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

No 134 FRIDAY MAY 22 nd 1959 4d

U N D E R F I R E

STATEMENT BY EDITOR At least one point of i n t e r e s t has

arisen from the brouhaha surrounding

the a f f a i r s of the l a t e David I r v i n g -

quite a few people are suddenly aware

that there are other student newspapers

around - other than the venerable *

"Sennet".

I r e f e r , of course, to those copies of PI - the newspaper of University 1 Coll­ege - which were on sale .in the Hall of the Union immediately,proceeding (the Irving fracas.

These people have looked at EI and

than looked at "Felix" - which appeared shortly afterwards - and to their eyea, the newspaper of their Union came off

a very seoond best. . .In fact, i t seem­ed to them that they were not being served by their Union as they had the right to expect.

QUESTIONS

With this in mind they hare been asking some questions. Some very pert­inent and pointed questions! Within one day I was asked the following:

Why cannot'our newspaper be' printed, as opposed to the peculiar method that i s used now?"

"Why cannot Felix be givon at least the general appearance of a newspaper, in, of course, the lay­out and headings*'"'

"Why not make Felix weekly ?"and finally, a very popular question -

"Why not include advertisements in Felix?" '

Pour good questions, and four that cannot be ignored. It i s at least some oomfort that the questioners have thought about their own newspaper and would then Like to have a say in its appearance, as they have every right to do - Felix being the Official organ - i f you w i l l excuse the Word - of the I.C. Union.

FAULTS

We must however be realistic as to the faults of Felix. Compared/to the glossy "art" paper that i s used in the printing of PI and the Cub, the surface of Felix looks rather cheap and crude. Oompared to the set type of the same twwapapsrs, the typewritten photocopies nt the Felix pages look amateurish. The main headings. - the banners and sub­headings are at the often a l l too ten­der mercies of the man with the stencil.

At the last general Union meeting, l i t t l e laugh was raised by the fact

that the total profit from Felix - don­ated to the Union funds - was the princely sum of £2. A small amount and an insignificant one compared to the vast turn-over of some other organ­isations.

But i t was a profit of £2. The glossy PI - the cause of this discon­tent costs i t 3 Union between £200 and £L00 per year, according to the differ­ence between its printing b i l l s and the amount taken from sales. Some of the ether newspapers in London oost their Unions more in subsidies aixl a l l this on a much lower readership!

Felix states proudly that i t has a circulation of 1,500 - whioh ia Justi­fied. True this circulation has a ten­dency to fluctuate being dependent on the vagaries of exams, the weather and whether your grant is pa'd on a Friday. But 1,500 is Justified.

With a l l respect to the Cub and to FX and many others of their con­temporaries , do you think that they are giving their respective Unions several hundred pounds worth of service. I certainly do not think so. I do not believe that The Imperial Collage union would be justified in approp­riating some £200 of i t s funds i n order that Felix should have type set up for each issue.

ADVERTISE*;

As to advertising - Felix sella well enough now (for the purposes of this argument) without f i l l i n g apanc with advert*, that can be seen every­where you turn - from the glossy mag­azines to the television and along every highway in Britain. Student advertisements are always welcome and have been a regular feature of Felix for a long time - but no "beer ia best" please.

Could Felix appear weekly. It could do, without a doubt, but i t w i l l not do so under my editorship, nor, X think, under the editorship of anyone who has anything else to do at this College. He w i l l soon find that the customary fortnightly make-up takes enough time as i t i s . I doubt also whether there is enough "hot" news at this College to f i l l more than 2 pages each week. If the Union oould be persuaded to pay out some more money and employ at least two permanent staff for their newspaper, then perhaps the weekly Felix will become a possibility!

ARCHIE MACD0NALD AT HOTSPUR PARK 3EE BACK PARS

THE FUTURE

Is there any way of changing the faoe of Felix without losing i t s uni­que oharacter as a student newspaper? The following remarks are of a personal na*->—e - and have no off i o i a l weight for I speak only aa an editor ( and nearly a past editor) of this news­paper.

I believe that the Linotype pro-oess may offer a means of producing a Felix whose appearance more closely approximates to a printed newspaper -and at very l i t t l e increased oost - i f i t is acceptable that Felix should "break-even" rather than try to make a bigger profit. The present Felix printer ia working on this idea and maybe your fir s t Felix of next year will conform to this requirement.

My feeling i s that Felix has grown up - and i t i s time that he looked like an adult.

Whatever the final solution chosen, I feel sure that Felix will emerge t r i -amohant, and with his usual grin.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Richard Font, M.P. for Clithence, Lancashire, who has been one of our Governors since 1957, and also chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Ooanittee.

Mr. Fort was killed when hia oar was in a head-on sollislon with a coach on the Oxford-Henley road last Saturday, May 16th.

He leaves a widow and five children.

FEUX

H A L D A N E O P E N I N G

THE OFFICIAL OPENING CSREHCNY

On the 8th May the Haldane Library waa o f f i c i a l l y open,* i n i t s new premises at 13 Princes Gardens. The opening ceremony was performed by Mr. T G N Haldane, a nephew of Lord Haldane! the founder.

The Reotor, as part of h i s i n t r o ­ductory remarks s a i d : -

"On the whole, whether they l i k e i t

or not, the yound s c i e n t i s t s of today

are l i a b l e to have in c r e a s i n g l y diverse

parts to play i n l i f e . They w i l l be­

come mixed up with problems of communi­

ca t i o n and of management; ( p a r t i c u l a r l y

as they get o l d e r ) ; with human problems

and with value Judgements. So, f o r

rather p r a c t i c a l reasons, i t i s import­

ant that t h e i r o v e r a l l education should

be as broad as p o s s i b l e .

It has always seemed to me that the provision of a good non-soientiflo library i s an essential activity of a scientific institution whioh alas to educate rather than merely train. Such a library was included in our plans for expanision but unfortunately i t came at a rather late stage in the new buildings. But when we acquired Prince's Gardens we had the chance of getting a flying start and these roosts and this gathering today i s the result."

(left to right)

MR. T . G . N . HALDANE, VISCOUNT FALMOUTH,

AND THE RECTOR.

f i n a l l y , the Rector olosed his int­roduction by introducing Mr. Haldane with these words:-

"It i s a great pleasure that the opening i s to be done by Mr. T.G.N. Haldane his nephew. He has been a moat valued member of the Governing Body for ten years. In the next room you w i l l find evidence of his keen i n ­terest and generosity, the portrait of his uncle, a set of Lord Haldane's works and his biography by General Maurice. Tor these gifts and for what ha w i l l do today we thank him very much."

In reply, Mr. Haldane began by mentioning hia uncle and gave some personal recollections of him, which served to illustrate hia great depth of intellect.

of hil9£°Xin f u u the l a a t 8 e o t i o n

"I have so frequently heard scien­t i s t s and engineers complaining that the higher posts, whether i t be in industry, teaching or any other f i e l d , are so often reserved f o r those who are not primarily s o i e n t i 3 t s or technologists. I have even heard i t suggested that there i a a sort of conspiracy to keep scien­tists and engineers out of the top positions and give them to those who have reoieved a classical education. Although this country has been slow to realize the value of science and technology, I feel myself the explanation of the past failure of scientists and engineers to f i l l the higher positions has been due mainly to a certain narrowness of out­look or to excessive specialisation at too early a stage. Hence the old un­fortunate tendency to regard scientists and engineers simply as "specialists". A l l the top positions necessitate a great deal of administrative work and must be f i l l e d by those who can take a braod point of view. They must have knowledge and experience in the handl­ing of men, as well as materials.

I believe this narrowness of out­look i s rapidly passing, and confident­ly expect to see very many of the high­est positions f i l l e d by those who have been trained as soiantists and techno­logists, but whose knowledge and experi­ence is not confined to soientifio matters only. If your Reotor w i l l kindly not listen for a moment I would. like to suggest he i s a very good exam­ple of what I have in mind.

I hope this Library, which I under­stand to be well s too iced with non-soientif io and non-teohnioal works, will be of real value in enabling you to aamk that breadth of viewpoint whioh was a characteristic of the man whose name i s being commemorated and I have very much pleasure in declaring the Library open.

The above photograph i s by Mr. P. Pmaoook.

T R A G I C D E A T H

AN APPEAL

The college was shocked to leam of the death of a well-known figure -Mohammed Said Taha - studying here for a Ph.D. in Geology. He died in the Hammersmith Hospital on May 14th, being so unfortunate as to be fatally allergic to penicillin.

Only two students won scholarships in Syria to carry out studies in Geology in this oountry. The other was Mr. J.N. Khouri, who has written this

"Mohammed Said Taha, was the son of a farmer, was bon i n 1923 i n the small

market town of Dvx aa i n S y r i a . His

secondary education was completed i n Damascus from where he won a scholar­

ship - In 1951 - to come t:> t h i s country.

His early l i f e , working a-. r j 3 t the people and amongst the in-ell«ctuals had assured him an essen'ially homani-tarian oharaoter who r e a l i s e d that responsibility for helping these more unfortunate rested upon the i n d i v i d u a l himself.

Aoademioally, he was brilliant, coming top in the final exam. In 1957 he was registered for a Ph.D. The f i r s t ohapter waa oomjlete before his death. His reoent work has beer, desoribed as "the major geological disoovery of the last two deoades".

Extra-murally, he was an active founder memoer of the Arab Student Union and the President of the UUJ Arab Society as w e l l as President of the Union i t s e l f i n 1958. Many social functions i n t h i s College were also due to his efforts.

There remains a yet more tragic aspect of this story - his f i r s t ohild is s t i l l only three months old. The I.C. Arab Society has taken upon i t s e l f the responsibility of the upbringing, and his olosest friend will supervise the ohilds eduoation.

A fund has been started to ensure this care of the ohild. Naturally, any donations to thia fund w i l l be welcomed wholeheartedly. Cheques may be made payable to J.N. Khouri and/or A.A. E l Behadi.

If you are so kind as to wish to contribute, please send your donation

tmt-

*-a. El-Bahadi, 90 Kinford Gardens, London, W.14.

FELIX

J A Z Z

A f t e r an enjoyable week i n the Huad

I.C. Jazz Band f i n i s h e d W.U.S. Week by

gaining second plaoe i n the Jazz compet­

i t i o n . In the preliminary round at

U.L.U. the band played magnificently to

gain a well-deserved ,plaoe i n the f i n a l

at Bedford. But here, where hopes were

at f i r s t understandably high, tragedy

struck. The bare! was h i t by an un­

expected attack of nerves, which was

a t t r i b u t e d to the rather i n e f f i c i e n t

organisation , poor playing conditions,

ar»i lack of s u i t a b l e l i q u i d refreshment.

The f i n a l r e s u l t i s , however, very com­

mendable and a l l monetary congratulations

should be sent to the President v i a the

Union rack.

The personnel were:

J e f f Kay

Mike Newson

Gordon B a r t l e t t

Chris Adams

Dick Slingsby

John Farosworth

- trumpet

- c l a r i n e t

- trombone

- piano

- g u i t a r

- bass

and Gordon F r l c h a r d at the drums.

Speoial mention should be made of

John Parnsworth whose e*oellent bass

playing was oommended by the judges.

As with most previously experienced

jazz competitions the organisation was

rather poor. Next year i t i s hoped

t h a t I.C. Jazz Club w i l l run a competi­

t i o n themselves and win i t .

DEATH SENTENCE

At the B.G.M. of the R.3.M.U. on

Thursday 1Vth May the death sentence on

Clem was announced. Just before Easter

the Insurance Brokers examining engineer

inspected her i n general and the b o i l e r

i n p a r t i c u l a r . When the report was

sent i t wa3 accompanied by a request f o r

the return of the b o i l e r insurance c e r t ­

i f i c a t e , the b o i l e r "being very o l d , and

past i t ' s u s e f u l l i f e " . This was duly

returned, and of course without t h i s

Clem could not be taken on the road again.

The cost of replacing the b o i l e r

would be f a r greater than buying a new

engine, the b o i l e r c o n s t i t u t i n g the maj­

or part of the structure, and suoh a

replacement having to be custom-built.

At, tne union Meeting a deoision on

a new mascot was deferred u n t i l the next

meeting, to allow the Minesmen to think

over the problems involved. The main

question i s whether to have another

steam-propelled vehicle or one powered

by an i n t e r n a l combustion engine.

Both have t h e i r pros and cons, and the

d e c i s i o n of the next meeting i s looked

forward to with i n t e r e s t .

I.M. Plummer.

A PHOTO OP "CLEM" AS SHE APPEARED IN HER HETDAT CAN BE SEEN ON FAGS 7i COL. 1.

Thlj man is DANGEROUS!

He w i l l appear again i n our

next SPECIAL i s s u e !

but top people

read F f e l i x

STORIES!

PHOTOS!

CARTOONS!

i n the SPECIAL LAST ISSUE!

NEXT ISSUE SPECIAL EXAM ANTIDOTE'

Cfeapatiad J\teedle

"There are women at I.C." This

remark greeted the team of women from

Imperial College when they entered the

Fashion Competition at Regent's Park.

I t i s the f i r s t time, that I.C. has

been represented i n any such form of

competition. The theme was "Morning,

Noon and Night" with no rules about what

was to be worn. Westfield team turned

continental and modelled a swimsuit, a

shortie n i g h t i e f o r s i e s t a time and a

short evening dress. They were announ­

ced the winners by the judge, Marjorie

Proops of the "Daily M i r r o r " with

Northampton Engineering College seoond

and Q.E.C. t h i r d .

The I C. team were w e l l received.

Miss Proops commented i n her resume' on

the black velvet pants worn by the f i r s t

model Rosalie who also wore a tangerine

long sleeved blouse with a wide boat-

necked c o l l a r . These two garments

were lent by Estrava Separates of Gros-

venor Street, and were worn with a

r e v e r s i b l e corduroy three-quarter-length

jacket and tangerine casual shoes.

Modelling a luncheon date o u t f i t ,

lent by Rembrant Dresses, Helgi appeared

i n a navy blue two-piece with a short

jacket decorated with a white polka-

dotted red bow. A white cloohe hat

with whioh accessories and a red um­

b r e l l a completed the o u t f i t . In a

short evening dress len t by Rembrandt

Dresses, Sheenagh completed the team's

performance. The dress, with a knife

pleated s k i r t , was i n white nylon with

a blue and green flower pattern, the

green being brought out by the matching

emerald green shoes and c l u t c h bag.

A l l the shoes were len t by Saxone.

The three models were introduced by

Peter Morgan who impressively described

the o u t f i t s .

NELSON NOTES

This year's best quote must su r e l y

be that statement by Gen. Edelman about

the garrison of American S o l d i e r s undo*

h i s oommand. He t a c t f u l l y r e f e r r e d to

then as a "small, but potent, force".

I t seems that a l l ICWAriana now

d i s p l a y large photographs of Tony

"Dreamboat* Ewart on t h e i r w a l l . This

has l e d to the recurrent f i t s of soreamd

to be heard i n the wee small hours. The

p i o t u r e , viewed i n the h a l f l i g h t , i s

even worse than the o r i g i n a l . Besides,

Tony never t e l l s then when he's coming.

Has anyone heard tne man with the

golden horn - David " H o t l i p s " I r v i n g of

l a t e T He could not r e s i s t mentioning

h i s hobby i n C a r n i v a l - see h i s remarks

about "expensive bugling" at I.C.

A reoent party, held i n several

rooms of the Garden H o s t e l , provoked

one inmate, l a d y - f r i e n d i n attendance,

to sake the p l a i n t i v e request " Would

you please d e a r the room now, some of

us want to go to bed*.

4 FELIX

ZditoHial Comment

The front page article about the future of this newspaper - is probably mors than enough from me this week. However, there i s a small topic that I feel i t neoessary to mention. In the brighter weather that wp have enjoyed recently, i t has become the practice to take 1*inks - hard or soft - out into the quad. A l l very pleasant, I agree. Unfortunately, i t has also become a practice to leave the empty glasses l y i n g about. Both dangerous and selfish. It really doesn't take much effort to return them - and very l i t t l e more to see that piecec of paper, wrappers etc., are not allowed to blow about a l l over the place.

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S w i f f "o T h° ^ n - n t i n e Lido, cost 9d I Sat., Sun. and Holiday ]/-) open

*• 8-30 p.m. Children 3d. C*Mrtjdgbjt for that before-the-

leotares-dip), entrance i s free up to 10 a.m.

T h « Soyal Academy Exhibition contin­ues open 9.30-7.00 p.. ticket, from Touchstone Office V6 (usual price V - ) . Aa inmevatiem this year i» the goneral distribution of the exhibits inatead of division into group, depending on style.

The pen of Mary Shelley gave us Frankenstein and in return Shelley has given us The Cenoi, this tragedy i s now running at the Old Vic. With Hugh Griffiths' i n the lead i t t e l l , e f a 16th Century noble Italian family, although i t i s di f f i c u l t to see why!

•v. t. BJ° r l in« gives a oonoert at the Royal Albert Hall on SnaJay/May 31st, singing arias and Ueders.

ltd month knowing

How showing in London, the latest in the series of the American realism films. This is an all-taking, ,,#11-spit­ting story about a big finance company in Chicago and is called "Under Crossed Hickels".

The extent to whioh the Producer i s willing to go to introduce a note of reality into the film oan be gauged from the opening scene, whioh i s set i n an Abyssinian dope-den, kept by a l e f t -handed middle-class hypocrite>

The rugged Method actor - Stark Pud­ge - plays the part of "Fingers" Crutt, a well-known layabout, who - crossed in love - attempts to forget by drawning his sorrows in Dark Oak Varnish '38. This attempt f a i l s , but he ends up by winning a prise for interior decorating. Even this f a i l s to console hia however; the very depths of human indignity becomes his lot - he throws his l i f e to the winds and goes to College. His dear old father, white-haired and in for l i f e oannot stand the shame and shoots 14 warders, the Governor and the Governor's oat - against whom he had some personal grudge (never clarified) to do with the drinking water.

Thus ends the f i r s t reel Perhaps someone with a stronger stomach or a bigger bucket will inform us how the sec­ond reel goes.

Mlka -Rooqh-^Ae. -Honor- £

Continued

MTKE 'RO'JGH-HIDE' HONER happened somewhere between 20 and 25 years ago when nobody was really expecting i t . Being a gentle sort, he soon realised what a shock he had been and so he grew his hair to live a sheltered l i f e .

A few years later he joined the local establishment for infants and mentally retarded persons from whence he began to influence people. It was whilst at this establishment that he realised that his was to be an acad­emic career, and he immediately carried out a l i t t l e personal researoh result­ing in the Honer classic, "Maniacs, and how their minds work".

It was not long before London County Council realised this man's pot­entialities and sent him to I.C. (This has since been recognised to be the greatest move'in C i v i l Defence).

At I.C. Mike felt he had a message for the poor, uneducated l i f e that he now found surrounding him, and, in order to give the same, he Joined the staff of that venerable old rag, FELIX.

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Taking over the editorship of the same (not only was he the biggest candidate, but also the biggest idiot, and sc got the Job unopposed) Mike found his influenoo spreading (at .seat two otherT.C. man oan be seen sporting Honer--uaned spectaoles) but this has not gone to his head ( i t would have been terrible lonesome i f i t had). Inatead h* s t r i v e s to make FELIX better and better every issue. But FELIX i s not a l l i n the Honor l i f e , there are the mioo that afford a l i t t l e higher research, and of oourse a l l the other unmentionable things.

^ " ^ " H m o i ^ o J l (or H-,

The E d i t o r wishes to sta*r thst h i * *^HS*j*rs-^g

as an appreciation It S T ^ S 5 K S ™ !7

i T ^ l T T ' ^ - Kccle,

our o r i g i n a l diagnosis of h i s condition. The College vet. "as been i^JX t h a t "

F E L I X

Outer

PEACE SOCIETY

Dear Sir,

I was disgusted to hear that the Social Clubs Committee decided at this meeting on Thursday 7th May that there was no need for a Peace Society at I.C. and that other societies already f u l ­f i l l e d its intended aims.

Firstly, i f there are suoh societies already, I should like to hoar of them-, for I have not as yet heard of a Soo-iety at I.C. whioh supports the aims of the campaign for Nuclear Disarmament openly or givea wnt to the Pacifist cause. Perhaps these societies men­tioned hold their meetings in secret?

Seoondly, by what authority does the Social Clubs Committee imply that we have no need of a Peace Society when certain students have made i t dear that they are determined that i t should be formed and are not satis­fied that existing Societies completely represent their feelings? -Surely i f students express a need for a Sooiety, then the need ia there, and whether there are 22 or 220 signatures i s quite irrelevant.

It has been objected that a Peace Sooiety would automatically aspire to the l e f t . Does this mean to suggest that only people of the left have any concern about peace - I really would like to- know.

Alfred Linney.

Dear Sir,

At the S.C.C. meeting last Thurs­day a motion, proposed by Dave Finney, to form a Peace Committee in I.C. (i.e. a branoh of the C.N.D.) was adopted. However, when taken to Union Council by the S.C.C. Seoretary the motion was rejected. The reason given was that the functions of such a Committee could be adequately carried out by the Inter­national Relations Club, which Mr. Finney is oo-opted ante It i s a well-known faot that the I.R.C. is simply a social olub, and does not provide an adequate rostrum for a peace campaign.

In view of this, i t would appear that this is a deliberate attempt by the Union officials conoerned to sab­otage the formation of a peaoe camp­aign in.this oollege. At present I.C. i s probably the only oollege in London which does not have suoh a campaign, a faot which does not enhance our popul­arity with the rest of London University.

I consider i t a scandal that noth­ing has been done about this question before, and c a l l upon those Union o f f i ­cials tc present their case before the •hole student body at the next Union meeting, where I trust that others beside myself will take uo the matter.

Tours sincerely,

Fred Roberta,

Physics 2

IRVING

Dear Sir,

In the controversies that ha>d raged over David Irving, suoh phrases as "assessment of vhe facts" and "un­

biased facts" have often appeared in emotional rather than factual contacts. People tend to be either 100$ anti-Irving or 100J? pro-Irving (not that there are many of the latter now), and neither of these extremes is to my mind wholly correct.

It i s easy to forget that Irving is one of the most competent Journal­ists in"the University, and was on that basis alone a natural ohoioe for the editorship of Carnival. A l l w i l l agree, I am sure, that he aade an ex­cellent Job of the major part of the magazine. The balance could have been better, i t i s true, but the stan­dard of presentation was high and the demands of a tight production schedule were jure than adequately met (even after the reprinting, Carnival was published on time). *t i s ironic that this fine effort was spoiled as i t was.

Let us try and be reasonable

about a l l t h i s . I r v i n g has a point of view, and i t should be heard, but not in a c h a r i t y magazine. A just

and sober condemnation o f his a c t i o n

is one thing; an exaggerated and

h y s t e r i c a l hate campaign i s another. We oan surely agree to qs,ffer with h i s p o l i t i c a l opinions, .sven though

we f e e l onlv contempt f $ r the way he

chose to express them.

Lastly, i t seems less than f a i r

to blame a certain member of I.C. Union Council for what happened. I

understand that this gentleman did warn the U.L.U.-W.U.S. Committee that something like this was liable to happen, but the safeguards agreed upon were, at the time, considered adequate.

lours sincerely,

Anthony L. Brookes.

5 2 " C a r n i v a l "

Dear S i r ,

In your last issue you attacked what you considered to be the decep­tion committed by the ex-editor of Carnival Times: you also said that the ideologies whioh promoted "suoh abuse" should not go unoondemned.

Is i t as simple as a l l that? I don't think so. As one reads through the Press, be i t the National Dailies, the Weeklies, - even the University publicity and propaganda for the Egal­itarian ideologies. There ia l i t t l e , i f any, space given to the other point of view. A balanoe has ceased to exist

There are some who get a l i t t l e tired of a l l this, and who hope to see some of these specious arguments answer­ed. I thing that there is some measure of deliberate policy adhered to by the whole Press, whioh forbids the printing of muoh reasoned right-wing thinking, perhaps for fear of offending oertain groups of would-be readers. It i s for­gotten that Egalitarianiam offends the intellects of others.

In such circumstances, i t i s per­haps understnadable that those, whose reasoned views are consistently rejected by a l l the ordinary means of publloity in favour of the very theories whioh they so despise, turn and look for aone extraordinary means of attracting pub­l i c i t y . Inevitably either violence or deception w i l l play a part.

The argument is often used that the views of the majority should reoeive the most publicity, and that the Right i s so • • a l l that i t should have none. *et i s i t really sensible to propagandise peo­ple with views they already hold? To do so makes them dogmatic, narrow-minded, complacent, prejudiced, and un­sound. In my view i t i s right to offer roughly equal space to a l l shades of opinion, and the most important thing i s to maintain a balanoe. If this were done, the Right would have its share of the publicity, and i t would not be for­ced into unorthodox attempts to get heard.

Tours faithfully,

M.J.G. Moir

ISSUE - LAST, AMD SPECIAL

COMMENT

I would like to make i t dear that neither Felix nor the editor has any wish to prevent David Irving explaining his [point of view or his modus Vivendi. In deed, I would be ody too glad i f he would do so. Three times he has been offered the opportunity to do so in the columns of this paper. That he has never taken the opportudty i s his own fault and he cannot Justifiably oompl ain that his views are being suppressed.

EDITION - "KUM-sNTIfJOTE"

FEUX

O R C H E S T R A L CONCERT

Having hoard the U.C. Orchestra in their Foundation Concert at the end of last term and our own orchestra in the earlier rehearsals of the Session i t was with some foreboding that t o o t oofrespondant attended the orchestral ooncert given b the College Orchestra. Doubting very auoh whether the standard attained by U.C., who had attempted a very ambitious programme, would be rea­ched, i t oame as a very pleasant sur­prise to find that the I.C. Orchestra oould hold its own while s t i l l playing within i t a technical limitations.

Perhaps the only way in which i t oould be faulted was in the. volume of sound produced. This was a continual mezso-forte whioh tended to rob the music of some of it s l i f e , although the conduotor was as much to blame as the orchestra for this. The effect was most noticeable during the Mozart Symphony, and to a lesser extent in the "Letter Scene" from Eugene Onegin, in whioh Miss Daphne G i l l was the solo­i s t .

Miss S i l l displayed her vocal t a l ­ents to the f u l l in the scene, yet i t was unfortunate that the orchestra ten­ded to drown her voice when singing in the lower registers, where she cannot command the same power that i s avail­able to her at higher pitches. The 3oene as a whole was admirably sung and played. Having the successes of the symphony and "Letter Soene" behind i t , the orchestra ended the concert with Nioolai's Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor", during whioh the gaiety of the music affected orchestra and audio enoe ali.-.e, giving a rousing finale to a most enjoyable concert. We look forward to more like i t during the coming Session.

The bun-fight, which followed the concert, enabled artists to appear and re-appear in their own fields. The highlights of the entertainment were Graham silver's appearanoes as a'Palm Court* violinist whioh would have occ­upied the whole evening had the aud­ience had its way; a sonata for two bassoons by a German composer with an unpronounoable name, in which the instrument lived up to it s other name of buffoon, and two melodious duets" for trombone whioh degenerated into duets for one and a half players owing to the inability of one of the players to keep a straight face while playing and collapsing with mirth in a true Goon Show style to the greater mirth of the watoning. Space does not permit a f u l l resume' of the evening's entertainment, but let i t be said i n conclusion may the music sooiety con­tinue to thrive on the talents of the College (and R.C.M.) and give enjoy­ment in the many diverse ways possible for years to come.

P.R. White,

S E L K I R K H A L L

by an inmate

Through the generosity of Mr.

William S e l k i r k , in 1945, the college was able to obtain a large house in Holland Park, f o r use as a H a l l of Residence f o r Imperial College students.

The house c a l l e d S e l k i r k H a l l provides

lodgings for 15 undergraduate men,

selected from a l l 3 constituent colleges.

The hoste l i s completely d i f f e r ­

ent i n organisation from a l l the other

I.C. ho s t e l s , f o r instance, i n an

evening we a l l dine together w i t h the

warden and h i s wife. Nowhere else

i n I.C. do the d i f f e r i n g spheres of

student and s t a f f l i f e so deeply

i n t e r s e c t . Since there are only 15 students we a l l get to know each other

w e l l . During the year we formed cut own f o o t b a l l and c r i c k e t teams to play

the Holland Club (I.C. Technicians),

and we have organised several p a r t i e s

and dances to which the b u i l d i n g i s

eminently suited. Amenities include

lounges, r a d i o , gramaphone, telephone,

an excellent catering service, tea

mashing equipment and No. 26 (a female

speech-therapist host e l j u s t round the

comer). We have our own t r a d i t i o n s

such as Russian bathing and p r o f e s s o r i a l

dinners, and our own trophies which

includes an oar presented by Colonel

Lowry, a b r i c k , a top-hat and a 'reputed

tc be f i e r c e ' bandy-legged dog.

For the past 8 years Mr. P..S.H.G.

Thompson, a l e c t u r e r i n the department

of Mathematics, has been warden of

Sel k i r k H a l l . Mr. Thompson and h i s

wife have devoted much of t h e i r . l i v e s

to the welfare of students, i n China

as w e l l as i n London.

Mr. Thompson i s a f r i e n d l y acade­

mic man who never f a i l s to entertain

with h i s numerous anecdotes. He i s

a w e l l informed and stimulating con­

v e r s a t i o n a l i s t . His long experience

with undergraduates enables him to

understand and help them.

Mrs. Thompson who has a degree i n

biology i s an e f f i c i e n t housekeeper.

She i s sympathetic t o student needs,

and nothing i s too much trouble f o r

t h e i r well-being.

An era i s coming to an end and

students past and present wish Mr.

and Mrs. Thompson a happy retirement

from the somewhat exacting post of

Warden.

Next year Mr. C C S . Seaford,

the college Domestic Bursar, will be the new Warden. I t wil l be d i f f e r e n t

to have a member of the administration

rather than the academic s t a f f , a man versed in the arts rather than the sciences, however we hope that he w i l l have an i n t e r e s t i n g and enjoyable time

at S e l k i r k H a l l .

P. Clark

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C O L L E G E R E C I T A L

Considering the type of weather the country i s undergoing at the present time, the recital given by members of I.C. Musical Society drew a relatively large s>k11 will to hear a programme of works by oomposers ranging from Perg-olesi to Gordon Jaoob. Although the overall standard of performaoe was high, the composition of the programme was not inspiring. There are several com­petent pianists and cell i s t s in the oollege whose inclusion in the recital would hare lent a better balanoe to the proceedings. As i t was we heard three violinists and one singer.

The highlight of the recital was undoubtedly the performaoe of the last movement of the Cesar Franck sonata played by Leslie Goldstone (C*G) accompanied by his sister. This is a diff i c u l t work to play at much slower speeds than that taken for performance and a l l credit i s due to the players for maintaining a very high degree of almost professional competence throughout, although at times one felt that the ohosen speed was a l i t t l e too great and this had to be masked by considerable overpedalling on the piano.

Perhaps the most unfortunate choice i n the whole programme was the t i t l e of soprano for Alexandra Mills (ROM). Her voioe range, as shown in one of four "Songs of the Hebrides" i s oortainly limited and i t was felt that even mezzo-soprano would be rather am­bitious at times. The songs she ohose, three seventeenth century songs by Pergolesi and Scarlatti and the Hebridean Songs mentioned above, left one rather cold, and in the higher register gave the soloist no l i t t l e difficulty at times.

Graham Silver (RSM) gave one of his usual teohnioally dazzling per­formances with the Praeludiua and Allegro by Kreialer and a Spanish Danoe by de Falls. Judging from performances later in the day, however, his talent seems somewhat misplaced in works of this kind. At times during the Kreisler work his bowing tended to be a l i t t l e indistinct, and another violinist disliked the fingering used, yet on the whole i t was a very pleasing performance.

Last en the programme was the Prel­ude, Passaoaglia and Fugue by Gordon Jaoob played by Harold Allan and Ste­fan Wipf (RCM). The f i r s t impression of the work was that i t was a bagpipe accompaniment to a further Hebridean song. Possibly i t was the work i t s e l f or the unusual instrumental combination whioh added to the affect, but there seemed to be no semblance of order, apax from the construction of the fugue and i recap of the theme of the prelude towards the end. A performance later in the day dispelled a l l doubts. At the seoond hearing i t was unquestionably better performed and the type of noise requested by the composer more comfort­able to the ear giving a rather pleasant modern chamber work. Perhaps more practice is the answer?

P.R. White

F E L I X 7

I C A C v B R I S T O L

With a team of only 13 competitors

I.C.A.C. came close to beating the strong

B r i s t o l U n i v e r s i t y team (Southern U.A.TJ.

Champions) in an e x c i t i n g away match on

Saturday l a s t . Each event was c l o s e l y

contested and many excellent performances

were seen on a rather uneven grass track.

Net -ble among these was a 1 min.

59.0 sec. by our captain, 21 year o l d

(Mr?) Peter Rayment, i n the 880 yards.

Bernard C u r t i s recorded a double v i c t o r y

when cloc k i n g 10.1 and 23.2 i n the 100

and 220 yards r e s p e c t i v e l y .

The f i n a l 3core i n the match was a 81 pts t o 75 win f o r B r i s t o l . The day

was sounded o f f i n t y p i c a l fashion by

most of the team missing the l a s t t r a i n

back to London. (Where are they now?)

KODAK'10'

Last Saturday John C o l l i n s took part

i n the Kodak 10 mile road race, against

distinguished athletes such as P i r i e

and Merriman. Over 100 competitors

started the race which was won by Towl

i n 50 min. 17 sees, with Merriman 2nd and

P i r i e 3rd. John ran a very good race

to f i n i s h 13th i n a time of 53 minutes.

L A W N T E N N I S

In the l a s t two weeks the club has

had considerable success and won a l l

i t s matches. The f i r s t team have done

very w e l l , having good wins over Kings,

U.C. and Wye, the l a t t e r being the most

enjoyable match of the season, so f a r .

The team i 3 beginning to s e t t l e down and

f i n d i t s true form; far t u n a t e l y , too

a l l the p a i r s are very even and we have

a steady, r e l i a b l e team - the f i r s t time

for many years. The Club was given a

walk-over against ̂ .M.C. i n the U.L.

Cup who were unlucky i n not being able

to r a i s e a team over the Whitsun week­

end.

The 3econd team have re c e n t l y

beaten Northern Polytechnic by a winning

margin of 5 matches to 2, the match being

unfinished due to bad l i g h t .

IN MEMORY OF AN OLD FRIEND,

WHO WILL UNFORTUNATELT NOT BE WITH

US ANT MORE. SEE PAGE 3, Col. t.

SPORTS DAY

100 yd lJL.MacDonald 0*6 2.B. Curtis CA4 l o . l Equals College Record and Best Sports Performance 220 A.MacDonald C 4 C A. Meade RCS 22.5

Best Sports Performance

440 K.Ludlam RCS 880 P.Rayment RCS Mile J.Cleator RCS 120 Hdl W.Melbourne C4G

A. Meade RCS 51.3 D.Briggs RCS 2:0.5 D.Briggs RCS 4:22.6 T.Hyslop C*G 15.6

C.Constable RSM 22'}i"

College Record and Best Sports Performance

"jump J - S r a h a " 0 4 5 Melbourne C4S 5*7"

3teeple-J.Cleator RCS A.Larkum RCS 4:30.9

C.Connor C4G 175'7£"

ohase New Sports Performance Discus C.Connolly RCS C.WronakiRCS 127'8*

Best Sports Performance Javelin C.Connolly RCS College Record and Best Sports Performance Shot C.Connolly RCS J.Newman RSM 41'2£" Best Sports Performance

Pole Vault W.Melbourne G*G A.Smith RSM 10'

Hammer R.Peart C4G J.Pearson C4G 68"l£"

RELAY

220.220.440 R.C.S., Guilds, R.S.M. 1:38.7 4.110 Guilds. R.C.S., R.S.M. 45.0 sees Best Sports Performance

Tug o'wer 1. R.S.M., 2. C4G, 3- R.C.S.

FINAL RESULT 1. Guilds 151 2. R.C.S. 148 3- R.S.M. 96

Sports day t h i s year was blessed

with a b r i l l i a n t l y sunny day and a f a i r

s i z e d crowd to spur the performers on to

two college records and eight best

sports performances. Outstanding per­

formances were recorded by A. MacDonald

i n winning both the 100 and 220, and

C. Connolly who won the J a v e l i n , Discus

and shot a l l i n new meeting records.

W. Melbourne won the 120 yd hurdles and

the pole v a u l t , and took second place

i n the high jump. The top performance

were t o R. Hedge who won the long jump

with 22 f t . 3 j i n . , a new college record

and best sports performance. The o l d

record of 21' 9" had stood since 1923.

The mile once again provided the

speotacle of the day with J . Cleator and

D. Briggs of R.C.S. burning o f f a l l

opposition i n the f i r s t l a p and r a c i n g

neck and neck to f i n i s h i n the j o i n t

time of 4: 22.6 with Cleator takin g

the decision by no more than 12 i n .

A.W.SMITH 'UF AMD OVER*

The s t a f f race was won by Prof.

3parke i n a time which was disappoint­

ing t o those with t h e i r eyes on world

performances. P. Benham ccnpetir.g

f o r the f i r s t time showed d e f i n i t e pro­

mise but f i n i s h e d fatigued a f t e r a slow

s t a r t , K. Weale too, could mature but

must learn t o concentrate en the race i n

hand.

In the 4*4-0 yds R.C.S. scored a

double with K. Ludlair. coming thraigh very

f a s t to win from A. Meade who had made the pace throughout. During the i n t e r ­

v a l entertainment was provided by a

n e t b a l l match between I.C.'.V.A. and the

Basketball Club, i n a game i n which the

r e s u l t never seemed important.

The 880 was won by P. Rayment the

I.C. captain followed by D. Briggs, both

showing good form and judgement Ln an

excellent race. An innovation to the

meeting was the i n t r o d u c t i o n of a 1500

m steeplechase won by J . l l e a t o r with

A. Larkum runner up. Despite the com­

parative r a r i t y of t h i s race a l l the

runners gave a f i n e d i s p l a y i n the tech­

nique of t h i s d i f f i c u l t sport. The

mare s a d i s t i c spectators were w e l l s a t ­

i s f i e d when one competitor plunged i n t o

the water jump.

The l a d i e s i n v i t a t i o n r e l a y was won

by Reading. I.C. were doubly represent­

ed by both I.C.W.A. and a team from

Admin.

There was tremendous i n t e r e s t i n

the i n t e r oollege competition, and with

the rel a y s t o be run i t was neck and neck

between Guilds and R.C.S. F.C.S. then

won the 220.220.443 r e l a y with a b r i l ­

l i a n t l a s t l e g by A. Meade, but Guilds

squared the issue by winning the 4*110

with a new sports record of 45.0 sees.

The outoome then rested on the tug bet­

ween R.C.S. and Mines, and we were t r e a t ­

ed to the si g h t of the Guildsmen cheering

the Mines team home t o t h e i r only v i c t o ­

r y . Guilds were then the v i c t o r s of

the sports day f o r the fourth successive

year.

mix

EDITED BY

K.W.LUDLAM.

IC AC WIN U L CHAMPS ffssutrs

l s t Place

A.TT.. McDonald 2nd Place AiW. HcDonald J. Cleator D.J. Briggs J. Cleator C.C. Connolly W. Melbourne 3rd Place

A. J. Meade W. Melbourne C.C. Connolly 4th Place

B. Curtis J.M. Collins J.W..S. Newman 5th Place B. Curtis K.W. Tjufllam

R.W. Hedge T. • Hyslop K.W. Lualam T. Hysiop G. Manson 6th Place P.A. Rajonent A. Brown K.W. Ludlam A. Spicer

220*

100* 1 mile 3 miles Steeplechase Javelin 220x hurdles

440*

12CT hurdles Discus

220* 3 miles Shot

100* 440*

W.

220 huroles 2 mile walk 44CT hurdles steeplechase

880* 2 mile walk L.J.

120* hurdles

22.4

10.3

4. 21.1 14. 52.2 9. 27.6

174' 5"

51.3 16.0 123' 3s"

23.4 15. 6.2 37' 8£»

J2.4 20' 11"

1. 58.9

20* 10"

On May 5-th, 7th and 9th the University of London Athletics Champ­ionships were held at Motspur Park. In the past two years I.C.A.C. have been narrowly defeated, so that.this year a special effort was made.

The 5th and 7t>" comprised the heats of most events and several finals. The final of the 220 yards low hurdles gained the club 2nd and 5th places. W. Melbourne was 2nd with T. Hyslop 5th. The 3OOO metres steeplechase saw a fine run by J. Cleator, who was narrowly defeated by Bryan of St. Mary's Hospital. Both men were credited with the same time of 9 » 27.6 whioh con­stitutes a new championship best per- . formance. The two mile walk saw two Yorkshires en fight i t out for 5 th and 6th places. (No comment)

The only events in which I.C.A.C. had no representatives in the finals, held on the 9th, were the Hammer and Triple Jump.

Probably the best individual performances were set up by C.C. Connolly, A.McDonald and J. Cleator, a l l l s t year students. Conn­olly placed 2nd in both the Shot and Javelin (174' 5") and 3rd in the discus. His shot and javelin performances form new college records.

Archie McDonald provided our only victory of the champs when he walked home (not really) in the 220 yards, in a very good time of 22.4 sees; He mas also placed second in the 100 yards. A fine effort,Archie.

J. Cleator, as already mentioned gained 2nd place in the steeplechase. In the mile Pete Sperrin of St. Mary's Hospital proved too strong for John, who recorded a very fast 4 rain. 21.1 sees., when taking 2nd plane.

C.C. CONNOLLY IN ACTION

It i s impossible to mention a l l I.C.A.C'3 individual performances but I feel I must congratulate Pete Rayment, our captain., far a very good half adle. His time of 1 m. 58.9 sees, only gained him sixth place, but at las* he has broken the 2 minute barrier. Dave Briggs ran a good 3 miles when taking 2nd place to Tory Napier.

The final result was#I.C.A.C. 94 pts., St. M ry's Hospital 77 pts. and the remainder of the Colleges somewhere below 4'. pts. This victory was the result of an a l l round team effort: each competitor deserves special congratulations.

CRICKET CLUB'S

PROMISING START The cricket olub, despite the loss

of several "veterans" has made a most promising start to the season. Though the l s t H has never quite been at f u l l str­ength, It has never looked like losing a match.

The f i r s t match at Wye was raised by the weather though there was ample compensation! Batting f i r s t against L.S.E. (a side who have often taken adv­antage of our early season for*) we slumped from 66 for 3 to 74 for 6 but a fine unbroken partnership between L. Williams (42) and T. King (40) enabled us to declare at 158 for 6. L.3.B.'s attempt to get the runs was foiled by a fine spell of bowling by Logan who took 8 for 18 and they scraped a draw, being 40 for 9 at the olose.

Against Baatoote, thanks to a tidy 58 by White, 43 by Bartholomew and 37

no by Burden we declared at 15? for 7-Eastoote started briskly and there were visions of a great finish but our leg-spinner Galbally (4 for 22) induced them to hit out recklessly and once more we had to bo content with a draw with I.C. very much on top, Eastoota being 88 for 5 st one stage before they gave up the *haeo.

The match against St. Mark and St. John gave the lat II their f i - s t win (by 58 runs). Some attractive strokes from L. Williams (32) for at was f o l ­lowed by another fine spell of bowling by Logan who finished the match with s hat-trick ( a l l bowled!) and figures of 8 for 23.

Logan was to prove his worth with the bat i n the next aatoh v. Old Sinjuns when he soo rod a brisk 31 whioh con­solidated a steady start, opening bat-jman White scoring 43. Setting them 188 to win st s rata of 85 runs per hour the Old Sinjun* collapsed and were 59 far 6 before they decided to play out time and on a good Harlington wioket, few things are easier!

St. Bernards Hospital were trounced by 7 wickets. Batting f i r s t they were bowled out for 54 (Logan taking 6 for 25) and we hit off the runs before tea for the loss of 3 wioketa.

Middlesex Hospital took 2| hours to score 127, Martin Baking 5 for 22 for I.S. but our bid to score the runs i n 100 minutes did not come off, primarily because of • poor start and the match was drawn.

The 2nd XI are also unbeaten so far. Most notable was their win against Kings last week. The Third H have p l ­ayed occasionally and won 2, lost 1 and of course the Sunday XI has been up to i t s usual antics (Captained by Oggi!!)

There are several encouraging features of the teams' play. The batting ia solid right down the order, the bowling i s tight and varied and bow­lers are trying to bowl to their f i e l d , only the fielding needs tightening up and this w i l l undoubtedly come with more practice. Seven new players have a l ­ready made the l s t XI and a l l have per­formed well. Significant i s the fact that both Eastoote and Old Sinjuns beat us last year while this year they were fighting to avoid defeat a l l the time. There is much material end (soccer teams please mote) we have a bearded fields­man who persists in kicking the ball (usually over the boundary) with remark­able accuracy.

Looking ahead to the Devon tour, we should be able to take a strong tour­ing side even with several members from the 2nd or 3rd XI's whose keenness and ability ia beyond doubt.

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