EVERY

FORTNIGHT

No.48. E A S T E R E D I T I O N .

I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E

B U S I N E S S A S U S U A . L . As had been planned, the v i s i t of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh did not disturb the work of most of the College. His gleaming

black Austin princess NGN 1 arrived a few minutes late at

the Union Entrance, where the Rector and Viscount Falmouth,

Chairman of the Governors,were waiting to greet him. Lord

Falmouth moved forward to open the door, but almost as soon

as the car stopped i t was thrown open by the Duke, who

stopped briskly out. After posing for our photographers,

the party moved to the Rector's Room in the Union, where

Prof. Read and the three Deans met the Duke.

The first v i s i t was to Chem. Eng. where exhibits of

flame propagation i n gases, explosion pressures, high pres­

sure research and work on the extension of the Callendar

Steam Tables (a product of the College) were on show. The

party than drove in three oars to the Mines, where our sor-

respondent reported: "Despite the efforts of a miner who

arrived after motoring a l l the way from Cham. Tech. Assis­

tant Prof. Sheppard met him at the door. Asst. Prof.

Pryor was unfortunately i l l after arranging some excellent

work. The Bessemer Lab., recently painted and rebuilt was

spiek and span without much special "bull" needing to be

donejto remind the Duke that the service atmosphere pervades

even academic establishments. The Duke, after confessing

ignorance, was able after his tour to ask some very pertinent

questions. He was easy to talk to, and eager to find things

out, except in the assay lab. where he i s understood to 1-ive

summed the scene up in one terse phrase, and hurriedly turned

away. At the expiry of the allotted half hour, tha Duke was

politely but firmly urged away, regardless of what he may

have really wanted to do. Perhaps there are advantages in

being an impecunious student."

I C W A D I N N E R .

As reported in the Evening Standard, the annual

dinner of the Imperial College Women's Association was held

on Friday, 6th March, and as on past occasions was notable

for several amusing speeches. In proposing the toast to

the Association Mr. de Reuck stressed the importance of

minorities, especially such minorities as I.C.W.A. Reply­

ing to this toast the President, Mies Turnbull, apologised

for her lack of linguistic capacity and hoped the gentlemen

would excuse her i f she spoke in English rather than in

French. In her welcome to our distinguished guest, Mrs.

Helena Normanton Q.C., Miss Entwistle made i t clear that

the College i s vitally interested in the bar, she also

cleverly contrived to persuade the men of I.C. that we think

they are wonderful, as of course we do. These speeches were

a f i t t i n g introduction to that of our distinguished guest,

whose flow of witty remarks and sound common sense w i l l not

aoon be forgotten.

After the dinner the company moved to the gym', for

dancing, to find there a g i f t "to the Association*. We 3hould

like to record here our appreciation of this eadrras guest who

was ao beautiffully displayed then and on the following

night. Among the spring-like decorations and with such dis­

tinguished companions we feel that Percy must have enjoyed

his change of air and have forgotten for a while his body-

less state. „ A h u g e g e m naao'ot stolen from Bart's.

After lunch in Queenie's, the party went to the Guilds,

•where, in the C i v i l Engineering Department work connected

with the design of a new dam was on show. Later, in the

lech. Eng. Dept. a gas turbine deve1opment project was viewed.

It was here that the small failure occurred, about which the

Duke ejq^ressed concern in his letter via General Browning,

his aide, to the Rector after the v i s i t . On the way through

the Goldsmith Lab., His Royal Highness suddenly stopped in

his track, turned, and went over to a heap of rubbish which •

was lying on the floor. Several students were working on i t .

He spoke to them, asked about i t , and described i t as a "won­

derful contraption". This was Bo's Finest Hour.

Then, over to the R.C.S. where an exhibition was

staged showing the history of the dyestuffs industry,

founded by William Perkin, discoveror of mauve in our

laboratories, 1856, and ]ater developed in Germany following

the death of the Prince Consort, who alwaya had an eye on

British science. Research on chlorophyll-type colouring

matter was also shown« »;

Our impression, gathered from several people who

came in contact with the Duke, was that he was keenly interes­

ted in what he was shown. He i s known to be alive to tha

scientific world's problems, and to be sympathetic. The

other week he spoke about the need to make Science "a l i t t l e

more fashionable". He could not have been referring to our

being out of date. Perhaps ha meant that i t i s remote from

national l i f e ; that i t i s tucked away i n dark corner*.

Maybe his v i s i t , unofficial and so. l i t t l e publicised as i t

was (Lord knows why!) w i l l help to do something about i t .

Above: The Duke and the Rector pose with Prof. Briscoe,

outside R.C.S.

To ieftjt The Duke with the Rector on the way to Cham.

Tech. ^otograpHs "by P.K.N .Ward.

ELECTIONS

In the Elections held by R.S.M. last week, (trsW-

tionally held early, as so many people are away on field

work during the Summer Term), Dick James was elected

President. Derek Hughes is Vice President and Mike

WoakeB Secretary.

The U.L Elections were held the previous week. Next year's U.L. President i s U.K. Clark of Sir John

Cass College, and Jennifer Copeman of Bedford College

Vice President.

FELIX

P R O F I L E

M R . M c D O W A L L .

Second- ry "to ycur e l a t i o n " t sudden we" 1th you m y when collecting- your cheque at the Registry e- ch t e r n , r i v e a thrjught to the people on the other side .of the counter. They are part of the administration, the people occupying the eastern part of the Beit b u i l d i n g who d i r e c t the smooth running of the college. Since he's one of our administrators who more cl o s e l y e f f e c t s you, Mr. O.K. McDowall, the occupant of one of the small o f f i c e s i n t h i s block, i s today's subject for P r o f i l e . He i s the man who does the backroom v/ork of fin d i n g speakers for your e d i f i c a t i o n i n General Studies Lectures.

Like most of us, Mr. -LcDowall has been connected with education most of h i s l i f e ; the difference i s he l i k e s i t . His father was a schoolmaster at Eton, where he was a c l a s s i c a l s p e c i a l i s t , which means that he could t r a n s l a t e the school motto (slip.de of a notorious I.C. president). From then to B a l l i o l where he led the noriaal undergrad's l i f e , which means that a l l the i n c i d ­ents you'd be interested i n are unprintable.

Af*ter a t t a i n i n g the rare d i s t i n c t i o n of a 4th olase i n Modern Greats he spent three years with Lever Bros, soo.pboiling and c l e r k i n g i n Market Research. This period contained h i s g r e t e s t concentration on "embarrassing moments." "Have you had your free packet of Stork margarine, Madam? Do you use i t as a substitute for butter i n cokes?" As commercial t r a v e l l e r he con­vincingly displayed the sup e r i o r i t y of P e r s i l ; he can t e l l you why i t washes whiter.' During t h i s time he had a 'harem' of €C g i r l s i n Birmingham - not polygamy though, merely a P e r s i l education ca.'-raairn.

a v i s i t to Germany a i s i l l u s i o n e d him about National Socialism, a f t e r which he was for a period acting u n o f f i c ­i a l unpaid sub-editor of 'The Times'. S i x years as a teacher of Modern languages i n two d i f f e r e n t schools brought him to the War and the conclusion that a school­master's l i f e i s too narrow. In the best undistinguished fashion he slowly rose to rank of Major at which he was demobbed to spend three i n t e r e s t i n g years i n helping to

:reorganise German education being i n charge of the Teachers' Training Colleges of a Region. Serving as chairman on a committee of German Education O f f i c e r s he took great delight i n curbing the loquacity of each speaker to a f i v e minutes allowance, loudly ringing a b e l l when time was up. This job was e s s e n t i a l l y transient and back i n England he was almost 'on the dole', but by now he was used to r e l y i n g on himself, s.nd s p e l l s as L.C.C. clerk reporter of The Times Educational Supplement and teacher of E n g l i s h to foreigners only served t o f i l l a view already of considerable breadth. This brings us to h i s appoint­ment as Administrative Secretary at I.C.three years ago; while recently he has donned a g r a t i f y i n g mantle with an odious t i t l e : he i s now Touchstone Secretary.

Mr. McDowell hae the easy unselfconscious assurance which i s the e s s e n t i a l product of our public school system. His w i f e , who teaches French t o Society bea.uties, says that he always goes "where angels fear to tread". This doesn't mean that he's one of the fools who rush, but gives a. p i c t u r e of h i s naturu: a l i t t l e impetuous a.nd over­confident but quick to learn by hi s own mistakes. His aim with General Studies Lectures i s that they should be always i n t e r e s t i n g - he himself i s always interested.

And then as part of h i s i n t e r e s t i s S o c i a l Welfare. Taking part i n the Allotments for the Unemployed scheme i n South Wales during the depression he corrected hie erroneous impression of the characters of the r e c a l c i t r e n t " i n e r s , and at Oxford he organised a party of undergrade to help i n r e l i e f work for the Rhine floods. A Second V i o l i n i n 1.0.Orchestra-he i s also fond c f music and he reads widely i n severe.1 languages; he even reads Science for laymen but doesn't understand Hogben.' F i r s t year chemists (and those who didn't -ass f i r s t time!' know him as t h e i r science German teacher.

Fascinated by h i s work at I.C. which includes public r e l a t i o n s , organising Commemoration Day and Touchstone as w e l l as General Studies, he i s keenly aware of the higher demand i n industry f o r the engineer and s c i e n t i s t with l i b e r a l i n t e r e s t s . He thinks i t w i l l be a p i t y i f 1.0. develops into a University for Technology alone, be l i e v i n g n.lso that i f I.C. became completely r e s i d e n t i a l i t would be the best t h i n g that could hrwpon. ; i r . IcDov.w.ll cherishes hopes of greater f a c i l i t i e s for li'm-ral studies for J,a. students i n the fvture based on t h e i r f r e e w i l l and i n t e r e s t and not bound to a rigorous curriculum.

- childre.as - •".in'', sa.ck for huts - . .

Such work dc< ves; for we learn continued a l l day, other month before the

.•our backs - jumpers here whore'a the

. . u n t i l the evening ended. ~ not receive the acknowledge-lovrt i t deser that sorting of clothes w i l l have to be including i-turda.ys and Sundays, for nh-

areucuse i s cleared.

THE FELIX CHARACTER TEST

Answer the f o l l o w i n g T r u t h f u l l y :

1. Your g i r l a t the dance i s fond of g i n . Do you:-a) Buy g i n f o r her.

b) Pretend you're an a b s t a i n e r and buy no t h i n g . c) Buy something cheaper?

2.

3-

4.

Your socks have l a r g e holes i n them. Do you:-a ) Mend them y o u r s e l f .

b) Send them home.

c) Wear them j u s t the same?

You are 20 minutes l a t e f o r the l e c t u r e . Do you:-a) Tiptoe t i m i d l y to a back se a t . b) March i n , l o o k i n g d e f i a n t . c) Cast a s u r p r i s e d l o o k at the c l o c k , shake your

watch and take a c e n t r a l seat?

Your experiment g i v e s funny r e s u l t s . Do you:-a) put them down as they are . b) Cook the r e s u l t s . c) Copy from a f r i e n d ?

5. Someone c a l l s you an ass . Do you:-a) Accept h i s statement.

b) T e l l him what you t h i n k of him. c) Pretend not to hear?

6. You have j u s t passed through a swing door and your

P r o f e s s o r i s behind you. Do you hold the door open f o r : -a) Ten yards behind. b) Never hold i t . c) F i v e yards?

7. D i t t o , w i t h a p r e t t y s e c r e t a r y : -a) Ten yards. b) F i f t y yards. c) F i v e yards?

8. You f i n d a worm i n a re s t a u r a n t meal. Do you:-a) Eat i t . b) Make the manager eat i t . c) Complain, and demand another meal?

9. You f e e l s t r o n g l y about something in a Union Meet­i n g . Do you:-a) Keep q u i e t .

b) Make y o u r s e l f heard at a l l costs.

c) T e l l a f r i e n d who has more speaking confidence?

10. You are presumably a reader of FELIX. When you dis­

agree with the E d i t o r do you:-

a) Do nothing.

b) Write a strong l e t t e r under your own name.

c) Write under a nom de plume?

ANALYSIS. Anybody w i t h more than 3 b's i s a raving ex­t r o v e r t and should 6tart t a k i n g bromides. Those with

more than } a's are s i l e n t introverts, probably secret

s o c i a l i s t s p l o t t i n g major r e v o l u t i o n s . Any with more

than 3 c's are too average to be of interest to any ex­cept the manufacturers of those many products which appeal to the average man. Those w i t h more than three of two types (e.g. 4 a's and h c's) s u f f e r from schizo­

phrenia , and w i l l probably be of in e s t i m a b l e value to

t h e i r r e l a t i v e s who w i l l be able to s e l l details to the

Sunday newspapers.

by Our ICWA Correspondent

When I.C.'.V.A. found that t h e i r services were not re­quired on Convey Island, steps were taken to help the Flood R e l i e f i n other d i r e c t i o n s .

Thus one evening c e r t a i n young lo.dies were to be seer. wandering i n a disreputable area of the jr.a.st End and might have been seen disappearing into the hidden depths of a huge warehouse. They were not allowed i n unchallenged, however, being stopped by large balks of policeman. The young ladies were only allowed to continue t h e i r mission when the p o l i c e were convinced- that I.C...'.A. had "a pass" (This wac a l e t t e r signc' by one of the party) Pp a cold stone s t a i r ­way they found t h e i r destination. There they rero wet by ". scene of chaos - tables p i l e d high, boxes of shoes, sacks of clothes, and members of the '.7.V.3. They reported for duty, onco noro producing the magic p-ss, and th.on they joined the chaos.

Pons - t h i r d tab!! e or. the right - overcoats straight ahead - what h:\pvchs to stockings" - are these men's or wonc'i'" -r-e*

FELIX

Felix

T H E NS'.VSPAPER OF M?S.?.A1. C O W S G E

SditortA.R.Bray 20th. March 1953. C i r c u l a t i o n : 1200.

Springtime i n Kncland, and lovers are straying Cer trie glad green and along the b r i g h t Janes, Sj-.rkling with laughter and carelessly playing, Youth i n i t s glory, young blood i n i t s veins.

Sing of the Springtime, the time of the morning; Days when the dawninf: of l i v i n g , seems bright. Sing of the Springtime; too soon comes the yawning, Yearning, for peace i n the blankness of night.

Sing of the Springtime; co:<te j o i n the mad caper. Sing u n t i l time c a l l s a h a l t i n g for breath-Softly t h e y l l sing then, entombed where a taper Casts a cold gleam on the d u l l mask of Death.

The storms continue, but the E d i t o r i a l column emerges for an Easter r e s p i t e , scarred with traces of the old wars. Though the S p e l l i n g Controversy, the Carnival Controversy, the General Studies Controversy, the University Controversy, the Hostel Controversy, a l l have had t h e i r place i n t h i s column, we leave them alone and l e t peace and the joys of meditation f a l l from our weary pen on to our f a i t h f u l readers.

While those who have developed the habit of turning straight to the E d i t o r i a l to f i n d the l a t e s t howl w i l l be disappointed, there must be others who w i l l sigh with r e l i e f now that FELIX, a f t e r so turbulent term, has curled up i n front of the f i r e to dream of the vacation, while Viewpoint and Letters continue the c o n f l i c t s .

We have heard i t said l a t e l y that FELIX i s much more serious than he used to be, and f a r less funny. We can only lament our lack of humour, and pray for g i f t e d w r i t e r s , but on the other point we make no apology at a l l . As a responsible servant of the College, FELIX must act i n an adult way concerning student l i f e and any matters which may influence xne conditions i n our College. In p a r t i c u l a r coverage of the new expansion programme deserves as much space as we can supply, and f a r more facts than are made known to us. I t i s our business to act i n accordance with the students' i n t e r e s t s .

But we are wandering from the Springtime philosophy of the poem which herds t h i s E d i t o r i a l , and which has not yet j u s t i f i e d i t s appearance i n t h i s column. I t was writte n as a reminder that there are more things i n t h i s world, Kr. Syllabus Setter, than are dreamt of i n your philosophy, and that the v cat i o n which i s even now surging towards U3 i s one of the times for finding t h i s out.

F i n a l l y , to degenerate from a l o f t y E d i t o r i a l "we" to a very personal " I " , I wish i n the l a s t paragraph of my f i n a l E d i t o r i a l to thank a l l the members of the FELIX s t a f f for t h e i r f i n e v/ork during my term of o f f i c e . While I should not i n "aimess mention ̂ any names without mentioning them a l l , I f e e l that the work of the Production Department i s p a r t i c u l a r l y worthy of the highest p r a i s e . We have several people who never achieve (cr even aspire to) the glamour of p r i n t , but. who work consis t e n t l y a.nd quite admirably t o ensure that FP'LIX appears. Thanks also to several other r e t i r i n g members: Secretory Mary L i s t e r ; News E d i t o r Louis Cohen; Photographers Peter Clewer and John Andrews. The new Ed i t o r , D.C. Kale from I n d i a , a Miner, w i l l have a great deal of work taken o f f h i s shoulders i f t h e i r successors are as h e l p f u l a.s the above r e t i r i n g s t a f f have been.

The second issue of next term w i l l be FELIX No. 50. v/e hope to run something of a bumper number. I f i n s p i r a ­t i o n comes to you over the v-.-c., please l e t us have-the r e s u l t s .

D e ar S i r ,

A f t e r some y e a r s o f r e s e a r c h , I am now a b l e t o p r e s e n t y o u w i t h my s u g g e s t i o n f o r a l o n g needed I . C. war c r y .

"ALBERT, HERBERT, I.C. KEN ALBERT, HERBERT, I.C. KEN

WHO ARE WE WHO ARE WE

I . C. a . & T. WHO ARE WE

I.C.

WAAAA A."

Y o u r s H o a r s e l y , R a f e .

The Hag Coixmttee are very interested i n the creation of an I.C. Jar-Cry. I.C. has always been lacking i n t h i s e s s e n t i a l complement to student high s p i r i t . F e l i x w i l l p r i n t any promising suggestions i t receives, and the Rag Committee w i l l c a l l a meeting t o decide on the I.C. cry. Here i s a chance for a student to make h i s t o r y , so l e t the e f f o r t s pour i n .

V I E W P O I N T

W H A T I S G O I N G O N ?

I t i s very easy to c r i t i c i s e decisions which Ir-ve been taken, ana i t i s s i n g u l a r l y useless. Imperial College P-as been asked to 3rbm.it pirns for i t s expansion, based on the assumption t l r t we are to have r i o r i t y over

ether claims for land and b u i l i i n g i - s they be coir a v a i l a b l e . V/e have a chance of influe n c i n g decisions before they are mode, a.nd t h i s makes the absence of any o f f i c i a l r-O-vs or views deplorable. TVe students might possibly be able to ra-ke useful suf; e s i i o n s ; we may even have one or two food Ideas.

Rumour has i t that the post graduate departments -re to expand most, and indeed, i f we are to provide the best men rather than the merely very good men, i t i s necessary for uo to have an unequalled post graduate department. Such a department deserves to be f i l l e r with the best graduates a v a i l a b l e , i r r e s p e c t i v e of t h e i r o r i g i n a l University or College. Yet personally I should l i k e to see a goodly proportion of them ex. J.C, undergraduates. P/hr.t about them?

Are our undergraduates a.s highly q u a l i f i e d for t h e i r jobs as they ought to be? Wander round a.ny f i n a l s ye--r, l i s t e n to the S t a f f , t a l k t o the employers, not one of those groups i s s a t i s f i e d . Yet the present syllabus i s a good one. The Boa.rd of Studies and the Externa.1 ixariiners are both conscientious bodies. Jievertheless . on the whole, Imperial College produces, say, the chie f chemist, rather than the head of department, the technician rather than the managing d i r e c t o r .

Much money i s to be spent on expansion. Please spare a l i t t l e for improvement. We hive the opportunity, let us take i t .

I have two suggestions to make. F i r s t I should l i k e to see hostel accomodation expanded and to make i t com­pulsory for undergraduates to spend the f i r s t two years i n a ho s t e l . Secondly, w h i l s t I have no quibble with the award of B.Sc's, I should l i k e there to be some non-academic q u a l i f i c a t i o n required before an A.R.C.S.) A.R.3.M or A.C.G.I, were awarded. What form t h i s takes i s not es s e n t i a l , but, for instance, because a b i l i t y to persuade others that you are r i g h t i s so e s s e n t i a l i n l i f e , attend­ance at a minimum number of Dinners i n H a l l would be reasonable.

What annoys me most i s that no suggestion can be constructive u n t i l we have some information. Please, w i l l someone t e l l us what i s going on?

J.W.Saunders

O U T R A G E A T V I C T O R I A S T A T I O N .

A f e l l o w I know, once remarked t h a t i n h i s o p i n i o n J o u r n a l i s t s and l o w e r p r i m a t e s had two t h i n g s i n common; b i g e a r s and wide'open s p a c e s b e t w e e n them. Now t h i s v r a t h e r u n k i n d s t a t e m e n t may have been made i n a f i t of d e p r e s s i o n , o u t j u d g i n g f r o m t h e r e p o r t s o f t h e Uag i n t h e news­papers,- i b was e n t i r e l y j u s t i f i e d .

F o r i n s t a n c e , t a k e t h e " S t a r ' s ' 1 a c c o u n t of t h e a f t e r n o o n ' s p r o c e e d i n g s : - "Meanwhile a f r e e -f o r - a l l d e v e l o p e d , w i t h p o l i c e m e n ' s h e l m e t s f l y i n g o v e r t h e p l a t f o r m . P a s s e n g e r s became mixed up w i t h t h e s c r a m b l e , l u g g a g e whs u p s e t , and p o l i c e ­men were k n o c k e d o v e r .... hu n d r e d s of s t u d e n t s s t o o d b e h i n d t h e c l o s e d g a t e s , s h o u t i n g s l o g a n s i n c l u d i n g "Down w i t h F r a n c e " .

The above q u o t e , i n any l e s s e r j o u r n a l t h a n t h e " o t a r ' 1 would p r o b a b l y be p r e c e d e d by s u c h a h e a d l i n e a s " U g l y s c e n e s a t V i c t o r i a s t a t i o n " , o r " A n t i - F r e n c h D e m o n s t r a t i o n b y »;tudents". The f a c t i s t h a t F l e e t o t r e e t h a s some s o r t of grudge a g a i n s t s t u d e n t s i n g e n e r a l . m y s t u d e n t e s c a p a d e a l w a y s meets w i t h t h e d i s a p p r o v a l o f L o r d I n k y nay; i n h i s columns t h e s t u d e n t a l w a y s a p p e a r s as t h e v i c i o u s h a l f - b r e e d , t h e f e l l o w w i t h t h e c o s h , t h e d e s t r o y e r of l a w and o r d e r . N o t h i n g c o u l d be f u r t h e r f r o m t h e t r u t h ; we a r e a l l f o r l a w and o r d e r ( i n s m a l l d o s e s ) , and t h e v e r y s i g h t o f a c o s h " a k e s us p o s i t i v e l y s h i v e r . The a r t i c l e q u o t e d i s one of many a r t i c l e s i n a s i m i l a r v e i n , a l l c o n t a i n i n g s i m i l a r d i s t o r t i o n s of t h e t r u t h . How many p o l i c e m e n were k n o c k e d down? - None, b u t one s l i p p e d . How many h e l m e t s r o l l e d ? - une, w h i c h e v e n t t a l l y ended jo on a most d i s t i n g u i s h e d head i n K e n s i n g t o n G a r d e n s , who s h o u t e d "Down w i t h F r a n c e " ? - i - r o b a b l y a p o l i c e i n s p e c t o r who c o u l d n ' t dodge a f l y i n g f l o u r b a g .

However, t h e P r e s s L o r d s d i d n ' t seem t o t i k e a d i s l i k e t o t h e f e m a l e s t u d e n t s f r o m h e a d i n g , who a f t e r t h r o w i n g t h e i r c a u t i o n , c l o t h e s and b l u e ­s t o c k i n g s t o t h e w i n d , posed so p r e t t i l v o u t s i d e No. l u . " I s u g g e s t t h a t the next t i m e we f e e l l i k e m a k i n g a bad name f o r o u r s e l v e s , we d r e s s t h e i r r e s i d e n t i n a B i k i n i , and t a k e him f o r a walk a l o n g F l e e t . j t r e e t .

Samuel Peeps.

The E d i t o r ' s l a s t f l i n g :

SPRING LIMERICK COMPETITION

Complete the following; There was an o l d lady of T r l n g ,

Who heard the f i r s t cuctoo of Spring.

L e t t e r s to t h e E d i t o r

Dear S i r , Our Union purl Hostel .-re far from be inf. adequate

for a college of the size,o f T.C., and. on t h i s count alone extensions to the present f a c i l i t i e s are highly d e s i r a b l e . With a hostel of such a s i z e as to accomodate a fa r higher proportion of students than the present one i s capable of doing, the corporate l i f e of the College would be increased.

I t does not r o l l o v i , no never, that such an increase w i l l necessarily transform the "I.C. sausage" - pardon my use of your metaphor - into whatever desirable type i t i s that you may envis-ge. 'lather i t seems that the general result w i l l be to produce a person who i n a d d i t i o n to having been well-stccked with technique has imbibed a certain amount of a s o c i a l atmosphere i n a society which, by v i r t u e of i t s closed nature, w i l l smack somewhat of a ghetto. In fact i t does not appe' r that the improvements you demand, and which I assure you I am far from decrying, w i l l greatly improve the q u a l i t i e s of personality i n our future technologists. To those who have these q u a l i t i e s i t w i l l be a boon perhaps, to those who have not i t w i l l be a s o c i a l amenity; the 'sausage' I fear we s h a l l always have with us. The best hope i s that by improving the environment the far r- rer man of personalit y w i l l be fostered thereby.

Yours s i n c e r e l y ,

; , . M.H. L'DSLR

Dear S i r , While agreeing with the bulk of your e d i t o r i a l i n the

l a s t issue of FELIX, I f e e l that your idea of a large h o s t e l i n a single unit c a l l s for some comment. Surely one of the things wrong with I.C. nov; i s i t s s i z e . To e x i s t as a r e a l u n i v e r s i t y with the "well-bred club atmosphere" re­quires a College s i z e of not more than about 500 students (The si z e of most 'Oxbridge' Colleges).

Nothing w i l l be gained by bu i l d i n g a gi g a n t i c h o s t e l to house 1200 or 1500 students - the only atmosphere w i l l be that of a dormitory. I believe the answer i s t o plan f o r a number of h o s t e l s , i n t h i s d i s t r i c t i f possible s u f f i c i e n t i n a l l to give each student at lea s t one year's residence, but one small enough to e x i s t as a compact unit i n i t s e l f . Each should have i t s own lounges, r e f e c t o r y , et c . , and should cater for students reading as wide a range of subjects as possible.

This i s ' a long-term plan, but i f we are determined t o create a r e a l Technological U n i v e r s i t y , some such arrange­ment i B the only one pos s i b l e .

Yours etc. R. Berenbaum

Several other l e t t e r s express s i m i l a r sentiments. My idea of a large h o s t e l i n a s i n g l e u n i t was an i d e a l i s e d rather than a geometrical notion. The fundamental underlying idea i s that there should be a. large number of students l i v i n g w i t h i n a stone's throw of the College

D e a r S i r , I h a v e i t

( " i i i s t e n e r " o f when E n g l i s h b d i s c r i m i n a t i n g b e e r on t o t h e l e a t h e r b r e e c h know t h a t t h e

May I p r o R e f e c t o r y Gom-n l e a t h e r b r e e c h e a c h c o n s i g n e e b a r .

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De a r S i r , Y o u r two r e c e n t c o r r e s p o n d e n t s o v e r l o o k

e n t i r e l y t h e c u n n i n g d e s i g n o f t h e E n g l i s h , s y s t e m o f s p e l l i n g .

I t e n s u r e s t h a t t h e E n g l i s h m a n t a k e s a s u f ­f i c i e n t t i m e l e a r n i n g h i s own l a n g u a g e t o p r e v e n t h i m l e a r n i n g any o t h e r . M o r e o v e r , as t h e o n l y p e r s o n c a p a b l e o f c o m p r e h e n d i n g t h e j s n g l i s h s y s t e m o f w e i g h t s and m e a s u r e s , he i s i n d i s p e n s ­a b l e t o t h e t e c h n o l o g i c a l w o r l d . I t i s inc u m b e n t upon a l l f o r e i g n e r ^ , t h e r e f o r e , t o l e a r n E n g l i s h .

The E n g l i s h m a n may t h u s e n j o y t h e t o l e r a n t i n d o l e n c e b e f i t t i n g a s u p e r i o r b e i n g a s t h o s e l e s s - f a v o u r e d i n h a b i t a n t s o f h i s E a r t h s t r i v e t o a c h i e v e t h e c u l t u r e w h i c h h a s been h i s f r o m c h i l d h o o d .

Y o u r s f a i t h f u l l y , A l a n D u f f i e l d .

Owing to a s u r f e i t of dances, the annual debate w i t h Bedford on Friday vies rather smaller than us u a l , but those present enjoyed a debate of unusually high standard.

For Imperial College "Jr. Spriggs proposed "That Music be the Food of Love" i n a quick f i r i n g , w e l l i l l u s t r a t e d speech. He Was ably countered by K i s s Ruth Meadows of Bedford, who analyzed the proposer's Freudian tendencies and her own i n unequivocal terns.'

Mr. Pocock and Miss Wendy Dwyer seconded f o r t h e i r r espective Colleges, with speeches which although good both - suffered a l i t t l e from nerves.

The f l o o r speeches, which followed, were w i t t y and cogent and l e d to an uproarious informal derate. P h i l l i p A l l s o p l e d the opposition atta.ck with an attempt at "impar­t i a l " a n a l y s i s , while Mike Rich convulsed everyone with an innocent story of the Ladies of Spain.

The Motion wo.s defeated by 14 votes t o 4 with 4 absten-sions, but the donate contimied f u r i o u s l y over coffee and sandwiches i n the Lower Dining H a l l .

A New Departure i n General Studies, One oTThe most p e r s i s t e n t o r i t i s c m s of the General Studies

Leoturea has been of the passive part taken by those attending. P o s s i b l y as a r e s u l t , a debate was held i n the Union on Marcfe 5th on the motion "This House considers s o c i a l welfare may reduce i n d i v i d u a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y " .

Proposing, Mi 1. Alan Peacock, M.A., of L.S.E., Btated that i t was not s o c i a l welfare i t s e l f that he was a t t a c k i n g , but the method by which i t i s being c a r r i e d out. I n d i v i d u a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y means having the w i l l and the opportunity te

conduct one's own a f f a i r s and t o take important d e c i s i o n s . The increase i n 3tate organisation i s r e l a t e d t o the decline i n l o c a l governmental c o n t r o l and e f f i c i e n c y . Opposing, Mr. Michael Stewart.M.P. and one-time President of the Oxford Union, agreed that l o o a l government badly needed overhauling, but declared'- with what seemed to the w r i t e r r a t h e r doubtful l o g i c t h a t as a crowd i s leas res­ponsible than the individual,,•so the s t a t e can be more virtuous than the o i t i z e n . I t was t o be expected that i n a c i v i l i s e d community those w i t h advantages i n h e a l t h or wealth should help those at a disadvantage. People only appear to be l e s s responsible than t h e i r predecessors because of improved standards of beha.viour.

Seconding for the proposition, Mr. N.F.E.Blackmore,

President of the L i t . and Deb. S o c , considered s o c i a l welfare in i t s present form was"the thin end of the wedge" and that causes and remedies have become so obscured that i n d i v i d u a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y haB had to be replaced by nation­alism - which can be strongly objected to on e t h i c a l grounds.

Mr. S. Ruhemann, President of the P o l i t i c a l Society, seconding f o r the opposition, s a i d that much of todays social

welfare was r e a l l y state c h a r i t y ; only when i t i s the result of c o l l e c t i v e i n d i v i d u a l action - the contradiction is only apparent - i s i t permissible . He concluded the principal speeches by asking i f the actions of unemployed or uneducated people could be considered responsible.

There were only 10 minutes l e f t for speeches from the f l o o r , the two best points being that the welfare state seta a maximum on human endeavour and that the i n d i v i d u a l today i s not freed from r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , but f e e l s separated from i t .

The v o t i n g was cl o s e ; 100 f o r , 92 against and 21 abstentions, and i t would have been better to have cut the speeches from the platform, none of which showed outstanding debating s t y l e , t o give speakers from the f l o o r more time to discuss ideas as they came up. Such a procedure, although not i n the best debating t r a d i t i o n , would have been c l o s e r to the aim stated by the Chairman; but perhaps the organisers of Special Studies do not consider under­graduates capable of i n t e l l i g e n t discussion.

on t h e a u t h o r i t y of t h e B.B.C. M a r c h 5 t h . ) t h a t , i n t h e o l d d a y s

e e r was renowed a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d , c u s t o m e r s "would po i r some o f t h e i r

i r c h a i r s , s i t on i t i n t h e i r e s , and i f t h e y s t u c k t h e y w o u l d b e e r was o f good q u a l i t y " , p o s e , > i r , t h a t t h e c h a i r m a n of t h e i t t e e he p r o v i d e d w i t h a p a i r o f es i n o r d e r t o make p r o p e r t e s t s of i t o f b e e r a s i t i s d e l i v e r e d t o t h e

Y o u r s f a i t h f u l l y ,

±-eter riowe.

Dear S i r ,

The success of the Union Debate held on Thursday, 'larch #atjh. has l e d t o many requests f o r another, to be held at"the beginning of next-term. A Union Debate sub­committee has been formed f o r the purpose of choosing a motion and i n v i t i n g outside speakers, and t h e i r task would be g r e a t l y f a c i l i t a t e d by suggestions from members of the c o l l e g e .

' I f anybody has any ideas would they please pass them on t o me or t o a member of the sub committee.

Yours E t c ,

M.F.E.Blaokmore (Pres. L i t . & Deb. Soe.)

"During t h e i r b n i v e i s i t y l i f e students should not found f a m i l i e s r e c k l e s s l y , says the Central Board of the Free German Youth, an organisation i n East Germany. Leaders of the various i n s t i t u t i o n s have been c a l l e d upon t o "Provide f o r the students ways of spending t h e i r l e i s u r e time i n an i n t e r e s t i n g fashion".

( European Students news )'

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Studio One, Oxford S t r e e t "More d a r i n g than La Ronde" the advertisements i n

the tubes say. Hm . . . We l l , perhaps. I f you f i n d the i n t e r i o r of a m i d - V i c t o r i a n French b r o t h e l d a r i n g i t c e r t a i n l y would be. But i f you l o o k forward to t h i s f i l m as an a p h r o d i s i a c you may be di s a p p o i n t e d . The f i l m i s based on three s t o r i e s by de Maupassant, "Le Masque", about a dance tragedy, "Le Maison T e l l i e r " about the v i s i t of Mme. T e l l i e r ' s "young l a d i e s " to one of her country r e l a t i v e s , and "La Modele" about the t r i ­b u l a t i o n s of a young a r t i s t ' s love f o r h i s model. I should l i k e to say nothing at a l l about the f i r s t , i t was almost ruined f o r me by reading a c r i t i q u e before 1 saw i t ; i t i s r e a l l y f a r more s u b t l e than most of the c r i t i c s r e a l i z e d , and should p r e f e r a b l y be seen w i t h an open mind. Also don't be s u r p r i s e d i f the emotional impact doesn't a r r i v e u n t i l some time l a t e r . The "Maison T e l l i e r " episode has been h i g h l y p r a i s e d , but f r a n k l y i t i s both in e p t and t a c t l e s s , something of which one would h a r d l y have thought Max Ophuls, the d i r ­e c t o r , capable. I f e a r that he has turned de Maupas­sant's d e l i c a t e , s e n s i t i v e , atmospheric l i t t l e s t o r y i n t o a s l i c k l y suggestive t a l e about the sex l i v e s of the roues of a ki n d of Clochmerle-sur-Mer (and how d u l l i t was - Oh f o r some r e a l l y s i n f u l doings on the films!) I t may be box o f f i c e , but I'm s i c k of f i l m s which, i n the worst American t r a d i t i o n , promise to be pornographic and then f a i l to d e l i v e r the goods. The l a s t s t o r y I found f a r the b e s t ; anybody who has been i n love l o n g enough to know the queer growth of a deep in t i m a c y , of a kin d of compassion, which i s s t i l l there i n the midst of the worst rows, w i l l recognize the r e a l t h i n g and w i l l be glad because i t too i s a l l too r a r e l y seen i n the cinema. See the f i l m f o r t h i s alone, although the f i r s t episode too i s worth n o t i c e .

In a l l , t h e f i l m i s not as good as "La Ronde". Per­haps i t i s Max Ophuls' a t t i t u d e to sex which i s the t r o u b l e . He i s f a s c i n a t e d by i t , of course, but at the same time i f you l o o k c l o s e l y y o u ' l l see t h a t i t a l s o f r i g h t e n s , even h o r r i f i e s him. The only people i n t h i s f i l m who don't, i n some way, s u f f e r f o r t h e i r s e x u a l i t y are the p r o s t i t u t e s . This i s almost p a t h o l o g i c a l , and i t n i p p l e s . i

P l e a s e , please go and see t h i s f i l m i d e s p i t e the n a i f - h o u r queue) but don't t h i n k you're going to remem­ber i t along w i t h "Les Enfants T e r r i b l e s " or " M i r a c l o d i M i l a n o " . I t ' s not r e a l l y i n that c l a s s .

Shewing w i t h t h i s f i l m i s a new U.P.A. cartoon "Sloppy Talopy" f e a t u r i n g the s h o r t - s i g h t e d Mr. Magoo. Although i t i s not as good as "Rooty - t o o t - t o o t " , which i s f a s t coming to be recognized as a c l a s s i c , and was produced by the same company, t h i s cartoon i s so b e a u t i ­f u l l y drawn and i s p-oduced i n such an a d u l t manner that I should run out of words of p r a i s e i f I t r i e d to des­c r i b e i t . H.W.G.

L A T E N E W S - C O U N C I L M E E T S .

Wednesday, 18th.March.

Statement Issued to FELIX a f t e r the Union Council meeting held l a s t night. UNION EXPANSION Histo r y ; Plans for two extra s t o r i e s on present b u i l d i n g were drawn up i n 1927 as desirable accommodation for the student population of that date. This was reviewed i n 1950 by the student Presidents i n the l i g h t of a population of 1500. YJhem. the Govt, announced t h e i r approval of a new • expansion we were asked to approve plans. We sent to the Rector & Governing body a report s t a t i n g : i h q t tha plans were t o t a l l y inadequate f o r the f i n a l population; that for what w i l l be i n e n e c t tne nation's Technological Univers i t y there should be f u l l & comfortable club f a c i l i t i e s , together with h a l l s f o r meetings, concerts and the l i k e , and WITH A DESIRABLE MINIMUM OF 1000 IN HALLS OF RESIDENCE ( c a p i t a l s inserted by FELIX).Alterations to the 1950 plans were necessary t o provide i n t e r i m accommodation. The case was stated to the Governing Body on Friday 13th March & a reply wa.s received that the b u i l d i n g would be enlarged, but that t h i s v;ould not prejudice i n any way the l a r g e r & adequate plan which would be gived a l l p r a c t i c a b l e p r i o r i t y i n r e l a t i o n to the general plans to be produced for the expansion of the college .

P l a n i Council decided to obtain a large scale map of a suita b l e s i t e ft produce with the aid of an a r c h i t e c t pinna and models of the Union as we wish t o see i t .

Coming Events. TUESDAY 24th MARCH.

I.C.Swimming Club. The Colleges w i l l compete for the Foster Trophy, l a s t awarded i n 1905, and recently d i s i n t e r r e d from the bar. Guilds are hot favourites. Come along to Buckingham Palaee Road Baths at 6.30. The progrejnne includes water polo and a demonstration by a natio n a l champion.

U N P E T I T R A C Q U E T

on the Underground. I t i s not a ha b i t p e c u l i a r to those of a p a r t i c u l a r l y S o c i a l t u r n of mind, nor to the e s p e c i a l l y observant. I t i s i n f a c t common to a l l those who, f o r v a r i o u s reasons have nothing to read or smoke, and don't f e e l i n c l i n e d to s l e e p . Which u s u a l l y f i t s me.

That i s the paragraph which i n essay plans i s c a l ­l e d I n t r o d u c t i o n , and i s j u s t a verbose way of i n t r o ­ducing the f a c t that I too watch people. Not very much watching i s necessary to enable one to c l a s s i f y passen­gers i n t o Types, and to gauge t h e i r incomes w i t h i n ± £100; the whole t h i n g r e a l l y becomes a bore unless one s t a r t s applying, some i m a g i n a t i o n . I t i s q u i t e easy to guess whether one's v i c t i m i s married, or what i s contained i n a t o o l bag or b r i e f - c a s e or s u i t c a s e ; moderately easy to guess what a C. & A. c a r r i e r conceals; but what of brown paper p a r c e l s ?

Observe how that second paragraph b r i n g s me round to the main subject of my t h e s i s . Brown paper p a r c e l s know no b a r r i e r s at a l l ; n e i t h e r of country or creed nor c l a s s . A remarkable property i s t h e i r i n d i s t i n g u i s h -a b i l i t y ; thus i f they were a l l jumbled up on the f l o o r of the c a r r i a g e i t would not be p o s s i b l e to estimate t h e i r q u a l i t y and p r i c e and decide on t h e i r owners on a c l a s s b a s i s as i t would be with shoes or h a t s . T h e i r other remarkable property i s the mesmeric e f f e c t they have on t h e i r owners. A brown paper p a r c e l i s placed r e v e r e n t l y between the f e e t , or r e s t s i n the l a p w i t h i t s owner's hands g e n t l y , yet s l i g h t l y a r r o g a n t l y clasped over i t . I t i s not put behind the l e g s , as i s a b r i e f - c a s e , or l e f t by the door, as i s a l a r g e r case, nor i s i t slung onto the luggage ra c k , l i k e any o l d umbrella.

What do they c o n t a i n , these mysterious packages? This workman's i s neat, but c l u m s i l y t i e d - has he s t o l e n some t o o l s from the workshop to t r y and make ends meet at home, where h i s w i f e , a n e u r o t i c c r e a t u r e l a s h e s out money on fro z e n vegetables and quarter-pounds of r e a l ham, impervious to mentions of economy i n the house-j hold? The s o f t , k i n d , w e a r i l y r e s i g n e d l o o k about h i s eyes suggests he i s a dreamer, which i s confirmed by the h a l f grime-hidden yet undefeated s e n s i t i v e n e s s of h i s f i n g e r s as they worry that knot . . . . t h a t knot; that knot s y m b o l i c a l of the bond between htm and h i s w i f e . I t i s a bond which he i s l o a t h to c u t . He knows that a cut i s h i s only way to escape; and he knows tha t he has not the .hardness i n him to cut i t . And the c h i l ­dren? How could he leave them wi t h Her, knowing as be does tha t they l i v e only f o r ten to s i x to come round and b r i n g Dad home. No, t h i s i s the only way out. He s t a r t e d two months ago, when he got some taps out, and so l d them to an e v e r - s o - s l i g h t l y shady plumber f r i e n d , and t n i s i s the secona l o t . He kjtiuws tnat Jim down tne road i s i n the trade and would give him h a l f p r i c e and no questions asked; but where i s i t a l l going to end?

Baker S t r e e t , t h a t ' s where I get out, and my dream has to stop. But you see hoV i t works, and even i f you haven't been t e r r i b l y i n t e r e s t e d i n my pet hobby or my t i n y s t o r y , you won't be able to help t h i n k i n g about i t when you next see someone on the t r a i n w i t h a brown paper p a r c e l . Y o u ' l l t h i n k up a l i t t l e s t o r y , probably poignant and y o u ' l l wonder i f perhaps i t i s t h e i r f i r s t set of poems, even now being c a r r i e d p r e c i o u s l y to a pu b l i s h e r who w i l l probably r e j e c t them; but there I go a g a i n . I know though that you w i l l imagine, and th a t ' s j u s t what I want you to do. This paragraph by the way i s what they u s u a l l y c a l l Conclusion, which means The End..

B.R.E.

SOCIAL. mm Ewm FRIDAY,• MARCH SoTH. F E L I X No. 48 o n s a l e . I.C.U. 9.00 p.m. The M i n e s C a r n i v a l " G o l d Rush". T i c k e y s p r i c e One G u i n e a . SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST. I.C.U. E n t e r t a i n m e n t s C t t e Hop, 8 - 11 p.m. T i c k e t s , p r i c e 1/-, f r o m t h e U n i o n O f f i c e Annexe d u r i n g t h e p r e c e d i n g ^ i d a y l u n c h - h o u r .

SUNDAY, MARUF•22'MD. I.C. F i l m S o c i e t y Show, t h e Mew Lounge, 7.30 p.m. T i c k e t s , p r i c e 1/9, may be o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e E n t r a n c e H a l l b e f o r e t h e show. F i l m s : "The P a s s i o n o f J o a n o f A r c " , "Our C o l l e g e " .

MONDAY PARC!! 23rd. «.C,s. Smoking Concert. 7.30 p.n-, TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH. F i r s t n i g h t o f t h e I.C. D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y p r o d u c t i o n " T h i e v e s C a r n i v a l " b y J e a n A n o u i l h , t h e Gymnasium, 7.30 p.m. The p r o d u c t i o n w i l l a l s o be g i v e n on 'Wednesday and T h u r s d a y . T i c k e t s , n r i c e l / - , ? / - , 3 / - and 4/-, fr o m t h e B u s i n e s s Manager, I.C.D.S., I.C. T T. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TF. A n n u a l G e n e r a l m e e t i n g o f t h e I.C. C r o s s - C o u n t r y C l u b w i l l be h e l d i n Committee Room 'A?*. E l e c t i o n o f O f f i c e r s . THURSDAY, MARCH 26TII. I.C. Mus. " S c . Lunch-hour r e c i t a l " M usic i n M i n i a t u r e " . Members o f T.C. Mus. Soc. a r e t a ' - i n g p a r t .

C&G E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t v A n n u a l G e n e r a l M e e t i n g , Room 1 5 , C?aG. E l e c t i o n o f ' O f f i c e r s , e t c . I.Cc O r c h e s t r a C o n c e r t , 8.00 p.m.,Board Room, C**r:; B r i t t e n " S i m p l e Symrj>ony f o r S t r i n g s " , B e e t h o v e n " C o r i o l a n " o v e r t u r e , e t c .

Cricket Club t r i a l s w i l l be held at Partington A p r i l gSth and 27th, eld members 11 a.m., others 2 p.m.

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i-erhaps t h i s was net rugb; i n the crane' manner, was an exh i l a r a t i n g l y hard natch, . layec! at a furious pace and f u l l of l i f e and incidon' . i r i l l i a n t sunshine and a bone dry ground favour -4 o; en play , and neither side was able to begin passim movements. Good i n t e n t i o n s , however, f a i l e d i n the face of f i e r c e t a c k l i n g , cr from ever-eogor-ness on the part of the attackers.

Play stayed i n m i d - f i e l d for the f i r s t ten ..-nutcs, and then moved to the region of the Kings 25. Vt t h i s time Kings were ac t u a l l y heeling the b a l l better and aore often but I.e.'Sdefensive covering was so quick thatour opponent could r a r e l y gain ground. I.C.,, i n turn were unable to make a decisiv e penetration. Twice our forwards were held on the goal l i n e , while Knox, hindered by a s t i f f diagonal breeze, -could not land either of the two ".ens shots at penalty goals. The f i r s t h a l f , t e r a i ' o r : l l y v r y fIH5 I.C.'s, ended without any :-core.

King's resumed with some stroi-i" attacks, but were gra­dually forced back into t h e i r own h a l f . Then, during an I.C. forward rush, they -were penalised forobotruction. K i c k i n g iron a f- i r l y easy p o s i t i o n , hut st r a i g h t i n t o the wind, B i l l Rpbinson safely landed a goal. Kinds carte bexk s p i r i t e d l y . A break-away from midfr'eld was held j u s t short of our l i n e , next Porter, the Un i v e r s i t y wing went

throne): at top speed on the l e f t and was only bundled i n t o touch on the corner f l a g . P l a y came b ck towards the posts, King's heeled from a set scrum, and Tarry's drop at goal went wide t o the r i g h t . At t h i s c r u c i a l stage the I.C.pack r e s e t t l e d i t s e l f and s t e a d i l y gained ground along the to u c h - l i n e s . King's attacks became more sparodic, and t):on ceased as they were forced over to the defensive. In the c l o s i n g minutes, I.C. were attacking strongly, and very nearly scored again. I.C. deserved t h i s narrow win against powerful c h a l l e n ­gers. The margin was gained by he splendid e f f o r t s of a superior and b e t t e r - l e d pack, supported to the h i l t by the f i n e defence of the ba.cks. In t h i s year's cup games we hove conceded only 6 p t s , while scoring 62.

The large crowd gathered afterwards to watch the presen­t a t i o n of the Cup and tankards by Prof. S i r David Hughes Parry. Toble Tennis.—

T.C. "'"re c o n s p i c u o s l y s u c c e s s f u l i n t h e T * r i -v°rsity C r r r m i o n s M p s t h i s y e a r . Three o f £N> f o u r s a m i - f t r a l i s t s o f t h e . f e i ' s S i n g l e s were p r o v i d a r l b y J . " . . , T*B»<?.ly T ' i l l e r anri C o o n e r , t h e f i n a l i s t s , and B a t e s , ""his i s u n p r e c e d e n t e d i n the h i s t o r y o f T7.T.. T a h l . e - ' T , e n n i s ; no two p l a y e r s f r o m a n y one C e l l e g e h a v i n g e v e r reached, t h e l a s t f o u r , " i l l e r . who was i n r p p f i i f i e e n t f o r m , h e a t Shop l b , o f P a t -t e r s e a , v.ho g a s c l a y e d f o r P a k i s t a n i n t h e S r a y -t h l i n g Cup, and, t h e n Cooper t o become TT.T.. Cham­p i o n f o r 1 9 - B - K , i . " h i s p r o v i d e d t h e u n u s u f i l event, o f t > c u r r e n t T T n i v e r s i t , r c a n t s i r w i n n i n p - t h e C h a m n i o n s M n s . P a t e s and C o o l e r r e a c h n d th° s e m i ­f i n a l s o f t h e ? ren's P o u b l e s , and M i l l e r ana 1 p a r t ­n e r t h e s e m i - f i n a l s o f the " i x e d Poph1.es.

The a c h i e v e m e n t s o f t h e C l u b i n t h e ".T..i,«b!<»-T e n n i s L e a g u e have b e e n p r e n e r a l l y s u c c e s s f u l , end have b e e r named, o n l y b y t 1 e se c o n d team, v*<J r a r e e v i d e n t l y o u t o f t h e i r c l a s s in. t>e P r e m i e r B i v i s i on. ""V f i r n t team d i d v e r y v e i l t o become Tieatrue Champions ?Qr t b e s e c o n d y e a r i r s u c c e s s i o n w h i l e t h e t h i r d t e a m t r i e d o u t s e v e r a l new p l a y e r s and f i n i s h e d c o m f o r t a b l y i n t h e u p n e r h a l f o f t h e Second B i v i s i o n .

Tn v i e w o f the G e n e r a l e n t h u s i a s m a p p a r e n t t h r o u g h o u t t h i s s e a s o n , and t h e r e l a t i v e l y h i g h p l a y i n g s t a n d a r d , 1* i s hoped t o e n t e r a f o u r t h team i n t h e League n e x t , s e a s o n .

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The S a i l i n g Club has van the U.L. S a i l i n g Gup fo r the t h i r d year running. This cup i s awarded to the Club scor­ing the most, number of points throughout the whole season

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The Squash Club defeated London H o s p i t a l i n the F i n a l of the U.L. Cup by 2 games to 1-

Unfortunately no fur t h e r d e t a i l s of t h i s match have been received.

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On a b e a u t i f u l l y s u n n y a f t e r n o o n '"1th a sli£*>t down - f i e l d b r e e z e l'.G. t o o k t h e f i e l d a g a i n s t ^ o l d -s m i t h s C o l ' e g e , k n o w i n g t h a t t h e outcome o f t>e match would. d e t e r m i n e w h i c h team p l a y e d i n t h e Gad P i v i s i o r n e x t s e a s o n . B e f o r e t T e fame I . e . was one p o i n t ahead o f G o l d s m i t h s on t h e Tpenue t a b l e so t h a t I.-C. o n l y needed, a draw t o make s u r e o f s t a g ­i n g i n P i - i s i o n 1.

he fame oegan and I.C. s e t t l e d , down i m m e d i a t e l y w i t h t h e w i n d a t t h e i r b a c k and i t wasn't loner b e f o r e t h e y went ahead through, a roa.l b y Browne a f t e r a goalmouth s c r a m b l e . A f t e r t h i s <?oal t,h e

' n e e d l e ' began t o c r e e p i n t o t he p l a v and i t was u n f o r t u n a t e t h a t t h e s t a t e o f a f f a i r s was a l l o w e d t o c o n t i n u e t h r o u g h o u t the r e m a i n d e r o f t h e frame.

The, G o l d s m i t h s ' a t t a c k s were r a t h e r spasmodic and t h e y had s e v e r a l n e a r m i s s e s b u t i t '"as T . C . who s c o r e d t h e n e x t t h r o u g h a b e a u t i f u l l y e x e c u t e d ' g o a l b y K i t c h e n - , who rammed t h e b a l l i n t o t h e n e t from a p e r f e c t ground p a s s b y Cl e n s h a w . I . C . was now w e l l on t o p "but t h e do o r d i e e f f o r t s p f t h e oppo­s i n g d e f e n o e p r e v e n t e d any more goals, b e i n g s c o r e d .

I n t h e s e c o n d h a l f t h e r o l e s were c o m p l e t e l y r e v e r s e d and G o l d s m i t h s were t h e b e t t e r team; t h e I.C, d e f e n c e was a t s^'xes aw" sevens t r y i n p - t o cone w i t h a n a t t a c k w h i c h knew t h a t g o a l s had t o be s c o ­r e d i f t h e team was t o s u r v i v e . l t was n o t s u r p r i s i n g t h e n t h a t G o l d s m i t h s s c o r e s b u t when t h e y e o u a l l s e d a b o u t a q u a r t e r o f an h o u r fr o m t i m e t h i n g s became d e s p e r a t e , and t h e whole I.C. team were e x t r e m e l y r e l i e v e d when t h e f i n a l w h i s t l e went.

A l t h o u g h t h e C l u b has n o t had t o o s u c c e s s f u l a s e a s o n t h e r e has b e e n a c e r t a i n amount of team b u i l d i n g and-'things l o o k o u i t e b r i g h t f o f t h e f u t u r e .

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On S a t u r d a y F e b r u a r y 21st,, t h e I . e . team v i s i t e d O x f o r d and o u t o f t h e s e v e n matches p l a y e d , won- one l o s t t h r e e and drew t h r e e . O x f o r d t u r n e d o u t a much s t r o n g e r team t h a n was e x p e c t e d and t h i s cambii~er! w i t h t h e f a c t t h a t t h e p r e s e n t T.C. team i s much weaker t h a n i n p r e v i o u s y e a r s r e s u l t e d ir O x f o r d ' s v i c t o r y .

One b r i g h t s p o t on t h e h o r i z o n was t h e p r o m i s e shown b y the l o w e r g r a d e d members o f t h e T.". team, i n t h e i r matches aga.inst much h i g h e r g r a d e d members o f t h e O x f o r d team, m h e l o w e s t g r a c e d member, J.D.MacPherson < 6 t v Tyu) ' o p ^ t a P o i n t l e s s •"vB.fr

aga.ins t a 4 t h "<yu as dtfcd B. " o n r o ( R t h Xyu) a p a i n -s t a n o t h e r 4 t h T t y j . I r M s mate 1" a g a i n s t a 2nd T y j , J . " ,omlin3on<'5t v '',ru) was t w i c e c a u g h t w i t h y c h i c h i g a . r i (a m i n o r i n n e r " e a p l n g V row) , and c o n s e o u e n t l y l o s t . A . ^ u t c h e r ( 5 t h y n j ) d i d e r -t r e m e l y w e l l . v , 1 , e n he h e l d a. 1 s t T ' y i t o a draw.

I.C.'s l o n e v i c t o r y came when n."'.nerve mana­ged t o overcome h i s or~br.ent v ' i t h a s ^ e e p i n ^ a n k l e c o u n t e r t o a swe e p i n g a n k l e f r o w . T.C. 's c a p t a i n T".*".Pa.kes(°r/:' *'yn) was t w i c e cau^'-t by v a r i a n t s o f OrotOP-erKa m a j o r o u t e r r e a r i n g f-1-ovJ i n t h e c o n t e s t w i t h t v-e O x f o r d c a n t - i n " . I T o d 1 " i " -s o n C l s t Kva). I r t ' s f ' r a l match T'." r. T"ool- J"'"dro, t h e o n l - I.C. f i r s t myi,i, l o s t t o .T.^rer r l s t "y.i) b " two p o i n t s t o one. The " i r s t t h r o w was ' p ' i g o c h i ( f l o a t i n g M p ) and f i v e seconds t h e end o •" t v e c o n t e s t " " o o l d r i d r e was thrown b v a v e r y - f i n e Oknru-r.sr i - k ^ n i ( a s w e e p i n g a n k l e t h r o w ) .

PuMhhcd by the FELIX Board", Imoerial Colltgi Union, London. S. W. 7, Prmttd by S'i Vma flail Lid.. 2, Ethik'tkM RJ . S. W. 7.