e i s s l i g h t l y h e c t i c and unpredictable at the moment (even the Brown-Baggers are being s t i r r e d from t h e i r lethargy), we have a s u r p r i s i n g l y large number of pleasant memories of l a s t year at Imperial College.

In other f i e l d s , however, i n t ­erest was greater than ever before. Mines was waking up to the f a c t that i t h a d n ' t a mascot, whereas Guil d s ' has boasted a 1901 James and Brown named Boanerges ("Bo") who r e g u l a r ­l y competes i n , and completes,the Brighton Run.

Mines therefore bought a Tra­c t i o n engine (Clementine) , which a f t e r a vast amount of work by a few people was f i n a l l y persuaded to move under i t s own power. Many people f e e l that a p i t pony would have been much more appropriate. Later i n the season R.C,S.(pronoun­ced R.C.S.) decided to buy a 1916 Dennis f i r e - e n g i n e . This, i n view of the unstable nature of experim­ents conducted i n the domain of Pure Science, was generally considered to be a good purchase, apart from the f a c t that the engine's pump blew up i n the 1920's, and tne big-ends have a habit of going.

Whilst on the subject of mas­cots, we must mention Herbert, our Phoenix. He i s I.CJs o f f i c i a l mas­cot and was abducted i n the t r a d i t ­i o n a l s t y l e by N.E.C. (enn-ee-see) l a s t Christmas. About the same time

The Sports-Day Hop, which was held i n a i d of B.U.S.B., was a huge success thanks to the e f f o r t s of I.C.W.A.(The I.C. Women's Associa­t i o n ) and others who hadn't ruined themselves i n the f i e l d of sport during the afternoon. Much has been w r i t t e n i n these columns on the subject of Hops. Much more w i l l be w r i t t e n . The best t h i n g you can do i s to go and f i n d out f o r y o u r s e l f . From Hops we pass on to the subject of the sedate ( w e l l , at f i r s t ) C o l l ­ege R a i l ,

Last year, due to the death of S i r Roderic H i l l , there was no Commem­or a t i o n Day B a l l . Commemoration Day i s an annual event, commemorating the v i s i t of King George VI to our College. An Easter B a l l was h e l d , however, l a s t year at Claridges, during the whole of one night. This was a most l a v i s h a f f a i r , i n c l u d i n g an impromptu and,indeed,an unwi t t i n g Cabaret d i s p l a y by c e r t a i n gentlemen who were engaged i n p a i n t i n g an adjacent lounge.

Each one of the three Colleges i n I.C. holds i t s own evening dress Dance ( I r e f r a i n from using the word formal, f o r reasons which be­come obvious when one imagines the

Left: Mike Neale, last years president of I.C. Union: he had the dif f i c u l t task of trying to console I.C. students after the N.E.C. robbery.

Right: Clementine , R. S. M. mascot, and winner of the Curtis Cup at the Appleford Traction Engine Meet.

We had a f i n e team of O f f i c i a l s to s t a r t October, 19S4. With Mike Neale as President of the Union: Mike has since l e f t and Jim Ander­son has taken over. Vere Atkinson was Union Secretary l a s t year, and W.G, Kitchener has succeeded him i n s e c r e t a r i a l ( i f not i n a r t i s t i c ) ability.The three College Presidents Pete Lemir,, Bob Kingdon and Andy Levine had things w e l l organised from the s t a r t . The O f f i c i a l side of things was i n f a c t run so smooth­l y that i t was s c a r c e l y noticeable At least, so the attendance at Union Meetings would suggest.

a iarge carrot belonging to t h i s College made i t s appearance i n S. Kensington at the "FELIX" Hop. Her­bert i s now back at I.C. through the kind donation of trousers by O f f i c i a l s of our College.

The mention of Hops reminds me that I intended to w r i t e a few words about them. These are Saturday night a f f a i r s (forwant of a b e t t e r word) where you pay a nominal two s h i l l i n g s and then shoulder the woman of your choice through a quickstep. Many So c i e t i e s held Hops l a s t year, one of the most outstanding, of course, was the FELIX Birthday Hop, at which a party of Amazons from Q.E.C. kind­l y presented us with the aforment-ioned c a r r o t .

combination of s o f t l i g h t s ; s o f t music and hard l i q u o r ) . The Ayr.ton H a l l , c o l l o q u i a l l y known as Queenies is the usual s i t e f o r such en­tertainment; but R.C.S. inaugurated t h e i r popular Country House B a l l two years ago, and i t i s held at Silwood Park, where the College has a f i e l d s t a t i o n . The House was beau­t i f u l l y decorated l a s t year by the hard working b o t a n i s t s , the poor souls who l i v e there. For the bene­f i t of those who have to do the same next year, I point out that there are at least seven Pubs w i t h i n a h a l f mile radius.

You w i l l , as term progresses, hear the mysterious word "Carnival" whispered i n a dark corner. Some say the word with awe; some with

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The Cabaret (there i s always a Cabaret, though most of the p a r t ­i c i p a n t s are too drunk to care) was a great success, being reminiscent of the days when Kitchener was an Undergraduate, and not Secretary of the Union. Guild's came next, a few weeks l a t e r , w ith "CAVEMEN CAPERS". This was a c t u a l l y reported i n the "Evening Standard" , who t o l d a credulous p u b l i c that a thousand people were present, and that there was also a f i g h t with t r i f l e pudd­in g . The l a t t e r was unfortunately t r u e ; the former not. R.C.S. made' up t h e i r c o l l e c t i v e minds not to have any rowdyism at t h e i r C a r n i v a l "ALICE IN WONDERLAND". The h a l l i n which i t was held was d e l i g h t f u l l y decorated, and i f things were a t r i f l e q u i e t , the true C a r n i v a l s p i r i t was there ( b o t t l e s of i t ) .

Many of you w i l l remember read­ing about the demonstration by Lon^. don students on November 5th 1953, against the banning of an o f f i c i a l rag. The Senate House, which cont­r o l s London U n i v e r s i t y , took s t r i c t measures to prevent any s i m i l a r occurence i n the fu t u r e , and the Union O f f i c e r s of I.C. organised a counter a t t r a c t i o n at Harlington, our Sports Ground i n Middlesex. I t was f e l t at f i r s t by the majority of students that such a venture would end as a complete f a i l u r e , but t h i s d i d not prove to be the case. Those who went to Harlington (and there were many) enjoyed an evening which a t t a i n e d Carnival standard™ Quite apart from the l a v i s h d i s p l a y of fireworks, there were hot dogs and barbecued p i g , dancing and a l l other forms of entertainment u s u a l l y i n ­dulged i n on such an evening. As

Left: Boanerges, the Guilds' {residential ohariot , bought back i n the mists of time and a regular Brighton Runner.

Eight: Dennis , the ft. & S. presidential ohariot which consumes big-ends faster than fuel.

f a r as can be ascertained, only two people went to H o s p i t a l . Both r e ­covered.

Lest you should t h i n k that College l i f e i s a l l beer and women, l e t me mention some of the more se­ri o u s e x t r a - c u r r i c u l a r a c t i v i t i e s . The Dramatic Society has been hamp­ered i n no small degree during the past year by the l o s s of i t s stage. Most k i n d l y Q.E.C. came to the r e s ­cue w i t h the o f f e r of t h e i r ' s . The Dramatic Society began work immed­i a t e l y on "The White Sheep of the Family" which they s u c c e s s f u l l y produced i n December. Then again, towards the end of the Spring Term, they put on two one-act .plays: "The Proposal" and-Anouilh's "Ant­igone". These rather d i f f i c u l t ' p l a y s were extremely w e l l produced and acted. Keep i t up, Dramatic Society!

. You may be surprise d to hear that FELIX f u l f i l s several subsid­i a r y duties, besides being the C o l l ­ege newspaper. Last year he ran a Food Questionnaire which asked f o r p a r t i c u l a r s regarding food stand­ards, times of eating, places of eating and so on. From the r e s u l t s , a f t e r they had been digestedby the S t a t i s t i c i a n s , came f o r t h the sur­p r i s i n g f a c t that some people at t h i s College didn't eat at a l l . To eat i n London may cost a l i t t l e at the Savoy, but i t s cheap at Moonie's. I s h a l l not quote r e s u l t s , as they w i l l probably bore you; and anyway they are out of date.

We have a newly formed Art Club which held several e x h i b i t i o n s l a s t year, of which one was a general e x h i b i t i o n , and the r e s t by p a r t i c ­u l a r a r t i s t s . Being a s c i e n t i s t my­s e l f , I am i n no p o s i t i o n to say whether the standard was high; I judge the paintings by the f e e l i n g s they arouse i n me. There were sev­e r a l nude studies.

The Photographic Society's Annual E x h i b i t i o n was of a very high standard, although the entries were fewer than they could have been. Don't be put o f f by the work of a nucleus of geniuses; you may be one you r s e l f , anyway.

I f you've read t h i s f a r , you must have noticed the abundance nf sup e r l a t i v e s l i k e " s u c c e s s f u l " . Most things t h i s College does are s u c c e s s f u l . To a c e r t a i n extent i t depends on the man at the top, but without you and your support, they could not do what they manage to do. And some of you, l i k e Ponsonby or Preuveneers there, w i l l be w e l l on the way to the top.

I.C. has the reputation of hav­ing the f i n e s t , and being the finest, i n almost every f i e l d . And not o n l y i n i t s College a c t i v i t i e s e i t h e r ; which i s proved by the notable g l i d e r record set up l a s t May by Frank G. I r v i n g , of the Aeronautics Department. Frank and Lorne Welch were the f i r s t people to cross the Channel i n a two-seater g l i d e r -while airborne.' More about this r e ­markable p e r s o n a l i t y is to be found elsewhere i n these pages.

The F i e l d Cup Race is s o l e l y f o r Guildsmen. Every year the f i v e Engineering Departments i n G u i l d s ' compete f o r a cup not much l a r g e r than a hen's egg, presented by Mr. F i e l d f o r the winners of t h i s t r u l y remarkable race. I t i s run from the College to the Serpentine (and often i n i t ) ; the winners are the f i r s t to cross t h i s s t r e t c h of water.(q. e.d.) and there are no holds barred.

Last year's epic consisted of conveying the four elements, each i n i t s own bucket, along the route. A f t e r two minutes, the Entrance.. H a l l of Guild s ' was inches deep i n the elements. A t r a i l of t w i s t e d buckets- and b l a z i n g p a r a f f i n t o l d of t h e passage o f the b a t t e r e d Guildsmen. To the Serpentine: no boats.' The boathouse keeper knew us too w e l l . A f t e r twenty minutes with Guildsmen throwing one-another into the water, C i v i l Engineering became the winners. Apparently j u s t i n time, f o r three large Policemen flew down from Heaven on the crowd chanting "Peace on Earth and good­w i l l towards man" as they arrested onlookers. When they had had t h e i r f i l l , they flew away as qu i c k l y as they had come.

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ton, November 1954. Cook­ed by Mr. Moony, i t was a t a s t y a d d i t i o n to the fun and games.

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College Womens Ass o c i a t i o n . Whenever I.C.'V.A, was !nvolved i n College a c t i v i t i e s , she was there to help and guide.

NO, B.B., SOCIAL LIFE IN I.C. ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.

ABOVE: BERNARD PARKER'S "TROUT STREAM", shown at the Art Club's E x h i b i t i o n e a r l i e r t h i s year.

BF.LO'V LEFT: ANDY LEVINE, GUILD'S PRESIDENT, at the Lord Mayor's Show, 1954.

BELOW MIDDLE: MORE FUN AT HARLINGTON. Guys and Dolls holding up an O f f i c i a l of Senate House ( i n e f f i g y , of course).

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ABOVE: THE END OF THE FIELD CUP RACE .... outside Guilds'. The gentlemen i n blue can be seen remonstrating with Guildsmen; the l a t t e r are r e t r e a t i n g r a p i d l y i n t o the sanctuary of t h e i r College.

BELOW RIGHT: MISS JUDITH KORNBLUTH AND MR. LESLIE ALLEN i n "ANTIGONE".

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National, and European height records f o r g l i d e r t r a i l e r s now stands at 8600 f e e t . These were captured by the Imperial College G l i d i n g Club w h i l s t on the Gross-glockner Pass i n A u s t r i a a f t e r twice beating i t s own e x i s t i n g records over the J u l i e r and Bernina Passes. I t i s r e g r e t t a b l e to record that these were als o the greatest heights a t t a i n e d by the g l i d e r , on or above ground, w h i l s t on the continent (but see page 8. column 1)

The party of 8 men, and one g i r l l e f t on the 4th. August i n three c a r s , one towing the e l i d e r and t r a i l e r . The night of the 5th. was spent at the g l i d i n g s i t e of Pont-St-Vincent near Nancy. A f t e r supper each member was "interrogated" i n French ("Name, Age, Number of prangs, etc . ) with F.G.I, a c t i n g as i n t e * -eter when needed.

questioner: Quel est votre r o l e dans cett e e'quipe, Ma'araselle?

F.G.I.: ( H u r r i e d l y ) E l l e est experte, a f a i r e l e cafe.

The next g l i d i n g s i t e v i s i t e d was Saraedan , near St. M o r i t z , where two days were spent f e t t l i n g motor cars . Unfortunately the weather was unkind and l i t t l e f l y i n g was done w h i l s t the party was there. The aero­drome was s i t u a t e d at 6000 feet »bove sea l e v e l , and i t was extremely

l a s t year. Some f l y i n g was a l s o done i n ancient Russian designed biplanes "PO-2s" and i n a "Brucker Jungmann':

On the l a s t day F.G.I, gave an impressive e x h i b i t i o n of g l i d e r aerobatics at a l o c a l a i r d i s p l a y .

At the beginning of the homewo-d journey, the road from Belgrade to Zagreb (250 m i l e s ) was covered by the t r a i l e r at an average speed of 47.5 m.p.h. and a F l y i n g Kilometre at 62.4 m.p.h.

A couple of days were spent at Zell-am-See i n A u s t r i a , where the Skylark and two types of Aus t r i a n g l i d e r were flown from a g l i d i n g s i t e amongst the mountains, and clos e to the lake.

In a l l about 3350 miles were Covered. The Vanguard and t r a i l e r had one puncture, Ian Duff's Morris broke a s p r i n g , and Mike Neale's Morris wore out two front wheel bearings, two b i g ends and one sump I

The remnants of the party a r r i ­ved back at Dover between four and si x weeks a f t e r l e a v i n g England. None of them w i l l ever forget the h o s p i t a l i t y and genuine f r i e n d ­l i n e s s of the Yugoslavs.

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THE YUGOSLAVIAN SAILPLANE KOSAVA (PHOTO TO L.W. DOWDALLl

chillsome. However the b e a u t i f u l mountain scenery compensated f o r a l i t t l e of the discomfort.

Two nights were spent i n I t a l y , the f i r s t by a lake (F.G.I, and Miss Lanca^'er were persuaded to swim i n the morning- ( f u l l y clothed f o r decency's sake!) and the other out­side Venice.

The G l i d i n g Centre at VrSac i n Yugoslavia was reached three days l a t e r . In the l a s t day 300 miles were covered. The f i r s t 250 miles were along almost the best, and c e r t a i n l y the l e a s t used main road i n Europe -the Yugoslav l o r r y d r i v e r s have a l i t t l e game which involves climbing under the engine, and h i t t i n g i t with a Gi'normous persuader! (heavy hammer to the none-gliding types). The l a s t 50 miles were c e r t a i n l y the worst roads encountered.

The Centre was p a l a t i a l , but set amongst countryside of the utmost poverty, f o r Yugoslavia i s a country of extremes. Here the party sojourned f o r ten days. Owing to poor soaring weather the Skylark was only flown f o r about 8 hours, but the v i s i t o r s had the consolation of f l y i n g many d i f f e r e n t , and i n t e r e s t i n g Yugoslav g l i d e r s including"Orao" and "Kosava", both of which were usedbythe Yugoslavs at the World Championships i n England

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Free transport leaves the Union o f f i c e i n Prince Consort Road at 1.30 p.m. and returns from H a r l i n g ­ton at 6.00 p.m.

Ice Skating Club meet on Wednesday 5th October at 1.40p.m., by the Club n o t i c e board outside the Bar, and proceed t o Queen's Club, Queensway , of f Bayswater Road. Freshers wel­come wi t h or without skates or ex­perience.

There w i l l be a Coming-Up Dance i n "Queenies" at 8 p.m. on Saturday , 8th. October.

The G l i d i n g Club Freshers ' t e a , f o l ­lowed by a t a l k i l l u s t r a t e d with f i l m s and s l i d e s , by LORNE WELCH ( the i n t e r n a t i o n a l g l i d e r p i l o t ) 5.30 on Thursday 6th. October, i n the New Lounge i n Prince Consort Rd.

Imperial College L i f eman Society... Freshers' Tea, followed by a short t a l k on "Freshmanship" by A. L e n t i l and "Digmanship" by Mrs. Brown. In Committee Room C, Huxley B u i l d i n g , on 5th. October at 3.00.

Thursday October 6th. 5.45 p.m. Small Physics Lecture Theatre R.C.S.: Freshers Debate and Tea. This house admires the O s t r i c h " . Debates every f o r t n i g h t i n the Mining Survey Lec­ture Theatre at 1.10 pm., Tues. and Thurs..

Monday : t . 10th.1.15pm. Metallurgy Theati R.S.M.: C h r i s t i a n Union -Open Mt t i n g . Rev. N.H. Bainbridge M.A. on " L i f e a f t e r Death'.' Sandwic­hes on s a l e . Another meeting on Oct 17, same time; same place.

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S a i l i n g Club members completed a h i g h l y successful season with e l e ­ven open challenge cups to t h e i r c r e d i t . Club F i r e f l i e s were taken to various parts of the South Coast by Mike C o l l y e r , Arnold Whapham, Ki e t h Stables, Roger Fi s h e r and John "Conway" Jones. Roger Fisher s a i l e d Faust i n t o 12th. p o s i t i o n on points i n the F i r e f l y Championships out of a f l e e t of more than a hundred while Conway, f i n i s h e d second i n the National Single Handed Championships from a hot f l e e t which included 5 Olympic p o s s i b l e s . A l l the boats have returned to the Welsh Harp where they are being revarnished f o r the Winter Season. S a i l i n g takes place at weekends and on Wednesday afternoons. The Club caters f o r a l l standards and gives t r a i n i n g f o r complete novices.

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REPORT OF J.S.CHESTER,THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ATHLETIC CLUBS COMMITTEE 1954-55

This year almost a l l clubs report an increased membership, which i s a favourable r e f l e c t i o n on the a t h l e t i c i n t e r e s t s of t h i s year's intake of Freshmen. Seven out of sixteen U.L. Championship Cups have found t h e i r way i n t o the Imperial College Trophy cases, although t h i s i s fewer than l a s t year, i t i n no way detracts from the f a c t that we have had another s u c c e s s f u l year i n the f i e l d of Sport.

The R i f l e Club had t h e i r most succ e s s f u l year ever. The College team shot i n the I n t e r - U n i v e r s i t y league and won f o r the second time i n three years. We won i n the London U n i v e r s i t y league f o r the f i f t h successive year - p r a c t i c a l l y a mohopoly.

The Judo Club have also done great things and l o s t only one match i n ten. They are perhaps one of the best teams i n the country and have beaten both Oxford and Cambridge U n i v e r s i t i e s .

The boat club reports a most succ e s s f u l year, i n the Winter term they sometimes ran us many as twelve eig h t s , and t h i s term had a record of f our eights and one four r a c i n g on the same day. Five pots were c o l l e c t e d by the club during the Vinter regattas, and i n the Head of the River Race the Club as a whole improved on l a s t year's r e s u l t s , and the f i r s t eight brought home the U. L. Head of the River Cup. This term the four ra c i n g eights are a l l rowing extremely w e l l and at the U n i v e r s i t y Regatta the f i r s t eight won the Allom Cup and the second and fo u r t h eights won i n t h e i r d i v i s ­ions. The f i r s t two eights are rowing i n a l l the regattas between now and the end of the Summer and the f i r s t eight f i n i s h at Henley, '.Ve wish them every success.

The Rugby Club had an average season and although the U.L. 15-a-sides eluded thein, they were con­soled by winning the U.L. 7-a-side cup f o r t h e f i r s t time. The club i s to be congratulated on t h e i r i n i t ­i a t i v e i n organising an Easter tour of Cornwall, where, to say the l e a s t , they by no means disgraced them­selves.

The Hockey and Soccer clubs were again eluded by the g l i t t e r . o f s i l v e r cups although both clubs report successful seasons. The Hockey Club concluded the season with a tour to Holland, where they l o s t only one match i n ten.

I n t e r n a t i o n a l Relations were again enforced oy the Badminton Club's successful tour to Germany, a f t e r winning the Larcome Cup f o r the f o u r t h successive year.

The Fencing Club had a season i n which? out of 9 matches and the U.L. Team Championship were won. The climax was the defeat of King's College who have been undefeated i n t h i s U n i v e r s i t y f o r a long pe r i o d .

The Golf Team and the f i r s t C r i c k e t XI both have e x c e l l e n t r e c ­ords and to date remain unbeaten.

The Cross Country Club are to be congratulated on s u c c e s s f u l l y o r g a n i s i n g the Road Relay Race, i n which 30 teams competed, and t h i s College came f o u r t h . Both the Cross Country and the A t h l e t i c teams were runners-up f o r the Univensity Champ­ionships.

Of the other c l u b s , the Boxing Club was reformed t h i s year a f t e r a year's i n a c t i v i t y and came 4th. i n the U n i v e r s i t y Championship. The S a i l i n g Club ( the present holders of the Links Memorial Trophy ) have increased i n strength and won the U.L.points Championship i n t h e i r new boat, and were unlucky not to win the team Championship.

The squash and Table Tennis Clubs report su c c e s s f u l years and the Lawn Tennis Club are doing w e l l . The Swimming Club convincingly won the U n i v e r s i t y Polo League, l o s i n g only 2 out of 15matches, and although they gained as many points as l a s t year i n the Swimming Championships, they were squeezed i n t o t h i r d place.

At the beginning of the year i n my introductory speech to f r e s h freshers, I was heard to say one club was no concern of mine. Unconcerned by my lack of a t t e n t i o n , Imperial CollegeWomen's Sports Club have e x p l o i t e d t h e i r a t h l e t i c t a l e n t s i n the f i e l d of hockey, netball,badminton,squash,swimming,

(Continued next oolumn.

I.C.W.A. WINS IN SPITE OF .J.S.CHESTER.

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The Imperial College G l i d i n g Club's Skylark Et was de l i v e r e d i n Juno. Within a month i t broke both the B r i t i s h Local Gain of Height, and Local Absolute A l t i t u d e records.

Derek Piggott took up the Skylark, released at 2000 f e e t , and c i r c l e d up i n t o a very black cloud. In a few minutes he was at 18'000 f e e t . He straightened up but flew in t o more l i f t , and i n the true s p i r i t of a g l i d e r p i l o t he began to c i r c l e . Some t i n e Jaterhe found himself at 15'000 f e e t . I n t h a t t i m e he had been to an estimated height of 2.V0Q0 f e e t , although the baro­graph chart only showed 23'200 f e e t , the oen having gone o f f the top of the chart.

L E T T E R T O T H E E D I T O R

Dear S i r , One look at our e d i t o r

t h i s term reminds uo of the subject of long-vacation beards. Not only he and other Rugby p l a y e r s , bat also l a s t year's I.C. President and Secretary sprouted f o r t h while i n Yugoslavia. The former was f o r ­c i b l y shaved out the l a t t e r had fhe nerve t o appear i n h i s f o r a few days at College. The ex-Chairman of the S.C.C. may be pardoned as he v i s i t e d a very c o l d country, but I hope a l l those, who do not reg­u l a r l y a r r i v e i n red fungus, w i l l soon make themselves recognisable again. I've only to see Andy Levine i n a beard, and X s h a l l f e e l that I have seen everything.

Yours, D.J.H.

He cannot remember nuch of t h i s as he was s u f f e r i n g from a serious l a c k of oxygen (normally required above 15^000 f e e t ) and he was i n severe pain due to e l e c t r i c shocks from the c o n t r o l s . Before he landed, about one and a quarter hours a f t e r take o f f , he performed some acrobatics - j o i e de v i v e - but on i n s p e c t i n g the g l i d e r was h o r r i f i e d to see the damage caused by the storm. The leading edge of the wings was badly dented due to h a i l stones, f a b r i c had been ripped from the t a i l surfaces and nose, and l i g h t e n i n g had struck the canopy causing a crack. I t required 100 man-hours t o r e p a t r the a i r c r a f t . ,

I t has now been decided to c a l l the g l i d e r "Phoenix", appropriate not only because of i t s connection with Imperial College, but al s o because i t "rose l i k e a Phoenix from the flames".

a t h l e t i c s , t a b l e t e n n i s , fencing and rowing. In the winter term an appreciable f r a c t i o n of the n e t b a l l teams which played on a Saturday morning was o f t e n required to play hockey i n the afternoon on the other side of London. For the f i r s t time a team entered the U.L,Swimming championship and came 4th out of 11 e n t r i e s , the newly formed boat club entered the U n i v e r s i t y Women's fours and were placed ,4th out of 9. Their greatest success, however, i s i n the f i e l d of a t h l e t i c s , not only have they won the U.L. f a c t o r cup which i s a handi­cap event based on the number of club members, but they also won the Imperial College Challenge Cup - a very f i n e team e f f o r t . Four members of I.C.Ut'.S.C. have played f o r U.L. teams t h i s year,

I would l i k e to thank a l l the members of the A t h l e t i c s Clubs who helped to organise the Harllngton Nov. 5th. celebrations and the Fun F a i r at the Sports Day Hop. As a r e s u l t of our Sports thy appeal £30 was sent to tho B r i t i s h Univer­s i t y Sports Board to help finance the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Student Games at San Sebastian. I have since heard that four members of t h i s College are on the probables l i s t to represent B r i t i s h U n i v e r s i t i e s at these games.

I can r e s p e c t f u l l y report on behalf of my Committee, that the A t h l e t i c Clubs have had a good year and have enchanced the sporting prestige of Imperial College, s o c i a l l y and on the f i e l d of play both at home and abroad. + ,-

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June 2;!'th, 1955,aftor a motor-cycle accident i n Surrey. Bob Fillmore MS a second year e l e c t r i c a l student, nt City and "mi Ids. With h i s happy d i s p o s i t i o n , he wis one of the nic e s t f o l i o vs wc '::iew. As a member o.f the F c l i v Board, he was concient-iou" i n everything he attempted, am; h i s loss i s deeply grieved by i l l of us. CD the Boxin'T Club Bob was outstanding; ho fought i n the d i v e r s i t y of '.ondon tc.im, and was awarder! Iiis i r n l e ; lie wos treasurer of the !,C. Boxing Club, where he "•on the Best Winners Pot, and was o^e of the few oeoo.le responsible f o r r e b u i l d i n g the prestige of Im­port.,- C.olle-e i n the Foxing World,

; 3 relayed Rugby f o r both I.e. and G u i l d s ' as scrum h a l f , and Cricke t f o r T.C. He worked behind the scenes at. the Guild's C a r n i v a l , and i t s success was due to people l i k e Bob.

We w i l l miss him at I.C.

L F. A V I N G I . C

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Dor a '<"en a student wi 1 1 lie Since Id the ' r i c t". med tl He lias a is T'am on i'' t!ie c i u n t r v d r i v e r on. played In I. fo r four Si-

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he was promoted to No. 6., and had the - i i o r t i f i c a t i o n of beine given out L.B.W. f i r s t b a l l .

He has also held the onerous p o s i t i o n of Hon. Treasurer of TV". Union since 1952, and his hard work and sound advice w i l l be .Treat l y missed. We wish him every success i n his new P r o f e s s o r i a l status.

i "h mountains -such a delicacy of i sum-is b e l i r v a b i v c l e a r a i feature of tlie..e plac i c e . Ve en.ioyc.l ascents of delect ahlc mrintai represented ' i n e r i a l '•rent : v i ' ain when an n a t i o n a l i t i e s met on ' :ont.e I'ooa, the highest ie:'; in Switzerland, while the o1 her three rather surprised themselves by t h e i r success i n an attempt on the e i s s -'orn, cons i dercd a good thing in some c.l I i l i i i v r . i r cles ,

Ouite su '-'Wily our I i ae was uo os our o npty sockets, w'.. is'cere d faces, and, T coa'""ss , obonrous clothes de:ionsi! te< . e 'II f e l t remarkably f i t fi f tor three "cc as if •wiss beer and Swiss riountai is, and i t was a very sod f i n a l uu i e v i i r to Zermatt and Switzerland,

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E a r l y i n J u l y , one Sunday morning, eight members of I.C.M.C. party l e d by the r e t i r i n g president, John Alexander, boarded a plane f o r Switzerland. From Basle we went by t r a i n and bus South to A r o l l a , which i s a centre f o r some of the c l a s s i c mountaineering country of the Valais, This was the beginning of the club's Alpine meet which l a s t e d three weeks.

With our guide, who was engaged f o r the f i r s t week, we climbed the 4500 feet to the Cabane de B e r t o l , one of the c l i n b i n g huts erected by the Swiss Alpine Club f o r the use of mountaineers. >Ve l i v e d i n t h i s world of rock, snow and i c e f o r the next eight days. On c l e a r mornlncrs the i s o l a t e d Dent Blanche and Matter-horn towered proudly, c r i s p and g l i s t e n i n g i n the c r y s t a l a i r . I n that f i r s t week we followed i n the steps of Maurice, our guide, who gave us invaluable i n s t r u c t i o n and took us on a v a r i e t y of rock and snow climbs, the most e n t e r t a i n i n g beine; the ascent of the Bouquetins. Py the end we were quite s i c k of our routine d i e t i n the hut,- food we had l a b o r i o u s l y c a r r i e d up -and i t was very pleasant to return to the rrreen freshness of the v a l l e y .

Saying goodbye to our guide, and one of the party who had a date i n Finland,the r e s t of us t r a v e l l e d by t r a i n across to'-'ermatt, whioh ne s t l e s under the famous 'latterhorn. Cont. p.9. C o l . 3.

B I G H I T T I N G I N D E V O N

BY OUR CRICKET CORRESPONDENT

Readers of "FELIX", who a l s o take the "Manchester Guardian", may have read already an account of the Devon Tour, which began: "Among many to u r i n g sides r e c e n t l y , one of the most suc c e s s f u l was Imperial College who have Just returned from the

Mr. Whiteway of c i d e r fame, I. C. scored 197-3 dec. i n 110 minutes, f i n i s h i n g w i t h a hurricane stand of 70 i n 23 minutes between Hearn (30 n.o.) and Kitchener (106 n.o. i n c l u d i n g 17 fours and 2 s i x e s ) . Walker (28) h i t the famous oak tree which f l o u r i s h e s 30 yards from the wicket. Whimple

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West Country .... a feature of the tour was the high scoring of the College batsmen, who compiled 1,271 runs f o r the l o s s of only 41 wickets at an average scoring rate of 92.7 an hour".

This amazing scoring began i n the f i r s t match against the Royal Navy Engineering College (Plymouth), when I.C. scored 205-6 d e c , i n ­c l u d i n g an opening partnership of 73 by Fox (46) and Walker (35), and a f i n e 57 not out by Shepherd. Rain then made conditions very d i f f i c u l t f o r our bowlers, but s i x R. N. E. C. wickets were taken fee 188 before the c l o s e .

I.C. began d i s a s t r o u s l y against the Royal Naval Barracks, l o s i n g two wickets i n the f i r s t over. How­ever they fought back to 72-5 by lunch, a f t e r which a s p a r k l i n g stand of 44 i n 20 minutes between Weale (15) and l.itchener (126) l a i d the foundation f o r a d e c l a r a t i o n at 229-8, The Barracks batsmen were never happy against B h a t t i (5-28) and were a l l out f o r 122.

I. C. were p a r t i c u l a r l y keen to beat the Royal Marines, Lyran-stone, as they had not done so f o r many years. Thanks to a complete rout by Dytham(3-8) and IIearn(4-12). the Marines were put out f o r 55 and I. C. won by s i x wickets,

Tn the t r a d i t i o n a l country match at Whimple, who are l e d by

r e p l i e d s p i r i t e d l y and reached 167-4.

Some more ri o t o u s h i t t i n g at Torquay l e d to an I.C. score of 252-7 dec i n ,iust over 2 hours (Shepherd 80, Dacies 73, Hearn 35). Unfortunately r a i n ended pro­ceedings when Torquay had scored 4-0.

Ken i'.'eale (67 n.o. i n c l u d i n g s i x s i x e s ) and V/hiddon (52 i n 29 minutes) were the main contributors to I.C.'s t o t a l of 180-4 dec. at Brixham. Brixham played defensively and could manage only 95-4 i n r e p l y (Cook 4-23).

Tn a f i n e match at Paignton, I.C. began at a crawl and had reached only 45-3 a f t e r an hours play. At t h i s moment of c r i s e s ' Davies (42) and Kitchener (44) added 65 i n 38 minutes, and the I.C. t o t a l of 152 was too many f o r Paignton, who were dismissed f o r 106 a f t e r t h e i r opening p a i r had put on 82.

In the evenings the t o u r i s t s relaxed t h e i r weary limbs and restored t h e i r strength, e i t h e r i n the dingy pubs of Plymouth dockland or the o l d timbered h o s t e l c i e s of lixeter. Even Gordon Green would have admired the high standard of Sport, which culininati i n a c o r d i a l exchange of views with representatives of the United States Navy (Most of which was anchored i n Torbay"1 and the Devon­shi r e Constabulary.

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