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A. 4d WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 1967 No. 2A£

MARTIN WALKER

labs to

P R O F E S S O R

L A 1 T H W A I T E

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Architectural Assoc ia t ion as Fourth C o l l e g e

Plan totters as UGC

delays finance The execution of the plan for the amalgamation of the School of

the Architectural Association and Imperial College is running into

difficulties over finance. The University Grants Committee, who

must necessarily meet the recurrent operating costs of a school for 380

New university students—estimated at £210,000—have mot yet agreed

to the proposals. A decision is expected in the Autumn. However

there are growing fears about the outcome of the decision.

In addition, a large number of students at the A.A. are against the amalgamation.

When the plan was submitted in 1964 to the Architectural Association, it was hoped that the U.G.G. would also provide the initial capital for the site—on the IC " campus "�—and the construction of a building to house the school. The sum required, is esti-mated at £670,000. Due to the freeze, and the decrease in university ex-pansion after the Robbins era, the U.G.C. is proving to be parsimonious.

BEHIND SCHEDULE

The plan for the amalgamation was formally agreed upon by the two bodies in 1964. However, the imple-mentation of the proposals has already dropped behind schedule—for to quote from a paper setting out the proposals at that time—

" It is hoped that the proposals set out in this paper might be progres-sively implemented so that they would be fully operative at the beginning of the 1967-72 quinquennium . "

It is vital to the Architectural As-

sociation that a positive decision from the U.G.C. be obtained within the next six months. The lease on their present premises at Bedford Square, W.C.I, terminates in 1972 Before accepting further students next year (the course takes five years), they must obviously be sure of a building to house the school from that date.

RESERVATIONS STUDENTS

FROM AA

The plan is running into further difficulties from opposition by AA students. In a letter to the Times last month, last term's chairman of AA student union claimed that two-thirds of the students were opposed to the merger. This term's chairman, Chris Libbe, does not agree however and stated : " It was a pointless letter to write."

Libbe might be doing his utmost to crush opposition, but there un-doubtedly exists a large amount of opposition among the students to the amalgamation.

cash lost

C A R N I V A L Q U E E N

Vanita Deshmukh, who was

crowned at the May Ball last

Friday. Vanita is a third year

chemistry undergraduate.

B U U 8 8 U I 8 U I

IN THIS ISSUE

Professor Laithwaite discusses Engineering and Imperial Col-lege. PAGE 6

The Architectural Association

and plan for Amalgamation with

I.C. PAGE 5

PHOENIX review by Edward

Pank. PAGE 5

Banned Rag Mag.

Sells like hotcakes

COLCUTT PAGE 6

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A banned Rag Mag is more inter-esting than a readily available one. Tony Duke might have banned the Rag Mag but sales Have since soared.

According to Duke three thousand copies were printed and those three thousand copies were meant to be burnt. Duke was alleged to have said that only two copies were out-standing. Already about 200 copies have been sold under the counter at Southside.

The Executive is turning a blind eye to this activity in the hope that some of the printing costs will be re-couped.

Peter Potter, the editor of "Bog,'

Staff, have been asked to raise some of the cost of the printing by carnival stunts and " other means."

Since\ the original idea some five months ago, " Bog " has always been a rather doubtful concern. It started as a private venture. The staff, apart from its blonde editor, included Bob Russell, ex-FELIX cartoonist, now at Art School, and several other mem-bers of Aeso I.

Towards the end of last term the proofs were shown to the Carnival Committee, who censored a certain portion of the magazine for " ob-

has been called before the Union -Executive. He, with his Editorial Cont. page 3

MAY BALL

CHAOS The May Ball proved a fiasco

as twsfoap followed mishap due to

chaotic organisation. £139, in-

tended for the artists at the Ball,

was lc* \j the Chairman of

the Entertainments Committee,

Stewart Chapman. The Carnival

Queen finalists, to be elected on

the night, had to buy their own

tickets—hence one of the finalists

refused to attend — and the

crowning ceremony failed as

crown and gown were lost.

"It was like a ightmare," said Chapman, when FELIX interviewed him on Sunday over the missing £139. Chairman drew £139" in cash to pay for the artists at the Ball, but fearing that more drink would make him ir-responsible, he handed the money to his gfr! nd, a second year under-grade., v k Chemistry. She placed it in her sir. ;vening-bag. Later she was reported to be sick. According to Chapman :

" She apparently tripped and fell down the Stairs in the Union and walked out in a daze. I didn't see her —she left at about 1.30 a.m."

Chapman was later alleged to be walking around carrying a bottle of whisky, unaware of the fate of his girl-friend and the money.

However Chapman stated :

" 1 finally phoned her home in the morning and she was there but couldn't rem mber anything that had happened. She was badly

v_

uised and had obviously had a b accident. At 8 o'clock on Saturday evening we found the wallet—empty—on a ledge outside the window of the artists dressing-room. The police could find no fingerprints on it.

On Sunday the artists at the Ball had still not been paid.

Meanwhile Jerry Stockbridge, Carnival Cc-ordinator, looked for about two hours before he found the Carnival Queen's crown and cloak. Apart from Ann Hay, ICWA presi-dent, the other finalists were not sent tickets. Sue Gibbs therefore did not attend and Vanita Deshmukh had to buy her own ticket. With the finalists for Queen then reduced to two, Vanita was finally crowned as Queen,,

2 FELIX

Has Mugger idge had

enough ? The latest obsession with Mal-

colm Muggeridge seems to be

Christianity. This was the chief

point emerging from his very

interesting General Studies lec-

tures on the last day of the last

term. Beginning his talk after a very loud

round of applause, Mr. Muggeridge started off by talking about his " medium "—the " telly " as he called it—which, as he later admitted, he frequents so often to bolster his ego. But some points made by him were perhaps frightening, and certainly most pertinent, to the subject in question. He began by citing " Wagon Train " and " Peyton Place " as examples of the Western world's chief exports to the developing countries. This he thought symbolised the failure of Western civilisation and technology. He claimed, I think correctly, that our knowledge of ourselves has re-mained almost stagnant while techno-logy has overtaken us—one only has to go to Montreal's Expo. '67 to realise this. His view seemed to imply that the growth of advanced technological methods and products(

all material goods, somehow hamper, or have hampered till now, the paral-lel growth of spiritual humanitarian knowledge and that it leads to the suffocation and stagnation of culture.

Mr. Muggeridge's fears stem in the main from his basic belief that some-thing has gone wrong with western civilisation and that it will continue to decline. He asserted' that the main fault in the Utopia as imagined by

our forebears—and almost accom-plished by the Scandinavian countries —was the basic assumption that the gratification of the need for material goods and sensual pleasure is the pre-requisite to human happiness. His answer to everything lay in a " re-turn " to Christianity as the guiding light of people's lives.

Mr. iMuggeridge now seems to be preaching complete puritanism: the restraint of bodily desires as the path to " happiness." This he calls Chris-tianity. In view of his derision of the " establishment" Christian Church, and despite his qualifying statement, " I say Christianity, being a Western European," I would still attack him on being narrow-minded, especially since this comes from a person as cosmopolitan as he. The principles he holds form the basis of most religions — certainly Hinduism and Buddhism—and the keystone of Yoga : in short a " Mind over Mat-ter." So what new has Mr. Mugger-idge to offer 7

R. MOHAN.

Maths & Physics

Society Dinner Excellent food, speeches containing

good clean jokes and nothing of a smutty nature. These were the major features of a highly successful Maths and Physics Society Dinner held in Southside Senior Common Room.

A new innovation this year was a demonstration given by Dr. Warne-Beresford, President of the British Society of Hypnotherapists, an un-usual and interesting addition to the usual speech, discussing the wacs and limitations of hypnotism for curative purposes.

W H A T S O N WEDNESDAY 10

Southside Stomp. " Spencer's

Washboard Kings " and " The

Splinter Group." 20.00 South-

side.

Film Festival. " What a Way

to Go " and " The Love God-

dess." 19.30 and 24.00 concert

hall.

Opera. Excerpts from "Car-

men" and two Gilbert and

Sullivan operas. 19.30 Royal

College of Music.

THURSDAY 11

Dramsoc Revue.

READ THE NEW

GRAHAM GREEN ?

MADE UP YOUR MIND

ABOUT VIETNAM ?

—OR THE COMMON

MARKET? NO!?

IT'S TIME YOU

VISITED THE

HALDANE LIBRARY

Open 10.0 a.m.—7.0 p.m.

(10.0 a.m.—5.30 Wed.)

during term.

FRIDAY 12

Dramsoc Revue.

SATURDAY 13

Morning: Stunts and collect-

ing. Watch for details.

Afternoon: Garden Fete in

Princess Gardens.

Evening: Grand Finale with

"Jimi Hendriv Experience '

and other groups.

Tickets for all the above events

will be on sale in the Union and

Southside every lunch time.

FELIX Staff meetings Tues-

days and Thursdays 13.15 press

room.

LAMLEYS technical & general

books

art materials

drawing instruments

stationery

paperbacks

1.3 & 5. Exhibition Rd.,

London S.W.7.

N e w s f rom

the o t h e r

f i f ty states from FACTOR

From America we hear that at OREGON STATE UNIVER-SITY, " The man in a black bag" is attending a lecture course. Nobody except the lecturer in charge knows who he is. He comes to lectures com-pletely covered by a black bag except for a pair of bare feet sticking out of the bottom. In conversations with students and newspaper reporters he says he is doing it as a philosophical experiment."

MICHIGAN STATE UNI-VERSITY, after two students were disciplined for kissing each other an campus, 600 students took part in a mass kiss-in."

At FLORIDA STATE UNI-VERSITY an 18-year-old girl student was disciplined for posing nude for photos in a university administrative building. A banner was seen saying " nude power."

At FORDHAM UNIVER-SITY (N.Y.) an experiment in teaching is to be carried out in the newly-formed Bensalem College. There will be 30 students and staff in the college. No formal classes or exams are planned. Students and staff will plan the syllabus together and will be free to go on foreign ex-changes, civil right and peace corps work. The only entrance qualifica-tion is to have a working knowledge of URDU, of all things. " We hope to make life so interesting that stu-dents won't need LSD," said the or-ganiser.

At PRINCETON UNIVER-SITY a survey of 150 under-graduates by a student group indicates that up to 15 per cent of Princeton's 3,500 students may use mild drugs such as Marijuana, LSD and Hashish. No evidence of " hard " drug taking (heroin, cocaine, etc.) was found.

Atom Power

is cheaper

says Penney

He then gave a brief outline of the use of the moderator to transfer neu-tron energy to thermal energy, and the effect of increasing fissions proba-bility by slowing the neutrons. Next he described the principles of several types of reactor as developed by the U.K.A.E.A. He started with the Boiling Water Reactor and its low efficiency of about 30 per cent, and included a mention of the methods of controlling the speed of reaction. He then went on to describe the pressur-ised water reactor, with about the same efficiency, and the gas-cooled reactor, with an efficiency of up to 43 per cent. He explained that one large cause of the low efficiencies with gas-cooled reactors was the use of heat exchangers and steam turbo-alternators. He predicted that this would give way to gas turbines de-livering up to a hundred megawatts. He finished this section of his talk with an outline of the fast reactor at Dounreay, with its double heat ex-changing system using 1000 tons of liquid sodium, and its ability to breed fuel at a greater rate than it uses it.

Sex change in IC Exec. Those of us who, having nothing

better to do di/ring Tuesday lunch-time, read SENNET, will, no doubt, have noticed some controversy re-cently over I.C.'s men-only bar.

In last week's issue, our beloved president defended this practice of segregation ; thus one would assume that in this, a year of strong presi-dency, former traditions—especially this one—would be upheld.

This being the case, it is the un-pleasant duty of FELIX to reveal to its readers a sad increase in the sex-ratio at IC.

Last Sunday evening, any self-re-specting member of the Union, in entering this male preserve, would have been shocked to observe that three former members of ICWA (in-cluding their president Ann Hay) supping in the bar. Since Howard made no attempt to remove these three one can only assume that he was " in the know" concerning this sad biological state of -affairs. Djai Howell, strange to relate, seemed un-perturbed by the affair.

However one shudders to think of the consequences if the change had occurred after the Carnival Queen elections—that is, if Ann Hay had been elected.

None of these ex-Icwarians has yet disclosed which Sunday newspaper gets their story.

The other section was a brief talk on the economics, where Sir William said that cost considerations are far more involved than is usually realised in such effects as production costs for very large structures, methods of transportation of such structures and the safety standards imposed. He claimed that nuclear power stations now provide electricity at a cost 25 per cent cheaper than coal-fired stations.

He pointed out that these stations are economically affected by commer-cial, political, and scale considera-tions.

During coffee after the lecture, Sir William exposed the apparent greater efficiency of the Tennessee valley stations as a mathematical trick on the part of the Americans, which makes about 70 per cent, difference in the cost of electricity.

The lecture, which was attended by about one hundred people, was illus-trated by a set of slides, showing British nuclear power stations.

R. BASS.

" It is possible to prove anything," said Sir William Penney, the

new Rector of Imperial College, on, the economics of nuclear tech-

nology at the Wells Society on Monday, 1st May.

Sir William started his lecture by running over the basic fission process used in all nuclear reactors, and! the processes necessary in order to get enriched fuel.

F E L I X

C O L C U T T Once more the silly season is

with us. This is the time of the year when the majority of the students, at this college, try to find time for some revision and examinations. However, most of them are busy with militant non-support of the Charity Carnival, or enthusiastic and heated disin-terest in who will be what in the Union next year, so this is often a difficult task. In fact this proves to be so difficult, in some cases, that they do not find time for any work and they do not even bother to take their exams at all. But not to worry, they rest safe in the knowledge that they can plead severe mental strain, and then the college can arrange for them to repeat the year with a renewed grant. This is becoming particularly common in certain departments of RCS and whilst there are, no doubt, genuine cases of mental strain, for many it is just the easiest way out. The worst feature of all is that the people who run the Union or take any active part in Union activities are usually so overworked that their academic work suffers. Such people are not likely to miss their exams, taking them with a "Death be-fore dishonour" spirit. This means that, in many cases they either fail or get a worse degree than they otherwise might have done and because they have taken their exams they have no chance to repeat, or if they do, it is without a grant. All this makes

Free

University of

West Berlin from FACTOR

The West Berlin City Authorities were made to look slightly ridiculous when students were accused of plot-ting to kill Hubert Humphrey, the U.S. Vice-President. Eleven people were arrested including eight students. A court later ruled that the students should be freed for lack of evidence. The students are now being called ' The Custard-Pie Assassins " in West Germany. The " Chemical Bombs " that the city authorities said were to be used to kill the Vice-President were harmless smoke bombs. The students said that the smoke was to be used to disorganise the police while they plastered the Vice-President with bags of flour, yoghourt, cream cakes and custard pies.

1,000 students staged demonstrations during the visit.

"RED "PROVOS ?

The arrested students belong to a provc-type organisation that has con-tacts with the Chinese Embassy in East Berlin. Both the East Germans and the West Berlin authorities are trying to crush them.

West Berlin authorities are anti-student anyway. Free University stu-dents were recently called "the red louse in_ the fur of the Berlin Bear," and the city authorities have recom-mended to the University Administra-tion that any student taking part in demonstrations against U.S. policy in Vietnam should be expelled at once. "

one wonder whether, in the less genuine cases, the college isn't taking child psychology a little too far.

This year, thanks to the cour-age of people like Jerry Stock-bridge and his men, the Carnival Board has at last broadened its outlook. It has realised that the way to make a lot of money is not by taking it from the same faithful few who support most Union activities, but to appeal more to the general public. They have also spread the work more evenly over the three constituent colleges, and at last the Carnival looks like making a substantial profit. The Folk concert in the Albert Hall is a step in the right direction, and perhaps next year the more useless functions like the garden fete will be dropped. The efforts of this year's commit-tee are self-evident. There is a spate of little green posters radia-ting out from the college in all directions; not even Harrods' windows are inviolate, and nor it seems were the twenty or so students who had their names taken by the 'bules. But still the fact remains that the majority of students in this college, espec-ially the P.G.s, do not support carnival at all, and most of the work is done by the same faithful few.

The owners of the following cards each won a share in the Carnival Treble prize-money over Easter :

Nos. 662, 873, win £7 10s. each. Nos. 1932, 1059, 1101 win £2 10s.

each. Nos. 615, 711, 715, 761, win

£1 17s. 6d. each. Nos. 46, 112, 136, 385, 510, 825,

841 win £1 Is. each. The Treble, which has now finished,

made a profit of £55 l i s . 6d. Parti-cipation in the competition—its first year of existence—was very encourag-ing for future years. Estimates show that around 10 per cent of I.C. Under-graduates bought shares although

It was, no doubt, this that caused the overworked people on the Carnival Board to slip up over the production of the carni-val mag. This remarkable work seems to have been printed witiT its destination on the cover. It's a pity that Mr. Peter Potter didn't think of the waste of Car-nival funds before he inserted his lavatory-wall sections. It seems that the original draft was care-fully vetted by the Carnival Board and certain sections re-moved. Instead of replacing them with less " blue" material, the editor choose to replace them with sections that were humor-less and obscene. Presumably the Carnival Board didn't have time to re-check the proofs and £140 worth of magazines were printed. Tony Duke quite rightly withdrew them and ordered their destruction, and that was sup-posedly that, but it is a well-known fact that many copies are still in existence and are being sold for about 7/6 each. A promi-nent member of the Union was heard to remark Well, at least we've recouped about £50." I've always thought that destroyed means "burnt" and not "dis-posed of in an underhand man-ner." If you want a copy try 122, 362, or 612, but don't tell the President about it.

relatively small interest was shown by P.G.S.

F MORRIS (Pool Promoter).

C N D : Bob Orr elected

At the CND Annual General Meet-ing, Bob Orr was elected unopposed to succeed Malcolm Duckett of ICCND.

After greetings had been exchanged with the Socialist Society it was de-cided that more joint action should be promoted on issues like Vietnam.

3

Phoenix has been published a t

last, despite the lack of support from most of the college. Mike Wilson has managed to put to-gether one of the best issues in recent years. He is now faced with the problem of selling it when nobody wants to help. Per-haps the President should ban it and then it would sell itself. Sorry, Robb, banning FELIX wouldn't have the same effect,

The Maths department has just fitted new locks on its doors'as a result of the long-distance phone call farce. It was supposedly from this department that somebody spent most nights phoning Nor-way and running up a large bill. So far the only people who have suffered in any way are the Profs, in the department who are lock-ing themselves out. Meanwhile rumours are still going around about who was responsible and anybody who is known to have spent a few weeks in Norway seems suspect. A well-informed Icwarian seemed to think that she knew the culprit. She would not say who, but merely inferred that it was a well-known figure in the Union. The college might have been better employed trying to find the culprit, rather than lock-ing the stable doors. . . .

P.S.^I haven't thought of a Presidential candidate yet, unless Ken Weale can be persuaded to stand.

Rag Mag cont. from p. 1

scenity and libel." Potter agreed to these cuts, but later without a consult-ing the Committee, inserted a further body of more, rather than less, ob-scene material, resulting in " Bog's " final form. The copies were printed over the vacation. Jerry Stockbridge has since received a bill for 3,000 copies, although several informed sources consider that 4,000 were pro-duced.

SOLD IN MINES

They were delivered to the Union Office at the beginning of term. It seems that the original plan was to sell as many -as possible for a limited period of two days—at least to cover costs—and then to have it banned ,to prevent it spreading too far. Be that as it may, on Tuesday, as reported in the last issue of FELIX, Duke, to-gether with the Executive, decided to ban " Bog " for obscenity in the ex-treme—apparently too late and in-

completely. On Tuesday afternoon Mines Vice-President John O'Reilly, unaware of the ban, removed the Mines quota from the Union office. On hearing of the ban O'Reilly handed practically all of his stock to Carnival man Frank Morris. It is said that three were sold for the stated price of 2/6 in Mines. The im-mediate effect of the ban was to raise the price, in a few cases to 10/-, be-fore it settled to a steady 5/-.

£100 TAKEN ?

Although Potter will now have to pay for the printing by further, stunts, it is certain that the total of £123 will in any case be offset by sales of banned copies—if only to a limited extent. Tony Duke has made some effort to burn as many copies as pos-sible—a few were even retrieved from early buyers—and puts the takings at around £40. Others consider £80 or even £100 more likely and it is not impossible that the full cost could be found. 500 copies seemed to have escaped incineration. If each is sold the magazine could break even.

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4 FELLX

CEDITOR'S

omment

A FOURTH CONSTITUENT COLLEGE

We are a limited College at present. Academically and within our range we can compare our standards favourably with those of any other similar academic institution in the world. Financially we must be one of the most affluent in Europe. And yet outside the laboratory our graduates exercise little power in Britain. As Prof. Salam has pointed out, consult Anthony Sampson's " Anatomy of Britain " and you will find Imperial College mentioned once whereas Oxbridge has half a chapter. This is because in the past IC has pro-duced, technologists and scientists and in general, fewer men of note outside the laboratory. Now, it is the role of IC to aspire to the finest academic level. This is achieved through our academic staff and our research students. The majority of undergraduates however never go on to higher degrees. They leave to fill the gaping stomach of industry, and industry and the nation require organisers, managers, people with ideas but people with the thrust to push those ideas through. How many highly qualified graduates after ten years are actually using their disciplines directly. Very few.

This rote—to fit graduates for management—IC has also to fill. To achieve the maximum in this sphere requires a broad " university environment." IC must not merely be a " super-tech," it must be a university too.

The amalgamation with the Architectural Association is a first and major step in this broadening. In the words of the late Rector, Sir Patrick Linstead :

" Architects and engineers have much to learn from each other and proper collaboration between them can be of great value to the nation. Moreover, it can broaden the intellectual horizons of the individuals concerned. . . . To share expert teaching is valuable, to be thrown into social contact at the undergraduate stage is eQually if less obviously so."

If the amalgamation fails at this stage; either through a lack of finance from the University Grants Committee, or through the dissatis-faction of the students at the Architectural Association, it will be a crucial blow not only to the Architectural Association but above all to Imperial College. It could well be a mortal blow to the aspirations of the College to become more than a "super-tech," as envisaged in the philosophy of our late and inspiring Rector Sir Patrick Linstead.

We sincerely hope that no effort is spared by the College authori-ties in forcing this plan to fruition.

BANNING THE RAG MAG

Our Rag Mag is banned for " obscenity in the extreme " and is then sold with tacit approval under the counter. The whole idea of obscenity is a subjective concept and unique to our Western Christian philosophy. It depends on we the readers, rather than they the writers, whether we see an article, photograph or film as obscene. And if we in Imperial College were an isolated community and had a more enlightened attitude, there would be no need to ban the maga-zine as obscene.

However, we exist in The British and supposedly Christian com-munity and an obscene Rag Mag would lower the-name of our Col-lege. The Executive have therefore acted in the right manner in banning the Mag.

If they had not banned the Rag Mag for obscenity, they would have done as well to ban it for the sheer incompetent production it is. It is an absymal, humourless and puerile effort at a comic maga-zine* and we could not afford to have such a pathetic and unsophisti-cated ragjbearing the name of our College, in circulation.

It is as well too, that Carnival has recouped some of its losses on the magazine by selling it under the counter to internal students only. If they wish to waste 5/- or 7/6 in the purchase of such drivel, they are welcome to.

But how did the whole situation of the banned Rag Mag arise in the first place ? Why was its production not organised and watched continually by the Executive ? This is incompetent. It will probably cost Carnival approximately £300, when loss of revenue from the magazine is considered. The Executive complain that addi-tional and more obscene material was added after they had read and censored the proofs. According to the printers this is not true, and in any case it is no excuse. Carnival would have a greater financial success with a less casual approach by people who have contracted to do the job.

SYNDICALISM

A world student movement

by FRED GAULT

In some parts of the world Student Activism is a rule of life rather than a shocking exception, In the Canadian Province of Quebec, for example, the Student Syndicalist Movement has long been a popular one on French campuses and fashionable, during periods of national entnte, among periods of national entente, among the English.

The Syndicalist see himself as the member of a trade union movement rather than the carefree youth revel-ling in the college " experience." A student, he feels, is a " young intel-lectual worker," whose task it is to learn, and thereby make himself a more productive member of society.

If you acknowledge that increas-ingt your productivity potential is itself a productive occupation, then the student may be considered a worker little different from a farmer or a plumber. And, is it not dis-criminatory to deny a person engaged in a socially useful occupation the rights of other workers ; the right to organise and to engage in collective bargaining for grants, or, if you pre-fer, salaries ?

The concept of salary rather than a grant carries with it the advantage that the students is no longer kept or tolerated by the society he lives in but is actually serving it. As an integral part of society, and as an intellectual worker, it is his duty to examine his society and its government and to speak out loudly when he see social injustice. As a member of a trade union movement he is naturally aligned with the people. His produc-tion will ultimately benefit.

Over the past year in Quebec the syndicalist Union des Etudiants Generate de Quebec has held at least one major show of solidarity with the Quebec labour movement when hundreds of intellectual workers poured out of the universities to swell

FRED GAULT is a Canadian now working

towards the D.I.C exam in theo-retical physics. He is a graduate of Carlton University, Ottawa, where he was a militant President of the Union. He later went on to McGill University where he took an M.Sc. and became presi-dent of the graduate students' union.

picket lines around a factory. Repre-sentatives of UEGQ advise the pro-vincial cabinet on student grants, which are a far cry from salaries, but a beginning. The recently defeated Liberal government of Quebec cam-paigned some years ago on a plat-form of free education and it is hoped that a united Student-Labour front can lobby that dream to reality.

Not every student in the province is by any means a Syndicalist. There is opposition and apathy. To be a.

Syndicalist requires commitment and commitment clashes with the modern cynicism ; it also implies a dignity in being a worker, which some people find hard to swallow.

FELIX London, S.W.7 Internal 2881 Telephones : KEN 2963

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FELIX

UtUw to FELIX

The meaning of a

U niversity Education

Sir, In the present issue of " Phoenix,''

Mr. Mike Edwards, in an article on the responsibilities of a Student Union, suggests that the prime func-tion of such a body should be to partner the staff of the University in the planning and execution of acade-mic teaching. This view if imple-mented would, it seems to me, soon destroy a large part of what is to be gained from a University education and reduce a university to a machine for mass producing academic know-ledge implanted in human brains (a

�description often applied to technical colleges and colleges of advanced technology in this country).

A university has always had a cor-porate identity and character in which teaching function plays only a part; even with to-day's emphasis on the importance of teaching the under-graduate session occupies little more than half the year. A university character stems from the personalities and experiences of generations of its academic and administrative staff and from their original work. Experi-ence of a university atmosphere is a

valuaole pari ot education and stu-dents should not expect to be able to change it to suit them during their brief undergraduate stay. The recent furore at the L.S.E. over the appoint-ment of a new Principal was quite unjustified.

Though the Students' Union has a valuable part to play in academic liaison with the staff (i.e. in the acade-mic suh-committees existing in several departments at I.C.), its main function should be to create " potential leaders in society," as suggested by Mr. Edwards, provided the opportunity for experience outside academic work, and interaction with other students. Owing to its limited range of acade-mic studies, I.C. is particularly vul-nerable to those who would make it a mere teaching machine. Let us hope that our Union will continue to pay sufficient attention to the other half of our education.

Yours faithfully,

Paul V. Briscoe

School of the Architectural Association

A PLACE IN I.C? The Architectural Association shares, with Oxford and Cam-

bridge, a unique beginning. All three were initiated by discontented young men striving to teach themselves a discipline. They themselves founded the A.A. in 1847 to hire and hear lecturers to discuss papers and to hold design classes. From this small but spirited beginning, the A.A. has grown into an institution embracing over three thousand practising architects and containing a school of international repu-tation.

Tne School has strong links, through its membership and through teaching, with tropical centres. Led by its students between the wars it helped to pioneer modern architecture and the new approach to design that that entailed.

The School has 380 students, the " undergraduates" pursuing a five year course. Their education is divided between studio design projects and lecture courses involving the fabric of buildings, communications and ser-vices (history of architecture, sciento-fic and economic ideas, etc.), and pro-fessional studies. Although they are students in the sense that they are learni'1'- and have examinations to pass . / have an extraordinary amount of power. Theirs is the role, not of the glorified schoolboy with book in front and university rod be-hind, but of partner in the educa-tional system. Student and lecturer

share responsibility. The students can rid themselves of incompetent lec-turers and tutors : they have an effec-tive vote and are probationary mem-bers of the Architectural Association. It is this close link with the practising professional body of architects which is unique and which they value highly. The intimate link between student and practising architect is mutually stimulating, especially so since their lecturers are practising architects themselves.

What then is the plan for the in-corporation of the school in IC ? The School would become the fourth Con-stituent College of IC and have equal status with RSM, RCS and C&G. Graduates of the School would then

gain University of London degrees, and the School would be represented on all the relevant governing bodies of IC. It would have an academic staff of 39 including four professors. Having University status its operating costs would be paid by the University Grants Committee.

The present premises of the Asso-ciation and School are in Bedford Square, W.C1. A site in the imme-diate vicinity of IC, for the construc-tion of a new building to house the School and its parent body is being negotiated at present. For the School, the advantages of the amalgation are immense. It will gain University status so that the main burden of financing the School will pass from the student pocket to the U.G.C. The teaching will benefit by contact with other university teachers in allied disciplines. Finally the students themselves will benefit by living in a University environment and meeting a wider range of students.

In fact, however, it was IC who made the initial approach to the A.A., proposing the amalgamation, and for IC, the broadening in scope of its character, disciplines, and under-graduate body is vital. In one step IC will gain 400 students, different and refreshing in their approach, to their work and lives. IC can only gain by their admission.

The present premises of the Architectural Association in Bedford Square

Phoenix

reviewed

by

* Edward Pank

Imperial College has need of a magazine like this. The idea of the Phoenix is right, but the present man-agement is not developing it. There is a real danger of the magazine dying out through lack of good advertising, but above all lack of the organisation to tap whatever writing talent that we have at I.C. The high quality of the actual production is unfortunately be-lied by its contents.

The editorial is on an interesting subject, namely our relations as stu-dents with the state and the brain-drain. This is a large and complex matter, but one is left with a series of only half-drawn ideas and unde-veloped comparisons which are rather unsatisfying.

The best article in the magazine is that on the psychology of " Wes-terns." But even here one is disap-pointed by seeing the earlier psychol-ogists swallowed whole in a welter of Jungian and Freudian anlysis. It is interesting that the author saw fit to enrich our language by the addition of the word " irreality."

The subject of " Welfare and Taxa-tion " is given most cursory treatment by David Reich. This article at-tempts to demolish the political ideas of centuries with a few awkward strokes. Even outrageous statements are little supported by argument or facts.

The only poem of any note is " The Chess Match," but unfortunately the religious theme is brought in too late to be effective. Would-be poets should be reminded that blank verse is probably the most difficult form to use effectively.

The article on the history of science is definitely on the right lines, but is rather too like the prospectus for a course at I.C., and the author's good ideas die of neglect.

The stories might best be described as unfortunate. The " gjmmick " is always the weakest way to end a short story. " An Ordinary Mortal " lacks action and is rather mundane. " Harold be Thy Name " is just the thing for nostalgic Dan Dare fans. One would trrnk that someone at the best Tech in Lritain could do better.

The photograph of the old man opposite " L a i " on page 29 is the most striking feature of the magazine. The composition and technical achievement add richly to the theme. It is unfortunate that those put off by the over hairstyled woman on the cover will not see it.

The magazine ends with a semi-hysterical outburst about students' rights and responsibilities. This article belongs at a stretch in FELIX—not in a literary magazine. One cannot es-cape the impression that " Phoenix " was too hastily assembled. " Phoe-nix " should play an important role in the life of a College of Tech-nology ; let the literate among us step forward.

6 FELIX

E X T R A O R D I N A R Y

E N G I N E E R

by Mart in Walker

In one sense Prof. Laithwaite fits the popular picture of the good-natured but non-nonsense practical engineer. But he also has wide interests outside his field of heavy electrical machines. He founded a pop group in 1935, and has published papers in entomological journals on the love life of months. Beginning his career as an instru-ment repairman in the RAF, he didn't discover electrical engineering until he was 21. Since then, he has never looked back. He is now well known for his work on the linear induction motor and his " Pro-pulsion Without Wheels." He is married with four children.

P R O F E S S O R

L A I T H W A I T E

One hears a lot in this country about ideas which die at the ex-perimental stage without being developed commercially. Do you consider this a serious prob-lem ? If so, what is being done about it ?

This is quite a serious problem. However, quite a lot is being done about it, particularly by Lord Jack-son who is pushing for greater co-operation between university depart-ments and industry. It doesn't affect me personally, because I seem to be getting my ideas developed by indus-try.

Do you think that money for development is more readily available in America ? Have you been tempted to go there ?

Yes, it is. And I have had offers to go to America. But I have never been tempted to go. I am very Eng-lish, I suppose.

You have described the job of engineering as the economic ex-ploitation of observed pheno-mena, the main objectives of the engineer being to make money. What, then, does an engineer do in a university besides teaching ?

Well, my kind of engineer spends his time inventing. An engineer actu-ally is not so much concerned with truths as he is with concepts. He tries to devise new concepts and to select from them those which are pro-fitable—both for himself, and for his company. I am Very interested in en-

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gineering in industry, and assist by consulting for several organisations.

Who would own the develop-ment rights on a device of some sort discovered or invented by a professor at a university in the course of his work ?

Let me answer this by saying what happens in a case in point. At the moment I happen to have a couple of patentable ideas. The National Re-search and Development Corporation will finance the patent, which is taken

out by three parties : the inventor, the college, and the Corporation. The N.R.D.C. will then try to exploit the idea commercially. There is a revenue sharing agreement between the college and the N.R.D.C., and the college decides what the inventor's share will be. An engineer is actu-ally better off financially as an acade-mic than he would be in industry for this reason. In industry his ideas would belong solely to his company.

What qualities do you think make a good engineer ?

Primarily an awareness of three dimensions, an intuitive consciousness of three-dimensioned objects, and the ability to correlate the feel and sight of objects. Some of this is inborn, and some acquired early in life. A good engineer may be made or broken as a small child depending on whether he acquires this feel for solid objects or not. He must also be sound in logical argument of the sort used in mathematics, although he needn't be a good mathematician. But most of all he must have enthu-siasm for his subject and the will to

Mind over matter ? It's easy when you know how , . .

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learn. He jiust be curious. These are the things I demand from a poten-tial research student.

In educating potential engin-

eers, do you believe in giving

them as general an academic and

practical education as possible (at

the undergraduate levr.-.) ? Or do

you believe in early « 1

intensive

specialised study ?

One can overgeneralise education, bearing in mind that a seventeen-year-old in general doesn't know what he wants tq do. I believe in the indli-vidual : if a chap knows what he wants to do it is tragic if the sharp edge of his enthusiasm is blunted by extra courses on topics which do not interest him. My personal ambition is to raise another Maxwell or Faraday, not just a generation of good engin-eers. My department subscribes in the main to broad education. I have been accused of lecturing only to po-tential research students — perhaps fairly, but it annoys me that a third year specialist in my subject gets only eleven lectures from me and forty-four from L.S.E.

In America a large number of

engineering graduates go into

business and civil administration.

Is this a trend in Britain ?

Among the people who run Britain's industries to-day, there are still many who are self-made men. Business management, for instance, is often composed largely of men who have risen from the shop floor. Un-fortunately their minds are for the most part not formally trained, and they are handicapped by a lack of respect for academic's. In a sense, Britain is waiting for these men to retire. Engineers should then fill some of these managerial and admin-istrative posts, but whether this is a trend or not, I dont know. It should be.

Do you think it is the job of

this college to produce engineers

and scientists—or technologists in

general—for industry, or people

who are more generally qualified

for management and the civil

service ?

First of all, let me say that engin-eers and scientists are the same thing. I feel quite strongly about this, for many people in high places are stating publicly that an engineer is not a scientist.

Nationally speaking, the Germans and the British are best at producing new ideas, and these are what we should try to export. To do it, we must be good at engineering. Thus the most important thing for this country is to encourage the best students to study applied science at university. At the G.C.E. level, the only sciences they know are physics, maths and chemistry. And this is all their teachers know. Thus if senior peonle keep emphasising that engin-eering is not science, the brighter science students in schools will simply not choose it as a career and the country will suffer. I am sure that too often the advice of a careers mas-ter is : " If you are not good enough to read physics, you can always do engineering." They should explain that there is engineering science and pure science.

I try to attract good students from the schools into applied science through my membership of one of the G.C.E. Examination Advisory Boards, which advise on syllabus revision. One of the main iobs of the college is to encourage the best students we have. If we don't, no one else will . After that we can also hope to pro-duce good people for industry includ-ing management.

How would you feel about the

introduction of schools of busi-

ness administration and of the

social sciences into Imperial

College ?

This will be all right if the people taking business administration are doing it instead of, not as well as, en-gineering. Our students are busy enough as it i s ; they don't have enough time to pursue their own in-terests. That is partly inevitable be-cause of the amount to be learned— we can't teach them all they have to know in three years. It all goes back to the will to learn : oppose the stu-

dents' wishes and you'll make them, dull boys. Tell them what's good for them and they won't like it. I think engineers should be given the option of not doing general studies, for ex-ample. Let the bright students spec-ialise ; if a student has brains, he will learn about things outside his own field of specialisation anyway.

Do you conceive Imperial Col-

lege as expanding eventually into

a university with a full spectrum

of humanities ?

No. Other parts of the University of London do this ; why should we ? Besides we haven't enough space for our existing facilities, let alone room for expansion. 1 would like to see I.C. become the M.I.T. of England by concentrating on being best at what we are already doing.

What is your principal problem

in organising research at the pre-

sent time ?

I think perhaps, getting enough hands and brains to do the work. In the last few years none of our new graduates have stayed on for research. It is hoped that after a period in in-dustry they will return, but once a man has worked in industry and got married, he's not going to come back to do postgraduate work at £800 a year or so. As a result, we have not enough people to try out all the idsas we should like

It is relatively easy to get money for research equipment but incredibly difficult to get a man's salary and this seems to be a very curious national policy.

Martin Walker, who has

written this series of articles on

prominent academic figures in

IC. is a Canadian and graduate

of Carlton University, Ottawa,

where he worked on the stu-

dent newspaper. He is now a

postgraduate in physics.

A CAREER IN

Tha KaJdo steel-making process. Today, oyer half of Britain's steel comes from processes developed within the past ten yean.

T a k e a g o o d l o o k a t s t e e l a n d t h e r o a d t o t o p m a n a g e m e n t . In t h e h i g h l y

a d v a n c e d t e c h n o l o g i c a l w o r l d o f s t e e l , t h e r e is c a l l fo r g r a d u a t e s w i t h m a n y

d i f f e r e n t s c i e n t i f i c a n d e n g i n e e r i n g q u a l i f i c a t i o n s . T h e r e a re e x c i t i n g o p p o r t u -

n i t i e s i n c o m p a n i e s a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y t o w o r k o n n e w p r o j e c t s a s w e l l a s i n

p r o d u c t i o n , p l a n t m a i n t e n a n c e a n d q u a l i t y c o n t r o l .

A b o v e a l l , t h e s t e e l i n d u s t r y o f fe rs o p p o r t u n i t i e s to p r o g r e s s to t o p - l i n e m a n a g e -

m e n t , a s m a n y o f t o d a y ' s l e a d e r s i n t h e i n d u s t r y h a v e p r o v e d . For d e t a i l s o f

a c a r e e r in S t e e l g e t in t o u c h w i t h y o u r U n i v e r s i t y A p p o i n t m e n t s B o a r d .

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9

RUGBY CLUB IN IRELAND

GUINNESS ALMOST VICTORIOUS

After a Gale Force 8 crossing it was a rather weary party of Rugby players that fell off the boat in Dub-lin with nothing but a cold, rainy day to greet them. At the Customs cer-tain members of the group had to pay import duty on their breath alone.

After a couple of hours sleep the five healthiest members were dragged out of bed by Fagins to play against Guinness Brewery. The rest of the team could only summon the strength to locate the bar. While Rayner and O'Reilly had been dragged out by " Boo-Boo" Smith to locate Trinity College to arrange Tuesday's game it was at 6.30 a.m. the following morn-ing that Guinness scored a techni-cal(?) knock-out over Smith in the 21st round, Trinity having been for-gotten long ago.

9-8 WIN

Sunday saw the visit to Navan Rugby Club for the first game of the tour. After travelling through a snow-storm en route the players found a pitch in similar condition to them-selves. However, with Pine in his usual sparkling form, the tough Navan forwards were gradually over-come by a recovering I.C. team. De-spite a gale force wind the ball was thrown around with gay abandon and I.C. eventually ran out worthy win-ners by 9—8, thanks to tries by " Doddy," Riley and Bell.

At the dance that evening Powell and Vickerstaff indulged in a high-land fling that had Robbie Burns turning in his grave.

FAST T.C.D

On Monday the team travelled to Trinity College to face a big, fast ex-perienced Trinity X V . The events of the previous night solved the prob-lem of team selection and it was 15 apprehensive black and blue jerseys that took the field. However, last night was soon forgotten and I.C. opened with some of their finest Rugby of the season, treating the large number of spectators to a feast of open Rugby. However keen T.C.D. tackling prevented a rout, and I.C. were unlucky only to have 11 points on the board at half-time, due to Bell, a hard-working forward, Dodson and Earl, none of which were converted thanks to some inglorious shots at goal. Unfortunately half-time brought snow, hail and anything else the heavens could offer. The game then closed up some and after Vickerstaff had put one of the T.C.D. second rows to sleep, some time before his usual bedtime, the game warmed up to offset the effects of the snow. However Irish tempers proved nothing to match the soothing effect of the I.C. pack and order was soon restored. Doddy then went on to score another fine try which Riley converted with a magnificent kick from under the posts.

RECORD BROKEN ?

Tuesday was the I.C. Sabbath and the day was spent trying to break the Guuinness drinking record. As the recorder was the first to fall the record was only broken unofficially. In the evening Williams, suitably aided by Kelly, entertained the Lime-light Club to the green green grass of home and many other Welsh ditties.

She was closely followed by that merry ploughboy John Lum with a selection of Irish ballads, though the Irish didn't seem to recognise them as such.

U.C.D. BEATEN

The final game against U.C.D. was nearly a tragedy due to their turning out a young, fit, extremely keen side. However the old old hands in the I.C. front row — Casson, Powell and O'Reilly—soon subdued the fiery Irish forwards with their experience and with Lum dominating the line-outs, I.C. managed to provide ample ball for the three-quarters. John Earl dropped two beautiful goals and John Kelly, showing all his early fire and determination went over for a magnificent try. Time after time I.C. were saved , by Pine whose defence was as secure as the Rock of Gibral-tar and I.C. eventually ran out worthy victors by 9 points against 3.

On the whole a grand tour was en-joyed by the College and the be-haviour and spirit, both on and off the field, left behind with the Irish a very favourable impression of I.C.

MEMBERS ONLY

There are some people who have not handed in their Rugby Shirts or Dinner Money. These must be in by N E X T M O N D A Y AT.THE LATEST Please give either to J. O'Reilly or leave at the Cloakroom.

To get the most into the least

R.CS. MOTOR CLUB NEED A MINI

R.C.S. Motor Club has received an invitation to enter a "Most in a Mini" Contest at the "Grand Mini Festival" at Brands Hatch on Sun-day, 28th May, organised by B.M.C. and the Mini 7 Club. None of our members at present owns a Mini saloon, so if Y O U own a Mini saloon and are willing to consider entering this competition, send a note to the Secretary, R.C.S. Motor Club, via the Union letter rack, to ask for more details.

The first prize in this competition is £25 and the driver and team will be given Brands Hatch privilege passes for the day. There will be a full programme of motor races for all

types of cars, organised by the B.R.S.C.C., and the Mini 7 Club will present the Festival Events, which will include two Grand Parades, a "Pop-Art" Mini Painting Contest, driving tests, skid-pan demonstrations, a fashion-house parade, a Gala Fancy Dress Competition, and the " Most in a Mini " Contest.

Anyone volunteering his car would have its suspension temporarily strengthened by the Motor Club to enable it to take the extra weight and. of course, every effort will be made to ensure that the car cannot suffer in any way.

BRIAN MEGGINSON (Hon. Sec, R.C.S. Motor Club)

H o w a n a c c o u n t

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THINGS CAN BE very difficult when you get out on your

own. Everything suddenly, frighteningly ^pensive. Ends

hardly ever seeming to meet. The Westmiast r can help

you, as it helps thousands of young people cveiy ear.

1. As you get into your stride. You'll soon have money decisions to make (types of insurance, mortgage problems, and so on). Your local Westminster Manager has immense experience of such problems. Let him help you draw up a personal budget that will give you a chance to build up a small reserve of capital.

2. The price of success. The more successful you are, the more expenses you will have. And the more you'll need to keep track of where your money's going. Clothes, entertainment, foreign travel, children's education. The Westminster gives you a precise record of how you spend your money and will pay all your regular bills by ' standing order'.

3. When you reach the top. Sooner or later you'll have to invest quite substantial sums of personal capital. The quality of your life after retirement depends on how you do it. The best advice comes from someone who knows you. That's when you're doubly glad you joined the Westminster early, and built up a good relationship with your Manager.

4. A word about your Manager. His instinct is not to warn, but to help. Call in on your local Westminster Manager—you'll see what an up-to-date bank can do. And you'll probably find he is prepared to reduce the cost of your bank charges in the early years of your career.

Have a talk this week with your local Westminster Manager. Ask how he can help you in your career. The Westminster has over 1,380 branches in England and Wales. Head Office: 41 Lothbury, London, EC2.

This was not actually the sailing club on an Easter cruise, nearer the Goon Show on safari. The cruise was better nlanned, and eaually enjoyable.

CRUISING A L O N G

Over the Easter vacation, about 37 people put out to sea in various small boats under the auspices of the Deep Sea Section of the Sailing Club. This section has recently expanded rapidly, seven boats being charterecr this time from Lymington, Salcombe and Maldon in Essex, the cruises cover-ing a total distance of nearly .3000 miles.

FLAG PLANTED

Among other things, the Torrey Canyon was visited, the Scilly Isles circumnavigated and the French canals and rivers sailed upon. The Imperial College flag was planted on most of the Channel Isles, and the South and East coasts, of England were thoroughly explored. One boat defied nature by beating into a force 8 gale, whilst the crews of the two East Coast hpats witnessed, another yacht blow up and sink at close quar-ters, fortunately no one being injured

CHARTER FEES

The main object of the section is to give members experience of deep-saa sailing, navigation and seaman-ship. The only difficulty is one of money—the charter fees are all paid put of members' pockets. The Union has gone someway towards alleviating this by generously providing money for safety equipment and charts, but the ultimate goal must still remain a boat of our own with which to win ocean races.

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E A S T E R H O C K E Y

T O U R On Friday, March 24th, fifteen

members of the club left England by the night boat from Harwich to the Hook of Holland. Arriving W '6.30 a.m., we took a train to Amsterdam and thence to Alkmaar, about 30 kilo-metres away. We remained there for three days and took part in an inter-national festival. The games were played on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, I.C. played against Lyons University, an Alkmaar side and a side from the Hoek, H.D.M. Draw-ing the first game against Lyons, I.C. went on to win the next two games and this half of the draw. The final was . played on Monday against " Clipper "Hamburg, a side contain-ing three internationals. This game was played in very wet conditions and I.C. held their own, but for one total breakthrough of which Clipper took full advantage. We thus lost 1—2 and came second in the festival.

While in Alkmaar, the sides stayed with members of the home club and were showered with an embarrassing amount of hospitality. No one was allowed a second's boredom.

GRONONGEN

On Monday evening, we left with our hosts for, the next three days, Forward, the Gronongen University side, who had also been at the festi-val. Unfortunately, due to the rain, outdoor hockey was out of the ques-tion, so Forward took us sailing, sightseeing, wined and dined us in great style and arranged some indodr hockey. We took to this game very quickly and in a friendly tournament did not disgrace ourselves, nor that evening did we disgrace our hosts when they provided us with a limit-less supply of liquor.

HOMEWARDS

On Friday, 31st March, we returned to Amsterdam where we visited the Heineken Brewery and did some sightseeing. The night was spent in a hotel recommended to us by For-ward and we left Holland the nex\ day with many very pleasant memo-ries.

U. L. CHAMPS I. C. take Womens Ath let ics Cup

This year's U.L. Championships, Jd last Friday and Saturday, pro-iced some twenty contested events.

There were some outstanding results, and I.C. ended with three cups in its possession—two individual and one team. The latter—the Sherwood Challenge Cup for Women — is awarded on a factor basis. Thus the points scored are multiplied by a factor, based on the number of women in each college—so I.C. had a generous allowance. However, this in no way detracts from the meri-torious achievement, particularly as our points were scored by only two competitors. Ann Burrell, who re-tained her high jump title, gained the 80m. hurdles and was second in the long jump-y-and Margaret Lumley was second in the hurdles.

BARTON WINS In the competition for the remain-

ing three cups, I.C. were unplaced in the "Men's Factor Cup," were third in the " Roseberry Men's Cup," only a few points behind U.C., but some way behind Guy's Hospital (last year's winners), and were third in the " Imperial College Women's Cup," behind Royal Free Hospital and Royal Holloway College.

Individual cups were won by Nick Barton, in the 880, and Mike Evans, in the high jump. N. Barton re-covered well, from being boxed in at the start, to take the lead during the first lap, and hung on to win in 1 min. 58.5 sec. This was slightly slower than his last time, and by no means as easy a race. As expected M. Evans main rival was team-mate Mole Weaver, and a close competition re-sulted. Both cleared 5 ft. 10 in., and failing at 6ft—M. Evans won with fewer failures.

CONVINCING WIN FOR BECK

From I.C.'s point of view, the per-formance most worthy of a cup was by Richard Beck, in the 440. How* ever, there is no cup for this event. R. Beck won convincingly, beating :hampion I. Morgan (Guys), and achieved a personal best of 49.4, just 0.3 sees, outside the College record. This was after running two fast 220s —finishing second in the final.

Another College athlete who achieved a personal best was Paul Jones, who increased his best triple jump to 45 ft. 1 in.—this with a below full offered attempt, to end a sequence of no jumps. However, John Myers (St. Mary's) won with a jump of 48 ft. lin.—this beating the Univer-sity record, held by ex-I.C. jumper D. Smith. Former Cambridge athlete, Dwamoa Adu, now of U.C.H. was second on 46 ft. 9in.

LONG JUMP

In the long jump, a disappointed Derek Wade managed only 21 ,ft. H i in. and had to concede victory to his Belgrave Harriers clubmate John Mitchell (Royal Free Hospital). The latter also found time between jumps to win the 100 yds., but, due to a blustery headwind, his time was only 10.4 sees. I.C. produced three of the placed runners in the steeple-chase. Howard Smith finished 3rd, and Tony Mason, running his first steeplechase, finished 5th. Dave Downie cleared only 9 ft. 6 in. in the pole vault—a foot below his best winter jump—and finished 4th. With training his form should begin to re-turn.

SUCCESS

Unexpected points were gained in the 120 yds. hurdles, where College champions (Ten Weh Sam), after leading all the way, lost to Domaigne (Guys) in the finishing straight. Neil Johnson (I.C:) ended in fifth place. As expected, the College results in the field events were poor—there was only one thrower competing. With more competitions in this sphere, I.C. might well have won the championships.

This was one of I.C.'s more success-ful championships, and as a result I.C. should now be providing a propor-tion of the U.L. team. Consequently the college team, for this term's matches, will be somewhat reduced in strength. Thus new members will be needed —� anyone interested should contact the club and watch the notice board.

I. R. WINSHIP.

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