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WEDNESDAY, 8 JANUARY I 9 6 9

The New Year ' s 11 st^ rati honours to people

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which i s the award to Professor P .M.S . B l a c k e t t ' o f a l i f e peerage.

Professor R l a c k e t t ' s career has been one packed wi th notable achievements i n academic and admin i s t r a t i v e fields*. He has been a member of the Royal Society since 1933 and President of t h i s body for the l a s t two years. His work

cosmic rays sained him a Nobel on research in to

him the R . S .

Professor R* Week. who i s v i s i t i n g

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Professor P .M.S . Blacket t

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Pr i ze i n 19 +8 and h i s paleomagnetism gained Copley Medal i n 1956.

In h i s long associa t ion with I .C he has been professor of Physics and Head of Department, 1953-65; Dean of R.C..S,I95V-6O;Pro-Rector of IC, 1961-63f and senior Research Fel low of the college i n I967. He was also chairman of the Research Grants Committee For 1956-60 which were years, of phenomenal expansion i n technological and s c i e n t i f i c education i n t h i s country..

Professor Blacket t was made a. Companion of Honour i n I 9 6 5 and received the Order of Mer i t l a s t year.,

Knighthoods have been awarded to 2 other Fellows of the 'co l lege D£W D.G* Christopherson, the Vice Ctesca l lo r of Durham U n i v e r s i t y and Mr.. H . Shi r ley-Smi th who was given a C . B . E . for h i s part i n the const­

r u c t i o n of the Forth Road Bridge*

As decided at the l a s t Council meeting just before -the end of l a s t

term, President Rex Lowln wrote to The Times, the Kensington Post and F e l i x (see inside) complaining about the reactions of cer ta in member

of the publ ic when asked to cont- • r ibute to the Carnival cha r i ty .Th i s was followed by a press release to other nat ional papers.

Following the pub l ica t ion of the Times l e t t e r on the 1 9 December,the college received over £115 from ex-students and others.

With th i s unforeseen response, Carnival has so far made in. excess of £2 ,500, inc luding iXkQQ from the Carnival Walk. Raffle t i cke t s can s t i l l be obtained and the f i r s t proceeds from th is a c t i v i t y are t r i c k l i n g i n . Several donations have been received from K . P . s and Carnival Cc-ordinator , Ian J a r v i s , i s hoping for more money from parliament

P a r t i c u l a r l y pleasing i s the con-ble amount of support from the

g"cai. i n donat ions , walk

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' This term we k ick off with a few duplicated sheets cf paper , stuck together with a staple and with a mammoth External Affa i r s Committee bumf-sheet bunged on the back.

)x The ne:;c issue w i l l appear a f o r t ­night today and w i l l be pr inted by West London Offset i n a s imi l a r fashion as i n the previous several years.

Then.; on Thursday February 6, things change. We say goodbye to cheap offset l i t h o and he l lo to s l i g h t l y more expensive l e t t e rp ress .

This change of p r i n t i ng process w i l l give us better reproduction of photographsj no smudges or smears or crooked paragraphs~in f ac t , a me'hi c lea re r , more a t t r a c t i ve paper.

The f." .?st is;',U3 with our new pr in te rs w i l l also contain a careers supplement which should make i n t e r -etroin;. reading t or a l l t h i r d years with f i n a l s coning up i n June.

Cf course, t h i s improved qua l i t y means we spend more money. This means ve have less f i n a n c i a l elbow-room, Which brings us to another subject* , ,

We stopped s e l l i n g t h i s paper at our Southside sales t i n l a s t term because M thef t , For one i ssue ,98$ of the southside copies were unpaid fo r . i n fact j throughout the college we lose over ~Z% every year because people ' fo rge t 1 to t for t he i r

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T H E M A F i s now ready-at l a s t - a f t e r a number of minor(?) catastrophes and a tremendous amount of help by a l l sorts of people ranging from Gestetner to many fo lks i n ICwho so generously gave the i r timeto the projec t . Tacked on the back of th i s F E L I X i s the f r u i t of t he i r labours.

Y O U can now U S E the Un ive r s i t y of South Kensington Map. Go places.' I i Eat p i ace si.JI Be a USS.-ma.nl 11 And while you are on with i t , please send i n correct ions and addit ions to the map, for future use.

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Each year the students of I Ch choose one char i ty to support. This year we are helping the Nat ­i o n a l ' Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her C h i l d , after very careful consideration of i t s merit., ana our a b i l i t y to c o l l e c t for i t . This i s the only cha,_.+.•" of i t s k i n d , and without our f i n ­a n c i a l support would probably have to close down.

We r ea l i s ed that i t would not commend i t s e l f to a l l sections of the general p u b l i c , but we have been greatly dismayed by the man­ner of some people «ho have refus­ed to contr ibute . We f ee l chat i t should be poss ible for them to refuse without e i ther i n s u l t i n g the char i ty or disheartening the co l l ec to r s*

With the exneriencs of the Hast term behind us' and a t o t a l of over -£2000. thanks to a l o t of hai 1 work by our students and the gener-o s i t ; of some members of the publ ic ,we strongly support the Nat ional Ccu/.^JLl's motto j ' -hon't C O N D E M N the Mother, heln the 1 H I L L V 1

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The Mines Eoti: : ••, s tolen at the end of l a s t term from i t s ' r e " t i ng . place i n the Union bar, has now been returned- When K . S . K . U . went to rec­over" i t from the Hendon Tech student-who had taken i t , th ink ing i t to be a mascot, they met with no res is tance at a l l . The "borrowers" d i dn ' t even know what " I U S O K . " s t o o d for*

Zimbabwe-Hhodesia-Britain 1s Vietnam? End Smith regime! March+Sunday* Speak­ers Corner (2om)-(-Rhodesia House-hiss-.\-nble Southside 1 .""30pm. ++++++ICPAG++

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The Union Bar celebrated it*-twel f th birthday, with a bar paicy ' on Jan Vth . I t s success can be judged from the quote of one s t s l -

. wart i "At a. quarter past 8 my, stomach f e l t " l ike i t was ha l f nast tenJ" ,

C A L L F O R FREE UNIVERSITY

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A VIEW OF THE URGENT NEED FOR ESTABLISHING AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FREE FROM

GOVERNMENT CONTROL ?. { x

\ ,.; I f a paper published today fcyi' • the I n s t i t u t e of Economic A f f a i r s , L:D$|jted, the suggestion that a u n i ­v e r s i t y independent of the Stats, i s both p r a c t i c a l and desirable i s put forward and discussed by Professor Ferns ,of Birmingham U n i v e r s i t y .

Necessity

Professor Ferns gives many, reasons for. the neecesit,..- of such • an i n s t i t u t i o n : that i t i s s o c i a l l y necessarytb'demonstrate that 1 ;peo- ' p ie on t h e i r ov/n can meet a coKcuin-i ty ; need with no assistance from

(Mm. s ta te .*, ' ' ; that i t would help to meet the present demand f o r u n i ­v e r s i t y places: ( 3 5 , - ' of those with

:the nessesary "qualifications- can­not f i n d p l aces ) .

Perhaps the most scathing att­ack on the present system, is- the suggestion that thepresent system produces, degrees rather than peo-

* p i e "'"who are educated to use know-pledge i n t h e i r work,and have the. self-confidence and judgement which comes from, knowing, what they are d o i n g . . . ' 1

General Education

There: i s room, according 'to- • the author, fo r courses which aim at a more, general education than the present spec ia l i sed programmes. In M s opinion "many of B r i t a i n ' s problems stem from the poor qua l i ty jj, and inadequate- education of the adm" minis t ra t o rs , organisers and t rans­mi t te rs of knowledge who are not equal to br ing ing to- bear i n the p r a c t i c a l context of l i f e the a c h i ­evements of the. e l i t e of pure s c i e ­nce and the a r t s . "

AS a f i n a l reason the author f ee l s a need to 11 preserve and stress. . ngthen va r i e ty i n Eng l i sh education/

1 Much of what B r i t i s h educat ion; is famous for i s being l o s t because o f the growth i n state cont ro l o f the. "'. u n i v e r s i t i e s through f i n a n c i a l pro--J v i s i o n .

The. places i n t h i s private-u n i v e r s i t y would be f i l l e d by s tu - , dents unable to obta in places i n

' the present set-up, together wi th a number of fore ign studentifc.The cost to the student, would be i n the region of .31500 a year . Stud-ents would be. assisted, by-special loans, repayable over say. 10 years, . .

' H . S. FERNS

Professor of Political Science,,

University of Birmingham

and Would a lso . earn money threugh part time employment»Cthe u n i v e r s i t y •would cater for-,a larger' number' of Students per , s t a f f member b y i n t - ' " ens i fy ing the teaching a c t i v i t y , s t a f f wou Id be selected i n two c a t e g o r i e s : " i n t e l l e c t u a l capacity and capaci ty to teach .or capacity to l ea rn to teach." Staf f may have• to teach 2 5 -hours a week during term t ime, but w i l l be given one. year o f f i n s i x "for- i n t e l l e c t u a l refreshment,"leaching posts would be made fa r more v i a b l e : •'• the; idea

• of a. u n i v e r s i t y post as a. f reeho ld *#intil 6 5 t o 6 7 t o be followed by a ' l i f e pension must b e abandoned.1

Capital

The c a p i t a l necessary for land and bu i ld ings w i l l - i n i t i a l l y be derived from, g i f t s , but- w i l l be

• repayed over a period of some'50' years out of fees and research.'" : • contrac ts , Apart- from'.this- i n i t i a l .

.dependence• on outside, sources, ' t he u n i v e r s i t y w i l l be f i n a n c i a l l y 'autonomous.

In h i s conclusion the author .provides a ph i losoph ica l basis ' to. h i s proposals-: " I f a l l knowledge' 2s l i m i t e d and uncer ta in , and a l l - hum­an beings ana', agencies .make Metakaf i n t h e i r l i f e - s t r a t e g y , the q u e s t i ­on i s simply^jwhat arrangement w i l l -minimise the mistakes and maximise co r rec t so lu t i ons . Ih the present

; circunistances an arrangement that encourages ind iv idua l s . and i n s t i t ­ut ions to p lan t h e i r own s t ra tegies seems on balance, to have- a prospect o f more success than cen t ra l i s ed , o v e r - a l l p lanning. And such ah a r r ­angement: does impart excitement, to

. l i f e , which i s not an unconsidered t r i f l e , ; '

• ' Although. ttefl| paper i s the work of Professor Ferns, i t s con­tent has been discussed a t two: meetings of academics. Inc luding Professor Chain from 1*0',An app­endix expressing the urgency of an'Independent Un ive r s i t y i s signed by.46 dis t inguished .educationists, who are i n sympathy ."flth the. main proposals .

M A L C O L M . WILL IA I , : S 0 K • , •

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H O U S E Bernard Sunley House,Imperial

Col lege ' s second Student House i n Evelyn Gardens .was occupied at the beginning of t h i s term after a. delay of three months*

Warden of the house i s Ian Wells who i s now engaged i n postgraduate work i n Metallurgy*

The house , close by Mining House which was opened ar the s tar t of the academic year, i s a group of 5 adjacent houses which have been converted in to one un i t and paid for by the B ernard Sunley Foundation.

The chaos prevalent when the previous house was opened was not repeated i n Bernard Sunley House* However, after unpacking t h e i r beds the residents found that such things as e l e c t r i c ke t t l e s and shaving mirrors for the communal sink were s t i l l a l l i n the Warden's o f f i c e .

Thanks to a report by Dave Harris.Warden of Mining House, examining the finances, rents are down by 1 0 / - per week. Residents i n Mining House get t h i s back-dated to 1st Octobero The occupants are now paying £3 per week for a s ingle room; £2-10s for a double, and £2 for a t r e b l e .

Room heating i s by an e l e c t r i c f i r e through a meter, while radiators provide free centra l heating except i n the basement* L igh t ing i s also on a meter system, as i n Mining House ,but there are hopes that l i g h t i n g w i l l be free i n the next b lock.

I t i s hoped that the summer w i l l see the completion of 3 more houses i n Evelyn Gardemss near to the others. The search for Wardens w i l l be beginning soon.

Interior of the House

Mo More Parking In the l a s t issue i t was stated

that an extra 10 parking places had been gained by ove r - a l l oca t i on . We have been asked to point out that the relevent s t i ckers are temporary and can be repealed i f the experimeitt does not work. Moreover, they have already been a l l oca t ed , and no further appl ica t ions for places should be made t h i s year©

in 7 Fol lowing a dec is ion made at the l a s t Council Meeting, I . C. should now be c o l l e c t i v e l y a member cf the. I n s t i t u t e of Contemporary A r t s , C I . C . A . ) providing the ten guinea chatque has ar r ived there*

Worth seeing at the I.C*A*. t h i s term should be a ser ies of exper i ­mental pop "chamber" concerts, from January 24th* Leading progressive groups such as The Fami ly , N ice . & Van der Graff Generator w i l l appear*

F E L I X Is o n T V

Readers who.habitually watch children*s t e l e v i s i o n may have seen a new s e r i a l ca l l ed B Mventure , Weekly", about a group of school- ! k i d s who run t he i r own newspaper. The papers for t h i s programme were pr inted by West London Offset Co . , our present p r in t e r s , and they feature the famous FELIX cat i n the t i t l e headline

Professorship The chair of applied

Mathematics at Bedford College- has beem awarded to Dr .H*F.Streater , at present a senior l ec tu re r i n our own Maths Dept.FELIX-wishes Dr..Streater success i n h i s new post*

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Because of last minute production difficulties, the length of many

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