T H E N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N

No (33 WEDNESBAY, 6TH MAY, 1959 4<J

IRVING EXPOSED A N A S S E S S M E N T

O F T H E F A C T S

Recent events i n v o l v i n g the C a r n i v a l magazine, Carnival Times, have shed new l i g h t on the controversy that raged a r -ound the Winter Fhoenix, which culminated i n the d i s m i s s a l of i t s E d i t o r , D.J. I r v i n g and a slanging match before a packrd Union Meeting. I r v i n g was d i s -missed from the E d i t o r s h i p of Phoenix e a r l y l a s t term, and s h o r t l y afterwards at a meeting of the U.L.U. - W.U.S. Ca r n i v a l Committee, which includes a member of the I.C.U. Council, he was appointed E d i t o r of the Carnival Times, which was intended »s a rag magazine.

A P A R T H E I D

On Th-irsday 24th A p r i l , there appea red at I.C. proofs of the centre eight pages of Carn i v a l Times. These pages included an a r t i c l e supporting Apart-he i d , and d e r i r K r g those members of the U n i v e r s i t y who protested against the South A f r i c a n U n i v e r s i t i e s B i l l , w i t h a car+oon i n the same v e i n . The E d i t o r i a l Stated that B r i t i a n had been on the wrong side i n the 1939 - 1945 war and subsequent campaigns, and claimed that H i t l e r ' s regime was "the f i r s t great u n i f y i n g force that Europe hasimown f o r s i x hundred years".

N E G R O C A R T O O N

On the f o l l o w i n g Friday, Miss H i l d a Browne General Secretary of W.U.S., was informed of the imminent appearance of these a r t i c l e s . She telephoned David, Jaques, Chairman of the V.'.U.S. Carnival Committee and was reassured by him that matters were under c o n t r o l . Jaques, nevertheless, thought i t necessary t o telephone I r v i n g , to in q u i r e whether anything had been p r i n t e d which I r v i n g had not shown him. I r v i n g denied t h i s and could not r e c a l l a cartoon concern-ing negroes.

j o u r days elapsed before Doug. Smith, E d i t o r of Sennet, v i s i t e d the p r i n t e r and unearthed f i f t e e n thousand copies of the centre eight pages. Only f i v e days were l e f t i n which t o a l t e r , produce and d i s t r i b u t e , t h e magazine. The r e -p r i n t i n g considerably increased the oo oost. I t i s hardly c r e d i b l e that some-one should r e s o r t t o such d e c e i t , i n order t o embarass and f i n a n c i a l l y deprive a c h a r i t y l i k e W.U.S.

WHICH

W.U.S. i s a s t r i c t l y n o n - p o l i t i c a l ion-sectarian organisation; i t s sole aim i s the welfare of students.

I r v i n g ' s a r t i c l e s were both p o l i t i c a l and sectarian. I f Published they would i n e v i t a b l y have caused great embarass-ment to W.U.S. I t seems apparent that I r v i n g knew t h i s ; why otherwise should he attempt to conceal them?

E N T E R T A I N M E N T O N L Y

At Irving's i n s i s t e n c e C a r n i v a l Times was pr i n t e d on best q u a l i t y news-p r i n t . This had to be s p e c i a l l y manu-factured, considerably increasing the cost of the magazine. There i s no shortage of witnesses t o h i s declared i n t e n t i o n to entertain ratherrthan make a p r o f i t . Does I r v i n g b e l i e v e that p r o f i t s and entertainment are incompat-i b l e i n a c h a r i t y magazine? Whilst f i n a n c i a l and p o l i t i c a l embarassment may not have been h i s primary aims, he has achieved both.

Another issue r a i s e d by these events i s that of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . How could a lmember of I.C. Union Council with f r e s h memories of tendentious statements i h Phoenix and f r i c t i o n on the E d i t o r i a l Board, allow the U.L.U. - W.U.S. Committ-ee on which he s i t s t o appoint I r v i n g without i n s i s t i n g on adequate safeguards.

W E E K ?

On FridV-' , A p r i l 24th. Jaques knew that proofs of the a r t i c l e s were a v a i l -able, yet no v i s i t t o the p r i n t i n g wotrk was made u n t i l the f o l l o w i n g Tuesday. In t h i s time, the majority of the f i f t e e n thousand copies were p r i n t e d . A prompt inspection would have saved a consider-able sum of money.

H O R R O R AT U.C.

On A p r i l 30th, P I - the newspaper of U n i v e r s i t y College - headlined t h i s "Neo-fascist Threat" and commented" i t was not the ideas expressed that aroused the horror and i n d i g n a t i o n of every-body, so much as the f a c t that a student should abuse h i s p o s i t i o n i n t h i s way"

PI understandably expresses horror and indignation at t h i s abuse of p r i v i lege, but the ideologies that promote such abuse should not go uncondemned.

A C H A L L E N G E

h. I.C. men attempted a round t r i p London to Land's End over the l a s t week-end, l e a v i n g I.C. at 6.45 on Fr i d a y evening. The successful p a i r returned to College by 2 o'clock on Sunday a f t e r -noon. The other p a i r , although they returned to I.C. oy 8.30 Sunday morning, reached only Penzance. FULL STORY IN-SIDE.

I R V I N G P U L L O U T A N D T H R O W A W A Y S U P P L E M E N T

2 FELIX

tASHfON PARADE

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M. MORGAN AND HIS YOUNG LAJJIE3 ARRIVE AT

M. P i e r r e Lanvin G a s t i l l o Morgan lui-meme

Not since the v i s i t of Yves ::t. Laurent (of Dior fame) has V i c t o r i a S t a t i o n been the scene of such haute couture as l a s t Friday when the I.G. team entering the Y'.U.S. Carnival fashion parade " a r r i v e d i n London from P a r i s " t c a tremendous welcome from I.C. students. The s t a t i o n a u t h o r i t i e s were very co-operative when fasnion nhotographers from "Vague" and "Country Vi c e " requested Conde Nast poses of the models feed-i n g the Pigeons , f a l l i n g ander the t r a i n or stoking the engi.. f i r e .

Asked about h i s fas!': ion secrets P i e r r e Lanvin C a s t i l l o '.'Jrgan coyly admitted the Tibetan influence saying that Buddhist yellow was t o be the colour f o r l a t e r t h i s year. Having exhausted the L a t i n alphabet he pro-posed the l i n e , the Chinese i n f l u -ence being apparel. Asked vhat sights he wished to v i s i t he mentioned ;he foreign o f f i c e and St. James Park.

With t h i s he donned h i s llama ooat (or was i t lama}' and swept o f f taking h i s mannequins, iUssea :ielge Ulk, Sheenagh Wallace and Pamela Gray i n t o c o l d stora-e u n t i l Saturday,

VICTORIA, WHERE THEY P.aUSE AWHILE, BEFOKE

GOING TO TRAFALGAR SOUARU

M I K E S I N G L E T O N

Jurlng the vacation i t was announced

that M.P. Singleton (3rd Year Electrical) had won the British Short Range* Indivi-

dual Championship for the "News of the

World" Challenge Cup; and the English

Championship for the "Royal Society of

St. George" Challenge Cup. In order

to achieve this magnificert result

Singleton made the hiehest possible

score in both stages of the competi-

tion, thus tying for f i r s t place with

twe others. In the tie shoot he again

scored 400 x 400 thus winning by a

decisive margin. His nearest r i v a l who

represented this country in the last

Olympic gam A, scored only 397 on this

occasion. The challenge cups w i l l

be presented to Mr. Singleton by the

Vice Chancellor of the University at the

University Rifle Club dinner on May

15 th.

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WUS WEEK AT IC The most examination-beset

among us oan hardly have failed

to realise that I.C. is in the

process of giving birth to one of

the greatest fund-rai3ing cam-

paigns in its history. The pangs

have been in evidence for the past

three months and the results of the

labours of Messrs. Newson and For3ter

and their stalwarts are manifestly

now upon us. True to form, I.C. i s

going one better than the rest of the

University; our W.U.S. Carnival Day is

lasting a week.

Our Own Private Procession

Devotees of processions w i l l have

bee'' f l i g h t e d to learn that we are

again having our own private process-

ion which will take plaoe this (Wednes-

day) afternoon. The object i s afain to advettise the Carnival, and copies

of the Carnival magazine w i l l be sold. Representatives of the I.C. W.U.S.

Committee were entertained to tea by

Scotland Yard last week; they were

released after questioning and emerged

with permission for the procession to

travel via Queen's Gate, Kensington

High Street, North End Road, Fulham

Broadway, Fulheun Road, Brorapton Road,

Cromwell Road and back up Exhibition

Road to the Union.

A good deal of enterprise has

gone into making up this advertising

nrooeesion. In addition to banner*

•edeoked student-type vehicles there

w i l l be six Kingsway Oigarette vans

from which free cigarettes w i l l be

handed out.

Also taking part will-be

one stage coach as featured in the film

"Warlock* — this has been graciously

lenf"by~tlie Exploitation Manger of

20th Century Pox. (Thinks: we're

a go-ahead College, why can't we have

an Exploitation Manager?) Two or

three jazs bands will be accommodated

on separate lorries (they had better be

separate).

Clementine i s unfortunately l a i d up with g a s t r o - e n t e r i t i s ( i . e . b o i l e r t r o u b l e ) , but Jexebel and Bo w i l l complete the cavalcade, which w i l l de-part from Prince Consort Road at 1.30 pm,

Bspresso i n ijuadrangul.

Such components of the Union's corporate t h i r s t as do not s a t i s f y them-selves i n the Bar w i l l doubtless be xx

f i n d i n g g r a t i f i c a t i o n i n the i n s t a l l a * t i o n i n the quadrangle of a mechanism for the creation, condensation and -sub-sequent dispensation of student-type nectar; to wit, Espresso coffee. The

apparatus i s housed i n the l a r g e s t open-air coffee shop under the sun — unless, of oourse, i t r a i n s . The aforesaid .' dispensation takes place at lunch-timoe and in the evenings. The coffee r e t a i l at 6d. per goblet and we are previleged to sup i t at the d e l i c a t e hands of a bevy of quite f a i r maidens of l o c a l educational a f f i n i t y and c l o s e l y vetted talent, I'm glad to say. I f you don't like musio there are jazz bands to pro-vide an lanthentic Lyons Corner House atmosphere.

Other fund-raising a c t i v i t i e s c u r r e n t l y proceeding are the Win-a-Car r a f f l e — I.C. has reportedly s o l d more t i c k e t s than any other College — and a Balloon Race. Added i n t e r e s t i s being l e n t by ex h i b i t s and tableaux xr. from various overseas countries (cour-tesy of the Commonwealth I n s t i t u t e ) , and by the Photographic Competition. The best W.U.S. week pi c t u r e with the best caption w i l l earn a t i c k e t f o r the May B a l l .

SEE ADVERT FOR THE MAY BALL,

P A G E 5

C a r n i v a l Saturday w i l l see the centre of a t t r a c t i o n transferred to Bedford Col l ego, which w i l l be the s t a r t i n g and f i n i s h i n g point f o r a 30-float profession i n which R.C."S. and Guilds and Mines w i l l be represented. The thene of the procession i s "The Shape of Thing3 to Come". Mysterious reports f i l t e r i n g through the s e c u r i t y screen indicat e t h a t , as we had long suspected the Royal Col ege of Science i s nothing but a F i c t i o n .

In a ddition to the resident a t t r a c t ions, the I.0. Coffee Bar w i l l reopen i n Regent's Park on Saturday and large numbers of p i l g r i m s are expected at th t h i s well-known shrine. I.C. repres-entatives of the gentle gender w i l l be taking part i n a fashion show and the Jazz Band i s forecast to take p a r t i n the f i n a l s of the F e s t i v a l .

The evening w i l l be crowned by a B a l l at St. Pancreas Town H a l l . The blurb; says that the masks w i l l be provided. Richard Harnett looked as i i f he was wearing h i s the other day but he t e l l s me i t was jus t the rings around h i s eyes.

H A L D A N E L I B R A R Y

We are very pleased to aear that the new premises f o r the Haldane Lib r a r y are ready at 13, Princes Gar-dens and w i l l be opened by T.G.N. Haldane ~n F-i.day, Kav 3th. A f t e r t h i s date students themselves can inspect the decor, v a r i o u s l y described as " r e v o l t i n g " and " s t r i k i n g " .

USE THE LIBRARY - IT IS YOURS J.

FEUX

By the time you read t h i s a r t i c l e I expect that few of you w i l l need reminding about W.U.S. week. Par most of us, t h i s i s a d i f f i c u l t term - w i t h examinations, f i n a l work t o be handed i n or the Prof, t o be avoided j u s t those few days more. Despite a l l t h i s , I.C. i s p u t t i n g i n what oan only be c a l l e d a "mammoth" e f f o r t t o make the Week a success. You w i l l f i n d d e t a i l s elsewhere of the a c t i v i t i e s that remain w i t h whioh you can fend o f f work a l i t t l e longer - I hope that you w i l l entangle yourselves with s p i r i t i n t o these a c t i v i t i e s , remembering the cause behind the f e s t i v i t i e s ' . Remem-ber that t h i s i s not ju s t a g l o r i f i e d h oliday during term-time; while few students need encouragement to enjoy themselves, i t would be a l l too easy to forget that there i s a serious purpose behind everything that happens t h i s week.

As you w i l l read i n one of the l e t t e r s opposite - i t i s the i n d i v i d u a l e f f o r t that counts f o r so much - what are you doing about W.U. S - what i s your contribution? Help alii those who are p u t t i n g such great e f f o r t s t o remove t h i s nasty taste from our mouths; the t a s t e of f i l t h and l i e s which may cause the Comrittee to lose some of the money i t desperately needs f o r c h a r i t y .

I would l i k e to reassure Mr. P h i l i p Emerson that I have no i n t e n t i o n of mentioning h i s s t a t e l y passage through the Quad. Union-wise, w i t h h i s s h i r t - t a i l f l a p p i n g i n the breese. I oould of course, make much of t h i s -a headline reading "Emerson's End i n Sight" - but a f t e r a l l , i t j u s t i s not done t o wash d i r t y l i n e n i n p u b l i c .

B O O K S

In conjunction with the W.U.S. eek, the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Relations Club

i s c o l l e c t i n g books f o r l i b r a r i e s f o r c l l o u r e d students i n South A f r i c a . Unless they are members of the pro-apartheid Dutch Reformed Church, coloured South A f r i c a n s cannot use State l i b r a r i e s . The Un i v e r s i t y of London United Nations Student Associa-t i o n i s therefore carrying out a drive f o r the c o l l e c t i o n of books; school and u n i v e r s i t y testbooks and any other l i b r a r y material. These w i l l be ship-ped out at the end of term t o the Trevor Huddle3ton mission i n South A f r i c a .

I t would be grea t l y appreciated i f .you could -;ive a few books: a box w i l l be provided i n the entranct. h a l l ^ - t h e Q^ion.

The second Annual Exhibit.on ,f the Royal Fnot-~~rnphic Society of Grant B r i t a i n opens at 16, Prince. 0 Gate on May 7th; the subjects include "us events, people ag r i c u l t u r e and industry. I t w i l l be open 10 an - 5 pm, Monday to Saturday, u n t i l the ei H uf the month: r i g h t on the doorstep, and i t ' . : free.

At the VfiL'lOTT,r' :-im<> -rn-:�� at, Ch-ir ;ng ^ross, u n t i l M,.y 1bth i s HI\ open a i r l i s p l a y of paintings, forming the annual art event with works of a l l s t y l e s and standards. Open d a i l y , admission free.

The Summer E x h i b i t i o n at the Royal Academy i s now open: admission 1/6d a f t e r 5 p.m. S i r Winston C h u r c h i l l ' s paintings are also s t i l l on view there.

Turning tc theatres, /• new comedy taking the mickey out of the legal profession opened recently at the Aldwych Theatre: the t i t l e i s HOW SAY YOU and i t has an impressive cast of Kathleen Harrison, A.3, Matthews, Leslie Dwyer and Ann Firbank,

When J u l i e Andrews f i n i s h e s her 32 year run i n :My P a i r Lady" i n October, she w i l l begin rehearsals f o r a new mus-i c a l by the ^emer-Loewe combination e n t i t l e d "The Once and future King": t h i s i s based on the story of King Arthur and the Round Table, and i s due to open on Broadway next Christmas.

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The b a l l e t Rambert is_mak ng ancth* teisit to London with a two-week season opening a Sadler 1 a ,7ell3 on 25th May. The works w i l l include a new b a l l e t "flarana" to be ~iven on the opening night.

A very premising f i l m at vne w- rj.er Theatre, advertised as "shock-ing", i s DOCTOR'S JlLKMUA, the screen version of G.B. Shaw13 play. The medico has the oh-ice of saving the l i f e

a handsome immoral but g i f t e d a r t i s t (Dirk -ogarde), or an ungifted but hon-est C P . f r i e n d . The cast includes Robert Morley, A l a s t a ' r Sim, and F e l i x Aylmer, with L e s l i e Caron to make the dilemma more d i f f i c u l t .

For t h i s week only °'t the Princes Theatre i s a production i n Swedish of "URF.-JJST" by Goethe: the . i r e c t i o n i s by the well-known Swedish f i l m d i r e c t o r i s Ingmar Bergman.

F i n a l l y , another new comedy which opens at the Cambridge Theatre t h i s Wed nesday• "LET T i i , SAT CAKE", s t a r r i n g Mic lael Ttenison Dulcie Gray and Eunice Gayson.

L O N D O N - L A N D S E N D B I D

As a demonstration of enterprise (and o r i g i n a l l y as part of the W.U.S.

p u b l i c i t y e f f o r t ) , four I.C, students -as stated on the front page - made the c i r c u l a r tour t o Land's End over the l a s t weekend. From Houn3low, which they reached by the u n c i v i l i s e d method of the Tube - where the p?arty a p l i t i n -to two - they took respective l i f t s , x which eventually took the groups on t h e i r way West. Whereas the Ai.-.st' i r Brash-Malcolm Clare ootnbinat : r

-n reached Land's End by mid-day Sntuj-day, the David Fearn- Malcolm Clare combination reached only as f a r a3 Penzance at about the same time. The l a t t e r group found a l i f t with a Hunter p i l o t for 120 miles on the return t r i p . The f i r s t group were given a l i f t by a charming lady who took them a l l the way from Calne to I.C. front door.

The two groups a r r i v e d looking l i t t l e the worst for wear - the Pensance men at about 8 o'clock and the Land's enders lay a*>out 2.

We wish t o congratulate them and extend t h e i r challange t o a l l other col:eges with some spifcit to t r y and beat i b i s record - they ap.ear t o think that i t could be done with easel

J A Z Z C L U B H O P

Congratulations are due to the I.C. Jass Club f o r t h e i r magnificent hop l a s t Saturday Night. When the "House Band" sat i n with the v i s i t o r s - the Sandy Brown - Fairweather a l l -Stars - then the Conoert H a l l heard l i v e music such as i t has never heard. Dancing, which had proceeded space the e n t i r e evening slowed at t h i s point to enable the fans to concentrate, and

j o i n i n with the numbers - "A-train" and,"When the Saints". A f t e r t h i s , although i t was w e l l a f t e r time, the crowd asked for more. Sandy Byown closed the evening with some deft piano-work. A very stimulating hop, ^ny f a u l t s - w e l l , i t did "seem as i f tp.lf London had gained admission, but per-haps some people r e a l l y enjoy dancing on the c e i l i n g .

" h a l f a s h a r e "

We are pleased to announce i n r e s -ponse to many i n q u i r i e s that Allan, Lewis's musical play - "Half a Share" w i l l be performed next term.

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PHOTO S U C C E S S '

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Dear S i r ,

I have pleasure In being able t o inform you that t h i s Society was awarded f i r s t place i n the F i f t h European U n i v e r s i t i e s Photographic E x h i b i t i o n i n B r i s t o l t h i s year. There were e n t r i e s from 18 U n i v e r s i t i e s i n c l u d i n g s i x from the Continent. The Society entered a panel of s i x p r i n t s :

"Pelham Cresent" by A.J.Eycott "Relax with Senior Service" A.J.Bycott "Joan" A.J.Eycott "Tree f o r Two" M.D.Fox "Home Co i f f e u r " F.Peacock "Cefn Ysgolion Duon" I.M.Plummer

"Joan" by A.J.Eycott was highly commended as an i n d i v i d u a l p r i n t .

^t^61 w a s o h o s e « °y the Commit-

tee of the Society from the p r i n t s submitted t o our own Annual E x h i b i t i o n so that i t best represented the range of t opics covered, and the photographers.

We w i l l next year have the doubt-^ p r i v i l e g e of organising the S i x t h E x h i b i t i o n here i n London.

H E L P /

NELSON'S COLUMN

Congratulations to the I.C.W.A. Enter-tainment- O f f i c e r on an excellent Dinner ,nd Dance l a s t term. I t i s t o be regretted that c e r t a i n well-known members of the College could not r e f r a i n from over-indulgence at the bar.

sar S i r ,

lours s i n c e r e l y ,

I.M. Plummer

(Vice-President)

l e f t who do not know a t l e a f t ' ^

taing abaat the l/.U.S. CarnivalT a

"one i n t o T e c a ? ° U n t ° f * * * h » s

- i..to I.C.'s contribution.

In fact I.C.'3 planning to out more in t o t.'e Carnival than any other College i n tae U niversity, and voice's i n U.L.U. are being raised i n alarm at the way I.G. i s taking over the show.

.This, of course, i s how things am ought to be, but t h i s state of a f f a i r : oan only become fact i f every member of I.C. w i l ' give a l l the help he can to his constituent college W . U . s e c r e t a r y i n the short t4ne remaining.

So f a r the response from I.C. as a whole has not been e x c i t i n g : Mines and Guilds appear to be i n a comatose condition as far as p r a c t i c a l help i s concerned. Aes'istaose with the f l o a t s f o r Saturday's procession i s urgently required: volunteers reporting t o 7, Prince's Gardens w i l l be received with open arms.

Much i s expected of I.C. at t h i s Carnival - HELP US, 1-5LP W.U.SI

FRrEJffiBHTP CAMP.

A.U.C.A.M. announces i t s annual inter-national Friendship Camp from August 7th t o 21st at SHEPTON MAT,TOT i n Somerset, England.

The camp i s open t o students of un i v e r s i t y l e v e l without d i s t i n c t i o n of race, n a t i o n a l i t y or r e l i g i o n . The only re •;. lirement i s that they should be prepared to spend the time together i n a s p i r i t of f r a t e r n i t y and under-standing. Although the meeting i s not a Summer School, there w i l l be d i s -cussions on s o c i a l , r a c i a l , and r e l i g i -ous problems i n the course of which each w i l l be able t o express h i s views -id t o apyreol't-- t' o;,e of others.

A number of excursions w i l l be

" n t 0 C a t h e < ^ town of Wells, the Roman baths at Bath, Ched-dar Gorge, Glastonbury, and the sea not f a r away.

Those who tre interests i n v i t e d to write i a n a d i n t e l -further information to-

International "friendship Camp A.U.C.A.K.

9 rue de Mamur LOTJVAIN, Belgium.

Yours under the s t r a i n .

M.J. Newson J.':'. Porster.

HAVE YOU HEARD

\ . J ABOUT THE

A\ Ay "BALL ON FRIDAY, 22ND MAY, 1959';

should be the biggest thing f o r v e ^

SHOULD B3 THE BIGGEST THING FOP YEARS -

THEY'RE USING T:E TIGL3 IITKB, WITH 600

EXP3CTEDJ

*T0 BARS, THREE BANES AID A HUGE BUFFET

DANCING STARTS 9.30 P.M.

BREAKFAST AT 6

THEY'VE EVEN GOT A BEER GARICN IN THE

.JUAD

b e t ' i s r get a t i c k e t soon, i hear t h e y ' h e only t w p t y bob ( f o r an eve'.-bi 7kess do: )

f i c k e t s can be obtained by complet-i n g forms of a p p i i c a t i . n which w i l l be avai l a b l e through your year reps., or from your Union porters, watch f o r more d e t a i l s .

MAY BALL

Readers of the "Today" notice-board w i l i h a v e ^ r e a l i z e d that Kitchener (Pres. 1.0.0. 1 5 6 - 7 ) was back i n town l a s t

n T ^ i ^ y i " e s h e e t - ™ e t « J - Presses from N i g e l Simpson - industry on an expense account:

Blending with the audible snores on the I s t . Floor of the New Hostel on Friday morning were the sound., of merry-ma King. Miners were wading through beer at a party commencing at 8 a X given by Otto G i l b e r t .

Nelson notes that Richard Garnett has at l a s t passed the d r i v i n g t e s t f o r h i s scooter. He d i d not repeat h i s previous performance when h» was f a i l a d f o r deluding with another 'L' d r i v e r taking his t e s t .

Reason's f a i t h i n h i s f > l i c , students has been rather shattered. Someone has stolen one of the exhibits f o r the W.U.S. Carnival fran the entrance t o the Union. These ha-e been loaned - r o m T- h e Imp " i a l I n s t i t u t e .

uadies! Do you see enough of Mr. I.C.W.A.? i f n o t , w h y n Q t

opportunity of seeing him at h i s best m the raw, and face t o face with

weekend excursions to North W«J> a where you can view your beau at l e i s u r e .

i.B. Nelscn U holdin;, a press conference i n the Bar t h i s evening. Reason:- he i s a* oppressed, down-troanen, honest young man who i s being v i c t i m i z e d by the heavy-handed authorft, 01 the a i t or.

u * w J 5 r ? t h a t t h e H , « b y **« i t s S e r S t m e S a - a l t h o a ^ « l i t t l e quieter than formerly. w> t>. t. asked to deny that j i m xs abort t o w r i t e an a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d Sane economic disadvantages of the

modern small car".

Nelson welcomes the comment i n a recent issue of Sennet; "Why aren't more Colleges showing the L-nperial S p i r i t ? " i n connectiorg with the V,'.U.S. C a r n i v a l . We must remember that an enormous amount of work has been done by the I.C. W.U.S. Committee and that our Frasident i s pinning a l l h i s hopes upon t h i s week. For, i f the members of the I.C. Union can enjoy themselves without •turning i t i n t o a r i o t then we have the green l i g h t f o r the- I.C. Charity C a r n i v a l i n 1960, This i s a venture f a r greater than anything ever attempted by any other London College and i s a chance for us t o show that I.C. stud-ents c^tn enjoy themselves without behav-ing l i k e drunken lout3 as do those students at so many other London Colleges.

Nelson.

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I O L A N T H E

ft., a.uete perform a mas very d i f f i c u l singers who c sing. -Vb and o u l l i v i d i f f i c u l t y of of the audien on account r?f Carte Oyer stage: t h e i r i f a conv a r i araa t e u r r.. rodu •

ur company s e t t i n g out to i o a i play i s faced with a t problem i n t r y i n g to f i n d an act, or actors who can the irusical play i s a Gilbert operetta, i t has the further overcoming the prejudice

which h-:M been created the monopoly of the D'Oyly ompany on the professional .standard i s so high, that,

jii were to be drawn, an t i o n i s bound to f a l l short

The answer i s that when c r i t i c i s i n ; a pwr." r-Lf.nce such as that of *Iolanthe 1

by \he I.C. Musical Society at the end of l a s t term, one must consider the proble.ns involved and the extent to which, they are solved, and i t s success as enterta inment.

• •'r. the l a t t e r c r i t e r i o n , the Society i s to i>e. Highly commended, f o r there can have Lee:, few i n the audiences that, however wel they knew the plot before, f a i l e d to h. a.nused b the antics of the Lord Chancellor, impressed by the s t r i k -ing entry f the years, and delighted by the sin-in:; and dancing of the f a i r i e s .

however, though usually dangerous to generalise, i t i s f a i r to say that as a whole the d i c t i o n throughout t h i s pro-duction was good, but that the action and dialogue were too slow to keep the p l o t moving: t h i 3 does not r e f e r to a l l

the characters, ana may i n part have been due to the i n a b i l i t y of the orches-t r a to set a f a s t e r pace.

Here i s one of the .veal; l i n k s i n an amateur production: i t i s possible to bring the singers to a higher standard than the orchestra f o r the ss ne amount of rehearsal time, and i n the case of the Society's performance of Mozart's Mass i n C. Minor l a s t term, t h i s was overcome by using a professional orch-e s t r a .

The lead was taken by John Coleman as the Lord Chancellor: h i s performance was w e l l polished and did much to hold the other actors together, though he tended to speak rether than sing some of h i s sones.

The t i t l e part was played oy Alexan-dra M i l l s , and while her sinking was pleasant i t was inaudible at times, and was not accompanied by s u f f i c i e n t f a i r y -l i ' - - a c t i o n : s u r p r i s i n g l y , the female lead .vas stolen by Daphne G i l l as P h y l l i s ^ the Ward i n Chancery, f o r her beautifully c l e a r singing was backed by ^orae of the best and most natural acting of the eve-ning.

Strephon, 3 u i t o r to P h y l l i s , was portrayed by Roger A t k i n s , and he was convincing, with a very good voice, u n t i l he came to the spoken dialogue:, but he .vas not alone i n t h i s , f o r Timothy Dhonau and Richard iValmsley as the two e a r l s u i t o r s to P h y l l i s had the sane f a i l i n g . During t h e i r argument outside the nouses of Parliament, the a c t i o n was sc slow that the a l i e n e e became r e s t l e s s . Surely t h i s f a u l t could have e a s i l y beer evoided without loss c l a r i t y ?

SEE COLUMN THHJ*

MY FIRST VISIT T O LONDON

There i s r.o doubt that the f i r s t / i s i t to London surprises most v i s i t o r s , the reason being that London i s so very large the most immense and widespread town i n the world, i n faot a world unto i t s e l f . I cannot begin to count how aany hours I have spent i n reaching;the i n t e r e s t i n g spots, although I have been Living i n the centre.

London, where the everyday crimes, burgla r i e s , murders and thefts are as com;ion as the dust-infected a i r . At the beginning,. I was not merely vtruok by reading, some "LtaaauB* d a i l y news-papers which-feed t h e i r readers with these s t o r i e s , but also by f i n d i n g tha. they formed the p.ist of the whole con-tents.

Just one word about the a i r : never before could I have believed that such a f i l t h y a i r could pervade a town, and I am astonished that l i f e i s possible i n i t f o r 8 m i l l i o n people.

Transport i s another problem: a c t u a l l y , I consider the Underground well constructed and organised, and the best means of t r a v e l l i n g long distances i n town i n a short time.

I met more foreigners i n London than English people themselves: I dare say that London i s a more e x c i t i n g cos-mopolitan town than you may f i n d anywhere Everything goes the other way round, and a Continental has to get accustomed to i t a l l f i r s t .

I would l i k e to praise the car. d r i v e r s ' d i s c i p l i n e which i s e x c e l l * .-and ought to be imitated by those on the Continent. They take much heed of ped-est r i a n s , but many pedestrian-egpf i ngs are very dangerous indeed and often cause t r a f f i c jams. But why are.*ihftre nnt more subways to reach the opposite side?

I have very much appreciated the . opportunities for entertainment offered by theatres and concerts, and also by the large number of museums. Never s h a l l I forget the many hours I have spent wandering around them.

In a i d i t i o n , a thought about l i v -ing accommodation. I t i s much easier to f i n d s uitable lodgings i n London than i n a Continental c i t y : but the question of food i s enough to upset most v i s i t o r s ' stouaohs because your form of nourish- 4

ment i s so d i f f e r e n t . I am sure an English person can more e a s i l y become accustomed to Continental food than the contrary.

Furthermore, I would l i k e to stre3: that a foreigner has great d i f f i c u l t y i n g e t t i n g i n touch with English people. *ney are very cold and reserved.

F i n a l l y , may I say that I enjoyed ky stay i n England very much, and that i t was a very important and i n s t r u c t i v e period for me. Naturally I am very happy to be returning to my home i n Switzerland, where I hope I s h a l l soon -neet you again.

SR'ft'IN PIERI (k Swiss student)

I G W A

Evelyn Heat., from "Toman", was th.

Guest Speaker at the I.o.ff.A. Woraal mnMr-Dxnce held on March 20th, chla

Although not everyone liked

syllabub, wat people agreed that the

Formal was the best yet.

Dave Clark proposed the toast w the Association, G i l l Tilden-Smith replied giving an account of son. of

I.C.W.A.'s activities during the session.

Highlights of the past year include

three"firsts:-"the f i r s t Delft tour,

whioh was victorious, the election of

the f i r s t Mr. I.C.W.A. and the f i r a t

I.C.W.A. phototcraTfe

Aan-Margrrt Radford proposed the

toast tfo the guests, among T.hom were the Rector and Lady Linstead, Lady Anne

Pery and her fiance Lt-Col. P.P.

Thorn., Dr. Weale, Miss Sherwood and

the Union Presidents. Miss Evelyn

Home gave a short but l i v e l y speech i n

reply, tellincr a couple of stories

At midnight there was a cabaret

arranged by Sheenagh Wallace. This was

short, sharp and clever. He was well

produoed and very well reoeived.

Dancing continued until 3 a.m.

co the musio of Sohn Stein's band.

Many thanks are due t o Susan Coombs and her many helpers who made the Conoert H a l l look so fresh and o r i g i n a l and who helped to make the 1959 I.C.W.A. Formal Dinner and Dance a great success.

CONTINUED FROM COLUMN ONE.

A good performance was gicen by Nina Currie as the Queen of the d a i r i e s : she understood the p a r t , and her height and voice were w e l l - s u i t e d . Her l a s t resort f o r a husband, Private W i l l i s , was most oommendably played t y Richard H a z e l l

r-ence the problems to be faced by Frank Kennard, the musical d i r e c t o r , and Peter Rodway, the producer, were indeed large: to what extent were they solved? The answer i s l i k e l y to be different fxaa each person who saw the show, but there i s no doubt at a l l that i t was a <?ood e f f o r t .

Mon please

P.J.C.

PLEASE NOTE

The Editor has heard some complain.*

from the musically minded section, of

the College that the Dramatic Society

get far too much space in Felix by

comparison.

With this in nind the Editor

has published this review of l a s t term's production Iolanthe in f u l l .

I t i s hoped that i n future a more balanced s i t u a t i o n w i l l be found, perhaps r. m i x each might f i l l t'"C b i l l .

F E L I X ?

C Y C L I N G T O U R

A party of c y c l i s t s from I.C. together with 2 r e c r u i t s from U.C. and one from Birmingham, spent nine days together c y c l i n g i n the south west.

We met at Exeter Youth Hostel and on the f i r s t day journeyed t o Minehead, by way of Tiverton and Tarr steps. The morning being spent i n some i n t e r e s t i n g lanes between Exeter and Tiverton, and the afternoon i n negotiating some unsurfaced roads t o Tarr Steps.

On the second days run t o Ins-cow a rash bet about the p o s s i b i l i t y of r i d i n g up Porlock H i l l r e s u l t e d i n one

member of the party being exhausted f o r the r e s t of the day, and a round of c i d e r , at the close of the tour, from the l03er. The afternoons route l a y along a disused road that clung t o the edge of the c l i f f s near Parraocnbe, paroviding e x c e l l e n t views of the cost.

The f o l l o w i n g day was marred by

a broken back axle i n the a r l y a f t e r -noon, a f t e r v i s i t s t o Westward HoJ and C l o v a l l y . The r e s t of the proposed i t i n e r y had t o be cancelled, and a f t e r a Makeshift r e p a i r we had a hu r r i e d r i d e t o Otterham Youth Hostel, t o a r r i v e j u s t i n time f o r supper.

The f i s h i n g v i l l a g e of Boseastle was approached on the f o l l o w i n g morn-in g through the 'Valence' v a l l e y , a sore point with the chemists amongst us. The headland there i s pierced by a natural tunnel, and heavy seas were spouting through, most of the party g e t t i n g wet i n an endeavour t o get c l o s e r t o the tunnel mouth.

The h o s t e l a t Treyamon i s magnifi-c e n t l y situated on the edge of the c l i -f f s , and as the morning was b r i g h t and c l e a r i t was some time before we dragged ourselves away t o v i s i t Pedrouthan Steps, Newquay, Truro and the b e a u t i f u l church of St. Just i n Roseland before continuing t o Boswinger h o s t e l .

The popular coastal resorts of Mevagissey, Fowey, Polperro and Looe were v i s i t e d on the next day, and a l -though at the height of the';holiday sea-son t r a f f i c wa3 s u r p r i s i n g l y l i g h t . One of our friends from U.C. was un-fortunate i n snapping a saddle p i l l a r j u s t before reaching the h o s t e l at L o s t w i t h i e l , but w i t h the help of a Guildsman i t was su c c e s s f u l l y patched up i r i ~e morning, p r i o r t o a run d i r e c t to Plymouth, where we were entertained i n t h - homes of two of our friends from I.C.

The l a s t day saw us venture up t o Princetown, where a storm of d r i v i n g s l e e t made us a l l resolve t o be good students. The r e s t of the day was f i n e , and we had a ple.sant r i d e t o Dartmeet bridge, Buokfast Abbey and Brent t o a r r i v e at Bigbury on Sea hos-t e l j u s t before dusk. A f t e r 3upper we found the nearest h o s t e l r y along some narrow paths to a neighbouring v i l l a g e ; i t was here that the round of c i d e r was provided by the l o s e r of the e a r l i e r bet. The pubs name was of course "The Journeys End Inn", which we thought most f i t t i n g .

J.B.R.

G U I L D S M E N I N P A R I S

The morning of Saturday, 21 st March saw 36 impatient Guildsinen waiting f o r the "of; 1" to P a r i s . Enthusiasm was high, too high f o r one who i n h i s haste got a £4 speeding t i c k e t . The college subsidy was given out; thanks to the generosity of Profs. Saunders, Squire, TustLn, Skempton and Danckwerts. Saturday evening found Ouildsmen i n P i g a l l e , Montmartre, jazz clubs and other unusual places on the l e f t bank. Sunday was grey and hazy both from the point of view of the weather and our heads.

A week of v i s i t s followed, the hi g h l i g h t s of which wan that to C.N. I.T. a large e x h i b i t i o n h a l l i n the shape of a l e a f that only touches the ground at three points, whose amazing construction »as explained to us by the Chief Engineer

The s o r t i n g department of the French Railways, from whom B r i t i s h Railways could learn a l o t , impressed the party by i t s e f f i c i e n c y i n carrying out i t s very complicated task. At the Hydraulics Ijab. M. Laurent, an o l d f r i e n d of Professor White, provided an in t e r e s t i n g tour round models of ports and r i v e r s . A v i s i t to the Renault factory nearly depleted the party's numbers as the roads there are used as a t e s t racing track.

The r e t u r n . t r i p was somewhat of a nightmare, an overdose of wines and pleasure combined with the lack of sleep, and a bumpy passage was quite sickening.

J.E. Nove

IC C O N T R A C T B R I D G E C L U B

A Bridge Congress was held under the auspices of the club on Saturday and Sunday, March 14th and 15th i n Ayrton H a l l .

Imperial College acquitted them-selves w e l l , coming a very close second to Oxford Univer i t y i n the I n v i t a t i o n event, and win dng the open event by a very wide margin.

Two p a i r s from I.C. also won i n the event f o r ap r i s .

M.R.K,

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

Last term ended with three v i c t o r -ies, with the f i r s t team beating South-ampton and winning the West Ham 8 m. road race, and the second team beating aondon Hospital.

We expected a hard match against Southampton, as we had only beaten them by 5 seconds i n the Hyde Park Relay. From the s t a r t Sliiiming (S'ton) took the lead, followed by a bunch comprising T i l l y , Jaeger, and two Southampton men, w i t h Barber and Briggs not f a r behind them. Slimming went on t o win by more than a minute from M. Barber (l.C.) who had oaught and •"assed the bunch ahead of him. C P . T i l l y ran w e l l to take 4th plaice, then came J . Jaeger ( 6 ) , D. Briggs (8), P. Warren (9), D. Sandoz ( l i d . Counting s i x men, the scores w- re equal, 78 - 78, but I.C. won the match because our 6th man was ahead of t e Southampton 6th man.

The West Ham 8 r e s u l t e d i n an easy win f o r I.C. (15 pts.) w i t h Reading U n i v e r s i t y 2nd (30 pts.) and Peter-house, Cambridge, 3rd. The i n d i v i d u a l winner was J . Heywood of Reading, followed by P. Carmichael of Morpeth. H., and J.H. C o l l i n s ( I . C . ) . The otner

*I.C. runners were Briggs ( 5 ) , Barber (7) , Brown ( 9 ) , Bernard (12), Cleator (l 6 ) and Sandoz (23).

The I.C. second team, defeated London H o s p i t a l , f o r the t h i r d time t l i s season, by 21 pts. t o 34. Imperial College men occupied the f i r s t three p o s i t i o n s , w i t h R. Cheeney 1st, 0. Huntley 2nd, and M. Clare 3rd. The other I.C. scoring men were C. Jame3 (6th) and D. Fearn (9th).

The "Petersham Pot", awarded annually t o our keenest and most con-s i s t e n t runner, t h i s year went t o J . Bernard (Chara.Eng. I ) .

I f you notice any crd.-sion or changes i n the Snorts P'.-e t i s wee!' i t i s due to f»e fact that the'Sports E d i t o r has rone, away f o r the weekend -to P a r i s . lie h a declined the o f f e r -c w r i t e an account or" his movements during t h i s period. And furtherrw.re, he has decided against handing j. r e -port afterward;;.

FELIX

* m G L I D I N G C L U B

EDITED BY

j Jj K.W.LUDLAM.

O G G I E S G A L O R E

THE RUGBY TOUR EI CORNWALL -21 s t - 26th March.

Everyone had a small wager on the Grand National on that f i n e Saturday as we t r a v e l l e d to Cornwall. The e x c i t e -ment of the race was no more intense than i n the coach as we clustered round the radio. I t was an anti-climax as Bregashti - the bookie announced that he held the s l i p of the winner.- Oxo. The stops of course were frequent, but the most memorable was at the Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moors where we had our f i r s t oggies. The f i n e weather of the f o l l -owing day encouraged the more energetic to explore the countryside around. x Thi3 paid dividends because everyone was i n f i n e d r i n k i n g form that evening i n the Penzance clubhouse.

Our f i r s t match was played Monday evening against the l o c a l Penzance side, whose winning run of f i v e months had been ended c n l y the previous week. Their greater experience showed i n the speed i n which they changed the d i r e o t i o n of attack. I.C. were not disgraced i n l o s i n g 9-0. The game followed the same general pattern; a Penzance attack would be broken down i n the three-quarters by good t a c k l i n g and the b a l l would be dribbled back i n t o the Pen-zance h a l f , or kicked down the touch-l i n e . The I.C. s p i r i t never weakened and, near the end an I.C. ifeK almost scored between the posts, being taok-l e d o nly a yard from the l i n e . Every-one r e t i r e d to the clubhouse afterwards where steaming oggies were served up and devoured m e r c i l e s s l y . The beer flowea f r e e l y yet not a glass was broken. Our manners were almost c i v i l i s e d .

P l a y i n g undor f l o o d l i g h t s on Tuesday was a new experience f o r most of the team. The game, between two roughly even sides , was uninteresting. I.C. again l o s t , but the opinion of the referee and that of both sides d i f f e r e d on Occasions. On a muddy p i t c h , and w i t h a heavy b a l l s t i l l tacky with the white p a i n t , we were unable to score from the many pena l t i e s we were awarded. An intense attack i n the f i r s t h a l f a l l but produced two t r i e s f o r I.C., f o r they were stopped only by desperate s t r u g g l i n g on the g o a l - l i n e . A f t e r a qu. st hour i n the clubhouse with the l o c a l s we returned to the h o t e l f o r beer and song. B i l l the d r i v e r and Bregashti the bookie took on our i n n -keeper and a local^sportsman at poker a game i n which the l a s t two were reputed t o be experts. The I.C. team were two pounds the r i c h e r when the game ended.

HEAD OF RIVER RACE

The f o l l o w i n g afternoon we took the coach to St. Ives f o r our l a s t game. The scene of that early eve-ning - blue sea, even bluer sky, the c l e a r l y defined coastline sweeping away i n a wide arc northwards around Carbis Bay and below, the cottages of St. Ives set c l o s e l y 'into the v a l l e y which ran down to the harbour - was an id e a l s e t t i n g more f o r a p i c n i c than a game of rugby. The match was drawn 6-6. each side serving a penalty goal and a t r y . I.C. l e d u n t i l nearly the end when St. Ives ware awarded a pen-a l t y on the 25. The game was always l i v e l y as both sides handled the b a l l whenever possib l e , even when I.C. l o s t

t h e i r scrum h a l f at h a l f time. The in t e r e s t was heightened further by the a l t e r c a t i o n s between the noisy I.C. reserves and the red-faced Cornish supporters who take a pride i n t h e i r f r a n k l y aggressive a t t i t u d e . The I.C. linesman was t o l d that waving h i J f l a g was not i t s only U3e.

That evening was a f i n e climax t o our tour, as we sang, and danced i n a haze of oggies, sandwiches and beer. Most of the men i n the room beoame Zulu warriors during the soiree, while M i l -ward turned out a four-star performance to become President of the Union. When the bar closet, we went back to our h o t e l . The landlord was asked whether he minded our forming a scrum and knocking down one w a l l of the lounge. Though i t was hardboard he refused and turned his A l s a t i a n s loose i n the h a l l . A small party decided.to go A l s a t i a n hunting but we found that t h i s was merely an excuse i n case a P o l i c e o f f i c e r stopped them. The true purpose was revealed afterwards i n the shape of two ' a c q u i s i t i o n s ' . Now, everyone who walks i n t o the Union O f f i c e w i l l see that Land's End i s only 9 miles di s t a n t .

The s p i r i t of the side strengthened from day t o day, Our journey back t o London was notably quiet, f o r the days had passed too quickly. We had enjoy-ed ourselves without being a nuisance. In each town.the supporters and teams were impressed not only with our rugby but also with the s p i r i t and behaviour • of everyone a f t e r tha game. A Penzance newspaper t e s t i f i e d to t h i s when i t r e -ported a f t e r Easter that our game had been one of the most enjoyable evening Hatches they had played.

Norman B. Greaves.

Tne slidinct d u o held i

L A W N T E N N I S

The club has had 3 matohes so f a r t h i s term. The f i r s t one was an evening match against N.P.L. which Itas abandoned due t o bad l i g h t . The 2nd team have since beaten Westminster Hospital 7-1, w i t h one game unfinished, ind the 'A' team l o s t an e x c i t i n g and very even match against Calus College, Cambridge, b6 6 games t o 3.

The t r i a l s at the beginning of term proved most encouraging and i t i s hoped that the club w i l l have a more successful season than i n the past few years.

P.A.B.

t r a d i t i o n a l Easter Course at Lasham during the f i r s t week of the vacation. The large attendance was amply reward-ed with b e t t e r weather than i n the immediately preceding years.

On the Wednesday and Thursday, conditions were good and several soaring f l i g h t s were made. On the f i r s t of these days, P a u l Minton flew h i s Sky-l a r k I I I and climbed i n cloud t o over 10,000 f e e t , t o complete the height t e s t f o r the 'Gold C C e r t i f i c a t e . He thu3 beqoraes the f i r s t member of the Imperial College G l i d i n g Club t o obtain •the 'Gold C* C e r t i f i c a t e . Meanwhile, Prank I r v i n g had been s i t t i n g i n a meeting i n London, gazing out of the window at the clouds. He a r r i v e d at Lasham t o hear that Paul had beaten him t o the 'Gold C. Prank flew |he Skylark T U the next day but i t was not a he:ight day, and he had t o be feontent w i t h some l o c a l soaring at 2,500 t o 3,000 f e e t .

During the same period, David Tomlin and Vemon Nicholas flew the t e s t f o r t h e i r 'C C e r t i f i c a t e s i n the Olympia and several other members dew t h i s type f o r the f i r s t time. Throughout the week, t r a i n i n g was c a r r i e d out i n the two-seaters.

"Phoenix", our Skylark I I , was brought back from the Midland G l i d i n g Club where i t had spent the winter, and two days work were required before the ravages of the daim? winter had been made good. I t was r-mdy on the Wed-nesday and Roger V a i l e soared i t f o r an hour and-a h a l f before a r a i n s q u a l l foroed him t o land.

Our next eveni. j.3 the National ohampionships which are t o be h e l d at

Lasham from. May 9th t o 18th. Three teams from I.C. are competing, Paul Minton and Bernard Davey are f l y i n g "Phoenix", and there are two p r i v a t e l y entered Skylark I l l ' s . One i s flown by Prank I r v i n g and B i l l Tonkyn and the other by George Burton.

J.H.B.R.

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