f C C i 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 UNION

No. 145 Friday February 26th, 4 d

B A C K H O M E A G A I N I C R F . C . W I N G U T T E R I D G E C U P B Y D E F E A T I N G V E T S 1 3 - 0

I.C. won (and LOSTJ j the Gutter -idge Cup at Motspur Park l a s t Saturday, but t h i s was almost i n c i d e n t a l i n a day of many strange scenes. The large c o l o u r f u l , p a r t i s a n crowd was e n t e r t a i ­ned by the f i n a l of the seven a side tournament which dragged on l i k e a S c o t t i s h dirge f o r f u l l y f o r t y minutes before Woolwich clinched the game.

Immediately afterwards the crowd watched at fever p i t c h as Mike Ba.rron l e d on the Presidents XV f o r a s c i n -t i l l a t i n g d i s p la y of f a s t open rugby. The idea was t o boost the morale of R.V.C., so that the game might not be too one sided; unfortunately the qual­i t y of vigour depressed them even more. The day w i l l long be remembered f o r a b r i l l i a n t t r y by Rushton, running at an angle of 45*, dummying h i s way past every f l a g , before grounding the b a l l to the r i g h t of the posts, despite a l a t e t ackl e by h i s own f u l l back. With t y p i c a l generosity, Rush dained t o take the k i c k himself, but since the opposition had f l e d the team l i n e d up to be presented to the Pretender to the Duchy bf Gloucester (Les A l l e n ) and "Lady Dorothy" (Sue Coombs). The ensuing ovation oontinued as I.C., l e d by captain Mike Bregazzi l i n e d up apposite Vets, to be presented t o S i r Douglas Logan, Chancellor of the Univ­e r s i t y . And, so to the game.

Imperial r a p i d l y made t h e i r way i n t o the vets twenty f i v e , and . a

b l i n d side break by Wyn Davies only jus t f a i l e d to b r i n g a •try. Continued pressure brought reward, when a f t e r f i v e minutes, on winning the heel the pack splend i d l y c a r r i e d the b a l l over the l i n e where i t was grounded by Otto G i l ­bert" Bregazzi's k i c k from the touoh-linojjoared grandly between the uprights and a l l hopes of a quick t r y were r e a l ­i s e d . Vets, were not to appreciate the d i f f i c u l t i e s they faced and r e t a l i a t e d p r e a c h i n g the I.C. 25. That they on-

d i d t h i s once more i n t h i s h a l f was h r e a l measure of I.C. s u p e r i o r i t y . Half time came thus with I.C. leadin g by 5 pts. - 0 , Bregazzi having only aarrowiy f a i l e d w i t h a 35 yd. penalty.

Vets, helped by a f o l l o w i n g wind, gradually came more and more i n t o the pictur e i n the second h a l f , but through­put, t h e i r three quarters took up p o s i t ­ions normally occupied by wing forwards and t h e i r sole attacking idea consisted pf the kic k ahead and s w i f t f o l l o w i n g Up; however, f e a r l e s s marking, b r i l l -

iant t a c k l i n g and f a u l t l e s s catching v v the I.C.+defence f o i l e d a l l t h e i r . f f o r t s .

The end came v i r t u a l l y e a r l y i n the second h a l f , when j u s t a f t e r Vets having f a i l e d to convert* a penalty i n front of our posts, Ray Milward following up q u i ­c k l y a k i c k from Wyn Davies amazed a l e t h a r g i c f u l l back by h i s turn of speed r e s i s t e d the temptation to pick up on the run, and d r i b b l e d over the l i n e t o score i n the corner. Breg. f a i l e d t o convert, but I.C. looked comfortable winners at t h i a stage.

Vets, continued to FIGHT,(indeed, both Tom Banks and Dai Howell, f a l l i n g to blows more worthy of Ingmar Johanssen t:>an rugby p l a y e r s ) , but cool defence, s w i f t covering and t i g h t play kept the I.C. l i n e i n t a c t . Once, however, a f t e r a rare mistake, the l i n e looked at Vets mercy, but a b r i l l i a n t pick up on the run,^a d a z z l i n g run, and a f a n t a s t i c 40 yd." touch by Randal Peart was a high l i g h t of the game.

Just to emphasize t h e i r forward supremacy 1.0. made the score 13 - 0 "With another push over t r y a t t r i b u t e d to John Bridges. A great cheer went, up from the supporters as Randal Peart took the k i c k , and the noise was redoubled when he oonverted.

The f i n a l score v.a's f u l l y j u s t i f i e d f o r I.C. had played co o l , i n t e l l i g e n t rugby throughout. No one person could be s i n g l e d out f o r extra p r a i s e , every­one played t h e i r part and a l l deserve c r e d i t f o r a great team performance.

The best kept secret was that Gordon Margretts had broken h i s arm i n a t a c k l e during the opening minutes. The* SH offer: t h e i r best wishes to the Soccer and Hockey Clubs i n t h e i r bids to make t h i s a t r i p l e year.

T.G.B.

BBSBS

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U N D E R G R A D U A T E

S U R V E Y

As I.C. expands, the gap which already e x i s t s between the governing body and the students, becomes l a r g e r . In the past the only means of b r i d g i n g t h i s gap have been the contacts es­t a b l i s h e d between I.C. Council and the Rector. These contacts have been very u s e f u l i n puttin g forward the Union's point of view, but t h i s i s not. n e c e s s a r i l y the same as that of i n d i v i ­dual students. In f a c t the only means the Rector has of determining the opin­i o n of students i s v i a I.C. Counoil, v i a a Union Meeting. Everybody knows that I.C. Union meetings fire poorly attended and that i n d i v i d u a l students put forward t h e i r own views a l l too r a r e l y .

To t r y to r e c t i f y t h i s p o s i t i o n the Rector has organised an undergraduate su, vey i n the form of an exhaustive questionnaire. Questions range from General Studies to Food, Hostel Accommodation to Parking, with the l a s t page devoted t o the Union. The idea i s not to pry i n t o a student's p r i v a t e a f f a i r s but to gain information vrhich w i l l be used i n planning future student f a c i l i t i e s . The d e t a i l s of each p a r t i c u l a r student's p r i v a t e l i f e w i l l be c o n f i d e n t i a l and only the s t a t i s t i ­c a l a n a l y s i s ' . i l l be published.

This i s your chance to help the future students of I.C. and I hope that a l l of you w i l l take i t . The question­na i r e w i l l appear i n the College l e t t e r -racks on Monday Feb 29th and the c l o s i n g d-.te w i l l be March ? t h .

C A L U S T O R R B §

The English t r a n s l a t i o n o f Fran-coise Sagan's l a t e s t naval has j u c t been published.

I t ' s t i t l e APMEZ-VOUX BRAHMS? gives l i t t l e i n d i c a t i o n of i t s oontents. Needless to say, the author has stuck t o her usual theme, of that much overworked etern a l interminable t r i a n g l e on which 30 many n o v e l i s t s * e l y . The book i s sold at the a t t ­r a c t i v e prloe of S/6d,

The story oould hardly be more simple. A mature • a r t i s t i c woman, Paule, verging on f o r t y has a w e l l established l o v e r of roughly her own age. This lover i s u n f a i t h f u l t o her quite r e g u l a r l y with younger damsels i n order t o boost h i s ego.

She meets a v i r i l e young lawyer, and they gradually become entangled.

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He displaces the older man i n her affections and so they set up i n partnership. They both f e e l the a f f a i r e cannot l a s t long, which proves correct. Paule r e a l i s e s that she must go back to her o r i g i n a l l o v e r , and leaves the young man i n despair. The book closes on l o v e r number one telephoning Paule to t e l l her he has a business dinner and cannot see her that night. He's o f f again!

I f i n d the story lacks any t w i s t s or olever s i t u a t i o n s and j u s t goes along i t s s t r a i g h t forward way allowing one to a n t i c i p a t e every move that i s made. Francolse Sagan h. a always enjoyed an extremely high reputation, whioh she undoubtedly deserves f o r her f i r s t two novels, but I f e e l that here i n t h i s case, she i s r .ther r e l y i n g on that reputation Instead Of the merits of her w r i t i n g ;

I f you are an ardent fan of the author's and enjoy her s t y l e of w r i t i n g - she, indeed, has an unerring t a l e n t i n w r i t i n g of her character'3 emotions - you w i l l probably l i k e the book, but I do not think that i t cannot be highly commended.

A quartet of novels, THE ALEXANDR­IAN QUARTET, has j u s t been completed by Lawrence D u r r e l l . These four books, JUSTINE, BALTHAZAR MOUNTOLIVS and OLEA ( a l l at l 6 / - ) r d e s e r v e the utmost pra i s e and indeed have got i t ' . They make M i l e . Sagan's

novel look l i k e a s c h o o l g i r l s attempt at an essay.

The quartet i s the r e s u l t of a very successful experiment by the author. He has attempted to look at the same s e r i e s of happenings i n a l l four books from e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t viewpoints. He attempts to show that characters and s i t u a t i o n s are seen i n quite d i f f e r e n t l i g h t s by d i f f e r ­ent people.

The four books deal with the writers beloved c i t y of Alexandria. The story i s woven i n an entrancing way g i v i n g a wonderful d e s c r i p t i o n of t h i s town of mystery and enables a reader with no experience of Middle Eastern c i v i l i s a t i o n to b u i l d a most colour­f u l mental p i c t u r e of i t .

In J u s t i n e he looks back i n t o the pa3t and recreates the people, events and love a f f a i r s of the story from h i s own memory. I n Balthazar, he i s forced to sec the same story from Balthazar' s viewpoint, which a l t e r s h i s considerably. Mountalive i s i n the t h i r d person and discloses an unexpected p o l i t i c a l p l o t , while Clea i s a sequel used to t i e up the loose ends and f i n i s h the story neatly.

This i 3 an extremely i n t e r e s t i n g w e l l w r i t t e n set of books by one of our leading n o v e l i s t s which should not be missed.

N A N O O K A N D

T H E M I N E R S

The c h i l l b l a s t of the icy A r c t i c wastes was soon transformed to a glow of inner contentment as t r a v e l weary and gold heavy-miners i n search of revelry descended on sleepy Dawson C i t y l a s t Friday night.

The l a t e s t ship i o a d of dollar-eyed d o l l i e s , gathered from a l l parts of England clung to the weather beaten a A of the fortune hunters as tne s o f t l i g h t s ,and C a r n i v a l atmosphere tooK t h e i r e f f e c t .

The mighty t n i r s t was upon these sons of the s o i l , and the oust i n t h e i r throats was set tied by three hundred, pi n t s of free beer provided by the man­agement. The house was drunk dry by the time the s h e r i f f closed the bar i n the e a r l y hours of the morning.

The excellent music makers provided strange rhythms from many lungs as rev­e l e r s trod the measure around the f l o o r and i n a back room u p s t a i r s a group brought f o r t h strange and e z o i t i n g sounds i n a sneak preview of a new kind of music yet to be invented c a l l e d "ja«s".

The eskimos f e a r i n g the hi?h s p i r i t s of the Miners returned to t h e i r i c y homes and none Were present at the r e v e l r y .

A3 one a.m. approached people d r i f ­ted from the surrounding rooms to Black Jake's saloon f o r the f l o o r show, The l i g h t s that had not been shot out were dimmed and three delectable Hiawathas h i r e d f r m the l o c a l reserve s t a r t e d the showv'-with one of the most amusing and e n t e r t a i n i n g sketches yet seen. The f a c t that Trevorina Scarratt had been shot with an arrow w h i l s t bending over the cooking pot seemed to cause her no discomfort. ' I t i s said that she had some d i f f i c u l t y i n explaining away the red war paint, which she could not re­move, at an interview the next morning.

Andalusia w r a n k l i n and Michaela Mathews, who introduced some f o r e i g n d i s h c a l l e d "crabs" completed the excellent t r i o .

Smooth Master of Ceremonies, John Egan, s p e c i a l l y imported from Chicago, then introduced a scene f a m i l i a r to a l l ; the f i g h t f o r a woman's hand using the lead law of the Weat. The b u l l e t 3 ana bodies were f a s t and f u r i o u s , and i t i s presumed that Black Jake Goodman should have been shot by hero Bob Baird f o r the hand of fhe only female miner i n the area, Carolyn R u s s e l l . However his gun was rusty.

Koboay knows where the chorus l i n e for. the next act came from although i t i s rumoured that one of the members, seen occasionally poking h i s head between the arms of the others, was onoe the secretary of some mininc college i n England. Someone tripped everyone f e l ^ . , f l o u r bags f lew, anu i t was a h e l l of a mes3; but great fun. As the c u r t a i n f e l l the audience j u s t i f i a b l y applauded

t* r d worK that had gone into the t —.at.

The band continued playing u n t i l 3a.m. when the new type of music took over and continued u n t i l the f i r s t rays of the A r c t i c sun peeped over the i c y r i m of the horizon. The gold dust spent, the miners h i t the t r a i l f o r the Worth, after-an'exhausting night, thank­i n g and congratulating s h e r i f f Tom King f o r a l l his hard work*

Once again Lawson C i t y s l e p t .

I. Callow.

W O L F S O N

F O U N D A T I O N G I F T

It has been announced that the

Wolfson Foundation has donated to tha

-College £350,000 for the building of

laboratories for biochemistry and

chemical microbiology, and for the

support of teaching and research in these

subjects. Professor Ernst. S. Chain,

F.R.S. and Nobel Laureate, of the

Institute Superiors de Sanita of Rome,

has been appointed to the Chair of

Biochemistry and I.C. Professor Chain

is best known for his work on the dis­

covery of penicillin for which he was

awarded the Nobel Prize together with

Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Howard

Florey.

T H E B I G K N I F E

Rehearsals f o r the Dramatist Society's Spring Production, THE BIG KNIFE, are w e l l under way as the p i c t u r e s show. Dragged out of'retirement', Les Allen

takes the l e a d ably supported by a cast c o n t a i i n i n g some new names i n the drama f i e l d . Remember the dates.

Tues. 15th. Weds. 16th. Thurs. 17th. Fri. «th.

March

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E G G A N D S P O O N

As a p u b l i c i t y stunt f o r world Refugee Tear and a l s o i n order to break the e x i s t i n g record, i t has been suggested that Imperial College organises a TWENTI-FOUR HOUR, EGG AND SPOON RACE, ROUND THE CIRCLE.

This to the best of our knowledge has never been done before!

The idea behind the sheer glorious idiocy of such a scheme i s to t r y to in t e r e s t the Hewspapere, Television and the London public and so gain wide pub­l i c i t y f o r the 'Aorld Refugee Tear Carn i v a l .

I t i s hoped that support f o r the pace w i l l spread throughout the University of London as a whole. Already f i v e teams of twenty members each have been formed from Guilds w i t h the promise of at least two more. Canvassers are now a c t i v e l y engagediin whipping up support i n R.C.S. and Mines. I.C.W.A. has promised a team and altogether we hope to make t h i s the biggest organised student p u b l i c i t y shambles seen i n the London s t r e e t s , t h i s century.

Teams of twenty w i l l run rel a y s round a route approximating t o the o i e e x l r l i n e . That i s on the surface, on foot, between s t a t i o n s . * No one mem­ber of a team w i l l be on h i s (or her) feet'for- moire, than one and a h a l f hours. A p r o r i s i o n a i route has been sorted out and l e g a l - e n q u i r i e s are pending.

Wall t h i s i s the punoh l i n e , people are wanted to take part, runners, people w i t h oars as route marshals, anybody who has t r e correot reactions when coughing w i l l be considered p h y s i c a l l y and menta­l l y f i t to p a r t i c i p a t e . .

Rest assured that no hardships w i l l be encountered along the route since i t has been suggested that a l l check points w i l l be e i t h e r p u b l i c houses or coffee bars and when they close cars s u i t a b l y stacked w i t h a l l the necessary comforts so dear to the student's heart.

So t h i s i s an appeal to i d i o t s i n the name of sanity. A l l you f r u s t r a t e d p r a c t i c a l jokers who complain that t h i s College i s dead, a l l you lazy i d l e tea s w i l l e r s who moan about apathy and do nothing about i t - here's your chance.

This i s also an appeal to the sen­s i b l e l e v e l headed types who think that t h i s idea and a l l i t s o r i g i n a t o r s are nuts. tie want to p u b l i o i s e World Refugee year , and besiue the sanity of t r y i n g to help homeless, half-starved r refugees, however i n d i r e c t l y , the i n ­sanity of t h i s race idea seems harmless enough. - Besides, you may be grand­f a t h e r s one of these days.

The best way to r e l i e v e people*of t h e i r money without l e g i s l a t i o n i s to make them laugh.

So anybody who's e i t h e r mad enough or moral enough to support t h i s idea, or anybody with ideas, suggestion etc: get i n touch with

Robin Dodswell 2 E. Chris Adams 3 Maths R.C.3. John Bridges 2 Yr Met:

E V O L U T I O N O F A S P E C I E S

The country (we are told) i s clamouring f o r more s c i e n t i s t s and technologists, men (and women) with three years of somnd^raining behind them, ready to take t h e i r places i n i n ­dustry. Three which have transformed them from selfconscious school c h i l d r e n i n t o capable, q u a l i f i e d adults. Three short years' have done t h i s ; and i t might be i n t e r e s t i n g to watch the-dev-elopement of such, a miraculous process.

The operation begins on the f i r s * day at University. Fresh firom school, the raw youth's i l l u s i o n s of U n i v e r s i t y l i f e are exploded by the shabby 2nd and 3rd year students, the cramped lectur e room, and the chalk covered gentleman on the platform at the f r o n t - Di r k Bogarde never had i t l i k e t h i s ! On top of a l l t h i s disappointment, the chalk man succeed i n breaking our r e c r u i t ' s heart completely by announcing that he i s expected to work l i k e a nigger f o r the next three years,

Outside College hours the p i c t u r e i s b r i g h t e r . He gets used to not having to s i t i n the t o i l e t to smoke a c i g a r e t t e , and away from the parental eye what does i t matter i f he gets drunk every night? Besides, l i v i n g with Mum doesn't give a chap anywhere to l i v e his »ex l i f e . Soon he re-learns the coarse songs he sang as a f i f t e e n yearold and, from a place in)(the orowd everything looks rosy again.

With progress to the 2nd year comes a more responsible outlook. No more doe3 he help seven others to remove the trousers from a struggling r i v a l . I t i s now h i s job to i n c i t e freshers to such deeds. Strong advice from p o l i t i c Union o f f i c i a l s urges him to take part i n Union administration i n preparation f o r executive positions i n his t h i r d year.

•On the academic side the work p i l e s up, but now nor specimen i s used to being snowed under w i t h problem sheetsi

So comes the l a s t year at College. Of course no o f f i c i a l p o s i t i o n i s reached by our t y p i c a l student. This promise was merely a carrot dangled before his nose by a shrewd buck-passer. The prospect of having to 3tand on his own feet seems f r i g h t e n i n g l y near. Maybe greater a p p l i c a t i o n to the job i n hand over the l a s t couple of years would have f i t t e d the candidate better f o r the task ofholding down a responsible job. ,0r perhaps wider p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n s o c i a l or p o l i t i c a l a f f a i r s would have been chara­c t e r developing.

And at the end of the road he begins to wonder, much as he did at the beginning, '"What next?"

J . Graham.

Sl e e t . Eng. 111

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F R E E U N I V E R S I T Y W . B E R L 1 K E U R O P E a n d A S I A

I2th.-26th. August. I960 What can they learn from each other ?

L E C T U R E S . D I S C U S S I O N a E X C U R S I O N S . T H E A T R E S . E T C .

F U L L D E T A I L S F R O M I.S.U. 5 9 G L O U C E S T E R P L A C E . W l .

R E P L Y T O A

S L E E P I N G

D O G

i n t h i s i s s u e , a l e t t e r from a gentleman who c a l l * ,

h imself "Sleeping Dog", attempts t o defend the ac t i o n of Brown bag­gers i n taking no part , in_College s o c i a l l i f e . THis gentleman i s l i n ­i n g , i f l i v i n g i s a

term which can be app­l i e d t o him, i n a f o o l ' s paradise. Having con­t r i b u t e d h i s Union fees, which are paid by the people who pay h i s grant and not by him, he f e e l s that i f he pays fourpence f a r h i s f o r t n i g h t l y F e l i x , which the major­i t y o f h i s brethren of the nine to f i v e f r a t ­e r n i t y , never do, then he has done h i d s t i n t to the running of the Union..

I t matters not at a l l [to him that without th<i (Union,. t h i s college iwould be a t e c h n i c a l school, that h i s con­f r e r e s vfould eat t h e i r sandwiches i n l e c t u r e [rooms while they d i d Jtheir problems, and he

would leave t h i s college i n the same i n f a n t i l e s t a t e i n which he entered i t . I n f a c t he would r e v e l i n h i s ignorance.

His i d e a l would appear t o be the narrowest p o s s i b l e e x i s t ­ence w i t h i n the l i m i t s of h i s academic career. .He i s not moved by any l o y a l t y t o I.C. He n e i t h ­er knows about nor cares about what goes on around him. His only claim t o fame i s a sneering l i t t l e l e t t e r t o F e l i x , whioh he has not got the guts to sign.

He i s shalltor and i n f a n t i l e and, he says, he w i l l l e a d the brown/baggers to the barricades and overthrow the Union. I t i s my personal opinion that t h i s l e t t e r v/as composed under the i n ­fluence of a h a l f p i n t of c i d e r

ordered i n a moment of weakness and drunk

an hour of e f f o r t Mr.Sleeping Dog

S i r , i f you have nothing b e t t e r to say, then;I suggest you get back to your c a l cuius and f i n i s h up leadin g a t h i r d rate l i f e i n a fourth rate

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The f i r s t half of the academic year la over, and the second half has got o f f to a good 3 t a r t . This i s the time of the year when sports teams reach the senith i n t h e i r respective f i e l d s , when work, that dreaded subject begins to g r i p everyone, and F e l i x sales s t a r t the down­ward trend*. Considering the f i r s t t o p i c , this year the sportsmen of I.C. have proved beyond any shadow of doubt that t.C. i s the foremost a t h l e t i c college i n the University. The Rugby Club, a3 has been reported elsewnere, had l i t t l e B i f f i c u l t y i n winning the Gutteridge Cup, and hopes ar-e high that the Soccer Club and the Hockey Club w i l l complete the hat t r i c k , a feat never before performed i n the h i s t o r y of the u n i v e r s i t y . But Success has pot by-passed the minor clubs. Swimming and ba s k e t b a l l teams are almost c e r t a i n winners of t h e i r r e ­spective leagues, and the "men-afloat" have kept the I.C. colours f l y i n g high. The idea of worK needs no i n t r o d u c t i o n , and can be r a p i d l y passed over, and we reach the MOAN! F e l i x has been h i t t h i s year by two main bugs, c r i t i c s who just t a l k , and petty thieves whqse a b i l i t i e s tire becoming more and more apparent. ITo contrast the f i r s t , the number of con­t r i b u t o r s and ^ e l i x reporters has been iouhled but there i 3 l i t t l e that can be done against the l a t t e r .

C O M I N G E V E N T S

26th Feb

27th Feb.

28th Feb.

2 9 t h Feb.

1st March

Rector's Cup

Hyde l u r k Road Relay Soccer Club F i n a l

R.C.a. Hunt.

Motor Club Treasure

2nd March.

3rd March

8th March

9th March

Cath Soo. Annual Sherry party

Talk by A.F. Cook. "Southern Railway Locomotives" at 5.30 C i t y and Guilds. Start of Fhotoghraphio Society Annual e x h i b i t i o n in the Concert h a l l .

Record hop, upper r e f e c t o r y , admission 1/-

S.C.M A.G.li Snack Bar 5.4-5 I.C. Hiding Society, f i l m on Show Jumping 5.4-5 Chem. Eng. Lecture theatre.

Railway Soc. "Leeds S t a t i o n Re-organisation" a talk by

A.Dean in Rut 161 Ci&G. at 5.40

C. & G. Motor Club Linner. Railway Society v i s i t to Cittingbourne Paper M i l l s Railway.

QNB S W 6 E T

L E T T E R .

F R O M V O U

Dear S i r ,

I must protest against the a t t i ­tude taken by your paper. D :spite your constant c a j o l e r y and threats against the usual even tenure of my existence, I w i l l not surrender my brown bag, I w i l l not w i l l i n g l y remain on the college premises a f t e r f i v e and I w i l l not (beyond t r i i s b r i e f e p i s t l e contribute to F e l i x .

I think I can claim the support of most of your readers. They, no doubt, l i k e myself f e e l they have contributed enough to college l i f e a f t e r paying our union fees and our f o r t ­n i g h t l y fourpence to F e l i x . Be content, s i r , to enjoy your p o s i t i o n i n the r u l i n g e l i t e of t h i s college an do not encourage us to r e v o l t l e s t we overthrow you. Do not pour scorn upon us or we s h a l l boycott your paper and see you bankrupt, the debtors j a i l your alma mater.

Yours s i n c e r e l y ,

Sleeping Dog.

Dear S i r ,

I would l i k e to use your spaoe t o thank a l l the people who gave t h e i r time on Thursday, Feb 11 t o man the c o l l e c t i o n boxes i n a i d of the World Refugee Year. The f l a g day was a part of a week's a c t i v i t y throughout the U n i v e r s i t y organised by the U n i v e r s i t y of London United Nations Student Ass o c i a t i o n . The money i s g^ing towards the UNA projects of the WRY. The money c o l l e c t e d at I.C. amounted to £34 - 4 - 9d. and, apart from money co l l e c t e d at U.L.U. and L.S.E., the highest c o l l e c t e d i n the Unive r s i t y . Not a l l the money has yet reached the bank but the t o t a l i s expected to reach w e l l over £300.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

P. Porgess.

Dear Sir,

We should l i k e to e.-.press our disgust w i t h c e r t a i n Union members, concerning t h e i r behaviour on the evening of Saturday 13th February. That p a r t i o i l i e r evening the committee room which i s l a i d aside as a l a d i e s ' oloak-room on "hop-nights" had a so-oalled " s p e c i a l " meeting held i n i t , during which the members s w i l l e d the room w i t h beer and vomit.

I s i t not time some i n d i v i d u a l s grew up and aoted l i k e men instead of l u n a t i c s when they have had a drink? Or i f they must drink t o a point of i n t o x i o a t i o n oan they not confine t h e i r oapers t o the bar premises?

This event was not the only one that occurred on Saturday night that reduced I.C's name to that of mud. A ooat, a hand-bag and an umbrella were a l l s t o l e n from o f f union premises. Must we t o l e r a t e thieves amongst us, as w e l l as i l l i t e r a t e l o u t s who are more f i t t e d to a zoo than a univer­s i t y ? Many s i m i l a r incidents i n the not too-distent past can be r e c a l l e d (excluding the regular Satur­day night swamp i n the gents' t o i l e t s ? , i n which members of the college have demonstrated t o the p u b l i c and t h e i r associates that they are unworthy of

the name of gentlemen, and corres­

pondingly disgrace the niime of the student body i n general.

Grow up I.C. and leave your appies behind!

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

G.M. Harris ( C i v i l G.W. Etaes I I ) G. Aanson

Diane M. H a r r i s Cloak attendants (Chem l )

Dear S i r ,

In your issue of January 29th, you published an a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d "What do you t h i n k ? " , i n which you attempted t o a r r i v e at a conclusion as to which-form-of education ( i . e . p u b l i c or grammar school) best suited an i n d i v i d u a l to u n i v e r s i t y s o c i a l l i f e . The author of t h i s a r t i c l e came t o the conclusion that i t was the publio schoolboy, with a l l h i s "independence, self-confidence ani p o l i s h " , who ran the s o c i a l r a t race more suc c e s s f u l l y than h i s more lowly bretheren.

We would not go as f a r as to say that a l l p u b l i c schoolboys are brash and over-confident but i t does seem :that they are t y p i f i e d by "plum i n the mouth" accents, fancy w a i s t ­coats and umbrellas. Apart from t h i f r a n k l y "U" s t y l e of dress and depar­tment he has no advantage over the grammar sohool boy, who not having been c l o i s t e r e d i n a "monastic" way of l i f e throughout the formative year of h i s childhood does not have t o e x h i b i t himself i n such an ostentatic

When i t comes t o the c r i t e r i o n of self-confidence and independence, i t must be r e a l i s e d that the grammar sohool boy has, as l i k e a,s not, spent several summers: canoeing, oampi or h i t o h - h i k i n g on the continent, w h i l s t h i s opposite has r e t i r e d to h i father's gountry residence.

As we b e l i e v e in.constructive o r i t i o i s m and abhor a l l that whioh i s t o t a l l y d e s t r u c t i v e , we should l i k e to s t a t e that i n our opinion, ex-sohool boys whether p u b l i c or grammar are equal. I f however one has an advantage over the other with regard to entertainment value i t i s more l i k e l y to be the ex-grammar school boy, as i t i s odds on he's sea. more of l i f e , though the other may ha-experienced more d i s c i p l i n e .

However as the main t o p i c of conversation of both, as freshers, seems to be what they d i d at sohool 01 where they went the previous Saturday night, we b e l i e v e that neither, u n t i l they have " l i v e d " , can run a s o c i a l l i •successfully. In order t o do so an i n d i v i d u a l must have experience of l i v i n g w i t h a l l types of people and apart from t h i s , be an e n t e r t a i n i n g an not too exacting c o n v e r s a t i o n a l i s t . A f t e r a l l i t i s f a r more i n t e r e s t i n g to hear how o l d so-and-so got to Istanbul than t o l i s t e n to a d i s s e r t ­a t i o n oh P o t t ' s biology master.

Perhaps one of the contributory . f a c t o r s to the more st i m u l a t i n g s o c i a l l i f e of any of the Oxford or Cam­bridge Colleges than that of I.C. i s that both of the former, u n t i l l a t e only accepted post-national servioe men. I f I.C. were only to accept undergraduates w i t h a year of " l i v i n g " p r i o r to co l l e g e perhaps we would have l e s s apathy towards our oollege functions. I t i s food f o r thought.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

G.M. H a r r i s ( C i v i l U ) Diane M. H a r r i s (Ohem\,;

Dear Sir,

Can I ask If anyone in this Coll­

age realises the "South-African Boycott

Society" exists* I might well ask

for only twelve to fifteen people so

far regularly attended the meetings

we held at whioh we discussed ways

of implementing the boycott.

When the,' motion,, condemning the South-African government p o l i c y of

Apartheid and supporting the boycott, was passed b y our Union I've no need to say that most of those f i f t e e n people voted for the motion WHERE ABE THE REST? These p e o p l e , who by t h e i r vote, agree w i t h the boycott, where are they? - We need help i f we are t o auooeed. Help us p i c k e t i n g shops every Saturday morning; help us s e l l i n g the "Boyoott News"j help at headquarters.

Cannot Imperial College be ftoved by the s u f f e r i n g of others -the f a c t that farm workers are paid one s h i l l i n g a day; s t r i k e s are forbidden; non-suffrage f o r blacks; f a m i l i e s are broken up e t c etc. AND etc.

What are the arguments against? - that non-whites w i l l be the f i r s t to be h i t by external boycott? This may be so but every organisation which commands any important non-white support i n South A f r i o a i s i n favour of i t . That i t w i l l have no great effect.? - "IP THIS BOYCOTT MAKES TUB. AtfTHORTilES REALISE THAT THE SOBJuD jitfMEES WILL, "ACTIVELY OPPOSE APAR­THEID IT WILL HAVE STRUCK A BLOW FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE" - 'Boycott News'.

There are many more pros and eons. "Boyoott News", whioh w i l l bo on sale at the end of t h i s week, I b e l i e v e answers them a l l .

However why I w r i t e t h i s l e t t e r i s to beg f o r support from those people who agree with the boycott. Let us forget our own needs f o r onoe and see t o the needs of a people who are so much worse o f f than ourselves.

We have a meeting next Wednesday lunch hour at 1.15 p.m. i n the Small Physics Lecture, theatre. W i l l we have more people ready t o work f a r t h i s great cause? Or w i l l a l l except f i f t e e n of us:

"daft the world aside And b i d i t pass"

Yours s i n c e r e l y ,

J.R.A. Power.

R C S . M O T O R C L U B

T R E A S U R E H U N T

All members of IC. welcome-

Entry forms from J.N.King

via I.C, union rack.

Map required:

lin.QS. No.170 London S.W.

S U N D A Y 2 8 T H . F E B .

The southern semi-final of the 5th annual National University Jasz contest was held i n Reading Town H a l l on the evening of Aednesday 17th February 1960. There were ten bands competing - two from Reading, four from Cambridge and four fxfim London, including two from Imperial College. The judges were Alun Morgan and Benny Green. The r e s u l t was tab Cambridge Big Band, 2nd University of London Jazz Band, 3rd Dave Gelly Quartet (Cambridge). They are the {acts.

These are a few personal views. In my opinion i t i s almost impossible- to get a f a i r r e s u l t from such a contest. Not only were there t r a d i t i o n a l , mainstream and modern types of jazz, but the modern section contained a t r i o , iwo quartets, and octet and a dectette. The musical standard of a l l was very high and I would have thought that they could not have been compared without a large amount of personal ta3te entering i n t o the matter. I must point out that t h i s i s not a personal bias brought about by the f a c t that the Jazz Gardeners werei not i n the f i r s t three. The Gardeners gave an absolutely f a u l t l e s s performance, marked by, complete r e l a x a t i o n and perfect balance. I t nas been said that t h e i r stage presentation was probably the best of the evening and the basic inherent swing which they attained was c e r t a i n l y not bettered by any of the other groups. The way i n which the whole audience concentrated w h i l s t the Gardeners were playing, and the way i n which they snap­ped i n t o applause at the end of the set made the t r i p w e l l worth while f o r the three I.C. musicians.

But t h i s i s no reason why the Gardeners should have been placed i n the f i r s t three. The musical standard of the other groups was equally as high and the only way i n which a d e f i n i t e r e s u l t could be obtained was to l e t personal taste decide. Which i s ^presumably' what happened.

Had I been judging I would have aimed at s e l e c t i n g a v a r i e t y of s t y l e s (assuming the musical standard to be s u f f i c i e n t l y high) with the accent on o r i g i n a l i t y . I t w i l l be noted that no t r a d i t i o n a l band has got throughrfrom t h i s s e m i - f i n a l . I consider t h i 3 wrong. In h i s remarks Benny Green dismissed a l l the t r a d i t i o n a l bands by saying that a banjo cannot make up f o r a piano. What he should have s a i d was that i t was h i s own personal narrow minded view that a banjo cannot make up f o r a piano. A l l the t r a d i t i o n a l bands had banjos and no pianos. None of them got through. Enough said?

The p l a c i n g of the Cambridge Big Band wa3 a big mistake i n my opinion. The band had good musicians (though many were not jazz s o l o i s t s ) and indeed the tenor player was the best on t n i s i n s t r u ­ment i n the contest. But t h e i r arrang­ements were exact copies (phrase f o r phrase, note f o r note, instrument f o r instrument) of arrangements by G i l Evans and Marty Paioh. They featured a bearable v o c a l i s t who sang note f o r note l i k e Mel forme w h i l s t the band played the Marty Paich arrangement note f o r not This was the rock bottom i n o r i g i n a l i t y . The sound achieved by the band couldn't help but sound pleasant but i t tended to

be stodgy and the rbyfcibm team dragged. Giving f i r s t place to t h i s "dance band" was a gross e r r o r by the judges.

The University of London jazz band was without a doubt the best of the even­ing. This octet, b u i l t around a nueleus of the U.C. band, featured a f l u g e l - h o r n player of quite amazing c a p a b i l i t i e s . Obviously the band was b u i l t ^ around him and he was a great i n s p i r a t i o n , t o the other musicians. But every member of the band was a very competent s o l o i s t . The rhythm team produced a good drivo and the clever punchy arrangements gave the band a d r i v i n g , f r e s h and o r i g i n a l sound. But they had to be content with second place - l e t us hope that t h i s i s changed i n the f i n a l .

The Dave Gelly quartet deserved a place i n the f i r s t three, f o r G e l l y blew a n i c e alto and the rhythm section were competent*I; But I couldn't help think--ihg that these a l t o - l e d quartets are get t i n g f a r too numerous and f a r too Stereotyped.

The I . C . t r a d i t i o n a l band under Ken Gibson's leaaership tpo»t some time to warm up and there were f a r too many f l u f f e d notes i n the f i r s t two numbers. But when they s e t t l e d down they played w e l l . Unfortunately, l i k e the other trad bands, they f e l l v i c t i m s to Benny Green 13 d i s l i k e of ban joSi

Anyone who has read the jazz column i n the Observer w i l l have guessed that Benny Green gave us an amusing time when he commented on the bands. Unfortunat­ely I haven't space to r e l a t e a l l of his comments, but t y p i c a l was h i s comment on the Jazz Gardeners. he accus d them of not p l a y i n g the correct tune of "But not f o r me" (a completely i r r e l e v a n t f a c t ) , made some pathetic remark about Gershwin turning i n his grave, and suggested that the Gardeners bought the 3heet music. This was greeted with a chorus of cat­c a l l s , boos and other pleasant exclama-s t i o n s from every corner of the h a l l . Benny Green's continual reference to him­s e l f as a musician (he played baritone saxophone w i t h Lord Rockinham'3 XI) became a l i t t l e t i r i n g to my ears at l e a s t .

Alun Morgan was s u r p r i s i n g l y quiet throughout the whole proceeding; i t appeared as i f he was quite bored by the whole thing. Let us hope he snaps out of i t by the f i n a l or e l s e the B r i t i s h jazz c r i t i c s w i l l probably add to t h e i r ever growing opposition.

May I stress that these view3 are aimed at the inadequacy of the method of judging as a whole; there i s no personal bias involved at a l l . The jazz club wouldTj-ke to thank a i l those who show int e r e s t i n our a c t i v i t i e s and e s p e c i a l l y those who took the t r i p to Reading.

To f i n i s h on a pleasant note I am able to report that the I . C . - r a d i t i o n a l band has reached the f i n a l of the London Un i v e r s i t y jazz competition f o r the Colyer Cup. The f i n a l i s at N.E^C. on March 2nd and t i c k e t s may be obtained from Richard Hushton.

6

E X P E D I T I O N S

1 9 6 0

The f o l l o w i n g nine expeditions hav> been approved by the Exploration Board:

1960 Hound the A t l a n t i c Expedition. A i l To journey from London to Gape Town by

Land Hover, then across the Southern A t l a n t i c >y ship to Rio de Janeiro and f i n a l l y through South America, U.S.A. t Canada by Land Hover. On the way the party w i l l make a study of a i r l i n e operation i n p r i m i t i v e and i s o l a t e d arei and conduct a s p e c i f i c a t i o n survey ( i . e . market survey) of a i r c r a f t required. The Exploration Board gave i t s approval to t h i s venture and w i l l -insure the personnel, .tarty: B i l l MeiDourne Ian Gartshore; Dave Hyde.

Di v i n g Expedition to Cornwall. Aim: T,( carry out underwater geological explora* t i o n o f f the North coast of Cornwall using gree d i v i n g techniques. I t i s hoped that some information may be gains from t h i s survey concerning the possib* i l l t y of economic underwater m e t a l l i f e r ­ous mining of the North Cornwall coast. Party: H.H.T. Garnett, W. Stewart, P. Lane, J . Woods, T. Long. The Ex­p l o r a t i o n Board granted t h i s venture £75.

Central Iceland Expedition. Aim: To S» an e c o l o g i c a l and geological survey of a region i n c e n t r a l Iceland. The work w i l l be d i r e c t e d by Br. Kershaw of the Botany department. Party: Dr. Kershaw T. Larkam, "N. Clark, J . Cleator, A. N. Other. The E x p l o r a t i o n Board has granted t h i s venture £100.

1960 Jan Mayen Expedition. Aim: To extend the g l a c i o l o g i c a l work started i n 1959 i n Jan Mayen i n higher a l t i t u d e s ; Ln p a r t i c u l a r to t r y to make a f i r s t sntry i n t o the Beerenburg Crater and a s i r c u i t of the Beerenburgh Ridge. Party: P. Smith, J . Praser, G. Topping, IS. Smith. The Exploration Board have given t h i s expedition £100.

St. K i t t s Expedition. Aim: This a l l woman expedition i s the f i r s t of i t s kind and i t i s hoped i t w i l l be the f o r * runner of I.C.W.A. expeditions i n the future. The aim i s to do general zoo­l o g i c a l c o l l e c t i n g and to make i n d i v i d ­u a l studies of'Amphibia and Heteromidae (plant bugs) on the i s l a n d . Party:

A. P h i l i p s , S. Hocking. The Explore* t i o n Board have granted one hundred pounds to t h i s venture.

Eastern Iceland Expedition. Aim: To make a g e o l o g i c a l map of a piece of Basalt Country south of Djupivigor, Eastern Iceland. This work i s to t i e i n with the geological mapping which has been going on, under Dr. Walker, i n Eastern since 1954. Party: D. Kin3man, 3. Chadwick. The Explor­atio n Board gave i t s approval to t h i s venture and w i l l ensure the personel.

Third I.C.Ghana Expedition. Aim: This i s a follow-up expedition on the two previous expeditions of 1957, 1358. In p a r t i c u l a r the work w i l l be coneerned with various aspects of insect i n f e s t a * t i o n i n the holds of 3hips on the regu­l a r West Africa/U.K. run. Party: C. Welsh, M, L u f f , H.'Crowson '„ (Glasgow) . The party have been given the E x p l o r a t i o n Board's support ana £80, Crowson w i l l be f i n a n c i a l l y indepemdant of the expedition.

Iran Expedition. Aim: To do geological and b o t a n i c a l work high i n the Elburg mountains i n F e r s i a . Transport w i l l be overland i n an ex-W.D. number S t a f f Car. Party of f o u r include: J . Sheard,

B. iressman. The ;''xploration has gran­ted ^his venture £170.

S A I N T

C H R I S T O P H E R

Among the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean l i e s St. Christopher or St. K i t t s , known by the Caribs as Liamuigi^ the f e r t i l e i s l e , a t i n y speck i n a cha i i i of submerged volcanoes s t r e t c h i n g from Venezuela to F l o r i d a . Discovered by Columbus oh h i s second voyage West and l a t e r the scene of bloody c o n f l i c t s between French and B r i t i s h c o l o n i s t s , i t f i n a l l y came under B r i t i s h sovereignty i n 1783. Steeped i n legend and romance, this i s l a n d i s the d e s t i n a t i o n of two hineteen year old g i r l s , both zoologists forming the f i r s t all-women expedition from the Imperial- ueJXege ef Science and (Technology.. Shelagh Hocicing i s of panish-Cornish descent and was born i n Tanganyika; Ann P h i l l i p s i s the daughter of a distinguished R.A.F. o f f i c e r .

They aim to solve some of the many zo o l o g i c a l mysteries of the i s l a n d . St. K i t t s l i e s midway between the range of North and South American fauna and i t s indigenous animals are an unknown e n t i t y . The expedition hopes to unravel t h i s puzzle and send any animals i t captures back a l i v e to the London Zoo. Their main •concern i s with the r e p t i l e s , amphibia and insects as there are no lojown large mammals on the i s l a n d .

The most impressive and mysterious Feature of St. K i t t s i s Boons Misery, i t s brooding peak, which i s e t e r n a l l y shrouded i n cloud, Overlooking a large volcanic c r a t e r . The height of t h i 3

Eak i s 3 t i l l not known acurately and t o t a b l i 3 h i t s true height i s one ofthe b i t i o n s of the party. Continuous

t o r r e n t i a l r a i n has crumbled the basalt rock i n t o a treacherous surface and Hount Misery promises to present a iangerous challenge. The c r a t e r below the peak contai s a s i z a b l e lake of un­known depth which few white people have seen, l e t alone investigated.

Surrounding the mountain i s a broad b e l t of trop'oal r a i n f o r e s t r a r e l y penetrated by the l o c a l inhabitants. This f o r e s t i s to be the main area v.orked by the party, which w i l l have i t s base oamp on the o u t s k i r t s as much of the c o l l e c t i n g w i l l have. iO be done at nigtn Temporary camps w i l l be set up where needed at various points i n the f o r e s t .

Below the f o r e s t the land i s exten­s i v e l y c u l t i v a t e d and plantations extei down to the coast. These' are broken p e r i o d i c a l l y by small homesteads and clumps of b r e a d - f r u i t , mango, pawpaw and cashew. The coast i t s e l f , f r i n g e d by a c o r a l reef, has sandy beaches extending i n t o a long, semi desert sand s p i t with large s a l t lakes, at i t 3 t i p , i n the south of the i s l a n d . The s p i t i s i s o ­l a t e d from the mainland, by St. Timothy' Mount, a c o n i c a l rock b a r r i e r across i t s width.

The expedition a r r i v e s at Sassterre the i s l a n d ' s only town, i n l a t e J u l y , a f t e r the r a i n s , and they w i l l be there i n the hurricane season. Circumstances permitting, the part) intends to return to England i n early October.

I C . C A R N I V A L

During the f i r s t week i n May the College i s organising a week's Car n i v a l a c t i v i t i e s w i t h the deolared i n t e n t i o n of obtaining funds f o r World Refugee l e a r . Humour has i t that there are other i n t e n t i o n s to t h i s carnival,' but they cannot be declared ( a f t e r a l l , l o s i n g 7 f o r doesn't encourage e a r l y d e c l a r a t i o n s ) . We can promise a good game, however, -with a r e a l l y good b a t t ­ing side and, i f mixed metaphors are allowed, many s t r i n g s to our bow. Fortunately the game w i l l be played mainly i n the evenings (with f l o o d l i g h ? i n necessary) 30 that everyone w i l l be able to attend. To cope with these un-usual hours of play the Boards of Control involved have agreed to allow play on several days, so that note ( e s p e c i a l l y chesse p l a y e r s ) , the b i g game extends over the periods A p r i l 3OW1 to May 7th.

I f you have been f e e l i n g a l i t t l e brown l a t e l y or you f e a r that your annual summer attack of browness may nreTOnt vou ^ppinir the cr*m» have no

Kashmir Expedition. Aim: To do an overland t r i p from Europe to Kashmir i n a standard production car and so demons s t r a t e the a c c e s i b i l i t y of these places to a normal production car. Also to provide an account f o r the A.A. and R.A.C. of the road conditions encounters Party: lid. J . Armstrong, A. Duncan, D. H. F u l f o r d , R. L. Grasty. The pari have been granted 550 by the E x p l o r a t i o i Board.

fear; the game i s i n the second week of

the summer term and brownitis does not

u s u a l l y attack u n t i l considerably l a t e r

i n the year. The best thing to do i s

heavily mark .that week i n your diary,

maice no other arrangements and, when the

time comes, allow yourself to be sorbed

i n t o the game. In that way you can be

sure of being f r e e of brownitis.

Of course, i f you have a p a r t i c u l a r mania about brownitis then you may f e e l that the precautions recommended so f a r are i n s u f f i c i e n t . In that oase you may favour immunisation. Now immunisation i s a r e l a t i v e l y simple procedure^ a l l . you hav^ to do i s to breath the atmosph­ere which surrounds the wicket. Obvi­ously . t h i s i s most e a s i l y done bjt helping to prepare the wicket f o r the game.

The doctors concerned (they a l s o go

under the pseudonym of Chairman of Colleee

C a r n i v a l Committee) are:-

Chris Leech (C & G)

Geoff Nicholson (H.C.S.)

Harvey Richards (S.3.M.),

and i f you can type or erect f l o a t s ,

they w i l l welcome you i n t h e i r surgeries.

In other words the I.C. Carnival needs you. And l e t me s t r e s s that t h i s i s an I.C. C a r n i v a l , not a nebulous London U n i v e r s i t y C a r n i v a l , so give a l l your support to I.C.

I f you have any b r i g h t ideas f o r f l o a t s f o r the procession, siue shows f o r the f e t e , p u b l i c i t y stunts or any other methods f o r r a i s i n g money f o r the W.R.X., l e t us have them now.

F E L I X 7

B E A U T 1 C W A R I A N

S H E L A G H H O C K I N G

F A S H I O N

I.C.W.A. entered the U.i.U. Fashion Show this year. The regional semi-final was held on February, 17th at Goldsmith's

College, New Cross. The I.C. entry was

organised by Miss Wallace. Eight coll

oolleges took part, each having 5 models to illustrate the theme "Student Fashion"*.

Monsieur de Barrone made a most, engaging compere, in spite of comments from fellow

basketball players i n the audience.

He f i r s t introduced Kristine Bragiel

who wore a blue angora winter coat, over a grey mohair s l i m skirt and white sweater* Next came Joan Kingston, showing red oorduroy slacks, with a blue paisley over blouse, as casual wear. Sheenagh Wallace

wore a more formal green jersey costume. Judy bright was dressed i n a blue figured nylon evening dress, which was enthusias­

tically received. Brenda Taplin brought

the show to a close, appearing i n a quilted cherry coloured housecoat, over

a pink baby-doll nightdress. At this

point the compere wished the assembled

company goodnight and sauntered off, arm

i n arm with the last model.

Goldsmith's team oertainly deserved

their- win. No other placing* were ofiven

given, But I.C. showed up extremely well

against s t i f f opposition, ana are to be

congratulated upon their- poise, and

professional appearance. They managed

to look remarkably relaxed in front of

a c r i t i c a l audience, and seemed undestu-

rbed by unpredictable noises of audienoe

appreciation.

N.B. Mr. I.C.W.A. Election changed from

February 29th to March 7th

G O L F

G L I D I N G

I.C.G.C. has had a very eventful

period since the last account of i t s

activities. The Ee.gle, •« nigH per­

formance two seater, arrived just in

time for freshers day, and i t was seen

rigged in Prince Consort Road by many

peaple.

Changes at Lasham, where we have

been operating, have made training

there prohibitively expensive, although

flying is s t i l l possible. While hoping

for an alternative site, we spent twa enjoyable week-ends at Oxford before

Christmasj but we have now moved to

Redhill where training i s by aerbtow'

in the Eagle. Intensive flying in an

attempt to erase the back-log of last

term i s now taking place.

B A D M I N T O N

Record to data WON 18 LOST 4

TesJ t h i s i s the present happy state ©f the oluL'a record. A f t e r l o s i n g 3 matohes r i g h t at the beginning of the season an unbeaten record had been maintained u n t i l a week ago when the f i r s t team l o s t to Cambridge Cockerels by 6 rubbers to 1. ' This r e s u l t would probably have stood a t 6 - 3 had not one of our players been unfortunate enough to eat Chinese food p r i o r to the match; he d i d however spend a very pleasant afaaraoon with the nursing s t a f f at Cambridge H o s p i t a l , since whioh time, I am very glad t o say, he has made a r a p i d and complete reoovery.

To go through the matches i n chronological order and give d e t a i l s would be rather uninteresting but the second team's v i c t o r y over the formid­able U.C. team must be mentioned. A splendid f i g h t by everyone concerned put the second team w e l l i n the running f o r top of the league.

Success too i s the byword of the mixed team's progress and u n o f f i c i a l reports maintain that i t shares the exalted p o s i t i o n of league leaders w i t h U.O. and L.S.E.

The f i r s t team have f i n i s h e d t h e i r league commitments and w i l l ' p r o b a b l y f i n i s h second i n t h e i r d i v i s i o n , although there i s a chance of champion­ship honours.

However, the season's a c t i v i t i e s are not drawing to a close w i t h the end of league matches i n s i g h t . There remain away f i x t u r e s w i t h Oxford Woodpeckers, Southampton and Reading, THE CLUB TOURNAMENT ON MARCH 2nd and 5 t h at Nine Elms Baths, and several other f r i e n d l y f i x t u r e s .

Hopes f o r a portable court f o r use i n the cencert h a l l are at present high although the matter i s s t i l l under consideration b the student finance committee. I f the necessary j r a n t i s ' forthcoming, f a c i l i t i e s next season should be much improved and the olub w i l l be able t o cater f o r a great­er number of members.

L a s t l y , a mention of the annual dinner and theatre outing. T h i s , held on 15th Jan, was very w e l l supported and Mr. Mooney served an enjoyable dinner t o 44 club members and guests. A s u r p r i s i n g l y unevent­f u l 'bus t r i p to the Host End's L y r i c Theatre heralded a very e n t e r t a i n i n g show and revealed to a l l , t h e d e l i g h t ­f u l laught of our Hon. Secretary (many suggestions have since been put forward as to i t s l i s t d e s c r i p t i o n ! ) .

As searing from Redhill would be

very restricted owing to the proximity

«f the Gatwiok Control Zone (visions of

gliders and jets on the approach simul­

taneously) we propose to return to

Lasham after Easter. We hope the

possibility of our members giving up

gliding for power flying with the Tiger

Club at Redhill i s remote!

^iven a reasonable summer, this

should be a vintage year for soaring.

Phoenix, our Skylark II, is now being

restored after f i r e service last year

Writ Rote* Tails and David Ashford will

be flying her m the National Soaring

Week in August.

The Eagle w i l l afford opporturiitiel

for advanced instruction in cloud and

oross-oountry flying, which ha3 been, d

neoessity, neglected in the past and

undoubtedly this w i l l result in muoh

more efficient solo flvina.

The I.C.G.A. has started the new decade w e l l ; two ca n c e l l a t i o n s by our opponents, and one win. On the 10th we beat St. Mary's Hospita l by

4 matches to 1, at Hi^hgate. Here are the i n d i v i d u a l r e s u l t s :

B r i a n Leadsom l o s t to Rodney Tate,

1 hole Norman Loch beat John H a l l , 1 hole, a f t e r being 4 down wi t h only 6 to play. Hugh-Godfrey beat Peter Tweadale,

5 and 4-

Michael Rycroft beat George Vaughan, 6 and 5 John Street beat George Vaugan, 5 & 3

M.J.R.

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

I.C. Add to Trophy C o l l e c t i o n

On Wednesday 10th February a strong Imperial College team o a r r i e d o f f the trophy awarded by the South West Essex Teohnioal College i n t h e i r annual four and a h a l f mile race through Epping Forest and back st r e e t s of Walthamstew. The second team was narrowly beaten by Borough Road Training College who no?/ possess a strong team while the weaker I.C. t h i r d and fourth teams came n i n t h and f i f t e e n t h r e s p e c t i v e l y . Consistent running by John C o l l i n s gained him second p o s i t i o n and he was cl o s e l y followed by John Cleator and Jim Bernard. Of the remaining f i r s t team runners John Conway was 7 t h , Mike Barber 8 t h and Tony Larkum 12th. A welcome r e t u r n was that of Alan Hooker a f t e r a b r i e f retirement.

The Metropolitan P o l i c e were w e l l and t r u l y beaten on Saturday, February 13th at Petersham by a mixed team. Even a f t e r leading a w i l d goose chase John Cleator managed t o win but only by a narrow margin. S i x of the next eight p o s i t i o n s were occupied by I.C. runners, followed by a motley crew of'seven'-policemen. Bob Baldey and Alan B^rown were t o be seen l o i t e r ­i n g a t the back, w i t h dubious i n t e n t i o n s , no doubt, to embezzle points f o r the Petersham Pot.

A t r i a l , h eld to help s e l e c t the team f o r the Hyde Park Road Relay, on the f a l l o w i n g Wednesday produced some very good r e s u l t s and i t appeal's that the I.C. team w i l l be w e l l i n the fore on the great day. On the same a f t e r ­noon a three man "A" team defeated a s i m i l a r l y small team from '3.11.0. by 9 pts. to 14. A three man "B" team t a i l e d along behind w i t h 23 p t s .

AtParliament H i l l F i e l d s on Saturday 20th February a second tjaro was beaten by the Vale of Aylebury A.C. by only two points; the Lloyd's Bank A.C. f i n i s h i n g t h i r d * John Conway held second p o s i t i o n throughout muoh 6f the race and Pete Warren ran s t e a d i l y to f i n i s h fourth.

S H O O T I N G

Courtman S h i e l d Match

This competition between the three Colleges i s shot in rounds, and con­tinues u n t i l the s .me College has wen two rounds.

This year Guilds have retained the S h i e l d by a comfortable margin. The d e t a i l e d r e s u l t s are sham below.

C & G

RSM RCS

1st round

591

568

567

2nd round

590

578

566 R.C.B.

F E L I X

S P O R T

S A I L I N G

On Sunday, 7th February, Graham Taylor won the U;iiversity of London "Appoint, •wtesrcup. He d i d so a f t e r only 6 of the 8 races had been run but h i s lead was so decisiv e that the s e r i e s w,as conceded t o him. Well done

Other members of the club have also been doing very w e l l i n the Points racing. David Pentz, a f i r s t year J i l Tech. student, h-s s a i l e d c o n s i s ­t e n t l y well to place one of the College boats f i r s t i n the "B" points ssries and he i s now working hard t o improve the placing of t h i s boat i n the "A". I t now seems probablv that the 1st and End.boats i n the "B" serie s w i l l be from I.C., thus c a r r y i n g o f f the double.

On Saturday 6 t h February I.C. 2nd team went to s a i l at Heading on a flooded Thames. The match was very i n t e r e s t i n g with strong currents and l i g h t winds. I t was a change t o s a i l hard through the water yet s t i l l water the land going the other way!

Towards the end of the race the down stream bouy broke loose and David Pentz was l a s t seen chasing i t down­stream i n a desperate attempt to round i t . I t i s rumoured that David, unable to s a i l against the current, returned to London by F i r e f l y but Read­ing U n i v e r s i t y don't seem to have l o s t one of t h e i r boats. I.C. l o s t 29 pts to Readings 42^.

On Saturday and Sunday the 5 t h and 6 t h March I.C. S a i l i n g Club has entered two teams i n the : inter-collegiate., team match f o r the Castaways Cup. Opinions vary but the general census of opinion i s that I.C. have t h e i r best chance ever of winning t h i s event, The next issue of F e l i x should t e l l us the r e s u l t .

H A T T R I C K

A T L Y M I N G T O N

S O C C E R

•.•una, i i i , i ng one or n i s regular v i s i t * , t o the Royal Lymington Yacht Club, won the Christmas open F i r e f l y meet­in g l a s t vaoation.

Against very strong opposition he c a r r i e d away h i s 3rd pot from Lymington a f t e r s a i l i n g the s e r i e s i n howling gales.

He must be e s p e c i a l l y congratulated f a r beating the Jardine twins i n t o 2nd place; Adrian Jardine i s an Olympio probable for the British dinghy team.

Since t h e i r resounding defeat of U.C. i n the U.L, Cup s e m i - f i n a l replay, the 1st XI have been extreme­l y inconsistent. In league games they appear to be too keen and play w i t h tremendous s p i r i t . Witness t h e i r 6-2 trouncing of Mannheijn U n i v e r s i t y a f t e r being 2-1 down at half-time and very good 3-2 defeat over C h r i s t College, Cambridge who included two England Amateur International s i n t h e i r side as w e l l as several blues. In a league game with Chelsea Poly, 1,8. allowed t h i s very moderate side ijo draw 4 -4 w i t h them and thus take 3 points o f f them i n the league championship whioh they do not deserve and which I.C. can i l l a f f o r d . •Having defeated U.C. i n the cup, I.C. approached the league game wi t h the same opponents too ca s u a l l y and were soon i n arrearo. I t was not u n t i l the l a t t e r stages of the game that I.C. woke up and played f o o t b a l l worthy of them, by which time i t was too la1;e and they eventually l o s t 2-1.

The 2nd X I , a f t e r leading t h e i r d i v i s i o n f o r much of the season have i n recent times been s l i p p i n g and a f t e r t h e i r 3-6 defeat at the hands of a s t r o n " L.S.E. 2nd XI have s l i p p e d to t h i r d place.

The 3 r d XI, which f o r much of the season have been bottom of the same d i v i s i o n made a supreme e f f o r t and defeated both C.E.M. and Woplwieh Polv i n c r i t i c a l l e igue games. How­ever the o l i a a x was reached against U.C. when the 3 r d XI excelled thsTn-

selves and won 1-0 on a very heavy snow covered p i t c h although they had only 9 f i t men. A r a p i d d e t e r i o r ­a t i o n has set i n 3ince and fu thar league games have been l o s t 2-0 and 10-1 (the l a t t e r due to the aooence a? t h e i r captain and the centre-half f o r the day!!!). Their r e l e g a t i o n prospects are again unfortunately ominous.

The 4 t h X I , have now completed t h e i r league programme and are at present l y i n g 2nd i n the d i v i s i o n . However t h e i r ohances of promotion are very s l i m as several teams have s t i l l games to play.

The r e s u l t s of the 5 t h and 6th XI games have been l o s t i n the chaos caused by ha l f - s e s s i o n exams. There have been rumours, however, that some of these have been d e l i b e r a t e l y l o s t and that the opponents cf these teams have been r e g u l a r l y c e l e b r a t i n g double f i g u r e s . However the P. Buvies "Sport" XI has been functioning r e g u l a r l y and has recorded i t 3 f i r s t win of the term. They defeated a representative Rugby XI or XV (.not d e f i n i t e l y known which) 10-0 and thus maintained t h e i r record of being always involved i n a match i n waioh double figures have been scored. (Arnott i n goal, f o r the f i r s t time a f t e r a game d i d not complain of back s t r a i n ! )

The Club w-uld a l s o l i k e t o take the opportunity of congratulating the Rugby Club on winning the U.L. Cup and hope that some of the supporters who helped them win i t w i l l a l s o support the soccer club i n t h e i r U.L. Cup F i n a l on Sat 27th Feb. (T0MMOHR0W)

H Y D E P A R K

R O A D R E L A Y

The "Twelth Annual I n v i t a t i o n Hyde Park Road Relay" i s to be held

i n the Park on Sat. Feb 2?th at 3.00 p.m., the s t a r t being at the West End of Rotten Row.

A recoi-d entry of about 70 teams (42) from U n i v e r s i t i e s and Colleges i n England and Ws l e s make t h i s the' l a r g e s t r e l a y i n the Country and pos s i b l y the world. Each team consist of 6 men, each of whom runs a 2^ mile c i r c u i t of Hyde Park. The record! fo r t h i s l a p i s held by Martin Hyman, who achieved a time of 12 rains 39 sees, while running f o r Southampton U n i v e r s i t y i n 1958. The course record i s held by Live r p o o l U n i v e r s i t y (1958) with 81 mins 37 sees.

Last year Manchester won i n 82 mins 41 sees., Durham were 2nd, and Leeds were 3 r d w i t h I.C. 6 t h , U.C. l i t h and Kings 13th. Selwyn, Cambridge won the Imperial College Union Cup f o r the f i r s t College, w i t h l e s s than 5°0 students, t o f i n i s h .

The entry includes 16 Colleges from London, 14 from Oxford, 13 from Cambridge, 2 from Wales and 26 others. Oh t h i s year's form i t seems that Loughborough may w e l l win, though Durham, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and I.C. should be close behind. Of the London Colleges, I.C. should dp w e l i , never having been below 6 t h and having beaten most opposition t h i s season, U.C. should be w e l l up, and judging by the r e s u l t s of the S.W.E.T.C. Trophy Race, Borough Road may cause some surp r i s e . Selwyn and St. Catharines', Oxford, are f a v o u r i t e s f o r the I.C. Union Cup, 1jhe l a t t e r having the famed " a l l - b l u e team".

Many w e l l known athletes are t o compete, i n c l u d i n g several i n t e r ­

n a t i o n a l s , and times should be very f a s t . These include Steve James, the runner of l a s t year's f a s t e s t l a p (12m. 52 sec); A.A.A.* 3 miles winner Bruce T u l l o h (Selwyn); ex U.L. I n t e r ­n a t i o n a l Kevin G i l l i g a n (Wadhara); ex National Junior " t i l e Champion, Paddy Montague ( B a l l i o l ) ; I n t e r n a t i o n a l * Dave Shaw (Birmingham) and Jack Hey-wood (Reading); former record holder Harry U i n s h a l i (Selwyn); A l i s t a i r . Wood (St.' Catharines'); A. F r u i n ( s t . Cats'.); and M.A. Tribe (Durham).

Cups presented are the I.C. Union Cup and the S i r Roderic H i l l Cup f o r the winner. Hedals gre presented to the f i r s t 3 teams and the irunner of the f a s t e s t l a p . Time •standard c e r t i f i c a t e s (13 mins 35 sees) are a l s o awarded.

Mr. J . Crump i s Referee and the Organisation i s by I.C. Cross Country Club.

The I.C. team w i l l be chosen from John C o l l i n s , John Conway, Tony iarkum, Jim Bernard, John Cleator, Mike Barber, John Jaeger and Alan Brown.

Any o f f e r s of help should be addressed to Dave Foam or Chris James.

H O C K E Y

On Wednesday next i.C. play Batterses i n the F i n a l of the U.L. Cup. Battsraea are f a v o u r i t e s to win since ( i ) A i l the major colleges were i n t h e i r half of the draw except I.e., ( i i ) T h e only other time I.C. reached the f i n a l they l o s t to Battersea 2 - 0 , ( i i i ) B a t t e r s e a have won the cup 5 times out of 7.

Battersea are w e l l known f o r t h e i r f a n a t i c a l supporters and therefore to g give I.C. a chance of winning t h i s match we need your support.

The date i s Wednesday 2nd March. Coaches leave the Union f o r Motspur Park at 1.45 p.m.. Make a note now!

Published by FELIX BOARD, Imperial College Union, S.W.7 frinted by WEST LONDON OFFSET CO., 307a Telephone Place, W.14 Tel. FUL 7969