No . 377 F R I D A Y , 7 T H F E B R U A R Y , 1 9 7 5 .

THE DOUBLE BLUFF! Trevor for the

NUS The Broad Le f t has announced i ts l i s t of cand ida tes for the

coming M S E x e c u t i v e e l e c t i o n s w h i c h w i l l take p l a c e dur ing A p r i l at L l a n d u d n o . Who would s tand was dec ided at a meet ing of 1 0 * "CTLLRFONT L O A I I N R C " . . . » I V W L . . . , I 1 A*U 103 " s t u d e n t l eaders

Fea tured in the candidate for one of the four o f f i ces of V i c e - P r e s i d e n t i s our own pres ident , T r evo r P h i l l i p s . E l s ewhe r e there i s specu la t i on as to whether he w i l l a l s o be a cand idate for j ob o f U L U P r es iden t ,

The fu l l l i s t i s : P R E S I D E N T , C h a r l e s C l a r k e ( K i n g C o l l e g e

Cambr idge and current ly N U S Deputy P r es iden t ) ; T R E A S U R E R , John C a r r ( L S E and current ly P r e s i d e n t of U L U and N U S V i c e - P r e s i d e n t ) ; and

on F r i d a y January 24th i s t as a

S E C R E T A R Y , Sue S l ipman ( Inst i tute of E d u c a t i o n and cur­rent ly N U S V i c e - P r e s i d e n t ) ; a l l of w h i c h posts wou ld be s a b b a t i c a l .

F o r the four o f f i ces of V I C E -P R E S I D E N T : Pe t e A s h b y (Warwick) , J e c L l o y d ( L i v e r ­poo l ) , T revor P h i l l i p s (Imper­i a l ) , and John Webs'ter ( A r ch ­i t ec tura l A s s o c i a t i o n and cur­rent ly P r e s i d en t of the London Student O r g a n i s a t i o n ) .

(See Editorial, page 2).

U n i v e r s i t y

Cha l l enge

F i a s c o OH . WHAT a n a u s ! what a

tota l pa in in the s h a m b l e s ! L a s t Wednesday 's tr ip up to

Manchester the see I C p lay i n ( i renada T V ' s U n i v e r s i t y C h a l ­lenge produced what amounts to a iota 1 c o c k - u p .

A coach load of reverber­a t ing IC students le f t the U n i o n at 1.15pm and reached the s tu ­d i o s (after hav ing broken down near Birmingham) j u s t i n time to see H u l l beat the favour i t es , L a d y Mary H a l l , O x f o r d . H a d H u l l l o s t , L . M . H . . wou ld have ret i red hav ing won three s u c ­c e s s i v e games l e a v ing I C to take on the New U n i v e r s i t y of U l s t e r . Bu t as i t turned out , H u l l p l a y ed N . U . U . and IC d i d

(Continued on page 11)

NUS POSTERS

Will those people who con­tinually rip down the NUS Grants Campaign posters KINDLY DESIST. The NUS are entitled to have their say no matter how much you may disagree with it.

WARNING

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, 11th February, a pancake race between ICWA and the ICU Exec will be ran (the Editor of FELIX will umpire). Also, the fire hoses will be tested in Beit quad SIMULTANEOUSLY. K E E P C L E A R unless you want a soaking!

ON F R I D A Y , 31st January , C i t y and G u i l d s U n i o n wrote a letter to the Cambourne Schoo l of M i n e s of fer ing to s e l l Davey (the R S M U mascot ) for £50 . A t the same t ime, a copy of th i s let ter was sent to John Mort imer, the R S M U P r e s i d en t .

The f o l l ow ing Monday, 3rd February , the C i t y and G u i l d s Un ion r e ce i v ed two le t ters that con t rad i c t ed each other . It was dec ided that one of the le t ters was a fake and after some s c ru t i n y , i t was agreed w h i c h one of the two i t w a s . The fake letter con ta ined a telephone number and a name, Andy B e c k , whom C & G U were to contac t in order to s e l l the masco t .

Andy B e c k was contac ted at the g i ven phone number and a meet ing was arranged to be h e l d at 4 . 0 0 p . m . on Wednesday 5th February , to exchange Davey for the agreed s u m .

However , on Wednesday

morning, C & G U made a wooden replica w h i c h l ooked j u s t l i k e the rea l th ing and f i l l e d i t w i th wet sand .

The s a i d meet ing took p l a c e at the agreed time and the r e p l i c a was exchanged for £50. It has s i n c e come to l i ght that th is pe r son , A n d y B e c k , was in fact a c t i n g on ins t ruc t i ons from R S M U (as C & G U had suspected ) , a l though he i s not a member o f R S M .

It wou ld thus appear that R S M U now have a "Wooden Davey" and they are £50 the poorer for i t , whereas C & G U s t i l l have the original D a v e y .

W h e n T h e T w o E n d s O f T h e

P O L I T I C A L S P E C T R U M

Mee t Y E S T E R D A Y T H E R E was a conf rontat ion between the N a t i o n a l

F ron t and a l l the left of centre p o l i t i c a l groups a t IC . T h i s

f o l l owed an attempt by the N F to book a room under the a u s p i c e s

of the Young S o c i a l i s t Student Soc i e t y for 1 p.m. yes t e rday .

However the book ing was revok­ed and an open meet i ng of the externa l a f fa i rs committee was c a l l e d in i t s s t ead . However the N a t i o n a l F ron t (NF) d i d not agree that their meet ing had been c a n c e l l e d .

So 12.30pm saw a large gat­her ing in the front entrance to Mech . E n g . w a i t i n g for deve l -opements . The N F and S o c i a l ­i s t s were both there d i s t r i b u t i n g oppos ing l i t e ra ture . A l s o pre­sent were the co l l e g e author i t ­i e s , and the p o l i c e who were "observing a NF march from the V&A"

When S to i c f i lmed the scene

the s o c i a l i s t s burst into a chant

of "National Front - Nazi

Front". A l s o "what are you go­ing to do with the blacks?" T o w h i c h N F r e p l i e d "kick them out." The N F p l a c a r d s ( sma l l p i e c e s of cardboard box) r ead : "Don't be bullied by commun­ist thugs", "National Front puts Britain First", "Stand Up for Democracy", "Stand Up for Free Speech."

I C U P r e s i d e n t , T revor P h i l ­l i p s then a s k e d that the a s s e m ­bly move into Room 342 to be­gin the meet ing on how to op­pose f a s c i sm , c a l l e d by I C externa l a f fa i rs commi t t ee .

The open meet ing was then

h e l d , no-one be ing den i ed e n t r y .

F E L I X

E 0 \ A J L mchae] wi

"iams

T H E A N N O U N C E M E N T in Beave r , the L S E Students ' newspaper , that T revor P h i l l i p s i s to stand on the o f f i c ­i a l B r o a d L e f t p la t form for one of the four pos ts of v i c e -p res iden t N U S comes a s no surpr i se to me. A n d i t wou ld come as even l e s s of a surpr i se were it to be announced that our p r es iden t wou ld be s tand ing for U L U pres ident , a post w h i c h the B road L e f t s h a c k l e d onto l as t y e a r w i th John Car r , T r e v o r ' s now -c l o s e a s s o c i a t e .

H a v i n g f o l l owed T r e v o r ' s "rise to power" from i ts in fancy when we were together as f i rs t -year c h e m i s t s , i t has been easy to pred i c t h i s next move after I C U pres ident . It is hoped, however, that the time spent on his extensive activit­ies in ULU in no way contributed to the call for the third sabbatical to be shifted to the union central administration be­

cause of the overload of IC union work . I f th i s i s not so , let me retract the i dea ; if it is correct, however, may I be the first to express my disgust.

In the event that Trevor does become U L U pres ident , I s i n c e r e l y hope that he does not forget the £1 wager that we s t ruck sometime last September .

*

Regard ing the le t ter from Dru B r o w n , the G u i i d s h e e t E d i t o r , may I say , D r u , that your na i v i t y astounds me. I am most env i ous that you are capab l e of opera t ing every p i e c e of equipment i n the product ion o f G u i i d s h e e t . Y o u must forg ive me for not h a v i n g the time to serve a f ive-year appren t i c e sh ip before operat ing the of fset i i tho machine . I am per fec t ly capab le of operat ing the £2,000's worth of va r i -

typer, but you must forgive me further for not at tempt ing to operate i t when i t had m e c h a n i c a l faul ts (the mechan ic had to c a l l twice that pa r t i cu l a r week ).

*

Strange that i t shou ld be Sennet a c c u s i n g the F E L I X Board of mak ing a statement wi thout foundation (Letters, page 9). Thirteen papers represented out o f a tota l of fifty or so does not negate the fact that the op in i on o f the meet ing was p r a c t i c a l l y unanimous. Severa l papers c o u l d not make the meet ing , but over the phone they concurred w i th the mee t ing ' s op in i on . A l s o , i t i s quite c l e a r na t i ona l newspapers are w i d e l y read in f a m i l i e s , ho t e l s , c l u b s etc and so they c a n c l a i m an easy average o f 2 5 readers oer copy . But can Sennet?

Imperial College Union,

27th January, 1975.

S i r ,

I must thank Steve Brady for at tempt ing to beg in a debate at the N a t i o n a l F ron t i n the l a s t ed i t i on of F E L I X . It i s about t ime that page 2 was o c c u p i e d by something rather more s e r i ous a n d wor thwhi l e than the pe t t i ness wh i ch h a s charac t ­e r i s ed i t th i s term (Hear, hear! — Ed.).

However , I take i s s u e w i th v i r t u a l l y every po in t that he r a i s e d . Space does not permit an answer to a l l of them, but I w i l l take up the major p i e c e s of nonsense .

T o suggest that I know noth ing of the N a t i o n a l F r o n t ' s p o l i c i e s i s qui te incor rec t , I have taken, a very s t rong in te res t i n B r i t i s h f a s c i s m for some t ime; my in te res t was further s t imula ted by two i n c i d e n t s . Abou t e ighteen months ago, i t became known to me that I was a N a t i o n a l F r o n t ' target ' i n Manches te r . T h i s news was conf i rmed when an attempt was made by some thugs c l a i m i n g to be a s s o c i a t e d w i th the N F , to 'get me ' , i . e . beat the he l l out of me. Fo r tuna t e l y , I e s caped and the N F has d i sappea red from that c i t y s i n c e .

Your compar i son of the N F wi th 'nationalist movements' of A f r i c a i s qui te s p u r i o u s . A l l the movements wh i ch c o u l d p o s s i b l y f a l l under that head ing were f i ght ing aga ins t dominat ion from abroad. They were ba t t l i n g c o l o n i a l i s m , and were p i t t ed aga ins t an enemy w h i c h was far more power ful than they i n mater ia l terms, s i n c e i t to ta l l y c on t r o l l ed the c o l o n i a l economy. They fought an enemy w h i c h had imposed i t s w i l l by force of arms for cen tur i e s . Who i s the N F f ight ing? A handful of bus-

r lifts conductors , road-sweepers , h o u s e w i v e s , unemployed youths , shopkeepers and s tudents . C a n th is handfu l be compared to the c o l o n i a l armies dep loyed aga ins t the p a s s i v e r e s i s t a n c e o f Gandh i or the c o n s t i t u t i o n a l protes t o f Nyerere i n T a n ­gany ika?

Today a number of l i be ra t i on movements f ight i n A f r i c a . I do not support a l l , or even many of them, as Steve B r a d y i m p l i e d . I support those who have fought for genuine ly p rogress i ve p o l i c i e s , who w i l l work for peace and freedom for the i r peop l e . I can name s p e c i f i c a l l y , the two Por tuguese movements P A I G C in Gu ine , and F R E L I M O i n Mozambique . I re ject those movements wh i ch seek to impose any k i n k o f dominat ion over their peop l e , for example , the a s s o c i a t e s of Idi A m i n .

With respec t to the N F ' s at t i tude towards i J e w s , I wou ld po in t out that most of the N F ' s present l eaders , i n c l u d i n g T y n d a l l and Webster were a s s o c i a t e d wi th C o l i n Jordon for many years , and echoed the v i l e a n t i - J e w i s h f i l th wh i ch he spewed forth. E x a m p l e : 'The Jew is a poisonous maggot feeding on a body in an advanced state of decay' - J ohn T y n d a l l , founder and D i r e c t o r of the N F .

My comments on the use o f the R a c e R e l a t i o n s A c t are not o r i g i n a l . T h i s U n i o n has i t s e l f p l edged support for any 'peaceful action' aga ins t r a c i s m . I interpret the use of the A c t , in t roduced to protect a l l par ts o f the popu la t i on from un ­necessa r y and r a c i s t v i c t i m ­i s a t i o n and i n su l t , as peace fu l a c t i o n . If the N F i s not get t ing at peop le j us t because of the i r co lour , then no prob lems shou ld a r i s e .

I c e r t a in l y do not prevent the N F from put t ing out bumph. However , Mr .Brady w i l l know it i s a d i s c i p l i n a r y of fence to put up any s t i cke r s on w a l l s i n

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co l l e ge . A rash of N F S A s t i c k e r s has , however , appeared. P l e a s e d e s i s t , M r . B r a d y , or the E x e c u t i v e (mu l t i - r a c i a l as it is ) w i l l have to c o n s i d e r what a c t i on c an be taken to combat t h i s . B y the way, I assume Mr .B rady ob jec ts to my be ing e l e c t ed , d emoc ra t i ca l l y ( l i k e L o r d P i t t ) to 'a position of power'. If so , w i l l he (dem­o c r a t i c a l l y ) cha l l enge the r ight o f the I C e lec tora te , and t e l l the 900 students who vo ted for me l a s t year that they had no right to do so because I am not whi te?

Y o u r s ( in b l a c k & whi te ) ,

Trevor P h i l l i p s .

P . S . It i s i n s t ruc t i v e to note that the N F ' s arguments about immigrants (depr i v ing the ' B r i t i s h of j obs , h o u s e s , e t c ) , have been used aga ins t the I r i sh for c en tu r i e s . W i l l you go home, Mr .Brady ?

Imperial College

22nd January 1975

S i r , A s I sat i n my l o c a l l a s t

n ight d r i n k i n g my "OLD BOG" XXX SPECIAL, i t sudden ly occured to me that there must be many other s tudents at I C who share my taste for a l l wonder ful beers that E n g l a n d ' s green and p l easan t l a n d has to offer us a l l . With th is i n mind I shou ld l i k e to use your organ (i) to appea l for support in forming a REAL ALE SOCIETY in the C o l l e g e . Our ob j e c t i v e s might be

-to go b o o z i n g both near and far, Y o u n g s , Mars tons , Samuel Sm i ths , Shepherd Neame e t c are a v a i l a b l e w i t h i n sp i t t ing d i s t a n c e of I C and perhaps A d n a m s , Bodd ing t ons , H a r t l e y s etc wou ld come w i th in ea sy r each , g iven a l i t t l e o r g a n i z a t i o n .

Continued on page 9

m i x 3

I F Only:.

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

At Home with the Gibbers.

There are few th ings more rewarding in l i fe than to be ab l e to understand someone e l s e s G i b b e r i s h - F rom the moment you d i s ­cove r that a C o u p de grace i s n ' t lawnmower and mal de rier i s not in fact mother- in- law, a who l e new wor ld opens out. Those 50 m i l l i o n people a c r o s s the C h a n n e l mak ing funny shapes and sounds w i th their mouth a c t u a l l y

sounds w i th their mouth a c t ­ua l l y make s ense ! There i s someth ing more to i t than plume de ma tarte after a l l ! H a v i n g mastered the fr ingo l ingo noth­ing remains but to add a vowel to the end of every word and the I ta l ians get the hang of it too, p rac t i s e that fast enough and you are ready to take on s p a i n - .nay, the who l e wor ld i s at your p i ed ( F O O T , dear -foot).

Of course one ' s approach to language depends on one ' s own na t i ona l i t y . The E n g l i s h m a n has the imperious a t t i tude that if he shouts loud and long enough he i s bound to be under­s tood sooner or later and for him the most damning c r i t i c i s m of a l l i s " t h e f e l l ow can ' t even speak E n g l i s h " w h i c h doesn ' t

mean that the poor chap is not g i f ted in l i n g u i s t i c s but that he i s a pig-headed bore w i th a bra in the s i z e of an under-r ipe wa lnu t and about a s much sense a s a n os t r i ch wi th the w ind up i t s f eathers .

The A m e r i c a n , who at an ear l y age spread the v i c i o u s rumour that he spoke E n g l i s h , i s the on ly person to use two hundred va r i a t i ons of the lang­uage wi thout master ing none. (Ho ld it - I'm a reformed C a n a ­d i a n and some of my best fr iend d i a n and some of my best f r iends are Y a n k s ) , The A m e r i c a n abroad favours the s t a c c a t o s t radd le method of communica t i on w h i c h invo lves sp read ing h i s words l i k e he was s p r e a d i n ' margarine boy, sep -rated by wat yer might c a l l

STRANGE THOUGH it may seem, the ancient land of Persia is shaped like a cat. However, this in no way affe­cted Soudabeh Majidi's deci­sion to pose for this picture in Princes's Gardens .Soudi actually comes from Tehran and is in her second year of studying chemistry. One of her main activities outside her

subject is transcendental med­

itation: "It's very relaxing".

She stunned us all when she said "I think printing pic-, tures of girls on page 3 is pointless."

Ah, we said benignly, we get the po in t though!

Photo by Ramon New.nann.

ICWA JUL IA DUNNING

I F E E L I S H O U L D draw the at tent ion a l l ICWA members to a new movement deve l op ing w i t h i n the A s s o c i a t i o n . F o r the s i x t y odd years of i t ' s e x i s t e n c e , ICWA has for the most part been a non -po l i t i c a l s o c i a l body.

It may be argued that th is is how it shou ld stay for the next s i x t y y ea rs but the bas i s of l i f e i s change .So therefore shou ld ICWA change .

On Wednesday, January 29th a meet ing was he ld in the ICWA lounge. It 's object - to d i s c u s s the f e a s i b i l i t y and p o s s i b l e support of a Women in S c i e n c e group w i th in I .C. About thirty women came and there ensued what I fee l was not on ly a worth w h i l e exchange of i deas , but what was for me qu i t e an e n ­l i ghten ing e xpe r i ence .

A s P res iden t of the A s s o c ­i a t i on , and a l s o a 3rd year s tudent w i th f ina l s looming c l o s e r every day, I have very l i t t l e spare t ime. T h e suggest ­ion of br ing ing ICWA more d i r e c t l y into i nves t i ga t ing pro­b lems both academic and s o c i a l of the s tudents in the co l l e g e has been put to me on a num­ber of o c c a s i o n s . My reply has a l w a y s been that I have ne i ther the t ime,nor, I had as sumed , the support for such a c t i v i t i e s .

I s t i l l do not have a great dea l of spare time but the s u p ­port is undoubtedly there.

The idea of s e t t ing up the group was suggested by Karen G a d d , a second year student in M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g . I agreed to g ive my support to the arranging of the meet ing and a l s o to introduce i t .

What ensued was a general d i s c u s s i o n of the ideas Karen had for the group and other ideas were soon for thcoming from the f loor. A t the end of the meet ing a number of sugges ­t ions had been put forward.

Some of these br ie f ly were : -1. To set up a Women in

Science group within and

financed by ICWA, but even

so as a relatively separate

group .

2. That the purpose of such a

group should encompass

academic and social pro­

blems of all students, but

particularly of the women at

I.C.; also that it should in­

vestigate means of encour­

aging in the schools and in

general outside of college

into science careers.

3. A survey should be made of

all the departments in I.C.

by a student body, such as

Women in Science, with the

view to producing a docu­

ment on the social and

academic facilities of each

department, particularly

giving it's views on women

students. This document

should then be presented at

the annual meeting of car­

eers masters in I.C.during

the Easter vacation (this is

arranged by the Admissions

Policy people). A /so, the

possibility could then brise

of printing this document in

the college prospectus.

It was a l s o dec i d ed that for the t ime be ing the group shou ld meet every Wednesday l u n c h -time in the ICWA lounge and

inv i t e a l ong a s e r i e s of guest s p e a k e r s . W i t h th is in mind, I am c a l l i n g a Genera l Meet ing on Wednesday, the 12th of February at 12.30p.m . in the ICWA lounge .

P l e a s e come a l ong , a s to­gether w i th the meet ing of the Women in Sc i ence group, I fee l a number of items shou ld be d i s c u s s e d by a w e l l represent­ed number of l ewar ians w i th a w ide spectrum of v i e w s . The meet ing w i l l inc lude a ta lk by me on the forthcoming ICWA e l e c t i ons and a l s o on poss i b l e future changes in the c o n s t i t u ­t ion of ICWA.

l-o-n-g p a u s e s . R e s c u e an Amer i c an abroad from a near verba l d i s a s t e r and he w i l l look a t you a s if you might grow an extra head to house the extra tongue. Moreover in P a r i s , he w i l l i n s i s t on c a l l i n g over the ' ga r con ' w h i c h , invar iab ly pro­nounced wi th a hard ' c ' sounds more a s if he ' s c a l l i n g for some sort of p i c k l e .

However the obv ious answer to a l l these problems i s to have an instant t rans la t i on machine -

a Mi rqua l L i n q u a l might be an appropr iate name. Meanwhi l e here are a few hardy phrases to get you out of any t r i cky s i t ­ua t i on :

Au contraire (away for the weekend) C'est-a-dire ( she ' s a honey) Faux pas ( father-in-law) Carte Blanche (for G o d ' s s a k e , take B l anche home!)

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P R E C 3 P 3 C I

The White Paper on P u b l i c Expend i ture pub l i shed las t week br ings one p iece of good news for s tudents . It i s pos s i b l e that there w i l l be some money a l l o c a t ed to bu i ld student r e s i d e n c e s . T h i s is a f i rs t pr ior i ty for c i t y - cent re ins t i tu t i ens s u c h as IC , now suf fer ing a d e c l i n e in both a p p l i c a t i o n s and a c t u a l numbers, ma in ly because of the e v e r - i n c r eas ing short­age of accommodat ion .

It comes at an opportune t ime for u s , in pa r t i cu l a r . I have jus t comple ted a mem­orandum on the development of the C o l ­lege for the years 1977-82. T h i s is the U n i o n ' s cont r ibut ion to the d i s c u s s i o n s w h i c h take p lace before the C o l l e g e pre­sen ts i t s " f i v e - y e a r p l a n " to the U n i v e r ­s i t y Grants Commit tee from whom we rece i ve our major f i nanc i a l support on a f i ve -year l y (qu inquennia l b a s i s ) . T h e White Paper comes at the right moment be­c a u s e I h a v e J a b e l l e d our f i rs t pr ior i ty to be p rov i s i on of more student accommoda­t i on , (see below)

However, it is not enough to think that a few words in a White Paper, hinting at a promise for three or four wears hence is enough. Pressure must be sustained from now on wards to make sure that that promise is kept. The White Paper gives hope for little else but more cuts in education spend­ing, in line with the present policy.

T h i s po l i c y i s i t s e l f der ived from Margaret T h a t c h e r ' s infamous White Paper of 1973, l augh ing ly en t i t l ed " E d u c a t i o n : A Frame ­work for E x p a n s i o n " . S ince the p u b l i c a ­

t i on of that document, the E d u c a t i o n s e c t o r has s t e a d i l y sh runk . Now, w i t h R e g P r e n t i c e ca r ry ing on the good work ( is he a future Tory leader?) , there seems l i t t l e hope of revers ing the trend, except by hard campaigns -

This is yet another reason for act­ively supporting the Grants/Cuts Campaign mounted this term; the future rests on success now.

A number of i s sues were ra ised in our memorandum on the qu inquennium. I have a l r eady mentioned the prov i s i on of new accommodat ion - the project wh i ch i s s p e c i f i c a l l y s ing l ed out is comple t i on of L i n s t e a d H a l l . Other po in ts :

* N o change is forecast for the Union's

structure. We will inevitably

expand our complement of full-

time officers and staff.

" Little change in the role of CCU'S.

* Redecoration of the Union building

* Expansion of the Bookshop to

provide a mere varied range of goods.

We have proposed improvements in M e d ­i c a l and Welfare S e r v i c e s , in par t i cu lar a new c l i n i c to dea l w i th fami ly p l ann ing , birth contro l and s o c i a l d i s e a s e s . Spor ts , we have s a i d shou ld be an integral part of C o l l e g e L i f e and urged cons t ruc t i on of new indoor f a c i l i t i e s in South K i n s i n g t o n , a s w e l l as improved transport to H a r l i n g -

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

t o n . In a se c t i on on academic deve l op ­ments we c a l l for improved t each ing , and a better s ys t em of V a c a t i o n T r a i n i n g . The need for greater ins ight into indrus t -r i a l p rac t i ce is s t r e s s e d . We support the e xpans i on of A s s o c i a t e d S tud i es , part­i c u l a r l y languages .

It remains to be seen how much of that little lot can be achieved; 1 am confident that these are all develop­ments for which powerful arguments can be made. We need a more attract­ive College or we will have an IC without students.

One s e c t i o n of the memorandum dea l t w i th is Women in IC . I cannot see a great in f lux of women into the C o l l e g e in the next s e ven y ea r s . However , I am conf ident that the women here w i l l beg in to make a more v i t a l and corporate contr ibut ion to l i fe in C o l l e g e . It i s to be hoped that the embryo group, Women in S c i e n c e , w h i c h apparent ly had a very s u c c e s s f u l f i r s t meet ing las t week, w i l l begin to draw more women into c o n s i d e r i n g in a s e r i ous way , the i r p ro f e s s i ons . It deserves the support of any woman with two brain c e l l s to rub together, and it w i l l r ece i ve the support of the U n i o n , I hope.

f there is to be an end to disincent-ves and discouragement to women nvolved in science and engineering, he impetus must come from within the

institutions. Imperial College is as good a place to start as any.

G R A N T S / CUTS The cu tbacks now t a k i n g p l a c e w i th in the educa t i on

sys t em are bes t i l l u s t r a t e d by the numerous c l o s edowns of C o l l e g e s of E d u c a t i o n , a i l over the country . It i s the avowed in tent ion of the D E S to cut the number of teacher t r a in ing p l a c e s by ha l f - on the pretext of a f a l l i n g b i r th ­ra te . T h e proposed F u r z e d o w n - P h i l l i p s F a w c e t t merger, the t o ta l number o f s tudents i s over 1000. A f t e r the merger there w i l l on ly be 600 s tudents . T h i s i s the meaning of educa t i on ca t s - and at a time when the s c h o o l s are short o f t eache rs , and c l a s s e s of 40 are the norm.

The D E S i s t ry ing to c l o s e down A l n w i c h C o l l e g e i n Northumber land - i n the face of oppos i t i on from the s tud ­en t s , staf f and the townspeop le , for whom the C o l l e g e i s a ma ins tay of the l o c a l economy. A l n w i c h i s the on ly C o l l e g e for m i l e s around, and unique in a number of respe­c t s . It does not make sense to c l o s e i t down.

But the over r id ing pr ior i ty of P r e n t i c e and h i s min ions i s to cut c o s t s now at any expense to the future of educ­a t i o n .

FIGHT THE

CUTS

The c l a i m that N U S has submit ted for the M a i n Rate of Grant i s £845. A 40% r i s e may sound l i k e a l o t . but remem­ber that the grant i s l o s i n g i t s va lue at a rate of £7.90 per month. P r e v i o u s grants have been se t so as to be adequate i n the f i r s t month of the academic year . The N U S c l a i m i s c a l c u l a t e d to be more than adequate i n the f i r s t term, ade­quate i n the s e cond , and l agg ing beh ind on ly i n the th i rd term, when i t wou ld be compensated for by the ( theoret ica l ) f i r s t - term s u r p l u s .

T h i s seems to be a more s e n s i b l e way of d e a l i n g w i th i n f l a t i o n . T H E G R A N T M U S T L A S T F O R 30 W E E K S - N O T J U S T 10.

A DECENT

GRANT FOR

ALL

STUDENTS

F E L I X 5

P R I Z E

C R O S S W O R D

N ° I O X a m

£2 Winner will be drawn from the Editor's Hat at noon next Wednesday. The Editor's de­cision will be final.

ACROSS

1. An instructor, he hides in broken crate (7)

2. Artist in cafe has a bottle of wine (6)

3. Go in from Linden Ter­race (5)

5. Artist in cafe has a bottle of wine (6)

9. Go in from Linden Ter ­race (5)

10. As one who lags behind the saint has nights, in­cluding beer containing a child 's horse (9)

1 1. Goes round the rings (7)

12. Lying down, perhaps, loose in the grass (7)

13. Saint Len is erratic, signs up (7)

17. Pinch a bit of the horse's gear (7)

20. Be like half an ex- pre­sident (3)

21. After a tiro*, give a knock for each hunter (7)

There were no correct solu­tions to Xam crossword No.9

23. Fa l l s over while per­forming aerobatics (7)

26. It may make you beautiful -or dirty! ( 3-4)

29. A number, with enough strength, can be defend-ed (7)

31. A strange Lone pear. found in the sky (9)

32- I confess, to have half the soup (3,2)

33. This girl has a gun and a Burmese knife (6)

34. Endless snow found in a hole back in the throat (7)

DOWN

1. Syrup in the centre, a clear space (7)

2. Broken seat, right by the f lower (5)

3. Ushers in a change to A l ' s

3. Ushers in a change to A l ' s herd {7)

4. Peculiar sores, they may grow on you! (5)

5. A doctor, he cures ham (5)

MOTORCYCLE

COLUMN

R u p e r t H a r p e r

The latest on the garage/ workshop; I went to see Prof Ford the other day and he l i ked the idea , s o things are looking qu i t e rosy there. I s h a l l keep you informed, I shou ld l ike to point out that a l l the G u i l d s Motor C l u b not just the B i k e s e c t i on w i l l be ab le to use the f a c i l i t i e s . A t the moment the po l i cy on tools i s that you provide your own, there is some demand to get a ' torgue wrench , but they are c o s t l y and if we do get one some measures to protect it from theft and damage, b ig depos i t s , sp r ing to m i n d . I would not be keen to lend out such a tool if I had one so it is not unreasonable to expect the Motor C l u b to j e a l o u s l y guard i t . Now it looks as though a M / C lending l ibrary w i l l be star ted shor t l y , in order to borrow a book or magaz ine you w i l l have to leave your motor c lub mem­bersh ip card wi th the l i b ra r i an , who s h a l l be me, for starters we s h a l l try for " B i k e " and " M o t o r C y c l e N e w s " and per­haps a few books depending on sugges t i ons , we might a l s o get " E a s y R i d e r " w h i c h I gather is qu i te popular .

Many people have asked me

what the Imperial C o l l e g e Sport ing M : C C l u b i s about, let me e x p l a i n , M/C en thus i a s t s can be l oos l y d i v i d ed into two ca tegor i es , those interested in their own road go ing mach ines , and require f a c i l i t i e s for re­bu i l d ing and modi fy ing their mach ines , s u c h as myse l f , and the second category whose main interest is compe t i t i on , and w i s h to become a c t i v e l y invo lved in r a c i n g , t r i a l i n g a n d such l i k e . 9bv i ous l y qu i te a lot of people f it into both ca t eg ­o r i e s . The G u i l d s s e c t i o n ca te rs f ir the former group and the I .C .

c lub for the latter, and I expec t their w i l l be qui te a lot of people who w i l l be members of both. But there i s a de f in i te need for both. I gather the I .C. c l u b are th ink ing of going marsha l l i ng , so you are not adverse to try ing to f ind a body in a p i l e of bent machinery arid blood soaked straw ba l es i ts w e l l worth it to be ab l e to s t and in the middle where you get a much better v i ew of the rac ing , and a chance to have a look a t the mach ine ry . I may we l l be going myse l f s ome t ime .

T h a t ' s about a l l I can th ink of to bore you w i th so I ' l l f i n i s h , s e eya .

6. First -c lass beer, used up in royal surroundings (7)

7. "Iron F i f ty -N ine " , an v

eminent paper (5) 8. About a circular measure,

the French into (6) 14. Ron comes up, and

not.... (3) 15 a politician, the

devil (3) 16. Tit le of one's master, if

a ceorl (3) 17. Clique of asset-

hunters (3) 18. Palm off with a watch

chain (3) 19. Marvin is on the sheltered

side (3)

21. Male feline initially took off minus copper and tin (3-3)

22. Compete with writer in a place for a romp (4-3)

24. My French appears shortly in the rain (7)

25. Plain-sounding stairs (7)

27. This German artist is one who lasts (5)

28. A bear gives a knock-out to the French (5)

29. Mutilated ear in race, a special event (5)

39. I'd put up with good French on the beach (5)

S O L U T I O N T O CROSSWORD N O . 9

A C R O S S 4. Didactic 8. Cognac 9. Answered

10. Maledict 11 .Addeem 12. Fortuned 13. Excit ing IS.Psaltery 19. Imperils 21. Viable 23 .Greenish 24. Glaucoma 25. Telany 26. Gradient

DOWN

1, Hobanob 2 . Ancestral 3 . Action 4. Death-defying act 5 . Distance 6. Creed 7. Ice-fern 14. Terrenely

15. Penelope 17. Spiller 18. Closure 20. Presto 22. Blued

V PROF.

T ie sea,Quark' Source of

boundless energy. . ,

"Think of the power locked

up in i ts depths • t he

l imi t less potential of the

t i des - - - power, Quark1

Do

you know wnofc that means ?

( Uhh •.. we can rule

the wor ld Prof ?

sometimes wish I'd

been a lion tamer l i k e

Aunt ie m a o . . .

6 F E L I X

on Jacqui Gerrard

A n d y W a t s o n

The H o n . Sec . i s a p l e a s a n t sort o f pe rson , w i t h an a i r o f con f i c ence and competence. She sat w i th a p o l i t e sm i l e on her face w h i l e I bumbled around ge t t ing coffee from the refectory counter , s l o p p i n g i t i n the sauce r s , dropping c igare t te a s h in i t , and forgett ing spoons . She even laughed when part way through the inter­v i ew I d i s cove r ed I hadn ' t turned on the tape recorder.

'I'm a very ordered person', she t o l d me, 'Not tidy perhaps but methodical'. Admi rab l e q u a l i t i e s i n a secre tary .

We t a l k ed about her j ob . T h e p o s i t i o n w h i c h J a c q u i ho l d s en t a i l s a great d e a l o f day-to-day running o f U n i o n a f f iars — organ i sa t i on of o f f i ce paper work; t ak ing the minutes at c o u n c i l , e x e cu t i v e and other meet ings ; pos t i ng nominat ion papers and genera l running of e l e c t i o n s .

'I'm quite fully occupied just keeping things ticking over, and in addition I feel I ought to do something more positive, compiling a document detailing council decisions since 1962, for instance, which has meant that the obsolete policies can be revised'.

What, I wondered, w a s a n i c e g i r l l i k e

her do ing at a c o l l e g e l i k e th i s? A youthfu l l o ve for s c i e n c e seems to have h a d some­th ing to do w i th i t . A t s c h o o l she had sac r i f i o ed every Saturday morning for two years for the p r i v i l e g e of t ak ing 0 l e v e l p h y s i c s . She came to I C because i t was one o f the few co l l e g e s i n the country where she c o u l d study pure mathemat i cs ,

'Fool as 1 was, 1 thought I'd enjoyed it'. She has s ince seen the error of her ways and in tends to steer h e r s e l f i n a more p r a c t i c a l d i r e c t i o n .

B o th J a c q u i ' s career i n s tudent p o l i t i c s and her marr iage to B i l l Gerrard , came about as a r e s u l t of her f i r s t R C S un ion meet ing .

'He was just retiring as president of RCSU. I met him there, and things sort of progressed from that point, as it were'. ( O b v i o u s l y , there are unlooked- for ad ­vantages i n be ing a 'somebody' i n the C C U ' s ! ) .

J a c q u i spends most o f her spare t ime with f r iends from the c o l l e g e .

'In general I'm not a disco/concert goer, 'nor have I a minority interest, like folk or jazz. My social activity is chatting

to people, going to parties and that sort of thing. There's plenty of social life in the college but most it*iU*ts don't use it. They prefer, like me, to do other things, or they live too far out, or they're too busy working'. E s p e c i a l l y that they are too busy wo rk ing . A t another po in t she ex ­pressed the op in i on that a random samp l ing of the men at I C wou ld show that a l l that most of them want to do i s s i t and s tudy . She i s aware too, that the major i ty o f students are not i n t e r es t ed i n the running of the U n i o n . A s we were l e a v ing she showed me the no t i c e board where she had p inned nominat ion papers for s eve ra l p o s t s i n c l u d i n g the de l ega tes to the for thcoming N a t i o n a l Con fe rence . Sure enough, not one name was on any of the papers.

T O U C H S T O N E M A R R I A G E '

Speaker : D r . W e n d y G r e e n g r o s s

F O R A N ins t i tu t i on wh i ch has come under heavy f ire from ex t r emis t s r ecen t l y , marriage s t i l l appears to be a s perky, f a s h ­ionab le and , in some form or other, necessa ry a s it ever has been. L a s t weekend ' s Touchstone d i s c u s s i o n c l e a r l y came to that gen­e r a l c o n c l u s i o n and it w a s further felt that in order for soc i e t y to s u r v i v e in any r e cogn i sab l e form, then the one-to-one marr iage partnership w i l l be of

primary importance. The speaker was l ead ing

gynaeco l og i s t and rad io broad­c a s t e r D r . W e n d y Greengross , w h o introduced the sub jec t w i th a br ie f introduced a br ie f survey of the h i s t o r i c a l mot i va t i ons a s s o c i a t e d w i th marr iage . She cont inued by sha rp l y con t ras t ing these w i t h present-day mot i va t i ons w h i l s t de f t ly e x p l a i n i n g the r e l a t i on ­s h i p between s o c i a l a t t i tudes and the h i s t o r i c a l environment, w h i c h was r espons ib l e for s u c h a c o n t r a s t .

There once was a day when the fami ly was the s o c i a l un i t . T h e father was the provider who f inanced the home and the c h i l d r e n ' s educa t i on , who was the head of the fami ly , took a l l the major d e c i s i o n s and w i e l d ed abso lu t e au thor i t y . The mother c o o k e d , s e w e d , brought the c h i ­ldren up and was an internal part of the househo ld . Marr iage w a s a soc i o - e conomic necess i t y and few cou ld rea l l y manage w i thout it .Sex was enjoyed by men, suf fered by women and that w a s the end of i t .

Today , however , w i th the a d ­

vent ot suf frage, s o c i a l s e c ­

ur i t y , c on t racep t i on , s ta te edu ­c a t i o n , the emanc ipated woman, c onven i ence foods and labour s a v i n g househo ld gadgets the deployment of a f a m i l y ' s r e s ­p o n s i b i l i t i e s i s no longer c l e a r cut and the father 's author i ty as the s o l e prov ider has been s e r i o u s l y eroded.

A s a resu l t the economic a s p e c t of marriage has been d i m i n i s h e d and th i s i s be l i e ved to be an important factor when c o n s i d e r i n g why a coup l e w i l l prefer to get a d i vo rce rather than f ight to save the marr iage.

The d i vo rce rate i s qu i t e s tar t l ing t there are about 425,000 marr iages per y e a r . Out of these , 111,000 end in d i vo rce s o the a c t u a l d i vo r ce rate i s about one in four.

T h i s , in Dr . G r e eng ross ' s o p i n i o n , has led to the unfort­unate a t t i tude that the i n s t i t u ­t ion of marriage i s be ing under­v a l u e d : some people would pre­fer d i vo r ce rather than work for the marr iage .

Throughout the d i s c u s s s i o n weekend var i ous po ints were made w h i c h demand ment ion: P o s i t i v e educa t i on for marr iage wou ld probably prove to be f r u i t l e s s - e l im ina t i on of ident­i f i ab l e pre judices wou ld be pre­fe rab le . Marr iage i s putt ing up

M E T A M O R P H O S I S

So Sonia The bang of Drums La te of the The crash of C P E or B (M-L), Tyndalls

Y o u are now to be An NF parade Found 1 s a far cry from Amongst the maulers The furtive And hit-men of the Placing National Front. Of stickers on lifts My mate Keith is Murmuring sieg One too, Heil He lurks in icy Through clenched teeth. Midnight But without the Backstreets Steel tipped Stripped to the waist Flags Alsation by his s ide To protect you Waiting for From the wrath Heads to Spear in the Of Constant struggle The common man Against Furtive you w i l l Negritude. Remain,

He says it purifies Your colonial The aryan stock Jackboots But (lotting in the Keith's mum Dungheap of Says it freezes his Nitzchean Brass Monkeys Fantasies.

A li Campbell, 1975

wi th the bad po ints of the other partner. Infatuat ion i s the a s ­s e r t i on of an idea l image on someone . Love is more e a s i l y r ecogn ised than de f ined but e s s e n t i a l l y love in marriage is a k i n d of i n i t i a l p a s s i o n w h i c h me l l ows into a tas t ing f r i end­s h i p .

A l t e r n a t i v e forms of marriage were br ie f l y d i s c u s s e d i n c l u d i n g homosexua l group and communal

r e l a t i o n s h i p s . Dr Greengross w a s c l e a r in her op in i on when she s a i d that one in every four people i s doomed to be a d i v ­orce c a s u a l t y ; s o she is a l l for open ing up new opt ions for pro­s p e c t i v e cand ida t es for the marriage s t a k e s .

The last word on marriage w a s "You've got to work hard

at it!".

F E U X

t.C.*ADIO J o h n A l l e n

Many people have been a s k i n g what has happened to I .C. R a d i o s i n c e s o l i t t l e has been heard of us r e cen t l y . The reason f o r th i s i s that the bureaucracy behind get t ing our l i c ense Is tak ing a lot longer than we expec t ed .

F i r s t we needed fu l l c o l l e g e approva l for the scheme , th i s

meant ad! departments being c i r - w i u k n o w t n e n e w s b roadcas ts

c u l a n s e d and w a i t i n g for the i r c o n s i s t of a newsreader l i n k i n g

r e p l i e s . Then pre l iminary t es ts i nd i v i dua l reports from cor -

were carr i ed out on Souths ide respondents . These reports are

w h i c h i s l i k e l y to have very prepared on car t r idges that

pecu l i a r r ece ip t i on problems are r ea l l y s o p h i s t i c a t e d 8-track

due to i t ' s earthed s tee l frame. car t r idges wh i ch have auto Thes e proved sa t i s f a c t o ry and s top-s tar t f a c i l i t i e s . The s e are

C o l l e g e agreed to the scheme, prepared in a sma l l s tud io off

and to provide £1,500 in severa l the newsroom, s tages for s e t t ing up the s y s t e m . Next we went to s ee the i r Then the l i c ense a p p l i c a t i o n s t u d i o s . They have two on-air went to the Home Of f ice ] here . s tud i o wh i ch were su rp r i s i n g l y it r e s t s , a l though we expect a s m a l l after the hugh ones that de f in i te reply by the time th is we had seen the prev ious week i s p u b l i s h e d . a t Rad i o London*. There we saw

We have a l s o been busy " N e w s d a y " go ing out wi th Des

work ing on the internal admin - Fahy and Doug las Cameron , i s t ra t i v e s tructure of the T h e news i s read from these Sta t ion and get t ing our c o n - s tud i o s , L B C on the hal f hour

s t i tu t i on drawn up and e v en - and IRN on the hour for the

tua l l y passed by the P u b l i c - network, a t i ons Board and rat i f i ed by A s a news s e r v i c e IRN i s C o u n c i l . rap id ly ga in ing a reputat ion of

So a s we s tand at present we be ing fast and fac tua l and many are a l l po i sed to se t up the people now regard it as better f i r s t phase of the t ransmit ter than,the B B C . T h i s r ea l l y

s y s t e m . T h i s w i l l c o n s i s t of shou ld be so s i n c e the L B C Seuths ide and L i n s t e a d H a l l s output I s ' s o news or i enta ted .

T e s t t r a n s m i s s i o ns c o u l d w e l l E a c h l as t s someth ing l i ke

be heard in these h a l l s w i t h i n 7 minutes every hour but i s a month. care fu l l y s t ructured so that

some s ta t i ons ( l i k e C a p i t a l L B C Rev ea l ed A l l ! Radio ) can just take the f i r s t

On Wednesday 29th January 3 ™nutes. a s m a l l group of ded i ca t ed I .C . If you th ink that I .C. is

Rad i o e r s braved the s t r i ke h i t bunph-Infested you shou ld have Underground to v i s i t L B C . T h e s een what we came away w i t h !

f i rs t major problem we faced w « even got free t -sh i r ts so

was a c t u a l l y f ind ing them, they w a t c n °ut f ° r u s . We've got to are on a l i t t l e s t ree t just off ' wear them now because they F l e e t Street , in teres t ing ly c a l l - are chang ing frequency to 261m

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The f i rst p l ace we went to C a P i , a l m o v e s t 0 1 9 4 m - > w a s the newsroom. There are G i v e a l i s t en to L B C they

two newsdesks , one Indepen- have a very comprehens ive and dent Rad i o News (Nat i ona l and p ro f esss i ona l sound ing news '

Internat iona l ) and one for L B C s e r v i c e . They a l s o do f a s c i n -( L o c a l ) . Here they r ece i ve a t i ng phone- ins-try " N i g h t l l n e " reports from their co r respond- from midnight to 4.30am every

ents a l l over the wor ld and it day . The i r programmes shou ld

was a f a s c i n a t i n g frenzy of be gett ing even better soon in peop le . Nearby was the te lex a n t i c i p a t i o n of I .C. Rad i o room where the news comes from d i m i n i s h i n g the i r aud i ence . Reu te r s , the P r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n

e t c . A s l i s t eners to L B C and Watch th i s s p a c e for further

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T H E M A J O R I T Y a i enter ta inment provided in the c o l l e g e i s by the S o c i a l , C u l t u r a l and Amusements Board , whose cons t i tuent c l u b s are r e spons ib l e for i n d i v i d u a l spheres of a c t i v i t i e s : fo lk c l u b operates on a Wednesday night prov id ing contemporary, t rad-h i t i ona l and humorous f o lk , f i lms s o c . run on a F r i d a y night show- ' ing popular a r t i s t i c f i lms , j a zz

c l u b on a Sunday night encour - a s k , the need for a survey . A t ag ing educat ion on a l l forms of one point las t term, admit ted ly j a z z to a l l forms of people by a s the resu l t of an a c c u m u -making a d m i s s i on free, and the la t ion of seve ra l unfortunate enterta inments committee who i n c i d e n t s , the enterta inments

are r e spons ib l e for popular, non- committee found themse lves a r t i s t i c f i lms on Thursday n ights f a c ing something of a c a t a s -a r t i s t i c f i lms on Thursday trophe. They had to ta l l ed a n igh ts , d i s c o s on F r i d a y n ights | 0 S S 0 f some £950,their annual and , of course , the mammoth budget from the union be ing superstar ex t ravagunzas w i th a n d cont rac ts had been name groups on Saturday s i gned for a further three c o n -

n i gh t s . F o r the more c l a s s i c - c e r t s . T h i s demonstrates the a l l y or ientated , there i s the problems that are invo lved operat i c s oc i e t y that s tages w i t h hav ing a narrow error termly conce r t s , and dramsoc, margin - ie grant: £1,000 who perform a range of s t y l e of tota l annual expenses : p lays w i th s i m i l a r r egu la r i t y . £20,000. Due to a great dea l

The to ta l annua l b i l l for a l l of hard work by severa l people these events i s in the region the s i tua t i on was redressed on of £25,000 w h i c h i s , in any a c o u n c i l mandate by making a event , a very large amount of profit on the three latter c o n -money, a l though the ac tua l c e r t s . * tota l c os t to the union i s about One point that is often £2,200, In the l ight of t h i s , it ra i s ed is that the Immigration becomes easy to see the of non- I .C . people not on ly emphas i s the union puts on promotes good r e l a t i ons be-enterta inment, and not m i s - tween the c o l l e g e and the out-gu ided l y . In th is c o l l e g e per- s i d e wo r l d , but a l s o makes for haps moreso than in most, a hea l th i e r atmosphere a n d , of there i s a great dea l of course , inc reases the d e s u l t -pressure on the acedemic s ide ory female : male ra t i o of the and it i s important that c o l l e g e as it s t a n d s . Doub t l e s s s tudents be prov ided wi th t h i s i s t r u e , but i t must be put good enterta inment, s o that in pe rspec t i v e . A f t e r a l l , if some of the ba lance can be money i s los t on an event , i t a c h e i v e d . It is for th i s reason i s our y ^ o n that u l t imate l y t h i s a r t i c l e i s wr i t t en . I f ind foots the b i l l , i t i s our money it qu i te sad that in a co l l e g e that i s be ing w a s t e d , a s large a s th i s one , s o many T o g i v e you some idea of people shou ld ignore nahe the var ious exper iments that f a c i l i t i e s that are provided have been attempted in the for their benefit by the hard p a s t > the l i s t reads a s f o l l o w s : work of few. In a n effort to j a z z C | u b regular free " S u n d a y conserve a lot of otherwise S e s s i o n s " ( success fu l ) , was t ed effort, you w i l l shor t l y drunken hops in the concert be barraged with a large and h a | , o n Saturdays instead of extremely bor ing ques t i onna i r e , c once r t s (not s u c c e s s f u l ) , the purpose of w h i c h being to f o | k C | u b running week ly a s c e r t a i n your op in i ons , ( s u c c e s s f u l ) , E n t s show ing c r i t i c i s m s , sugges t i ons on the popular f i lms to leave F i l m s o c who le spectrum of enter ta in - f r e e t 0 s h o w more c u l t u r a l

u 6 " * ^ 1 ^ 0 0 l e g e - R e m e m : f i lms ( success fu l ) , and so o n . ber, £25,000 of your money Is , n m y p r e ^ i e c t i o n speech I be ing pa id annua l l y to agents , s a j d t h

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-to have a p l a c e where beer fanat i cs c o u l d come together and a i r the i r v i ews on the sub­j e c t w i thout i n d u c i n g acute ennuie i n o thers . No t b l e s s e d wi th a sub t l e pa la t ed and large gut

-to further our knowledge of rea l a l e

-to see the demise of the p r e s s u r i z e d , pas t eur i z ed , f i l t e red and kegged f i z z -water .

W o u l d anyone in te res ted in forming such a soc i e t y or j u s t meet ing a few f e l l ow conno i s ­seurs p l e a s e contac t m e .

Y o u r s f a i th fu l l y , M ike C r o s s CCD 3

University of London Union, 24th January, 1975

Dear S i r ,

S ince only ten o f a tota l of some 70 s tudent ed i to rs were-represented at the meet­ing w h i c h you reported on your front page l a s t week, under the head l i n e 'Sennet under Pressure' the idea that the meet ing was speak ing on beha l f o f 'The London Student Newspapers' i s w i t h ­out foundat ion .

Sennet i s a week l y paper for L o n d o n s tuden ts . It has a pr int run of 40,000 cop i e s and i t i s d i s t r i bu t ed to over 100 c o l l e g e s in the Greater L o n d o n a r ea . We es t imate that on average each copy i s read by 2.5 peop l e . T h i s i s s tandard p rac t i c e used by na t i ona l newspapers to e s t i ­mate not c i r c u l a t i o n as you reported but r eade rsh ip .

Sennet admits to hav ing a few d i s t r i bu t i on problems in at the most three or four c o l ­leges in the Greater L o n d o n a rea . Thes e prob lems a r i s e in some c a s e s from a c t i o n taken by i n d i v i d u a l s , w i thout any mandate from the i r U n i o n to d i s rupt the d i s t r i bu t i on of Sennet for their own persona l r easons . N e v e r t h e l e s s , de­mand for the paper i s i n ­c r e a s i n g s t ead i l y as more c o l l e g e s are r eques t ing to be put on the de l i very round.

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

Jeremy C l i f t ,

Executive Editor of Sennet

(See editorial - Ed.)

L'Institut Francais, 14, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London, S.W.7.

30th January, 1975.

Mons i eu r ,

Rega rd ing the a r t i c l e "T.M. Soc. and Student Life", F E L I X readers might be in te res ted to know how much the members have improved their pe rsona l re­l a t i o n s h i p s through profound med i ta t i on . E v e n t a k i n g into c ons ide ra t i on the unnatura l boy / g i r l ra t io at I .C . i t i s s t i l l very d i f f i cu l t to apprec ia te the c a v e man approach w h i c h seems to be a dominant feature of the T . M . boy !

We fee l i t i s our duty to warn any unsuspec t i ng females (and p o s s i b l y some ma l es ) , of the members ' a gg r e ss i v e behav iour w h i c h we are sure i s merely due to their wre tched f rusta t ion .

We s ince r e l y hope that we have not of fended any of the young ones concerned , but we thought we shou ld p l ay our par t , however s m a l l , i n he lp ing them a c h i e v e their f i na l goal ... A Norma l P e r s o n a l R e l a t i o n s h i p .

V e u i l l e z agreer mons ieur , l ' e x p r e s s i o n de nos sent iments d i s t i n g u e s ,

3 e tud iants de L T n s t i t u t

F r a n c a i s

Department of Mechanical Engineering Imperial College London SW7 2BX 27th January 1975.

Dear S i r , It i s now common knowledge

w i th in Imper ia l C o l l e g e that the f l oa t ing s a b b a t i c a l ( ie . the F e l i x Ed i t o r ) i s c a u s i n g a b i g

r i f t i n I . C . U . E x e c u t i v e .

A f te r l a s t w e e k ' s ca tas t ­rophic i s s u e o f F e l i x , i t w o u l d not take the s tudents of I .C . l ong to r e a l i s e that F e l i x i s not a l l that n e c e s s a r y and that the s a b b a t i c a l pos t for the F e l i x ed i tor shou ld be a b o l i s h e d .

I r e a l i s e that your va r i ­t yp i s t w a s i l l on the Monday but as E d i t o r , y o u shou ld be ab le to operate the var i type-

wr i ter . I , a s G u i i d s h e e t E d i t o r , am capab l e o f opera t ing every p i ece of equipment us ed in the product ion o f G u i i d s h e e t due to any of my he lpers b e ing i l l or busy e l s ewhere when I want to p u b l i s h G u i i d s h e e t . Y o u have been a t the pos t for f ive months now and do not know how to operate th i s mach ine . What have y o u been do ing in your o f f ice for thepas t f i v e months?

L e t ' s not have a dead cat on our hands . Ge t that c a t a l y s t out and cater for the s tudents of I .C . rather than ca tapu l t F e l i x into a ca tacomb s i n c e the only reminder wou ld be ca tguts , or are you a l r eady u s i n g the cat ­guts for your f idd le s t r i ngs .

Y o u r s s ince r e l y , D R U (Guiidsheet Editor)

Department of Physics. 26th January 1975.

Dear S i r ,

It was w i th much d i sp l easure that I heard of the d e c i s i o n to produce no Mag for 75/76. Not on ly was th is a b l ow to myse l f and my contemporar ies , but i t was a b low to the great name o f Democracy - a name he ld in great esteem by we humble sub­ed i t o r s : In an effort to make r ight the wrongs of a sma l l -m in ­ded , money-grabbing, d ic ta tor ­i a l minor i ty , I f ee l ob l i ged to encourage the n i c e peop le at I . C . to make their d i s g u s t at the d e c i s i o n known (I have severa l

hangman k i t s , and even Johnny Sevens , at my d i s p o s a l ) .

Yours t rue l y ,

Mart in J o n e s (Dr ippy) .

(Prospective sub­

editor of Rag Mag '75)

P . S . L e t ' s face i t , " R a g " and " R a g M a g " are synonymous; w i thout one, there i s no o ther .

Botany Department 26 January 1975.

Dear Sir,

When I was informed of the recent d e c i s i o n to a b o l i s h R a g Mag 7 5 ' I was s tunned , quote: "bloody hell, what do they think there playing at." H a v i n g recovered su f f i c i en t l y and after s e v e ra l brandies and dry ginger I d e c i d e d to take an ac t i v e role i n co r rec t ing th i s d e c i s i o n ; reason be ing that I hope to be ed i tor of the aforementioned m a g a z i n e .

One main e x c u s e for not h a v i n g a mag i s that i t s not f i n a n c i a l l y v i ab l e and there 's u s u a l l y lo ts of le f t o v e r s ! ' We l l a l l y o u people who want a 75 ed i t i on he lp s e l l the 74 e d i t i o n , and a l s o inform your V P of your cons te rnat i on over the rag mag bann ing - hope­fu l l y someone somewhere can rect i fy th is d e c i s i o n of the I . C . C . C .

Y o u r s fa i th fu l l y

J . I . J o h n s t o n .

More than 96% of our Managers are Human Beings .* •(This claim is within the provisions of the

Trade Descriptions Act, 1968.)

And despite all the fallibility that this entails, we contrive to get some pretty useful things done—like designing the new large electronic telephone exchange TXE4, and girding the globe with high channel-capacity repeatered submarine cable systems.

If you would like to find out more about our combination of humanity with technology, get our booklet "Information for Graduates" from your Appointments Board. It will tell you about the sorts of jobs, salaries, and locations where you might find a career with our animate majority.

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Tant pis, tant mieux (my aunt

i s much happier s i n c e she made a te lephone ca l l ) Louis Cinq ( lost a t sea)

Mille fois (co ld lunch) Pas de tout (father of twins) J'y suis, j'y reste (I'm S w i s s ,

and I'm spend ing the night) Touf en famillie ( l e t ' s drunk at home)

Piece de resistance (t imid g ir l ) He de France (I'm s i c k of my fr iends) Tefe-a-tete (a t ight brass iere ) Endive (a night c lub ) H o r s de combat (camp fo l lowers )

N'est-ce pas ( father robin) Pied-a-terre (the plumbing is out of order) Entrechat ( let the ca t in)

Quelle heure est-elle? (whose

babe i s that?)

Marseillaise (mother s a y s okay) Legerdemain (tomorrow's a hol iday ) Void I'anglais avec son sang­

froid habituel (Here comes that

E n g l i s h m a n wi th h i s usua l b loody co ld )

Many thanks to Mr Freddy Pea r son without whom th is f ina l e wou ld never have been p o s s i b l e .

F rance however offers the leas t r e s i s t ance to the for­e i gner . There is an amus ing qu i rk in the F rench charac te r , w h i c h is the shame and horror of the F r ench au tho r i t i e s , whereby Johnny On ion i n s i s t s on break ing out intp E n g l i s h at every pos s i b l e opportunity and adopt ing E n g l i s h words w h i c h are immediate ly c o n ­s ide r ed " t r e s s n o b " . In fact , s o worry ing i s th i s tendency, that the F r ench have recent ly s e t up a Soc i e ty for the P ro ­t ec t i on of the F rench Language and the o f f i c i a l s , after ur Don week-end do ing le camping w i th the k ids and le shopp ing w i th the w i f e , comes !^ack to P a r i s by. le car , leave's it at le park ing and dashes off to un meet ing to d i s c u s s the problems of the French language over un dr ink (preferably le Scotch ) .

NUS Film Festival

T H E F E S T I V A L is be ing he ld from 12th - 22nd February 1975. The main theme is "con­temporary American cinema"

wi th emphas i s on exper imenta l , documentary and unseen f i l m s . There w i l j a l s o be sc r een ing of new student f i lms and European c i n e m a . Some s o c i a l events w i l l be put on by the Independent F i l m D i s t r i bu to rs A s s o c i a t i o n dur ing the ten days of the F e s t i v a l .

T h e main a im of the F e s t ­i va l i s to s t imula te awarness and d i s c u s s i o n about the poten­t i a l of f i l m s . The d i rec to rs and lecturers at the F e s t i v a l w i l l form a cons ide rab l e foca l point

for argument and exchange of i d e a s .

In order to be a b l e to take part in th is event you must be a member of the F i l m Soc i e ty and a l s o ho ld a Members P a s s for the F e s t i v a l . B o t h of these c o s t 50p each and are a v a i l a b l e from

The F e s t i v a l O f f i ce Thames P o l y t e c h n i c Thomas Street S E 1 8 6 H V

A l l P / O ' s or cheques must be made payable to Thames P o l y t e c h n i c , Students Un ion and a f u l l programme of f i lms i s d i s p l a y e d on the N o t i c e Boa rd i n the F E L I X Of f i ce .

£33,000

Strike Fund T H E R E N T S T R I K E fund at B r i s t o l U n i v e r s i t y has s w o l l e n to

over £33,000. O v p 325 s tudents have p a i d into the fund; w h i c h i s a 5 0 % better ach ievement than ever before.

T h e rent s t r ike i s a protest on four main i s s u e s :

1. H a l l fees have been i n c r eas ­ed tw i ce i n m id s e s s i o n : from £98-50 to £111-25 i n the second term and to £116-25 i n the th i rd term mak ing h a l l fees the h i gh ­e s t i n the country .

2 . The re i s a rent freeze on s e l f c a t e r ing accomodat ion therefore the U n i v e r s i t y cannot i nc r ease rents on th^se .

3. T h e U n i v e r s i t y i n c r e a s e d student House rents , admi t t ing th i s was to recover l o s e s made dur ing the per i od o f the rent f r eeze . The U n i o n c l a i m th i s i s i l l e g a l a s it i s a g a i n s t

a . the one year cont rac t by the Un i on and the Un i ve r ­s i t y .

b. the p r o v i s i ons o f the rent ' . a c t .

4 . Whi le return to o r i g i n a l l e v e l of rents i s demanded now the U n i o n recogn ise that the on ly long term so lu t i on i s an inc r ­ease i n the grant to cover r i s ­i n g accomodat ion c o s t s .

The U n i v e r s i t y has in fact g i ven way on po int three admit­t ing they were l e g a l l y i n the wrong and thank ing the U n i o n for po in t i ng th is o u t . Student H o u s e rents are now back to summer 1974 l e v e l s and the P r e s i d e n t of the U n i o n , F r a n c i s Hayden hopes h a l l fees w i l l soon f o l l ow . He s a i d "Students are being hit by inflation, but Students are paying for both; this just is not equitable."

UGM Report "THE BEST Union meeting we've had this year" commented

the H on Sec after th is U G M . T h e u s u a l b u s i n e s s was dea l t w i th f a i r l y s p e e d i l y , thus p a v i n g

the way for d i s c u s s i o n on the f ive mot ions on the agenda . T h e f i r s t mot ion , on grants and e duc a t i o na l cu t -backs was

overwhe lming ly vo ted through

after some debate . T h e main po in t s con ta ined i n th i s mot ion be ing , f i r s t l y , that F E c o l l e g e s were worst h i t by the cu t -backs and second ly that educat ion i s a r ight .The s e cond mot ion p ro ­posed by P a u l Wa tk ins , (the ex terna l

E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s Of f icer ) w h i c h was on the E E C was f i e rce ly debated w i th Mr Gerrard speak­ing aga ins t the mot i on . T h e e s s e n t i a l po int was that s tud­ents shou ld vote N O in the c o m ­ing referendum. Mr Steve B r a d y spoke for the motion interpret­ing i t a s part o f the N F ' s p o l i c y . A f te r a speach aga ins t b y M a r g At tenborough and a summing.up by the proposer the motion w a s defeated by 53 votes to 36.

In h i s speech for the mot ion on E d u c a t i o n p o l i c y the P r e * s iden t s a i d "we should not just think economistically. The Un­ion should also pursue a long term policy on education... there should be adequate fin­ancing of education that will be adequate

beneficial especially in adult education" .There be ing no speech aga ins t the motion w a s c a r r i e d .

Mr Brady c h a l l e n g e d the quorum. T h e c h a l l e n g e w a s u p ­h e l d by the cha i rman , the D e ­puty P r e s i den t .

A meet ing of the E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s Commit tee then moved i n t o s e s s i o n . A t th i s po int the D P , R o n K i l l , who was in the c h a i r c a t e go r i c a l l y s ta ted that the meet ing wou ld "remain quorate as long as the ICU executive and Mr Watkins are still here".

The P r e s i d e n t spoke for the mot ion on South A f r i c a w h i c h c a l l e d for re l ease of p o l i t i c a l p r i soners in South A f r i c a and an end ing of the i l l e g a l o c c u p ­a t i on of N a m i b i a (Rho a t i on of N a m i b i a by South A f r i ­c an p o l i c e . In a very strong speech for the mot ion the P r e ­s iden t s a i d "If the government I elect pursues policies which agree with illegal occupation of Namibia (Rhodesia), apartheid in South Africa and illegal de­claration of independence as in Zimbabwe then that government is not representative of my views" . O n the ques t i on l i b ­erat ion movements he sa i d "/ do not support any and sun­dry liberation movements ... what is more important is demo­cracy, progress and involvement of people in the government of themselves - this is not going on in South Africa or Namibia" . Mr Brady speak ing aga ins t s a i d "If I were a black in South Africa I would rather be ruled by a white .. when coloniased countries are given independ­ence they usually end up as dictatorships". Two amend­ments were made to the mot ion before i t was p a s s e d by a large ma j o r i t y .

T h e second of Mr Watk in ' s mot ions and the l as t on the sheet was on the Government 's e conomic p o l i c y and after a speech aga ins t by Mr Pe te Teague and a lengthy debate was p a s s e d by 19 votes to 17 .

T h e meet ing c l o s e d at approx imate ly 2.30pm .

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F E L I X 11

REVIEWS Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Orchestral Tubular Bells (Virgin).

I DO N O T know who D a v i d Bedford i s ,

but qu i te f rankly I do not rate him h i gh l y

a s an orches t ra l arranger. The reason why

th is a lbum i s so bi t ter ly d i s appo in t i ng is

npt due to the fact that an o rches t ra was

usea (no, that idea s t i l l remains a very

good one) , but more because the o rches t ­

rat ion is too weak-kneed at the c r u c i a l

R E C O R D S J a c k L l e w e l l y n

points of th is now-legendary p iece of m u s i c . The c r i s p n e s s and langorous resonance of M ike O ld f i e l d * s o r i g ina l is los t to i n s i p i d s t r i n g s , brazen brass , overr e legant woodwind and an e n t h u s i a s t i c bass drum.

The f i rst major c l imax in the work (early on s i d e one) i s pretty embarass ing . The ba lance of the me lod ic l ines s o - ea s i l y a t ta ined in an e l e c t r on i c record ing s tud i o i s nowhere to be seen as the bass drum

thrashes around knock ing a l l the other parts to o b l i v i o n .

There i s no sharp contras t of o rches t ­rat ion to ho ld together the end of s i d e one l i k e the o r i g ina l does wi th the grand p iano , mando l in , g l o c k e n s p i e l e t c ; there is just what appears to be the same motif repeat­ed aga in and aga in - thus de f in ing a n a l l time low in monotony.

All this record achieves is to make one

more appreciative of the original 'Bells'.

T H E B L A C K H O L E O F R C S

R C S ' s answer to G u i l d s ' W.H.O. . the dreaded 'Black Hole' s t ruck on F r i d a y a f t e rnoon . S i x pretty red a n d wh i t e s h i e l d s prepared for the C i t y and G u i l d s D inne r and Dance d i sappeared from the J C R .

T h e C & G pres iden t com­mented that the ac t i on was "petty, especially as these functions benefit the whole college. The decorations are very important''

(Continued from page I)

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE FIASCO

not pa r t i c i pa t e "How about having three

games in one studio session as opposed to just two?" we a s k e d Bamber Gasgo igne . H i s reply p lumbed the depths of bana l i t y : "We never thought of that" . B y that t ime however , these were no ques t i ons le f t . B u t to h i s c red i t , on hear ing that the

party we had been p romised had been c a n c e l l e d , Bamber d i d sug­gest a beer k i t t y for u s . The nasty producer refused.

We t r i ed hard to smi l e but succeeded only i n s n a r l i n g . So we z onked the s tud i o w i th a Hey Vivol w i th 'Mike' h e l d a lo f t , adjourned to the bar and even­tua l l y returned to L o n d o n .

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

Wednesday the 29th January was , for hose that had for­gotten, wet. Indeed the f ixture aga ins R o y a l V e t s and L S E (again. . . ) c o u l d be apt ly en­t i t l e d " A p r e s Pa r l i ament H i l l l e d e l u g e " . Nobody was ab l e to avo id the dampening e f fects o f good de* muddy f i e l d s , p loughed by man and c a t t l e , but most managed to avo id s t r ay ing from the course at the po int where a stream was wash ing i t away. No t so R i c h Harr ing ton who proceeded to determine the depth of the stream the hard way - on re­sur fac ing he c l a i m e d i t to be about 4ft deep.

D e s p i t e the h o s t i l e t e r ra in , Ro b A l l i n s o n , Steve Webb and J a n E l l i s f i n i shed 1st, 4th and 5th to take, outr ight v i c ­tory from V e t s , w h i l s t Oaul C l a r k e , Dave Houlbrook and P e t e Johnson brought the second team in th i rd ahead of the London Schoo l of Kotftix remnants;

Saturdays ' 2!4 m i l e road re lay at New l ands Park was al together a dr ier a f fa i r . It began as an e x e r c i s e in i n ­tu i t i ve nav iga t i on — we d idn ' t br ing any maps , j u s t a few d i r e c t i ons — and communic­a t i on — we had to h a i l many na t i v es of Cha l font St -something — or — other for further adv i c e . D a v e Payne a l s o demonstrated an amus­ing r o l l i n g down h i l l start , to the chagr in o f the C o r t i n a dr iver behind us (sorry

m i s s u s ! ) . A l though prev ious v i s i t o r s to New lands had been a s s e r t i n g that i t was " j u s t round the next b e n d " for some t ime, i t w a s n ' t t i l l we came ac r o s s t r acksu i t ed i n d i v i d u a l s and the youths race , that th i s op t im ism was j u s t i f i e d .

From what we cou ld gat­her from the r e s u l t s , we were perhaps the only co l l e ge teams compet ing and good performances a l l round he lped the f i rs t team to 20th p l a c e out of a f i e l d o f 37 . Due to ine f f i ent o rgan i za t i on the p o s i t i o n of the second team remains indeterminate but about 30th. O rgan i za t i ona l mange a l s o s t ruck at the i n ­d i v i d u a l lap t imes later i n the race w h i c h are on ly accurate to p l u s or minus severa l hand-fu l l s of s a l t or minutes for what i t s worth the f i rst team r e s u l t s , sub jec t to o f f i c i a l cor rupt ion , were: J a n E l l i s (14.54) , P a u l C l a r k e (14.52) , Dave Jones (14.05), N e i l B o a g (16.43), R i c h Harr ing ton (18.10), John Schearer (13.25!! )

T e a was en l i v ened by a young lady ( lady?) n i c k i n g a p la te of cakes off our table wi thout so much as a " b y your l e a v e " and the journey back by P a d s exper t i se w i th a one-armed bandit . Inc ident-ly R o b was at th"e B U S F , Steve a t Tw i ckenham and refreshment on the return journey was by Y o u n g s .

WELLSOC

presents Dr. H.J.Pain

"Science as an Education" Mech E n g 220, Monday, 10th Feb rua ry at 19.30 .

F O L K C L U B Bully Wee

T r a d i t i o n a l , ma in l y Sco t t i sh songs . F e b . 12th in the Un i on L o w e r refec. at 7 . 3 0 p . m .

CHEMSOC Impossible Reactions

D r . R . A . Jackson , f r om the Schoo l of Mo l e cu l a r Sc , Un„o f S u s s e x .

MUSICIANS Anyone interested i n forming an Imper ia l C o l l e g e C a n o n i c a l E n s e m b l e , p l ease contact D r . Sherr ington in P h y s i c s .

S . C . C . T h e next E x e c u t i v e mee t ing

of S . C . C . w i l l be on Monday, 10th F e b . , a t 1.00p.m. i n L i n -s tead 41"8 and the next f u l l meet ing of S . C . C . w i l l be on Thursday , 13th F e b . , i n the S . C . C . room, Souths ide , 5 3 0 for a 5.45 s t a r t .

A t d ie f u l l meet ing , the con­t inued ex i s t ence of the f o l l o w i n g c l u b s w i l l be c o n s i d ered :

Anti-Apartheid Movement Gaysoc Kurdish Society Y.S.S.S.

Anyone who i s connec ted w i t h the above shou ld contac t B . D . Champ ion (Aero 3) .

ROYAL C O L L E G E O F SCIENCE UNION:

Extraordinary Union

Meeting

To be held at Speaker's

Corner on Sunday, 9th Feb.

at 3 p.m.

RUG8V Who beat I .C . ex t ra l s t s -

was i t the D & D , was i t the rot gut they serve in the union bar was i t the fact that we were p l a y i n g in the morning or was i t the oppos i t i on?

F i f t e en p layers most of whom were s t i l l p i s s e d a r r i ved a t Har l i ng t on to p l ay S idcup . The journey to the ground was made enjoyable by p l a y i n g that popu lar game " w h o wants to p l a y s c r u m h a l f " . J . R o s e at f ly ha l f seemed to be the only per­son not en joy ing the game. R . J o n e s won the game and N . H i c k i n g potted the now vacan t hooker p o s i t i o n .

T h e f i rs t minute near ly p rov ided an open ing try for S. Chudy who h a v i n g k i c k e d on, charged down the f u l l backs c l e a rance attempt but dec ided to have a l i e down and rest i n ­s t ead o f sco r ing . D a i s y D u c k -ham, tw ice tr ied a s i m i l a r pro­cedure in the af ternoon. I C . spent most of the f i r s t h a l f i n a t t ack but on going back into their own 25 a l l owed s idcup to get a drop goa l . I .C . were u n ­l u c k y not to score a couple of t imes w i th M . K i l b r i d e hav ing a good game. A pena l ty more i n w h i c h S . C h u d y broke through before g i v ing stone extra Jones the b a l l wh i ch was then taken by A . R ide who made good ground before p a s s i n g to C Whi te l ey . C h r i s ' s e x cuse for not s c o r i n g was that he was f la t tened by four o f the oppos i ­

t ion w h i l e 5 yeards from the l i n e .

H a l f time I .C . 0 S idcup 3 . The second haTf s tar ted

after the capt . , echoed by R . ' ones , had tongue- lashed the ex t ra l s t s .

P l a y improved and the game f l owed back and forth w i th breaks by seve ra l o f the I . C . p l a y e r s not l e ad ing to tr ies e i ther due to l a ck of support or not very c l e v e r p a s s i n g (I thought S. L a d l e had hands on h i s f ee t ) . S idcup got a try to inc r ease their l e ad and notes o f sa r casm began, to creep into the c a p t a i n s v o i c e . M . R a n s o n scored in the corner after some e x c e l l e n t running by the I . C . ream and some good ruck ing p l a y (which had not shown i t ­se l f i n the 1st ha l f ) . 7 . 4 for S i d c u p .

A t r y - sav ing t a ck l e (don't care i f the b a l l touched the l ine ) s topped S idcup i n c r e a s i n g the s co r e , and at t imes 8 . & l o oked a s though they might yet w i n th i s game. A good game to w i n but a l a s we los t ,

7 - 4 to S i d c u p . No . D & D ' s next week so l e t s

have another w i n . Team H. Sayers, S. Ladle, M. Gibon, C.White ley, C .Wrigley, M .Ransome, J. Rose, R .Jones, A .Rice, N .Hicking, C. Wrigley, P. Jeffs, R. Sutton. M .Kilbride, I. Marwood, S .Chudy.

F E L I X S P O R T

SOCCER C1UB WATER POLO

F o r the third time th is season our 1st and 2nd XI teams found themse lves p l a y i n g aga ins t those formidable d o g g e r s from Sower Street, U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e . The f i rs t team in the f i rst ha l f p l a y i n g a g a i n s t a near ga le force w i n d had to fight hard for the fu l l 45 minutes to s tave off some f ierce a t t a c k i n g p l a y and were i t not for the exce l l en t de f ens i ve p lay by

I A N B E L L and Ian P o s t l e t h - le ted s ide won 3-0 a surp r i s ing wa i t e our s ide c o u l d w e l l have resul t c ons ide r ing U . C . I P s been 2 or 3 down at ha l f t ime. were before then undefeated A s i t was we managed to keep league l eaders , the score down to jus t 1.0 and The f o l l ow ing Saturday s tar ted the s e cond h a l f w i t h (1st Feb ) i n p l a c e o f the C a m -the w ind at our backs and ex- bridge trip I . C . 1st and 2nd X I p e c t i n g to spend the next 45 were hosts to Shoredi tch T e a -minutes b e s i e g i ng the Un i v e r - chers T r a i n i n g C o l l e g e in a s i t y C o l l e g e g o a l . T h e team Southern U n i v e r s i t y League s tar ted off w e l l enough w i th I . Ma t ch . A s was expec ted the H y s l o p c a s h i n g in on a defen- oppos i t i on proved to be hard , s i v e error to net a f ine goa l fast and at t imes d i r t y and th is but w i th in minutes a misunder- combinat ion proved a l i t t l e too s tand ing between our goa lkeep- much for both our teams. The er and an unment ionable de- f i rs t team, re fus ing to be i n -fender a l l o w e d a U . C . forward t imidated , matched the hard in to put h i s s ide back in front, p h y s i c a l p lay of their oppenents F rom then on wi th the w i nd dy- w i t h some rugged t a c k l i n g and i ng by the minute a n d our lads h e l d them at bay t i l l mid-way l o o k i n g d i s p i r i t e d U . C . took the through the s econd h a l f when i n i t i a t i v e and started s t r ok ing Shored i tch put one in from a the b a l l around and for a fu l l corner .It was an u p h i l l bat t le ha l f hour looked much the bet- after that but the team p lodded ter s ide . H o w e v e r our non- on and 5 minutes from time B o b stop c h a s i n g d i d e v en tua l l y pay Day s co r ed a l o ve l y goal to put of f when G . Swaby nea t l y d i s - us back in the game .It l ooked p o s s e s s e d ore « f the opponents as i f the f i na l score wou ld be s t r o l l ed around 2 or 3 defenders l - i when our Welsh mid - f i e ld and s lammed i t in from the edge p laye r made a s i l l y mis take to of the area . T h i s gave us heart le t one of their forwards thr-and we then routed U . C . s c o r i n g ough to s e a l the game for another two goals i n the l a s t Shored i t ch . e n minutes through I. P o s and The second team los t 3-1 G . Swaby ( a g a i n ) . O n the who l e and apparent ly they a l s o had no a good performance by I . C . in cause to comp la in and s o Shor-w i n n i n g at Shenley for the f i r s t ed i t ch become the on ly s ide t ime for qui te a few yea r s . to do the double over us th is

The second X I w i th a dep- s e a s o n .

I.C. R U L E U . L . U . WATER POLO

On the 23rd of January IX " . 1st water po lo team began ihe defence of the U . L . U . water polo league aga ins t a s t rong St M a r y ' s H o s p i t a l 1st t e am. With i t s w e l l d r i l l e d , f it team I .C. began to wear down the H o s p i t a l t eam, three goals coming in the f i r s t quarter , one each for l l i n d l e , Frie/.e and L e w i s . Mary ' s d i d however manage to score thanks to l . C . ' s on ly de fens ive error throughout the game. F r om the second quater onwards I .C . impressed more and more

i t s author i ty on a by now i i r ed 1). l l i c R . L e w i s (5) H o s p i t a l s ide and goa ls came i j t Lowther (2Ti a t regular i n t e r v a l s . B y the end , r s e c o n J w a t e r polo team o f that game I X ' . were v i c to r - b e j l s p u s h f o r l h e v

I O U S to the time of 10 goals lo water po lo league second d i v i -

s i on t i t le aga ins t St Mary ' s T E A M H o s p i t a l s econd team on the Team: P H i n d l e (2) A .Smi th (3) 2 5 t h of J a n u a r y . Insp ired by the

P F r i e z e (3) M .Tay l o r , s l , e a m s v i c t o r y ea r l i e r that D J l i c R . L e w i s same even ing the 2nU team DX-owther p l a yed good i n t e l l i g en t water

The 2nd march for I .C . 1st po lo but were however matched team in the U . L U . water po lo s troke for stroke by an equa l l y league took p l a c e on the 28th good Mary ' s team and nei ther of January a ga ins t U . C . 1st s i d e c o u l d m k e command of the team. The match took the same m a t c h . 1 .C . sco red f i rst w i th a form as their p rev ious match b r i l l i a n t shot by C l i f f Beaven w i th St Mary ' s three goa ls com- g i v i n g the goalkeeper no i n g in the f i rs t quarter . F rom c ha nc e . M a r y ' s fought back then on R a y the George B e s t o f w e l l and managed to score 2 I . C . water po l o took command goa ls before C l i f f scored h i s of the match s co r i ng 5 goa ls by second of the match. The the end of the m a t c h . The rest who le team deserves a mention o f the team were not id le dur- for their efforts each one of i ng th is l ime and g a v e Ray the them g i v ing their a l l . The necessary support a s w e l l as f ina l score was a 2-w draw, a s co r ing goa ls themse l v es . A very fa ir r esu l t , good team effort s aw I . C . to a Team: J . Pa t e r son Phaedon comfortable 13 goa ls to one I . .Ba les W .(.iiinawar-v i c to ry . d ine C . B e a v e n T . Team: P . H i n d l e A - Smith (3) Vaughan L i m Ange l o

P . F r i e z e (3) M . T a y l o r Dave

B a p d . t s at 9.00 c l o c k ! ! that was the c a l l echoed around the un ion lower lounge f o l l ow ing the F r o g ' s formation of h i s f i na l f i rs t f i f teen on F r i d a y for the forthcoming f ixture w i th a f i r s t - c l a s s reserve s ide Saracens E x t r a s .

Know ing the c o a c h was due to l eave at 9.15 a.m . Gez F l e m bag dec i d ed he had better get out o f bed at 9.20 a j n . there­by be ing 15 minutes late and hence on t i m e . A t th i s stage the c oach dr iver was w a i t i n g very w e l l w h i c h w a s to prove a v a l u a b l e a s s e t on the way back .

A r r i v i n g on t ime a t the ground, a very ominous s i g n , th i r ty p l aye r s gathered on the p i t c h to take part i n what can on ly be de s c r i b ed a s a s i x t y -e i ght po in t th r i l l e r . T e n minu­tes into the f i rs t h a l f a p laye r from the base of. a maul threw

the b a l l to the f i rs t p layer o f a w e l l p o s i t i o n e d l ine of p laye rs T h i s p l aye r p a s s e d the b a l l to the next p layer who was badly t a c k l e d by another p layer , a l l o w i n g that p l aye r to break through the p l aye r s in the cen ­tre and send the p l aye r outs ide h im over the l i n e . The game cont inued in th is f a s c ina t ine manner. The h igh standard c o u l d on ly be accounted for by teamwork and d i s c i p l i n e , the sort doctors prefer.

The game now f i na l l y over the f i rs t f i f teen found that they had approx imate ly f ive minutes to eat their mea l and sneak aound for the u s u a l two or three ex t ra h e l p i n g s . A t f ive to one the coach dr i ver t h i n k i n g he shou ld have left a t 12.30 dec­i ded to wa i t w e l l for another f i ve m inutes . He even to ld two people a l r eady on the c oach that h e had made h i s own daughter wa lk f i ve m i l e s be­cause she had been s i ck a l l over h i s ca re . We l l w i th s u c h a tough l i n e at t i tude everybody

e ven tua l l y c l i m b e d i n the c oach

w i th sausages and r o l l s pok ing out at every angle from our mouths.

Scorerts ) for I . C . . B F i n n e y (Pen)

Team: Leap, Sleepy, Teddy,

Henp, Very Lucky, Not Fat, Religious, Too Handsome, Carried Out, Not Nat. West., Naked Light, Uncorked, One In a Million. Abbreviated, Live Wire.

STOPPRESS

The C r o s s Country C l u b won 2nd p lace medals in the

3 - m i l e St. Edmund H a l l R e l a y at Oxford . S tars : Messrs .

E l l i s (15.25), Webb (15.16), C l a r k e (15.27), and A l l i n s o n

(14.32) .

T h e p o s s i b i l i t y of a m a s s i v e 12!^% r i s e in refectory

p r i c e s has jus t emerged from a meet ing of the C o l l e g e

Re fec tory c o m m i t t e e . The committee s t i l l has to dec ide

whether or not to make a concre te recommendation to the

Gove rn ing B o d y . A n y d e c i s i o n would be e f fec t ive from

A p r i l 1 s t .