MIKE GONE s w MIKE, IC's new, unstealable mascot lasted just five weeks. Beetween 1.30 and 5.30 am last Thursday it was removed from its plinth in the Union lower lounge. The vice-jaws, which gripped the body, were cut with an oxy-acetylene torch; the ring which circled the barrel had been broken in an attempt on the previous Monday by drilling and chiselling and was removed using toe torch. It appears that one of the thieves stayed in the Union after it was closed on Wednesday night by Acting Duty Officer Tony Duke. The Union doors facing into Beit Quad were chained to repel de- fenders. The other assailants entered through the back entrance which was opened by unscrewing the lock. It is estimated that the operation would take some forty minutes to complete. The mascot was supposed to be protected by ingenious alarm system so that any tampering would set oil tne siren. However, on the night of tiie raid none of these systems was connected, the Wooden Horse Organ- isation, who are responsible for mascotry, wer trelying on the protect- ion ot the plinth and the presence of the Security guards. According to the "rules' of mascot stealing the mascot may only be removed during Unioin hours, which would prevent the use of torches and the other equipment. Also it is againest the rules to da- mage the mascot—it is likely that the cutting torch would easily melt the brass body. When the siren was tested on Friday (to see if it really did work) it was found to be quite weak, cert- ainly not loud enough to wake any of the residents of Beit Hall, except perhaps someone on fifth floor Old Beit. At the time of writing (Sunday) no- thing had been heard from the thieves, although it is customary to inform the victims within 24 hours. However. Deputy President David McBain had discovered that MIKE was in the custody of University Col- lege. In order to enlist their support in recovering MIKE, the mascot of the College of Estate Management, a concrete owl, was stolen during Friday lunch-time. The owl was found in their Union bar during pre- parations for a dance and it was an easy matter to effect its removal. Other IC students are making at- tempts to recruit mascots so that more help can be bought. Two very embarrassed people are Tonv Duke, who had placed bets with other Presidents that MIKE would not be stolen, and Ralph Cornforth, President of t h e W . H . O . , who is being blamed for the loss of the mascot. On Wednesday even- ing Cornforth wrote a report on the attempt made on Mondav. He con- cluded, "MIKE WILL NEVER BE STOLEN FROM ITS PLINTH". Berford College, whose mascot — a unicorn—was stolen earlier this term, have still not heard o fits where- abouts, and PHINEAS, the mascot of University College has strayed from home. When the New Scientist heard of the claims for MIKE they promis- ed the Union a firkin of beer if it could be re taincd for one year. The damaged, empty plinth s 'We've mucked this place up' The characteristic atmosphere of a Guild's Union meeting—4 parts nitrogen, 1 part oxygen and n parts paper darts, was well in evidence at the last meeting and the hornblowers, tablethumpers and chorus chanters had their usual field day. What were not character- istic of a Guild's meeting were the excesses of the meeting which was never fully under control. In their exuberance and recklessness, many members, encouraged by the Union officers, exceeded the limits of safety and decency : to set fire to a paper dart and then •htow it into the audience cannot be excused on any grounds, especially in the finest lecture theatre in the College. C.E.Ms owl The noise level subsided only dur- ing the presentation of rowing colours, after which President Pete Roberts adjourned the meeting and convened an Extraordinary General Meeting to pass some constitutional changes. Without further explanation he then declared that whatever he wished to pass was passed. Mono- syllabic objections were raised to this unjustifiably high-handed attit- ude, these were completely ignored. S w i m m i n g Gala Having thus abandoned the constit- ution, the meeting passed on to high- er matters as Phil Marshall leapt on- to the stage in a neck to knee bath- ing suit and cardboard banana horns, while his accomplice, Rog White, in similar dress, bounded from black- board to black-board scribbling sex- ual graffiti. "You may wonder why we are wearing this spastic gear' said Marshaall, and offerred the forth- coming swimming gala as an excuse. Defending himself from a hail of paper, chalk and a probing lecture pointer, by waving his helmet, the Guild's Vice President spent a boisterous ten minutes alternatively describing future Guild's activities, and shouting for order. Characteristic- ally, he placed great emphasis on free booze in his address. Te remainder of the meeting was taken up with children's games, laughingly called a competition. The basis oi these was an inter-year con- test involving the bursting of bal- loons by sheer lung power and the eating of drv Weetabix. It also involved trampling said Weet- abix into the doer and smashing one pint mug. The result was never in doubt, since Reg White, finding nothing better to do with his piece of chalk, wrote the winners. Civils, plainly on the board—and Civils it was. All parties cheated vigorously, casting sporting instincts aside, and the lure of the prize, a largo volume of beer. was so groat that a tti' ;le broke out in the winning team over the distribut- ion of the bootv. Children A final friendly followed, including a Presidential team of Duke. McBain and Roberts, and. on paper plates, several rounds of Bird's Instant Whip (neapolitan flavour;. At the end of this contest Duke showed him- self to be no more responsible than the worst of 'that crowd', when he flung one oi the plates into the audience covering several people with the mixture and depositing portions of it on furniture and walls: all good dirty funl Shortly after this Roberts appealed for some order saying 'I think we've mucked this place up quite enough." They had indeed I Of interest, incidentally, is that the noise level reached a definite max- imum during the reading of the minutes—perhaps Guildsmen just aren't interested in the aiiairs of their irresponsible Union officers. J. Mullay, C.G.H.
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M I K E G O N E s
wMIKE, IC's new, unstealable mascot lasted just five weeks.
Beetween 1.30 and 5.30 am last Thursday it was removed from its
plinth in the Union lower lounge. The vice-jaws, which gripped the body, were cut with an oxy-acetylene torch; the ring which circled the barrel had been broken in an attempt on the previous Monday
by drilling and chiselling and was removed using toe torch.
It appears that one of the thieves stayed in the Union after it was
closed on Wednesday night by Acting Duty Officer Tony Duke.
The Union doors facing into Beit Quad were chained to repel de
fenders. The other assailants entered through the back entrance
which was opened by unscrewing the lock. It is estimated that the
operation would take some forty minutes to complete.
T h e mascot was s u p p o s e d to be
p r o t e c t e d b y i n g e n i o u s a l a r m sys tem
so that any t a m p e r i n g w o u l d set o i l
tne s i ren . H o w e v e r , on the n i g h t of
t i ie r a i d none of these systems was
c o n n e c t e d , t h e W o o d e n H o r s e O r g a n
i sa t i on , w h o are r e s p o n s i b l e f o r
masco t ry , w e r t r e l y i n g o n the p r o t e c t
i o n ot the p l i n t h a n d the presence of
the S e c u r i t y guards . A c c o r d i n g to the
" r u l e s ' o f mascot s t e a l i n g the m a s c o t
m a y o n l y be r e m o v e d d u r i n g U n i o i n
hours , w h i c h w o u l d p r e v e n t the use
of torches a n d t h e o ther e q u i p m e n t .
A l s o it is againest t h e ru les t o d a
mage the m a s c o t — i t is l i k e l y t h a t
t h e c u t t i n g t o r c h w o u l d eas i ly m e l t
the brass body .
W h e n the s i ren w a s tested o n F r i d a y (to see i f it r e a l l y d i d w o r k ) i t was f o u n d to be q u i t e w e a k , cer t a i n l y not l o u d e n o u g h to w a k e a n y of the residents of B e i t H a l l , except p e r h a p s someone on f i f th floor O l d B e i t .
A t t h e t i m e of w r i t i n g (Sunday) n o t h i n g h a d been h e a r d f r o m the thieves , a l t h o u g h it is c u s t o m a r y to i n f o r m the v i c t i m s w i t h i n 24 hours . H o w e v e r . D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t D a v i d M c B a i n h a d d i s c o v e r e d that M I K E was i n the custody of U n i v e r s i t y C o l lege.
I n o r d e r to en l i s t t h e i r s u p p o r t i n
r e c o v e r i n g M I K E , the mascot of t h e
C o l l e g e o f E s t a t e M a n a g e m e n t , a
c o n c r e te o w l , w a s s to len d u r i n g
F r i d a y l u n c h - t i m e . T h e o w l was
f o u n d i n t h e i r U n i o n b a r d u r i n g p r e
para t i ons for a d a n c e a n d i t was a n
easy mat te r to effect its r e m o v a l .
O t h e r I C students are m a k i n g at
tempts to re c ru i t mascots so that m o r e
h e l p c a n be b o u g h t .
T w o v e r y e m b a r r a s s e d p e o p l e are
T o n v D u k e , w h o h a d p l a c e d bets
w i t h other Pres idents that M I K E
w o u l d n o t b e s to len , a n d R a l p h
C o r n f o r t h , P r e s i d e n t of the W . H . O . ,
w h o is b e i n g b l a m e d for the loss
of t h e mascot . O n W e d n e s d a y e v e n
i n g C o r n f o r t h w r o t e a report on the
a t t e mp t m a d e on M o n d a v . H e c o n
c l u d e d , " M I K E W I L L N E V E R B E
S T O L E N F R O M I T S P L I N T H " .
B e r f o r d C o l l e g e , w h o s e m a s c o t— a
u n i c o r n — w a s stolen ear l i e r th is t e r m ,
h a v e s t i l l not h e a r d o fits w h e r e
abouts , a n d P H I N E A S , t h e masco t of
U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e has s t rayed f r o m
h o m e . W h e n the N e w Sc ient i s t h e a r d
of t h e c l a i m s f o r M I K E t h e y p r o m i s
e d the U n i o n a f i rk in of beer i f i t
c o u l d be re t a i n c d for one year .
The damaged, empty plinth
s'We've mucked this place up'
The characteristic atmosphere of a Guild's Union meeting—4 parts nitrogen, 1 part oxygen and n parts paper darts, was well in
evidence at the last meeting and the hornblowers, tablethumpers and chorus chanters had their usual field day. What were not character
istic of a Guild's meeting were the excesses of the meeting which
was never fully under control. In their exuberance and recklessness,
many members, encouraged by the Union officers, exceeded the
limits of safety and decency : to set fire to a paper dart and then
•htow it into the audience cannot be excused on any grounds,
especially in the finest lecture theatre in the College.
C.E.Ms owl
T h e noise l e v e l s u b s i d e d o n l y d u r
i n g t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f r o w i n g
co l ours , after w h i c h P r e s i d e n t P e t e
R o b e r t s a d j o u r n e d the m e e t i n g a n d
c o n v e n e d an E x t r a o r d i n a r y G e n e r a l
M e e t i n g to pass some c o n s t i t u t i o n a l
changes . W i t h o u t f u r t h e r e x p l a n a t i o n
he t h e n d e c l a r e d that w h a t e v e r he
w i s h e d to pass was passed . M o n o
s y l l a b i c ob ject ions w e r e ra i sed to
th is un jus t i f i ab ly h i g h - h a n d e d a t t i t
u d e , these w e r e c o m p l e t e l y i g n o r e d .
S w i m m i n g G a l a
H a v i n g thus a b a n d o n e d the const i t
u t i o n , t h e m e e t i n g passed on to h i g h
er matters as P h i l M a r s h a l l leapt o n
to the stage i n a neck to k n e e b a t h
i n g suit a n d c a r d b o a r d b a n a n a horns ,
w h i l e his a c c o m p l i c e , R o g W h i t e , i n
s i m i l a r dress, b o u n d e d f r o m b l a c k
b o a r d to b lack-board s c r i b b l i n g sex
u a l graf f i t i . " Y o u m a y w o n d e r w h y
w e are w e a r i n g this spastic gear '
sa id M a r s h a a l l , a n d o f ferred the f o r t h
c o m i n g s w i m m i n g g a l a as a n excuse.
D e f e n d i n g h i m s e l f f r o m a h a i l of
p a p e r , c h a l k a n d a p r o b i n g l e c t u r e
p o i n t e r , b y w a v i n g his h e l m e t , t h e
G u i l d ' s V i c e P r e s i d e n t spent a
bo isterous ten minutes a l t e r n a t i v e l y
d e s c r i b i n g f u t u r e G u i l d ' s a c t i v i t i e s ,
a n d s h o u t i n g for o rder . C h a r a c t e r i s t i c
a l l y , he p l a c e d great emphas i s on
free booze i n h is address .
T e r e m a i n d e r of the m e e t i n g was
t a k e n u p w i t h c h i l d r e n ' s games ,
l a u g h i n g l y c a l l e d a c o m p e t i t i o n . T h e
basis o i these was an i n t e r - y e a r c o n
test i n v o l v i n g the b u r s t i n g of b a l
loons b y sheer l u n g p o w e r a n d
t h e e a t i n g of d r v W e e t a b i x . It
also i n v o l v e d t r a m p l i n g said W e e t
abix in to the doer a n d s m a s h i n g
one p i n t m u g . T h e result was
never i n d o u b t , s ince R e g W h i t e ,
f i n d i n g n o t h i n g bet ter to do w i t h his
p iece of c h a l k , w r o t e the w i n n e r s .
C i v i l s , p l a i n l y on the b o a r d — a n d
C i v i l s it was . A l l par t ies c h e a t e d
v i g o r o u s l y , cas t ing s p o r t i n g inst incts
as ide , a n d the l u r e of the p r i z e ,
a largo v o l u m e of beer . was
so groat that a t t i ' ; le b r oke out in the w i n n i n g t e a m over the d i s t r i b u t
i o n of the boo tv .
C h i l d r e n
A final f r i e n d l y f o l l o w e d , i n c l u d i n g
a P r e s i d e n t i a l t eam of D u k e . M c B a i n
a n d Ro be r t s , a n d . on paper plates ,
severa l r o u n d s of B i r d ' s Instant
W h i p (neapo l i tan f lavour ; . A t the
e n d o f this contest D u k e s h o w e d h i m
self to be n o m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e t h a n
the w o r s t of ' that c r o w d ' , w h e n he
flung one o i the p la tes i n t o t h e
a u d i e n c e c o v e r i n g severa l p e o p l e
w i t h t h e m i x t u r e a n d d e p o s i t i n g
por t i ons of it on f u r n i t u r e a n d w a l l s :
a l l g o o d d i r t y f u n l S h o r t l y after this
Rober t s a p p e a l e d for some o r d e r
s a y i n g 'I t h i n k w e ' v e m u c k e d th is
p l a c e u p q u i t e e n o u g h . " T h e y h a d
i n d e e d I
O f interest , i n c i d e n t a l l y , is that the
noise l e v e l r e a c h e d a def inite m a x
i m u m d u r i n g t h e r e a d i n g of the
m i n u t e s — p e r h a p s G u i l d s m e n just
aren ' t in teres ted i n the a i i a i r s o f
their i r r e spons ib l e U n i o n officers.
J . M u l l a y , C . G . H .
2 F E L I X
Rubbish! ' It 's a l l r u b b i s h ! ' c o m m e n t e d D r .
D . E . H , Jones o n m a n u f a c t u r e r s l i t e r
a t u r e on ' H i - F i ' p i c k - u p a r m s , as h e
demonst ra ted his o w n d e s i g n , c o n
t r a c t e d f r o m the t u b e of a b i c y c l e
i u m p . I n h is l e c t u r e o n ' R u b b i s h
d a c h i n e s , ' the p r o d u c t i o n of use fu l
art i c les f r o m r u b b i s h , D r . Jones d e
s c r i b e d to the M a t h s a n d P h y s . Soc .
some of h i t o w n p r o d u c t s , s u c h as
his r u b b i s h t a p e - r e c o r d e r , a m p l i f i e r ,
a n d r e c o r d p layers . H e t h e n d i s c u s s e d
t h e o ther s ide o f t h e subject , t h a t
is, useless p r o d u c t s , c o n s t r u c t e d i n
order t o s h o w i t c o u l d be d o n e ,
s u c h as s t e a m - p o w e r e d boats , a n d
his p r o p o s e d s team b a l l o o n s . H e a l so
t a l k e d br i e f l y a b o u t h i s interest i n
t h e o r y of h o w a b i c y c l e w o r k s , a n d
h o w it is poss ib le t o steer i t . H e
asked a n y b o d y w i t h a n e w theory to
contac t h i m v i a the C h e m i s t r y D e
p a r t m e n t .
R. B a s s
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h n * l i e e n g r a n t e d to Pro fessor S t a n l e v
G i l l o f t h e C o m p u t i n g S e c t i o n b y
U i e M i n i s t r y ot l e c m i o l o g y . l i i e
c o n t r a c t i n v o l v e s i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e a p
p l i c a t i o n ot c o m p u t e r s to the d e s i g n
ot n u l l s t o r s h i p s , a n d w i l l r e q u i r e
t h e p u r c h a s e ot g r a p h i c a l d i s p l a y
e q u i p m e n t a n d a P i J P - 7 c o m p u t e r to
c o n t r o l i t .
Pro fessor E l l i o t t , a l so of the C o m
p u t i n g S e c t i o n was i n t e r v i e w e d r e
c e n t l y on a r a d i o p r o g r a m m e a b o u t
the a p p l i c a t i o n of c o m p u t e r s to t h e
d e s i g n of prof i les w h i c h is n o w based
l a r g e l y o n e x p e r i e n c e r a t h e r t h a n
s c i ence .
N . S h i n d l e r
s
yThe H . G . Wells Centenary Lecture organised by the National
Wells Society was given by L o r d Snow. L o r d Snow gave an in
formal lecture, as he said Wells did not approve of formally , and
spoke of his personal impressions of Wells.
H e first m e t h i m i n 1934 W e l l s
w a s t h e first p e r s o n to s h o w a n y
interest i n a n o v e l L o r d S n o w h a d
just w r i t t e n , a n d a s k e d h i m to
l u n c h to discuss i t . L o r d S n o w a r
r i v e d p u n c t u a l l y at W e l l ' s L o n d o n
h o m e o n a d a r k a n d m i s e r a b l e a f ter
n o o n . W e l l s was n o t p u n c t u a l b u t
w h e n he d i d a p p e a r s h o w e d great i n
terest in L o r d S n o w a n d h ' 3 w r i t i n g s ,
w a n t i n g to k n o w w h e r e h e got h is
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i n f o r m a t i o n o n m a r r i e d l i f e for ex
a m p l e .
A l t h o u g h w e l l e n t e r t a i n e d S n o w
w a s o n l y i n v i t e e t o W i l l s h o m e once ,
p e r h a p s because W e l l s d i d n ' t l i k e
o ther m e n t a l k i n g to h i s w i f e .
S n o w r e m e m b e r e d W e l l s as t h e i n
v e n t o r a n d the w r i t e r , t h e m a n w h o
forecas ted the c o m i n g of w a r tanks
a n d a i r batt les . I n his w r i t i n g s he
t o l d of h is y o u t h a n d hopes for a
U t o p i a f o u n d e d o n e d u c a t i o n a n d
sc ience .
A l t h o u g h W e l l s is r e m e m b e r e d as
a w r i t e r he o n l y took u p th i s o c c u
p a t i o n because o f i l l h e a l t h . H i s
a m b i t i o n w a s to b e c o m e a sc ient is t
a n F . R . S . a n d a Pro fessor E m e r i t u s ,
H o w e v e r , as h is p e r i o d of g o o d
e d u c a t i o n was short a n d his h e a l t h
p o o r h is a m b i t i o n w a s n e v e r f u l f i l
l e d a n d this depressed h i m .
I n one s t a r t l i n g c onversa t i on W e l l s
a s k e d i f he h a d ever t h o u g h t of
s u i c i d e . " Y e s H . G . " w a s t h " rer . lv .
"<?•• l - i v p T. b u t not t i l l I was past
7 0 " . L o r d I n o w rcoa l l s h e m u s t h a v e
b e e n t h i n k i n g o n l y of the present as
W e l l s h o d w r i t t e n in h is i v u t c b i o g r s p h y
that he h a d c o n t e m p l a t e d s u i c i d e
16, w h e n h e w a s w o r k i n g i n a de
press ing drapers shoo.
R e c o g n i t i o n
I n his l a t e r l i f e W e l l s r ea l i sed his
a m b i t i o n m i g h t never a c h i e v e d
b u t h e s t i l l t r i e d . H e w r o t e s» thesis
i n the h o p e that t h e R o y a l Soc i e tv
w o u l d recognise h i m as sc ientist i f
h e h a d a doc torate . T h e v d i d n ' t a n d
L o r d S n o w fe l t that for a Decern
s u c h as W e l l s w h o foresaw the
sc ience of the 2 0 f h C e n t u r y
s h o u l d h a v e b a d h is m u c h - w a n t e d
r e c o g n i t i o n .
W e l l s s a i d h e f o u n d d y i n g r a t h e r
a messy business e v e n though , d e a t h
i tse l f d i d n o t w o r r y h i m . H i s p e r s o n
a l a i m w a s n o t sat is f ied b u t h is w r i t
ings , for w h i c h h e h a d l i t t l e p a t i e n c e
are s t i l l w i d e l y k n o w n .
J . M o o n t
Southside bar brawl
A c o m p l a i n t has b e e n r e c e i v e d
f r o m the staff i n S o u t h s i d e B a r
a b o u t var ious cus tomers o n S w i m
m i n g G a l a n i g h t . I t seems that t h e
e n f o r c e d absence of M e c h . E n g . 2
f r o m t h e event , caused b y t h e c o n
c u r r e n c e o f a D e p a r t m e n t a l d i n n e r ,
p r o v e d suff ic ient r eason f o r t h e m to
d i s t u r b the u s u a l t r a n q u i l a t m o s p h e r e
of t h e b a r a n d f o r o n e m e m b e r o f
the p a r t y t o flout t h e n o r m a l s o c i a l
code i n d i s c r i m i n a t i n g w h e r e he got
r i d of the excess beer h e h a d
d r u n k .
H o w e v e r , b l a m e does n o t rest o n
the s tudents a l o n e ; a c c o r d i n g t o S tan
t h e b e h a v i o u r of t h e m e m b e r s of
staff p resent w a s e v e n w o r s e t h a n
that of the s tudents .
T h e duty -o f f i cer w a s c a l l e d t w i c e ,
o n c e for n o n - p a y m e n t a n d the s e c o n d
t i m e , f o r m i s c o n d u c t . S e v e r a l threats
to c lose t h e bar w e r e m a d e i n a n a t
t e m p t t o c a l m e v e r y b o d y d o w n a n d
at 10 p . m . def in i te preparat i ons w e r e
m a d e for th i s .
T h e t e l e p h o n e seems t o b e suf fer
i n g n o i l l -e f fects d e s p i t e severa l a t
..the park and its quiet serenity remove the tension of the city.
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graduate ( E n g l i s h ) of the
U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e of S o u t h
W a l e s , n o w t e a c h i n g E n g l i s h
l a n g u a g e a n d l i terature at the
W h i t e N i l e S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l ,
El D u e i m , 130 m i l e s s o u t h of
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Si I wood Park
The medieval assayer had a simple way of grading that most pre
cious of metals. By rubbing a piece of gold of known purity on
the touchstone and comparing the streak with that of the piece in
question, he determined its purity and value. A bit inaccurate and
haphazard perhaps, but it served. And so does its modern allegorical
substitute, for at Silwood Park one can rub one's brains against
another's and compare the resulting parks. Touchstone provides the
opportunity, largely lost to technocrats who must deal with argu
ments that are tor the most part cut and dried, to argue about ab
stractions, to philosophise, to relax and baggie over questions that
nave no simpie answers, or no answers at all. The Park itself is
the ideal place for such a garthering; its serene peacefulness evokes
the kind ot emotion that must have prompted men who travelled
the world to sentimentalize about green England.
T h e t r i p f r o m L o n d o n m a k e s t h e
t r a n s i t i o n eas i ly . U g l y , d i r t y i n d u s t r
i a l c e n t r a l m e g a l o p o l i s o c c a s i o n a l l y
r e l i e v e d b y i m a g i n a t i v e a r c h i t e c t u r e
g ives w a y to t h e u n i f o r m m e d i o c r i t y
t h a t is s u b u r b i a w i t h its rows o f s e m i
d e t a c h e d d w e l l i n g s , neat s m a l l g a r d
ens, hedges , s m a l l n e w i s h l o o k i n g
c a r s — a n d finally, t h e c o u n t r y s i d e i t
self . N o w t h e contrast is i m m e d i a t e .
G r e e n n e s s a n d b r o w n n e s s c o m e
t h r o u g h f resh , even i n t h e d r i z z l y c o o l
of a n a u t u m n a f t e rnoon . G r e e n fields,
f r a m e d p e r p e n d i c u l a r l y b y oak a n d
e l m , r o l l t h r o u g h one's p e a c e f u l
s tupor . T h e gates of S i l w o o d P a r k
l o o m u p to o p e n o n t h e s w e e p o f
a t r e e - l i n e d d r i v e . A once m a g n i f i c e n t
E n g l i s h c o u n t r y estate, stands o n a
r i s e i n the l a n d w i t h its sk i r t of
l a w n s s t re t ch ing m a j e s t i c a l l y a w a y t o
f ields b e y o n d . T h e h o u s e is s o r r o u n d -
e d o n three sides b v recent a d d i t i o n s .
M o d e r n b r i c k s tructures h o u s i n g labs
a n d l i v i n g quarters f o r t h e res idents ,
u n f o r t u n a t e l y c l a s h w i t h the m o r e
ornate a r c h i t e c t u r e of t h e h o u s e i t
self. T o o n e s ide i s a u n s i g h t l y
h u d d l e c o m p o s e d o f p r e f a b re f rec tory
a n d quonse t h u t s i n w h i c h , w e are
i n f o r m e d , w e w i l l s leep . T h e majes ty
of the p l a c e lessens w i t h t h e news .
T e a is s e r v e d i n t h e l i b r a r y w h i c h
is r e a c h e d b y p a s s i n g t h r o u g h the
m a i n h a l l w i t h i ts h i g h b e a m e d roof
a n d h a r d w o o d f loor, i ts b r i c k e d - u p
f i r ep lace , spaces f u r n i t u r e a n d g e n e r
a l l y f o r b i d d i n g a i r . T h e l i b r a r y , h o w
ever is w a r m a n d i n v i t i n g — i n v i t i n g
t oo f o r t h e s a n d w i c h e s , cakes a n d
tea s p r e a d a r o u n d . H e r e , desp i te t h e
c o l l e c t i o n of l e a r n e d b i o l o g i c a l
j ourna l s , t h e a t m o s p h e r e o f the
c o u n t r v estate U r e t a i n e d . O n e r e l a x
es a n d ta lks eas i ly . T h e n a r k a n d its
a u i e t se ren i ty r e m o v e the tensions
of the c i t v . T h e m i n d shifts i n t o
n e u t r a l a n d id l e s a w a y h a p p i l y w i t h
i n c o n s e q u e n t i a l s .
I n the s m a l l s i t t i n g r o o m next
door the a 'mosp^erm is e n h a n c e d b y
great b u n c h e s of flowers a n d ferns
a r o u n d t h e grate . I n f ront t h e guest
sneaker , pe r ches u n c o m f o r t a b l y on
the soap box o f free speech (but not ,
as w e w e r e i n f o r m e d , o f l i cence ) a n d
t a l k s , the touchstone be fore h i m o n
a t a b l e .
H a v i n g c o n c l u d e d , h e retreats t o
a n a r m c h a i r t o f e n d off severa l a t
tacks o n w h a t he has s a i d . T h e
g r o u p is l i v e l y a n d a r g u m e n t s r an ge
f r o m s e m a n t i c d i f f i cul t ies to s o u n d
c o m m e n t s .
W e a d j o u r n f o r a b e e r i n t h e great
h a l l a n d then for s u p p e r i n t h e l o w ,
squat re fec tory . T h e roast b e e f of
O k i e E n g l a n d e a c c o m p a n i e d b y a
Y o r k s h i r e p u d d i n g o f m o r e d u b i o u s
o r i g i n is s e r v e d b y a h e a l t h y l o o k
i n g y o u n g w e n c h w h o d i s t r a c t e d at
least this v i s i tor ' s a t t e n t i o n f r o m the
c o n t i n u i n g a r g u m e n t . D i n n e r is c o m
p l e t e d , b u t the d i s cuss i on c o n t i n u e
i n g r o u p s . B e e r m e a n w h i l e keeps
t h e t o n g u e l u b r i c a t e d t h o u g h h a v i n g
a m o r e d u b i o u s affect o n t h e m i n d .
T h e next m o r n i n g is l e i s u r e l y , f i l l e d
w i t h t h e S u n d a y p a p e r s , t a l k , o r a
w a l k a r o u n d t h e estate. F r o m t h e
w i n d o w at the b a c k o f t h e house
t h e r e is a v i e w of a s m a l l neat
g a r d e n , e n c o m p a s s e d b y l a w n s a n d
l a r g e trees . W a l k i n g d o w n the
l a w n s , o n e is o v e r w h e l m e d b y t h e
q u i e t s o l i t u d e ; t h e r e are a lmost
g roups o f E d w a r d i a n lad ies p l a y i n g
c r o q u e t o n the smooth grass. T h i s
m u s t h a v e b e e n m a g n i f i c e n t o n s u n
n y s u m m e r a f ternoons w i t h f r o c k
c o a t e d but lers s e r v i n g w h i s k y a n d
l o n g c o o l c oncoc t i ons m a d e f r o m
g i n . . .
B u t p u s h o n i n t o t h e w o o d s a n d
a l o n g a n a r r o w p a t h , past r u i n e d
c h i c k e n coops a n d o c c a s i o n a l b o t a n y
e x p e r i m e n t s to t h e m a i n r o a d , a n d
t h e r e — j o y ! — . i s ' T h e C a n n o n ' . I n s i d e ,
i t is a l l r u r a l E n g l a n d w i t h t h i c k a c
cents ; h a i r c r o p p e d close at b a c k a n d
sides u n k e m p t on t o p ; r o u g h l y c l o t h
e d w o r k e r s , p l a y i n g d o m i n o e s o n a
l o n g t a b l e , t h e i r h a n d s , s u n d a r k e n e d
a n d h o m y , a r o u n d p in ts of b e e r —
g o o d beer h e r e , a n d a p e a c e f u l c i g a r
e t te w h i l e g a z i n g o u t o f t h e p u b
w i n d o w t o w a r d s the w o o d s t h a t h i d e
t h e house .
F r o m t h e w o o d s o n e comes u n
e x p e c t e d l y u p o n the h o u s e , s u d d e n l y
t o b e p l u n g e d a g a i n i n t o t h e last
c e n t u r y . I t is r a i n i n g , a n d no-one
e(se is a b o u t ; the g a r d e n is f ree for
t h e w a l k i n g a n d s a v o u r i n g o f its
Eeace a n d c a l m . T o o b a d a b o u t the
uts a n d m o d e r n t o u c h e s , t oo b a d . . .
I n t h e a f t e r n o o n , a f ter l u n c h , w e
g a t h e r a g a i n w h e r e w e s tar ted , a n d
s u m u p . T h e c o n c l u s i o ns w e h a v e
r e a c h e d are a l l r e m a r k a b l y u n i f o r m —
great m i n d s . . . , o r d o a l l sc ientists
t e n d to c o n f o r m ?
S t i l l , t h e r e t u r n t o L o n d o n a n d
r e a l i t y is a t r i p h o m e f r o m a spa ,
r e j u v e n a t e d a n d re f reshed .
F E L I X 7
An Open Letter to Congregat
ion of Oxford University and
Cambridge University Senate... S i r s ,
I n the n a t i o n a l interest I m u s t
u r g e n t l y ask y o u to a b a n d o n th i s
year ' s B o a t R a c e a n d a l l t h e o thers
to c ome . T h e r e ' s n o n e e d to p u t
J o h n S n a g g e o r t h e rosette-se l lers o u t
o f bus iness . A l l I w a n t y o u t o d o is
otter t b e racci to L i v e r p o o l a n d M a n
chester U n i v e r s i t i e s on t h e M e r s e y ,
E x e ' e r a n d B r i s t o l on the S e v e r n or
to Y o r k a n d L a n r ^ s t e r o n some
s t r e a m on t h e Y o r k s h i r e m o o r s (it
just means u s i n g s m a l l e r boats) .
M y o w n c h o i c e is a r a c e b e t w e e n
E d i n b u r g h a n d St . A n d r e w ' s on
the F i r t h of F o r t h because there are
s t r o n g of fshore c u r r e n t s a n d t h e
n a t i o n l ikes its boats t o s ink at least
once i n a g e n e r a t i o n . I see n o v a l i d
reason w h y these t w o u n i v e r s i t i e s —
or the others I l i s t — s h o u l d h a v e t o
c o n t i n u e t o d e p e n d so l e ly o n t h e i r
f ine a c a d e m i c records f o r t h e i r i m a g e
i n t h e w o r l d .
Y o u k n o w , g e n t l e m e n , t h e i m p o r t
a n c e of h a v i n g a n i m a g e t o d a y . B u t
O x f o r d a n d C a m b r i d g e h a v e m o r e
t h a n a n i m a g e . T h e y h a v e a l e g e n d ,
a m y t h w h i c h o f t e n has n o t h i n g
to d o w i t h t h e facts . A n d I t h i n k its
g e t t i n g out of c o n t r o l .
B R I D G E
The Oxbridge Myth by Joshua O'Keefe
T a k e th is t e r m . O n e S a t u r d a y
m o r n i n g the B B C ' s 2 a . m . n e w s bul
l e t i n took it for g r a n t e d that l i g h t -
housekeepers , n i g h t s h i f t w o r k e r s a n d
a n y o n e else s t i l l a w a k e w o u l d n e e d
to k n o w that : ' T h e O x f o r d U n i o n
s t i l l has a m a n as p r e s i d e n t ' . T h e
f o l l o w i n g W e d n e s d a y t h e y w e r e t o l d
t h a t t h e e l e c t i o n h a d b e e n a n n u l l e d
a n d t h e first-ever g i r l c a n d i d a t e ,
J a n e t M o r g a n h a d a s e c o n d c h a n c e .
O n T h u r s d a y , w h e n t h e suspense o n
s h o p floors was a s s u m e d to be n e a r
b r e a k i n g - p o i n t , c a m e t h e n e w s that
she w o u l d n o t s t a n d a g a i n .
N o w g e n t l e m e n , y o u a n d I k n o w
that a w o m a n p r e s i d e n t w o u l d n ' t
m a k e a s c rap of r e a l d i f ference t o t h e
O x f o r d U n i o n ' s m a i n l y m o d e r n t e e n
agers . T h e O x f o r d S t u d e n t C o u n c i l
q u i e t l y e l e c t e d a s p l e n d i d g i r l c h a i r
m a n t w o years ago. N e v e r t h e l e s s ,
M i s s M o r g a n w a s g i v e n t h e d r a m a t i c
i m a g e of a g i r l s t o r m i n g a k i n d of
t a l k a t i v e monas tery . O r t a k e t h e
U n i o n m i n i - s k i r t debate w h i c h a
n a t i o n a l n e w s p a p e r c o l u m n i s t f o u n d
u n w o r t h y o f th is s h r i n e o f great t a l k
w h e r e great m i n d s h a v e f o r g e d r i n g
i n g phrases a n d u n l e a s h e d w a v e s of
w i t on the issues o f the day . . . '
E m b a r a s s i n g , i sn ' t i t ? Y o u a n d I
k n o w that w h e n t h e U n i o n w a n t s
r i n g i n g phrases it inv i tes Q u i n t i n
H o g g a n d w h e n it w a n t s w i t i t asks
M i c h a e l Be lo f t . W e also k n o w t h a t
o n l y a h a n d f u l of p e o p l e i n a n y
O x f o r d g e n e r a t i o n are great a n y -
t h i n g s . T h e rest are l e a r n i n g to b e
b r i l l i a n t , c l e v e r , c o m p e t e n t , ( c r o o k e d
o r a r r a n t n i n c o m p o o p s at l i f e . T h e
s t i r r i n g of a great ta l ent , in the
U n i o n o r at a t u t o r i a l is s t i l l a rare
a n d t h r i l l i n g event .
B u t w h a t counts is t h a t p e o p l e be
l i e v e the m y t h . F o r i m p l a n t i n g th is
b e l i e f I t h i n k w e c a n t h a n k t h e B o a t
R a c e . I h e a r d m y first one at the
age of five a n d i t was m a n y years
b e f o r e I r e a l i s e d that B r i t a i n h a d
a n y o ther un ivers i t i e s . B y the t i m e I
d i d , I was too m e s m o r i s e d to c a r e
about t h e m . I h a d g r a d u a t e d to the
o ther O x b r i d g e m y t h s — J o w e t t ' s
O x f o r d , R u p e r t B r o o k e ' s C a m b r i d g e ,
C h r i s t C h u r c h M e a d o w . M y b r o t h e r
w o r r i e d m e b y c o m i n g out o f
L e i c e s t e r U n i v e r s i t y w i t h a b e t t e r -
t r a i n e d m i n d t h a n a n y o n e I k n e w at
C a m b r i d g e b u t p e r h a p s t h a t w a s just
a p e r s o n a l a c c i d e n t .
W h a t I suggest is that O x b r i d g e
is n o w so b u l g i n g w i t h m y t h s that
she m i g h t start b e l i e v i n g t h e m hersel f .
S h e s h o u l d get r i d of at least one f a b l
e d i n s t i t u t i o n . T h e g i f t o f t h e B o a t
R a c e , one of the g r e a t p r i m e v a l
c lashes of B r i t i s h l i f e , w o u l d g ive an
e n o r m o u s l e g - u p to a n y o ther t w o
un ivers i t i e s .
A n d the G o v e r n m e n t w o u l d b e so
g r a t e f u l to y o u that i t m i g h t at last
stop m u t t e r i n g a b o u t se t t ing u p
R o y a l C o m m i s i o n s to find out w h a t
y o u get u p t o b e h i n d a l l those m y t h s .
U N N A T U R A L
N O - T R U M P S T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n : ! o n B r i d e e
C l u b runs a teams o f f o u r c o m p e t i t
i o n w h i c h takes p l a c e b e t w e e n t eams
f r o m the var i ous co l l eges t h r o u g h o u t
t h e year . T h i s c o m p e t i t i o n is d i v i d e d
i n t o f our d i v i s i o n s w i t h a b o u t e i g h t
teams i n e a c h d i v i s i o n . E a c h t e a m
p l a y s a l l t h e others i n its o w n d i v i s
i o n . A t the e n d of the season the
t o p t w o teams i n e a c h d i v i s i o n are
p r o m o t e d , a n d the b o t t o m t w o d e
m o t e d . T h i s y e a r I C h a v e e n t e r ed
three t e a m s , one i n e a c h o f t h e t o p
three d i v i s i o n s . T h e first t e a m after
t h e i r i n i t i a l d r a w h a v e h a d t w o w i n s ,
a n d as yet , b o t h the o ther teams also
r e m a i n u n b e a t e n .
T h e last m a t c h t h e first t e a m p l a y
e d was aga ins t Q u e e n M a r y C o l
lege . T h e f o l l o w i n g h a n d is o n e o n
w h i c h 1C m a d e one of its ga ins i n
t h a t m a t c h .
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the b i d d i n g w a s
W N E S
1 H I S 3 D —
H — 4 D —
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d i n g sequence , a n d one w h i c h c e r t
a i n l y l a cks i m a g i n a t i o n .
T h e C o n t r a c t of 5 D w a s d e f e a t e d
w h e n S o u t h l e a d a c l u b , s ince d e
c l a r e r t h e n h a d t o lose t w o h e a r t
t r i c k s a n d one c l u b t r i c k . A n y o ther
l e a d gives a c h a n c e of e s t a b l i s h i n g
t h e hear t sui t a n d m a k i n g the c o n t r
ac t .
A t the o ther t a b l e t h e b i d d i n g w a s
of a m u c h m o r e conc i se n a t u r e .
W N E S
1 H I S 3 N T —
E a s t has a d i f f i cu l t d e c i s i o n t o
m a k e a f ter N o r t h ' s o v e r a l l o f I S .
H i s h a n d t h e n appears to h a v e o n l y
five losers , a n d o b v i o u s l y , s ince h i s
p a r t n e r has o p e n e d the b i d d i n g , E a s t
w a n t s to b e i n at least a g a m e
contrac t . T h e d i r e c t b i d of 3 N T e n
sures that a safe g a m e c o n t r a c t is
r e a c h e d . S o u t h is a lmost c e r t a i n to
l e a d a spade s ince N o r t h has b i d the
su i t , this w i l l t h e n m a k e e ight t r i c k s
i n E a s t ' s h a n d . W e s t is u n l i k e l y to
b i d over ,3 N T unless h e has a v e r y
s t rong h a n d , w h i c h means that E a s t -
W e s t m a y w e l l h a v e m i s s e d a s l a m .
I f E a s t h a d been dea ler t h e n t h e
o p e n i n g b i d w o u l d h a v e been 3 N T .
T h i s is an A c o l b i d w h i c h shows a
l o n g s o l i d m i n o r sui t a n d one o u t
s ide entry . 3 N T is o f ten a v e r y g o o d
contrac t , a n d i f p a r t n e r has n o t h i n g ,
avid 3 N T is d o u b l e d , y o u c a n a l w a y s
take the c o n t r a c t out i n t o 4 C or 4 D .
I a n C o n s t a b l e
T h e 1 0 / - for t h e best C r o s s w o r d
goes th is w e e k to S . D . W A L T E R of
M a t h s . 1. T h e C r o s s w o r d is j u d g e d b y
the E d i t o r i a l B o a r d , w h o s e d e c i s i o n
is final. h T e B o a r d reserve the right
to h o l d over to a s u c c e e d i n g issue
a n y C r o s s w o r d s u b m i t t e d . E n t r i e s
must be r e c e i v e d b y the W e d n e s d a y
be fore p u b l i c a t i o n .
C R O S S W O R D
Clues Across
1. F r e n c h w r i t e r of T o s c a m u s i c ? (5)
4. T h i s is abso lu te r u b b i s h I (5)
9. L i g h t i n the darkness ? N a t u r a l
l y ! (15)
10. A n a r t i c l e f r o m the N e a r E a s t
is d i e c losest . (15)
1 1 . S p o t t e d th is o n e ? V e r y rash i f
y o u h a v e . (7)
12 . L o o k , one has t w o , too . (3)
13 . A w a r m e n d t o S e p t e m b e r , i t
seem*
15. Y o u c a n h a v e a t r y at t h i s — i f
y o u t r y , tfiat is . (5)
16 . U s e d u p i n A m e r i c a ' s P e n t a g o n .
18 . C r u s h i n g d e m a n d for n e w s ? (5)
2 0 . A r e b a c k f o r a t i m e , y o u ' l l find.
(3'
2 1 . See 24 . (7)
2 2 . J a m e s B o n d shows n o n e w h e r e
S p e c t r e is c o n c e r n e d ! (7)
24 . " I t a l i a ' s n o n a t i o n " . 21 m i g h t
see i t d i f f e r e n t l y be fo re v o t i n g (15)
2 5 . A car m a d e b y t h e D a n e s ?
S u r e l v no t ! (5)
26 . H o w m a n y w i l l so lve th i s c l u e ?
(5)
Clues Down
1. Sounds l i k e a c a t t l e - p e n f o r c h o i r b o y s ! (7)
2 . T h e tree is a m p l e after the d o n
b a c k s u p . (5)
3. It 's c o m p a r a t i v e l y short . (7)
4. U s e d for c o o k i n g vegetab les , or
a l l at see ? (7)
5. 17 u s e d this shape for fifteen. (9)
6. R e w a r d f o r f o u l p l a y at 15. (7)
7. C l o t h - w o r k i n g g i r l is a w h i r l ?
(8,5)
8. E a g e r l y a w a i t e d b y 18 across.
(4.91
14. W e n t s o m e h o w to G r o o d i n an
E s s e x t o w n . (9)
16 . T h e rest of the a f ternoons i n
S p a i n , p e r h a p s . (7)
17. G r o u n d w o r k on t h e t r a i n e r . (7)
18. H a i r - l i n e d e p a r t u r e . (7)
19. A D a r w i n t y p e . (7)
2 3 . T h e c o n d i t i o n of m a n y parts of
A m e r i c a . (5)
8 F E L I X
" B U L G E ?
WOT BULGE ? "
M
Model General Assembly
T h e I C delegates t o ,the M o d e l
U N G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y — r e p r e s e n t i n g
K e n y a , C h i l e , S w e d e n , a n d P e r u —
w e r e se lec ted at the I R C m e e t i n g o n
D e c e m b e r 1st. T h e M G A — o n e of the
m a i n f u n c t i o ns of the U N S t u d e n t s '
A s s o c i a t i o n — i s b e i n g i r g e l y o r g a n
i s e d b y t h e C o l l e g e
y
D e s p i t e b e i n g a d v e r t i s e d u n d e r the
w r o n g t i t le D r a m s o c ' s C h r i s t m a s p r o -
l u c t i o n . " A P e n n y F o r A S o n g " b y
o ! m W h i t i n g . manae;ed to attract
lur f u l l houses a n d b e w o r t h y of
i e m .
T i i e p l a y , w h i c h was p r o d u c e d b y
m e x - m e m b e r of I C J o h n W e b b ,
a c h i e v e d an exce l l ent b a l a n c e
b e t w e e n f a r c i c a l c o m e d y a n d its
serious m o r a l . R o g e r H a i n e s , a l t h o u g h
t e n d i n g to overac t at t imes , gave a
m a g n i f i c e n t l y f l a m b o y a n t i n t e r p r e t
a t i o n of T i m o t h v B e l l b o y ' s , a n ec
c e n t r i c c o u n t r y g e n t l e m a n , Tohn
G o l d e r a n d N i e k C l a r k e , as a t o w n
g e n t l e m a n a n d his m a n servant , c o m
b i n e d v e r y w e l l to fit t h e v a r y i n g
m o o d of the o l a v . w h i l e M a r g a r e t
S i b b i c k a n d M i k e S m i t h w e r e a lways
c o m i c as d o m i n e e r i n g w i f e a m i h« n-
p e c k e d h u s b a n d . M a r y M c P h a i l a n d
D e n y s B e n n e t t w e r e w e l l cast as
D o r c a s a n d E d w a r d S t e m e a n d b o t h
p l a y e d t h e i r par t s w i t h great s y m
p a t h y .
T h e set, w h i l e necessar i l y b e i n g a
l i t t l e c r o w d e d , w a s w e l l b a l a n c e d a n d
r e a l i s t i c a l l y s U i d . I n p a r t i c u l a r , the
l o o k o u t t ree , iit a l l t imes o c c u p i e d by
a s p l e n d i d l y g a u m l e s s H u m p a g e ,
( M a r t i n C l a r k e ) , w a s a mas terp i e ce i n
p a p i e r - m a c h e .
T h e p r o d u c t i o n w a s r o u n d e d ot l b y
c o m p l i c a t e d anel t e c h n i c a l l y g o o d ef
fects w h i c h a l w a y s c c n u r y e d the
r i g h t i m p r e s s i o n .
R . J . B .
s
Representatives of the Esso Group of
Companies will be visiting the University on
F e b r u a r y 23rd 1967
M a r c h 9 / U 22nd 1967.
Students interested in asking searching
questions about careers in the oil industry
today should contact their appointments board.
a
.r/tioto by D . N o r m a n
C N D Committee; That Ad
O n 6 N o v e m b e r , C N D C o m m i t t e e
d i s cussed , a m o n g other th ings , that
V i e t n a m a d . I t was p l a c e d i n
F E L I X ' to p r o m o t e d i s cuss i on a n d
u l t i m a t e l y i n v o l v e m e n t d ! ) , w i t h the
V i e t n a m w a r ' . C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s
w e r e c o n c e r n e d t h a t , a l t h o u g h p a r t
i a l l y e f fect ive , the a d h a d not w h o l
l y a c h i e v e d its a i m s .
D i s c u s s i o n of a c h a n g e i n t h e
Soc ie ty ' s n a m e a n d p o l i c y on V i e t
n a m was p o s t p o n e d u n t i l a n E x t r a
o r d i n a r y G e n e r a l M e e t i n g , to be h e l d
soon. T h e c h a i r m a n r e p o r t e d to the
c o m m i t t e e that he h a d a n u m b e r of
addresses of contacts i n N o r t h a n d
b o t h parts o f S o u t h V i e t n a m . T h i s
w a s i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e U n i o n
d e c i s i o n to c o n tac t students i n
V i e t n a m .
I t w a s r e s o l v e d to b a c k D r . Steven
Rose 's p r o p o s a l to send a s tudent
p e a c e corps f o r r e c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k
i n V i e t n a m . D r . Rose has presented
t h e idea to the recent N a t i o n a l C o n
v e n t i o n o n V i e t n a m .
What's O n : IC W E D N E S D A Y 14
A n g l i c a n C h a p l a i n c y . C o m m u n i o n .
0 .8 .30 C o n c e r t H a l l .
F o l k C l u b . G u e s t J o h n R e n b o u r n e .
T i c k e t ho lders o n l y . T i c k e t s 5 / - ,
3 / - . 19.30 U p p e r R e f e c t o r y .
L i t e r a r y Soc i e ty . P o e t r y b y G e o r g e
M a c b e t h ,
T H U R S D A Y 15
G e n e r a l S tud ies . F i l m s .
G l i d i n g C l u b . 17.45 254 A e r o .
D a n c i n g C l u b . B e g i n n e r s B a l l r o o m .
19.30 t o 20 .45 . U p p e r R e f e c t o r y .
R o v e r C r e w . L a s t m e e t i n g of t e r m .
21 .35 3 0 3 M i n e s .
W h a t s O n : U L U W E D N E S D A Y 14
E n g l i s h F o l k D a n c i n g Soc ie ty . 19.30
S c h o o l o f P h a r m a c y , B r u n s w i c k S q .
T H U R S D A Y 15
C h r i s t i a n S c i e n c e O r g a n i z a t i o n .
T e s t i m o n y m e e t i n g . 20 .00 U L U
r o o m 3 A .
F E L I X 9
S W I M M I N G G A L A S O C C E R
A sort of organised chaos, or unorganised order,
good spirit, or so we are told.
-but it's all in
S W I M M I N G - FOR S O M E
R A C E WINNERS:
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Freestyle
Butterfly
Relays (2)
Water Pold
J. Hooke R.C.S.
P. Hills C & G .
C. Hollier R.C.S.
C. Hollier R.C.S.
R.C.S.
R.S.M.
T H E SPLASH O F LIQUIDS
T h e pres idents r a c e t u r n e d out to be s o m e w h a t f a r c i c a l — M r . D u k e a n d
M r . C a v a n a g h f a i l e d to a r r i v e , t h e i r p laces b e i n g t a k e n b y M r . M e B a i n
a n d M r . C o n n . A n n e H a y was a n o t h e r n o n - s t a r t e r — e v e n m o r e chaos . T h e
expec ted n u m b e r of l u n a t i c s w e r e l e a p i n g i n a n d out of t h e p o o l , e n t e r t a i n
i n g a l l w h o c o u l d get o u t of the w a y . T h e h i g h t l i g h t of t h e e v e n i n g w a s
de f in i te ly S teve M o t i a t ' s d i v e f r o m t h e t op b o a r d . A n o t h e r in teres t ing s h o w
w a s the seperat i on of M r . C o n n ' s c e r e m o n i a l coat i n t o t w o d i s t i n c t par t s , at
the h a n d s ot G u i l d s .
T h e u s u a l a m o u n t o f a l c o h o l w a s c o n s u m e d — w i t h a w e l l o r g a n i s e d h a n d
out of d r i n k i n t h e U n i o n B a r . T h i s w a s a c h e i v e d b y a t i cke ts o n l y a r
r a n g e m e n t .
On the point of change-over, in the relay race.
Photographs by D. Ormiston
Report by R.M. Conn and A . G . Robins.
FOURTH XI E HOME
T H E F I R S T G O A L was not scored until the fourth minute and
by half time it was only 7-0 to I.C. A minute before the end of
play the 4th's had just celebrated the twentieth goal with the twenty-
ifirst, and extra-time now seemed impossible.
Through the match I.C. played excellent football, although the
opposition were clearly sub-4ths standard. Only the Guy's goal
keeper and centre half put up any resistence—without these the
score might have been much different. However, I.C. had to be
content with 21, of which Brian Hal l got 9, and Atkins, at centre
half, got one valuable goal (the 17th, it is thought).
I.C. failed to conceed a goalkick or corner, and Bil l Caruthers
in goal, started to look for another job. The 4th's now advance
to the quarter-finals, and play U.C.III (away) on January 21st.
Its the early team that gets wet
T H E 7 t h X I IS p r o b a b l y tAe most p u n c t u a l o f teams in the Soccer C l u b .
T o p l a y a c u p g a m e against W e s t H a m , w i t h a k i c k o i l at 11 a .m. S a t u r d a y
1 0 t h D e c e m b e r , the p l a y e r s w e r e a s k e d to meet i n the U n i o n at 9.15.
A t 9.00 t h e y w e r e a l l present a n d correc t , t h o u g h soaked . f r o m the r a i n ,
a n d t r a i l e d off i n t o the r a i n once a g a i n on t h e i r j ourney to W e s t H a m .
H o w e v e r , the g a m e was p o s t p o n e d a n d the t h i r d a t t e m p t to p l a y i t
w i l l soon oc cur . T h e i r s p i r i t , if not d e d i c a t i o n , to the g a m e is an e x a mpl e
that the rest of t h e c l u b s h o u l d note .
It 's a p i t y t h a t keenness does not a l w a y s b r i n g i ts ' d e s e r v e d r e w a r d —
but p e i h a p s i t d o e s , e v e n t h o u g h i t 's c l e v e r l y h i d d e n .
J. Garrat
RUGBY FIVES S H O O T I N G -A l t h o u g h h a p p i l y act ive th is year ,
t h e R u g b y F i v e s C l u b is su f fer ing
f r o m a d i s t i n c t lack of e x p e r i e n c e d
p l a y e r s . T h i s has been c l e a r l y
b r o u g h t out b y our p o o r m a t c h r e
c o r d o f w i n n i n g o n l y o n e o f o u r s j i
fixtures.
T o b a l a n c e t h e s o m e w h a t v a r i a b l e
f o r m ot P . E v a n s a n d B . H a l d a n e , J .
i i l a c k b u n i has p l a y e d cons i s tent ly
t h r o u g h o u t . D . M a t n e w , as w e l l as
r e p r e s e n t i n g I C has a c h i e v e d the
d i s t i n c t i o n of p l a y i n g t o r the U L U
1st I V , d u r i n g h is first y e a r at c o l
l ege . It p r a c t i c e c a n b r i n g d i e
steadiness w h i c h is at present m i s
s i n g , w e h a v e the p o t e n t i a l to p r o
d u c e a v e r y g j o d s ide .
D e s p i t e the e x i s t i n g p o o r c o n d i t i o n
of the Souths ide courts , the e n -
t n u s i a s m s h o w n by n o n - t e a m m e m
bers has b e e n m o s t e n c o u r a g i n g .
R . J . R e d m a y n e
STOATS
C L U B
F O L L O W I . u A M E E T I N G on
T h u r s d a y 1st. D e c e m b e r , severa l
Stoats w e n t to w a t c h t h e O x f o r d v
C a m b r i d g e r u g g e r m a t c h at T w i c k e n
h a m , last T u e s d a y . A f t e r the game
t h e y r e t i r e d to a l o c a l house of g o o d
c h e e r - h a v i n g an exce l l ent , i f not
m e m o r a b l e , e v e n i n g .
Stoats are to f o l l o w this b y t a k i n g
a p a r t v o f f o re ign s tudents , w h o a r e
at present the guests o f R S M , to
w a t c h the w r e s t l i n g at the A l b e r t
H a l l .
O N TARGET
A f t e r some e ight weeks t r a i n i n g ,
I C H i i i e a n d P i s t o l C l u b has s tar ted
the strenous a n n u a l p r o g r a m m e of
i n t e r c o l l e g i a t e f ixtures.
T o date , apar t f r o m severa l P o s t a l
L e a g u e M a t c h e s , t w o rounds of the
v i t a l E n g i n e e r s ' C u p c o m p e t i t i o n
have been shot.
T h e ' A ' a n d ' B ' teams b o t h w o n
t h e i r hrst t w o rounds i n this s h o u l d e r -
t o - s h o u l d e r c o m p e t i t i o n . T h e "A" t e a m
beat Q . M . C . b y 566 to 556 a n d K . C .
by 5 / 0 to 5 4 3 : the ' B ' t e a m beat
L . C . by 542 t o 531 a n d U . C . b y 545
to 5 4 1 . T h e h ighes t poss ib l e t e a m
score is 600 p e r t e a m .
T h e c o m p e t i t i o n s c a r r y on e v e r y
week u n t i l M a r c h , so it is too ear ly
to m a k e p r e d i c t i o n s , b u t la te e n o u g h
t o express conf idence .
LADIES
BADMINTON
B e i i e v e i t or not I C L a d i e s T e a m
remains u n d e f e a t e d after a v e r y suc-
ces fu l term's p l a y . T h e t e a m has h a d
g o o d l eague matches against K i n g ' s ,
B e d f o r d , R o y a l H o l l o w a y a n d Q u e e n
M a r y C o l l e g e , a n d a f r i e n d l y m a t c h
against C h e l s e a C . A . T . T h e s e results
are c e r t a i n l y e n c o u r a g i n g , c o n s i d e r
i n g there has often been d i f f i cu l ty i n
r a i s i n g a t e a m . A n y o n e else i n t e r
ested i n p l a y i n g b a d m i n t o n w i l l b e
v e r y w e l c o m e — p l e a s e contac t M .
P a r k e r , A e r o . 3.
10 F E L I X
X D E
d
n
m Speaking on 'Federalism—a System of World Government' Russell
Johnston (Liberal MP Inverness) said he found it entirely consistent
that he was in his lecture apparently advocating a massive central
isation of Government and that next Wednesday (30 November) he
was asking to introduce a Bill giving Home Rule to Scotland.
T h e s e w e r e b o t h p a r t of F e d e r a l
i s m , a system i n w h i c h a c h a i n o f
d e c i s i o n m a k i n g bod ies d e a l t w i t h
p r o b l e m s w i t h i n t h e i r areas w i t h
k n o w l e d g e , c o n c e r n a n d i n v o l v m e n t .
P r o b l e m s w o u l d be dea l t w i t h b y
representat ives o f t h e p e o p l e to
w h o m t h e y r e a l l y m e a n t s o m e t h i n g .
T h e r e g i o n a l a u t h o r i t i e s a n d t h e
w o r l d a u t h o r i t y w o u l d b e e q u a l p a r t
ners w i t h t h e i r o w n s h a r p l y d e n n e d
area of G o v e r n m e n t . T h i s m e t h o d of
G o v e r n m e n t , a c h i e v i n g f r e e d o m fo r
i n d i v i d u a l s a n d groups w a s a p a r t i c u l
a r l y l i b e r a l one . I t r e c o g n i s e d t h e
existence o f nat i ons a n d c o m m u n i t i e s
w i t h i n states, each w i t h its o w n w a y
of a c h i e v i n g l i b e r t y a n d just i ce f o r
its m e m b e r s . T h e r e m u s t o b v i o u s l y
b e u n i v e r s a l s tandards of just ice for
peop le regardless of race , c r e e d or
w e a l t h a n d these m u s t be s a f e g u a r d
e d b y the W o r l d A u t h o r i t y , h o w e v e r ,
m a i n t e n a n c e of these s tandards c o u l d
best b e af fected b y those w i t h i n t i m
ate k o w i e d g e of t h e p a r t i c u l a r abuses
to w h i c h t h e i r r e g i o n was most p r o n e .
T h e r e is n o easy f o r m u l a f o r
the r e d u c t i o n of f r i c t i o n b e t w e e n
states, o r i n fact , b e t w e e n nat ions
w i t h i n states. S h o u l d a m a j o r b l o c k
w i s h to go against t h e rest of the
w o r l d , i t w o u l d s t i l l n e e d t o b e c o n
f r o n t e d b y a n o t h er l a r g e b l o c k .
T h e r e is, h o w e v e r , t h e c h a n c e that a
s tatutory system o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e
lat ions (such as E E C or U N O ) d r a w n
u p i n the presence of t h i r d part ies
w o u l d be bet ter a d h e r e d to t h a n t h e
e i x s t i n g a d hoc system o f treaties a n d
p o w e r b l o c k s . T h i r d part ies c a n
o f ten see so lut ions t o w h i c h the
q u a r r e l l i n g parties are b l i n d .
UNO T h e basis for s u c h a n o r g a n i s a t i o n
is o b v i o u s l y U N O . T h e fac t t h a t so
m a n y peop le i n E u r o p e h a v e m a n a g
e d to forget T'^eir n a t i o n a l i s m to
t h i n k as E u r o p e a n s a n d m o v e
ments s u c h as U N O a n d O A U h a v e
f o r m e d means that at last p e o p l e are
l o o k i n g b e y o n d n a t i o n a l i s m . M r
J o h n s t o n was conf ident that s u c h a
system o f W o r l d G o v e r n m e n t w a s
feas ib le w i t h i n t w o generat ions .
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9 t h D e c e m b e r , t h e A r t of S c i e n c e
e x h i b i t i o n p u t u p the shutters f o r a n
o t h e r 2 0 years , w h e n the "guess the
c h a n g e s " c o m p e t i t i o n w i l l b e j u d g e d .
T h e p r i z e - g i v i n g , a q u i e t , respect
a b l e a f fa i r i n M e c h E n g concourse ,
was ef fected i n the m i n i m u m of t i m e
a n d f o l l o w e d b y sherry for the 2 5
p e o p l e present .
I n c o n v e r s e w i t h t h e D e a n of
R . C . A . , w h o gave a w a y the p r i z e s ,
i t e m e r g e d that a l t h o u g h i m p r e s s e d
b y t h e h i g h s t a n d a r d of the " A r t "
e x h i b i t s he t h o u g h t that o n t h e
w h o l e the s c i e n c e - i n s p i r e d w o r k s
t e n d e d to w e H e a t h R o b i n s o n a n d
u n t i d i l y executed . T h e e x h i b i t he
p i c k e d out as b e i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y g o o d
was P h i l l i p P a i n t e r ' s p r i z e - w i n n i n g
m u s i c ent ry , ( o c m po s e d b y r a n d o m
se lec t i on f r o m t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r s ) ,
w h i c h he s a i d was cons istent w i t h
the m o d e r n - a r t o p i n i o n that a r a n d
om-process c r e a t i o n w a s o f ten m o r e
b e a u t i f u l t h a n one m a d e b y se lect ive
t h o u g h t .
T h a t the p r i z e g i v i n g s h o u l d have
been h e l d i n s u c h an o p e n area a-;
M e c h E n g concourse was u n f o r t u n a t e
as i t m a d e t h e a t m o s p h e r e v e r y i m
persona l , b u t o t h e r w i s e this was a
p leasant e n d to W e l l s Soc iety ' s m e m o
r i a l to H . G . W e l l s .
R . J . R .
s
Trickster
R . S . M . U n i o n m a d e a loss of £ 5 0 o n the F r e s h e r s ' D i n n e r s . T h i s w a s
the b a l d s tatement m a d e b y P r e s i d e n t M o l a m w h o cast some of t h e b l a m e
on the G e o l o g y D e p t . f o r t h e i r p o o r a t t e n d a n c e at t h e i r d e p a r t m e n t a l d i n n e r .
T h e def i c i t c o u l d have b e e n e x p l a i n e d m o r e f u l l y .
V i c e - P r e s i d e n t O ' R e i l l y s u i t a b l y
h u m b l e , a p o l o g i s e d for the p r e s e n c e
of R . C . S . a n d G u i l d s at the P r o s p e c t
of W h i t b y o n M o r p h y D a y . H i s
h u m i l i t y w a s q u i t e gone , h o w e v e r ,
w h e n he t o n g u e - l a s h e d the g a t h e r i n g
f o r the a p a t h y s h o w n t o w a r d s the
c o l l e c t i o n for the M u s c u l a r D y s t r o p h y
R e s e a r c h F u n d . H e u r g e d s u p p o r t
s u p p o r t f r o m m o r e t h a n just t h e
h a r d - c o r e w h o a l w a y s s u p p o r t these
f u n c t i o n s . M i n e s m e n w e r e a lso u r g e d
to suppor t the F o r e i g n S tudents ' v i s i t
th is w e e k .
T h e 'S tevenson l e t ter ' was r e a d to
t h e m e e t i n g a n d M o l a m c o m m e n t e d
that M o r p h y D a y s h o u l d b e r e t a i n e d
"as t h e o n l y t i m e d u r i n g t h e y e a r
w h e n t h e s tudents , as a b o d y , c a n
let t h e i r h a i r d o w n i n p u b l i c " . C o m
ments f r o m t h e floor s u bs tan t ia te d
this a t t i t u d e , i t w o u l d b e in te res t ing
to k n o w the p r i v a t e v i e w s of m e m
bers of the U n i o n o n th is issue.
T h e C l e m . A u c t i o n w a s s q u e e z e d
i n t o the r e m a i n i n g p a r t o f t h e m e e t
i n g , b i d d i n g was s l u g g i s h a n d t h e
h ighes t p r i c e f e t c h e d was 32 .6 for
one a r t i c l e . I n a l l about £ 1 3 w e r e
r a i s e d , the m e e t i n g r a n late so that
not a l l the i tems w e r e so ld .
P . F . W a l l u m
D . I . M c K i r g a n
R . H a l l
A w a r n i n g has b e e n r e c e i v e d that
a conf idence t r i c k s t e r is a c t i v e i n
L o n d o n C o l l e g e s . D e s c r i p t i o n : —
A g e 4 0 - 4 5 , H e i g h t 5' 7 " , r o u n d r e d
face , R h o r l e s i a n o r S o u t h A f r i c a n a c
cent w h i c h m a y be a s s u m e d . W e a r i n g
a b l u i s h m a c k i n t o s h no hat . H a s pos
e d as a m e m b e r of staff f r o m some
other C o l l e g e . I n one case , h e s a i d
he was a C h i l d P s y c h o l o g i s t a n d
" b o r r o w e d " £ 5 for text books .
More Treble
Results W i n n e r s for D e c . 1 0 t h
O n y y t w o cards o b t a i n e d t h e m a x
i m u m aggregate of 13 goals . T h e s e
w e r e N o . 810 a n d N o . 969 a n d w i l l
each rece ive £ 3 . 1 5 . 0 .
T h e i lness of C a r n i v a l ' s S e n i o r
T r e a s u r e r has l e d to a d e l a y i n the
p a y o u t to last w e e k ' s w i n n e r s .
C h e q u e s w i l l b e f o r w a r d e d as soon
as poss ib le .
F . J . M o r r i s
R C S
referendum I t seems l i k e l y that as far as R C S
U n i o n is c o n c e r n e d , the N U S issue is
d e a d . D e s p i t e t h e c lose resu l t i n last
T u e s d a y s ' r e f e r e n d u m , there is l i t t l e
d o u b t that R R C S G e n e r a l C o m m i t t e e
w i l l accept t h e results as final.
T h e r e f e r e n d u m w a s h e l d t o d e
c ide w h e t h e r R C S U n i o n s h o u l d
aga i n a p p l y for m e m b e r s h i p of N U S .
T h e final vo te was 3 4 9 F o r ' a n d 392
A g a i n s t w i t h 4 5 abstent ions a n d 10
spo i l t papers . T h i s represents a
m a j o r i t y of 4 3 against w h i c h is less
t h a n t h e abstent ions . T h e t o t a l v o t e
of n e a r l y 800 shows that o n l y just
over h a l f R C S U b o t h e r e d to vo te on
this i m p o r t a n t issue.
T h e g e n e r a l f e e l i n g seems to be
that this is the e n d of the issue for
this year . T h e proposers M r . B o o t h -
m a n a n d M r . F u c h s b o t h a c c e p t e d
t h e r e f e r e n d u m vote as f ina l . M r .
F u c h s s a i d that the r e f e r e n d u m s h o w
e d that R C S has some interest i n
e x t e r n a l af fairs , a n d that he w o u l d
b e t u r n i n g h i s a t t e n t i o n to o ther i s
sues.
S. B a r n e s
Another A n o t h e r mascot r e m o v e d f r o m its
r i g h t f u l owners i n the " A v e n g e M i k e "
c a m p a i g n was that of Bat tersea
T r a i n i n g C o l l e g e . D u r i n g a c o n
v e n i e n t H o p a G u i l d s m a n ascer ta ined
t h e pos i t i o n of t h e seven i n c h h i g h
eagle w h i c h was la ter r e m o v e d a n d
b r o u g h t b a c k to a safer p l a c e .
F . J . M .
P u b l i s h e d by C . G . H a r r i s o n
I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e , S . W . 7 , ar id p r i n t e d
86 L i l l i e R o a d , S
o n b e h a l f o f the F E L I X B O A R D ,
by W E S T L O N D O N O F F S E T C O
W . 6 (tel . F U L 7969).
TheStevenson'
letter
T h e 'Stevenson l e t t e r ' r e f e r r e d t o
i n the r e p o r t on the M i n e s ' U n i o n
m e e t i n g c o m e s as a resu l t o f M r .
Stevenson 's v i s i t to the t o w p a t h on
M o r p h y D a y . M r . S tevenson , t h e
S e n i o r W a r d e n , is respons ib le for
the b e h a v i o u r of I C students w h e n
n o t on C o l l e g e or U n i o n p r o p e r t y .
H e was e x t r e m e l y a n n o y e d w i t h w h a t
he saw at M o r p h y a n d at one p o i n t
t h r e a t e n e d t h e combatants w i t h the
demise 1 o f M o r p h y D a y i f t h e v cros
sed a b r i d g e on the t o w p a t h . T h e l e t
ter quest ions the necessity for the
bat t l e s ; h o w e v e r , p u t t i n g the quest
i on to a U n i o n m e e t i n g seems u n
l i k e l y to p r o d u c e a dec i s i on to a b a n d
on t h e m .
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N E W S Wednesday, 11+. December 1966 E d i t o r s * Stewart Barnes
Ala n Saunders
STUDENT-HOUSES AT IC?
I n view of the f a c t that only a t h i r d of the students at IC ever spend a year $n
one of the H a l l s of Residence, a group of students conducted a survey at the
beginning of t h i s term i n t o the l i v i n g c o n d i t i o n s of students i n d i g s , f l a t s , etc»
The o r g a n i s e r s were concerned about the remoteness and poor q u a l i t y of some of the
accommodation which was o f f e r e d to IC °t"dentr- by the lodgings Bursar. They a l s o
bore i n mind the recommendations of the Robbins report i n i t s preferences to
students accommodation and H a l l s of Residence.
The main recommendation of t h e i r report on the survey was t h a t C o u n c i l should
i n v e s t g a t e the establishment of student-'houses,, These are b u i l d i n g s which are
run s o l e l y by students and might a l s o be owned by the Union. Student-houses
already e x i s t i n London and H u l l , I t would cost of the order of £30,000 to buy
and convert such a house and i t i s hoped t h a t i t w i l l be p o s s i b l e to g6t f i n a n c e
from o u t s i d e the College to help y/ith thife. C o u n c i l approved the report and asked
the Welfare O f f i c e r to look i n t o the f i n a n c i a l s i t u a t i o n ,
C,G.H.
<¥14lWSaBEBS 0? UNION SOCIETIES?
A p r o p o s a l to introduce 'guest' membership of ICU S o c i e t i e s was discussed at the l a s t
Union C o u n c i l meeting, Mr Prank Echs was c o n t i n u i n g h i s aim of b r i n g i n g about
co-operation between IC and the Royal C o l l e g e of A r t , He suggested t h a t clubs
should change an 'Economic' membership fee to students from other c o l l e g e s which
might be e q u i v a l e n t to the subsidy which c l u b s r e c e i v e from the Union. He emphasised
that the c o l l e g e s e l i g i b l e f o r membership would have to be approved by C o u n c i l - IC
would not want to be swamped by l a r g e numbers of e x t e r n a l students.
The proposal, was d i s c u s s e d at length, brlnghg i n reference to o r g a n i s a t i o n s such as
the Dramatic S o c i e t y o a r the Opera Group, which depend on e x t e r n a l memoers f o r t h e i r
p r o d u c t i o n s . The aim was t o n a t i o n a l i s e the present s i t u a t i o n where some clubs had
u n o f f i c i a l members from other c o l l e g e s and were u n c e r t a i n of the s t a t u s and l e g a l
p o s i t i o n of these people. The p o s i t i o n of such members as regards insurance i n such
s o c i e t i e s as the Underwater Club was viewed w i t h concern.
The matter was•referred t o the e x t e r n a l a f f a i r s Committee and i t was decided to set up sin ad hoc committee to i n v e s t i g a t e tn. l e g a l aspects.
G . H ,
CARP-CliE3LS
There w i l l be r e g u l a r card-checks i n the Union area .6 next term.
RCS VICE H?K.snyr;i •> •SIGNS
D i c k Conn, RCS V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , r e s i g n e d from h i s post on November 5th. The news
was given to a RCS general committee yesterday, by P r e s i d e n t Cavanagh, He s a i d t h a t
Mr Conn was no longer a r e g i s t e r e d student at the C o l l e g e ,
E l e c t i o n s f o r a new V i c e - P r e s i d e n t w i l l be held at ohe f i r s t Union meeting next term. I f there i s more than one candidate i t was suggested t h a t hustings may be held, f o l l o w e d by a b a l l o t the next day.
The meeting was p o o r l y attended,, only f i v i member:, bolrwr present, probably because most members were not informed u n t i l Tuesday morning,, 0
The r e s u l t s of the NUS b a l l o t we're not challenged, but Mr Fuchs thought that they
represented a mandate to the General Committee f o r i t to i n f o r m RCS-, that about
e x t e r n a l a f a i r s j such as the R a d i c a l Students A l l i a n c e , and the T e c h n i c a l C o l l e g e s
Committee, Pres i d e n t Cavanagh, r e f e r r i n g to the referendum s a i d that he d i d not see
i t as a mandate, The r e s t of the committee reemed to agree. S e c r e t a r y J e f f Warren
s a i d he thought these were matters of concern f o r IC r a t h e r than RCS,
BR A l l • CASHING- AFP VOODOO
That no normal person can withstand i n d e f i n i t e l y the methods of brainwashing
or Voodoo was a la r g e p a r t of the message i n Dr "'f.W. Sargent's address to Wellsoc
on Monday ni g h t .
He introduced the mechanics of brainwashing by comparing the r e s u l t s of h i s own work
on war neuroses durin g the second world War w i t h e x t r a c t s from John Wesley's j o u r n a l
d e a l i n g w i t h h i s methods of conversion to Methodism. He then went on to given a
b r i e f o u t l i n e of Pavlov's theory of psychology, and explained the c o r r e l a t i o n between
Pavlov's work on dogs and the e f f e c t s of war neurosis .
Using f i l m s and s l i d e s , he demonstrated the variou s states of b r a i n i n h i b i t i o n
p r e d i c t e d by Pavlov, p a r t i c l u a r l y w i t h reference to Voodoo and C h r i s t i a n R e v i v a l i s m .
He showed that the main processes i n t h i s type of ceremony- are rythmic o x o r c i s o s , to
drums or c l a p p i n g hands, and overbreathing. At the same time ho showed examples to
demonstrated t h a t people w i t h chronic mental i l l n e s s e s were unaffected by these
methods. He l a t e r quoted extreme f a i t h as the ether p r o t e c t i o n a g a i n s t those
methods, saying that a person who possessed f a i t h , and could net be angered by
the brainwashor, would hold out l e n g e s t .
Dr Sargant gave i n t e r e s t i n g l e c t u r e which must have given the 120 people present
p l e n t y to t h i n k about.
AMNESTY
There have been alarming l o s s e s i n c u t l e r y and other a r t i c l e s from Southsido and the
Union t h i s term. I t i s net s u r p r i s i n g t h e r e f o r e t h a t the Executive has e v e n t u a l l y
requested that such property that has been 'borrowed' bo returned immediately to
the r e f e c t o r i e s and bars. No d i s c i p l i n a r y a c t i o n w i l l be taken t h i s time.
PS and 'Mike' ?
SIR
I t d i s t u r b s mo to know t h a t , i n a c i t y w i t h such a crime r a t e , even a group of
amateur c r i m i n a l s can enter our Union b u i l d i n g , 'work f o r an app r e c i a b l e time w i t h an
cxy-acetylene c u t t e r and then leave undcte. ted.
Surely the Union should bo able to a f f o r d b e t t o r p r o t e c t i o n than t h i s f o r the
b u i l d i n g and i t s contents.
B . L . ME&&INS0N
YHA ACCIDENT ON 3CAFELL
The Mountain Rescue o r g a n i s a t i o n was c a l l e d out when a YHA group on a f e l l w a l k i n g
e x p e d i t i o n , w i t h a p a r t y from Bedford YH were i n v o l v e d i n an a c c i d e n t . Twelve
people s u f f e r e d from shock and minor i n j u r i e s when a l a n d s l i p occurrod on S c a f o l l
P i k e . One person was h i t by a f a l l i n g boulder and i s new i n C a r l i s l e H o s p i t a l
w i t h a f r a c t u r e d s k u l l .
SIR
A f o r t n i g h t ago I sent you the r e s u l t of our 'Quiz I n t e r n a t i o n a l ' match a g a i n s t
SOAS i n the s e m i - f i n a l .
L a s t n i g h t we played Bedford College i n the f i n a l of t h i s BBC World Service
programme. I am glad to say we won t h i s match 36 - 30 p o i n t s and so we are now
champions yet again.
DARSHAM PANDYA 8 t h Doc. 66
A CAREER IJ^OREKSIC SCIENCES ?
Very few peoplo bothered to attend a p h y s i c s department careers t a l k on the work
of the M e t r o p o l i t a n Forensic Science Laboratory. Those who d i d , wore givon an
i n t e r e s t i n g and i n f o r m a t i v e guide to both the b a s i c t e s t s used and some now
techniques.
Of p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t , -.Tore Dr Wall's remarks on the l a t e s t developments i n
t y p i n g blood. Using these methods, some bloods can be i d e n t i f i e d so c l o s e l y t h a t
on average they would only occur once i n s e v e r a l hundred thousands of peoplo.
OVERSEAS STUDENTS WlSh nowhere to go at Christmas when the R e f e c t o r i e s c l o s e ,
are i n v i t e d to see Miss ffarner, P r i v a t e H o s p i t a l i t y S e c t i o n , B r i t i s h C o u n c i l ^
11 P o r t l a n d P l a c e , W.l. She can arrange h o s p i t a l i t y of a l l s o r t s , meals part ies
or v i s i t s . O f f e r s of h o s p i t a l i t y by IC students would be warmly ap p r e c i a t e d