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N o . 3 2 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 18 F E B R U A R Y I9S2 I.C. C U P C H A N C E RUGGER CLUB IN SEMI-FINAL I.G. defeated C.E.M. b y J p t s (one try) to n i l i n the replay at Rarlington and so advance to the semi-final, in whioh they will meet L.S.E. The game w a s c l o s e l y contested but the College had much the better of it territorially, and deserved to win. The only t r y was soored wide out on the left by Crossley after a period of heavy pressure by the I.C.forwards in the middle of t h e f i r s t half. The treacherous surface prevented either set of backs from developing dangerous attacks in the open.and the issue was decided by I.C.'s superiority in the pack. The forwards were not always a s w e l l supported by touoh-finding k i c k s a s they should have been;and on three occasions defensive lapses by halves and three-quarters cost fifty yards of ground through foot-rushes, which were stopped with difficulty. If the semi-final is played i n s i a i l a r c o n d i t i o n s more use should be made of k i c k i n g t o get the forwards into the opponents '25' Then,with quicker heeling from the loose and a tightened defence,we should reach t h e f i n a l f o r the first time since the war. U.LJJ. COUNCIL The third meeting of this year's U.L.U. CounciJ spent most of its energies on the final stages of adopting a new constitution, which will probably come into operation for next year to merge the two present separate bodies, the University of London Union, and the U.L. Athletic Union, under the former title. At present 29 colleges subscribe to both unions, but a further 1 4 ( L . S . E . , find "the Hospitals") belong to U.L.A.U. only, whioh i s divided into Men's and Women's Branches. It is interesting to note that the U.L.U. Diary lists the Uni- versity as composed of: 5 University Departments; 2 Incorpor- ated Colleges, U.C. and K.O.: 33 Schools of the University, including I.C.; and 22 "Institutions Having Recognised Teachers", i.e. the Polytechnics, Training Colleges, etc.; a total of 62, U.L.A.U. was founded i n 1906, fifteen years before the beginnings of U.L.U. They receive their incomes separately from the Colleges Unions. T h e A t h l e t i c Union is at present controlled by committees composed of Club Captains, College Representatives, and officers elected by the two Branches. U.L.U. is governed b y a C o u n c i l o f College Representatives, the number from each varying with the size of the college from two to four. These two bodies are l i n k e d b y an inter- change of Officers. The new Union would be run by a single Council composed of College Presidents and the Officers of t h e A t h l e t i c Branches The greatest amount o f attention to framing the new constitut- ion has been spent on financial arrangements: the temporary Proposition is that the allocations of the future Council between the athletic end social sides shall be supervised by a Union Court for a trial period of five years. This Court would be composed of three members appointed by the Senate, the Warden (the Union's adviser on University affairs), the U.L.U. Officers and the Junior Treasurers of both sections of the Union. The income would be collected by the University Authorities, T h e A t h l e t i c Union, no longer to have complete control of their own income, feel that t h i s arrangement will give the new Council' a chance to prove their competence to spend fairly. Nobody doubts that they will. The C o u n c i l h a d e a r l i e r received a number of reports which are summarised as below: The Entertainments Committee stated that only one third of the colleges supported the then imminent Jamaica Relief Ball; the P u b l i c i t y C t t e . presented designs for a U.L.U. badge but the idea waB then rejected o n p r i n c i p l e . T h e C o u n c i l agreed to have the new scarf vetted by more colleges. The decision on i t was left to the next meeting. It was also ..reported that the Evening Standard had appointed the writer of its recent feature on the University, as University Corres- pondent. Continued. Mr. Morris pulled out all the stops in wind- ing up for the proposition. War cannot achieve anything good, let us try something new before it is too late. On the division the motion was carried by 64 votes ,*o 36 with 3 abstentions. 64 WONT FIGHT U.L. DEBATE RESULT The motion that 'This house will not fight in any war' drew a surprisingly small crowd of 150 to the U.L.U. debate on February 1st. This may have been because the motion did not appeal to any organised body in the University, or because Pacifism does not arouse any strong feeling, one way or another, in the average student. The motion was proposed by Mr. Stuart Morris, the secretary of the Peace Pledge Union, in an impassioned speech. 'Before the Peace Treaty of the last war has been signed,' he said, 'we are rearming Germany and Japan in preparation for a new world war, while even now four local wars are in progress! War, as a solution to the world's problems, has been judged by its results and found wanting. Communism, our latest enemy, is an idea and can be defeated only by other ideas and not by war. The real force against which fighting is now going on is that of subjugated peoples struggling for fx-eedom from hunger and disease. Instead of spending money on arms we should be providing more food and medicine for the needy peoples of the world. To break the vicious circle of fear in which every government in the world is caught Britain should disarm and point the way to ax alternative to war - constructive instead of destructive. In a much more subdued, not to say pedestrian speech, Lord, Strabolgi opposed the motion. After remarking that we had heard the arguments for the proposition many times before in the past forty years he went on to divide wars into categories. Some types such as dynastic wars are outmoded, aggressive wars are to be condemned but wars of liberation and of self-defence are certainly justified. War as a method for settling inter- national differences is out of date but the new methods such as U.N.O. can only succeed if they are given full support. Just as on a personal level self-defence is sometimes necessary so on a national level resistance to aggression is also sometimes necessary. Even an international court would have to have military power behind it to be effective. Seconding the proposition, Mr. Eric Sobinson, of Birkbeck College, differentiated between non- violence and non-resistance. Pacifists advocated the former but not the latter. It is a fallacy that w a r e n n o b l e s a man, it is part of the false glamorisation of war that glosses over its miseries and suffering. If we accept war we must also accept responsibility for all the deaths caused by war. Mr. David Mitchell, President of King's College Union, seconded the opposition. If we refuse to fight we must accept the responsibility of the resultant slavery. People's ideas cannot be changed merely by disarming and our way of life is good enough to be encouraged and defended, by force of arms if necessary. Finally, Christianity is a militant religion and encourages resistance against aggression by the anti-christian. From the floor of the House the speeches were mostly in support of the motion. The support for Pacifism ranged from the practical - that our preparation for war is itself threatening the economic stability of our civilization and that everybody is always worse off after a war, to the idealistic - the only way to answer violence is with unremitting Love. The power of non-violent resistance was illustrated by the way in which the German troops were demoralised by the civilian population of Norway who used this technique dur- ing the occupation. Opposers of the motion suggested that pacifism was misguided courage. In the summing up Lord Strabolgi reminded the House that if Pacifism had won the day in 1939 they would not have been able to hold the present debate. Pacifism is utterly impracticable. We all want world peace but Pacifism is not the way. Continued i n a d j o i n i n g column.

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  • No . 3 2 I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E 18 F E B R U A R Y I 9S2

    I.C. CUP CHANCE R U G G E R C L U B I N S E M I - F I N A L

    I . G . d e f e a t e d C . E . M . b y J p t s (one t r y ) t o n i l i n the

    r e p l a y a t R a r l i n g t o n and so advance t o t h e s e m i - f i n a l , i n

    wh ioh t h e y w i l l meet L . S . E . The game was c l o s e l y c o n t e s t e d

    b u t the C o l l e g e had much t h e b e t t e r o f i t t e r r i t o r i a l l y , and

    d e s e r v e d t o w i n .

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    a f t e r a p e r i o d o f heavy p r e s s u r e b y the I . C . f o r w a r d s i n the

    m i d d l e o f the f i r s t h a l f . The t r e a c h e r o u s s u r f a c e p r e ven t ed

    e i t h e r s e t o f backs f r o m d e v e l o p i n g dangerous a t t a c k s i n the

    open .and the i s s u e was d e c i d e d by I . C . ' s s u p e r i o r i t y i n the

    pack . The f o rwards were n o t a lways as w e l l s u p p o r t e d by

    t o u o h - f i n d i n g k i c k s as they s h o u l d have been ;and on th ree

    o c c a s i o n s d e f e n s i v e l a p s e s by h a l v e s and t h r e e - q u a r t e r s

    c o s t f i f t y y a r d s o f ground t h r o u g h f o o t - r u s h e s , w h i c h were

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    a d o p t i n g a new c o n s t i t u t i o n , w h i c h w i l l p r o b a b l y

    come i n t o o p e r a t i o n f o r n e x t y e a r t o m e r g e t h e t w o

    p r e s e n t s e p a r a t e b o d i e s , t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n

    U n i o n , a n d t h e U . L . A t h l e t i c U n i o n , u n d e r t h e f o r m e r

    t i t l e .

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    f u r t h e r 14 ( L . S . E . , find " t h e H o s p i t a l s " ) b e l ong t o U . L . A . U .

    o n l y , whioh i s d i v i d e d i n t o M e n ' s and Women's B r a n c h e s . I t

    i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o no t e t h a t t h e U . L . U . D i a r y l i s t s t h e U n i -

    v e r s i t y as composed o f : 5 U n i v e r s i t y Depar tments ; 2 I n c o r p o r -

    a t ed C o l l e g e s , U . C . and K . O . : 33 S c h o o l s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y ,

    i n c l u d i n g I . C . ; and 22 " I n s t i t u t i o n s H a v i n g Recogn i sed

    T e a c h e r s " , i . e . t h e P o l y t e c h n i c s , T r a i n i n g C o l l e g e s , e t c . ; a

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    U . L . A . U . was founded i n 1906, f i f t e e n y e a r s b e f o r e t h e

    b e g i n n i n g s o f U . L . U . They r e c e i v e t h e i r incomes s e p a r a t e l y

    from t h e C o l l e g e s U n i o n s . The A t h l e t i c Un ion i s a t p r e s en t

    c o n t r o l l e d by committees composed o f C l u b C a p t a i n s , C o l l e g e

    R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , and o f f i c e r s e l e c t e d by t h e two B r a n c h e s .

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    P r o p o s i t i o n i s t h a t t h e a l l o c a t i o n s o f t h e f u t u r e C o u n c i l

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    new C o u n c i l ' a chance t o p rove t h e i r competence t o spend f a i r l y .

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    b u t t h e i d e a waB t h e n r e j e c t e d on p r i n c i p l e . The C o u n c i l

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    o f i t s r e c en t f e a t u r e on t h e U n i v e r s i t y , as U n i v e r s i t y C o r r e s -

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    a n y t h i n g g o o d , l e t u s t r y s o m e t h i n g n e w b e f o r e i t

    i s t o o l a t e .

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    b o d y i n t h e U n i v e r s i t y , o r b e c a u s e P a c i f i s m d o e s n o t

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    t h e s e c r e t a r y o f t h e P e a c e P l e d g e U n i o n , i n a n

    i m p a s s i o n e d s p e e c h . ' B e f o r e t h e P e a c e T r e a t y o f

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    w a r . T h e r e a l f o r c e a g a i n s t w h i c h f i g h t i n g i s

    now g o i n g o n i s t h a t o f s u b j u g a t e d p e o p l e s

    s t r u g g l i n g f o r f x - e edom f r o m h u n g e r a n d d i s e a s e .

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    p r o v i d i n g m o r e f o o d a n d m e d i c i n e f o r t h e n e e d y

    p e o p l e s o f t h e w o r l d . To b r e a k t h e v i c i o u s

    c i r c l e o f f e a r i n w h i c h every g o v e r n m e n t i n t h e w o r l d i s c a u g h t B r i t a i n s h o u l d d i s a r m a n d p o i n t

    t h e w a y t o a x a l t e r n a t i v e t o w a r - c o n s t r u c t i v e

    i n s t e a d o f d e s t r u c t i v e .

    I n a m u c h m o r e s u b d u e d , n o t t o s a y p e d e s t r i a n

    s p e e c h , L o r d , S t r a b o l g i o p p o s e d t h e m o t i o n . A f t e r

    r e m a r k i n g t h a t we h a d h e a r d t h e a r g u m e n t s f o r t h e

    p r o p o s i t i o n m a n y t i m e s b e f o r e i n t h e p a s t f o r t y

    y e a r s h e w e n t o n t o d i v i d e w a r s i n t o c a t e g o r i e s .

    Some t y p e s s u c h a s d y n a s t i c w a r s a r e o u t m o d e d ,

    a g g r e s s i v e w a r s a r e t o b e c o n d e m n e d b u t w a r s o f

    l i b e r a t i o n a n d o f s e l f - d e f e n c e a r e c e r t a i n l y

    j u s t i f i e d . W a r a s a m e t h o d f o r s e t t l i n g i n t e r -

    n a t i o n a l d i f f e r e n c e s i s o u t o f d a t e b u t t h e new

    m e t h o d s s u c h a s U . N . O . c a n o n l y s u c c e e d i f t h e y

    a r e g i v e n f u l l s u p p o r t . J u s t a s o n a p e r s o n a l

    l e v e l s e l f - d e f e n c e i s s o m e t i m e s n e c e s s a r y s o o n a

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

    s o m e t i m e s n e c e s s a r y . E v e n a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o u r t

    w o u l d h a v e t o h a v e m i l i t a r y p o w e r b e h i n d i t t o b e

    e f f e c t i v e .

    S e c o n d i n g t h e p r o p o s i t i o n , M r . E r i c S o b i n s o n ,

    o f B i r k b e c k C o l l e g e , d i f f e r e n t i a t e d b e t w e e n n o n -

    v i o l e n c e a n d n o n - r e s i s t a n c e . P a c i f i s t s a d v o c a t e d

    t h e f o r m e r b u t n o t t h e l a t t e r . I t i s a f a l l a c y

    t h a t w a r e n n o b l e s a m a n , i t i s p a r t o f t h e f a l s e

    g l a m o r i s a t i o n o f w a r t h a t g l o s s e s o v e r i t s

    m i s e r i e s a n d s u f f e r i n g . I f we a c c e p t w a r we m u s t

    a l s o a c c e p t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r a l l t h e d e a t h s

    c a u s e d by w a r .

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    C o l l e g e U n i o n , s e c o n d e d t h e o p p o s i t i o n . I f we

    r e f u s e t o f i g h t we m u s t a c c e p t t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

    o f t h e r e s u l t a n t s l a v e r y . P e o p l e ' s i d e a s c a n n o t

    be c h a n g e d m e r e l y b y d i s a r m i n g a n d o u r w a y o f l i f e

    i s g o o d e n o u g h t o b e e n c o u r a g e d a n d d e f e n d e d , by

    f o r c e o f a r m s i f n e c e s s a r y . F i n a l l y , C h r i s t i a n i t y

    i s a m i l i t a n t r e l i g i o n a n d e n c o u r a g e s r e s i s t a n c e

    a g a i n s t a g g r e s s i o n b y t h e a n t i - c h r i s t i a n .

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    m o s t l y i n s u p p o r t o f t h e m o t i o n . T h e s u p p o r t f o r

    P a c i f i s m r a n g e d f r o m t h e p r a c t i c a l - t h a t o u r

    p r e p a r a t i o n f o r w a r i s i t s e l f t h r e a t e n i n g t h e

    e c o n o m i c s t a b i l i t y o f o u r c i v i l i z a t i o n a n d t h a t

    e v e r y b o d y i s a l w a y s w o r s e o f f a f t e r a w a r , t o t h e

    i d e a l i s t i c - t h e o n l y w a y t o a n s w e r v i o l e n c e i s

    w i t h u n r e m i t t i n g L o v e . T h e p o w e r o f n o n - v i o l e n t

    r e s i s t a n c e w a s i l l u s t r a t e d b y t h e w a y i n w h i c h t h e

    G e r m a n t r o o p s w e r e d e m o r a l i s e d b y t h e c i v i l i a n

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    i n 1925 t o t h e J o u r n a l o f t h e I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e C h e m i c a l S o c i e t y .

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    by B r o d y p u t t h e m i n t h e l e a d . T h i s was Q u i c k l y

    f o l l o w e d b y g o a l s f r o m Hodge a n d J e w i t t a n d i t

    l o o k e d a s i f r o u t w o u l d f o l l o w . H o w e v e r t h e R . C . S .

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    women i n i m p e r i a l C o l l e g e , o n l y 25 o u t o f 4 0 b e i n g

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